This Is The SJars and §f ripes' Last Edition in Paris earlier, when the original Stars and Stripes, a weekly were run off on a mimeographing machine under the The last copy of the Paris Edition of The Stars and direction of Sgt. Charlie Kiley. It was hardly a spectacul- Stripes rolled off the presses last night, and one of the published for the doughboys of World War I, ended its arly successful beginning. Few of the mimeographed most prominent soldier newspapers of all time got its career. Many times, veterans of World War I, with loyal hearts sheets reached the troops, for circulation men complained honorable discharge from the AUS. they were too busy exchanging shots with the enemy to In its 17-month career, the Paris edition was read, and poor memories, were inclined to complain that the present edition was inferior to its predecessor, but it was be able to peddle their papers. cheered or condemned by more fighting men than any Four days later The Stars and Stripes moved to Caren- newspaper in history. Never has a newspaper aroused impossible to make such a comparison, for the present edition far surpassed the original in circulation and scope. tan, and was all set to roll from (he presses...when a Ger- stauncher support or harsher criticism from as great a At its peak, the Paris Edition printed 800,000 copies man shell hit the publishing plant. The same night the number of readers, for the Paris Edition was regarded daily and was the center of a publishing empire that staff moved to Ste. Mere PEglise. But by the time they with pesonal interest by every OD-cIad subscriber, from were ready to begin publication, Cherbourg fell, the generals to privates—and tew were shy in expressing their included five editions and a New York bureau. Every day the far-flung editions rolled a total of 1,800,000 copies off Stripesmen hurried there, and four days later the first opinions about it. the presses, and it was calculated that the combined VE- continental edition was printed in the plant of L'Eclair. The copy you are reading is part of the last press run Day editions were read by more than 5,000.000 troops. A tarpaulin was spread over the root so the staff could of the Paris Edition, which was closed because it was felt The Paris paper, hub of all the continental editions, work nights. The first press run was 20,000, the size ot that declining troop strength. in France no longer war- was an offshoot of the London Edition. It started in Nor- the paper two pages. ranted the printing of a separate edition in Paris. mandy in the tiny village of Ste. Marie-du-Mont on D- When the Third Army broke through at Avranches, the It was the second time that The Stars and Stripes had {Continued on Page H Cot li closed up shop in Paris, but the first time was one war plus-3, when 5,000 copies of the first continental edition , WESTERN EUROPE FDITION One Year Ago Today The Weather Today Reds -68 miles from Berlin. PARIS: Showers, wind—il First Army forces Germans back S. FRANCE: Cloudy—59 into Siegfried Line on 35-mile THE STARS AND STRIPES DOVER: Showers, wind—41 front. On Luzon, 8th and 6th GERMANY: Rain, wind—45 Armies drive towards juncture. Unofficial Newspapers »i U.S. Farces p*? in the European Theater Id. Friday, Feb. 1,1946 Vol. 2—No. 198 2Fr.

Bombav Hiofs Lichfield MP Unbalanced,

Several persons were killed and wounded in Bombay, India, at a demonstration held to celebrate the birthday of Subhas Chandra Bose, who organized the Japanese-sponsored Indian National Dangerous, Captain Says Army. The demonstrators, armed with stones, bayonets, guns and tears-gas bombs, resisted police attempts to quell the riot. By Ed Rosenthal Stars and Stripes Staff writer LONDON, Jan. 31.-^- An MP sergeant described as "un- balanced," mentally dangerous and "too mean to handle troops" was assigned as a guard at the 10th Reinforcement Depot through "pressure from above," Capt. Joseph A. Robertson, former CO of the Lichfield prison company, testified today. . Although not among the ten former Lichfield guards standing trial, the MP sergeant, identified as Iranian Says Joe Menunes, has been described in previous testimony as one of the cruelest Lichfield guards. Russian Talks Robertson told the court today that it "would be kind" to call Menunes a psycho. He said he had Be«?in at Once an interest in Menunes' transfer out of the MP company which he commanded because he was afraid LONDON. Jan. 31 (UP).—Iranian Menunes "might commit a serious UNO delegate Seyed Hassan Taqt- mistake." i zadeh told the United Press today ■ that he and Soviet delegate Andrei Prisoner Died I. Vyshinsky would begin "prelimi- Capt. Earl J. Carroll, assistant nary talks" on their dispute imme- prosecutor, asked Robertson if he diately. aid noc consider his judgment vin- Taqizadeh revealed that former dicated after Menunes allegedly Iranian Premier Ali Soheli wouid mistreated Pvt. Eriel L. Bolton, a participate in the talks. Soheli was Negro inmate, who, according to an the premier who declared war on Auto Strike IG report, died as a result of Germany, who accepted the Tehe- ISazi Used Yanks for Targets, abuses at the guardhouse. ran declaration, and who signed Robertson replied that if those the tripartite treaty which allowed Talks Resume were the facts, his opinion of British and Russian troops to come Then Killed Them. Trial Told Menunes was correct. into Iran. Robertson said he agreed with The Security Council's decision to DETROIT, Jan. 31 (AP).—For the Carroll's suggestion that Menunes refer the Iranian-Soviet dispute first time in a month labor conci- was unbalanced and "a man of a back to the contesting r/rties for NUREMBERG, Jan. 31 (AP). — Unarmed American sol- liator James F. Dewey brought re- dangerous mental character."' direct negotiation and to remove diers, captured during the Battle of the Bulge last winter, were presentatives from the General Mo- Robertson occupied the stand the case formally from the Coun- shot at by a target-practicing Nazi officer who later executed tors Corp. and the United Auto- throughout today's session, the 43rd cil's agenda without prejudicing the the GIs and officers in cold blood, it was revealed today at the mobile Workers (CIO) together day of the trial of Sgt. Judson H, Council's right t« step in at any today to take steps to end the two- Smith, former guard. Two other time if necessary was a middle- Allied Tribunal. month-old strike in the automotive The French prosecution intro- witnesses to be called before the of-the-road compromise. It pro- trade. case is closed are Col. James A. vided face-saving factors for Rus- auced a statement by a German The union's original demand soldier who witnessed the massacre NurembergGIs Kilian, former Lichfield CO, and sia, Iran, Britain, and the Council was for wage increases of 30 per- 1/Lt. Leonard W. Ennis, a former itself. Of 129 American troops who had cent. To date the top bid by the surrendered near Malmedy. The prison officer who is also accused UNO circles were proud ot the manufacturers has been 12 percent. of mistreating prisoners. first performance and appeared prisoners were led to a nearby field Blast Wherry The presidential fact - finding where the Nazis searched each man, Before Robertson testified, Maj. unanimous in appraising the first board has recommended a 17 1/2 Leland Smith, chief prosecutor, council test as an auspicious start taking watches, rings, billfolds and By a Stmra and Stripes Stat't Writer percent increase. other effects. A German armored declared that the trend is for "each for the new organization. NUREMBERG, Jan. 31. — GIs The corporation has demanded witness to pass the buck through The Council has two more tests yemcivehicle theMien was maneuveredu sou i working aC the Nuremberg trial, r a contract from the CIO assuring the chain of command" and that ahead for tomorrow. They are the that its guns were trained on the, wher*? p,-ee they havhavee beebeenn hearinhearingg ththee uninterrupted production and ef- group of prisoners. it was logical for Kilian to be Soviet charges against the British gruesome detailing of Nazi-made ficient work, bringing 175,000 examined at the end of the trial policy in Greece and the Ukrainian A Nazi officer .aimed his revolver starvation plans in occupied count- strikers back to work at a 13 1/2 at the group and fired. One of the instead of at the present time. Ki- charges against Britain's policy in ries, reacted strongly to charges percent increase while the con- lian has returned to London for Dutch Indonesia. prisoners fell, according to the made by Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry statement, and the officer then tract is being negotiated. his reappearance at the trial. British officials' were uncertain (R-Nebr.) yesterday that Americans This offer was rejected yesterday Robertson told the court that as about their plans for tomorrow. aimed again. by their treatment of Germans by the strikers who said the strike (Continued on Page 8, Col. S) (Continued on Page 8, Coi. 5) Machine Gun Opened Up within their zones had become "ac- would continue until the corpora- As the second man fell the complices in the crime of mass tion met its public responsibility vehicle's machine gun opened up, starvation." and bargained in good faith to spraying lead for two or three mm- | Pointing out that rations in Allied carry out the recommendations of Families May Be Over Soon utes on the group, killing most of countries formerly occupied by the President Truman. them and injuring the others. All Nazis were generally lower than the Today meetings will be resumed soldiers either fell or threw them- ' food allotment granted Germans in Detroit, while in Washington If Housing Permits, Army Says (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1) ' (Continued on Page 8, Col. 3) the far-reaching strike-control bill will be debated in the House. (Other labor developments, as The War Department announced 1—Military personnel and War Wednesday that families might Department civilian employees (Continued on Page 8, Col. 3) join soldiers in all overseas theaters who indicate their willingness to Stolen-Car Rap Bares Saga soon, provided adequate housing, remain overseas two years from subsistence and medical care are the date of application. Dress Designer Keeps available, according to a special Z—Those willing to remain be- Of a 'Round-the-World AWOL dispatch to the European Edition tween one and two years. Abreast of the Times of The New York Herald Tribune. Riddle said he thought up the Within these priority categories, CHICAGO, Jan. 31 (INS).—The (A United Press dispatch from preference will be based upon long- idea of "telling off" a superior of- Washington said that, for the time Whereabouts of Stanley Riddle, 23- ficer. His ensuing efforts drew him HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 31 (UP). est cumulative overseas service year-old soldier AWOL from his being at least, only dependents of since Dec. 7, 1941. six months in the guardhouse. —Feminine evening clothes in officers, first three graders and post at Agra, India, no longer was He escaped on October 15 and The dispatch said that no ex- the near future will cover only certain civilians would be eligible.) penditure of War Department funds a mystery today. stowed away on a Liberty ship from the waist down, predicted Travel of the soldiers' dependents bound for the U.S. After three days was contemplated for the construc- Judge Harold P. O'Connell listen- Renie, one of the foremost movie to Europe will commence sometime tion of housing for families of ed open-mouthed to Riddle's saga, In the hold he went on deck and after April 1 and to the Pacific mixed undetected among the troops. fashion designers. service personnel. raftei the youth was brought into "Emphasis is on feminity, and after May 1. according to the court on a stolen-car charge. The ship arrived in New York Herald Tribune report. Their move- Requests must come from over- Nov. 26. and Riddle walked down it is becoming more pronounced seas officers and GIs to theater Riddle said that he escaped from every minute," said Renie. "I ment will start without delay when an Army guardhouse in India and the gangplank and away. He hitch- Theater commanders Indicate they commanders, who alone would be made his way back to the States hiked to Marion, Ind., to see his predict it will result in extremely are prepared to receive dependents, entitled to act on the applications. wife and three-year-old daughter. feminine clothes curves, with (UP said Army transports and Without once being stopped by MPs. the Washington announcement was liners used for carrying troops and The GI told the judge that he A week ago he came to Chicago to transparent covering over the quoted as saying. look for work. war brides would be employed to was attached to the Third Air bosom for cocktail and evening According to the War Depart- transport dependents. Accommo- Force in India as a truck driver A police sergeant told the judge clothes and complete exposure ment, priorities for service men to he found Riddle in a stolen car dations will be comparable to those when he heard rumors that his out- in some cases." have their families join them over- fit was shipping out for Japan, which had been wrapped around a seas would go to the following: of pre-war Army transports.) Not wanting to go to Japan, lamppost. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, Feb. I, 1946 Franco Reported Offering Throne to Don Juan *** *"* *** AFL Asks U.S. Action to Get UNO Recognition of Exil ed Giral Regime L SFET Plays Tardy Cupid _ By the United Press On Aug. 20, 1945, I submitted a MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 31 (INS).—In one of the strongest The decision of Don Juan, pretender to the Spanish request for a furlough to North measures it has yet taken against the regime of Generalis- throne, to transfer his permanent residence from Switzer- Africa for the purpose of marriage. simo Francisco Franco, the American Federation of Labor SJo reply was received, and alter land to Lisbon, has given rise to speculation in world exhausting every possible means of executive council today urged the United Nations to re- diplomatic circles. tracing this request I resubmitted cognize the exiled Spanish republican regime. my application on Dec. 10, 1945, Reaffirming labor's anti-Franco Coupled with announcement of the change of address and personally had it processed is the confirmed report that Don position, the AFL council unani- through this base section. To date Nazi Cruiser U.S.-Bound as Prize of War Juan will first fly to London in a nave heard nothing on it. mously approved a declaration British plane, and that he .has Prior to this difficulty I had to asking the U.S. to give moral sup- wait five months to get my mar recently visited the Vatican. riage application approved instead port and diplomatic recognition to Moreover, his prospective arrival of the usual 60 days the government headed by Presi- in neighboring Portugal has been Five months of this, with an dent Jose Giral. ASR score of 80 seems too long to reported with official permission wait, even in this man's Army.- The statement, to be submitted in Spanish newspapers. This is in T/ Sgt. L. C. Hultman, 151st Ord. Bn. to the State Department, asserted contrast to suppression heretofore (ED.: The above letter was referred that "the Spanish people, groaning of all news concerning the exiled to the Morale and Welfare Branch under the heel of the Falangist USFET (Main) which replied as follows: royal house. Request of subject EM, dated 10 .terror, are most anxious to cast off Emissaries Sent December, for 16 January furlough to their chains. The people of Spain Oran, Algeria, for purpose of marriage It is known that Generalissimo was received in this headquarters t% are anxiously looking to our country December. By sixth indorsement, dated for moral assistance in their Francisco Franco has sent several 26 December, this correspondence was struggle fdr liberty and democracy. emissaries to Don Juan recently, returned approved with authorization "We propose that our govern- for 15 days TDY with NASC, Oran, ment's representative at the confe- reportedly offering him restoration Algeria. and urging him to return to check (Soldier's letter to B-Bag was dated rence on Spain, initiated by France, 27 December, Indicating that this llq. should champion the recognition of further rise of a new tide of re- approval of furlough and EM's letter the Spanish Republican Govern- publicanism in Spain. crossed in transit.) ment in Exile—as now constituted Terms of the offer were said to —by all the United Nations." be that Don Juan retain only a * * * The council pointed out that single political party, but that he Packmules' Plea Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia and would be allowed to assume com- Before our two-weeks' processing Panama had recognized the exiled mand of all armed forces. ends, if ever, we want to put in Spanish government and asked the Don Juan has not been receptive our last little moan to make re- U.S. to follow suit "particularly in to the compromise. He demands a deployment slightly less gruesome view of the distressing events in the right to rule with a free hand and and baggy for those who follow. Argentine, whose Nazi-minded go- The Prinz Eugen, a heavy cruiser taken from Germany, sails for establish a constitutional monarchy The big shots say our supply lines vernment is persecuting the forces the U.S. as a prize of war. The ship is being brought to Boston, patterned on British lines. of labor, liberalism and democracy.' Apparently he won't promise that are getting short and we can't have where she may become one of the task force which will serve as a Franco will remain an active pol- this or that. Our suggestion is to target in the scheduled atom-bomb naval test. itical figure. eliminate the problem. Processing I France Agrees to Admit hers takes five to nine days of There is little doubt that a truly doing nothing but picking up can- Exiled Spanish Leader constitutional monarchy in Spain teen covers, musette bags and ! Reversing the stand taken by the Spain to Buy $Wfi00,f 00 ■would be welcomed by Britain. things that are absolutely beyond De Gaulle government, the French The rising republicanism may reason and useless. No soldier cabinet has decided to grant a force Franco eventually to take the would dare take home such equip- i French visa to the exiled Spanish In War Surpluses From U.S. short end of the bargain, for he ment as water-purification tablets, Republican leader, Jose Giral. knows there will be no bargaining packs, haversacks, carrying straps The De Gaulle government had with the Republicans, if they once or M-l I ruled that Giral's presence in SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Jan. 31 (UP).—Members of a take control. As fast as they ship it over, we France at this time was inoppor- Spanish purchasing mission arriving here from Paris reported packmules lug the stuff back to tune. the U.S., where we gladly turn it I Sanctuary to Spanish republican today that they had arranged to buy $10,000,000 in American in as scrap. What's the score?— leaders in exile was the only issue surplus war materials through U.S. officials in Paris. Army Leader (14 Sig.—Ed.) 2nd Reinf. Depot. . raised by the Assembly during the They said purchases included planes and rubber tires, parti- * * * j recent foreign affairs debate when cularly truck tires which are sorely 1 the Assembly adopted a resolution needed here, Dies in Spain Mail Call Only a Memory , urging a severance in relations with Hunt Stolen Films Commenting on the change ol A lot of us for the last two and the Franco regime. French government, the Spanish MADRID, Jan. 31 (AP).—Lt. Gen. a half months have been , almost | The cabinet also decided on the Of Jap Surrender agents described the situation as Luis Orgaz Coldi, chief of the mail-less. Up until Oct. 20 we were Luxembourg Palace, the former peculiar, as French public opinion Spanish General Staff and former getting mail every day. Since then French Senate building, as the was demanding a rupture of diplo- High Commissioner of Spanish. we consider a fellow lucky when scene of the forthcoming peace NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (INS).—The matic relations with Spain but was Morocco, died suddenly today. • he gets a letter a week. conference. Navy invoked the aid of the FBI anxious that trade relations con- The 65-year-old general, who was We have sent out locator cards and police in 11 states yesterday tinue and the frontier remain open. an ardent Monarchist, was appointed at least twice, but that doesn't Giral Plans to Leave in a hunt for 26 irreplaceable pho- High Commissioner of Spanish seem to get any results. tographic negatives of the Japanese 5 C47s Sold to Spain Morocco in 1941 and was in com- We were in the 698th FA Bn. For France Immediately surrender ceremony, stolen from mand there when the Allies landed NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (AP).—Jose The Office of the Foreign Liqui- until two days ago, and the few the battleship Missouri. dation Commissioner announced in in North Africa. letters that did get through had Giral told the Associated Press that since the French government had The four-by-five-inch negatives Paris yesterday the sale of five C47 (The United Press said Coldi was that address marked off and CEN- vanished from the Missouri's pho- planes to Spain at $25,000 each and reputed to be one of the most TRAL DIRECTORY stamped on granted him a visa, he would can- cel his official trip to Washington tographic laboratory on Jan. 13 12 reconditioned or reparable air- powerful military figures in the them. That's ridiculous. The 698th while the battleship was docked at craft engines at $2,250 each. It had country after Generalissimo Fran- has been here quite a while, and and leave for France Immediately. Bayonne, N.J. Giral, president of the Spanish been announced earlier that the cisco Franco. During the civil war if it's dead, it isn't buried. The ship was not open to visitors sale was being negotiated. he was in charge of the eastern If something serious happened ! Republican Government in exile, ! expressed pleasure at the AFL at the time, and the Navy implied group of armies under Franco. at home, we'd never know it. Is that a sailor probably was involved. Recently, however, he turned his it any wonder there is dissatisfac- ' resolution asking the State Depart- Iran Names Envoy to Italy ment to recognize his government. Two movie cameras were stolen at support to the Monarchists. tion in our post-war Army? Poor the same time. TEHERAN, .Jan. 31 (AP).—The (His death is considered a severe mail service lowers morale.— (42 Foreign Ministry announced yester- blow to Monarchist hopes of an signatures.—Ed.), Camp Pittsburgh. day the appointment of Fatollah Pa- immediate restoration. * * * ' krawan, former Governor General (His death occurred on the eve of of Khurasan and one-time minister Don Juan's departure for Portugal, The Best for the Best in Moscow, as Minister Plenipoten- when Coldi would have been an It is impossible for EM to get tiary to Italy. He will reopen the invaluable ally to the Monarchist enough decent-looking clothing to Iranian embassy in Rome, closed since the beginning of the war. cause in the impending negotiations keep up the standard of appearance between Franco and Don Juan.) they want for themselves and which generals desire and MPs demand. I suggest that the following addi- tional items be issued to every en- listed man in the European Thea- ter: one ETO jacket; two trousers G.I. BILLBOARD of matching shade to the jacket; two khaki shirts; three sets of sum- mer underwear; three pairs of socks; one pair of oxfords; one foot- Paris Area MARCH OF DIMES BALLS—EM, Salle locker with a good lock. MOVIES TODAY Wagram, 39 Ave. Wagram. Officers, Hotel If it would be too great an MARIGNAN—"Dakota-," John Wayne, George V. President Gouin, 4 Screen Stars. 2030 expense for the Quartermaster to Vera Hruba Ralston, continuous 1400-2300* issue these items, they should be Metro Marbeuf. Versailles made available through the PX.— ENSA PARIS—"Dark of Night," conti- nuous 1400-2300. Metro Marbeuf. ARC TOWN CLUB—Located adjacent Ernest W. Brown, 2nd Lt., FA. to the Palace. Tour of the Trianon MISCELLANEOUS * * * CHAMBER OP COMMERCE—27 Ave Palaces. English-speaking guide, 1430. Friedland. Brandy Lecture, Maurice Hen- Metz Lauds Happiness Camp nessey. Cognac and champagne bulfet We were unlucky enough to be Saturday, 1630. SCALA—"Mexicana," Constance Moora* returning from Berlin as the PX Fountain SHOP—Adj acent to Main Tito Guizar. PX at Rue de Provence and Rue du Ha- ROYAL—"Mildred Pierce," Joan Craw-! weather began to freeze. After vreT Open daily except Sunday 1300- ford, Jack Oarson. leaving Kassel and slipping and 2130. Malted milk, ice cream, sundaes beer sliding down the Autobahr, we PX BARBER SHOPS—12 Rue de' Seze decided we couldn't go any further. (opposite Rainbow Corner), weekdays We'd heard of a camp near 0800-2000. Sunday 0900-1700, with beauty Hersfeld, and decided upon it as parlor, 146 Champs - Elysees, 0900-1900 weekdays only, with beauty parlor 48 the lesser of two evils between This is not an official publication Avenue KISber, 0900-1900 weekdays only transient camps and Frankfurt. no beauty parlor. of the U.S. Army We .were pleasantly surprised by COLISEUM CLUB—Enlisted men and Western Europe Edition guests only. Metro Anvers warm meals fit'for a king, beds Printed at the New York Herald like eiderdown, running warm OPPICER-EM CLUB-Lunch and dinner Tribune Plant. 21 Rue de Berri, Paris, water in each little private room, by appointment RIC 64-21. Hotel Louvois Louvois Sq. M6tro Bourse for the U.S. armed, forces under aus- and a warm garage in which to pices of the Information and Educa- COLUMBIA ARC CLUB — Dance 2000 keep the car overnight. And the h tion Division TSFET. Tel. ELYsees mo TOURS-Parfs, £ 40-58, 41-49. sergeant in charge was even glad 1330, Tf1515 ^daily. Versailles 1330 daily Other editions : Pfungstadt and to see us! Fontamebleau 0930 Sunday and Thursday Let's try to make all camps like Altdorf, Germany. New York Office, (Book m advance). Malmaison 1330 Tues- 205 E. 42nd St. the 7th Infantry's Transient Camp Spe C Paris tour to at Hersfeld. Thanks a lot, sergeant. theot£Ln and, 'Conciergerie^ , 1330 L^redaily , Pan- Entered as second-class matter, —T/5 James Mitchell, Hq CCD, MAYFLOWER CLUB TOURS-Officers March 15, 1943, at the Post Office, USFET (Main). "If ya want character references, Mister, write to Signer PasticelH, Fontamebleau: Sundays, Thursdays 09 .' New York, N. Y. under the act of Venafro, Italy. We occupied his barn for seven weeks." 08 1330; CHy 00 March 8, 1878. ' SIS. "' Vol. 2, No. 19* Friday, Feb. 1, 1946 THF STARS AND STRIPES U.S. NEWS Pa Bilbo Off on 60 Days of Oratory: Established Contact With the Moon G.L.K. Smith Doesnt Like Sinatra

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UP).— Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-Miss.) be- WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UP).— gan the second day of his 60-day Gerald L. K. Smith, self-styled "old- filibuster against the Fair Employ- War-Warning fashioned Bible - believing loving ment Practices Bill today with, a American," today urged Congres- shot at Jews, Negroes and Com- munists who, he said, would be Plan Rejected, sional investigation of Walter protected by the FEP legislation. Winchell, Eddie Cantor, Frank Bilbo began the first topic of Sinatra, Ingrid Bergman and Ed- his filibuster yesterday, "The Fili- Says Navy Aide ward G. Robinson. buster, the History and Glory of It," and was winding it up today The head of the America First when the Senate adjourned. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (AP).— party charged in testimony before The bill, now before Congress, i Navy Capt. A. H. McCollum said a House committee on un-American prohibits "discrimination" against that two or three days before the activities that a "left-wing cabal" employees, particularly on racial attack on Pearl Harbor he drafted grounds. Bilbo's remarks today em- seeks to destroy all foes of Com- braced a denunciation of the bill's a proposed warning to fleet com- munism by branding them Fascistic, sponsors in addition to Negro manders that hostilities with Japan anti-Semitic and anti-labor. He groups in general and Jews and were imminent, but his superiors Communists. decided against sending it. added that a "thorough and cou- Meanwhile, a petition of cloture < At the time, McCollum was head rageous investigation would reveal to limit debate was being circulat- of the Far Eastern section of the that Winchell is part of this con- Navy Department's Intelligence spiracy." ed. It requires a two-thirds vote Division. He said the draft was and now has 44 signatures. Its Tells of Sinatra Activity sponsors may introduce it next based on his analysis of the situa- Thursday. tion and was not due to any Jap- Smith continued: "Frank Sinatra, anese "winds" code message in- who on the surface seems to be Bilbo said yesterday that he dicating the break with the U.S. iwould make only two speeches just a highly paid emaciated The rau una shown above is the one which ina<~e tue first con- against the FEPC bill, but both To his knowledge, McCollum added, crooner, recently gave support to a tact with the moon. It is located at the Evans Signal Laboratory Would be 30 days long. He said no such message ever was in- meeting of the American Youth for in Belmar, N.J. tercepted by the Navy. Democracy." He said the youth or- that this first 60 iays of oratory ganization had been branded by did not constitute filibustering but Did Not Know of Warning FBI chief Edgar Hoover as the suc- rather a listing of the bill's defects. McCollum related to the Con- Bilbo added that if the Senate still cessor to the Young Communist gressional committee investigating League. 'Kidnaped' Wife Wasn't Really; insisted on bringing the FEPC bill the Japanese attack that he had Eddie Cantor is alleged to have to vote, after his 60-day oration, he not known about the Navy's Nov. financed the organization Mobiliza- would begin his filibuster again. 27, 1941, warning message to the tion for Democracy, which, Smith She Was Just Out All Nig Sen. Walter George Jules Verne last night. (UP).—Fearing that he was about said Costello would undergo a psy- bedroom when she was abducted Mrs. Mabel Tegeler was arrest-1 The ship, used for transportation to suffer a heart attack, Alexander chiatric examination. 1 and slain Jan. 7. Police authorities ed after she allegedly broke a coffee of troops, was moored in the harbor Wizgin, 72, grabbed a shotgun and The youths established alibis for said the ear had been expertly crock and two china vessels over .when fire started from an unknown fired it out of the window to attract the hour of the kidnaping and severed. her husband's head, sending him cause. The flames were quelled the attention of his neighbors. The convinced detectives that their | The package was immediately to the hospital with a broken nose in two hours by the Suez Canal kick knocked him sprawling. Wizgin knowledge of the crime was obtain- turned over to postal inspectors. and cracked skull. fire brigade. was hospitalized for shock today. In for Paris Literature—With a Leer

By Murray Bloom There are no pictures, but you can pick up copies "The Tropic of Capricorn" has been translated into French, with no omissions, and soon Obelisk hopes to Stars and Stripes -Stafr Writer of Frank Harris' autobiography, which has. Eric Kahane, who used to be attached unofficially as an publish it. So far the book has been giving them a More than 50,000 GIs have besieged Paris bookshops interpreter to the 387th AA Bn, thinks Harris is "in- lot of trouble. When they first started setting type on the French version, they noticed that they were for the four works of Henry Miller, one-time Brooklyn teresting but mainly dirty." He says Henry Miller will be known before long as the greatest American writer getting proofs very slowly. expatriate who came to Paris in 1931 to live, write, of our time. They checked at the printers and discovered that a starve, and see his books banned in America. Miller, now 54, is I'v'ftffin California where his second middle-aged spinster was doing the linotype work on The young proprietors of the Obelisk Press are under wife has recently borr^him a daughter. In 1931, he the book. Whenever she came to a "dirty" word she no illusions that the fabulous sale of Miller's books is came to France after getting fed up with Frooklyn, would stop the machine, cross herself and mutter a prohibition and life in America. In 1934, the" newly prayer for the soul of the author. Finally they got a dae to any literary renaissance among the GIs and founded Obelisk Press brought out his "Tropic of Can- male linotvpe operator. brass. They know there is another reason for the cer," largely autobiographical. From 1934 until the Even when the book appears, the Kahane brothers popularity of "Tropic of Cancer," "Tropic of Capri- outbreak of the war only 6,000 copies of the book were expect trouble. Maurice thinks the firm is liable to be sold. In the first two months after V-E Day, 10,000 persecuted in France by some of the numerous do-good corn," "Black Spring" and "Max and the White copies were sold, nearly all to Americans. societies. He has a hunch that La Ligue de la Protec- Phagocytes." Miller is pretty well off today, since expurgated ver- tion des Jeunes Filles is going to get after him. He "Most GIs," says Eric, the younger of the two sions of his bo3ks have had a pretty good sale in the won't mind, he says. "It will help the sale of the Kahane brothers who run the Obelisk Press, "buy his States in the past year. But Maurice Kahane recalls l)oolc a lot " books because of the crude words. Sometimes they Miller as "the poorest man I ever saw. He cou! "Americans," he sighs, "have the idea that France even pay his metro fare. I never knew how he ma- is awfully easy-going about morals. They're dead wrong. even come to the office to buy the books and then aak A heavy puritanical streak crops up in us frequently." with a leer: 'Do you have pictures to go with it?' " naged about shoes." Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, Feb. 1, 1946 Brit'sh- Arab Talks Fail: Spellman Secret Messenger Jewish Quota to Stand For '37 Papal Blast at Nazism

NUREMBERG, Jan. 31 (AP).—A Catholic prelates and their identity were kept con- JERUSALEM, Jan. 31 (AP).—The British Palestine adviser to the American war-crimes prosecution fidential, Dr. Walsh said, but the latter soon government announced last night that its consultations confirmed today that Cardinal-designate Francis were able to distribute copies of the encyclical J. Spellman was the Vatican envoy who secretly throughout Germany. with the Arabs over the Jewish immigration question had delivered to Ger-nan prelates in 1937 the special The encyclical was written m German, the brought no results, and that the number of Jews permitted encyclical by the late Pope Pius XI denouncing first important Papal document in generations Nazism. not in Latin. It was heaped with "burning to enter the country would remain fixed at the rate of Archbishop Spellman is scheduled to receive a anxiety." ." ... 1,500 monthly. red hat Feb. 18 at the Vatiean City consistory. To the Nazi regime's consternation, priests suddenly read the Pope's denunciation openly in A spokesman declared that the Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, vice-president of churches. Many were arrested, but not before British government was now au- Georgetown University, said Spellman's role was thorizing immigration despite ab- German Catholics had been told that the Na- Allies Move "common knowledge in church circles." ! sence of Arab consent but were tional Socialist program "discloses intrigues rw-i T| • ]\7 • arbitrarily limiting it to a pitifully Having only the title of monsignor but at- which from the beginning had no other aim tached to the office of the Vatican Secretary than a war of extermination." I n 1llPVISJv v P xl ^flZ1 l small figure which bore no relation * "* | to the possibilities of absorption in of State, who has since become Pope Pius XII, Spellman, after delivering the encyclical, was ^ • • -| i i Palestine, and was in glaring con- Spellman left Rome early in 1937 without being consecrated a bishop in Rome, and soon was tra t to tlle acute nee noticed by agents of the Third Reich. assigned as auxiliary bishop to the Cardinal in I riTTllIia.1 V^iOCie ' ? d in Europe and elsewhere. He urged Jews to The place where Spellman met the German Boston. ! redouble their efforts to secure com- BERLIN, Jan. 31.-The Allied P'^^f^^tor^on^S [Survivor of Massacre Points Out His Assailants Control Council yesterday took the ; ^^mental rfght first step toward complete revision , pold S. Amery, Britain's form- U.S. May Put of the German criminal code by Le0 er Colonial Secretary and former repealing all special laws and pro- & state Secretary for dia told the visions which exempted Nazis from ; Anglo-American Palestine com- Heat on Peron un shm n an w lc ed I mittee in London that he was firm- crueP_ .'l, and! inhumaL^ -?_n. punishments?. Av.?5^!?. ly convinced that a division of Pa- In its shortest meeting on record, WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (AP).— lestine into areas for Jews and the council also approved a Soviet A realignment of U.S. policy Arabs was the only solution. A request for airfield facilities in west- toward Argentina directed toward ' Jewish fellowship deputation urged convincing the Western Hemisphere ern zones of Germany. The Rus- Jews be encouraged to stay in their sians plan to use the airfields to that the Peron-Farrell government j present countries with an oppor- threatens American security was i remove industrial equipment grant- tunity for emigration if they wished. ed them as reparations. indicated strongly here today. The council's action in abolishing Confirmation of this belief is i Nazi criminal laws followed the seen in the fact that Spruille Bra- j New Army Ribbon den, Assistant Secretary of State, pattern of a directive issued for I is known to have conferred recently : the American zon by Gen. Dwight e An Extra; Bronze at length with top-ranking State D. Eisenhower when he was mili- Department officers in regard to tary governor. U.S.-Argentina relations. Among laws repealed by the Star Still Stands Since Braden's return from duty council were those providing for as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, castration of dangerous sex cri- By Joe Harvey State Department policy has been minals, punishment for insults Stars and Stripes Staft Writer critical of the Nazi-Fascist charac- against the Nazi party, for evasion FRANKFURT, Jan. 31. — The teristics of the Peron regime. of military service and for insulting Bronze Star Medal is still in ex- Government spokesmen have re- dead who gave their life for the istence and has not been discon- vealed that the results of U.S. Reich. Also repealed was a special tinued with the establishment of examination of 400 tons of captured exemption from punishment for the Army Commendation Ribbon, Nazi documents may shortly prove persons involved in duels. USFET AG explained today in a Argentina's link with Hitler. clarification of previous announce- ments. French Officer Hits USFE#pomted out that the Com- mendation Ribbon might be award- CardinalDies;Took In July, 1945, the village of Kalagon, in Burma, underwent an orgy ed for certain specific outstanding of Japanese bestiality. Four men and a 15-year-old girl survived the U.S. Rhine Policy accomplishments performed any Genoa from Nazis massacre of 637 people. One of the survivors is shown pointing out time after December, 1941. Person- a member of the Kempeitai (Japanese Gestapo) who took part in BERLIN, Jan. 31 (AP).—Col. Ray- nel must be specifically recommend- VATICAN CITY, Jan. 31 (AP). the massacre. mond de Geoffrey, French member ed for the Commendation Ribbon, Cardinal Pietro Boetto, Archbishop USFET added. of he Rhine River Control Commis- of Genoa, died of a heart attack c sion, yesterday accused the U.S. The Commendation Ribbon, US- today at his home in Genoa, the Germans to 'Seek li vmgej Army of "Isolationism" in refusing FET said, will be limited to meri- Vatican announced. torious service which does not in- to tow Rhine River barges not des- Boetto gained the gratitude of tined for the U.S. zone -of occupa- volve operational activities in con- the people of Genoa at the war's tion. trast to the Bronze Star award. end when he received the German House of Lords Is Warned He said some tugs under control The USFET spokesman stated surrender and used his diplomatic of the U.S. Army were moving that the War Department desired ability to persuade the Nazis not the Commendation Ribbon to be along the river with empty towlines, to sabotage Genoese industries. LONDON, Jan. 31 (AP).—Lord Darnley told the House of given freely to junior officers and leaving loaded barges of other Boetto's death will reduce the Lords yesterday that the dismemberment of Germany to pre- countries standing by as long as enlisted- men. membership of the College of Car- vent war was inconsistent with the possibilities of atomic war- two weeks. dinals from a full quota of 70 to 69. fare, and warned that "in the future some new Hitler will urge De Geoffrey said Rhine towage Yugoslav Assembly Voting the Germans to revenge for the various things that are taking was considered an international BELGRADE, Jan. 31 (AP).—The place today." — — matter even before the war, and Constituent Assembly was scheduled Berlin Sentences Deportation of Germans from' ^ -. ^. _ that one of the rules was that no to vote tonight on a constitution T Allied countries, he declared, will tug should start with only part of formally establishing Yugoslavia as KeflflV tfl » (T1VP I n - her tow. a republic. Spanish Gangster only add to possible incentives for! " vrivc up: Germany to go to war again, when TJnti*. CM.,f„_. BERLIN, Jan. 31 (UP).—A Ger- an "army of the future may be! -"-I"** 5 Ottdl 1UI ! Patrol in Batavia After Police Purge man court yesterday sentenced merely an atomic-bomb corps ofa TT C< Set j en Cruz, a Spanish citizen and few hundred men clad in suits of Unity !5ayS German lead." ? former member of the Blue Divi- sion, to eight years in the peniten- Debating the eviction of Germans ' tiary for leading a gang of outlaws from eastern European countries, BERLIN, Jan. 31 (UP).—Ger- in Berlin. Lord Jowitt, the Labor govern- many is prepared to cede the inter- According to the police, Cruz and ment's Lord Chancellor, said Brit- nationalization of the'Ruhr and 50 other Spaniards began robbing ain would stick to the Allied deci- the Saar if that is to be considered and looting in December of 1944, sion that Germans must be moved the nucleus of the formation of a when the Blue Division was with- out of Poland, Czechoslovakia and European community, the chairman drawn from the Eastern Front, and Hungary, back to their homeland of the Christian Democratic Union, many of the offenders were sen- He said that the "best chance of Jakob Kaiser, said yesterday in an tenced to life imprisonment. peace in the future Europe is in address to 2,000 United Fronters After release at the end of the preventing the continuance of Gei- representing four German political war, the Berlin court charged, man minorities" in places where ! Parties, Cruz and several of his followers they sometimes served as pretexts resumed their gangster* activities. for German domination. Kaiser admitted that Germany naturally would rather keep the „. n • . , „ i Ruh"ul"r aianmd tnthe saarSaar, buDut "anany meideta Germans Petition for Right , that offers security against repeti Army Club Gives tlon of war and arming for war To Form Centra l Governmpnut,er enil BFPTTM T o, '"" 1 will be favorably considered by the $10,550 in 'Dimes' 1 31 (AP) Four German Gerrn^m^'^! - — of i People." Germany s post-war political partips adopted a resolution at a Z ' Kaiser added that workers of the HEIDELBERG, Jan. 31.—Hun- Ruhr and tn meeting yesterday calling upon tht 1 e Saar were fearful garian pengoes,- American dollar that their occupying powers for permission tn I economic existence was bills French francs and German at stake He Reichsmarks, in addition to regular establish a central government I - ^ ^ey wanted Liberal Democrats nhri=n= ' ^ assurance that, in event of mter- 1 1 1 De $10,55(T the contribution of the wcrats/sSn^H ?! ?! !" "i nationalization of these regions. ,e Seventh Army's Stardust Club to ^^^t^^[^^ a Just ^ would not means of SffifSt "placed by foreign capitalists the March of Dimes, it was A 111 x loitin announced today. many has ^om^mi^d^* 1 P S German soil and the ci ec 0T tnat e icduy aemocratic. | workers' productivity. ^ l }J amount was presented by the club to Lt Gen fre Ke es 5£? y y - Seventh Amiv Officer, GI Squealed on Pals as sas%sr In Jap Prison, Ex-PWs Charge

YOKOHAMA, Jan 31 (INS, Swedes Donate Food man who reported infractions prison rules to Japanese authority For German Children American prisoners accusea infractions were subject to f" HAMBURG Jan f(APl ) and sometimes fatal pumspineru. Swedish Red Cross hlL -The 1 yesterda Cpl. Billy Ayers, of Marshall, 1 ex- the feeding of 55 000 ri y n cnil authorities. Japanese said in his sworn statement. When the 23rd Indian Division took over the city of Batavia, all dren, betwlen the ages ofT " y was read int "I wish to place some 01 w police stations were occupied and the police force, many of whom six, with 300 calories«f , ^ ^ 00d ad «*5S af 5T - ° *e blame for such treatment on. were suspected of terrorist collaboration, were replaced by a new force dition to. their daUy &t * ' Little and T/Sgt. J. P- f^ese a d of trusted natives. Two new members of the new Civil Police are who collaborated with the J P shown on duty in the city. intia jonS authorities by reporting „; r- *^*cS2g£&£* the of the rules to the Japanese: au n0 ities instead of dealing with in their own way." Friday, Feb. 1, 1946 THE STARS AND STRIPES Post-War Pangs MacArthur Ban on Military Caste

A long line of Japanese soldiers, dressed for the bitinc cold ef Chma's winter wait at Tsingtao to board LSTs which have been provided by the U.S. Navy to take them back to their homes Forces 60 Jap Peers to Resign

TOKYO, Jan. 31 (Reuter).—Sixty members of the Jap- anese House of Peers, including 15 princes of the Imperial family, have resigned their seats as a sequel to the directive from Gen. Douglas MacArthur forbidding all associates of the former military caste to remain in office. The total of 60 was nearly half • of what was left of the House of Peers after the arrests of war- criminals at the end of last year. Police Fire (The United Press reported that the Japanese people would go zo the polls March 31 for the firs; general election in which women On Strikers will have a franchise. The date for the election was set at a Cabinet meeting today. In Singapore First Experience SINGAPORE, Jan. 31 (A.P.).— (The free election was ordered Police opened fire twice during the during the latter part of last year night to repel an attack on a police by Supreme Allied Headquarters, station here as a general strike in- bringing to the Japanese people creased in violence and spread to their first experience with the Kuala Lumpur and Penang. democratic form of political expres- Although the Singapore General sion. Labor Union had requested its (UP said that already groups of members to return to work, trade prominent women have formed rti and industry remained at a stand- Japan and lauded the Allied direc- still here. Nearly 200.000 men are tives as "freeing the political and on strike. j economic life of a nation of" feuda- The strikers demanded release | listic ideology." I arrested Communist leaders and ' (The Associated Press reported ; calleo£ d for "a square deal for work- that the all-Japan Teachers' Union, : ers." Officials dec^red that the opposing the recent decision ot the demands were "absolutely un- i government to dismiss approxi- reasonable, involving the subver- ; mately 1,300 teachers, was threaten- sion of law." ing to join the political fighting A new plan for the defense of : front with other labor unions. Indian nationals in Malaya was an- Educator Suspended nounced here by th 3 Indian govern- ment's representative, S. K. Chet- (MacArthur today ordered the tur. He added that he would make suspension of Manuosuke Yamaoka an urgent report on the conditions | as president of Nippon University of Indian laborers in Malaya. ' and further banned his employ- Chettur previously had alleged ment, either by public or private that many laborers here were out educational institutions, pending of work and starving. He also investigation. Action was taken on charged that the families of the grounds that Yamaoka was an laborers who had died in construct- Trusteeship ultra-nationalist leader. ing the Siam railway were destitute. (As the director of the Criminal The Indian government also an- Affairs Bureau, he was instru- nounced today the appointment of mental in creating the "peace a panel of lawyers to defend In- Seen for Indies I preservation law" curbing free dians in the Malay States who are thought. Yamaoka, 79, was re- charged by the British military ad- SINGAPORE, Jan. 31 (AP).—Sir elected president of Japan's largest ministration with collaboration. Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, university last week.) special British envoy to the Neth- erlands East Indies, told a press British Force Shaping Up conference today that there was a Commons OKs strong possibility that Indonesia For Occupation of Japan would become a United Nations LONDON, Jan. 31 (AP).—Plans trusteeship territory "after present are well advanced for sending a Coal Control difficulties are settled." British Commonwealth force to Emphasising that his statement participate in the occupation of LONDON. Jan. 31 (AP).—The was only an observation and not a Japan, a British statement said recommendation, the former Am- House of Commons approved by today. an overhelming vote last night a bassador to Russia declared the The force will be composed of question of committing Indonesian bill to bring Britain's entire coal troojas of the United Kingdom, industry under state ownership. territory to trusteeship administra- India*. Australia and New Zealand. The measure passed its decisive tion was one for decision by the It will be known as the British Dutch government. second reading without a division Commonwealth Occupation Force, after the House rejected by a vote Kerr said he had examined the and will come under the supreme 15-point program for settling the of 359 to 182 a Conservative motion command of Gen. Douglas Mac- to throw it out. Indonesian problem prepared by H. Arthur. J. Van Mook, Lieutenant Governor Loud cheers from the Labor party General of the Dutch East Indies, benches and triumphant shouts of but was not at liberty to discuss RAF Will Probe "Who owns the coal mines now?" it until the Dutch made the pro- from Communist member Willie gram public. Gallagher greeted the result. In a prepared statement he said Far East Strikes that his mission to Indonesia was N.Y.-Paris Air Service "to keep His Majesty's Government LONDON, Jan. 31 (AP).—John informed of political developments Strachey, Under-Secretary in the To Begin Next Week and to do all I can to bring about Air Ministry, told the House of a solution of the present political Commons yesterday that an inquiry Regular commercial air travel to City employees in Tokyo hold a demonstration against low civil- difficulties between the Netherlands into the so-called strikes of RAF the U.S. begins next week when service salaries. The demonstrators demanded wage increases up to government and Indonesian Na- personnel in the Far East would be TWA opens its first regular post- 300 percent. One of th^ leaders is shown making a speech urging tionalists." conducted by RAF officers to deter- war commercial service from Paris higher pay "My government does not propose mine the causes of discontent and to New York. to concern itself with the consti- fix responsibility for the outbreaks. TWA announced yesterday that tutional issues which must clearly Pressed by a barrage of questions Egyptians Bag Rifles Singapore Post-Mortem be settled between those parties from fiflrliament, Strachey said service would begin with a flight themselves," he went on. "Neverthe- that the air force did not have the leaving New York on Feb. 5, leav- From Desert Smugglers Is Opposed by Menzies less, I shall be ready at all times facilities to increase the program ing Paris again on Feb. 6 at mid- to use my good offices for this pur- for replacing or returning RAF men night and back in New York at CAIRO, Jan. 31 (UP).—Egyptian CANBERRA, Jan. 31 (AP).—Op- pose." from Far Eastern duty by plane. 3.50 PM the next day. frontiersmen, many in armored position leader Robert Menzies said The British envoy will fly to Ba- Vatican Denies Nazi Link cars, bagged 180 modern rifles from last night that he did not favor tavia tomorrow with Maj. Gen. Diving Suits for Poland smugglers today. holding an inquiry into the fall of Montagu Stopford, newly-assigned VATICAN CITY, Jan. 31 (AP).— The smugglers, traveling in Singapore. British military commander in the WARSAW, Jan. 31 (AP).— L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican. strongly armed convoys, put up "If we start off by having a series Dutch East Indies, who is succeed- UNRRA is supplying Poland with City news organ, charged yester- f fi -'Sy ghts whenever challenged by of post-mortems on all campaigns ing Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison. six sets of diving equipment for day that the Moscow newspaper ^desert patrols continually scouring and all decisions of this war, the use in the removal of parts of Pravda "lied" in declaring that the IMie deserts east and west of the only possible result will be to create bridges submerged in the Vistula Vatican was linked with pre-war fertile delta. misunderstandings, allegations and Hicswa Court to Ponder and other rivers. Nazism and Fascism. The last smugglers arrested counter-allegations, and I see no lought for three days before sur- good in them whatever," Menzies 'Mother Love,' Mac Says rendering their contraband. said. All Decisions at China Parley TOKYO, Jan. 31 (UP).—Gen. Douglas MacArthur, replying to a Tiger-Slaying Maharaja Out, letter from the mother of Pfc Jo- Get OK of Kuomintang Group seph Hicswa, assured her that cir- Sri Yuvraj Maharaj Is In cumstances which a "mother's love CHUNGKING, Jan. 31 (AP).— when the council is established raises in defense of her son will All decisions reached by the pol- there. receive thoughtful consideration itical consultation conference were A report was received from Peiping NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 (AP).—The with the concurrence of the Brit- from those who sit in final judg- approved formally by the powerful indicating that peace between the Maharaja of Rewa, who has shot ish resident. . , , ment on her son's case." standing committee of the Kuo- forces of the Nationalists and Com- more than 600 tigers but who has Recently the Maharaja ordered Hicswa, 20, of Wallington, N.J., mintang. munists had been achieved finally breached the conditions under his chief minister to close all of- was sentenced to hang for the fatal in large areas of North China. which he was permitted to return fices and, without reference to the The committee action was made stabbing of two Japanese civilians. possible when a conference sub- (Meanwhile, from Chungking, to his throne in 1942, has been council, proclaimed he had confer- The case is being sent to Washing- the International News Service re- deoosed. red "responsible government on committee, dealing with reorgan- ton for final review. ization of the National Assembly, j ported that minority parties and He was ousted on order of Vis- his subjects. non-partisan groups were offered Wavell said responsible govern- reached agreement on its composi- ] count Wavell, Viceroy of India, tion after a long deadlock. participation in China's govern- and his heir-apparent, 23-year-old ment was all right but the Maha- Warsaw-Danzig Air Service ment in a Kuomintang move which raja's past record "suggested his The action paved the way for Sn Yuvraj Maharaj Kumar Mar- WARSAW, Jan. 31 (AP). —The the twice-postponed adjournment would create five new ministries tand Singh Saheb has been chosen purpose was rather to circumvent Polish Air Line LOT announced of the conference tonight. without portfolio. as his successor. these conditions (of tenure on the today that passenger service would Lo Lung Chi, spokesman of the (The Communists and the Demo- The 42-year-old Maharaja was throne) than to Introduce popular be started soon between Warsaw Democratic League, credited Chou cratic League protested against convicted by a special tribunal on government." . En Lai with an assertion that this proposal on the grounds that I The new ruler was told to appoint and Gdansk (Danzig) and between charges of maladminstration, but Warsaw and Katowice. LOT is ne- Communist leader Mao Tse Tung their representatives might be ap- was allowed to return on his pro- a committee to give effect to the might join a proposed all-party pointed only to minor Cabinet deposed Maharaja's announcement gotiating for the purchase of a mise that all state business would number of C47s from the U.S. state council and go to Nanking posts.) oe muiated in a council to be named "'id to frame a constitution. Page 6 SPORTS THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, Feb. 1, 1946 r Boston Nips Cage Results Army Wins Ewell Takes Broad Jump Honors Virginia Paly 43, VMI 24 Cornell 64, Colgate 54 l West Virginia 12. Geneva 45 Chicago or Princeton 44, Villanova 36 46-45 Over Ohio State 43, Pittsburgh 33 Illinois Tech 59, Chicago Teachers 32 Tufts 72, Northeastern 47 NHL Lead Wright Field 6o, North Carolina State 43 Virginia 89, NortoiK NTS 41 Perm State Yale 58, Columbia 45 Gettysburg 46, Buckn«U 37 ( BOSTON, Jan. 31 (UP). Washburn 53, Southwestern 43 Boston U. 62, MIT 47 WEST POINT, N.Y., Jan. 31 — Aubrey Clapper, playing Western Michigan 56, Oamp Grant 54 Alabama 36, Mississippi 34 (UP).—Army's unpredictable strictly from memory, ap- Syracuse 69. Union 31 basketball team put a thrill- peared to be the answer to Tulane 72, Jactcson Barracks 25 Norwich 56 Middlebury 35 the need far reserve player strength ing victory into the record bj tne Boston Bruins in their battle books today—a 46-45 triumph over for the National Hockey League Penn State in the final 30 seconds. title. Toronto Star Trailing the towering Lions Leaving his comfortable spot ^n throughout, the Cadets finally tied the bench as coach last night to the score with less than two min- fili in for the injured Jack Craw- Seeks Hearing utes to play when Bobby Means ford, Clapper scored the goal in the took a perfectly-timed pass from th.rd period which provided the Jim Rawers and tipped in a field margin of safety in the nip-and- TORONTO, Jan. 31 (AP).—Walter goal, making the score 45-all. "Babe" Pratt, expelled hockey star i tuck 4-3 victory over the Chicago A minute later, Rawers was foul- Blackhawks that put Boston oack of the Toronto Maple Leafs denied i ed m attempting to cage a rebound vehemently he had done anything under the-hoop. He calmly flipped into first place. in It was the first time Clapper had prejudicial to the game and declar-' the first free throw and waived been in the lineup sa.ce last Dec ed, "It looks like I'm being made the second to retain the ball m 23. The goal, his second of the the goat." | Army's possession. season, couid not have come at a Pratt, crack 210-pound defense-1 The rangy Penn State cagers more opportune time. Shooting it man, was expelled from organized, stole the oall away, however, and into the net at 2:05 of the finai hockey yesterday after an allega- broke for their basket only to miss period . on a pass from Milt tion that he violated rules against! two clear shots just before the gambling, although it was not Schmidt, it put Boston ahead 4-2. game ended. Wally Hatkezitch charged - he ever had bet against I tossed in eight basket and five foul Later. Bill Mosienko. returning to his own team. the ice for Chicago after being out shots for 21 points to lead Penn Pratt said he would seek a hear- more than a- month with injuries, State. Johnny Nance hit 19 for ing by the league board of gov- Army. made it 4-3 but that v,-as the best ernors scheduled for New York the Blackhawks could do. Feb. 15 The victory put Boston one point Pratt said he admitted to League ahead of Chicago and three points President "Red" Dutton he had bet ahead of the third-place Montreal Player Surplus Canadiens. on hockey matches but that he had assured him: "I never made a Pvt. Barney Ewell, Camp Lee, Va., wins the broad jump feature of bet against the Leafs in my life." I the National A.A.U. championships at Madison Square Garden. W&m St. Louts Fans The defenseman was awarded the In Junior Loop Ewell's winning: jump was 23-11. trophy as the league's most valua- Pay Tribute to Brown ble player in the 1943-44 campaign CHICAGO, Jan. 31 (UP).—The ST. LOUIS, Jan. 31 (AP).—St. when he set a new offensive record American League's eight clubs soon Louis fans backed up Eddie Brown for defensemen by scoring 70 goals may become rivals of Uncle Sam 8,000 Mill for Cage Tickets 10.000 strong but his teammates on and 40 assists. in the "surplus property" business. With the release of the league's the St. Louis Flyers let him down NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (AP).—A milling; throng of nearly 8,000 annual "red book" today, an over- last night. persons blocked traffic around Madison Square Garden as the last flow of diamond talent for the An overflow crowd poured into Badgers to Expand coming season was evident. lot of 3,800 tickets for the Feb. 9 basketball g:ame between unde- the St. Louis arena to pay cash feated Notre Dame and New York University went on sale. The loop's active list now com- box tribute to Brown, who lost his Athletic Facilities prises 398 players, an increase of The crowd started to form as early as 4:30 AM and when every right eye in an American League subway brought additional hundreds, police were called to force 46 percent over what was available a hockey game after coming "through the crowd out of the streets and onto the sidewalks. MADISON, Wis., Jan. 31 (AP).— year ago. The league still has 107 action on war battle fronts un- players in the armed services and Tickets were limited two to a person. There were offers of scathed. Harry Stuhldreher, athletic director at the University of Wisconsin, said at least half of this total is ex- money for advantageous positions in the line and when these were Profits were his, as was the game spurned, some attempted to force their way in ahead of others. the school's athletic board had pected to return before the season in his honor but $7,580 he received gets under way. "There's never been anything like this for basketball at the from the benefit only helped to completed plans calling for the ex- penditure of nearly $4,000,000 in ex- Chicago, with 60 men on the Garden," said Georg-e Sullivan, publicity director for Promoter make up for the fact that the Flyers Ned Irish. panding athletic facilities. active list, has the greatest amount lost 3-2 to the last-place New Haven of talent while the New York Eagles. • The project, Stuhldreher added, calls for erection of a sports hall, Yankees follow with 54 players. It was against the Eagles at New sports arena and indoor track and But despite the size of squads of Haven a month ago that Brown ice plant addition to the existing all American League teams, cuts Dyer's IS euCatching Sensation suffered the accident which neces- in squads will not be made hur- sitated the removal of his eye. fieldhouse. Camp Randall stadium's capacity would be increased from riedly 45,000 to 60,000 and a new gymna- Under provisions designed to give To Make Fans Forget Loopefa sium for women would be built. returning service players adequate Fitzsinimons Injured The new plan has been discussed trials, they must be retained at with the school's board of regents least 30 days after the start of the training season, or if they report ST. LOUIS, Jan. 31 (AP).—Manager Eddie Dyer of the In Automobile Accident and administrative heads, he said, after the season opens they must St. Louis Cardinals promises he has young catcher who but it had not been presented a NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (AP).- be retained for a minimum of 15 formally to the board. days. will make fans forget Walker Cooper by the time he has Freddie Fitzsimmons, former major The buildings in the program, played 25 games. ft league pitcher and manager, and self-liquidating in cost through now manager of the Brooklyn Foot- admission charges, can be started Kreevich Quits The youngster is Joe Garagiola, a St. Louis boy now in ball Dodgers, was injured yesterday as soon as materials and labor are ~ the Army in the Pacific. in a head-on automobile collision available. Stuhldreher said the re- in Brooklyn. mainder of the project must await Diamond Game Triple to Atkinson J^^S? Salfl » appropriations by the 1947 session snort on of the state legislature. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 31 (AP). At 'AnitaRaCetrack experience but long on Back on Track — Mike Kreevich, 36, American : ability. He entered the service in J 4 Hughes Out of Army, League outfielder and third base- ARCADIA, Calif., Jan. 31 (AP).— j 9 * after being a second string man since 1935, today announced Jockey Ted Atkinson, burning up catcher at Columbus, 1 Expected to Join Phils his retirement from baseball. the track a second straight day, I "The kid has everything. He's a In organized ball since 1930. rode three more winners at Santa I powerful left-handed hitter, has a ! PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 31 (AP).— Kreevich played with St. Louis and Anita, and just missed a fourth by wonderful arm and is a smart re- Washington * last season, batting Tommy Hughes, one of baseball's a head. i ceiver. He's bound to make a few .253 in 55 games. most promising pitchers, notified Atkinson, who had four winners mistakes at first because he'll He helped the St. Louis Browns the Phillies he has been discharged yesterday, scored with Xon in the naturally be nervous but give him win their first pennant a year ago from the Army. third, Stag Mage in the fourth and a little time—about 25 or 30 big as he ba ted .301 in 105 games and Turntable in the eighth. The triple league games—and fans will forget I General Manager Herb Pennock. fielded .986 in 100 games. Kreevich in announcing he expects Hughes made Atkinson the track's leading all about any loss we mav have banged out three doubles and three rider with 32 wins for the meet, 10 suffered in the sale of Cooper to to rejoin the Phils for spring train- singles in the six World Series ing, said Hughes probably will be more than his nearest rival, Johnny the Giants." games with the Cardinals and field- i Longden. . Dyer said Garagiola probably will one of the leading pitchers for the ed flawlessly. Stargino, ridden by Gene Peder- be discharged by midseason under . Blue Jays in their quest for a first- He said he had purchased a night division berth in the National son, won the featured six-furlong the recent War Department ruling club here which he Will operate as sprint yesterday by two and a half League. "Mike Kreevich's Tenth Inning." which calls for the discharge of all lengths, paying $14.20, $6.10 and men with two years' service by $3.70. Aside from this, it was form June 30 and "my catching worries day and first or second favorites will be about over then Battle On for Yank First Base Job galloped off with the top honors. Del Wilber, another rookie catcher who come*; highly recommended oy^, Jack Kramer Becomes Enos Slaughter and Howie Pollet-*- is due for an Army discharge next ,*i Gehrig's Shoes Still i nfilled First Browns' Holdout week. Left over from last year's catching department are Ken O'Dea, Del Rice and Gene Crum- ST. LOUIS. Jan. 31 (AP).—The ling. NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (AP).—Three world-series veterans and a raw rookie shove off for Panama next week to battle for the still unfilled St. Louis Browns had their first j Another rookie, this time a official holdout of the season today first-base job left vacant by the late Lou Gehrig of the New York pitcher, came in for lots of praise Yankees. when Pitcher Jack Kramer refused from the new Red Bird boss. to sign his contract which he said Although it has been seven years since the "Iron Horse" quit, there "I'm counting plenty on Johnny called for a $2,000 salary cut. never has been any replacement with a stranglehold on the job. There Grodzicki. I know he has the stuff has been a steady stream of successors partly because of the war and Kramer said he was aware his to become ,one of the top pitchers also due to Manager Joe McCarthy's present search. Naturally, nobody 10-won-15-lost record last year was in the business if he can overcome has been able to come close to filling the shoes of Columbia Lou. not good but pointed out an injury the leg wound he suffered as a Nick Etten, current occupant, has played the bag the last three in June had much to do with his paratrooper in Germany. seasons, hitting his share of home runs and driving in plenty of runs ineffectiveness and thought the cut j "Grodzicki was the best pitcher but falling short on the fielding side. was too much in minor league baseball in 1941 in During the war. Etten had no competition but now Johnny Sturm, The Browns already have signed my opinion," Dyer continued, "and 1941 regular and Buddy Hassett. 1942 custodian, are back from the 20 players, including nine pitchers, that was the year that Freddie wars. An added starter is Steve Souchock, loose-jointed slugger with and will open spring training at Martin and Pollet were burning up an excellent minor league record before he entered the service. Anaheim. Calif., Feb. 20. the Texas League for me at Hous- Babe Dahlgren took over when Gehrig had to snap his 2,130-game ton." streak and played through the 1940 season, whereupon McCarthy sold Irish Tackle Joins Giants him to the Boston Braves. The Yank boss then announced he was NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (AP).—Jim Lew Jenkins, Larkin Matched going to make a first baseman out of Joe Gordon. White, left tackle and key lineman Gordon actually played 30 games at first but the experiment didn't BOSTON, Jan. 31 (AP).—Former of the 1943 Notre Dame football Lightweight Champion Lew Jen- pan out, so he gave way to Gerry Priddly and Sturm, the latter doing team that defeated Army 26 to 0, Leslie MacMitchell, former NYU himself proud until he went into the Army. kins, Sweetwater, Tex., and Tippy has signed with the New York Larkin, Garfield, N.J., have been crack miler, is back in track com- Hassett was next in line and when he. too, went into the service, Giants. White jointed the Navy late matched for a( 10-round feature petition after three years in the Etten was bought from the Phillies and has held down the spot ever in 1943 and was recently discharged service. ; : boxing bout March 25 by the Cal- S'nce. ' ■-' £'.,<•:'•= - i t "vJ-_;; A™ -■' after service in the South Pacific. lahan Athletic Club. iriday , Feb. 1, 1946 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page ? \Papen Tells Inside Story of Hitler's Rise to Power in 1933

By George Herald "Schleicher was ready to ignore the fact that the Thus Hindenburg saw Papen again and accepted the International News Service Staff Correspondent Nazi party had become Germany's largest political party," explanation that the Schroeder villa plan was a purely t NUREMBERG. Jan. 31.—Franz von Papen, the man Papen explained. "He was determined to rule the coun- tentative proposition. He still was as reluctant as ever who brought Adolf Hitler to power 13 years ago yester- try by force with the backing of the Wehrmacht rather to accept Hitler in the Cabinet in any capacity. day, has given Allied interrogators a full account of how than let the Nazis come to power. Retrospectively he was "We discussed the matter over and over during the it really happened. right, but I could not agree with him at the time. I following weeks, and I argued that there was no other Papen's account, which this correspondent obtained thought it was impossible to suppress in the long run solution than to take Hitler into the government with all from Allied intelligence sources, shows that the events of an elementary popular movement, regardless of whether possible safeguards. Jan. 30, 1933, with their incalculable consequences for one liked it or not." "But don't think that I influenced the President. He mankind, might never have occurred if Hitler had not Encouraged by a considerable setback which the Nazis was able to make up his own mind." been able to profit from the intrigues and rivalries of suffered in the fall elections of 1932, Schleicher made an Crisfts in January the men opposed to him. attempt to split the party. But his deal with Gregor 'President Hindenburg was against Hitler until the Strasser did not come off, and, shortly afterward, local The crisis came on Jan. 29 when Blomberg informed last minute," Papen disclosed. "He reluctantly acquiesced elections in the tiny state of Lippe showed that -the party Hindenburg of a rumor that Schleicher was planning to still was an aseending iorce. make a putsch with the aid of the Potsdam garrison. to have him appointed Chancellor only because his son Papen's comment: Oskar, Gen. vcn Blotnberg and myself reassured him that "On Jan. 6 I therefore had a lunch date with Hitler "It is generally believed that I was the author of that iwe would know how to take care of the man. We really in the house of the Cologne banker Kurt von Schroeder, had this illusion at that time." whom I had not known before," Papen stated. "We rumor. Schleicher, as long as he lived, never spoke a Hindenburg Opposed worked out a plan according to which Hitler would accept word to me again. But I swear I had nothing to do the post of Vice-Chancellor in Schleicher's Cabinet, under with it. Also, Hindenburg had already resigned himself Papen admitted that he was convinced as early as the condition that he would be made Chancellor as soon a few days before—on Jan. 26 or 27—to appoint Hitler August, 1932, that nothing could ultimately prevent Hitler as he had gained the confidence of Hindenburg." Chancellor of the Reich. The rumor about the putsch from becoming head of the government, but "the old man only helped to speed up a decision previously taken. did not want to hear of it." Far from being feeble- Wrote Letter After all the horrible events that befell my poor people, minded, the 87-year-old Hindenburg (according to Papen, Immediately after the luncheon. Papen went back to I very often pose myself the question of my responsibility he remained alert and vigorous until his kidney troubles his hotel and wrote a letter to Schleicher informing him in those days. I assure you, my influence was small, very ststartea d fh the summer of 1934) used to say: of the proposition. small." k "I do not think Hitler is the kind of man to form a "Schleicher got mad, went straight to Hindenburg and Whatever the part Papen played in these intrigues, fibinet. He is a man without experience, whose political told him that I played a foul play against him, Schleicher. Allied intelligence officers point out that one day later, wfim s I do not know and do not trust." He asked the old man not to see me any more, but that on Jan. 30, 1933, Schleicher was fired. Hitler was appoint- Hindenburg did everything to keep Hitler out of office. was difficult because Hindenburg and I were neighbors— ed Chancellor and Papen was made Vice-Chancellor of He dismissed Papen as Chancellor and a-eplaeed him by a little door led from my garden into the President's the Reich. He had been in Hitler's employ ever since, Gen von Schleicher, who was known for his uncompro- garden. Also his son Oskar was an old army pal of mine, until he was arrested by the Allies on his estate at Wal- mising opposition to the Nazis. and our wives were close friends." lerfang in the Saar on April 10, 1945. VD Delays Vets at Bremen 1 Jap to Hang for Killing GI: 2 Others Get 30Yrs/Carg° Docked for U.S. Zone BREMEN, Jan. 31. — Venereal 0 p ' j FRANKFURT, Jan. 31 (INS).— 4 More Plots diseases have caused 200 ETO vet- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 31 (INS).—A N. Y., was stabbed in the stomach More than 5,000 tons of flour, scores erans an average delay of three U.S. military court yesterday sen- when he caught three Japanese of tons of seed and dried milk were weeks each in shipping to the tenced one Japanese to hang and stealing from an Army warehouse included in the cargo of the first On Hitler's Life States from this port within the at Sapporo on Hokkaido, Dec. 19, merchant ship to dock Monday at two others to 30 years of hard labor 1945. Katsunori Tamauna was, sen- last two months, Lt. Col. Martin for knifing to death an American tenced to hang, Tatsugo Shimizu Bremerhaven with food for the Are Revealed A. Compton, Bremen Port Com- soldier. and Sadatsugo to 30 years' impri- American occupation zone in Ger- mand surgeon, revealed yesterday. Pfc Robert Young, of Syracuse, sonment. . / ] many. BERLIN, Jan. 31 (AP). — Few people have heard of Wehrmacht Lt. Col. von Schlaberndorff, but he Li'l Abner By Courtesy of United Features By Al Capp came within a faulty fuse of being the assassin of Hitjer. Hitherto secret German docu- FUM "DATE LESS' AH SAVS THET F AH CAIMT K BOTH CAISY AND DATE- - END HIS U ments revealed today that Hitler f3ROWN.'7 HE. GAL BIT ME- /EXPLAIN WHY LESS ARE OUT OF THE LIFE ON A narrowly ^scaped four different CAIN'T VISIT YO' AN' YO' SAYS 4 A WOLF WOULD WAY/7'-TONIGHT THE EARTH rr- plots against his life before that of -HE5 WORK.IN' 'TWERE A \ BE FOOLISH DARKESL HANDSOMEST. ANP I'LL KNOVvi July 20, 1944. And Schlaberndorff's MIGHTS WOLF/ZAWRIGHT, J 'NUFF T'WEAR BRAVEST OF ALL WILL- WHAT THIS came the closest to success. THEN - EXPLAIN J LIPSTICK.'/'— BECAUSE OF ME - THING CALLED On March 19, 1943,' Hitler was ■MET LIPSTICK, f-BUTTHASSA LOVE* IS- returning to his East Prussian 'ROUND TH' /wOLF-BITE,EF THAT5 headquarters from a Russian front BITE ?- S> AH EVAH _■ HIM Tf tour. Just before t>e Fuhrer's SEEN ONE rr plane took off, Schlaberndorff planted a time bomb with a che- mical fuse under Hitler's seat. G2 reports fail to show how he manag- m ed to hide the bomb, but they say the fuse was bad and the explosion, timed for a few minutes after the plane took off, did not take place. When Schlaberndorff learned that Hitler had arrived safely at his destination, he commandeered a i-X1 plane and went to the same airport. The bomb had been wrapped in a Dick Tracy By Courtesy of Chicago Tribune Syndicate, Inc. By Chester Gould package and sent to the Gestapo, but Schlaberndorff was able to convince them it was a personal rTRACV/THIS LOAFIN•INGTH'MG / I package of his put on Hitler's plane IS DOING VOU A / NEVER by mistake. LOT OP GOOD. YOU VE( LIKED Other intelligence reports show GAINED 6 POUNDS i\LOAFlKJG that Hitler barely escaped death in September, 1938, just before the Munich conference, as the result of a change in itinerary. A similar plot the following year fell through because Hitler left Berlin unexpectedly on the night selected for his assassination. Another Hitler-murder plan for- mulated for July 11. 1944, could not be carried out because Hitler caught a cold and declined to take the salute from Wehrmacht troops on review in Berlin.

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