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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1945
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Regimenting
Insists People Must Decide If Govemment Also is to Manage; 'Outdated,' Says Reuther
petroit, I>Mfl M (UP)—Alfred p floan Jr., chairman of General vigter*, today entered the com- niay'i dispute with the United Automobile Workers Union (CIO) ssd President Truman's fact find- ins bosrd by saying it was bat- tuaf the threat of "a regimented
Sloan's statement alao waa sign¬ ed by C. K. Wilson, president of GM. He laid the corporation in defying President Truman and his (set finding IxMrd on the proposal that ability to pay has relevancy In wage disputes, was fighting for all American bualneas and not tor itself alone.
lb agree that the corporation's ability to pay could be a factor In tiie wage diapute, would involve a "surrender of the responsibility of management," he said. Ctaegea Aiantrmm System
"Is American businesa in the fu- turt, as in the past, to be con¬ ducted aa • competitive system?" he ssked.
"Or ll the determination of the Msentlal economic factors such as costs, prices, profits, etc., upon which business success and prog- rtis depend, to be made politically bv some governmental agency?"
Ckneral Motors, he continued, "refuses to subscribe to what It be¬ lieves will ultimately become the death of the American aystem of competitive enterprise.
"General Motora haa made its choice. It will not participate vol¬ untarily in what stands crystal clesr st the end of ths road — a regimented economy." l> te the People
Inviting public backing for this stand, Sloan said that If govern¬ ment Intervention on President Trumsn's terms was what the people wanted, the people "muat make that choice through their repreaentatives in Congreaa. Gen¬ eral Motors declines for itself to take such a great responsibility."
Sloan admitted that the corpore- tlon did not argue inability to meet union's demands for a 90 per cent wage increase. General •pplleatlon af the principle of ability to pay would diminish Incentive *ta do a more efflcient Job," drive away In¬ vestors and penallte efficiency, he said.
The principle Involved really was: "That yeu should pay for what you buy or for the aervicea you uae on ths basis of your financial re¬ sources." Takea ovar Managemeat
The board's derision to Include ability to pay in IU hearings "would require an appraisal of costs, prices, prospective volume of business. Investment factors, ex¬ penses and the entire forward op¬ erating  program  of  the   business.
"Thus the board would assume the most vital functions of man¬ agement.
"Political determination of auch relationships   ia   regimentation."
Alio, he continued, it was a move toward union participation in management
"America muat preserve the free¬ dom of each unit of American business to determine Its own destinies,"  he said.
The aiternatlve was to transfer to sbme government agency "or to « union" the responsibility of man¬ agement
Sloan's no-compromise announce¬ ment came as strike settlement ef- 'orls came to a halt Hearinga Uo On
The fact finding board carried on its hearings at Washington minus GM participation, discussing with union leaders whether a lengthy strike would Impair GM's ability to meet the union's pay demands.
The corporation, continuing its campaign to open its 93 strike¬ bound plants to Its SO,0(m non- itriking office workers, failed to obtain an anti-plcketlng injunc¬ tion in Detroit
Circuit Judge Clyde  Webster Is- <Contlnued  on  Page  A-2)
Find Gruesome Details Of Hitler's Marriage
Wed as Reds Fought into Berlin; Named Coebbels to Carry out His Evil Plans, Ordered Cremation
By ANN STRINOKB
Nuernberg, Dec. 29. (UP)—Secret Nazi Cjcuments disclosed today that Adolf Hitler left a political testament pledgMf the German nation to an unending fight against "international Jewry." They also revealed the macabre detaila of hla marriage to his blonde mistress, Eva Braun, 9nly 24 hours befora they committed suicide In the flaming Relchs¬ chancellory.
The political testament, a personal will and the marriage license to which he and Eva scrawled their signatures, were among documents seised   by   American   and   British
intelligence agents in a raid on a Nasi hideout In a Bavarian village.
They also seised a two-page type¬ written personal will dictated by Hitler which directed that the bodies of "myself and my wife" were to be burned.
"nie Fuehrer signed It and hla eight-page pulltical testament In % scrawled but legible hand and his signature was identified positively lifter a minute compariaon with samples of his handwriting.
American Investigators said all tl.e documents apparently had been stored for montha In a damp place. Many of tho pages were water- smeared, but all were legible. Wanted Another War
"The testament unfolded Hitler's hopea for World War III. It and the others were discovered In a battered old suitcase where they had been hidden by a Nasi under¬ ling who escaped from Berlin after the Fuehrer's suicide.
His testament ordered the war to go on after hts death at any coat and prophesied that.^ the German people would rise from the ruins of their cities to wreak vengeance on "world Jewry."
With the marriage licenae which he and the 35-year-old Eva took out on the eve of their deaths, waa a description of the wedding cere¬ mony held In the chancellory'a un¬
derground  shelter to the thunder of Russian guna overhead.
The marriage waa performed by Berlin City (>>unclllor Walter Wanger. Joaeph Cioebbels, whom Hitler named aa hia successor as Reichschancellor, and Deputy Fuehrer Martin Bormann were witnesses. Swore They Were Aryans
Wanger called the couple for¬ ward and asked them to swear solemnly that they were of "purs Aryan deacent and net infected with any inheritable diseases which would exclude them (rom mar¬ riage."
Both swore they were of Aryan blood and free of disease.
"Considering the war situation and other special circumstances," Wanger intoned, "they now apply for marriage under special war¬ time laws. They also ask to ac¬ cept oral publication of the banns and to disregard all legal delays.
'The    application    Is    accepted. Oral publication of the banna    ti checked.    The flndings are In or¬ der." The Marriage Ceremony
Wanger, according to tha docu¬ ment, then read the Nasi wedding service:
"Ye ara eoming to the ceremen- (0>ntlnued  on  Page A-2)
19,000 ELECTRIC PUINT WORKERS STRIKEllRSDAY
Wage Meetings End; WLB Asks Two Firms To up Women's Pays
New York, Dec. 29. (UP)-The Weatern Electric Employees' As¬ sociation today ordered Ita 1»,0(X) membera In the Western Electric Company's 1* planta to strike at 11   a.m.  Jan.  S.
Henry Mayer, attorney for tht independent union, said the strike call was iuued after contract nego¬ tiations between the company am: union broke down today.
The collapse of negotiations also was announced by Joseph Beirne, president of the Nationai Kedcra¬ tion of Telephone Workers, who sent telegrams to President Tru man and other government offi' cials.
Beirne warned that Immediate government action would have to be taken to prevent a sympathy strike among NFTW workers which would cauie a "disastrou: dliruption" of nation-wide tele¬ phone lervlce.
Mayer also said lhat a previously announced plan of sending pickets from New York to company plants in other cities would be put into operation. He said that it was expected that the itrike would apread to 82,000 other Western Electric  employees
Mayer laid negotiations collapsed when the company stood pat on Its 15 per cent wage increase offer. The union asked for a 30 per cent wage increase.
WLA Asks Firms to Raise Women'a Pays to Men'a
Washington,  Dec.  29.   (UP»—The VVar Labor Board tonight held that General Electric Co. and Westlng- (Contlnued  on Page A-8)
Amerkan'Chinest Seamen Clash On Ship over BoHles of Whiskey
PorUmouth, Eng., Dec. 29 (UP) — American and Chinese crewmen •winging knives and axes with ardor but little result clashed . •board thc American liberty ship Anna Dickinson in Portsmouth harbor early today over three •tolen  bottles  of  whiskey.
American MHIUry Police and i'ortsmouth harbor officers went •board the ship when the vessel's ';«Ptaln signalled by flash lamp and ra .10 first, "SOS—immediate police .""^'"'•nfe required," and then, hUS-crew fighting with knives."
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When the rioting quieted, mili¬ tarv investigators, who were head- n M^^.^°'- f^- M. Steadier, Pitts- nold, Mass., U. S. Army provost marshal at Southampton, said that 'luring the l8-day vovage of the Anna Dickinson .icross the Atlan- 'ic American crewmen stole three oottles ot whiskey which the Clii¬ nese crewmen had hidden In their nuartcrs for a celebration.
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The Chineae bided tbeir time un¬ til the Anna Dickinson found shel¬ ter in Portsmouth harbor. There they went after the American.-! with knives and cha.scd them about the vessel until the Americans grabbed some weapons of their own and stood their ground for a free-for- all.
Although crewmen lined the rails when the British police boat ap¬ proached, they fell back aa the un¬ armed Britons clambered up a swinging rope ladder and quieted them. Some Cut up
Three Americans and six Chinese wrre detained until an Investiga¬ tion by the United States War Shipping Administration is com¬ pleted. Although several crewmen suffered cuts, no scrioui injuries were reported.
The ship's captain said the out¬ break was mutiny. Military author¬ ities said It looked more like cases of petty thievery and assault and battery.
After leaving Ncw York Doc. 10 with a cargo of UNRRA food for Danzig, Poland, the Anna Dickin¬ son hit heavy storms and suffered minor damage. She put Into Ports¬ mouth for repairs and was expected to continue to Poland next week.
No olHcers were Involved In the fighting.
AOM, STARK NEXT TOELSTORy OF PEARL HARBOR
^Called for Tomorrow; Was Operations Chief At Time of Disaster
Waahlngton, Dec. 29 (UP)—Adm. Harold R. Stark goes before tbe congressional Pearl Harbor Inquiry Monday.
Stark will be the first wltnesa as the committee resumes hearings following a one-week <3irtstmas recess. He waa chief of naval oper¬ atlona when the Japanese attacked the U. S. fleet at Its Pacific out¬ post. First  Appearanoe
Stark's appearance before the congressional inquiry will be his flrst chance to give publicly his version of events prior to the Jap¬ anese attack.
The committee faces a new dead¬ line for completing Its Inquiry — Feb. IS. An extension wss ordered foy Congress when It became ap¬ parent that the original Jan. 8 date could not be met
About 60 witnesses remain on the committee's list but indications were that Kimmel and Maj. <3en. Walter C. Short and Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, army commander at Pearl Harbor In 1941, would be called out of order following Stark In an effort to speed the Inquiry and ahorten the questioning of aub¬ sequent witnesses.
Committee members and counsel were expected to question Stark closely about the decision to base the fleet at Pearl Harbor as a de¬ terrent to Japailese aggreaslon In the Far East.
Stark also Is expected to be asked whether he kept Kimmel fully In¬ formed about the contents of in¬ tercepted Japanese messages in¬ dicating warlike Intentions In the Pacific, whether he thought Pearl Harbor was a likely target for Japanese attack and whether hc considered the fleet ready to fight in December, 1941. Counael May Slay
The Pearl Harbor committee also must conalder the question of re¬ placing its present counsel. William B. Mitchell, chief counsel, Gerhard (Resell, assistant counsel, and the rest of the legal staff have submit¬ ted thcir resignations because ot the length of the hearings.
Some committee members hope, however, that they can be per¬ suaded to stay until Feb. 15.
See Any Resemblance?
Sgt George Sporer, with 22 yeara of service in U. S. Army, Is sboiwii at left aa he appeared aa a Jap prisoner after the fall
of Corregidor. Now, right he has recuperated and Is going back mto the Army after a visit with hia   family   In   Milwaukee,   Wla.
Deafh March Hero Shof Love Triangle Dies Alone
New Tork Dae. 3». (UP)-Capt Bugena Dale, 27, survived the Death March of Bataan but died alone today, umtttended and un- consoled by tha beautiful modal whosa tove for him Impelled her huaband to ahoot.
While the dashing hero of the PhiUppines died in a hoapltal of bullet wounda inflicted by (3apt Archie Miller, Fliy Hancock Miller atayed in hidinc, unable to face him or her Jailed huaband.
With her waa har alater, Francea Hancock, 20, who waa in the living room of the Millar apartmant whan Miller ahot Dala early yeaterday.
MiUar, held without baU In the Tomba, heard the news of Dale'a death without comment Booked earlier on assault chargea, he will ba charged with murder Sunday.
Ha indicated he had no regrets. When he was toid at his arraign¬ ment that Dale was waging a val¬ iant batUe for bis life, he said:
"Isn't that dead yet?"
Dale, ahot in the stomach, ehest and head, lived II hours. Mrs. Miller, wounded when her husband cracked her over the head witb the sama gun ha had used on Dale, never saw him again after ha was
carried     unconacious     from     her apartment
At the Powera agency, where sht waa well liked, none knew her whereabouts, acrosa her schedule card was written in red "Unavail¬ able for appointments."
Police,  who    permitted   her    to vanish,    declined   to   discuss   her movements. Oiri Alaa In Hospital
Three hours after Dale died, Miss Miller was admitted to the aame hoapltal aa a patient Hospital authorities said she was suffering from ahock and would be under physicians'  care several days.
'There was no record, the hospital said, that Mrs. Miller had visited Dale before his death but shortly after It was reported that he died alone, her lawyer, Lester Kabacoff, Issued a statement that the 24-year- old blonde had been with him "con¬ stantly and was with him at the end."
The hoapital denied reports that Mrs. Miller, who has studied to be a nurse, was permitted to care for her lover fatally wounded by her huahand, C^PU~ Archie  Miller.
Iimm«dtately   after   reporting   to| police,  Mra.  Miller went  Into  ae elusion.
Byrnes Will Reporf Moscow Decisions To American People
Feel U.S. Attitude Baek To 'Roosevelt Polity'
London Thinks Moscom- Results Indicate Truman-Byrnes Stiffer to Reds; Atlee Hears Bevin on Iran Probleni
By EDWARD V. ROBERTS
London, Dec. :.'9. (UP)—Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin reported to Prime Minister Clement Attlee today in what was believed the start of immediate discussions on the Big Three's Iran problem, left unmen- tioncd In the Moscow foreign ministers' conference communique.
As they met, various United Nations ofiicials expre.ssed belief that the Moscow- conference's progress was due to a sharp change in the attitude of President Truman and United States Secretary of State James F. Byriie.H toward Big Three problems. Some said thcy detected a awing back toward what they —.^^————.—^—^_— deacrlbed  as   the  Roosevelt  policy.
Iran Diaappointed
Iranian officiala were known to be disappointed at the United States' and Britain's failure to persuade Russia to agree to a handa-off policy In Iranian Azer' baijan, where a "democrat" re^ gime recently was set up declaring Its autonomy. The Soviet Union, whose Iran occupation zone In¬ cludes Azerbaijan, barred efforts of the Tehran government to send troops into the area to deal with the "democrat"  uprising.
Iran has expressed a desire to put the whole problem before the United Nations general assembly meeting here next month unless the situation Improves. The British viewpoint Is thnt Russian willing¬ neas to discuss the question waa a step In the right direction. Bevin
disclosed after the Moscow meet¬ ing that the question waa discussed by the foreign miniters, although no agreement was reached, and that the discussions would continue "through diplomatic channels." French Requeats Not Received
A foreign office spokesman said also that France's requests for elucidation of certuin phases of the Moscow communique have not been received in Ix>ndon. He pointed out that If France delays accept¬ ance of the Moscow proposals, the foreign ministers' deputies cannot get started on their Job of carry¬ ing out the broad directlvea of the communique.
United Nations officials checking thc results of the Moscow Big Three foreign ministers conference against the collapse of the London (Continued on  Page A-8)
NAME OFFICERS TO TE
Find Four Charred Bodies In Kenfucky Coal Mine
EX-GOV. EARLE WEDS BELGIAN IN TURKEY
Istanbul. Dec. 28 (Delayed).—Thc "perfect love affair' of Cieorge Earle, formcr Ckivernor of Penn¬ sylvania, had ils happy ending to¬ doy when he married Uie girl he came back to Turl<cy to woo, Bel¬ gian-born Jacqueline S "ic.
The ceremony was pcrfoimed at the American embassy hero by the Rev. Ezra P. Young ot Pittsburgh Pa. Lufti Kirdar. governor of Is¬ tanbul, was Earlc's best mun. and the bride was sponsored by Olivier JaumoUe, the Belgian consul.
"You've got lipstick on your cheek," Mrs. Earle said after the ceremony.
"We're united aa from now. Dar¬ ling,"  her husband  replied.
The ceremony was performed In Turkish with the bride acting as Interpreter.
New Flre Cuts Hope Of More Rescues; Praise Negro Hero
Plneville, Ky., Sundsy, Dec. SO. lUP)—Bearue workera early to¬ day icaehed the bodlea of four minera, charred beyond rerognl- tlon. In the annoklng, acrid eenter of the Straight Creek eoal mine blaat area and deapatred of aav¬ lng any of the 18 others atUl missing.
Plneville, Ky., Dec. 29. (UP) -A new, Intense flre broke out deep Inside ths Straight Oeek coal mine late today, further diminish¬ ing the slight chance of 22 men still entombed being found alive.
Reacue workers who had Just extinguished a fierce fire only 400 feet from the mine entrance, frenziedly battled the new blaze that was only 200 feet from the side rooms where the remaining 22 may be trapped.
Harlan C^ounty Safety Superin¬ tendent James Bryson sent In fresh crews to fight the new blaze, which was raging In approximately the area where the explosion that trapped 81 miners Wednesday morning originated. Little Hope Now
Bryson said he could "bold out mighty little hope" for the 22 men still entombed. Eight men had been rescued alive and were in Plneville C>>mmunlty Hospital, two of them in serious condition. A ninth man died soon after aid reached him.
"There's nothing to a story that we've found a burned body down there," Bryson aald.
The foreman of a returning reacue crew said It would be at least 12 hours before an opening could be dug through tons of rock, slate, coal and fallen timbers clog¬ ging the main shaft—<ven after the fire Is extinguished.
The scores of wives, relatives, children and fellow miners, atill waiting around the mine entrance, heard liis words In apathetic silence. They had lo.it much of the hope reborn yesterday noon when the first nine  were found.
Veteran miners shook thcir heads over the prospects of finding the men alive after the explosion. They were In Its center, some 300 feet from the nine-man party which look refuge in "Room 5" and wa.i rescued yesterday. The rescued thought their companions were dead.
"But We are sticking to our orig¬ inal purpose." Bryson said. "We're going to keep going—hours, days, even weeks—until we do what wc promised to do, get those boys out.' Cause Unknown
Neither Bryson nor Mine Oper¬ ator William E. Lewis would at¬ tempt to rey what might have caused the explosion.
A fresh erew of workers started ((Continued on Page A-8)
Maj, Gen, Brann Killed in Austria
Vienna. Sunday, Dec. 30. (UP> — Maj. (3en. Donald W. Brann. deputy commandei of U. S. force.s In Austria, waa killed ystcrday v/hile hunting In the Tyrol. Gen. Mark W. Clark announced today.
Brann was killed when he lost his footing and fell over a cliff In the mountainous region of Kitzbuehel In the Tyrol. Hc was on a Christmas vacation hunting trip.
USES JAP MACHINEGUN TO MURDER HIS WIFE
Paterson, N. J., Dec. 29 (UP) Daniel Skakum, 49, a window cleaner, set up a Japanese 7 mm. souvenir machine gun-carbine on a tripod In the basement of his home.
Then, police reconstructed today, he called to his wife, Marlon, 49, lo come down. As she entered, hc pulled the trigger. Five bullets en¬ tered her head, chest and eye.
He took the weapon off the tri¬ pod, stepped past his wife's body, and walked to his bedroom. Ska¬ kum nailed shut the door, police .said, put the barrel of the gun in his mouth and blew his head off.
Police said that a son. Chester, a Merchant Mariner, found the bodies yesterday shortly after thc shootings. Thc son reported that lie had brought back the weapon from the Pacific, but had believed it was safely hidden  In the attic.
No motive was disclosed. No notes were found.
LEGION SAYS COLLEGES ARE TURNING AWAY GI'S
May Move Natives From Islands to Use Shallovir Water Near by
Washington, Dec. 29. (UP)—Ten high-ranking Army and Navy officers have been assigned the taak of determining the future role of the atomic bomb as a war weapon and directing joint planning for thc 1946 bomb teat on ships, it was learned tonight
Tha Joint board already has been created and is serving in an ad¬ visory capacity to Maj. CJen. Leslie R. Groves, the Army's atomic bomb director.
While the board is charged by the Army and Navy with overall atomic bomb planning, its immedi¬ ate problem concerrui details of next year's testa on the effect the bomb will have on naval ships and submarines. .May  Move  Natives
Problems regarding the tests currently  before  the  board:
1.—The site of the tests - prc- .i^umably to be held somewhere In the Pacific. Final aite selection may involve transporting of natives from atolls and islands as thc tests will have to be conducted in rela¬ tively shallow water In order that sunken hulls can be cheeked for damage.
2.~ Selecting and massing of ships and submarines which will be the "guinea pigs" for the tests.
3.-Locating and protecting per¬ sonnel assigned by the Army and Navy to observe the actual bomb explosions. This also includes the problem of determining which, if any. Allied nation will be allowed to have oh.iervers near the scene.
4.—Development   of   new   instru¬ ments to measure and record blast effects  both   under and  above  the water. Will  Delay Testa
In view of the many problems involved. Navy officers believe that the atomic bombing of the ships and submarines will not take place before thc middle of next summer at the earliest. Tlic Army and Navy jointly announced Dec. 10 that planning was "under way."
Navy membera of the important (Continued   on  Page  A-8)
CHINESE ACCEPT
Chiang Government,, Preparing Answer To Rivals' Proposals
By GEORGE WANO
Chungking, Dec. 29. (UP)—CJhIna announced today her complete agreement with the findings of thc Big Three foreign ministers' Mos¬ cow conference. Meanwhile, Chinese Communist-government unity con¬ ferences marked time as the gov¬ ernment prepared its answer to Communist proposals to halt the civil  strife  in C^ina.
A government spokesman giving China's official reaction to the Moscow announcements said Gen¬ eralissimo CHilang Kai-Shek's gov¬ ernment is "In complete agreement with the three-power Moscow com¬ munique." FavOr   Korean   Independence
He said that China always had desired an independent Korea and welcomed tlie fixed period of trusteeship which will prepare Korea  for independence.
Authoritative sources said that the Chinese government was pre¬ paring a "satisfactory" answer to Communist proposals for halting civil strife. It was understood the government would demand that Communist troops evacuate rail¬ ways in areas under their control.
Similar proposals concerning the ,-ailroads were made to the Com¬ munista some weeks ago. but gov¬ ernment sources said they brought Ilttle  result
Meanwhile, Nationalist troops have pushed deeper into Manchuria to occupy Yihsien, 35 miles noth- eaat of Chinchow, the China Cen¬ tral Neu'.s Agency reported.
The agency said, however, lhat Nationalist military spokesmen sand the offensive could be halted, if a truce was arranged.
At    Peiping,   (ien.    Hu    Chung- (Continucd  on  Page   A-8)
Explains Pact Tonight; Curb on MacArthur Among Questions Still Unanswered
Washington, Dec. 29 (UP) —Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, who returned to¬ day from the foreign minis¬ ters conference, will make a radio address to the nation tomorrow night at 10 p.m., on the agreements reached at Moscow.
Byrnes tonight joined President Truman aboard the yacht Williamsburg on the Potomac River and gave the chief executive a first¬ hand report on the Big Three meeting of foreign secra- taries.
Ruahed to See Trunian
Byrnes, tired and disheveled when he landed from the Moscow trip, was whisked down the Potomac River by plane for a conference and dinner with the President
The State Department first an¬ nounced that Byrnes' speech would be carried alone by NBC, but latar said that plans had been negoti¬ ated for programing the addreaa through Mutual's network aa wtlL
Byrnes Is expecied to discuss the decisions he reached with Brit¬ ish Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Russian Foreign 0)mmlsiar V. M. Molotov for International control of atomic power and for a Russian voice in the rule of Japan.
Confer Two Houra
The President and small group of advlieri were In leclusion aboard the yacht mapping out tha President's Jan. 3 radio addreaa and his later state of the union message to Ckingress.
Later, the White House an¬ nounced that Byrnea conferred with Mr. Truman for two houra aboard the Williamsburg aitd then had dinner wtth the President and bis party.
. Byrnea caused somewhat of a I flurry in offlclal circles tonight Iwhen he changed his plana at the [last moment and decided to return to Washington by automobile aftar his talk with the President
The secretary was supposed to board a plane at Quantico, Va., off which the Williamsburg is riding at anchor, but at the last moment In¬ formed the Army Transport Com¬ mand headquarters here that he would drive home instead.
Thc Secretary gave the President a complete report on the Moscow conference. The two talked over Byrnes' broadcast for tomorrow night. Later they were Joined by other members of the White House I)arty.
Reconversion Director John W. Snyder hoarded the yacht shorLly before dinnertime at>er motoring from Washington to i-Tiantico, Va., off which the Williamsburg is an¬ chored. Flew in Bad Weather
Byrnes returned from Moscow by air, arriving late because of bad weather. After two and a half days of travel, his first desire was for resl and a change of clothei.
But he faced many queslions aboul the 12-day meeting In Mos¬ cow   and   the   agreements   reached
questions which members of tbe Senate foreign relalioni committee and oihers fell were unonswered by the communique Issued at tht close  of  the  conference.
Sen. Tom Connally. D., Tex., for¬ eign relations chairman, hoped to talk wilh Byrnes before he leavei wilh other members of the U. S. delegation for the opening session of the United Nationi Organisa¬ tion in London next month. Questlona L'nanswrred
Hc   and   other   committee   mem¬ bers  hoped  lhat  Byrnes,  either  In his  radio  nddress  or    in     person, (Continued   on   Page  A-2)
1945 Weather Was Everything But What it Should Have Been
SECRETARY OF WAR TO FLY AROUND WORLD
New York, Dec. 29. (UP)—The .Vmerican L:gion charged today that hundreds of veterans are be¬ ing turned away dally from uni- vorsitics and colleges in the New York area because these institu¬ tions have no facilities to handle 'he veterans wanting education under the GI Bill of Rights.
The Legion said that a aurvey conducted by its Ncw York collegi¬ ate post .showed that "veterans arc streaming from college to college 1 • a vain attempt lo secure educa¬ tion." It prcdibtcd the situation would become worse In 1946 unless corrective measures were taken immediately.
A count of 61 Eastern New York colleges showed vacancies for onl.v 16.000 students, the Legion said, plus a promised 11,000 more com¬ ing up.
The Liegion recommended that a student veteran placement center be established where veterans could meet with representatives of col¬ leges   for  Information  and   advice.
Washington, Dec. 29. (UP)—Sec- irclory of War Robert P. Patterson {leaves tomorrow on a round-the- {world flight, his first trip since he I became Secretary, to visit China ;and the Japanese and (merman oc- ! cupatlon areas.
I Patterson is expected lo discuss I policies of occupation and other i matters relating to civilian affairs Iwith Gen. Dougla.s MacArthur In I Japan. Gen. Joseph T. McNamey {in (jrcrmany, and Ll. Qen. Albert 'C.  Wedemeyer  in China.
There are still some demobiliza¬ tion problems in the Far East, I where the War Department Ie 'Seeking to apeed redeployment as , well as policy problems in admini- starting civil affairs which Patter¬ son  probably will look into.
In Europe he is expected lo con- raider problems relating to the uni¬ fication of certain functions of thc present four-power control of Ger¬ many, and the proposal lo turn thc present military government over to civilian operalion by June 1.
Washington, Dec. 31 (UP)—The U. S. weather bureau told the American people tonight lhat, in 1945, there were lots of wind and rain and snow and cold and heat where they shouldn't have been.
In Its annual review of "signif¬ icant weather happenings," the bureau said that nature slipped up a lot during the year. It was hot when it should have been cold, rainy when it should have been clear and vice-versa all around. Here are some of the bureau's ex¬ amples. Summer In  March
"Residents of northern Michigan experienced midsummer tempera¬ tures in the middle of March and in June beheld snows reminscenti of January.
"It was the warmest March Inj 87 years al Albany, N. Y , and the warmest of record at Washingion, D. C. Peaches, plums and pears were In full bloom before the end of March In eastern Virginia.
"Seminole. Okla., received 12.10 inches of rain in one 12-hour period during April, while some Florida sections were so drv it took a hur¬ ricane to break the four-month drought."
The bureau characterized Janu¬ ary    194S.   as  Just   plain   cold.     It
said February was Juit like Janu¬ ary except for the season's first lornado. which took 35 lives ss it ripped across Mississippi and Ala¬ bama. Several flood conditions de¬ veloped in the south-central area during the aecond month.
March atarted out cold, and then things began to get mixed up. Places like Washingion, D. C., Albany, N. Y., Detroit and Sault Stc. Marie. Mich., reported record warm temperatures. April  I'ndeeJded
April Just couldn't decide whether to be warm or cold. Finally, severa floods developed In the central .states while there was a drought from  Virginia to Florida.
It was a blizzard in May for New York and Ncw Ergland. Winter r>>turned lo Northern and Rocky Mountain Stales in June and it stayed cold  in July.
The bureau gives August credit fcr being 'fairly seasonable." ex¬ cept for a severe hurricane along the Texas coast. First signs of winter appeared in Septeinljer, but it was summer In Gulf and Atlan¬ tic Stales agnin  in  October.
"Winter arrived with a ven¬ geance" in November, the bureau reported, and December saw aoma tecord anows In Eastern Statea.