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Evening star., 1946-08-13
Russia Urges Control
OF DardaneIIes Straits
By Black Sea Powers
Revision of Montreux Poet
Proposed by Moscow in
Note to Ankoro
BY tbs ASsoeioted Press

MOSCOW, Aug. 13.-Soviet
Russia today announced that she
had proposed to Turkey that the
Black Sea powers take full au-
thority in drawing up a new
treaty governing the Dardanelles
and that the U. S. S. r. and Tur-
key should organize defenses of
the straits jointly.
The Russian note said the 10
year-old Montreux Convention
whereby Turkey was. granted the
right to militariZe the straits does
not correspond to the interests of
security of the Black Sea states and
does not guarantee conditions pre-
venting the use of these straits with
aims inimical to the Black Sea
powers"
The note was made public by the
Soviet Foreign Office. The Soviet
government newspaper Izvestia said
it had been presented to the Turkish
government in Ankara last Thurs
day and that its contents were dis
closed simultaneously to Britain and
the United States.
1t asserted that Germans and
Italians had used the strategic link
between the Black Sea and the Med
lterranean illegally for military pur-
poses during World War II and that
Turkey cannot avoid RESPONSE
bility."
Asks Freedom for All Trade.
Russia proposed that the straits
be kept open to the passage of COM
mercial vessels of all nations. but
only TO war vessels of the Black Sea
powers except in cases where special
arrangements had been made in ad-
vance.
The Black Sea powers, in addition
to Russia and Turkey, are Bulgaria
and Romania. The other signatories
OF the 1886 convention, which is
opened to discussion each five years
during its 20-year life. are Britain,
France, Greece, Yugoslavia and
Japan
Turkey and Britain have proposed
that the United States replace
Japan. The United States suggested
last fall that the straits be kept
open to the merchantmen of all ma =
tions and TO war vessels of the
Black Sea powers in all circum-
stances, and that passage should be
(See DARDANELLEs, Page Ala
Evening star., 1946-08-13
tomato Crop Saved
As Strike Is Averted
BY the Associated Press

Federal conciliators rescued S.
100000 worth of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania tomatoes from spoil
age early today by averting a
Threatened strike against the Camp
bell Soup Co.
The company and the CIO Food,
Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied
Workers Union accepted Concilia-
ton Service compromise of their
dispute over contract terms just so
seconds before the walkout dead
line of 4 am.
If the 5000 union workers had
quit. the tomato crop of 5000 farm
ers who sell mainly to the COM
panys Camden. N. j., plant might
have rotted for lack of market.
The union had demanded closed
shop and preferential hiring The
company insisted that its contract
with the union running to next
March must be observed.
Under the compromise announced
by Assistant Secretary of Labor
John Gibson and Cancellation Com
missioner P. j. Manno:
l. The contract remains in ef-
feet.
2. The company will give public
assurance that it will not engage
in antiunion activity.
g. The Salisbury, Md. plant OF
the company. whose workers now
have no contract, will be covered
by a modified version of the one
at the Camden factory.
a. The parties will negotiate plans
for future recruiting of migratory
workers
On the union size, the agreement
is subject to ratification by the
membership
Evening star., 1946-08-13

The cost-plus contract, de-
scribed by Controller General
Lindsay C. Warren as the great
est device ever invented for
pumping money out of the Treas
ury," accounted for a goodly
share of the untold billions"
which Mr.. Warren says were
wasted on war production con-
tracts.
How 1t operated in certain selected
instances will be the subject of this
article in the series on war contract
waste and extravaganza.
What is it? 1t is an agreement
that the Government will pay a
manufacturer whatever it costs him
to make the product wanted, plus
a fixed fee to cover his overhead
and profit. II the cost of labor and
materials should be, for instance
500. the fixed fee might be $40 to
take care of the manufacturers gen.
feral expense of staying in business
and his profit.
Two Areas Of Dispute.
But there were two conspicuous
areas of dispute on ALLEGATION of
expenses which led to innumerable
challenges Of contractors claims
by the controller generals ONCE.
4 II . manufacturer makes . dona-
Evening star., 1946-08-13
Immigration Directed
By U.S. Sources, British Say
FinoncioI Elements Blamed for Very Large
Contributions Cited in Blockade Statement

phrase American dollars pitted
against British arms
Earlier today Britain sealed off
Palestine against illegal Jewish i'm
migration as prelude to clamping
a rigid curfeW on the tense port of
Haifa and starting transportation
of uncertifled Jewish refugees to in
ternment camps in Cyprus.
Gaping long series Of diplo-
matte. military and naval measures
intended to check the flow of illegal
immigrants from Europe to Pales-
tine, the British last night an
nounced a total blockade to bar
them in the future, declaring that
civil war threatened the Holy Land.
Jewish reaction was prompt and
bitter. One Jewish leader predicted
the step would cause much more
suffer- lg-but it won't stop the
stream of immigrants"
The British press soberly ex-
pressed unqualified approval of the
move, and appealed again for Amer
ican aid in solving the explosive
problems of the Holy Land. Arab
leaders hailed the announcement as
good news"
The Colonial Office said that in
the last eight months, 9,446 illegal
immigrants reached Palestine. with
$500 arriving in July alone.
Government officials said Britain
will conflscate all unauthorized i'm
migrant ships caught in Palestinian
,Sae pInrKADr poo. AZ,
Evening star., 1946-08-13

one thing, on slightly more than six
times the amount of annual flying.
Emphasis then was on training
spirited young pilots for combat
flying. or hauling war freight and
transporting passengers.
Viewing the AAF domestic statis-
tics from another angle, the present
fatality rate appears so per cent
greater than the prewar rate over
a period of II years. Then the rate
was 10 deaths per 100000 flying
hours in planes regarded, for the
most part, as less safe than now.
But compared to those lean years
of Army aviation, however, the AAF
is now flying slightly more than
FIVE times the number of hours per
year.
The answer to the present high
rate of fatalities in the United States,
according to ofiicial claims. lies in
the too-rapid rehabilitation of the
wartime AAF. Most of the best
lsee AIR CRAsHEs Page AL
Evening star., 1946-08-13
H.G.WeNs Diesin Londonot79,
Health Failing for Some Time
Secretary Announces
Peaceful Passing of
World Fumous Author
by fhe Associo,ed Press

by me Associated FresS
LONDON, Aug. 13.--H. G. Wells
the world famous author, died
today at his home in London
He was 10.
His secretary said Mr.. Wells died
peacefully at pm"
The statement, on which the sec
retary would not elaborate, added
He had been in failing health
for considerable time. The
funeral will be private"
Herbert George Wells, English
man of letters, made science a
popular subject with the man in the
street, and, by breathing life into
the dry bones of history, made of
it a best seller"
He and his work were known on
both sides of the Atlantic Wells
Rudyard Kipling and George Ber-
nard Shaw were hailed as the
big three of modern English lit
erature and Wells was the most
versatile of the trio.
With so books to his credit. he ran
a gamut of sociology, political econ
Evening star., 1946-08-13
Gi|rein Says Politics
Cost Job With WAA,
But WithhoIds Names
Former Regional Chief
Admits Probable Loxity
On Fields Wire Order
BULLETIN

William J. Gilrein, dismissed
War Assets Administrati ton
employe, this afternoon told a
special House committee in
vestigating surplus war prop
erty sales that he had put
Joseph Muldowney on the
WAA payroll at the request
of Senator Myers, Democrat,
of Pennsylvania. He said
Senator Myers request came
to him through Joseph Dull
lert, WAA Philadelphia re-
gional director. The witness
testified Mr.. Muldowney re-
placed him on his WAA job.
A former War Assets Admins
tration official today told spe-
cial House committee investi-
eating surplus property that
Democratic politics was respon-
sible for his dismissal from the
WAA Philadelphia regional Of
fice, but he refused to name the
men he said were cunning for
me-"
The former official, William ]
Gilrein, who was discharged soon
after disclosure OF wire screen
transaction involving Benjamin F
Fields, Washington promoter and
war contracts broker, admitted he
was probably negligent" IN han
ding the Fields order for wire
screening.
He insisted however, that he had
not given Fields special treatment
and that the Fields transaction was
not responsible for his dismissal.
Threatened With Contempt.
Mr.. Gilrein was threatened with
contempt by Chairman Slaughter
when he refused to name the men
he said were cunning for him. When
Representative RILEY. Republican
of Oklahoma, and Mr.. Slaughter de-
manded that he say why he was
being "gunned for" the witness re-
sponded with show OF reluctance
II think if was in. politically ir
Philadelphia I'd still have the job
Mr.. Slaughter, who was just de-
feated for denomination in the Mis-
souri, Democratic primary. wanted
to know If Mr.. Gilrein meant ths
Democratic or Republican organiza.
ton. The witness replied Demo
cratic" and added that he mean
both the city and State political or.
ganizations.
AS the committee adjourned fol
lunch, Mr.. Slaughter told the wit
ness that the committee still wantec
to know the names of those he sale
were responsible for his dismissa
(see SURPLUS. Page A -
Evening star., 1946-08-13
Only 40 Discharged
By State Department
For Security Reasons
Soboth Points to Figures
By Byrnes on Screening
Of 5000 New Workers

Only 40 of 5000 new State De-
partment employees whose rec
ords were examined by SCREEN
ing committee have been dis
missed for security reasons be-
cause of CLOSE connections or
involvement with foreign gov
ernmentS."
This was disclosed today in a
letter from Secretary of State Byrnes
to Representative SABBATH. Democrat
of Illinois. Mr.. Sabath's Office called
attention to an exchange of letters
which became available on publica
ton of the Congressional Record ap-
pendix for the last days session.
Referring to sweeping state
ments" that the State Department
was ''honeycombed with communist
ically inclined employees who had pro-
Russian sympathies, Mr.. SABBATH re-
vealed that he asked Mr.. Byrnes for
detailed information on the number
of employees found to have subver-
sive affllia tions.
10 Of 285 Dropped.
The Secretary, in a letter dated
July 26, replied that a preliminary
examination of case histories of ap-
proximately 5000 of the 1000 en-
ployes recently transferred to the
State Department from OSS, FEA
Owl, OIAA and other wartime
agencies had been made
A screening committee recon-
mended that 285 should be refused
permanent employment. The De-
partment dropped only 70 of these.
OF that number 40 were dismissed
because of past records indicating
high degree of security risk, etc .
Another % were let out because they
were aliens and therefore under a
political disability with respect to
peacetime operations of the De-
partment.
The remaining l3 were discharged
because of failure to comply with
foreign service regulate such as
citizenship. for Is years prior to
foreign assignment, and other rea-
sons disaualifying the individual for
service abroad"
These figures. Mr.. SABBATH declared
for the record, not only disprove
charges made in recent months in
Congress so far as the State Depart
ment is concerned, but also indicate
Red d-baiting."
Smoke-Screen Charged.
Another motive behind such
charges might be to discredit the
administration. he declared.
rs seems to me- he said, that
the loose charges being made might
in truth be coming indirectly from
sources which might be very much
interested in throwing up smoke
screen of Red-baiting in order to
hide a movement of growing strength
to forgive our defeated enemies. the
Germans. and to force out of the
State Department individuals who
would not view with favor the res
toration of Nazi power"
Mr.. Sabath's letter of May "a to
Mr.. Byrnes asked how many en-
ployes were examined, how many
(See SABBATH. Page A-4D
Evening star., 1946-08-13
Signs Bill
To Increase Pay Of
Foreign Service
Declares Strengthening
Of System Will Aid U. S.
In World Affoirs

President Truman today signed
legislation which raises the pay
of the Foreign Service and
otherwise strengthens this arm
OF Government, and in a state
ment declared that this move is
in harmony with American plans
for wider and more effective
participation in world affairs.
The Presidents statement follows
1t is significant that this bill
to improve, strengthen and expand
the foreign service of the United
States and to consolidate and revise
the laws relating to it's admins
tration-comes to me for signature
at just the time that the efforts OF
Secretary Byrnes at the peace con-
ference are demonstrating how great
a stake the United States has in
world affairs.
While We strive TO reach inter-
national agreement on the large
and confused issues. we can make
progress by trying to perfect those
instruments of international rela-
tions which 1t lies in our power tc
improve. This administration is
doing everything possible to back uI
our participation in the United
Nations and it's ancillary organi-
cations, and in the international
Bank and the International None
tary Fund.
Responsibilities Increased.
This foreign service legislation is
consistent with all our efforts in
this field. 1t seeks to make the
service as efficient an instrument
OF our foreign policy as possible
and to make our efforts to win the
peace that much more effective.
THE traditional responsibilities of
the Foreign Service have increased
in complexity and Importance and
many new duties have been added
as result Of the inclusion in the
Department of State of some of the
functions of wartime agencies. The
efficient performance of this service
is now more vital to the Government
and individual American citizens
than before the war. 1t must keep
(See FOREIGN SERVICE, Pg. A-4.
Evening star., 1946-08-13
Pressmen's Strike Ends

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Aug. 13 lAo).--
A new wage contract was signed
here last night between pressmen
and the Springfield Newspapers, Inc
ending a weekend strike. The
Springfield Daily News, which missed
it's Monday morning edition. pub
lished this morning, and the Leader
and Press will resume this afternoon
Evening star., 1946-08-13
Major League
Games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington al New York
Wet Grounds.
Chicago at st. Louis-6, $3.50 PM.
Boston at PhiladeIphia-8 PM.
Detroit at Cleveland-8:30 PM.
Evening star., 1946-08-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Batteries---Breebeen and Rice; schmitr
and Livingston.
New York at BrookIyn-7:30 Pm.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh-7:30 PM.
Philadelphia at Boston-Rain.
Evening star., 1946-08-13

(See BLOCKADE, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1946-08-13

(See HOSPITAL AID, Page A-49
Evening star., 1946-08-13

(See PERSONNEL, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1946-08-13
Guide for Re a d ers

An Associoted Press Newspope
Evening star., 1946-08-13

See DARDANELLES, Page A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-26
STUDENTS DEBATE
GROWTH OF CITY
Clinton Girl, Whiteville Boy
On Star-Newsreel Pro-
gram Sunday

-Four Southeastern North Caro-
lima high school student leaders,
guests of the Star-Newsreel boad-
cast yesterday afternoon, agreed
that development of B~luethenthal
air port and the port of Wilmington
took high priority in the future ex-
pansion of their section.
The quartet, all leaders in both
studies and student government
at their schools, included Peggy
Sutton, of Clinton High School,
Wilson Horton, of Whiteville, and
Winifred Harris and Bobby Mac
Kenzie of New Hanover High
School here.
Ben Mcdonald, Star-News'
Round-the-Town reporter sered as
moderator of a discussion that
found the future community lead
ers in full harmony over the pre-
mise that Southeastern North Car
DINA must keep pace with sec
tlo1lS OF comparable Size through
out the nation.
An increase in revreational IA
cilities and a program of indus
trial growth that will avoid max
ing this area a one-industry sec
ton were also advocated by the
student panel.
The Star-NeWsreel. which was
broadcast over Radio Station
WMFD here at lis p. m. y%ester-
day, also featured songs by Sara
Anne Eaton, with Patty Jones as
her accompanying pianist.
The four panel members were
luncheon guests of the Star-News
after their broadcast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-26
GEIGER SWEET WILL
ARRIVE TODAY FOR
LIFE IN DOLLHOUSE

ABOARD THE USS MOUNT Nc
KINLEY, Aug. Is -fP- Geiger
Sweet, a native of Bikini, arrives
in the United Stae5 Monday to
take up residence in a doghouse.
Gelger, a pup, was two days old
when the second test atomic bomb
flung water and radioactivity
ashore at Bikini. His name sig
mites that the Geiger counter
showed he was free of radioac-
tlvity when found.
1t. Commander S. A. Jeranko,
who discovered Geiger with a lit
ter of seven other pups two days
after the explosion, is a member
of the Task force security staff,
a resident of Washington, D. c.,
and a native of Clarksburg, W.
Va.
Geiger has an impressive Navy
Recommendation but his pledge
seems to u back no further than
the fact his mother was Minnie
from Bikini' and his father was
Damon from Amen - the latter
an island adjacent to Bikini.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-26
Crossroads Ship McKinle,
Due In California Todov

ABOARD THE USS MOUNT Nc
KINLEY, Aug. Is -P)- Still car
rying some radioactive hot spots,
this Crossroads force flag ship will
arrive in the United States Monday
docking at Oakland.
More than a month after the
Baker Day atomic bomb impreg-
mated the waters of Bikini lagoon
with fission products, occasional
spots on the Mckinley still ami
mate the Geiger counter.
A sign attached to a propeller
guard of a small boat cautions:
keep clear, radioactive"
DR.. Roy Overstreet, of the Uni
versity of California faculty, who
is a task force radiologist, said
most of the contamination remain
ing is of the Beta type, not dan
gerous unless prolonged contact is
made.
Ropes Discarded
Several large woven rope fend-
ers and other gear which remain
ed persistently active we're thrown
overheard. The Mckinley picked
up its hot spots while anchored in
the lagoon, but they never were a
menace to persons aboard.
Cant. w F. Walsh chief medi.
can officer of the task force, said
although 1000 men were at Bi-
KIM mo injuries peculiar to the
explosion of the atom bomb" hac
occurred. He added: eff anyone hac
received a massive overdose o.
radioactive it would have shown
up by now
Commodore j. A. Snackenberg
chief of operations expected the
evacuation of Task Force head
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-26
Off For Germany

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is -R-
Mrs. Margaret Allen was en- route
by air Sunday to Germany in
order that she may be with her
husband for the birth of their sec
ond shild, expected next month.
Mrs. Allen decided to make the
flight now because she was inform
ed by her husband, 1t. Jack ".
Allen, stationed at an Army post
at Munich, that under Army reg
ulatlons if the baby were born
mere she would have to wait until
the child was 10 months old before
making the trip.
She left for New York Saturday
night with her 2-year-old son. Rob.
bic. Arrangements were made to
provide that at each stop from
mere to the East, and for the re.
malnder of her trip to Europe in
a Royal Dutch Airlines nlane.
physicians will be at the airnorts
to check on the expectant mothers
condition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-26
SYRUP COOKING TIME
Bladen, Pender Farmers
Revive Old Sugar Methods

| attached to the mill where the old
plug horse was hitched. The cane
feeder, who was considered beins
the strongest man on the project.
felt his Importance as he took his
seat in a chair provided with a
cushion of dried cane pummies
But no one felt his importance
more than the small upstart who
drove the plug team round and
around the grinding mill and
threw with all his strength a fray
ed cane stalk on old Dobbin. OF
course horse and driver had to
have a shift - sometimes quite
frequently. They wanted water too
frequently to suit the feeder and
then the fun wound begin, al
ways ending by Father coming to
the rescue.
At my old home there we're three
very large white Scuppernong
grape vines and the fruit of these
vines came in full swing at syrup
cooking time. Then my Mother
with whom helpers would convert
bushels and bushels of grapes into
preserves in the boiling watts Of
syrup, filling dozens and dozens
of large crooks full of candied
grape preserves.
Most every season of syrup
grinding and making had some
unusual happening to take place
just as the rush of work became
acute. The most outstanding one
in my memory, and I dare say
in others. was when Little Broth
err" a small helper arond the
business, fell into a pot of almost
boiling syrup that my mother had
set aside for her grape conserve.
The outcry from Little Brother"
reached greater record than any
song hit that ever went on the air.
But needless to say my mother
was never bothered with small fry
around and about again.
Revivals, or in those days as
the annual protected meetings
were called, always came along
during syrup cooking and the
means of transportation to old
Bethlehem church was a sore
pain the distance being three
miles and most of the road be-
ing sand beds. Of course the tired
old horses were too tired and
worn out after a hard days pull
at the pulling shaft. In the near
future hope to relate to my read
ers how the problem, at least
partly, was solved.
Yes, we housewives hope soon
to have a plenty of sweetening all
stored away in safe keeping
against hard times, including an
other September flood if it should
come.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-26
State Wheat Goal

RALEIGH, Aug. 25-(P-Nortb
Cardinals 1947 wheat goal has been
established at 600, 900 acres. q
Tom Scott, state production mar
keting administration reported
Sunday.
This acreage Compares with the
five year average, 1874, of $780,
700 acres and an indicated 1916
acreage of 459, 600 acres.
Scott pointed out that the goal
will serve as a guide for Tar Heel
wheat farmers in balancing pro-
duction against needs. Because
of the low level of world food stocks
the national goal of II, 100, 900 acres
is somewhat larger than would
normally be desired for proper con-
servatio1," he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-26
TRUCKERS STRIKE
LOOMS IN GOTHAM
Union Leaders Say Walkout
Will Paralyze Com
merce In City

NEW YORK, Aug. Is LIZ Ne
gotiations between two large as
sociations of truckers and repre-
sentatives of IL, 1000 ALL teamsters
have been broken off and WORK
stoppage is threatened in the New
York area, a spokesman for the
operators said Sunday.
Arthur C. McKeever, president
of the Motor Carrier association
of New York, said in a statement
that such a work stappage would
"paralyze commerce within New
York city and, in addition, its eff
feet would be countrywide as az
fecting goods in transit and the
customary flow of tra.eic passing
to, from and through the port OF
New York"
He said demands by Locals 807,-
282 and BIG, International Brother
hood of Transfers (AFL). would
increase the cost of truck opera
ton in some instances by as mucf
as 100 per cent"
John E. Strong, president o.
Local BOT. said the existing con
tracts expires August 81, and ..
don't think the men will WORK
without a contract after Septem
Der g."
He said the union chiefly was
seeking a 80 per cent pay increase
and a five day week, and added
that a company offer of So a weel
had been turned down. The work
ers now receive from $8.45 to $11.
63 daily, he said. Other demand!
relate to changes in work rules
Employer groups represented
are the Motor Carrier association
and the New York State Truck
association. Negotiations have
been in progress six weeks.
Strong estimated the union mem
bers handled about IS per cent Of
the general trucking in New York
city and vicinity.