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LAT.EST WOH1O THE SUNDAY TIMES sow 4o prtsr at 2'30 a. hours Inter tlion othtr popera itrrtng thii' territory. The WEATHER Partly Sunday, Monday ofttmowi. Worrnif. 232.: Associatea.

Press Wirephoto CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, AUGUST 22, 1948 International News Service PRICE TEN--CENTS'" U. Russian-Conference Crossroads Military Police, foreground, and-Russian, officers, background, confer yesterday. at'Berlinrpotsdamer crossroads of the U. and'Russian-zones- of- the-city, The conference -occurred: Russian -raids -inter the crossroads sector which diplomatic" sources say may-: an international; continued. Meat Average To Drop Five Poundsin'49 Prices Also To Higher-If American Purses Stav Full By JOHN BOOTH Agriculture Secretary fore already-' skimpy supply.

about fat'purses next year, behind the meat counter may-go secretary that-this jear s- large crops.Vwill some- the. pressure 1 on 'beef by ilalT of 1949. But-he'addedf Inflation Question The -big Question is: How further -will -inflation -'go 1 in the And what -will-be'the-re- iult? In, --June and 'July- alone, nation- in 'meat" prices cost-the- people of this country at least 2'00'mil- lion dollars." in a CBS broadcast lashed- out'anew at ihe Republican 80th -lor failing- 'granl authority what he'callec "The inflationary- pressures -that are led' by-the meat shortage." The -cabinet said "he was standing by 'to testify on "a -simple but definite program" "recent special session of Congress. He added: The -House -committee ''did- not call me at aH, and the Senate committee did not caH me until after the majority leadership had that there would -be no price control legislation." (Continued'on Page-2, Col: 6) F-80 Tets End Roundtrip Over A tlaritic Ocean 1 21' Fifteen F-80 jet fighters, completing the jet-propelled'rounduip Atlantic in landed at their Selfridge Field home base today at One plane- in the of 16 was ield "up from 'Ger. ninny.

It was; expected The pilots, led-" David Schilling, Mich, ipent 22 feldbruck, Germany. They-took" off here July 12.. Officers -said- the-flight was ilgned to test feasibility.of ferryjne Jet aircraft-as well as-to'train pDots vmder. overseas, Total time' in" the -air. on 'the'- re.

Truck'Drivers As Aug;" '21 the.truck/driver Bnd.hi5;cohbrts-are the-'fgentlemen of today's At' vehicle.com- describes. the motor' freight of and at '-Elgin- "It- ihat-'AUbwsJhim-ftbjbe'jconsidercd-. a' It-'Is 1 mostly driver' who the of -the road; 11 Elgin's connec-. the of Council Treason Count By JOSEPH TVES WASHINGTON, Aug. dred Elizabeth Gillars, -48-year-old silver-haired American whom "the GI's iziew-'in'Europe'as Sally; of Nazi came-home today -face a treason' charge.

Under Army escort '-all 'the way, 'Axis Sally," a. native of Portland, itaine, at Boiling Force Base from Germany. With Army and'IBI she was led'lrmp- tha air field "to the fflce 'S: Commissioner Cyril Lawrence. N'o Representation A somewhat llonely'-andl'dispWted figure, Gillars -La'iTrence, whenlhe- asked' had -'a awyer: far. as -I -I- 'have no- one here '-in 1 the 1 United- States." She saw' her mother' for i the last ime in-1939 wherir.th'p -latter.

visited Germany. -Mrs; Gillars, an Amerian operated' a rooming puse in acre in- March," 1947. told Sally" 'her alf -sister, Edna who lived with.her mother in- Canada; is being: rought. to Washington by the WBI rom her home in-Conrieaut, Ohio, When her ace remained Led To Jail ies Agree Oh Ruhr, Deny Division Rumor NextFour-Power Meeting Probably' Set For Monday MOSCOW, Aug 21 Ther four-power" meeting 'in. Kremlin will not Ibe; one; Monday A source the-' State Embassy, that Rrance- on'; arid 1 oth -the; of Ths, whole n'ego- here, have-, dealt- west 'all of'Europe Greek General Army Has Routed Claims Army Takes 'Reduces; Red Sphere By JUDSON (XQUINN ATHENS, 'Aug.

Gen. Stellios Kitrilalcis; deputy. -of staff, announced atVKozaiie tonight the "victory of has' been won by the army. He proclaimed -the'-- triumph two mouths after, the 'army launched its ummer against the Communist guerrillas Markos Va- fiades. 'Returning -the Tont; 'Kitrilakis -told: reporter hat.

most of the es- imated last. "week" to be "still ir.g out -in the, Grammos Mountains low "apparently have fled Albania." Praises Morale Kitrilakis, -commander I the -second "army, praised the morale of. the. Greek; during many ases' Greek units -f hand-to- iand engagements 1 the rebels. Earlier general staff eported that Vafiades': forces" along.

he ''Albanian. border -had'beeri com- re'ssed 'into an area of eight square It Pays To Advertise! They're Mr. and Mrs. Now urday last 10 riofollnrf Af' ATiH -of views western- powers among-themselves held- up- a new meeting with Soviet -Foreign Minister U. Smith, British.

Special Envoy Roberts and '-French- Ambassador Chataigneau met together again late-in- the afternoon. It was regarded as'Mikely' -that the three western' diplomats' now have ironed out their and are ready, to conferragain. with the- did -happen it -occurred too --late- to- ask for an appointment, with 'Molotov The last four-power meeting was held last-Monday. French See End -Today In sources'predict- ed' the Moscow talks, -would Sunday last meeting of the (Continued from Page 2, Col. i) Marriage License Bureau Draft Said-Cause NEW Yes- announced that married men "wouldn't be-' drafted.

Today Marriage' License -to call in the tide, i' In the busiest Lh'alf-day -'in memory, Brooklyn; marriage license clerks turned -out four the'number on similar Sat- iie detailed gainst her' led -her. 'to-the district j.ail. The' preliminary hearing was oun'd over'until a. Augst 31. Lawrence said this.

would get a lawyer; The -once spirited "Axis Sally," is o. longer the vivacious'disc jock'ey. ho allegedly" played' soothing rec- (Contlnued-on Page count approxim- The, general. announcemenl area' rillas extends- from. the Ubanian-Greek Ahakmon'' river tojKouria.

on. the 1 "'ivCutVj A-rebel force in the Grammos; cujt to are ingV.guerrlllas ioutVof Ravines and said. The brce'; and" joined in Grammos. areas held; 1 by of. "had cluding "equipment to; -the i es Page 1 -'2; Wallace) Claims Party Carried BRIDGEPORT, Wallace, Progressive Party candidate for claimed credit tonight.

for 1 -the- -start -of negotiations 1 with Russia on the Berlin, In: at--his first'; public appearance since his nomination month at the Tliird Party.convention, Wallace demandJ: "Would 1 men." who -tried to repudiate my, letter, to- Stalin -two months ago now'be'working: toward a meeting, with Stalin on. the prob- ems of had not carried the cold war?" Gives" Other Credits. Mrs Camden, N. a husband through' trie aid of a newspaper Is -wed. to''John- Taylor, Stratford, N.

yesterday-by Mayor Pav Birkhimer, Summerdale, while" Tay shirt to left, of his' father); Irene 5, -On, Iron of. Jack, 1.2,.- (striped; and Barbara, 14, head-'- shows above- Joan. Another child -In Vr V' Britam, Don't Include Says Cpmmission Chairman Augi Zi The' The third -party also redited his party with: 1. Being a- "vital in to the new state of- -Israel. 'Forcing to make against 1 racial 1 egregation and 'discrimination.

are technical, information David- chairman of: "the Atomic Commission, sa tonight. (The includ the commission" said -ir Lilienthal was. 'in New York fo the opening- of? the-'atomic' energj at 1 New York's. Golde Jubilee' -'in'- his pre jared 1 that th three 'established in -Au 'board 1 1 'direc tion to the. Its wor is, being-continued'-and' expanded.

"The 1 wartime; experience share three 1 governments provide a convincing, 1 demonstration- of th mutual 'benefits to. be derived froir cooperative effort," said "Recognizing this, the three gov (Continued- '2, Col. Navy Man Stricken On Truman Yacht Preventing the enactment of he Bill to outlaw he -Communist Party! President- on pre-cam. paign. cruise.

aboard the' liamsburg, 'up" Ch'esapeak Bay tonight. after, half a day Wallace preceded. his of of his new arty with an attack on-the present Congressional He called the inquiry'-into activity. in the i niiiau il ately 50 prospective and ment The est grooms away in. Brooklyn, went the 1 Manhattan bureau for "their' licenses.

Men 18; to 25 must register for draft ''from "August 30 to Scpr tember IS, but the President said y'esterdya' ''are married would not; be drafted. (Continued on. Page 2,. 4 Coal Miners To Receive Starting Next Mouth By JIAX HALL (fP)- Aped coal'miners'will start-receiving next an to one or the '-labor- 'zaanagemenf struggles of modem times. Officials of the United 'Mine Workers Welfare made the today.

They to all- local unions appiicetion forms to be miners in the bi- tuminous coal industry have retired, or. want to They expect to mail out tiie first checks In September. The amount will be $100 a month. To be eligible, a miner must, be 62 years or older. He must have a total of 20 years' service in the coal industry.

He must be a member or. the United Mine Workers. And if'he has ahready retired, he gets a pension only if his retirement came after May 28, 1946. If he re- tired 'or'earlier, he gets no pension. Those -were -the 'terms of the agreement April-12 between John L.

Lewis, arid Senator Styles 1 Bridg- Hampshire -two-man majority.of the board of trustees for Welfare Fund. The. 'third man, Coal Operator Ezra Van to. stop pension payments under this and cite miners, too, but that is from a different fund and those payments will start later. The bituminous fund now contains more than $50,000,000: Death -and -disability benefits are already being paid from 'it.

Some miners over '62 years- old who'h'ave retired since May will get a amount of money in one That's because their. pensions will'be retroactively did delay them; but Federal Judge! to-the date of Goldsborough found June 22 that the plan was legal, "rea- sonable''and" 1 Nobody at the fund's, offices seemed to know how many miners are eligible for At least they could not provide an estimate. Certainly nobody pretends to know'how many of the eligibles will choose to retire and live off.their SlOO.a month for-the rest of their lives. The present monthly wage.of, a bituminous "coal miner runs-about $350. Pensions will' be paid, to anthra- Wh'en'a retired miner he gets.U.

S. Social Security from about $30 to $40 a month, in 1 addition -his. $100 U.M.W. Pension, If he.has a wife 65 or over, his Social Security benefit may run higher. According 1 to, the regulations, retired miners will stop, receiving their pensions, if tales another job the coal.

industry, 'they become mentally or'-if, they lose, their good standing union. aren't required to pay union'dues), Roman populace circuses." "Spy Thrillers" "The -people cry -for relief from ruinous prices' and they are given spy thrillers," he'said. "They, cry for (Continued'from Page 2, Col. i) at-anchor near here." The. stop-was made.at'.thePatuxen a seaman, 'William MvJanssen, R-esno from navy escort ship, who underwent, an appendix operation aboard the Williams- The yacht was at anchor from 11:30 m.

-to 7 p. m. (EOT) bul Truman '-did' ashore. Church Council Holds First Meeting In Amsterdam Today. The first.

International assembly-of the World Council of Churches meet tomorrow as-, a "visible, tangible and 1 practical demonstration to tile world the church can-hold-itself together." Representatives 150 and Orthodox churches nations will gather in. Amsterdam's Nieuwekerk' (New Church) church bells erlands minutes to mark the bi'storic occasion. Dr. Henry S. Leiper of New York, general secretary of the council, said the assembly's outstanding importance, is an expression of the group's work, he said; 1 will be' an expression views Christians-on the world crisis-and the making, of plans-for using the World- Council -as an instrument, for effective "All this'-will be done on- the common basis Christians to Bible," Dr.

Leiper said: which, provides them with a common'language, not in sense of grammar in the sense of ideas which is understood by'thenr'all regardless of race or nationality, whatever be able, to create splits and differences among Among the speakers at tomorrow's sense of world community which we! opening be 'the Arch- need unless the world is-to become chaos leading finally and necessarily to Leiper said- the assembly, representing, eight ten Christians belonging tiyProtestant'or Orthodox churches, is -attempt, to bring into- one. common, team-, as of- the-elements the world'. community as. possible. Two- important the.

bishop of-Canterbury, Dr: Geoffrey Fisher, and Jorn Mott of the United. a pioneer in international -activities. Tlie assembly will.hold its. first plenary-'session in the'-evening'and it.is expected that the. World Council will, be'formally constituted as a permanent, "Other business 1 includes adoption.of'a constitution and program -of policy.

Kitten Stowaways Force PlanToLand Aug. Chubby 'and-her sk kittens" caused a National -'plane to make a'forced landing today. The Makin, Oiad. just' taken 'off 'when 1 he felt 1 something; 'scratching'-his- leg. the; cockpit, he; found Chubby and 'family-1 stowed, away: Makin radioed to the received permission' to'Iand and'un- load cargo 'of'flying felines.

Arab Forces Storm Neutral Zone -i 21: The beheaded two Jewish oldiers 'were brought into''the''Jewish-controlled 'areas of" Jerusalem Stripped of clothes, and' slashed, the 1 soldiers were killed during fighting; on -the' "Hill.YOf. Evil Counsel" when both Jews' and; Arabs into zoafe 'occupied "'by. the Red 'Cross, A conference jtill'be held tomor- under-United' Nations' auspices tc discus's' of Government which is' in heart of "the Red Cross zone. Military commanders of and Israeli forces, Red.Cross and United Nations officials will attend, Demands Arms Ban Red Cross is' demanding' com- jlete' demilitarization of- the zone. It implied that-if-this is'riot-done he Red Cross will move out.

This will-'-mean' 'an -end to Red Cross afety zones in Jerusalem. Two others have-been abandoned previously. Meanwhile, leaders of world Zionism -met in Jerusalem for an. im-' session of World Zion- st General 'Council 'opening -tomor- ow. Talks-Bm Faille: Means (Continued-on Page 2, Col.

Aug: 1 soldiers and stabbed'' German police B.erlin authori ties- expressed: 'be tween" The-Americans'were'seekiiig direc ar range 1 German and 'west an-Ameri' can, spokesman--'said, might happen-that will involve mori than.the Germans." To Retain, Troops to reach high Russian officials, were unsuccessful two -Russian, officers told the deputy provost stree conference they would rmed Soviet in central Berlin as '-long 1 United States keeps military police 'there. -American sector German; policemen were carried off by, the. Russians'; An'-of- llcial- 1 the rwo men. were'accosted into (Continued on Page 8) Lindbergh Urges itual Revival "YORK; Aug. 21 Lindbergh today'-urge'd combat is'destroying'the very, civilization, which-'- created it' In a book, "Of' Flight Life" being, published one-time "Lone-iEagle" 'and WorldJWar.n aeronautical- consultant said-; that the United only nation which, "great strength" and Vlt should now be branded on'our consciousness-that unless science is controlled, by a jreater moral become the antichrist early Christians." Security he said, is the objective.

U. S. To Stand Passage Next Word Is Not Official'? By JOHX. WDTANT NEW. Consul''Gen'eral -Jacob Lomaiin; ex-' pelled by.

1 'thefU. State Depart- ment -over. the; Russian- teacher, booted for. hinted.today'_that.iie"may.not"3eave.' If Consul. Americn.

orders States deported- anyway, official, sources at the State ment said km teen booked- on the'liner sailing nest Gbtebprg, May But- Consul" newsman's today: 'think stayL" asked. him-, who might replace Lomaldnin Chepurnykh; would on his 1 No word came directly fromXoma- kin-about He consulate at'. 4:30 CEST) past report-' ers' to get into 1 a -Ee said pnly that'ie was going to a where sev-'. eral" Russian 'Nations' dele- I 1 to tbe- said rnpnths' 'tht school "It" attache the, 'Swedish- line; operato'r, of Stockholm, Ixnnakin's ras in Europe, iere iib-'- way here whether'-ifr', was- made, some ago. Off Mean.wnile.j.Mrs;' Kasen- er wid-'is'the dispute, 'was removed (Continued -Pige'if.

Col. S) Sowse Probcrs Vew Witnesses 'WASHINGTON, Aug. ''ja bngressional s-p inVesfiga'toik juietly be'gan. "lining our new witnesses tempt.to-get tory of Alger Hiss, and- "Whittater Nixon- member, of le XTn-American- Activities Committee, -described; the witnesses "very. important but not publicly Their hey do not Jcnow committee have not et been Plans: Secret, Session committee plans secretly on'Monday.

and Tues- ay. "testify in! pub- your story "Wednesday. and. a good, one, I think;" Nison told epofters.V the; hambers summotutdT to other-in 1 Names- Ate Nixon said' the "names atnesses never, have '-been- "brought utin'open hearings. "All' are of 'equal importance," 'aid, "in they are', necessary Itnesses to fill' out the story." He most' 1 of nave knowa Hiss or- Chambers or both.

Nixon-, said': they may be 1 to estify' to such', (Coatinued "oa-Page Democratic, II allot Drive To He "Talkin'est 95 In Historj By ROBERT G. NIXON WASHINGTON. Aug. 21, Truman plans to make bout 500 campaign talks before lection, record in American istory. Sources close to.

Mr. Truman'said oday that if his voice holds out, he impending electioneering should "talkin'est" in: more than a and a 'half. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the.Presi- ent's opponent, and rimbing mate, Gov.

Earl Waren, -have-already announced plans wage a verbal battle from, coast coast. The GOP Is ready to pend money to hit the radio.trail, oo. Mi'. uch that he-' will never brook lought of defeat, readied himself the. gruelling campaign in hesapeake'Bay aboard the yacht 'illlamsburg: His daily, routine did not differ om ''the Washington' schedule.

whose, makeup is Presidential Secretary. Charles G. Boss: reported to. the White House that Mr. breakfasted at 8 a.

m. and turned to paper work' in his' cabin. The Williamsburg- was due to anchor off Naval. Air Station at Patuxent y. Sunday 1 in--time to reach Annapolis early in.

the morning, Mr. Truman- is confident of reelection, but--realizes -that, victory is not going'-to be achieved in a walk. 'Intimate, disclosed that the Democratic- presidential campaign startegy involve' taking issues to the voters in a record number, of heart-to-heart talks small groups of people. The source said: wants to meet people, face-to-face. He believes that if he-could sit down and.

talk with all. the. voters-of the. nation there would-be no doubt of how they would cast their'votes." Mr. Truman's advisers''feel-that the tory convince the--voters-of the Tightness, "of- the; Democratic 1 platform.

this end largely pearances. little the 48 states that time, to The. paign through'September; and Octo-' ber storied "slow As an illustration capabilities, he. -started out. on his; coast.

swing early summer Omaha, Seattle, But Topsy, iust grew and-grew. At 'the- end, of the-vtwo-weei" Mr. made 73 speeches. (Continued on. Pige 2, Col.

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