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WEATHER - - . ~ -. Wilmington and Vicinity—Partly cloudy M | M Mi Ml ■ ■ ■■■■Til f M | M I A IM grasr^ THE 5UNDAY "NEWS ______iSjUTMlg (F>®5S!T (gQW ©F AM® ®lL(iAgy.Eni frft V0L.J9-—NQ^.---WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1947 ~ SECTION A—PRICE TEN CENTS Rhodes Case Jurisdiction Fight Looms Sheriff Says Body Moved From One County To Another WITHOUT AUTHORITY’ Man Who Fired Gun Killing Wilmington Lad Was Not Deputized HENDERSONVILLE, Aug. 9 — Asheville city police, who remov ed the body of Noah Cecil Rhodes from Henderson county into Bun combe county after the Wilming ton youth had died from gun shot wounds, were, according to Sher iff Bill Dalton of Henderson to n.ght, "acting without legal au thority."' tiie dividing line is at the airport where the youth was slain. “The Asheville officers were supposedly acting under their con cep'ion of a special act of the leg islature which they thought exist ed, permitting them to police the area of the Asheville-Henderson yjlle airport which lies in Hender son county, but no such action is permitted by law,” Sheriff Dalton said. The Asheville omcers, in uun of young Rhodes from Henderson combe county, removed the body county into Buncombe in which Asheville is located across the county line, after the youth died from gun shot wounds which air port watchman, J. R. Calton con-' fessed, according to officers, to having iired when the youth at tacked him while on the airport property, the Sheriff said he was told. “This being true,” Dalton said, “Calton was not a deputized watchman in Henderson county where the shooting occured.” The sheriff said that he had told the Asheville law enforcement of ficers that watchmen serving in his county should be deputized. This was two months prior to the shooting. He said his suggestion had not been given heed. (Continued On Page Two; Col. 4) MYSTERY KEY FINDER HERE Sgt. Bobo Arrives As Guest Of Hotel, Star-News At Beach Mystery surrounding a key that was missing from room 353 at the Ocean Terrace hotel, Wrightsville Beach may be explained today when Sgt. Asa Bobo, Jasper, Ala., arrives for * vacation “on the house". i Bobo said he found the key near Wiesek Germany, near the scene of be Rhine bridgehead battle when he was the first American Sp‘ foot on that ground, and is there ‘sure a German dropped it”. He and Mrs. Bobo will be the guests for one week of the Ocean Terrace hotel and the Wilmington Star-News, Bobo has promised to try to find out if German spies occupied room 353 during the war. Local residents believe the key to the room was lost by a Ger man spy. They have connected the key with Edward Kerling, cap tain of the yacht Lekala, who fol lowed the Atlantic Waterway to Wrightsville Beach. He as later arrested by the FBI, convicted of charges of sabotage and hanged. For luck, Mr. and Mrs. Bobo ’•'.'ill not occupy room 353, but the one next to it. The Weather Meteorological data for the 14 hours ♦-ndir.g 7:39 pm. yesterday. Temperature* . 1:30 am. 74; 7:30 a.m. 74; 1:10 p.m. W* ":30 p.m. 80. Maximum 56; Minimum 71; Mean 78; Normal 78. Humidity a m. 93; 7:30 a.m. 90; 1:30 p.m. 66. 11:3G p.m. 79. Precipitation Toatl for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. — *.00 inches. Total since the first of the month — *94 inches. Tides For Today 'From the Tide Tablets published by L S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). Low 10:36 a.m. 11:43 p.m. 7:25 a.m. «, 1:44 p.m. 8:17 p.m. aunriie 5:30; Sunset 7:05; Moonrise ‘p J p m : Moonset 1:42 p.m. «lver stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 ‘ ■' Saturday, (No Report) feet. . "ASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—(IP)—Weather -■eau report of temperature and rain .. prmicpal cotton growing areas and *•1/? ti-he 24 hours ending 8 p.m. in jte'vhere; itlUnv,., High Low Prec. £ 65 fe* 74 70 0.02 - 81 62 t- 81 68 Hi f - 87 64 V, ': - -109 so W. '- 80 63 fjtk20;!h - 195 84 - 92 74 Ci’-y-108 73 Us a,,‘e, - 90 70 'W ge,es- 93 68 ll’n 5t _ —--— 89 73 Paul - 95 72 ll,v,a"s- 95 73 0.12 $$--==: ff £ . e ‘ r - 2 67 0 01 ■ , 0 'O - 101 72 KrahC1EC0 - 68 95 Mile SO 72 Kin - 71 56 ‘t0“ - 88 71 0.07 ’Quake Rocks Seventeen _ Citi as In Four States BULLETIN FLASHES CHICAGO, Aug. 9 — (£>) —News papers in Chicago, South Bend, Ind., and Indianapolis tonight said telephone callers had re ported earth shocks in the area. There were no immediate reports from seismograph stations. ILLINOIS CHICAGO, Aug. 9 — (U,R) — Abe Fultz, University of Chicago meterology Instructor,' reported that two mild tremors were felt in the Chicago area tonight. The first occurred at 10:49 p. m., EST, and the second follow ed about 10 seconds later. MICHIGAN BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Aug. 9 — (U.R) — An earthquake rocked the Battle Creek area at 9:46 p. m., EST, tonight, but police re ported there were no injuries and little damage. Similar earth tremors were re ported in Ann Arbor and Cold water. At Coldwater, 35 miles from Battle Creek, townspeople rushed from a movie theater in panic. The tremblor lasted about 30 seconds, Battle Creek residents said. They reported hearing a “dull roar” followed by a shaking sensation. The mild earthquake rocked houses and building and rattled china in cupboards. LANSING, Aug. 9 _ (JP) —An earth tremblor was felt here to night at 9:50 p. m. of less than a minute’s duration. State police said similar re ports came from Jackson, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, Adrian, and Detroit. was no damage at any of the First reports were that there was no damage reported at these points. INDIANA INDIANAPOLS, Aug, 9 — (JP)— ndiana apparently was shaken h a light earthquake about P o’clock (EST) tonight. ^ ^ Residents of many cities;^’., > eluding Indianapolis, South Ben, Fort Wayne, Munsie, Anderson and Logansport, reported their homes were shaken by a tremor which lasted about ten seconds. No damage was reported. A Muncie woman said the shock toppled a lamp from a table in her home. Logansport residents said dishes rattled on shelves. OHIO CINCINNATI, Aug. 9 — (A>) — The Zavier university seismo graph recorded “minor earth shocks of three to four minutes” duration starting at 9:47 p. m. today, the Rev. Victor C. Stech schulte, university seismologist, reported, p. . Fathe-A3 ^ ^' schulte said the tremo- p. tly “were cen tere'an(j 300” miles fro ijr -ti, “presumably ? ^ ** - ^ V Note: The Star-News press somewhat earlier £ht due to a mechanical .p* .lover and regrets the elim -ion of details.) Would Bar Lady As tor Here Due To ‘Stinks’ Statement AFL MEETS HERE MONDAY William Green Unable To Attend As Was Planned Because of an important meet ing in San Francisco next week William H. Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, will be unable to attend the North Carolina Federation of Labor con vention which opens here tomor row, C. B. Kornegay, president of the Wilmington Central Labor Union, announced yesterday. “We hope he will sent a sub stitute speaker in his place,”! Kornegay said, “but as yet we have not been informed.” The convention will open Mon day morning at the Recreation Center, Secnd and Orange streets, with addresses of wel come from Mayor E. L. White and H. Winfield Smith, Judge of Recorder’s court. Response and invocation will be made by A. E. Brown, Durham, state chaplain. C. A. Fink, state president, will give the opening address, and at 11:15 a.m. Monday Forrest H. Shuford, N. C. commissioner of labor will speak. At 3 p.m., Frank P. Fenton, national director of or ganization for for the AFL, wdll speak, and I. M. Ornburn, nation al secretary-treasurer of the Union Label Trades department, will address the members. On Tuesday, John O Hare, presi dent of the Tobacco Workers In ternational Union will speak at 10 a:Tn., and Nick Collins, vice-presi dent of the United Textile Work ers of America will talk, after which the members will hear George L. Googe, Southern direc tor of the AF of L. In the afternoon, T. A. Wilson, chairman of the state industrial commission from Raleigh, will speak. At 3 p.m., G. H. Williams, Regional director of the U.S. Con ciliation service will talk. Nomination of officer will be made Tuesday afternon, and the election and installation will be held Wednesday. In addition to Fink, other present officers in clude H. G. Fisher, Salisbury, sec retary-treasurer, J. A. Scroggins, Charlotte first vice president. Jdhn Lovett, Charlotte, second (Continued On Page Two; Col. 4) Hughes To Leave If Plane Fails BY DOUGLAS B. COBNHLL WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 --UP)— Howard Hughes told Senate inves tigators today he began spending for entertainment wftfn he got confidential word that army offi cers considered him a “stuck up” rich man who wouldn’t “kow tow”. Also, the millionaire plane de signer, manufacturer and flier solemnly testified that he may leave the country for good if his giant, much-criticised cargo plane fails to fly. . “I put the sweat of my life m this thing,” Hughes told a war investigating subcommittee. “My reputation is rolled up in it. “I have stated several rimes u. it is a failure, I’ll probably leave finis country and never come back. And I mean that.” Hughes said he could not guar antee the nlane would fly or that it would be a success. That he only hoped it would. But he said the criticism of the project and of the money spent on it rvas “un justified”. The subcommittee is investiga ting the wartime contract the gov ernment gave Hughes and indus trialist Henry J. Kaiser for the aerial cargo craft — tfie world s biggest plane. It also is looking! into Hughes’ contract during the war for photographic reconnais sance planes. None of either was delivered while the fighting was on. The committee wants to know why. (Continued On Page 14; Col. 2) WASHINGTON, Aug. 9— (/P) — Rep. Celler (D-NY) said today he is asking the State Department By UNITED PRESS never again to grant” Lady Astor a visa to enter the United States. Celler said in a statement con cerning the Virginia-born former member of parliament: ‘‘Lady gasbags Astor has again abused her privilege as a visitor to the United States. “She made the ghoulish state ment at departure on the Queen Mary, ‘I do not care how many Jews are killed in Palestine, my only interest is in the number of innocent British who are slaugh tered.” She also said, ‘When the Presidency of the United States depends on the Jewish vote in New York I think the country stinks.’ (Lady A-stor’s quote was: “I think the condition stinks”.) “She thus insults our President. She is a vicious anti-Semite. There is only one way to stop this har ridan.” ti Celler’s statement said he was asking for future denials of a visa, adding “she must be kept out of her native land, the United States. Let her vituperate in her adtoped land—Great Britain,” he demand ed. 12 NEW LAWYERS LICENSED IN THIS AREA BY STATE Twelve candidates from the Wil mington area passed their written examinations to practice law in North Carolina, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Raleigh last night. The new barristers are Walton P. Birkheimer, Wilmington; Seavy A. W. Carroll, Fayetteville; Thom as G. Dill, New Bern; Walter H. Floyd, Tabor City; William J. Hanks, Fayetteville; Cyrus D. Hogue, Jr., Wilmington; Henry A. McKinnon, Jr., Lumberton; Rob ert F. Murray, Lenoir; Marion A. M. Parrott, Kinston; Louis J. Poisson, Jr.. Wilmington; John T. Renleman, Salisbury; and Robert E. Waters, Wilmington. CONTROL SWITCHED WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—(A>)— Attorney General Clark announced today that the office of alien prop erty has taken over the interest of Dutch and German owners in the North American Rayon cor poration and the American Bem berg corporation. PIGEON LANDS ON PORCH; IT (PORCH) COLLAPSES OLIVET, Mich., Aug. 9.—(JP)—A pigeon, unaware of its own strength, landed on a porch at Mather hall, the Olivet college science building. The porch col lapsed. School officials said the rickety structure had been closed off in preparation for its rebuilding. The surprised bird fled._ FOARD REMAINS A LEGIONNAIRE Resignation Conies Up For Vote By Post On Aug. 21 The resignation of Charles H. Foard as commander of the American Legion post No. 10 fol lowed the introduction of a resolu tion at the last regular meeting wfaich would strip the executive committee of its power and place it in the hands of the members at-large, it was hinted yesterday by Ray Galloway, state Legion commander. The resolution comes up for a vote at the next meeting. Galloway said: “It is a fight between democ racy and autocracy.” Foard said he will remain an active Legionaire and support the many fine things it represents. “Autocratic rule may last a week, a month, or a year, but eventually democracy wins out. The Legion is too big for petty fights,” Galloway said. Foard’s resignation was accept ed by the executive committee at an emergency meeting Friday night but will be acted upon at the same time as the resolution. The executive refused to make public Foard’s letter of resigna tion. Acting commander James S. Craig and William Stewart, chair man of the executive committee refused comm'ent. But Foard said: “I am not a sorehead, and I think I did the right thing at the time. It is true, I was a member of a minority group. I will con tinue to play an active part in all Legion programs.” If the members of the post, numbering more than 1,700, pass the measure at their meeting Aug. 21, the executive committee will be’ reduced to a “recommending body” and give the 1,700 mem bers full power to act on all mea sures, it was said. TEN AREA MEN ARE SELECTED FOR TRAINING Ten area men were selected yesterday as principals or alter nates for entry into the Naval Re serve Officers Training corps and the Naval Aviation college pro gram, according to an Associated Press release from Washington. Those named are John Elbert Bass, Jr., Wilmington; Albert Creasy Beall, Wilmington; How ard Roger Corbett, Jr., Wilming ton; Robert Green Davis, Jr., Wil mington; Richard Wells Galphin, Jr., Wilmington; John Raymond Miller, Wilson; Charles Dewayne Roberts, Camp Lejeune; Nelson W. Taylor, III, Beaufort; Herbert F. Colenda, Morehead City; and Harold M. Taylor, Wilson. AVERAGE VET AGE WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—(JP)—'The Veterans Administration said to day the average veteran of World War II is 29 years old, four years the senior of the averag - man still in the armed services. Charlotte Army Pilot FI ies Bombardiers In Sensational Test Ahoskie Kiwanis Wi n Forgiveness CHICAGO, Aug. 9—(IP)—Trustees of Kiwanis Inter national declaring that the Ahoskie, N. C., Kiwanis club “erred in failing to deliver” a Cadillac automobile “door prize” to a Negro winner last month, today formally “de plored” the Ahoskie club’s “conduct in violating Kiwanis * policy.” WORST DROUGHT HITS CORN BELT No Immediate Relief Seen In Iowa And Nebraska Areas By UNITED PRESS The worst drought in 10 years gripped wide sections of two corn belt states today, and no immedi ate relief could be seen, Chicago weather bureau officials said. Iowa, the “tall corn state,” and parts of Nebraska were the states chiefly affected. For the second time in a week, temperatures were climbing toward the high 90’s in the corn belt, and weather men said that for at least five days they saw no prospect of rains such as farmers needed. Colin prices were climbing to record highs in Chicago as the reports came in. Weather men here said that the heavy rains of spring and early summer had left the ground in condition for crack ing in strong heat, and that they had some reports of cracks three feet deep in crop growing regions. PREDICT LIGHT LEAF SALES Reports Continue Markets Ahead Of The Growers Light sales for the eight south eastren North Carolina Border belt tobacco markets were fore cast yesterday by officials when the third day of sales gets started tomorrow at 9 a.m. The markets experienced light sales during the first two days operation, records show. Pound age sold on the first two days equals about half of the total poundage for the same period last year, official reports indicate. All market officials agreed be forehand that the opening date had been set by the Marketing association, at least two weeks in advance of the crops. Quality of the leaf so far has been fair to poor, and mediocre with many piles being of “less than mediocre quality,” officials said. However the federal stabili ation offices have not bought an appreciable amount of the offer ings, the markets report. Fine cutters have ranged spars ley to $68 per hundred weight, officials on some markets report, but price for the bulk of the good tobacco hovered at $50 per hun dred pounds, records show. Most markets reported a short age of labor, and an advance of selling dates as the reasons for light sales. On some marKets tne Duyers were reportedly “keeping off sales” and sales officials said this was due to their hesitancy to en ter the picture before the floors are filled with tobacco. On all markets there wa* a suf ficiency of labor to handle the to bacco after it was brought to mar ket, but the difficulty comes in pre paring the modest crop to be sold, the reports show. Low price for the first two days sales was recorded at $14. Officials predict that marketing will get underway in earnest with in 10 days if weather is favorable for the completion of harvesting and for preparing the dry tobacco for market. DEMOCRATS TO MEET RALEIGH, Aug. 9.—(A5)—Mem bers of the executive committee of the State Young Democrat club, meeting here today, voted to hold their second post-World War II con vention in Raleigh in September or October. Attlee Accused By Conservatives Of Seeking 'Totalitarian Powers’ BY ROBRT HEWETT LONDON, Aug. 9— (ff) —Prime Minister Attlee, accused by the conservatives of seeking ’‘totali tarian powers” to deal with Brit ain’s economic crisis, faced a new conflict within his own labor party tonight over the government’s na tionalization program. Persistent but unconfirmed re ports that some cabinet members were opposed to carrying out plans to nationalize the steel in dustry during the crisis were fol lowed by the calling of a special private meeting of labor members of parliament for Monday. One political writer said leftist intellectuals and trade union mem bers would demand a direct “yes” or “no” answer on steel from Att lee. Tomorrow night Attlee will out line to the people of Britain over the BEC his work-more-eat - less program for staving off economic disaster. Most London newspapers car ried stories reporting dissatisfac tion among laborites with Attlee’s “anti-crisis” program. The Daily Express political writer said “ma jor changes in the government’'1 may result from a rift over the future of the steel industry. Government sources declined comment on the reports. Key min isters were reported conferring with Attlee over the week end to outline his reply to labor critics on Monday. In addition to utlining his stand on steel Attlee was expected to answer' left wing Socialist oritics who attacked as “inadequate” government plans to cut the armed forces from 1.300,000 men to 1,007,000 by next March. Winston Churchill, continuing the conservative attacks on the Attlee bill to extend broad govern mental control over management and (Workers, was scheduled to make another attempt Monday to amend the measure and kmit con trols. Churchill’s move to throw out the measure was defeated last night in the house of commons by ft vot# of 251 to 148. The trustee resolution said the board “deplores and disapproves the conduct of the Ahoskie club in violating Kiwanis policy and we now accept its apology and prom ise of future conformance, and consider the matter closed.” Two officials of the Ahoskie club appeared before the board today, the statement said, and “admitted it had been in error in not award ing the prize to the original win ner,” Harvey Jones, Negro war veteran. He later received $3,200 in cash in “restitution,” the board said. The board action was taken aft er two members of the Ahoskie Kiwanis club, Noarh Garrett and John Jenkins, appeared to explain circumstances of the raffle. Jones’ name was the first drawn. A sec ond drawing was held in whicfn the car was awarded to Dr. Charles Townes, a retired white physician of Waverly, Va. Dr. Charles W. Armstrong of Salisbury, president of Kiwanis In ternational, presided at today’s meeting. STATE’S BUTLER TO SEE TRUMAN 14 Gold Stripe Uniform Re served For White House Visit RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 9 —CU.R)— The White House silverware had better be gleaming next week. Uncle Dave Haywood, butler for 55 years at the North Carolina governor’s mansion, will be around to check up on President Truman’s household, and Uncle Dave is particular about those things. The small, frail Negro butler, spry at 71 and proud as a Jleei admiral of the 14 gold stripes on his sleeve, will leave Gov. Gregg Cherry to shift for himself for a few days. Leaving the old-fashioned red brick mansion in Raleigh even for a few days won’t be easy for Uncle Dave. The 14 gold stripes mean he has served 14 North Car olina governors there. Governors come and go, but Uncle Dave has been major-domo of the spacious house since he was 19 and plans to stay until he dies. His hair has grown white in 55 years at the mansion. He’s a little stooped now and his step is a little slower. But he is a butler in the old southern manner, and the mansion is his whole life. In a brass-buttoned uniform in stead of traditional butler’s togs, Uncle Dave comes to work as early as 5 a.m., to get the day> started right. He insists on his right to serve every meal to the Governor. He has alternate after noons off, but he always returns in time to serve dinner. (Continued On Page Two; Col. 3) ‘Night Of Horror’ On Ship Described by jack cowie Staff Writer Robinson Crusoe had nothing on 12 Wilmington area and Louisville, Ky., residents Friday night and yesterday as they spent several hours aground on the bar at New Topsail inlet bfeore finally making shore with their craft. The boat a 30 foot steel lifeboat converted into a shrimper is own ed by Jimmy Avison, Seagate. ■pile experience was harrowing for those aboard as heavy seas threatened to tear the boat apart as it sat on a shoal from 6:30 (Continued On Page Two; Col. 2) NEW WITNESSES IN MILLER CASE Mystery Shrouds Identity; Trial Opens Wednes day LUMBERTON, Aug. 9—As yet unidentified witnesses, are sched uled to testify this Wednesday at the opening of the trial of Airs. Mary Ellen Currin Miller, and a Negro farm hand who told offi cers that he was hired by Mrs. Miller to shoot her husband. Mrs. Miller and the Negro, Fred Wiggins, former farm hand on her father’s farm will go on trial Wednesday morning for the near fatal shooting last May 11 of Da vid Miller, the woman’s husband, according to Sheriff Willis C. Britt. Scheduled to preside at the criminal term of Robeson county Superior court is Judge Chester Alorris of Currituck. Solicitor F. Ertle Carlyle has been busy seek ing witnesses and making a thor ough investigation of the case, ac cording to Sheriff Britt, and has found the new witnesses who the sheriff refused to name. “These witnesses are expected to give some revealing and some conflicting testimony on the case, (Continued On Page Seven; Col. 3) Largest Bombs Ever Built, 25,000 Pounds, Hit Target Secret Tests In Germany Disclosed Last Night; Planes Fly At Stratospheric Heights; ‘Amazing Accuracy’ Cited By CLINTON B. CONGER GIEXELSTADT, Germany, Aug. 9—(UP)—U. S. Air Forces bombardiers, co-piloted by a North Carolina man, have dropped 25,000-pound test bombs, the largest ever developed, from stratospheric heights with such “amazing accuracy” that none has landed outside the 200-yard dan ger area around the target, it was disclosed today. RUDY GRAY’S FIRM ASKS $3,084,241 Seized Martin Behrman Owners Demand Dutch Make Payment WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 —Iff)— A New York shipping firm asked the State department today to de mand immediate payment of $3, 084,241 from the Netherlands gov ernment for the cargo of the form er Liberty ship Martin Behrman, which was seied by Dutch war ships off Java on March 1. (The Behrman, one of the Lib erty ships built in Wilmington du ring the war years was captained by Rudy Gray, of Brunswick county, who was formerly employ ed with the local U. S. engineers. Shortly after the Dutch seied his vessel, Captain Gray publicly de nounced the move and demanded the Dutch stay clear of the Behr man.) James W. Ryan of New York, attorney and a director of the Is brandtsen Co., Inc., filed the re quest with a statement addressed to Secretary of State Marshall. _ “This is a case of a Naval raid or attack,” the statement assert ed, adding that the Dutch Navy is unable to maintain an effective blockade of Java ports. Paddle Jumping Airplanes Start ’Round World Flight TETERBORO, N. J., Aug. 9—CP) —A pair of tiny, single - engined planes piloted by former army fli er took off today on a 21,350-mile flight around the world—the first attempt of planes of less than 575 horsepower to make the circuit. The 100-horsepower cub planes followed one another down the Teterboro airport runway, the first becoming airborne at 10:10 a.m. (EST), and the second two mm tues later. The pilots—George Truman, 39, of Los Angeles, a former army flight instructor, and Clifford V. Evans, 26, of Washington, D. C., who flew in the China-Burma-In dia theater during the war—said yesterday they expected the -rip to take 200 to 220 flying hours and from 30 to 45 days. HIT, RUN KILLS WOMAN HAMLET, Aug. 9 —(A1)— While her husband and six children watched, Mrs. Bob Beck was struck and Instantly killed by an automobile near her suburban home here tonight. The car con tinued. __ -—-----* Three American B-29 superfortres ses are carrying out tests to see how far bombs can be driven into whatever kind of structure mail may take shelter in if atomic war fare breaks out. Giexelstadt is where the superfortresses are based. Their special target is the large submarine pen near Bremen, 30 feet high, 1,350 feet long and 350 feet wide. Half of its roof is 14 feet, nine inches thick. It is be lieved to contain more concrete than the biggest skycraper in New York. the present secret tests are con sidered second in importance only to the Bikipi atomic bomb tests. Actually, the tests began directly after the war, but with types of bombs that are now obsolete. The secretly developed bombs being used in the present tests weigh 25,000 pounds. They are loaded with a non«ex plosive substance of the same weight as explosives and dropped from top altitudes (35,000 to 40, 000 feet with supersonic speed. (This would indicate that they are rocket or jet propelled.) Experts are amazed by the ac curacy of the bombardiers, who were selected in the United States by competition. Their accuracy, the experts said, was “practically beyond belief.” Despite the lack of explosive, the bombs kick the dust up 2,000 feet and it hangs in the air lor 25 minutes. ine xirst zo.UUU-pounder was dropped by Lt. Robert E. Schlee bitz, a bombardier of Buffalo, N. Y. It was square on the target. The bomb he dropped was an Amazon mark II made of high quality steel with a nose tapering back some four feet from a spear point to a maximum diameter of three feet, six inches. From nose to tail fin, the glistening black and white bomb measures nearly 30 feet. Altogether, the superforts have 30 bombs to drop. There is another type under test beside the Amazon. It is the Sampson, weighing the same but longer and more stream lined. The superforts, whijrh have two bays for old-type bombs, have been modified so that the 25,000 pound (Continued On Page Seven; Col. I) DUTCH AND INDO WAR FLARES ANEW Both Sides Accuse Other Of Violation Of The UN Order BATAVIA Aug. 9—(/P)—The In donesian Republic -dviscd the UN security 'ourcii today that Repub lican troops were “compelled to undertake moppir.„ up and pre ventative operations” because the Dutch were “continuing military operations with the aim of extend ing their territory.” The Netherlands Army In a com munique similarly accused the Indonesians of violating the cease fire order issued by the UN. An Indonesian communique said that the Dutch had captured Wa gir, less than two miles south of Malang in eastern Java, behind artillery and air support, and ard ed that the Dutlh were advaning on several other fronts. The message to the security council cited alleged violations of cease-fire orders between Aug. 6 and Aug. 8 and charged that the Dutch actions were “actually hostile operations, designed to wreck the measures the Repub lic has undertaken for the effec tive maintenance ana cessation of hostilities.” The mopping up and preven tive action will be taken “at sev eral points to protect and safe guard the Republic’s position in the face of Dutch aggression,” the Indonesian message said. ODOM PASSES OVER ALEUTIANS AT 10 P. M. EDMONTON, Alta., Aug. 9.—(U.R) —Northwest airlines radio post re ported tonight that round-the-world flier William P. Odom passed <*ier the island of Shemya on the west ernmost tip of the Aleutian chain at “about 10 p. m. EDT,” five hours from his first scheduled landing on the North American continent at Anchorage, Alaska. The airlines listening post said Odom reported himself flying at 19,000 feet with “good tail winds,"