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Volume 1, Number 302 Friday, February 8, 1946 20 Pfennigs U.S. May Ration Meat To Offset World Famine British Halt American Menu Truman Asks H.-NG-DOG LOOK: Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita. generalissimo of Continues to Be the Bataaa Death March, as he looked before he was captured, left, and Farmer Draft as he looked at the time a military commission condemned him to death. Best in World Conservation LONDON, Feb. 7 (AP) — Prime WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (AP)— WASHINGTON, Feb.7 (AP) Minister Attlee announced that —President Truman said to- Death Verdict for Yamashita 8,000 farm workers scheduled for Americans, asked to share their Army induction this year would bread lest millions starve overseas day he would call for a return be left on the land. actually may eat better than ever to meat rationing in the U. S. Approved by MacArthur The government was battening for a while. if it becomes necessary to the hatches against a storm of Bread will be dark, and less • TOKTO, Feb. 7 (AP)—Gen. MacArthur today upheld the death public criticism over a return to prevent 10 to 15 million sentence passed by a Manila tribunal upon Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yama- whisky and beer will be available, the lowest wartime rations. The but there should be a temporary people from starving to death shita, the Japanese commander in the Philippines at the time of the leader of the House of Commons Bataan Death March. increase in pork, beef, poultry, Herbert Morrison, promised a full- abroad. (' I reviewed the proceedings in a vain search to find some mitigat- scale Parliamentary debate next eggs, and some dairy products. The President explained he ing factor; I find none," the United*- Continued availability of the week on the ration cut announced was vitally concerned with Prass quoted MacArthur. Tuesday by Sir Ben Smith, food enriched diet depends upon the the prospect of widespread starva- (Death sentences were passed in minister. weather, as bad crops resulting Singapore yesterday on Capt. Hitler Justified Laborities and Conservatives from unfavorable weather could tion in war-torn countries, accen- tuated by losses of wheat crops in Komai Mitsui and Sgt. Maj. Iljima 9 alike pelted Smith with questions diminish supplies of animal pro- Nobuo, convicted of causing the Hess Flight, But ducts until rationing is necessary some countries and other grains about the loss of*dried eggs to the elsewhere. death of two British prisoners of British table, which he said were again. Mr. Truman last night ordered war who worked on the notorious Condemned Him cut off because it would cost 100 President • Truman Wednesday Siam-Burma railroad, the UP re- ordered Government agencies to the discontinuance of the use of million dollars a year to keep up wheat in direct production of al- ported. By ALLEN DREYFUSS the flow of dried eggs at the 1944 draft emergency rules cutting con- (The first death sentences on Staff Correspondent sumption of wheat. cohol and beer and limitations on lend-lease rate of 300,000 tons. the use of other grains as part of civilians for collaboration offenses NURNBERG, Feb. 7 —Although Smith, however, pledged a per The cuts will take these forms: were pronounced at Singapore, ac- 1—Millers will be required to a ninepoint food conservation pro- Hitler was "completely taken capita distribution of at least 40 gram designed to meet the world cording to another UP dispatch, convert larger portions of every aback" by the flight of Rudolf Hess shell eggs during the next 16 w^eks, food crisis which he said "may when the British court found to England in May, 1941, he felt compared with 26 previously. bushel of wheat into flour. Doreen "Wales de Silva and her %—Whisky and beer producers prove to be the worst in modern that the irrational action _pf his Meanwhile, the British cabinet times." husband Manuel guilty of acting deputy could be explained "by a met to discuss again the food will not be allowed to use wheat. as informers in the pay of the Jap- 3—Farmers will be asked to feed His program also calls for an im- kind of mysticism and a state of crisis. It was the third meeting this mediate campaign by all Govern- anese military police. They are al- mind caused by illness." The flight, week for the cabinet, usually sum- less wheat to livestock. leged to have given information The President's action was neces- ment agencies to obtain consumer Hitler felt, was promised only by moned only once weekly by (Continued on Page 8) on local residents that led to tor- Attlee. ■ sitated by a greater increase in turing.) idealistic motives, eliminating any possibilitiy of unfaithfulness on the wheat consumption since the last part of Hess to either the Fuehrer harvest than the Government anti- or the Reich. cipated. A recent Government sur- House Passes 400,000-Man vey showed wheat stocks are 61 Dependents' The record of Hitler's reaction to the "mission of humanity" of million bushels below normal. his beetle-browed deputy was con- Food consumption in the U. S. No-StrikeBiU tained in an interview between Navy Planned has been at record leveifc for Priority Set several months. More meat is ex- WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UP)— Foreign Minister Joachim von Rib- WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UP)—The The House today approved legis- By a Staff Correspondent bentrop and Mussolini three days pected, because reducing wheat for U. S. intends to have a peacetime livestock feeding probably will lation curbing strikes in major in- FRANKFURT, Feb. 7—Officers after the unofficial emissary had Navy of 400,000 men. result in earlier marketing of cattle dustries after defeating efforts to and noncoms who were first three landed in Scotland. Its active peacetime fleet will be graders at the time they came over- Calling the flight "the action of and poultry. weaken the bill. The vote was built around 13 large and fast air- In contrast, more than 140 mil- seas may bring their dependents to a lunatic," Ribbentrop told !he craft carriers and 3,627 aircraft and 197-114. Europe beginning in April under a Duce that for a long time Hess had lion Europeans will have to exist In New York, meanwhile, union only four battleships will be used on less than 2,000 calories per day tentative plan, details of which been suffering from a bilious com- in both the Atlantic and the and company representatives an- Were announced today by USFET. plaint and had fallen into the hands Pacific. for the next few months, accord- nounced they had agreed on a In announcing the regulations and of nature-cure doctors who allowed ing to a review based on informa- proposal for settlement of the three- This was revealed by James tion as of January and published the application forms to be used, his health to become worse. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, day strike in New York harbor today by the Emergency Economic USFET directed all major com- Investigations were being carried in his annual report to President following an all-night conference. mands and units in the Theater to on in Germany, the foreign min- Truman which was published in Committee for Europe. Details of the proposal were with- expedite handling of applications. ister said, to fix responsibility for Washington today. About 100 million persons may held pending the" outcome of a union receive even less than 1,500 ca- USFET authorized units to act on permitting Hess to carry out a 'The aircraft carrjer is today the referendum tomorrow. lories per day, the review showed. Following Government seizure of the official circular to be published series of secret practice flights. spearhead of the modern fleet just Saturday in the Stars and Stripes Despite Hitler's justification of as the battleship was 25 years ago," the tugboat industry in the harbor, and to reproduce locally by type- his deputy's motives, Ribbentrop he said. The Weather Mayor William O'Dwyer ordered the wartime brownout restored to the writing or mimeographing the of- reported, he "took a very severe In addition to the active fleet North and west: cloudy with rain ficial application forms to save attitude under the circumstances, there will be a big reserve fleet in north; South and east: cloudy city as a result of the fuel shortage. time demoted Hess immediately, and which will include five more air- with light rain in morning; Berlin: Strike legislation provisions passed USFET said that several future ordered the shooting of the then craft carriers and six battleships. cloudy with light rain; Bremen: by the House include: announcements affecting GIs who incarcerated flying ambassador if The rest of the Naval wartime cloudy with rain. (Details on 1—Legal liability of unions and (■Continued on Page 8) he returned to Germany." force will be placed in reserve. Page 4.) (Continued on Page 8) Hess Flew Proposal to Unseat Churchill, British Reveal NURNBERG, Feb. 7 (AP)—The bon with the Duke of Hamilton be- give him a parole as he had come was sent to Scotland to interview have to contain provision for re- . British government has officially fore deciding to fly to Britain to unarmed and of his own free will." him, Hess outlined the following ciprocal indemnification of British disclosed that Rudolf Hess flew to attempt negotiations in person with Humble Hess Hears Charge peace terms: and German nationals whose pro- Scotland in 1941 with proposals to the duke. "1—Germany should have a free perty had been expropriated as a unseat the Churchill Government The reports disclosed for the first NURNBERG, Feb. 7 (AP)— hand in Europe. result of the war. and make peace with a new govern- time that Hess made three earlier Rudolf Hess, a scarecrow figure "2—England should have a free in a secondhand suit, clutched "6—The proposal could only be ment giving the Nazis a free hand unsuccessful attempts to fly to hand in the British Empire except considered on the understanding Scotland but each time was turned his long hands on the prisoners' in Europe. that former German colonies should that it was negotiated by Germany Reports of Hess' interrogation after back by bad weather. The first dock this afternoon and heard a be returned to Germany. with an English government other he parachuted into Scotland dis- attempt was made * in December, British army officer demand his "3—Russia should be included in closed he came to convince the 1940. punishment as the thirdranking Asia but Germany had certain de- than the ^present British govern- British that "Hitler would sincerely On May 11, 1941 the day after he Nazi in the conspiracy to plunge mands to make of Russia which ment. Mr. Churchill, who had plan- regret collapse of the British parachuted, Hess talked with the the world into war. would have to be satisfied either by ned war since 1936, and his col- Empire," that "avaricious Amer- Duke of Hamilton. The Duke's re- Hess jerked his head to atten- negotiation or as a result of war. leagues, who had lent themselves icans" had evil designs on the port on this meeting said Hess tion as Hitler's words naming There was, however, no truth in to his war policy, were not persons empire, and that Canada would "asked me if I could get together him deputy fuehrer weee read the rumors that the Fuehrer contem- with whom the Fuehrer would certainly be incorporated into the leading members of my party to assistant British prosecutor, Maj. plated an early attack on Russia. negotiate." Melvyn G. Jones. United States." talk over things with a. view to "i—The British should evacuate In interviews soon after his cap- Hess declared he tried unsuccess- making peace proposals ... He To a representative of the British Iraq. ture, Hess was revealed to have fully to arrange a meeting at Lis- requested me to ask the king to foreign office, Ian Kirkpatrick, who "5—A peace agreement would (Continued on Page S; Friday, February 8, 1&4<} Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES

Letters THE INQUIRING The B Bag • * to the Editor PHOTOGRAPHER Address all letters to: B Bag Editor, The Stars and Stripes. APO 757, U. S. Army. Limit letters to 20» words. The Question: Oh, the Trouble This Guy's Seen Do you think the men at the war crimes trials in Nuriw I'd like to submit my story as the most fouled-up soldier in the berg,if they are found guilty, Army. I don't think it can be equaled. ■ should get life sentences I'm in the Army three years, two of them overseas, 32 years old, (exile), or receive the death married for 10, one child and a perfect civilian record. In July, '44, penalty? I went to a hospital after an accidental discharge of a carbine sent a Slug through my leg. Capt. Arden D. Smith, 91st AFA I went AWOL from the hospital to search for my outfit and was Bn. First Armd. Div.—"I think promptly court-martialed and sentenced to a DD and 25 years at hard that life impris- labor. I spent 10 months at various pokeys and a never-to-be-forgotten onment at hard DTC, and then went back to honorable duty with 10 years hanging over labor, would be my head. In the interim, my loving wife sold all our earthly possessions a just punish- and took a powder to another state, and started talking divorce. ment. This way One night I bummed a ride into town, and the driver had an accident; there would not four days I spent in the hospital with a broken thumb, severe lesions of be any chance the hip, injured back, head and foot. of their being Twenty-four months ago the Army extracted all but seven of my thought of by teeth and I still have no plates. Try K ration biscuits sometime with the German TRIUMVIRATE OF PAINT: In charge of the Seventh Army people as mar- no uppers. Sign Shop at Bensheim are (left to right) Cpl. Cy Mittnacht, Sgt. The last pay I drew was in August, '44. They paid my wife's allot- tyrs. Death Charles M. Wigstone and Pvt. Lawrence M. Fagerlund. doesn't seem much of a punish- ment while I was in the clink, although it was supposed to stop. So I —Signal Corps Photo by Bob Merritt owe Sam 800 rocks. ment, physically or mentally. In France I met a nice young lady, and I want to take another whirl Therefore, I think life at hard ftt marriage. But wait! I lost 26 points and still could be getting out labor would be a greater punish- soon, but I'm sweating out a special court martial and I'll soon be back 3 GIs Paint Town Red — ment." In the pokey, perhaps with the 10 years thrown in. if * * If the good Lord helps me get over this one, I'll get over the next Pfc John P. Calabro, 703rd Or& one alone. —The Railsplitter's Boy. In 7th Army Sign Shop Light Maint., New York—"I think * * * BENSHEIM—Don't look now, but there are three GIs in Germany they should b« USO Emcee Classified 'Ham' who can paint the town red, white and OD any day of the week and put to death. twice on Sundays—if they wanted to. After all the The other night in Mannheim, USO Camp Shows in conjunction If the story stopped here, they would be the most envied Joes in the people they with Special Services, presented a show entitled "Concert Varieties," ETO, but their painting things have starved classed as "semi-classical." red, white and OD is strictly le- and made home- The master of ceremonies was introduced as a member of the cast gitimate business. of a coast-to-coast radio program, but his contract must have expired 100,000 Join less, along with The Rembrandts of Bensheim many more they and so he found it necessary to migrate to this land of entertainment- are Sgt. Charles M. Wigstone, of starved Americans. Well, it just won't work. The GI audience here Youth Activity have crippled is just as critical as it ever was, and from the remarks that circulated Red Oak, la.; Cpl. Cy Mittnacht, for life, how around our perceptive powers were exceptionally sharp. of Manitowoc, Wis., and Pvt. can we expect In U.S. Zone Lawrence M. Fagerlund, of South to give them This emcee, upon appearing on the stage, informed the projection any mercy? A life sentence seems room boys that the lights were in his eyes. When they failed to Haven, Mich., all of whom have BERLIN—Preliminary statistical lenient for their crimes, as they respond, he told them to "turn the goddamned lights off." Throughout a hand in the operation of the reports showing to what extent keep tryitog to pass the buck off the entire program he refused to speak into the microphone, and gave German youngsters are being Seventh Army Sign, shop here. out with a kind of gibberish off to one side. He was supposed to be a reached by youth organizations Lt. William A. Mullin, of Akron, on to somebody else all the time." baritone on a well known radio program, yet his vocal renditions were reveal that there was an attend- O., is the supervisor. * « i amateurish and original in the weirdest sense. Very little can be said ance of about 100,000 at youth Wigstone is in charge of the S-Sgt. Walter F. Chappell, 741st for the rest of the cast. meetings in the Greater Hesse and Ry. Op. Bn., Westminster, S.C.— Is this a preview of the type of entertainment that occupational shop; Mittnacht is in charge of Wuerttemberg-Baden districts of production and acts as interpreter "I think that if troops can expect from now on? —The First Nighters. the U. S. Zone during a recent they are found * * * month, according to the Education on the side, and Fagerlund is the guilty, as they Section, Internal Affairs and Com- supply man. Members of the should be, they Fiscal Called Goof-Off Job munications Branch, OMGUS. 1120th Engr. Combat Gp., they are should receive • assisted by 14. German civilians This should satisfy those who may be somewhat curious as to why This figure does not include the death pen- who act as carpenters and sign alty, the quick- the Finance Department is only making partial payment to troops. Bavaria, for which no report was painters. available, or the many thousands est way. Just It takes a good deal of training to become a full-fledged finance The shop usually is as busy as clerk. Not even civilian life can supply the magicians needed to man of children engaged in church ac- stop and think tivities. a fire-sale counter supplying road, how many of the complex, unorthodox procedures of Accounting, computation and directional and identification auditing the Army fondly calls a "system." After aiding youth groups during our boys they the first period of the occupation, signs for the Seventh Army dis- caused to lose There are still a few of us around who could handle the job very trict. their lives. Therefore, the criminals' nicely and maybe drop around to Paris, Switzerland and other places MG officials believe "there is a fertile ground for influencing Ger- For the month of January, the lives won't be missed very much." once in a while. But we are forced to hang our hats in that creation shop turned out 4,000 stenciled of all creations, "The Fiscal Office," and try to get through a day man youth." They are skeptical of * * * the general assumption that all signs, 75 large and very elaborate without falling asleep at the desk. freehand signs, similar to those T-5 Boyd Johnston, 31st AAA The job is strictly a paper one. It consists of filing, rubber- young Germans are members of a Brig., Des Moines—"I think they lost generation, declaring that many used to identify refuel stations, stamping and passing anything of importance to Finance, which ulti- and about 100 smaller freehand should receive mately does the work. youngsters rejected a good part of the Nazi's teachings, and that few signs. the death pen- We would like to know why trained men cannot be put on the job alty because they were meant to do and non-technical personnel be put on this one. of them were Nazi fanatics. They note that youth between Occupation is Called they brought a —Weary Financiers, APO 66 14 and 20 are fairly co-operative in war on the * * * organizations. Duty of Marine Corps world which Hitler's Contribution Before 1939 In Berlin an emergency youth WASHINGTON (AP)-Sen. Brien most people suf- labor service has been established McMahon (D-Conn.) proposed as- fered from. A recent article in The Stars and Stripes reported that a poll of to help destitute young people and There was fam- signment of marines to all oc- 1,700 occupation troops revealed that 51 per cent believed Hitler did the the central youth committee wants ine and starva- Reich a lot of good before 1939. to train qualified youngsters as cupation duties, permitting the tion in many Yes, he did a lot of good. He started that wonderful institution of teachers' helpers and assistants to qulck retu™ home of Army per other countries concentration camps and mass extermination; he built a lot of good alleviate the serious shortage of sonnel now overseas. as a result of their actions. I roads for his military machine, and he stepped into Austria and Czecho- school instructors. MacMahon introduced such "a think because of this they should slovakia, murdering as he went. The Gestapo, SS, and Brownshirts were American authorities realize the bill and said a companion measure be made to pay with their lives organized before 1939, and consisted of kindly old gentlemen. need for the re-education of Ger- would be offered in the house by and not cheat the soldier who Is it possible that a pretty fraulein can destroy a man's common man youth, OMGUS youth officials Rep. Herman P. Koppleman (D- volunteered to stay in the ETO sense so quickly? _An Ex-Infantryman, APO 809 say, and they believe that a Conn.). to hang them." * * * substantial beginning has been made although the biggest job is "Maintenance of peace in oc- To Hell With Single Men? yet to be done. cupied areas and at embassies One example of the American public's attitude on redeployment is throughout the world" McMahon IKSf^^RIKS the delegations representing servicemen's wives end children. The cry said, "has long been the tradi- is, "bring MY man home!" How about the others? To hell with them, 150 Swiss Petitioned tional role of the U. S. Marine GERMANY EDITION let them stay there. Corps." Purge of Democrats Vol. 1, No. 302, Fri., Feb. 8, 1946 The single men have nothing to go home to anyway—nothing but Under his bill the Marine Corps sweethearts and anxious parents. The married men should go home to BERN (INS)—Latest in a flurry of reports being made now by the W°Ul d be enlarSed by voluntary Published at the auxiliary plant take care of their families. The single men would like to start families, enlistment4 s and confined to un- of the Frankfurter Zeitung, Pfung- but the hell with them. Re-induct them. They're accustomed to the Swiss" Federal Council on "fifth stadt, Hesse, Germany, for the Army, and they're young without responsibilities. column" and anti-democratic ac- married men, aged 18 to 25, or to U. S. armed forces under the tivities in Switzerland during the men who served previously in the auspices of the Information and —Single T-4, 156th Inf. Education Section. USFET. South- war is revelation of the "petition armed forces." ern Germany Edition at Altdorf, * * * of the 200." Bavaria. U. S. Bureau, 205 E. 42d The council said this document, St., New York, 17. Pressure on Congress Applauded Mexico Reflects Peace Mailing address: The Stars and actually signed by only 150 Swiss, MEXICO CITY (INS)-Mexico's Stripes, Germany Edition, APO 757, I want to be the first to thank the "brains" of the Army for get- and sent to the council in 1940, U. S. Army. Telephone through ting pressure applied where it belongs—on Congress. return to the ways of peace is Frankfurt Switch. asked that^the Swiss government reflected in the 1946 budget—both Rapid and positive legislation is necessary to fulfill the mission draw closer to their neighbors— This is not an official publication of the Army, which is to secure the peace and get the deserving sol- the departments of education and of the U. S. Army. notably Germany and Italy—and agriculture have been allotted Entered as second class matter diers home. We should all get home sooner, now that the Public is that it purge "unilateral and mali- March 15, 1943, at the postofflce, awakened. —CWS 1-Lt. Albert S. Morrison. more funds than either national New York, N. Y., under the Act of cious democrats." defense or the navy. March 3, 1878. Friday, February 8, 1946 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 3 A Camera Squint at Far-Flung Events

MOCK RAID: Allied authorities are training eers" In a simulated raid in the Tiergarten. The Berlin's civil police in the proper technique to use four occupying powers are training more than 809 in breaking up the black market. Here, In the of the these policemen. Similar incidents are oc- British Sector, they swoop down on the "blacket- curring daily in the U.S., Russian and French zones.

BUTTER LINE: An acute butter shortage recently hit San Fran- cisco, so the citizens lined up long and early in front of this creamery in hopes of obtaining this scarce product. The Navy men in the foreground are probably shopping for their families.

HOSTESS: Winston Churchill is spending his vacation at the home of Mrs. William F. Clarke, of Miami, shown with her son. Her husband, an ex-captain, is home after four years imprison-, ment by the Japanese. MIRROR OF THE UNIVERSE: The new giant mirror which will be installed in the world's largest telescope atop Mt. Palomar, near San Diego, Calif., is inspected here by Donald O. Hendrix (left) inspector at the Mt. Wilson Observatory at Pasadena, Calif., and F. E. Day. The mirror will be used for telescopic photography. PRESS CONFERENCE: Felix Gouin, France's new president, is bombarded with questions by reporters at a press conference in Paris. Gouin disclosed the new members of his cabinet at this confab.

•\FFIC JAM: Traffic in the Holland Tunnel, in the tube. The truck was carrying a lor.d of CUTIE: Now if you are fooled by the diving board, don't be, for chewing gnm, and the job of clearing away the it is Jnst a studio prop which is embellished by Rita Pii»le, New N. Y., was tied up for three hours as firemen York model. It's fun to be fooled, but it's more fun to know. battled a blaze caused when a truck caught on fire melted gum was more of a problem than the fire. Friday, February 8, THE STARS AND STRIPES \Polish Jews. The committee denied were stationed and shot the sentry ported Russian drill rigs at several district. foreign press reports of Jews fleeing dead, then fled when he was places. Geologists have expressed RESPONSIBLE TO PEOPLE from Poland and of "continous po- attacked. the opinion that large oil quanti- Beheading Again groms against Jews and increasing More "armed Jews" forced their ties exist in Iran's north. The On the recommendation of Mili- anti-Semitism." way into the guardroom, the com- Anglo-Iranian Abadan refinery, tary Government, however, this of- munique added, seriously wounding world's largest single refining unit, ficial will be elected by the legis- Becomes Legal Most Jews intend to remain in a guard and the commander. They produced 10 million metric tons in lature and will thus be responsible Poland, although thousands have then looted the armory. fled to the American Zone in Ger- 1945. to the people of his area. For Executions Four British officers in the mess- Under the Nazi regime all officials By T. NORMAN PALMER many, Palestine and other coun- hall a floor above rushed to in- were appointed and whatever tries in the past year, said the com- Staff Correspondent vestigate, the report continued, and assemblies existed had no power mittee, which includes representa- the regimental medical officer who BERLIN, Feb. 7—As a result of j Goering Stung other than advisory. In the kreis tives of every political party in was first out of the room was shot the chief executive is known as Allied Control Council action the Poland. dead "by two Jews who were , landrat (county commissioner) and only legal method of execution for Those who fled did so because of mounting the stairs firing sub- By Brain Story the legislative assembly is com- German civilians is beheading. machine guns." posed of one member per 1,000 Before the Nazi rise to power sporadic anti-Semitic outbreaks and NURNBERG, Feb. 7 (AP)—Her- people and elects the landrat as decapitation had been the only ac- the killing of a total of 353 Jews in mann Goering today was stung to well as a "kreisausschuss," an action cepted German method of executing 1945 by "reactionaries, Fascist gang- Army to Release sputtering fury by French charges committee of the kreistag. civilians guilty of crimes calling for sters and enemies of the govern- placed before the International At the regierungsbezirk level the the death penalty. ment," the committee declared. PWs by June 30 Military Tribunal that German assembly is known as the bezirks- But one of the Nazi's first acts was Members asserted every effort is scientists, engaged in medical re- verband and the chief executive the legalization of hanging. Control being made to assist Jews who do FRANKFURT, Feb. 7 (AP)—The search for the Luftwaffe, solicited regierungspresident. Council repeal of the special Nazi like trash collectors for brains of want to leave the country, but those American Army hopes to release by Organizations of the land gov- law restores capital punishment to victims of death camps. who resort to "chaotically illegal June 30 all Wehrmacht prisoners, ernment has not yet been plan- the same status it held prior to 1933. After muttering explosively un- except those whose organizations ned pending a constitutional con- At the same time the Control emigration" often fail to reach their der his breath, Goering hurriedly are under indictment as criminal vention to be held after the kreis Council repealed the special law destination. wrote a note to his counsel, Dr. groups, it was learned today. and regierungsbezirk administra- concerning the government's "rights" A careful census showed Poland Otto Stahmer, to intervene. tions have been elected and begun during emergencies. Actually the to have a Jewish population of Prisoners have been released with The tribunal reminded the de- operations. "emergency measure" law was 86,000. Before the war there were such rapidity that only 800,000 re- fense an opportunity would be passed by the Nazis following the 3,200,000 to 3,500,000. The Nazis are main of the total of seven million offered for the defendant to show purge of June 1934 as an attempt at accused of killing 3,000,000. Approxi- Germans once held by U. S. forces. he had no connection with the in- 36,418 Dollars an ex-post-facto coverup and justi- mately 150,000 Jews who fled to Nazis in custody include 150,000 cident. Goering stared morosely fication of purge murders. Russia are being repatriated. SS men. at the floor. Raised by Hq. Cmd. The French document was an excerpt from a report by Maj. L.. FRANKFURT, Feb. 7—In the ETO W. Alexander of the British me- March of Dimes campaign, a total 'Little America' Planned for Berlin dical corps. of 36,418 dollars was contributed by personnel of Hq. Command, USFET. By NA iyiiANE WALKER construction of new units, and both transplanted American children will Wiesbaden GIs were top contrib- Staff Correspondent Berlin headquarters expect much not begin until fall, it already is 3-Millionth Soldier of the necessary living space to be utors with a total of 5,312 dollars. BERLIN, Feb. 7—"A normal getting the attention of planners. Leaves From Le Havre provided by the redeployment of In second place was the 1264th American community" in the heart OMGUS officials expect 833 de- LE HAVRE, Feb. 7 (UP)—The Engr. Combat Bn. with 4,841 dol- troops now quartered in the city. pendents of school age—556 of grade of war-ravaged Berlin, with parks, Army Transport Gen. Robert Howze lars and the 29th Inf. Regt. was The OMGUS commandant ex- school level and 277 of junior high churches, schools, fire stations, sailed today for the U.S. with the plains that most of the quarters to third with 4,736 dollars. barber and tailor shops, laundries, or high school age. three millionth American soldier to Hq. Co., Hq. Comd. contributed be used for servicemen's families "Well use German instructors movies and all that goes to make are individual homes, although be redeployed through this port. He 4,036 dollars mainly from a nightly with American supervisors," Mc- up America is being planned by some apartment houses will be was Donald Ziegler, 23, former revue in Heddernheim. The 508th OMGUS for families who will join Cawley stated. student at the University of Penn- Prcht. Inf. Regt. was fifth on the used. The commissary is being en- servicemen here. Barnes emphasized that it is the sylvania. Ziegler, in the Army 32 list with 3,250 dollars. The 508th larged to allow wives to cook at In the case of OMGUS personnel months, fought through the west- was the leader in the Victory Loan home, he said, although a new mess policy of the commanding general and . their dependents, the com- ern campaign with the 391st Inf. Drive. hall being built near headquarters of the Berlin District not to initiate Regt. munity will center around the also will accommodate civilian de- a movement of families here until '. >urleen men of the 1967th Labor "Onkel Tom" area, where most of Supervision Co. contributed 140 dol- pendents. it is certain that they can be taken the necessary service facilities al- Ir*~s or 10 dollars a man. Officers' houses will be assigned care of properly. readyy are available, Col. John C. by grade to some degree, "but we In spite" of the problems and Weather Outlook McCawley, headquarters comman- B I ian Air Terms Set won't attempt to make any fine headaches their impending arrival USAFE Weather Service dant, said. distinction," McCawley said. Avail- has brought to Army planners, WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (AP)—The Berlin district plans, still in the ability of houses at the time of the American wives and children will U. S. Zone: North and west, cloudy State Department has announced formative stage, call for five cen- with occasional rain in north. South families arrival will be the first be warmly welcomed by military and east, cloudy with light rain in the conclusion of an interim air tral residential locations, with a factor." headquarters in Berlin. morning. Berlin: Cloudy with light agreement with Belgium. The centralized place for community The Berlin district plan, however, "We are eagerly looking forward rain. Bremen: Cloudy with rain. agreement grants reciprocal land- shopping and services, according Maximum and minimum temper- will set aside one of the five re- to their coming," one of the spokes- atures: North and west, 45—39; South ing rights in Brussels and New to Coi; E. E. Barnes, G4 head. sidential locations for senior grade men declared, and another com- and east, 45—38; Berlin, 42—38; Bremen, York to authorized American and Theater policy requires utilization officers and dependents. mented, "It ought to put an end to 45—49. Belgian air lines. of existing housing rather than Although a school term for the Future outlook: Continued cloudy the fraternization problem." with drizzles in coastal areas. Friday, February 8, 1946 THE STABS AND STRIPES Page 5 News From Home Minister Gets Life Sentence ForPoisoning HisDaughter MERICA—The Rev. Frank E. Siple, 53, was sentenced A to life imprisonment in Grand Rapids on a charge of first degree murder in the 1939 poisoning of his 18-year-old daughter, Dorothy Ann. Judge Leonard D. Verdier pro- nounced sentence by declaring, "You have sinned not only against the laws of man, but the laws of God." The minister confessed he poisoned the girl because she was a "mental case."

Mrs. Mildred McAfee Horton, director of the Women's Naval Reserve and first woman in his- tory commissioned a United States Naval officer, has left the service for which she trained 86,000 women. She resumed her duties as pres- ident of Wellesley College, near Boston, whose campus she quit three and one-half years ago. Capt. Horton's assistant, Cmdr. Jean T. Palmer, replaced her as head of the Waves.

V- * j\.mes Kolocothronis, 17-year-old St. Louis high school student, was reported by police to have confessed setting three apartment houses and five automobiles afire within an hour "because of an urge to watch WORTHY OF NAME: The Navy's newest car- from Norfolk, Va., to prepare for its shakedown fire engines." The youth was arrested, police said, as he attempted to rier, the 45,000-ton USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, is eruise in the Caribbean Sea. Small boats at right break into a sixth car with a lighted candle. at anchor in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after sailing are taking sailors for a visit on shore. * >f Newspaper sales in Atlanta newsboy said. "I sold one cus- were the largest since V-J Day tomer 10 papers," another declar- Armed Forces'Australia Again Plugging because of coupon ads inserted ed. All had more requests than by a department store entitling the eould be handled and the papers signer to get on a list for a pair soon disappeared. One enterpris- Now 5,416,000 Frisco as UNO Home Site of nylon hose when and if the ing newsie, ignoring headlines, store gets any. "One guy bought shouted: "Get your nylon coupons WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UP)— LONDON, Feb. 7—Australia served notice on the United Nations four papers, gave me 50 cents, and here." The total strength of the Army, Organization she will reopen the old debate over the location of UNO didn't wait for any change," one Navy, and Marine Corps has been headquarters and will begin a new attempt to have the permanent site reduced to approximately 5,416,000, shifted to San Francisco. the War and Navy departments Col. W. R. Hodgson of Australia made his statement at the meeting Kansas is sweeping out the remains of "the worst dust storm in said. of the Preparatory Commission's nearly 10 years." The ominous cloud that swept over Kansas and parts President Truman has estimated Site Committee and pointed out of OVlahom,a and Missouri, grounded planes and cut visibility to 100 yards the armed forces will require two that the California land is being at some points. In contrast to long-lived dusters of a decade ago, how- million men at the end of the cur- Rep. Luce Asks offered free and that interim facili- ever, this one soon lost dust and disappeared. rent year. The Army plans to re- ties—those used for the conference * * * duce its strength to 1,500,000 by Greenwich Vote there last spring—are the best Miami Beach's one-woman sit- and about 37, the visitor arrived July 1 and present Navy plans call available anywhere in America. down strike by a Brooklyn visitor in Miami and obtained a one- for 500,000 men and 58,000 officers His latter argument is likely to On Site Decision carry considerable weight in view who refused to be ousted from night reservation. on Sept. 1. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UP)— of estimates that it will take five the Essex House Hotel entered its When the hotel informed her The Army demobilized 93,000 in Rep. Clare Boothe Luce (R-Conn.), to six years to erect permanent fourth day with the lady still She would have to move else- January, bringing the total dis- who is a resident of Greenwich, buildings. cool and poised, and the manager where, the woman moved her charges since V-E Day to 5,712,000. place selected by UNO Site Com- Australia contends- that the Stam- a baffled man. Smartly groomed bags into the lobby and sat. January releases exceeded the ford-Greenwich site in Connecticut Army's Jan. 4 estimates by 13,800. mittee as the permanent home of * * the peace organization, telegraphed is,too expensive because the cost The present Army strength is ap- Dr. Earl C. Elkins, of the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn., said city authorities the site committee of* acquiring the land alone is proximately 3,200,000. estimated at between 10 and 12 the bobby sox era is a natural for flat feet, explaining, "Moccasins, The Navy has cut its personnel' "indicated it won't oppose the ex- pressed wishes of the majority of million dollars, it was learned. sandals and the like are as bad for girls as the too-high heels our mothers to nearly 1,961,00 and the Marine It was also reported that Dr. used to wear." He predicted that if the bobby soxers continued to wear the people in the area chosen." Corps is down to 255,000. Since V-J Stoyan Gavrilovich, Jugoslav del- them for long, their arches would pancake and soon they would have "It is my understanding the Day, the Navy has discharged egate to UNO and chairman of the 1,553,000. Marine Corps releases for people are deeply divided on the "sled runners for feet." site committee, said the complaints * »• * the same period total 226,000. issue and I suggest that it be quickly submitted to a referendum, of Connecticut citizens will not af- Taxi service by helicopter to whereupon I will present the re- fect the report to UNO. (Protests from Greenwich resi- points in Pennsylvania and Jap Slayer,'Unable' sults as forcefully as I can to UNO delegate Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. dents, Dr. Gavrilovich said, were southern New Jersey is the aim and President Truman," Mrs. Luce understandable, as they "did not of the Yellow Cab Co. of Phila- To Tell His Mother said. like to lose their houses nor their clubs and hunting grounds." But delphia. The taxi firm, which WALLINGFORD, N. J., Feb. 7 (UP) In Greenwich, 1,500 townspeople many residents had come to him —Joseph E. Hicswa, sentenced to attended a meeting last night and operates 1,000 cabs in the Phila- "delighted"' with the committee's voted 110 to 55 against moving out death by a court martial for stab- selections, he added. delphia area, is offering testimony so that UNO can move in. It was bing to death two Japanese, wrote (The possibility of persons re- before the Civil Aerounautics decided to hold a referendum, as his mother in a letter that he let maining on the property as citizens suggested by Rep. Luce, at a later Board on its "air cab" venture. of the United Nations had been in- her learn of the tragedy through date because the city has not Clewell Sykes, company president, cluded in the report, he said.) newspapers because he could not enough money at present to con- testified that Yellow is "willing find the "right word" to tell her. duct such a referendum. and able" to operate the proposed Hicswa said he made several at- Safety Drive in Paris routes for two years at a loss. The tempts to write earlier from prison PARIS, Feb. 7—The Army has Ex-Prince Carl in N.Y. launched a new safety drive against company seeks certification of six in Japan but each time he failed. "Things are looking brighter," he reckless drivers in the Paris area— routes, all starting in Philadelphia, To Marry Commoner and the city's main thoroughfares told her, "and they are treating me Would connect • such points as NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (AP)—John are swarming with more MP's than fine now." Narbeth, Bryn Mawr, Wayne, Carl Johan Bernadotte arrived at have been seen here since V-E Day. A letter dated two days earlier LaGuardia Airfield yesterday and Paoli, Germantown, Jenkintown, and written to an uncle described hurried to his New York apartment. Hatboro, Coatesville, Lancaster, prison existence as grim. Hicswa Once Prince Carl Johan, but now Adams Retakes Name York, Norristown, Pottstown, Har- said he was tortured by "seeing Mr. Bernadotte, he is the third Of Stamatophoulos member of the Swedish Royal risburg, Reading, Lebanon, Al- Mrs. Serretta Jacob, 39, was myself in front of a firing squad." CHICAGO, Feb. 7 (INS)— Family to renounce his succession granted a divorce from her hus- Thomas V. Adams, a native of lentown, Bethlehem and Easton in rights in order to marry a com- band Henry, 44-year-old mail- Greece who adopted an Amer- Alaska Statehood Bill moner. His intended wife is a Pennsylvania, and Trenton, At- carrier, after complaining that ican name, was granted court Swedish journalist, writing in the lantic City, Wildwood and Cape Henry habitually came home Introduced in Congress permission yesterday to take May in New Jersey. drunk and slept in the bathtub. United States. his old name back. His attorney * * s- ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (AP)— He will represent an Anglo- told the court that Adams was Deputy Sheriffs Ray N. Allen and J. J. Maroney, of Admission of Alaska as the 49th Norwegian trading firm while acting at the request of his traveling in America. At present Independence, Mo., filed this report: "Investigated parked state is proposed in a bill introduced brother. Now Adams is once by Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.). he is making arrangements for his more Athanasios V. Stamatoph- forthcoming wedding to take place car at 31st and Hardy Ave. at 1:40 AM. A romance in chairman of the Senate Judiciary oulos. bloom with the mercury near zero—sent them on their way." Committee. this month in New York. Friday, February 8, 1946 Page 6 THE STARS AND STRIPES USFET Title Rugged Ranger Boston* Chicago Sbare To Be Decided Ice Lead for 3rd Time : In Piay-Ofts NEW YOIiiC, Leo. 7 u^ )—-or cue third urne UJJ season tue Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks jointly occupy first place in the National FRANKFURT, Feb. 7—Play-offs Hockey league. The Hawks moved into the deadlock last night by for the USFET Major League bas- Mefeating the New York Rangers, ketball championship will be held 6-2, before 17.C00 Chicago fans. in Victory gym commencing Satur- Edgar Laprade of the Broadway day, Feb. 16. Churchill Imposter Blueshirts rammed home a marker The loop title will be decided by the Shaughnessy play-off system 'Sends" Bail Fans 59 seconds after the face-off but which calls for the first-place team HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 7 (AP) in the second session the Hawks to meet the fourth-place club in a —A rosy-faced practical joker, blazed three goals past the Rangers' "two out of three game series. smoking a cigar and making Chuck Rayner. ' Occupants of second and third the V-sigis, caused a brief Phil Watson tallied early in the place will play a similar series and last frame for New York hut a the winners of these two elimina- furore at Tropica! baseball park minute later Max Bentley, league tions will then battle it out for the when he posed briefly as Cuba's league's top laurels. famed visitor, Winston Clsurchiii. leading individual scorer, soloed Officials choson for the play-offs, Bearing a close resemblance home the clincher. Reg Hamilton are Maj: Bohm, Capt. De SantiS, to Britain's former premier, the and Berkley netted again before Sgt. Pritchett and Cpl. Rennard. imposter signed dozens of auto- the session ended. Sponsors of the play-offs expect graphs, beamed behind his bis At the Boston Garden, the Bruir^s capacity crowds each night. The cigar and made the V-sign with and the. Toronto Maple Leafs bat- league winner will represent two chubby fingers fcr an ex- tled to a 3-3 tie before f4,000. USFET in the ETO-wide tourna- cited photographer. ment of court champions starting Boston had a 3-1 lead going into Whan the bascb.aU fans-began March 13 at Munich. the last period but Bobby Davidson stampeding in the stands and The USFET Invaders and the the game halted momentarily, and Gaye S'.ewart slammed a goal 3118th Sig. Gp. close the regular the man disappeared. apiece into the Boston' cordage. season play on Feb. 13. Meanwhile, the real Churchill was resting at his British lega- In vaders ! I old tion residence. »..." Barons Pull Away pia did PhittySailors' " yofi First Place «/ NEW YORK., Feb. 7 ((AP)A —The FRANKFURT, Feb. 7—The USFET Robinson TKOs Riccio, aiird-place Cleveland Barons are Invaders hung on to their first- t Iii AAU Try pulling away from St. Louis Flyers place position in the USFET Major in the battle for the final playoff PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7 (AP)— Basketball League last night by berth in the American Hockey Eyes Servo's Welter Crown In an effort to break western su- crushing the 133rd AACS, 52-37. league's western division. premacy in amateur basketball, the The outstanding performance of the ELIZABETH, N. J., Feb. 7 (UP)—Ray (Sugar) Robinson, number one Middle Atlantic association today Last night the Barons defeated evening was turned in by Sgt. contender for the world welterweight title, was looking forward to his sought to enter the crack Phila- the Flyers, 9-3, to assume a three- Jimmy Fullerton, who racked up title fight with the new welter champ Marty Servo, today after his fourth- delphia Naval Base quintet in the 23 points in three quarters of play. round technical knock-out over%- point advantage over St. Louis. Maintaining a comfortable lead National AAU tourney. Tony Riccio last night, Robinson ! —— ——— —■ j Pittsburgh's second place western . The sailors, who have notched throughout the game, the Invaders dropped Riccio to the canvas three 37 victories in 38 games, are clip- division Hornets nosed out the substituted at will and used every times in two min- Free Throws G ve man on the squad. High scorer for ping along with an average of 58 Mew Haven Eagles, 4-3, to move to utes before the the 133rd AACS was Hobbs with points per game. Doug Holcomb, referee stopped within four points of front-running 9 points. Navy 34-33 Wm j six foot-four forward who has the battle. Servo Indianapolis who- bowed, 4-2, to In the other game at Victory Gym, ANNAa-OLIS, Feb. 7 (... ) two years of competition left at had earlier in- Serv. Bn. took the measure of the Navy scored a thrilling 34 to 33 the University of Wisconsin, is the the eastern division pace-setting dicated he would 45th ADG, 67-42. Never threatened, victory over Penn State college leading point-getter. Buffalo Bisons in Buffalo. probably fight at Serv. Bn. was led by the sharp least one bout this last night to remain the nation's shooting of Swinnen, who dropped spring before risk- only major undefeated college 22 points through the hoop, Johnson ing his crown in basketball team, but it required with 16 and Hupp with 14. High the Robinson the free-throw artistry of Jack scorer for the losers was Theiling, match. with 15 tallies. Carroll to pull the contest out of In New York, the fire in the final two minutes. Robinson Olmo May Play in Mexican Loop Jake La Motta, It was the eighth straight vic- Clara Lamore Breaks Bronx middleweight, won his 29 th tory for the Middies and their SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. 7 (UP)—Brooklyn Dodger Outfielder fight in 30 professional bouts last closest call as the Nittany Lions Luis Olmo. said yesterday he definitely would consider playing baseball Breast Stroke Mark night when he gained a close but actually outscored Navy on field in Mexico this season but an offer from Bernardo Pasquel, Mexican PROVIDENCE, Feb. 7 (AP)— unanimous eight-round decision goals, only to lose on charity baseball magnate, would have to be clarified first. Clara Lamore of the Qlneyville over Bobby Berger of Chicago. tosses. Olmo is holding out from the Dodgers because he thinks he is worth Boy's Club Auxiliary and New 1,500 dollars more than they offered him. He said he wanted to know England's outstanding amateur ath- Editor Suggested for Post 35 Entries in TSFET Meet whether Pasquel would pay 50 per cent more than the .top Brooklyn lete, smashed the American wo- offer. Pasquel is now attempting to develop major league baseball in BREMERHAVEN, Feb. 7—Approx- men's record for the 100-yard breast NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (UP)— The Mexico. He said in Havana yesterday that he had signed up all Cuban imately 35 boxers, representing the stroke by more than a full second New York Boxing Writers associa- baseball players for the Mexican league except Gilberto Torres, Washing- cream of the ETO Service Forces at the Olneyville pool. tion voted unanimously yesterday ton Senator infielder, whom he has not yet contacted. fistic talent, will be on hand to Miss Lamore was clocked in 1:13.2 to suggest to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey In New York, three leading players signed up. Slugger Johnny Mize as she won the Rhode Island that Nat Fleischer, editor of Ring answer the bell when the TSFET and Infielder George Hausman signed with the Giants and Curt Davis, boxing tournament gets underway. championship. Magazine, be appointed to the New longtime star pitcher, accepted Brooklyn terms. The former mark of 1:14.8 was York Boxing Commission to re- held by Lorraine Fisher. place the late Gen. John J. Phelan. Sprint King Young to Begin Training CAMP SHOEMAKER, Calif., Young said he planned to com- Feb, 7 (UP)—National sprint king pete in the National AAU cham- 12,000 Ticket Orders Claude (Buddy) Young of Illinois said today he would begin train- pionships, the Drake relays, West ing Feb. 10 in order to participate Coast relays and other meets. The Received for June Bout Penn 58, Philadelphia Coast Guard 37 in as many track meets as pos- Negro sprinter is stationed here NEW YORK, Febs 7 (UP)—Promoter Mike Jacobs disclosed today Muhlenberg 67, Gettysburg 44 sible this spring. with the Navy. St Joseph's 59, Albright 41 that more than 12,000 ringside orders for the Joe Louis-Billy Conn heavy- Pittsburgh 57, Carnegie Tech 45 weight title fight June 19 have already been received. Yale 48, Princeton 34 Queen Joins Panama-Bound Yankees About one-third of the orders1^ Geneva 78, Bethany 57 Villanova 53, Rider 47 NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (AP)—Pitcher Mel Queen, awaiting discharge were accompanied by money orders Swarthmore 53. Haverford 35 on the assumption by would-be Insufficient Snow Catholic U. 32, Winshington Col. 28 from the Army at Ft. Dix, N. J., was added to the New York Yankees purchasers that the top prices Syracuse 69, Colgate 51 player list for av Panama excursion today, on the eve of their departure Columbia 48, Lafayette 46 (overtime) for the Canal Zone. would be 100 dollars. Orders came Delays Ski Meet Rutgers 64, Fordham 53 in" from 40 states and several for- West Virginia 65, Army 64 The new hurler won six and lost three for the Yankees after gradua- GARMISCH - PARTENKIR- eign countries. Jacobs plans to an- Davidson 44, Clemson. 33 tion from the Newark farm in the middle of 1944. CHEN, Feb. 7—Insufficient snow Wake Forest 59, William and Mary 51 A squad of 20 players, mostly ex-servicemen and newspapermen nounce the price of tickets about Georgia 50, Georgia Tech 40 April 1. has caused the opening of the McGuire Gen. Hos. 45, Richmond 36 will leave with Manager-Joe McCarthy from New York tomorrow morning. ETO ski championships to be Virginia 56, VMI 18 Another squad will join them at Miami and both groups will fly to Jacobs told reporters he had al- postponed until tomorrow. Catawba 49, Western Carolina Panama. ■ . , ready begun preliminary prepara- Meanwhile it was announced Tchrs. 43 tions for a vast field-seating setup Newberry 61, Erskine 23 that Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Trus- Eastern Maryland 57, Johns a Yankee stadium. He has one cott, commanding general of Hopkins 51 Plane Ride Sought for Race Horse force of men piling and sorting the Third Army, will present Navy 34, Penn State 33 MIAMI, Feb. 7 (UP)—Reply Paid fly the horse to Santa Anita im- lumber in a yard in northern New Akron 69, Toledo 66 awards to the winning skiers Evansville 53, Western Kentucky 42 may be the first horse to make a mediately after the running of Jersey and another force in a on Sunday. Ball State 60. Butler 35 transcontinental flight between the 50,000-dollar Widener handi- nearby saw mill cutting s^pparts Outstanding performances in Findlay 52, Ohio Northern 44 races, owner Lou Rabinowitz re- for raised seats. The promoter Ohio 57, Denison 38 cap at Hialeah Ma-«>k 2, so Reply recent practice sessions were Chanute Field 73, Illinois St. Nor. 65 ported yesterday as he sought a estimates there will be about 40,- made by Lt. Robert Blatt, for- Baylor 57, Southern Methodist 48 plane to c^rry his horse from Paid can run in the 100,000-dol- 000 field seats in addition to 64,- mer Stanford U. star skier, and Texas A & M 50, Texas 44 here to California. lar Santa Anita handicap the Wyoming 61, Denver IT. 55 000 in the stands and bleachers. Lt. Lecn Goodman, Sun Valley. Central Washington 47, Seattle Col. 48 Rabinowits said he wanted to following Saturday. Friday, February 8, 1946 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 7 Allies May Try LI'L ABNER Courtesy of United Features By Al C Other Nazis In Nurnberg By ALLEN DREYFUSS Staff Correspondent NURNBERG, Feb. 7—The huge 650-room Palace of Justice where the present session of the Inter- national Military Tribunal is being held may be used for additional war criminal trials after the present session is concluded and then will be used as an American Army head- quarters. The rambling structure, which re- ceived one direct bomb hit during the war, is expected to be com- TERRY AND THE PIRATES Courtesy of News Syndicate By Milton Caniff pletely rebuilt and repaired by American-supervised German labor by the start of 1947. Use of the palace for other Nazi war criminal trials, said Col. Telford

Taylor of Chevy Chase, rMd., mem- ber of the American prosecution, will depend largely on two factors: 1—Requisitioning of war criminals by prosecuting nations wanting to try the accused within their own, Even Time Is Hush-Hush NURNBERG, Feb. 7—So strictly enforced is the prohibition of the discussion of security measures at the Nurnberg court house that one GI guard when asked the time by a correspondent gagged and puffed for a moment and then blurted mechanically: "All questions must be answered by the public relations officer." or territories other than the Amer- ican Zone. 2—The eventual decision of in- jured countries as to whether such criminals should be tried by in- dividual nations, or by the joint prosecution, such as is being em- ployed in Nurnberg. Evidence of the American Gov- ernment's intention to take part in additional war criminal trials, which may be held after a verdict has been delivered on the 22 Nurn- berg conspirators, was seen in the DICK TRACY Courtesy of Chicago Tribune Syndicate, Inc. By Chester Gould proposed trip this week of Taylor to the U. S., "to recruit additional legal and clerical personnel" for AND JUST A FEW FEET AWAY such proceedings as may be even- IN ONE OF THE MANSION'S tually initiated. ROOMS. Plans for the eventual use of the palace, on which 1 million dollars in labor costs has been spent to date, include the building of shower rooms and billets in the adjacent buildings and utilizing rooms in the palace proper as offices for the Army command which will occupy the structure.

Unfit PWs to Be Released FRANKFURT, Feb. 7 (AP)— Seventy-four thousand German prisoners, found unfit for labor in France,, have been receiving special medical care and will be released to their home communities as soon as possible, USFET announced.

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Armored Cars Wife Quits 8 Jobs Kilian Wants France Plans For Full-Time Home Ring Court in DALLAS, Feb. 7 (INS)—Mr. Advice; Court Tax Increase Florence Adams, of Dallas, thinks that being a housewife Ludwigsburg is a full-time job. Demands Talk Of 420 Million So when her husband L. N. By BILL LONG Adams was discharged from the By ART WHITE PARIS, Feb. 7 (AP)—1 inance jpecial Correspondent Army after 31 months of ser- Staff Correspondent Minister Andre Philip made public today plans for new taxes of more STUTTGART, Feb. 7—Charged vice, she quit eight jobs she LONDON, Feb. 7—The Lichfield , with, forcing seven American air- had held since 1940. than 420 million dollars to help court today ordered Col. James A solve France's desperate financial,, wen who had'crash landed on Bo'r- She had been Cockrell Hills Kilian to continue his testimony kum island in the North Sea to city secretary, building permit plight. after he had refused to go on In giving the assembly's finance make an eight mile death march clerk, electrical inspector's "until I have the benefit of the during which they were kicked, clerk, plumbing inspector's ^commission details of his revenue- advice of counsel." | raising measures, Philip disclosed beaten and finally shofthrough the clerk, tax collector, tax asses- Maj. Walter E. Hooper, Jr., law sor, dog license clerk and hon- that a tentative agreement on the backs of their heads, 15 German member of the court, informed orary member of the volunteer controversial subject of military ex-soldiers and civilians went on him: "As a witness you are not trial for their life before the Lud- fire department. HALE AND HEARTY: Puff- credits had been reached, providing entitled to counsel. You will ans ing on her pipe, Mrs. Rose Lia that Army expenditures not exceed, wigsburg war crimes court here wer the questions." yesterday. DeBarros celebrated her 116th about 70 million dollars monthly. Thereupon, Kilian asked for "a birthday recently in New Bedford, Philip, faced with a 320-billion The trial is being held in the more comfortable chair because I throne room of the ancient castle Giral Confers Mass. Mrs. DeBarros was born on franc 1946 budget deficit, also expect I'll be here a long time." Jan. 12, 1830, in the Cape Verde proposed ending state economic sub- of the kings of Wuerttemberg in His refusal to continue came Ludwigsburg, 10 miles from Stutt- Islands, according to her daughter. sidies, notably for coal production, With Acheson when he was recalled to the stand with a saving of 33 billion francs. gart. for a second day to testify at the Soldiers in armored cars ringed WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UP)— The greatest part of the revenue trial of Sgt. Judson H. Smith, his which would be received under the entrance to the castle where Friends of Jose Giral, prime min- former provost sergeant at the Dependents' five former Wehrmacht officers, Philip's program would come from ister of the Spanish Republican 10th Reinf. Depot, who is accused tax increases on gasoline, wine, five enlisted men, and five civilians of mistreating prisoners. > are being tried. Eight more persons government-in-exile, said today he alcohol, tobacco and various imports, will leave New York tonight on a "At this time," Kilian declared Priority Set railroad fare increase, capital taxes, believed implicated in the crime pulling three British newspapers are to be tried as soon as ap- direct flight to Paris, where he is (Continued from Page 1) industrial and commercial levies, scheduled to set up headquarters. from his pocket, "I want to state were not in the first three grades stock profits, stock exchange opera- prehended. that in view of the hostility of the Giral left here last night after at the time of their transfer to an tions, and a new production tax. FACE DEATH PENALTY prosecution and the defense, I re overseas station, civilians and To cope further with the remain- If convicted the 15 Germans face a one-hour conference with Under- fuse to testify further until I have transportation of fiancees would be ing deficit, the French press spec- a possible sentence of death by secretary of State Dean Acheson, the benefit of the advice of made. ulated that the Gouin government hanging. in which it was understood he gave counsel." At present, no provision is made would lop 72 billion francs from The trial is considered one of the an outline of how he felt the re- After the witness was ordered to for the transportation of fiancees military expenditures and that this most important, certainly involving public could be restored in Spain. continue, both Capt. Earl J. Car- into the Theater. Modification of might bring about the resignation the most defendants, in the series He was reported to have contended roll, assistant prosecutor, and 1-Lt. this policy will be announced im- of Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny of more than 65 cases scheduled a considerable underground move- B'rank M. Johnson, chief defense mediately upon receipt. At the and Gen. Juin, of the French high counsel, protested against Kilian's command. for this court which first opened ment is ready in Spain. same time, USFET said regulations in November. attitude on the witness stand. • for transportation of dependents of Gouin denied that any generals The investigation shows that the Kilian leaped to his feet, smacked civilians have not been completed. had offered to resign if too drastic seven airmen crash landed their France Preparing to Break his right fist into his left palm, Under present regulations, only cuts were made in military credits Flying Fortress Aug. 4, 1944, on Relations With Franco and shouted: "Am I the defendant those GIs who were first three but said, "If there are any resigna- here?" when Carroll asked him if tions, they will be accepted." the island and were immediately PARIS, Feb. 7 (INS)—France is graders at the time they came over- surrounded by members of the is- his opinion of Smith had changed seas are entitled to transportation preparing to break her relations "because Smith's new testimony is of dependents and household goods land gun crews. with Gen. Francisco Franco in the Capt. Kurt Goebell, commanding unfavorable to you." at Government expense. Men who next few days, according to official Kilian had just expressed the were buck sergeants and T-4s, ac- House Passes the island garrison, and work government sources in Paris. crews ordered the guards to march opinion that Smith was "physically cording to present regulations, may The action will be unilateral after and mentally sick." have their household goods, but not the fliers over an eight-mile route the unsuccessful attempt to per- No-Strike Bill to the airdrome ostensibly to be Kilian sat down quickly after his dependents, transported free. suade Britain and the U. S. to act outburst and the president of the (Continued from Page 1) flown to the mainland. likewise. SYSTEM ESTABLISHED At the city hall, the last man in court told him, "That was a menac- The applicant or his agent must companies for violations of labor- line was knocked down and shot ing gesture you made and I hope make personal arrangements for management contracts. in the back of the head by a tvt. Food . . . we don't have any repetition of it." delivery of a personally-owned 2— Establishment of a 30-day Langer, who jumped out of the MPs were posted outside the automobile to the port of embarka- cooling off period before strikes crowd which had gathered, accord- (Continued from Page 1) courtroom today to regulate the tion. Vehicles will be shipped with- may be called. ing to the prosecution's evidence. flow of spectators following the ap- out charge on Government water 3— Creation of a six-man media- Langer, it is charged, then shot co-operation in conserving food, pearance in the British press of a transportation, provided space is tion board. , the other six in the back of the particularly bread. three-quarter column of yesterday's available, the announcement said. 4— Ban on violence during picket- head as they stood defenseless. Other points include rail pre- proceedings, along with pictures In addition, the circular pointed ing. ference for the movement of essen- of Kilian and Carroll. After the out that only those officers and 5— Ban on union boycotts, where- tial foods in order to speed efforts luncheon recess there was a double enlisted men who had dependents by employes might refuse to handle Uruguay Sticks By to export this year 375,000 tons of line of soldiers, Red Cross girls and at the time of his transfer from the manufacturers of farmers' products fats and oils and 1,600,000,000 pounds British civilians waiting for ad- U. S. to Europe are entitled to bring to force compliance with union Plea for Nazis of meat, an increase in the export mittance. such dependents overseas. demands. LONDON, Feb. 7 (AP)—Breasting of daily products and release of all The priority system established by 6— Ban on foremen's unions. available refrigerator ships to French Radio Director the War Department for the trans- (In New York, according to the a storm of Russian protest over its transport food to Europe. portation of dependents is as fol- Associated Press, the War Shipping proposal to eliminate the death In making his announcement, Mr. Fired for Atom Scare lows: Administration reported that 18 sentence as punishment for the Truman said, "I know the con- PARIS, Feb. 7 (UP)—Following 1— First priority, dependents of vessels were compelled to remain Nurnberg war criminals, the Uru- science of the American people personnel who volunteer to remain at anchor yesterday.) the too-realistic atomic broadcast guayan delegation to the United will 'not permit them to withhold in this Theater for at least two In Philadelphia, CIO leaders pre- Nations Organisation refused today or stint in their co-operation while which terrified thousands of Paris- years. pared a citywide transit strike for to withdraw its suggestion from their fellow men in other lands ian radio' listeners Tuesday, the 2— Second priority, dependents of Monday after they rejected the the general committee. suffer and die." ministry of information announced personnel who volunteer to remain Philadelphia Transportation Cos., Benjamin Fernandez Medina, of He added that "for the world as today it "had been authorized by in this Theater for more than one offer of an 11-cent hourly wage Uruguay, agreed however to post- a whole, more people face starva- the council of ministers to consider but less than two years. boost. pone discussion of the proposal tion and even actual death for that Claude Bourdet had ceased 3— Relative priority within the Thousands of St. Louis and East until new instructions were re- want of food today than in any to be in charge of functions as two categories will be based on St. Louis workers were unable to ceived from the Montevideo gov- war years and perhaps more than general director of the national total length of overseas service of reach their jobs because 190 AFL ernment. in all the years combined." radio." the applicant since Dec. 7, 1941. bus drivers struck. Hess Flew Proposal to Unseat Churchill, British Reveal (Continued from Page 1) state of permanent subjection." Denmark and documents which "He seid that, horrified at the ing "Italy had rendered consider- told Kirkpatrick fhat Germany Hess attempted to justify Nazi proved intentions to invade Ger- prospect of prolongation of the able services to Germany," the reckoned on United States inter- politics in the following manner: many through Holland and Belgium struggle, he had come here without >report showed. vention in the war but was not the knowledge of Hitler in order afraid of it because Germany could Hitler "was compelled to occupy justified the attack on the Low Documents indicated that Hess Austria in conformity to the wishes Countries." to convince responsible persons was deeply chagrined at being outbuild England and America that, since England could not win of the Austrian people." combined in aircraft. The documents showed Hess did the war, the wisest course was to treated as a prisoner of war instead The report said Hess stated that The Czecho-Slovakia crisis was his best to frighten British ques- make peace now." of as a visiting dignitary. He ob- his flight "was intended to give us caused by a British and French tioners and threatened devastating Hess insisted Hitler did not as- jected particularly to being under a chance of opening conversations attempt to "arm the rump state'of submarine war "supported by new pire to world domination but that the constant guard by "a private without loss of prestige. If we re- Czecho-Slovakia against Germany." types of aircraft" that would soon Germany's "sphere of interest" was soldier." He insisted that only a jected this chance it would be clear The Polish crisis was caused by blockade England. in Europe. few persons Should .attend the proof that we desired no under- efforts of the British to prevent After threatening starvation of Hess said he was unaware of questioning because, "as a Reich standing with Germany, and Hitler the Poles from giving in to German the British Isles if his offer was re- Italy's postwar aims but said they minister, he could not place himself would be entitled—in fact it would demands. fused, Hess, on May 13, 1941, ex- would "not be excessive." He bridl- in the position of being a lone indi- be his duty—to destroy us utterly British designs on Norway "justi- plained his reasons for flying to ed at the suggestion that Italy vidual subjected to a crossfire of and keep us after the war in a fied Hitler's attack on Norway and England. The documents reported: scarcely deserved anything, assert- comment and questioning."