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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
BY the Associated Press

PEARL HARBOR, July 3l.-The
tough old battlewagon Nevada is
gone. The Navy finally sank her
yesterday after four and-a- halt
days of trying.
The 32-year-old ship had been
used twice in 1916 to see if an atomic
bomb could sink her at Bikini. 1t
couldn't.
This week they towed her out to
sea again. New and still secret
explosives we're put aboard and
touched off. The Nevada's deck and
side plates buckled, three holes were
ripped in her sides, but she wouldn't
go down.
Destroyers pecked at her, Rocket
firing planes blazed away. Planes
loosed radar-guided bat bombs
which missed. The Nevada still
rode the waves.
The great battleship Iowa turned
her 16-inch rifles on the veteran OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Girl Dead Beside Him,
Baltimore Man Found
Shot in Chest.m Car

ABERDEEN, Md, July 81
His girl friend dead on the floor
beside him, a young Baltimore
man was found dangling from
his car with a bullet wound in
his chest early today, Aberdeen
police reported.
They Identified the man as Dun
can Livingstone, jr., Is; the girl as
Shirley Will, 18.
Patrolman Emmett Tobin of the
Hartford County police said that be-
fore Livingstone lost consciousness
he muttered:
ITO hell with her. I strangled
her"
DR.. James Ramsay, Hartford
County medical examiner, declared
the girl died of strangling.
Phoned He Had "Just Killed" Girl.
Police found Livingstone's neck
tie alongside a SO caliber revolver
on the car seat.
At Hartford Memorial Hospital in
Havre De Grace, Livingstone was
placed in an oxygen tent. The
bullet had pierced one lung, doctors
said
Discovery Of the couple by Aber-
deem Patrolman Chester Roberts
followed by an hour and a half a
call to Baltimore County authori-
ties by Livingstone's father, an up
holsterer.
Corpl. Clarence Todd said the
elder Livingstone reported his son
had telephoned he had "just killed
his girl friend on Back River Neck
road in Essex.
The father said Livingstone and
Miss Will had gone together for two
years. Recently they broke a short
lived engagement, Corpl. Todd
quoted the father.
Was in Good Spirits.
When the two Livingstones left
their upholstery shop, where young
Livingstone worked, the father said
his son was in good spirits.
so long, pop, I'll see you in the
morning." Mr.. Livingstone said his
son called.
Mr.. Roberts reported hearing three
shots shortly before 2:30 am. Then
he saw a coupe swerye to the side
If the road.
Corpl. Todd said examination in
dicated Miss Will had been dead at
least an hour before the elder Liv-
jngstone reported his son S call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Air Pirate Foces TrioI
By British in Hong Kong
Dy the Assoeioted Prssi

HONG KONG, July 3l.-wong
Yu, by his own admission a rics
paddy farmer turned air pirate, viii
be tried under the British nag.
{Hong Kong Is British crown
colony)
Sydney Dekantzow, .. operations
chief Of Cathaway Pacific Airlines.
did not say what charges would be
fled
Wong, In a written statement, adj
mitted he and three companions
tried to steal q plane while 1t was
in flight between Macao and Hong
Kong. His companions, he sad. got
excited and killed the pilot and CO.
pilot.
The plane plunged into the sea
four miles Of Macao. Wong jumped
as it hit the water and was the only
survivor Of its 26 occupants, nine Of
them North Americans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Half Billion Spent on Roads
Durinu First Half Of '48
Bv the Associoted Press

State highway departments placed
$500, 091 900 in road work under con-
tract during the first six months OF
1s4S, the Public Roads Administra-
ton said today.
Federal-aid projects involving
work on 10,439 miles Of road &C
counted for s346, 7Ss 900 of the total,
the Federal contribution amounting
to $lS5, $4,000.
Contracts awarded for work with
out Federal assistance totaled $22l.-
800, 900 for improvements on ll,275
miles of road.
Among bridge construction jobs
for which contracts were awarded
by special toll authorities was the
Delaware River Bridge, $1l, 401 900.
Highway construction contract
totals by States. with mileage, for
the first six months of 1913 included.
MARYLAND, s14,092 900, BOT; Virginia,
/ S., los, 900, 80. and West Virginia,
sc, O88 900. 772.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
a Naval Academy WAVES
Sworn by Regular Service

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 81
WAVES stationed at the Nava
Academy like Navy life 100 per cent
All four enlisted WAVES here were
sworn into the Regular Navy yes,
terday on the sixth anniversary Of
the WAVES.
All stationed at the Naval Hos
pital, they are:
Hospitalman 1st class Grace R
Wallace, Tulon, Ill; and Hospital
men Bird class jeanne F. Bellassal
Danville, Ga, Anna T. Morse, Ash
land, Mass. and Elaine K. Olsen
Raymond, Me.
1t. Marie B. Kelleher, Sandwich
Mass, public information officer
and only WAVE officer on the post
who made the, announcement, sale
she too has applied for a Regular
Navy commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
IdiewiId
Continued From First Page.)

nearly every type-assembled from
bases through the country-will
rendezvous over the Atlantic OF the
lower New Jersey Coast.
AS the dedication ceremony ends,
the giant air armada begins its
flight over the new airport. The
ky-borne parade-moving at about
300 miles an hour-will last IS min
utes.
Leading the massed formation
will be the air forces jet-propelled
F-80 Shooting Stars. Behind them
will come laundering array, rep
resenting the nations newest and
best in fighters, bombers and other
aircraft.
Some of the planes will dip to as
low as 500 feet as they race past
the reviewing stands.
| AS q finale, a large flight OF dive
/ bombers will peal of from a forma-
ton high in the air, and dive at
targets placed before the reviewing
stand.
Planes From Distant Bases.
The Jamestown here from bases
as distant as Spokane. Wash.-ln-
Guide some never shown the pubic
before.
An Air Force B-36, the world
largest land-based bomber, arrived
at the airport yesterday from Cars
wall A;r E,orce base at Fort Worth,
Tex, to take part in the show.
Jet fighter planes of the British
RAF-the first jet planes to ny the
Atlantic-also few in yesterday
from Langley Field, Va.
| Among military aircraft here Tor
the show are Navy jet fighters, B-45
four-jet bombers, B-29 Super Forts.
their big brothers, the B-50s. and
the Nays Adj attack bombers.
The air exposition lasts through
August 8.
The airport, a 1900 acre tract as
large as all of Manhattan Island
below Forty-second street, Is the
worlds largest. Designed principal
" to handle international traf1ic,
| it has already cost $4,000, 900. The
Port of New York Authority, which
operates it on lease from the city,
| expects the final cost to be $780,
0OO, 900.
The tentative completion date is
1853. It's capacity will be LOO
scheduled flights day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
8 Diaries, Officers
Indicted in Chicago
In Fixing Of Prices
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, July 3l.-A Federal
grand jury which spent 10 months
investigating food costs indicted
8 Chicago area diaries and 10 of
their officers on price-fxing charges
yesterday.
The indictments are the fifth
batch to be voted against diaries
since the Justice Department
launched Nationwide drive a year
ago to break up alleged price fixing
combinations in food, clothing and
housing.
One of three indictments returned
before Federal Judge John P.
Barnes charges the eight diaries
and nine of their officials engaged
in seven-year conspiracy ito allo-
cate among themselves the whole
sale fluid milk customers in the
Chicago area"
Charging violation of the Sher-
man antitrust act, the indictment
lists county, State and Federal insti-
tut1ons among the customers who
allegedly were conspired against in
the Chicago area.
One of the officers indicted, o. o.
Smaha of the Borden Dairy Co.,
termed the charges in the Sherman
Act indictment untrue and ridicu-
lous" He asserted the Borden Co.
records would clearly show the
existence Of highly competitive
situation"
AS to the charges of price dis
elimination, Mr.. Smaha said: 1T is
obvious to anyone that customer
who buys one hundred thousand
parts in given period should be
charged less than one who buys
one thousand"
Diaries named in the indictment
were the Bowman Dairy Co., Amer
lean Processing and Sales Co. (Haw-
thorn Melody, Beloit Dairy Co.,
the Borden Co. Capitol Dairy Co.,
Hunding Dairy Co., MeadoWmoor
Diaries, Inc, and Western United
Dairy Co.
Individual defendants named
we're: William Boruszak, vice presi-
dent and director of Western United;
LYMAN I. Freed, chairman and di-
rector of Capitol; H. H. Inglehart,
sales manager and director of the
Chicago milk division of Borden;
Walter F. Kettell sales manager,
central wholesale division, Bowman
Co.: o. N. Koenig, vice president and
director of the Chicago milk divi-
sion of Borden; Francis H. Kull-
man. jr., vice president and director
of Bowman: S. D. Mcguire, presi-
dent of Beloit; D. Cameron Peck,
vice president and director OF Bow
man. and O. o. Smaha, executive
vice president and director of the
Chicago milk division of Borden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Navy Blasts BottIeship Nevada
Four Days to Sink Her at Sea

two world wars. A salvo smacked
her. The Nevada belched smoke and
defiance. Three cruisers scored hits
with no more luck.
At last they called up the torpedo
bombers Several torpedoes hit the
Navada and she rolled with the
punch. Then came one which
smashed her amidshipS.
The Nevada could take no more
She rolled over slowly and sank in
water miles deep.
The battleship Iowa then moved
slowly over the spot where the
Nevada went down Sc miles south
west of Honolulu. The crew in dress
whites stood at attention as the
brief committal service was read.
The epitaph came from Admiral
Dewitt C. Ramsey, commander OF
the Pacific Fleet. who watched from
a destroyer escort. Turning to a
reporter he said:
"She was a grand cid ship"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Capital Dog Training Club
To Present -Four Trophies

The Capital Dog Training Grub
tomorrow will present four trophies
to club members for outstanding
work in obedience training OF their
dogs during the 1s47 training year.
Calvin Pierson, president, will d.
rect the presentation at the groups
training grounds in Rock Greek
Park at Military and Glover roads
NV. at 6 p.m.
Many novice dogs who have sue
cessfully completed their first step
in the obedience training work Will
receive certificates of proficiency.
This hobby group holds training
classes every Sunday afternoon.
Advanced training work also is Of
fered by the club, including retrlev-
ing, high jumping and broad
jumping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Berlin
Continued From First Page.

transports available for the air lift.
Russian-controlled newspapers in
the city virtually acknowledged to-
day that Moscow is practicing po-
litical hlackmail with the blockade.
The National zeitung predicted
that If the Western powers begin
negotiations with Moscow "the for
mula might we'll be: For the West
ern powers to withdraw their cur
rency from Berlin in exchange for
the restoration Of transport"
Meanwhile, the Russians offered
new bait to win over 2,075, 900 Ger
mans of the blockaded Western
sectors and thus extend Communist
control over the entire city.
This time the Communist-con
trolled German Economic Commits
sion of the Russian zone offered
raw materials and power to indus
tries in the Western sectors which
the blockade has crippled or forced
to shut down.
Maj. Gen. E. o. Herbert. British
commandant in Berlin. previously
had warned Berliners to beware of
such Communist overtures because
they mean that Berlin would be
caught up into a Communist die
tatorship and exploited for the
Russians just as the Soviet zone
has been exploited"
New Gesture to Berliners.
The Russians gesture of offering
work to Berlin's jobless-at a price
followed their offer to begin feed
ing the entire city starting tomor-
row.
The catch is that Western Berlin.
ers-now getting their full official
food ration through the air lift
must register for ration cards in
the Russian sector of the city and
pay in Soviet-sponsored currency
Germans in the Western sectors
have shown little interest in the
Soviet food offer.
The Russian controlled papers
carried numerous pictures today oil
grains and potatoes repeatedly ar.
irving from the Soviet union anc
Czechoslovakia.
A responsible officer said thu
Americans will continue to fly II
supplies, despite any Russian dec
laration barring flights in the cor
ridors.
THE only way they can stop u
is to shoot us down. he said.
The latest hint that the Russians
might try to close the air corridor!
to Berlin was printed yesterday II
the official Soviet newspaper Taeg'
liche Rundschau.
. The paper demanded urgent
measures for the protection Of Sovie
planes from possible catastrophies'
and charged that American anc
British aircraft are violating safety
rules with low level flights over the
Russian zone.
The three air corridors to the west
were agreed on in the four-powel
Allied Control Council on November
80, 1s45. The Council now is in.
active.
Possibly anticipating that theil
supply fleet might need fighter
cover both the Americans and Brit
| ish have enlarged their bases In
Western Germany to handle combat
planes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
3 B:29s Plan Long Flight
After IdIewiId Air Show
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 31.-Three Air
Force B-29 Superforts leave on
5,000-mile nonstop flight today at
the end of military aerial demon
stration ut New York's International
Airport.
The long-range bombers ars
scheduled to leave here at 6 pm.
and fly nonstop to Los Angeles and
back, returning here at 4 pm. to.
morrow.
The three planes are among
group Of 200 B-29s flown here for
the air show from the Carswell Air
Force Base at Fort Worth, Tex.
The Air Force says the nonstop
trip will be routine cruise-control
fight, performed on approximately
5000 gallons Of gasoline loaded in
each plane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Truman Plans to Return
To CopitoI by Thursday

After going to New York today TO
speak at the dedication OF Idiewno
Airport this afternoon. President
Truman swings to the West to vote
in the Missouri primary Tuesday at
his home In Independence.
He expects to return to the Cap
ital Wednesday or Thursday, which
will give him the longest stay at
home since his mother died . year
ago.
The Presidents speech will be de-
livered "ofi the cuff" at 3 pm. from
notes which were whipped into
shape last night on the yacht VII
liamsburg, In which he has cruised
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Congress
Continued From First PageD

Truman message will go over until
after election. including:
Long-range housing, more lib
eral displaced persons bill, Federal
aid to education and broader social
security coverage and revival of an
excess profits tax
Both Speaker Martin and Chair
man Millikin Of the Senate Finance
Committee attacked Mr.. Trumans
taxation policies last night.
The Speaker asserted that if all
of the Truman program were carried
out it would mean doubling the
income taxes-and that would sink
America
Senator Millikin said Mr.. Truman
tisregards the peoples demand for
further tax reduction" and has asked
for an excess profits levy on business
in peace-time.
The Colorado Senator said use
of the excess profits tax in peace
time has been condemned by such
Democratic fiscal experts as former
Treasury Secretary Fred M. Vinson,
now Chief Justice: Senator George
of Georgia. and the late Senator
Glass of Virginia.
The sheer genius of President
Truman to bring himself into con-
slant and untenable conflict with
the brainiest leaders of his party is
simply amazing Senator Millikin
added
When the Senate recessed at $50
pm. yesterday afternoon, the South
ern Democrats were ready to go on
indefinitely. talking against the
first of the civil rights bills-to
repeal the poll tax.
Senator Morse, Republican, of
Oregon, a strong supporter OF the
civil rights program, took the floor
late Yesterday to serve notice he Is
ready to stay in continuous session
starting Monday to find out whether
1t is possible to break the Southern
filibuster.
Twenty -one Democrats Unite.
He charged the division in Demo-
cratic ranks over civil rights is
blocking action. and asserted Presi-
dent Truman should have tried to
get agreement in his own party be-
fore calling Congress back into ses-
sion.
With 81 Southern Democrats
banded together to hold the floor
against the poll tax repeal bill, how
ever, it is doubtful that the Repub-
licans will be able to bring it to a
vote by the time anti-inflation legis-
lation is ready.
Since the bill is not even tech
nically before the Senate yet, all
past rulings indicate cloture cannot
be applied to shut off debate. Sen
ator Morse recognized this weakness
in the rules last night. and called
on the Republicans to change its
rules as soon as the new Congress
meets in January.
Southerners have indicated they
would not offer serious objections
to submitting the poll tax issue to
the States as constitutional
amendment. but, thus far, Repub-
1icans have not taken to that al
tentative. Unless this course is
agreed on, Republican leaders prob
ably will drop the poll tax fight
sometime next week.
The Civil Rights Congress issued
a statement last night. urging the
Senate to 60 into continuous session
to bring the poll tax repeater to q
vote
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Daughter of Jap Envoy
To Attend u. S. School

TOKYO, July 31.-Masako Saito
10, daughter of the late Ambassador
to the United States, Hirosi Saito
is awaiting permission to go to school
in New York City.
Her father died in the United
States in 1899.
Miss Saito had been approved al
a special student at Manhattanville
College of the Sacred Heart, New
York City.
She is booked to leave on the
Army transport General Gordon or
August 7 if her clearance into the
United States has been established
by that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Look Files Reply to Suit
Brought by Hedy Lamar
BY the Associated Press

SANTA MONICA, Calf, July 81
Look Magazine has filed an an
swer to a 100000 damage suit
brought by Hedy Lamar.
The actress claimed an article
in the publication indicated she
had had her nose altered by plastic
surgery, which, she said, is untrue.
Looks attorney said yesterday the
ma gazine had had no intention OF
disparaging Miss Lamarr's beauty
and that furthermore she had prior
knowledge of th6 article.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Weather Report

District Of COlumbla-ConSlder-
able cloudiness, warm and humid
with highest near 80 and chance of
a thundershower this afternoon
Fair and cooler tonight, lowest
about So. Tomorrow mostly sunny,
somewhat cooler and Aess humid.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cloudiness,
warm and humid with scattered
thundershoWers this afternoon and
in south and central portion early
tonight. Somewhat cooler north
portion tonight. Tomorrow fair, a
little cooler and less humid.
Maryland - Considerable cloudi-
ness with scattered showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon and
in southeast portion early tonight.
Somewhat cooler tonight. Tomor-
row fair, cooler south portion, and
less humid
Wind velocity, 10 miles per hour;
direction, south.
River Report.
Prom U. S. Engineers
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear AZ Harpers Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
High and Low for ]

High and Low Tor yesterday.
High az at 5:45 pm.
Low, "A. at 6:54 am.
Highest, a5, on June "a
Lowest, 5, on January 20.
Tide Tables.
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The Sun ard Moon.

Rises Sets
Sun, today 6:01 s:2i
Sun. tomorrow sos $50
Moon. today Iii am. 4:26 pm.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Precipitation.

Monthly PRECIPITATION in inches in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31

FURNISHED BY United States Coast
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Prom u S. Engineers
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferr!
and cloudy al Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear az Harpers Ferry.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-05-07

QUESTION: We are using quite
a bit Of plywood in our home, and
want to keep it natural-also all the
woodwork. What is the best to use
on it to keep it light color? Also,
what can I use to fill the nail-holes
so they won't show.
ANSWER: All plywood, except
fir plywood, can be given a thin
coat of white shellac thinned half
and.half with denatured alcohol.
Then two thin, even coats OF paste
wax are applied and, when each
coat is dry, it should be well rubbed.
Another method is TO finish with a
penetrating wax or two coats OF
top-ouality, quick drying varn1sh.
If fir plywood is used, it should be
given prime coat Of special kind
of preparation which "fattens" the
grain Of this particular kind of wood
for a smooth finish. After the prime
coat is dry, the wood can be finished
with wax, varnish, shellac, paint or
enamel. Nail holes can be filled
with wood putty colored with an
oil stain to match the wood.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-05-07

When legumes get full quota
of needed nutrients they will pro-
duce top results. That was shown
in tests with sweet clover at the
Newton soil experiment field in H.
linois.
The accompanying chart sum-
marizes results. Sweet clover grown
on soil that had been lined and fer
tilted with phosphate and potash
produced 63 pounds more nitrogen
and a ton more organic matter per
acre than that grown on soil that
had received only lime. Another
advantage of we!!-fcd le5unes comes
in improved soil filth.
The sturdy tap roots of Wel-fed
sweet clover and alfalfa drive
through plow sole competitions and
push mineralized organic matter
deep into the soil. They open tight
soil to air and moisture. The added
organic matter and better filth l9 to
Is inches deep enable crops follow
ing in the rotation to make more eff
cient use of the plant food available
in the soil.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-05-07

PITTSBURGH. - Jimmy Lynch.
wealthy coal mine owner, believes
the reason he's worth $4,000 to-
dav IS because he was flat Nroke
10 years ago.
II he hadn't been penniless, Lynch
claims, he never would have Dor
rowed money and bought IS acres
Of bottom land. from which he
hoped to make a few dollars by
selling the top soil to property
owners. Underneath the top soil
Lynch discovered one Of the best
seams Of coal for strip mining In
western Pennsylvania.
Lynch bought the top soil land
for $1,000. Engineers found the
hidden vein held 100000 to one
million tons Of coal. and estimated
the mine could be worked for four
wears, with a $4,000 return to
Lynch
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-05-07
Cover Crops Reduce
Soil Erosion Losses
Research Tests Show
-Four Main Advantages

How cover crops seeded In corn
and other row crops could help
farmers fight erosion, build up the
soils organic matter and add to the
nitrogen supply, is indicated IN
studies by research men OF Iowa
agricultural experiment station.
Four major advantages are cited:
Cover crops protect the SOIL
i. from August to May. One
fourth of the annual soil loss occurs
during this period.
- Well-fertilized lie u m and
L. grasses add organic matter to
the soil that helps resist erosion
during the May and June period.
This is the time when one-haf OF the
annual soil losses occur.
= Cover crops add nitrogen to the
,, soil, especially when legumes
are a part or all Of the mixture.
The yield Of corn will be slightly
+. increased in the year following
the seeding Of cover crops.
Research workers have developed
a plan that ticks the problem OF seed
ing the cover crops. Just before