WESTERN EUROPE EDITION One Year Ago Today The Weather Today Russians claim 300,000 German killed in two-week winter offen- PARIS: Morning; fog-, frost—36 sive. Third Army patrols Ger- THE STARS A S. FRANCE: Cloudy, rain—50 TRIPES DOVER: Cloudy, frost—11 man border in Luxembourg-. Ger- mans thrown back across Moder. GERMANY: Morning fog—33 Unofficial Newspapers *( U.S. Forces in th« European Theater Vol. 2^No. 194 2Fiv Id. Monday, Jan. 28, 1946 UAW Signs Pact With Ford, Chrysler; Railroads and 18 Unions Will Arbitrate UNO to Act It's Always the Same Story Meat Strikers Told On (Greece, To Co Back bv CIO ilraii Today By the Associated Press • LONDON, Jan. 27 (AP).—• America's labor picture assumed its most encouraging The so-called threats to world outlook in weeks yesterday with the. following rapid peace in the questions of al- developments: leged Russian interference in 1— The United Automobile Workers (CIO) settled its Iran and the presence of Brit- dispute with the Ford Motor Co. on the basis of an 18-cent- ish troops in Indonesia and Greece an-hour. wage increase^ and with the Chrysler Corp. on an are scheduled for debate before 18 1/2-cent-an-hour basis. the United Nations Security Coun- cil in the opening of" its second 2— Officials of the United Packinghouse Workers business session tomorrow. . (CIO) urged 193,000- striking members to return to work The council is also expected to consider the application of Albania today, pending further negotiations. for membership in the world peace 3— The major railroads and 19 out of 20 railroad-labor organization, and later in the week unions agreed to arbitrate wage requests for 1,250,000 the urgent refugee problem which has been closely linked with pre- workers. liminary discussion of UNRRA In an announcement issued joint- finances. ly with the union, the Chrysler Argentina Condemned Corp. said that "complete agree- 3-Year Men Meanwhile, the General Assembly ment" had been reached on tne has received a 10,000-word memo- wage increase. The union originally randum from an organization had demanded 30 percent boosts Seen Leaving known as the Nation Associates of from both Ford and Chrysler. New York, urging exclusion of Ar- Over 100,000 Affected Whatever the weather is, whatever the nationalities are, the boys will gentina from the UNO, The Chrysler agreement affects Early in April The document condemned the always go with the girls and the girls with the boys. A Japanese photographer gets a shot of Nipponese-American collaboration. The Argentine regime as a "totalitarian and will, when finally ratified, By Joe Harvey government" whose "purpose is backdrop (real) is the moat surrounding the Emperor Hirohito's Tokyo Stars and Stripej Staff Writer palace, a part of which can be seen. {^represent an estimated $18,000,000 aggression," and charged that it ' increase in wages. The Ford agree- FRANKFURT, Jan. 27—The re- had violated all obligations assumed ment affects nearly 100,000 workers. Under the United Nations charter. deployment of officers is being Although the CIO urged its meat accomplished at a slower rate than It. was not considered probable, workers to return to the govern- that the Argentine application for Yugoslavia Starts UNO Scrap ment-operated plants, it added that that of enlisted men, and no move- «4*tembership would be discussed it was not calling off the strike. ment schedule for officers who be- during the present session. The packing-house workers original- come eligible5 for shipment on the The agenda for the London ses- By Opposing Refugee Action ly had decided to remain off the sion of the Assembly is well on its job despite Government seizure but basis of length of service has yet way to being cleared, but among reversed their decision after Clin- been set up, USFET redeployment the important items not yet con- LONDON, Jan. 27 (UP).—Yugoslavia created a major poli- ton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agri- officials said yesterday. sidered is the selection of 15 mem- culture, had told their president bers for the International Court of tical controversy in the UNO Assembly today by declaring that At the same time, the USFET that he favored putting into effect G-3 Redeployment Branch an- Justice. the refugee problem which plagues most European nations has Thus far, the smaller nations any wage increase which might be nounced that GIs who became eli- ceased to be the most important international question. The recommended by the fact-finding gible for discharge on the basis of have fared better than they had board now holding hearings. expected, with the Arab League three years' service probably would Yugoslav delegation introduced a resolution asking the Assembly If such an increase is unsatisfac- leave the theater early in April. and most of the Latin-American to go on record as opposing the countries leading the fight for tory to the union, said Lewis J. USFET G-l said that the move- small nations' interests establishment of any kind of inter- Clark, UPW president, "the strike ment of officers who became eligi- Most of them had feared that national^ machinery for dealing will be on as usual." ble on. Jan. 1 because of having 70 China Seeks Markets Promised Meat points or four years' service had (Continued on Page 8, Col. 5) with refugees. not been completed. Officers with It is predicted that this move is Gayle Armstrong, who is direct- less than ^that number of points ing Government .meat operations destined to cause another split Key to Impasse 09 length of service will not move Ike Against Investigating among the Big Five because the for President Truman and Ander- until the higher categories are Yugoslav proposal represents the son, said: "With the co-operation cleared, it was added. Rapido Battle, May Says Russian view, while Britain now CHUNGKING, Jan. 27 (INS).— of both labor and management, we The necessity of maintaining suf- has.come around to the U.S. opi- Political leaders agreed yesterday are now assured we can get meat ficient officers for essential jobs WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (AP).— nion that the Economic Social to extend the session of the Inter- back into the markets within a and of providing officers for home- Rep. Andrew J. May (D-Ky.), Council should study the entire Party Council to enable the Com- matter of days." ward-bound outfits has slowed of- Chairman of the House Military problem. munists to study the last-minute' The other meat union, the Amal- ficer redeployment, USFET said. ' Affairs Committee, said yesterday The Yugoslavs did, however, sug- government proposal aimed at gamated Meat Cutters and But- breaking the deadlock in peace chers (AFL), had ordered its 55,000 that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gest that the UNO Economic Secu- members back to their jobs when Nazis Delayed in Spain was opposed to any congressional rity Council study the Spanish negotiations. investigation of the Rapido River refugee problem. Debate on the Gen, Chou En-Iai, chief Com- the plants were seized at 12:01 AM MADRID, Jan. 27 (INS).—Bad battle of Jan. 20, 1944. munist negotiator, asked that the Saturday. flying weather and "certain techni- entire refugee issue is scheduled to council be recessed instead of clos- In Chicago, the agreement be- calities" here delayed the scheduled An inquiry ' was asked by the begin tomorrow in the Assembly's tween the railroads and most of takeoff of 50 Nazis, including Hans 36th Div. Association at a reunion Social, Cultural and Humanitarian ed so he could fly to party head- in Texas recently. quarters at Yenan for new instruc- the unions was the fruit of three Thomsen, former head of the Nazi Committee. tions on the major issue in the weeks of conferences. Management party in Spain, who were to have dispute—composition and powers (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) left'Madrid today. of the~ new State Council. Kuomintang Foreign Minister 'Ships for Blighty, Not Java/ Wang Shih-chieh, in conferences with Chou and Dr. Lo Lung-chi, Legion, Congressmen Criticize Democratic League leader, said the #RAF Men Cry in Demob Strike Central Government was willing to modify its original demands in re- Job-Return Ruling Against Vet spect to the State Council." He de- SINGAPORE,- Jan. 27 (AP).— lestine), Almaza (near Cairo) and clared that Generalissimo Chiang Four thousand Royal Air Force Katunayake (near Colombo, Cey- Kai-shek was willing to give up the WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (INS).— way that it cannot be misinter- men shouted, "Ships for blighty, lon), according to Reuter. Normal power of appointing Chinese gov- John Steele, National Commander preted by any court. not for Java" and other slogans conditions were reported at all air- ernmental officials and proposed a Adjustment allowances to 671,065 when Air Marshal Sir Keith Park fields affected by strikes begun "gentlemen's agreement" should be of the American Legion, and several unemployed veterans during the addressed the men today at Seletar earlier in the week.] reached on the political composi- Congressmen joined today in criti- week ending Jan. 12 totaled $16;425.- Airbase, major RAF base nine miles Meanwhile, the RAF EM at Cal- tion of the State Council. cism of a court ruling limiting 774 compared with total payments from Singapore. He spoke after a cutta's, Dumdum Airfield, all be- Wang proposed that instead of veterans' rights to their old jobs. of $11,718,728 to 507.043 unemployed strike by ground crew personnel low the rank of sergeant, joined the 36-member State Council, as The ruling, by Federal Judge veterans during "the previous week, this morning stopped all Seletar the "want to go home" strike over originally planned, 40 members be Charles L.. Briggle, at Springfield, the Veterans Administration re- flying operations. . the weekend, bringing the number named to the supreme body, 20 of 111,, was that an employer was not ported yesterday." When the Southeast Asia Air of strikers to 3,200. whom would come from the Kuo- required to reinstate a veteran in Rep. ' Andrew J. May (D-Ky.), Commander told them he had no Officials Silent mintang Party and the remainder his pre-service job if it meant Chairman of the House Military authority to promise anything, from the Communist and other Affairs Committee, said today that voices snouted, "Quicker demobili- Due to official silence, it was transfer or discharge of a worker difficult to determine what steps, parties. with more seniority. the question of assuring veterans zation. Bring down the tour." if any, had been taken to placate Steele said the Legion would op- their pre-war jobs "should be Shout Protests the strikers. There were indica- Woman Spy Doomed to Death pose strongly any attempt to deprive straightened out." Park said the Air Ministry had tions, however, that demands for veterans of their guarantees under He proposed that Congressional agreed to establish when possible speedier repatriation were being ROME, Jan. 27 (AP)'.—A tribunal the GI Bill of Rights. Committees should undertake an his recommendation that the duty taken to higher levels. at Milan yesterday passed its first Congressmen who objected to investigation of job preference for tour for single men be reduced .Efforts were made - at Karachi death sentence against a woman. Judge Briggle's interpretation of veterans. , from 3 1/2 years to 3 years. The and other strike centers to explain She is Lena Ambrosick, Polish na- the re-employment rule included Omar Bradley, the Veterans' Ad- assembly greeted this statement to strikers that shortage of trans- tional, convicted, according to an Reps. John E. Rankin (D-Miss.), ministration chief, advocated that with protesting shouts. port was the principal reason for Ansa dispatch from Milan, of hav- James Domengeaux (D-La.), and the committee recommend an ex- [Strikes of RAF men arising out delays in repatriation. ing served as a German spy and Charles W. Vursell (R-Ill.). Do- tension of veterans' re-employment of their demobilization grievances So far the strikes have been or- causing the arrest of numerous mengeaux said Congress should rights In a draft-law after the Ma* ended today at bases in Lydda (Pa- (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) patriots. express its intent anew, in such a 15 expiration date THE STARS AIND STRIPES Monday, Jan. 28, 1946 Page 2
Sergeants Essay Wins § & S Contest
*** ***v * V * *** True Victory in War of Ideas,' He Says on Occupation Theme; Prize Is Bond
It was the same old, time-worn Prussian philosophy of the German FRANKFURT. Jan. 27.—Sgt. Will Herman, Hq., Third Army, was superman and Germany Uber Alles. The Kaiser's theme song was » Aot Bad as That, Says Chief announced today as tne winner of The Stars and Stripes letter-writ- "Oeutschland, Deutschland uber alles, uber alles in der Welt," (Ger- The Engineer Training Center at ' ing contest on the topic: "Why is an Army of Occupation Necessary?" many,. Germany over everyone, over everyone in the world.' Hitler Epernay is teaching useless sub- He will receive a $100 Victory Bond. shouted: "Denn heute gehoert uns Deutschland und morgen die ganze jects to uninterested students who I The second-prize winner, T/4 Donald S. Benson, Hq.. DBS, will Welt." ("For today Germany belongs to us and tomorrow the whole were largely drafted to attend. ' receive a $50 bond, while the third prize of a $25 bond will go to world.") There was no difference. Hitler had another word for it^ This training center served Its pur- I T/4 Erich W. Isenstead. of Co. B, 287 Engr., C Bn. Nazism! But it was still the THING that was Germany. pose during the war, but the need The contest was opened Oct. 18 and ended early in December. We haven't won the great battle. We've simply won the battle for it vanished as of VJ-Day. | The panel of judges, composed of officers of the I and E Division of of arms, not the battle of ideas. In 1944, General Stulpnagel, Mili- The few stoves available for heat- ; j USFET. revealed that more than 8,000 letters had been received. tary Governor of Paris, said: "What does a provisional defeat mat- ing may be lit for only one and j "Honorable mention" was received by 1/Lt. Ben R. Austin, Pfc ter to us?... We shall be better placed to conquer 25 years from now : «ne-ha]f hours a day. The instruc- ■ Leonard Krasner. CapU Richard S Goldsmith Ptc Norman L. Hb- than we were in 1939." _ tors have been promised ratings, sansky, Cpl. William L Miller, Cpl. William H. Wooley and Pfc Alton Militarism is a tradition in Germany. Long before Hitler, they but the majority of us remain V. Finch. have been raised to believe in the power of the gun that Might is Pvts. and Pfcs. Ii The text of Sgt. Herman's prize-winnmg letter follows: Right Peace, to the German, is only a pause between wars. The Recently we had more instructors I| Recently an MG inspector told of entering a (itrman classroom Germans haven't forgotten the advice of Frederick the Great, who than students, but . my application where be selected a 10-year-old boy for questioning "Who started told them: "The surest way to cover up your true intentions is to for Biarritz was disapproved be- the war?" The boy answered promptly. 'The Jems." The teacher seem peaceful until the right time comes to spring your secret plans." r cause I was "essential." I have apologized quickly, explaining: "There hasn't been time to cor eet Until this poison can be wiped out of the German system, until been told that my application for this flaw in his education." The inspector ^ontiriued: "What do the German people can be re-educated to believe in a world at peace -a Swiss school will be turned down you know about the concentration camps?" Before the youth could and a world working together for prosperity and progress—we do for the same reason.—Irate In- answer, the teacher asked indignantly: "Why d« you bring up an- not dare to quit Germany! Until they are capable of thinking for structor, 3233 Engr. Sv. Bn. cient history?" themselves, of realizing that they have been led along a road to^. Ancient history! Rardly more than six months ago— but the Editor's Mtc; The above letter, with disaster and ruin by fanatic, mad leaders lusting for power... untiflk name deleted, was referred te Theater Germans have already blithely shrugged it oft as "ancient history!" they KNOW that the world of tomorrow must be a world of tole- Chief Engineer 1'SFET, who replied that They would like us to forget it, too. ranee and. PEACE... we dare not quit Germany! And if we do—then the courses are all practical for the We forgot the German atrocities in the years . following 1918. we will have failed completely. We will not have won the war. We training of engineer occupation troops. We didn't maintain an occupation army then. And because of our will only have won the second round. And 20 years from now, our The number of students and instructors error, the blood of American youth once again soaked the soils of children will be dying... because we fought hard enough... but not were not in the proper ratio at only Europe. - . Ion* enough! «ne session, and a fuel shortage in This was not Nazism we were fighting. It was not Hitlensm. Oise Section caused the inadequate heating, according to the Chief Engi- neer's office. At present tw men are re- ported attending I * E senools and \msucm promotions are said to.be made when Radar Messages to Other Planets possible. * * * Greener Grass at Chicago I am glad that I spent some time Visioned as Scientists Weigh Tests at another camp in this area so 12WI-News l!HHl-.lames Melton that I can make a comparison. Kto-Off the Record l»:«l-Burn« * Allen jIMMMnfo Please Camp Chicago was no paradise, but liMM»-Help Wanted moon." The two services will pool j:lOu-Snorts "teview 2ti3«-Caravaii alongside this land of tents it was Speculation growing from the their findings, he said. 1315-Remember illHt-News home. Army Signal Corps' radar contact In Chicago, Capt. William Eddy, 133«-Asked for It 2-115-Swingtime For four days we did not know television, expert, saw the possibility L 1400-Love Songs •130-Playhouse with the moon ranges from th>; which outfit, if any, we were in of a single television transmitter 1430-Inferm. Hour 22
Wacs Turn Gold-Diggers—GIs, Too. The American Scene When Prospector Donates Claims Yanks Are OK, Says Southern Lady —But Leave Mason-Dixon Line
Delve for Pay Dirt AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 27 (AP).—Yankee students at the University of Texas were scheduled to erase the symbolic Mason-Dixon Line :n In Mines Near North-South goodwill ceremonies here. But in deference to the memory of Jeff Davis and Robert E. Lee, it's all off. James Koch, former New Yorker who is president of the Yankee Camp Carson Club, announced plans for figurative erasure of the line were canceled when a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy objected. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., He said Mrs. Walter Prescott Webb of Austin, chairman of the Jan. 27 (AP).—GI prospectors— organization's legislative committee, said she approved of Yankees/ both men and women—are de- all right, but it wasn't the thing to do to dismember the Mason-Dixon veloping free gold claims in this Line right in front of statues of Southern heroes of the Civil War. picturesque Rocky Mountain region in the hope of winning a fortune or a* least economic independence. 72-Year-Old Widow Flies to Fiance The claims were presented to them by H. A. Banta, 76-year-old WINCHESTER, Mass., Jan. 27 (INS).—Mrs. Nettie Durgen, 72-year- Colorado Springs mining man who old widow, will board a west-bound plane from East Boston airport has spent almost half a century in today to join her 71-year-old fiance, T. W. Robinson, at Redlands, Cal., the search for gold. where they plan to be married. The pair met 50 years ago at an amateur performance of Gilbert Banta began giving away the and Sullivan's "Patience" in Somerville when Robinson was a Tufts ms when sightseeing soldiers College sophomore. Wacs from nearby Camp Car- The bride-to-be, who expects to reach Los Angeles late today, said: € stopped to chat with him while "We'll be married in California as soon as I arrive there." he labored in one of the mines. Some of the claims he had been unable to work, as required by law. Fire Razes Staten Island Piers $100 in Work Needed NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (AP).—Four Staten Island piers, two barges Now all the GI miners need to and three freight warehouses were destroyed in a windswept fire do is spend $100 a year in labor which officials estimated caused damage of riore than $500,000. and materials on each claim, or The three-hour blaze sent up columns of smoke and towers of obtain an exemption to keep their flames visible throughout the metropolitan area. legal right to work the property. Cause of the fire was not determined. All the piere destroyed So far Banta has turned over a were owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. Locomotives dozen of some 40 claims he owns pulled 350 freight cars to safety from the spark-showered yards ad- to servicemen and women stationed joining the piers. in the Pikes Peak region and to discharged soldiers. Banta says the claims yielded Star Loses Debate, Wins Citizenship pay ore years ago but none recently, LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 (AP).—Maureen O'Hara won American though assays have indicated a good citizenship but only after she and Federal Judge J. T. O'Connor settled grade of gold-bearing rock. a geographical dispute his way. The 25-year-old actress was asked if Some of the GI Miners she was willing to forswear allegiance to Great Britain. Two soldiers from Camp Carson "But I owe no allegiance to England," she protested. "I am Irish. who spend their spare time week- I was born in Dublin, in the Irish Free State." ends replacing timbers and putting Finally convinced by the judge that the Free State generally was their claims into condition for regarded as part of the British Empire. Maureen took her citizenship operation are Lt. William B. Park- Striking it rich—maybe—Lt. William B. Parkinson of Chicago and oath. inson, of Chicago, and S/Sgt. Virgil S/Sgt. Virgil Dickman of Rochester, Minn., digging claim given to Dickman, of Rochester, Minn. them by H. A. Banta, miner. Four Camp Carson Wacs also Hirohito Nag Is Pining in U.S. have received claims. They are TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 27 (UP).—Lt. Dick Ryan i looking fol Capt. Bertha M. Collbran of Den- somebody who can talk Japanese baby talk to a horse. s ver, and Lts. Betty L. Veach, Mother Rescues Child in Fire, The horse, called "First Frost," was once one of the mounts of Kansas City, Mo.; Susie Bastion, Emperor Hirohito, and in the Imperial household there were three Port Arthur, Tex., and Evelyn Bal- grooms who did nothing but pat him, brush him and make with the lew, Shreveport, La. Dies Trying to Save Husband baby talk, the lieutenant said. The officer found the horse in the Imperial stables in Tokyo and was permitted to bring it home. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27 (AP).—Trapped by flames, Mrs. "He's getting awful lonesome in this country," he said, "and needs somebody to talk to." Army Times Ardoth Hallowell, 21, ran to her five-month-old daughter, t)K swathed her in blankets, pushed her to safety and then died in s Patterson a vain attempt to save her husband. Clipper Line Asks Truman Postpones Investigators of the blaze at the Hallowell home, in suburban License Expansion WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UP).— Willow Grove gave this version of Shipment of PWs The Army Times, unofficial service the tragedy: WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Reu- newspaper, has taken a strong Mrs. Hallowell awakened to find stand against the Army and Navy Southern Senators ter).—Pan American Airways an- WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (AP).— the house aflame and tried to nounced today it has asked the President Truman today ordered a Bulletin in the latter's demand that arouse her husband but was un- Secretary of War Robert P. Patter- Threaten Double Civil Aeronautics Board to amend temporary postponement in the son resign. successful because he already was its license for trans-Atlantic opera- unconscious. She then wrapped her tion which restricts the company return to Germany of "contract The Bulletin based its demand FEPC Filibuster baby in blankets and after attempts for Patterson's resignation on to single bases in Eire, the United prisoners of war," in view of the charge that he to carry her to safety dropped her Kingdom, Portugal and France, de- agricultural labor shortage here. had neglected from a window. The child slid down claring that in each case a com- Contract prisoners are those, who WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UP).— a snow-covered porch roof and the demobiliza- Southern senators yesterday petitor has been authorized to under terms of the Geneva Con- tion issue. Pat- rolled off the edge, dropping 12 feet. serve substantially the entire coun- vention, work £or private employ- threatened a filibuster within a She was not hurt, except for terson, mean- filibuster to defeat a petition that try. ers. Employers pay a prevailing while, who has scratches. The company said it is confined wage, but only 80 cents per day is would limit their speaking time to Mrs. Hallowell then tried to re- just returned to an hour apiece on the Fair Em- to Marseille while Transcontinental given to the prisoner, the remain- Washington vive her husband, but was over- and Western Air Lines are permit- der being turned over to the Fe- ployment Practices bill. come. Firemen found their bodies. after a 30,000- Supporters of the motion—aimed ted to serve Paris and every other deral government. mile world in- at ending the week-long filibuster point in France, thus depriving The White House acted after £ spection tour, against enactment of the legisla- Pan-American of any substantial protests had been received against declined to com- tion which would promote race AAF 'West Point' share in traffic over France. the announced War Department ment on the de- equality—admitted that Southern (Pan American regular commer- policy to withdraw all war prisoner mand. Democrats could block their move To Be Established cial flights, scheduled to start be- labor from industry and agriculture Neither would by talking indefinitely during de- tween Marseille and New York by the end of February. he comment on bate on their motion. next month, will make the trans- Truman said the return would Patterson WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (AP).— Atlantic crossing in 14 hours, ac- be deferred 60 days. Action was his meetings Meanwhile, the Southern Con- The Army Air Force is setting up with soldier groups who asked for gressmen continued to hold the cording to the United Press.) taken to meet the labor shortage a speedup in demobilization. He a system of high-level schooling for in the production of sugar beets, floor. Talking for four hours, dur- leaders of any future air war, with cotton and pulpwood. told newsmen that he would hold ing which he asserted that South the accent on youth. 'Administration Failure' a press conference Monday. Carolina had fewer race riots than In defending Patterson, the Times The unofficial Army and Navy New York. Sen. Olin D. Johnston Register said schools for senior and Caused Strikes—Stassen said that the Bulletin had gone (D-S.C.) admonished Northern Truman, Pauley Discuss "after Patterson's scalp on grounds junior air officers were designed to "carpetbaggers" to "look after their develop ultimately into an AAF NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (INS).— that he devoted all his time and own homes rather than trying to university. Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, Reich-Jap Reparations energy toward winning the war, legislate for the entire country." Former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of ignoring problems of demobilization new Air Force chief, suggested only Minnesota attributed the present this week an air school of the same critical strike situation yesterday WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (INS). "■*g|£ntil the war was won." caliber as West Point and Anna- —President Truman discussed Ger- Finns to Get U.S. Coal N to "failure of governmental ad- Demob Ruining Navy—Nimitz polis. ministration." man and Japanese reparations to- WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UP).— Under the new school system, Stassen asserted it was the Pres- day with Under Secretary of Navy- WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (INS).— The Finnish legation reported to- headed by Maj. Gen. Muir Fair- ident's duty—as the representative Designate Edwin W. Pauley. Adm. Chester Nimitz declared to- day that, the first shipments of child, every officer will complete of the people—to re-establish ne- Pauley said that the U.S. com- day that the U.S. Navy has been coal by "the U.S., totaling approx- specialized education in his first gotiations in a strike "of such mission on Japanese reparations, reduced "almost to impotency" by imately 11,500 tons, would leave year of. service. grave importance to the nation as which he heads, expected to make demobilization, even though Ameri- U.S. coast ports next month. Fuel "In the past we have devoted our the current steel dispute." final recommendations by Feb. 1. can sea power should be the surest oils and UNRRA clothing will also efforts too often to educating for guarantor to world peace. be shipped aboard two Liberty ships. the retired list. By the time an officer finished Army War College, he had in many cases only two or GI Charged With Shooting three more years to serve," the gen- American Legion Post Assails eral said. Five-Year-Old Son to Death Award to 'Rabblerouser' Hearst Barracks at Plattsburg, LEWISTON, N.Y., Jan. 27 (AP). clared in a signed statement that Old CMTC Site,'Surplus' —A first-degree murder charge was he intended to leave his wife, but BISMARCK, N.D., Jan. 27 (AP).—The Bismarck American Le- became worried as to what would sion post today asked National Commander John Stelle why the WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (AP).— placed against Pvt. William F. Pol- happen to the little boy. Legion's Distinguished Service Medal was presented to Publisher Army barracks at Plattsburg, N.Y. lock, 31-year-old combat infantry- Pusateri quoted Pollock as say- William Randolph Hearst well known prior to World War I man, who is home on leave from ing he planned to shoot himself A resolution adopted by the Post and forwarded to Stelle said as the site of the nation's first civ- an Army hospital, in connection after he shot the child, but that ilian military training camp, have with the fatal shooting of his five- the gun jammed. "As an individual, editorial writer and newspaper publisher has, been declared surplus. year-old son Alfred. State Police Lieut. Richard F. deservedly or undeservedly, acquired a reputation of being one of the The barracks were used until re- Pollock was arraigned and re- Walter said Pollock, who was greatest rabblerousers and one of the most intolerant men to gam cently as a convalescent center by manded to Niagara County jail at woundgd in Germany, was arrested national prominence in this country. In short, he has become in the Army Air Forces. They also Lockport to await Grand Jury ac- after the child was discovered the minds of many sincere and honest men the apotheosis of that had been utilized in recent years tion, State Police said. mortally wounded in his bed Fri- intolerance which is directly contrary to the ideals expressed and as an indoctrination school for Assistant District Attorney An- day morning, with a 38-caliber bul- implied in the provisions of our Constitution." naval officers. thony Pusateri said Pollock de- let wound in his head. Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Jan. 28, 1946 Bodies of 17 Tobacco Goes on Auction Block in Pennsylvania Army Penalties Found in Canal CutonOffenses Near Batavia After Jan. 19
BATAVIA, Jan. 27 (AP).—The By Robert Marshall bodies of 17 European men and Stars and Stripes Staff writer women have been found in a canal FRANKFURT, Jan. 27.—Death between Batavia and Tandjonpriok, penalties for desertion, advising or it was announced here today. aiding desertion and misbehavior The hands of the victims were tied of sentinels outside occupation areas behind their backs and one woman are outlawed in a return to peace- had been decapitated. Two appa- time standards in two important lently had been killed within the aspects of military justice, it was past month. announced today by USFET. (The United Press reported that The power to confirm and carry a Dutch patrol in Northern Celebes out death sentences for murder, on Jan. 18 was attacked by a band rape, desertion, mutiny and espio- ot Japanese deserters armed with nage is transferred from the theater pistols and hand grenades, accord- commander to autnorities provided ing to an official Dutch announce- by the Articles of War. ment yesterday. Canceling the death penalty for the first group of crimes affects Reinforcements Rushed violations that occur in other than (Dutch reinforcements have been occupied enemy territory, after rushed to the area, the UP dispatch i Jan. 19. according to the USFET , said.) announcement. Meanwhile, Dr. Hubertus J. Van Order from President Mook, lieutenant-governor of the j Netherlands East Indies and Sutan ; All crimes in this group were Sjahrir, Prime Minister in the punishable by death during the "Indonesian Republican govern- j war. Peace-time limitations on ment," arrived here today. The penalties were suspended by Presi- political lull is expected to be dential executive order in 1942 and broken during the coming week. now have been restored by executive Van Mook, returned from the order. The new executive order, which Netherlands where he conferred Victor Kling (left) a tobacco auctioneer, gets the finer points of Pennsylvania-grown tobacco from Lan- with Dutch officials, is expeeted to does not rule out death penalties caster County fanners before he put their 1945 crop on the auction block for the first time m 125 years. for these offenses if committed in make a new effort to solve the The majority of growers attending the sale were Amish and Mennonites, pioneers in Lancaster County s Indonesian problem. Sjahrir arrived occupied territory, reflects the con- tobacco industry. sideration that occupation troops from Jogjakarta where he met are in an enemy country surrounded with Indonesian President Soekarno. by an enemy people. Kerr n Way 0 Jews in Reich Meet Scabies Up 500 Pet. in ETO; Same Date Applies (The Associated Press reported The second change, withdrawing from Moscow that Sir Archibald Again After 10 Years the theater commander's power to Clark Kerr, newly appointed envoy Army Warns GIs: Take Care confirm and execute death sen- to the U.S., left by plane for Cairo MUNICH, Jan. 27 (AP).—The tences for such specified crimes as yesterday en route to Java where first Jewish congress to be held murder, rape and mutiny, also takes he will act as special observer for in Germany in more than 10 By Richard Herndon effect as of Jan. 19, USFET said. the British government.) Stars and' Stripes Stafl Writer (In London, an official Dutch years was to meet at the Munich All trial records of general courts paper, Voice of Netherlands, declar- City Hall today to discuss emi- FRANKFURT, Jan. 27.—The occurrence of scabies among martial for these crimes committed ed today the conception that British gration and reparations for U.S. troops in this theater has increased about 500 percent since after that date will go to the Judge troops in Java constitutes inter- last summer and is expected to continue rising with even greater Advocate General in Washington victims of Nazism, the American- for review. ference or intervention is "funda- controlled Dana news agency rapidity unless the individual soldier takes seriously its preven- mentally wrong." Speaking of the The theater commander also was said today. tion and cure, the Theater Chief Surgeon's office said today. deprived of his war-time power to British force, the paper said: "It Ninety delegates are expected Although an epidemic condition is just that kind of a military force does not yet exist, the rate of in- confirm and execute sentences which UNO should be prepared to from the Jewish communities involving dismissal from the service and displaced persons' camps in Ex-Judge Uses GI Bill fection is unusually high, the office of officers below the rank of briga- send at all times to areas where said. * world peace is threatened.") the American zone. Scabies, sometimes known as the dier general. Fire On British "Seven-Year Itch," is a skin disease characterized by an itching erup- 'A vireless station at Tjiurntouuit, Giraud Says Nazis tion caused by a small insect, the north of Bandung, was occupied by "itch-mite," which burrows under German Guilty British troops who were fired upon the skin. The eruptions do not oc- en route. Deported 15 in His Artillery fire was pumped into an cur on the head, but may appear Of Stock Rus^ area of Bandung today after two anywhere on the body below the Family to Reich neck, often in the webbing between companies of Indian troops mop- By a Stars and Stripes Staff Writer ping up in the town encountered the fingers. machine-gun fire, it was officially NUREMBERG, Jan. 27 (Reuter) Care should be taken not to con- FRANKFURT. Jan. 27.—Convic- announced here. One Indian sol- —A statement obtained today from fuse mild cases of scabies with hives tion of Dr. Rudolph Kreutzer, man- dier was wounded. Gen. Henri Giraud, former com- or an allergic condition, physicians ager and half owner of a Nurem- A group of 11 foreign correspon- mander in chief of the French said. berg pencil factory, for concealing dents accompanied Sjahrir on an Armies, disclosed that 15 members Scabies is highly contagious and his 60 percent ownership of an inspection of the Jogjakarta intern- of the general's family were arrest- is contracted by contact with in- American corporation and failing ment camp and found Dutch wo- ed as hostages by Vichy police fected persons or their clothing, to report the holding as required men and children fairly well-fed and deported to Germany during blankets or personal effects.Mili- by Military Government law was and well-treated, but they were not the occupation. tary Government surveys show that announced here today by Military permitted to visit imprisoned Dutch- The statement, now in the hands as high as 50 percent of some Government men. of the French prosecution, was ob- groups of German civilians have Kreutzer was sentenced to five tained by a French journalist who scabies. years in prison and fined 50,000 telephoned Giraud in Dijon aftei In addition to avoiding such con- Reichsmarks when his ruse was Lord Justice Lawrence had refused tacts, frequent, baths should be discovered by Treasury Department U.S. Says Spain to accept the French prosecutor's taken and clothing and bedclothes agents tracing German assets statement on the deportation of changed as often as possible, the located abroad. Got 19 Planes, Gen. Giraud's family without docu- Former Federal Judge William Surgeon's office said. No effective Investigation revealed he had mented evidence. Clark of Princeton, N.J., has mite repellent has been discovered. negotiated in 1939 with Theodore "My wife, three daughters, seven An adequate supply of a new W. Richie, a naturalized American But Spain Says 44 grandchildren, two sisters-in-law, invoked the GI Bill of Rights to regain the $10,000-per-year life- preparation containing benzylben- of German origin, to camouflage my brother and my son-in-law were time post, which he left in 1942 zoate and other ingredients active his interest in the Amerjcan firm MADRID, Jan. 27 (AP).—The arrested as hostages by the Vichy to join the Army. against scabies has been distributed of J. S. Staedtler. Inc., of New official Spanish Cifra Agency said police and deported to Germany," to hospitals and will reach dispen- York. today that Spain is buying from 44 the statement read. "My daughter saries soon. DDT and louse powder Kreutzer's shares in the firms to 54 U.S. planes, three of which was sent to Berlin first, and then Fishing in Red Zone Put have no effect on the eggs, which were entered on the books under have already been delivered. to Thuringia, where she fell ill. are laid under the skin. Richie's name. Richie had been (This was in contrast to reports Through lack of medical attention, Under Government Rule granted a quit claim deed to the from Washington Friday, quoting she died. „ shares and physical custody of a State Department announcement "I say before the eyes of the Milan Plant Produces them transferred to a Swiss depot that 19 transport planes were sold civilized world that seven children, BERLIN, Jan. 27 (AP).—A decree in Richie's name. Kreutzer told to Spain.) ' from one to ten years old, have from Marshal Gregory* Zhukov's Tires With U.S. Rubber The Cifra report said 21 Dakotas German authorities Richie could be i been deported to Germany where headquarters yesterday placed the trusted to transfer the German in- will be used for commercial flights they were treated as hostages fishing industry in the Russian oc- linking'Madrid with London, Paris, ! despite all human law," Giraud's MILAN, Jan. 27 (AP).—A year of terest whsn the danger of confis- cupation zone under the tight con- idleness came to an end vesterday cation by American officials had Lisbon, Amsterdam and Rome. [ deposition declared. trol of the German civilian gov- passed. . In addition, three DC4 planes, ernment. at the Pirelli Motor Works with the already bought, are expected to ar- production of the first tires from The Pace That Kills The order provides that the gov- American synthetic rubber, supplied rive in a few months for use on ernment is to have control of all '.rans-Atlantic flights. j LONDON, Jan. 27 (INS).—The under the UNRRA program. GI Grave-Hunters j British Health Education Journal fishing fleets. The purpose of the The Pirelli plant is capable of I declared today that the emotional rule is "to achieve a maximum turning out 3,000 tires daily, but • stress of modern life killed more output and it applies to the Baltic production will be restricted at In China Ask Arms Belgian Orthodoxy than 100,000 Britons every year. Sea as well as to all streams." present to 1,000. HONG KONG, Jan. 27 (AP).— Gets New Head Increasingly bold Chinese pirate activities along South China's BERLIN, Jan. 27 (AP). —Arch- Transport Short of Fuel, Rubber Kwantung Province coast led Amer- bishop Alexander, head of the Rus- ican Army personnel in quest of sian Orthodox Church in Germany, aviators' graves in the region yes- terday to ask for submachine guns was appointed head of the Ortho- LONDON, Jan. 27 (AP).—Lack of number of locomotives is increas- The Elbe will shortly be open for dox Church in Belgium, a directive fuel and rubber, more than short- ing in France and remains the through traffic from Hamburg to as safeguards while traveling by from the Grand Patriarch Alexi in age of vehicles, hinders the re- same in Belgium, with a slight de- boat. Czechoslovakia and the repair and An order for automatic weapons Moscow said today. sumption of normal road transport crease in Luxembourg and the clearance of French inland water- Alexander was invested with the in Europe, the latest report of the Netherlands. ways are proceeding. was dispatched after pirates had title of "Archbishop of Brussels and European Central Inland Transport The percentage of rolling stock shot a Chinese boatman last week Belgium." His seat is in Berlin. Organization said today. is decreasing by comparison with Solid fuel for European countries at an isolated spot to which a Alexander had his seat in Brus- the demands made on it. during December came from the three-man American team was The tire situation is improving U.S. (657,000 metric tons), Britain scheduled to proceed. sels when he was arrested by the and the organization was able to The opening of the bridge across Gestapo in 1940. the Ijssel at Deventer in the (211,000) and western Germany An American team which is en- assist the French authorities in (972,000), said a report of the Euro- gaged in the task of seeking tne The Grand Patriarch's directive putting 500 Paris buses back on the Netherlands has enabled through formally reunited the Orthodox services to be resumed between pean Coal Organization. South graves of missing aviators in the road, the report said. north Germany and the west of Africa contributed 68,000 tons. Hong Kong-Canton area has al- Church in Germany with the mo- ready found about 20 American ther Church in Russia and instruct- The comprehensive reconstruc- the Netherlands, the report said. Western Germany's production is ed Alexander to work for a *un;on tion program for the French rail- Transport conditions on the Rhine graves. The remains of the airmen more than double last July and will be transferred to the U.o- of all Russian Orthodox Churches ways is limited by the production have improved considerably and 41 percent of its pre-war output in all occupation zones of Germany and imports of metal, but the re- the October coal quota for Belgium cemetery at Shanghai from loneiy. while France (91 percent) and Bel- isolated soots where the Japanese and to take them under his spiri- pair of bridges and buildings will and the Netherlands from the Ruhr gium (73 percent) are returning to tual and administrative leadership. be far advanced this year. The was exceeded; normal production. had buried them after stripping them of their identification. Monday, Jan. 28, 1946 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 5 9 Tass 'Corrects Acheson, International Oty to Says Reds Otvn Kuriles UNO Planned on East Coast
LONDON, Jan. 27 (INS).—An international city i ization as a whole will pay for the central build- LONDON, Jan. 27 (AP).—The Soviet Tass News Agency, of 28,006 persons will be built somewhere on the ings. They will be tax-exempt and considered out- In a broadcast heard here today, said that it was "author- East Coast of the U.S. this year. It might be called side the territory of the U.S. The inhabitants will Unopolis or Worldville, for it will be the home of j have international passports. ized to explain" that Acting U.S. Secretary of State Dean the United Nations Organization. I Acheson was "mistaken" in statements he had made last Few people realize the size and scope of UNO headquarters, and have thought of the home of , 60-Mile Site on Both Banks week on the status of the Kurile Islands. the organization only as a collection of a few build-1 Of Hudson Studied by Group Acheson had said at his news ings—similar to Radio City. NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (INS).—The UNO inspec- conference in Washington, Tuesday, But Unopolis will have at least 20,000 inhabit- tion group last night was studying the proposal to ttia* agreement had been reached ants, including diplomats, bakers, teachers, steno- : graphers, street cleaners and judges. birild a new world center on -both sides of the at Yalta on Soviet occupation of Hudson River at Hyde Park, N. ¥., connected by It will start off with more than twice as many j a bridge under international control. the Kuriles. member countries as did the League of Nations in The Tass transmission, para- Geneva, which had 20. These 20 countries made Dr. Stoyan Gavrilovic, chairman of the group, a League population of 8,000. Multiply this two revealed the plan for a UNO-financed bridge span- phrasing Acheson, declared: "But, or three times to cover the new enlarged world! ning the river when he made public a letter from as he understood it, this agreement organization and you have a city of at least 20.000. the Hyde Park Sponsoring Committee, offering up did riot provide for the Kurile There will be modern installations of all kinds, to 68 square miles of non-controversial land. islands to be completely handed including a railroad station, postal and telegraph The Hyde Park Committee said I hat it was now offices, a radio station, an airfield, a library and in a position to guarantcc 25 square miles on the fever to the Soviet Union." a printing press. There will even be an interna- east bank surrounding the Roosevelt estate. It Tass added: "Mr. Acheson stated tional school, for children of the delegates. proposed, if more land were needed for future in addition that 'this was his opi- The cost of all this will be tremendous. Each expansion, to provide the remainder on the west nion, although he may be mistaken. nation will pay for its own buildings, and the organ-, tank. 10 to 15 miles south of Kingston. Tass is authorized to explain that Mr. Acheson is indeed mistaken on the question of the Kurile Islands."' Junkers Hit \Reds Exacted to Toughen I p Tass said that the Yalta agree- ment "indicated that after victory On Land Deals On Policy Toward Austria over Japan, the Kurile Islands would be handed over to the Soviet BERLIN, Jan. 27 (AP).—Dispos- Union and also that the southern LONDON, Jan. 27 (Reuter).—Drastic changes in Soviet policy sessed German Junkers are return- ! toward Austria are. expected by political quarters close to the part of Sakhalin and all its adjoin- ing to their estates, which had been ! ing islands would be returned to distributed among landless peasants four-power Austrian Control Commission, it was learned today, the Soviet Union." in the Russian zone, the Deutsche j It is now believed that the Russians will support the Italian The Soviet Union already holds Volkszeitung, official organ of the i claim f jr the retention of South Tyrol, the Yugoslav claim to the portion of Sakhalin nbrtti of German Communist Party, admit- the Austrian province of Carinthia, , - the 15th parallel. The Kuriles are ted. and the Hungarian demand for the j an island chain running northeast- The paper said that Nazi elem- retention of the Odenburg district.., A M. * \\ T southwest from Japan's northern j ents and their Junker friends had • The Russians have again re- AUSlFia W OFKS tip to the southern tip of Soviet sabotaged land reform by getting affirmed their refusal to reduce Kamchatka. Their possession would farms parceled out to their child- their occupation force in Austria, virtually seal off the Sea of Okhotsk. Oil Talks Slow, ren and relatives and thus keeping | and have reinstated a large num- In his V-J speech Sept. 2, Gen- ' their estates intact. j ber of Austrian Communists in On Aid to Jews eralissimo Josef Stalin declared In Saxony alone, 120 dispossessed ! local government posts. flatly that victory over. Japan Acheson Says owners had already returned, said Two leaders of the Austrian Peo- VIENNA, Jan. 27 (Reuter).—One meant that the Kuriles " will pass the paper, which a month ago an- ple's party. Dr. Raab and Dr. of the most urgent problems facing, to the Soviet Union." nounced that 7,000 estates had been Schumy, have been barred from the new Government of Austria, WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (AP).— distributed among nearly 300.000 participation in the new Austrian according to Chancellor Leopold Acting Secretary of State Dean smallholders in the Russian zone. government, it has been learned. Figl, is the question of xhe restora- Documents Reveal Acheson expressed dissatisfaction The paper said that trickery oc- The recent election in Austria tion of "aryanized -Jewish property ' yesterday at the pace of negotia- curred when the soil committees, resulted in only four s«ats out of to its rightful owners and the re- Nazi Plan for Spy tions with Russian officials regard- which distributed the estates, were 165 for the Communists, the Social- integration into the community of ing operation of oil fields in Hun- "manned and commanded by Nazi ists winning almost 50 percent. the few Jews who have managed gary owned by Standard Oil Co. elements or at least friends of the These and other developments in- to survive Adolf Hitler's reign of Ring in Vatican of New Jersey. Junkers" and that the estates were dicating an anti-Russian tendency terror. distributed wrongly, or not at all, in Austria are believed in political Although only 200 Jews of the BERLIN, Jan. 27 ■•(AP).—Secret In a press conference, he said circles to have brought about the American diplomatic representa- with no documents issued or any pre-Anschluss total of more than .German documents have been un- tives were discussing with Soviet entry in the state register. tougher new Soviet policy toward 200,000 were living openly in Vienna covered, revealing Nazi plans to set Under cover of this trickery, the that country. at the time of the city's liberation, up a spy ring in the Vatican, the officials, who have seized the Lispe : oil field, the question of how much report continued, the Junkers' hundreds of others managed to American M. G. weekly. ' production could be expected from children and relatives got the land Moscow OKs Austrian Envoy; exist in the underground while Grouper, said. —sometimes 50 to 75 acres per head still "others now are returning to Under the guise of accredited \ me *rea- —and the livestock. Russians Name JSew Aide Acheson said negotiations with Vienna from other Darts of Europe. diplomatic representatives and Declaring that there are hundreds VIENNA, Jan. 27 (Reuter).—The Altogether the total Jewish popu- scientific and cultural missions, the Russians were not going as* fast of thousands of acres still not dis- lation has now risen to about 4,000. German agents were ordered to spy as the U.S. would like. The oil tributed by these soil committees, Soviet Union is willing to accept fields are reportedly -entirely Amer- Karl Waldbrunner as political re- Although all three parties—the on important visitors to the Holy the Volkszeitung said agents and presentative in Moscow, the Aus- People's Party, the Socialists and See, and "sound out their feelings ican-owned and exempt from the hidden friends kept the Junkers the Communists—are determined •en the Stalin-Roosevelt alliance." reparations agreement made by informed as to when they could trian government was informed Hungary with Russia, Czecho- yesterday by Marshal Konstantin that Jews who survived shall be The paper said: Dr. Rudolf return. Koniev, Russian commander in treated not only as equal but as Gnauk. head of the German Aca- slovakia and Yugoslavia. honored citizens, many minor of- The Russians maintain that oil Austria. demy Branch, Berlin, was named Simultaneously, E. D. Kieselev, ficials still continue to work in leader of the spy ring which was production has fallen too low, par- Fast Dispensation much the same way as they did labeled "Project Rome." ticularly in view of the Soviet political adviser to Koniev. was ap- Army's needs in Hungary. The pointed Soviet representative in under the Nazis. The Nazis considered the neutral Austria. In the last few weeks, thee have Vatican an ideal spot for meeting American point-of-view appears to Extended by Pope been recurring cases of Nazis who representatives from all countries be that recent curtailment of pro- fled to the. provinces to get away duction is justified by a long-range and one of Gnauk's letters said: VATICAN CITY, Jan. 27 (AP).— from the fighting returning to "It is a favorable meeting ground view. The Americans hold that Allied Grave Care Vienna. There they find that capacity production now would re The Pope extended dispensation on for persons who are inclined to co- fasting for all Catholics "until dis- their flats, seized from their Jewish operate with the Axis powers . duce production later through gas Ordered in Reich owners in 1938. have been handed 1 posed otherwise," the Congregation against the Allies." pressure losses. , of Councils announced yesterday. back either to their original owners The dispensation was originally By a Stars and Stripes Stall Writer or to other Jews or concentration- Blood Transfusion for 'Imp of Satan' conceded, Dec. 19, 1941, because of camp prisoners who have nowhere FRANKFURT. Jan. 27.—German else to live wartime rationing, which forced authorities were ordered today to the clergy and civilians, to forego take proper care of graves of all normal meals. United Nations persons buried out- The announcement said that the side Allied military or civil ceme- Nazi PWs Will Be Sent bishops , and clergy should urge teries, in a directive issued by the Church members to "compensate Office of Military Government for To Palestine, Paper Says for the Apostolic concession with the U.S. zone. charity and prayers." The directive provided that graves JERUSALEM, Jan. 27 (AP).—The be kept free of trash, weeds and Tel Aviv Daily Haboker, quoting a grass more than six inches tall; reliable source, today alleged that Archbishop Finds inclosed to prevent desecration; the military authorities are making marked with legible identification; arrangements for a transfer of a Missing Royalty left unopened and unmoved by Ger- number of German prisoners of man authorities. war from camps in Italy and the Similar directives are being is Balkans to Palestine in February FRANKFURT, Jan. 27 (AP).— sued in the Russian, French and where they are to carry out certain Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo, who British zones of Germany. 1 military duties. until recently was head of the Vati- can mission in the U.S. zone in Germany, has located and visited the missing children of Princess ' Albania^Bid to Enter UN()~ Mafalda of Italy, it was revealed . today. The princess, daughter of King j Raises Problem of Neutrals Victor Emanuel, was believed to' have been arrested on Hitler's per- LONDON. Jan. 27
DETROIT, Jan. 27 (UP).—Char- ley Gehringer, 42, the Detroit Tigers' "mechanical man," announc- ed today he was retiring from base- ball. The veteran second sacker who played for the Tigers 18 years and participated in three world Blondie By Courtesy of King Features Syndicate series recently was discharged from *v Chic Young the Navy Gehringer told Tiger Manager George Trautman his break with baseball was final. He said he planned to devote his time to business interests and to watch the Tigers from the grandstand. Records revealed that Gehringer had an all-time batting average of I .321. He rapped out 3,829 hits in 1 8,858 times at bat during his career ! He batted .321 as well in his world series play and .500 in six All-Star games. i Rookie Hurler Returns Second Contract to A's
ATLANTA, Jan. 27 (AP).—Lew Carpenter, knuckleball pitcher who won 23 games for Atlanta last season, announced he had returned a second contract to the Philadel- phia Athletics and considered the matter closed. Atlanta sold the 23- year-old hurler to the Athletics last fall. Carpenter returned the first con- tract to Connie Mack, saying the salary was too small. The second contract was for the same amount, he said. Marius Russo Recovering After Elbow Operation BALTIMORE, Jan. 27 (AP).— Marius Russo, New York Yankee southpaw pitcher, was reported re- covering satisfactorily after under- going an elbow operation yesterday at the Joisns Hopkins Hospital. Russo said he felt comfortable and he "guessed" he would be able to pitch during the coming season. Doctors at Johns Hopkins said Russo's condition was satisfactory By Courtesy of McNaught Syndicate, Jr,c. By Ham Fisher and that they expected "good re- Joe Palooka sults" but declined to make spec- ific predictions as to when the pitcher could return to the mound. I„.UH„.l JOE PALOOKA. MY NAME'S HANNEGAN.. BOB... J THAN K'YOU, HAVE AN OF COURSE...COME I SORT OF KNOW THE WAY... / SIR... I'Aft. . APPOINT/WENT. RIGHT ALONG AND I'M A FRIEND OF YOURS, } PROUP TO \ Higby HuriTll-6 Shutout HERE'S MY WE LL GO THROUGH .-.I GO TO VOUR FIGHTS...I \ MEET YOU MANILA, Jan. 27 (AP).—Kirbe IDENTIFICATION THE PRESS DOOR , WORK FOR THE POST OFFICE.^ SIR Higby, pitchei-managei foi the 006 APPROACH- MY NAME'S... DIRECTLY TO HIS J GEORGE. 1 Manila Dodgers, hurled his team ES THE SIDE OFFICE. IP/ to an 11-0 shutout over the Ma- ENTRANCE Of rianas' nine in the first game of THE WHITE the Tropical World Series in the HOUSE. Army's Olympic games. Bear Post to Wickhorst ? OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 27 (AP). —The Post-Inquirer said that Frank Wickhorst has been offered the job as head football coach ol the University of California at Berkley. Wickhorst was varsity line coach from 1931 to 1941 and is a graduate of Annapolis. He would succeed Lawrence T. "Buck" Shaw. Page 8 THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Jan. 28, 1946 Pacific S & S First GI Brides Quit England General Staff Ready to b old With a Smile for Every Tear Made Him A Month Early 9 ABOARD THE STEAMSHIP ARGENTINA, had been anticipated in the ship, from 18,000 'Goat —Short Jan. 27 (AP).—Tearfully singing "There'll Always diapers to special galleys for* feeding their babies. HONOLULU, Jan. 27 (INS).— Be an England," then smiling through their tears The Argentina's skipper, Capt. Thomas Sim- The mid-Pacific edition of The mons, himself father of six children and parti- .WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (AP).— Stars and Stripes was slated today with "God Bless America," 453 GI brides with cularly proud of a new granddaughter on Long Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short named to end its publication Wednesday, their 173 babies watched the shoreline of their Island, said that the Argentina was due in New Generals George C., Marshall, York six days from now but that he might slow Leonard T. Gerow arid Sherman almost a month ahead of the pre- native land fade into the distance as this liner, Miles as individual members of the viously announced date. taking them to a new home in the U.S., sailed down the ship if the weather got bad. Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Trains from London and eteewhere will unload General Staff who, he said, tried on the evening tide from Southampton" yesterday. to shift to him the blame for the mid-Pacific commander, expressed thousands of additional brides at the Bourne- Pearl Harbor disaster. his regret at the announced demise The fiist contingent of thousands of brides mouth and Tidworth reception centers in the next Testifying for the fifth ddy be- of the paper, which he said "would few days preparatory to the sailing of the Queen due for the voyage found that their every need Mary Feb. 3. fore the Senate-House Committee, be viewed with deep regret by thou- the 1941 Hawaiian Army comman- sands of men of the armed forces der expanded, under questioning by who have been ably served through Sen. Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.) his its columns." UNO Delegates Discuss Atomic Energy previous charge that the War Recently, after its handling of Gouin Thanks Department had attempted to make reports on demonstrations by GIs him "the scapegoat." against the demobilization slow- Ferguson asked who Short meant down, the general forbade the news- Ministers for by War Department and Short re- paper to cast any derogatory reflec- plied he was talking about the tion on high government officials. General Staff. Ferguson wanted to Richardson explained to newsmen know which individuals and Short that he had not intended to muzzle Ending Crisis said he had in mind Marshall, who the Army paper. then was Chief of Staff, Gerow, The general attributed the closing Felix Gouin, presiding today over then head of the War Plans Divi- to "lack of qualified personnel." the first meeting of France's new sion, and Miles, then head of Intel- Cabinet, thanked the ministers for ligence. accepting his appeal to "constitute They were'ones, Short said, who Mediterranean S & S Group the government of France in the should have sent him information Meets to Select Officers present grave circumstances." he did not get and which, he con- NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (UP).—The A communique was issued at the tended would have caused him to Mediterranean Stars and Stripes end of the session saying that place in effect an all-out alert that Association, composed of former Gouin discussed with the Cabinet might have caused, the Japanese staff members who worked on the his ideas onjthe ministerial declara- task force to turn back. Army newspaper in Africa, Italy, tion to be made Tuesday afternoon and southern France, held its or- when the new government will for- ganizational meeting here yester- mally be presented to the National day. Assembly. The communique added UNO Will Act Bill Mauldin, cartoonist, now that matters of food supply, fin- with the United Features Syndic- ances and international affairs re- ate, and John M. Willisnow of the ceived special attention at today's Today on Iran New York Times, were nominated session for chairman of the association. Greater Powers (Continued from Page 1) One will be elected by a mail vote The new French Cabinet hinges to be held in the near future. Two newly-elected members of the UNO Atomic Committee, the Rt. around Andre Philip, the new Min- the Big Five, already in a control- Edmund F. Hogan of Troy, N.Y., "Hon. L. S. Maurent of Canada (left) and Sen. Tom Connally of U.S., ister of Finance and National Eco- ling position in the Security Coun- and Dave Gouldin of New York discuss atomic energy potentialities. nomy who, in accordance with the cil, would win through to similar were nominated for vice-chairman. plan to save the tottering franc, powers in the General Assembly. The association voted to award will have greatly increased powers. Delegates of the small nations, an annual plaque honoring Gregor The program to which the new however, fought all efforts to Duncan, Stars and Stripes artist, LAW, Ford, Chrysler Sign; Cabinet is committed calls for the weaken the position of the Assem- killed on the Anzio Beachhead, reduction of the national budget by bly by frankly sticking together to and Alfred Cohen, correspondent 40 percent, including cutting down gain majority rulings in Assembly who was killed in southern France, voting. for outstanding achievement in 18 Rail Unions to Arbitrate of the army, stopping the draft journalism. and ending manufacture of arma- ments. It also calls for the firing Norway Minister Rumored (Continued from.Page 1) ceed with a strike of 200.key work- of thousands of civil service em- Due for Secretary Post representatives advised the Na- ers in Southeastern Kentucky and ployees, the freezing of government salaries and the fixing of prices. OSLO, Jan. 27 (AP) .—The Norwe- Mac Charges tional Railway Mediation Board Southwestern ' Virginia, where the gian Foreign Minister, Trygve Lie, that they were willing to enter company supplies electrical power was recalled to Oslo yesterday for into a similar agreement with the to 38,000 consumers and furnishes a sudden and unexpected consulta- Plot by Japs Brotherhood of Railroad Train- water to some communities. tion with the Norwegian Prime men and the Brotherhood of Loco- Steel plants, aluminum mills and RAFMenCall Minister, Einar Gerhardsen. TOKYO. Jan. 27 (AP); — Gen. motive Engineers, both of which iron-ore mines in 29 states remained Lie's departure from the United Douglas A. MacArthur accused the withdrew from the conferences last closed because of the steel, strjke, Nations Assembly has given rise to Japanese government and fishery week. and thousands of workers for coal Demob Strike the belief that the husky Norwegian mines and railroads* were affected. interests today of attempting to BRT to Hold Strike Vote is in a strong position for the post regain Nippon's formerly dominant In Detroit, Ford laid off 15,000 (Continued from Page 1) of secretary-general of the United workers and another 25,000 are due fishing empire in refusing a Jap- In Cleveland, U. F. Whiteney, derly. The men have simply re- Nations. anese request for fishing permits BRT president said that the arbi- to be laid off within a week. Con- Prime Minister Gerhardsen could tinuation of the steel strike may' mained in their quarters and ignor- off Australia, in the Indian Ocean, tration agreement would not alter ed their duty assignments. Strikers not be reached for comment, but and off Mexico. the Brotherhood's plan to conduct force the company to shut down completely. at the Worlj base near Bombay it is believed that he and Lie will The charge said the Japanese re- a strike vote because the arbitra- said some of them had been over- discuss the possibility of Lie re- . quests for their former fishing tion, as suggeested by the board, Packard Workers Idle seas nearly four years. "We will ceiving the UNO office and the rights involved sea areas so far would be limited to the wage sug- The Packard Motor Co. laid off go home in . anything, tramp matter of his successor. from the home islands that there gestion and would not include pro- the first of 8,000 workers scheduled steamer or windjammer, if you was no doubt they intended to sell posed rule changes sought by the to be made idle next week because like," they said. their catch in foreign markets. union. , of a shortage of parts obtained British May OK The Japanese complained, how- Representatives of the Loco- from General Motors Corp., whose Park Seeks to Forestall ever, that the grounds approved motive Engineers also had rejected 175,000 CIO workers have been on Fraulein Brides for fishing nea- the home islands arbitration, demanding that 45 strike more than two months. Strike of Singapore Field are unable fc supply the food rule changes be considered along Interunion trouble cropped up SINGAPORE, Jan. 27 (UP).—Air HAMBURG, Jan. 27 (INS).—The demands. with their goal of increased pay. again in Hollywood when eight Marshal Sir Keith Park called an At the same time 24 of Japan's On the other side of the labor major studios charged members of emergency meeting this afternoon ban on marrying Germans will pro- 47 prefectural governors resigned picture was the week-old steel the Carpenter's Craft with conduct- bably be lifted in the British zone of representatives of all units sta- of occupation very shortly, high their posts in accordance with the strike. In addition to the 750,000 ing a sitdown strike. Refusal by tioned at Kallang Airport, Singa- provision of MacArthur's Jan. 4 United Steelworkers (CIO) made the carpenters to do the finishing British officers declared today. directive. pore, in an attempt to prevent the It was regarded as possible that idle by the strike, called over a work on movie sets started by the spread of the Seletar strike to the (International News Service re- wage dispute, 35,000 workers In re- International Alliance of Theatrical wives coming from Britain to join ported two new MacArthur direc- chief air supply base for Java. their husbands in the British zone lated industries were off the job. Stage Employees started the con- The meeting lasted nearly three tives were announced today. The In Pittsburgh, Philip Murray, of Germany might find themselves troversy, and the carpenters were hours, during which Park was bom- living in the same hotels as Ger- Japanese government was ordered: Steelworkers' president, said that laid off at most of the studios. barded by questions. (1—To put its financial house in he did not think the next move in man brides of other British troops. order and end its "inflationary" Meanwhile, at Seletar, the strik- the situation was up to him. ers, who are- now out for the sec- policy of using banks to finance In Pineville, Ky., wage negotia- Kaiser Confirms Reports , the current government's deficits. ond-day, marched snappily in long Winant Expected to Quit tions between the Kentucky Utili- columns to their parade ground. (2—To pass a special law covering ties Co. and United Construction Of Steel Merger Plans The airmen declared that this was As Envoy to Britain control of narcotics and to provide Workers officials broke down. The not "a political protest," but a quar- "severe penalties" for violators.) union indicated that it would pro- NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (UP).— rel "with higher-nips who unneces- LONDON, Jan. 27 (INS).—John Henry J. Kaiser today confirmed sarily are delaying repatriation and Winant, American Ambassador to reports that he was contemplating demobilization." Britain, is expected to resign very >the merger of a number of steel The RAF ground crewmen said soon, it is declared in diplomatic GIs on Paris Leaves Down companies into what would be a that 'while they thought the Java circles. Joseph Davies, former envoy billion-dollar organization. situation was "not our affair" they to Moscow, or James Dunn, Assist- From 15,000 to 1,000 a Day In a formal statement, Kaiser were willing to load and service ant Secretary of State now in Lon- acknowledged discussions were planes for Java if British soldiers don, are mentioned as possible suc- under- way concerning joint 6pera- or internees needed supplies. cessors. By A. J. De Mio tions of his Fontana (Calif.) steel report directly to either of the two - Stars and strioes Staff Writer hotels. mill, the California Republic Steel Once a leave 'and rest center for Co., the Geneva steel plant in Officers, Wacs and married mili- Utah, the Colorado Fuel and Iron a daily quota of 15,000 American tary personnel will be quartered at Redeployment Boxscore troops, Paris will have no more Co. and the Wickwire Spencer Steel the Deux Mondes, while enlisted Co. He added that "just this morn- than 1.000 U.S. soldiers on leave at men will be billeted art the Ambas- Units any one time after Feb. 1, the sador. ing, two additional small steel Location Central Registration ■ Bureau said plants were suggested as logical ad- 408th FA Gp , On high seas. today. ditions to the list." 100 Inf. Div On high seas. The bureau, situated in the 5 ARC Clubs to Keep Open 91th Inf. Div E & F Cos., 2nd Bn, 302nd Regt scheduled American Express building, at 11 For 40,000 GIs Still in VK 3 Ministers Resign, Ask j to sail yesterday; Hq Co & C Co, 2nd Rue Scribe, is closing Feb; 7 after Bn, 302nd Begt. sailed Saturday. Major LONDON, Jan. 27—Five Red portion already on high seas. Remain- having handled more than 1,000,000 Cross clubs will continue operations British to Quit Egypt j ing elements scheduled to sail from leave troops in 15 months' opera- in the UK to accommodate Ameri- Le Havre today, tion. • 2nd Armd. Div "On high seas. cans still stationed there, who total CAIRO, Jan. 27 (INS).—Three j 910th AW Bn On high' seas. Although at one time it had 100 about 40,000, and those coming hotels ait its disposal, with bedding Egyptian Cabinet ministers resigned ! 132nd A A Gun Bn Btry D sailed Saturday from Bremen. from the Continent on leave, last night in protest against the I Balance on the high seas. for 113,000 soldiers, the bureau now Charles B. Rogers, ARC deputy 234th AA Gun Bn ; On high seas. has but two—the Ambassador (on failure of the Egyptian UNO dele- j commissioner, announced today. gation to press its demands with < 750th Tank Bn Sailed Saturday from Bremen. .Blvd. Haussmann) and" the Hotel The clubs are the Interstate and sufficient vigor. 893rd Tank Destroyer Bn Advance elements sailed yesterday. 500 Deux Mondes (at the Avenue awaiting shipment at Bremerhaven the Columbia in London, with a These demands included the. de l'Opera) with but 1,000 beds. combined capacity of 1,500 men; staging area. With less than 500 troops coming withdrawal of all British troops | 975th FA Bn Advance elements sailed Saturday. 500 clubs in Manchester and Bir- from Egypt. The Finance Minister j awaiting shipment at Bremerhaven into the city daily on leave there mingham with capacities of 450 and Ministers of Supply and Na- i staging area. is no longer any need for a central each; and the 250-capacity South- tional Defense were the ones who 31»th Eng. Combat Bn Scheduled to sail from Le Havre today. billeting office—and personnel will ampton club. resigned. N 1 356th FA Bn Scheduled to sail from Le Havre today.