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Evening star., 1946-03-04
|16 Egyptians Injured
In Clash With Police
On Day Of Mourning
BY II. A..oeiu,.d Pres.

CAIRO Mar. 4.-Sixteen Egyp-
tians were wounded. some seri-
ously. in a clash with Egyptian
police today in Alexandria In the
first violence Of the nations day
OF mourning" for victims killed
in the anti British riots OF Feb
ruary 81. Cairo remained calm
but uneasy.
h A general strike, called by the
National Committee of Labor, Stu
dents and Political Leaders, par
alyzed business.
The Ministry OF Interior quoted
reports from Alexandria--site of a
major British naval base--as saying
police opened fire during clash.
All Transportation Halted.
Egyptian troops in full battle kit
guarded British and foreign shops
in Cairo. AL transportation was
halted and most places Of business
were closed by the strike.
(There were demonstra tions of
sympathy for the Egyptians in
Syria and Lebanon where Da-
mascus students and workers in
Beyrsuth struck.
A Reuters dispatch from Alexan-
dria reported that crowds had at
tempted today to break into a hotel
used as Royal Navy hostel and
that police had dispersed them with
gunfire. A few casualties were re-
ported.
The strike, planned on a nation
wide basis, also was designed to
reinforce demands for the evacua-
tion of British troops from Egyp-
tian soil and for the establishment
OF complete Egyptian sovereignty
over the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Cavalry Near British Barracks.
Strong Egyptian cavalry patrols
were stationed near the British
Army's Kasr el Nil barracks. scene
OF some Of the worst disorders
during the recent rioting.
Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha. in
a radio address last night, appealed
to Egyptian citizens to remain
quiet and refrain from demonstra-
tions" during the day of mourning
He had previously announced he
would take steps to prevent dis
turbances. although he voiced his
support of demands for evacuation
Of British troops.
The premier denied a request by
strike leaders for permission to hold
q procession through the city.
A British American committee
which is investigating the Palestine
immigration problem. meanwhile
postponed its hearings until tomor-
row at the request of Arab witnesses
whom 1t had planned to hear
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Merchant Marine Academy
Visited by Mrs. Truman
By the Associofed Press

KINGS POINT, N. Y, Mar. A.
Mrs, Harry S. Truman and hel
daughter, Margaret, paid a surprise
visit to the Merchant Marine Acad-
emy late yesterday and were in
vited to tea at the Senior Officers
Club.
The Presidents wife was escorted
to the tea by the Academy's su-
perintendent, Rear Admiral Giles C
Stedman, and the daughter was ac-
companied by Cadet Midshipmar
Richard Lang, a member of the
Regimental Greeting Committee.
Mrs. Truman and her daughter
came to the Academy by automobile
with a group of friends. They saiu
they were visiting New York City
and decided to take a drive on Long
Island.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Army Plans 10 Probe
Charge Frau|eins
live With Ydnks
BY the Associoisd Press

FRANKFORT, Mar. Maj. Gen
Miller G. White, deputy chief O.
staff in Europe, said tonight tn,
Army probably will investigate i'm.
mediately charges that German wo.
men were being permitted to live il
bachelor quarters within the Unitee
States forces headquarters com.
pound here.
He said the Army was not coins
to raid officers quarters, but If in.
dividual cases were reported tn.
Army probably would take "strict
disciplinary action" for conduct un.
becoming gentlemen.
A high officer said, without per.
mission to use his name, that there
probably were dozens of womer
spending one or more nights withir
the closely guarded inclosure which
contains Army headquarters and Of
ficers and civilians bnlets.
Letter Cited.
A United States Army chaplain
said the prevalence" of immortality
in Europe had been brought int
the open by publication of a letter
asserting German girls are allowed
to "live" with American officers Al
the compound.
The letter, written by a British
girl and published in the Army
newspaper Stars and Stripes said
in part:
why should German girls be al
lowed to live in the compound with
American officers? I know of sew
eral instances and If necessary would
lead officers to men l. consider to be
rotten to the core.
Maybe they have not lost any,
thing IN this war or suffered any
hardship. and that is why they can
forget that the Krauts they are with
are part of the evil which caused
so much suffering in this world"
Passes Needed for Girls.
Ofiicers and civilians living in
the compound, barbed-wire en-
closed area of several square miles
which was formerly part of the
I. G. Farben Industrie, are permit
ted to take girls into the compound
anytime except between 1890 pm
and $50 am.
On week ends. girls are permitted
to stay in the compound over Sum
day, but must leave early Monday
An of1icer must sign his
guest in and out. Guards said
these orders came from the head
quarters command.
The register showed that guests
were signed in Saturday night by
100 civilians and officers including
ranks as high as lieutenant colonel
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Princeton EnroIIs 2,,100,
with 77% Veterans
Special Disposeh 10 The Stor

PRINCETON, N. j., Mar. A.
Three of every four undergraduates
registered for Princeton University
spring term are veterans, college Of
ficials announced today.
About 1910 men-77 per cent Of
the 2100 enrollment-represe all
branches of the services from colo
nels to buck privates. A large num-
Der are veterans of the Air Forces
Authorities estimate that by fall
the percentage of veterans will still
be about rs per cent, but that the
total enrolment meanwhile will
have risen to about $3.50. This will
be about 1000 men above Prince
tons prewar level.
", About 200. married veterans and
their wives are living In family
quarters near the university. About
SO couples are living in dormitory
In the center Of the campus, the
first time women have ever lived
on the campus since the university
was founded in 1746.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Inductees
High OfficioIs to View
Seized Nozi Equipment
BY the Assoeioted Pres.

FORT MONROE, Va, Mar. A.
approximately rs Congressmen. Cab.
met members and other Government,
officials are expected at Fort Monroe
tomorrow when captured German
transportation equipment will be
exhibited.
The exhibit will include German
diesel engines, ranging from As to
$500 horsepower; the latest types OF
steam and diesel locomotives; rail-
road cars; 17,000-g gallon tank cars.
a l35-foot diesel rudderless mine
sweeper with vertical type propellers,
the flrst craft of this kind to cross
the Atlantic under its own power.
and other equipment incorporating
unusual technical features.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Security Wage Credit
OF $3.50 a Month
For Veterans Urged
BY the Associoied Press

The American Legion urged Con-
gress today to grant a social security
monthly wage credit of $3.50 to an
estimated 100000 veterans of
World War II for the period of their
military service.
The Legion proposal was presented
by John Thomas Taylor, Legion leg
islative director, to the House Ways
and Means Committee as 1t resumed
hearings on proposed broadening OF
the social security program.
Mr.. Taylor recommended that the
Government make retroactive con-
tributions for employers and en-
ployes on behalf of veterans, and
estimated the cost at $73 per veteran.
He said the plan would protect
those who left employment covered
by existing law as we'll as those ~
entered the armed forces dirett
from school.
He explained: - ss
Those in the first category Ia
discovering that the Social SecuiA
Act provides that when their pay
ments are discontinued or lapsed
after 18 months in the service, the
old age and survivors insurance
benefits ceased.
They also are discovering that on
re-entering civilian employment
they must remain there for ID
poooths hefore these benefits aqain
will accrue to them or their sur
vivors. If they should die within 1S
months, those benefits would be
lost"
Extension of the security program
to provide insurance in event OF
blindness was urged by Robert B,
Irwin, executive director Of the
American Foundation for the Blind,
New York. He proposed that blind
people IS years old should receive
an additional $40 monthly.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
|KaItenbrunner Tried
Peace Effort Through
0SS, He Tells Court
By the Asseeiated Rrs.a

NUREMBERG, Mar. 4.-Scarfaced
Ernst Kaltenbrunner. No. 2 boss OF
Nazi police, portrayed himself today
as secret negotiator for peace
who had been in contact with Amer.
lcan agents since 1943.
kaltenbrunner claimed he had
worked toward achieving peace
through the headquarters of the
American Office Of Strategic Serv-
ices in Switzerland.
The defendant, on trial with
other high Nazis before the Inter-
national Military Tribunal here
alleged that DR.. Wilhelm Hoettl
deputy gruppenleiter in Heinrich
Himmlers police headquarters and
now confined in the Nuremberg jail
was his intermediary in reaching
an American spy leader.
l-Hoettl Sought "a iIgitnes
kaltenbrunner's attorney asked
the court to call Hoettl as wit
.neSS. asserting that the latter~would
~ 1gs9hat "sirjo s11Ea4Yte63&u
her actively pursued a policy de-
signed to bring about peace; for
this reason he established contact
between Hoettl and Mr.. Dulles. con-
fidential representative of the late
President Roosevelt, in order to
work toward that end"
Former officers of the Once of
Strategic Services said later that
kaltenbrunner apparently referred
to Allen Dulles, a brother of John
Foster Dulles who represented the
United States at the recent United
Nations meeting in London.
Dulles Identified.
Allen Dulles was said to have di.
rected OSS operations in Germany
from across. the Swiss frontier He
was credited with expediting ar
rangements for the German armis-
tice in Northern Italy.
Alfred Rosenberg, official Nazi
party philosopher, named II pros
pective witnesses, including himself
He asserted he fought the policies
OF slave labor, economic exploita-
ton OF conquered territories, and
even totalitarianism itself.
Hans Frank, Naz Governor of
Poland, said that witnesses whom
ne requested could testify that he
favored semihome rule, opposed
Elite Guard atrocities and was ac-
cused by Himmler of being a traitor
who works with Poles hand in
hand"
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Soviet Historian Says Reds
Will Defend UNO Members

MOSCOW, Mar. 4 (P).-Dr. B. E.
Stein, Soviet lecturer and historian,
today said Russia would defend mot
in word but deeds" the sovereignty
Of all members of the United Ma
tions, and would rebuff attempts BY
any power to 'outf1ank" the Soviet
Union.
Speaking at a large public meet
ing sponsored by the Council OF
Commissars' Committee for Affairs
Of Higher Schools, DR.. Stein said
Russia also would defend the rights
of people for differentiation.
The policy of the Soviet delega-
ton at the first session of the Cen
eral Assembly has shown-as in the
energetic speeches Of Andrei Vishin-
sky in connection with the situation
in Greece and Indonesia and the
Syrian-Lebanon question-that any
attempt to outf1ank the U. s. s. R.
will encounter decisive rebuff" he
added.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
| Red Ignores AIIusions
To Soviet in Comment
On Byrnes' Speech
BY the Associatsd Press

LONDON, Mar. "A recent as
sertion by Secretary Of State Byrnes
that the United States would not
hight for reaction Should mean that
real honest elections" will be held in
Greece, the Moscow radio COM
mentator "Analyzer" said last night.
The other day Mr.. Byrnes made
speech in which he said it was
not the tradition of Americans to
defend the dead hand of reaction. :"
the commentator said. I'VE fought
against Nazism and Fascism not in
order to stop the march of prog
ress, declared Mr.. Byrnes.
These words should mean that
real, honest elections, with all non
Fascists parties participating, will
be held in Greece after normal con-
d1tions for such elections are as
sured.
CMr. Byrnes, In a speech last
Thursday In New York, said st is
not our tradition to defend the
dead hand of reaction or the
tyranny Of privilege. We did not
hight against the Nazis and Fas-
clsts who turned back the clock of
civilization in order that we
might stop the clock of progress.'D
Other Allusions Ignored.
The Soviet commentator did not
mention Mr.. Byrnes' illusions to
"maneuvering" and aggression,
which have been widely interpreted
as directed at Russia.
The commentator said that the
only people who want the elections
in Greece to be held as scheduled
March 81 "are the spokesmen of the
monarchist-Fasci bands"
The Soviet government has urged
that the elections be postponed on
grounds that left-wing party mem
bers will not be given a fair oppor-
tunity to vote at this time.
In another Moscow broadcast, the
commentator "Davidov" said that
Senator Vandenberg. Republican, of
Michigan had reached "the most
unexpected conclusion that appar-
emily the solution of the question of
Syria and Lebanon had been pre-
vented by the Soviet delegation.
The gratitude toward the
Soviet Union in Syria and Lebanon
makes the Soviet people proud of
what they are doing"
Evening star., 1946-03-04
News of D. c. Men
In Armed Forces
Promotions

The following District men have
been promoted to the designated
ranks:
STAFF Sergeant.
Paul B. Smith. Quartermaster Corps
500 Douglas street NE
Gene T. Benbow, AAF 1855 Good Hope
road Sc
=, Bernie E. Swain. Medical Corps. 521s
new Hampshire avenue NV.
Sergeant
Charles M: Reed, AAF. 1924 Massa.
Joseph z. Miller. infantry, 1897 Eighth
street. Arlington
Fred W., Utrecht, Army Service Forces
l2l4 Delafield place NV
Corporal
Maurice j. Neitzey, IT,, AAF. 1911
NineteFth street Sc,
lnductees
Six District men have been or
dered to report for induction into
the armed forces today. They are:
Poms, william Off. DanieI
Ferris, Vincent Spicer. Beni. min
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Col. WuIbridee Gets Posi-
with Far East Tribunal
BY the As,oeioied Pres.

TOKYO, Mar. 4-Col. Vern Wal
bridge, Williamsport. Pa, was named
today by Allied headquarters as
general secretary to the Interna-
tional Tribunal for the Far East,
which will try top japanese war
criminal suspects.
Col. Walbridge formerly was gen.
eral headquarters commandant in
Manila and previously commanded
the S9th Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
which guarded Washington, D. C.
1t. Louis D. Bloom, Memphis
Tenn, will be Col. Walbridge's adju-
tant.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Truman Pledges Aid
In Extending Rural
EIectrification Plan
by the A.soeioied Press

BUFFALO, N. Y, Mars4.-A mes
sage from President Truman to the
National Rural Electric Cooperative
| Association today said "the admin
/ tstration will provide every possible
aid" in extending power service to
| millions OF rural families in this
big, resourceful country (who) still
do not have electricity"
The message was read at the OPEN
ing of the associations fourth an
nual convention by its president
E. j. Stoneham of Platteville, Wis.
Mr.. Truman said the record of ac-
complishments Of the Nations rural
electric co-operatives during the
past decade has confounded your
critics and exceeded the most op-
timistic predictions"
Anderson Praises Agency.
In an address to the convention,
Secretary OF Agriculture Anderson
described the farmer -owned CO.
operative as the most effective
agency for the small farmer to hold
his own in a big business economy.
He said he hoped agriculture
through cooperative action, may
achieve parity with other industries
without sacrificing values in indi-
vidual farm ownership.
THE experience farmers are now
getting through their own cooper
atives is strengthening the spirit of
self reliance which throughout our
national history has made the rural
element of our population a bulwark
against attacks on our freedom.
Example Is Needed.
"The Nation and the world today
need the example of free men work.
ing together, in cooperation with a
government of their own choice, in
undertakings too big for them as in
dividuals.
II regard the farmer owned, To-
cally controlled cooperative as the
most effective agency in equipping
the family type farm to hold its own
in our economy of 'bigness'."
Saying production efficiency has
given Americans a living standard
unequaled in the world, Mr.. Ander-
son added
I'VE must find a way to introduce
similar efiiciencies in agriculture and
small business, both to perpetuate
our system of individual enterprise
and to give the individual enter
prisers a fair share of the national
income"
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Only 70 GIs in Jopon
Want FumiIies to Come
BY the Assoeieted Press

py NV S>soS'eteo ffeaa
YOKOHAMA, Mar. 4. - An 9th
Army survey indicated today that
only 70 enlisted men of the first
three grades are interested in bring
ing their dependents to Japan, as
compared with TOO officers in the
occupation forces.
In the Navy the figures were 73S
enlisted men and 249 officers who
want their families here.
DR.. Lin Yutang, author, has in
vented an Oriental version of the
typewriter.
Evening star., 1946-03-04

The manufacture OF pure raw
linseed oil is accomplished by
crushing fiaxseed between large
steel rollers in mills constructed
especially for the purpose.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Costo Rico Ex-President Dies

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Mar. 4 up.
Leon Cortes Castro, So, President
OF Costa Rica In 1936-40, died yes
terday at Santa Ana, after suffering
a heart attack.
Evening star., 1946-01-12
F. ). Sanford Retires;;
Revenue EmpIoye

Frank S. Sanford, former pres
ident of the American University
Park Citizens Association, who has
served as delegate from that group
to the Federation of Citizens AS
sociations for number of years.
will officially retire from the Gov
ernment February l5.
Mr.. Sanford was relieved from
active duty in the Estate Tax Divi-
sion OF the Bureau of Internal Reve-
nue. on December 81 and Is now on
leave. He received a travelling bag
as a farewell gift from his fellow
workers. He had worked at the
Bureau since 1919.
Mr.. Sanford served as president
of the American University Park
Citizens Association in 1928. is
charter member of the Television
Club OF Washington and became a
member of Mcclellan Lodge No. 649,
F. A. A. M, Troupsburg, N. Y, in
1901.
Born at Troupsburg December 2.
1872, Mr.. Sanford joined the Coast
and Geodetic Survey here in 1903,
then went with the Bureau of Sta
tlstics and was subsequently with
the Tariff Commission.
He received the degrees of bachelor
OF laws and master of laws from
National University.
The family home is at 1922 Alber-
marie street NV.
Evening star., 1946-01-12
Terminal Leave Bill
For GIs 10 Be Pressed

Representative Mansfield. Demo-
crat, of Montana said today he would
leave mo stone unturned" to see
that enlisted personnel of the mill
tary services received the same bene-
hts as officers under terminal leave.
Announcing he would introduce
legislation for this purpose. the
Montanan said he would urge the
House World War Veterans Legisla-
ton Committee to act quickly on the
bill.
There is no reason" he told a
reporter, why enlisted personnel
should not receive pay on a terminal
leave basis for furloughs due them.
If it is good policy to allow ter
minal leave with full pay to officers,
it is equally good policy to allow full
pay to enlisted men on the same
basis. They have certainly earned
these benefits by their sacrifices"
Evening star., 1946-01-12
|Ft. beIvoir Officer Hurt
lin Traffic Collision;
2 Autos Hit Sailor

First 1t. Robert Sorenson, %, Fort
Belvoir, Va, suffered numerous cuts
on the head and face when an au-
tomobile in which he was riding col
lided with another car at Thirteenth
and Harvard streets NV, early to-
day.
He was admitted to Walter Reed
Hospital. He was riding in car
driven by 1st 1t. John N. Carly, 25,
Camp Lee, Va, which was in col
lison with one driven by Robert j..
Weigle, 81, of 337 Willard avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md, according to
police.
In an accident yesterday, Marion
Gum, 26, sailor, attached to the
Naval Receiving Station, Anacostia,
was struck by two automobiles while
crossing Minnesota avenue near
Blaine street NE
Police said Mr.. Gum first walked
into the side of an automobile driven
by John H. Dennis, 1850 Homer ave-
nue., Suitland, Md. After being
knocked to the street, police said,
he was hit by another car driven by
James E. Brown. 80, colored, 1900
block of Pomeroy road Sc.
Mr.. Gum was taken to Casualty
Hospital and after treatment of neck,
arm and leg injuries was transferred
to Bethesda Naval Hospital. His
condition was reported not serious
today. Mr.. Brown was charged with
operating a vehicle in unsafe me-
chanical condition and posted $40
collateral for appearance in court
Thursday, police said.
Evening star., 1946-01-12
Traffic Defendant Seized
On Stolen Property Charges

Old charges of receiving stolen
property caught up with Lincoln P.
Venizelos, 28year-old restaurant
owner, yesterday in Municipal
Court hallway, where he awaited
hearing on reckless driving charge
Arraigned Immediately in District
Court, Venizelos pleaded not guilty
before Chief Justice Bolitha A. Laws
to two charges of receiving stolen
tires in the spring of 1914. Bond
was set at $100 in each case and
trial scheduled for January 90.
Defense Attorney Charles E. Ford
protested his client had been at his
restaurant, in the 1000 block of
Seventeenth street NV, daily and
nightly, but for some reason nothing
was done about the matter until to-
day." At the marshal's Office, it
was reported there was no District
address listed for Venizelos.
Venizelos, who police said lives at
% North Greenbriar street, Airing
ton, was arrested December 7 on
the reckless driving charge, on
which hearing was continued until
February II by Judge Brice Clagett.
Evening star., 1946-01-12
Scientists Creatinq
EIectronic Brain for
Weather Forecastinq
By THOMAS r.. HENRY.

Development of an "electronic
BRAIN more complex than anything
yet constructed, which may make
day-to-day weather forecasting an
exact science, is being considered
by the Weather Bureau and the
weather services of the Army and
Navy.
The exact mathematics of pres
ent-day weather forecasting, it was
explained at the Weather Bureau
TO-DAY, involves calculation and COR
relations so complex that they are
beyond the capacities of any hu-
man brain. They involve, for one
thing, analysis of several thousand
observations four times day.
Accuracy Comes Slowly.
With the contemplated machine,
however. these calculations would
be made almost instantaneously, and
would take much guess work out Of
forecasts.
At present there is a considerable
subjective element in any predic-
ton. Observations must be plotted
laboriously on weather map and
then the forecaster makes the best
deductions he can on the basis of
past experience. Although the re-
liability of forecasts improves from
year to year, this progress neces-
sarily is slow.
Several efforts have been made
in the past to construct a system of
purely mathematical forecasting in
which nothing is left to personal
judgement. In the past 1t required
about four months of intensive ma
chine and brain calculation to an
alyZe all the data which entered
into forecast for four hours ahead.
Although the new electronics cal
culator has not been built, complete
plans have been drawn up by DR..
John Won Neumann of the Institute
of Advanced Studies at Princeton
and DR.. Vladimir zworykin of the
Radio Corp of America. Weather
Bureau officials are confident such
a machine can be constructed.
AS conceived at present. the ma
chine could solve 100000 differential
equations in about one minute
DR.. F. w. Reichelderfer, Weather
Bureau chief, said today he is high
ly optimistic over the possibilities
but he does not expect such ma
chine will be built in the immediate
future. He sets minimum period
of two years before it would be in
operation.
Up to date, he said, only an explor-
atory conference has been held by
officials of the Government services
vitally interested in weather and
no definite program has been au-
thoriZed