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Evening star., 1946-08-19
Radio Ham Tells House Probe
He Bought 81, 900 Set for Sc
Navy Veteran Testifies He Got Other Surplus
Equipment for as Little as 4o Cents

/ he said some Of the tubes were of
the kind that could be used in the
ordinary civilian radio receiving sets
Mr.. Pattillo also said he bought
for 40 cents a 5000 small plane radio
receiving unit that can repair for
about IS.
The committee also heard the
story of how an Atlanta junk dealer
bought 248,000 pounds of Army radio
and radar equipment-and later
wished hadn't"
Sidney Gulden, president of the
Atlanta Steel and Supply Co., Said
"a friend told me it was nothing but
junk. don't know what these
things are.
1--WE been asked how I set my bid
price of $l2 80 ton, but I'll have to
say don't know The next bidder
to me offered only 40 per cent of
what did. The third one was well
below that
Had 80 Per Cent Left.
He declared he was going out of
the radio junk business" as fast as
See STJRPII page Az
Evening star., 1946-08-19
President Crosses Bay in Roin
To Have Lunch With Admiral
By Joseph A. Fox
Sfor StoH Correspondent

I Island and Solicitor General j
Howard McGrath, a former gov
ernor, came aboard the Williams
burg this morning and accompanied
the President to Newport. Mr.
McGrath is seeking the democratic
senatorial nomination to succeed
/ Senator Gerry, who is retiring, but
the Presidents two Visitors sale
that politics was not discussed
Mr. Ross said that the trio gol
involved In a discussion of geogra-
ply after Gov. Pastore had com.
mented on the density of Rhode
Islands population, and that the
President, who has made geography
a hobby, posed some questions about
the subject that stumped the other
two.
The President turned in early las
! night and was up this morning il
time to start his customary 80
minute walk at 6:55 E. D. T.-whicf
is an hour earlier than he usual,
leaves the White House.
| He got back to the williamsburg
just before the rain started-ant
few laps ahead of reporters whit
had accompanied him on the jaun
around the base.
| Secretary Of the Treasury Snyder
who accompanied Mr.. Truman from
Washington Friday, had planned II
fly back to the Capital today, bu
| the weather had MIN grounded. As.
sistant Secretary Foley is accom-.
panying Mr.. Snyder.
Picture on Page A-2.l
Evening star., 1946-08-19
DecontroI Unit,
.0PARace Time
On New Prices
Decisions on Ceilings
Restorutions Due at
] PM. Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press

Two Government agencies
OPA and the Price Decontrol
Board-hustled today to COM
plete major assignments in the
time allotted them by Congress.
With substantial progress" to-
ward decision reported, the three
man Decontrol Board resumed de-
lloerations on whether price ceilings
should be restored on meats. dairy
products. grain, cotton seed, soy
beans and hundreds of items made
from these commodities.
The board, which may wind up
discussion by nightfall, is planning
to announce its ruling at pm. to-
morrow-just five hours before the
deadline set by Congress.
Unless it acts by midnight Tues
day. ceilings automatically 60 back
on the five categories of commodi-
ties the next day.
OPA Busy on Two Fronts.
OPA, meanwhile, raced time on
two fronts:
/. If the board re-establishes con-
trols, OPA must be ready to an
nounce quickly what the ceilings
will be on major food products and
other items.
2. 1t must place in effect by Sat-
urday many more of the price in
creases required by the new price
control law.
These include price increase OF
at least 2.5 per cent on refrigera-
tors and higher ceilings for vir.
tually all kinds of building mate
rials.
Coal prices may have to be raised
TOO. and an increase may be au-
thorized for woolen textiles and gar
ments.
Auto Decision Due.
Also on tap is a decision whether
ceilings on new utomobiles-boost-
ed an average of 73 per cent last
Week-should be raised another 3
per cent. Officials said this latter
Evening star., 1946-08-19
BY Don S. Worren
Sfor StoH Correspondent

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 19.-Mor-
gan L. Pattillo, a Georgia Tech
student and former Navy tech
nician, testified today before the
House Surplus Property Com
mittee that he paid $12 for two
Army radio sets which he esti-
mated cost more than $4,000
each.
An amateur radio operator, he
also told the investigating commit
tee he had purchased several Army
radio sets at an Atlanta junk yard
paying 49 cents each for sets he
thought cost the Army originally
more than 5000 each.
He explained to the committee
that the sets he picked out were
"in bad shape but they were re-
parable"
Civilian-Type Tubes Junked.
There were quite a few" radit
tubes, some good, others not, hi
said Under committee questions
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Palestine Still Tense
But Quiet Today After
Troubled Week End
Jewish Underground's S
Rumored 'Offensive'
Fails to MuteriuIize
By ihe Associ,ied Press

HAIFA, Palestine, Aug. ia
nation wide offensive which
three underground Jewish groups
were reported preparing today
failed to materialize by early
evening, and a comparative quiet
settled on a still tense Holy Land
after troubled week end.
The only unusual incident up to
Jerusalem Post Office, which was
evacuated for 40 minutes when IAN
anonymous telephone call warned
the place was to be bombed This
rapidly was becoming routine in a
war of nerves.
A series of spot identity checks"
carried out by the military in Jcru-
salem in which passersby were
stopped at road blocks for examina- =
ton of their papers gave rise to the
report that plans had been inter-
cepted for co-ordinated uprising
by the Stern gang, Irgun Zvai Leumi
and Haganah.
British Army sources denied such
a plan had been discovered, how
ever.
Calm Encourages Moderates.
The general calm since yesterday
encouraged some of the moderate
Jewish leaders to predict that a
corner had been turned in Pales-
tines turbulent history and that
terrorism might be on the down.
grade here.
British troops held a rigid Gordon
around Haifa's port area after yes
terday's disorders in which illegal
immigrants attempted to scuttle the
transport carrying them to Cyprus
The 1st Infantry Division, using
Bren carriers, mounted guard in
this city, after the Cyprus bound
transport Empire Haywood returned
to Haifa following the unsuccessful
attempt to scuttle her yesterday.
The British had used tear gas and
fire hoses to drive $40 illegal i'm
migrants from the transport Fenice
on which they arrived here from
Europe last week-onto the Empire
Haywood for transshipnent to a re-
fuge camp being prepared for TO-
900 persons on Cyprus. The Empire
Haywood finally left port yesterday
but returned less than an hour later
after two small bombs exploded in
her hold.
No Casualties on Ship.
A British announcement said the
bombs caused no damage or casual
ties, but were introduced into the
hold with the apparent object OF
blowing a hole in the side of the
vessel"
Eight hundred other illegal immi-
grants, who arrived here aboard
the refugee schooner "23." were
transferred without incident yester-
tSee PALESTINE. Page A-5)
Evening star., 1946-08-19
YugosIuv Petrol Entry
Into American Zone
Strongly Protested
By 6ornett D. Horner

The United States today made
public a protest in strongest
terms" against Yugoslav forces
entering an American occupied
sector of Venezia Giulia last July
IL and opening fire without
provocation" on United states
troops.
The American note charged that
a previous Yugoslav protest con-
corning the incident, in which two
Yugoslav soldiers were killed, was
based on distortion" of the evil
dence.
In another note made public at
the same time, the United States
accused Yugoslavia of carrying on
a campaign "by every means in its
powe&' to discredit and obstruct
Allied military government in the
section of Venezia Giulia occupied
by lo-American forces. pending
a peace conference decision on con-
f1icting Italian and Yugoslav claims
to the territory.
A State Department spokesman
said the Yugoslav government con-
tinually Is making public protests
(See PROTEST, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-08-19

adjustment may be handled on an
individual dealer basis and that all
car sellers may not qualify.
Word that the Decontrol Board
has made substantial progress was
given last night by spokesman for
the three members. The report came
when the board recessed after a
Sunday session of more than 10
hours.
The spokesman said the board
still had two or three things to de-
eide but that members had given
no indication what they were, nor
any hint of what issues may have
been settled. This was typical of
the secrecy which has cloaked the
boards discussions since it COM
Dleted public hearings last Thurs
day.
Fearful lest word of its decision
leak out in advance of official an
nouncement and thereby allow
commodity market spectators to
reap proflt-the board has ordered
extensive precautions.
Copies Made in Building.
For example, preparation of cop
les of the announcement will be
handled right in the Federal Reserve
Building, where the board has it's
headquarters, instead of being sent
to a Government printing plant, the
usual practice.
The board is taking no chance,
either, on word leaking out from
OPA or the Agriculture Department.
Oficials of these agencies will be
called to the Federal Reserve Build
ing some time tomorrow and ap-
prlsed of the boards decision. but
they will not be permitted to leave
Evening star., 1946-08-19

wild flight he made early Friday
from Queens Chapel Airport, near
Hyattsville, to a spot / mile north
east of Rockville, where his dreams
exploded in the wreckage of the
five-place Stinson cabin plane.
That he escaped with cuts on the
face and lip when the plane somer-
saulted onto its back was regarded
almost as miraculous as his takeoff
from the completely darkened little
airport about am. Friday.
1t was the injuries. however, that
led to his arrest. Police were tipped
off byNa taxicab driver that a youth
with cuts on his face had been
picked up near the scene of the
crash. The rundown of this clue
led to the l70O block of Swan street
NV, where 1t was learned Hopkins
was in Olney, Md.
He was arrested there and, after
arraignment before United States
(See STOLEN PLANE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Second u. S. Plane Is Feared
Shot Down on Flight to Udine
Lost Message Tells
Of Attack by Fighter
On Missing Croft
BY the Associated Press

TRIESTE, Aug. 19.-An Amer
lean Army plane en- route from
Vienna to Udine was hours over
due this afternoon. It's last mes
sage said tracer bullets were
streaking past it.
(In Vienna a telephone report
was received from Udine saying
the transports pilot had radioed
that he was under machine-gun
fire from a fighter plane)
This came a day after official
disclosure that another American
transport plying the, same Austria
Italy route was forced down August
9 in Yugoslavia by Yugoslav fighter
planes which fired bursts of ma
chine-gun fire into it, wounding a
passenger.
The plane overdue today was as
signed to the European air transport
service. 1t left Vienna at 7:30 am.
and was reported over Klagenfurt
Austria. at $50. At that rate it
should have reached Udine, airport
for the British h-American zone of
Venezia Giulia, at $40 am It's
radio message that tracer bullets
Evening star., 1946-08-19
| Refrigerator Prices
| Raised s Per Cent,
| About $40 to S12
BY the Associated Press

OPA today authorized a re-
tail price increase of approx
mately 6 per cent for household
mechanical refrigerators.
On a standard box, OPA an
nounced, the increase will be
from $40 to $12. Consumers will
pay the higher prices. OPA said.
as soon as dealers receive re-
frigerators ticketed with the
new ceilings.
OPA said the increase for
refrigerators results in part
from a new price boost of 3.5
per cent granted to manufac-
turers today and in part from
requirements of the new price
control law.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Posse Of 200 Closes n
On + FamiIy Encirc|ed
In Mississippi Swamp
Ambush Woundine Of
Deputy and ; Others
Storts Monhunt
By the Associated Press
BULLETIN

MAGEE, Miss. tP.-Two COL
ored men, members of a fam
lily sought in connection with
the ambush wounding of a
deputy sheriff and three
other white men, surrendered
to State police today as blood
hounds led a posse into their
swampland hideout. Several
other members of the family
were believed still in the
swamp.
MAGEE, Miss, Aug. ia
posse of 200 to 800 men closed in
today on the swampland hideout
of Negro family, including two
war veterans, following the am
bush wounding of deputy
sheriff and three other white
men last night.
One of the Negroes was shot ane
brought to hospital here.
Deputy Sheriff eileen Hester O.
Smith County was seriously wound
ed last night when he went to tn,
Negroes home to investigate report.
that one of them had fired into 6
carload of white men. He received
shotgun charge in the chest an,
right arm.
Those wounded with him were:
CASTOR H. Sullivan, cafe opera
or, whose right arm was shattere.
ny shotgun blast.
City Marshall Wilson Dickerso1
of Mize.
Gree Ainsworth, Mize farmer.
Mr.. Dickerson and MIR. Ainswortf
were not seriously hurt.
The Negroes fed into the swan,
lSee POSSE. Page A-50
Evening star., 1946-08-19
U. 5. Secrets Are Exposed
To Reds, StanfiII SAYS
BY the Associoied Press

Senator Stanfill, Republican, OF
Kentucky said today that most OF
this Nations top secrets" are avail
able to Russia through inf1iltration
into Government departments by
Communist party workers and
Communist sympathizers"
Such situation constitutes q
grave threat" to the Nation, he
told President Truman in a tele-
gram. urging that all present anc
future employees of the State De-
partment be screened" by the Fed.
eral Bureau of Investigation.
There have been Officially au.
thenticated" reports. he said. thai
Communists and Communist sym.
pathizers hold important position.
in that department and other divi.
sions of the Government.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
New Health Federation
Twill Be Formed by
cooperative Groups
Overall Organization
To Be Incorporated
Here, CHA Head Says
By Harold B. Rooers

A new organization, to be
known as the Cooperative
Health Federation of America,
Inc, will be incorporated soon
under District laws to form
coalition of medical care plans
in which users have a voice.
This was announced today by
Harry J. Becker, president of Group
Health Association, who returned
from Two Harbors, Mimi, where
the National Conference on Co
operative Health Plans decided to
set up the new corporation.
The conference also approved
President Truman's national health
program, including national health
insurance, Mr.. Becker said.
The new corporation, Mr.. Becker
said, Is expected to accomplish a
coalition of all the peoples forces, :
which already are working through
medical care plans under various
sponsorships. Potential members of
the new corporation are expected to
include Group Health Association
here and other medical co-opera-
tives sponsored by labor, farm and
or-industry groups.
Impetus to Health Movement.
Mr.. Becker said the new corpora
ton should give great impetus to
the voluntary health agency move
ment."
The organization to which mem
bership in the corporation will be
opened, he explained, cover an es-
timated 100000 or 5000 900 people.
Location of headquarters of the
new federation has not yet been de-
cided, Mr.. Becker said. The Wash
ington delegation is hoping, how
ever, that the national headquarters
may be set up here.
The new health federation in
tends to engage in public education,
formulation of legislation and tech
nical assistance to all groups in
terested in providing prepaid medi-
cal care on nonprofit basis, under
management in which the user will
have. a voice.
The constitution adopted at the
Minnesota convention provides that
organizations must not only be of a
nonprofit nature, but that they
must maintain satisfactory
quality of service"
Truman Health Plan Backed.
Mr.. Becker, who is medical-care
consultant in the children's bureau
of the Labor Department, par.
ticipated in the conference in the
dual capacity of CHA president
and as one of the principal guest
speakers.
He also was sponsor of resolu-
tion adopted by the conference
which approved the principles
tSee HEALTH, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1946-08-19
LA Guardia 10 Issue
Reply on Charge Of
Red Spies in UNRRA
British Gen. Morgan
Linked to Statement;
Confirmation Refused
BY the Associated Press

WUNSDORF, Germany, Aug.
19.-UNRRA Director F. H. La
Guardia said he would make a
statement tomorrow concerning
a high Allied official reported to
have said that spies for Russia
were operating within UNRRA in
Western Europe.
Mr.. La Guardia refused today to
identify the official by name. When
correspondents asked whether he
was British 1t. Gen. Sir Frederick
Morgan, chief of UNRRA operations
in Germany, the UNRRA director
responded: You know who 1t is
Can you confirm reports Gen
Morgan will resign?" a correspond
ent asked.
III have a statement to make
tomorrow in Berlin Mr.. La Guardia
answered. To all other questions
he replied Wait until tomorrow.
Gen. Morgan was absent from
Mr.. La Guardia's news conference
although a number of other UNRRA
officials in Germany attended. Gen
Morgan was understood to be in
the British zone and it was believed
possible Mr.. La Guardia was with
holding his statement until tomor-
row so he could first confer with
Gen. Morgan.
Morgan Makes Report.
The UNRRA director said the Al
lied Official in question had made a
frank, honest report to him. but Mr.
/ La Guardia refused to hint whether
his Berlin statement would support
the official.
Gen. Morgan was the center of a
controversy last January when he
declared an organized and directed
Jewish exodus from Europe was
taking place. The UNRRA Office in
London announced that he had re-
signed, but Gen. Morgan refused te
quit and after visit to the United
States on which he saw Herbert H
Lehman. then director, he returned
to his post.
When correspondents told Mr.. La
Guardia today it was reported ar
official British source had charged
UNRRA with helping clandestine
emigration of Jews into Palestine
he replied:
L don't believe any British Off.
cial statement could contain suct
an allegation"
Some Receive Aid.
He declared, however, that somt
Jews fleeing Poland were entitled
under UNRRA regulations to helK
as 'persecutees
Asked how UNRRA determined
which Jews were fleeing as "perse.
cutees," Mr.. La Guardia said thai
should be decided "by the God
given intelligence OF sUNRRA Off.
cials, and I hope they are using it.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Eisenhower to Leuve
Son Antonio Today
BY the Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 49,
Gen. Eisenhower was to leave here
this morning by plane for an un-
announced destination.
He arrived at Kelly Field yester-
day from Mexico City, where he
concluded a Latin American tour
He was accompanied by Mrs. Eisen-
hover and his staff.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Mojor League Games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago at New York-Rain.
ST. Louis at B0st0n-Rain.
(On1y Games Scheduled)
Evening star., 1946-08-19

tSee PRICES, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1946-08-19

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati at st. Louis-S:30 PM.
lOnly Game Schedul9d)
Evening star., 1946-08-19

(See YUGOSLAV, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1946-08-19

(Pfctnre on Page AZ. !
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Guide for Readers

An Associoted Press Newspop
Evening star., 1946-08-19

(See PROTEST. Pag.
Evening star., 1946-08-19

lSee HEALTH, P,
Smyrna times., 1946-08-01

An Agricultural Field Day will
be held at the Substation of the
Delaware Experiment Station,
southwest of Georgetown, on Fri
day, August 2, it was announced
by George L. Schuster, director of
the Delaware Agricultural Exten-
sion Service and Experiment Sta
tion. Sponsored by the Horticul-
ture, Entomology, Plant Pathology
and A,gronomy departments of the
Smyrna times., 1946-08-01
DELAWARE'S
farm FRONT
THIS Week

Milk production on farms ship
ping milk to Philadelphia is drop
ping, reports Delmar Young,
Dairy specialist for the Delaware
Extension Service. According to
the weekly milk and cream report
on the Philadelphia market, the
average shipment per dairy was
354 lbs. of milk per day for the
week ending July 6. This is a
drop of 80 Inns. of milk per ship
per since the peak week of June 1.
Converting this to gallons, the av-
erage drop in milk production per
farm amounts to 1-2 gallons of
milk less per week than at the
peak of June 1. Monthly reports
from Dairy Herd Improvement
Associations show similar results.
Smyrna times., 1946-08-01

vises on types and amounts of
spray treatments for orchards in
various sections of the State. The
current Spray Notes gives treat
ment for second-brood codling
moth, on apples, and for curculio
on peaches. Copies are available
from the Extension Service in
Newark.
The number of broilers on hand
in Delaware and Maryland broiler
houses on July l, 1916 was about
10 per cent less than a month ear
lier and 38 per cent less than the
number on hand on the same date
last year. OF the broilers and
broiler chicks on hand about 81
per cent are over weeks old indi-
eating heavy sales during the next
four or five weeks. Delaware pro-
ducers had an estimated IA million
birds on hand compared with 15.5
million a month earlier and 22.5
million on July l last year. Mary
land had So million compared with
SIS million on June l and ga mil
lion on July 1, 1945.
Smyrna times., 1946-08-01

The average production of cows on
DHIA test in June was 2.5 lbs. of
milk per day less than the average
peak production in May. Sussex
County shows a greater drop than
the other counties, with the aver
age production per COW in June be-
ing 3.9 lbs. of milk less than the
average production in May. To
help prevent greater summer
slump, Young says to use temper
ary pastures and feed hay and sill
age. Provide plenty of clean,
fresh water and shade for COM
Portable cows yield more milk.
Tomato growers in New Castle
County whose crops are threaten
ed by late blight, are offered the
opportunity of having their crops
busted by plane, it was announced
today by John Webster, county
agricultural agent. Any farmer
interested is urged to contact
Webster Immediately for further
arrangements.
A total of 1898 farm labor
placements were made on Della
ware farms from January l to
May 80 of this year, according to
a report of the Bureau of Agricul-
Smyrna times., 1946-08-01

A farm workshop is an import
ant place on today's farm. A we'll
equipped and properly cared for
shop insures the farmer against
loss of time from breakdowns of
equipment during the busy season.
1t also permits him to spend many
hours on bad weather days keep
ing his equipment in good shape
and building devices for use on his
farm.
Smyrna times., 1946-08-01

Record-breaking crops of both
corn and wheat are indicated for
1916, according to a special mid
month report of the USDA Crop
Reporting Board. Production of
3,487, ,976,0 bu. of corn and
1 1,132,075, 900 bu. of wheat is esti-
mated as of July is. This is an
improvement of about 146 million
bushels in prospective production
of corn and about AZ million BUSH
els for all wheat since July /. Con-
ditions have ranged from favorable
to ideal, both for filling of winter
wheat as harvest moved northward
and for development of spring
wheat.