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Evening star., 1948-07-07
Truman Aides Take Steps to Bar
Gallery Stampede at Convention
Biffe Says 80 Policemen, 50 Detectives
Will Prevent Influencing of Delegates

was back in the Capital today. view
ing with some satisfaction the COL
lapse of the Eisenhower boom and
turning his thoughts to the choice
of a running mate.
The White House said Mr.. Tru-
man has made no arrangements to
attend the Democratic National
Convention opening Monday il
Philadelphia
The President has not yet said
he is going Press Secretary Charles
G. Ross told reporters who asked
him about Mr.. Truman's plans.
In recent years it has become Gus
tomary for presidential nominees to
visit the convention and make an
acceptance speech.
Mr.. Truman returned by special
train at 9:35 o'clock last night from
the Bolivar statue dedication at
Bolivar. Mo, after learning on the
return trip that Gen. Eisenhower
had declared himself out of the
Democrats family difficulties. The
President had been expecting dis
claimer of the sort, but he would
not discuss it with newspapermen.
And once the issue had been re-
solved, Mr.. Truman and his aides
began to given serious thought to
See DEMOCRATS, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Crump Presses for Showdown
With Editor on Leaving Town

of Commerce committee be named
to investigate charges he has made
against Mr.. Kefauver. If they are
proved false. he said, he will pick
up my hat" and leave town. Other
wise. he added, Mr.. Meeman should
leave.
Mr.. CEump reiterated his charges
against Mr.. Kefauver-that he voted
too often with Representative Mar
Icantonio, American-Labor Party. of
New York that he opposes the fill
buster and that his voting record
against communism is bad.
Mr.. Meeman, he added, has used
every trick to cover that shameful
record" He attacked the editor for
publishing series of statements
made in the House praising Mr..
Kefauver. The purpose. Mr.. Crump
asserted was to make it appear
that was not telling the truth"
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Reds Bare Plan
To Tie Berlin
ToSoviietzone
Germun Communists
Druft Constitution
For Own Republic
By the Assoeioted Press

BERLIN, July THE Com
munists announced today a two
year plan to tie Berlin econom-
ically to the Soviet occupation
zone of Germany. They warned
Ber1iners not to pin their hopes
for the future on the Western air
bridge over the Soviet blockade.
The Communists also announced
they are drawing up constitution
for a German republic-their an
swer to the projected Western Ger
many constitutional assembly.
At the same time the United
States Air Force attacked the grow
ing fuel shortage in blockaded
Western Berlin. which in 10 days
has cut factory operations 40 per
cent. The first flying coalman'
winged into Berlin shortly after
noon with 10 bags of coal. The
Americans began the operation in
the face of a veiled Russian warn
ing on the safety of their air bridge
planes.
Aims to Spur Production.
The Communist dominated So
cialist Unity Party |SEDD an
nounced in the Soviet sector:
Starting from the TACT that Ber-
Evening star., 1948-07-07
BY the Associofed Press

MEMPHIS. Tenn. July 7.-E. H
Crump. Memphis Democratic leader
today challenged Edward J. Nee.
man, editor of the Memphis Press
Scimitar. to accept an agreement
by which one of them would leave
town.
He called for "a showdown on
this challenge" Mr. Meeman re-
fused immediate comment.
Mr.. Crump's statement was de-
livered by Mayor James j. Peasants
in a Commute radio transcription
broadcast over IL stations
The challenge was an outgrowth
of the Democratic Senate primary
campaign Mr. Crump is support
ing Judge John A. Mitchell, The
Press-Scimitar has indorsed Repre-
sentative Estes Kefauver
Mr.. Crump asked that Chamber
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Hard Coal Price Boost
Of so Cents to S1.10
Per Ton Announced
By the Associoted Press

PHILADELPHIA, July T.
Hard coal price increases rang
ing from so cents to S1.l0 per
net ton were announced today
by the Lehigh Navigation Coal
Co
The company said the in
creases, which reflect the wage
boosts granted over the last
week end to the United Mine
Workers, will go into effect
July 16.
The increases will be the
second within six weeks for
anthracite consumers.
Lehigh's net price schedule
will be as follows: Egg, stove
and chestnut, $l2.60 per net
ton. up $1.10; pea, Sl0.50, up 81;
buckwheat. $7.25. up so cents;
rice, $6.25 and barley, $4.65,
each up SIS cents.
Evening star., 1948-07-07

placed themselves outside the fam
lily of Communist parties
The Soviet news agency Tass and
the Moscow radio announced the
blunt Russian rejection of the Yu-
goslav invitation. The congress is
scheduled to open in Belgrade
July 81.
The announcement seemed to
underline the approval Russian
Communists have given to the Com
informs condemnation of Tito and
his lieutenants. Apparently the
appeal of Yugoslav Communists to
Prime Minister Stain. over the head
of the Cominform, also has failed
Nor was this the only jolt received
by Tito's Communists. Tass SAID
Albania has defied Belgrade's warm
ings that she must resume economic
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Police Seek 10 Link
Staying in Baltimore .! |! }!
With Bardwe|I Case
Two Men Questioned
In stobbine Of Girl, II,
Similar to Park Murder
RllIIEIIN

Chief Inspector M. Joseph
Wallace of the Baltimore Po-
lice Department announced
this afternoon that a third
suspect was being questioned
in the Staying yesterday of
Marsha Brill. He refused to
give any further details.
Washington police today were
attempting to link the fatal
stabbing of an 11-year-old Balti-
more girl with the similar Staying
of Carol Bardwell In Rock Greek
Park II days ago.
Both Washington and Baltimore
police admitted clues to the two
slayings were slim.
The Baltimore girl, Marsha Brill
IL, was riding a bicycle yesterday
when her assailant emerged from
the woods. She jumped from he1
bike and fed, but the man caught
her and plunged large knife into
her chest.
Two playmates who were with hel
saw the stabbing.
Two Suspects Questioned.
The slayer of the Baltimore girl
was described as tall Negro, wear
ing blue shirt and dungarees. The
knife used in the stabbing was be-
lieved to be Boy Scout knife.
Capt. Henry j. Kriss, chief oi
detectives of the Baltimore police
said two suspects, both colored men
answering the general description
of the slayer, were being questioned
today. But the search is still on,
he added.
Capt. Robert Bryant. Washington s
chief of detectives. said his men had
no suspects whatever at the moment
and still were looking for a man
with a bloody shirt who was seen
leaving the scene of the BardWell
Staying. He said the similarity
between the Washington and Bal
timore crimes led him to believe the
same man possibly" was responsible
Working on this theory, he sent
three detectives to Baltimore yester-
day to work with detectives there.
Detectives Return.
The three, 1t. Robert v. Murray,
Detective Sergts. Herbert Young and
Jack Baker, returned today. Capt
Bryant said he had requested full
report from the Baltimore police on
all phases of their investigation In
attempting to link the two slayings.
The Staying of the Baltimore girl
paralleled strangely the murder OF
the Bardwell child.
Both girls were riding bikes In
secluded areas when accosted. Both
were slain with sharp knives. Both
were IL years old.
Marsha and two playmates. Bar
bara Lee Sapperstein. II, and her
brother, Alan. 8. were riding in a
northwest Baltimore suburb yester-
day when a man stepped out OF the
woods and confronted Marsha, the
other two children said.
The children were uncertain as
to exactly what happened then,
but they said they saw Marsha s
bike fall and Marsha run with the
man after her. The man disappeared
1Cee ar -AyTNG page A-6l
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Starvation Threatens
20 Seeing Eye Dogs
In Berlin Blockade
By the Associated Press

BERLIN. July THE Russian
blockade of Berlin threatens 10
seeing eye dogs with starvation.
the newspaper Tagesspiegel said
TODAY.
The report said $4,000 thor
oughbred dogs also are in dan
ger because of new Russian
orders forbidding the export of
meat and food from the Russian
zone to Western sector dogs.
The Russians also forbade the
city government to issue dos
ration cards to owners in the
Western sector.
The newspaper said the seeing
eye dogs, which lead the blind.
and the others can live only If
their food is flown in from the
west.
Evening star., 1948-07-07

lin lies in the Eastern zone and is
tied very closely to its economy. the
Berlin unit of the SED has worked
out two-year plan aimed at syste-
matically Incorporating Berlin
economy into that of the Eastern
zone"
One aim. it said. Is standardizing
products and squirting production.
Discussing this latest phase of the
east-west battle for the German
capital. the Soviet-licensed Berliner
Zeitung said;
eff Berlin wants to live it has only
one possibility at the moment-con-
nection with the economic plan for
the eastern zone. BerlinerS should
seriously consider which is wiser To
build the future of Berlin on the
swaying pillars of the air bridge or
on a long-term plan.
25 C-54s to Garry Coal.
The Americans arranged to send
Is C-54s with sacks OF coal from
Frankfurt to the western sectors OF
Berlin this afternoon. Each plane
can handle seven tons OF cargo.
Heretofore the planes concentrated
on building up food supplies. West
ern Berlin, meanwhile. further
curbed streetcars as a fuel conServa-
ton measure.
The scope Of the air lift is indi
Gated by United States Air Force
figures on the l8 hours from pm
Yesterday to 10 m. today, when
lis flights brought 6l0 tons Of food
into the city.
After a night of good weather
heavy rains once again complicated
the job. One plane limped in on
single motor, but no other incidents
were reported either by British or
American flyers.
The warning on the planes safety
came in a dispatch of the Soviet
licensed news agency Adm, reporting
q June 80 American request for a
change in procedure at their Berlin
air safety center. The Russians re-
piled. the agency said. that Amerl-
cans are viola ting four-poWer rules
for air traffic control and warned
that American authorities must take
full responsibility for the safety OF
American planes
Agree on Two Chambers.
The Soviet sponsored German
Peoples Congress of Eastern Ger
many announced the plan to draw
up a new constitution which it said
would have official character. 1t
said committees would present
draft to the congress.
A constitutional comm tie e
reached agreement, the announce
ment said, that Germany is an
indivisible republic made up of
states and that executive power
stems from the people Agreement
also was reached in principle on
two chambers. including a lower
house of Representatives from state
parliaments.
The development brought nearer
the day when Germany will have
two constitutions and two govern
ments-unless the Big -Four breaks
the stalemate on the German prob
lem
The first flying coal car to reach
Berlin was piloted by Capt. Louis
w Baker of Allentown. Pa. He
made the trip from Frankfurt in
90 minutes. German workers were
Evening star., 1948-07-07
President Won't Hold
News PorIey This Week

President Truman will not hold a
news conference this week, Press
Secretary Charles G. Ross said today.
Mr.. Ross explained that the Pres
ident has quite bit of work on his
desk, although he has cleared up
the accumulation of bills left by
Congress. He added that Mr.. Tru-
man had pretty well covered every
thing with reporters at last weeks
conference.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Motorized Russian
Troops Reported on
Move in Romoniu
By the Associated Press

MILAN. Italy. July I'll
Corriere Lombardo printed an
unconfirmed dispatch today
saving Russian motorized troops
have made important moves
in Romania since Monday.
The dispatch. from the Trieste
free territory. was attributed
to "unconfirmed reports" reach
ing American. British and Yu-
goslav occupation forces. 1t
said the Russian troops would
go into action Immediately be-
fore or after the Yugoslav Com
munist congress opens July 81
in Belgrade
The dispatch caused stock
market prices to decline.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Farm Leader Presses
Democrats 10 PIedqe
Fight on High Prices
Federation Official Urge!
: That Congress Set Up
Monetary Commission
By the Associated Press


PHILADELPHIA, July 7.-The
American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton asked the Democratic Party
today to pledge new govern
mental attack on the problem OF
skyrocketing prices.
Opening hearings on the 194a
Democratic platform, H. E. Slusher
a member of the board of the power
full farm organization, proposed
specifically that Congress set-up a
National Monetary Commission tc
find ways of stabilizing prices.
"A democracy of free enterprise
cannot flourish and may not even
survive continuing f1uctuation of the
general price level" Mr.. Slushe1
said. He is president of the Farm
Bureau in President Truman's home
State of Missouri.
Democrats Blame Congress.
Thus the farm leader brought
up an issue with which Democrats
hope to win votes in November
Mr.. Truman and other Democratic
leaders have blamed the Republican
Congress for swelling prices since
wartime controls were dropped
The Democratic platform drafters
got off to quiet, friendly start
But beneath it was an air of expec-
fancy of bitter battles to follow over
the writing of civil rights and labor
plankS.
Senator Myers Of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the 18-member Draft
ing Committee. told neWsmen Mr.
Truman undoubtedly will be con-
suited on the document before It is
presented to the party,s convention
next week.
II think he should be consulted
before the platform is presented
formally to the convention Senator
Myers added.
Want to Avoid Fight.
The Pennsylvania said the plat
form writer's quite naturally would
like to avoid a convention floor fight
on the platform. We are aiming at
unanimous approval without COM
promising on issues"
Another early witness - Morris
Sayre. representing the National
Association of Manufacturers -
touched on the international situa-
ton. He urged plank pledging
United States cooperation with
other peoples to maintain peace
and human freedom
On domestic issues, Mr.. Sayre
objected to peacetime Government
controls, either direct or indirect,
over wages, prices, production, dis
tribution or consumption"
He also urged overhauling of tax
laws to increase volume of invest
ment funds. He said moneys needed
to spur greater industrial production.
Foreign Plank Appears Easy.
Easy agreements on planks touch
ing on the international scene were
forecast by Senator Myers, who is
chairman of 104-member ReSolu-
tions Committee.
Senator Myers said it appeared
certain Democrats will advocate ID
a strong" international policy and
t2I a powerful National defense to
back up that policy.
The fireworks on civil rights and
labor was set for tomorrow and Fri
day. Today's work-in the hands
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Heavy Bottle Is Fought
On Tel Aviv-Hoifo Road

CAIRO, July 7 (P).-Heavy Jew
ish-Arab fighting ragged along the
main Tel Aviv-Haifa highway last
night. as the United Nations made
1lth-hour efforts TO extend the
sEakv Palestine truce.
Count Folke Bernadotte, U. N
Palestine mediator. told neWsmer
in Cairo that he will continue peace
talks, even if his request for an
extension of the four-week truce is
rejected. Earlier at a conference
III Tel Aviy, Count Bernadotte said
he did not know whether Arabs and
Jews would agree to an extension
but added he was hopeful.
The truce ends Friday. Neither
Arabs nor Jews have replied to
U. N extension requests.
There was no official indication
as to how seriously Jewish authori-
ties considered the highway clash
which occurred in Israeli territory
between Tira and Jaba, about 1C
miles south of Haifa. Telephone
lines between Tel Aviv and Haifa
were cut off during the night.
Marines Turned Back.
Two American marines driving
U. N. truce team trucks were turned
back by Arabs who fired on them
for 40 minutes before they waved
white flag to stop the shooting.
Pvt. Charles Phalen. 10, of Blue
field, w. Va, and Pvt. Lewis Taylor,
10, of Jackson, Miss. said they were
forced to pull their trucks into a
ditch and crawl for cover under
Arab rife and machinegun fire.
Phalen said youthful, English
speaking Arab leader finally agreed
to let the trucks turn around and
return to Tel Aviv. The marine
quoted the Arab as saying the fight
ing began when 20 Jewish soldiers
on a bus stopped two local Arabs
walking along the road.
An Israeli communique said last
night that three Jews were wound
ed by Arab gun fire from Elm Cha
zal and Jaba, which it described as
Arab pockets in the Jewish area.
The communique said a Jewish ar
mored car finally silenced the Arab
fire.
Car Fired on by Arabs.
William K. Mcclure, Pathe News
cameraman, who drove from Haifa
to Tel Aviv last night on side
road said his car was fired on by
Arabs about 20 miles south of Haifa.
Another U. N. driver, Marine Pvt
William c. Canipe of Shelby, N. C.
said his truck was fired on when he
See PALESTINE. Page A-6I
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Gray Market Brokers
Rush 10 Pay Taxes on
Steel Transactions
Macy Reports Probers
Have Turned Dozen Big
Coses Over to Bureau
BY the Associated Press

Several gray market steel
brokers already have rushed in
to pay taxes on unreported in
come, Representative Macy, Re-
publican, of New York said to-
day, and there are more to come.
Mr.. Macy, chairman of a House
subcommittee which has been inves-
tigating steel transactions through
out the country, estimated that
troubled consciences will bring in
many times" the 100000 allotted so
far for his group.
Committee Investigators have given
the Internal Revenue Bureau facts
on dozen big cases-one for $780,
0O0," Mr.. Macy said. Several more
are ready to be turned over to the
bureau and other cases are being
studied.
we havs given them everything
even safety deposit box numbers,
Mr.. Macy said. In the Detroit area
alone, we know of number OF
brokers who have filed supplement
tary income tax returns.
First they kept their deals in
cash to stay out of trouble. Then
our committee began looking into
the deals, for which no income had
been reported, and they were in
real trouble
Mr.. Macy told reporters that evil
dence from Detroit indicates good
many postwar steel brokers, many
of them frankly gray market" OPP
orators, have gone out Of business.
Committee investigators concen-
trated first on Detroit as a serious
steel shortage area, but are going
into other areas now, Mr.. Macy
said. He declined to say where.
The term gray market is used
to denote premium prices charged
for scarce materials. Such prices
are not illegal, but Mr.. Macy and
other lawmakers have been highly
critical of the practice,
Evening star., 1948-07-07

the captive mines were described
as merely slow in returning from
their vacation which ended Monday
midnight.
Investigat ton Nearly Complete.
The general counsel's ONCE of the
National Labor Relations Board said
it had nearly completed investiga-
ton of the unfair labor practice
charges filed against Mr.. Lewis and
the UNIV by the steel industry. The
charge resulted from inclusion of a
union shop clause in the new UNIV
contract which the steel producers
refused to sign. The pact was &C.
cepted by commercial operators rep
resenting two-thirds Of the coal
industry.
Mr.. Silverbergs statement on the
status of the captive mine dispute
follows:
I'VE hope to complete our inves-
tigation today Then, within "a
hours, we should be in position to
decide whether to issue a formal
complaint and ask the District
Court for an injunction"
Mr.. Denham's office investigates
and prosecutes charges made under
the Hartley Act. The steel in
dustry charge Is that the UNIV Is
attempting to force the signing OF
an illegal union shop contract. The
union shop, under which workers
must Join a union shortly after en-
ployment. is barred by law except
where employees in formal NLRB
election ask for it.
u. S. Steel Banks Furnaces.
In the event Mr. Denham decides
to prosecute the charge, presumably
he would request the court to order
Mr.. Lewis to cease his demand for
the union shop without an election.
and to call of the mine walkout
which is in furtherance OF the al
legged illegal actions.
United States Steel Corp, which
is losing 5000 tons OF coal daily in
Pennsylvania alone, announced the
banking of eight blast furnaces and
2s open hearths. Its Bessemer out
put at Youngstown, Ohio, was
slashed so per cent.
The Iron Age, Woodworking trade
weekly, said that loss of steel pro-
duction from a prolonged shutdown
of the captive" mines would hit
domestic steel consumers hard, and
prove a severe shock to the Nations
defense and the European Recovery
Program.
Production Below Demand.
This weeks production of steel.
estimated at 80 per cent capacity,
was described by the magazine as
far below the total demand" 1t
noted that Mr.. Lewis pension strike
coal Iana AZ
Evening star., 1948-07-07
ChiIeon Cubinet Resigns

SANTIAGO, Chile, July P.-
The Chilean cabinet resigned last
night to permit President Gabriel
Gonzalez Videla to form new gov
ernment. The President has said 1t
was imperative for him to name a
government having parliamentary
base.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Floods Holt Jap Coal Mines

TOKYO, July (P,.-Floods today
put numerous coal mines out of op-
Grafton and drowned at least seven
persons on Kyushu and Shikoku
Islands. Almost 5000 homes on
Kyushu were flooded
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Light Quoke Is Felt
ON jap Peninsula
Nv ,he Assoeio,ed Press

TOKYO, July 7.-An earthquake
was felt on Wakayama Peninsula,
southeast of Osaka, this afternoon.
First reports said there was no
damage.
Evening star., 1948-07-07

See YUGOSLAV, Page A-5.J
Evening star., 1948-07-07

(See SLAYING,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-01-08
Crow Agency

Miss Rae Mills returned on
Thursday from Denver, Colo,
where she spent Christmas with
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Mills and son
Bill. Neil Mills is her brother.
Another dinner enjoyed on
Christmas was at the Bernard
Carey home when they enter
tanned for Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Magnani and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dill Of Billings, MI. and
Mrs. o. I. Beck and daughter,
JoAnn, Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Que
lette and Mrs. Minnie Dill, all
of Crow Agency.
Don Y. Jensen returned on
Sunday afternoon from Castle
Dale, Utah, where he spent the
holidays with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Brock
man of Santa Rosa, Calf, left
for their home on Thursday af-
ter spending the holidays with
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Fallon,
who accompanied them as far
as Billings.
Mrs. @. A. Bentley left Bill
lings on December ~ for Wor-
chester, Mass, where she was
called by the illness of her
mother. Mrs. Bentley went by
plane from Billings to Detroit
and the remainder of the trip
was made by train.
On December 81, Mrs. Amelia
Frost left for Reno, New, where
she is visiting her daughter,
Miss Ida Frost, a teacher in
the Reno schools. Alvin Frost,
a son, attending Linfield Col
lege at McMinneville, Ore, join
ed his mother there for a hol-
iday visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence J..
Mum entertained at dinner on
New Years eve for Lorraine
and Don Johnson. The evening
was spent playing bridge.
Guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Mike Baca and son
for a New Years eve party and
New Years day dinner were
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Martinez,
parents of Mrs. Baca, Mrs. Ida
Trijillo, mother of Mr.. Baca, all
of Billings, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
my Whiteman and Mrs. Mar
tina Longneck of Grow Agency.
New Years eve was spent dane
ing and several trumpet solos
were given by Billy Baca &C
companied by Mrs. Tommy
Whiteman on the piano.
MIR. and Mrs. Sherman Hub
ley returned home on Wednes-
day afternoon and remained
until Saturday morning visiting
at the G. A. Bentley home.
w. H. Jones and Mrs. Berna-
dine Boyd of Billings were Sum
day guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Huston Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Other
medicine and Mrs. Reba Jen-
nings were Billings visitors on
Saturday.
Miss Rae Mills and Miss Ma
bel Head were hostesses to a
dinner on Saturday evening
honoring two guests. The dinner
honored Mrs. Erma Schaill on