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Evening star., 1949-07-13
j. ). Acts 10 PIacate
Tito in Radio Dispute
BY the Assoeioied Press

BERLIN, July 13.-The United
States made a placating gesture
toward Yugoslavia's Cominform-
fighting radio today.
An order from Washington re-
quested the American Military
Government station in Berlin,
RIAS. to delay Inauguration of it's
new 100,000-watt transmitter.
The reason. 1t was learned. lay
in Yugoslavia complaints a few
months ago that RIAS was pirat-
ing the wave-length of Radio Bel
grade and spelling its reception
in neighboring countries.
At the time, the feud between
Premier-Marshal Tito and the
Cominform had not yet definitely
reshaped American policy toward
Yugoslavia.
RIAS. using an old 10000 watt
transmitter salvaged from Ger
man Army stocks, had been push
ing out German-language pro-
grams. Then RIAS announced
the new apparatus would start
operating next Monday. Over
night, the State Department inter-
vened through military govern
ment channels.
1t was learned that RIAS may
nave to keep its new transmitter
off the air until it obtains q new
wave length or can prove its an
tenna shield will protect radio
Belgrade from interference.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Racket in Gift Parcels
Barred by U. 5. in Reich
By the Associotsd Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, July
13.-American officials reported
today they have uncovered a gift
parcel racket involving the ship
ment of huge quantities of goods
from the United States to phony
charitable groups in Germany.
The United States Army. three
military government agencies and
German customs officials have
launched q drive to crack the
racket. American customs officials
said coffee. cigarettes. cocoa. choc-
olate, nylons, drugs and cloth are
being shipped to the American
occupation zone as gift parcels
and then resold on the black mar
ket. Regulations permit charit-
able groups to import bulk ship
ments duty-free.
John M. Mccarthy, chief of in
spection Of the United States GUS
toms group, said some of the
rackets' proceeds have been used
to purchase critical materials in
Germany for shipment to other
countries. He did not identify the
countries.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Army Convoy 10 Test
Reds Little Blockade
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BERLIN, July 13.-An American
Army convoy of so trucks. loaded
with supplies for the American
military post in Berlin, rolled
toward the Soviet zone frontier
today in a test of Russian policy.
Unarmed, but with American
military police escorts, the convoy
is scheduled to appear at the Rus
slams Helmstedt checkpoint on
the main Berlin Autobahn tomor-
row morning.
British military police at Helm
stedt reported today that several
hundred Berlin-bound German
trucks were stalled there in a con-
tinuation of the tie-up which the
Russians began Sunday.
The military police said Soviet
guards had allowed as many as
six trucks an hour to pass in the
early morning, but were now cut
ting back to as few as three.
The American Army, if it's con-
voy gets through the Soviet zone
without difficulty tomorrow, plans
to establish a weekly trucking
service to its Berlin post to relieve
some Of the burden on the air
lift
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Suit Charges DR.. Cojjigos Owes
S147. .323 u. S. Income Taxes

1914, DR.. Cajigas is a graduate
of George Washington University
Medical School. He has been chief
pathologist for several hospitals
here for a number of years and
has an extensive private practice.
DR.. and Mrs. Cajigas have been
active socially for a number of
years and the marriage of their
daughter Anita in February, 1948.
was q high light Of the social
season.
She married Flight Officer c. G..
Mattusch Of the Royal Canadian
Air Force, who lives in Elmire, Ont.
Last January he and group Of
airmen were rescued after their
plane was forced down on a Hud-
son Bay ice field and they were
for more than "A hours.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
.250,000 Made Homeless
By Yangtze River Flood
BY the Associofsd Press

SHANGHAI, July 13.-The mid
Yangtze flood has driven $50, 900
persons from their homes, reports
from missionaries and river ship
pers indicated today.
Floods on the Yangtze, Huang
Ho and smaller rivers in West
Central and Southwest China are
the worst in 20 years. In some
sectors they are described as the
worst in history.
Kiukiang, a Yangtze port Of
about 250,000 inhabitants. was said
to be under water. The entire
Yangtze Valley has been hit. The
lower areas are being flooded from
10 to Is miles from the rivers
normal channel. This is all farm
country.
Bombing raids by Nationalist
planes aggravated the flood con-
ditions, reports said. Up to the
last five days the raids had been
made daily.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Jennifer Jones Weds SeIznick
On Yacht Off Italian Riviera

With the Wind" and "Rebecca," p"
among others. He is a founder of
Vanguard Films, Inc.
Miss Jones is the former wife of
Actor Robert Walker. by whom
she has two children. She divorced
Mr.. Walker in 1945.
Mr.. Selznick's first wife was
Irene Mayer Selznick, Broadway
producer and daughter Of Louis B.
Mayer, movie magnate.
The ceremony took place at $3.50
am. while the motor yacht lay at
anchor a few miles of this pic
turesque resort on the Italian
Rivera.
Miss Jones, in sunglasses and
with a white, tiower-pattern hand
kerchief on her head, wore a white
summer frock for the ceremony
Rudy Crespi. an Italian mil
lionaire. will give a reception for
the couple at Rapallo tonight.
Witnesses for the skipboard
marriage were French Actor Louis
Jourdan and Mrs. Jourdan, Pro-
ducer Leland Hayward and Mrs
Hayward, the former Nancy
Hawks.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
By the Associofed Press

PORTOFINO, Italy, July 49,
Hollywood's Cinderella star. Jen-
infer Jones, today married her
producer-boss. David o. Selznick,
on yacht off the Italian Riviera.
The Mayor of Portoflno an
nounced that the marriage of the
30-year-old actress and the A.
year-old executive was performed
by Ernest j. Stroud. British cap
tain of the yacht, Manona.
Miss Jones was the first to
leave the Manona. She was greeted
by the Mayor of Portofino. She
was followed by Mr.. Selznick. Both
avoided newsmen.
Born Phyllis Isley, Miss Jones
was just an unknown from Tulsa
Okla, broke but ambitious, when
she heard Mr.. Selznick was looking
for girl to play in Claudia
Later, her star role in "The Song
of Bernadette" won her the
Academy award and world fame
Mr.. Selznick is president of Selz.
nick international Pictures, Inc.
and producer of the Academy.
Award winning pictures Gone
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Investigators Differ on Effect
OfFiqht in Cram F FotoI to IS
CAB Official Says Passengers Bottle Didn't
Cause Tragedy; Airline Takes Opposite View

may have contributed to the
crash"
Standard airlines previously had
been ordered by the CAB to dis
continue flight operations next
week for violating regulations.
A half hour before the crash,
Capt. White had radiod Lockheed
Airport at Burbank that he want
ed police to stand by to arrest one
of two men passengers who had
been fighting aboard. He said one
man was badly beaten. The plane
was inbound from New York.
A passenger, Mrs. Mary Belts
of Long Beach, Calf, said she saw
the fight. She said she saw man
hit the man next to him just
once.
Stewardess Vicky Zelsdorf said
in Long Beach hospital that she
owed her life to the tussle. She
said she gave up her seat to the
man who was struck. The man in
that seat was killed. She said the
two men had been fighting the day
before also.
When Mrs. Zelsdorf saw they
were going to crash she threw a
blanket across her knees and
abdomen. Doctors said this was
her maternal instinct to save her
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Wildcat Dock Strike
Threatening Economy,
AttIee Tells Commons
132 Ships Now Tied Up !
As 1000 Prepare for {
WoIkout Showdown
By the Associated Press

LONDON, July Prime
Minister Attlee told the House of
Commons today that London's
spreading wildcat dock strike
threatens the economy of Britain
at "a critical period in it's history" !"
Mr.. Attlee spoke as $4,000 idle
dockers of a total force of $4,000
dug in for a showdown with the
government. The strike. tying up
1872 ships and causing eight others
to be undermanned, seriously
hampered Britain's export-import
program at a time when the ma
ton is hard pressed by a growing
dollar crisis.
The unofficial committee run
ming the strike-declared by the
Labor Government to be illegal
and Communicated - announced
plans for a monster mass meet
ing Sunday in Trafalgar Square
in support of the workers.
Troops sent into the dock area
under the proclamation of a ma
tional emergency began erecting
field kitchens to feed up to 1000
men. About 2,400 soldiers and
sailors already are unloading
ships.
Since the government formally
seized the dock area yesterday
almost 1000 dock workers have
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Miss Edith II. CockriN Slated
ToGet Juvenile Court Post
Surprise Nomination
Expected to Be Sent
To Capitol Tomorrow
BY Joseph A. Fox

Miss Edith H. Cockrill, a prac-
ticing attorney with offices at 1925
M street NV, is to be appointed
judge Of Juvenile Court, succeed
ing Judge Fay Bentley. it was re-
ported in informed quarters today.
Miss Cockrill's nomination is
expected to go from the White
House to the Senate tomorrow.
The prospective appointee, who
is 35, is native of Covington.
Tenn. and has been in Washing
ton since 1912 when she joined
the legal staff of the Office OF
Price Administration.
She remained with that agency
about one-and.one-half years and
then entered private practice.
Miss Cockrill. who resides at
214l I street NV, has had expe-
rience in welfare work. both in
Tennessee and since coming to
Washington.
Her appointment came in the
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Earmarking ERP Funl
For Spain Criticized
Sharply by Acheson
Could Find Better Uses
For so Million, He Says,
Than Gift to Franco
By Gornett D. Homer

Secretary Of State Acheson said
today that he could find better
uses for $50,000, 900 than giving it
to Spain.
His sharp comment came at a
news conference when he was
asked the State Departments re-
action to Senate Appropriations
Committee action in earmarking
$50,000, 900 of a reduced Marshall
plan appropriation for a loan to
Spain.
Mr.. Acheson said there was no
political objection to Spain bor-
rowing from the Export Import
Bank. but there was difficulty on
the credit side.
Spain has not undertaken cer-
tain actions which the bank feels
are necessary to make a good
credit risk, he said.
Not Sure How 1t Fits In.
Mr.. Acheson added that of
course, it is another matter If
Congress wants to give away $780,
100000 to the Franco government
The State Department could find
better uses for the money If it
were asked, he asserted.
The Secretary said he was not
sure how the Spanish loan pro-
posal written into the European
Recovery Program appropriation
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Truman 10 Detail
Economic P| ans
In Talk Tonight
Broadcast Expected
To Reossure Nation,
Explain Tax Change

President Truman is ready to
sit down tonight and tell the
country in plain, understandabl ble
English" how the country's econ
omy shapes up in the face of q
downward trend.
In four-network radio talk,
plus television, at 1890 o'clock,
the Chief Executive will elaborate
on the message he sent to Con-
gress Monday calling for an IL
point recovery program. At the
same time, it seems certain he will
seek to reassure the Nation that
there is no cause for alarm so long
as industry, farmers and labor
keep plugging away and steer clear
of panic measures that would
cause trouble.
The President is expected to ex-
plain also what prompted the
change of mind that caused him
within little more than a months
time to drop his demand for q
81, 100000 tax increase and a
series of imitation controls, and
reconcile himself to temporary
period of deficit spending.
To Speak Is Minutes.
The White House expects Mr..
Truman to speak for about rs
minutes.
In the meantime, on Capitol
Hill, Democratic Senators draft
ing an antidepression bill sought
to lineup key Republicans behind
salient sections of the new presi-
dental program.
Senator Murray, Democrat, Of
Montana, chief sponsor of the
measure, said Senator Morse, Re-
publican. of Oregon. already has
agreed to join in sponsoring the
legislation If Democrats will make
a few changes designed to protect
the businessmen of the country"
This is satisfactory to the DEM
ocrats who have been pushing the
proposed measure for several
weeks.
Bill Is Keyed to 2 Points.
The bill is keyed mainly to two
points in the Presidents program:
/. A broad study of investment
and development needs and mar
ket opportunities in an expand
ing economy"
2. Legislation to permit Federal
agencies. States and local COM
munities to speed up public works
planning and acquire sites for
useful projects.
In another development, Chair
man Spence of the House Banking
Committee, conferred with the
President yesterday and then in
troduced legislation to permit the
Export Import Bank to guarantee
some of the risk capital proposed
by the President for investment
in under-developed areas OF the
world in conformity with point
four" of his global prosperity pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
.Acheson Opposes Cut
In S1,450,0O0,000
Arms Aid Program
Sum Is Absolute Minimum
Needed for Reormument
Of Europe, He Says

Secretary Of State Acheson to-
day fatty opposed any cut in the
administration projected $1,450,-
000,0 900 foreign arms aid program.
He said this figure represents
the absolute minimum needed for
Western Europe and other areas.
The Secretary stated his posi-
ton at a news conference while
opposition led by Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio was wiping
out prospects for quick Senate
vote on the North Atlantic Treaty.
The small group opposing the
defense agreement centered their
fire on the military aid program
and the commitments carried in
the pact.
Agrees With Dulles.
Mr.. Acheson also commented
on another issue which has arisen
on Capitol Hill. He agreed with
Senator Dulles, Republican, OF
New York that the United States
delegation at the recent Big Four
Foreign Ministers meeting In
Paris had considered whether the
American people should be kept
"artificially alarmed" and had re-
jected the idea completely.
The matter came up, Mr.
Acheson said, in discussion OF
whether the Russians mighty try
to create a false sense Of peace
and security by making a show
of cooperation. The American
delegation, he added, decided that
it should not reject any possible
avenue of cooperation with the
Soviet Union merely because ac-
ceptance of the avenue might re-
lax tension in the world
He and his advisers believe. Sec
! (Nopti,,,,od m, poOo A-4 Col <
Evening star., 1949-07-13

correspondents - Fred Colvig OF
the Denver Post - have been
identified.
Hundreds of police slogging
through monsoon rains continued
the search for the five missing
bodies. Luggage aboard the ILL
fated plane has been recovered.
Inquest Is Delayed.
A coroner's inquest was delayed
until evening at the request OF
j. A. Koks, commercial counselor
of the Dutch Embassy in New
Delhi. He said the Embassy was
sending representatives to the
crash scene, possibly to aid in the
task of identifying the victims.
The plane, a Constellation,
crashed on the 800-foot-high hill
while preparing to land at an
airfeld Is miles north of Bombay
Controller of Airdromes Shum-
shere Jung said the field was
perfectly okay" at the time OF
the crash and that other aircraft
Evening star., 1949-07-13

A tax lien for $147,323 in al
legedly overdue Federal income
taxes was filed in District Court
today against DR.. Tomas cajigas,
one of Washington's leading
pathologists, by the Bureau OF
Internal Revenue.
The bureau charged that DR..
Caiigas owes the Federal Govern
ment $39,647 on his income in
1943; $31,787 for 1914; $34,073 for
1945, $4O,251 for 1916 and 1882
for 1947.
DR.. Cajigas could not be reached
Immediately for comment. He
lives at 1905 Charleston terrace
NV. and maintains Offices at 1901
I street NV.
A resident Of Warrington since
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Murray Accepts Trumon's Plan
For Steel Foct-Finding Board
After Big Producers Reject 1t
President Reported
Ready to Go Ahead,
Easing Strike Threat
By jones Y. Newton

The CIO United Steelworkers'
Executive Board today accepted
President Truman's proposal for
use of a fact finding board in the
steel industry dispute, and the
President repeatedly was ready to
20 ahead with the plan despite
refusal of big steel companies to
accept the idea. Such a move
would delay a strike for so days.
Philip Murray. the union pres
ident, announced in Pittsburgh
that the Executive Board by
unanimous action" had indorsed
the Presidents proposal for CO.
day delay in the strike set Tor
Friday midnight. The boards de-
cision will be put before the Steel
workers Wage Policy Committee
at 2 pm. today. The committee
was expected to give its approval
Application in Doubt.
The Murray announcement
failed to say whether the 6O-day
strike truce would apply to steel
companies rejecting the White
House peace formula. But a
highly placed union official said
after the executive board meeting:
THE picture now looks as If our
truce will be effective only with
those concerns which 60 along
with the President. The picture
may change but that's the way 1t
looks now"
A fourth big company-Youngs-
town Sheet & Tube-of the SIX
producers invited to take part in
the fact finding rejected the Pres
idents proposal today. Earlier
big Steel the United States
Steel Corp, tossed a bombshell at
the plan by refusing to go along.
Two other large producers-Betn-
lehem and Republic-followed
suit. Only one company. Jones q
Laughlin, accepted, while no word
had been received from Wheeling
Steel.
Findings Not Binding.
The Presidents plan to push
fact finding as means of at least
delaying the walkout of 100000
workers across the Nation re-.
portedly was conditioned on union
acceptance of the proposal.
Charles G. Ross. White House
press secretary, said, THE matter
Is being considered now, and prob
ably will be dealt with later in
the day
Mr.. Truman had suggested to
the big steel producers and the
union that a showdown in the in
dustry dispute be postponed for 90
days while a board appointed by
him studies the issues and makes
recommendations for settlement.
Findings of the board would not
be binding on either the union
or managements.
Outside Taft-Hartley Law.
The White House plan for
averting the strike would be out
side of the national emergency
machinery of the Taft-Hartley
Act. The four companies which
refused to go along all said that
any fact-fnding plan should con-
form to Hartley. That is,
the board would not be empowered
to make settlement recommended
ton, and it's findings would be
followed by a court injunction
against a strike. Taft-Hartley
Evening star., 1949-07-13
(See STEEL, Page A-4.)
0'Dwyer 10 Run Again
As Matter Of Duty
Rx the Assotioted Press

NEW YORK, July 13.-Mayor
William O'Dwyer announced to-
day that he will run for re-elec-
ton.
The Mayor said at news con-
ference: Il deem 1t my duty in
the best interests of the city to
run for reelection"
The announcement came a day
after the Democratic Mayor con-
ferred with President Truman in
Washington and Just after Man
haitian District Attorney Frank S.
Hogan had been promised the
nomination by three of the city's
five Democratic leaders after
Mayor O'Dwyer twice had rejected
denomination.
In his statement today, he
specifically rejected the support OF
"the sinister elements of Tam
many Hall and said my appeal
is to the decent citizens Of every
party"
His relations with the power
full Democratic organization have
deteriorated in recent months.
Hugo Rogers, Tammany leader,
was one of the three county bosses
who backed Mr.. Hogan. The others
were James A. Roe Of Queens and
jeremiah A. Sullivan of Richmond
(Staten Island. Edward j. Flynn
of the Bronx and John Cashmere
Brooklyn, refused to vote for Mr.
Hogan and called on Mayor
ODwyer to run again.
His decision to run was believed
tied up with the pending contest
for the Senate seat vacated by the
resignation of Democratic Senator
Robert F. Wagner. Gov. Dewey
appointed John Foster Dulles. Re.
publican foreign policy adviser. tt
serve until a new Senator is named
In the November election.
Mayor O'Dwyer has been sup
porting former Gov. Herbert H
Lehman for the nomination.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Crisis on Dollar
Affects Peace,
.Att|ee Asserts
Prime Minister Opens
Dominion Finance
Chiefs Session
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, July 13.-Prime Min
lister Attlee linked Britain's dollar
crisis today with the whole prob
lem of world stability and peace.
He opened a meeting of finance
ministers of Britain and the Com
monwealth nations. The financial
experts are seeking solution to
the sterling areas failure to earn
as many dollars as it spends.
Mr.. Attlee said he hoped the
ministers could find a way to solve
the immediate problem of halting
the dollar drain and also lay foun-
dations for working out long term
salvation.
Mr.. Attlee spoke to the minis
tiers in the cabinet room of No. 10
Downing street.
Latest Move on Crisis.
The Commonwealth conference
is the latest move in the hunt for
a way out of Britain's and the
sterling areas dollar troubles.
The sterling area. embracing a
quarter of the worlds people, is
down to it's last $4,000. 900 in
gold and dollars. Its reserves have
dropped by 100000 since
Marshall Plan aid began.
First problem for the Common
wealth ministers is how to pare
their spending of dollars to keep
within dollar earnings. Britain.
the colonies and Australia already
have limited dollar spending to
urgent" needs for the next three
months.
What other Commonwealth
members intend to do remains to
be seen. India and Pakistan are
using dollars to buy food Both
also want dollars for industrial
development.
Gold Price Raise Urged.
On long-term policies South
Africa has suggested one aid
might be an increase in the world
price of gold. Gold is now pegged
at $35 an ounce.
South Africa has been paying
for its dollar purchases by sale of
gold, of which she is large pro-
ducer. South Africans argue that
since the gold price has remained
fixed while other world prices have
gone up. it Is time to peg the price
at higher point.
There also has been a suggestion
from France that the gold price be
hiked.
Such a plan could possibly be
linked with an American call for
revaluation Of European curren-
cies. Cripps has stoutly defended
the pound from devaluation from
it's present $4.04.
A raise in the price of gold
would, in effect, be a devaluation
of all currencies-included Amer
lean dollars.
The House of Commons begins
a debate on the economic crisis to-
morrow. 1t will be completed Mon
day.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Greek Rebels Reported
Bored by YugosIovio
BY the Associoted Press

ATHENS, July 13.-The general
staff announced today that Greek
Army units northwest of Mount
Paikon are fighting Communist
guerrillas who were turned back
into Greece from Yugoslavia.
The announcement came three
days after Premier Marshal Tito
declared he was closing the Yugo-
slav frontier to the Greek rebels.
Unofhcial reports said $50 guer-
:illas had sought refuge in Yugo-
Slavia.
A spokesman for the Greek For
eign Ministry said the guerrillas
probably were forced" to cross
back into Greece by Yuogslav
forces.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Portugal Sentences IS Reds

LISBON. Portugal, July 13 (P1.
"A Lisbon court today sentenced
Is persons accused of engaging in
Communist propaganda to prison
terms Of up to Is years. Part of
the sentences will be served at
hard labor. Twelve other de-
fendants were acquitted.
Evening star., 1949-07-13

FRANKFURT, Germany. July
13 (P).-Pvt. Gayle H. Ellsworth
of Shelby. Ohio, was electrocuted
on the Munich -Augsberg railway
near Augsburg, July 10. the United
States Army announced today.
The announcement said Ellsworth
apparently had tried to ride on
the roof of the crowded train, and
touched a live wire.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Bodies Of 40 Killed
In Plane Recovered
On Bombay Hillside
Remoins of All but One
Of l3 U. 5. Reporters
Have Been Identified
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BOMBAY, India. July 13.-The
rain soaked underbrush on Chat
kopar Hill today yielded the
bodies of 40 of the IS persons
killed yesterday in the flaming
crash of a Royal Dutch KLM)
airliner on Bombay Island.
Thirteen of the dead were
American news correspondents.
The bodies of all but one of the