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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1945
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Truman Report Says Europe's Jews \No Better Treated By Allies Than When Under Heel of Brutal Nazis
PLANE TAKES OFF
othman Overcome By Kisses, Steaks; Just Smells Bermuda
•Casablanca, Sunday, Sept. 80. (UP)—Thc Air Transport Com¬ mand "Globcsler" took off from Casablanca at 7:30 p. m., F.VVT, last night for Tripoli, six hours to the east. The Globester is carrying Army officials and reporters on the first scheduled round-the-world flight.
Still in Concentration Camps; Eisenhower Ordered to 'Clean Vp\ Take Over German Homes if Necessary; Want British to Open Up Palestine
Washington, Sept 29 (UP)—President Truman tonight made public a  report  on   the  comJition  of Jews  in  Germany  and  Austria  which charged that American military government forces "appear to be treat¬ ing the Jews as the Nazis treated them." Simultaneously,   he   released  a  letter  to  Gen.   Dwight  Eisenhower lirderlng him to "clean up" the reported conditions and to turn Germans tint of their homes, if necessary, to get the Jewish survivors of Nazism out of filthy concentration camps. "The lelter and the report reveal¬ ed that Mr. Truman  has appealed to British Prime Minister Clement Attlee to open up Palestine for the emigration of the remaining esti¬ mated   100,000   Jews   in   Germany and Austria. Expect BrtUsh Refusal
The White House said the Presi¬ dent's letter to Attlee would be re¬ leased ss soon as an answer is received. Reports from London in¬ dicated the British government will reject the American request and suggest the United Nations organ¬ ization cope with the Palestine- Jewish problem.
The startling disclosures — in¬ cluding the damning Indictment nf Allied handling of the estimat¬ ed 100,000 Jews who survived the Nazis — were made in a report by Earl G. Harrison, who was sent to Europe by the President to in¬ vestigate the conditions of dis¬ placed persona — especially Jews. The Harrison report was a re- k^ital of horrible conditions to llivhich Germany's Jews have been ^subjected ever since "liberation." They are still confined to con¬ centration camps - - Including the notorious Berger Belsen camp — and arcording to Harrison are still treated much as they were by the Germans, Germans  Treated  Better
Harrison said Germans, by com¬ parison, are better fed, better riothed and better housed than the Jews who presumably were "liberated."
Harrison's report. mada In Auguat but withheld until now, warned of trouble unless immedi¬ ate steps are taken to evacuate frnm Germany and Austria the Jews   who  wish  to  leave.
"Unless this action ... is taken." the   report   said,   "substantial   un¬ official    and    unauthorized   move¬ ments of people must be expected, and these will require considerable force to prevent ... It cannot be overemphasized that many of thase :    people   are   now   desperate,   that L   they  have  become accustomed  to I German rule to employ every poa¬ sible   means   to   reach   their   end. and  that  the   fear of  death  docs not restrain  them."
The majority of Jews In Ger¬ many and Austria want to be evac¬ uated to Palestine now, Harrison said, and "the Issue of Palestine must be faced." No Other Solution
He recommended that the United State.<i appeal to Britain for "reasonable extension or modi¬ fication" of the British White Paper of 1939 which allowed lim¬ ited emigration ot Jews to Pales¬ tine. These quotas were exhausted last month.
Harrison said there Is no ac¬ ceptable or even decent solution for the future of many European Jews other thnn Palestine, and that he was msking such a state¬ ment on a "purely humanitarian basis with no reference to ideolog¬ ical  or   political   considerations."
His report began with a detailed section on the conditions of Jews In Germany and Au.strla. High¬ lights nf those conditions:
1.—Three month.n after V-E Day many Jewish displaced persons still were living under guard be¬ hind barbed wire fences in camps built by (jermans for slave labor¬ ers and Jews amidst crowded, fre¬ quently unsanitary and generally grim conditions. Such Internees had no opportunity, except sur¬ reptitiously to communicate with the outside world. Xot Knoiigh to Eat
2.—There  has  been  marked  Im¬ provement In health over the Nazi (Continued on  Page  A-2»
By FREDERICK C. OTH^IAN
Aboard the Globester, Sept. 29. (UPl—This flying around the world, friends, has got its points. Including kisses, tender beefsteaks and the ofBcial cabled promise of u hot bath in Manila, Spearmint chewing gum and Technicolor scenery straight out of a Fitz¬ patrick travelogue.
So far — and we seem to be pretty far (enroute from Bermuda to the Azores) — I recommend it. And I guess we'd better begin at the Incredible beginning.
That was yesterday afternoon at the Waahlngton National Airport where the first Riobe-girdling flight of the Army Air Transport Com¬ mand began with appropriate whoopdeedoo.
Khsss   IM* •t KIsaas
The hand was playing, the wife ef the commandinc general was cutting the Inaugural ribbon and my bride was there waiting to kiss me goodbye. She did same. "Again please," said the movie guys.
And so on until she'd kissed me seven times and I, of course, was beginning to feel like Gable. (My bride obviou.sly was Joan Crawford 'Aithout the makeup.)
So the three civilian passengers climbed aboard the Douglas C-54 and sniffed. It was a wonderful smell. This airplane has that mag¬ nificent, almoRt-forgotten perfume of fresh paint, new upholstery, shiny metal and the lively rubber of an automobile straight from the showroom. Army Is Spoiled
Mrs. Inzc Robb of the Interna¬ tional News Service, Paul Miller of the Associated Press and Othman the old world traveler inhaled deeply. Army Air Force observers were more sophisticated. Not a sniff  from  those babies.
Bo Capt. J. F. Ohiinger turned on his four engines and away we went into that scenery over the Atlantic.
I must say that man Douglas knows how to make airplanes. This one rolls along like a Pennsylvania avenue street rar in Washington, exrept without Ihe lurches.
The scenery consisted of clouds and cloudlets, white on the blue water. The clouds turned orange and then pink, the water became green and then lavender and the whole works looked like one of tMose whipped cream deserts your mother used to whip up when you had Ihe measles. Man-Siee Vittles
I was admiring this and  feeling
smug about not having to  do one
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Loca/ Captain Batk in Holland With "Oeat and Dumb' Americans
150,000 NAZIS ARRESTED OR PUTOUTfOFFICE
Eisenhower Reports Nation Exhausted, Facing Food Shortage
Washington, Sept. 29. (UP) — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has reported to thc War Department that 150.000 Nazis were arrested or removed from public office before Aug. 20 in the American occupa¬ tion zone of Germany, it was dis¬ closed tonight.
His first report on military gov¬ ernment operations in the Ameri¬ can zone revealed that less than 10 per cent of the industrial plants were operating then and the Ger¬ man economy had been brought "almost to a standstill."
He said, without elaborating, that "military control and zonal divisions are obstacles to recovery of industry, tranaportation and business." Saya "Nasi PaHy AboUshed"
"The report, dated Aug. 20, was sent to the War Denartment be¬ fore Eisenhower called Gen. George S. Palton on the carpet yesterday for an accounting of his stewardship in Bavaria. Patton had admitted retaining some secondary Nazis in office for the sake of ef¬ ficiency.
"The Nazi party, its organization and agencies have been abolished." Elsenhower's report said. "Dis¬ criminatory Nazi laws have been abrogated and Nazi propaganda eliminated."
He said that about 80.000 Nazis in the "mandatory arrest" cate¬ gory had been taken into custody and 35,000 others in the same classification were expected to be taken from among prisoners of war.
"Another 70,000 ardent Nazis, not in the mandatory arreat category, have been removed from office," he continued. "More than nominal Nazis are being removed from achools, churches, hospitals and similar institutions." GemMn Eeenemy Bshsosted
Eisenhower said   Ormany's  In ternal economy had been schaustedj p» by  bombing and the demands of war.
"Shortages of available coal and food and of transportation and communication facilities have brought the German economy, particularlv its industry, almost to a sUndstiil," he said. "Military control and zonal divisions are ob stacles to recovery of industry, transportation and business.
"The German people have been warned that the responsibility for bringing in the harvests to reduce the food shortage is theirs and, further, that there will be no coal for house heating this winter and that they must stock up on wood Their response has been quite sat¬ isfactory." Coal Production I..OW
Shortages of skilled labor and pit props and low labor produc¬ tivity were blamed for low coal production. The report said hard coal production climbed from 1,- 315,000 metric tons in Junt to 1,- 932,000 in July, but the July out¬ put was only 15 per cent of the 1938-43 average.
Almost 50 per cent of the pro¬ duction was needed to operate the inines. Brown coal production was reported at 24 per cent ot the 1938-43 average.
Eisenhower said less than 10 pcr cent of the factories in the Anierlcan zone were in operation and almost half of those were lumber mills providing supplies for military requirements, house re¬ pairs and pit props in mines.
Substantial production,    he said (Continued on  Page A-15)
Capt. FrankUn D. Coslett of Edwardsville, now stationed in Hol¬ land in command of a unit of mili¬ tary intelligence, is shown above at the headquarters of his unit greeting old friends of Dutch Underground days. Captain Ctos- lett, former WBRB announcer, waa shot down over Holland In April of 1944 and apent many months with the underground, C^oslett is at left above. The other soldier is Sgt. Robert H. Mitchell of Charles¬ ton, III.
News now comlnf from Holland is that many of these American aviators  ahot   down  over  Holland
Hope You Enjoyed Extra Hour Sleep After Waiting Those 3'2 Years
Washington, Sept. 29. (UP) — The nation turns iU clocks back one hour to standard time at 2 a. m. 'local time) Sunday.
For most, the change meant merely another hour of sleep, but for railroads, airlines and bus lines, it was a headache.
tipurrcd by long-standing farm protests, C^ongrcss voted to put nn end to War Time, whirh has been In effect since Feb. 9, 1942, and to set the clocks back one hour to Standard Time. War Time was adopted as a power saving device. Some Trains to Stop
Railroads planned to handle the complex problem by varying meth¬ ods. Some ordered trains halted for one hour while the clocks catch up with the schedule. Others or¬ dered a hlowdown to allow thc Schedule adjustments.
Among lines stopping trains for one hour were the Southern I'ari- flc, Santa Fe, Burlington, Northern Pacific, Boston & Maine and Maine Central. Thc Union Pacific ordered westbound trains to stop pac hour and castbound one.s to J% speeds. The Northern Pacific 'Structed some to stop and others to  proceed  on  Individual  orders.
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The airlines decided to operate planes on War Time wherever thc trip originated before 2 a. m. Thus the Ameriran Airlines flight leav¬ ing New York at 12:40 a. m. (EWT) Sunday for Los Angeles will complete the trip on War Time.
Some cities offered Saturday night crowds an extra hour for play by permitting bars to remain open until the Standard Time closing  hour.
Farmers everywhere appeared Jubilant about the change, but one Georgia farm agent mused that it would make little difference be¬ cause "chickens operate on_ na¬ ture's schedule and they won't be expected to wake up earlier or later," And Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner O. E. Van Cleave said farmers will continue to arise at dawn and go fo bed at dark, ^ine   Rugged  Indltiduals
Clocks will not be changed in some communities where thc loral governments insisted on remain¬ ing on Standard Time during the
In Chicago, a rity ordinanrc will keep War Time in effect until Oct. 28. Transportation systems will change there, too, however, except for suburban traffic.
With an air of resignation. Jew- eiers assumed that most people would make lhe change by turning the clock back one hour. But there would be less wear and tear on clocks, they said, If the hands were advanced 11 hours.
DEATH TOLL RISING AS HINDUS, MOSLEMS KEEP RIOTING IN INDIA
Bombay. SepL 29. (UP)—Bloody .street clashes between Hindus and Moslems continued tonight as the toll of dead and Injured In India s flrat communal rioU in four years rose to near l.W.
Ofncial reports disclosed 25 dead and at least 112 wounded.
(The New Delhi radio, heard In London, said that Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, commander-in-chief of thc Indian Army, arrived in Bom¬ bay this morning. Police and gov¬ ernment offirials toured the not area, the radio said.)
"The riots were touched off by speeches of both Hindu and Mos¬ lem political leaders in the Indian National Congress and thc Mofilcm League. Thoy came when the Con¬ gress party was making a strong bid for ari independent India and demanding that the British quit the counlry.
STETTINIUS WANTS TO SPEED DIS.CUSSIONS
Oi7 Companies^
Union Fail to Agree on Pay
Threat of Martial Law Ends Refinery Picketing
SUte Guard out at Whiting, Ind., When Autos Set Up Blockade To Close World's Bigs^est Plant
and forced to hide out in this occu¬ pied country were provided with passes to indicate that they wero deaf and dumb, to eliminate tragic mistakes when stopped by (Cierman troops.
A delegation of "deaf and dumb" Americans is now back in the Netherlands with the task of searching out the loyal Hollanders who helped them during the war. To these people will go a thank- charter from the American Army. In addition, an effort is being made to bring financial help to the nearest relatives of men who died In this patriotic and danger¬ ous work.
DEWEY STEPS IN, ELEVATOR STRIKE ENDS IN NEW YORK
Union, Building Managers Accept Arbitration Offer
New Tork, Sept. 29. (UP)—The five and a half day strike of eleva¬ tor operators that crippled business in the nation's largest city ended tonight as tho Building Service Employees Union (AFL) and build¬ ing management leader^ agreed to submit their dispute to an arbitra¬ tor to be appointed by Gov. Thomas   E.   Dewey.
David Sullivan, president nf the union's local 32B, ordered the 1.^000 striking workers to return to their Jobs shortly after noon today, A few straggled back but full resumption of ser\'ice In the 1,600 idle buildings was not ex pected before Monday. Will Name Arbitrator Soon
Agreement between the union and fhe employer groups, the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Rela¬ tions, Inc., and the Midtown Realty Owners Assn., Inc., came only a few hours after Dewey inten'ened. Following the union's back-to-work order Dewey said he would name an arbitrator "as soon as poasible."
The strike began last Monday In approximately 1,000 buildings. It hit hardest in the garment sector where It was estimated to have rost garment workers and manu¬ facturera an estimated $50,000,000. Struggled up Stairs
Tens of thousands of workers struggled up as high as 10 stories in the Idle buildings, and some ventured 15 and 20 stories above the street, but by and large work routines were crippled or stale¬ mated by the lack of elevator ser¬ vice. More than 1,000,000 workers were said to have been affected.
The threat to apartment house elevator service failed to mate¬ rialize. Only a few buildings out¬ side  Manhattan  were  struck.
REDS NAME KAPUSTIN TO SUCCEED OUMANSKI
Tx>ndon, Sept. 29 (UP)—Radio Moscow reported tonight that Alexander Kapustin had been ap¬ pointed So\ict ambassador to Mexico.
Kapustin succeeds Conslantine OumanskI, former Soviet anabaa- sador to Mexico, killed In an air¬ plane accident In Mexico several months ago.
ALLIES AGREE
¦Whiting, Ind., Sept. 29 (UP)—CIO pickets were withdrawn suddenly tonight from the Whiting refinery of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana.
The pickets were withdrawn at 11 p. m. (CWT)"by union officials who ordered the striking members of Local 210 of the Oil Workers Inter¬ national Union to report immediately at the Oil Workers Hall in Hammond, Ind., seven miles away,
A spokesman for Standard Oil said the pickets dispersed within five minutes after announcements were made that "the troops are coming."
Earlier Indiana State Guards¬ men in two cities had been alerted for possible duty in the strike bound oil refinery area and Gov. Ralph Gates had announced that he would declare martial law "if necessary." OalUnr Workers Back
Standard OU was reported to be calling ita workera back to work on the midnight shift. The standard employees, members of an inde¬ pendent union, had been prevented from entering the refinery by''a cordon M pickets surrounding the plant.
The 3,000 pickets had converged on the refinery at 7 a. m. (CTWT) today. In an effort to persuade the Standard workers to loin them In a strike that has crippled Whiting's oil industry.
Tlie CIO union hss struck against the refineries to protest the com¬ panies' refusal to grant them a 40
FOR \m RULE
Big Four Will Meet In Washington Soon, Byrnes Announces
By BRL'OE W. MUNN
London, Sept. 29. (UP) — U. fi. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announced tonight that the United States, Great Britain, Russian and China had agreed to formation of a commission to formulate a policy for Japan and that meetings would be held in Washington and Tokyo.
First meeting of the commi.ssion will be held In Washington soon, Byrnes said. He announced Uie commission would be asked to con¬ sider whether an Army control council should be set up in Japan, as requested by the Soviet Union. Introduced by Soviets
Soviet Foreign (Ik>mmlssar V. M. Molotov had introduced the ques¬ tion of an Allied control council for Japan earlier this week. Byrnes announcement indicated he had at¬ tempted a compromise with Rus¬ sia on thc question of Japan.
A reliable source reported tonight that Byrnes also had attempted to break the deadlock over treaties with former enemy countries In the Balkans by proposing a conference of "all interested belligerents" to be followed by a meeting among the United States, Great Britain and Russia. Russia had insisted thc Balkan treaties were a question concerning only the Big Three. Deadlocked  over Balkans
However, it was reported later that Russia had rejected this new compromise attempt and that the United States and the Soviet Union still were hopeles.sly deadlocked on tho Balkan question.
Formation of the Japan commis¬ sion was assured when Britain agreed to Join. Byrnes' announce¬ ment* said seven other powers — France, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand. Canada, the Nether¬ lands and India — would bc invited to become members.
India   had    not   originally   been included   but   Byrnes   said   it   was added    at   the   request   of   British Foreign Secretary Ernest  Bevin. Counter to  Russian  Proposal
Byrnes' proposal for a Balkan ronference after this meeting of foreign ministers ends, probably early next week, was a counter to thc Soviet demand that only the Big Three consider treaties with Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Russia Insisted upon this interpre¬ tation of the Potsdam declaration (Continued on Page A-14)
hour week with 62 hours' pay.
Union oHicials did not give any reason for thc sudden withdrawal of pickets, but the action waa taken only a few minutes after local 210 received a telegram from Gov. (iov. Ralph Gates urging them to stop the "blockade." Governor Takes Aetlon
"I make this urgent request not to take sides in an industrial dia¬ pute or to pass on the merits of the issues involved," Gates aald, in a telegram sent from French Lick, Ind.
"As you know a national ron¬ ference is being held in Washing¬ ton between representatives of your union and the oil companies union. I feel sure that an immediate end to the strike in Whiting may make it possible to reach an understand¬ ing at the conference being con¬ ducted by Secretary of L«bor Schwellenhach.
'The possibility of sn acute (Continued on Page A-14)
Patton Ousting Nazis; Gets Another Chance
Ho Progress in Hight Session At Washington} To Meet Today
Washington. Sept. 29 (UP) —The oil wage conference re¬ cessed tonight without reach¬ ing a basis for settlement of strikes which have tied up th* industry over a widespread area. The conferees will as¬ semble again tomorrow at 11 a. m., EST.
As the meeting adjourned for . the night, government sources indicated that Secre¬ tary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellcnbach may change his strategy tomorrow with conciliators devoting their en¬ tire efforts to plans to get the men back to work, instead of trying to solve the entire wage problem immediately.
After the regular conference was recessed by Judge William L. Knous, Colorado Supreme Court member, Schwellenhach and his special staff of conciliators met in a secret meeting in the secretary's office. StIU Far ApaK
Spokesmen for the ronferees said the producers and the union were as far apart as ever at the close of the session. President O. A. Knight of the Oil Workers Union (CIO) toid reporters that the situation remained unchanged and that the government had not suggested any compromises or made any offers.
The companies It was understood, have not budged from their re¬ fusal to grant more than a 16 per cent wage increase and the union
By JOHN B. MODEBMOIT
Frankfurt, Sept 29. (UP)—Oen Oorge S. Patten, returning to his headquarters at Bad Tolz today after being set straight on U,S. policy toward Nasis by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, reportedly launched a drastic shakeup of the civil gov¬ ernment of Bavaria, including the dismissal of Minister-President Friedrich Schaeffer.
No announcement was expected before next week on possible disciplinary action against Patton for his alleged tolerance of Nazis in oflicial posts, but Indications were that Eisenhower had decided to give the Third Army commander a chance to redeem himself by a fast eradication of Nazi Influence in the eastern section of the Ameri¬ can occupation zone. Lenient with  Patton
Military circles at U.S. European headquarters believed the supreme commander's admiration for Patton as a military leader had caused him to be lenient and give Patton a chance to retain his office rather
MOSCOW SAYS TROOPS EVACUATING MANCHURIA
London. Sept. 29. (UP)The partial evacuation of Soviet troops from Manchuria began several days ago. Radio Moscow announced tonight.
The main evacuation will begin during the last half of October and will be completed by the end of Xovember, the broadcast aaid.
ONLY MINOR INJURIES AS NAVY PLANE CRASHES
Washington, Sept. 29. (UP) — Seven persona escaped serious in¬ jury today when their twin-engined Navy plane, limping on one motor, missed an emergency landing and cra.shcd on a golf course.
Tho injured, ono Wave and six Navy men, were taken to the Bethesda, Md., Naval Hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises.
than disgrace a top field com¬ mander by dismiissi as Third Army commander and removal from the theater.
Substantiation of reports that Patton was "cleaning house" in Bavaria came in announcement from his headquarters that 400 Germans who falsified questlon- aires for obtaining employment in the Bavarian government had been convicted and that 424 others were yet to bc tried. Schaeffer  Report  Persists
There was no confirmation of a persistent report In high military circles that Schaeffer, leader of the People's Party and accused of pro-Nazism, had been removed from office. Schaeffer's appoint¬ ment of 20 Nazis to civil offices and Patton's toleration of their appointment was one of the pri¬ mary factors in the investigation of the  Bavarian setup.
But there was every indication Schaeffer had been removed and Patton was reported stumped as to who will be named to head the Bavarian civil administration.
Schaeffer had tried to resign two weeks ago on grounds Patton "lacked confidence" in him. His offer, which was refused at that time, waa based on the disfavor hc had created by the appointment of Nazis but he defended his aclion by saying they were essential to efficient operation of the govern¬ ment. Appointees who were known party members were ordered re¬ moved by Patton.
haa not retreated from its 39 cents sn hour pay boost demand whieh It offered today on the ground that It was a concession below Ita original 30 per cent wage demand.
Schweilenbaeh Attends
The late night session called by Schwellcnbach was attended by Knous and Edgar L. Warren, direc¬ tor of the Labor Department's con¬ ciliation service. They were to talk over several questions with the Secretary and Dr. John R Steel- man, former director of the con¬ ciliation service and confidential adviser to Schwellenhach.
Daniel T. Pierce assistant to the president of the Sinclair Oil A Refining Co., told reporters that the union's wage demand would cost hts company $12,000,000 a year and would probably cost the entire Industry approximately $200,000,000 a year. The union waa not prepared to aubmit its figures but said that Pierce's   figures  were  "fantastic."
Concessions A*!"^
Knight and representatives of 12 companies, some of them sitting in only as obser%'ers. summarized their positions for Schwellenbacta at thc start of today's session.
Schwellenhach, who presided dur¬ ing the morning session, told both parties It would be necessary for eech to make some concessions in order to settle the dispute. He said he wanted to dispel any manage¬ ment feeling that the meeting was designed to set a pattern for in- (Continued on Page A-14>
Japan's Fanatical Army Now Mostly Disbanded
Nation also Has First Free Press In Its History
11 YANKS COMING OUT AFTER BEING TRAPPED IN GREENLAND A YEAR
London, Sept. 29. (UP)—U.S. Delegate Edward R. Stettinius called today for a speed-up of dis¬ cussions of the executive committee to insure establishment of a new United Nations peare organization on   schedule.
"At this rate we are likely to 1 be sitting here until next Febru- |ary." Stettinius told the prepara- itory coi...nisslon's conimittc-o after I more than two hours' deliberatioivs over minor rhanges In the docu- ¦ment on requirementa for selecting a permanent home for tlie world 'peace organisation.
Socialists, Communists Lead Voting in France
Paris, Sept. 29. (UP)—The Social¬ ist party garnered the heaviest vole of any polilical group in last Sunday's cantonal elections — 23.<i per cent of the total .— and, to¬ gether wilh thc Communist party, accounted for almost half the bal¬ lots cast, election statistics dis¬ closed today.
The French will return to (he polls tomorrow fo complete thc election of general councillors in tliose cantons where no clear majority was given any candidate.
The   election   announcement   by
thc minister of the interior credit¬ ed the Socialist party with 3.423,,S7& votes. Communists were runners up, with 3,083,405, or 21.2 per cent of  the  total   vote.
Radical Socialists, a moderate party, won 2.054,566, or 14.1 per rent; Mouvemcnt Republican Popu- laire, the pre-war Christian Demo¬ cratic party headed by Foreign Minister Georges BIdault. polled 1.809.220 or 12.4 per cent, while the Conservative parly gathered h meager 120,341 votes for 0.3 per cent of the totsl. Various other groups accounted for the rest.
Narsarssuak, Greenland, Sept. 29. • UP)—Eleven American soldiers headed for this Army base com¬ mand headquarters tonight after being trapped in Greenland's icy mountains for almost a year.
The men were volunteers who staffed the lonely outpost weather .station at Skkjoldungcn, Green- li^nd, in the fall of 1944. Last Jan. 8 a snowslide buriiad their food and their powerhouse. Since then tlicy had been "on the land."
As they pulled out on tho Army transport Belle Isle, the.v wero escorted by Greenland seal hunt¬ ers in native dress, paddling one- mnn kyaks. Hunters encamped three miles from the stallon made thc day a holiday In honor of the soldiers.
Hazards delayed the journe.v. An ice block cut off the blasted exit channel but a second route was found for the transport. Details of their rescue were disclosed by the Arm)r's Eastern Defense Command who described the men'a outpost as "a prison."
By FHANK TREMAINE
Tokyo, Sept. 29. (UP)—Japan reported today that four-flfths ot the two and one-quarter million men of ils crack home army, ,vhich a month ago stood fanatic¬ ally ready to resist invasion to the death, had laid down their arms and returned to civilian life.
With this end of Japanese mili¬ tarism, dictatorial oppression was ending too as Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur ordered the abolition of Japan's traditional censorship ofj newspapers, radio, motion pictures, mail and communications.
The order gave Japan a free press for the flrst time and took effect immediately. Three Tokyo newspapers resumed selling edi¬ tions which thc Home Ministry had banned becau.se they carried inter¬ views with Emperor Hirohito by two American newspapermen. 1,823,000 Men Srnt Home
Supremo Headquarters was ad-1 vised th.it 1,S25,000 men of Japan s home army of 2.'203,000 had been discharged by last Mondity and sent to their homes.
The government reported that demobilization had been completed In Northern Honshu, the area occu¬ pied by the U. S. llth Army. In the central sector of this largest of the home Islands, nearly all troops
have  been  discharged,  the  report said.
The demobilization of troopa re¬ maining on southern Honshu and Kyushu was delayed by the ty¬ phoon of Sept. 17. The govern¬ ment requested MarArthur to per¬ mit temporary resumption of air travel belween Fukuoka and Osa¬ ka to speed demobilization.
MacArthur's directive ordered the elimination of censorship of all kinds and tlie repeal of all laws designed to control the written and spoken word. It ordered the Japa¬ nese government to report on ths 1st and 16th days of each month on the steps it had taken toward fulfilling his orders. Papers to Be Free
The order, supplementing Mae- Arthur's freedom of the press di¬ rective of Sept. 24, was said to have been drafted several days ago but was announced now be¬ cause the home ministry had for¬ bidden thc sale of the Tokyo news¬ papers Mainichi, Asahi and 'V'om- ourl.
Those papers had printed inter¬ views with the Emperor by Hugh Baillc. president of United Press, and Frank L. Kluckhohn of the New York Times. Mainichi also had published a picture showing MacArthur towering over the Em¬ peror as they pased during Hiro¬ hito's call on the Allied supreme commander at the U. S. embassy.
The three papers were notified by Col. Uonald D. Hoover, civil censorship officer for U. 3. occu¬ pation forces, that they could re¬ sume distributing the banned s<U« Uons.
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