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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
keyBase
Planned
Guam
Program Disclosed
10 Extend Naval
Installations West

Pearl Harbor. Oct 3.-lP,-A ncv.
United States navy policy in the
racine calling for Il strong Alcutiau
oaSe near S:ocria and extension of
It's oHiposts 5000 miles westward
10 Guam was announced today.
he poicy was disclosed nj n prcse
conference by Adm. john Towers
commander CT the Pacific fleet who
conferred only Monday with Prcsi-
gent Truman and high navy officials
in Washington.
Towers declared that Guam. 3,318
miles west CT here. would be turned
INTO an OUTPOST "a Stratc ,ically inn
porlart as this Hawaii naval base-
long the symbol o. United States
navy night in the Pacific.
p""ifir Eiu- planned.
Tho ADMIRAL Sid tic now Pacific
policy would 70 10 concentrate, rcr-
manCr' naval Installations in Alaska
the N'cniians. Hawaii and in the
Mari2noS which includes Guam.
This would include permanent
facilities for surface warships as
well rs navy aircascT.
ut is obvious" Towers said. "that
We need a base further in the Pa
ciilc. Because Of the mobility and
range CT surface and air fleets it is
necessary that we extend out Pacific
outro~:s beyond Pearl Harbor. Guam
fills this need and ii will be equally
as in1ortant. but not so large, as
Pearl HGrbor."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
80 Persons
On Airliner
Feared Dead
American Overseas
Plane Crashes In
Newfoundland Area

New York, Oct. 3.-tP)-An Amer
ican OveTscas Airlines plane. with
80 persons Fa3oard three of them
!nfants-plnGcd in lanes into the
wilderness Of western New .oundlanG
early today in what may be the great
est tragedy in tho history of Amer
lean commercial aviation.
The coast guard reported that tho
possibility of survivors Was very re-
mole.
The four engine De-, en- route
from New York TO Berlin. crashed
10 minutes after il loft Stephcnvillc.
Newfoundland. at 80! a. m.
II was tho second plane tragedy
in the Newfoundland wildS in two
weeks. On Sept rs Belgian Sa5ena
airlincr crashed near Gandcr. kill
ing 81 Of the "A aboard.
Stcphcnvillc is on the wcsi coast
of Newfoundland. 92l miles from
New York. and % mile; west Of
GandCr.
WrcCkaEr Found Ahiazc.
FRS reports from relatives Of the
passengers Indicated some Of the
women and children we're on route
% Germany b Join their husbands.
AT Gandcr, officials OF the airline
said rescue planes which Elow ever
the area reported the wrccfage still
vas burning four hours after the
crash and that ii was unlikely any
one aboard was alive.
The big piano. Il &kymasicr. smash
cd into hillside 10 miles from Uar-
non Field, al StCphcnvil'c. where il
had rciuclcd because the Garder
airport was closed in with rain and
FOG.
The ceiling Al Harmon Field was
5000 feet and visibility 10 miles.
There have been q victim plane
crashes in American commercial av-
iation. In addition TO the Sabena
crash. other such crashes involved
an American Airlincs plane al San
Diego March 3. 1916. and a non
scheduled Viking Airline plunge near
Richmond. Va. last May l6
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
Administration
Signals Crossed
On Meat Crisis

Warrington, Oct. 3.--tP,-Thc adj
22in,.t"at:on apparently got its sig
las crossed today on when the meat
@ortasc will case.
Rcconvcrsion Director John R.
Steclman. in his quarterly report to
President Truman and Congress says
his:
We arc plagued with shortages of
-or2e types OF food, and FOR some
items the shortages will econ c
worse this winter. This is especially
true q! meat"
Just week ago Mr.. Truman fore
cast there will be more and better
meat lin the near future"
Questioned abou, these different
views, an Official Of the Office Of
War Mobilization and RcConvcrSion
told a reporter there doesn't seem
to be any real conflict in the two
statements.
The official said Mr.. Truman had
'hcdgcd" his forecast by SAYING. for
example, that a Digger meat supply
is dependent on how many cattle
move 10 feed lots this fall. But Steel
man did not qualify his statement,
the reporter noted.
He said flatly that the meat short
age will become worse this win
ter"
well the OWMR Official agreed,
Il gusSS that's right. Ii isn't quail
fled"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
Prof. Fl. c. Gauger
Quits AT L. \. c.;
Gets Private Job

College Station. Raleigh. oct. D
The resignation Of II. {. Gaugcr
as associate professor of bactcriology
in the poultry science department of
State College was announced today
by Professor r. S. Dearstync, de-
partmCnt head. The resignation be-
comes effective today.
Gaugcr, who has been connected
with beth the research and teaching
Staffs of State College since 1880,
has resigned in order 10 accept the
position o. turkey specialist with The
South Carolina ExtXcrsion Service.
He will be located in Glover. S. G.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
Reconversion Boss Fear New
Price Rises Would Cut Demand
Initiation Feared
BY Steclman In
Quarterly Report

Washington, Oct. 3.-(P)-Recor-
version Director John r. SteeIman
said today a further rapid price
rise might stiGlc demand for goods
and 'prccipitate Gu eaI:y and severe
price collapse, with serious economic
and social consequences"
Steclman also spoke out bluntlv
against general round of large"
wage increases at this time.
He said these could benefit "only
special groups, and i'll general
would do so lat the expense of fell
low WORKERS Throughout The nation"
Declaring that the national eco
nomy is simultaneously in posi-
lien of great promise and of great
danger Stcclman set forth two
great problems which he said
America faces:
Lcnc Range Problem.
Fer the long range. To maintain
our economy at full production and
full employment.
In The meantime, 10 prevent run
away initiation"
IF prices ..eCp on r!Sin,. and pre-
"ipitatC Il WaGc-pricc spiral, bust
HCsS and agriculture will find them
selves priced ont nf The market and
into a depression" Stcclman assert
ed in his quarterly report 10 Prcs;-
dent Truman and Congress.
He added ,hat if on the other
hand "wc can successfully rctard
Inc rise in price. the backing of
dCmHnd for goods and the trcmcnd-
Gus pools of savings and current in
come should reduce the rate al
which demand slackcns.'
I'm stating that our national tar
@ct' is balance of supply with
demand al a high level of produc
ticn and employment" the recon-
version chief rejected the sugges-
ton OF some that the best way TO
achieve this goal is To let prices 60"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03

Park. Atlanta, from September q
to October 6, the Army is exhibit
ing in its static area pigeon dis
play. M/Sgt. George Dorcr who :
in charge of the exhibit is present
with Portable Pigeon Loft from
Fl. Bcnning, Ga.
Ono pigeon outfit alone carried
some 10000 vital messages during
the invasion Of Italy. II was the
pigeon "Yank." who was bred al
Fl. Bcnning, that brought back the
news Of General Patton's rccaDturc
of Gassia Pass in. Africa.
The exhibit is showing the many
methods used by the Army in para
chuting pigeons TO ground forces in
emergencies. how paratroopcrs
make their jumps with pigeons at
tached 10 them. the number. and
how pigeons are carried by patrols
in combat.
The Office of Strategic Services
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
FOREIGN MINISTERS
COUNCIL CONVENES

Paris. DC: 3..-lPj--A French source
said the four power foreign ministers
council would meet al $50 p. m.
1880 p. III. ESID toni2h. FOR CO.
ordinatcd assault: on remaining issues
in the peace treaties with Axis sat-
telitcs.
American officials disclosed Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
conferred for over an hour with Sec
rotary of State James +. Byrnes at
the American delegation hotel.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
Highway Patrol
Help Sought In
Tarboro Strike

Tarboro.( Oct. J.-,P,-M ayor
Rawls Howard called upon the State
Highway Patrol and Gov. II. G.. Cher
ry today TO take steps TO prevent
violence at the Hart Cotton Mills,
where Il strike has been in progress
for four days.
Governor Cherry. in Raleigh. in
structed Motor Vehicles Commission
CT T. Boddic Ward to advise the
patrol to stand by in case help was
needed here.
Early this afternoon. fist fights
developed at the mills property and
the situation here was reported by
the mayor as tense.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
Market Attempts
To Extend Gains

New York. Oct. 3.-CP,-Thc Stock
market today tried 10 extend its re-
covcry but only smattcring Of IA
voritcs succeeding while many lead
crs backed into losing ground.
Resistance was displayed by Amer
lean Smelling. Air Reduction. Hiram
Walker. and Norfolk and Western.
Losses were recorded for American
Telephone. u. S. Steel. Montgomery
Ward and General Motors.
Bonds were mixed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
Hull's Condition
Most Critical

Washington, Oct. 3.-iP'-Cordell
Hull's condition continues to be
most critical" the navy reported to-
day.
A n. m. bulletin from the BetheS-
ola. Md. naval hospital where the
former Secretary Of State suffered
a stroke Monday said: "Mr. Hull had
a very poor night. His condition con-
tinues TO be most critical
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-03
NEW YORK COTTON.

New York, Oct 3.-HD-Cotton
futures opened Is cents bale low
er to 80 cents higher. noon prices
were 65 cents TO Sl.35 bale higher.
October 1928, December 1896 and
March 1851,
Evening star., 1946-07-09

will close the convention, with Mai.
Gen. Clifton B. Gates, U. S. M. c.,
delivering the principal address.
Francis E. Griffin, 1918 Ninth
street NV, is chairman Of the Con-
vention Committee.
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Baltimore Police Give
Official Version Of
Athletic Club HoIdup
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, July 9.-An off,
cial police report today disclosed
that 13 members of the Century
Athletic Club here were robbed July
4 by four men, three of them armed
with pistols and the other brand
ishing what appeared to be a ma
chine gum
The report, released by Police
Commissioner Hamilton R. Atkin-
son, was the first official version to
be made public of the daylight
hGldup, committed with gang
land flourish just one block away
from police headquarters.
1t was signed by Police Inspector
William J. Forrest and was based
on a complaint made by Lou Fisher,
fight promoter and president of the
club.
Unofficial versions of the holdup
had said that four men, armed with
sawed-off shotguns concealed in
flower boxes, had entered the club,
held up % members, forced them to
remove their pants, emptied their
pockets and escaped with between
$35, 900 and $4,000 in a car bear
ing out-of-State license plates.
Inspector Forests report, dated
July 7, said that Mr.. Fisher re-
ported he lost s1,170 in cash to the
bandits, but added "he does not
remember who the other men in the
club at the time were, nor how
much, if anything, any of them lost
in the holdup."
MIR. Forrest added that Mr.. Fisher
had described the gunmen "and can
identify them A 21-State police
alarm for the four men was sent
out Sunday. ~
Mr.. Fisher was quoted as saying
that he and II other men were in
the club when four men entered.
The pockets of all present were
searched and everything of value
taken therefrom," the report con-
tinued. Every one was made to
remove their trousers
After the gunner left, the re-
Evening star., 1946-07-09

Bernard A. Petit of the District
Department of Weights, Measures
and Markets will be weighmaster of
the Washington Soap Box Derby.
Mr.. Petit will discuss the weigh
ing-in procedure at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow during the Derby radio pro-
gram on Station WMAL.
Bill Coyle, radio director of The
Star, also will interview Buddy Cut
shaw, 13, of 713 Croissant place Sc,
a carrier boy for The Star, who is
said to bave built a racer of unusual
design.
All entrants and their coaster cars
will be weighed in at 7 pm. July 10
in the Ann Beers School, Alabama
avenue and Thirty-sixth place Sc.
Every entrant who has returned to
Derby headquarters the postcard
stating he has a racer ready will
receive instructions by mail later
this week concerning where and
when to turn in his racer for trans
portatlon to the inspecting and
weighing center.
No racer may weigh more than
125 pounds. Racer and driver to-
gether may not weight more than
$50 pounds.
In checking weights. Mr.. Petit
will be assisted by w. G. Williams,
John E. Dwyer, E. NJ league, v. V.
Radionof and Paul D. Childs of the
Toledo Scale Co.
General arrangements for the
weighing in will be handled by an
American Legion committee, headed
by A. T. Danaher.
Registration lists for the Derby
will be closed tomorrow afternoon.
Recent additions to the rolls in
clude:
Jimmy Johnson, jr., II, Route S,
Alexandria, Va; Robert Lee Knight,
u, 1902 Alabama avenue, Alexan-
dria, Va; Charles r. Maddox, IA,
1000 Allentown road Sc: Luke
Linlay, II, 31l0 Newark street NV:
William Bashoor, IL, 1888 Second
street NE: John Thomas, Is, 1924
Seventeenth street NV; Lloyd
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Anderson Goes 10 Cuba
For Sugar Negotiations

Secretary of Agriculture Ander-
son left for Havana yesterday with
plans to settle the Cuban American
sugar negotiations If possible within
a week, his aides said. The negotia-
tions have been in progress nearly
a year.
Mr.. Anderson was accompanied
by Cuban Ambassador Guillermo
Belt and James Marshall, new direc-
tor of the Agriculture Departments
sugar branch, who has handled the
negotiations since the resignation
of Earl B. Wilson a month ago.
An Agriculture Department Off
cial said Secretary Anderson was
hopeful he would be able to COM
plete the negotiations in Havana
and sign a contract beneficial to
both the United States and Cuba.
Evening star., 1946-07-09
John Stoy Elected 10 Head
District Institute Of CPAs

John M. Stoy has been elected
president of the District Institute OF
Certified Public Accountants, 1t was
announced today. Other officers
elected include:
russo H. Crowell, vice president;
Benjamin Regardie, secretary; Lau-
renee o. Manley, treasurer. Mem
bers Of the Board of Governors are
Bertram Abramson, Paul E. Blocher,
James Kirkland, Vinton E. Lee,
Henry P. Seidemann, Mr.. Stoy, Mr..
Regardie, Mr.. Manley and Mr..
Crowell.
Committee chairmen are E. Ken
meth Rouse, meetings; Paul B. Och
mann, publications and public rela-
tiops; Henry S. Owens, corporation
with bankers, credit agencies and
other organizations; Byron J. Har-
rill, legislation; Herman o. Corder,
publications; Joseph G. Motyka,
membership; E. Franklin Odor, edu-
cdtional standards, and Bernard H.
De Vos, natural business year.
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Building Code Change
To Benefit Veterans
Lauded by SCHNEIDER

Alfred SCHNEIDER, Undersecretary
of Commerce, today congratulated
the District Commissioners for hay
ing made recent changes in the
District building code to increase
construction of veterans housing.
In a letter to Commissioner John
Russell Young, Mr.. SCHNEIDER said
the changes should help provide
housing for veterans and permit
considerable savings of materials
without creating safety hazards"
Housing Administrator Wilson w.
Wyatt today put into effect the
guaranteed markets" plan through
which the Government will under
write producers of neW-type build
ing materials and prefabricated
homes against loss.
Explaining that normally a new
enterprise proceeds slowly, gradu-
ally stepping up production as the
market is widened for the new prod
uct," Mr.. Wyatt said:
But the need for homes for vet
Grams is so urgent that the produc-
tion Of new materials and new types
OF construction cannot wait"
Under the Veterans Emergency
Housing Act, the Government is
limited to underwriting no more
than 100000 housing units at one
time, and it may not pay more than
80 per cent of producers delivery
price.
Mr.. Wyatt pointed out that safe
guards" had been set up by the
National Housing Agency that will
bar inferior products and fy-by-
night producers, and at the same
time make reliable producers of ac-
ceptable products" qualify for as
siStance.
simultaneously. the District Com
bined Veterans Committee on Hous-
ing announced that it was sending
a list of SO questions to District and
Federal housing officials in an effort
to find out when and how veterans
will get homes
The group said it hoped to re-
ceiVe answers within 70 hours"
The stone road between Phila-
delphia and Lancaster, Pa, was the
first paved highway in the United
States.
Evening star., 1946-07-09

The Washington Soap Box
Derby, sponsored by The Star
and the District Department of
the American Legion, is open
to boys II to Is years of age,
inclusive. Boys reaching their
11th or 18th birthdays in the
period from June l to August
18, inclusive, are eligible.
Tomorrow is closing day for
entries.
Each entrant must obtain an
official rule book from the
Washington area Chevrolet
dealer nearest his home and
have entry blanks signed by a
parent or guardian.
The coaster cars must be boy
built at a $40 maximum cost,
with not more than Sc of the
total being spent for wheels and
axles. Precision wheel bearings
are prohibited. but ordinary
ball bearings are permitted.
These design limits are pre-
scribed: Length. 80 inches;
width, AZ inches; height, in
cluding windshield, 80 inches;
weight of racer, 1875 pounds;
combined weight of racer and
driver, $50 pounds.
Evening star., 1946-07-09

The stone road between Phila-
delphia and Lancaster, Pa, was the
first paved highway in the United
States.
Evening star., 1946-07-09
White House Favors
War Bond Payment
lon Terminal Leave

An amended terminal leave pay
bill for enlisted men, providing for
payment in War Bonds. goes to the
Senate Military Affairs Committee
today with the approval of the
White House.
The plan to pay approximately
100000 war veterans in Govern
ment bonds as we'll as cash for ac-
cumulated furlough time is Presi-
dent Truman's idea, White House
Secretary Eben Ayers told a news
conference.
Senator Johnson, Democrat. OF
Colorado, chairman of the Military
Affairs Subcommittee which has
been studying terminal leave pay
said the amended bill would be re-
ported favorably to the full COM
mittee by the subcommittee today.
AS amended, the bill would pay
GI's in cash for accrued terminal
leave amounting to less than $50
For those due to get more than $50
payment would be in "interest-bear-
ing, non-negotiable $25 bonds with a
five-year maturity" Senator john
son said.
Predicts Congress Approval.
The Colorado Senator said the
Budget Bureau, which speaks for the
President, had recommended the
bond-cash compromise and he pre-
dicted that Congress will approve
it before it quits"
Under this plan, Senator Johnson
said, full cash payments would be
made to all servicemen and women
who were released before January
l, l943, and to survivors of veterans.
In all other cases, where the
amount due was over $50, Senator
johnson explained, the veteran
would receive f1ve-year bonds which
would draw 2l2 per cent interest a
year
If a veteran had S62 coming, he
would get sl2 cash and two s25
ooiluo, Ccld lOI johnson SdlC.
Budget Bureau Opposes Cash.
Senator Johnson disclosed that
both the War and Navy Depart
ments still are opposing an amend
ment by a Senate Military subcom-
mittee which would chop off all cash
payments for leave accumulated
after September l of this year. This
amendment would require that both
officers and enlisted men either use
up their leave of 30 days annually
or lose it.
The House-approved BILL provid-
ing straight cash to enlisted men
for unused furlough time up to a
maximum of 100 days at the rate of
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Second Division 10 Hold
25ih Annual Reunion Here

The 25th annual reunion of the
I'd Division Association, composed
of combat veterans of both World
Wars, will be held July 18, 10 and
20, with headquarters at the Shore
ham Hotel.
Among the events scheduled for
the three-day convention are the
commemoration of the I'd Division
dead of two wars at the I'd Division
Monument, Seventeenth and Penn
sylvania avenue NV; the presen-
tation Of the I'd Division Medal to
the Unknown Soldier at Arlington
National Cemetery, band concert
at the Shoreham Hotel by the
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Egypt to Keep Mutt
From Political Activity

LONDON, July 9 lP)-Egypt has
given qualified assurance that the
Mutt of Jerusalem. Hal Amin ell
Hussein, will be restrained from
political activity, the foreign Office
disclosed today.
A foreign office spokesman said
the Cairo government had agreed to
do what it could to prevent the
Multi, who went to Egypt recently
from France, from engaging in
political activity hostile to Britain.
At the same time, he added, Cairo
explained that the former Arab
leader was a guest of King Farouk,
with whom he sought sanctuary, and
suggested that he enjoyed special
protection of the royal house.
Evening star., 1946-07-09

21a days a month. was opposed by
the Budget Bureau.
Senator johnson said the amend
ed bill overcame Budget Bureau and
White House objections, which were
based on the contention that "let-
ting loose $4,000, 100000 all at once
was inf1ationary."
The President, Senator johnson
said, approved the idea of payment
in bonds because it would "stagger
the burden"
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Man Stricken Fatally
While WATCHING Bouts

Henry C. Green, colored, 81, of
309 Fortyfourth street NE. COL
lapsed after the Sammy Angott-
Beau Jack fight at Griffith Stadium
last night, police said, and was pro-
nounced dead few minutes later
at Freedmen's Hospital
The spectator, who was seated in
the upper tier, apparently suffered
hemorrhage, police reported.
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Soap Box Derby Guide

Read The Star for Derby NeWS.
Evening star., 1946-07-09

Needle, II, 2725 Woodley place NV;
Jack E. Hammond, 13, 2713 Ontario
road NV; Thomas A. Martinez, II,
39l5 Eighth street NV, and Wins
ton B. Sutter, IA, 6705 Sixth street
NV.
Also, Don Hausrath, II, 9203 Glen
vile road, Silver Spring, Md; Albert
Madeoy, IL, $40 street Sc; Robert
Hilton Hughes, l3, 119 North Patrick
street, Arlington, Va; Way Poore,
II, 4344 River road NV; Norman
S. Kerns, jr., II, 1000 Vacation lane,
Arlington, Va. Bill Little, 13, Falls
Church, Va, and Walter Fauntroy,
II, 928 Westminster street NV.
(Read The Star for Derby Mems
Evening star., 1946-07-09

port said, Fisher discovered the
wires to two telephones in the Of
flee had been cut"
Meanwhile, the Baltimore City
grand jury, called into special ses-
sion to investigate the holdup and
the wild rumors which followed it,
summoned II more witnesses. The
jury heard five persons yesterday
and recessed until THURSDAY.