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Refuses Clark for Chapman t And 5,000 Trade With As CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 7 UP.— Hank Greenberg, general manager of £ the Cleveland Indians, revealed today t that the Philadelphia Athletics offered ] the Tribe Sam Chapman for Allie Clark £ and 5,000, bat he turned the deal down. | Both outfielders, Clark and Chapman have figured prominently in talks t of player deals. Clark has been used sparingly this year, although he started [ in yesterdays second game against Washington in place of weak -hitting * Bob Kennedy and had one double in three trips to the plate. Greenberg said he refused the offer because he felt the 35-year-old Chap- I man was beyond the point where he 1 can be of any help to Cleveland, which c now has seven outfielders. t 1 t I ! i i i t £ t ] £ | t [ * I 1 c t United States drew up a formal resolution today to put into force its plan for a 100 per cent arms embargo against Communist China. Ships for Russia LONDON, England, May 7. — Shipyards in four West European countries are building more than 100 small, fast ships for Russia, a survey showed today. The ships are being built in Swedish, Danish, Belgian and Dutch yards. Airborne Units in Iceland NEW YORK, N. Y., May 7.— U. S. troops, which landed in Iceland for Atlantic Pact defense duty, were identified here today as airborne units. But the number and identification of the troops flown to the North Atlantic island was not immediately available. Disputes Cattlemens Claims WASHINGTON, D. C, May 7.— Price Stabilizer Michael V. Di Salle disputed today cattlemens complaints that his rollback order for beef prices will cut beef production and bring consumer rationing. Report Quake Kills 200 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, May 7.— Reports from Eastern Salvador said today 200 persons were killed in a violent earthquake yesterday afternoon that devastated two large cities, and Jucuapa,
