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Evening star., 1948-09-04
BY the Asseeiated Press

MANILA, Sept. 4.-Thirty
thousand frightened natives
were rescued today from the
sulphurous smoke, ashes and
lava of roaring Hibokhibok Vol
cano on tiny Camiguin Island
Ships shuttled the refugees to
other nearby islands.
Ten thousand more huddled in
fear of the mighty volcano which
began erupting September l for the
first time since 1871 when 1t tore
gaping hole in the mile-high noun
tain peak.
A steady stream of hot lava flowed
down the mountain, but so far only
one man has been caught in it and
he escaped with his life.
There are no reports of any Amer
lean personnel in the area, except
one unidentified American volcano
expert who with Filipino experts
risked climbing the peak today to
find that the volcano had opened a
new crater about a mile from the
old one
The Philippines government ad-
vised tonight that the 10000 evacu-
ated from the island were in nearby
ports.
The mayor of Mambajao and the
constabulary we're advised by Arturo
Alcaraz, volcanologist of the
Weather Bureau, to evacuate all
Evening star., 1948-09-04
WiIheIminu Abdicutes as Queen
And Juliunu Becomes Ruler

an empire of $1,000, 900, including
5000, 900 homelanders.
The Moses Hall in Dam Square
was selected by Wilhelmina for the
abdication ceremony. With the
signing Of the instrument, she be-
came dowager princess OF the realm
and 10-year-old Princess Beatrix,
eldest daughter of Juliana, became
heir presumptive.
Thirty-seven-year-old Bernhard,
German-born sportsman and father
of the princess, already has been
named Prince of the Netherlands.
Only the highest government offi-
cials witnessed the abdication. The
ceremony over, the new Queen and
her mother appeared on the balcony.
Juliana wept. But the Queen
Mother seemed to be in a joyous
mood.
The voices of $4,000 Dutch sub
jects packed in Dam Square rose
in a mighty cheer.
Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo,
Thomas j. Watson and United
States Ambassador Herman Baruch
will represent President Truman at
the tnvestiture.
Evening star., 1948-09-04
By Newbold Moves, Jr.
Stor Stoff Correspondent

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. A.
Henry A. Wallace, presidential
candidate for the Progressive
Party, came out fatty today in
favor of the repeal of State laws
forbidding interracial marriage.
He made the statement at press
conference summoned early this
morning in the special Pullman car
which brought his party here from
Memphis. Following a discussion Of
his opposition to racial segregation,
a reporter asked the former Vice
President about the mixed-mar-
riages statutes, explaining he want
ed to follow the subject through
to its logical conclusion"
YES" Mr.. Wallace said firmly,
II would favor repeal of such laws" I"
He added, however, that his an
swer should not be taken as flowing
out Of the discussion Of segregation,
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Housewife Stabbed;
Neiqhbor, Il, Held

The 29-year-old wife of taxicab
driver was stabbed several times
early today when, she told police,
she resisted the advances Of q neigh
Dor who entered her Northeast home
while her husband was at work.
Gallinger Hospital officials said
the woman was in good condition,
although she has several wounds in
her back and stomach.
1t. John Layton Of the police sex
squad quoted the woman as saying
she answered a knock on the door
Of her apartment about 2 am. She
identified the caller as Thomas J.
Burns, jr., 81. who lives in the
same building.
quired about the woman's 17-year-
old step-son. When told he was
not at home, Burns said he had
come to fix a door which was not
working.
1t. Layton said the man forced
his way in," and after working on
the door a time, made advances
which the housewife resisted.
Then, the of1icer said, Burns took
q butcher knife which he had been
carrying and repeatedly stabbed her,
breaking of the blade.
The woman, 1t. Layton said, ran
screaming to the street and took q
cab to the hospital.
Burns, 1t. Layton said, packed
his clothes and prepared to leave
town. He gave himself UP at the
ninth precinct, however, after hear
ing the radio in a scout car broad
cast lookout for him.
He appeared in Municipal Court
this morning on a charge Of assault
with intent to rape and was held
in $4,000 bond by Judge Ellen K.
Raedy. The case was continued
until October 4.
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Justice Douglas Unhurt
As Car CoIIides With Truck
BY the Associated Press

FORKS, Wash, Sept. 4.-Justice
William o. Douglas of the Supreme
Court escaped injury yesterday in a
car-truck collision while on fishing
trip on the Olympic Peninsula.
Only one person of the four in the
Douglas party was injured. He was
the guide. August Slather of Forks.
Mr.. Slather had a possibly fractured
nose.
The group continued on their fish,
ing trip although State Patrolman
Boyd Rupp said the car suffered
considerable damage.
Patrolman Rupp said the accident
occurred when the car met a truck
on a mountain road which was too
narrow to permit passing. The front
corner of the truck bed. Patrolman
Rupp said, crumpled in the entire
side of the car.
The driver of the truck also
escaped injury,
Evening star., 1948-09-04
By the Assoeiofed Press

CLEVELAND, Sept. "A stub
born haze delayed at least for a
few hours today an attempt to
beat the world speed record of
650.796 miles an hour in an Air
Force jet fighter.
Air Force officials said that tenn
perature and wind conditions were
favorable, however, and that Maj
Richard L. johnson might make
the run in the afternoon. That will
depend, an officer said, on continued
absece of turbulence.
While Maj. Johnson's North Amer
lean F-86 fighter remained in a han
gar, the National Air Races got
under way with the first of four
scheduled heats in the Goodyear
trophy race for midget planes.
Maj. johnson, who few 180 combat
missions as a fighter-bomber pilot
planned to take his swept-wing jet
fighter over the 1.56-mile course
twice in each direction.
Downey Takes First Heat.
Timing was accurate within one
one -thousandth of a second on q
course measured to within one six
hundred d-thousandths of its length
The mark Of $50 miles an hour
was set by a Navy research plane
the Douglas D-558 Skystreak.
Robert B. Downey Of Whittier
Calf, won the first Goodyear heat
in a Cosmic Wind, one of three sis
ter planes designed and built by
Tony LEVER and associates.
Mr.. Downey averaged 160.952
miles per hour for eight laps around
the two-mile course. He Tapped Ray
Baker Of Independence, Ohio, twice.
D. E. Long Of Lock Haven, Pa,
Evening star., 1948-09-04
z, 800 Servicemen Sail
To Aid Berlin Air Lift
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Three con-
tingents totaling 2,500 maintenance
men sailed last night for England
to help service Berlin air lift trans
ports.
More than 1000 Of the men, mem-
bers of the 59th Air Depot Group.
arrived earlier yesterday from Grif-
fiss Air Base near Rome, N. Y. The
remainder Of the Army mainte-
nance personnel came from Camp
Kilmer, N. j.
The men sailed on the transports
1t. Alexander Nininger, Pvt. Charles
n. De Chopper and the Gen. Edwin
D. Patrick.
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Planes Use Rodor
ToChort Path of
GufHurricone
BY the Assoeioted Press

Using radar, the Air Weather
Service went to work tracking the
Gulf hurricane when it was discov-
cred yesterday and dispatched two
flights of planes which made Is
reports.
Announcing this today, the service
said it has quit flying into the hurri-
cane eye in favor of using radar to
locate the exact center. 1t termed
the method less dangerous while
accomplishing the purpose. 1t was
used last week by the service in
charting the East Coast hurricane.
The services efforts were part of
q joint enterprise of the Air Force,
Navy and Weather Bureau, with
reports co-ordinated at Miami. The
service is part of the Military Air
Force Base at Mobile, Ala, from the
373d Reconnaissance Squadron based
in Bermuda.
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Ships Rescue 10000 Fleeing
Volcano in Southern Philippines
Hibokhibok Peak on Tiny comieuin Island
Eruptine for First Time Since 1871

persons on the upper northern por-
tion of Camiguin Island.
He said the present activity of the
volcano may continue for some time.
Noises were audible due to land
slides in the vicinity Of the spewins
mountain top. No new earth trenors
have been recorded in the last few
hours. Earlier, the roaring volcano
caused tremors to be felt as much as
IS miles away.
A thick shower of ash fell on
evacuated Mambajao town through
out the day. The town was made
restricted area by the constab-
ulary.
A Philippine naval patrol reported
10000 frantic islanders we're concen-
trated on the southeast end Of
Camiguin awaiting to be removed.
During the day Philippines gov
ernment vessels shuttled 1000 refu-
gees to Bohol Island, 2,400 more to
the Misamis Oriental Province on
the mainland of Mindanao and
1000 to the port OF Cagayan.
Others were carried by CONNER
cial craft, including II vessels sent
from Cebu for rescue work.
Throughout the day at half-hour
intervals the volcano tossed ashes
and smoke as high as $4,000 feet.
Dark clouds were emitted every half
hour
Volcanologist Alcaraz said the
(See VOLCANO, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Democratic Leaders,
Southern RevoIters
Battle Over Purge
Chairman McGruth Hits
Scott's Red Charge;
2-Ticket Plan Reported

An effort to purge the Demo-
cratic National Committee of
Southern revolters brought heat
ed charges from both sides today
while the Democratic leadership
hit back at a Republican state
ment attempting to link Presi-
dent Truman with the Com
muniStS.
Quiet moves were reported under
way meanwhile by some Southern
congressional candidates to get their
names on both the Democratic and
States Rights tickets.
William Primm, jr.. assistant to
Democratic National Chairman Nc
Grath. said the committee has been
informed the double-entry plan may
Be followed in several States but
will do nothing to block it.
1t was Mr.. Primm who suggested
yesterday that ANY and all" mem
bers of the National Committee who
are supporting the States Rights
presidential ticket should resign
from the committee because they
have cleft the Democratic Party"
Gov. Thurmond Retorts.
Gov. j. Strom Thurmond of South
Carolina, the States Rights presi-
Dental nominee, retorted that the
temporary" Democratic national
leadership" about running South
ern Democrats out of the party lis
like the tail trying to throw the dog
out of the kennel"
AS President Truman prepared to
leave tomorrow for a Labor Day
campaign speech at Detroit, Sena-
tor McGrath centered his fire on
Republican National Committee
Chairman Scott in a controversy
over Communist Party Endorsement
of the Roosevelt-Truma ticket in
1914.
Mr. Scott accused the President
yesterday of trying to snuff out"
congressional investigations Of Com
munists with "impeulous cries Of
red herring and said he wonders
if there was a working agree
ment" in 1914 between the Com
munists and Mr.. Truman, then the
vice presidential candidate.
His statement was branded by
Senator McGrath as a "blue- -blooded
herring designed to distract atten-
ton from the Republican imitation" :"
Recalls SCOTS Boast"
"It is a blue -blooded herring"
Senator McGrath said, because it
is the creation Of the gentleman who
once boasted that the Republicans
are the best stock and therefore
should take over the Government"
The Democratic chairman added:
THE COP national chairman
knows that Communist support for
the Democratic Party was repudiated
in the 1914 campaign by the late
President Roosevelt as the spokes-
man for the entire party.
He quoted Mr.. Roosevelt as say
ing in a radio address on October 5,
1874:
Il have never sought and I do
not welcome the support of any
person or group committed to COM
Continued on Page AS, Col. -
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Duchuu Comp Refugees
Go on Hunger Strike
ey the ksseeioted Press

FRANKFURT. Germany, Sept. 4.
About 1900 inmates Of the
Dachau refugee camp went on a
hunger strike today demanding that
Bavarian authorities provide better
housing, the Frankfurter Neue Press
reported.
The hunger strikers are persons
expelled from the former German
eastern territories. Children up to
IA are exempted from the strike, the
newspaper said.
Evening star., 1948-09-04
picture on Page A-4.)
lY the A..etiafsd Hrssx

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 4.-Queen
Wilhelmina abdicated today in a
ceremony of quiet grandeur, after
so years Of Dutch rule. She was
succeeded by her daughter Juliana,
80, mother Of four daughters.
The new Queen, who already has
served twice as Princess Regent, took
oflce Immediately when Wilhelmina
signed the instrument of resigna-
ton:
Her 68-year-old mother plans to
retire to the countryside and devote
herself to gardening, painting and
needle work.
Juliana viii be installed formally
as Queen Monday ut an investiture
at the Nieuwe Kerk New Church,
near the palace. The ceremony will
be attended by diplomats from all
over the world and delegations from
the royal houses of Europe.
Although the formal investiture is
Monday, Juliana actually became
ruler today and oficially took over
Evening star., 1948-09-04
HurriicaneDrops
To Gale Force
On Gu|fCoast
New Orleans Escapes
With Minor Damage;
Biloxi in Storm Path
BY the Associoted Press

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. "A
Gulf hurricane that slashed
across the southeastern Louisi-
ana coast to batter New Orleans
this morning, streaked toward
Mississippi, reduced to gale force.
At 10 am. (EDT the Weather
Bureau said strongest winds near the
center of the storm we're so to 10
miles an hour A hurricane has
winds of rs miles an hour or greater.
There was no reported loss of life
in the storms path. Property dam
age in New Orleans appeared rela-
lively slight and limited to signs and
some plate glass windows. Damage
along the storms path toward New
Orleans was not Immediately avail
able, as the storm hampered and
jammed communications.
Some New Orleans streets we're
flooded and about inches of rain
fell last night and today.
Biloxi in Storms Path.
In Biloxi, Miss, believed directly
In the storms path, the Red Cross
was moving families out of danger
areas.
In New Orleans 1000 persons were
housed in Jackson Barracks, Army
quarters taken over by the Red
Cross. Another shelter was set up
in st. Bernard Parish, south of the
city, where 500 residents we're
evacuated from their homes.
The wind tossed waters of Lake
Ponchartrain sloshed over into the
east end of jefferson Parish (coun-
ty). But no serious flooding was
reported.
Several thousand people-an ac-
curate count was not possible-fed
low-lying homes for safer spots on
higher ground.
Gusts Up to 80 Miles an Hour.
At the height of the storm the
wind reached steady rs miles an
hour with gusts up to 80 at the
Naval Air Station on Lake Pont-
chartrain.
Fhe storms eye passed over the
New Orleans downtown section
shortly after dawn ahd lasted for
more than an hour and a half
Then winds returned with force up
to IS miles an hour.
A drizzling rain continued to fall
after the storms passage.
The Weather Bureau predicted
heavy squalls extending over south
and central Mississippi and SOUTH
western Alabama today.
The Southeast Louisiana area
through which the hurricane passed
on the way to New Orleans ap-
peared to have escaped lightly.
A few small branches Of trees lit
tered highways but no damaged
houses were seen on a tour of sew
eral towns in the section.
Trains Held Up.
The Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road was holding up all its trains
on lines from New Orleans to the
Mississippi coast. The Pan-Amer-
lean from Cincinnati and Train No.
33 from New York. both bound for
tSee HURRICANE. page A-4
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Radcliffe Plans 10 Manage
Truman's S State Campaign
BY the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. Former
Senator Radcliffe said today he is
quite positive" he will manage
President Truman's campaign in
Maryland.
He said the President had written
him, asking him to take a hand in
the campaign"
Mr.. Radcliffe said both Gov. Lane
and Mayor D'Alesandro of Balti-
more had urged him to accept the
State leadership of the campaign
and Mr.. Truman's letter said both
Senators Tydings and O'Conor had
recommended him.
The former Senator was the key
noter and chairman at the Demo-
cratic State Convention in June.
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Rain Tomorrow
May yDampen
.3-Day Holiday
Thousands Arrive
And Leave District:
u. S. Offices to Close

The possibility of Sunday
showers threatens to dampen
the Districts three-day Labor
Day week end, which got OF to
fine start today.
The Weather Bureau said the
temperature would reach "a today,
but promised some showers" to-
morrow, along with cloudy weather.
The week end got under way at
the close of business yesterday when
it was estimated more than 10000
persons moved in and out Of the city.
1t is expected that, over the week
end, 100000 persons will move in
and out as residents leave for other
cities and visitors are attracted here
by the Capitals sights.
Hotel space was reported still
available for the tourists.
Yesterdays 10000 estimate came
from railroad officials while the
American Automobile Association
reported that additional thousands
were taking to their automobiles for
the three-day holiday.
Motorists Cautioned.
Accompanying them were words
of caution from the police traffic
division here and the National Safe
ty Council
National Safety Council officials
predicted that unless motorists and
pedestrians show more care than
they did a year ago there will be
26G~ fatalities over the week end
throughout the Nation. Two were
killed here last year.
The Weather Bureau said that
tonights low would be about SO.
Monday is expected to be fair.
Aside from the tourist traffic, the
District settled down to a quiet
Labor Day week end. No parade or
official ceremonies were scheduled.
Most stores and Government build
ings, banks and libraries will be
closed Monday. Downtown depart
ment stores which have been closed
on Saturdays during July and Au-
gust were open today, but will be
closed Monday.
Officials at Union Station said the
peak of preholiday travel was
reached last night, although large
crowds of travellers were taking or
leaving trains this morning Total
traffic at the station exceeded $4,000
up to midnight and was swelled by
thousands more today.
Other thousands were leaving by
airplane and bus. Airline officials
reported yesterday that holiday res
ervations were heavy.
Heaviest Traffic Monday.
Transportation officials look for
heaviest trafflc Monday night when
the throngs of residents will return
and the city's visitors leave for their
homes.
The National Safety Council, in
predicting that $50 persons will be
killed in traffic accidents over tho
weekend, pointed out that the high
est death toll in celebration of q
holiday this year occurred on the
July weekend when ST. persons
died-306 in traffic, SO from miscel-
laneous accidents, four from fire.
works, and 1872 drownings.
The council estimate that 100000.
900 persons will be on the Nations
highways in 100000 automobiles
over the week end.
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Britain Selling Rubber
To u. 5. for Stock Piles
By the kssocioted Press

LONDON, Sept. 4.-The Board Of
Trade announced today Britain is
selling the United States part Of
her stocks of natural rubber for
stock -piling purposes.
This was the first transaction
under the Anglo-American economic
cooperation agreement, through
which Britain undertook to facili-
tate the supply of raw materials to
the United States for stockpiling.
The board said the United States
has agreed that it will be regarded
as a special inter government trans
action and will in no way affect
Americas buying program for stock
piling from current production.
Evening star., 1948-09-04
Late News
Bulletin
RiLIows Leads Iurnesa

MEMPHIS R.-Ray Billows
of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, was l
up on Willie Turnesa, Elms-
ford, N. Y, after three holes in
their 36-hole match today for
the National Amateur golf
championship. Billows gained
his margin with a par S on the
third hole as Turnesa went one
over par for the third straight
hole. The first two holes were
halved in one-over-par IS.
Both were in the rough sew
eral times.
Earlier Story on Sports Page)
Evening star., 1948-09-04
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

BY the Asseeiotsd Press
WARSAW, Sept. 4.-Poland's
Workers (Communist) Party ad-
mitted today that "rightist and
nationalist deviations" had de-
veloped within its ranks.
1t called on President Boleslaw
Beirut to help solve its troubles.
The party failed to disclose imme-
diately the scope of the movement
away from the strict Moscow pol
icies ordered for Communist Parties,
but it made an urgent request that
the nations chief executive resume
an "active role" in party affairs.
Beirut, technically nonpartisan
as President but long identified with
the Workers movement before he
took ONCE, announced he had ac-
cepted.
Gomulka Resignation Reported.
The Central Committee Of the
Workers Party said its decision on
what to do About rishtist and ma
tionalist elements within the party
will be published tomorrow.
The call to Beirut to drop his
nonparty role and get into the full
stream Of Communist Party Activi-
ties lent strength to widely circu-
lated reports that W1adislaw w.
Gomulka, Poland's first vice premier
and secretary-general Of the Work.
ers Party, is on the way out as party
chief or was asked to take a back
seat in the party organization.
There were unconfirmed reports
that Gomulka already has resigned
as secretary general. He has been
seiously i'll but now is reported to
have returned to Warsaw to resume
his work.
The central committees an
nouncement said Beiruts help was
needed at the moment of impending
fusion of the Workers Party and
the leftwing Socialist Party. Both
parties agreed to merge last spring.
Purges Within Ranks.
Since then they have been car
L yAii6 oQG POl SCo Va GAL WlGlllll
their ranks whose views failed to
conform with those of the Russian
Communists and the Cominform.
Gomulka often has been reported
to have disagreed with the COMM
form custer and denunciation of
the Yugoslav Communist Party.
The Polish party organization SOL
idly supported the Cominform. how
ever.
Gomulka also was said to be at
odds with the other top-ranking
men in his party on the Communist
call for socialization of production
in all peasant villages.
Beirut. after receiving the letter
from the central committee, in
formed the state executive council,
which rules Poland by decree when
Parliament is not in session, that he
had agreed to resume party activity.
Oficials of the politbureau of the
Workers Party said they we're Every
surprised" to hear of reports that
Gomulka had quit as secretary-gen-
eral. They said there have been
no changes"
The press department Of the for
eign ministry also said it could give
no information on matters dealing
with political parties.
Evening star., 1948-09-04
ISee AIN FACEo, FaXe A.f.J
Flyer Who Boiled Out
Of B-29 Dies in Holland
BY the Assoeiossd Press

FLUSHING, The Netherlands,
Sept. 4.-Sergt. Walter Doyle-Ro-
quet, of Tucson, Ariz., died In st.
Josephs Hospital here today. He
was one Of the crewmen who para
chuted from an American Super
Fortress bomber which crashed In
The Netherlands yesterday.
Artificial respiration had been
applied for many hours, but doctors
were unable to save him.
The crew Of the B-29 parachuted
to the ground when the ship devel-
oped engine trouble. None of the
other crewmen was badly hurt. The
plane was one Of 90 Super Fortresses
taking part In the extensive four
day mock air war over Britain.