May Have to Keep Draft, Truman Warns

WESTERN EUROPE EDITION THE STARS A TRIPES

Unoflicial Newspapers of U.S. Forces a^^VVyJ^^^^ In the European Theater Vol. 2—No. 188 S^HS^8* * Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1946 750,000 Steel Workers Out in Greatest U.S. Strike Trial Told Guard Sang\ *** s Hit 5£ate Zoot Suit To Muffle Beating Cries Walkout A Kansas City haberdashery displays single and double-breast- PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21 ed barrels to point out the plight By Art White (UP).—The greatest single- of discharged servicemen who industry strike in American can't buy civilian clothing. Stars and Stripes Staff Writer LONDON, Jan, 21.—The cries of a Negro prisoner being history, involving 750,000 steel beaten in the Lichfield guardhouse and the noise of the and aluminum workers in blows were drowned out by a guard singing the "Indian 1,292 plants in 30 states, be- De Gaulle Quits for Good Love Call," the guard, T/5 Ellis D. Adcock, testified today. gan early today, following Adcock, one of the defendants in the Lichfield trial, said ' refusal of the U.S. Steel Corp other guards brought Pvt. Joseph to agree to President Tru- Mallory to his office for the beat- man's compromise offer of Over Political Quarrels ing. While the other guards beat an 18 1/2-cent hourly wage boost. Mallory, Adcock, who was duty ser- Congress Gets Thousands of pickets in the geant, sang the "Indian Love Call" freezing East and Middle West, in and two other songs to cover up The young Fourth French Republic was plunged into its the South and on the Pacific Coast the sound. Truman Views j formed at the gates of mills and gravest political crisis yesterday following the "irrevocable" Volunteered Evidence marched with placards vowing to resignation of Gen. de Gaulle as head of the three-party One of three accused enlisted WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP).—' fight to the last to win the 18 1/2- coalition government. men who volunteered to give "fur- President Truman asked Congress j cent pay raise. ther evidence" under a grant of today for a budget of $35,860,000,000 : Murray Takes Charge De Gaulle's resignation was made in a letter read last immunity from a charge of per- in a combination budget and State I The steel strike brings to 1,425,000 ; night to the cabinet assembled in jury, Adcock. told the court he re- of the Union message. the number of workers made idle the Hotel Matignon. It left no turned to the stand to "tell the The President said it would be throughout the country by walk- doubt that this time the General truth." necessary to extend the Selective outs, according to latest unofficial UNO Unit OKs had quit for good and that he Questioned by Capt. Earl J. Car- Service law beyond its expiration estimation. was hot making another bid for a roll, assistant prosecutor, Adcock date of May 15 if the campaign for Philip Murray, president of the vote of confidence. . admitted that he lied to Lit. Col. volunteers does not produce enough; n^g,^™?' Sw'S^w°£J£5 mpn r.n maintain ani armpri fnrr-P— CI°' hurried to Pittsburgh today Pact oil Atom The tall soldier-leader, hampered Lawrence W. Varner, an IG invest- men to maintain an armed force from Washington to take charge of by growing opposition in the Com- igator, who went to Lichfield to including Army, Navy and Air negotiations with U.S. Steel in an Force—of 2,000,000 men. LONDON, Jan. 21 (UP).—The munist-dominated Constituent As- probe charges of mistreatment to effort to bridge the gap between United Nations Assembly's Politi- sembly, had threatened several prisoners. Concerning the touchy subject of the 15-cent offer of the manage- cal and Security Committee today times before to resign. The last Adcock declared he was instruct- demobilization, he asserted that ment and the 18 1/2-cent . proposal. time was on New Year's Day,1 when ed by .Maj. Richard E. LoBuono, nine out of every ten men who were Murray will make a radio broadcast unanimously adopted the Moscow he received an overwhelming vote of former Lichfield provost marshal, in the armed forces on VJ-Day resolution to set up an atomic would be out by the end of June, to the nation tonight to present the energy commission. confidence and agreed to continue. and 1/Lt. Granville Cubage, former steel workers' case. prison officer, now awaiting trial, 1946. Benjamin Fairless, president of The vote was 46 to 0 in favor of Official Reason to tell Varner that no one was Other Proposals the resolution as drafted by the Offical reason for De Gaulle's U.S. Steel, addressed an open letter Big Three. The Philippine Com- beaten up or mistreated at the The President warned against to President Truman by means of resignation was said to be his refus- guardhouse. any increases in taxes, terming monwealth abstained from voting al to accept slashing cuts in mili- full-page advertisements that ap- after her delegate previously raised 'Rough Them Up' such proposals "ill adviced." He peared in major U.S. daily news- tary expenditures demanded by also proposed: objection to the composition of the left-wing parties, but fundamental Adcock said that Cubage had tola papers. "In our opinion, there is proposed atomic commission. and sweeping differences over the jailers that the guardhouse was 1— Rent and price controls no just basis from any point of The vote came unexpectedly after new constitution and bitter quarrels not tough enough and ordered them through Jpie, 1947. view for such an increase in wages," the Big Three appealed for quick inside the government over France's to be rougher on the men, stand 2— Food subsidies to prevent Fairless emphasized. action. Sen. Tom Connally, one of food crisis were widely accepted as them up against the wall, double- price increases. Biggest Strike the American delegates, said the additional reasons for his quitting. time them, and "rough them up." 3— Extension of the War Powers Never before has a strike in the Moscow resolution- provided neces- "I accepted to guide the country When 1/Lt. Leonard W. Ennis Act to continue priorities and U.S. involved so many workers and sary safeguards for atomic bomb towards its liberation and to lead took over as prison officer, he told equitable distribution of scarce had such likely far-reaching ef- secrets "at every stage" and »m- it through the necessary transition the jailers: "Don't use your hands materials. fects. The biggest strike previously phasized that the commission would which today has been accomplish- on the prisoners," and demonstrat- 4— Admission of Hawaii and was the mass walkout of 450,000 be authorized to "make recommen- ed," De Gaulle said in his letter of ed how they were to control them Alaska to statehood. coal miners in : 919. dations, but not compel action." resignation. France still has grave with the butt of a rifle, Adcock The President renewed his pro- (In Washington, Secretary of (Earlier story of UNO on Page 4.) problems, but is not in grave danger, said. posal for" settlement of labor dis- Labor Lewis Schwellenbach has in- he said. Adcock told the court that a "Sgt. putes by setting up fact-finding vited the presidents of General "After last November's elections Nunes," who is not among the boards to prevent strikes when col- Electric and Westinghouse Electric 3th Army to Ship I regarded my task as finished," he accused,' informed two Negro pri- lective bargaining, conciliation and Cos. to meet him tomorrow to dis- continued. "The assembly thought soners: "You are going to dig your voluntary arbitration fail. cuss the dispute, which last Tues- EM With 21/2 Yrs. otherwise and asked me to head own graves," and made them dig Discussing the requirements of day had sent 175,000 electrical the government again, to which I for about 20 minutes. the armed forces, the President workers off their jobs. agreed. Such a coalition govern- "When I spoke to him about it," said: "Our national safety and (The walkout of 263,000 meat in- * YOKOHAMA, Jan. 21 (AP).— Adcock said, "Nunes replied: 'Oh, ment could only succeed if there is security of the world will require (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) Eighth Army Headquarters said to- real permanent unanimity among Hell! I'm just having a little fun.' " substantial armed forces, particu- day that enlisted men with 30 the ministers. I regret to say, larly in overseas service." He said months' service by April 30 or of- (Continued on Page 8. Col. 1) the governing factor now has be- Base Sections to Join; ficers with 45 months' service by Congress to Get come "requirements for troops in that date probably would be En sufficient strength to carry out Three Ports Stay Open route home by mid-February. Bodies of 6 U.S. Fliers Leave Pay Plan their missions. The announcement was released by Col. L. B. Shaw, Eighth Army Found Near Hong Kong 'Must Clinch Victory Western Base Section will absorb personnel officer, to clarify an an- WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP).— "We have tna^task of clinching Delta Base Feb. 1, Chanor Base and nouncement that enlisted men with Congressional action on a bill pro- the victories we have won—of mak- the London Area Office on March HONGKONG, Jan. 21 (UP).—The 1- and the port of Marseille will be 45 points or 30 months' service and viding lump-sum terminal leave ing certain that Germany and officers with 67 points or 45 bodies of six U.S. fliers, shot down Japan can never again wage ag- returned completely to the French months' service now are being during the war, have been found payments for Army and Navy en- gressive warfare. on March 15, it was announced by an American search party that shipped to the U.S. for discharge. listed men- and women will be "That task requires that, to- yesterday. The months of service require- has been working in the Hong Kong sought next week. gether with our Allies, we occupy The port of Le Havre will be re- ments are based on the April 30 area for two weeks. It was revealed hostile areas, complete the disar- tained until June 30, the same an- date, the announcement emphas- that searchers expect further re- Rep. Robert L. P. Sikes (D-Fla,), mament of our enemies, and take nouncement stated. After Feb. 15, ized. coveries. chairman of a House subcommittee the necessary steps to see to it Le Havre, Antwerp and Bremen which has held hearings on eight that they do not rearm." will remain as the only three con- similar bills, said the full military The President predicted that con- tinental ports through which committee would be asked to ap- (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) American troops will be shipped. Tentative Shipping Schedule prove a draft Tuesday entitling all enlisted men to a maximum of 120 days' pay. The subcommittee's measure For British Brides Announced would grant all enlisted personnel Legislator Would Slash Funds two and a half days' furlough for FRANKFURT, Jan. 21.—A ten- ule with, the name of ship, approxi- every' month in service since Sept. mate passenger capacity, and date 8, 1939. Sikes told a reporter the Of Services to Speed Up Demob tative schedule for 10 ships to of arrival or departure from South- payments would depend upon the transport approximately 10,000 war amount of unused furlough time ampton : accumulated by individual soldiers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP).— from previous appropriations to brides from England to the U.S. SHIP" LOAD DATE A move is under way in Congress the Army and Navy. Dirksen's was announced today by Brig. Gen. Argentina 625 Depart Jan. 26 to force the Army into speeding up theory is that if the services do not George S. Eyster, USFET Redeploy- Vulcania 1,200 Arrive Feb. 1 Reich Civilian Setup Planned have the money to feed and house Santa Paula 585 Arrive Feb. 2 demobilization by slashing funds ment Chief. for feeding and housing troops. their personnel they will have to Gen. Eyster explained that ar- Queen Mary 2,400 Depart Feb. 3 WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP).— zebulon Vance...v 480 Arrive Feb. 7 Acting Secretary of State Dean Rep. Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill.) bring them home. rangements for French war brides Larkspur 536 Arrive Feb. 9 said today that he would offer the Instead of giving the Army and were nearing completion. USFET Acheson declared today that a Mount Vernon 1,200 Arrive Feb. 12 great effort was being made to proposal as an amendment to a bill Navy a lump subsistence fund, he officials estimated that there were Cristobal..... 215 ArriveFeb. 16 prepare a civilian organization for coming before Congress next month stated, appropriations should be 50.000 to 60,000 war brides and de- James Parker 215 Arrive Feb. 16 taking over the Army's administra- to return approximately $6,500,000,- allotted in monthly quotas based on pendents to be transported to the Argentina 625 Arrive Feb. 17 tive job in the American zone of , 000 to the Treasury. the number of men scheduled to be U.S. James Huddleston 49* Arrive Feb. 20 Most of the funds, he said, are released each month. Following is the tentative sched- Queen Mary 2,400 ArriveFeb. 21 Germany. I Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1946 Martial Law Declared in Greece; Europe Claims Outlaw Band Frees 32 Prisoners OnLootedGold 700 Millions

Calls G Is Tolerant Country Swept * WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 Associated Press Stall Writer in connection with the Allied agree- I can only considsr a man had been declared in the Kalamata ATHENS, Jan. 21.—Two rugged little Balkan nations- ments recently concluded at an 18- noii-essentiai when he has served area of the Southern Peloponese Greece and Albania—are squared off in a bitter test of nation conference in Paris on Ger- through hell in a combat zone, or after a band led by outlaw leader man reparations. » is not physically able to drive a nerves and diplomacy that is loaded with potential armed Mangalis attacked a police station Officials said "every effort" was truck push a pencil, cany a bed- conflict over the "Northern Epirus" question. | being made to recover the remain- pan ox perform any of the other and freed 32 prisoners. ing gold, but that investigation and thousands ol tasks left for the oc- , Reuter reported martial law pro- Officially the Albanian government has announced that acquisition of the stolen wealth has cupation army and the "close-out claimed in Messenia and Laconia it will not "yield an inch of terri been "extremely difficult." force.' The same ships which carry in the Peloponnesus, with fighting tory" to any nation without fight- Neutrals' Refusals dischargees home can return to in Kalamata between thousands of ing. This announcement by Pre- Europe with this kind of replace- members of "Khi," extreme right mier Enver Hoxha was made in One of the main reasons, they ment. organization, and the national a direct reference to claims by said, lay in the refusal of neutral I am the father of two pre-Pearl guard assisted by police. Mastery of Greece on portions of Albania countries like Sweden. Switzerland, Spain and Portugal to permit Al- Harbor kids, have more than a year the town was seized by armed and which Greeks call "Northern Epi- overseas, was in Germany during uniformed Khi men during the rus" and which the Albanians de- lied entry and seizure of these "hid- den" German-looted assets. the struggle and have 54 points. afternoon and police were ordered scribe as "Southern Albania." Such action is now being sought I'm eligible, but. the pipeline is so to fall back toward the prisons to Ethnic Claim Filed clogged with 55ers that it looks under a title-vesting decree passed safeguard the lives of left-wing pri- The only official Greek action hopeless for me My wife is getting soners. by the Allied Control Council m has been to file a claim based on gray and I am going nuts. Has (The 32 prisoners, K i sympathiz- Germany, Oct. 30. 1945 authorizing ethnic, historical and cultural seizure of German government and anyone a solution?—Cpl. Roy Toler. ers, we're freed this morning by grounds with the big powers. The private property alike—a move be- 235 General Hospital (Jan. 10, more than 100 Khi men in uniform 1946.) Greeks assert they only want ing resisted by the neutrals on with a special armlet bearing the "justice" in the disposition of their * * * letter "X1', Reuter said.) grounds that it impugns their na- claim. Recently more than 100,000 tional sovereignty. Moscow radio carried Tass agency You Can't Miss It Greeks, assembling in Constitution Tracing Difficult reports from / 'hens alleging Greece Square to protest the recognition Some low-living Deison stole my is being sfljgpt by a wave of right- of the Hoxha regime by the Allies, Another difficulty, it was said, jeep from Schweinfurt the other wing-inspired violence from the shouted in unison "We will fight" lies in tracing present ownership of "X-ist" bands night. Now they tell me that if over the Epirus issue. the stolen gold in former enemy it's not found I won't go home th.s Tass, the radio said, blamed "Mo- Two divisions of the Albanian nations. month and that I might have to narcho-Pascist" organizations for Army of 60.000 are stationed in Based on current unofficial rec- pay for i:. If anybody sees it. will the disturbances, accused the gov- southern Albania near the Greek ords, Belgium's losses in gold he please notify the MPs or, if ernment of tolerating them, and border, while two more Albanian bullion are estimated at about possible the 28th Tow Target Sq. alleged the "terror" represents an divisions are in Yugoslavia near the 8200,000,000; the Netherlands at. at R-25 Schweinfurt. Germany. attempt to discredit the left-wing Greek Macedonian border. The about $175,000,000; Italy, $60,000,- It is an Air Corps jeep, winterized EAM group and hasten a "fake" j presence of Albanian forces in 000; Prance $50,000,000: Austria, with plvwood. and has a canvas election. $50,000,000: Denmark. Czechoslo- ! Yugoslavia was disclosed during the Tass was piloted as reporting that recent Albanian elections when the vakia and Hungary, $30,000,000 each. Fascists in the last two days mur- : question arose of how they were Officials said a decision was taken dered ten EAM supporters in the! to vote. An Albanian Army captain in Paris to pool all bullion assets Peloponnesus. Premier Themisto- told the Associated Press' recently" found so far and to distribute pro- cles Sophoulis was cited as admit- in Albania his unit there was portionate shares among alB claim- ting existence of "terror," attribut- "practicing." MILES ant Allied nations. This would con- ■ ing it to the right wing, and agree- Opposite these forces, near Salo- tinue as future gold is uncovered. ing it reached its greatest intensity nika, are units of Indian and Ghur- military observer said he recogniz- in the last few days. ka forces of the British Army. A ed the equipment as mostly Yugo- sizable force of Greek soldiers slavian, with several British pieces UK Ports Sought also is in the vicinity of lhe Yugo- included. Arniy, Navy Race slav and Bulgarian borders. An- Albania has no airplanes, while To Handle German other portion of the 60,000-man Greece has a few outmoded bom- Greek Army is posted near the Al- bers and fighters. Sick Baby to U.S. banian border. PWs Leaving U.S. top. It also nas a civilian steering Scattered through Greece are two Charges of Persecution wheel, a civilian red leather seat HONOLULU, Jan. 21 (AP).— full divisions of British soldiers Charges and counter-charges of The stars and Stripes Bureau on the right hand side, and a pipe Army and Navy airmen raced wi.h who are well equipped. persecution of minority nationals FRANKFURT, Jan. 21— Negotia- bumper with a wire cutter. Its death la e today in an effort to Albania Largely Moslem in both countries have been flung tions are under way between the fenders extend down to the bumper, save an Australiali-born infant from the Athens and Tirana radios U.S. and Great Britain for the which has a .spotlight, and is daughter of an American sa lor. Albania's million population is 70 British to handle through their percent Moslem. The country is and newspapers. Hoxha asserted marked 9 A.D.C.. 28 T.T.Sq. Officers at Hickam Field said that ports the return of 175,000 of the spending more than half its nation- recently that "Greece was worse Thank you very much, and I am Mrs Robert J. Robison and eight- than the Italian Fascists" in the 314,000 German war prisoners to hoping to hear something.—Cpl. week-old Cherylene were due here al budget for military purposes. persecution of Albanians in Greece. be returned from the U.S. to At a recent parade celebrating Joe, 28th T.T.Sq. by plane this afternoon en route Numerous border "incidents" have Europe, it was announced here * * * to San Francisco. They left Bris- liberation from the Germans, a been reported, a number of which today. bane Friday. if wide variety of weapons, including have been authenticated .by Allied Prisoners the British will ship Doctors sav the infant daughter mechanized equipment, mobile anti- investigators. and handle are those captured by He's Hit Where It Hurts of Robert J. Robison MM1/C of aircraft guns, light artillery and British Empire troops and for The dispute over the territory t Recently I received a compassion- Virgil, Kan., could not live without tanks and infantrymen equipped has intensified nationalistic feel- whom, under terms of the Geneva ate furlough to visit my wife in a delicate brain operation. with automatic rifles and machine- ings in both countries. Hardly a Convention, the British retain ini- guns were displayed. The well-uni- England. It was my first leave in Since the baby is an American day passes without reference being tial responsibility. They have been 16 months, and being authorized the Army arranged to fly her from formed soldiers were in sharp con- made in the Greek and Albanian held in the U.S. through an ar- travel by air I flew from Wiesbaden Australia to Oahu. Here mother trast with the ragged and poorly press to each nation's claim. rangement developed by the Com- to Paris. At the EATS booking and baby will transfer to a Navy equipped guerrillas who entered bined Chiefs of Staff. office 1 expected to book a plane plane for the trip to San Francisco. Tirana a year before. An Allied War Department policy calls for ride to London. I was told they Spain and Denmark Fix Rale the removal of all German prison- were not allowed to fly any leave MADRID, Jan. 21 (AP).—The ex- ers from the U.S. by spring. personnel to London and was ad- change rate of the peseta and the vised to go to the RTO and travel Danish crown was fixed Wednes- New Swiss Minister Named by boat train. The RTO told me day for the first time since April, LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter).— that travel for U.S. leave personnel 1940, when the Germans invaded The new Swiss minister in Sofia ivas no longer free, and the fare Denmark. The new rate is 2.77 will be K. Von Jenner, who was to London was about $20 one way. pesetas for each crown purchased attached to the Swiss Legation in 1 had only $40 balance in my privately and 2.33 pesetas for each London from 1931 to 1943, the* currency control book, the price crown sold to the government. i Swiss radio announced today. of a round trip, leaving me only a few shillings for my furlough. The personnel at EATS were sympathetic and polite but said that their hands were tied. I tried my luck to hitch a ride at the airfield. I saw planes take off with empty seats. But the officer in charge watched each plane like a Gestapo officer as they loaded up. Paris Area \tetz After three and a half years in the Army, almost two years of it MOVIES TODAY SCALA. — "Spanish .Main," Maureen in combat, I have a Purple Heart MARIGNAN—"Anchors Aweigh," Gene O Hara. Paul Henreid. Kelly, Frank Sinatra, continuous 1400- ROYAL. —"She Went to the Races." with cluster and a Bronze Star. Francis Gilford. James Craig. But I wonder if anyone inter- 2300. Metro Marbeul. ested any more.—Disappointed Ex- ENSA PARIS.—"Road to Otopla," Bob Officer Tours Combat Joe, APO 744. Hope. Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour. continuous 1400-2300. Metro Marbeul. FROM MAYFLOWER OUTB—FontaiDC- bleau - Sundays, Thursdays 0900. Ver- STAGE SHOWS sailles - Daily 1330. City Tour - DailJ ENSA MARIGNY—"Pun* ol the Fair," 1000, 1400. SOP Clouds Bright Spot variety show On a recent pre-check up for OLYMPIA—"Syncopated Journey." Va- riety, 1430, 2000. 3*0 Civilian Tickets Saturday's inspection, we found Available per Show. the only bright thing in this 239th MISCELLANEOUS General Hospital taken away from This is not an official publication PX Fountain SHOP—Adjacent to Main our shelves, namely the pictures of of the U.S. Army our wives. We reported this to the PX at Rue de Provence and Hue. du Ha- vre. Open daily except Sunday 1300- Western Europe Edition 1st Sgt. and were told that accord- 2130. Malted mills, ice cream, sundaes, beer Printed at the New York Herald ing to SOP nothing was allowed on PX BARBER SHOPS—12 Rue de Seze Tribune Plant, 21 Rue de Berri, Paris, top of our clothes lockers. (opposite Rainbow Corner!, weekdays for the U.S. armed torces under aus- After being overseas for 28 0800-2000. Sunday 0900-1700, with oeautj pices of the Information and Educa- months and no chance of going parlor. 146 Champs - EHysies, 0900-1900 tion Division TSFET. Tel. ELYsees home in sight, we at least want the weekdays only, with beauty parlor. 48 40-58. 41-49. Avenue Kleber. 0900-1900 weekdays only, Other editions : Pfungstadt and privilege, after looking at sour no beauty parlor. Altdorf, Germany. New York Office, pusses all day, to glance at our COLISEOM CLOB— Enlisted men and 205 E. 42nd St. loved ones occasionally. guests only. Metro Anvers. Entered as second-class matter, It's about time we were sent home OFFICER-EM CLUB—Lunch 8nd dinner March 15, 1943, at the Post Oflice, so we can have more pictures taken by appointment RIC 04-41. Hotel Louvois Ne-v York. N. Y. under the act ol Louvois Sq. Metro Bourse. March 8, 1878. and hang them where we damn please.—17 Signatures—Ed.), 239th COLUMBIA ARC CLUB—State Night Vol. 2, N«. Iff, "Car 29, mixed soldiers and poultry; ear 30, frozen fruit; car 31, Dance, Ohio, EATS Combo CI Band, Gen. Hosp. France. soldiers; car 32, mixed soldiers and farm machinery." Broadcast te the 'States. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1946 THE STARS AND STRIPES U.S. NEWS Page 3 Britain Loan Faces Stiff Fight Chairs Blasted Into the Ceiling

Poll Indicates The American Scene Slight Odds I Army Restores 1-Year Ban on Brides Favor Passage j For West Point Grads, Class of 1949

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP).— WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP).—A new War Department regulation A sample poll of House members suggests that the Army's reconversion to full post-war status will be yesterday indicated that the propos- delayed until July, 1949. ed $4,400,000,000 loan to Britain Beginning with that date, no newly commissioned second Izeutenant faced a stiff fight. may take a bride for a year upon pain of forfeiting his commission. A slight majority in favor of the The long-standing peace-time rule was suspended in 1942 because loan was indicated by those Con- during the war most new officers came from civil life rather than from gressmen willing to express an West Point. opinion, but enough members were The 1949 date makes the additional year of enforced bachelorhood undecided or non-committal to throw apply to the first West Point class to be admitted to the Academy since the decision either way. The loan VE-Day. has already been approved by the The ancient rule that a Military Academy undergraduate may not | British Parliament. possess a wife, a horse or a beard remains unaltered. Economic War Foreseen ^^{An international trade expert of the State Department said today GI Who Won Rape Appeal Is Freed that rejection of the pending loan LEWISBURG, Pa., Jan. 21 (AP).—An American soldier sentenced to Britain would touch off a world- to 25 years' imprisonment for rape by an Army court martial in wide economic war - which would England, but ordered freed by a Federal judge, was released today cost the U.S. thousands of millions from the Lcwisburg Federal Penitentiary. of dollars, the Associated Press re- Warden William Hiatt said the soldier, Donald Hicks, 25, King- ported. ston, N.Y., was released when military authorities commuted the ("If there should be an economic unexpired prison term after Judge John Briggs Jr. of the U.S. Third War, we could doubtless win it", District Court of Appeals ruled the GI was convicted illegally. Clair Wilcox, director of the State The case came before Briggs on a habeas corpus action instituted Firemen examine the wreckage after a terrific explosion wrecked a Department's International Trade by Hicks. The jurist ruled that Hicks was not permitted at the court four-story factory building in Buffalo, N.Y. Three floors collapsed Policy Office, said in a speech pre- martial to cross-examine witnesses, and that some evidence introduced and a fourth is sagging. Two pedestrians near by suffered injuries. pared for a Cleveland meeting, but at the trial was not admissible. he added, however: "It would be a sorry victory." ("A division of the world into Ho-Hum Panama Sea Level tut L rged contending economic blocs would be a tragedy not only for Britain NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (AP).—Tommy Manville, 51-year-old asbestos but for us and every other nation heir, and his eighth wife, the former Georgina Campbell, will seek on earth," Wilcox said. He termed a divorce after five weeks of married life, Manville's attorney an- As Saf ety Against Atom Bomb Britain a "good risk" and said: "Ail nounced. she needs is a chance to come back".) NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (UP).—Owen Claybourn, super- Holdup Men Get 10 Lashes,Eight Years intendent of the Panama Canal, today advocated "turning WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 21 (AP) .—Convicted of robbery, two back the clock 40 years" by converting the waterways into men, stripped to the waist in freezing weather, were lashed ten times Hospital Lack at the whipping post here yesterday. a lockless, damless, sea level cut across the isthmus as a They were convicted of taking $286 in two holdups. They also precaution against atomic bombing. Denied by VA must serve eight years in the workhouse. Speaking at a conference of the American Society of Engineers here Claybourn said atom bombing could WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (AP).— VFW to Ask Benefits During Strikes do no more damage than could be The Veterans' Administration said repaired promptly by dredging if Student Sought today that no Pennsylvania vet- WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP).—The Veterans of Foreign Wars will eran' requiring hospitalization for ask Congress to amend the GI Bill of Rights to make veterans thrown the canal were streamlined for service-connected injuries or dis- out of work by strikes eligible for unemployment compensation. "maximum safety and unlimited In Tot's Killing abilities was being denied care for The action was decided upon. Omar Ketchum, VFW legislative capacity." lack of facilities. director, said today after the Veterans Administration rejected a test He said engineers who studied the problem had recommended a CHICAGO, Jan. 21 (UP). —A A spokesman for the agency appeal of 13,000 Flint, Mich., veterans for the $20 weekly unemployment ade the statement in comment benefits provided by the bill. The war veterans are idle because of 500-foot sea-level channel which he search was ordered today for Sidnej ~oonn demands of several Penn- estimated would cost $1,310,400,000. the General Motors strike. Claybourn said available reports Lester Sherman, 21-year-old North- sylvania veterans' organizations western University student wanted that the Army's Deshon General from Hiroshima indicated that the Hospital at Butler, Pa., be taken 'Ghost9 Planes to Fly Patton Honored channel conditions there were un- for questioning in the kidnap-slay- over by the VA to fill immediate changed by the bomb blast which ing of six-year-old Suzanne Degnan needs, but Gen. Omar N. Bradley, destroyed virtually the entire Jap- In Storms to Get Data At Memorial Rite anese city. He added that the locks Sherman, a former Marine, cast chief of the agency, said the Vet- and dams of the present canal suspicion on himself by failing tc erans' Administration did not want appear voluntarily before police the hospital, which is to close soon WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP). In Washington were the vulnerable parts as far as bombings were concerned. after wide publicity that he was and revert to its original owner. —The Navy plans to fly pilotless being sought, said John Prender- "ghost" planes into Florida WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP).— Claybourn pointed to the dealing of sunken ships in the Suez Canal gast, police commissioner. thunderstorms to obtain weather A ceremony in homage to Gen. The commissioner disclosed that Army Restricted and aerodynamic data under George S. Patton Jr. was held at within a period of days during the articles of the youth's clothing, j Washington Cathedral Sunday war as proof of the superiority of severe weather conditions. The a sea-level route, and he advocated along with a blood stained handker- On Death Penalty with military, government and di- chief found attached to a wire Navy's, aerological research faci- plomatic figures among the 1,500 that the construction be started now that danger of attack was noose, where parts of the girl's body < lities at the Banana River air attending. were discovered two weeks ago, had ■ WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP). ' station, and Army Air Force The general's widow and mem- remote, and when construction •^-President Truman has restor- would be a valuable aid to employ- been sent to Washington for ana- equipment at Orlando will be bers of the Patton family were lysis by the FBI. ed, except in occupied territory, present for the tribute sponsored by ment. the peace-time regulation prevent- used during the tests, which will In Washington, investigators are Tank Corps Post 19, American ing courts martial from imposing begin March. 1. seeking to determine the ownership Legion, of which Patton was a of the handkerchief on the theory death sentences for desertion, aid- member for 26 years prior to his U.S.-Czech Air Pact ing or advising another to desert, that laundry numbers on it might 2,000 Italian PWs Sail; death in Germany last month. be part of an Army serial number. absence without leave and misbe- Col. Harry H. Semmes, who Assures '5th Freedom' haviour of sentinels. 4,500 Nazis to Follow served under Patton, told the The action restores the limita- i throng that coming generations Probe Won't Call Winnie tions suspended by presidential or- WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (INS).— I would be enriched by the heritage WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP).— SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21 (UP). The State Department announced der on Nov. 9, 1942. of valor the general left. The Pearl Harbor Committee to- Acting Secretary of War Kenneth —More than 2,000 Italian prisoners today that Czechoslovakia and the U.S. had signed a reciprocal air day rejected by 6 to 2 a motion to G. - Royall announced, meanwhile, of war, first of 15,300 scheduled to Hungarian Republic Seen that instructions had been issued be returned home within the next pact assuring full "fifth freedom" invite former British Prime Min- to all overseas commanders requir- few weeks, boarded ships in San j NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (INS).— air rights. ister Winston Churchill as a wit- ing that all court-martial cases in- Francisco Bay yesterday. NBC reported last night that the Government officials said eight ness. The motion was made by Sen. volving the death sentence,. or in The Italians arrived yesterday Hungarian National Assembly next other countries had signed such Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.) who by train from Tooele, Utah. Of- week would proclaim Hungary a pacts with the U.S.: Spain,Sweden, wanted to ask Churchill about tns the case of officers dismissals from Atlantic conference with the late the service, be referred to the War ficials said 4,500 German PWs republic. There was no confirma- Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Eire, Department for final disposition. would depart from here tomorrow. ! tion of this report. Portugal and Switzerland. President Franklin Roosevelt. Palestine, Tex., Too, Suffers Its Violence Reds Foment Demob Protests, House Probe Counsel Charges

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP).— Adamson noted that the Army recently made some arrests in con- Erdie Adamson, counsel for the nection.with Pacific demonstrations House Committee on Un-American and said: "If the Army decides to Activities, which has been quietly court-martial any of these men investigating GI demonstrations for inciting mutiny, we will keep against demobilization slowdowns, our hands off. But we may ask . said today that preliminary results the War Department to let us ques- of the inquiry had convinced him tion these men." that some of the mass protests (A group of Army doctors and were the result of a "well-laid dentists on Guam, meanwhile, noti- Communist plot to stir up soldiers." | fied the Associated Press by cable- "We have evidence to show that ■■ gram to San Francisco that at a Communist agitators actually went! meeting Friday night they had re- into the Army for the sole purpose ! solved to ask for permission to of causing trouble," he said. send a representative' before the Adamson added that in this con-1 Senate demobilization sub-commit- nection, the committee was parti- tee. Idleness from professional cularly interested in the Frankfurt ; duties, a .spokesman said, was demonstrations. | "causing decay physically, mentally The committee counsel charged j and morally." that a New York City organization (The message said the medical "closely identified with the Com-1 and dental officers were not ask- munist Party" printed "a lot of ing for demobilization but for "a handouts designed to upset our fair rotation policy" to permit sur- Palestine, Tex., was swept by a hurricane recently in which 24 persons are known to have died and plus doctors overseas to return to more than 100 to have been injured, some of them in the surrounding communities.- State guardsmen homesick soldiers in Europe and and volunteers are shown searching the ruins of a wrecked building for additional victims. the Far East." the U.S.) Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1946 ' Social Democrats Sweep German Elections Size of Vote Is Hailed Night Patrol in Berlin Fraser Urges As 83 Pet. Turn Out Mandates of War I for UNO By Bob Marshall Stais and Stripes Stall Writer LONDON, Jan. 21 (AP).—Petes FRANKFURT, Jan. 21.—Extremely heavy voting, with Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, demanded before the 83 percent of the eligible voters casting ballots, marked Ger- United Nations Organization's many's first free elections in 13 years yesterday. trusteeship committee today that France and South Africa imme- Final returns compiled by military government today diately turn their mandates over revealed that 376,794 of an eligible electorate of 461,071 went to the United Nations Trusteeship to ttie polls to select 1,200 local Council. township councils in 17 of the 39 He declared he was "at a loss" to kreise of Greater Hesse. Thirty- understand the position of the two War Trial Told nine percent of the ballots cast countries, which he said had shown went to the Social Democratic hesitancy in declaring their inte: Party. The Communist Party poll- tions. How Nazis Bled ed slightly more than four percent France May Be Willing of the votes. Last Saturday, French Foreign Election results by party were Minister Georges Bidault said as follows: Social Democrat, 146,- 1 Beaten Lands 508; Christian Democrat, 99,591 (26 France would 'consider turning its percent); Communist, 16,608; Libe- i mandates over to the United Na- NUREMBERG, Jan. 21 (AP).— ral, 5,662; Non-partisan, 92,383; In- tions providing trusteeship agree- Systematic Nazi exploitation of valid votes, 16,042. j ments could be worked out with- black markets to assist in the \ the approval of both France and No Surprise representatives of the Cameroons eeonomic bleeding of conquered Although they can make themselves understood only through sign countries was exposed at the inter- The lead taken by the Social De- and Togoland, the French man- mocrats was no surprise to politi- language, the Russian and U.S. members of this mixed patrol get dates. national war crimes trial today as along very well. Their beat is the Russian-U.S. boundary near Gaston Monerville, a member of the French prosecution launched its cal observers here. They pointed Tempelhof Airdrome. case. out that the party had been one the French delegation-from French "captured documents presented j of the most active on the political Guiana, told the committee, today by Charles Gerthoffer, French pro- scene since organized political acti- that France wanted to include To- secutor, showed that black-market j vlty was sanctioned by the Pots- goland and the Cameroons in the purchases in France, Holland. Bel- dam Declaration last August, Murderers Strike French Union and said represent- gium, and Yugoslavia by the Ger-1 Tne Communists also have been atives of these two territories were mans totaled over one billion 1 among the most active and vocifer- now helping to frame the new eons-' reichsmarks. Reichsmarshal Goer- ous political groups m Germany. In Ruins of Berlin tiiution for the French Republic. ing ordered black market methods ,™ir, nRim?r3fZl,sh™™L IT Demands Clarification discontinuerii£™ti«,,Prdi after discoverinrtisrnwrmga thaithat terday, it is believed, may be due in part to the fact that only very BERLIN, Jan. 21 (AP).—An average of two German civilians are Fraser immediately demanded Nazi agencies were inflating their small communities- were voting, murdered and seven others are injured every day by criminals operat- clarification of the French inten- own prices in competitive bidding, ing through the ruins of this once great city, according to statistics of tion. the Communists would ordinarily South Africa has expressed a but found it irreplaceable for "un- expect United States airlines are planning •embarkation disclosed tonight. agreement by distributing written camp, according to reports from Army radio dispatches from Ma- .. campaign.", Mendoza. tion cf Western Europe. fleets of super airliners to operate prorjaganda in a smear between major cities on trolley-car rnla headquarters said that 30 en- invalidated elec- A motion tabled by Viscount Tne Russians It is believed that they are trying schedules which will require no hsted women were aboard the Kota tions jn mree lants in the RusSian to make their way into Chile to Elibank, which will evoke a govern- elude repatriation. Patrols have advance reservations, Robert Ram- Baroe en route to San Francisco, mne because written propaganda ment reply, calls for : speck, executive vice-president of and 249 aboard the West Point distributed, and ordered been sent out to search the moun- had been the Air Transport Association, told bound for New York City by way rjoting before Thursday. tainous region bordering Chile in "The necessity for arranging oi the Panama Canal. new ba without delay that the western the Washington Advertising Club. an effort to intercept the fugitives. He said the first liners should be Another 235 former enlisted ... A ,i.,„,:„ r> „... _.i o - boundary of Germany shall in the women were discharged in Manila 1 rans-Aiianuc itecora sei future be the Rhine River : available late this year or early in 1947. and accepted employment there LISBON, Jan. 21 (AP).—A new "And that the Rhineland and the with the War Department, radio trans-Atlantic air record for the Labor Troubles Some of the planes will carry Ruhr be created into a separate up to 200 passengers at 300 miles dispatches said. New York-Lisbon crossing was' set state, and be collectively controlled At peak strength, the Wacs on by the Pan-American Constellation Mounting in Italy an hour in altitudes of more than and administered by the United 3,0.000 feet. Ramspeck said the air- duty in the western Pacific were which landed here today, nine Kingdom, France and other coun- stationed from Hollandia to Leyte hours and 58 minutes after de- lines would operate at least 1,239 and Luzon. parture from New York. ROME. Jan. 21.—Industrial strife tries adjacent to their western planes capable of carrying 49,357 mounted in northern Italy today boundaries under the auspices of passengers and flying more than when nearly 3,000 laborers de- the UNO." 10,000,000,000 miles a year. manding re-employment invaded Canberra Brigadier's Ex-Valet the Caproni works at Ponte San Pietro. the Rome newspaper, II Globo, reported. Three GIs Get Prison Terms Reinstated in Barkeep's Job An agreement was reached here, meanwhile, by industrial and labor For Tokyo Black Marketing CANBERRA, Jan. 21 (AP).—The Fields had contended that he lost groups to permit partial layoffs in his job as barman, after Schreiber, northern Italy. Under Mussolini's Schreiber-Fields incident was offi- laws layoffs were banned, and the TOKYO, Jan. 21 (INS).—Three six months' imprisonment; and Pvt. his former employer, had brought American soldiers, found guilty of cially closed today and the former . pressure on the hotel management. government has been paying thou- Robert Cuker of Louisville, Ky., valet of the Duke of Gloucester's sands to Workers even though they diverting hundreds of thousands of sentenced to one year in prison and The Canberra Trades and Labor dollars worth of Army goods into chief of staff is going back to his Council accepted the terms of the . were idle. dishonorable discharge. Tokyo's black market, were handed The three GIs were convicted of job as barman in Canberra's Hotel settlement of the dispute which a I prison sentences from six months Kingston. union spokesman had said was stealing Army goods and supplying U.S. Gets Jap Hawaii Data to two years today. a black market allegedly headed by J. E. Cassidy, appearing for the proving "internationally embarrass-1 A fourth defendant, 1/Sgt. Robert hotel at an official inquiry into the ing" to Premier Joseph B. Chifley. | WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP).— Marino Bocca, an Italian embassy J. Babcock of Harvey, 111., was employee. alleged victimization of Ernest Cyril Cassidy told the commissioner Japanese archives and premises in acquitted. Fields by Brig. Derek Schreiber of that Schreiber was "not in any way Hawaii have been turned over to Bocca was arrested when the ring The three convicted were Pvt. was broken up in a raid on Tokyo's the duke's staff, told the Concilia- instrumental in having his former the U.S. by Sweden, which had re- Harry F. Bobst of Philadelphia, tion Commissioner that Fields was valet dismissed." presented Japanese interests there Marounuchi Hotel several months sentenced to two years' imprison- ago. The Italian will be tried by being reinstated in his job as of Schreiber WAS not called to give since Pearl Harbor, the State De- ment and dishonorable discharge; Dee. 1, without loss of pay. evidence. I partment announced today. an American military commission I S/Sgt. Alex R. Mint*, sentenced to within the next two weeks. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1946 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 5 Terror Sweeps Jerusalem; Bombs Raises and New Suits Iran Premier End Newspaper Strike Quits Post in Damage Radar Station on Coast ATHENS, Jan. 21 (AP). — Athens newspapers resumed publication Sunday following a Surprise Move- JERUSALEM, Jan. 21 (AP).—Palestine counted at least two dead and 17 wounded today strike settlement in which em- ployers granted reporters and after a weekend of terror swept Jerusalem and spread to the coastal area 60 miles northwest. TEHERAN, Jan. 21 -(AP).—Ibra- linotype operators a wage in- Power installations, the Jerusalem studi os of the Palestin« broadcast service and the crease of 66 percent plus a him Hakimi told the Associated Olga Givath coast guard station were targets of bomb attacks. bonus of a woollen suit and a Press today he had resigned as A reliable source reported 15 British soldiers were wounded, two of them seriously, in pair of shoes for each. The Iranian Prime Minister. an explosion which demolished a strikers stopped work Thursday, Hakimi, whose fall had been pre- Calcutta to California in an Iron Lung tower at the coast guard station demanding a 100-percent in- dicted for the last three weeks, said Sunday. A British constable also crease. he had presented his resignation to was said to have been injured in the Shah last night. the blast. The station, damaged by a bomb Hakimi said he had '"succeeded in November, 1945, was being re- 400 Jap Plants in placing Iran's case before the built. United Nations Organization and I Radar Station Target am now ready to step down." Informed sources said the target Seized for Use His action came as a surprise to of the Olga Givath attack was a police radar station believed to friends and supporters who only have been used to detect ships en As Reparations yesterday pointed out that recent route to Palestine with illegal im- political moves had assured him of migrants. The curfew, clamped down on TOKYO, Jan. 21 (INS)—Gen. at least 30 days' continued power. Jerusalem after Saturday night's Douglas MacArthur today seized Hakimi said he was unable t»-» outbreak of shots throughout the more than 400 Japanese .war plants i predict who would succeed him city, was to be lifted today. The names of Ghavam Us Saltaneh, (Palestine police detained several for eventual use as reparations to Ali Mansour, Governor Khorassan hundred youths and men after a victims of Jajoanese aggression. and former Premier Pirnea have search of the slum quarter of Included in the seizure list were ! been discussed during the last few Jerusalem's Jewish district, Reuter ; weeks. reported. While British troops form- 265 aircraft plants, 33 naval arsen- I Many observers have expressed ed a ring around the men, police als, 36 Army arsenals "and 30 re- i the opinion that the Shah will ask conducted interrogations and trans- search laboratories. Two-fifths of . Hakimi to form a new government, ported hundreds to a football field the expropriated installations were j Saltaneh, a former premier, is a on the outskirts of the city for i large landowner in Russian-occupied searching. owned by the five major war-manu- | North Persia and many deputies (Reuter said British troops were facturing companies, Mitsubishi, i predict he will be able to gain patrolling the deserted streets of Hatachi, Nakajima, Michi and Ka- j Russian favor for the government, the Jewish districts. British Army wasaki. j Hakimi's assistant said the new After a 11,000-mile trip from Calcutta, India, in an iron lung aboard engineers have erected barbed-wire i premier probably would be named barricades around the general post Plants Under Guard j by the Shah after a poll of the an ATC transport, Cpl. Walter Hargrave, attended by Lt. Peggy MacArthur's order was intended Majlis (Parliament). O'Neal, arrives at Hamilton Field, Calif. This was the longest known office and other government build- ings and military installations.) to prevent deterioration of equip- flight in an iron lung. ment and removal of machinery "by Japanese for reconversion to peace- Iran May Negotiate Directly Truman Opens U.S. Records time industry. J^ith Russia, Delegate Says To Committee on Palestine American officers, instructed to ETO Air Force, Cut to 39,000, carry put the directive, were order- LONDON, Jan. 21 (AP).—Nasrul- WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Reu- ed to have the Japanese place the lah Entezam, Iranian delegate tCL- ter).—President Truman has or- seized plants under guard to pre- the United Nations Assembly, told Couldn't Meet a Hurry Call dered all departments and agencies vent theft, sabotage or unauthor- the Associated Press today that the of the Federal government to ized removal of equipment. resignation of Prime Minister Ha- WIESBADEN, Jan. 21 (AP).—The American Air Force furnish the Anglo-American com- The Japanese were also ordered kimi in Teheran "may mean the in- mittee on Palestine with records to provide the personnel necessary stitution of direct-negotiations with which once ruled the skies of Europe has been so damaged and documents needed for study. for maintenance. Russia" to settle Iran's dispute with the Soviet Union. Confidential documents, disclos- Reconversion Banned by redeployment of personnel that it Would take at least ure of which would prejudice U.S. Thus the possibility arose that three days to bring one squadron of 16 fighters into action interests, would be withheld under Japanese authorities were direct- the Iranian-Soviet dispute might and a week to get one squadron of medium bombers into the President's order. Secretary of ed to return machinery already re- be taken out of the hands of tha State James F. Byrnes has been moved from plants and to cancel world peace agency's Security effective operation. authorized to assign State Depart- any permits for peace-time recon- Council. This statement was made yes- planes in Europe, some 9,000, but ment employees, including foreign version unless such reconversion The Iranian delegation Saturday terday by officers at the U.S. Air most of these planes were said to service officers, to assist U.S. mem- was "immediately and absolutely night filed an appeal with the Se- Force in Europe headquarters. be "pickled," parked in open fields bers of the committee and to re- necessary for civil economy." curity Council asking it to invest- The trouble is not lack of planes or stored in hangars where they quest similar loans from other de- The final disposition of the seized igate alleged Russian interference but of men to fly and service them, were subject to deterioration from partments. installations was not specified. in Iran's internal affairs. it was said. On VE-Day the U.S. lack of use and care. It .was believed that the Repara- The Iranian appeal would not European Air Force numbered Officers say there are scarcely tions Commission which has been stand if the new Iranian govern- 450,000 men, now there are only enough men to guard them. investigating Japan's industrial and ment backed down from the posi- 39,000 "effectives." Spanish Group economic structure will recommend tion taken by the Hakimi cabinet. The size of the occupational Air One bright spot, it was said, is that the buildings be turned over Force has been set at 70,000. that most of the men left are low- to the Chinese and Philippine Gov- , "We are urgently in need of re- pointers who are likely to remain ernments. Moscow Radio Charges Iran placements to build up to our for some time. Defies British Requests Refused Repressed Azerbaijan Regime authorized strength," said Lt. Gen. Under current plans, the perma- John Cannon, USAFE commander. nent occupational air force will NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (AP).— Two requests for release of im- LONDON, Jan. 21 (AP).—A Mos-< He added that incoming replace- consist of 2,700 planes, including Bitter criticism of Britain's policy pounded funds in Japan were re- cow radio broadcast heard here to- ments "for the most part require some 200 B29s scheduled to arrive towards Spain was expressed by fused today by Allied headquarters. day charged that the Iranian gov,- several months of job training be- soon. These long-range giants will Spanish Republican leaders at a MacArthur's headquarters an- ernment had carried out measures 'fose- they can step into the ever- be backed up by 750 fighter-bomb- dinner on Sunday night given in nounced that the request for re- of economic and financial repres- widening gaps left by trained per- ers, about 100 medium bombers, 650 honor of Jose Giral. last Republican lease of personal funds of Col. sion toward the self-proclaimed au- 'sonnel." transports and many specialized Premier of Spain. Omero Principini, Italian Embassy tonomous government of provincial * There are plenty of American planes. Socialist Deputy Luis Araquistain. Attache, was turned down. Azerbaijan. voicing criticism, said: "The main A spokesman said that Principini The Russian broadcast, heard interest of the British, without had been very active in Fascist cir- here by the Associated Press, de- Relief Clothing Awaits Atlanta Editor Plugs party distinctions, seems to be not cles and "had engaged in consider- clared that normal trade with other to aid the Spanish Republic." able collaboration with the Japan- Iranian provinces and with foreign Shipment to Norway For U.S. Info Service He added that the British have ese." . . markets had been disrupted as a such an attitude because "they The second request came from consequence, and said the national NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (AP).— the Japanese government, which government of the Soviet-occupied WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP).— believe that the perfect form of Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta government for Spain would be a asked for Allied permission to send province had named a commission The Norwegian Embassy reported (Ga.) Constitution, today urged monarchy." 1.700,000 yen to Korea for relief to establish independent trade re- today that $250,000 worth of relief President Truman to retain the of Japanese refugees. lations with foreign countries. clothing was in New York awaiting He expressed satisfaction at State Department's information pro- France's "strong stand against 'shipment to Norway. The spokes- ! gram. man also said that American Franco," insisting that, "Spain will What's Wrong With This Picture McGill. in a telegram, said he have a Republic despite the Brit- relief organizations planned to i differed with Dean Carl Ackerman, ish." purchase 100,000 pairs of U.S. Army who asserted the program was one shoes and $100,000 worth of kitchen of propaganda. McGill asserted equipment for Norwegian relief, I "it is an information program." and added that American labor j McGill was an unpaid consultant DBS Group Sails planned to send Norway 13 fully i to the State Department in estab- equipped U.S. Army ambulances. I lishment of the information plan. With 2nd Armd.

MARSEILLE, Jan. 21.— A group of Delta Base Section high-point- ATC Stops Passenger Service, ers sailed from this port for home today with another 1,600 or more men of the Second Armd. Div. Stranding U.S. Civilians in Italy The Second Armd. left on the MIT Victory, with one unit on the Liberty Ship John Hathorn The ROME, Jan. 21 (UP).—A blanket the end of February because the Hathorn and the George Handley, order from Air Transport Com- air line had been unable to sur- also a Liberty, carried DBS men. mand stopping all further traffic mount unspecified difficulties. by "revenue passengers" on ATC I ATC fare for the Rome-New York planes and failure of TWA to "come flight was $725, almost $400 more Marseille through" with its announced regular than Pan - American's London-to- Departures U.S.-Rome passenger service left New York fare. Ship Load Date American civilians, including cor- i — MIT Victory 1 565 Jan. 21 respondents and government of- Flights to Berlin, Scandinavia George Handley Lib. 515 Jan. 21 ficials, virtually stranded in Italy John Hathorn Lib... 560 Jan. 21 today. To Start From 2 UK Fields In Port Affecting an undisclosed number BERLIN. Jan. 21 (AP).—The Expected of Americans awaiting transport American Overseas Air Lines will Sailing Rushville Victory.... 1.500 Jan. 22 to the U.S., the ATC order came ' begin continental commercial ser- i St. Albans Victory... 1,500 Jan. 22 from the North African division j vice with two flights—one into Ezra Cornell Liberty 550 Jan. 22 and informed ATC in Italy to dis- Scandinavia and the other into Ber- continue the service through Casa- lin, it was announced today. blanca for paying passengers. The Scandinavian route, which is 16 Stalin Volumes Planned TWA headquarters in Washington scheduled to begin Feb. 2, will be LONDON, Jan. 21 (AP).—A Mos- last month announced that 18-hour from Shannon field, Ireland, to cow broadcast heard here today Rome-Washington flights would Copenhagen, Oslo-and Stockholm. said 16 volumes of Stalin's writings begin in the middle of January, j The flight to Berlin, which is due 1 since 1901 woud be published in the using Lockheed Constellations. But to start Feb. 15. jpill begin in Lon- i next two years by the Control Com- : No—n.uu...,iy we don't mean with Ava Gardner. If you look closely in Rome, TWA officials said that ' don or Hum to Amsterdam, Frank mittee of the AU-Union Communist at the background you'll see it is just a studio prop. But who is the service was not expected before furt and Berlin. | Party. 1 going to look at the background? Page 6 SPORTS THE STARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1946 Maple Leafs Win Over Rangers mmmmm Collegiate Basketball Trims Unbeaten List to Five Teams

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (AP).—Seven more quintets were chopped off the select list last week of college basketball's Penna Nabs undefeated teams, leaving only five major outfits with a clean slate. They are West Virginia, Notre Dame, Holy Cross, Gettysburg and Navy. Richmond West Virginia ran its string Latrobe, Pa., Called to eleven by nicking Penn State Pro Football's Home and Carnegie Tech, while the Golf Tide Irish made it ten straight by taking St. Louis and Great Lakes. Notre NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (ANS). —The National Football League Dame chose to do it the hard way RICHMOND, Calif., Jan. 21 (AP). today recognized Latrobe, Pa., as both times, by coming from- behind. —Tony Penna won the Richmond the birthplace of professional Holy Cross and Gettysburg each won two more games to make their The puck is safe in the cage after Banger Goalie Chuck Rayner Open golf tournament with a 72- football and appointed a com- record seven straight, while Navy (lying on ice) was lured away from it during a game at the Garden hole score of 280 to collect $2,000 mission to help establish a knocked over Maryland and George between Toronto and New York. Others shown are Bill Moe (No. 21), in victory bonds yesterday. memorial there similar to base- Washington for the four-zero mark. Rangeirs; Neil Colville (No. 3), Rangers; Sylvanus Apps (N. 10), Leafs. ball's Hall of Fame. The league Falling from the unbeaten ranks Three players tied for second- said that records showed the during the week were: Baldwin Ben Hogan, Sam Byrd and Mark first pro game was played at Wallace by Toledo, 47-33; Cornell Fry at 281. Latrobe between the Latrobe by New York University, 62-46; More than 3,000 spectators watch- YMCA team and Jeannette, Pa. Georgia by Vanderbilt, 44-38; Tu- Record Crowd W ate ties lane by Alabama, 39-28; Yale by ed the 39-year-old links vet sink Harvard, 39-37; Northwestern by a six-foot putt on the final green Illinois, 45-38, and Capital by Ash- to win his first major tourney since land, 47-41. Chicago Blast Rangers the 1938 Kansas City Open. Chanor Stars This leaves a long and imposing When he walked down the eight- list of once beaten clubs. They in- eenth ■ fairway he needed a birdie clude (figures denote number of four on the 487-yard hole to win. Whip Oise Five wins) Kansas 13, Wyoming 12, Ken- NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (AP).—The Chicago Blackhawks His second shot stopped 75 yards tucky 12, New York U. 11, Okla- treated the largest crowd in history of organized hockey to from the green. His niblick put a homa Aggies 10. Akron 10, Toledo backspin on the ball that stopped one of the highest scoring displays of the season as they In Last Minute 10, Cornell 9, Iowa 9, Colgate 8, it after a six-foot roll over the hole. Detroit 8, Louisiana State 8, Yale Byrd and Fry, finishing earlier defeated the New York Rangers, 9-1, in the Chicago Stadium BRUSSELS, Jan. 21.—The un- 8, Harvard 7, Wesleyan 6, Pitt 5. last night. Coupled with Montreal's loss to Boston, the vic- in the day, already had tied for the and St. Michael's of Vermont" 4. lead at 281. One of Penna's playing defeated 'Chanor Base All-Stars The recorl is due for another tory enabled the Hawks to tie partners, Hogan, came out of a made a bid for the mythical ETO shakeup during the week with Wyo- trap and knocked in an eight-footer the Canadiens for the lead of championship by subduing Oise, 51- ming and the Oklahoma Aggies for a 68 that also deadlocked him the National Hockey League. 49, in a game which saw the score clashing twice, Kentucky playing DeGroot Signs at 281. Notre Dame and Rhode Island In the third game, Toronto^ It was a crucial moment for knotted eight times. Chanor's Paul Shfelds, former In- tackling Holy Cross. Penna, who had scrambled through Maple Leafs whipped the Detroit The various conferences shape up the round making good recoveries, diana star, with a minute to go Red Wings, 3-1, on Gaye Stewart's As Grid Coach broke a 48-48 deadlock and choked as follows: to cling to a chance for top prize. off a rally by the Oise Five. A two goals, to record their fourth Without hesitating he tapped the Evy League charity toss for each side, as the ball into the cup. Had he missed L Pet. straight league win. At Los Angeles result of a double foul, ended the w the putt it would have thrown him 5 0 1.000 A crowd of 19,749, an all-time scoring. Cornell.... into a four-way tie. Dartmouth 3 1 .150 While the victory was the 15th record, watched the Black Hawks LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 (AP).— Charles Congdon followed the Pennsylvania,., 3 2 .600 run up a 7-0 lead before New York bunched Byrd, Fry, and Hogan with consecutive win for Chanor, it also Columbia 2 4 .333 Edward "Slip" Madigan, general marked the first loss for Oise in 23 0 C .000 broke through for its first goal. a 282, while Jimmy Hines and Jim Princeton , manager of the Los Angeles club of tilts. Since being defeated by Max Bentley, the lithe Hawk who Ferrier, tied with a 283. Big Ten Orly Field in its first game of the leads the league in points scored, I the All-America professional foot- W L Pet. year, Oise had defeated all oppo^- added three more goals to his total. | ball conference, announced today Minnesota 3 0 1.000 I that Dudley DeGroot had been nents. Ohio State 4 1 .800 The game failed to produce the Jack Denttinger, former Mar- fireworks the crowd had anticipated ' signed as coach. Iowa 3 1 .750 DeGroot resigned Friday as coach quette passer, grabbed scoring hon- Indiana 4 2 .667 from the feud between the two ors with 27 points. Ed Klinker, Northwestern.. * 2 .500 clubs, a feud that brought nume- of the Washington Redskins of the 3 3 .500 national pro football league. Kalamazoo, paced the winners with Michigan 20 counters. John McGowan, di- Illinois 3 4 .429 ! Madigan described the contract 3 .400 NHL Standings minutive guard from Chicago's Purdue 2 ! also as "long term" but declined to Chicago 0 4 .000 Mt. Carmel High School, put on an W L T Pts say how long it would run or dis- Wisconsin 0 4 .000 outstanding exhibition of floor Montreal 16 11 3 35 close DeGroot's salary. He said Six Chicago 16 10 3 35 play and ball stealing for the home ; DeGroot's contract with the Red- w L Pet. Boston U 9 6 34 club, and held Charlie Edwards, Kansas.. 4 0 1.000 Detroit 13 10 5 31 skins had three years to go. Oise star, to six points while scor- Oklahoma 2 1 .6«7 Toronto.. 11 17 3 25 Twenty-two players, 16 of whom ing eight himself. Iowa State 2 1 .667 New York 7 20 4 18 have pro experience, Madigan said, Nebraska 2 3 .400 have been contacted by letter. Missouri 1 3 .250 rous injuries and penalties to Their names will not be announced, Azores Defeat Kansas State.. 1 4 .200 players on both sides in their last however, until they have signed 359th Engineers Pacific Coast two meetings, both won by New conference contracts. The fast-moving Azores' All Stars South York by 3-2 scores, In the last two years DeGroot's w Pet. A packed crowd saw the Boston Redskins chalked up 27 wins in 34 walked off with the first of three use 5 JSSS Bruins even their week-end home- games. scheduled games to be played in California...... 5 -.833 and-home series with Montreal by Paris Saturday night when they UCLA 2 .333 shutting out the Canadiens, 3-8. topped the 359th Engineers from Stanford...... 0 .000 It was the second time that the Brussels, 32 to 27, at the Magasins North Canadiens have been held scoreless Slocum Award Dufayel. W Pet. .800 in Boston this season, for Bibeault, Glen Bloom paced the invaders Oregon State 4 from the islands with 13 points Washington 4 .6*7 who manned the Boston net before while Pohlman added six. Popolo Idaho 3 .428 Brimsek was available, turned back .400' To Al Schacht led the losers with eight. Oregon his current teammates by the same Washington State .200 margin. NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (AP).—Al In Detroit, the Toronto Maple [Schacht, clown prince of baseball, Burlonwood Trounces -How-the other loops stack up: Leafs moved to within three games , has; been voted the Bill Slocum Bremen Bears, 63-40 Southwest: Baylor moved into a of the fourth-place Red Wings by Memorial Award for high contribu- tie for first with Arkansas by virtue of their 3-1 win, although I tion to baseball by the New York BURTONWOOD, Eng., Jan. 21. trimming Southern Methodist and playing without four of their for- chapter of the Baseball Writers' — Burtohwood's" Bearcats added, Rice. Both Baylor and Arkansas 1 wards and one defensetnan. Association. emphasis to their 43-42 Thursday have won three of four conference Stewart, running his goal output The comedian, who pitched for night basketball victory over the tilts. to 23 for the season, scored twice Washington 1919-21, coached with Bremen Port Command last night Missouri Valley: St. Louis tied within eight minutes of the first Washington and the Boston Red by trouncing the Bears again, 63-40 the Oklahoma Aggies for first by period and easily was the fastest Sox, made three overseas trips to Center George Bishop, St. Louis, whipping Wichita after the Aggies man on the ice, twice getting away North Africa, Sicily, New Guinea, Mo., gathered the night's scoring had beaten the Shockers. for solo sprints in the final period, Dutch East Indies, Philippines and glory with 24 points, ringing in 20 Southeastern: Kentucky trounced only to have his shots stopped by Japan. He staged almost 500 over- of them in the second half. Tennessee for its successful league 6-5 goalie Harry Lumley. seas performances, appearing before Mike iVIedish, Ohio school The bearcats, last year's UK debut. almost 2,000,000 troops in addition basketball star, recently set a new champs, will not play in the ETO Southern: Duke still at the top basketball tourney this season. to appearances at service hospitals Ohio record for both high school unbeaten in eight league games and camps in this country during Most of the men, now eligible for while North Carolina has won six Kentucky Cagers the war. and college competition when he discharge, will leave the theater of seven, losing only to Duke. The award is named for the late scored 59 points in a single game. within the next month. Big Seven: The Colorado Aggies Not Favored-Rupp Bill Slocum, widely known baseball took over first by surprising Colo- writer and one of the originators Question for the UNO: radio, which is second, followed by KNOXVILLE,. Tenn., Jan. 21 of the award. Wyoming and Brigham Young. (UP).—Adolph Rupp, one of the Ohio: Toledo went into first by n a t i o n's top-ranking basketball Can Sports Prevent Wars? beating Baldwin Wallace and was coaches, tonight denied that he Philly Would Save aided by Capital's loss to Ashland. dominates athletics and suppresses Middle Atlantic: Muhlenberg and football at the University of Ken- Gettysburg still undefeated in CHICAGO, Jan. 21 (ANS).—Can a soccer ball stop a war? "■ tucky. Jacobs $380,000 league competition. You'd have your pros and cons on that one, but a fellow who Rupp, who has turned out some saw 28 months of Army service, mostly in Europe's war-torn areas, of the best basketball teams in the PHILADELPHIA, Jan 21 (INS). country during the past several —Pennsylvania State Boxing Com- thinks a bit of athletic equipment here and there might go a long Lehigh Grid Post years and who usually has the ] missioner Leon L. Rains asserted way toward the prevention of another world war. South's best five, said: "There is that promoter Mike Jacobs was He's Johnny Hinkle, newly-appointed head of the publicity office Offered to Kostka no one who would rather see Ken- ! "throwing $300,000 out of the win- at Notre Dame, who stopped off in Chicago yesterday on his way back to watch the undefeated Irish basketball -team at work. tucky have a good football team dow" by staging a heavyweight FARGO, N. D., Jan. 21 (AP).— than I. I made one trip last year championship bout between Joe Said Hinkle: "You've no idea what it's like over there. Take one of those little towns in Italy. The people just have nothing Stan Kostka, star back of the 1934 and contacted 22 prospective foot- Louis and Billy Conn in New York. to do. Their newspapers are one page in size. Places of entertain- Minnesota football team, said Satur- ball players and talked with only "I know that the Mayor (Bernard ment are small and far between. day night he had been offered the two prospective basketball play- Samuel) would have saved him at post of head football coach at least $150,000 in rent alone with "As a result, they sit around and mull over things, and pretty ers." • soon you've got dissension and then here we go again." Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. Coach Rupp said "certain south- Philadelphia's city-owned municipal But give them a soccer ball, or a sof tball or football and, accord- Kostka, head football coach at ern sports writers" have been un- stadium," he declared. ing to Hinkle, the change is little short of amazing." North Dakota Agricultural College fair to him in reporting that Ken- Other royalties to be paid to He explained: "Nothing fascinated those people in Italy and before entering the Navy about four tucky couldn't obtain good football New York State in movie, radio and Austria like a bunch of GIs playing a game of sof tball. They'd just years ago, said he had not made players because he used most of the television rights would not have to up his mind; The offer included the be considered in Pennsylvania, stand around with their mouths open and watch." school's 25 athletic scholarships to right to name his two assistants. »btain basketball players. Rains added. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1946 THE STARS AIND STRIPES Page 7 Detroit Mails ETO Schedules Heaveavy Sports Program for GIs Contracts to 42 By Ernie Reed Port, Chanor, London Area Office ' skating honors will be decided there Stars and Stripes Stall. Writer near Bremen; the ice-hockey play- and Western Base will compete in ' on Feb. 13-15. offs will follow at Garmisch-Parten. An ambitious athletic program the event. Here in the Paris Area, on Feb. kirchen on March 7-10; the ETO On Active List for the winter-spring season has On Feb. 1-2, the TSF amateur ' 20-22, the Class B TSFET cage basketball play-offs—one for com- been set up for the European wrestling tourney at Bremen Port , tourney will be staged to determine pany level teams (Class B) at Vic- win hold sway. Wrestlers in the the entries for the ETO finals at tory Park gymnasium. Frankfun- DETROIT, Jan. 21 (AP) — With Theater. One of the principal i Frankfurt - on - Main. The winner only four members of the Detroit immediate Paris Area who are in- on-Main. and the other for division events—the 1946 WAC Theater cage terested are asked to contact i and runner-up will qualify for the level outfits (Class A) at Jubilee Tigers, world series baseball cham- championships—already has been Athletic Officer Frank Bowers of ! ETO play-offs. On the same dates, Hall in Munich—are both slated for pions, already signed for 1946, along staged with the 6888th Cen. Post. the Western Base Section by calling the TSFET Class A hardwood event March 13-17. Dir. Wacs of Paris marching off BAL 5200, Ext. 3141. will be held at Bremen Port. with three former servicemen, Gen- with the laurels by downing Co. B, The Wacs have another Theater eral Manager George M. Trautman TSFET of Frankfurt in the final Bremen Port will also be the site The wrestlers will have their ETO event on the spring slate for April announced that contracts were round at Schwetzinger, Germany. for the TSFET amateur and profes- championships in the American 15-19, when the 1946 volleyball sional boxing championships on Red Cross "Eagle Club" at Wies- crown will be at stake. As yet. a mailed to 42 other men on the With this titular affair out of the way, the spotlight swings to the Feb. 7, 8 and 9. baden, Germany, Feb. 15-16. definite site has not been selected club's active player list. for this tournament. Outfielder Roy C u 11 e n b i n e. TSFET skiing and skating tourna- Starting Feb. 7 and running March will be another big month catcher Bob Swift and Pitchers ment at Chamonix Leave Center through to Feb. 10, Garmisch- in the elaborate ETO sports pro- From all indications, the sperfcs- Virgil "Fire" Trucks and George in the French Alps Jan. 25-27. Lt. Partenkirchen, Germany scene of gram. Boxing championships for minded ETO GIs have plenty of Caster from the 1945 American Robert Smith, veteran Army ski in- the 193*3 Winter Olympics, will play both professionals and amateurs interesting athletic events in the League Dennant winners already structor, will be in charge. Re- host to the ETO skiing and skating will go on the block. March 1-2. offing to keep them busy during are m the fold, Trautman said. presentatives from Delta, Bremen championships. WAC skiing and at the Bremerhaven staging area, the winter-spring season. Others under contract are Dick Wakefield, Navy dischargee, who Li'l Abner By Courtesy of United Features batted .355 for Detroit in 1944. and By Al Capp Walter "Hoot" Evers. who starred the outfielders lor Beaumont / EVRY Y'AR. TH' 'DOGPATCH, AM" THEN TH' efore the war ( JUNIOR. MISS BARE-KNUCKLE MILLIONAIRE-GAL.' SHT^ Altogether 49 players constitute FIGHTIN' AN' COOKIN' CLUB* MURMURS — * OH, WANTS T* the group of Tiger candidates > PRE-SENTS A CAKE TO MARRY scheduled to report to Manager *TH" MOST ELIGIBLE ONLY WE CD BE UP Steve O'Neil for training at Lake- BACHELOR IN ALL TH' HILLS?/ V/IF "vo: land. Florida, beginning Feb. 20 -WHUT D'YO' RECKON THASS Still in the service are such SHE MEANT BY V/HUT//' former Tiger notables as catcher THET? George "Birdie" Tebbetts. infielders Pinky Higgins and Jimmy Blood- r.'orth and outfielders Ned Harris and Pat Mullin In addition. Ruffus Gentry. 12- game winner of 1944. who was a holdout all last season. Is expected to come to terms for 1946 to bolster the Tiger hurling staff headed by Hal Newbouser. Pa"! "Dizzv" Trout. Al Benton and Frank "Stubby" Overmire who rotated regularly as starters last year

Dick 1 racy rfy Courtesy ji Chicago Tribune Syndicate, Inc. Florida Net Title By Chester Gould To Billy Talbert

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 21 (AP,).—Billy Talbert, Wilmington, Del., defeated Gardner Mulloy, Miami, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, to win the Florida West Coast amateur tennis title. At the top of his game, Talbert had little difficulty in downing the rangy Miamian. His forcing tactics prevented Mulloy's coming to the net, where he is a masterful player. Talbert and Mulloy, National bubles title holders,. captured the Tdoublefi< s finals from the Pacific Coast champions, Morey Lewis and Jack Cushingham of Los Angeles, 6-4, 8-6, 2-6, 6-3. Navy Schedules Four Indoor Track Meets

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 21 (ANS). —Navy's indoor track schedule for the 1946 winter season calls for four meets, all of them in Madison Square Garden. The Middies will open their winter season in the Millrose Ath- letic Association games on Feb. 2 The remainder of the Tar schedule in the Garden lists the New York Athletic Club indoor track meet on Feb. 16; the Amateur Athletic Union indoor track meet on Feb. 23 and the ICAA indoor track cham- Blondie By Courtesy ol King Features Syndicate By Chic Young pionships on March 2.

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Paris 610 Kc. Normandy 1204 Kc. Page 8 THE STARS AND fTRIPES Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1946 U.S. May Need Demob Ships ^Smokev^—Who Loves Opera To Keep Draft, Soon to Have And the Girls^Goes AWOL Truman Says Surplus Space By Joe Mackey Beal, a 49-pointer from Louisville, Ky., picked Stars and Stripes Staff. vVrlter . him up as a pup at Camp Philadelphia, Mourmelon, (Continued from Page 1) By Robert Marshall and Joe Harvey some months ago, chrtetened him "Smokey" and Stars and Stripes Staff Writers MARSEILLE, Jan. 21.—If anybody finds a black has saved $40 to send him to the U.S. On Saturday, j trol of the atomic bomb would be and brown terrier-type mongrel that likes opera, for the first time in weeks, he removed Smokey's , achieved through the United Na- FRANKFURT, Jan. 21.—Rede- especially "La Tosca," Ffc Robert Beal, switchboard identification collar, so the only way he can be tions Organization. "I have the ployment shipping capacity now operator at the 227th Gen. Hosp. here, would like 1 greatest hope for the development identified now is by two brown spots over his eyes, exceeds requirements, and ships to hear about it. a white chest, and a liking for GIs, French girls, of mutually effective safeguards will soon be leaving with less than The dog went for a walk Saturday night and movies, dances and high-class music. Beal said which will permit the fullest inter- hopped on the pass-truck to Marseille. One of that at musicales Smokey always showed interest national control of this new atomic full passenger loads, Brig. Gen. Bealls buddies said that he was last seen in the in the classical numbers. power," he said. 'T believe it is George S. Eyster, USFET redeploy- possible that effective means can Marseille Opera House attentively listening to the He thinks that a dog of that caliber is worth ment chief, announced today. last act of "La Tosca." 2,000 francs reward. Phone: 4-1944. j be developed through the UNO to prohibit, outlaw and prevent the This surplus space, he explained, use of atomic power for destructive will give elasticity to redeployment purposes " shipping. If operating delays cause Out And Maybe In He told Congress that the for- I changes in ship schedules the extra eign economic policy of the United space will be used to take up the States is designed to promote our slack and move homeward-bound own prosperity and at the same troops according to schedule. time to aid in the restoration and "Under-berthing some ships will expansion of world markets and to not make much difference to the contribute thereby to world peace individuals aboard," Eyster comJ| anrt security." mented. "When fewer than a The President added: "We shall formal complement is put aboard continue our efforts to provide re- , any ship, the only difference to the lief from trie devastation of war, i individual will be, for example, a to alleviate the suffering of dis- 1 reduction in the length and number placed persons, to assis* in recon- of mess lines, or letting some of struction and development, and to the less comfortable accommoda- promote expansion of world trade." tions go unused." Discusses British Loan Libertys Out Soon He said that payments under the Troops will not be able to count proposed credit to Britain, net ex- on being returned to the U.S. on penditures of the Export-Import I under-berthed ships within the Bank and the Bretton Woods agree- ! next few weeks, according to the ments will cost $2,614,000,000 in the I redeployment chief. current 1946 fiscal year and $2,754,- Eyster also announced that Lib- 000,000 in the 1947 fiscal year which I erty ships soon would be dropped begins July 1, 1946. UNRRA pay- from redeployment runs, princip- ments wiimmount to $1,200,000,000 , ally because they are very slow. in the 1947 fiscal year. Libertys will be used in the future The message said the withdraw- only when absolutely necessary, he als against the Treasury for the said. proposed British credit of $3,750- Edouard Harriot. Maurice Thorez. ! Two categories of shipping will Gen. Charles De Gaulle. 000,000—which still must get Con- ■ remain in the redeployment pict- gressional approval—will be heaviest ure—Victory ships converted into during the first two years of the troop carriers and troop trans- loan. ports, either built for the purpose De Gaulle Quits Over Political F ights In asking for approval of the or converted passenger liners. loan, the message said "it would contribute to the easing of the Weeding Out Started transition problem of one of our Eyster reported that the Man- (Continued from Page 1) tempt to form a purely left-wing for the time being and let poli- major partners in the war. . . It power Liquidation Board to weed however, that party squabbling has government with the Socialists, tical parties fight among them- will enable the whole sterling area out surplus personnel in the ETO broken out again more than ever. would result in a virtual revival of selves until the nation is freed of and other countries affiliated with has begun its work. I have no intention of getting in- the old 1936 Popular Front. party squabbling. it to resume trade on a multilateral Commenting on recent reports volved in this and consequently it It was uncertain, however, wheth- After the General Assembly is basis. Extension of this credit will that 45-pointers are being shipped is impossible for me to continue as er the Socialists would accept a informed of De Gaulle's resignation enable the United Kingdom to from the Mediterranean Theater, head of the government." coalition under Communist leader- tomorrow it will be up to it to ac- avoid discriminatory trade arrange- Eyster said redepolyment there, as Meanwhile, speculation on a suc- ship. Two Socialist candidates fre- cept it or to request him to form a ments of the type which destroyed in the Pacific, was ahead of ETO cessor to De Gaulle was running quently mentioned for the post new government, as it did in the freedom of trade during the 1930s. redeployment because there were high as leaders of the three major are Vincent Auriol and Edouard November crisis. If the resignation He asserted that small nations fewer troops in that area. -» parties conferred throughout the Herriot. 1 is accepted, it will then be up to must have a voice in peace-making He also pointed out that neither " day. Many astute observers were will- the various political parties to seek as well as larger nations, adding: the Mediterranean or the Pacific The Communist party, taking the ing to bet that after next June's formation of a new government. "The United States intends to pre- theaters face large-scale close-out lead, issued a communique demand- elections De Gaulle might permit After Felix Gouin, assembly presi- serve this principle when treaties programs in the liberated countries, ing the Premiership of the new himself to be swept back into poli-. dent, reads the message, heads of with Germany and Japan are drawn as does the ETO. The need for government for Maurice Thorez, tics by a wave of popular demand, the political parties are expected up." He also declared that the U.S. rapidly liquidating installations in the party's secretary-general. The and some believe that the gen- to give the recommendations of is determined that effective con- friendly countries, he said, is a Communist move, seen as an at- eral's advisers told him to withdraw their groups. trols shall be maintained over Ger- limiting factor on the speed with many 'until we are satisfied the which troops- can be released in German people have regained their Europe. right to a place of honor and Cool Reception respect." He added the same prin- Passau Case Faces Impasse ciple would apply to Japan. Patterson Reaches To Clark Quiz Frankfurt by Air PASSAU, Jan. 21 (AP).—Baffled Maj. Everet S. Cofran, American Mercury Drops to 8 U.S. Army agents, after an extensive military government commander WASHINGTON, Jan. 21* (AP).— here, and two of his staff officers In England Cold Wave By a Stars and Stripes Stall Writer Senate and House Military Affairs search and questioning of scores of were slain by unknown assailants FRANKFURT, Jan. 21. — Secre- Committee chairmen showed little persons for evidence in the murder on Jan. 2. LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter).— tary of War Robert P. Patterson enthusiasm today for a requested of three American Military Gov- Army red tape, in the opinion of , arrived in Frankfurt this afternoon investigation into the bloody Rapido Britons are shivering from their by air from Cairo and Rome for River engagement in Italy. ernment officers, tonight faced some observers, was a big obstacle ' coldest weather of the winter, with an official visit at USFET head- The demand came from members prospects that the case would be to rapid solution of the triple crime. J temperatures dropping as low as 8 quarters. of the 36th Div. Association, meet- marked "unsolved". Although the slayer started a, fire degrees Fahrenheit, and no sign of He was met at the airport by ing in Brownwood, Tex., Saturday American service men, Germans to cremate the bodies of his victims a break in the cold wave is seen. Maj. Gen. Harold S. Bull, USFET on the eve of the second annivers- and foreign displaced persons were at 4:30 AM on Jan. 7, and German Snow fell in many places through- chief of staff, and Maj Gen. Miller ary of their costly crossing of the interfcgated. Investigators, how- firemen were on the scene a few out the UK and this, combined ever, seemed as far from a "break" minutes later, no qualified Army with a hard frost, made many White, USFET deputy chief of hsavily defended stream. staff. They represented Gen. Joseph Rep. Andrew J. May (D.-Ky.), in the case as when they first criminal investigator arrived until country roads dangerous. Fog added T. McNarney, who is now in Berlin. chairman of the House Military started. after 5 PM that afternoon. to the hazards. Affairs Committee, told a reporter he could not see what good could be accomplished by an investiga- tion now. 750,000 Steel Workers Out in Greatest Strike "It wouldn't bring back the lives of any of the men who were lost there," May declared. Chairman Elbsrt D. Thomas (D- (Continued from Page 1) Utah) of the Senate military dustry workers was still deadlocked, group, said in an interview that with no developments expected there was no precedent for a Con- until a government fact-finding gressional investigation of a strictly board opens public hearings in military activity "unless Pearl Chicago tomorrow, according to an Harbor so qualifies." Associated Press dispatch - from Both Thomas and May, however, Washington. i emphasized that if they received (With the nation's meat sup- the 36th Div. resolution they would plies dwindling fast, a Federal refer it to the full membership of official said yesterday that the trie respective committees for a government saw little hope of: decision. avoiding seizure and government \ operation of the struck meat-pack- 2 Escaped Prisoners ing industry.) Recaptured by Army Sailors in Picket Lines To Be Seised, Navy Says SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21 (UP). NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (AP).—The —Two of the five Pacific theater Third Naval District said today military prisoners who overpowered that Navy personnel on active duty their guards at the Presidio of San would not be allowed on picket Francisco and escaped last week lines, and that any member of the while being taken to U.S. peniten- Navy found picketing should "be tiaries, were recaptured in Ventura taken out of the picket line and yesterday. returned to his duty station." Military police identified the men -Earlier, Jay Lewis, executive di- as Sam Pate, 23, of Media, Tex., rector of the Independent Citizens and Pvt. LeRoy W. Christ, 22, of League of New York, had protested Bayonne, N.J. the action of the shore patrol in Pate is under seven years' sen- Newark, N. J., in taking a man tence on charges of theft, escane wearing part of a Navy uniform r.nd being AWOL. Christ was await- out of a picket line at the Westing- ing court martial on an AWOL house Electric Company plant Sa- Pickets are shown massing before the main gate of a GM plant at Flint. charge. turday.