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Evening star., 1947-08-14
Gaithersburg Girl, IS, Hurt
Critically byPIane Propeller

A 15-year-old girl was critically
injured when a spinning propeller
from a plane crushed her skull on
a farm near Gaithersburg, Nd,
today.
Martha Jane Repass, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Repass, tenant
farmers, was taken to Suburban
Hospital. Bethesda, where Pvt. Les
ter Jones of the Bethesda police
substation gave her a TRANSMISSION:
The girl was injured on the stock
farm of w. o. Dosh, horse dealer.
Mrs. Dosh said she had been offered
a ride in the plane by the pilot, who
frequently called to see her, when
she was struck.
Montgomery County police said
the pilot was Robert J. Wolfe, 2l,
of Germantown. Congressional Air
port said Mr.. Wolfe is flying stu.
dent under the CT Bill Of Rights.
He was being questioned by police
at Rockville.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
SO D. 6. Burbers to Face Board
On Charges Of Using Brushes

About so BARRIERS will appear be-
fore the District Barber Examiners
Board a week from tomorrow
charged with using hair, neck and
shaving brushes on customers OF
otherwise violating the sanitary reg
ulations.
Tony j. Durso, secretary-treas-
urer of the board said the action
constitutes the first crack-dowr
since broad sanitary regulations
we're adopted last September "a
BARRIERS with a record of three OF
more violations face revocation o1
licenses up to 80 days, Mr.. Durse
said.
Among other rules, the regula.
ton requires BARRIERS to use M
brushes whatever, either on the
hair, the neck or face. Mr.. Dursc
said many BARRIERS had objected
to this revolutionary change.
He figured that only IS per cent
of the Districts 1900 BARRIERS, oper-
ating in sos shops, were complying
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Pete Mocios, Orchestra Leader
At District Night Clubs, Dies
D. 6. Native Gained
Largest Following
During 1905

pete" Macias, the big man with
the little piano who entertained
two generations of Washington
night club patrons, died in the
Naval Hospital yesterday after
an illness of three weeks. He
was 48.
Born Joseph Shirley Macias, he
became known only as Pete" to the
pleasure-seekers for whom he played
and led his orchestra. His last
engagement, an eight-year stand,
was at the Lounge Riviera of Hotel
2400. He left the bandstand in
August, 1916, for his first long vaca-
ton in many years and never re-
sumed playing there. His band con-
tinued to perform at the hotel
however, until last January, when
Mr.. Macias returned to the Capital
Perhaps Washington's best known
native entertainer to remain here
Mr.. Macias developed his largest
following in the 193o's, when he
Evening star., 1947-08-14

fully with all sections of the sani-
tary code.
When we finally pushed the reg
ulations through last fall, we de-
cided to be lenient with the enforce
ment until BARRIERS had an oppor-
tunity to meet all requirments," Mr..
Durso explained.
Thus the BARRIERS we're allowed
until last March to dispose of their
brushes and devise some other
means of applying shaving lather,
brushing necks and Sticking back
hair.
They were given a full year, ex-
piring next September "a, to COM
ply with other demands, such as
having wash basin for the first
chair and a basin for each two of
the remaining chairs.
Mr.. Durso did not know how many
BARRIERS appearing before the board
next week will receive suspensions
The practice up to now has been
to give three warnings before order
ing violators to appear at hearings.
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Total Of 70 Dropped
By State Department
In Year on Loyalty
Nine Month Report Adds
10 to Earlier Figure, All
Suspected Communists
BY Joseph Young

Ten additional State Depart
ment employees were dropped
during the last year on grounds
of Communist affiliations, it was
learned today.
This brings to 20 the number in
the department separated on loyalty
grounds during the last II months
The department announced in June
that it had Summarily dismissed 10
workers for suspected Communist
activities.
The 10 additional cases were re-
vealed today in a report by the Civil
Service Commission to the House
Civil Service Committee. Chairman
Rees bad asked the commission to
poll all Federal departments and
agencies to determine how many
employees were dismissed for loyalty
reasons in the nine-month period
between July /, 1916, and April /
1947.
The State Department also re-
ported that II, applicants for de-
partmental jobs we're found ineligi-
BILE for loyalty reasons, all involving
communism and three other ap-
plicants for other reasons.
While the department did not re-
veal the identities in the 10 new
cases, 1t is understood that some of
them served in administrative Jobs
Two of the employees were sum-
marily dismissed. The eight others
were separated by administrative
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and reductions
in force-before the department
completely processed their cases for
removal on disloyalty grounds.
Under the McCarran rider to its
appropriations bill. the State De-
partment has the power to remove
suspected employees without a hear
ing.
The commissions report today
stated that the Atomic Energy Com
mission and the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve system had
not yet submitted figures on loyalty
cases. Previously. other Federal de-
partments reported that a total of
81 employees had been dismissed on
loyalty grounds, About 760 in
volved War Department employees.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Congress Criticized
By Truman for Cuts
|nLabor'Department In
Declares His Intention
Of Trying to Rebuild
Torn-Up' Agency
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman today blunt
ly criticized Congress for cutting
down the activities of the Labor
Department and declared his
intention of rebuilding that
agency, which he said had been
torn up.
The President expressed himself
at his news conference when a
reporter wanted to know if some
thought was being given to transfer
ring the unemployment compensa-
ton service from the Federal Sc
curity Agency to the Labor Depart
ment.
Mr.. Truman said thought had been
given to that, and when reporter
suggested that would join it with the
United States Employment Service
the President agreed and said the
two units should be together.
The questioner commented that
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Britain Yields
Reins Of Power
To oMos|en1 State
Mountbutten Turns
Over Control to
Newborn Pukistun
BRITAIN CONFRONTED with new
trade bars in free India Page Az
By the Associated Press


KARACHI, Aug. 14.-Viceroy
Lord Mountbatten relinquished
the reins of British power today
to the new Moslem dominion of
Pakistan, the birth of which at
midnight tonight he called "an
event in history"
Tomorrow the viceroy declared
in a farewell address before the
Pakistan Constituent Assembly
two new sovereign states will take
their place in the commonwealth;
not young nations but heirs of an
old and proud civilization; full in
dependent states whose leaders are
statesmen already known and re-
spected throughout the world; =
not immature governments, or weak
but fit to carry on their great share
OF responsibility for peace and prog
ress in the world"
The viceroy returns to New Delhi
tomorrow to surrender British power
to Hindu India and become COVER
nor general of that new dominion
Even as he spoke in Karach;
blood was being spilled in COM
munal strife in the Punjab, where
lighting between Moslems on the
one hand and Sikhs and Hindus on
the other reached new heights of
destruction and violence.
Thousands Line Route.
In this predominately Hindu city
thousands of cheering persons lined
the route from Government House
to the Constituent Assembly hall
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Truman Report on Savings
ByG. 0.P. Due in Z Weeks
By the Associated Press

President Truman said today he
expects to be able to give an official
estimate on savings" by the last
session of Congress within about
two weeks.
In a news conference last week
Mr.. Truman disputed Republican
claims of economies running higher
than s4,00o,000,000 and announced
he had ordered an investigation TO
give the true picture, not appropria-
ton shifts and changes"
The Republican claims of econo-
mics were in relation to the $37.-
500 900 900 budget Mr.. Truman pre-
sented for operations OF the Gov
ernment In the u months which be-
gan last July /.
The President told his news cor-
ference today that be hopes to have
a report in about IS days on the
budget situation.
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| Indian Envoy to Hoist
| New Dominion FIoq
| Here Tomorrow

Ambassador Asaf Ali will
hoist the flag of the new do
minion of India over the En-
bassy here at 1890 am. tomor-
row to mark the end of British
rule in India.
Invitations to the ceremony
have been issued to the diplo-
matte corps, members of the
Cabinet and Congress as we'll
as Government agency heads
and leading citizens.
AS souvenirs, guests will be
given g. button bearing the
new flag and a program con-
tanning extracts from Java
harlal Nehru's comments on
the flag. The flag is a tri-color
of saffron, white and green with
the wheel of Asoka in the
center.
Evening star., 1947-08-14

waving green and white Pakistar
flags as Lord Mountbatten passed
The gate through which the oficia.
cars entered the assembly hall com.
pound was named for Mahomed AL
Jinnah, while the exit was namec
for Liaquat Ali Khan. Both are
leaders of the Moslem League.
Inside the hall, Lord Mountbatten
the last Viceroy of India, wished sue.
cess to the new dominion Of
Pakistan.
Jinnah, president of the Moslem
League and the leading advocate fo1
Pakistan, already has been chosen
governor general of the new do
minion and president of it's Consti-
tueI1t Assembly.
The birth of freedom means that
for the first time in nearly three
centuries Indians will have complete
control over the destinies and vast
resources of their own people.
1t means that the teeming sub
continent which has been a rich
jewel in the British Empire for SC
long a time now becomes two ma
tions, Hindu dominion of 227 ,000,-
600 stretching from the Himalayas tc
Calcutta; and Moslem dominion
of two parts populated by 100000
Moslems. Sikhs, Parsis and the
countless other communities of India
numbering 100,000,000 more-are
divided between the two.
But whether the birth of freedom
will bring peace to the tormented
land is another question.
Hindus Dispose of Property.
In Karachi, hot, dusty ano
crowded city of 100000, the news
papers have been filled with ad-
vertisements by Hindus Offering to
sell their land, houses and bust
nesses or to exchange them with
Moslem businessmen from Hindu
India who wish to migrate to this
new capital of Pakistan.
In Lahore, unofficial sources esti-
mated that IS per cent of the Pun
jab capitals 100000 Hindu and
Sikh population had fled the city
and that it now was populated prin-
cipally by Moslems.
Nevertheless, officials have taxed
their ingenuity to the utmost to de-
wise something magnificent enough
IC-. TNTNTG -
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Happy Hunting Ground

More than $4,000 prisoners died
in the notorious camp, which was
situated on the outskirts of Weimar,
quie- town in Thuringia Province
famed as the residence of the Ger
man poet Goethe.
Among those condemned to die
were Hermann Pister, a former
camp commandant, and Max Scho-
bert, former camp leader.
Those sentenced to life imprison-
ment included Edwin Katzenellen-
bogen, a former American citizen
selected from among the inmates to
become a trusty, and former Prince
Josias Waldeck, a high-ranking SIS
(elite guard officer and the first
German of royal blood to be tried
for war crimes.
The courtroom, where several
hundred Germans have been tried
for war crimes in the last two years
was jammed as the court president
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Large Part Of Lahore
In Flames as 153 Die
In Communal Battles
1856 Listed as Wounded
!. As Fight Spreads to
East and West Punjub
By The Assoeiafed Press

LAHORE, India, Aug. 14.-Wide
sections of this Punjab capital
were at1ame today in communal
strife which since dawn yester-
day has killed 153 persons by re-
liable unofficial count and
wounded at least 1856.
The bloody disorders in the city
the worst in five months, famed
out into East and West Punjab, Sec
tions which will fall respectively
into Hindu and Pakistan domin-
ions on partition and the relin-
quishment of British rule today and
tomorrow.
Tension Blamed for Outbursts.
Tension over the expected report
of boundary commissioner fixing
the border lines between the two
dominions in the divided Punjab
was blamed for the new outhursts
Both Moslem and on-Moslem COM
munities-mainiy Sikhs and Hindus
were described as fearful of losing
coveted territory to the other.
The Joint Defense Command on
behalf of Pakistan threw additional
troops into the disturbed areas in
an effort to restore order. Two full
brigades were expected to be rein
forced during the day by third.
The Indian press published stories
today that special military force
of the joint military command
killed 81 rioters armed with mortars,
Bren and Sten guns { automatic
weapons), at Amritsar yesterday.
Amritsar, the holy city of the
Sikhs, has been one of the prin-
cipal trouble sections in the Punjab.
Stabbings Predominate.
In Lahore, a communal register
maintained by volunteer workers
at Mayo Hospital, listed most of
the casualties as Hindus and Sikhs
who had been stabbed, but also
counted members of both communi-
ties shot by law-enforcement units.
Unofficial sources have estimated
that 95 per cent of Lahore's Hindu
and Sikh population of 100000 have
fled the city and that Lahore now
is made up predominateiy of Mos
lens.
Looking over Lahore from a tall
building today, it could be seen that
the whole western horizon was lit
up by gigantic flames and smoke
hung over the whole city.
Five Sikh temples we're ablaze and
buildings along several central
streets of the capital were burn
ing, including the famous Anarkali
Bazaar. Officials said Sikh and
Hindu shops had been looted.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Truman Plans 10 Name
New Service Heads Soon
BY the Associoted Press

President Truman said today he
expects to make a series of appoint
ments under the Unified Armed
Services Act very soon. possibly next
week.
Mr.. Truman told news confer
ence that Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal will take his oath as the
Nations first Secretary of Defense
in the near future, putting the new
unification into effect.
The President said he then will
appoint Mr.. Forrestal's successor as
Navy Secretary and appoint Secre-
taries of War and Air.
He told reporters that he may
be able to announce the appoint
ments at his next news conference,
which normally would be held next
Thursday.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Pacific Fleet Operations
To Be DrasticaIIy Reduced
BY the Ass--iuted Press

PEARL HARBOR, Aug. IA
Drastic curtailment of United
States Pacific Fleet operations
within the next few months was
announced by Admiral Louis E
Denfleld, its commander chief
as the VJ-day anniversary ap-
preached.
Because of the expiration of 240,-
600 two-year enlistments, he told
a news conference. personnel must
be shuffled to keep the feet units
operating even on a curtailed basis
He said this second demobiliza-
ton (the first followed VJ-day
two years ago. will create prob
lens that can only be solved by
new enliStments,
Evening star., 1947-08-14

,sonal type airplane in our national
life" said the Senator, whose lesson
yesterday was restricted to the
ground.
Giving the plane a light left rud-
der, he explained he was spending
IA few hours" in the dual control
ship learning to fly a little, not
so much to become a licensed pilot
but rather to become acquainted
with the basic practical problems
of flying"
Senator Capper, who is chairman
OF the Senate Agriculture and For
estry Committee, expertly tilted an
alleron and elaborated on his theme
THE farmers of Kansas are very
forward looking and progressive in
(See CAPPER. Page A-4O
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Hits95,
Record for Year;
HumidityDown
Roin Due Tomorrow;
Light Breeze Helps
Relieve Heut
Pictures on Page BIZ

The heat set a 1947 record for
the District today, rising to 95
degrees at 1:48 pm, two points
above the previously recorded
high of SO, the Weather Bureau
reported.
The mercury had started its climb
early. BY 10 O'Clock the tempera-
ture was "a. two degrees hotter than
at that hour yesterday.
The humidity dropped from 81
per cent at 8 am. to 81 per cent at
2 pm, however, and some promise
OF relief lay in the forecaster's pre-
diction of little more breeze than
yesterday. The wind was expected
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Canadian Protests
AGAINST u. 5. Coal
Embargo Reported
Ottawa Is Suid to Have
Complained About ODT
Treatment in Matter
BY the Associated Press

OTTAWA, Aug. IA senior
government official said today
that Canada has protested Wig
orously to the State Department
in Washington because she con.
sidered she was getting a push
ing around" from the United
States Office of Defense Trans.
portation.
The United States Government
agency has embargoed coal ship
ments to Canada on lines of tn,
Government-contr o lie d Canadian
National Railway on the grount
that it had failed to return to thl
United States a sufficient numbe,
of box cars owned by American
railroads.
The official, while not alowins
the use of his name, said Canada
now looked on the box car question
as political and diplomatic prob,
lem, but that the State Department
was loath to interfere with the ODT
an office not under its control. He
contended that enforcement of q
ban which was likely to affect q
countrys' economy should not have
been passed on by an official in the
position of j. M. johnson, director
of the ODT.
The official said he did not think
it would do any good for Canada
to cut down on shipments of news
print to the United States because
of the number of Canadian box cars
on American railroads.
May Open Whole Question.
The Canadian government indi-
Gated last night it might open the
whole question of internationa.
freight movements as result of the
embargo.
The embargo became effective al
midnight last night. 1t Is to con.
tinue until the total adverse balance
of United States coal cars in Canada
is reduced to 5000.
Transport Minister Lionel Che.
vrier said there had been a mis-
understanding over figures. The
Canadian transport adviser, he said
had reported the adverse balance
of coal cars in Canada had beer
reduced to 1888. but this took into
account only those cars on the Ca
madam National and Canadian Pa
cific lines.
Figures of the Canadian Railway
Association used by the ODT showed
the total of American cars in Can
ada to be "in the neighborhood OF
10000" Mr.. Chevrier said. He said
the ODT's action in basing its COM
putation on the associations over
(See CARS. Page A-4D
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to reach 10 or u miles an hour this

to reach 10 or u miles an hour this
afternoon.
City Record Is 106.
The highest temperature recorded
for Washington was 106, on July 20,
1880. 1t has reached 100 or more
on At occasions in the recorded
weather data.
All District employees except those
in the air-conditioned Municipal
Center were scheduled to be released
at 8 pm. because of the heat. En-
plyes in the District Building had
been dismissed early yesterday. It
was expected that some Federal en-
ployes who work in buildings not
air conditioned would be allowed to
go home early, as they were yester-
day.
Showers Due Tomorrow.
Five persons in the area were re-
ported treated at hospitals for heat
exhaustion yesterday, when the
thermometer recorded a 10th of a
degree more than the record high
for the year. The mercury reached
93.1 at 3:14 pm.
The mercury is expected to go
down to about rs degrees tonight,
equaling the low temperature re-
corded this morning at 6:54 am.
Scattered thundershowers were in
prospect for tomorrow, and the fore
caster predicted it would be mot
quite so warm in the afternoon"
Yesterdays heat victims included
Henry Thomas, 30, of the 900 block
of M street NV, at Casualty Hos
pital; Mrs. Dorothy l.. Hill, "a, Of
Silver Spring, Md, at the Wash
ington Sanitarium, and Robert At
kinson. A, of the 800 block OF Flor
ence street NE, at Arlington Hos
pital.
Alexandria Hospital treated Moses
Gentry, Route S, Alexandria, and
Charles Parker, IS, colored, of the
800 block of Montgomery street,
Alexandria, who also suffered head
cuts when he fell at Potomac Yards
after being overcome by the heat.
An all-time record water con-
sumption yesterday for the District
was reported today by w. T. Van
Doren, engineer in charge Of con-
sumption and conservation data,
who said the consumption was ap-
proximately 188.970,000 gallons.
The city's biggest consumption
previously was recorded on July 30,
when 188,090,000 gallons was used.
Like yesterday, the thermometer
reached SO degrees that day.
Mr.. Van Doren explained the hot
weather brought on an increased
(See WEATHER, Page A-5.)
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$50 Weather Bureau
Employees Dismissed
As Mercury Rises

Among the first group of Fed
eral workers dismissed this
afternoon because of the heat
were $50 Weather Bureau en-
ployes, who were released at
l pm.
officials explained the build
ing housing that division at
Twenty-fourth near N street
NV, is a converted garage and
poorly ventilated.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
President Rules Out
Special Session Call
On European Aid
Sees Nothing on Horizon
Requiring Summons for
Congress Before '48
TRUMAN CONFIDENT price probe
will be beneficial. Page Az
By the Associated Press


President Truman declared to-
day that he sees nothing on the
horizon to require a special ses-
sion of Congress, thus virtually
eliminating possibility of legis-
lative action this year on new
funds to aid Europe's recovery.
The Presidents remark came al
a news conference at which he re-
fused to comment on the current
talks on increasing Ruhr coal pro-
duction or on the general British
financial crisis.
Mr.. Truman said he would be un-
able to supply figures on how much
the Marshall plan will cost. He
pointed out that any estimate will
depend on surveys by this country
as we'll as the results of the Paris
conference on Secretary of State
Marshalls suggestion they get to-
gether on a self-help plan.
He said. however, that he would
furnish these figures when reports
are complete and results of the con-
ference are known.
Asked if he had any comment on
the "clamor" for a Marshall plan
for the Western Hemisphere, the
President said there had always been
Marshall plan in effect for the
Western Hemisphere, adding, that
it was known as the Monroe Doc
trine.
Efforts to force a showdown on
how far the United States is willing
to go in easing Britains economic
plight may feature next week S
nglo-Americar1 financial talks.
Those discussions have been called
(coo OAN poCo AN
Evening star., 1947-08-14

SEATTLE, Aug. IA (P).-The Seat
tie Star, founded in 1899, has an
nounced suspension of publication
after yesterdays editions because OF
rising costs of operation combined
with the worldwide newsprint
shortage. At the same time, the
Seattle Times announced it would
purchase the remaining newsprint
owned by the Star.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
By Harry Lever

oy marry Lever
Senator Capper, 82-year-old
Kansas Republican, took his first
flying lesson late yesterday at
Hybla Valley (Va) Airport to re-
fute the popular belief that avia-
ton is only for young people.
Under the expert tutelage of Mrs.
Pearle Thurher Robinson, pilot and
instructor, the oldest Senate mem
ber practiced handling the controls
of a Piper Super Cruiser plane in
which he had previously taken a
familiarization fight under her
supervision.
1--WE oldsters have been somewhat
slow to recognize and further the
utilitarian development of the per-
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III FARBEN directors plead not
guilty to war crimes. Page Ar
BY the Associated Press
DACHAU, Germany, Aug. IA
An American War Crimes Court
today sentenced % Buchenwald
concentration camp attendants
to hang for atrocities committed
against inmates during the Nazi
regime.
Five others were sentenced to life
imprisonment, among them Mrs.
Ilse Koch, widow of the former
BuchenWald commandant, who is
expected to give birth next month
to child conceived while she was
prisoner.
One defendant was sentenced to
20 years imprisonment, two to Is
years and one to 10 years.
The 81 defendants were convicted
Tuesday after a four-month trial
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Late News
Bulletin

Italian Debts Cancelled
The United States today
agreed to cancel about S1,000,-
100000 in debts owed it by the
Italian government.