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Air Policy
Continued From First Page.)

arms when the danger signals
appear"
Production Half Of Minimum.
"This is the concept that has been
adopted by our Army and Navy Ali
Forces. In the final stages Of the
war they developed an air industrial
plan. This plan was logical, con-
sistent and carefully worked out
It provided among other things that
the nucleus OF q manufacturing in
dustry should be maintained at q
level capable of rapid expansion In
time Of emergency"
The general re-emphasized q
point made by Senator Brewster
that the present level Of military
aircraft production is less than hall
that recommended by the Air Co.
|ordinating Committee as the abso-
lutte minimum If the outlook fo1
peace is promising and the powers
have begun substantial disarma-
ment."
The actual production OF 1886
military planes last year is less
than a fourth Of the volume recon-
mended by the Air Co-ordinating
Committee in a period of world un-
rest when the United States might
be called upon by the United Ma
tions to back up its decisions with
a security force abroad.
Other witnesses today will include
Glenn l.. Martin of Baltimore, pres
ident OF the Martin Aircraft Co.;
Harry Whitehead. president of Con-
solidated Aircraft; Robert E. Gross,
president Of Lockheed, and j. Carl
ton Ward. jr.. president OF FAIR
child. Several other leading manu-
facturers will testify.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
sy The As.oeiossd Press

PHILADELPHIA, May 17.-Soil
from Bikini Atoll, scene Of last years
atomic bomb tests. has yielded q
new drug that has been found twice
as powerful as streptomyctn IN
caecking tuberculosis germs, accord
ing to DR.. Donald B. Jofnstone OF
the New Jersey Agricultural Expert
mental Station, at New Brunswick.
Reporting the discovery. to the So
ciety of American Bacteriologists
DR.. Johnstone said the
new drug, called "Streptomyces H
Bikinensis,s : inhibits the growth OF
many bacteria and tests made on
chick embroysis indicate the drug Is
non- poisonous. He made no claim
to have used it successfully on hui
man beings.
DR.. Jchnstone said the germ-in-
hibiting properties Of the Bikini soil
had nothing 10 do with atomic
energy. Such soil may exist 'in q
Evening star., 1947-05-17
a Killed, | Seriously Huri
As Car and Truck Collide
~ the Associated Press

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May IL
Four persons were killed and at least.
one other seriously injured in o
collision between an automobile and
a large tractor-trailer on q. 8. route,
119 near Marmet last night, Corpl.
r. r. Cummings Of the State polics
said. stg
Two victims. dead on arrival at e.
Charleston hospital, were identified
as Verne Mccoy Williams, %, Of.
Packsyille, and Glen Strong, about
IS, Of Marfork.
The other dead, who were brought,
TO q Charleston funeral home, were
q man believed to be Howard Cooper.
about as, OF Keith, and an unidenti.
fed woman about as.
Edward Eugene Bowles, Packsvil1e.
was In serious condition at Q hos.
pita1 here, with a possible fractufa
Of the skull and other injuries.
All the dead were riding In the
passenger car. Deputy Sheriff Robert
Slack said the auto ran into the
rear Of the truck. He added that
the driver OF the truck, George
Hastings, 2i, OF Chesapeake, was uia-
injured and was not held.
Evening star., 1947-05-17

murder and conspiracy to murder
in the reprisal Staying of Earle, who
had been accused of stabbing
white taxi driver.
The pictures were taken by police
shortly after the victims body was
found. They show how he was
beaten badly before his head was
blasted with three charges from. a
double-barrel shotgun. w
The State concluded yesterday its
presentation Of Is purported state
ments made to police by self-ac-
knowledged members Of the mob.
These were read to the jury-com-
posed predominantly of textile
workers-as the prosecution pictured
how Earle was taken from the
county Jail In adjacent Pickens
County and driven to his execution
near an old slaughterhouse in
Greenville County. r.
FBI Agent Tells of Weapons.
Richard Wood, special agent OF
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation,
told of searching the home Of Hen
dirk Rector, 32-year-old cab driver.
Mr.. Wood said he found blood
stained coat and trousers, two 12-
gauge shotgun shells, a knife and
a pair Of brass knuckles. 1907
Rector Is accused by other CO.
defendants as having beaten Earle
with the butt of a shotgun, then
slashing him with a knife. Rector
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Powerful Drug for tuberculosis
Found in Soil Of Bikini AtoIl

Thousand other places" he explained
adding that he happened to ind IT
ON Bikini while he was there as q
scientific observer Of Operation
Crossroads.
In his experiments at New Bruins
wick, Or. Johnstone said, he was
aided by DR.. Selman Waksman, dis
coverer OF streptomycin.
Or. Lloyd D. FELTON, OF the Ma
tional Institute Of Health, Bethesda,
Md, told the closing session OF the
society's four-day meeting that q
potentially rich source Of anttpneu-
monia serum has been found In
most fresh vegetables.
Researchers at the Bethesda
laboratory have extracted antipneu-
monia serum from tomatoes, Irish
moss, sunnower seeds and wheat
germ that has been effective In
treatment Of 95 per cent Of al cases
where mice have been infected With
the pneumonia virus, Dr.. Felton,
said
Evening star., 1947-05-17

prospective borrowers to put up
larger portion of the price Of farms.
Such a policy would tend to cut
down the number Of buyers. This
in turn would tend to minimize COM
petitiye factors which push prices
higher.
In the meantime, President Thu
man sent to the Senate yesterday a
request for $4,000 600 for the Fed
eral farm labor program under
which the Government has financed
the cost OF importing foreign Ia
borers for seasonal farm work. The
laborers have come chiefly from
Mexico and Jamaica.
Under present law the program Is
to wind up with this year 1t was
to be concluded June 80. but Con-
gress recently voted . six-month
extension. Farm and other groups
mad argued 1t should not sbe stopped
In the middle of farm season.
Mr.. Truman,s request Is for money
to run the program during the last
six months OF le47.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Foreign Allah Group
Ask abel 10 Outline
BIoad Objections
sy iise ksseeiassd prsss

House Foreign Affairs Sub
committee today asked Repre-
sentative Taher. Republican. Of
New York to cite his objections
to the State Departments Voice
of America broadcast and for
eign information program.
Mr.. Taher, chairman Of the Ap-
preparations COMMITTEES, has told
the House he does not like admins
tration Of the program and chal-
lenges the loyalty Of some Of Its
employees engaged In sending in-
formation about America abroad.
But he has said he might so along
with an appropriation of s. ,000, 200
to 5000, 900. provided its operations
were restricted and the number Of
its employees reduced. The State
Department asked $31, 600, 600. Mr..
Taber's committee deleted the en-
tire sum from the departments 1913
budget.
The Foreign Affairs subcommit-
tee is considering . bill which would
authorize continuance Of the pro-
gram.
The House passed a similar bill q
year ago, but the Senate failed to
act.
An attempt to overrulc Mr.. Ta-
ber's committee and provide funds
for the program was defeated IN
the House this week on q point Of
order that 1t never has been au-
thorized by congressional action.
Since then, the foreign affairs
group has heard Secretary Mar
shall, Undersecretary Acheson, As
sistant Secretary william Benton
and Walter Bedell Smith, American
Ambassador to Russia, maintain the
program Is essential to obtaining
understanding Of United States for
eign policy abroad.
Gen. Marshall himself, listing the
official objectives Of the bill yester-
day. said q program Of truth" about
the United States is necessary to
offset" Russian propaganda. He
told the committee that this country
did not realize how much it Is being
abroad.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
ID PIans 10 Dedicale
BEL lower tomorrow /
|A Wiley Forge

The Daughters 81 the American,
Revolution. assembled here Tor
national convention next week VIII
travel tomorrow to Valley Forge
Pa. for the opening ceremony d
their 56tl1 Continental Congress.
The annual pilgrimage to the
national shrine Is expected to be
attended ~ more than 1000 OAR
members, who win return to Wash
ingtola tomorrow night for . AVE.
day session.
This years pilgrimage will be
featured by dedication Of memo-
rial beH toNer donated by the society
to tn George Washington Memorial
Chap At Valley Forge.
The bell tower, for which more
thar 100000 has already been
..aised BY the OAR, win be built Of
stone and viii house memorial bells
contributed by State chapters Of
the organization.
Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge, OAR
president general, will head the pill
grimage and will deliver the dedi-
cation address, with Mrs. Frank
Edgar Lee, the societys historian
general, presiding during the cere-
molfy.
Monday night the main session OF
the OAR congress will open In Con-
stitution Hall. Gen. Eisenhower Is
one Of the speakers who have been
invited to address the group. High
school girls from throughout the
Nation, winners Of a good citizen
ship contest sponsored by the So
ciety, will be presented from the
stage.
The girls include Elsie Nanny of
1888 Taylor street NV, represent
ing the District; Mary Jean Rupert
OF Hagerstown, Md. and Dorothy
SpAhr Of Abingdon, Va.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Motion for New Trial
Filed for Romney

A motion was filed today in Dis
trict Court asking q new trial for
Kenneth Romney,, former House
sergeant at arms, who was convicted
Thursday on charges Of falsifying
Government accounts and conceal
ing shortage Of more than $143 900
In funds of the House 'bank."
Filed through Attorney William H.
Collins, the motion claimed the
jury's verdict was contrary to the
law and the evidence.
The motion claimed also the court
had erred In overruling the defend
ants motions for mistrial and COM
mitted several other errors.
The motion also claimed the in
dictment had been returned by an
illegal grand jury" that the indict-
ment had failed to charge an ohense
and that 1t was barred by the statute
of limitations.
After Romney's conviction, Justice
Alexander Holtzoh set next Friday
as the date for final disposition" OF
the case. He probably will SEN
tence Romney at that time If he
overrules the motion for new trial.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Four Deaths Probed;
Alcohol Is Blamed

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
today was investigating the death OF
four more persons believed to have
died as a result Of drinking poison
alcohol. -Four deaths previously re-
ported this week also were believed
to have been caused by the poison
alcohol, but no death certificates
have been issued.
The latest deaths reported are
those Of William Reese, 64, colored,
lis G street NV: Frank Anderson,
43, colored, HOS Ninth street N.W..
and Bennie Foster, A. colored, 1888
New Jersey avenue NV, all Of
whom died yesterday, and Leola
Grimm, 80, colored, no fixed address,
who was found dead Wednesday
evening in a room at 7031s Smith
row NV. Reese and Anderson died
in Gallinger Hospital, and Foster
died in Casualty Hospital.
Also under treatment for smoke"
poisoning today was an unidentified
white man who was arrested last
night for intoxication and later re-
moved to Gallinger Hospital.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Company { Girls
Of Roosevelt High
Win Cadet Drill

Roosevelt High Schools Company
G holds first place IN the l947 conn
pany competition Of the Girls High
School Cadet Corps.
The company, captained by JEAN
nine Hite, won over six other COM
panies judged yesterday at Central
High School stadium. Second place
went to Centra1s Company L, whose
captain is Frances Lee, and third
place to Company B OF Roosevelt.
under Capt. Margaret Lupton.
Miss May r. Bradshaw, principal
of Roosevelt, acting for the super
intendent Of schools, presented the
prize flag to Guide Sergt. Dorothy
Lee for the winners.
Medals Presented.
Joseph A.. Walker OF the District
Department OF the American Legion
awarded q trophy TO the winning
school, and gold, silver and bronze
medals to captains and lieutenants
of the companies judged best, de-
pending on the order In which
they placed.
The department. viii prepare GER.
tificates for the officers Of the three
winning companies.
Mrs. L. B. Swormstedt presented
Capt. Hite with a gold medal from
the Daughters of the American
Colonists.
Members of the winning companies
received blue and gold ribbons for
first place, white and gold for Sec
ond, and red and gold for third.
Judges were 1t. Col. g. A. Hawk
ins, military instructor at Western
High Schools Maj. r. w. Watt, mil
itary instructor at Eastern High
School, and, Capt. p. S. Pitcher,
military instructor at Woodrow VIII
son High School.
Points for Judging.
The cadets were judged on such
points as posture and appearance
OF uniforms, speed and accuracy OF
conformance to drill regulations,
uniformity Of cadence and steadi-
ness-ability to stand at attention
for the proper length of time be-
tween orders.
Music for marching the COM
panies on the field for competition
and for the final review was fur
nished by the Brigade Band of the
High School Cadet Corps of the
District.
1t. Col. william E. Barkman, pro-
fessor OF military science and tactics
for the whiet District schools, an
nounced the proceedings during the
competition.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Name Of Indicted Mayor
Is Stricken From Airport
Nv he As.oe;o,ed Press

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, May IT.
Workmen yesterday removed the
name Of Leo P. Mclaughlin, for
20 years the city's Mayor but now
deposed and under Is indictments,
from the airport here.
The name Of the field has been
changed from Mclaughlin Airport
to Memorial Field.
A marble worker, Harry Crum-
baugh remarked as he chiseled Nc
Laughlin's name from the lobby
floor of the fields administration
building:
IF I had known I was going to
have to take this out, I wouldn Z
have put it in so permanently"
The indictments against Nc
Laughlin include several charges Of
accepting bribes.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Telephone
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officials Of the Association Of Com
munication Equipment Workers is
sued a warning that their truce
which has permitted almost normal
telephone service throughout most
of the country will end in "a day
or so" unless the Western Electric
Co. reaches agreement with its en-
ployes.
Picket Lines Withdrawn.
The ACEW had Withdrawn its
pickets in many areas, permitting
members of other unions who had
been refusing to cross the picket
lines, to 60 back to work for the
Bell System.
Meanwhile, Federal conciliators
announced that the Michigan Bell
Telephone Co. and its 10000 trafflc
and accounting employees have
agreed on a So to 81 weekly wage
increase as q basis Of settlement OF
their 40-day strike.
The announcement followed closely
on settlements in indianapolis, Ind,
and Lincoln, Nebr These agree
ments, which must still be ratified
by the rank-and-file members, call
for 81 to 81 week pay raises.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
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recognition by all governments of
"the fundamental rights Of all per-
sons to effective freedom Of speech
and Of the press" and elimination of
"monopolistic, restrictive and ex-
elusive practices restricting the i'm
portation Of news for domestic pub
lication."
Both the American and French
proposals contained measures to
provide full freedom of movement
and residence in all countries for
accredited correspondents, equal &C.
cess to news sources and equal op-
portunity to transmit news.
Other nations included on the
subcommission are Soviet Russia,
China, Great Britain, Canada,
Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands,
Norway, Panama, the Philippines
and Uruguay.
Evening star., 1947-05-17

former Republican national COM
mitteeman from Mississippi. Told
Mr.. Howard was out, Williams ran
out into the street and met Mr..
Claig. He shot the guard once, then
wheeled when Pvt. Estes, who had
come up from behind, struck at him
with q blackjack.
He opened fire on Pvt. Estes, who
fell with two shots in the chest. AS
he fell, the policeman pumped four
slugs into Williams, and Mr.. Claig
pounced on the fallen assailant.
Handled Drunks without Gun.
Pvt. Estes was known along Ninth
street as man big and strong
enough to handle drunks-even
those drulnks prone to carry guns
without resorting to more than his
bare hands, or at the most, billy
club
Other policemen believe Pvt. Estes
instinctively sought to handle VIII
liams as he would the drunks he
frequently encountered. Approach
ing from behind, he tried to knock
the gun from Williams hand, but
only grazed his arm.
At the Arlington bungalow where
he had lived more than Is years,
Pvt. Estes was fond of gardening.
He lived there with his wife, Eliza
beth. A, and their daughter, Betty
Francis, 20, a secretary at the Ma
tional Education Association. AN
other of their children, Pfc. Thomas
Robert Estes, Is, Is in the Marine
Corps at Camp Lejuene, N. C.
Left Two Other Children.
Pvt. Estes also left two children
by a former marriage. One Of them.
Hubert Burns Estes, ~, OF Dayton,
Va, was to have been married today
at Dayton, but his fathers death
postponed the ceremony. He and his
sister, Mrs. Dora Spencer, 80, also
of Dayton, were reared by grand
parents at Harrisonburg.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. Monday at Hysong's funeral
home, 1900 N street NV, with the
Rev. Elmer Lucas, pastor. Of the
United Baptist Church Of Arling-
ton, officiating. A police honor guard
will be in attendance. Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Funeral plans for Mr.. Devendorf,
who was employed by the sAdmis-
sions and Grievances Committee
last October. are incomplete. Mr..
Devendorf previously was employed
for 10 years by the Arm OF Upman
81 Adams, architects.
A son, Douglas p. Devendorf, ar
rived last night from haywood, Ill.
A sister, Miss Grace Devendorf. lives
at 2l2 Whitstone place, Silver
Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Maryland Coyerage
By Associated Press
Is Doubled in Year
BY The As.eeietsd Press

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va. May
17.-Marylands State wire report has
more than doubled In volume in the
past year, members of the Chesa-
peake Association Of the Associated
Press were told at a business meet
ing today.
The Chesapeake Association, COM
posed of Maryland and District OF
Columbia newspapers, is meeting
jointly with West Virginia AP menu
bers and the Virginia Association.
A report on Maryland operations
in the past year was submitted by
Max Fullerton, Baltimore AP Bureau
chief, which has jurisdiction over
both the Maryland and West Vir-
ginia news report.
Much of the improvement in the
State report could be attributed
to the fact that 24-hour operations
instituted in Baltimore provide adj
ditional nanpower to develop news
stories Mr.. Fullerton said.
Under the round-the-clock system,
the Baltimore Bureau is manned
by an editor and operator at all
times.
1.-THE Annapolis report, we believe,
is improving noticeably," the news
paper executives were told. 1.-TWO
we'll trained editors are securing the
Navy and State House for all pos
sible material, in addition to ham
ding one Of the heaviest spring
sports files Of all times"
However, 'if we are to have .
well-balanced State report, we need
and must have the sincere and con-
slant support of every member paper
and every newsman on the papers"
the report added. Possibly the re-
creation Of q Membership Commit
tee to call attention in coverage by
member papers would help along
this line"
The report reviewed Associated
Press coverage Of the recent Gen.
eral Assembly and the general elec-
ton as affecting Maryland.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Oklahoma
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to the gallant battlewagon named
after their State.
The Oklahoma and the Nevada,
according to James Fighting
Ships" marked a new era in naval
construction when they were built
They were the first vessels Of the
United States feet to "embody the
everything or nothing idea in the
matter of protection" Jane noted.
Displacing $4,000 tons. the Okla
homa had an overall length OF 583
feet and q beam of lot feet. Her
fighting complement was 1901 men.
Her builder was the New York
Shipbuilding Corp, which laid the
keel in October, 1912, and completed
the vessel in May, 1916.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Gursson
Continued From First Page,

Ing Dy MS chief counSel, warren Il.
Magee, began to give his version of
those highly complicated dealings.
When Justice Henry A. Schwein-
haut adjourned the session until
Monday morning, May had not COM
.pleted his detailed explanation and
Identification Of letters, checks and
notes. The giSt Of the defense story
at that point was as follows:
May has been interested for sew
eral years in a manganese mining
venture known as the Greenbrier
Co. In West Virginia and had been
losing money on 1t. Murray Cars
son came to him in March, 1941,
and showed some willingness to buy
the property. Later Murray, Cars
son and Joseph r. Freeman, Wash
ington wartime agent for the Cars
sons, offered to buy it, May said.
Gives Details Of Sale.
May and his associates. in the
West Virginia enterprise including
a ''Mr. Martin" agreed to sell on
condition that Murray Carson
would pay not only a stipulated
purchase price but also $500 to
cover Mays prior losses in the con-
Germ. The buyers also agreed to give
May and his associates ~ per cent Of
the stock Of the new company to be
organized to work the maganese
mine. .s.-,
In June, 1912, according to May,
Murray Carson sent him a $4,000
check in part payment on the 81, 500.
May deposited this in his account
in the National Bank OF Washington,
The check bounced" but was COW
cred a few days latter by a $500
payment from Henry Carson. ,,
At about the same time in l941 that
Murray Carson agreed to buy the
West Virginia property from May,
the defense indicated, he tried un-
successfully to get a bank loan for
$40, 700 for use In the maganese de-
velopment. According to q letter
read to the jury by Mr.. Magee. Cars
son borrowed 5000 from q New
York friend. Elisha Walker.
Letter Introduced.
The remaining $1,000 was the
amount discussed in Mays testimony
yesterday. The defense sought to
prove that Murray Carson OBJ
tanned this money by having May
sign four notes totaling 81, 900. These
notes were written out against May
and indicated he borrowed the
money from Representative Charles
A. Buckley Of New York, as claimed
by the Government. But actually,
they were signed by May with the
explicit understanding" that the
money was for Murray Carson and
that Murray Carson would pay
them of, May testified.
Mr.. Magee introduced q letter
from May to Carson which, he
declared, proved May put this ar
rangement on record. Therefore,
when Murray Carson paid of the
5000 In notes he was not paying
May anything, defense counsel
declared.
Mr.. Magee asked May about
earlier Government testimony that
Freeman cashed a $4,000 check,
made out to Murray Carson, in q
New York bank and used 5000 Of
the cash to buy up the notes that
bore Mays signature. The notes
had come into possession Of the bank
as collateral for a bank loan to
company Of which Mr.. Buckley was
an ohicer.
II know absolutely nothing about
1t and had nothing to do with it, y
May replied. Il merely signed those
notes In the first place as an accom-
mediation to Murray Carson and
Freeman
May took the stand following a
az -hour opening statement by
Charles J. Margiotti,. chief counsel
for the Garssons.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Mostly sunny
and warm with highest temperature
near 80 this afternoon. Consider
able cloudiness with a few light
showers likely tonight. Lowest tenn
perature about CO. Tomorrow con-
siderable, cloudiness, warm and
humid with an afternoon thunder
shower.
Wind velocity. 8 mp.h.: direction.
northeast.
River Report.
From United States EnEineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and ut Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at
Earpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Clark Names Bergson
As Cluims Assistant

Attorney General Clark today an
nounced appointment OF Herbert A,
Bergson as first assistant IN the
Justice Departments Claims Divi-
sion. He is now chief legal con-
sultant and first assistant In the
ONCE OF the Assistant Solicitor Cen
eral.
Mr.. Bergson, native Of Boston and
World War II Coast Guard lieu
tenant, is a Harvard graduate. He
began his service with the Justice
Department in March, 1884.