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Evening star., 1946-05-04
Blue Chip Selling
Depresses Market;
Motors, SteeIs Drop
By Victor Eubonk
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, May 4.-Selling
never was urgent in today's stock
market although there was enough
of it to put leading motors, rubbers,
steels and blue chips" down frac-
tions to more than points. Trans
fers were in the neighborhood of
500 900 shares.
1t was the fourth successive aver
age setback for the list and blame
for the light liquidation again was
placed mainly on the Nations coal
crisis threatening production in nu-
merous industries. The darkening
rail labor picture also contributed to
bearish sentiment. Another batch
of good earnings and dividends, in
addition to splitup possibilities
failed to inspire bidding.
| Casualties most of the day in
cluded Chrysler, General Motors,
United States Rubber, Goodrich,
Goodyear. United States Steel, Beth
lehem, Montgomery Ward, Douglas
Aircraft, Western Union, American
Smelling, Kennecott, General Elec-
trio, Westinghouse. Union Carbide,
Allied Chemical. Eastman Kodak,
Philip Morris, Standard Oil IN. j.,
New York Central, Great Northern
Chesapeake g. Ohio and Northern
Pacific.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
by The ksxoc;oted Press

ST. MARTINVILLE, La, May A.
A l7-year-old colored youth who
survived being strapped in the cleo
trio chair and having the switch
thrown, said that 1T tickled little,
but didn't hurt much"
The 150-pound youth, Willie
Francis, today was in a death cell
in the Iberia Parish Jail at New
Iberia while State legal authorities
wondered whether another attempt
could ever be made, under the law,
to electrocute him.
Francis was strapped in the chair
yesterday and the current was
turned on. He squirmed and then
astounded attendants by yelling un-
der the hood, Take it off! Take it
off,
Francis said, THE Lord was with
me- when he was taken from the
faulty chair, and later in a death
cell interview said he was thinking
of going to heaven" when the switch
was thrown.
Gov. Jimmie Davis granted a six
day reprieve. Sheriff Leonard Res
weber said he would attempt to
have the execution carried out next
Thursday
Evening star., 1946-05-04
u. n. Council Assured
France and Britain
Are Quitting Levant
BY the Assoeiofed Press

| NEW YORK, May 4.-The United
Nations Security Council had assur-
ances from France and Britain to-
day that the bulk of their forces in
the Lavantine states would be
withdrawn by June 30.
! Separate announcements that
British and French forces already
had abandoned Syria and would
shortly quit Lebanon were laid
before the Council as it faced a new
crisis next week over the presence
of Soviet troops in Iran beyond a
March 2 treaty limit. Russia now
has promised to have her troops out
of Iran by May 6.
The British and French state
ments handed last night to Chair
man Hafez Aft Pasha were ex-
pected to circumvent any mention
here of the Levsntine squabble
which was aired at the J,nndon SIS
sions of the Council last February.
Call Withdrawals Voluntary.
Both Franco and Britain en-
plasized that their Withdrawals
were voluntary. They disclaimed
any legal compulsion under the
United States motion presented in
London expressing confidence that
the foreign troops in Syria and the
Lebanon would be withdrawn as
soon as practicable, with the results
to be reported to the Council.
Sir Alexander Cadogan. in the
first report to the Council on the
Levantine situation, said only a
small liquidation party" would be
left in Lebanon by the British after
June 30 French Delegate Henri
Bonnet said most of the French
troops also would be gone by then
Z With Lebanese government CO.
operation on transport, Mr.. Bonnet
said, all French forces could be
evacuated from Lebanon by August
81 except for 80 officers and about
300 technicians controlling trans
port of materiel. These. he added
could be removed by December 81
Belgium to Complain on Spain.
The Spanish situation under ex-
animation of the Councils first in
vestigating subcommittee was en-
livened by Belgian government
announcement that it would COM
plain formally that the Franco re-
gime refused to extradite Leon De-
grelle, leader of the Rexist party
outlaWed as Fascist.
/ Paul Henri Spaak, Belgian For
eign Minister, said the Security
Council will receive a new document
the one in which we will show that
Spain keeps on her soil q traitor
and Fascist"
The subcommittee will meet Mon
day night to reclassify a stack OF
documents. including Polish ano
Spanish Republican charges that
Spain harbors Nazi war criminals
and war-making scientists and men,
aces world peace.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Forced 10 Sign Withdrawal,
Candidate Tells Police
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BOSTON, May 4.-Thomas ]. I
McDonough, candidate for the
Democratic nomination to the Gov
ernor's Council, reported to State
police last night that he was taken
forcibly from his home early yes
terday by "either two or three men
and compelled to sign withdrawal
Of candidacy from the Massachusetts,
primary.
(The Governors Council is an
elected body, which advises the
Governor and acts on his ap-
pointments and executive orders).
Mr.. McDonough asserted in an
affidavit that the men came to his
home about l am. yesterday and
told him they were investigating
Irregularities in his nomination pa
pers.
Then, he said they drove him
away from his home and forced him
to sign the withdrawal.
State police reported filing of the
withdrawal and questioning of a
man who presented the certificate
Evening star., 1946-05-04
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Continued From First Page.)

L C.g
installations will be used where
ever possible. Gen. Stratemeyer con-
tinued, although it may be neces-
sary to establish some reserve bases
at municipal airports where military
facilities are not convenient to
population centers.
The reserve force will include o.
500 pilots, 27.500 other crew and non
rated officers and 10000 enlisted
men.
Each reservist under the plan
would be given Is days intensive
training on active duty annually
and can be paid and reimbursed
for travel expenses under existing
law, it was said.
Suggested revisions of the Ma
tional Defense Act were to be con-
sidered by the association as it
moved toward adjournment of its
three-day meeting.
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, ad-
jutant general of Maryland and
chairman of the associations COM
mittee on legislation, was to place
the matter before the meeting.
Gov. Martin of Pennsylvania was
to be heard at the final session
this afternoon, and business was to
be completed with action on reso-
lutions and election of officers.
Retirement Benefits.
At the suggestion of Gen. Reckord
supported by Brig. Gen. E. A. Evans
executive secretary of the Reserve
Officers Associa ton, the adjutant
general yesterday voted it's Off
GERS and legislative committee full
freedom in pressing for more liberal
retirement benefits for National
Guard and reserve officers in legis-
lation now before Congress.
Later, various members of the asso-
association aired complaints with
respect to decorations, charging
many deserving National Guard and
Reserve officers went unrecognized
or received lesser awards than regu-
lars performing similar services.
The officers of the association
were instructed to ask the War De-
partment for a review of this mat
ter and for an extension of the
period during which nominations
for awards for wartime services
would be received.
Chairman May of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee was obliged
to cancel a scheduled address.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Case Of 7 Boys Found
Dead in Trunk Probed
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, May A coroner's
physician prepared today to deter
mine the cause of the deaths of two
small boys. whose bodies were found
yesterday in an old wooden trunk
in the attic of the South Side bun
galow in which they lived. .
Police officials, pending a coro-
ner's report, expressed belief the
boys. who had been missing since
Monday, were suffocated accident
ally when they climbed into the
trunk while playing, but they said
they were not overlooking the pos
sibility of murder.
DR.. Jerry Kearns was assigned to
perform an autopsy on the bodies of
the boys. Chester Lesniewski, 9. and
Anthony Liczekowski, 8, while a
coroner's inquest was to be held
Monday.
Capt. Ray Crane, chief of uni
formed police, held to the theory
that the deaths were accidental,
while Detective Sergt. David Lich-
tenstein of the homicide squad said
he was puzzled at the position of
the bodies. He said the boys were
in sitting position, back to back,
in a trunk which measured "a
inches long, 10 inches wide and 22la
inches high. He said there was no
indication Of panic or a struggle.
Coroner A. L. Brodie said the lid
of the trunk could have been raised
from the inside. There was no lock
on the trunk. He said there were
no marks of violence on the bodies,
which were found by Walter Stro
Stricula. 20 who lives on the first
floor of the bungalow.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Youth Survives Electric Chair;
Declares 1t 7ickIed q Little

In the interview Francis, who was
convicted of Staying Andrew I
Thomas, a st. Martinville druggist
answered questions readily and even
discussed the Staying.
He said he thought at would hurt
little" when the switch was thrown
and that he had difficulty in breath
ing with the straps and hood over
his face.
Asked whether he considered the
chair failure an act of God, Francis
replied, Il sure don't know, but ]
am sure glad about it,
He said he felt perfectly all
right" after he was removed from
the chair and that he was sorry Il
killed man" He said maybe I'll
go to heaven" and then added, Il
wonder how it is in help"
In Baton Rouge, Attorney Cen
eral Fred S. Leblanc said there was
one line of authority" holding that
if death sentence was not carried
out on the date set, it could not
again be attempted. He added
however. that he could not attempt
an off-hand opinion in Francis
bizarre case, as the courts sentence
probably said Francis should be
"electrocuted until dead"
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Azerbaijan Evacuated
Almost Completely by
Soviet, Iran Reports
By the Associoted Press

TEREHAN, May 4.-Gendarmerie
officials and an Iranian general staff
officer today said all Iran had been
evacuated bv the Red Army, but
Prince Mosaffar Firouz, propaganda
minister, reported the evacuation of
Azerbaijan Province was not yet
complete.
Firouz said, however. that Aver
baijan is almost completely evacu-
ated.'' He added that he saw no rea-
son why correspondents should not
visit the area after May g." the date
on which the Russians, under the
terms of last months Soviet-Iranian
agreement, will have been with
drawn.
Firouz said no agreement had been
reached thus far between Jafar
Pishevari. premier of the self-pro-
claimed autonomous state of Iranian
Azerbaijan. and the central govern
ment. He SAID the converse tions,
taking place in village miles out
side Teheran, were continuing but
that Pishevari might have to return
to his capital, Tabriz, lin connection
with evacuation problems" before the
negotiations were completed.
Withdrawal of Russian troops
from three Western Azerbaijan
towns near the Turkish border was
announced by the Iranian govern
ment last night.
Towns reported evacuated were
Rizaiyeh (Urmia), Khoi and Shah
pur tDilman). The Official an
nouncement also disclosed that So
Wet officers had attended fare
well'' party at Pahlevi (EuzelD OH
the Caspian coast
Meanwhile, negotiations between
Premier Ahmed Qavam's represent
atives and the Kurdish -Azerbaijan
commission headed by Jafar Pishe-
vari on proposals to reunite Azer-
baijan with the central government,
continued in heavily guarded des-
ert village near here.
MOSCOW, May 4-CP)-A Tass
dispatch from Terehan said today
that the Iranian newspaper, Rah-
bar, had proposed the removal of
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, for
mer superintendent of New Jersey
state police. as chief adviser of Ira
nian national police.
"A purge of the gendarmerie and
removal of former advisers will help
to bring about favorable attitude
on peaceful settlement of Azerbai-
jan" Tass quoted the paper as say
ing.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Irvine Seeks New Record
In Guam-Washington Hop
BY the Associated Press

MANILA, May 4-Col. C. S. Irvine,
assistant chief of staff of the Pa
clflc Air Command. is preparing
for an attempt to set a new world
plane e-withpayload distance and
altitude record from Guam to Wash
lngton in an Army B-29 bomber.
Air command public relations said
1t could not confirm the report
until scheduled tests were completed
but fellow officers said Col. Irvine
long had been planning assaults on
all speed, distance and altitude
records for planes in the B-29 class
He already holds two records, in
,cluding the land plane distance
haul from Guam to Washington
ID. C.
The altitude test will be made
In the near future, officers said
sas soon as favorable weather de-
velops.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
4,528 Servicemen Due
In u. 5. Today on 5 Ships
BY the Assecioted Press

Four vessels, carrying 1852 serv-
ice personnel, are scheduled to arrive
today at San Francisco while 666
more troops are due to debark from
one transport at New York. Ships
and units arriving:
At New York-Rensselaer Victory
from LIE Havre (due originally
Thursday. 666 miscellaneous troops.
At San miscellaneous
troops on following vessels, San
Saba from Okinawa, 1919 Navy;
Renville from Tokyo. 1,774 Navy, 73
Marines. Army; Chourre from
Pearl Harbor, l3 Navy, 13 Marines;
LIST 668 from Pearl Harbor, 81 Navy,
2 Marines.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
:HurIey' Files as COP
Senatorial Nominee
By the Afsocioted Pres

SANTA F'E, N. Mex, May Mai
Gen. Patrick j. Hurley, former secre-
tary OF War and more recently Am.
hassador to China, yesterday flee
Hls candidacy for the Republican
Senate nomination.
, Republican party leaders went a.
fsr as they could several weeks age
~ assuring Gen. Hurley he would
have no opposition in the primary
II he would make the race.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Stored Powder Blows Up,
Damaging ; Czech Towns
BY the Associated Press

PRAGUE, May 4.-Two powder
magazines exploded last night near
Terezin, northwest of Prague, killing
at least three Czechoslovak soldiers
injuring 20 seriously and damaging
three villages.
1t was feared the death toll might
go higher when the wreckage was
probed. Recurring lesser explosions
prevented fire brigades from ap-
preaching the scene. The area was
cordoned by the military and an
investigation was under way to de-
termine the cause.
TOKYO, May 4 (P.-Jiji News
Agency said today at least 70 Japa-
nese are known to be missing follow
ing a series of heavy explosions at
a former Japanese Army ordnance
depot at Some, Northern KyuShu.
Jiji said 95 houses were blown up
or severely damaged and that resi-
dents feared the fire would spread
to Is rows of other magazines and
sheds. Residents of nearby districts
were evacuated.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Mo|otov Holding Out
Against ; Allies on
o-YugosIav Issue
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, May 4.-The Foreign
Ministers Council heard statements
on the disputed Italo-Yugoslav bor-
der from each of the four ministers
in three-hour session today, which
indicated they were as far from So
luton of the problem as they were
last September in London.
A member of the American dele
CATION said the positions of the four
ministers on the border problem was
unchanged. The American said
there was nc" sign of agreement,
with Russian Foreign Minister
Vyacheslav M Molotov lined up
against his American, British and
French colleagues.
A British source said Mr.. Molotov
described the border lines proposed
by the other powers as punishment
of Yugoslavia, wartime ally. Sec
retary of State Byrnes denied this,
saying that the Yugoslavs under the
American, British and French pro-
posals would obtain Fiume, $4,000
square miles of new territory and
375, 900 inhabitants.
Admits Trieste Is Italian.
Mr.. Molotov, agreeing that Trieste
was ethnically Italian, was reported
to have demanded that the city be
turned over to Yugoslavia because
it was an integral part of the sur
rounding countryside which, he
held, was ethnically Yugoslav.
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault pointed out, the British
source continued, that the boundary
commission had been instructed to
draw their borderline on ethnic
grounds.
The ministers spent all morning
discussing the Italo-Yugoslav from
tier and did not reach the other
items on the agenda for today, which
included demilitarization of the
Franco-Italian and Italo-Yugoslav
frontiers and Italy's prewar bilateral
treaties.
Italy's old bilateral agreements,
most of which are economic or trade
pacts, are slated to be examined to,
ascertain whether any of them may
be allowed to remain valid. Rome's
tripartite alliance with Berlin and
Tokyo, and the multilateral Anti
comlntern Pact are considered abol-
ishesd and will not be studied.
No Agreements in Sight.
An atmosphere of pessimism has
settled over the conference. partly
because no agreements are in sight
on the troublesome Italo- -Yugoslav
border issue, disposal of italian COL
onles or the question of Italian rep
arations.
Edward Kardelj Yugoslav Deputy
Premier, urged the ministers yes
terday to give Trieste and virtually
all OF the Istrian peninsula to Yugo-
slavia. This request was identical
with the Russian recommendation.
Premier Alcide de Gasperi of
Italy asked that Italy be allowed
to retain Trieste and that the Italo-
Yugoslav border be along the old
Wilson line
! Meanwhile, a committee Of naval
experts appointed by the ministers
heard claims for Italian ships-and
the total number of claims exceeded
the ships which Italy has afloat.
/ 1t was learned authoritativelv
that the Russians had asked for
more ships than her one fourth al
lotment, after Italian. Yugoslav and
Greek awards are made. The min
listers were reported last week to
have decided that Italy. would be
left basic feet. and that the re-
manning units would be divided
among Britain, France, the United
States and Russia, after awards
were made to Greece and Yugo-
Slavia.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Derby
Continued From First Page

time turning out, probably because
of the combined circumstances of a
night of wild celebrating in mid
town Derbyville and the threat of
rain. BY II am, one hour before
post time for the first. race of the
nine-race card, there were no more
than 25,000 in the unreserved sec
tions of the grandstand and bleach
ers and in the inield.
The Jockey lineup for the Derby
was completed in midmorning with
the nomination of j. Raymond Lay
ton. 36-year-old native of Dublin,
Fire, to ride the outsider. Jobar,
from the barn of Howard w. Field
ing Of Rydal, Pa. Previously, Layton
and the veteran Nick Wall had both
been considered for the assign
ment.
Joe Stevens of the famed conces-
sionaire family said the influx of
Derby-ites into Louisville was an
all-time high. The Downs it
self has been sold out since
February l and Secretary Russell
Sweeney says he could have disposed
of at least 5000 more boxes and as
many more reserved seats as could
have been built-if there'd been
room for them.
The Presidents daughter, Mar
garet Truman, was on hand along
with the French Ambassador and
Secretary of the Treasury Vinson
and Attorney General Clark.
Three Horse Graham Entry.
The largest field in nine years-if
none Of the horses are scratched
was headed by the three-horse entry
of the Maine Chance Farm of Mrs.
Elizabeth Graham, otherwise known
as Elizabeth Arden of cosmetic
fame. Lord Boswell was, of course,
the top horse of Mrs. Graham's en-
try. He can run on lightning-fast
track or muddy track. Big, rangy
Knockdown, the Santa Anita Derby
winner, and Perfect Bahram, the
inexperienced racer, were his team
mates.
Many fans saw the classic, too, as
Eddie Arcaro against the field.
Arcaro, the little Kentuckian with
the stopwatch in his head, had Lord
Boswell to ride as he went out after
his fourth Derby triumph and new
record for jockeys.
But Lord Boswell was no cinch to
win: He was handicapped by the
No. post position, bad for a slow
starter. What's more. he has as
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Mihoilovich Rejects
Aid of u. S. ATTORNEY
BY the Assoeioted Press

BELGRADE, May At. Gen.
Alexander Rankovic, Yugoslavia S
interior minister, says Gen. Draja
Mihailovich has turned down an
offer to be defended at his forth
coming treason trial by Attorney
Morris Ernst of New York.
Gen. Rankovic showed CORE
spondents a copy of letter he said
Gen. Mihailovich had written in
which the former Chetnik leader
was quoted as saying he felt he
would be able to procure defense
counsel in his own country and that
he had full faith" in Yugoslay
courts
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Facts and Figures
On Turf Classic
Nv tho Ax.oe;,,.d pr...

BY The NsSociofed Preks
Place-Churchill Downs. Louisville
Dlstance-One and one-fourth miles.
Purse-$100000 added money
Number of entries-l7.
Gross value-S124.450
Net value to winner-S96 400 if II start,
Value to second place horse-S10,06
Value to third-place horse-S5. 900,
value to fourth.place HORSES. 500.
seeonS oner and Of
So 900 and $1,000, respectively; breeders
OF nrst three horses get So 900. 81, 900 and
$500. respectively
Probable attendance-1o0o 600.
Weather-Showers and clearing,
Track-Muddy,
ington time!
Post time for Derby-5:15 nm, wash-
ington time.
Radio broadcast-cBs. twTop. s:1S),
Evening star., 1946-05-04
U. 5. Must Ship Soldiers
Or Food, Anderson Says
BY the As.oeioisd Press

PITTSBURGH, May 4.-Secretary
of Agriculture Anderson declared
here last night that the United
States faces the alternative of fur.
nishing more wheat or more soldier.
to keep the peace, made precariou.
by the specter of starvation in many
parts of the world.
Addressing district Rotarian con.
vention banquet, he called for 2,OO0,.
600 more acres of wheat and corn
saying the food need is desperate.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Senator Mcclellan 10 Stay
In Hospital for Checkup
BY the Associated Press

Senator McKeller, Democrat OF
Tennessee, has been sent to the
Naval Hospital in Bethesda, suffer
Ing from what was officially described
as gastric disturbance and over
work
Capt r. E. Duncan of the hospital
staff said the 77-year-old presiding
officer of the Senate was "all right,
but would remain there for a COM
plete examination and rest.
DR.. Henry G. Rudner of Memphis
Senator McKeller's personal physi-
clan. who few to Washington to
make an examination, was reported
en- route to Memphis.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Congress in Brief
Senate:

Majority Leader Barkley presses
for vote on 50, ,750, 900 900 British loan
in unusual Saturday session.
Conferees try to adjust Senate
House differences on administra-
tion's housing bill and also over pay
increase for Government workers.
House:
In recess until Monday.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Engine 1913 Kills Two

MELVERN, Kans. tP).-The loco
motive on the Santa Fe express
train which derailed here, killing
the engineer and fireman, bore
the number 1913.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Here's the Lineup for Derby
BY the Assoeioted Pres

LOUISVILLE, May 4-Here running
OF the Kentucky Derby One mile
added showing positions
carry pounds:
Evening star., 1946-05-04

PROPOSED PROTESTANT CENTER-Sketch by John W. Nc
Leod and Anthony Ferrara architects proposed million
dollar Protestant center which the Washington Federation
Churches hopes to build some day The building designed
to house under roof church such as the
federation the Washington City Bible Society and various
denominational headquarters.
Evening star., 1946-04-28

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