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Remains Of Five
U. S. Fliers Under
Guard Of Honor
_
AIDUSSINIA, On the Morgan,
Aug. 28, —(VP)—Five coffins con
taining the remains of American
fliers shot down by Yugoslav
fighter planes Aug. 19 were hand
ed over to American military au
thorities by the Yugoslavs at 1:30
P.M^ today.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 28
—(£*)—Five coffins holding the
remains of American fliers who
died on Aug. 19 when Yugoslav
fighter planes destroyed their un
armed U. S. Army transport, were
taken today across the Morgan
Line under a Yugoslav Guard of
Honor.
The remains were transported
froijj. Ljubljana to the frontier
town of Avaizza. near headquart
ers of the U. S. 88th Division, and
delivered to U. S. military au
thorities. The Morgan Line div
ides American-British and Yugo
slav occupation forces in the dis
puted Venezia Giulia area of It
aly.
All the crew of the C-47 trans
port were killed. For several days,
hope had been held for the fifth
member of the crew because of
conflicting stories that one or two
parachutes had been seen float
ing from the plane. It was the
second U. S. Army transport
downed in Yugoslavia this month.
U. S. Ambassador Richard C.
Patterson accompanied the re
mains.
Russ Ambassador
Leaves Greece
In Turmoil
ATHENS, Aug. 28, — (/P)—The im
pending departure of K. K. Rod
io nRussian Ambassador to I
Greece, complicated the diplomat
ic turmoil in which this nation
found itself today on the eve of
a plebicite expected to bring King
George II his throne.
Rodionov applied to the govern
ment last night for a vise enabling
him to leave the country, thus
' capping a week of diplomatic de
velopments, including the depart
ure of Isador Cankar, Yugoslav
" Ambassador to Greece; a formal
I change by the Ukraine against
Greece before the United Nations
Security Council, and the forth
coming visit of a U. S. naval force.
The unexpected announcement
Strike Vote By
Sailors Union In
Progress Today
o J
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28,—(/P)
—Harry Lundberg, secretary of
the AFLSailor’s Union of the Pac
ific said today strike action would
be held in abeyance after a strike
deadline of September 4 pending
outcome of a hearing of wage in
creases by the Federal Wage Sta
bilization Board.
A strike vote by union member
ship was in progress today, and
probably will be 95 percent in
favor of a walkout, Lundberg said.
He announced receipt of a tele
gram from chairman W. Willard
Wirtz of the Stabilization Board
granting a rehearing of the Board’s
order denying wage increases of
more than $17.50 a month, the
same as granted CIO seamen.
AFL seamen had negotiated an
increase of $27.50 monthly, but
the amount unded the Board’s
ruling was the same increase
as received by the rival CIO Na
tional Maritime Union.
Bijr-Four Lined-Up
Solidlv Against
Aussie Proposal
PARIS, Aug. 28, —(/P)—The Big
Four nations lined up solidly ag
ainst an Australian proposal for
a special commission to investi
gate reparations claims while Am
erican sources predicted that the
Foreign Ministers Council would
meet tomorrow in an effort to find
means of speeding the work of
the month-old 21-nation peace con
ference.
While Italy was preparing her
views on redrawing the Italian
frontier and a military commis
sion was debating its procedure
of operation, as yet not begun,
there was speculation as to what
effect a proposed meeting of the
Big-Four tomorrow might have
on the deliberations now bogged
down by more than 300 amend
ments to the five draft treaties.
of Rodionov’s departure was made
without any official explanation.
The announcement that the
United States was sending the
mighty aircraft carrier Franklin
D. Roosevelt, a cruiser and sever
al destroyers to call at Greek
ports was regarded here as a con
clusive indication of U. S. support
for Greece in the current diplo
matic tussle.
MAY RAZE CHURCH — The 79-year-old Collegiate
rhurch of St. Nicholas (above) on Fifth Avenue, New York, over
’nwed by Rockefeller Center skyscrapers, may be razed if a
$4,000,000 offer for the site is accepted.
FREIGHT CARS SHORT
BLOCK TO ECONOMY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, — (/P)—
The government marshaled the
powers of eight agencies today to
deal with the freight car short
age officially termed as one of
the worst blocks in the road back
to normal peace time economy.
Reconversion Director John R.
Steelman said the struggle to move
crops and mounting factory out
put had developed “a threatening
transportation crisis.”
He warned that failure to solve
the problem could have “grave
consequences” for the reconver
sion program in the next few
months.
In a statement from his White
House office last night, the re
conversion chief called on the ag
encies for “prompt and vigorous
action” to relieve a situation which
finds the railroads carrying more
freight than before the war with
one-third fewer cars.
DUTCH WAR ON
INDONESIAN REBELS
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BATAVIA, East Indies, Aug. 28
—bP)—A Dutch military report
today said that a company of Neth
erland troops had killed 92 Indo
nesians and captured 30 in a for
ay against “heavy opposition”
near Soerabaja.
President’s Birth
place, Lamar, Mo*
LAMAR, Mo., Aug. 28,—(&)—Ev
erett Earp’s tired of listening to
the City Council and Chamber
of Commerce argue about who is
going to build a sign pointing out
President Truman’s birthplace.
He is going to put one up himself.
Earp is owner of the five-room
white frame cottage where the
President was born. He also is
a realestate dealer and has been
Chief Constable here for 16 years.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, — i.-P—
Fleet Admiral William F. 'Bull)
Halsey, replying to reporters’
questions about current deploy
ment of U. S. Warships, today said:
"It’s nobody’s damn business
where we go. We will go any
where we please.”
The wartime commander of the
Third Fleet made it clear that he
did not mean that American ships
could intrude into coastal waters
of any foreign country. He de
clared, however, that the high seas
are "free.”
Halsey's comments were made
at the break-up of a general news
conference.
'The Moscow radio charged
Monday that the Mediterranean
cruise of an American task force
was tied in with the Yugoslav
ia''. S. situation and that the Unit
ed States was trying to put pres
sure on the Balkan nation with
a show of naval strength.
'The Communist Daily Worker
in London today attacked the
Mediterranean cruise as a “blat
ant example of gangster diplom
acy” and said it threatened Brit
ish as well as Russian interests.'
Asked if he included the Med
iterranean as an area that should
be free to our ships without ci v
icism, Halsey said emphatically,
‘‘anywhere at all.”
Halsey’s views were expressed
in the wake of an exchange of
“unofficial” diplomatic rebukes
between Soviet-backed Poland and
the United States which provided
fresh evidence of mounting ten
sion.
At the end of his news confer
ence, dealing with the South Amer
ican tour which Halsey recently
made, a reporter said:
“In view of reported protests
that U. S. ships in the Mediter
ranean constitute a threat to some
other nation, do you think we
should get our ships out of there
to avoid such criticism?"
“No, I do not,” Halsey replied.
“It’s nobody’s damn business
where we go. We will go anywhere
we please.”
“Do you mean anywhere in the
world—any navigable waters?”
“Not to any foreign country, I
don’t mean that,” Halsey retorted.
But to any ocean or sea—to any
waters not within the legal limit
of a country’s sovereignty?”
“Yes. Any free water. Any
W'here in the world,” He declared.
Explaining that his sign would
six feet high and eight feet wide,
Earp said it would be erected
“right by that tall pine tree—60
feet high, it is—That the Truman*
planted the day the President was
born.”