davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Valley frontiersman., 1948-10-20
COLONY PLANS ARE SLOWED, AGRICULTURAL GROUP TOLD

The trend now is toward a slower approach to a coloniZa- tion plan for Alaska, the Valleys agricultural committee was told at last weeks regular meeting. c. w. Peters, advisory member of the committee, said the govern ment now apparently favored a plan of first building roads to agricultural areas, and then de- veloping a financial program adapted to the needs of the set tiers, with each case receiving in- dividual consideration.
 A subcommittee appointed from the agricultural group met yesterday to bring it's recommen- dations for future colonization plans.
 Parker Lester reported that a man could be obtained to estab- fish grading school in the Val ley, if funds could be obtained to pay his expenses. He recommend ed that the committee take i'm mediate action through G. w. Gasser, in order that legislative appropriations might be made.
 The committee discussed the agricultural laws which they felt should be enforced in the future. Among those mentioned was pure seed law, quarantine laws and proper labelling regulations.
 Upon the motion of Glen Woods, the secretary was direct ed to write MT. Gasser, commis- sioner of agriculture, asking that steps be taken to get a grading expert stationed in the Valley. The motion further stated that MT. Gasser be asked what steps the committee might take to help obtain enforcement of exist ing agricultural regulations.
 MT. Lester suggested that the committee take action through Lorin T. Oldroyd, director of Ex- tension Service, to get soil con- servation laws changed. Last year, farmers were given $2O an acre payment for land clearing practices, for a minimum of 10 acres. This years regulation calls for a $10 payment for a minimum of 20 acres.
 MT. Lester also called for sug- geStiOnS for the coming years
Valley frontiersman., 1948-10-20
Choir Has Party

Members of the choir of the United Protestant Church held their regular fall party in the urch parlors last week.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-10-20

Themed to fall round up motif, table and room were decorated in typical western style, com- plete with a chuck wagon and bonfire.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Prisoners Van
in Crash;
Policeman Dies
Driver GroveIy Injured,
Passengers Unhurt in
Fifth Street Collision
Pictures on Page BID

One policeman was killed and
another critically injured today
when a police van carrying IL
prisoners from precinct stations
to Municipal Court collided with
a sedan and overturned at Fifth
and K streets N. w. None OF
the prisoners was hurt.
Pvt. Mortimer P. Donoghue, So.
of 1902 Kansas avenue NV, was
crushed to death under the rear
wheels of the van.
Pvt. Earl Johnson, 80, colored,
500 Quebec place NV, driver OF
the van, suffered a possible frac-
tued spine, broken left leg multipls
bruises. and a severe cut on his left
eye. Freedmen's Hospital officials
reported he may not live
| James j. Hartin, 54, of 1903 NJ
street NE, driver of the other car,
escaped with few scratches. His
sedan, after colliding with the heavy
van, spun around and crashed into
it second time. witnesses said. The
van fell on its side and had to be
/ lifted by crane.
| Traffic lights, set to go on at
o'clock every morning at Sixth
and K streets NV, were not on
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Tito Forces Reported Battling
Cominform's YuqosIuv Buckers

alliance with these countries could
not exist under the pressure, SLAM
der and calls to revolt being con-
Quoted against Marshal Ttos Com
munist government.
The crumbling relations were
made more apparent in an editorial
today in Borba, the Communist
Party newspaper, which refuted
strongly Romanian and Hungarian
replies to recent Yugoslav notes OF
protest against anti-Tito declara-
tions.
The editorial charged that the au-
thorities in those two countries are
evading responsibility for worsenlne
relations between friendly Demo-
cratic tCommunist) countries"
Borba said q "slanderous" anti
Tito campaign had made the terms
of friendship sound "pharisaic ano
ridiculous"
The commentary strongly indi-
Gated that treaties of friendship CO.
operation and mutual aid between
Yugoslavia and her neighbors to the
(see YUGOSLAV. Page A-51
Evening star., 1948-09-15
40 More C-54s Head
For Berlin Air Lift

The Air Force announced today
It is sending approximately 40 more
C-54 cargo planes to Europe in an
other expansion of its air lift of
food and essentials to Russian
blockaded Berlin.
At present. a total of los C-54s
are being used in the Berlin opera
ton
These aircraft will utilize eX-
panded airport facilities which have
been constructed for the purpose
since the air lift into Berlin was
undertaken" the Air Force said.
Oficials said the additional planes
were requested by Gen. Lucius D
Clay, theater commander, and the
announcement said the Air Force
will continue to meet such require
ments as may be laid down b,
Gen. Clay during coming months.
The department said the addi-
tional aircraft and personnel are
being drawn from various areas
including the Far East, and thai
they would pass through the United
States on their way to the Euro
pean theater.
Previously the aircraft allotted
the Berlin air lift have been drawn
from the Military Air Transport
Service,
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Dewey Calls In All Top Advisers
For PorIey Before Starting Trip
GO. P. Nominee Takes Lost Opportunity
To Review Foreign Situation With Dulles

visers: William c. Murphy, jr., pub
licity director for the Republican
National Committee; Paul Lock-
wood, Gov. Dewey's secretary. and
James C. Hagerty, Gov Dewey's di-
rector of press relations.
Gov. Dewey also prepared to delve
into the problems of the American
farmer this week end. after taking
strong stand last night for ma
tional defense.
In calling on New Workers to OBJ
serve Saturday as Air Force Day, he
served notice that:
I'VE propose to make and keep
America strong; SO, strong that no
aggressive power will ever be misled
into attacking us on the assumption
that our democracy is too weak or
too gullible to protect itself"
These. words, written into his
Air Force Day proclamation were
taken by observers here as assur-
ance that regardless of the out
come of the November election. the
new defense program on which the
Eightieth Congress embarked will
continue.
1t came only a few days after
Senator Vandenberg, Republican. OF
Michigan had served notice that,
while Americans may differ during
the presidential campaign over some
Evening star., 1948-09-15
House Probers !l[ Meet
Al Secret Place 10
Hear Spy Witness
Steve Nelson Foces Action
For Contempt in Refusal
To Answer Questions
By Miriom Ottenberq

An avoWed Communist Party
official today faced contempt of
Congress action as congressional
spy hunters met at a secret To-
cation to avoid publicizing the
identity of today's witnesses.
A subcommittee Of the House
Committee on Un-American Activ-
tiles voted late yesterday to recon-
mend contempt action against Steve
Nelson, chairman of the Western
Pennsylvania district of the Com
munist Party.
Chairman Thomas said the full
committee would be advised by mai
OF the subcommittee recommends
ton at the committees first meet.
ing.
Three Due to Testify.
Committee members planned II
hear about three witnesses at
secret location away from the com
mittee Offices today. With reporter
clustered around the committe'
rooms, one aide said the place wa!
about as private as Fourteenth ant
F streets.
Todays witnesses were described
as able to provide important piece:
of evidence in the development o1
the committees atomic espionage
case.
Although willing to identify him
self to reporters as a Communis
official. Nelson refused to answer
many of the subcommittee ques.
tions on grounds he might incrim'
mate himself.
AssaiIs Committee Members.
Nelson issued a statement to re-
porters calling committee members
political pyromaniacs."
Mr.. Thomas described Nelson!
appearance as probably the mos
fragrant example Of contempt w
have witnessed since we have beer
on this committee"
The committee wants to tes
whether any witness has the righ
to refuse to answer congressional
committees questions on grounds h
might incriminate himself.
Nelson has not been the onl,
See PROBE. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1948-09-15
By Joseph A. Fox
Union Official Object,
To Query, but Denies
He Is Communist
Lucchi Tells Probers
He Leeds Right Wing
OF Fur Workers
by jones Y. Newton

Pietro Lucchi, secretary treas
urer of the CIO Fur and Leather
Workers Union, told a House
Labor subcommittee today that
he is not now and never has
been a member of the Commu-
mist Party, but he objected to
the question as an infringement
on constitutional rights.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative SchWabe, Repub-
lican, of Missouri, is investigating
charges of Communist domination
of the fur workers union.
MI. Lucchi is the first OF seven
union officers subpoenaed to testify
today. Earlier. Mrs. Schwabe told
reporters he was sure that the union
officers would refuse to answer the
stock question of whether they are
/ or ever have been Communists. The
chairman added that the committee
was ready to take steps to prosecute
the witnesses for contempt OF Con-
gress.
! Other "Injurious Organizations"
| Mr.. Lucchi readily answered the
question, denying affiliatioh with the
Communists. but added he Thought
/ it was an management on the rights
OF witnesses to ask the question. Ht
explained there were other injurious
organizations" besides the Commu.
mist Party and he thought witnesse'
should be questioned as to member.
ship in those organizations also.
The union secretary-treaS sale
he represented right wing element!
in the union of 100000 memoers ant
that Ben Gold. the union president
represented the left wingers. Mr.
Gold, who will testify tomorrow. l!
an avowed Communist, although Mr.
Lucchl said that he did not EnoV
whether or not he is a member o
the party.
Mr.. Lucchi was questioned closel,
about contributions the union ha
made to more than score Of organ
izations, many of which have beer
! classified by the Justice Department
and congressional committees a!
subversive He said the recent con
vention of the fur workers author
lied appropriation of $l54,000 to or
ganizations selected by the unior
! Finance Committee.
1 The witness said he did not know
if any of the money had gone tt
Russia. Among the contributions
was one of $3.50 for gift to llys
tSee FUR WORKERS, Page A-3J
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Maine Forest Fires Rage
In 81 Scattered Sections
By the Assoeioted Press

BOSTON, Sept. l5.-More than a
score of fires sweeping through
Maine woods created what author
tiles described as a critical situa-
ton today.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts, Fire
Warden Joseph L. Peabody said his
State was sitting on a firecracker'
as a result of parching heat which
made forests tinder dry.
New Hampshire and Vermont re-
ported several small fires under con-
troll, but wardens were alerted tt
throw fire-fighting forces into ac'
ton as the first sign of new out
breaks
Thirty-one new blazes fiared las
night in scattered sections of Maine
scene of a $15,000,000 disaster
touched off by forest fires a veal
ago.
Austin H. wilkins, forestry super
visor, describing the situation a!
serious, said several hundred acre!
of timber already had been burned
over. No buildings were in immedi'
ate danger.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
By J. A. O'Leory
Stor Stoff Correspondent

ALBANY, Sept. IS Gov
Dewey today called in all his TOP
advisers, including John Foster
Dulles, for a final review of the
foreign situation and some do
mestic problems before starting
his campaign for the presidency
Sunday.
1t will be the last opportunity
Gov Dewey will have to go over the
world situation, including the Berlir
blockade. with Mr.. Dulles before the
latter leaves Friday for Paris to at
tend the next meeting of the U. N
General Assembly.
Others attending the conference
are:
J. Russell, Sprague, New York;
national committeeman; Roger w
Straus. close friend and adviser
Herbert Brownell. jr., director of the
Dewey Warren campaign; Repre-.
sentative Hall Of New York, chair.
man of the Republican Congress.
sional Campaign Committee; Benja-
min Duffy. representing the agency
that will handle radio arrangements
for the Republican campaign: Ed
win F. Jackie, New York Republican
leader from Buffalo: Elliot V. Bell
one of Gov. Dewey's veteran ad-
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Six Secret WorpIones Building.
Some With Supersonic Speeds

Top speed is supersonic. That Is
faster than sound travels, or about
760 miles an hour.
Republic XF-9l. single-engine
interceptor jet fighter, with rocket
engines for use at very high alti-
tudes. Top speed is supersonic.
Consolidated Vultee XF-92. an In
terceptor jet fighter with a V-wing
using rockets for top operational
speeds over 800 m.p.h.
Boeing XB-52. a huge bomber In
the B-36 class, powered with tur-
bine- propeller combination.
The newsletter also disclosed. and
the Air Force acknowledged the ex-
istence of the Northrop X-4, a re-
search plane. in the general manner
OF the Bell XII. but designed FOL
lower speeds. The Northrup plane
lis the flying wing type.
Evening star., 1948-09-15

East-West negotiations now IN prog
ress in Moscow.
Anthony Eden, acting Conserva-
tive leader of the House, told the
members India's invasion OF Hydera-
bad was IAN act of aggression. The
wartime Foreign Secretary said the
invasion was a fragrant and in
excusable" breach by India OF her
agreement with the princely state.
If the U. N. acts quickly and acts
with authority it will not only do
a considerable service to its own
reputation but will perhaps save a
vast area of the worlds surface from
untold suffering and human misery,
Mr.. Eden said.
The United Nations Security
Council is due to take up the
Hyderabad situation tomorrow in
Paris.
Pattern Seen In RevOlts.
Mr.. Eden said Communist uprls-
ings in Malaga, Burma and Siam
are all in pattern
Its objective is to overthrow law
and order throughout Southeast
Asia. which. Lenin. l think, once
called the back door of capitalist
and imperialist power"
Mr.. Bevin dealt briefly with Hy-
derabad. He said he regretted that
in these new dominlonS this war
like spirit has developed"
Mr.. Bevin said that in Malaga
II. 50 liHoIl1t tock
put an end to these terrorist gangs
We are under no delusion as to
what is involved" He went on:
The trouble in Malaga is that
scores of the population, mainly
Chinese Communists, have been
given special assignments to go in
and organize this trouble.
Won't Yield to Terror.
"The problem is a difficult ano
vexed one but the government have
no intention of yielding to this
terror. 1t may mean that if this
policy of stirring civil war as in
Strument of foreign policy goes on
I repeat, if it goes on as it has gone
on ever since the war cloSeG. first
in one territory and then in an
other-no one can foresee to what
IT will lead the nations who are
promoting it.
Speaking for Britain and the
Commonwealth, we are now seizee
with the effects of this policy ane
wherever it rears its ugly head, We
shall do our best to stamp it out
using the maximum of our resource!
to do it. If we do not, there viii
never be the settlement of peace OF
the establishment of harmony il
the world
Evening star., 1948-09-15

at the time of the accident, police
disclosed.
An accident investigation unit
official said an inspection showed
that the automatic timer was %
minutes slow The light. therefore.
did not begin operating until about
10 minutes after the crash, he said.
Mr.. Hartin was questioned by
police, but. no charges have been
placed against him. He complained
later of a slight pain in his side
ana went to Casualty Hospital for
an examination.
Believed to Have Leaped.
Police believe Pvts. Donoghue and
johnson might have jumped from
the van in an effort to avoid in
jury. The two men had been sit
ting together in the front seat and
they were found lying a few feet
from each other at the rear Of the
van, although Pvt. johnson was
clear of the wreckage.
Prisoners locked IN the back OF
the van screamed and shouted.
Some of the IL, witnesses said,
seemed dazed and badly frightened
when taken to Casualty Hospital.
Hospital authorities reported, how
ever, that the IL men were found
to be uninjured. The II we're turned
over to police again to be taken
to Municipal Court.
The key to the back of the van
was on key ring on Pvt Donog.
hue's body Police used it to unlock
the van so the prisoners could be
removed
The prisoners, all of whom were
being brought to court on minor
charges we're: Glen Miller, william
r. Shoemaker. Albert C. Beilems,
Joseph K. Smith, John Bradley.
Aaron Townsend, Albert Brown.
Thomas Fuller. Thomas E. Cobb,
John H. Lott, David McField and
Ivan Hendricks.
| Only Witness Disappears.
/ The crash occurred about $50 m,
shortly after the van left No. 2 pre-
cinct station. Pvt. johnson and Pvt.
! Donoghue had been on van duty
together since June, l947. Every
morning they toured various pre-
cinct stations to pick up prisoners to
be taken to Municipal Court.
The van was going south on Fifth
street and Mr.. Hartin was driving
west on K street AS far as police
could learn, the collision was wit
messed BY only one person, man
who hurried to No 2 precinct station
to report it and then disappeared.
! Several persons in the vicinity
heard the crash. Within few min
utes several ambulances, police cars.
crane cars from the Police Depart
ment and the Capital Transit Co.
and scores of onlookers were on the
scene.
John Maddox, 81, of 40l7 Eighth
street NE, proprietor Of gas sta
ton at Sixth and K streets NV,
said he ran to the scene and found
Pvt. Donoghue pinned beneath the
left rear wheel. He and several
other men tried unsuccessfully to
| lift the van. With jack from the
filling station, they managed to lift
lSee POLICE VAN, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1948-09-15
~ the A.soe;otsd Press

The Air Force acknowledged to-
day that half dozen hitherto secret
combat plane types are Being built
for speeds ranging up to supersonic'
Most are jet and rocket powered.
Acknowledgment of the new types
came after a summary OF them was
printed in American Aviation Daily,
an industry news letter published
here
The new types, some being flown
secretly at Muroc (Calif9 Air Base
and others nearing completion, are: !:
Mcdonnell XF-88, two-engine
penetration jet fighter.
Northrop xF-89, a two-engine all
weather jet fighter.
Lockheed XF-90. a two-englne
penetration jet fighter with rocket
engines for emergency speed bursts
Evening star., 1948-09-15
IS Paris Policemen
Injured in Rioting
Of 4,500 Strikers
Crowd HurIs Stones and
Iron Burs; Riot Begun
Again After Brief Halt
BY the Associoted Press

PARIS, Sept. 15.-A strike
crowd of $500 rushed the Ma
tional Aviation Offices in Central
Paris today and injured 95 po-
licemen in rioting.
An estimated $500 Of the Grove
were workers of the nationalizec
aviation industry. denouncing recen
layoffs of workers from the govern
ment payroll. Another 1000 striker!
from the nationaliZed Renault auto
plant joined them.
They threw paving stones ane
balls OF iron grillwork at the police
who fought back with night stick!
and fists. About 1000 Paris police
and two squads Of Mobile Guards
fought off the strikers on the Boule.
ward HausmanR. The riot flarec
for two hours, subsided and ther
was renewed.
Reds Hold Demonstration.
Members of the Communist-led
Confederation of Labor at the same
time organized a demonstration al
Bullancourt to demand minimum
monthly wage of 1880 francs IS40)
Employees of the aviation plant
struck this morning, protesting the
recent layof.
Some $1,000 workers of the
Renault motors plant also voted to
go out this afternoon.
Strikers tore up the iron grillwork
around trunks of trees lining the
sidewalks, broke the bars up and
used the pieces as missiles to hurl
at police. The strikers Uttered the
street with paving stones and pieces
of iron.
About 30 strikers were seriously
injured.
Strikers milled about shouting
down with the police" and I'VE
want bread"
De Gaulle Campaign On.
Followers of Gen. de Gaulle today
began an appeal to France to sweep
him into power with a flood of
stamps
Details of the stamp campaign
were disclosed by Andre Malraux
French author and supporter of the
rightist leader.
Mr.. Malraux told reporters:
This campaign is not for the
.RPF. 1t is for Gen de Gaulle"
Members of the RPF will plaster
the countryside with blue posters
urging all who believe in Gen. de
Gaulle as the hope of France to
buy stamp for so francs 15 cents
and send it with letter to de
Gaulles home at Colombey des-
DeuX-Eglises.
The stamp bears the slogan
Pour salut public-oui!" CFor
the peoples welfare-Yes!D
The campaign will be pressed
throughout the country until Octo-
Der 5.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Taft Brands Truman Attack
Attempt to Curry Lobor's Favor
Reply to Presidents Charge Of NLRB Pressure
Saws Chief Executive Seeks Political Publicity

that he had sought to put the
heat on" the National Labor Re-
lations Board to press contempt
proceedings against the Interna-
tional typographical Union in
the fight between printers and
newspaper publishers over the
closed shop.
Furnishing new ammunition in the
political warfare between Demo-
Gratis and Republicans over the
Taft Hartley Act, which outlawed
the closed shop, the Presidents
attack on the Ohio Senator was
disclosed at the White House yes
terday after a conference between
the President and NLRB ofilcials
whom Senator Taft repeatedly
sought to, pressure" at meeting
IN his Office.
This Taft office session was a
related development in the Chicago
1See MI pr PAGE Al
Evening star., 1948-09-15
| Marshall Welcomes
Any Encouragement
On FOREIGN Crisis

Secretary of State Marshall
SAID today he would welcome a
little encouragement about the
international situation.
Asked for comment on a re-
cent assertion by Anthony
Eden. former British Foreign
Secretary. that the interna-
tional situation is going from
BAD to worse. Gen. Marshall
told a news conference he has
not had any periods of great
relief in the last week or 10
days and would welcome little
encouragement.
When a reporter asked what
odds he would give on Americas
staying at peace for the rest
of this year, he replied that he
never has been betting man.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Hurricane Now Cenfered
South OF Newfoundland
Rx fhe Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. l5.-The At
lantic hurricane was centered about
300 miles south-southWest Of Cape
Race. Newfoundland, at am. today.
The Weather Bureau said the
hurricane apparently will not strike
the North American continent.
The bureaus early-morning adj
visory said the hurricane was moy-
ing northeastward at about IS miles
per hour and was expected TO con-
tinue that path, with its speed in
creasing during the next "a hours.
Coast Guard area headquarters
here said it had not received any
report OF a ship in distress in the
hurricane area.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Eric Johnston to Confer
With Russians Today
BY the Assoeioted Press

MOSCOW, Sept. 15.-Eric john
ston is due to start conferences with
Soviet motion picture officials today.
Mr.. Johnston. president of the
Motion Picture Association of Amer
lea, said he still is optimistic about
his chances of getting the Russians
interested again in showing pic
lures from the United States.