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40TH YEAR, NO. 39 — 44 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1946
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Now They'll  Fight for China
These two destroyer - escorts shown above arc tlie first of eight warships to be lurnefl over to   the   Chinese   government   by
the United States. Chinese Gen¬ eral Ho Yiiig-Chiii, former chief of staff to Chiang Kai-Shek, inspected   the   ves.sels   in   Yoko-
homa Harbor, .Japan. Here the Chinese trew is shov.ii line4 up beside the vessels at Yokohoma docks.
RUSSIA CHANGES ITS DEMANDS ON EVE OF PEACE CONFERENCE
Truman Picks Board For OPA
Vet Pickets Girl, Wants Car Back
No Old OPA Men In Group to Have Final Authority On Price Setting
Georgia Admits its Mobs Are out of State's Control
Massacre Witness Refuses to Identify Man Held as Leader; Arnall Offers Reward
Atlanta, Ga., July 27 (UPi-The head of the state investlgatinir bureau announced tonight thiiT "under conditions now existing in Georgia we cannot cope with mob violence."
After 24 houra investigating the lynching of four Negroes by a mob of 20 whites near Monroe Thursday night, he said he was "up against a stone wall because the people are afraid to talk."
Gov. Ellis Arnall had just posted rewards totalling $10,000 foi* the y arrest of the mobsters and ex¬ pressed his horror, when his ap¬ pointee, Maj. W. E, Spence, mad* his announcement. Wants Federal Anli-L>-nehlng Lmw
Bpence said he would "wire every Georgia congressman, or ask Oovernor Arnall to wire them.' asking their support of federal anii-lyn(hing  legislation
.Spence was visibly annoyed. He revealed that a roadhouse em- pioyee, Lester I.,iltlc, suspected of being the mob leader, was released beiause the one witness of the massacre. .1. Loy Harrison, a white fanner,   could   not   identify  him.
"We thought we had thc man who perfectly fitted Harrison's de¬ scription of the mob leader, but Harrl.son now says the man was 20 pound.s heavier than Little," Spence said. 8er»ed Tenn  for .Murder
Sheriff K. .S. Gordon said Little, who is 71 years old. had been con¬ victed of murdering the wardfe of neighboring .Morgan county. Little  served  a   prison  term.
Litlle is tail and rangy and weighs 220 pounds, titling the de¬ scription of the mob lender as given by Harrison yesterday. He is a former deputy sheriff of Mor¬ gan   county.
Spence said "We'll have to start ail over agalii." but added he had several more lcad.s to trark down, end thai at Arnall's orders the slate biircHii of Invcstifjation Would continue Its search until the killers were caught. Talmadge Arnii«ed  Keeling*
"We've had i-a.ses like this be¬ fore and coulil do all right wilh fhem, but that was before the race Issue became so prominent," Spence  aaid.
He apparentl.v referred to the reront gubernatorial primary in which Kugene Talmadge waa re¬ turned to tiie governor's chair on a   "white   supremacy"   platform.
Arnall denounced the mass mur¬ der   as  a   "lieinous  crime."
Arnall    offered,    In     tlie    state's name, rewards of $.")(H) each for In- • Contiiiurd   on   Page   B-3)
Heavy Turnout of Negroes Piling up Votes in Texas
Jester Has Early Lead for Governor; Connally Far Ahead
Dallas, Texas, July 27. (UP)—A^ i runoff contest for the Democratic J nomination tor governor of Texas apparently was assured tonight as two rolorful political figures raced ahead in mounting returns from a Texas primary election featured by the first maaa Negro vote In the state's 100-ye«r hiatory.
Curly • haired Beauford Jester, member of the powerful oil regu¬ lating state railroad commission, and Dr. Homer P. Rainey. deposed president of the University of Texas, ran steadily ahead of the 12-man pack ns a record-smashing vote was tabulated across Texas.
Others in the race trailed badly. i Connally Way Ahead 1 U S. Hctt. Tom Connally, United Nations delefjate and Senate for- leign relations dean, appeared head- led for a landslide renomination on jthe basis of early returns. He had (three times the votes of his four! opponents combined. Another Texas j I nolilical leader, Hou.se Speaker Sam i [Rayburn, was unopposed in today's' election.
At 8:30 p. m., tabulation of copy¬ right returns by the Texas election bureau gave Jester 13,026 votes toj 9.00R fo.- K.iiney. The returns were] from 21 of thc 254 Texas counties. I Tabulation,, were slowed by a rcc-| ord vole. I
In the same tabulation, Connally i had  9.iri6   votes.  His   nearest   com- \ petitor    for    thc    nomination    waa bearded   A.   B.   (Cyclone)   Davis of Dallas   with    914    votes—one-tenth | the Connally  total, i Expect  Reeord  \'ole I    Signs i>ointed to an all-time rec- |ord    vote    total    for    Texas.      Thej I weather   was   perfect   for   the   pri-; mary   and,   with   Negroes   turning! out  in  large  numbers.  It   appeared) the total might reach  1.2.')0.000
SAY REDS REAOY TO BLOW DIKES
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Chinese Forces Gaining in Big Counter-Offensivc
The big turnout climaxed one of the warmest campaigns since Sen. W. Lee (Pappy 1 O'Daniel rode Info the slatehouse in Austin eight years ago to the strain.-" of hillbilly music. Again this year there was rural music, watermellon and even free hair tonic to entice the voters as 12 men fought it out for the party's gubcrnatorinl nomination.
There was no trouble as Negroes voted although deep in East Texas it wns reported Negroes outnum¬ bered whites two to one al some polling places. In Austin a Negro (Coiitiiiued on  Page A-Hi
Nanking, China, July 27. (UP) — The Central News Agency said to¬ day that the Communists in North Kiangsu province were ready to blow oul Hungcliue Lake and the dikes of the Grand Canal In two places if they failed to hold Gen¬ eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's forces in  that sector.
A Communist spokesman denied tiiiit any such action had been planned. He said the Communists hnd put too much money and work into the dikes to destrov them. Would flood (ireat Ares
If such a plan were executed, the whole eastern lowlands of North Kiangsu. with Hingwa as the  center,  would   be flooded.
Dispatches yesterday reported that the Communists had moved a force hurriedly down the Grand Canal to stop a big government "counter-offensive." The.ie forces were reported to have landed at Kaoyu. on the east side of a lake of that same name, cast of Hung- chue  Lake.
Tho Communists also were re¬ ported rushing reinforcements to¬ ward Luho, ,')0 miles northwest of Nanking, and toward Yangchow, just above Luho, for an attack on thc Yangtze River Estuary. Red Base Near Fall
Ta Kung Pao, a newspaper close to Chiang, reported that govern¬ ment troops were nearing Tien- chang. a major Communist baae 27 miles northeast of Luho, and Ihat the capture of tlmt point was expected momentarily.
It said the Communists had been completely cleared from the Yang- chow-Tnihsien highway and that government .troops were approach¬ ing Tungtai, another Important Communist base, whose /all was expected soon.
Washington, July 27. (UP) — President Truman today named the three-man "decontrol" board that will exercise flnal authority over the revived but weakened OPA.
Mr. Tnunan'e sppolnteea t« the board^ubject to confirma¬ tion by the Senatei—were Roy I... Thompson of New Orleans, Daniel \V. Bell, fonner I nder- Seeretar>' of the Treaaury, and George >l. .Mead ot Da>-ton, O.
Under the new OPA bill, the board will decide by Aug, 21 whether key foods go back under ceilings. Later it can over-ride j Price Administrator Pau! A. Por-1 ter on either the removal or res-1 torration  of  price controla.
Mead is chairman of the board j of the Mead Corp., a pulp and pa-i per company, Thompson, who is! president of the Federal Land j Bank of Louisiana, will ser\'e as' chairman  of  the  de-control   board
Thc  three men will  receive sal¬ aries of  $12,000  a year, Truman Keeps PronilHe
In making the appointments. Mr. Truman kept his promise that the board would not be "packed" with OPA or  former  OPA personnel.
Chairman Robert F, Wagner, D., N. T., of the Senate banking com¬ mittee scheduled a hearing for Monday on the nominations.
"It looks like a good board," Wagner said. "The President must have had quite a time getting lhem to serve.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 27 (UP) — Judge Jacob A, Latona was con¬ fronted today with something new in the way of cases - in¬ volving Clarence (not Horatio) Alger jr.,  35.
It seems that Alger put his automobile in his sweetheart's name before he heeded the call of Uncle Sam. When he came back from overaeas—it's been a year now—he wanted the car "hack. But the girl, says Alger, has refused to return it.
Toda.v, the ex-serviceman de¬ cided to take drastic steps. He rang the doorbell at the residence of Miss Kleanor Mallory—the girl ~ and declared he was going to picket the house.
With that, Alger proceeded to carry out his campaign, bearing a sign' reading, "I am a veteran. This girl did me wrong. She owes me a car which I left her In  1942.   It's   a  '37  Chev."
Eleanor's mother, Mrs. Eva Mallory, had the "picket" ar¬ rested on a disorderly conduct charge.
Judge Latona released Alger-ln $."100 bail after listening sympa¬ thetically to his story and ad¬ journed the hearing until Mon¬ day.
Want Garsson s Attorney
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To Explain Another Deal
Different Comniittee Wants Fields to Explain How He Got War Surplus Meant for Vets' Homes—He's Missing
Washington, July 27. (UP)-Benjamin F. Fields, a prominent figure in the Senate uar profits Investigation, was asked by another con¬ gressional committee today to explain how he obtained surplus war properly supposedly reserved for veterans' housing.
At the same time. Fields was cited again by the Senate war investi¬ gating commiltee—this time in connection with evidence that a Detroit firm reportedly sought a war contract through Fields' Washington ' brokerage" cfficc, I
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Fields already has figured prom-.^ence    that    Fields    obtained    the|
GERTRUDE STEIN
inently in the Sen.ite r.ommittee's inquiry as a \V'rtsliington represent¬ ative of the l«-firm munitions em¬ pire operated by the Garsson broth¬ ers—Dr. Henry M, and Murray. The firm is accused of reaping "un¬ conscionable" profitjs from Us $78,- OCK).000 in war contracts.
The new probe of Field's activ¬ ities was ordered by the S|>ecial House cominittee investigating dis¬ posal of surplus war property. The committee issued a subpena for Fields after learning he had ob¬ tained scarce bronie wire earmark¬ ed for the construction of houses for veterans.
Rep. Ross Rlzley, R., Okla, a member of the committee, said Fields could not be found In time for today's meeting of the com¬ mittee.
INPARISHOSPITAL
Writer of Odd Prose Was Allegheny Native; Friend of Many GI's
Paris. July 27, (UP) — Gertrude Stein, famed American expatriate writer whp set a style of literature all her own, died at 7:30 p, ni. to¬ day In Ahierfcan Hospital.
The hoapital said Miss Stein died of a tumor condition an hour after entering a deep coma. Doctors The decontrol board was created i ^""•ked for an hour in a futile at¬ at the insistence of anti-OPA leg-1 ^''"'P'^ '» revive her. islators, who feared OPA itjelfl A member of the hospital staff would   be   slow   to   recognize   the;said   that   Miss  Stein   entered   the
hospital July 19, suffering from a serious tumor condition. She weak¬ ened steadily until a cardiac stroke earlv tonight resulted in the coma.
At her deathbed, in addition to Alice Toklas, her companion of many years, Vere Miss Stein's nephew and niece and a physician identified only as Col. Rogers. Miss Toklas could nol be reached for comment.
Miss Stein's body was removed to the hospiUl's chapel. Funeral arrangements would be delayed until after the writer's relatives in the United States have been noti¬ fied, it was said. Allegheny   Native
Miss Stein, who was born In Allegheny. Pa., was 72 years old. There had been no reports t,1at ,she was ill and her death came as a surprise. Diaputes  over Writings
Miss Stein  was one of the least read   and    most   widely   publicized (Continued on  Page  A-14)
LUMBER FIRM SOLD
London, Julv 27 (UP)—The for- BIIT WrtT DY MAY eign office tonight took l.«ue wiir; ^U I IMU I DimH I Secretary of State James F. Byrnes" ,  ,    „   ,,,„.
on the Palestine question In i«l Whilesburg, Ky., July 27. (LP' — statement which charged in effect iThe Cumberland Lumber Co., which that Bvrnes' comment on the Br*»-!is scheduled to change ownership Ish position was incorrect and mV- for the second time this year, was leading. jturned over lo A, C Brown, Whites-
"The foreign office spokesman issued a sharp statement denying that Britain planned to partition Palestine or  that  the  Britiah  goV'
need to end controls. The board will have the final say on whether specific controls should be abolished or restored.
Porter said he waa "({ratified" at the President's appointments to thc board. He said the stabilization program would be "immeasiirabl.v .strengthened" by public confidence In the  three appointees.
Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, R., Neb., objected because Mr. Truman did not appoint a mid-westerner to the board.
"It doesn't look like a meat de¬ control board to me," he said. "I would have liked to have had a representative from the Mid-West on the hoard, one who knew some¬ thing about cattle, dairy products, food,   grain."
.Sen. Claude Pepper. D, Fla., said the panel looked like "an able (Continued on Page B-10)
BRITISH RAP BYRNES FOR PALESTINE VIEW
bronze wire and .sold some of it to! an Oklahoma contractor, C. B.; Warr of Oklahoma City, for $12,000 and a $4,000 commission.
Rlzley said a committee Investi¬ gator armed with the subpena "la still looking for Mr. Fields and he will continue to look for him until he finda him."
He said the group wanted Fields to appear at a hearing sometime next week.
"We are going to continue these hearings all summer regardless of congressional adjournment plans so we will be able to get to the bottom of this thing," Rlzley said
Except for the new twist Involv¬ ing Field's alleged "brokerage" of¬ fice,   the   war   profits   Inquiry   was
Blocking Publication Of Treaties
Wants Them in Full Despite Disagreements; Conferees Disturbed by Ernest Bevin's Illness
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He  said   the committee  had  evl-1 treading water for the weekend.
BYRNES LEAVES WASHINGTON FOR
Feels He Now Has A tJnited Country Behind His Efforts
Here's More Reasons Why They Still Have Massacres in Georgia
Washington, JJuly 27. KJP)—A brief but angry debate on race re¬ lations was touched off in the Sen¬ ale today when tSrn. William F. Knowland. R.. Calif., deprcciitrd the lynching of four Negroes near Jlonroc. Ga.
Knowland, urging Georgia stale authorities and the Justice Depart¬ ment to take all possible action to bring the lynch mob lo justice, an¬ nounced he was Inserting in the Congressional Record a news dis¬ patch about the Ivnching, (liarge  State   Ridiculed
As he finished his remarks, a group of Southern senators rose to protest what they called an at¬ tempt by Knowland to "ridicule" the Stale of Georgia.
Sen.  Rirhard  V.  Russell, D. Ga..
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said "there is somelhing polilical" about crimes Involving Negroes and while persons. He said that if the California senator persisted in in- troduiing accounts of southern I rimes inlo thc Senate, he would be torced to do likewise wilh respect to  murders  in California.
Knowland replied that he would be the first to protest similar crimes if thev occurred in his slate.
Sen. Olin D. John.son, D.. S. C, then said Knowlands had violated Senate rules by reflecting on the integrity of another stale.
The   Semite.   Johnson   said,   per- hao.s should give some attention "to some ot  the things that happen  in Hollyv.-ood." Defending Talniailge
.Sen. William Langer, R. N'. D.. asked assurances from Knowland Ihat the newspaper account did not rellect on Governor-elect Gene Tal¬ madge ot tjeorgia who. he added. WHS not ir the slale when the crime o rurred.
Krowland concluded the flurry of debale with the observation that no fcimtfir "should remain silent when a mob of armed people mur¬ ders in cold blood."
JEWS. ARABS OPPOSE PALESTINE PARTITION
Jerusalem, July 27. 'UP)—Jews and Arabs strongly- indicated to¬ night they would reject the latest British Palestine proposal—a sug¬ gestion that the Holy Land be par¬ titioned inlo Jewish and Arab provinces   under  British   rule.
Tlie Arabs were particularly in¬ dignant against the plan and ten¬ sion was said to be rising. Arab leadera Jamal Husseini and Dr. H. F. Khalidi were rushing lo Jerusa¬ lem where they proposed to for¬ mulate a rejection of the partition scheme In   thc  strongest  terms.
Jewish leaders were conferring on the proposal. Thcy were ex¬ pected to demand the release of Jewish Agency executives by the British before participating in thc discussions in London which Brit¬ ain has proposed on the Palestine question.
The death toll of the King David Holel bombing stood at 80 today as troops plodded away at the task nf removing llie twisted mass of blccl girders and concrete. It was expecltd that thte flnal toll would be 10.1, as 25 persons are still known to be missing. However. the exact toll will not be known until several hundred tons more rubble are removed, a task that may be completed in 48 hours.
burg, April 1, 1946. in a deed signed by Dr. Henry Garsson, com¬ pany, president, it waa disclosed today, ernment had approved the p.irli-1 The next sale of the company tion  plan  which was advanced   by will   be   lo   Dan   Baker.   Whitaker,
Ky.,   and   Arlie   Hall,   Deane.   Ky., wiio are negotiating to buy It from Brown. Brown said he acquired the corn-
its representatives in the joint American-British Palestine negoti¬ ations.
The apokesman insisted that the British plan called for a Palestine i pany on an option ba.sia in April "federation" rather than "parti-'after negotiating with Congressman tion". Under the proposal made by j Andrew I. May, who he said he the British Palestine negotiators, i presumed at the time to be the Palestine would he split into a Jew-|owner.
ish province and an Arab province • He said, however, when the deal with the British running the coun-iwa-s closed he found the deed was trv through a central admlnistra-[signed by Garsson aa company l^j. president.
Reds Arrest Austrians, Charge Resisting Crab
Washington, July 27 (UP)—Sec¬ retary of State James F. Byrnes left by plane for the Paris Peace Conference today with orders from President Truman to seek a world peace "fotinfjed on the Atlantic Charter and the United Nations Charter."
Mr. Truman's personal * plane. The Sacred Cow, took off from National Airport at 1:20 p. m. EDT to carry Byrnes, his wife and his ace diplomatic advisers to the 21-nation parley. The conference will begin Monday the task of forging final peace treaties for German.v's satellites, l'nited Xalinn Behind Him
As Mr. Truman stood by to bid him farewell, Byrnes said Amer¬ ica's position at the coming peace conference was far stronger than It was at the Versailles Conference after World War I.
"Then we were badly divided," Byrnes said. "This time there is no division between the executive and Congress as to the making of the peace. This time there is no divi¬ aion between thhe great political parlies.
"We are of one mind — that America must never return to l.»ola. lioni.sm." However difficulty may be the paths of inlernational co¬ operation, we know there can be no security  in isolation."
"Good    luck,    Mr.    Byrnes."    the President   called oul as the Sacred Cotff warmed up for the takeoff. I    Joining in the farewell were Sens. Tom Connally, D.. Tex., snd Arihur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., who ac¬ companied   Byrnes   lo   recent   Big , Four   foreign   ministers'   meetings jand   who   will   join   him   later   in Paris. "Anibaanador  ol  Peace"
"A gieat amba.ssador of peace Is leaving for a world forum." Con- nall.v said. "Hi.s voice shall be in- |fliienlial   in  making the  peace."
Byrnes  exprc.s.sed his thanks  for
the   elaborate   sendoff   and   repre-
' sented   a   "desire   to   kive   expres-
[sion   to   the   will   ot   the   American
I people,     seeking     together     for
peace."
More  (onipromiaes
Byrnes left behind another state-
: ment   warning   that   although   the
I world    had    found    "the    road    to
I peace."     the     treaties    drafted    In
Paris probabl.v would not fulfill all
the desires of the Unlled Stales.
Connally  read  the  statement  on Byrnes'    behalf    while    the    secre- (Continued on  Page B-10)
FEAR ILLNESS MAY FORCE BEVIN TO ¦
Brings Change from Blunt Handling of Reds by Labor Man
London, July 27 (UP)—An offlcial announcement tonight disclosed that Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin Is ill and will be replaced as chief of Britain's peace conference delegation hy Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee.
The announcement said Bevin's physicians have ordered him to take a complete rest for at least a week. While his illness was de¬ scribed as "minor," it was know'*- that the almost continuous series of diplomatic negotiations since the close of the war have heavily taxed the bulky foreign secretary's strength. May Have to ReiTre
Speculation immediatel.v was raised as to the possibility that Bevin's Illness might force him to relinquish his foreign office posU Bcvin who is M and heavily built has shown increasing signs of strain in recent weeks.
A  change  in   the   foreign  secre- (Conlinued  on  Page A-14)
FRANCO LINKS RUSSIA TO CHURCH WRECKING
Madrid, Spain, July 27. (UP) - Generalissimo Francisco Franco made one of his rare references to Russia by name in a speech loday when he asserted that "Commun¬ ism and Russia" were symbolic of the destruction of Siguenza Cathe¬ dral during the Spanish civil war.
Franco spoke briefly from the Si¬ guenza city hall balcony after In¬ augurating the reconstructed cathe¬ dral. He praised the deeds of his regime and .said the reconstruction I of the cathedral was typical of the fast actions of Ills administration.
"While Spain's bandits and war criminals travel and handshake around the world, we continue making history, raising temples to the Almightv and working In the factories." he said, referring to Spanish   Republicans   in   exile.
By ED\V.\RD \V. BEATTIE
Paris. Sunday. July 28 —Suddenly made Russian de¬ mand.s threatened today to delay publication of the five Kuropean peace treaties on the eve of the 21-nation peac« conference already rocked by the news that Briti.sh Foreign .Secretary Krnest Bevin is too ill to attend the opening ses* sions.
Tlie Russian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister VyacJie.'ilav M. Molotov re* versed without explanation in a meeting last night its pre¬ vious stand and demanded that the peace treaties for Italy and four .Axis satellites, .scheduled for release today, be published in full or not at alL
The Russians had agreed to re* Ifase partial texts of the treaties with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland as drafted by the foreign ministers deputies, withholding only those clauses on which agreement had not be«B reached.
Meeting last night to complete preparations for publishing th* agreed portions of the drafts, th« Russians refused to release tha agreed portions unless those sec* tions not fully agreed upon alao were released.
The agreed publication hour had been set for Sunday midnight ParU time (7 p. m. Sunday EST>. British  Reject  Changed Plan
Confronted with the surprlaa Soviet move, British representa¬ tives of the treaty draft commis¬ sions of the Big Four powers said they could not agree to release the disputed portions until they had consulted with dominion delegates.
Copies of the texts of the treaties previously agreed upon for publl* cation have been spread through¬ out thc world in anticipation of tha release hour, but the Russians In¬ sisted that they must be recalled unless the drafta can be published in  their  entirety.
It was believed the only solution lo Uie involved Situation would ba an impromptu meeting of the Big Four Sunday evening in a final elTort to reach agreement. It waa not clear, however, whether such a meeting could be arratfged. Attlee Is .'Mild
Word that Bevin, whose table- thumping arguments with Moloto* have made history, will not be pre¬ sent .Monday due to illness hit tba assembling conferees like a thun¬ derclap.
Speculation arose ImmediatalJl whether Prime Minister Clement K. Attlee, who is coming in Bevln'a place, would make any change In British tactics in dealing with tha problems left by war and particul¬ arly what affect his mild mamiert might have in negotialions with the Soviet Union.
The announcement that Attlea would bat for Bevin at least In tha opening pha.se of the peaoe discui- sions came as most of the dipla- mats of Europe were arriving In Paris for the first grand-scale peace conference since the great conclave of Versailles which fol¬ lowed the first World War
In an  atmosphere  already teaM nitii   disagreement   and   potenUnt (Conlinued  on Page B-10)
Lipstick Plea for Help Sole Cluo As Woman Picnicker Disappean
By DOI OLAS WEBNEB
Vienna, July 27. (UP)-Tension over Russian efforts lo seize all former German properly in Aus¬ tria rose todny with revelation that .seven Austrian officials, in¬ cluding two members of the assem¬ bly, have been arrested by the Russians,
The arrests grew directly out of Soviet orders for confiscation of all former German property in Austria, regardless of whether it was transferred from Austrian own¬ ers under duress after the amal¬ gamation of Austria with Germany in 1938. Protest!* Bring Beleaae
The two as.semhiy members ar¬ rested were released after four hours   detention   following   strong
Auatrlan protests lodged wilh the Soviet section of the Allied Con¬ trol Commission. No charges had been placed against the assembly members. They were Hans Kol- tulinskl and Ferdinand Pricrsch, both members of the right-wing People's   Party,
The others arrested were Dr. Wilhelm Hazak. a middle-ranking official in the ministry of properly control and economic planning. Oacar Wilhelm. director-general of the Austrian Transfer Agency, and three under-officials of the trans¬ fer agency, Leopold Grell, Dr. Jakob  Stoiber  and   Hans   Bergner.
The group was arrested by the Russians on charges of "undesired interference" in the tra^isfer of CJerman property to the Russians. No  sped flo   chargea  were  known.
North Conway, N. H., July 27 I UP)-The discovery of a paper bag with the lipstick-written words
WANT 'BEST AMERICANS' ON ATOM COMMISSION
1     Washington, July 27.   (UP)—The
I Federation  of  American  Scientists
j tonight urged President Truman »o
j appoint    "the    very    best   type   of
! Americans" to the five-man civilian
I commi.ssion   which   will   wield   full
1 domestic control of nlomic energy.
The  appointments   will   be   made
i bv the President under the atomic
j energy development bill pcused by
I Congress   this   week.
I     The federation, composed chiefly
of scientists who devised the atomic
bomb, called  Congress' decision  to
give  civilians   control   over  atomic
. development a step toward "a new
' and greater age of exploration."
Help—Anyone"    added    confusion
tonight to the whereabouts of a preity young mother who vanished Thursday night from a party of picnickers.
Sheriff Herbert L. Taylor dis¬ closed today the flnd of the grey- blue, flat bag yesterday near the automobile of 23-year-old Mrs. Bar¬ bara Waler of Intervale, wife of a discharged World War II veteran. Question Companions
Meanwhile, police conlinued ques¬ tioning the seven persons who were at the picnic at Echo Lrfike Park with the attractive brunette who has a two-.vear-old son. The pic¬ nickers, three youths and four wo¬ men, said Mrs. Walker failed to return afler walking to her car for ia peppermint candy. ! Mrs. Walker's 27-year-old hus- iband Ijingdon, who was released from tha Army laat October, asked
Ithat the FBI be called Into ItM |hunl but It was said thia fedaral jagency could not participate until evidence was uncovered that • federal law had been violated. Husband  Fears  Abduction
Walker, a chef at the cxcluaiT* Eastern Slopes Inn, said ha be¬ lieved his wife was abducted. Ha aided a posjie of police and volua- teers   in   searching  for her.
Sheriff Taylor frankly acknow¬ ledged he was stymied. He sAld there were no sigrns Indicating I whether Mrs. Walker waa kid¬ napped, slain or kept a midnight [rendezvous with an unknown ae- .quaintance. How the appeal on the 'paper hag fitted Into ths pictura, jhe did  not know.
"She's missing and we knew Ithat and only that." Taylor aald. '"We've searched the wooda thor> 'oughly and found nothing. Up to now there J nothing that would In¬ dicate she had been abducted ar killed."
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