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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Huntsville Teen-Agers
Sentenced 10 Hang
For AssauIting Girl

Two teen-age Huntsville, Md. col
ored youths, who were found guilty
on Tuesday of criminal assault on a
l9-year- old Seat Pleasant girl last
March II. have been sentenced to
die by hanging in the Maryland
State Penitentiary.
The sentence, which was imposed
yesterday by Associates Judges
Charles c.. Marbury and John 3
Gray, jr., in Prince Georges County
Circuit Court at Upper Marlboro
will be carried out at date to be
set by Gov. O'Conor and not earlier
than 80 days, the judges ruled.
The youths, James Clarence Ray
mond Washington, l6, and Willie
Gray Taylor, Is We're silent when
the sentence was read to them. With
two other colored youths, they were
charged with assaulting a girl five
times. after the aSsailantS came
upon her and her fiance. Donalc
Boyer, 20, a former Coast Guards
man, as they were seated in parkeo
automobile on Sheriff road, neal
Huntsville.
Washington and Taylor were or
dered held in solitary confinement
by County Sheriff r. Earle Sheriff
until they can be turned over t
the warden of the State peniten
tlary.
/ Before the sentence was an
nounced Attorneys Robert W. Nc
Cullough, for Washington. and Leol
Ransom and Austin l.. Tickling, TO
Taylor, filed motion for a ney
trial, but it was overruled by tn
two jurists. Later. they announces
. they would appeal the court decision
! to the Maryland Court of Appeals
A plea for leniency by the defens
counsel also went unheeded.
/ Meanwhile, the trial of the othe
two boys, Walter Ross, 81, and hi
brother Charles. 20, of Brightseat
Md, which had been transferred
! to the Anne Arundel County Circui
Court in Annapolis because of
request for a change of venue, va
scheduled for next Tuesday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
III. S. Chief of Seized Railroads
Brings Long Experience to Job
Buford Has Bossed
Train Operations g
For 70 Years

A slight, quiet man behind gold
trimmed spectacles stepped into the
tough job today of keeping the
country's railroads operating
strike or no strike
Charles H. Buford, ODT's choice
in the seizure emergency, has been
bossing the running of trains for %
years. In railroad circles he is one
of the most widely known operating
officials in the country.
Mr. Buford's wartime experience
here as an operating vice president
OF the American Association OF
Railroads prompted ODT Chief J..
Monroe johnson to describe him at a
news conference as thoroughly IA
miliar" with operation of the coun-
trys lines and especially with wall
time operations. Suggesting that
Mr.. Buford's new job falls within
the wartime category, Col. john
son said with emphasis that such
operation is quite distinct thing"
from normal management.
Born in Newport, Ark. go years
ago, Mr.. Buford entered railroading
via the college route. After getting
his engineering degree at the Uni
versity of Arkansas in 1907 he be-
came, an engineer of track eleva-
ton for the Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad of
which he is now an executive vice
president.
He became a trainmaSter in 1917
and had advanced to geenIal man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
17-Pound Trout Is CAUGHT
For Paradise Record
BY the Associated Press

BELLEFONTE, Pa, May 10
True to expectations, Fisherman
Paradise yielded new record catch
"a 301a-inch brown trout, weigh
ing II pounds-in the opening day
scramble by hundreds of anglers to
try their luck in Pennsylvania s
choicest fishing stream.
Francis Kartsch of Johnstown
Pa, battled an hour and 40 minutes
to land the record catch yesterday.
State Fish Commissioner Charles
A. French said that the previous
biggest trout caught in the stream
measured % inches.
The special seven-week season
ends July 20 on this mile and hall
stretch of Spring Creek, about
miles from Bellefonte.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Fish 0vercharges Alleged
In Sb,482 0PA Suit

The Office of Price Administration
filed suit in District Court yesterday
charging the Washington Fish Elk
change, Inc, 1000 block of E street
S.W., with selling frozen fish and
seafood items wholesale at above
ceiling prices. The suit asked dam
ages in the sum of $6,482, or three
times the alleged overcharges.
The suit also charges the de-
PENDANT with failing to keep proper
price records. 1t asked that the
corporation be enjoined from selling
at above ceiling prices or from sell
ing without keeping proper price
records.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Baruch and Acheson Study
u. ). Atom Bomb Proposal
BY The Associated Pres.

Bernard M. Baruch. member of
the United Nations Atomic Commits
sion. and Acting Secretary of State
Dean Acheson yesterday began a
series of conferences on proposals
which the American Government
should make to the commission when
it meets June IA
With their advisers, the two con-
ferred for four hours at the Blair
Lee house opposite the State De
partment Herbert Bayard SWope
adviser to Mr.. Baruch. said the sam,
group would meet again today.
Mr.. Baruch himself declared tina
eventually President Truman would
determine the American proposal:
TO the commission.
Yesterdays session was devoted tC
discussion of a report completed
under MI. Acheson's supervision il
March 1t proposed that the United
States sponsor a system OF inter
national control of the manufacture
of atomic materials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Fu|bright Calls Soviet
Actions Inconsistent
With Wish for Peace
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May Ex-senator
Fulbright. Democrat, of Arkansas
said yesterday that with profound
reluctance" he had concluded that
the recent actions of Russia are
not consistent with desire to bring
peace to the world under the aegis
of the United Nations"
1T is highly important the
Arkansas Senator said, that all the
world know that while we do not
seek war, We are willing and able
to fight whenever we believe any
power threatens the right and op-
portunity of men to live as free indi-
viduals under a government of their
own choice"
Senator Fulbright told john
ceremony of the American Acad.
envy of Arts and Letters and the
National Institute of Arts and Let.
tefs that by "a wise and forth.
right course of action" America may
be able ito restrain Russia's am.
billions within reasonable bound.
and to reassure her as to the friend
ly and pacific purposes of the West.
ern World
No Rule of Thumb.
He said there was no automatic
rule of thumb which can tell III
where our security and the securit.
of all free peoples is endangered b,
the persistent expansion of an.
power" and added:
Nevertheless, we know that suci
point has been reached in thu
past and it can be reached in tn
future, and if and when that tim
arrives this Nation must and will
resist with all its power.
Never before in public utter
ance have l questioned the pur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
1880 Potomac Yards.
Workers Hit by 5trike;.
|WaIkout Plans Set

Approximately 1900 employees of
Potomac Yards, Alexandria, will be
directly affected by the pm. walk
out.
Edward j. Sullivan, chairman of
Local 484 of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, said the local
would follow any decision made by
the national organization regarding
the strike.
The brotherhood has more than
500 members at Potomac Yards and
instructions have been given by
l.. K. Dyer, General Grievance Com
mittee chairman for the union, for
those who come on the 2:30 pm.
shift to leave at pm. and those on
the 4 pm. shift not to report.
Meeting Tonight.
He has called meeting for 8
o'clock tonight in Eagles Hall to
bring members up to date on the
situation and to organize a COM
mittee to function with the yards
management during the strike.
Mr.. Dyer said he had guaranteed
C. E. McCarty, manager OF Potomac
Yards, to furnish sufficient men TO
move all troop trains. hospital trains
and milk cars during the shutdown.
Mr.. McCarty said that while 1t
appeared the Walkout would take
I'll fIlnr-
tioning normally and no special
preparations have been made.
Potomac Yards is one Of the larg-
est switching points in the world.
Within its approximately emile
length, there are no miles of track
operated jointly by the Baltimore
Il Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Penn
sylvania, Southern and Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac Rail-
roads. The latter line owns the
property.
Approximately $4,000 to $50 900
cars are handled there each month
and the wartime peak was about
100000 cars handled in March, 1914
and l945.
Potomac Yards is one of the few
operated jointly where an inter
change between lines does not in
volve extensive movements from one
yard to another.
Meanwhile, in Baltimore 100 loco
motive engineers began scheduled
all-day meeting, prepared to go on
strike at pm. with other engineers
and trainmen in all sections of the
country.
Likewise, in Richmond, Va, fire.
men, engineers and trainmen gen.
orally concluded today they would
cease work regardless of the presi-
Dental rail seizure order if the rafl
strike call is not reScinded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Germans Lost Most
To Western Allies,
Statistics Disclose
BY the Associoted Press

BERLIN. May 18.-Statistics COM
piled by the Armed Forces Division
of the American Military Govern
ment, with the aid of captured Ger
man records, showed today that.
counting prisoners, German armed
forces lost far more men to the
Western Allies during the war than
to the Russians.
The figures compiled on the dead
and wounded were incomplete, but
reckoning the civilian bombing
casualties. there was also an indi-
cation that the Western forces
killed more Germans than did the
Russians.
1900, 900 Under Arms.
According to captured files of the
German bureau for notifying next
of kin of casualties, the Wehrmacht
had 100000 men under arms. in
Guiding the air force, during the
war.
Out of this total the American
armies alone captured more than
100000, according to Col. H. j..
Lemley, statistician for the United
States Armed Forces Division.
In addition to this. the British, in
a recent report made to the Allied
Control Council. disclosed they had
bagged 2,663,0O0, while the French
took another $4,000 German pris-
onerS.
Thus, the Western Allies captured
or accepted the capture of nearly so
per cent of the German Army. Col
Lemley pointed out. however, that
many thousands of German soldiers
fed westward into Allied captivity,
rather than surrender to the Rus
SLAMS.
No Accurate Figure on Dead.
There is no accurate figure on the
number of German soldiers killed
The Wehrmacht's known dead. &C
cording to American records, total
more than 2,250,O00, with another
l 100000 missing
This figure, however, is incomplete
for several reasons When the
Americans captured the German
registration bureau, they found it
had broken down in November, 1914
and was behind by 100000 deaths
in its task of notifying the next OF
kin. Furthermore the bureau could
not supply an official estimate OF
German losses on the eastern front
! The bureaus file on eastern front
casualties was sketchy, gathered
from scattered sources, because the
Russians did not report them
through the International Rec
Cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
British Cable, Radio Firm
Hits Bermuda Agreement
BY the Assce'oted Press

LONDON, May 18-The world
wide Gable & Wireless Co, Ltd,
today said execution Of the Ber-
muda communications agreement of
/. last November would threaten Lon
don's position as center of world
, Geographic traffic and cause an an
nual loss of sl0,000000 to British
overseas Geographic services.
Concluding that Britain's loss
would be largely Americas gain,
the statement said:
The Bermuda agreement .
will divert considerable revenue to
the United States which should
accrue 10 Britain and the empire
I in return for their heavy out
lay. -
A measure to nationalize Cable
& Wireless. Ltd. will be given a
second reading in the House of
Commons next Tuesday. No organ
lied fight is expected against the
bill by the Conservative opposition,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Trial of MihuiIovich
DELAYED Till June 10
By the Associated Press

BELGRADE, May 18.-An official
of the Yugoslav Ministry of Informa-
ton yesterday said the treason
trial of Gen. Draja Mihailovich
Chetnik leader and War Minister
for King Peter, had been postponed
until June 10.
No reason was given. The trial
had been expected to start in mid
May. Gen. Mihailovich, an oppo-
nent of Premier Field Marshal Tito,
has been accused Of collaborating
with the Germans during the occu-
patton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Most Stock Leaders
Decline Moderately
In Dull Session
By Victor Eubonk
Associated Press Finonciol Writer

NEW YORK, May ia few spe-
cial issues continued to make a
little Roadway in today's stock
market although many leaders
drifted to moderately lower levels
in one of .the slowest sessions of
the past year.
While Wall Streeters were not
particularly bearish, boardrooms
were notably cautious following
seizure by the Government of the
Nations railroads in an effort to
avert strike called for later in
the day. 1t was realized that
stoppage of transportation would
have serious effect on virtually
ali lines of industry. In addition,
the coal labor situation still was
far from cheering and most Gus
toners inclined to hold aloof and
await developments
LightneSs of liquidation from the
start provided some encouragement
for bullish contingents. The con-
tention was that the majority of
stockholders seemed disposed to ride
out current uncertainties, on the
ioea that, soon or late, the real re-
conversion swing will get under
way. The ticker tape frequently
halted and transfers for the two
hours fell to around 100000 shares
Declines of fractions to a point or so
predominated near the close. with
wide assortment of pivotals I'M
changed.
Backward performers the greater
part of the proceedings included
United States Steel, Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet, Chrysler. Gen.
eral Motors, United States Rubber
Montgomery Ward, American Tele-
phone, Kennecott, American Smelt-
ing. Electric Power & Light, West
inghouse. General Electric, Santa
Fee. Southern Pacific, Northern Pa
cific, Phelps Dodge, Standard Oil of
New Jersey, Texas Co.. General
FOODS, Thompson Products. Kroger
Grocery. Paramount Pictures, AsSo-
ciated Dry Goods and J. G. Penney.
Ahead at one time or another
were New York Central, Great
Northern. Goodyear, Goodrich. Pub
lie Service of New Jersey, Glenn
Martin. Pullman and American
Wooden.
Bonds were narrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Iranian Mission at Tabriz
On Red Withdrawal Probe
BY The As,ocioied Pres,

TEHERAN, May l8,-An Iranian
central government commission
reached Tabriz, capital of the self
proclaimed autonomous government
of Azerbaijan province. by plane
yesterday to investigate the with
drawal Of Soviet troops.
The commission also is expected
to renew talks with separa fist lead
ers relative to return of Azerbaijan
province to central government con-
troll
The same plane carried Joseph C
Goodwin. Associated Press CORE
Spondent, the first American news
paperman to be allowed to enter
Azerbaijan during the four years OF
Soviet occupation and six months OF
separatiSt rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Lebanon Cabinet Faces
Crisis in RESERVATIONS
By the Associoted Press

BEYROUTH, May lathe Leb-
anese republics government faced
a crisis today after the resignation
of two cabinet members and the call
ing of a general strike for Monday
CA Reuters dispatch from Bey-
routh said the government had
resigned, with Premier Sami Ell
Solh charging maneuvers against
him both inside and outside
ParliamentD
The general strike was called by
the Federation of Trade Unions il
an effort to force passage of legis-
lation favoring labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
5 Arab Nations Reassured
By U.S.. on Palestine Action

The United States has treasured
five Arab countries that it would
consult with them and the Jews
before taking any definite decision
to implement the recommendations
of the Anglo-American Committee
on Palestine.
The committee called among
other things. for entry of 100000
Jews into Palestine.
The State Department last night
released identical notes sent to the
diplomatic representatives of Egypt,
Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and
Syria in reply to joint Arab note
of May 10.
The reply said the United States
was comforting with Great Britain
and made it plain that no action
had yet been taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Baby Is Born in u. S.
Every ~ Seconds,
Census Bureau Finds
By the k.socioied Press

There's baby born every
III. seconds, the Census Bu-
reau said yesterday. The popu-
lation increased about 154 an
hour all last year, and the total
is over lao, 100000 now.
Deaths occurred at the rate
of one every 22ha seconds, mar
riages at the rate of one every
20 seconds.
Total registered births last
wear were estimated at 2.743 800,
deaths at l,396,700 and mar
riages at 1900 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18

ager of the Milwaukee's Western
lines. with headquarters in Seattle,
when ne came to the Association
of American Railroads here in 1929
With that organization he was in
charge of the maintenance and
operation department. The work
brought him in contact with the
ODT, the Army and Navy, and all
of the country's railroads in the
handling of both military and civil
ian freight and the movement of
troops
He resigned the post last March l
as executive vice president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Army Realizes SS90,111
On Surplus Sales 10 Cuba
BY the Associated Pres,

Nearly all the American Army
surplus in Cuba has been sold to the
Cuban government for S890,1l1, the
Office of the foreign liquidation COM
missioner announced today.
The surplus included trucks
clothing, engineering equipment
aircraft parts and other miscella-
neous supplies at Batista Field
which the Air Forces used during
the war.
The State Department said the
sum received represented 81 per CEN
of the original value of the goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18

engineers represented by his organ
ization exclusively would continue
to operate trains
Employed on 1853 Roads.
He said these men were employed
on 1863 roads. including between 80
and 40 of the larger systems.
There will be no question about
these men continuing to operate
trains. We have voted no strike
and these engineers have no in
structions TO quit" he said.
Some union chiefs not involved
in the strike expressed the opinion
that there might be enough pres
sure built up within the ranks Of
the trainmen and engineers-and
from outside union sources also
/ to avert the strike and send the
unions back into negotiations AS
the o'clock deadline drew nearer
/ however there were no new devel-
opment to justify this belief.
/ John j. Pelley, president of the
Association of American Railroads,
who followed the unions to the
White House yesterday with a group
of rail executives. said management
| would do what it could to keep the
,roads going
Mr.. Buford, executive vice presi-
/ dent of the Milwaukee, said no i'm
mediate curtailment of traffic was
| planned.
| President Truman ordered the seiZ-
ure after Mr.. Whitney and Mr.. john
son formally reported to him that
negotiations with the carriers which
continued after the strike call, final
ly had collapsed.
They said the Presidents response
was that he was sorry.
Seizure Under War Powers.
! Mr.. Ross told reporters that Mr.
Truman sought no assurances from
the union chiefs that their mer
would stay on the job.
The President acted under hi,
war powers in ordering the seizure
then issued this statement:
II have today by executive order
directed J. Monroe Johnson, direc.
tor of the Office of Defense Trans.
portation. to take over the country:
railroads and operate them in the
name of the United States Govern.
ment.
"A strike has been called for 4 D m
tomorrow by 2 of the 20 railroad
labor organizations, the Brother.
hood of Locomotive Engineers ane
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train.
men. These two have declined tt
accept the findings and recon-
mendations of an emergency boare
created by the President under tn,
Railway Labor Act. In the strik,
situation thus confronting us gov
ernmental seizure is imperative TO
the protection of the rights of ou
citizens.
i Cooperation Asked.
ut Is essential to the public healtl
and to the public welfare general
:. that every possible step he taken b.
the Government to assure to tn
fullest possible extent continuou
!, and uninterrupted transportation
service
Il call upon every employee of tn
railroads to cooperate with tn
Government to this end by remain
ing on duty.
II have asked the parties involve
,, to continue negotiations, with vie,
to reaching an agreement whereof
the railroads can be returned to pri
vate ownership at the earliest pos
Sible date"
The other three operating union
, are continuing negotiations with tn
, owners in an effort to boost a
award made in arbitration proceed
ings.
;, The engineers and trainmen wan
{ $1.44 more daily as against s1.2
| awarded by the Emergeny Boaro
, RIFLES changes also are in diSnllte
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Genoa Archbishop Named

VATICAN CITY, May 18 (P!-
Pope Plus XII announced today the
appointment of Msgr. Giuseppe Sri,
titular bishop of Liviade and auxil-
larry of the Genoa archepiscopate
see, as archbishop of Genoa.
The see was left vacant January
81 with the death of Pietro Cardinal
Boetto.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
FOUND.

BUNCH OF KEYs. on mailbox at Rhode
Isl2r6 and Nrw jersey ave. NV. Inquire
1920 i.a ST. NV.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-01-10
nr. Ard Addresses Kiwanis

Urging the support of the churches
by the parents of America and stat
ing that the most tragic casualties
are on the home front, where many
young people are not receiving any
religious instruction, Dr. Wilson P.
Ard, speaking before last weeks
luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis
Club at the Hotel Alexander, blam-
ed the increases in juvenile crime
to problem parents" rather than
problem children" The speaker,
pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church,
touched upon the opportunities that
lie ahead in the year 1916 and point
ed out that the strength of Amer
lea lies in her human and spiritual
values. DR.. Ard sounded a warning
note in discussing the rebirth of the
Communist Party in America, whose
activities he believes to be directed
from Moscow. He feels that the pres
ent wave of strikes may be Com
munist agitated, he said.