One Year Ago Today USAFE WEATHER FORECAST Fall of Norway is expected. Only NORTH & WEST: Partly cloudy with showers, Max. 70, Min, 45; SOUTH & few German pockets are left in EAST: Partly cloudy, Max. 70, Min. 46; west. Prague is included in sur- THE TRIPES BERLIN: Clear with showers Max. 68, Min. 45; BREMEN: Same as N & W, render zone. Max. 70, Min. 45; VIENNA: Same as m tti« ittfspcan Ihtalcr Unofficial Newtpcpcr of U.S. Ante** S & E, Max. 74, Min. 47. Volume 2, Number 124 30 Pfg., 3 ftv, 1 «. Sunday, May 5, 1946 Yield or Die, Rioters Told Italy Border Dispute At Alcatraz SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 (AP) — Twenty-four desperate Stalemates Big Four convicts barricaded in a cell- block of Alcatraz Federal Prison today debated a "sur- render or die" ultimatum from France Is Opened their guards. U.S. Orders Cut To Tonrist Travel Western Group, Not a sound came from the LONDON, May 4 (AP)—The bullet-scarred cellb/ock and there was In Rail Service French embassy last night an- Russia Refuse no way of knowing how many were nounced the resumption of tourist still alive after a gun battle with travel to France for ordinary non- guards and Marines that lasted more To Save Coal priority vacationists. To Alter Views than 24 hours. Two guards have been Tourists would be provided with killed and 14 wounded. WASHINGTON, May 4 (AP)— special authorizations for food and PARIS, May 4 (AP)—In what Earlier, the Marines, led by W/O Critical fuel shortages stemming gasoline, it was said. a British source called a tur- L. Buckner, were guarding prisoners from the soft coal miners' strike not taking part in the break. brought deeper cuts in steel produc- bulant, three - hour meeting Many prisoners shouted insulting tion and a new Government order today, the Council of Foreign remarks to the Marines. This made that coal-burning railroads must French Expect Ministers heard statements on Euckner angry. slash passenger service 50 per cent the disputed Italo - Yugoslav Then they began taking out bodies by May 15. Paralysis also spread to Canada border from each of the four with shipping officials at Winnipeg Close Balloting ministers, which indicated they SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 (UP) declaring the grain movement on —Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and his were as far from a solution of the the Great Lakes would be threatened thorny problem as they were last Chief of Staff, Gen. Frank Merrill, unless settlement is reached within On Constitution leader of Merrill's Marauders in September in London. 10 days. A member of the American delega- the Southeast Asia campaigns, PARIS, May 4 (AP)—One of the In the Pittsburgh area, the (Sar- closest votes in French history is tion said only that the positions of visited Alcatraz prison today to see negie Illinois Steel Corp. scheduled if the authorities needed help. expected in tomorrow's balloting on the four ministers on the problem next week's operations at 9 per cent remained unchanged. They left after a short talk with of capacity. the new constitution for the Fourth the prison warden. Republic, which its left-wing sup- An unscheduled plenary meeting And elsewhere there were other convened late this afternoon in an She Survived Her Boss porters say will be accepted by a repercussions. effort to reach a compromise. Once the private secretary of slim margin. All colonies except of guards who had been killed and Chicago went on a virtual four- The entire American delegation Adolf Hitler, Maria Thekla Wei- Indo-China will vote. wounded. hour work day schedule today to went into the second huddle of the chelt is shown in the prison at The charter concentrates most of Buckner then asked Warden James comply with an order curtailing the day with Secretary of State James A. Johnston for permission to get Wurzburg while being questioned use of electricity. the power of government—legis- on behind-the-scenes activities at lative, executive and judicial—in the F. Byrnes to map its strategy for into the fight. City Observes Dimout this afternoon's meeting. Members Getting an okay, he climbed to the the Reichschancellery. hands of a single house, a National roof of the cellblock and cut three After two days of widespread con- Assembly. The Third Republic's of the delegation would say only that it was about the Italo-Yugoslav holes with an electric chisel. fusion, emergency curbs, limiting Senate would be abolished. boundary. v Through the holes he dropped 150 power to nearly all business aad in- Communist leader Maurice Thorez hand grenades and then took up Pacific Bases dustry, were tightened and com- said that he expected a maximum Molotov Upholds Claims position where he was exposed to pliance with the dimout moved 58 per cent majority for the new swiftly. The delegation met this morning convict fire. He shot three cases of Understaffed, document, France's 14th constitu- before the first council session. rifle grenades through the windows. Utility company spokesmen said tion since 1791. A British source quoted Foreign power consumption decreased 17Vs Later he obtained a bazooka and Passage Predicted in Poll Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov as waited for permission to blast the per cent and they expressed satis- saying in his statement that the cell walls. Ike Warns U.S. faction over compliance thus far to A recent commercial poll predicted Yugoslav claims for the frontier A prison official said last night, the Illinois Commerce Commission's its passage by 54 per cent of the MANILA, May 4 (AP)'—The speed were "well-founded and just," and "We are leaving the prisoners alone order which was imposed to con- vote, with 21 per cent of the 24,000,- of the demobilization has seriously he criticized the proposed border tonight' to talk it over. We will go serve small supplies of coal. 000 registered voters staying away handicapped maintenance of vital lines of his three colleagues as being to work on them in the morning." U. S. military bases in the Pacific, As the unprecedented dimout from the polls. punishment of Yugoslavia, a war- Used Guards as Hostages Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said blacked out nearly all night amuse- Opposing parties—spearheaded by today. the Popular Republican Movement time ally. The attempted prison break ment centers, including all motion "There is millions of dollars worth (MRP) and most rightist groups— Byrnes hotly denied this assertion started yesterday when a prisoner of equipment to be taken care, of have desisted from statements that and pointed out that the Yugoslavs overpowered a guard, forced an NEW YORK, May 4 (AP)— under the American, British and and no one to take care of it," he Matthew Woll, AFL vice-president, the document will be turned down entry into the arsenal to get guns said at a press conference. by the voters, who are asked the French proposals would obtain and freed some of his fellow said today that Gen. Dwight D. Fiume, 18,900 square miles of new "At Honolulu, for instance, the Eisenhower had permitted Sidney simple referendum question: prisoners. They seized a number of entire 7th Air Force is down to a "Do you approve the constitution territory and 375,000 inhabitants. guards as hostages and barricaded Hillman, of the CIO, to tour Ger- strength of only 404 men. The many and had referred an AFL adopted by the Constituent assem- Molotov, admitting Trieste was' themselves in a cellblock. ethnically Italian, demanded that the same general conditions apply else- request to distribute pamphlets in bly?" Their answer is to be "yes" There they attempted to buy their where in the Pacific."- or "no." city be turned over to Jugoslavia way to freedom, threatening to kill that country to U. S. military Asked about general plans for authorities for advice. June 2 Vote Next because it was necessary to and de- their hostages if their demands were distribution of American peacetime pendent on the surrounding country- "It's strange," Woll added, "that Acceptance of the charter will not met. forces in the Pacific, the Chief of we have to get permission of side, which was ethnically Yugoslav. Other guards released the hostages lead to choosing of a permanent Staff said he could not say how military authorities in Germany. French Foreign Minister Georges in a fierce gun battle, however. many divisions would be required form of government in general elec- Bidault pointed out to the Russian, Eisenhower did not ask these tions June 2. If it is rejected, the "We are just waiting," one official as a minimum force, "but I will military authorities whether Hill- the British source continued, that said today. "It is their move next." say history proves we can never man might go to Germany." June voting will be for a new the boundary commission had been afford to weaken ourselves." interim assembly to remake a con- instructed to draw their borderlines Military strength in the Philip- stitution. on ethnic grounds. TOM CLARK ASKS PROBE pines will depend on political agree- picture theaters, department stores OF RIOT AT ALCATRAZ Main hope of the charter's op- British Foreign Secretary Ernest ments between the United States started to operate on a four-hour ponents—faced with the 9,500,000 Bevin came to the support of the WASHINGTON, May 4 (UP)— and the Philippine republic, he schedule, from 2 to 6 p.m. Movie votes polled by the two constitution- commission of experts. Attorney General Tom Clark said said, but he hopes arrangements houses also were to be opened dur- today that he asked James Bennett, supporting leftist parties in last Other Items Not Reached for air bases can be made.