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by ships carrying atomic bombs
into United States ports.
u. S. and Britain Sign Pact.
7. The United States and Brit
ain signed a 25-year agreement
for joint use of secret installa-
tions on the Bahama Islands for
tracking and guiding American
guided missiles.
8. Chairman Vinson of the
House Armed Services Committee
said that Russian actions in the
Korean situation indicated to him
that the Soviet Union does not
want a general war now.
The present ceiling on military
manpower is pegged at zoos 1882.
but both the House and Senate
Armed Services Committees voted
yesterday to lift the bans. Speedy
Senate and House approval early
next week, along with House &C
ton on the enlistment measure,
was predicted. Presently there
are around is million men in
uniform.
Defense leaders were prepared
to go before House and Senate
Appropriations Committees next
week to explain the increased
spending plans. 1t had been ex-
pected that the additional funds
program would be ready for sub
mission to Congress yesterday,
with hearings scheduled for mid
week, but the Defense Department
did not get it to Mr.. Truman until
late yesterday. The Budget Bu-
reau is expected to study the pro-
posals before Mr.. Truman sends
them to Capitol Hill.
Agencies Told to Screen Projects.
Mr.. Truman's cutback on con-
struction and Government pur-
chasing ordered all nine Federal
departments and other agencies
to screen all civil public works
with the purpose of postponing,
curtailing or slowing down all
projects which make no direct
contribution to defense or essen
tial civilian needs.
He also directed a Tightening of
all credit programs except those
contributing directly to defense
and international responsibilities,
and the holding Of the purchase
OF supplies and equipment to a
minimum, especially cars, type
writer's and other equipment using
critical materials.
Indicative of the speed with
which the administration was
moving to meet the Korean needs
was the fact that all IL troop ships
taken from the Maritime Commits
sion would be in the hands of the
Military Sea Transport Service by
Monday.
SnIpS Mcguire repairs.
The ships will require condition
ing-repair and alteration-before
being used to carry troops, how
ever, Acting Maritime Admins
traitor John T. Koehler explained
Indications were that this work
would be rushed.
Mr.. Koehler also said that the
Maritime Commission was with
drawing for military use 20 Vic
tory-type. high-speed cargo vessels
from seven reserve fleets on the
Pacific, Gulf and Atlantic Coasts.
The commission previously had
withdrawn Is cargo vessels from
its laidup fleets and chartered an
other Is from private shipping
lines. There are 1929 cargo ships
remaining in the reserve fleets,
about $50 of them on the West
Coast.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
India Grows More Grain

NEW DELHI, India (R.-Gov-
ernment reports show foodgrain
production in 1949-50 was nearly
100000 tons higher than 1948-
49, To achieve self-sufficiency in
food by 1951-a prime government
target-production must be in
creased by 5 million tons.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Egypt Stockpilinq Food

CAIRO, Egypt, July % (P.-
The Egyptian Ministry of Supply
is stockpiling food in view of the
current international tension, a
spokesman said today.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
QuoIters Heads Police Force

KEENE. N. H.. July 90 (P.-
Thomas j. Qualters. IS, former
personal aide and bodyguard to
the late President Roosevelt, will
become the new Keene chief Of
police August l at $4,000 a year,
the Police Commission announced
today. Mr.. Qualters, who served
at the White House from 1886 to
1912, is now an administrative
assistant in the Kaiser-Frazer
plant at Willow Run, Mich.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
River Report.

hlVer Report.
From o. s. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
ano az Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Evening star., 1950-07-22

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90. on June "a.
Lowest. 15. on March 3,
Tide Tables.
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brlckS and neWSpaperS.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
High-Pressure Area Holds
Hurricane Off Bermuda
By the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 9.-The To-
day-old Atlantic hurricane, minus
a great deal of its peak violence
but still a dangerous storm, lott
cred about 200 miles southwest
of Bermuda today, stymied by a
vast high pressure system.
The diminishing storm con-
tanned winds of 100 miles an hour
swirling about it's center, consid-
erably less than the 100 miles an
hour or higher winds of it's prime
At one time hurricane hunter air.
men estimated waves kicked up
by storm were nearly 100 feet
high.
Bermuda still was on the alert
although the storm had remained
in virtually the same position for
nearly 36 hours.
Forecasters said it was one of
the oldest" hurricanes on record.
The first advisory on the storm
was issued at 1880 pm. (EST)
August 80, in San Juan, Puerto
Rico.
Aircraft flying around the outer
fringes of the storm estimated
the center was near latitude 30.8
rorth. longitude CTS west, or
about TOO miles east of the
Georgia coast.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Democrats, 6. 0.P. Trade
Blows on Foreign Policy
BY the Associafed Press

, Democrats and Republicans
trained their campaign guns on
each other on the foreign policy
front today.
The Democratic National Com
nittee said some Republicans are
engaged in a cynical attempt to
gain partisan advantage out of
the ordeal of our heroic troops in
Korea" ....
The Republican National Com
mittee. in its weekly publication
"On the Political Front" declared
q top naval officer was court
martialed when the battleshir
Missouri went aground, but no.
body was courtrmartialed ''for the
absence of proper naval and ali
support when foreign policy
boomeranged in Korea"
Democratic Chairman William
Boyle, writing in his party organ.
Capital Comment" said some
Republicans have tried to distort
the Administrators record on
foreign policy and added:
These men are not serving the
interests of America or the cause
of world peace. 1t is my firm con-
viction that they are not even
serving their own narrow partisan
political interests.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Politics DiscIoimed as Truman
And Ldbor/s Top PoIiticos Dine

President Truman last night
was the guest of top political op-
eratives of the CIO and AFL at
a chubby little dinner in the Ho-
tel Statler, and anybody who
thinks politics was discussed just
has a suspicious disposition.
At least, that was their story.
Emerging from the ultra -pri-
vate 21a-hour session. the Presi-
dent responded with a crisp
nothing" when reporters asked
what he had told his hosts.
Democratic National Chairman
William M. Boyle was equally un-
communicative.
Labor Secretary Tobin had
nothing to add.
Jack Kroll, head of the CLOS
Political Action Committee, and
Joseph keenan,, director of the
AFL Labor's League for Political
Education. who MASTER minded
the affair, assured one and all
that such items as the forthcom-
ing congressional election, wage
and price controls and a no-strike
pledge in the emergency, didn't
get into the discussion.
Mr.. Kroll, it was said, warned
Evening star., 1950-09-09
State Fair CIosinq,
Honoring Officials
BY the Associated Press

TIMONIUM. Md, Sept. 9.-The
State Fair will close its 1850 stand
today with the commissioners OF
Baltimore County being guests OF
honor.
Outside of a crocheting contest
all the competition of the fair is
over. The many exhibits will re-
main on display.
The All club members were in
the limelight yesterday with trac-
tor and cattle contests.
Robert Wilson, 16, of Brandy
wine won the tractor operation
and maintenance contest for
which he will go to the national
competition in Springfield, Mass,
September 18.
A brother and sister from
Church Hill in Queen Annes
County cleaned up in the cattle
contests. Jack Macarthur ex-
hibited the grand champion Aber-
deem Angus bull and won first
prize for showing cattle in a ring.
His sister Marilyn exhibited the
champion Aberdeen Angus heifer.
The grand champion shorthorn
was shown by Donald Hobbs, jr.,
of Sandy Spring.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
French Reds Muster
Labor Against Custer
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Sept. 9.-French Com
munist leaders urged their labor
followers yesterday to demonstrate
against the government sudden
breakdown on foreign Reds in
France. They said police have
signed expulsion orders against
TOO. in addition to the 266 rounded
up Thursday.
The Interior Ministry refused
comment on the TOO figure. But
1t said certain number of for
elgn Communists were missed in
Thursdays raids and are still be-
ing sought. The ministry controls
the police.
Scores of the aliens corralled
were taken in trucks to Strasbourg
today and handed over to French
occupation officials across the
Rhine for transfer to Soviet-occu-
pied East Germany.
French newspapers said the ma
tion's effort to smash the foreign
fifth column within her borders
has only begun. The non-Com-
munist press in general applauded
the step. Some papers urged the
government to do something about
the native French Communist
Party cardholders, estimated at
10000.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Smafhers Asked 10 Probe
Death Of Army Recruit, II
BY the Associcted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Sept 9-Repre-
sentative SmatherS, Democrat, Of
Florida has been asked to investi-
gate the death of a 17-year-old
Army recruit in Korea, only five
months after he enlisted.
State Representative George
Okell. acting for the boys father,
David Hawthorne of Miami, wrote
Mr.. Smathers the young soldier
was sent into action after "only
sketchy training
Certainly if this situation ex-
lists, our young men are not being
properly protected" Mr.. Okell
said. II am as anxious as any
one to do nothing that would i'm
pede our war effort, but at the
same time I do not feel t.4aC a
group of 17-year-olds are quail
fed to handle combat fighting un-
less they are we'll mixed with men
of more age and more experience.
Mr.. Hawthorne said his son.
Pfc. Vernon A. Hawthorne. died of
wounds on August 13. He enlisted
March IA.
when I signed the papers for
his enlistment" said Mr. Haw-
thorne, II had been led to believe
he would have no less than a
years training in this country. and
possibly three years"
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Louisville Paper Drops
Ads TO Save Newsprint
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

LOUISVILLE, KY. Sept. g.
Today's issue of the Louisville
Courier-Journal carried no adver-
tiSements except church and death
notices.
The paper announced that the
Sunday paper will have no adver-
tising except that contained in the
comics and roto magazine which
are printed in advance.
"The reason for this unprece-
dented and drastic action" said a
front-page notice, 'is an acute
worldwide newsprint shortage
the Canadian Railroad strike, and
some other circumstances which
have affected us particularly"
On the last point, the paper
mentioned non-delivery or delayed
shipments on more than 1000 tons
of paper due this month. A ship.
ment from Finland, delayed BY
storms at sea, is expected in an.
other week. the notice added.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
|CCC Reports Holdings
OF $3.4 Billion in July

The Commodity Credit Corp.
announced yesterday that as of
July 81 it had a total of $3,418,-
286, 900 invested in commodities it
had acquired under the farm price
support program.
During the month of July, the
CCC added, it sustained net loss
of $9,834,000 in carrying out the
program. The net loss for the
fiscal year ended last June 80 was
$249 100000.
Operations in four commodities
accounted for the bulk of the loan
total. The four: Corn, 401 1885,
047 bushels, $541 1868, ,684; tobacco
306, 6,577,018 pounds, $123,338,935;
cotton, 402,813 bales, $60.703, ,463;
wNeat, 29,397,6 ,693 bushels, $57,-
3He,259.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Miners
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big fans. But the process was too
slow and the National Coal Board
decided. despite the risk, to bring
out the trapped men wearing
breathing apparatus.
This procedure will inevitably
be prolonged over many hours and
may involve some risk" a coal
board statement said.
Earlier the coal board had an
nounced that since the use of the
breathing apparatus required spe-
cial training, the risk was too
great, but the fact that the process
of sucking the gas out was too
slow changed the plans. Word
reaching the pithead from the
cave-in area was that the rest of
the men would be brought up in
groups of three after they scrape
through the escape hole to the old
shaft.
In some respects, the circum-
stances were similar to the Cen
tralia Qll.) disaster March Is,
1947, when Ill men died after
being trapped by an explosion in
gas-f1lled mine.
Mine officials were hopeful,
however, of saving the 1873 men
caught in the Knockshinnoch
workings by the cave-in, which
was the size of a football field.
The mine is 80 miles south of
Glasgow. The one known cas-
ualty was a rescue worker, Hugh
Blackwood, IS. who died after
a heart attack.
Although there was no positive
word as to the 10 missing miners,
rescue crew leaders suggested that
they may have taken refuge in
some other part of the diggings,
It was after the break through
to the main group that the black
damp peril impeded completion
of the rescue of the 118.
At 2 am, the British Press As
ISOLATION said reports reached the
surface, where 200 persons main
tanned a night and day vigil, that
the men were in good spirits. The
general manager of the mine de-
scribed them as "in the best of
fettle."
King George vi and Queen
Elizabeth. who are in their Scot
tish castle at Balmoral, were kept
informed of the rescue operations.
At the scene was Arthur Horner
secretary of the National Union
of Mine Workers.
This was the second mine res
cue operation in the vicinity in
recent weeks. On July 10 an en-
gine room fire which burned the
cables of mine elevator cage
trapped % men for three hours
| in the Blantyreferme mine, 10
miles southeast of Glasgow. Res
cuers dug through eight feet of
rock frWn an adjoining pit and
saved tam.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Used Car Sales Seen
Likely 10 Be Spurred
By New Credit Rules

Washington dealers look for
some stimulation in the demand
for used cars instead of new au-
tomobiles and tendency to slow
down the sale of higher priced
electric equipment as result of
reimposition of credit controls.
At present the buyer of new
car or late-model used car gen.
orally pays one-third down and
is allowed "a months to wipe out
the balance. In some cases a
smaller down payment has been
accepted and a longer maturity
allowed, but these are the excep-
tion.
Makes So Difference.
Cutting the maturity to 81
months would make a difference
of a little more than So in the
monthly payments on a new car
where the balance after the down
payment is about 81 200. Instead
of monthly payments of about
$65.50. the payments would be
about $73.70.
In the case of the purchase of
a used car the monthly payments
would be about $5 more per month
with the maturity reduced from
"a to 18 months.
Department stores generally have
sold appliances and furniture with
10 per cent down and a year to
pay, but have given a longer pay
off time when the customer re-
quests it and his credit rating JUS
titles it. They believed the new
regulations would not make much
difference.
Appliance Payments to Rise.
- In appliance stores the customer
generally has been allowed "a
months to pay for a televiSion set
or radio and SO months to pay for
refrigerators, washing machines
and stoves. Cutting the time for
completing the payments for the
latter category of appliances from |
26 months to 18 months will about |
double the monthly payments.
For example, the purchaser of a
$500 refrigerator now pays about |
$50 down and makes monthly pay
ments of So, not counting the car
rying charges. Under the new
rule he would pay down SIS and
his monthly payments would be
SIS. 1t was on the basis of this
that it was said the sale of higher
priced articles probably would be
slowed down, at least for a while.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Army Cuts Doctors Profit,
Uses Own x-Ray Machine
BY the Associaied Press

MILWAUKEE,. Sept. e.-The
Army yesterday used its own
equipment to X-ray draftees and
Reservists after DR.. Irving I. Cow
an had averaged a daily gross
profit Of $1,000.
Under the new policy a panel
OF physicians, including DR.. Cow
an, will interpret the plates for a
dime apiece. Five civilian tech
nicians hired by the Army will
operate the X-ray machine.
DR.. Cowan in recent months had
made about 5000 x-rays for a
fee of IS each on an individual
contract basis, Col. John Ehlert,
commander of the Wisconsin Mill
tary District, said.
That totals around $4,000.
The fee included SO for taking
and developing and 50 for inter-
preting each plate.
Col. Ehlert said the physician's
best day was 635 and his daily
average was 800.
The colonel said the problem
had been caused by unexpected
expansion of the draft.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Reservisf Facing Recall
Shoots Self in Chest
BY The Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-Told he
would have to go back in the
Army, Oswald Elmer, "a. whipped
out a military pistol and said:
"The Army will never get me
again. If I have to go, I may as
well go this way"
Elmer fired a bullet in his chest
yesterday, walked out of the
headquarters of his Organized
Reserve Corps unit, climbed into
his car and collapsed. He wai
reported in fair condition al
Morrisania Hospital.
Elmer, an unmarried furrier
served as a sergeant with an Army
intelligence unit in World War II
A reservist, he had just been tolc
yesterday that his unit had beer
alerted.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
New Trial Denied Tyler
In Murder OF Wafchmen

A new trial yesterday was de-
MED William A. Tyler, jr.. 10, con-
victed last June of first-degree
murder in connection with the
fatal stabbing of two Lansburgh
81 Bro. watchmen last April while
he was breaking into the depart
ment store.
Tyler, who Is colored, was
sentenced in June to die in the
electric chair on November 8.
Denial of the motion for new
trial by District Court Judge AL.
exander Holtzoff, who presided
is probably the last District Cour1
action in the case. An appeal /.
Evening star., 1950-09-09

the diners at the outset that poll
tics was banned.
President Truman, it was said
told about the burdens imposed
on his Office by the international
situation and bespoke labor's
support.
Philip Murray, CIO president
and William Green, head of the
AFL. pledged their backing.
ut was just a get-together for
the fellows to meet" Mr.. keenan,
explained.
When a skeptic wondered why
the political units of the two
labor organizations were involved
Mr.. keenan, explained it away by
saying "it was something we've
been wanting to do for a long
time"
We've done this before" he
said. Last year we brought in
Senators and Congressman and
they were dumbfounded when we
didn't talk politics"
Virtually all of the big unions
were represented, with Is from
the AFL and 20 from the CIC
seated around the horseshoe
shaped table.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
BY the Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept
9.-Washingtons hope in the
search for Miss America of 1851
pretty green-eyed Sandra Stahl-
was named a preliminary winner
here last night as 81 contestants
eye the final crowning scheduled
for II o'clock tonight.
Miss Stahl, 21-year- Air
Force secretary. sang the Bell
Song from "Lakme" to win not
only the nod from judges but the
rousing cheers of 5000 spectators
last night.
Preliminary winners had reason
to expect selection among the Is
finalists, but there have been in
stances in the past where prelim-
mary winners have not beer
chosen for the final judging.
The Is have been named fo1
the finals tonight, but their
identity will not be disclosed un-
til opening of tonight's show.
The other preliminary winner
chosen last night was 18-year-old
Mary Jennings of Hot Springs,
Ark, who won the bathing suit
division when she paraded down
the runway in a flamingo red suit
closely hugging her curves.
Miss Stahl. of 1888 Sixteenth
street NV, has lived in Wash
ington only year since coming
from California. For her partici-
patton in the talent division last
night, she wore an off-the -shoul-
der evening gown.
Winner of the title-who will
be known as Miss America of
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Navy Brands as False
Claim by Soviet That
Plane Was Unarmed
BY Roy FoIk

NOTI1 AHletNOH INS"SPGPc' AiIl0HGe
AT A NAVAL BASE IN KOREA,
Sept. 9.-Russian accusations that
their n-engined bomber shot
down by Navy Corsair fighters in
the Yellow Sea Monday afternoon
was unarmed are untrue, accord
ing to the Navy pilots who partici-
pated in the aerial fight.
All four Navy pilots state that
the Soviet bomber opened fine on
them first, when they approached
to identify him as he flew dan
gerously close to our carrier Task
Force II.
Monday was clear day with
good visibility. An airplane flying
at 5000 to 10000 feet would have
had no difficulty in spotting the
task force of carriers and de-
stroyers. their churning wakes
streaming out miles behind.
AS the task force commanders
watched the bomber's approach
on the radar screen and listened
to radioed reports by the Corsair
pilots, one thought was upper
most in their minds: the fate of
the famous aircraft carrier Frank
lin in the last war. Sixty-eight
separate explosions rocked the
Franklin after she was hit by one
single 500-pound bomb. (She then
limped the 10000 miles from Jap
anese waters to the Brooklyn Navy
: Yard under her own steam.)
i This is war zone. A naval
commander cannot take chances.
At times in the past few weeks,
it has been necessary to shoot at
American planes which approached
too close and failed to identify
themselves.
Evening star., 1950-09-09
Board Of Education
Asks D. {. 10 Provide
New Central BuiIdinc

The Board of Education-long
harassed by the building needs
of its constituents-yesterday put
in a plea for more elbow room
for itself.
The board wants a new central
administration building at Thir-
teenth and Upshur streets NV,
site of the old tuberculosis hos
|pital.
One of the last requested uses
of this property was made in 1889
when it was considered for the
site of the new Wilson Teachers
College.
Sharpe Notes Defects.
In letter to District Commis-
sioner John Russell Young, the
boards president, c. Melvin
Sharpe, pointed out inadequacies
of the present administration
building at Thirteenth and K
streets NV. %. 1-.'
These include a sinking third
floor and the necessity, through
lack of space, for administrative
personnel Offices to be housed in
80 other buildings.
One of the recommendations
contained in the Strayer report
would have closed the former Gen.
trail building as a high school and
turned it into the administrative
Offices of the school system.
Earlier Plan Rejected.
An earlier plan would have
placed the administration setup OF
the schools under the roof of the
new central public library build
ing. This was rejected by both
the library and school boards.
Mr.. Sharpe pointed out that
the District would not have to
buy the Upshur street site.
His letter contained a second
request for a central school ware
house,
Evening star., 1950-09-09
AiIing Swedish King, q,
Presides Over Cabinet
BY the Associated Press

STOCKHOLM. Sweden, Sept. 9
king Gustaf v returned from
his summer residence at Soliden
to his capital today noticeably
strained in health, but presided
later at a full cabinet meeting.
The vitality of the Swedish
monarch. now 90, has amazed the
world for years. A bulletin from
his physician, DR.. Hjalmar Cas-
serman, said the general health
of the King has deteriorated, but
there is no cause for immediate
anxiety.
He suffers from chronic bron-
chial catarrh. Since 1945 he has
been given oxygen treatments to
relieve shortness of breath.