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Evening star., 1947-05-24
De Casper Called On
TO Form New Cabinet
III Days After Quitting
Government Would Be
His Fourth in Itoly
Since End of War
BY the kssociofed Press

ROME, May "a. Alcide de
Gasperi, who resigned as Italy's
Premier IL days ago, announced
today that he had been asked te
form a new government, his
fourth since the end of the war
Leaving Provisional President En-
rico de Nicolai's residence after ar
hour long conference, the Christian
Democratic Party's leader told news
men he would reserve decision &C.
cording to customary procedure"
That meant he would confer with
leaders of other parties and Of his
own about the prospects of organiz-
ing cabinet before giving a definite
answer as to whether he would ac-
cept the post again.
Asks All to Collaborate.
my program is well known to
you ALL" De Gasperi declared. TT
consists in an appeal to every one
to collaborate in solving our eco
nomic problems for the salvation OF
our country"
He resigned because of criticism
of his economic policies.
His statement was interpreted to
mean that he would continue to
press for a government including
other parties beside the Commun-
lists, Socialists and Christian Demo
Gratis, whose uneasy coalition cab
inets have fallen twice in the last
four months.
The Communists and Socialists
have demanded, however, that the
government must be based on the
big three parties because, they won
last years general election.
Consultations Awaited.
De Nicolas office issued the fol-
lowing communique:
1.-The provisional chief Of state
received the Hon. DR.. Alcide de
Gasperi at $50 am. and invited
him to form a new cabinet.
THE Hon. de Gasperi reserved
decision until after hte necessary
consultations"
Two of Italy's elder statesmen
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and
Francesca Saverio Nitti were offered
the post of Premier after De Casper
resigned, but both reported, after
consultations, that they were unable
to form a government
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Earl Of Hardwood, "a
Brofher-in-Law Of
King George, Dies
One of WeuIthiest Men
In Britain Had Inherited
Nearly ,000,0 900
By the Associated Press

LEEDS, England, May "a
The Earl of Hardwood, brother
in-law of King George VI anc
one of the wealthiest men ir
England, died at his ancestral
home here today of cardiac COM
plications and asthma. He was
"a years old.
The Earl, who married the Prin-
cess Royal in 1922, became Ill several
days ago following a severe chill
He died at Hardwood House at lis
The Princess Royal and members OF
his family were with him at the end
News of the death was sent te
King George at the royal lodge at
Windsor, where he is spending the
Whitsun holiday.
| In Bed Only Few Days.
Confined to his bed only few
days, the Earl made his last public
appearance on May 10, when he and
the Princess Royal accompanied the
dowager Queen Mary to Portsmouth
to greet King George and the royal
family on their return from a three
month tour of South Africa.
The Earl, as Viscount Lascelles
married the Princess Mary at 8
widely celebrated wedding ceremony
at Westminster Abbey, February %
1922.
| BY the time he was 40, the Ear
-nicknamed Lucky Lascelles"-
was husband of a Kings daughter
possessor of a fortune estimated
not far short of $4,000, 900 anc
owner of about 29,700 acres, three
county houses and a town house.
| Henry George Charles Viscount
Lascelles was fifth Earl of Hare.
wood and belonged to one of the
oldest families of Britain. He served
with distinction in World War I
in which he was wounded three
| times.
Great Uncle Left $4,000, 900
| One day in 1915, while on leave
from France, he met his great uncle
the wealthy. eccentric Marquis o1
Clanricarde. Lord Lascelles as he
was then took his uncle to lunch
and had a chat about antiques.
| Not long afterward, when back al
the front, Lascelles received a tele-
gram telling him that the marquis
had left him his estate, amounting
to some $4,000, 900.
Thirteen years later he inherited
ST. ,200, 900 from his father.
1t was often rumored that the
earl and the Duke of Windsor were
not on the friendliest of terms. The
duke was once reported to have
remarked:
Every day I get commoner and
commoner and every day Lascelles
gets roya1ler and royaller."
| The earl is survived by his widow
and two sons, George Henry Hubert
Lascelles-his heir-and Gerald
David.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Blow 10 Trade Farley
Seen in House Vote on
Increased Wool Tariff
Cooley Declares Truman
Hos No Choice But Veto
Of Measure as 1t Stands
BY the Assoeioisd Press

A House vote to, give American
wool producers increased tariff
protection was described by op-
ponents today as a possible
knockout blow for the 18-nation
International Trade Conference
in Geneva.
Representative Cooley, Democrat,
of North Carolina told newsnen
President Truman will have mo
other choice" than veto unless the
measure extending wool price sup
port program one year from next
December 81 is revised by a House
Senate conference.
AS the measure passed the Senate,
it called only for Government sup
port payments to domestic wool
growers through the Commodity
Credit Corp. equal to the 1916 level.
But the House yesterday added a
clause in effect directing the Presi-
dent to order the Tariff Commission
to increase the present import levy
of "a cents a pound for clean, raw
wool If imports threaten to undercut
the support program.
Proposed Condition Defeated.
It defeated move to make that
protective clause imperative if it
affected present or future interna-
tional agreements.
If the bill becomes law, the Ameri-
can delegation at Geneva will be
unable to write any agreements in
volying lower barriers here for i'm
portation of wool
There have been repeated reports
that the Geneva Conference has
begged down over the insistence of
New Zealand and Australia that the
issue of wool-their chief bargaining
commodity-be settled before the
conference moves further.
Undersecretary of State Clayton
returned here recently for consulta-
ton. The Australian delegate also
went home for new instructions. ]"
During the debate yesterday Mr..
Cooley produced a letter from Mr..
Clayton saying: =
IF the proposed amendment pro-
viding new import barriers is
adopted, the moral leadership of
the United States will suffer a seri-
GUS blow.
IF at this time, when we are
actually negotiating with other
countries at Geneva for the lower
ing of trade barriers, we raise new
barriers as this bill proposes, we
stand convicted of insincerity.
Wool is a critical item in our
current negotiations for an inter
national trade organization for the
expansion of world trade and en-
ployment. Although wool raising ac-
counts for less than one-half Of one
per cent of our agricultural income,
1t Is very important to world trade"
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Blazing American Tanker
Abandoned Off Britain
By the Assoeiotsd Press

DEAL, England, May 24.-Crew-
men abandoned the blazing 10000
ton American tanker NewhaH Hills
this afternoon after a six-hour bat
tie with a fire which claimed at least
one life.
The crew boarded the Ramsgate
5lifeboat, which put out off England's
southeast coast as the stricken
tanker, her forward section in flames,
drifted toward treacherous Goodwin
Sands, about IL miles from shore in
the English Channel.
Another American vessel, the John
La Fargo, radioed that she was
standing by to pick up survivors
from an unknown fishing boat with
which the Newhall Hills was be-
lieved to have collided.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Turkish Aid Program
TaIks to Sturt Today
By the As.eeiatsd Press

ANKARA, May 24.-United States
Ambassador Edwin C. Wilson was
expected to begin formal talks today
with Foreign Minister Hasan Saka
on the $50, 0,000, 900 American pro-
gram for aid to Turkey. The talks
win precede the actual signing by
the two nations Of the instrument
under which the program will op-
crate.
Informal parleys have been going
on for several days and yesterday
American military experts held
their first talks with War Minister
Cahit Toydemir and the Turkish
general staff regarding the program.
Mai. Gen. Lundsford e. Oliver and
Rear Admiral Ernest Hermann par
ticipated. =
Evening star., 1947-05-24
u. S., South Africu Sign
Air Transport Pact
BY the Assoeioted Press

The United States and the Union
of South Africa have signed an air
transport agreement which gives
Pan American Airways landing
rights at johannesburg and Cape
town, the State Department an
nounced yesterday.
Under its terms, Pan American
will be authorized to serve johann
nesburg on its route from the United
States via the Azores and the West
Coast Of Africa, and to serve Cape
town on the route from this country
via Natal, Brazil. and Ascension
Island.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Senator Mcclellan Taken
10 Hospital After Attack
ey the A.soc;o,ed Press

Senator McKellar, Democrat, OF
Tennessee was removed from the
Senate ONCE Building to the Be-
|thesda Naval Hospital this morning
after he suffered fainting spell
Office aides described the Sena-
tors illness as a light attack" and
said they did not believe he is In
serious condition.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Bill Is Planned
TO Save Jobs Of
Career Workers
Measure Designed
To Bur Dumping in
Favor Of Veterans
By Joseph Young

Legislation to protect career
employees in Government from
being bumped" from thelr jobs
by veterans soon will be intro
duced in the House with the
probable backing of the House
Civil Service Committee, 1t was
learned today.
The provision would protect Fed
eral employees with 10 or more years
of service from losing their jobs in
the current reduction-in-force pro-
gram ahead of veterans with less
years of service to their credit.
It is being sponsored by Repre-
sentative Jones, Republican, of
Washington, member of the House
Civil Service Committee, who said
he probably will introduce 1t as an
amendment to the Veterans Prefer
ence Act.
Calls Reponse Favorable.
Mr.. Jones said he has talked the
matter over with Chairman Rees
and other members of the COM
mittee and that the response to
his proposal has been generally ia
yorable.
Under the present law, veterans
with permanent status in the Gov
ernment get job retention rights
over all nonveterans in the Gov
ernment, no matter how long the
nonveteran has been in the Federal
service. AS a result, many non-
veterans with as many as Is years
of service to their credit have lost
their jobs to veterans with only
a few years of Government service.
Mr.. Jones said his bill would pro-
tect career employees who have been
in the Government for 10 years or
more. He said there is a possibility
his bill might be changed to re-
quire permanent status employees to
have Is years of credit before they
could receive absolute job protec-
ton. 1t all depends on what the
committee members think about it,
Mr.. Jones said, adding that person.
ally he favors the 1o-year provision.
Mr.. Jones, who is a veteran of
both world wars and is past COM
mander Of the American Legion in
his State, said his amendment would
insure justice to those loyal, hard
working efficient career service
workers In the Government who
now suddenly find themselves
threatened with dismissal"
Sees Veteran Helped.
The Washingtonian added that
officials of veterans groups with
whom he had discussed his bill gen.
orally are in favor OF it. The vet
erans' officials, however. did not
commit themselves, pending deter
mination of sentiment among their
memberships.
My amendment would also help
the veteran, because no veteran
wants a job that he might not be en-
titled to-" Mr.. Jones said.
Under the Jones amendment, vet
Grams in the Federal service still
would retain job rights over all nom
veterans In their respective cate
gories, whether they be temporary,
war service, or permanent. The
Jones bill, however, would give pri-
ority to non veterans on permanent
status with 10 or more years of
service, over veterans who have a
lesser amount OF Federal service to
their credit.
Veterans still would continue to
get job retention preference over all
other non-veterans with less than
10 years of Federal service, under
the Iones amendment
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Officers Are Doubtful
Abducted Carolina
Suspect Was Lynched
Sheriff Says He Believes
He Has Witness to Prove
Prisoner Was Not SIuin
by the Associated Press

JACKSON, N. c., May "a
Solicitor E. r. Tyler said today
he did not think there had beer
q lynching in the case Of a "a.
year-old Negro who was whiskee
away from the Northampton
County Jail here by a masked
white band yesterday after he
had been arrested on a charge
of attempted rape.
II do not think Goodwin Bush
(the missing prisoner) was lynched.
he said. II hope by nightfall we car
prove 1t. =. -.-
THE State Bureau Of Investiga'
ton, Sheriff j. G. Stephenson ant
Police Chief Frank Outland and
are doing all in our power to ferre
out the true facts of this case"
Sheriff Stephenson said h.
thought he had a witness who woule
testify that Bush was not lynched.
Witness Is Woman.
He made that statement In tht
presence Of Mr.. Tyler and requested
the solicitor to accompany him tt
re-examine the supposed witness
whom he identified as a woman.
A few minutes before the solicitor
made his statement, Mr.. Tyler con.
ferrsd with several State investiga.
ton agents.
One agent, r. A. Allen, hurriedly
left the conference and no one
would say where he had gone.
Although a group of rs State high
way patrolmen, State investigation
agents, and city and county officers
have been searching the thick pine
forests of Northampton and Hert-
ford Counties for Bush since he was
taken from the jail Thursday night
no trace OF him has been found.
Other Officers Agree.
1--WE worked all night" said q
weary State Bureau of Investiga-
ton agent who would not be quoted
by name, "and We are not so sure
there has been a lynching.
A half dozen other officers nodded
agreement as he made his state
ment. None OF them would offer
a theory as to what had happened
to the suspect but there were runors
Of unknown origin among the town
and country people that he had
escaped from his captors.
In Raleigh, Gov. r. Gregg Cherry
announced he had ordered the State
Investigation Bureau to locate those
for abducting Bush.
Such persons will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law; my
instructions are that every officer
attached to the State Bureau of In
vestigation Is to be assigned there
If it is necessary" he said.
Tension was high in this agricul-
tural county of 10000, where two of
every three persons Is a Negro.
Bush was charged with attempting
to attack Mrs. Margaret Allen Bry-
ant, a stenographer, in Rich Square,
a small community about II miles
from here, Thursday night.
He was identified by three high
school boys who gave chase when
Mrs. Bryant screamed. Chief Out
land of Rich Square said the
young woman was unable to iden-
tify Bush as the man who mo-
Gee HTOp no0.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Firing Squod Executes
III BeIeion Traitors
BY the Assoeiufsd Press

NAMUR, Belgium, May "a
Eleven Belgian traitors died before a
firing squad at dawn today.
They were convicted several weeks
ago by a military court of hunting
down Belgian patriots and under
ground resistance workers during the
Nazi occupation.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Don't Throw Bouquets ot Net
Seyen-Month-Oid Boy
Contracts Malaria
From Blood Donor
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, May a.
A 7-month-old Philadelphia boy
has contracted tertian malaria
from a blood TRANSMISSION given
by a Pacific war veteran, the
city health department reports.
DR.. Angelo M. Peril, chief OF
the Communicable Diseases Di-
vision, said the donor had no
knowledge Of having suffered
from the disease. He asked
doctors and hospitals not to
accept transfusions from vet
erans who may have been
stricken.
Evening star., 1947-05-24

NEW YORK.-PAINTERS DANGLE FROM BRIDGE STRUC-
painters shown they danged by their safety
belts the roadway of the Trborough Bridge after
their scaod slipped while they painting the structure
Yesterday Holding the scafod is Zachary Polomo and
cnging to the rgh Frank Tovorna The two men
fellow them back and forth
the ropes until sweep they able grab the
tower Unnjured the pair climbed down to the roadway
Al
Evening star., 1947-05-24

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See AGRICULTURE, Page
Evening star., 1947-05-24

Sunny, warm today, high in mid 80s. Low
tonight about SO. Warmer tomorrow, show
ers likely In afternoon.
Temperatures today-High, 82 at 1884 pm;
low, 81, at 3:04 am. Yesterday-High, 10,
at 5:38 pm; low, go, at 5:18 am.
tFuu Report on Page AID
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Miss American Title
Is Won by Joan Reid

A blond, blue-eyed Central High
School senior was chosen Miss
American" on the Potomac River
boatride of the Federation of Busi-
nesmen's Associations last night.
The winner, Miss Joan Reid, II,
of 5000 Sixteenth street NV, also
was a grand prize winner in The
Stars Student Calendar Art Contest
in May.
Miss Reid will study art and dra-
matics here after completing high
school in February, and will then go
to Brigham Young University in
Utah. She is the only child of Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Reid.
Another winner in last night s
cruise beauty contest. was Mrs.
BERTHE Heine, Is. of 603 Taylor street
NV, who was chosen Mrs. Ameri-
can" She is a stenographer for a
Washington realty company, and is
the mother of 3-year-old son.
Runner up to Miss Reid was Miss
Mary Corder, 16, of 1901 Clifton
street NV
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Newspaper Deprived
OF Press Rights for
|ncorrect0vereNS Story
BY the Associated Press

SANTA ANA, Calf. July g.
Superior Judge Kenneth E. Morri-
son, has provided the latest in the
long series of surprising develop
ments in the Overell yacht deaths
case. e..
Judge Morrison revoked the press
privileges of the Los Angeles Exam
iner and the International News
Service yesterday on the ground
that the Examiner printed and the
ms used story enormously stating
that attorneys for the defendants,
Louise Overell, 18, and George
(Bud) Gollum, 81. had requested the
disqualification Of a member of the
jury.
The privileges of the ms were re-
stored later yesterday but Judge
Morrison said he would not allow
the Examiner reporters and camera
men in the press section until he
had seen a corrective story in the
Examiner today.
The Examiner printed story to-
day saying that "in view of Judge
Morrison's denial. the statements,
as published by the Examiner Mon
day, must be deemed incorrect"
Judge Morrison said attorneys
had not asked for the disqualified
ton of Mrs. Uvon Putnam, the juror
referred to. Two weeks ago Mrs.
Putnam reported that an unidenti-
fled man entered her apartment,
slapped her twice and threatened
her "if you find those kids guilty."
Later in the day. Judge Morrison
had sheriff's deputy and the court
bailiff take into custody a woman
spectator who left the courtroom in
violation of the courts instruction
for every one to remain seated until
the jury had left the room during
a recess. The woman was given the
alternative of paying a fine or re-
manning away from the trial here
after. She decided to stay away.
The defense had Ted Junkermeier.
Marine mechanic, on the stand for
cross-examination today. He and
Richard Hornby worked on the dis
abled motor of the yacht of the VIC
tins, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E. Overell,
before it blew up in Newport Harbor
last March Is. Previously the me-
chanics identified articles of cloth
ing produced by the prosecution as
being similar" to that worn by
Gollum the afternoon of March Is.
The clothing included a blue dun
garee shirt, light blue slacks and a
Navy flight Jacket.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
500 Hunt for Boy, a,
Missing in Florida
By tho Associoted Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, July
8.-An estimated 500 persons, in pri-
vate boats and on foot, today
combed this East Coast city for q
4-year-old boy missing since yester-
day afternoon.
Acting Police Chief George B.
Hanna said the missing boy, Freddy
zloch, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
zloch, was last seen in the neighbor-
hood of his home about $50 pm.
All available police, firemen, about
60 Boy Scouts, approximately 300
volunteer searchers and about so
soldiers from Boca Ration Army
Airbase were thrown in the search
Chief Hanna said.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Hotel Rent freeze
|Up in New York Today
BY the Assoeiofed Press

pr INC ASSCCiCIeO FTeS1
NEW YORK, July S.-An amend
ed local bill freezing rents for
hotels, lodging and rooming houses
at their June 80 level headed for
action today by the City Council
with passage anticipated.
The law, sponsored by Council
Vice Chairman Joseph T. Sharkey,
also provides for the establishment
of a three man temporary city
housing commission to adjust Gin
equities"
1t would provide fines up to $500
and Jail sentences up to 80 days for
violations.
If the council passes the bill today
it would pave the way for immeds
ate advertising of public hearing
by Mayor William O'Dwyer for the
necessary five days. The Mayor
could sign the bill Wednesday OF
next week.
Because the bill provides for the
creation of commission. the Board
of Estimate has to approve the
measure.
1t was announced that session of
the board had been called for to-
morrow morning for that purpose.
Mr.. Sharkey said the bill had the
approval of Mayor ODwyer.
Meanwhile, heads of city bar asso-
cations met at the Mayors request
yesterday to discuss his plan to
prevent possible mass evictions
under the new Federal rent control
law. The Mayor proposes to estab-
lish panels of volunteer lawyers in
each municipal court district to
advise tenants on their legal rights
in connection with the new legis-
lation.
Paul F. Ross, the Mayors ad-
ministrative secretary, described the
meeting as very successful"
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Door Is Still Open
For Russia in Aid
Talk, Bevin Says
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

LONDON, July 8.-Foreign Sec
retary Bevin indicated today that
the door still was open for Russia
to join in implementation of the
Marshall program of American aid
to Europe.
He said the plan of economic con-
struction may yet make the biggest
contribution to the unity of the
peoples of Europe" and added:
Europe is bleeding; it must be
stopped"
Without mentioning Russia by
name, but making his reference un-
mistakable, Mr. Bevin repeated in
an address to a luncheon club the
statement he made after the recent
three-power Paris Conference broke
up-that Great Britain will CO.
operate with those who will CO.
operate but will keep the door open
for those who will not in the hope
that they will
One has to prevent oneself from
becoming annoyed and irritated," he
said. In these days. if you i'm
mediately allow that to occupy your
mind, you have sown the seeds of
another struggle.
Triumph in India Seen.
Mr.. Bevin said he telt the Mar
shall proposal would contribute
greatly maybe even in our day"
towards international brotherhood
ana his personal ideal of world
parliament.
Referring to India, Mr.. Bevin
asserted that the decision to create
two new commonwealths was "a
great triumph for British and In
dian craftsmanship" He said the
British were thinking very hard
and very deep" about the peace
which must be made with Japan.
He expressed joy that Czechoslo-
vakia had accepted a place in the
Paris conference on the Marshall
plan, and said:
II do not know what others will
come, but I can assure you that the
British public and the great public
of the United States which is be-
hind Mr. Marshall in his great offer,
that having put our hand to the
plow, we are not turning back"
Opposes Quibbling.
He said he opposed firmly any
"quibbling and asking questions" of
the United States, as he implied
Russia had wanted to do,
There is a prospect and a very
happy prospect now of approaching
the problems of Europe on an eco
nomic basis" Mr.. Bevin told the
Rotary Club in Wandsworth. his
working class constituency.
"If built on rightly and worked
out properly, it may yet make the
biggest contribution to the unity of
the peoples Of Europe"