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THE WINNER ALWAYS COLLECTS
WITH A CASUAtNESS that a Hollywood leading man would envy, Hiland
Moore, Jr., I8-months-old, collects a kiss from a losing competitor, Don
aileen Winter, 17-months-old, after the former had been declared win
ner in a baby parade held in Brentwood, near Pittsburgh. (International)
'Something Sinister'
Involved In Attacks,
Rep. A. J. May Says
Investigator Says
He Was Given $500
To Give Up Probe
Washington, July II?i/T'i?Rep.
Andrew .i. May (D) of Ken hick;.
told the House today "there is some
thing sinister in these attacks on hi;
connection with the Senate's investi
gation of war profits.
May took the House floor after
Chairman Mead (I)) of New York
termed "wholly inadequate" the
Kentuckian's testimony to the Sen
ale War Investigating Commitlei
June I concerning his relations with
an Illinois munitions combine.
Declaring ho had never used
"one peney of anybody's money ex
cept my own," May told his colleag
ue:,:
"I can not help but believe there
is something sinister in these attach
on me."
Investigator Given S">00
The Senate War Investigating
Committee heard Thomas O'Connell.
one of its investigators, testify to
day he was handed $500 in a Chi
cago hotel with the understanding
that he would resign and withdraw
Irom the investigation.
O'Connell said five $$00 bills were
given him by Joe I,. Martinez, a
former Mead committee investiga
tor as "expense money" preliminary
to O'Connell's accepting a political
campaign job in New Mexico. O'Con
nell said he gave the money back
next day.
In his statement to the committee,
Chairman Mead said:
"May was not under oath. He left
the impression with the committee
that he made several disinterested
telephone calls that were more or
less incidental. Testimony has since
revealed that he made many calls
that were repetitious and trouble
some."
The committee has received testi
mony from army ordanee officers
that May many times importuned
them to eive valuable war contracts
to the Illinois combine. The inter
locked companies received over $78,
000.00(1 and their officers were paid
salaries which Mead called "war
profiteering at its worst."
Russians Order
Foreigners From
Austrian Sector
Vienna, July 8.?(/T'l?Some 50.
000 native Germans and other for
eigners were ordered by Hussion au
thorities to leave the Soviet occupa
tion zoic of Austria by 8 a. m. to
day. A reliable source said they are
to be sent to the French /.one in
Germany.
Russian army trucks of the Aus
trian Communist party were sta
tioned outside the homes of for
eigners affected by the order, which
permitted them to take only 30 pounds
of belongings.
The Austrian govea men! was re
ported to have advised foreigner?
in the zone that only persons who
came to Austria after the Anchluss
of March 13. 1938. and those not
Austrian citizens, were obliged to
comply with the order.
State Has
Ten Deaths i
Over Fourth;
National Total Set
At 495 Accidental
Deaths In Holiday . !
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B.v The Associated Press.
At least ten prison:: Hied violently 1
in North Carolina during the long
Fourth of July week-end.
Leading the fatalities were seven
traffic deaths.
The nalim rounled up 221 dead
in traffic accidents, hut this toll
was far less' than had hceti exported
and even considerably below that j
for ordinary four-day week-end pe
riods.
The National Safety Cottnei said :
400 persons normally die in traffic 1
mishaps dm i g an ordinary four days
whirli include a Saturday and Sun
day. The council had forecast 1.3110
persons would die violently but only
495 deaths were reported, in.hiding
the traffic fatalities, 159 drownings
rout 112 deaths from miscellaneous
violent causes.
Gunman's Victim
HEADof a nationwide racing infor
mation service, James M. Itagcn,
Sr., (above) Chicago, 111., was seri
ously wounded by gunman who
?hot at him froiji a small delivery
truck with rifle , and machine gun
fire. Itagen's bodyguards, following
him, were caught completely off
.their guard. (International)
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly rloudy and continued
rather hot tonight and Tuesday.
Meattered afternoon and early
evening showers over extreme
north portion.
Reds Block
Sending Out
Pnrley Bids
Molotov Demands
Conference Rules
Be Passed First
I Paris, July 8?(/P)?The foreign
ministers council recessed after a
morning meeting today, still dead
locked on the question of sending
out invitations for a 21 -nation peace
conference July 29.
Arguments that have marked Rus
sian foreign Minister V. M. Molo
tov's opposition to sending invita
tions for the conference unless they
were accompanied by a strict code
of rules for its procedure were pro
scent again today in the face of
please by Secretary of State James
Byrnes and British Foreign Secre
tary Ernest Dcbin to have the invi
tations go out immediately.
Only As Suggestions
The American and British secre
taries said they were willing to dis
cuss procedure rules as suggestions,
but would not attempt to foist them
on the other nations.
The ministers were to resume their
session late today.
Sources close to the council said
that failure to reach an immediate
solution to the procedural problem
upon which the foreign ministers
have been deadlocked since Friday
might result in indefinite postpone
ment of the proposed peace confer
ence.
Tass Charges Secret Talk
The Russian news agency Tass(
meanwhile, injccctcd a new note of
disscntion into the proceeding by
asserting that the British. American
and French representatives had be
gun "secret talks" concerning Ger
many from which Russia was bar
red. Tass said there was speculation
n Pai"is that the reported talks "con
>ther questions."
Whether there was any founda
tion for the Tass report could not
>c immediately ascertained. There
lave been private meetings here out
ide the foreign ministers council
and government officials fiom Bel
gium and Czechoslovakia?countries
that might have claims against Ger
many?have conferred privately with
the ministers, including Molotovv.
There has been no official indication,
however, of the nature of these talks.
HUGERATANGERED
BY HIS BAD LUCK
Philadelphia. July 8.?i/Pi?A huge
rat. evidently angry at being caught
'?o a mouse Iran, was waiting for
Louise Summershne and his family
? ?nay when they returned from a
week-end out of town.
The rat. with the trap -.tinging
to one leg. chased Summershoc, his
wife, and their two small sons onto
tables and chairs.
Summershoc finally managed to
elude the rat hug enough to tele
phone police. Officer Joe Kelly ar
rived in a riot ear and dispatched
th crat with his riot stick.
A I,KM AN LEADING.
Mexico City. July 8.?i/l'i?First
official returns, including 25 of the
Federal District's 194 precincts, to
day gave Miguel Alemr.n. administra
tion candidate, a lead of 1.945 over
Foreign Minister Kzquicl Padilla in
yesterday's presidential elections.
Vets Picket House
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A COUPLE of rncmbors of the Amer
ican Veterans Committee in Dallas,
Tex., picket the apartment house
owned by Mike O'Daniel, son of
Sen. W. Leo O'Daniel (D.-Tcx),
They were protesting young O'Dan
icl's action in serving an eviction
notice on cx-Gl Weslot Orient,
shortly after the OPA had expired.
Senator O'Daniel made headline*
with his filibuster against contjnua
U9U of the (M?rwU(on?ii
Truman Approval Of OPA Bill Hinted
Barkley hopeful
Senate To Pass
Acceptable Bill
Washington, July 8.?(fl'i?Demo
cratic Deader Barkley of Kentucky
told President Truman today he
hopes the Senate will pass m OPA
renewal bill that will meet the Chiet
Executive's approval.
Be talked to reporters at the
White House after he and other leg
islative leaders had conferred with
Mr. Truman, shortly before tne Sen
ate was scheduled to open debate
or. price control legislation.
"I told the President that I hope
the Senate will get a bill he could
approve." Barkley said.
Done Best Possible.
Asked whether Mr. Truman mon
th red any specific objections to the
compromise measure now before the
Senate, Barkley said that the Presi
dent though price control advocates
had done "the best they could."
With the nation entering its sec
ond week since the death of the war
born agoicy. a Capitol Hill advisoi
to President Truman let it be known
he "had no doubts" that the Chief
Executive will sign the pending*
measure if leaders can bludgeon it
through Congress in its present form.
This official, who declined use ot
his name, emphasized to a reporter
that h# was rot attempting to fore
cast Mr. Truman's reaction ? if any
? if a new series of restricting
amendments are written into the
measure during its precarious course
through the Senate and a House-Sen
ate conference committee.
Truman Satisfied.
.The word that Mr. Truman ap
parently is satisfied with what
Democratic Leader Barkley was able
to bring out of the Banking Commit
tee was passed down through the
ranks on an obvious attempt to off
set the criticism voiced against the
compromise by OPA Chief Paul Por
ter.
Porter said last night he sup
ported Barkley's substitute for a pre
viously approved profit provision by
Senator Taft <R) of Ohio, requiring
that individual manufacturers be
given increases over their Octobc
1-15. 1941, prices to -Cover the aver
age gain in industry costs since that
time.
But the OPA chieftain intimated
he didn't like other provisions of the
r.ew bill which like its predecessor,
kills OPA's maximum average price
order designed to keep low cost
clothing on the market and gives the
Secretary of Agriculture final au
thority on taking controls off foods
Taft held his amendment in readi
ness?with a change in the base
date to July 1-15, 1940?as the Sen
ate starts o? its new round of de
bate likely to cover much of the
same ground it went over three
weeks ago with the original OPA
extension bill.
Hughes Given
50-50 Chance
For Recovery
Los Angeles. July 8 ? i/l'i ?His
collar bone and seven ribs, broken,
his lungs punctured in six places.
Howard Hughes was given a fight
ing 50-50 chance to live today after
crashing an experimental plane into
three houses and a garage in Beverly
Hills late yesterday.
The millionaire movie-maker and
plane builder was reported "resting
easily" i?i Good Samaritan hospital.
Doctors said the degree of shock
suffered by the 41-year-old sports
man in the next 21 to 48 hours
would be the determining factor.
Hughes also suffered a broken
nose, third degree burns on his hands
and possible skull and left leg frac
tures in the crash and explosion
of his newest plane, the XF-ll. unof
ficially reported to be the fastest
long-range craft ever built. He was
alone on the test hop.
Aided by an unidentified marine
sergeant. Hughes staggered from the
burning wreckage, was rushed to
Beverly Hills emergency hospital ai-d
transferred to Good Samaritan for
surgery and treatment in an oxygen
tent. He was conscious for half an I
hour after the crash. I
ATOMIC TEST PREDICTIONS
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FIRST BLAST, Junt 30yH. Fiv?
?hip* tunk, nint ihipt wrecked,
forty-five ship* reported damaged.
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Z- bull*. Great radioactivity in water. ^
^^? Giant wovet to twtep over ships ^
THIRD TEST, to be staged next
^ year. Predictions of some who wit. ? ?
^nested 1st lest are that all ships ^ 1st bomb dropped bypUne
^ w'" sunk within SO miles el^ 2nd bomb to be planted |uyt ]
^ blast area. ? under surface of the woler.
3rd "bathysphere" bomb to j |
THE LATEST REPORTS from scientists and military officials at Bikini state
that the atomic bomb exploded in the Grst test has lived up to ex
pectations. The fact that 5 ships were sunk, 9 wrecked, and 45 damaged,
more than, proves the vast destructive force of atomic power. In the
second experiment, to be held July 25, the bomb will be suspended in a
container beneath a barge at a depth of about 18 feet and detonated bjr
radio impulse from a ship 20 miles away. Vice Adm. Blandy. who is in |
charge of operations, predicts that waves 50 to 70 feet high will sweep
across Bikini. Others predict that the hulls of the ships will be crushed j
and the lagoon waters will become strongly radioactive. During the
third test, which is to be held next year, a "bathysphere" type bomb,
capable of withstanding tremendous pressure, will be exploded in the j
open sea at a depth of 125 feet. Some officials who saw the first test be- I'
lieve that the bomb burst at that depth will sink all ships within a !
fifty-mile radius of the immediate blast area. (International)
President, Byrnes Again
Endorse Loan To Britain
House Will Open
Debate Today On
Credit Proposal
Washington. .Tuply 8.?(/P)?Presi
dent Truman and Secretary of State i
James Byrnes stepped directly into)
the fight over the British loan today
as some administration leaders pri
vately voiced concern about the im
pending House vote on the huge
transaction. i
Mr. Truman sent a letter to Chair
man Spencc (D) of Kentucky, of the
House Banking Committee, renewing
his request for congressional approv
al of the proposed S3.750.000.000
credit. Spencc will read the letter
to the House, opening four days of
debate today on the loan.
Secretary Byrnes cabled Spencc
from Paris that the loan is essentia!
to the welfare of the nation. Byrnes
is attcnd:ng the foreign ministers
conference.
"Here in Pari s." Byrnes told
Spence. "it is more apparent to me
than ever that a prompt return to;
normal, healthy trade between na
tions is essential if we are to lay
the foundations for permmont peace
and prosperity."
Lichfield Trial
Witnesses Fined
For Using Plane
Bad Nauheim. Germany. July 8.?
f/P)?Six Lichfield triai witnesses
were sentenced to six months im
prisonment and fined $84 to $15(1
each today for signing forged arnrv
orders to obtain a olfnc and ride
from Germany to London.
The illegal flight was taken two
months ago while the witnesses were
waiting here to testify against 1.6
soldiers accused of cruelty to Licit
field, England.* guard house prison
ers.
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Life In Japan
Becoming Normal |
Tokyo. July 8.?</p)?The United j
States army is ready to distribute |
60,000 copies of a new Japanese
phrase book to help troops make their
way around the country. Sample
phrases:
"How about a date?" "Where I
will I rneet you?" '%
New Trouble
In Palestine
Now Feared
Jerusalem, July 8.?f/Pi?Throat.;
t)f n possible Arab civil disobedience
campaign in protest against Jewish
immigration to Palestine were cou
pled today with an Arab slap at
President Truman and a suggestion
that he open America to Jewish im
migrants "if he really is in sym-1
pathy with them."
Dr. H. F. Khalidi of tlm Arab'
Higher Executive Committee said
that his group was drafting a new
note to Britain warning that unless
the British government took immcd- ;
iate steps to halt the illegal entry
of Jews into Palestine there would !
be "a wave of non-cooperation by
Arabs, followed possibly by civil dis- j
obedience.'
"After that," the spokesm.n said.;
"the next step may be mass demon- I
strations by Arabs, and this exccu- ]
live will refuse to accept responsibil- j
ity for them."
Khalidi's statement came as the
executive committee disclosed it at- i
ready had drafted a letter to Mr. !
Truman accusing him of "flagrant,
empty and irresponsible statements"
in connection with the problem of
Jewish immigration to Palestine."
Lawyers Demand
Ouster Of Clark
Cleveland. July 8.?<A'>?The Nn
timal Lawyers Guild is resolved to
seek the removal of Attorney Gen
eral Tom C. Clark unless he reverses
his policies of the Department of
Justice.
Irked by a speech Clark made
recently in Chicago, the guild so de
cided in a resoluttinn adopted at
the final session of the organiza- j
lion's tenth annual ernventtion here!
yesterday.
Speaking before the bar ussocla- I
lion in Chicago June 21. Clark soldi
one of the greatest dangers to "civil j
liberties of our fellow citizens and'
one which should be taken literally j
by all the members of our profes
sion, is the method of communism!
and fascism to shackle democracy by
indirection." , _ i
Nation Is Born
THIS RADIOPHOTO, which was Just
received in the U. S, shows the
American flag being lowered dur
ing July 4th Independence Day
ceremonies in Manila and the na
tional flag ol the new republic being
raised. Former High Commissioner
Paul V. McNutt, who raised the flag,
automatically became the U. S. Am
bassador. {International)
Referendum
Endorsed By
Gov. Cherry
Executive Seeking
Overwhelming Vote
Favoring Quotas
Raleigh, .July R?i/l'i?Governor R.
Gregg Cherry said today he was
"convinced that it is to the decided
advantage" of the State and the
the citizens of the flue-cured tobac
co counties to have an overwhelm
ing vote favoring quotas for three
years.
?'If we do not record such a vote
this commodity will not be available"
'I he referendum will be nelci Fri
day.
r-euiting out that North Carolina
produces about two-thirds of all the
blight leaf tobacco grown in the 'J.
S.. Cherry said the state "has found
that growing tobacco under the quota
system has proved a sound system
for producing this important crop."'
"As governor of a state wherein
the tobacco crop has a dollar value
more than four times that of its
nearest competitor. 1 wish to take
this occasion to emphasize the im
portance of this forthcoming elec
tion."
1946 Delilah
Warwick, England. July R?|/P>??
Mrs. Monica Appleby. 2(>. has ad
mitted cutting her husband's throat
while kissing him. She was sentenc
ed l<> nine months imprisonment.
Justice Croom Johnson told her:
Without any motive, after you had
asked him a most affectionate way
to shut his eyes so that he might re
ceive a surprise from you. you cut
his throat with a razor."
Mrs. Appleby, pleading guilty to
a ehaige of mallicious wounding,
said she could not explain her action.
Her convalescent husband, a for
mer Congregational minister, said
he bad forgiven her.
Enough T obacco T o Replenish
Foreign Shortage Is Forecast
College Station. Raleigh. July B.
?The 11)40 crop of flue-cured t<>
bncco .should supply enough tobacco
to equal world vonsumption and to
replenish a substantial part ol the
present lorcipi shortage, according
to G. Tom Scott, State director of
the Production and Marketing Ad
ministration. with headquarters at
State College.
"In view of the supply and de
mand situation, the Department of
Agriculture was most conservative
in arriving at the 1047 national mar
keting quota of 1.141.000 avyes."
Seott said.
In most cases Ihc announced
quota will not cause more than n
14 per ecru increase in any acreage
allotment. 'lire national quota may
not be decreased except by an Act
of Congress, but the Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized to inrrease
the quota at any time up to March
t, 1947, by an amount not to exceed
20 per cent. An increase will be
made if subsequent information on
the supply and demand situation
warrants an Increase.
To give every grower an oppor
tunity to vote in the referendum on
marketing quotas to be held Fri
day. July 12. Scott said that polling
centers in the local communities will
open at 7 a. m- and remain open All
day. -t