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Evening star., 1946-08-19
First PIone Also Fired On,
Belgrade Inquiry Reveals


BELGRADE, Aug. 10 (P).-A dip
lomatic controversy over an Amer
lean CAT transport plane which
was forced down August 9 over
territory was heightened
today by an official disclosure that
the plane had been machine -gunned
by Yugoslav fighters.
United States Ambassador Rich
ard c. Patterson, who disclosed
the notwithstanding, denounced
the incident as wicked, mex
cusable and deliberate attack on a
friendly nations airplane" The
American plane was clearly marked
and the Yugoslav's knew what they
were shooting at" he said.
Mr.. Patterson added that it was
only by the grace of God and the
expertness OF the pilot" that the
crew and passengers OF the Amer
ican plane-now interned In Yugo-
slavia-escaped death. One occu-
pant of the plane, believed to be a
Turkish officer, suffered bullet
wounds in the chest and back, but
Is expected to recover.
Details Just Learned.
Details concerning the incident
were obtained over the week end
when authorities finally were per-
mitted to see the interped crew.
men after a week of negotiations
with Yugoslav officials. Mr.. Patter-
son declared the Yugoslavs had vio-
lated international law by refusing
to permit United States authorities
to see their own nationals i'm
mediately.
He quoted the pilot of the plane
Capt. William Crombie. East Long
meadow, Mass. as saying the trans
port, flying a regular run from
Vienna to Udine, Italy. became lost
in a storm and was attacked ju.'
as it emerged from a hole in tn,
clouds.
AFTER we left Vienna we coule
see the ground half way to Graz,
Capt. Crombie related. Then, a!
the weather closed In. climbed t,
$4,000 feet and flew on instru
ments. I managed to see Klagen.
furt through hole in the cloud
and then set a new course fol
Udine, flying completely blind
When We found hole in tn,
clouds l descended through it ane
saw a city. Thinking it to be Udint
I circled to orient myself and fine
a place to land. At that time on,
pursuit plane passed and. believing
I was over Udine, I thought it wa!
British.
Then two pursuits passed very
close to me and one of them waggee
his wings. At that time 1 saw
tracers fly under my cockpit. I re.
ceived several bursts Of fire anc
I could feel it hit the aircraft"
The Yugoslavs continued firing al
he was trying to land. Capt. Crombi,
said, and fired a final burst at hi!
plane after it had come to res
in a cornfleld
Capt. Crombie said Yugosla,
Foreign ONCE assertion that he hat
attempted to withdraw in the di
Irection Of the frontier" was untrue
He said he saw no signals from tn,
ground calling on him to land ane
added that the Yugoslav fighter.
were SO close they could have sig.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Hundreds in Tornado
Saved by Policeman
BY the A..oeiofed Pren

MANKATO. MINI, Aug. ia
village policeman was hailed today
as a cool-headed hero who possibly
saved many lives during tornadoes
which struck two communities Sat-
urday night, killing 7 persons and
injuring aoout IS.
AS the twister approached Wells
Mimi, Patrolman Arthur Danks was
standing in front of the village
theater. He ordered the theater
closed and then asked the 400 pa
irons in the auditorium to remain
seated. The tornado swept along
the three block main street, damag-
ing every building. The rear part
of the theater roof collapsed, but
no one was injured.
Elsewhere in the town. about 2j
persons were injured. Many per-
sons escaped by fleeing to base
ments when the first gust of strong
wind followed rain and hail. The
tornado struck during the Saturday
night shopping rush.
Evening star., 1946-08-19


country of. Sullivan Hollow. old
feuding ground of Smith County
about halfway between Jackson and
Hattiesburg.
The posse, organized last night,
surrounded the area and began
moving in today under the direction
of Sheriff George C. Hawkins.
The Negroes, seven or eight Of
whom were believed to be in the
swamp, are members of the Albert
Craft family. Two of them. Johnny
and Garfield, recently were dis
charged from the armed forces. The
wounded member of the family was
identified as "one of the brothers, "
but it was not Immediately learned
if he was one of the veterans.
State Police Statement.
At Jackson State Police Chief
E. R. Bradley described this area
as trouble spot
Some one fired on one of our
patrolmen there while back" he
said. The Negro boys just get
beered up or hooched up
Several officers expressed the
opinion that the Craft men engaged
in the difficulty were intoxicated at
the time.
This is the story as related by
Mayor o. j. Biglane and City Mar
shal Ellis Bishop of Magee:
The trouble started about SUM-
down last night when an automobile
bearing several white men attempt
ed to pass an old wood truck con-
tanning Negroes.
Fired Into Car.
This was on Highway 20 near the
Smith-Simpson County line.
On of the Negroes Jumped from
the truck and fired into the car.
Zone version said he used shotgun,
another pistol) No one was hurt.
The white men reported the Incl
dent to Mr. Dickerson, who called
Mr.. Hester. The latter deputized
Mr.. Sullivan and Mr.. Ainsworth, and
the four went to the Craft home.
AS they approached within a few
feet of the house, Mr. Sullivan saw
Negro hiding behind a chimney
outside the building. He called to
the man not to fire, but was an
sWered by a shotgun blast.
Negroes in and about the house
then fired in all directions" wound
ing all four of the white men.
The four returned to Mize and re-
ported the ambush to State police
When the latter went to the Graft
home, the occupants he'd fed
Later in the night, however, State
Patrolman Andy Hopkins and M. S
Willis returned to the Craft house
and were met with shotgun fire
They were not injured.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Gerald Smith Addresses
Home Town Over Protest
By TIE A..ccioted Press

VIROQUA. Wis, Aug. 19.-
Despite publicly expressed opposi-
ton, Gerald L. x. Smith delivered
centennial address at his home
towns celebration here yesterday
The crowd. estimated by police at
about 1000 was orderly.
Mr.. Smith, national director of
the America First party, said the
American way of life was menaced
by scientific materialism, which has
ridiculed the name of Christ, be-
Titled religion and substituted the
PHILOSOPHERS of Karl Marx, Nikolai
Lenin and Joseph Stain.
Mr.. Smiths appearance had been
opposed publicly by County Judge
Lincoln Neprud and by State units
of the CIO.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Renegotiotions

by the Department of Justice, had
already been indicted and actually
convicted of the fraud referred to-"
Renegotiations Not Final.
The testimony of Mr. Warren be-
fore the Senate Committee obtained
such widespread publicity, made so
many general charges against the
integrity and judgment of Gov
ernment officials and OF industry -
and left an erroneous impression"
in so many cases, the board de-
clared, that it should not go un-
challenged.
The procedures adopted in the
renegotiation function still appear
adequate" the board maintained.
They admittedly are founded on
the assumption that by and large
the businessmen of America are
honest.
They do not contemplate an in
quisitorial staff which, in the absence
of even suspicion of fraud, may
subject every contractor throughout
the land to minute and burden
some audit.
But no renegotiation is final
against fraud. Every renegotiation
determination may at any time be
reopened upon showing of fraud
or malfeasance or wilful misrepre-
sentation of a material fact"
The board informed Senator Mead
it had no fault to find with, the con-
duct of the investigation of the
Garssons combine. But it took ex-
ception to Mr.. Warren's statement
that from my seat it has looked as
If everybody and his brother were
out to get the Government during
the lush war years"
The board described that COM
ment as "a calumny not deserved
by most of the citizens, including
the contractors"
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Two Gls' Death Sentences
Approved in Japan
BY tte Associoied Prcss

SAPPORO, Japan, Aug. 19.-Maj.
Gen. Joseph M. Swing, commanding
the 18th Airborne division. today
approved court martial death SEN
tences imposed on T/5 Marion r.
Brown, 10, Danville, Ala, and Pfc.
Gerald N. Hayes, 20, Lakewood,
N. j.
Brown and Hayes were convicted
OF assaulting a japanese girl the
night of June Is after kidnapping
her and beating her Japanese escort
as she was returning from a, flower
arranging class outside the town of
Yamagata.
Both the girl and her escort
Identified the two in military
police lineup.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
ESQ Officers Ordered
Home From japan
BY the Associo.ed Pres,

YOKOHAMA. Aug. 19.-The 9th
Army today ordered $50 officers with
"a and Is months service to the
fourth depot for shipment home.
During the week four ships will
leave Yokohama for the United
States with more than 5000 home
ward-bound troops.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Surplus
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he could, though he still had 80 per
cent of the 10O-ton allotment left.
His treasurer, Jesse B. Berk, told
the committee he thought they
would come out all right" Mr..
Berk said the company paid the
Army about $1,000 and that with 20
per cent of the equipment sold. the
company had crossed about 81
I000." He added that the companys
cost, including freight charges, to-
tailed $2,363.
The 80 per cent of the equipment
that remains, he said. already had
been picked over" by numerous
radio customers.
Committee members said they also
wanted to know why the materials
were only partially destroyed" be-
fore the sale, if the shipments in
cluded items still restricted for Sc
curity reasons.
The inquiry also was expected to
disclose how much of the material
not subject to security restrictions
could have been sold at a better re-
turn to the Government than at a
junk price.
The Atlanta dealer is said to have
been reselling at the rate of 20
cents pound. The transaction was
first brought to light July 13 by the
Atlanta Journal, which found a
great stack of the equipment in
the junk yard of the Atlanta Steel
& Supply Co. here. Investigators
say it had been sold to this COM
|pany from Warren-Robins Army
Field at Macon, Ga.
Early investigation reports were
that some of the radio sets and
other radio equipment appeared to
have been beaten with a sledge
hammer. but Committee Council
Hugh D. Wise, jr. said the Army
"vehemently" denied this, Rather,
the officer was quoted, I'VE ran a
bulldozer over it,"
Chairman Slaughter examined
photographs taken of some of the
shipments and pointed to numerous
items that did not appear to him
to have been destroyed" Investi-
gators reported they found in the
junkyard number of radio tubes
that appeared to be undamaged.
Tested later by experts, they were
found in working condition" In
vestigators said the material was
sent to the Atlanta buyers from the
Macon depot in several carload ship
ments. The first had been dumped
on the lot where any passerby could
see it. A bucker crane was used for
this unloading the investigator said.
There were indications that at the
time the contract was signed the
buyers did not know the real con-
dition of the material in the ship
ment.
After the discovery of usable ma
terials in the junkyard heap, how
ever, other carloads arrived that
showed signs of having been more
or less hand packed" instead OF
being dumped into the railroad
cars. Photographs of the different
shipments are to be offered during
the hearing.
Chairman Slaughter said he die
not intend to "prejudge the case
but that the deal appeared to be en-.
tirely legal, although it may prove
to be only one example of waste
resulting from too much haste b,
the military forces in dumping OF
junking surplus material" II there
were restricted items in the lot, they
certainly should have been de-
stroyed beyond any possibility oil
Identification or use, he said. land
If there were not items that had to
be destroyed for security reasons
why should they be sold as junk
when higher prices could have been
obtained"
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Government Reinforcements
Moving Up on Resort Town

PEIPING, Aug. 19 (P.-Chinese
Government reinforcements were
reported moving today to the
North-C China summer resort town
of Pehtaiho, repeatedly under at
tack by Chinese Communists as a
part Of widespread new Red Of
fenses. American Marines are sta
toned at Pehtaiho, but there was
no report that they were involved
in the fighting.
The Catholic newspaper vi Shih
Pao, which reported the attack
said it was continuing last night
after a government volunteer corps
defending the Pehtaiho station had
surrendered, along with unnum-
bered other government troops In
the area.
The paper said the red advance
on Pehtaiho, on the Gulf of Chilli,
100 air miles from Tientsin was
drawing in government reinforce
ments from Tangshan, 40 miles west.
The attackers had been estimated
at 10000
An estimated 100000 other Com
munist troops were nearing Aifeng
capital of Honan Province, from
the north, northeast and east. The
Yenan Communist headquarters
radio station said 5000 government
troops in that area went over" to
the Red Army.
In North Shansi Province, west of
Peiping, other Communist forces
claimed two more villages in their
drive.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Appliance Repoirmen
Needed by Civil Service

The Civil Service Commission has
announced several vacancies for
office appliance repairmen in the
washington area. The starting
salary is $2,223 year and appli-
cants must be between i8 and So
years old, except for veterans, and
must have had three years expert
ence at that type of work.
Applicants should apply at COM
mission offices at Seventh and F
streets NV. and submit their appli-
cations before September 8.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
YuqosIuv
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tIOkltlIlucu rTOiu TIlSJ Tdkc.t
were passing it came at 9;07 am.
After that there was silence.
The ordinary run for these ships,
after they cross into Italian terri
tory. is along the Isonzo Valley. at
times very close to the Morgan line
dividing the Yugoslav and British
American zones of occupation in
disputed Venezia Giulia. The Italian,
Yugoslav and Austrian borders in
tersect nearby.
Since the August episode Amer
ican planes have been cautioned to
shun Yugoslav territory. The Raj,
also flying the Vienna Udine route,
ordered its planes to fly west of the
Morgan line.
AS on August 8, bad weather pre-
vailed in the area today. Udine Air
port officials said the transport prob
ably was flying low to stay under
the ceiling.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Crack Ring Referee Dies

DETROIT, Aug. l9~ P,.-Michi-
gan's No. ! boxing referee, Simon
tSam) Hennessy. died this morning
at Henry Ford Hospital at the age
of SIS. Death was attributed to a
heart attack.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Palestine
Continued From First Page.

day to the troopship Empire Rival,
which then left for Cyprus.
"a dispatch from Famagusta,
Cyprus. said the Empire Rival
arrived there this morning.
Troops sought to maintain order
at Tel Aviv, where a mass meet
ing yesterday to protest the de-
portation policy ended in violence
when a group of el-swinging
youths climbed onto the speakers
platform.
The youths seized microphones
and tried to eXhort the crowd to
protest against the scheduled execu-
tion of 18 Jews, sentenced last
Friday for bomb raid on Haifa
railway shops. The public address
system was switched off and con-
servatives fought extremists for half
an hour before the mob was dis
persed.
Warning on Executions
A sharp warning against the eX-
ecutions was broadcast by the secret
radio of Irgun Zvai Leumi, Jewish
underground organization, which
said that If the Is were executed
their "murderers will be killed" The
broadcast was neard in Jerusalem.
"a dispatch from Famagusta
said more than 1000 Jews
stormed the main gate of the
Karaolos detention camp there
Yesterday, but were driven back
by British troops who fired over
their heads. The Jews, armed
with long slaves, shouted Kill
me" and Palestine, Palestine"
(The demonstration was
launched in protest against
British imposed prohibition
against the refugees talking with
neWsmen visiting the camp. No
injuries were reported among the
Jews.
(The ban was relaxed after a
Jewish neWspaperman. Alex
Fishman. representing the Da-
var of Tel Aviv, succeeded in
quieting the demonstrators.
Leaders Of the refugees, all of
whom were brought here by the
British after being refused en-
trance to Palestine, said a "a
hour hunger strike would be
called in the camp to protest
against British treatment
Evening star., 1946-08-19
$40, 900 Fire Routs 800
From St. Louis Hotel
BY the Associoted Press

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 19.-Dense smoke
from fire in 16-story pipe shaft
sent some 300 guests on a fight to
safety by elevators and interior fire
escapes at the Park Plaza Hotel in
midst. Louis early Yesterday.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
China Reds Reported
Miles From Tatunq;
Battle Nears Climax
BY the Assecioisd Press

TIENTSIN, Aug. 19.-The news
paper Min Kuo Jih Pao reported to-
day from Taiyuan that the battle of
Tatung had reached a climax, with
Communist Gen. Ho Dung's troops
only 3 miles north of the city.
The paper added that the whole
Shansi Province was clouded by
war atmosphere and that people
were building defenses in the Tai
yuan suburbs. Officials were, re-
ported ordering inhabitants to stock
up on food and coal to last for six
months in the face of soaring prices.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
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Evening star., 1946-08-19

I
country of, Sullivan Hollow. old
feuding ground of Smith County
about halfway between Jackson and
Hattiesbura.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-30
Society NeWS
VENDING NETS.

,t,,ding a net is a silent work:
,fgn catch as many Wordless dreams
as knots into the ties Of Irvine,
J., 1atc afternoon the slanted sun
ni,rns gold above the shallow line
Green waters of the bay
that rustic softly at the pilings, burns
white-gold
ON the wings of mewing gulls that
circle overhead,
White-gold upon d far-off fishing
boat returning now,
Creensold across a screen of wind
less man-groVe leaves,
# is a time of silence: sunburned
agile fingers ply
smooth wooden needles through the
lace of nets
But soecchlessly, with distant gaze.
An hour now
1irl noonrise and mosquito whine,
the all men say
Arress their work at cventide has
long been said;
There is only the waters answer to
the sea gulls cry.
Frederick Ebright.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-30
Mrs. Rose HOnOrs
Miss Rowena Daniel
AT Bridge Party

Complimenting Miss RoWena Dan
iel, bride-elect of May 4, Mrs. G.. L.
Rose entertained a, a dessert bridge
party Monday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock at her home on West End
Drive.
Throughout the house were at
tractlVc arrangements of pink and
red roses and yellow tulips. In the
entrance hall was a large pink
hydrangea.
Upon arrival the guests were ser
we'd a sweet course with coffee and
nuts. The brides table was covered
with yellow and white cloth center
ed with Il small vase of pink YER
bena.
After several progressions of
bridge, high o prize were award
ed to Mrs. Charles Rollins and Mrs.
Robert l.. Johnson. Miss Charles
Rollins also won the bingo prize.
Miss Daniel was presented a gift
of silver in her chosen pattern.
The guest list included Miss
Daniel, honorec, Mrs. w. b. Daniel,
mother of the ~bride-clect, Mrs. Ar
thur 7. Sweet, il, Of Oak Ridge,
Tenn, Miss Viola Hoyle, Mrs. Robert
l.. Johnson, Mrs. l.. II. Harvin, Mrs
w. W. Bowers, III, Mrs. Smith
Young, Miss Alice Rose, Mrs. Rich
ard BurWell, Mrs. Vance Rollins,
Mrs. Charles Rollins, Mrs. Crawford
Peace, Mrs. Charles Sellars, Mrs.
Eugene Patterson, Hiss Anne Up
church, Mrs. John T. Church, and
Mrs. Lewis Homer.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-30
Bowel Cleaning Power
Of Inner-Aid Medicine

One man recently took INNER
AID three days and said afterward
that he eve would have believed
his body contained so much filthy
substance. He says his stomach, in
testines, bowels and whole system
were so thoroughly cleansed that his
constant headaches came to an end,
several pimly skin cruptions on his
f2cc dried up overnight, and even
the rheumatic pains in his knee dis
appeared. AT present he is an alto
eether differoCt me-, feeling fine n
every way.
INNER-AID contains II Great
Herbs: they cleanse bowels, clear gas
from stomach, act on sluggish liver
and kidneys. Miserable people soon
feel different all over. So don't go
on suffering. Get INNER-AlD. Sold
by all drug stores here in Henderson.
adv.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-30
Memorial Books Presented
Recently To Local Library

which is not based on the land and
the prosperity of those who live on
it. This book is largely autobiogra-
phiCal.
In memory of Mrs. Wester, Miss
Lillian Massenburg has given Amer
lean Miniatures, by Harry Wehlc.
This fully illustrated book is the re-
suit of an exhibit of miniature por-
traits of l739-l850 held at the Metro
politan Museum of Art. There Is IN
Guided a biographical dictionary of
the artists by Theodore Bolton, an
authority on the subject.
Two books profusely illustrated
with actual photographs and cover
ing incidents of the recent wal have
been received in memory of 1t.
George I. Buchan. Ivan DmltrI 5
Flight to Everywhere, presented
by Mrs. c. H. Turner and Mrs. H. +.
Vos, tells of the authors $4,000 mile
trip over Air Transport Command
routes performing his duties as ace
photographer of the Saturday Eve
ning Post.
Presented by Mrs. r. G.. S. Davis
in memory of Ii. Buchan is the 1916
u. S. Camera Victory Volume. The
pictures cover such momentouS
events as the death of Roosevelt,
Ernie Pyle Memorial, Radar and
other final events of the war.
Lovers of childrcn's books and
children themselves will want TO see
the new popular editions of faVoritc
classics recently placed in the IL
brary in memory of Miss Kate Far
man. From the Rainbow Classics
Series, John Zollicoffcr, Jr., has
given BLACK Beauty, by Helen
SeWell, and Jere Perry Zollicoffer
has given Heidi, by Johanna Spyri.
From the Illustrated Junior Libra
~, Ann, Tommy and Paul Rose have
presented, in the memory Of Miss
Furman, Andersen's Fairy Tales
Grimm's Fairy Tales and Hans
Brinker", by Mary Mapes Dodge.
The Heritage Press edition of And
ersen's Fairy Tales has been pre-
scented by Mrs. r. c.. s. Davis il
memory Of Miss Furm2n.
These are translated by authorita-
tive editors and illustrated by fam
! Gus children's illustrators.