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Evening star., 1946-12-28
Bank
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Department. Mr.. McCloy conferred
with bank and other officials in
Washington two days ago but re-
turned to New York without reach
ing a decision.
Mr.. Bell has not been directly
approached regarding the post
However, he is the directors next
choice if McCloy refuses. 1t is re-
ported Mr.. Bell will accept.
Reports of dissension between the
World Bank and the State Depart
ment over lending policies have
been current in official and flnan-
cial circles since Mr.. Meyer re-
signed.
In some quarters it has beer
claimed this situation was the real
reason for Mr.. Meyers departure
It is asserted he quit rather thar
bow to State Department demands
that World Bank loans to foreign
countries be determined by State
Department policy toward those
countries. Other quarters have in
sister, however, he left because he
was overtaXing his strength.
Harold Smith, Mr. Meyers $4,000
a-year assistant, also quit. Mr.
Smith was director of the budget
when he went to the bank. His
resignation was a mixed-up affair
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
announced it as an outright resig.
nation. Subsequently, it developed
Mr.. Smith had not intended tt
quit his lucrative post permanently
He merely had stepped out tempo.
rarily until new president wa,
chosen and in the hope the lattei
would rename him.
But in bank circles it is stateo
Mr.. Smith is at loggerheads with
a number of the directors and thai
they consider his exodus permanent
Evening star., 1946-12-28
Hair
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Janice Rome, ls, of 1904 Minnesota
avenue Sc.
Mai. Harvey G. Callahan, police
superintendent, disclosed that De-
tectives Walter Cook, George Buck
ley and Joseph Lyons have been
ordered to concentrate exclusively
on the hair shipper because they
believe the man may be dangerous.
Two of the attacks occurred on
the Mount Pleasant street line, po-
lice said. All three incidents appar-
emily followed the same pattern. In
each case, the victim noticed tall,
dark man of clean-cut appearance
on the streetcar and put him down
as a masher when he appeared to
show unusual interest in them
The man always managed to sit or
stand close behind his victims.
The girls told police they did not
realize their hair was being damaged
at the time, each realizing they had
been shorn after leaving the street.
cars. Miss Thompson said she felt
several gentle tugs" ON her hair.
Miss Thompson's hair was cut off
when she was in the vicinity of Six.
teenth and Harvard streets NV. at
about 8 pm. The Immaculate Jun
ior College sophomore, daughter OF
Attorney J. Roy Thompson, said
she got good look at the man she
suspects of cutting her light brown
hair. She said he. was about 25, {
feet 2 inches, 179 pounds, wearing a
blue-and-white checked jacket with
slash pockets.
Miss Sklarsky, a Powell JUNO,
High School student, lost inches
of braid Thursday morning on the
Mount Pleasant line. Miss Rome
typist at the Lawyers Title In
surance Co., lost several strands OF
her auburn hair on the Pennsyl-
vania avenue line to Southeast
Washington.
Police said the shipping could be
considered either simple assault OF
larceny.
Evening star., 1946-12-28
.Bus-Truck Crashes
In Two States Take
Toll Of Nine Lives
BY the Associated Press

WORLANp, Wyo., Dec. 2S.--
Showered with gasoline after 1t coll
|lided with truck on a narrow,
snow covered bridge, 8 miles north
of here, a bus became a flaming
death trap for four persons and
injured IA yesterday.
Many of the injured some OF
them trapped in the burning Bur-
lington Trailways bus, owed their
lives to a soldier who smashed out
the windows, and man working in
nearby field, who pulled them to
safety, Sheriff John Nicola said.
The four bodies were burned SO
badly that Coroner Arnold Veile
scheduled an autopsy today to de-
termine the sex and make final
identification.
Sheriff Nicola identified three of
the dead as James Frost, 81, of
Lowell, Wyo.; his brother David, IT,,
and Violet Stotts of Thermopolis,
Wyo.
He said Lois Foster, %, of River
ton, Wyo., who boarded the bus at
SIlOSIlUllC lOI oOGCIIidAly tNOAip.S itoa
not been accounted for and was
believed the fourth victim.
The flaming bus remained up
right. 1t was Clarence L. Glenn,
a soldier from Fort jackson, S. c.,
who smashed out the windows. Sam
Bellos of Worland, working nearby,
helped the screaming passengers
crawl through the openings.
1t was three hours before the
bus was cool enough for the bodies
to be recovered.
GLASGOW, Mo-, Dec. % R.-
Five of II passengers on a Santa
Fe railways bus were killed and
eight were injured when the sway
ing rear end of a truck trailer
crashed into the side of the bus on
a small bridge near here yesterday.
The impact ripped a hole 6 feet
long and 4 feet high in the side of
the bus The dead were Clarence
Fainter of Springfield, Ill, and four
Missourians, including 25-year-
old mother, Mrs. Marjorie White,
Hale, Mo, and her 3-month-old
SON.
Evening star., 1946-12-28

and Mrs. Willis F. Hall, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Brannon and their A.
year-old son, Terry.
State Public Safety Commissioner
C. r. Bradley said Identification was
made by papers on the bodies of the
men and was checked with Panama
City, Fla, police.
Mr.. Bradley said Panama City po-
lice advised him the plane was
owned by John e. Reaver Of the
Skyland Airport, where Mr.. Hall
was a flight instructor.
The Brannons and their son had
visited in Conway, Ark, while the
Halls were visiting in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. The five reunited in Conway
for the return trip to Florida.
Evening star., 1946-12-28
BY the Associated Press

SHANGHAI, Dec. 28.-From two
of the United States Navy officers
who were on the bridge of the ship
when the incident took place came
further details today of the Soviet
ultimatum ordering Navy courier
vessel to leave the port of Dairen
within 20 minutes ''or we will not
be responsible for the consequences" :"
The officers were 1t. Comdr. w.
Gordon Cornell of Dongan Hills,
Staten Island, N. Y, and 1t. q. g.
Charles D. Arthur of Pittsburgh.
Comdr Cornell served four years at
sea during the war and holds the
Navy Cross. Both Comdr. Cornell
and 1t. Arthur are Navy information
officers, and both accompanied the
courier vessel on its trip to Dairen.
Their story of the incident aboard
the Navy vessel is in sharp contrast
to the recent announcement by a
spokesman for the State Depart
ment that the Soviets did not "in
any sense" issue an ultimatum to
the Navy ship. Both officers had
been ashore and came aboard just
before the Soviet ultimatum was is
sued.
Red Major Jumps Forward.
'As we came through the gate of
the port Russian major jumped
forward" 1t. Arthur said. HE as
sailed us, verbally shrieking at us
and pointing to the ship. We tried
to let him understand that we did
not speak Russian.
''We were quite aware of the fact,
however, that he was very upset and
angry about something. A Russian
navy officer who was also present at
the gate apparently tried to moder-
ate the Russian Army major.
Accompanied by the Russian
major and the naval officer we
went aboard. Comdr. Edgar Yates,
senior naval officer aboard, met us
and they all went to the bridge. I
followed them and that is when
noticed that they were talking in the
same harsh manner to Comdr.
Yates.
When the ultimatum was given,
Ensign Tilghman Koons, the Navy
interpreter, asked the Russian ma
jor to repeat it so he could get
perfectly accurate translation. This
the Russian major did. I think En-
sign Koons had him repeat it three
times in all.
This was before the American
consul, Mr. Bennington, or the cap
tain of the ship came aboard. The
Soviet officer requested that we
leave the port without them and
anchor in the harbor. I informed
them that I had just seen the cap
tain of the ship cit. Ray White OF
Silver City, N. Mex in the street
and that he was on his way. They
still asked us to shove off and an
chor outside the breakWater.
about 10 minutes passed and the
American consul and the diplomatic
courier and the ships captain ap-
peared and we left
Evening star., 1946-12-28
BigFour urHarmoniousIy
Preparing Report on
Prussia Liquidation
BY the Assoeioted Press


BERLIN, Dec. 2S.-An Unusual at
mosphere of harmony prevailed to-
day as experts of the Big -Four pow
ers undertook to draft a report to
the impending foreign ministers
conference in Moscow on a once
knotty problem of liquidating Prus-
sia.
Prussia, blood-and-iro heart of
the former Reich, already has ceased
to exist as state.
What has happened to this
colossal state is a topic none of the
Allies is perturbed about" said Henry
Parkman, civil affairs chief in the
American military government. "All
we have to do is tell the foreign
ministers next March 10 about an
accomplished fact. Prussia is more
busted up than humpty- -dumpty."
Prussia Nonexistent.
A survey shows that Prussia, which
once covered more than half of
Germany and had population of
41,00OO00, now is partitioned among
three foreign powers, four occupa-
ton zones and nine postwar Ger
man states.
Prussias borders once extended
from Lithuania to France and from
Denmark to Czechoslovakia. Now
there is not even a splinter state
called Prussia.
Here is what has been carved out
of the Prussia that the Kaisers and
Hitler knew:
The northern part of East Prus-
sia to the Soviet Union.
The southern part of East Prussia
to Poland.
Eastern Pomerania to Poland.
Upper and Lower Silesia to PIo-
land.
Western Pomeranja incorporated
into a Soviet zone State with Mec-
klenburg.
The Soviet State of Brandenburg
from the Prussian Province of the
same name.
Saxony in Soviet Zone.
The Prussian Province of Saxony,
incorporated into Soviet zone
State with Anhalt.
The British zone State of Schles-
wig-Holstein from the Prusslan
Province of the same name.
The British zone State of North
Rhine -Westphalia from the Prus-
sian Provinces of Westphalla and
the Rhineland.
The Prussian Province of Han
over, incorporated into British
zone state with Oldenburg and
Brunswick.
Part of the Prussian Provinces OF
the Rhineland and Hesse-Nassau in
corporated into the French zone Of
Rhine-Pflaz.
The Hohenzollern region incorpo-
rated into the French zone state OF
Wuerttemberg- g-Hohenzollern.
The Prussian Saarland, included
In the internal economy of France.
Part of Hesse- Nassau incorporated
into the American zone state OF
Greater Hesse.
The city of Berlin under a four
power Allied kommandature.
Reds Ready for Inspectors.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed here
that the Russians had given notice
that they would be ready to admit
four-power inspection teams into
Soviet-occupied Germany January
6 to check on the progress of liquida-
ton of the German ornaments po-
tential.
This is an indication that the
Soviet's zonal troop demobilization
Is nearing completion. Allied inspec-
ton teams were scheduled to enter
all four zones November 25, but the
Russians asked postponement, say
ing transport in their zone would be
strained by redeployment.
Evening star., 1946-12-28
Squeeze on Bridges
Seen in New Riff in
Maritime Unions
BY the Assoeioisd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. pa
new struggle for dominance in the
hurly-burly of Pacific Coast mari
time unionisrn, which some water
front quarters viewed as a squeeze
play against the left-wing leader
ship of CIO Longshoremen's Leader
Harry Bridges, appeared to be TAX
ing form today.
In the opinion of these quarters,
these developments presaged such
a struggle.
/. The resignation of Joseph Cur
ran, East Coast head of the CIO
National Maritime Union, from the
Committee for Maritime Unity of
which he was co-director with Mr.,
Bridges.
Washington Parley Scheduled.
2. A just disclosed meeting IN San
Francisco two weeks ago between
Mr.. Curran and Harry Lundeberg
head of the AFL Sailors Union OF
the Pacific and outspoken enemy OF
Mr.. Bridges. .
At the same time v. j. Malone,
president of the unaffiliated Marine
Firemer, Oilers and Watertenders'
Union, said invitations had been dis
patched to leaders of six or seven
maritime unions to attend Wash
ington conference in January. Mr..
Malone earlier also had resigned
from the GNU as an aftermath to
last summers maritime strike.
Mr.. Bridges name was not in
cluded on the list of invitations.
Mr.. Lundeberg yesterday indi-
Gated he would attend the Washing
ton conference, called to have both
AFL and CIO maritime leaders sit
in an hearings over codiflcation of
national maritime law.
Lundeberg Pledges Support.
Mr.. Curran, in resigning from the
GNU, charged that it fostered dis
unity among CIO sailors through
left-wing and right-wing conflict
over policy.
Mr.. Lundeberg declared that ''it
Curran means business-if he needs
any help--okay, we'll help him"
The storm touched off by Mr.
Curran's resignation, was expected
to be fought out at a meeting of his
NMU Executive Board in New York
January 6. He already has an
nounced he would seek the with
drawal of his entire union from the
GNU and Mr.. Bridges control.
There was no comment from Mr.
Bridges, who was in Hawaii on bust
ness for his International Long
shoreman's and Warehouseman's s
Union.
Mr.. Malone described as fantastic
rumors" reports that the Washington
meeting meant a possible consoli-
dation of the various AFL, CIO and
independent seafaring unions"
Evening star., 1946-12-28
|2U. S. Navy Officers Describe
How Russian Gave UItimotum
BY Williom H. Newton
Representing the Combined Arnerieon Press

Comdr. Cornell said that as he
went to the bridge of the ship while
the discussion was going on Il saw
very crowded pilot house and a
very angry Russian major failing
his arms around and gesticulating
and shouting, with Ensign Koons in
terpreting his ultimatum.'
"It Immediately struck me that
this was matter for Comdr. Yates
to handle SO I became an amazed
spectator" Comdr. Cornell said.
I'm four years of sea duty with
the Navy during the war never did I
see a ship get under way SO expedi-
tiously"
Comdr. Cornell won the Navy
Cross for an action off the Aleutian
Islands when the small Navy patrol
craft under his command rammed
and sunk Japanese submarine. In
civil life he and his brother jointly
operate a motor car company in
Staten Island, N. Y.
Evening star., 1946-12-28
Yoshida Thanks Macarthur
For Rushing Quake Relief
By the Assoeiated Press

TOKYO, Dec. 28.-Premier Yo-
shida today thanked Gen. Mac
Arthur for the magnificent speed
and generosity" of American and
British occupation forces in rush
ing relief supplies to earthquake
and tidal wave sufferers.
Allied investigators penetrated
deeper into stricken Shikoku Island,
where the British reported Naka-
mura village on the southwest coast
was so per cent destroyed. The iso-
lated village, not previously included
in disaster reports, lost 1900 homes.
Official casualty figures remained
at 4,66S, including 1921 dead.
Evening star., 1946-12-28
u. S. Expected to Seek
Improved Working Ties
By the Associated Press

Diplomatic authorities indicated
today that if the United States
takes any action over Soviet con-
ruct in the Manchurian port of
Dairen it probably will follow these
lines:
|. An effort to improve relation
shops between the Soviet authorities
controlling the port and American
Consul General H. Merrell Benning-
| hoff.
2. Encouragement of prospective
Russo = Chinese negotiations for
ending Soviet control of Dairen and
turning it over to Chinese admins
tration.
This was the State Department
reaction to the incident last week
when the Russians refused entry to
an American business man and two
newspapermen and ordered an
American ship to leave the port.
Diplomatic officials say the events
showed mainly that Russian au-
thorities have not accorded Mr..
Bennington the consideration to
which his diplomatic status entities
him.
Mr.. Bennington, seeking to az
range for the American civilians
to enter Dairen without prior clear
ance from Moscow, is said to have
met with various delays and re-
bluffs in seeing the proper authori-
ties.
His position in Dairen has been
difficult since he first entered the
Soviet-controlled city many months
ago. His troubles include restric-
tions on his communications with
Washington so that all reports he
sends out are routed through Mos
COW.
Undersecretary of State Acheson
told news conference yesterday
that the State Department will take
no final position on the Dairen af-
fair until it has received full ac-
count from Mr.. Bennington.
Evening star., 1946-12-28
Five Bodies Recovered
In Mississippi Crash

UNION, Miss, Dec. % R R.-The
charred bodies of five persons re-
turning to Florida from Christmas
visits in Arkansas and Iowa were
removed from the flaming wreckage
of a crashed airplane yesterday.
The victims were identified as Mr..
Evening star., 1946-12-28

Americans will earn more than
S167 ,000, 100000 this year. That is
0,000, 100000 more than enough
to buy all consumer goods that can
be manufactured now. These ex-
cess earnings should be laid aside
in savings for the time when they
will be needed by consumers and
producers. Put as much as you can
in United States Savings Bonds.
Evening star., 1946-12-28
TWA
Continued From First Page.)

cases fitted with fire-control I'M
provements beyond those required
by the Federal agency. At the same
time, the transports coming off the
production line at Lockheed's plant
in Los Angeles were modified to
meet new specifications.
Noah Dietrich, executive vice
president of the Hughes Tool Co.,
who is said to represent MIR. Hughes
in aviation affairs, arrived in WASH
ington yesterday, but was not avail
able Immediately for comment.
Evening star., 1946-12-28

The new member will represent
the district that sent famed Uncle
Joe" Cannon, former Speaker, to
the House for so many years.
Mr.. Jenison is 80, married and has
a son of IA.
Evening star., 1946-12-28

A hands breadth in the Bible is
a span of three and five-eights
inches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
A Thought For Today
18H Cents Worth of Magic

Now that the General Motors strike is practialy set ed don't hesitate to express our confident opnon that from chaos to prosperity. Like the mystical word abra- cadabra which in ancient days supposed to ward o
 illness this magic is by very invocation the cure TOT all our economic ills.
 It must be- For in variety of industries and under
 variety of conditions bitter adversaries have discovered the after weeks of wranging, and forthwith have casped hands like brother Eks and departed in peace Whence this monetary talsman? Nobody seems to know-uness perhaps it is Labor Secretary Schwelenbac who told reporters in aterpened burst of candor that he guessed it 'sort of like Topsy
 We seem to recall that Henry Kaiser the first employer to perceive its magic and pass along to hs workers. Then President Truman, sensing the magic allowed how he thought 1872 cents would be about the right wage increase for the whole steel industry.
 But Mir. Truman. being Missourian by birth and ln- cnaton, wasn't inclined to rush into things ollndy lie put fact-nders to work the auto industry problem and they up with the of 1912 cents. This clearly was the result of natural but mistaken desire to distrust magic and apply long and painful brain work instead.
 The magic would not be downed, however While the auto facnders pursued their skeptica way, companies and unions all the country were submitting their dls similar problems to this economic alchemy and coming out with the solution-1Sl2 cents.
 We welcome the magic, but we do think that its could be simped from There is no need for elaborate ceremony. The ancents didn't build hre on the altar and sacrifice goat before pronouncg the word "abracadabra" They just said it. Or simpler yet, they had it printed charm which they around thelr necks to ward off chls, fevers and court summonses
 The practice should be adopted with the magic sum. Let's have long costly spectacles like ll3 day strike which 75000 workers average of $745 each which stalled production postponed prosperity and caused uncacuated mns to be lost not only to the com pany but to our whole business economy.
 Let's fix it so the magic can be prescribed for every wage earners malady-be he truck driver ribbon clerk stevedore fdder-just swiftly and simply as an aspirin is prescribed for headache Will it work? We'll nobody has tried it yet of course. But everybody seems to think it's wonderful, so how can it miss?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
A Matter of Appearance

The Spring is attended by much that peases the eye First there the growth the swelling buds the first small flowers like the the forsytha bushes with magnolias no aggers to early arrival
 One of the most striking things in place the size of Waterbury and in smaller cities and towns the general "cleanedup look March gradually approaches April The cleanup occurs in the streets along the roadways in priv ately owned places in parks. school yards and
 As the Spring advances the individual the fam fly and the neighborhood aim to clean up in big It for upright and decent living and reflects the propety of the family and the community.
 There always certain drawbacks Oo in the approach to maintaining up-andcomng looking city. There certain such badly neglected property lots and the like that offensive any community They always present serious problem in that there to be little responsibility about their general appearance No town is without them They invite the young and the not young to gather sometimes in harmless play again In spirit of conduct that under the head of that Over-worked juvenile delinquency"
 So the advances and the cleaning up occupies al and sundy the trees pruned and the hedges clipped most communities will also have these problems to contend with the serious depradatons of youth too bent inurng hot destroying what the family and civic groups strive to make beautiful
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
By ThOnraS Stokes

War entirely out of their line.
 Turning the pages ahead to the year l946 we find among other changes that the common citizen " is longer immune from war Instead, they live in the tradition of being expected to go out them selves to defend the honor of their country and the good name of their leaders.
 Now, this would not be so bad if the leaders were any more careful of how they handled their honor today than they in olden times. But here they are among us now babbling the same old lines of pompous patriotism and snobbish national pride that often led the drunken hot-tempered kings of old to declare war over the most trivial incident
 Tt would seem from recent events that leaders of today are working under that time-hon- ored misapprehension that is their right to commit insult in the name of their respective peoples Hav- ing once committed themselves and their country, they call upon the peope for supporN and encourage ment-whch is given them too often for the sake Of blind traditions
 "It is time that worldwide deIusiOn over national pride and honor was punctured And if any people have the power and means to puncture it it is the English-speaking peoples who now stand in such disrepute with the other half of the world. Let our national leaders know that we are beyond we will longer tolerate the covering up Of their blunders with our country's flag.
 Because it IS We who will have to fight what ever war may come out of the present discord be- tween Russia, England and the U. S., it is up to us to be over critical of leaders every move. Let them know we're watching well waiting. And when any one of them stalks off the floor during the United Nations session with that well-known air of injured pride mumbling old phrases about national interests and honor-then, altogether, let's give him the Bronx cheer! Our very lives may depend upon it."
 The same sort of thoughts must be stirring in the minds Of war veterans all over the world.