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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
|Hit-and-Run Car Kills
Berwyn Heights Man
lin Front Of Home

Clarence E. Trait, So, of 1912
Pontiac street, Berwyn Heights, Md,
died in Leland Memorial Hospital
shortly before 2:30 am. today from
injuries received an hour earlier
when he was struck by a hit-and-
run automobile on U. S. Route !
near his home.
The victims wife, Mrs. Clarence
Trait, told Prince Georges County
police she and her husband were
getting out OF the car on opposite
sides when the accident occurred
She said Mr.. Trait was on the out
side and she did not know he had
been struck until the striking We
hicle was almost out Of sight.
BranchvilIe Squad Aids.
The Branchville Rescue Squad
took Mr.. Trait to the hospital.
Five persons were injured in traffic
accidents in Washington early to-
day and yesterday.
Two persons were injured when
the motorcycle they were riding
went out of control early today and
struck a tree in the 1000 block of
Fifth street NV. Oswald E. Mac
Arthur. Is, of SOB Quincy street
NV. operator of the motorcycle,
was taken to Emergency Hospital
for treatment of head injury and
decorations of the legs, hands and
head. lola Watson, 81, of 4018 Illi-
nois avenue NV, suffered head cuts
and three broken teeth. She was
treated and released.
Robert johnson, 4, colored, of 1874
Pierce court NV, was struck by a
light truck as he was crossing Pierce
street at Second street NV. Willie
Lee, 81, colored, of 1912 New Jersey
avenue NV, listed by police as
driver of the truck, took the child to
'Gallinger Hospital. Hospital at
taches said the boy has serious head
injuries.
Hit by Bus.
A 31-year-old bartender, Preston
Jones, 1924 w street Sc, was Sc
riously injured when a bus struck
him as he stepped from the curl
at Nichols avenue and Good Hope
| road Sc. He was admitted a
Casualty Hospital with a possible
fractured skull and a broken foot
Police said Festus E. Bowman, As
| of 1907 Sixth street S.W. was op
orator of the bus.
John Proctor. SO, colored, $50;
Douglas street NE, a pedestrian
was struck by an automobile a
Fifth street and Massachusetts, ave.
nue. NV. last night. He was ad.
mitted to Casualty Hospital where
his condition was said not to b,
serious. Police reported Johr
| Lipinski, 80, of 654 E street NE.
was driver of the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
BY the Associated Press

Admiral Ernest J. King yesterday
told the story of how a bullet grazed
his knee as he witnessed a test of
material from which it was pro-
posed to make a 1000, O00-ton air
craft carrier of ice.
ut was the closest I ever came to
being shot," Admiral King, former
chief of naval operations, said in
telling about tests made at the 1913
Quebec conference.
The carrier was proposed by the
British in 1912 and received the
consideration of the joint chiefs of
staff in Ottawa.
During discussion of the project,
which was carried as far as the
model stage, but was abandoned due
to progress of the war, scientists
fired two shots at slabs of ice to
demonstrate the advantages of a
special mixture of wood pulp and ice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
British Troops Suppress
Riot Of TO Prisoners
BY the Associated Press

NORTH ALLERTON, Eng, Mar.
"A riot involving 70 British Army
prisoners was put down by troops
last night after the rioters set fire
to North Allerton Military Prison
and wrecked its interior.
The last seven rioters were cap
tured after they had held out on a
roof top for more than eight hours,
pelting the troops below with slate
shingles and other missiles. Five
members of the prison guard were
injured, none seriously.
Firemen quelled the blaze in the
building after four-hour fight and
then turned their hoses on the
rioters, causing all but the last
seven holdouts to surrender. The
prisoners, most of them recently
transferred from the British Army
on the Rhine, were protesting the
food and no-smoking rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Bullet Gruzed Admiral Kino
In | est at Quebec in1o43

One of the bullets grazed Admiral
Kings knee.
II was never enthusiastic about
the idea," the admiral said, I'VE
just let them talk" referring to
the British proponents of the ice
carrier.
Describing the incident, Admiral
King said this long-haired scien-
tist-it wasn't on the schedule
just pulled gun out and fired twice
at these samples"
He said British Air Marshal Sir
William Welsh told him later that
he thought the Americans were
shooting at the British" behind the
closed doors of the conference room
Admiral King said, Il asked him
how did you know it wasn't the
British shooting at us?'"
: He said Marshal Welsh told him
Il never thought of that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02

worth OF railway bridges for over
seas shipment, snow plows for the
Alcan Highway, Bailey bridges anc
materials for camouflaging the
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Plant al
Middle River.
Functioning as Sd Service Com
mand engineer job likened tc
that of city manager for 300, 900 per-
sons scattered in more than 100 To-
cations in three States-Col. Gesle,
supervised expenditures of more
than $40,000,000 a year during the
wars peak period, maintained all
Army posts in the tri-State area
and operated their power plants
sewage systems and other utilities.
Projects Enumerated.
Col. Gesler listed these civil prof.
ects now under way or to be started
shortly:
!. Construction Of local flood
protection works at Cumberland
Md; Ridgley Field, Va, and Tyrone
Pa, at cost of more than $40.
000.0 900.
2. Improvement of numerous trib.
utaries of Chesapeake Bay to IA
cilitate small-boat traffic.
3. Completion of yacht basins ano
piers along the Washington water
front at cost of about $4,000 900.
4. Construction of Bugs Island
Dam on the Roanoke River for food
control, hydraulic power and allied
purposes, to cost more than s45,-
100000.
S. Improvement of the Baltimore
Harbor to provide deeper main and
branch channels and additional
anchorage, and a connecting chan
mel to the Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal.
6. Completion of local flood
protection works at York, Pa, at a
cost of more than 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
167 Natives on Bikini Moved
In Preparation for Bomb Test

cred in government buildings among
the coconut palms.
The Navy decided Bikinians
should dismantle and take with
them their church and government
house, two well-built structures
But all other buildings must be left
behind.
An advance work party of 20 ma
tives supervised by Navy personnel
went to Rongerik 10 days ago to
prepare a new village site. The
Navy has provided tents for tenn
porary housing. Each adult villager
will be on the Government payroll
(receiving about 40 cents a day.
and will be given free food until
the lob is finished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Russia
Continued From First Page }

area and that American planes
must not approach within II miles
OF the coast without previous per-
mission.
Rejecting this contention, the
Navy pointed out that the shooting
occurred 5 miles at sea and that
the United States had received no
notice of Russian intention to apply
a 12-mile limit to the area. No
answer has come from the Russians.
| On February 20, another Mariner
patrol plane was overtaken near
Dairen by two Soviet fighter planes
which gave warning bursts of ma
chine gun fire for about 10 minutes.
the Navy said.
Pilot Disciplined.
The announcement acknowledged
that the American pilot involved in
this incident had disregarded orders
and flown inland from the coast,
but nevertheless declared the Rus
sian action "unjustifiable in view
of the friendly relations existing
between the two countries" The
American pilot. it said, has been
disciplined.
The Navy did not mention any
return fire by the American planes
in either incident.
The State Department rebuke to
Russia regarding removal of indus
trial equipment from Manchuria fol-
lowed admission by a Soviet COM
mander that some machinery was
being taken to Russia. He insisted
this was in accord with a Big Three
agreement.
Booty Agreement Denied.
1--WE have no agreement, secret or
otherwise, with the Soviet Govern
ment or any other government in re-
gard to war booty in Manchuria, -"
the State Department said.
The statement added that Moscow
has been informed that ut would
be most inappropriate" to make any
final disposition of japanese assets
In Manchuria at this time.
1t said the United States recently
has initiated discussions with other
governments principally concerned
with reparations from Japan
which it did not specify-about such
final disposition.
No Reply on Manchuria.
Michael j. McDermott, in charge
OF State Department press relations.
said the department has no direct
information that the Russians ac-
tually are stripping Manchuria of
Industrial equipment, and has re-
ceived no reply from Moscow to in
quiries about press reports to this
effect.
The Russian request for a $1,000
600, 900 loan was filed last August
and a reply was sent out only last
week.
This Government asked for an
overall negotiation" and stated it
was prepared to begin discussions
Immediately on this basis. There
was mo official elaboration of what
was meant by overall negotiations, .
but the implication was that this
Government could not discuss such
a credit without seeking Soviet
commitments to participate in world
trade conferences scheduled this
year, and other moves to lift re-
strictions on the free flow of inter-
national commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
BY the Associofed Pres,

HONOLULU, Mar. 2.-Yesterday
was moving day for 1877 natives OF
Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands,
where joint Army Navy task force
will stage surface test of the
atomic bomb in May.
Men, women, children, chickens,
dogs, two large thatch-roofed build
ings, outrigger canoes. woven mats,
household goods and other impede
menta were taken from Bikini
aboard an LIST to the island of
Rongerik, 135 miles east of the test
site area.
For days the natives have been
excitedly discussing the event as
they Squatted in their huts or gath
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
House Postwar Group
Favors Report Asking
Continuance Of 0PA

Continuance of price contrlos for
at least another year after June
80, with notifications. has been
recommended in report tentatively
approved by the House Postwar Eco
nomic Policy Committee.
Final action on the report Is
expected to be taken by the COM
mittee next week.
In its present form, the report
states that "the threat Of cumulative
imitation is too great to permit
abolition of the power to control
prices before June, 1947." Rent
control may have to be continued
to January, 1s48, the report adds.
Hearings to Continue.
House Banking Committee hear.
ings on extension Of OPA's life for
another year will go into the third
week Monday. John D. Small,
civilian production administrator Is
scheduled to testify Tuesday. The
committee has not yet selected its
witness for Monday.
Henry J. Kaiser, appearing in sup
port of OPA yesterday, declared
that If price controls were abolished
Immediately, he would have Ito raise
prices as high as I could" in his Is
industries. The next step, he said,
would be "retrenchment" with cur
tailed production and discharge Of
workers.
Imitation Fear Cited.
THE reason we are not soing
ahead faster is fear. We are afraid
of imitation" the West Coast in
dustrialist stated. OPA's continual
ton is essential, he added, ito take
the fear out of our souls"
Meanwhile, Senate Agriculture
Subcommittee investigation into
clothing shortages ended, with SEN
ator Bankhead, Democrat, of Ala
bama. stating that II think we've
shown ample reason for revision"
of OPA regulations relating to tex
tiles and clothing production.
| He said he was friendly to OPA
in its work to hold down consumer
prices but that the big problem now
is getting production.
Almost one-third of the area of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
D, c. Driver Fined Sis
In Prince GEORGES Court

Donald G. Fulton, Al, of SAP
Fourth street NV, was fined Sis
and costs, by Trial Magistrate Ar
thur P. Owens yesterday in Prince
Georges County Police Court at Up
per Marlboro on charges of driving
while drunk and reckless driving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
D. c. Skuter Is Second

CHICAGO, Mar. 2 (R.-Walter
cambridge of Washington, D. c.,
placed second behind Dudley Rich
ards of Boston for the mems novice
championship in the national figure
skating championships here yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02

The Empire State Building in
New York has miles of elevator
Shafts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02

Almost one-third of the area of
the United States is forest land.
Evening star., 1946-06-04
Naval Academy School
Awards Diplomas 10 374
By the AsSoeicfed Press

CAMBRIDGE, Md, June A.
Graduation ceremonies were held
yesterday for 374 men who success
fully completed courses at the Naval
Academy Preparatory School here
Rear Admiral John E. Gingrich,
assistant chief Of the Bureau of
Naval Personnel, made the chief ad-
dress and presented each OF the
appointees with orders to report to
the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
The graduates include:
Maryland-Seaman nc Joseph B.
Howard, Annapolis and Harvey H.
Hogue, GIL Hillendale road, Chevy
Chase.
Washington-Merrill c. Comstock,
1000 Cathedral avenue NV; Will
liam A. Kiehl. 1880 Chevy Chase
drive; Robert T. Schultz, 3511 Rod
man street NV; Richard I. Mather,
S Newport avenue; William A. Nc
Broom, 4841 Reservoir road; Adrian
D. Vining, 3515 Runnymede place
NV.
Virginia-Kenneth G.. Hoge, 2230
North Powhatan street, Arlington; !;
D. T. Gochenour, Waynesboro; Will
bur H. Geddes, 523 Greenwich street,
Falls Church, and John T. Rogers,
Front Royal.
Evening star., 1946-06-04
Fate Of 100000 japanese
| Under Reds Still Mystery
By the Associoted Press

TOKYO. June What became
of 2,5o0,OO0 Japanese supposedly in
Russian-occupied territory at wars
end is still mystery, Allied head
quarters said today.
The headquarters intelligence sec
ton said no information had been
received from Russian, Chinese OF
other sources on the japanese sup
posed to have been in Manchuria
from which the Russians recently
withdrew, or those in territory the
Russians still hold
japanese figures placed the civil
ians in Manchuria at around 1000
600 and the strength Of the Japa-
nese Kwantung Army at between
100000 and 100000. They listed
GOT 900 army, navy and civilians in
North Korea Sakhalin and the Ku-
rile Islands, all now occupied by
Russia,
Evening star., 1946-06-04
New York 10 Probe
Charges Of Big Bribes
By Bookies 10 Police
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, June 4.-The Police
Department undertook today a
sweeping investigation of charges
that members of the department
we're accepting huge bribes from
bookmakers in the most cynical
grating spree in New York history
The probe followed an order by
Mayor William O'Dwyer that the
department clean its own house
after the New York Daily News COL
umnist, Ed Sullivan, charged yes
terday that police detectives were
receiving payments from bookmak-
ers ranging from $1,700 per book
maker phone per month" to $4,000
per month"
Police Commissioner Arthur w
Wallander declared in a statement
that he had directed the chief in
Ispector and the commanding officer
of the police commissioners conf
Dental squad to make a thorough
inquiry into the allegations of graft
and corruption involving bookmakers
and to uncover any other form o1
gambling"
In his column Mr.. Sullivan charged
that token" arrests were being
made "as cover-up for the most
cynical grating spree in New York
history He also charged that de
tectives brag they can't be touched
and their superiors associate openly
with mobSterS." 1t,
Mayor O'Dwyer said Mr.. Sullivan
was not expected to be summoned
adding: ,. g. F.
II always respect the confidentia,
sources of newspapermen. I will
welcome information through the
press and I will not embarrass q
newspaperman on his sources of in.
formation. If he tells me something
is wrong. we will try to dig it up.
am interested in the facts only, the
rest is up to us"
Mr.. ODwyer said he had no in.
formation to confirm or deny Mr.
Sullivan charges.
Evening star., 1946-06-04
II Men Are Indicted
In $2,o00,000 Sales
|0f Black Mart Whisky
BY the Associotsd Press

Attorney General Clark today
announced the indictment of II
men on charges of conspiracy to
violate price controls in the sale
of about II 500 barrels of whisky
at over-ceiling prices.
Mr.. Clark's announcement esti-
mated tina. "the excess profits from
the groups alleged illegal opera
tions amounted to over $4,000, 900. ~
His statement said the indictment
charged the group with selling the
whisky in black markets in many
sections Of the country.
The indictment, returned by Fed.
eral Court grand jury at Louisville
KY, named the following men, Mr.
Clark said:
Berlin Griffin Halpine Smith
gorge X. Yetter. Henry c. Rich
ardson, all of West Palm Beach
Fla; Ben Stein, Ben B. Yoffee, Ira
Stein, David Harris. Maurice M
Nairnowitz. all of Jacksonville, Fla;
Louis Keidel of New York City anc
C. Frank Keidel of Miami Beach
Fla.
Mr.. Clark said two additional in
dictments were returned against
Berlin Griffin and Ben Stein, charg.
ing them with sales and deliveries
of quantities of liquor at over-ceiline
prices. One additional indictment
was filed against Ben B. Yoffee
charging similar offenses, Mr.. Clark
said.
This prosecution follows a long
and thorough inquiry into black
market operations by a ring of liquor
dealers in Florida" Theron L
Caudle, Assistant Attorney General
in charge OF the Justice Depart
ment's criminal division, said in a
statement.
Evening star., 1946-06-04
Aqueduct Results
AT BELMONT.

AT BELMONT.
madsns: aAekIse "a iSqonrs s'Rds Wds
quick Chance w dhouse> a5.so $40 500
Divine (Wilson) $40
Time, 1:O6
Also ran-Bari, Uncle Cecil, Easy Move
as1eS essus. fity Field Portal Fair ans f''' Mar
SECOND RAcE-purse, $500; claim
ing: 4-year-oids and upward; ~ miles. :.
Gaduceus Dslaral $500 23;399 1880
ffsTafta Rarifisd 'AsiIRs0n' MiiieT9 $50 ssSS ssS
Also ran-Jimjee, Hill Fox, fDarby
Tshs saSs. fanseI MISS Id.nt eH.en
Field.
pea rHRR Resss So.S snd ~sdsps nn
Beyond, Reach lDelara 17.4o $50 $40
shush adams 1910
Also ran-s carysiort gullsar, BLY,.
Al. Phillips-Paragon Stable entry.
FOURTH RAGEspurse. .II s5,. 5000; allow.
e1Rsiss eu'sIss !kiSel lkil2lsnd, $50 3!4SS "a
Time, 1:o43s.
Also ran-Miss Yam Manor Lass, Al.
renie, b Valse Dor, Boston Babette ano
b Graciously.
Belair studio Phipps entry.
FIFTH RACE-Purse. $500 added. the
Lion Heart Steeplechase Handicap; 4-year-
olds and upward; about . miles.
Burma Road tMagee) $50 $40 $50
Mercator CLeonard) $50 $50
Fioa ting Isle tBaumanl $40
Time. 3:64ts
Also ran-Annotator. a Raylwyn, a Boo
jun II, Adaptable, Delhi Dan.
MIS- F. A. Clark-Mrs. e. D. Weir entry.
Evening star., 1946-06-04
Gilmore
Continued From First Page.)

and Britain who feel the same
way.
On the other hand, the Russians
are just as convinced that the
American and British people-that
is the broad masses of them-want
friendship with the U. S. S. R. and
are friendly toward the U. S. S. R.,
and this goes for Canada, too.
There were several verbal broad
sides against Mr.. Mackenzie King
at one time this year, but informed
persons in the Russian capital
never took them very seriously.
Some people think the answer
to the question of how we are to get
along with Russia and Russia with
us lies in the better Interpretation
of both points of view-the Amer
ican and the Russian. While this
is certainly true the question is
definitely much more involved.
Ideologies, basic conceptions of
many many things. race outlooks,
ancient and not so ancient history,
emotions, to mention few, make up
the muddle.
(Tomorrow-Stalin and his pos
sible successors.)
Evening star., 1946-06-04
Walter Johnson Re|apses
After SIiqht Improvement

Walter johnson, former Wash
ington pitcher, was reported to have
"lost ground" today at Georgetown
University Hospital after a brie1
improvement last night.
The 58-year-old baseball star yes
terday emerged from the coma
which he entered last Thursday
sufficiently to recognize members OF
his family who visited him.
johnson, who lives in Montgomery
County, Md, has a brain tumor
physicians said, and hope for his
full recovery has been abandoned
He has been hospitalized since early
April, when he suffered a light
stroke,
Evening star., 1946-06-04
Senators Seek Action
Today on Motions 10
Revise Draft Law
By J. A. OLeory

Senate leaders hope to begin
voting today on pending motions
to tie strings to a one-year ex-
tension Of selective service.
Although members of both houses
are divided over continuation OF
the draft, there is general approval
of higher pay for the armed forces
to encourage volunteer enlistments.
Senators Wherry of Nebraska, and
Revercomb of West Virginia, Re-
publicans. will offer the Senate q
substitute, under which the regis
tration machinery of selective serv-
ice would be retained, but with no
more inductions after July /.
Coupled with this would be the
proposed pay increase.
Would Provide for Emergency.
This would keep the machinery
available in case of an emergency.
and the pay increase would attract
all the volunteers that the Army,
Navy and Marines say they need,"
said Senator Wherry.
This substitute will be resisted,
however, by Senator Gurney, Re-
publican, of South Dakota, who is
leading the Military Committees
fight for an extension that will
enable draft boards to call only
the minimum number of men need
ed to make up monthly quotas,
after allowing for volunteer en-
listments.
In the opening debate yesterday
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
leading Republican authority on
world affairs, warned against re-
| ducing the Army's potential
strength to "a very dangerous min
imum," in the hope Of concluding
peace pacts in Europe this summer.
Called Dangerous Minimum"
Senator Vandenberg spoke from
background of experience both in
the establishment of the United
Nations Organization and in the
recent meeting of foreign ministers
in Paris.
The Michigan Senator, who Is 60
ing back to Paris with Secretary of
State Byrnes soon for further peace
treaty discussions, suggested that
the committee plan to get the Army
down to 100000 men by July /,
1947. appeared to rest on the hope
of reducing occupation forces in
Europe He asked whether failure
to work out agreements on Austria
and Italy would require an upward
revision Of those Army figures. Sena-
tor Gurney replied:
1T certainly would"
Then" said Santor Vandenberg.
Il say that these figures represent
not only minimum, but a very
dangerous minimum"
The House voted for a 9-month
extension of the draft, but with the
1S and 10 year age groups exempted,
and with all inductions banned un-
til October Is. An effort probably
will be made in the Senate also to
exempt teen-agers, but will be
strongly resisted.
/ After the Senate passes its bill, a
stiff conference fight remains before
a bill is finally agreed upon and sent
to the President.