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Volume 1, Number 353 Sunday, March 31, 1946 20 pf.( 2 fr., Id Raids Stop Plots Of Nazi Fanatics
By RICHARD OREGAN FRANKFURT, March 30 Answer by April 3 (AP) — A powerful, well- financed subversive attempt by Nazi fanatics to regain Iran and Russia Told power in occupied Germany was smashed by thousands of NEW YORK, March 30 (AP)—Absentee Russia and American and British troops COLOR GUARD: In Colonial uniform, flag bearers of the Third omnipresent Iran were given until Wednesday to answer Bn. of the George Washington Third Regt. carry the C. S. flag and early this morning. the regimental standard, flanked by two color guards, at the Seventh the three vital questions presented at yesterday's meeting Members of the "Bund Army deactivation ceremonies in Heidelberg. From left to right,, of the United Nations' Security Council. Deutscher Madchen" (German they are S-Sgt. James H. Gardener, of Cuddy, Pa., Sgt. Henry S. Fore- (The questions,- reported yesterday in The Stars and Girls' Movement) were said to be man, of Lititz, Pa., Cpl. John J. Bounds, of Carthage, Tex. and S-Sgt. Stripes, referred to reasons for the failure of the Russians involved also. William J. Adams, of Warren, Pa. -staff Photo by Johnny Teague to remove troops from Iran; foKt>- . Those arrested included 200 elite information concerning c u r r e n t | ) Nazis, composing an "inner circle," negotiations between the Soviets Congress Drives each of whom .was a potential and Iran; and an inquiry asking candidate for a new German fuehrer. Seventh Army Marches whether removal of Red troops was In jail was Arthur Axmann, head conditioned by current negotiations To Get Action on of the Hitler Jugend (Youth Move- between the two countries.) ment) and undercover leader of the After deciding to wait until Wed- EM Terminal Pay entire anti-Allied conspiracy. Into the History Books nesday for a reply from both THREATENS SECURITY WASHINGTON,- March 30 (INS) By HENRY S. KARIEL, Staff Correspondent countries, the Security. Council —A strong drive was Underway "The movement's long-range plan, decided to adjourn until then. yesterday in~Congress to vote bil- designed to revive Nazi ideology in HEIDELBERG, March 30—Brief addresses by Lt. Gen. -PRESENT "UNOFFICIALLY" lions of dollars in terminal leave Germany, is the most dangerous Lucian Truscott, Third Army commander New developments of the day pay for servicemen and veterans. threat to our security encountered and Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, Seventh Army since the war," Brig. Gen. Edwin revealed that although Russia is The campaign centered in the commander, and the passing officially unrepresented at the "in House where the Military Affairs L. Sibert, U. S. Intelligence chief camera" (secret) meetings of the Committee failed to act on the said. in review of the Third Bn. Council. Arkadl Sobolev, Soviet recommendation of the subcommit- . American « and British forces of the Third Inf. Regt., assistant general of the .United tee for legislation giving GIs ter- clamped down as the secret organi- marked the ceremony which Nations, was present at every con- minal leave pay. zation was beginning to expand. formally deactivated the. ference.. The drive was sparked by the Last week American agents found . Andrei Gromyko, Soviet ambas- American Legion which was asking the Nazis spre'ading activities to Seventh Army this afternoon, making the sador to. the U. S. and .chief delegate members of the House to sign a the Russian Zone and turned over Third Army master of the U. S. Zone. Sgt. Robert Akers, of of the Red. UNO committee, could petition to force the legislation to their leads to Soviet authorities. ——-~$>Tazewell, Va., and Sgt. Vernon Mil- obtain inform*ation "about the com- the floor for voting without further The widespread, armor-supported ler, of Valley Point, W. Va., who mittee's, proceedings through So- action by the committee. movement began at midnight. Many have the longest service record of bolev or could get official journals The petition was offered by Rep. of the details of the Nazi plot were Greek Riots any enlisted men with Seventh Army and transcripts for. the asking. Dwight Rogers, (D-Fla.), author of released to correspondents hours Hq. presented the U. S. flag and Iran will be asked to make, reply the Terminal Leave Bill, and to in advance and the full outcome of Injure Ten the Sevenths battle flag to Keyes. through its ambassador and official date 127 Congressmen of the 218 the roundup awaited reports from By this act, a_ two-year, eight- delegate, Hussein Ala. needed to force the legislation out all parts of the British and Amer- ATHENS, March 30 (INS)-tf"lve month tour of duty was completed There was a brief flurry at yes-. of the committee have signed. ican Zones. Athens pojicemen and five civilians —duty which saw the hard fighting (Continued on Page 8) Significance was attached to the The illegal movement was led by were injured last night when police on the beaches of Sicily, southern fact that the number of signatures (Continued on Page 8) broke up a leftist demonstration, France, the Siegfried line and ths on the petition has doubled in the protesting against holding the gen- crossing of the Rhine, ending wtth past week. eral election tomorrow. the capture of Berchtesgaden and Extend Draft The Military Affairs Committee, DP Camps Barred The leftist groups have announc- the "eagle's nest" of Hitler. it was learned, planned to take no ed the boycott of the election on Gen. Joseph T. McNarney. theater action on the legislation despite To German Police the grounds that it is premature. commander, was represented at the Move Gains favorable recommendation of the Leftists assembled in frQnt of the ceremony by Maj. Gen. Harold R. subcommittee which was headed by FRANKFURT, March 30 (UP)— Hotel De Grande Bretagne, where Bull, USFET chief of staff. WASHINGTON, March 30 (UP)— German police authority to enter Convinced that they cannot block Rep. Robert Sikes (D-Fla.j. the Allied observers - assigned to General Commandant Gislard Gal Jewish DP camps was suspended wa'tch the election set up their continuation of the draft, Senate Its decision was based on an un- de Monsabert, who commanded the tpdayi by order of Gen. Joseph T. headquarters. opponents turned their efforts to- favorable report by the Budget McNarney. Second Corps of the First French Police said they were stoned by Bureau which opposed enactment .The order was prompted by Army during the Vosges and Rhine day to limiting an extension to as of the legislation. the leftists. Because of the rising campaign in co-operation with th« short a time as possible. It was yesterday's Stuttgart riot during tension, Greek troops were alerted which one DP was killed and two Seventh Army, was also'on-the re- conceded by a majority of the in the area. New POE Commander were wounded in a German police viewing stand. Senate Military Affairs Committee WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— raid on the camp. McNarney said The 15-minute ceremony was re-, that probably thej» would favor Maj. Gen. Frank Ross, wartime U. S. troops will conduct search and Tremor. Shakes Coast Town layed to the U. S. for a coast-to- extending the draft one full year chief of transportation in the ETO, seizure operations in DP camps for MARTINEZ, Calif., March 30 (AP) coast broadcast. The Seventh Army beyond the present May 15 expira- has been assigned to command the the present, but only upon approval —A tremor shook buildings here will be technically deactivated at tion date. New York Port of Embarkation. of Army commanders. 1 and in several near-by communities. midnight tomorrow, in accordance Top military leaders argued that with a USFET directive. anything else would be inadequate. The committee agreed fo vote on Missouri Cuts Speed the issue April 9, but hearings will Land Army Atom Test Held Unwise continue Into next week to give To Aid Appendectomy draft opponents a chance to be WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP) Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, material,- mounted on the decks ABOARD U. S. BATTLESHIP heard. —A test of the atomic bomb chief of the atom bomb produc- of target, ships, would include 42 MISSOURI, March 30 (AP)—Head- against simulated land armies tion unit, was quoted as saying Pershing . tanks, guns and am- ing almost due east for six days He'? Out On Limb has been considered, b,ut the that because of the "dread pos- munition of all types, and cloth- on its way to the Mediterranean, "dread possibilities" of this have" sibilities" of the bomb it might ing. Some of the clothing .will this mighty battleship reduced to — And Saws It Off weighed against such a project, be unwise to test it on land, but be worn by laboratory, animals half speed for two hours, yester- leaving it on a highly tentative did not elaborate on this. to simulate a soldier exposed to CHATTANOOGA, March 30 day, while an emergency ap- basis it was disclosed today. It is possible, however," that the blast. pendectomy was performed aboard. (AP) — Harvey Shirley did it. U. S. Army officials of the Joint such a test may be made at sorrTe One of the most important re- Police said Shirley, an employe future date, said Maj. Gen. An- sults expected from the tests is The ship's surgeon removed the Army and Navy Task Force pre- appendix of the ship's cook, Alford of the Electric Power Board, paring to -try out the bomb thony C. McAuliffe, ground forces the measure of passive defense climbed out on a limb of a tree against warships at BikUii Atoll, adviser on Vice Adm. Witt P. needed for armies subjected to Bush. and sawed it off behind him. in the Pacific, disclosed at a press Blandy's staff. atomic bomb attacks, with the The Missouri, carrying the body Shirley was taken to the hos- conference that there has been U. S. Army officials said that accompanying Intense heat, radio- of the late Ambassador Mehmef pital, treated tor braises and "some vague discussion, but no among preparations for the Naval activity and tremendous blast Ertegun to Istanbul, was scheduled released. specific plan" for a test on land. test an array of ground force effects. to arrive at Gibraltar today. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Sunday, March 31, 194$ Astronomy Faces New Era The B Bag . . to the Editor Giant Glass May Crack Atom Secrets Adreso all letters tor B Bag Editor, The stars and Stripes. APO, 757, U. S. Army. Include name and address. (Name are deleted on request.) MOUNT PALOMAR, Calif. (INS) Due to space limitations, letters may be cut for publication provided such —Astronomers here peering down editing does not after the meaning of the original. into the 200-inch mirror of the largest telescope ever built, will Island Paradise —No Women, No Nothing range the universe of stars be- We're located in a spot that is undoubtedly the saddest in the ETO. yond the imagination of the earth- However, if a vote were taken, we would never be recognized as such, bound. since most of the forces in the ETO have probably no knowledge' of our Elusive atomic secrets of the little island paradise in the Atlantic, Santa Maria", Azores, if they even Universe may soon be revealed by know of it's existence. We have no mademoiselle or fraulein trouble, man's latest wonder worker. since the only women here are very unappetizing "cooks." Now nearing completion, after Our sole means of entertainment is the cinema. Unfortunately it 18 years concentration of scien- often happens that the film is delayed several days in arriving. tific and engineering skill, the- , The Army Motion Picture Service gives us.a program that has to giant of Palomar will photograph be strictly adhered to or no show at all. To top off all this we are in- heavenly bodies so far away that formed that they have agents going around to make sure that their* their light takes a billion years to wishes are not violated. We don't mind paying 15 cents to see their reach us. N second-rate.pictures, but why can't we get more than 4 pictures a week BRINGS MOON CLOSER at most. —Cpl. A. Tauber. So powerful is this optical giant that it would make New York's Empire State Building clearly vi- Crash-Landings Called Safer sible to an observer on the moon. The glass giant, in effect, brings As of March 4 the parachutes were taken off airline ships flying the moon and earth to within 25 from Eschborn Air Base. The only information of why 'this was done milGS of each other. The moon's was that it would provide more room for passengers and increase the distance from the earth averages freight cargo. -We cannot see sacrificing the safety of passengers and nearly 239,000 miles. crew to provide space for two more passengers or 200 pounds of cargo. Astronomers, alert to the impli- It's bad enough flying these old crates with parachutes. All of these cations, of the atomic age, are ships earned their respectable retirement during the war, but we are anxious to turn the instrument on still flying them. the exploding stars—atomic ex- Let's fly new ships without chutes, or old ships with chutes. We plosions of such magnitude that, thought it was always safety first in the AAF. —Two Signatures. in comparison, Hiroshima and Editor's Note: This letter was forwarded to Hq. European Air Transport Nagasaki were as firecrackers. Service, which replied as follows: When the new $6,000,000 reflec- "While "ATS admits that new C47 airplanes with upholstered seats would tor begins working in 1947, astro- be happily received, it denies the implication that it's so-called old crates are unsafe. EATS operates under the same safety standards as those that physicists hope to unravel some of are maintained by ATC and civilian airlines at home and abroad. These these other problems: , agencies have found that parachutes, donned and worn by frightened persons, Is the universe expanding, as are not as safe as crash-landings in an emergency. These agencies do not carry them for that reason. Neither does EATS." many believe? Or is it old and static, in danger of running down like «a spent watch soring? BRINGS STABS CL.OSEli. This is the world's larges* Package Looted, Filled With Empty Boxes Is space curved, as Dr. Albert . scope, the 200-inch instrument atop Mt. Palomar, near. San Diego,. Einstein and, other noted cosmo- Calif., which' is nearing completion after almost 18 years of work. I didn't mind when letters mailed in October were received in The delicately balanced mechanism weighs approximately ^500 tons.* February, but I do mind when I receive packages that have been looted. logists theorize, so that light start- Today I received a package that was cut open, looted, ahd> filled with ing from one place will ultimately place, complete but for the op- California Institute of Technology, empty raisin boxes. When will we get the service and protection the come back there? ' tical and clock control systems. Pasadena, after having been halt- price of a postage stamp is supposed to guarantee? —305th Bomb. Gp. Is any kind of higher life pos- ed by the war. sible on our neighboring planets Work on the mechanical system Editors Note—Complaints of mail theft have been coming in steadily. and on the huge mirror, which Because the field of the giant The above 'etter forwarded to the theater postal officer elicited the following: Mars or Venus? will Cover only one-fifth to one- "This off .e is aware of the fact that parcels are occasionally delivered The great 10-story observatory slowly is being brought within third of the full moon, two other in an opened and rifled condition. Mail in transit is given the best protection dome is complete. The 500-ton two-millionths of an inch of per- observatories have been built here available at all times and all possible action is taken to apprehend and skeleton of the teleskope is in prosecute persons guilty of such violations." fection has been resumed at the to house pilot telescopes. Complete Failures' Service Record First Greek Election in 10 Years Is our Army service record going to follow us through our lives? 25 Convicts According to Harry D. Mitchell, president of the U. S. Civil Service Commission, a big factor in considering veterans' Civil Service appli- Faces Test After Totalitarianism cations will be their rank attained in the Army. All GIs will agree that ATHENS (INS)—The Greek government has published the electoral Ajd Science rank attained in the Army is not necessarily proportionate to the man's decrees for the election of the members to the first Greek parliament SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP)—A intelligence and ability. Isn't that the same thing as the principle of in 10 years. They will be the first general elections this country has step toward development of a vac- the "complete failure" brought out by the famous lieutenant colonel in had since January, 1936, and for that reason, will be by no means cine to protect humans against B Bag? —5* Signatures—Ed. the microbe which causes rheu- any the easier. Four years of Semi-totalitarian dictatorship followed matic fever, scarlet fever and by five years of rigid Axis oc- other crippling diseases was taken cupation, have had a devastating proceeded to organize their work. when • 25 San Quentin prisoners effect on the country's potential- The country has been divided were chosen to receive inocula- ities for rehabilitation. The ef- into five districts for the purpose tions of disease - producing or- fects of 10 years' rule by undemo- of establishing divisional head- ganisms. quarters. One member from each cratic governments are ecounter- The convicts, all volunteers, will of the three participating nations receive injections, of dead ed tjpo often in Greece, both in the will be in each of these divisional moral and material aspects of this hemolytic streptococi microbe. headquarters. After the injections have had country's life, to surprise anyone a chance to work, serum from , with some knowledge of Greek their blood will be used experi- affairs. Pep Is Essential, mentarilly in an effort to produce Today the people of Greece, no immunity in other persons. matter to what political or ideo- Educators Told logical camp they belong, do not Swiss to Free Assets merely look for, they long for, a CHICAGO (AP) — Imaginative BERN (AP) — Switzerland ha» strong constitutional government administration can do much to agreed to release Dutch assets, and a clear course. stop the "dry rot that creeps into frozen here since 1940, in an agree- Over 1,700,000 voters listed in the teachers," Russel M. Cooper of ment reached during Swiss-Dutch electoral registers during the last the University of Minnesota told a financial negotiations just con- 10 months will elect the 354 mem- commission of the North Central cluded, the foreign office an- bers of the first post-liberation Association of Colleges and Se- nounced. parliament. Though the candidate condary Schools. lists of the different parties have Cooper contended that no school not yet been announced, it is is better than its faculty and that estimated that over 2,000 candi- the crucial problem of education GERMANY EDITION dates belonging to some 12 par- is the vitalization of faculties. ties will bitterly contest these Vol.1, No. 353, Sun.,March 31,1946 elections. "Imaginative administration can The elections will be supervised do much to stop the dry rot that Published at the auxiliary plant creeps into teachers, and the suc- of the Frankfurter Zeitung. Pfung- by the "Allied Mission for the stadt. Hesse. Germany, for the Observation of Greek Elections'' cess of an administrator in a large U S. armed (oices under the (AMFOGE) as result of a request measure can be determined by the auspices of the -Information and Education Service, USFET. South- submitted by the Greek govern- success with which he does this ern Germany Edition at Altdorf, ment to Britain, the U. S., France job." Bavaria. U. S. Bureau 205 E. 42d and Russia last August and which, St., New York. 17 Mailing address: The Stars and with the exemption of Russia, Faints at Legacy News Stripes, Germany Edition, APO 757, was" favorably answered by the BtRDSBORO, Pa. (UP)—Learn- U. S Army Telephone through respective governments. Frankfurt Switch ing that his uncle had died leav- This is not an official publication The heads of the missions— ing him $30,000, a ranch near of the U S. Army Robert T. Windle, Britain, Am- Marlin, Okla., and several hundred Entered as second class matter bassador Henry Grady, U. S., and head of cattle and horses was too March 15. 1943, at the postoffice. New York, N Y.. under the Act or Brig. Gen. Laparra, France, have much for Elmer Russell, 57-year- March 3. 1878 "I diinno exackly, but they n»y it has somethin' t'do with redeployment.' now arrived in Greece and have old ash truck driver—he fainted. Sunday, March 31, 1946 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 3^ British Convoy Allies to Halve Attacked by Economic Life Indonesians Of Germany BATAVIA, March 30 (AP)—Brit- BERLIN, March 30 (AP)—A plan\ ish aircraft strafed Indonesian at- halving Germany's economy and tackers of a convoy on the Bandung- shifting emphasis to agriculture and Buitenzorg road near Tjirandjang coal production was adopted by today, headquarters reported. Allied authorities here. The convoy, returning troops who Tjfie Control Council's plan as- previously had escorted supply con- sumes Germany will be reasonably voys to Bandung, called for the air self-sufficient by 1949 and allowi support after firing from roadblocks for enough export trade to pay fo: baited it. food the Germans must import t> Bad weather obscured the aircraft maintain a living scale. targets and continued firing from The plan, based on the Potsdam Declaration providing for elimina- unsilenced roadblocks apparently is tion of all potential war-making still holding up the trucks. industries, assumes a population of Two Indian enlisted men were 61,500,000, as against a prewar killed and two were wounded in 69,000,000, these attacks while clashes were In addition to the industries al- reported in the vicinities of Buiten- ready banned at Potsdam, more will zcrg, Semerang and Surabaya. be abolished, including synthetic gasoline, rubber, and ammonia pro- Meanwhile, United Press reported duction. SITTING PRETTY: D i c k y , a dog belonging that Dutch troops patrolling in the Dickey keeps guard on the back of the pony. At Some industries will be restricted vicinity of Batavia met opposition to Albert Smith, of Islington, England, travels the right, "Old Bill" Waller, a Smithfield poultry with his master every morning to Smithfield to certain levels so that any excess by uniformed tribes. Indonesian merchant, takes a stroll with a 10-year-old chicken can be used to pay off reparations, market. While Smith is transacting his business, perched on his head. mortar bombs fired south of Ban- —British Combine Photo as peaceful industry goes ahead. dung again fell on a civilian inter- Allied officers said the target Is nees' camp. Terrorists were reported Revived Festival to establish by 1949 a German living infiltrating Medam. Outside Ban- Censorship Will Not Close standard equal to that of 1932, but it must not be higher than other dung, Indonesians penetrated Andir In Paris Doesn't European nations' average. airfield and destroyed two aircraft. Rome S&S, mw CO Says The plan assures that, at least Quite Come Off temporarily, the heavy Ruhr in- ROME, March 30 (AP)—Lt. Col. A. D. Clark, former MTOUSA public dustries remain part of Germany. PARIS, March 30 (AP) — The relations officer arriving in Rome to take over as officer in charge of Coal is to be mined fully so that Leader Seeks mid-Lenten festival, was revived The Stars and Stripes, told the AP that the paper would not be closed Germany can export some with per- in Paris Thursday for the first as a result of differences between its staff and the MTOUSA command haps a balance to meet reparations. time in 12 years. ' —^over censorship. Other Army It was estimated officially that, by Dressed in a variety of cos- Belgian Unity sources three days ago said Lt. Gen. 1949, the output would reach 158,000 tumes, market porters from the tons which is still, however, only BRUSSELS, March 30 (AP)- Bulgar Cabinet C. -H. Lee, MTOUSA commander, Achille van Acker, the strong man "Halles" and students from the three-fourths of the 1936 peak. had decided to end the conflict by of Belgium's politics, who forced Latin Quarter paraded from the Steel production is to be cut to washing out the newspaper. King Leopold III into exile and Pantheon to the Bastille. Attempt Fails 69 per cent of prewar output and then led his countrymen back to People in Indian costumes Clark, a member of the New machine tool output to about 11 per economic stability, was busy today mingled with others in ancient SOFIA, March 30 (AP)—Former York Times' Washington Bureau cent. Enough capacity would be left trying to re-form his old left wing French court dress in the celebra- Premier Kimon Georgiev's efforts before he entered the Army, spent to turn out annually 80,000 auto- mobiles—half of them trucks— coalition. tion that continued into the night. to organize a new government em- the morning confering with Maj. But the pall of war still enveloped and 10,000 farm tractors to get a Van Acker is trying to do what bracing opposition elements to Hal C. Kestler, of Waucoma, la., his friend, Paul Henri Spaak failed the festival, which somehow was maximum food output. succeed his Communist-dominated who was relieved by Lee as publi- to accomplish; namely, to obtain not complete without the confetti cations officer Tuesday after a six- sufficient supporters in the cham- or serpentine ribbons, unavailable cabinet which resigned March 21 ber of deputies to give him enough because of the paper shortage. fa-iled yesterday the newspaper weeks battle to keep The Stars and votes to defeat any parliamentary Otechestven Front reported. Stripes letters column free of cen- Anglo-Egypt move of the pro-Leopoldist Social Few Poles in Italy Demands of the opposition were sorship. Clark promised a written Christian Deputies who removed unacceptable, the newspaper de- statement and scheduled a press Pact Sought the United Nations leader from the clared. It said these demands in- conference for the afternoon, at premier's post. Want to Go Home LONDON, March 30 (AP)— cluded rejection of the Moscow which, presumably, the status would Van Acker already has lost out in ANCONA, Italy, March 30 (AP)— Preliminary negotiations for the Agreement, dissolution of parlia- be changed. his attempt to form a national Only six Polish soldiers of 50 in- revision of the Anglo-Egyptian ment, free elections, re-establish- Union with the right wing in his terviewed in a group today showed Treaty of 1936 will take place in government, but is still trying to a desire to return to Poland. ment of political freedom and free- Cairo between the British ambas- line up the support of Liberals and At least an additional hundred dom of press and speech, and the Dutch Line to Start sador, Sir Arnold Hugh Campbell, Communists behind his strong other soldiers, all members of Gen. abolition of concentration camps. and the Egyptian government, a Socialist Party. Wladislaw Anders' Polish army Resignation of Georgiev's cabinet Oslo Flight Monday foreign office spokesman said. No A source close to the former present during the interview, ex- intimation has so far reached here gave rise to the belief it would STOCKHOLM, March 30 (AP)— premier said that ' Liberal Party pressed a lack of trust in the pre- lead to adoption of the U. S. sug- that the talks had begun, he added. leaders are demanding more seats sent Polish government, which The Royal Dutch Air Transport Co. gestion that the government be The spokesman said it was prob- pn the cabinet than Van Acker be- many said was not truly represen- begins service Monday, April 1, to broadened to include opposition able when the discussions in Cairo lieves they deserve." tative of the Polish people. Oslo in flights which will provide party leaders. were complete an Egyptian political They pointed to Poland's support U. S. political representative direct communications to Amster- and military mission would visit AH Members to Attend of Russia at UNO Security Council Barnes yesterday handed a mem- dam, Brussels, Paris and London, Britain to consider the points in sessions as the best proof that Po- orandum from Secretary of State its Norwegian representative, Ten detail. land "is not the country for which League's Final Session James F. Byrnes to Georgiev, then Hooven, announced yesterday. Terms of the treaty have been we fought." published in a white paper. The GENEVA, March 30 (AP)—League was received by Soviet Minister Dutch planes will arrive in Oslo Kirsanov and members of the re- pact provides for mutual consulta- Of Nations officials yesterday de- on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri- Word Violated, Reds Say gency. He also conferred with the tion in all matters of foreign policy days, leaving again Tuesdays, clared they believed every one of MOSCOW, March 30 (AP)—The opposition. which may affect their common the 41 nations still belonging would continued presence of U. S. troops Thursdays and Saturdays. Ten interest." Bend representatives to the final in Iceland violates the promises of Hooven said the flights will provide In an annex to the treaty, Britain League assembly next month. A the late President Roosevelt, a com- British Laborites connections to Prague, Zurich, agrees to provide financial as- total of 16 states have definitely mentary in today's newspaper Trud Reject Red Merger Madrid and Lisbon. sistance ili> maintaining Trans- nominated their representatives. asserted. It'is expected the Norwegian Air- Jordan military forces necessary t« LONDON, March 30 (AP)—Pro- fulfill the mutual assistance clause. lines Co. which begins European posed affiliation of the Communist Party with the Labor Party was flights April 1 will operate on French Cut Zone Expenditures rejected today by the Labor Party's alternate days. Reporter at Work national executive committee. It was asserted that if Com- Although in Prison More Than 10 Million Dollars munists were admitted "they would Nazi General, 3 Aides MANILA, March 30 (AP)— By GERSHON FISHBEIN, Staff Correspondent try to divert the attention of our Accused of Executions Benito Sakdalan, veteran Ma- movement from its main tasks by nila Post reporter, jailed for PARIS, March 30—The French na- Andre Philip called for expenditures deliberately - engineered quarrels BORDEAUX, March 30 (AP)—A refusing to reveal the source of tional assembly yesterday reduced amounting to $75,000,000. over issues of minor importance." formal accusation, charging German a story, continues to cover his }ts expenditures by more than The statistics, presented in a re- An independent Labor Party re- Gen. ,Von Faber, former chief of the courthouse beat while in cus- $10,000,000 for the occupation of Ger- port by Antoine Avinin, a member quest for affiliation was turned German military administration at tody. tnany and Austria after hearing a of the assembly's finance committee, down. Bordeaux, and three of his aides as Enjoying relative freedom report that the occupation is costing drew loud protests and demands that executioners of 50 French hostages within the court premises, he is the government almost $15,000,000 a occupation be put on a profitable has been signed by Armand Michelet, accompanied by two burly bai- Jrear. basis. Weather Outlook minister of the army. liffs while covering the news ~ It was estimated that receipts Communist members were parti- The hostages had been arrested run. Other Manila newsmen "from the occupied countries in the cularly vofuble. Alfred Biscarlet, a U. S. Zone: Weather forecast with after the killing of the German bring him cigars, newspapers Jrear beginning April 1 Will be Communist delegate, demanded to maximum and minimum temperatures. North and west—partly cloudy, morn- commander, Reimers, during the oc- and magazines. #60,000,000. know why France could not make ing haze. 66. 38; south and east—partly cupation of Bordeaux. Von Faber He received a two-day sen- At the same time, the budget the occupation profitable, just as the cloudy, morning haze or light fog. 63. and his three officers are charged tence for contempt of court Germans had profited by the occu- 35; Berlin—cloudy with haze, 62, 34; for the French Occupation Zones, Bremen—cloudy with fog. 50, 36. with executing the hostages on after refusing to reveal his as submitted by Finance Minister pation of France from 1940 to 1944. Further outlook: Continued fair. Oct. 25, 1941. news source. . Sunday, March 31, 194% Page 4 THE STARS AMD STRIPES 99-Year-Term Given Killer In 6 Minutes BEDFORD, la., March 30 (AP)-, Six minutes after he had pleaded guilty to a 2%-year-old slaying Henry Schmitt, husky Lenox horse- trader, was sentenced to 99 years imprisonment. Charged with first degree murder for the confessed killing of Tommy Worms, 42, his sweetheart's hus- band, Schmitt pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced immediately by District Judge George Johnson. Schmitt showed no emotion dur- ing the proceedings. His wife, Mayme, and son, William, one of four grown children, wept. ■ Schmitt, who admitted killing Worms -Nov. 4, 1943, was arrested right: T-Sgt. John F. Ray, next man unidentified, S-Sgt. Anthony SURVIVORS MARCH AGAIN: Heroes of the Bataan Death last week-end after Worms' brunet Stankatis; fourth man unidentified; Maj. Walter Katicki, Sl-C H. R. March are marching again, but this time it is an "Evacuation Day" widow, Dorothy, 41, told the State parade in South Boston. The group of New Engenders are, left to Nelson, Sgt. R. V. Tighe, Sl-C Harold Kneeland, Cpi. Piccirillo. Bureau of Investigation of her illict romance with the horsetrader. The woman related how Schmitt Dealers Score OPA for Auto Price Increase OK shot her husband twice oh the Worms' farm near here; how she helped bury the body and later helped exhume it and bury it AssociationOfficial Price Ceilings Musician Jailed 3 GOP Heads again. No charges were filed against Mrs. Worms. Labels Ruling To Be Fixed For Raping Girl To Seek Chair 'Cockeyed" WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— He Hardly Knew WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— Yachts Save A brisk three-cornered race for the WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— Price Administrator Paul Porter HOLLYWOOD, March 30 (UP)— GOP national chairmanship, plus a Dealers took sharp issue with the told Congress price ceilings will be Swing trombonist "Benny" Benson, adjusted wherever needed to spur new political experiment by Harold 3 in Florida OPA after the agency announced 32, who said he "hardly knew" the E. Stassen, provided an advance production and will be wiped out MIAMI, March 30 .(AP)—Angelo auto retail price boosts of $1 to bobbysoxer who attempted suicide buildup for next week's meeting of |51 for new cars built by Chrysler, entirely as soon as it is "safe to do because she loved him, today faced the GOP National Committee. Masilotti,. founder of a chain of cleaning plants in New Jersey, so" without the "disaster of infla- a charge of seducing her. Benson Rep. Carroll Reece of Tennessee, Ford, Hudson and Nash because of was jailed last night on a warrant died, while three of his companions recent wage increases in the in- tion." Clarence Brown of Ohio, and for- This was the Administration's charging five counts of statutory mer Sen., John A. Danaher of Con- were rescued after they had clung dustry. rape against Patrica Dove Littleton, to an overturned boat for three To prevent a bigger increase, the economic high commands answer necticut appeared to be the top to charges by some elements in 16, who gulped a bottle of sleeping contenders for the post to be vacat- hours in Biscayne Bay yesterday. OPA ordered dealers' profit mar- business and industry that OPA is tablets March 14, as she listened to ed by Chairman Herbert Brow- Two survivors were rescued by gins trimmed another 2 per cent encouraging black markets, stifling Benson's music. nell, Jr. the Ahala, a yacht owned by For- by points. They took a cut of two- production and contributing to in- Police said .the warrant was based The Stassen experiment takes the mer Assistant Secretary of State on information given by Miss Litt- Archibald MacLeish. The third was and-a-half points last November. flation. form of a new national organiza- Porter told a House Banking Com- leton after she recovered. tion, designed to develop sugges- rescued by the schooner Pinta, Lee W. Moran, executive vice- Authorities said she told them Ben- president of the National Auto- mittee there is danger of "severe tions for party policy from Young about a mile off shore. son "picked her up" five times. He Masilotti, was formerly of Vine- mobile Dealers' Association, term- cumulative inflation in the next 12 Republicans through open forum lured her into an alley near the land, N. J. His death resulted either ed the fresh cut a "cockeyed idea,'' months or so" with prices advancing discussions. Stassen, a possible Palladium Ballroom on the first from drowning or heart failure and said that his organization will 30, 40 or 50 per cent. contender for the Presidential occasion "to have a few kisses," she after his open boat overturned in continue to press its campaign to But, he added, he is convinced nomination, who will be chairman "we can avoid serious inflation if said. of the advisory committee, an- a high wind after motor trouble. have Congress outlaw the cost-ab- Despairing of unrequited love, sorption principle. we have the guts and teamwork to nounced the launching of the new she sat in the balcony of the Pal- organization. Hersholt Knighted by Danes The OPA said it expects auto- do it." ladium, shrine of hepcats, where manufacturers' prices generally He urged approval of legislation Several national committeemen HOLLYWOOD, March 30 (AP)— to extend OPA one year beyond Benson was playing with Bob Cros- took a skeptical view of the forum Film actor Jean Hersholt has been will have to be hiked an average by's band. There she wrote a four- and some said it looked to them knighted by King Christian of Den- of 2.5 per cent as a result of wage June 30. page suicide note and swallowed increases already granted or anti- more like a Stassen enterprise than mark in recognition of his Danish the tablets. a strictly Republican organization. war relief work, it has been learned. cipated. Vet Held for Jury "You don't know how it is to love DEALERS WILL MAKE MORE someone with love that burns you It said that despite a uniform In Wife's Slaying up, and know he doesn't give a 1 cut of two more points in discount damn about you," she wrote. "Oh, margins of all dealers, they will SHENANDOAH, la., March 30 Benny darling, next time you go make greater net profit than be- (AP) —Edward Gordon, 25, Navy out with a girl, don't try to make her fall in love with you." fore the war. veteran, was bound over to the The OPA bases this belief on its grand jury on a charge of first- expectation that dealers will not degree murder in the knife and ax Pacific Ships Take lose as much money on trade-ins slaying of his wife, Mildred, 22. and that the selling expense will Mrs. Gordon, who was married be less. almost six years to the veteran, Suez Route to U.S. The retail increases announced died Thursday after she was at- WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— apply to nine makes—Plymouth, tacked at her parents' home. Five U. S. destroyer escorts will Dodge, De Soto, Chrysler, Ford, County Attorney James Howard return from the Pacific next month Mercury, Lincoln, Hudson and said Gordon told him that Mrs. by way of Suez and the Mediter- Nash. They cover all models pro- Gordon had married another serv- ranean, the Navy announced. duced since March 11. iceman without divorcing him. These are the first ships of the Pacific Fleet to come home by a westbound route, the Navy said, Survey Shows Little Meat and hastened to explain that the movement had no connection with the Battleship Missouri's trip to Sold at Legal OPA Prices Turkey. The Navy said the Missouri will WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— of the institute's marketing depart- be at Gibraltar headed homeward As OPA announced ceiling price ment, testified to the House Agri- when the five vessels reach Port increases for most pork and for culture Committee that of 1,803 Said. about one-third of all beef cuts, stores checked by "impartial house- the American Meat Institute de- wife shoppers'' in 11 cities, 83 per clared that a survey indicated the cent were exceeding ceiling prices. Will Rogers Campaigns housewife had less than one chance Eggert supported the industry's Soldier Style From Tent in five of buying meat at OPA legal demand for removal of meat price prices. ceilings. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March OPA said the pork and beef in- "If the amount paid for meat 30 (AP)—Will Rogers, Jr., European creases resulted from higher prices above the ceiling was as much war veteran, established his cam- for the packing industry to offset throughout the entire country as in paign headquarters in several a wage increase of 16 cents hourly. the 11 cities surveyed, the over- Army tents on a vacant lot here. FUNDS CUT OFF: Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt's $31,000 yearly Price hikes will be announced later ceiling expense to the consumer . The son of the late humorist, run- allowance was recently discontinued by her daughter who said he? for veal, lamb and mutton. for his meat is in excess of $ 1,250,- ning for a U. S. Senate seat, said he mother could "go to work." Mrs. Vanderbilt lunches at a New To** R. J. Eggert, associate director 000,000," Eggert said. was unable to find office space. club with Maurice Chalom, her new business associate. Sunday, March 31, 1946 THE STARS AiSD STKI1 i-S Page 5
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?——: 1 — On Group for 250 Millions Mother of 7, SisterConvicted Atom Control WASHINGTON, March 30 (INS) Is Temporary; In Sewing Bee Morals Case —Some members of Congress today LOS ANGELES, March 30 (AP)— picious when they learned their approved the State Departmen s A jury of 11 women and one man sons were spending so much time plan for an international "atomic More Wanted convicted two Bellflower, Calif., development authority" but were in the Rightmier's home. She apprehensive that radio-active. WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— housewives of contributing to the testified that her son finally ad delinquency of high school boys. materials distributed as "denatur- President Truman signed a bill mitted that Mrs. Rightmier played ed" might be returned in form of authorizing $250,000,000 in tem- Several boys testified they had been intimate with Mrs. Goldie the piano and danced in the nude enemy atomic bombs. porary housing Thursday as the Lowell, 25, and her sister, Mrs. while Mrs. Lowell did a striptease • The proposal that the authority Administration pressed its fight for to pay off a bet. be the sole producer of all fis- a $600,000,000 subsidy program. Audrey Rightmier, 29, during par- ties in the latter's home. ■Walter Nicolson, 16, testified he sionable materials * and distribute, Sen. James M. Mead (D-N.Y.), could not remember how many them to the nations of the world who with Housing Administrator Mrs. Rightmier is the mother of seven children and Mrs. Lowell has times he had been intimate with touched off a new line of inquiry Wilson Wyatt, witnessed the Presi- one of the sisters. But that he saw by the Senate Atomic Committee. dent's signature, predicted speedy one baby. Mrs. Artie Pool, mother of Carl Mrs. Rightmier going into a Committee members will questioo Congressional approval of legisla- bedroom with three boys, one at a Dr. J. Oppenheimer, former chief tion contemplating 2,700,000 new Pool, 17, told the jury that the women of Bellflower became sus- time. of the Los Alamos, N. M., atomic homes by the end of 1947. project, Monday about the reli- The measure as signed provides ability of denaturing to make iis^ for an additional 100,000 temporary ORANGE QUEEN: Brunei Selma Rocker, of Bartow, Fla., sionable material unusable ife housing units for veterans and their House Backs Apology Excuses bombs. families. This makes a total of reigned as Queen of the Florida 200,000 units approves. Barracks Priest, Guilty of Orange Festival in Winter Haven. U.S. TO TELL ALL and other wartime structures will Query Group Under the plan, presented to fee be used. committee in secret last MondJ|i The bigger program for perma- WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— Contempt Charge and released . last night, the U. 5, The House Thursday gave partial nent homes is encountering rough CHICAGO, March 30—Arthur W. gradually would turn over to tljfe going in the Senate Banking Com- backing to its committee investigat- Terminiello, suspended Roman world agency all its atomic secrets mittee. Civilian Production Ad- ing un-American activities by vot- Catholic priest, on trial on charges and the "know how." ministrator John Small said that ing to press contempt proceedings of disorderly conduct; Gerald L. K. The world atomic agency which the $600,000,000 subsidy was a against a defiant witness. Smith, and his public relations might function under supervision "reasonable request" and would be It refused, however, to approve counsel, Don Lobeck, of Detroit, of the UNO Security Council wou.jj SACRAMENTO, March 30 (AP)— barrage of baskets, the 116th AACS from the MTO buried Third Army, CHICAGO, March 30 (AP)—Inter- A homer in the second by Alex representing the ETO, under a 60-40 score in the Inter-Theater com- national track and field competi- Kampouris, with a man on base, pany-level cage playoffs here in Victory Gym last night. Graziano KOs tion, shelved since the 1936 Olym- gave Sacramento a 2-1 victory over ' > Tommy Hamilton, with 23 points, pics, will shake off wartime shack- Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast 16 coming in the free-scoring last les this year with two important League opener. The game was called half, led the MTO to its second Servo; Money Dixie Moguls events—the European champion- in the sixth inning on account of successive victory over Third Army, ships at Oslo, Aug. 22-25, and the rain and darkness. and tie the series Central American Games at Bar- Record Set The loop is starting its 44th season Bar Montreal's at two games a ranquilla, Colombia, in December. with a 183-game schedule for the NEW YORK, March 30 (AP)— piece. Both events, according to Avery regular pennant race. The Portland The 116th AACS Brundage, president of the U. S. Rocky Graziano, the most devas Beavers, defending champions, ex- Negro Players came bouncing Olympic Games Committee, will tating right hand puncher in years pect their superior mound strength back in the sec- provide the tipoff* to the kind of smashed Marty Servo, welterweight to help them repeat their victory. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March ond period, after competition the U. S. can expect in champion, in the second round of Los Angeles loomed as their toughest 80 (UP)—Officials of Southern cities trailing 13-5 at opposition. the 1948 Olympics at London. their non-title ten round bout. It are uniting in a lockout campaign the quarter, to How heavily the war has hit marked the hottest betting and against the Montreal Royals, which knot the count European atRletic manpower, axis TAMPA, Fla., March 30 (AP)—The have been barred from ball paries biggest money bout between little at 23-all. As the nations excluded, will be deter- St. Louis Cardinals, for all their ^hree times this week, because of last half got mined in the Oslo meet, Brundage men in Madison Square Garden injuries this spring, and their con- Jackie Robinson and John Wright, under way the Tom Hamilton said. Recent reports, however, indi- history. The winner weighed 152 tract troubles with Whitey Kurowski, Negro members of the team. winners just cate that a postwar sports boom the loser 144'A. still might be picked to win the The International League club, a couldn't miss as they piled up a has gripped Europe as much as The first time that the hard National League Pennant. Brooklyn farm, traveled to Jackson- 41-31 third period advantage- America and good athletes are belting Graziano caught up with According tg most forecasters the ville recently for an exhibition Hamilton and George Allesse, with mushrooming in every country, he the champ was in the first minute real trick lies in the naming of the game, only to find the gates of the 14 tallies, provided the scoring added. runner-up. Up to a few days ago, J of the second round. A long right park ha been bolted. punch for the MTO while Herold The Olympic status of Russia and the vote would have gone to the The game with Jersey City Hibbitts, lanky center, turned in a ex-enemy countries is still under a hand punch hit Marty in the chin Chicago Cubs, then Leo Durocher Jacksonville last Sunday was can- sparkling defensive game. big question mark, Brundage said. ard he went down. He was up at brought the Dodgers to Florida and celled after a controversy over After the opening stanza the ETO It is possible that Olympic groups two and Graziano piled into him they made quite an impression. whether Robinson and Wright representatives couldn't get started of Germany, Japan and Italy have like a thousand-plane raid. The Dodgers have a good set of would be allowed to play. On and quickly fell behind. Bill Miller's emerged from war rubble but the Marty tried to tight, but Rocky ball players now that men like Tuesday the scheduled game with organization will not recognize 13 points were high for the losers. measured each of his shots and shortstop (Pee Wee) Reese, center- Indianapolis at Deland, Fla., was them. The box score: Servo could not close in. Finally a fielder Pete Reiser, and pitcher also called off. Sentiment on the subject is sharp- Kirby Higbe have returned from the ETO G T F MTO G T F swinging right dropped him for The determined manager of the Davis f 3 Hamilton f t 5 2 ly divided but Louis Zamperini, service. keeps. Royals, Clay Hooper, reiterated his Pugatch I 4 Nelly f * 0 0 rescued from a Jap prison camp Accordingly, a wavering vote is Finzen f 0 Mulert f 3 e I after the AAF officially gave him intention of taking Wright and Ro Gremillionf 0 Myers f 3 • l cast for the Dodgers to finish binson, first negroes ever to break Miller c 5 Hibbitts e 2 • 3 up for dead, declared that ex- British Heavy to Battle second, with the Cubs third, the into organized baseball, with the Peterson c • Allesse g 5 4 2 enemies should be invited to the Pirates fourth, ahead of the Braves, Frimoth g 2 McDowell g 2 3 • 1948 games. Tami Mauriello in New York team on every trip. Forgren g 3 Driscoll g 0 0 0 and the Giants sixth. Benson g 0 Scbiavi g 9 1 ft NEW YORK, March 30 (API- * * * Saito g • Bowen g ft 0 ft Fight promoter Mike Jacobs said WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— arrangements have been completed Totals 17 6 12 Totals 24 12 9 President Truman plans to attend Swiss Icemen Army Boxers for Bruce Witodcock to meet Tami the opening game of the American Mauriello in Madison Square Gar- League here, thus keeping alive a 1st Div. Scored Fourth Win den on May 13. To Swap Blows Presidential tradition dating back Tie Canucks Over MTO Courtmen, 68-42 Mauriello is one of the better LEGHORN, Italy, March 30— nearly 40 years. GARMISCH, March 30—Canada's LEGHORN, Italy—Boxing enthu- wartime heavyweights. First Division's high-flying quintet * * * hockey All-Stars and the Davos siasts here are looking forward romped to their 28th consecutive PHOENIX, March 30 (AP)—A Hockey Club, of Switzerland, battled to the tourney that takes place victory last night by knocking over five-run rally in the eighth inning to a 5-5 tie here last night in the in "Madison Square Garden" in New York Mens the 88th Div., from the MTO, gave the Chicago Cubs a 5-4 win third and most tightly-fought match Leghorn on Sunday, March 31, be- 68-42. tween champions from the European over the St. Louis Browns. in the international hockey tourna Score 83-29 Win Long John Miller held the Cubs ment. With big Cliff Fulton dumping in and Mediterranean Theaters. 20 points, the ETO made it four Tlie ETO team, coached by Lt. to one hit for seven innings while By consent of both teams no over straight over the MTO, and clinch- Donald Miller, former Intercol- For New Record his mates got three runs off Claude time period was played, and the ed the Inter-Theater division-level legiate middleweight champion from CHICAGO, March 30 (AP)—The Passeau and Paul Erickson. Al Mil- game was permitted to end in a championship. the University of Wisconsin, will New York Rens set a new record in nar relieved Miller in the eighth deadlock. furnish plenty of stiff competition the eighth World's Professional and the Cubs promptly broke out For the first two periods the for the MTO sluggers. There are Basketball tournament last night with a rash of hits, including home Davos Club remained in front of Mrs. Gr a h a m Plans scrappers of, all weights, from 112 when they turned in 83-29 first- runs by Clyde McCullough and the Canadians by a one-point mar- pound flyweights right up to battlers round victory over. Toledo. The Bob Scheffing to win the game. gin, leading 2-1 in the first frame To Start 4 in Derby in the heavyweight class. previous high was an 81, scored by and 3-2 by the end of the second After the bouts here at Leghorn, the Dayton Acmes last year. " SARASOTA, Fla., March 30 (AP) Capt. Andy Andreola, Canada's LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 30 the ETO team will go to Paris and The Baltimore Bullets edged out —Fresh from hurling ten scoreless sparkplug, skated the puck through (AP) —Mrs. Eliazbeth Graham, meet the French in a card of the Dayton Mickeys, 61-58, and innings against minor league oppo- the entire Swiss team and snapped whose horses never are entered in amateur and professional bouts the Oshkosh breezed to a 60-32 triumph sition, Dave Ferriss kept nine hits a short pass to Stan Warecki, who the Kentucky Derby, reported plans sixth of April. over the Detroit Mansfields. well scattered to lead the Boston scored the final and tying marker to start four of her six eligibles in Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the the classic. St. Louis Cardinals. Leslie Combs II, advisor to Mrs. While Ferriss was going the Syracuse Keglers Graham, said she was anxious to full distance, the Sox touched two start Lord Boswell, Knockdown, Cardinal pitchers, Max Lanier and Feature ABC PJay Star Pilot and Colony Boy. Other (Red) Barrett, for ten hits and eligibles, Perfect Bahram and War clinched, the game by notching BUFFALO, March 30 (AP)—Three Pippin, also may start if they show their final two runs on two sing- changes in standings were recorded Derby class, he added. les, two errors, and Ted Williams' in the American Bowling Congress double. - world championship, two of them Should he succeed in getting four by the Syracuse delegation and the starters to the post, he would set BISBEE, Ariz., March 30 (AP)— other by a Rochester pinman. an all-time high for one owner. Five owners have started three. The Chicago White Sox won their William Ours, 29, adjuster for the third straight game from Pitts- L. C. Smith team of Syracuse, vault- burgh, as 20-year-old Cass Michaels ed into second place in the singles Ferrier Leads Little smashed a three-run triple off Hal ^with a scorching 692 in games of Gearhauser in the fifth inning to ^233, 225 and 234. In Charlotte Golf Play account for the winning margin. The Syracuse combination. of CHARLOTTE, March 30 (API- The Sox went off to a three-run Peter DiFulto and Frank Garafolo Jim Ferrier gave par a four- lead in the first,, with Thurman posted scores of 644 and 596 for eighth stroke beating with 68, wresting the Tucker driving in two tallies on a ,in the doubles, and Rochester's lead from Lawson Little with 134. double. In addition to his triple, /Clarenc( e Palmer moved into 10th Little slipped to one under 71 for Michaels also blasted a double off 1 place in the All-Events standings 1 second place at 137. Jim Hopper in the seventh. Ton 1840. At 138 were Pete Cooper, of Cainsville, Vic Gheezi of Knox- Oxford BeatsCambridgc (^Defending Champ Wins ville, and Stewart (Skip) Alexander and Tony Penna of Cincinnati By 3 Lengths in Race In Ping Pong Tourney Favorite Sam Snead and Ed LONDON, March 30 (AP)—Spurt- NEW YORK., March 30 (AP)— (Porky) Oliver, of Taunton, shared ing into the lead in the first ten Top-ranked Dick Miles, of New seventh place at 139. seconds, Oxford remained in front York, captured the National Table Tennis championship for the sec- Harness Racing Makes Debut all the way today to win the 92nd boat race against Cambridge by ond successive year, easily defeat- CHICAGO, March 30 (AP)—Har- three lengths. h ing Sol Schiff, 21-10, 21-10, 21-10. ness racing under lights with pari- HOLD ME TIGHT: ETO's Bill Miller and MTO's Herold Hib- Bernice Charney, of New York, mutuel betting will make its Chi- bitts fight for possession of the ball during the last half of the fourth The time was 19 minutes 54 defeated Leah Thall, of Columbus, cago debut this summer with a 22- game of their series while Dick McDowell (No. 3) looks on. The MTO seconds, one minute and 51 seconds Ohio, 18-21,. 21-17, 20-22, 23-21, and stake program, including two $10,- broke loose in a second-half parade of baskets to swamp the ETO, short of the record set by Cam- 21-15, taking the women's title. 000 races. 60-49. —Signal Corps Photo by Bob Merritt bridge in 1934. Sunday, March 31, 1946 THE STARS AND STRIPES
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