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Evening star., 1949-08-29

Robert o. Link, ~Mathilda M.
Hartman, Jack O. Nichols and
Pasquale Ciccone.
4 X ~
LAW-President Truman has
signed into law the bill extending
full civil service retirement bene-
fits to those former Government
workers who were under SIS years
of age, with rs years or more Of
service, and lost their jobs be-
tween July /, 1945, and June 80,
1947, during Government reduc-
ton -in-force programs.
X X X
PERSONNEL DECREASE-Fed-
eral employment decreased by 600
jobs here during the last month.
And nationally, Government en-
ployment dropped by $500 posi-
tions.
1t all appears part of a trend
to reduce gradually the number
of Federal workers. The dismissal
Of 1876 900 civilian employees in the
Defense Establishment ordered
last week by Defense Secretary
Johnson was the first big major
step in the program.
X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
Civil Service Commission has Or
dered the dis1nissals by October
30 of all Government engineers
in grade P-2 to P-5 jobs who have
not secured permanent status by
that time. The right-wing
CIO Government Workers Union
has issued a statement declaring
that it has made heavy member
ship inroads on it's left-wing rival,
the CIO United Public Workers
Of America. 80. Leo C. Martin,
assistant director of the Budget
Bureau, is retiring after 80 years
of excellent Government service.
The Internal Revenue Pistol
Club is staging a membership
drive. Call L. S. Hart, Sterling
8400, extension 654 or 2642.
Reed F. Martin, chief clerk of
the General Accounting Office. is
recuperating at home following
an operation at Sibley Hospital.
. Assistant Solicitor General
George T. Washington Is being
for one of the new
Federal judgeships recently au-
thorized by Congress.
BE sure to listen in Sundays
at 1915 am. over WMAL, The
Star station, for Joseph YoAng'S
broadcast persion of the Federal
Spotlight. featuring additional
ne1Ds and Uie1Us of the GoDern-
ment SerDice.)
Evening star., 1949-08-29
|Chinese Accused
In Massacre of
| 1900 Japanese
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

TOKYO, Aug. 29.-Several pro-
fessed survivors charged today
that Chinese massacred 1900 JAP
anese, most Of them women and
children, in Manchuria August IA
1945-one day before World War
II ended.
The japanese, they said, were
slaughtered by machinegun fire.
The massacre was first revealed
the newspaper Yomiuri asserted
at memorial services at Zozoji
Temple in Tokyo.
Hisako Miyazawa, 80, said he
escaped. He said the massacre
occurred at Hsingan. not far from
Changchun.
japanese residents Of the area
he said. were walking toward
Changchun when a tank opened
fire.
Wari Komata, %, another sur.
vivor, said he fed to the noun
tains shrieking as women ar1c
children dropped dead before the
machinegun fire.
Komata said that he returned
later to find his father and Q
sister dead but failed to find =
the mass of bodies his mother ane
two brothers.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Chinese Reds Menace
Canton on New Front /;
Annoy Battle Is Near
By the Associofed Press

CANTON, Aug. 29.-The Com
munists mounted a new threat to
uneasy Canton today as they drove
to the outskirts of Jucheng. ITO
miles north of this Nationalist
refugee capital.
The Red thrust, admitted by
the Ministry of National Defense.
put Gen. Liu Po-cheng's troops six
miles from the Kwangtung Prov
ince border and As from Kukong.
key point on the Canton Hankow
railway.
If the Communists cut through
to the railroad. the main supply
line to the main Central China
defense force would be severed.
Nationalist Gen. Pal Chung-hsi's
base is Hengyang, 265 miles north
of Canton on the railway.
Kukong 125 Miles From Canton.
From Kukong, it is only 125
miles along the railroad to Cam
ton. Kukong also is the objective
of other Red armies pushing al
most to Kwangtung province from
the northeast in Kiangsi province
Here the Reds were reported only
140 miles from Canton and 55
east of Kukong.
The Communist push to Ju-
cheng captured Kweitung as it
coursed southwark through Human
province near the Kiangsi border.
On the Southeast China coast.
Red Gen. Chen vi was reported
moving six armies against the big
port of Annoy, opposite Formosa.
With his troops IS miles away.
the Nationalists were said to be
throwing heavy reinforcements
into Annoy.
Counteroffensive Reported.
Capture of Annoy, $50 miles
northeast of Canton, would set
up the Reds for an invasion OF
Kwangtung along the coast.
In the far northwest the Ma
tionalists said they had launched
a counterofensive aimed at cut
ting the supply line of Red forces
which took Lanchow, capital OF
Kansu Province.
The Defense Ministry said the
counter move was started by Gen.
HUI Tsung-nan from the North
Cheng mountain range in South
ern Shensi Province, and was
making good headway. Gen. HUI
is the government commander in
the Shensi- -Hupeh- -Szechwan bor-
der area.
Gen. Hu's apparent purpose was
to swing a force eastward and
cut the Sian-Lanchow highway.
| The Reds, evidently undisturbed
by this threat to their rear. con.
tinued their cross-country ad-
vance against Sining, capital OF
TSinghai Province.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
British Cabinet Argues
On Dollar Crisis Plan

LONDON, Aug. % P.-Brit-
aims Labor cabinet met in urgent
session today to iron out the last
wrinkles in its master plan for
dealing with the countrys dollar
crisis.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
and his advisers had before them
a 15-page review Of the nations
economic ailments and possible
cures, drafted by treasury, trade
and foreign-affairs experts.
When finally revised by the
cabinet it is intended to serve as
a worksheet for the British dele
cation to the Anglo-Canadian-
American dollar conference start
ing in Washington September 7.
Partly because of known differ
ences between Sir Stafford Cripps
at the treasury and Ernest Bevin
at the Foreign Office on the right
approach to the problem, the
closed-door cabinet talks were ex-
pected to last all day.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
WuIIgren
Continued From First Page0

as a part Of the Executive Office,
but the new order, formalizing
this status, is thought to end the
requirement of Senate confrma-
ton for the craftsmanship, Mr..
Wallgren's friends say.
Nomination Withdrawn.
The former Governor was one
of Mr.. Truman's cronies when
they both served in the Senate
His nomination to the high de-
fense post had a chilly reception,
however, with a number Of Sen
ators questioning Mr.. Wallgren's
qualifications for the job.
Mr.. Truman withdrew the nom
ination at Mr.. Wallgren's request
he informed the Senate.
Questioned yesterday at a
Democratic picnic in King Coun-
ty, Wash, Mr.. Wallgren said first
he would return to Washington
as "only a private citizen" the
Associated Press reported.
In a later interview. he men
toned the possibility Of a Fed
eral post, but would not elaborate
on this.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Lobbyists
Continued From First Page.)

sibility the Senate may vote for
a Senate-House lobby investiga-
ton. He said Mr.. Rayburn wants
to wait and see If it does.
Representative Buchanan, DEM
ocrat, of Pennsylvania is slated
to become chairman If the House
creates its own investigating COM
mittee.
The House resolution directs
an inquiry not only into activities
of private organizations, but also
Government agencies.
AS for private lobbies, Mr..
SABBATH mentioned oil. power and
real estate groups as among the
strongest.
Mr.. SABBATH said he has put into
the record that 258 lobbyists filed
reports in the first three months
of this year, showing that:
Business groups spent 1852 ,421.
These include building, real es-
tate. finance, food and farm prod
ucts. oil, gas, mining, power, COM
munications and transportation.
Foreign policy groups spent
$l84,020: farm groups, $11,079:
reclamation and rivers and har-
bors groups. 100000
He listed some Of the larger
lobbying expenditures as:
Committee for Constitutional
Government, $149.066; National
Association of Electric Companies,
$139,509; National Physicians
Committee, $130,969; American
Medical Association, $115,243;
General Electric Co.. SOL .075: Ma
tional Association. of Real Estate
Boards, 1884; Association OF
American Railroads. $4,000;
Chamber Of Commerce Of the
United States. $4,000: Southern
Pines Industry Committee, 1885,
BIT.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Congress in Brief
BY the Associotsd Press


Senate:
Schedules vote on economy
directive and $14,800. 100000 de-
fense appropriation.
Foreign Relations and Armed
Services Committee discuss amount
of arms assistance to Atlantic
Pact nations at closed-door ses-
sion.
Public Works Committee con.
tinues hearing on river, harbor al
flood control authorization. /.
House: ::
In recess until tomorrow. =;
Judiciary Subcommittee hears
Interior Secretary Krug on Tide,
lands bills. .-
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Canada Readyfor Role
OF Mediator i Dollar
Talks Get Too Rouqh
BY the Associated Press

Canada was reported ready to-
day to assume the mediator's role
if the going gets rough in the del
icate financial talks between Brit
ain and the United States.
Canada's soothing words may
not be needed. Previously rufaed
tempers on both sides had cooled
considerably by the time prelimi-
nary talks got under way Friday.
Nonetheless, Canadian delegates
to the meeting are watching care
fully for any new outbreak of the
preconference pickering that
alarmed the Ottawa government
The Dominion's top representa-
tive at the current sessions, Nor
man Robertson, is understood to
have come from Ottawa with in
structions to be helpful" to both
sides in reaching an agreement.
Pearson Warned of Friction.
Lester B. Pearson, Canada's
Foreign Minister. is reported
primed to continue this peace
making role when he arrives this
week end for high-level discussions
with top American and British
cabinet officers.
Mr.. Pearson, a former Ambas-
sador to the United States, ad-
vised both sides in speech last
week to calm down. His remarks
came at a time when British and
American newspapers and politi-
clans were hurting charges and
countercharges across the Allan
tic.
A serious split between Britain
and the United States. he warned,
would be tremendous setback to
the Western World and would
benefit only the leaders of Soviet
Russia.
Their ill-conceived satisfaction
over this possibility should be our
warning not to permit it to hap
pen," Mr.. Pearson said.
State Department officials sit
ting in on the first fact finding"
discussions which began last Fri
day said the meetings were friend
ly and devoid of any recrimina-
tion.
Outlook Is Gloomy.
They expressed hope this at
mosphere would continue into
later discussions, when the nego-
tiators Of all three governments
will plunge into detailed examina-
tion of the reasons for Britain's
financial crisis.
Though outwardly confident,
officials of the three governments
are gloomy about the chances of
discovering a long-range solution
for Britain's acute dollar short
age.
The biggest chance for friction
during the talks appears to be in
the discussion of what is respon-
Sible for Britain'S economic slump.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
5ta|in's Row With Tito
Reported loosening
Grip on Satellites
By John N. Hiehtower
Assoeiofed Press Sfaff Writer

Stalin's grip on the Communist
satellite states has been reported
shaken by his row with Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia.
That information comes in
highly responsible reports reach
ing Washington from Eastern
Europe.
These reports are expected to
play an important part in the
meetings being scheduled for next
month among Secretary of State
Acheson. British Foreign Minister
Bevin and French Foreign Minis
ter Schuman.
Western diplomats foresee in
these meetings a three power re-
view of the grand strategy of the
cold war with Russia, followed by
a determined effort to devise
new moves against the Kremlin.
Three Sided Struggle.
The review predicted that the
East West struggle will be di-
vided into three major sections.
These, together with the most
responsible estimates of the STU
alton in each area, are:
!. The Far East-The Western
powers have taken complete de-
feat in China. Mr.. Acheson. Mr..
Bevin and Mr.. Schuman will be
mostly concerned Hitth~ ssying, to
save the rest of Asia from COM
munism. Mr.. Acheson may be ex-
pected to preach the American
policy: More free play to non-
Communist nationalist move
ments in the countries around
China.
2. Eastern Europe-Russian po-
litical control is no longer as
stable as it was the time of the
Tito break. The satellite coun-
tries have encountered consistent
economic difficulties and large
groups of their people are re-
ported discontented.
Speculation in Albania.
Western diplomats now are be-
ginning to speculate over political
developments within Albania.
Some American informants say
that country. almost isolated from
contacts with the West, has been
experiencing considerable internal
turmoil.
3. Western Europe-In terms of
industrial production. the Marshall
plan countries are far along the
road to recovery. But this has
not been accompanied by equal
success in speeding trade and
knocking down tariff barriers.
Moreover, responsible officials
here are beginning to wonder
seriously whether the Europeans
will be able to stand on their own
feet by the time American re-
covery aid ends in 1852.
On the whole, however, top Of
f1cials Of the Truman administra-
ton still appear reasonably con-
f1dent the Marshall Plan can do
most-if not all-of the Job of
European recovery, provided meas
ures can be found in the next few
months to deal successfully with
the British economic crisis.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
|Yugos|avia Appears
Calm Amid Rumors
OF War With Reds
BY the Associated Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug.
29.-Outwardly, at least, Yugo-
slavia showed scant signs today
Of worry about the possibility of
a shooting war with her Soviet
dominated neighbors.
The war Of nerves in the
Balkans apparently had the rest
of the world more jittery than 1t
did the people of this country
even though they are conscious OF
the possibilities.
Government spokesmen were
kept busy denying a flood Of
rumors about moves and counter
moves in the increasingly bitter
word war between Soviet Russia
and Yugoslavia.
But shoeshine boys in Belgrade
slapped placidly away at the boots
of their customers. Housewives
carried on their marketing as
usual. In the country. farmers
were threshing one of their richest
grain harvests in years.
Troop Movements Denied.
At least part of Yugoslavia's
calm can be attributed. of course.
to the fact that the official press
has carried few OF the rumors
which apparently have disturbed
the Western world.
There have been some official
denials Of such rumors as "un-
usual" troop movements in Yugo-
slavla, that two divisions have been
sent into the Istrian (Trieste) Pc
ninsula to prevent sabotage, that
fire in the Fiume oil refinery was
the work of Soviet agents.
It's true that Marshal Tito's
troops stretched around Yugosla-
Was uneasy borders are on the
alert.
/ That's nothing new. They've
been that way since the Comm
form Communist international
Information BureaU blacklisted
Tito Is months ago on charges of
pursuing "nationalistic" policies
and began a campaign to oust him
from power.
Concentration in Macedonia.
Perhaps it's true that the heav-
lest concentration of Tito's forces
are in MISUNDERSTANDING spot
of past wars-as reported in Is
tanbul. Macedonia Is the section
of southern Yugoslavia wedged be-
tween Bulgaria and Albania. both
Cominform members.
There was not one solid fact
to back up any of the rumors of
sabotage, troop movements and
spying that flew from table to
table in coffee shops and were
whispered in diplomatic corridors.
A government spokesman de-
MED last night that Yugoslavia
had sent troops into the 1strian
Peninsula, prewar Italian terri
tory, to prevent sabotage.
Gunboat Challenge Denied.
The spokesman then took up
other published stories which he
either denied fatty or dismissed
as "onlyrrumors."
He denied that YpsoAeylE had
challenged the right Of Russian
gunboats to travel through Yugo-
slav territorial waters on the
Danube River. He said Russia
had that right under the Danube
navigation charter and said Yugo-
slavia had not asked any Russian
gunboat to halt.
He Jumped together as "oLly
rumorS"::
A report that Yugoslavia might
charge Russia before the United
Nations Security Council with
threatening peace by her heated
notes to Yugoslavia.
A report that three Soviet
mechanized divisions nave en-
tered Hungary from Romania and
are believed near the Yugoslav
frontier
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Tioer Seizes Women

A sixth victim recently was
claimed by a band Of maneating
tigers already responsible for flve
deaths in the Paneri area OF As
sam, India, Gauhati reports. A
woman was walking from a tea
garden with her husband when a
tiger sprang on her and carried
her away.
Evening star., 1949-08-29

applicants from
r e 6 ular civil
service registers
to fill the posi-
tions.
Civil Service
Commission Of
fcials say that
t is W ul d
greatly enhance
the chances OF
m a ny persons
here who have
been unable to
prove the one
y e a RS lie G al
residence re-
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Marks l02d Birthday

MOUNT HOLLY. N. j., Aug. 20.
(P).-Mrs. Henriette c. Sargent
celebrated her 102d birthday yes
terday and said she felt even better
than when she measured her age
in only two figures. Il feel better
now than at 3d. she said. She
expects, she said, to reach 105. :.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Dr.. Six Named

BUDAPEST. Hungary. Aug 20
F.-Dr. Andrew Six. former Hun
garian minister to Washington,
has been named chief Of the for
eign ministry's political depart
ment, an authoritative source said
today. He returned from WASH
ington about two weeks ago.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Bolivian Rebels Defy
Air Attack, Appeal
For Public Support
BY the Asseeioisd Press

Ala <aLS oO4AFAds SAA6' Sc'
Defying government bombs and
loyal tpeopss 4,e,chlns; .eainst
their stronghold. Bolivian rebels at
Cochabamba called on the rest Of.
the population to help them today.
A rebel broadcast heard here
urged the people. to,11se. against
the government which, it said, 'is
provoking a fratricidal war"
Thus they spurned a govern
ment ultimatum to surrender or
be annihilated issued last night
after two air force bombings of
Cochabamba.
Six planes dropped 140 bombs
on the city. damaging the airf1eld
and destroying at least one rebel
plane. in sthe major raid. Earlier
four planes on a reconnaissance
mission dropped a few light ex-
plosives. The rebels answered with
pursuit planes and anti-aircraft
fire.
Casualties Unknown.
It is impossible to estimate
casualties because of disrupted
communications and continued
fighting.
One Of the government bombs
blew up a railroad bridge over the
Rio Rocha River, about a mile
outside Cochabamba, holding up
trainloads of loyal soldiers from
La Paz advancing against the
rebels.
The revolt by violently nation
alist elements OF both the army
and civil population broke out
Saturday. The middle -of-the-
road government Of Acting Presi-
dent Mamerto Urriolagoitia said
it is sparked by the outlawed
MNR (National Revolutionary
Movementl whose leaders, it re-
ported, have sneaked back from
exile. They also were blamed for
bloody rioting in the tin mines last
May.
The President called on the
people to fight beside him in the
streets. if necessary, to crush the
revolution.
VIII Resume Bombing.
Besides Cochabamba. a town of
76, 900 on a plain about $50 miles
from La Paz, the rebels hold the
mining towns of Santa Cruz,
Potosi and Truro. They are also
reported to hold the prefecture
(police stationD at Sucre, but the
situation there Is not clear.
Sucre is the official capital OF
Bolivia, but because of its ex-
treme altitude the government
sits at La Paz.
A government communique said
today army planes would resume
bombing Cochabamba from La
Paz and continue in fight past
the city to the garrison town OF
Camiri. There, it said, the planes
would load soldiers and transport
them to 'Sucre to advance on foot
against Potosi.
The communique also said San
ia Cruz would be bombed.
There has been no fighting IN
La Paz, but government troops
raided headquarters Of the MNR
and said they found vast guam
titles of guns and ammunition.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Easing of Residence Clause
OnU. S. Jobs Backed by Senate
RY losenh YoUna

The Senate has approved the
ease legal residence requirements
Washington area who are seeking
The legislation would waive the
years legal residence require
ments for persons in this area
whenever there were not sufficient
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Weather Report

District Of Columbia-Mostly
sunny, with highest about "a to-
day. Fair and cooler tonight, with
lowest about 81 degrees. Tomor-
row fair, with highest around 30
degrees.
Maryland-Fair and cooler,
with diminishing. winds tonight.
Tomorrow clear, with highest
around 80 degrees.
Virginia-Fair and cooler to-
night. Tomorrow clear. with high
est in low or middle 80s.
Wind velocity, "a miles per
hour; direction, west.
District Medical Society rag
weed pollen count for "a hours
ended 8 am, August 20, As grains
per cubic yard of air. The count
is incomplete, due to rain.
River Report.
tFrom y 8 Engineers.b
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear
at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Z IGCIVIGB EIU1
AIN ora,4nitafio- 4,

Romanian shipbuilders are
busy rebuilding cargo and fishing
vessels on the Danube,
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
PA Delivers BOG To Puerto Rico

Air transportation is proving a potent factor in Puerto Rico's all- out campaign against tuberculosis.
 Every Thursday night a Pan American Airways clipper leaves New York with a precious pack age of BCG vaccine, the No. 1 weapon in what is probably the most intensive, countrywide inn munization program ever attempt ed.
 The highly perishable vaccine, transported in a vacuum jub, is delivered in San Juan early the following morning and immediate ly placed under refrigeration. The vaccine must be used within two weeks after manufacture, making fast, dependable transportation an absolute necessity.
 The United States Health Serv- ice is aiding the Puerto Rican gov ernment in its efforts to stamp out tuberculosis, a scourge that is par ticularly deadly on the crowded Caribbean island.
 The initial stage of Puerto Ricos program-directed by Dr. Juan A. Pons, commissioner of public health-involve a skin test for every school child.
 If the tuberculosis test is mega tive, the child is vaccinated with BCG. It IS not used if the disease has already developed.
 Immunization of all healthy school children in Puerto Rico will require year. The government then plans to test and vaccinate all children of pre-school age-an- other years work. A similar pro- gram for adults is expected to fol- low.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
l948 Fish Gamers Output SetsRecord In Value

WASHINGTON, (P) - The na- tion's canners of fish and fish products set at S416,045,80 pro- duction record last year, the fish and wildlife service said yester- day
 The l948 output of canned fish and shellfish totaled 782, POS, 32 l pounds, second only to the 194l total of 885, 5,962,O00 pounds.
 The S336,181,479 value, how ever, set new record. The most valuable previous pack was that of l947, worth S31O,68OOOO.
 In addition, 1948 by-products in- cluding scrap, meal, oil, glue, but tons and the like, were worth S79,- 864,323, also a record. The previ- ouS record was that of 1947, S76,- 5OO,OOO.
 The most valuable pack was that ol salmon, 231, ,598,36 pounds "a decline of 14 per cent from l947 volume-worth S120, ,537, ,196, or about the same as in 1947.
 Next were canned tuna, l39,- 68l, ,953 pounds, valued at S112,- 6l2,296-new records for the 4th consecutive year-Sardines, l8l,- 751, ,798 pounds, S48,814,8l0 and canned shellfish, 68,742,319 pounds valued at S27,834,623.