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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-18

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DAYLIGHT SAVING NOTE: - All
times PM eastern standard.
To change to eastern daylight. add
one hour; central daylight same IS
eastern standard.
On the other hand, for central
standard subtract one hour; for
mountain standard subtract two
hour.
Times listed are those supplied by
networks. Relay times by local sta
lions may vary in some instances.
4:45-Front Page Farrell Serial - NBC
Sparrow and the Hawk, Serial - CHS
Tennessee Jed, a Riddles Skit - ABC
Tom Mix (repeats at 5:45, 6:45) - MBS
5:00-News Report for Is Minis - NBC
Quincy Howe and News Period CHS
Walter Herman and News - ABC-east
Here's Howe (also at g. MBS-west
5:15-Echoes of Tropics; Sports NBC
Waitin' for Clayton Song Time CHS
Dick Tracy in Repeat ABC-west
R'pt superman (also 6:15)-MBs-west
5:3o-Skyline Roof, G.. MacRae --CBS
Jack Armstrong Repeat ABC-west
Capt Midnight (also $500 - MBS-west
5:45-Lowell Thomas & Newscast-NBC
World News and Commentary - CHS
Cal Tinney and a Commentary - ABC
6:00-Radio's Supper Club - NBC-basic
Lanny Ross in Song Show - CBS-basic
Fulton Lewis, Jr. (repeat at y - MBS
6:15-News & Comment of World-NBC
Tenor Jack Smith Sings CBS-basic
Elmer Davis and Commentary : ABC
Dancing for Is Minutes -MBS-basic
6:3O-Warde Donovan with Song-NBC
American Melodies Song, Orch. - CHS
Rex Maupin n Variety Music ABC
Arthur Hale in Comment - MBS-baslc
6:45-Ka1tenborn and Comment NBC
Bill Brandt Spts. (repeat 7:15) MBS
7:0o-The Johnny Froics Variety-NBC
big Town" Newspaper Drama CHS
Lum and Abner. Comedy Skit ABC
Nick Carter, Detective MBS-basic
7:15-The O'Neills, Serial Skit - ABC
7:30-A Date with Judy, Drama - MIC
Dark Venture, Dramatic Series-ABC
The Falcon, Drama (rpt 11:30) - MBS
7:55-Five Minutes News Period - CHS
8:00-Dunninger in a Broadcast NBC
Inner Sanctum. Eerie Drama - CHS
Ed Sullivan; Eugene Baird - ABC
Gabriel Heater and Comment - MBS
8:15-Real Life Stories. Drama - MBS
8:30-Fred Warnings Night Music - NBC
Encore Theater, Drama Show - CHS
American Forum, Guest Panel MBS
8:55-Five Minutes Sports Time-ABC
9:00-Man Called x, Dramatic - NBC
Night Life, All-Negro Show - CHS
Louis = Conn Pre- = fight - -ABC
9:15-Upton Close and Comment - MBS
9:30-Sigmund Romberg's Conc'rt-NBC
Open Hearing for a Discussion - B
Hoosier Hop for Barn Dance - ABC
Better Half, Mr.. and Mrs. Quiz MBS
10:00-News for is Minutes NBC-basic
The Supper Club Repeat NBC-west
News, Variety. Dance 3 h.-CBS & ABC
News, Dance Ban Show, 2 h. MBS
10:15-Variety & News to 1 am. NBC
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-18
IN JAPAN

FAIRMONT, June ITS
Robert l.. Britt, husband of
Mrs. Clara Britt, Route l,
Fairmont. is now serving with
the 18Th Parachute Infantry
regiment in Japan, it has been
learned. Britt was indicted into
the Army at Fort Bragg in Oct
ober, 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-18

CURRIE, June 17-There is
a short crop of blue berries
at the berry farms. Much
money is put into circulation
in this direction as trucks load
ed with pickers and packers
go out daily to the farms load
ed with women folks, both old
and young.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-18
OVER THE NETWORKS


Changes in programs as listed are
due to corrections by networks
made too late to incorporate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
MRS. WHITE DIES
ATSUMMERH HOME
Death Comes Suddenly
From Heart Attack
Last Night

Mrs. E. L. White, wife of the
owner of Whites Ice Cream and
Milk company, died suddenly of a
heart attack about 8:45 o'clock last
night at her summer home at
Wrightsville Beach.
A native of Wilmington, Mrs.
White was the daughter of Mrs.
Rosa Lee Mayo Furlong and the
late Walter A. Furlong.
Married in 1916, the Whites be-
came a well = known couple not
only in Wilmington but throughout
Southeastern North C a n a.
White was elected president of the
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
recently.
Surviving Mrs. White are: her
husband; two daughters, Mrs. j.
Chadbourn Bolles, Of Charlotte,
and Mrs. Isaac B. Granger, of
Wilmington; one son, E. L. White,
Jr.; four grandchildren; her
mother; and her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Mary White.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Ward Funeral
Home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
AlongTheC Cape Fear

into a fuller understanding of and
appreciation for the excellencies
of that part of Southeastern North
Carolina to which New Hanover
county is suburban"
We won't give you the writer's
name, folks.
We have his name written in
blood on our black list, and we
have claimed him for our own
personal game.
QUICK METAMORPHOSlS-Bu
before we oil up our long rifle
and shine up our bowie knife for
the hunting trip to Whiteville, let
us point out that never in the his
tory of the plant kingdom have
Strawberries metamorphosed into
raspberries - the ones spelled
r-a-z-Z--in such short order.
1t would make Luther Burbank,
the worlds greatest-up till now
botanical quick-change artist turn
a dark jade green with envy.
How did you manage to find
time to do it, sir, with your hands
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
MAY DlSCLAlMS
WAR CONSPIRACY
Kentuckian Is Given Lie,
However, By State
Associate
BY ANN c. HICKS
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July 8.-Repre-
sentative Andrew J. Mays dra-
matte denial of association with a
Kentucky lumber company linked
by senate Investigators to an Ill
linois paper empire" of war con-
tractors was challenged promptly
Monday by a white-haired Ken
tuckian who said he has known the
Democratic congressman for SO
years.
May, in an imprisoned speech
before a crowded, applauding
house, denounced the Senat War
Investigating committee as an in
QUESTION" group, denied that he
had profited from any connections
he had with organizers of the Hi
nois industrial chain, and pictured
himself as tthe victim of a con-
spiracy of falsehood and malice
Denies Connections
Specifically, the gray-haired,
partly bald chairman of the influ-
entail House Military Affairs com.
mittee denied any connection with
the Cumberland 'Ky.) Lumber
company. That firms documents
See MAY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09

SOUR GRAPES-In last Satur-
davis column we said we were 60
ing to keep our head inside the
Columbus county 1916 year book
because we thought it as deletable
as a crate of Chadboura straw
berries.
This morning, however, u head
is no longer inside the book. On
the contrary, it is raised up like
that of the fox who put his head
into a fruit basket only to encoun-
Ter a large bunch of sour grapes.
1t isn't the Columbus county book
which has brought about this
change, though. We still think the
book a fine publication.
No. The change has been wrought
by a letter from Whiteville.
CLAIMED GAME-'Dear Along
the Cape Fear (the letter says):
Now, sir, that you have your back
from the wall and your head in a
book, we have hopes for you.
Completely shorn of any desire
to bite you-your AFFECT apologies
stirred our sympathy and emotions
we stand now ready to guide you
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
PLAN
GOES TO COUNCIL
To Be Displayed To Public
After Preliminary
Approval

The long-awaited final plans OF
Wilmington's proposed 1000, 900
municipal auditorium will be pre-
scented to the city council in a
week or 10 days, J.. B. Lynch, city
architect. told Acting City Manager
j. R. Benson yesterday.
In preparation for several
months. the final plans will be put
on public display for study and
comment after the council gives
them it's preliminary approval,
Benson said
Meanwhile, Lynch will proceed
with the drafting of working draw
ings for contractors use.
Although $28, 900 to finance the
preparation of plans and specifi-
cations has been granted by the
Federal Works agency, no appro-
priation has yet been made for
actual construction of the S l ,000,-
900 structure.
AS soon as federal funds are
made available for municipal
projects, city officials will go into
action for immediate erection Of
the auditorium at Fights and Nun
streets, Benson said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
THR0NCS
CROWD CAROLINA
More 7 n $4,000 Jam
Local Resort Over
Fourth Holiday

A crowd of more than $4,000
people, the largest in Carolina
Beach's history, jammed the Lower
Cape Fear strand during the four
day independence Day holiday, &C
cording to stimates released yes
terday by Mrs. Alice Strickland,
Carolina Beach town clerk.
The lew record was set despite
the weather, nearly the worst in
the beach's history, Mrs. Strick-
land said.
She took special satisfaction in
the fact that there were no traffic
accidents Or beach accidents worth
mentioning, DESPITE the oversize
crowd and the poor weather.
The prime reason for the lack
of beach mishaps was the rein
forcement of the regular seven
man lifeguard crew with three ex-
tras, she said.
The only unfavorable event of
the entire four-day holiday spree
was the brief cutoff of electric
power Friday night during the 45
mile-per-hour wiadstorm. The pow
err failure was quickly remedied
with little delay in power service.
ut was good to have the bust
ness" Mrs. Strickland said as she
revealed the $4,000 person crowd
figure, ''but 1 can't help feeling
a little relieved that the crowd
is getting back to its normal size"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
CroupHopes
To Correlate
Rivers Data
Farley Probably To Be
Held Some Time
This Week
HEARING SET JULY 30
Engineers Here To Take
Up Matter; Congress-
men Favor
BY LARRY HIRSCH

The Port City's first big
concentrated effort to secure
a IS foot deep Cape Fear
river channel will be made at
a mass meeting of all Gin
terested parties" in the city
hall council chamber some
time this week, it was disclosed
yesterday by Acting City Manager
J. R. Benson and City Industrial
Agent John H. Farrell.
The purpose of the meeting is to
compile and %corrolate all the ma
terial and data in support of the
35-foot channel movement in order
to put up a united city-county-civic-
commercial front at the q. S..
Army Engineers public hearing
on the matter in the u. S. Customs
house federal courtroom on July
80.
Other Top Planners
In addition to Benson and Far
rel, the top planners at the meeting
will include Chief County commits
sioner Addison Hewlett; Mayor w.
Ronald Lane; r. B. Page, chair
man of the State Ports authority;
j. T. HERS, executive general
agent of the Wilmington Port COM
mission; Henry E. Boyd, traffic
manager of the Wilmington Port
Traffic association; E. L. White,
president of the Wilmington Cham
Der of Commerce; and leaders of
other civic and commercial groups.
Further, representatives of about
a dozen big oil companies are ex-
pected to attend the meeting to
See RIVER on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
JOBLESS

Over 1000 disabled veterans OF
World War II residing in North
Carolina, are today without Joos' a
compilation of the number from
active files shows.
Handicapped in getting a Joo
through regular channels" the
disabled of the recent war are be-
ing assisted by the many commit
tees of the Veterans admlnlstra-
ton, the United States Employ
ment Service, and other federal
agencies.
Announcing the total unemploy-
ed Yesterday, ]. M. Kennedy, Jr.,
assistant state veterans employ
ment representative for disabled
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
AGREE
TO CALL FARLEY
Byrnes Wins Over Molotov
Or Peace Confer
ence State

PARIS, July 8.-W.H-The "Big
Four" foreign ministers agreed
Monday to issue invitations Tues
day for a 21-nation peace confer
ence to meet here July 20 and to
draft Recommendations" on pro-
cedure to be considered by the
meeting.
The agreement came at the end
of two critical meetings during the
day, with Secretary of State James
F. Byrnes fighting doggedly to
overcome the resistance of Rus
sian Foreign Minister Viacheslav
Molotov to issuing the invitations
unless hard and fast rules for pro-
cedure we're dictated to the 81
nation conference.
Plenary Meeting
The forengn ministers ordered
their deputies to draft the suggest
ed rules of procedure for consld-
GRAFTON at a plenary meeting at
s p. m. Tuesday.
Invitations and recommendations
will be sent together to the 81 ma
tons who, at the peace confer
ence, are to prepare treaties for
the Axis satellites-Italy, Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria and Finland.
Byrnes forced a showdown vote
at a meeting Monday morning on
issuing the invitations at once.
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
See PEACE on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
See HUGHES on Page Two
TOBACCO
LOSSES run HIGH
Crop Is Damaged By Wind
And Rain Storms;
One-Third Gone

JACKSONVILLE, July 8.-More
than one-third of Onslow county S
tobacco crop has been lost as the
result of las. weeks wind and rain
It vas revealed here Monday by
e. Wy Agent C. c. Clark, Jr., aft
er a survey of rural districts.
Clark reported losses ranging
from five to 100 percent OF the
p nting in the county.
Ordinarily, tobacco represents
from rs to 80 per cent of OnsloW
farm income and the heavy loss,
estimated at approximately $1,000
OO strikes a Gripping blow at the
cr'1ty's rural economy.
Farm experts estimated that the
1875 crop would have been the best
in many years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
%% FBI TO INVESTIGATE CHARGE THAT BIG BUSINESS
%" CONSPIkED IN A ly|5MP1 1OknL CUN7KOLM MEASURE:
CITIZENS TO MZZE;T TO URGE 35.FOOT HAMNEL HERE
Hughes Tries
To Keep Busy
Injured Filler Wants To
Set Up Office In
Hospital
D., VIRGINIA
United Press Hollywood
Correspondent
BEVERLY HILLS. Calf

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf,
Julv 5. - (UP) - Howard
Hughes, multi-millionaire air.
Name builder an movie
maker who miraculously es-
cape death Sunday i g h t
when his newest plane plowed
;n.o a Bel Air mansion, was
sliobtlv improved Monday night
hit not enough to turn his hospital
roon into an office, as he tried to
Despite a crushed chest, COL
lsnsed left lung, possible skull
fracture, eight broken ribs, a
broken left shoulder, a smashed
rose. and countless ruises and
blrns-enough to keep an ordinary
wan unconscious - the handsome
yo,,ng aircraft executive called for
his secretary as soon as he re-
covered consciousness.
Horrifies Physician.
He dictated a sheaf of orders,
o.lled in an assistant for a bust
rsss consultation and cancelled an
appointment he had in Los Angeles
before his Mortified physician
hurst in to break up the session.
Dr. Verne R. Mason posted a
Genutv sheriff at Hughes door and
o-Jered him to keep everybody
or
Il want you to know" he told
u, 'ast conferee to scurry out of
the room, that if this man dies,
y be your fault"
wos0n said Hughes was still in
critical condition after two blood
tr2rsfusions.
ur-CuES ~ Dano TvvD
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
So To Bed

Two out-of-town gentlemen
were arguing on a local street
corner yesterday afternoon
about the merits of their
towns.
(For sake of security we
shall call one Blankville and
the other Zerotown.)
"Listen," said the gentleman
from Blankville. "Your town
is so small you hardly know
when you drive through it,"
SIS that So" replied the
gentleman from Zerotown.
"Your town Is so small and
you can drive through 1t SO
fast that you ought to change
those You Are Entering Blank
Vile signs to You Left Blank
vile Five Minutes Ago
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09

that manufacturers and cattle in
~terests conspired to hold scarce
products off the market in order
to stir up public opposition to OPA.
Foods Reappear
Clark said the departments
suspicious aroused last week
when a flood OF hitherto scarce
foods appeared on the market i'm
mediately after the old price con
troll law died.
He said special attention Is be-
ing given to the cattle industry and
that any member Of a group
gagged in conspiracy to withhold
meat or other goods for the pur-
pose of ~discrediting OPA Is liable
to a $4,000 fine and two years
Imprisonment.
President Truman, meanwhile,
held an OPA conference with his
congressional big Four shortly
before the start of the senate de-
bate which administration support
ers hope will wind up this week
with passage Of a bill acceptable
to the White House. The president
vetoed the earlier OPA extension
measure.
Hope 70 Please
The four, Senate Democratic
Leader Alben w. Barley, (Ky.),
Senate President Kenneth Nickel
lar, a. TENN House Spe aker Sam
Rayburn, d., Tex.), and House
See OPA on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
STASSEN'S THYE
TAKES EARLY LEAD
Governor OF Minnesota
Holds Two To One Mar
gin Over Shipstead

MINNEAPOLIS, July 8. -(P)-
Governor Edward j. Thye, who
went into the Minnesota Republi-
can U. S. senatorial race with the
blessing of Harold Stassen, took a
two to n lead Monday night over
Senator Henrik Shipstead, incum-
bent, in early returns of the pri-
mary election.
Reports from 26 of 3,706 precincts
gave Thye 1929, Shipstead 930.
First returns were scattered
throughout the state, and all coun-
ties reported voting extremely
light, evidently due to the fact that
there we're few local county con-
tests.
Date With stassen
Gov. Thye, who voted in his home
town of Mortified, was back at his
ST.. Paul suite Monday night and
had a date to meet later with
Stassen, who can in his home state
election gain or lose prestige in his
determination to obtain the Repub-
lican presidential nomination in
1913.
Stassen, former governor who
was Admiral William Halsey's flag
secretary during World War1I, was
not a candidate and did not cam
paign actively but nevertheless
was a major issue himself because
he endorsed candidates in the hot
contests for U. S. Senator and
governor.
Stassen's foes declared he hand
picked Governor Edward j. Thye
for the senatorial race in opposl-
ton to Senator Henrik Shlpstead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
CAMP /
Carolina Still Seeking
Fort CasweU Property

delaying the accomplishment is a
definite announcement from the 9th
Naval District to the effect that
the Navy no longer needs or wants
Fort CasWell, it was said.
Navy Owned
Contrary to some impressions,
the Coast Guard has never held
any interest in Fort Caswell. The
Coast Guard has a large and we'll
equipped station at Oak Island, a
short distance below Caswell.
Several weeks ago the Coast
Guard is understood to have made
approaches to the Navy for part
See CASWELL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
. he w Gather

FORECAST
North and South Cardinal Rather not
Tuesday: scattered thundershowers IN
The afternoon.
Eastern Standard Time)
tBy U. S. Weather Bureau)
Psychological data for the "a hours
sa3:ns 1:3O p m. Yesterday.
Temperatures
80 am IA, 1870 am IT,, 1:50 pm 81,
7"2O pm 30.
Maximum s5; minimum u; Mean 10;
normal 10.
l:5O am IS, 7:30 am 81, 1870 pm 40,
1870 pm 10.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:30 p. M,
VOH inches. Total since the first of the
month. 1856 inches.
Tides For Today
IRON the Tide Tables published by
I ), Coast and Geodetic Survey
s,,. High Low
"Alhington - 5:53 am 12:51 am
A.. 6:36 pm 1:06 pm
~ASonooro Inlet - 3:45 am 1902 am
4:29 pm 10:46 pm
sunrise SOB am; sunset, 1925 pm
"GonIlse' 3.35 pm; moonset, 1877 I'M.
uNlLef stage at Fayetteville at 8 a. m.
@oAoay' los feet. Sunday 11.3 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
NC Disabled Veterans
Are WithoutEmploynent

veterans, said that this does not
mean the disabled will not be even
tually placed in employment suit
able to their capacities.
Citing some unfortunate" cases
of disabled veterans growing out
of injuries received in World War
I, the representative said that
every effort is being expended this
time to guarantee there is not a
recurrence of many such tragic
cases.
There was no plan for this prof.
ect as late as 1928, five years
after World War I.
See JOBLESS on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
CAMP SITE
BY BILL KEEL
Star Correspondent

SOUTHPORT, July g. Writing
from Raleigh this week Director
R. Bruce Etheridge of tae North
Carolina Department of Conserva-
tion and Development requested
the local representative OF the Star
to keep him informed on all local
DEVELOPMENTS with regard to Fort
CasWell.
The State Of North Carolina hopes
to acquire Fort Caswell at South
port and developing it as a part
of the Mountain-Seashore Park
system. At present the only thing
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09

the English coastal defenses yet
discovered, have only recently
been brought to this country by
Air Transport Command pilots
from Berlin.
The particular map which was
presented to me is of the south
eastern coast of the fright little,
tight little, isle, and shows bal
loon defenses, anti-aircraft posi-
lions and Identifies outstanding
landmarks.
Invasion Mystery
Partial solution to the mystery
of the failure of the Nazis to in
See MAPS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
Wifi RADIO RANGE
NEARLY FINISHED

A power line to operate Bluethen-
thall airport's brand new, almost
completed WIFI very high fire.
quency) radio range will be strung
to the site, about five miles north
of the field, some time this week,
it was announced yesterday by
Hamilton E. Hicks, secretary of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
Germans Had Plan
To Lnuade England
Concrete Evidence Of Nazi Scheme Found In
Charts; Now Used In Berlin AS Table
Mats; Huns Were Burned
By MEARES HARRIsS

Concrete evidence of a master German plan for the
invasion of England has been revealed in this country by
the disclosure of the existence of remarkably detailed maps
of the English Channel coast.
Complete Maps
The maps, said to be the most complete diagrams OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09
Goes Into Final
Round0 On Newest 0PABill
Attorney General Clark Reveals That FBI
Agents Attempting To Track Down
Charge Of Conspiracy
By EULALIE MCDOWELL
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July 8.-(UP)-A federal investigs
ton to determine whether big business is %conspiring to kiln
OPA was underway Monday as the senate went into the
final round of debate on a measure to revive the embattled
pricing agency for another year.
Attorney General Tom C. Clark revealed that Depart
ment of Justice agents are trying to track down reports
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09

See N on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-09

cloudy and rather hot Tuesday,: xcat.
tered thundershowers in afternoon
Evening star., 1946-07-18
kidnapping 'Bookies'
For Ransom Latest
|PoIice-Proof Racket

NEW YORK, July Is (NANA).-
The latest racket here. and very
successful one too, is the kidnapping
OF "bookies" Because their own
business is illegal, they can't COM
plain to the police.
The number of such "snatches" is
sharply on the upgrade, it was
asserted today by persons in a posi-
ton to know.
Ransoms range from as little as
$500, which is mere chicken feed to
the persons involved, to as much as
$40 900, in at least three instances.
The technique has become almost
standardized. Usually, the book
maker is approached first with a
gentle request for cash. and a story
of how Louie the Louise needs a
mouthpiece In a hurry. If the
hookmaker does not come through
quickly, the next step is to get him
into an automobile.
So that the bookmaker will not
use his own set of plug-uglies
against the kidnapers (once he's
been released), it is the custom to
import them. A pair or trio of
Boston toughies will be brought
down to New York to work on a
local odds-layer. In return, the New
York top man will be glad to send
an assortment of his henchmen
north to return the favor.
Most bookmakers give up quickly,
produce the money and are released.
But those who become stubborn are
taken to hideaway in the Catskill
or Pocono mountains. Usually a
night in a shack is enough to con-
vince them, although sometimes two
or three days are necessary. If the
bookmaker is really tough, it is sug-
gested that the mans wife and chill
dren might join him on the "vaca-
ton"
The authorities, without COM
plants or compliments, are virtually
| helpless,
Evening star., 1946-07-18

food, Col, Dawson said:
we do supplement our rations
with some vegetables and fruits
grown here. This supplement rep
resents. however, only 5 to 10 per
cent of the indigenous production. !"
Evening star., 1946-07-18

tembers Baden. told the German
news service Dana at Stuttgart to-
day.
Denying rumors that American
food imports were counterbalanced