'Suggests' Franco Resign Now
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One Year Ago Today ~T EUROPEAN ED>, ^&T~ The Weather Russians in sight of Berlin. Bremen: Cooler, cloudy, showers. Patton enters Czechoslovakia. Bavaria: Cloudy, showers in p.m. Columnist Ernie Pyle killed by THE STMRS ANifSTRIPES Austria: Cloudy, showers. Jap gunner. Temperature range: 64 to 45. > Newipapar of U.S. Armed Volume 2 Number 108 Friday, April 19, 1946 f ,2 fr., 1 d. Britain 'Suggests' Franco Resign Now Dad a Moose, Mom Foreign Office Russian Move A C ow—What I* II? OTTAWA, April 18 (AP)—Ex- To Shelve Iran perts of the Canadian Department Speaks Up for of Agriculture said they were studying "Angus of Aylwin," the Case Seen Lost latest in a line of animals believed Democracy to have resulted from the acci- NEW YORK, April 18 (AP)— dental cross-breeding of cattle LONDON, April 18 (UP)— The Soviet Union was reported and moose. Britain has "unofficially sug- Angus was born eight days ago today to have lost her strenuous at Aylwin, Quebec, and his own- gested" to the Spanish govern- battle behind closed doors to er, Freeman Cross, said he was ment that Generalissimo Fran- have procedure experts of the certain the calf had been sired cisco Franco resign immediately, United Nations Security Council by a bull moose. Cross said he believed the calf's mother was informed circles reported here rule against further considera- part moose. today. tion of the Iranian case. The British Foreign Office As the council prepared to meet, made no secret of the fact that its committee experts on rules and procedures were said by informed Greece Seeks undercover diplomacy had been sources to be split 8 ta 3, with the aimed at a solution of the Spanish majority holding that the case legally problem which would eliminate El could be kept on the agenda One-Tenth of Caudillo In Struggle With Death The council was expected to Democratic Rule Sought resume debate on the Spanish Bulgarian Land A Foreign Office spokesman at a In Detroit, Sandra Dildine is dying of a malignant tumor, and question at the opening of the press conference declared, "We are doctors say her time is short. She is pictured on her 4th birthday, with session, and Sir Alexander Cadogan, LONDON, April 18 (UP)—An concerned to produce democratic, Chuckie Dildine, a 5-year-old cousin, and some of the gifts which came British delegate, was scheduled to official Greek souce said today that constitutional government in Spain. from all over the country. Doctors would not permit her to eat any of lead off the debate with an assault her birthday cake. Greece had submitted a meinoran- It is not likely that we would con- on some of the Polish arguments. dum to the Big Four demanding sider Franco as the desirable head Statement Thought Unconvincing 4,150 square miles of territory from of a democratic government which, First reaction to the statement Bulgaria—about 10 per cent of that in our view, should result from presented to the council yesterday country's land surface. Planned Cruelty the Rule, It was the first revelation of elections." by Dr. Oscar Lange, of Poland, was Madrid dispatches today said the that, though it was more detailed Greek claims on Bulgaria and came than previous documents condemn- as a surprise since the area desired British ambassador, Sir Victor Mal- Lichfield Officer Testifies ing the regime of Generalissimo was exnected to be smaller. The let, last Monday had suggested to Francisco Franco, it was insuffi- Martin Artajo, Spanish foreign ATHENS, April 18 (AP)—The minister, that the regime in Spain LONDON, April 18 (UP) — Lt. Granville Cubage, of Oklahoma City, ciently strong to convince the majority of council' members. Greek government reorganized to- should be rapidly liberalized. testified at the Lichfield detention camp court martial today that tb.e day, naming Constantin Tsaldaris, basic order on which he had run the camp was, "Don't break too many The fact that French and Mexican The -suggestion apparently came delegates seconded Lange's motion Populist party leader, as premier after Artajo had approached Mallet bones." Cubage, a prison officer at Lichfield, testified in the trial of S/Sgt. and foreign minister. James Jones, of Muskogee, Okla., that guards "knew what they could surprised no one because Mexico concerning a proposed invitation to do;' and would have support of Col. James M. Kilian, of Chicago camp never had recognized Franco, and the Security Council of the United France was the first nation to Greeks also are demanding 950 commander. /v ; Nations Organization to investigate Cubage said he was disgusted with T sponsor the present international square miles from Albania. campaign against Spain's present Last census figures showed the Polish charges that German atom the "get rough" policy, but had been scientists were at work in Spain. instructed to make the prison "as Ford Lays Off regime. claimed area has a population of miserable as possible." As viewed in American circles, 250,000 of whom two-thirds are Britain Frowned on Suggestion It was common knowledge, Cubage today, the real issue before the "Pomaks," Bulgarian Muslims, and It was believed in Madrid, Lon- said, that the "place was really going 45,000 Workers council does not concern the char- one-third Christian Bulgarians. don sources said, that Mallet to get rough',' after the number of acter of the Franco regime, which The Greek memorandum said the brushed aside the proposed invita- DETROIT, April 18 (UP)—Its steel is condemned by all delegations, but claim was based on strategical prisoners increased considerably in stocks depleted by the nationwide tion. It was explained that Britain the summer and fall of 1944. whether action by the council is the grounds and not on a desire for was convinced such an investigation steel and coal strikes, the Ford most effective way of ousting annexation as such. "Solitary confinement and extra Motor Co. announced that it would Franco or whether such intervention would show little or no basis for duty," he asserted, "were the only Bulgarian quarters in London lay off 45,000 workers tonight. is likely to consolidate popular the Polish charges, and hence would methods of punishment until the reacted to the Greek claims with the In addition to the steel shortage, support behind him. assertion that the Greeks wanted serve to strengthen th& Franco summer of 1944, but a new policy a company spokesman said, 36 firms position internationally, as well as that guards could use clubs was Franco Called Axis Creation Bulgarian tobacco-growing regions. which supplied the Ford plants with in Spain. laid down by the commanding parts have been closed by strikes. In reading Poland's indictment Informed British opinion holds officer." The shutdown, he added, would yesterday, Lange asserted the Tells of Kilian Talk be of indefinite duration. Franco government was a creation Diphtheria Epidemic firmly to the belief that Franco's He testified he had had an inter- Meanwhile, problems of another of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, Axis association made it impossible view with Kilian on transferring a nature confronted the Pontiac Divi- and as an Axis satellite it may Quarantines Depot for him to participate in any recalcitrant prisoner to the disci- sion of General Motors, which faced provide a "jumping-off place for FRANKFURT, April 18 (UP)— Spanish government which would plinary training center, but that a shutdown because of a shortage another disastrous World War." He The USFET chief surgeon an- be acceptable to the United Nations. flatly charged that German scien- Kilian had told him, "We can be of storage .space. nounced the outbreak of a diph- tists are in Spain now devising "new jusf as tough as any training cen- The firm has been unable to ship theria epidemic in the 41st Reinf. ter. I know what they'll do at DTC, automobiles to its dealers because weapons cf TOE," among them five- Bn. in Amberg, Germany, where 16 inch guns which are being manu- Peace Conference and we can do the same here.' the Federal Government has not cases have been reported in the last factured from blueprints "smuggled Cubage said that Kilian had told fixed ceiling prices on cars, a five days. Postponed, U.S.Says spokesman said. Warehouses are out of Germany." him. "More prisoners like that one, The surgeon's office said the filled to capacity, and further pro- WASHINGTON, April 18 (UP)— and you know what to do." Lange asked whether massing of epidemic, which was affecting troops In the case of the prisoner con- duction would be impossible until troops by Spain on the French The State Department said today shipments could be resumed, he recently arrived from the U. S., was cerned, Cubage testified that Kilian border did not constitute an "inter- purely local. The entire battalion that the Paris Peace Conference had had said, "Take him down on the added. national friction" liable to endanger been postponed officially from May As the coal strike went into its has been quarantined, and all troops range or some place and work him peace. "Must we wait until guns 1 and France would delay sending 17th day, accounting for more than shoot and bombs .drop?" he asked. are being immunized. The an- over — just don't break too many nouncement said the source haid not invitations until the Big Four foreign bones." (Continued on Page 8) Following France's second of been discovered, but that nose and ministers, meeting on April 25, set Polish accusation, Edward R. throat tests were being conducted. a new date for the conference.