Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
39TH YEAR, NO. 5Q — 44 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1945
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The Weather
Partly cloudy, continued   cool.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW DOCK STRIKE THREAT
Government Believed favoring IS to 20% Boosts in Basic Wage
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i-   Coming Conference ^     Holds up Statements; Coal Strike Goes on, Many More Pending
Washington, Oct 13 (UP)—The administration's stabilization policy tonight appeared to be crystalizing «n a 15 to 20 p«r cent basic wage rate increase, with compensating price increases. Officials, however, were believed delaying any formal statements until the forthcoming national labor-management con¬ ference has had a chance to deal with the matter.
President Truman, Reconversion Director John W. Snyder and Sec¬ retary of Labor I^ewis B. Schwel¬ lenbach were understood to feel that any advance announcement going beyond exiating executive orders and legislation dealing with wages, prices and labor disputes would have an adverse effect on the conference beginning bere Nov. 5. Wallace HlnU Intentions
Secretary of Commerce Harry A. Wallace, however, gave a hint about admjipistration thinking in n radio interview last night In which he said the gON-ernment should help labor to obtain 15 to 20 per cent of its 30 per cent wage incrcise demand and allow compensating price Incrcsses where neces.>iary to cover the higher labor costs.
Meanwhile. National I.iabor Re¬ lations Board figures revealed that union demands for higher wages arc the cause of 60 per rent of thr record-breaking number of strike vote notices filed at the hoard. This was disclosed as the Congress of Industrial Organiza¬ tions struck back at critics of its demand for a 30 per cent wage rate boost to offset the loss of wartime take-home pay. Coatly Coal Strike Goes On
Tbe rising storm over tbe na¬ tional wage-price policy over¬ shadowed Schwellenbach's seventh day of conciliation meetings with soft coal operators and President John L. Lewis of tbe United Mine Workers in an effort to end the strike which Is costing the nation more than 1,000,000 tons of fuel a day.
The weekly CIO News charged In an editorial that corporations "are drluging newspaper readers and radio listeners with propaganda to persuade them that CIO'.'^ wage de¬ munds are unreasonable, impractl- csl. ruinous and inflationary."
The publication scoffed at Im¬ plications that labor had "an in¬ sane desire to wreck the means from which It draws Its livelihood." It charged that, while wages were frozen during the war, the cor¬ porations increased profits five times before taxes and doubled them after taxes. Wouid Avoid Depression
The CIO also publL«hed a state¬ ment by President Philip Murray in which he said that "the way to avoid another big depression is to institute a general wage Incrensc of $2 a day that will raise pur¬ chasing power of steel worker.s."
Murray, who also heads the United Steel Workers (CTO), said thc steel industry sets the wage pattern for all Industries and that, therefore, '"we must not make thr same mistake" of the 1920's when steel wage.^ rose only f/i per cent while production went up 46 per cent and profits 1,^7 pcr cent.
"'Frozen  slccl  wages  during  the (Continued   on  Page A-2)
HOOVER CALLS A'JUST PEACE' MOST ESSENTIAL
Warns on Creating 'Cesspools of Hate' With Our Victory
Chambersburg, Pa. Oct. 13. (UP) —Former President Herbert Hoov¬ er, today urged the United Nations to promote a '"just peace" for Ger¬ many and Japan and refrain from reducing their "coming generations to the low levels of an agricultural state."
Aaserting that the brutalities of war had "clouded our vision of jus¬ tice," Mr. Hoover said that while justice required punishment of the men responsible for the war and the destruction of military castes and material, "justice also requires that we do not visit upon the chil¬ dren of millions of Germans and Japanese the sins of their fathers. "Ceaspoola of Ilate"
"Vengeance and revenge are not justice." Mr. Hoover said. "Meas¬ ures which reduce the economic life of the coming generations to the low levels of an agricultural state are neither justice nor good policy. That will create gigantic cesspools of hate, poverty and conspiracy agfiinst the world.
"There Is no such thing aa a 'hard peace' or a 'soft peace.' It must be a just peace if we ara to restore justice in the world. And without justice there la no peace."
Mr. Hoover spoke at the TSth anniversary of Wilson College. He called for "a reconversion of our intellectual, moral and spiritual life from the shock of a war to a life of peace" aa the "first neces¬ sity" to post-war civilization. "I'neommon  Men" Needed
Hc urged educational institutions to provide "uncommon men" for leadership in this reconversion and decried whnt hc ealled thc "cult of the common man" whic.i hc said implied that mediocrity was an Ideal.
Hc said colleges had a great obli¬ gation to "restore our moral and spiritual losses from thc war, to re¬ new our ideas of freedom to re¬ gain our sensitiveness to wrong and to provide the nation with renewed supply  of  trained  leadership."
"Unless wc rebuild this new era on these foundations. It mcan.s the war hns been lost. It means more. It means that civilization is lost," Mr. Hoover said.
98 YANKS DIED IN OKINAWA TYPHOON
Pearl Harbor, Oct. 1.1. (UP) - Ninety-right American nnval per¬ sonnel were killed or counted miss¬ ing and 4i'3 were injured by the typhoon which swept Okinawa on Wednesday thc Navy reported to¬ night.
B,000 Young Koreans in Japan Without a Country—and Food
Atsugi   Airport,   Honsliu,   Oct.   13 (UP)-Sinken      I..rc.      H-ycnr-old lender   of   a   band   of   "forgotten" Chinese,  would like very much  to .vee   his   parcnt.s   in   Formosa.    Hc has been hungry for 18 montlis, hc ,   has   very   little   clothing—it's   get¬ ting cold In Japnn—but it looks as k      if he will remain right here. Tk       Lee became  an employee of the ¦V   .lapanese  government  in  Formosa 'f      a   couple   of   years   aRo,   lured   by high wapca of"l.'i yen ($1) monthly. At first he worked as a stevedore. But  later  hc   labored  aboard  ship and one day he was shanghaied to Japan.
g,000_>Io»|Iy Young
"There were 8,000 of us in all," I.*c said throuRh an interpreter. "None of us wanted to come to Japan. Many of our men arc even older than 1 am, but most are my HRc  and  some  are j'oungcr.
Loe was Interviewed at tho air¬ port when ho nppcnrrd ns "hond iiinn" of a crew of h dozen un- "llicinl Hiclr.i to liclp unload oxceaa frright  from  a  triinaport  p'nno.
A Korcnn-born American GI act- e I  11.1  trnn.slntor.
Ivoc said tho Impressed Inborcrs . Worl<ed in mines until thc war k,( tiided. Thry then were assembled J^jm§t  AtsiiRi   tn   clean   up   thc  airport
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Sporls      B—1
Radio     B—4
Outdoor B—IJ
Kdltorlal     O—2
Horlal     „  O—4
nnd    prepare    for    Ucu.    Douglas MncArthur'a  arrival. "Nobody WantM Is"
"Now the work is fini.shed and nobody wants us," he said. "Amer¬ icans think we aro Japs. The Japs hnve other things to worry about. •They still give us a cup of rice dnily,  but no clothing or shoes."
Tho bright-eyed, alert little Chin¬ ese npparently hnve been forgotten for thc present. A mi.sslon of seven Chinese oflicers under a brigndier genernl I.s expected to lenve Chung¬ king nnd look into thc matter eventually. But the youngsters will probably be both hungrier and (Older by then, although their pre¬ dicament  already   is  critical.
He tried unco to return to his homeland   by  air.
"Can you take I'.s back to For- .Tio.sa in this big airplane," Lcc asked a pilot.
Thc pilot regretfully told him that hc couldn't do it today. But the crow helped ease the children'.s liunRor tempornrily by contributing their flight lunches. Afraid   lo   Tnke   Food
"We fear the Japanese guard.s will take these honorable gifts from us." the youngster said. "May wc not have a document to certify th.it it is truly ours?"
They wore given a statement on a torn piece of notebook paper, promisir.fr on behalf of the United States life imprisonment to any¬ one confiscntlng the  lunches.
That seemed to take care of the matter. The ragged, starved young¬ sters howed low nnd doffed their leaps. Lee aald he thought America I must he a very nice plare. but that he would like very much to return Ito his native Formosa.
Triumvirate Will Rule Argentina
still No Sign of Real Government; Special Court of Elections Resigns
By HUGH JENCKS
Buenos Aires, Oct. IJ. (UP) War Minister Gen. Eduardo Avalos and Navy Minister Hector Ver- ncngo took over all cabinet posta except two tonight and, with Presi¬ dent Gen. Edehrniro Farrell, form¬ ed in effect a triumvirate to rule Argentina.
Avalos announced that he would take over the ministries of interior and finance while Vernengo would become minister of foreign affaira and education In addition to hia navy posts.
The   ministries  of   publle   worka and agriculture will  be filled next week, Avalos said. Future Still Uncertain
There was no indication whether the new Avalos government waa merely a transition one to handle present administrative neceasitiea or whether the succe.ssors to C^ol. Juan D. Peron, deposed and arrest' ed strong man of Argentina, would continue In power until the eleC' tions six months hence.
Avalos also announced lifting of all press restrictions. Polica had seized thc regular • p. m. edition of  La Critics.
Elstablishment of a triumvirate composed of himself, a navy vice admiral and tlie figurehead presi' dent indicated Avalus had failed to carry out his expressed intention to form a government with proml nent civilians.
All of Arsentina'a three main political partiea and Induatrtal, commercial and Mnanclai leader* had mada It clear they would not participate tn any goremment Avalos might attempt to aet up. Election Ooort Qolta
The federal electoral court aet up by Peron In anticipation of hla own attempt to become elected President of Argentina, resigned today.
Peron, who was taken Into euS' tody by federal police at 4:30 a. m. today, had given the court full powers, beyond appeal, over all matters connected with elections and reorganization of political parties which he desired to bring about.
It had failed In ita efforta to reorganize the three traditional parties, the Radical, Socialist and Conservative. It attempted to set up 15-man reorganization conunlt- tces, but party leaders rejected their appointments as committee¬ men. Avalos Gaining Power
This latest change in Argentina's political set up came as efforts of a section of the armed forces to oust President <3en. Eklelmlro Fai«- rell and to tum the government over to the Supreme Court ap¬ peared to have reached a stalemate.
Adm. Hector Verenengo Lima and Juan Fentanea were sworn in today as navy minister and labor secretary In a government hou.se ceremony which was described as extremely cold. When Farrell en¬ tered thr room, the majority of navy officers present abstained from the applause the President traditionally receives at such occa¬ siona. Girl Tells of Peron Arrest
The arrest of Col. Juan D. Per¬ on, fallen strong man, was con¬ firmed by his protege. Radio Ac¬ tress Evita (Little Eve) Duarcte, who said police entered his apart¬ ment at 4:30 this morning and took him away.
He was snid to be held aboard the gunboat Indepcndencia an¬ chored in the new section of the Buenos Aires jort known as Puer¬ to Ncuvo. Tho area Is surrounded (Continued  on  Page A-2)
HOLD FARMER AS BOY, 6, DIES FROM WHISKEY
Haleyvllle, Ala., Oct. 13. (UP)— An elderly farmer was held with¬ out hond tonight for thc "Tobacco Road" murder of a six-year-old hiied boy who died in a cottoli fleld from drinking too much corn whiske.v.
Thc boy, Fletcher Lee Sellers Jr., was one of several children hired ta pick cotton by the farmer, Chnrles W. Tayloi-. HO. His sister, Poberta, 11. was ; notlier m'-mbcr of the group.
According to '.Vin.slon Tount.v Solicitor J. A. Po.sry, Taylor pass¬ ed a half gallon juj; of co-n whii- key among the childrr.i .!i'lc thcy v.'cre at work. Later, Po: (v .snid, the children took the momshliic into  the  field.
The Sellers boy was found by I.is older brother, Samuel, 18, on n pile of cotton. He was In a drunken stupor. He died without regaining consciousness.
Po.scy said that Taylor wa.s nlso being sougjit on charges of adult- cry involving hia cook. The Sellers boy's father Is in the federal peni¬ tentiary for illicit whiskey making.
None nf the other children suf¬ fered any ill effects from the whiskey.
No More Battle Fields
Sir HaroM Alaxandar, fomtr BriUsh Ftaid Marahal and tha Suprama inlad Commandtr tn the Mediterranean Theater, wlU
¦oon asaume new duties aa the Oovernor-<3eneraI of Canada. He ia ahown with Lady Margaret and Brian.
Idonesians Declare War on Dutch in Java
Seizing Large Towns; Japanese Ordered To Fight Revolt
By JOHN B. BOWEB
Batavla, Oct 13. (UP)—A procla¬ mation calling for all-out guerrilla warfare In the Batavla area was issued today by the commander of the "Indonesian People's Army" and clashes between native  forces  aiid
Hurley to Return Tb CMna Post
Waahington, Oct. 13. (UP)-- Secretary of State Jamea F. Byrnes today authorized an¬ nouncement that Patrick J. Hur¬ ley, U. S. Ambassador to China, will return to hla post In Chung- King after a short rest in tliis country.
The Byrnes announcement evi¬ dently  was  made   to quiet   pcr-
MacArthur Goes After Jap Silk
Valuable Stock Can Buy Food for People; Women to Get Vote, IJnions Get Rights
Tokyo, Oct. 13. (UP) — Gen Douglas MacArthur today nioved in on Japanese silk stocks while the cabinet approved universal suffrage and gave Japanese women the opportunity to swing next January's general elections nfter centuries of unquestioning bondage to their men.
In what may result in a flood of silk for the legs of American wo¬ men, MacArthur ordered the Japa¬ nese to report on both present and future Bilk stocks In order to as¬ certain how much may be export¬ ed to pay for the importation of food and other supplies for Japa¬ nese civilians facing a disastrous winter.
The cabinet acted on election re forma only 48 hours after MacAr thur ordered universal suffrage and other basic constitutional re- fornu. The cabinet also lowered the general voting age from 25 to 20, and the minimum age for of¬ ficeholders from 30 to 20. Breaks 8llk .Monopoly
MacArthur ordered the govern¬ ment to dissolve three organlza- tiona controlling the silk Industry and to revoke previous orders which would have reduced the pro¬ duction of silk. It appeared hc was
Baclc'to-Wforlc MoveOpposedby Maritime Union
Supports Longshoremen Rebels By Shutting off Steam, S/ocJkf'ng Efforts of AFL Men fo Resume Unloading of Ships in New York
New York, Oct IS (UP)—The National .^laritlme tnlon (CIO) tiireatencd today to block a bark-lo-Mork movement among AI>'L longshoremen whose IS-day strike has crippled shipping In New york Harlior and slowed up troop redeployment
As officiala of the Longshoremen's Association. AFL, reported that .iicmbers had begun to work at some piers, a spokesman for the NMU »aid no steam for ship winches would be provided for unloading until all longshoremen had voted to return to work.
The NMU threw support behind Insurgent strikers who want to appoint a rank and file commlttea
STREETCAR SME AFFECTS 660,000
Is Latest Dispute In Strike Picture From Coast to Coast
Chicago.   O-t.   13.     (UP)  --   More
than   660.000   commuters   living   In
acting to provide tho Japanese with | the vicinity of Boston were strand
Dutch and Japanese troops threat .—   .--
ened   to   flare   into   full   warfare' s^'stent  rumors that Hurley, who
throughout all Java. . "•** ••**" "" t*>e United States for
Japanese   military   police   posted! '"'^^J'"*'   wcp'^s.  w-ould  resigr  hi.s machineguns and tanks In Batavia.
a means of obtaining funds for essentia] imports. The Allied na¬ tions havc announced they were not prepared to feed or clothe the Japanese.
Dissolved were thc Japan .Silk Controlling (Jo., the Japan Raw Silk Manufacturing Co., and the mutually prosperous Silk Reeling Co. It was estimated that exist¬ ing stocks of low quality silks were worth some .$18,500,000 and produc¬ tion next .year would total between 13,000.000 and  18,.'iOO,00 pounds.
ed today when employees of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Rail way went on strike. The workers were asking for a 40 per cent wage increase for mechanics nnd 10 cents an hour more for drivers and motormen.
Across thc continent In Holly wood, striking AFL unions. In a bitter juri.sdictional tight, answercn the government's appointment of a conciliator by picketing two more movie studios. This brought to four thc studios under siege by tlie AFL painters' union Warner Columbia    and
to deal with shipper represents lives on a new contract in an an> parent attempt to oust Joseph P. Ryan, president of the longshore¬ men's union. Charge Communist Influence
While Ryan's staff reported that 1.000 of thc estimated 35,000 strik¬ ing longshoremen were on the job, the NMU said the AFL officiala had "put a few longshoremen tn the piers in an attempt to scare the rest back."
The rebel group—charged hf Ry.Tn supporters with being "Com¬ munist influenced"—voted not ta return to work before a masa meeting tomorrow at which thojr will elect representatives for their bargaining rommittrc. The group includes six  large Brooklyn locals.
Local 791. however, largest ot the striking locals, reportedly waa returning to work throughout the dav in protest against what busi¬ ness Agent Eugene Sampson de¬ scribed as "attempts to inject Com¬ munist  Influences."
John Rogan. chairman ef the NMU's negotiating committee de¬ scribed the rebel strength aa "solid." NMU circulars were dla¬ tributed throughout the day to re¬ turning workers. :>lan Beaten  up
The first outbreak was reported
and set up barricades and road¬ blocks after sporadic but savage attacks by the populace. The Indonesians, seeking freedom from Dutch rule, were reported to be taking over control of cities In central and western Java, arresting both Dutch oflicials and Japanese troops and preparing for a "holy war." Report War Declaration
(The Dutch news agency Aneta reported that Indonesian military headquarters had declared war on the Dutch, effective tonight, and had ordered the native population to resist with every weapon at its command.)
In the big port of Soerabaja in eastern Java, all Dutch personnel were reported to have bern arrest¬ ed by the Indonesians. The Japa¬ nese garrison at Serang in western Java was attacked by an armed mob on Thursday and forced to withdraw after Inflicting casual- Ues.
The Japanese lost two killed and two wounded.
The  nationalist  movement    nlso was   reported   gaining  strength   in Bali,  the tin.v  Dutch-owned  island just east of Java. Orders Japs to Fight Kevolt
Maj. Gen. Sir A. F. Philip Chris- tlson, Allied commander-in-chief, sent an ultimatum to the Japanese to use their predominant forces to stamp out the uprising but it wag apparent that only in the cupitai city of Batavla did the Allies and the Japanese have enougii strength to keep thc situation In hand.
A Dutch patrol was attacked by mobs of well'-armed natives yester¬ day when It attempted to occup;- the natlonalst police barracks al Meester Cornells In the southrnst suburbs of Batavla. In heavy fighting, at least 10 Dutch soldiers were wounded. C^^ualtics among the Indonesians were not known.
Japanese    patrol.s    raided    Indo¬ nesian homes  for hidden  weapons (Continued   on   Page  A-2)
Ort Bill  of Rights
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Baron Kiiuro Shidehara to write al    1     A   back-to-work   movement   vote to return had been taken. bill   of   rights   into   the   .lapanese a=no",8 At L longshoremen at New      The     incident     caused     Joseph
jl Yorks   hurbor   began   but   the   13-|stack,   the   NMU's   port   agent,   to
iimbassadorship.   Hurley, himself,   i „n_„,itiitlon      nrovlrtinir      unlvrranl;'«""k s   nuioor   ucBaii   out   ii
and" PreSr-rruma'!;   ^^rli^;  '-Xse-T dlSTo'a?k foTk'1^^^^^^ any  more  men  get
todav.^^^fr' .^r"'n,„T^  r:    crmg of the voting agc~ permlttlngj'^.rt^^"'/''PP^« ?"'*   '"'"'"= | dumped we'll gn a lot farther than
unionisation   of   labor,   democratic-!-^!^.V;"^P-,^^^'';y^«^^^J ^.^n,^.^ „J ju.« shutting   off steam."
today,    would    not    discust-   his future  plans.   He  said,  however,  ]. that hc waa suffering from  "ac-    '" cumulated  fatigue."
Japan's  economic   institutions,
it:,  demand   for a 30  per  cent  pay
Stack   said   the   NMU   shut   ott
Tn'O GERMANS ESCAPE
Pcterboro, N. H., Oct. 13. (UP)- Two German prisoners of war, Gus¬ tav Sievert, 22, and Werner Tute, 20. escaped from a work project on the Morrison fnrm here today, the FBI nnnounccd tonight.
The FBI also announced the cap¬ ture at Dublin of Gustave Sitz- mann, another German prisoner, who escaped from a Hollis worit project Sept. 29.
Gen. Patton Hurt In Auto Crash
London. Oct. 13. (UP)—The Luxembourg radio said tonight that Gen. (jeorge S. Patton, com¬ mander of the U. 8. 15th Army, was Injured today In a motor car accident
LAVAL WRITES LETTERS AWAITING EXECUTION
Paris. Oct 13. (UP) — Picrr'.- Laval wrote letters of farewell to his wife and daughter from his prison cell today and smoked one cigaret after another a.s he await¬ ed his death before a firing squacl.i
The former Vichy premier lintl httle hope that Gen. Charles dc Gaulle would order a new trinl on the plea that he did not receive a fair trial in the high court that sentenced him to death for trea¬ son. Laval was reported to have expected he would be executed lo¬ day, since he hns always consider¬ ed "13" his particularly unlucky number.
There was no word from Di Gaulle, who l;u,t night hcTrd thc plea of Laval's lawyers Ihat hc bc given a ncw trinl on Rroiuids his turbulent hearing did not conform to   the   rulea  of   IcRal   procedure.
He told the attornc.vs. Albrri Naud and Jacques Bnrrnduc, that he would "examine Ihe case an<i give my decision." but it was con¬ sidered certain that he would no' intervene.
libernlizing education, and substi-^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ,^^^ ^^ weekly steam on two ships today. Ap- tutinK justice for the tools of in-' .^^^j,,,^ j^^^^.^^^^ p^y The weekly proximately 385 ships were report quisition. Ujo  News  said  corporations  were ediv tied  up  in the harbor by the
Under   tlie   lowered   voting   nge, ..jpi^ j       newspaper   readers   and  strike. It was estiniHted tliat Japan s dec-[,._.^jjg listeners with  propaganda tol
\"Ju}!^,.'Z?"^'^ '"' ''¦'¦!''^A "¦'^''.''T''iper.suadc thrm that ClO'a wage do-1 n,./!;./, /'„/! Troona •J1.H80 00O women   eligible ag-iinst a ;„„„j, „^^   unrea.soiiable   .  .  . and   »""«" ^"" Iroopa potential   21.200,000   males,   ti.2.30,000 of whom are overseas and will  be unable   to   vote   in   Jniiuary     Only
13,000,000   men   ca-st   ballots   at   the general   elections   of   1942. IMay Moon Hold Oflice
Japanese women still may not hold oflice. although it was possi¬ ble thry will bc permitted to do so .'oon   if  thcy   so  desire.
After thc cabinet meeting, the premier met with former Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoyc. iicwly- appointcd special a.ssistant to thc lord privy seal, to discuss Mac- Arthur's ordered constitutional re¬ forms.
II was understood the premier contends revision was unnecessary 'vhilc Konoyc was prepared to recommend necessary changes. It was reported tlmt Dr. Yasak.i Takagi, an authority on the U. S. Constitution, probably would be ap¬ pointed advi.scr to Marquis Kolchi Kido, lord keeper of the privy seal, to nid In fornihiK revisions. 9 Puppets Arretted
The    U..S.   flth    Army   meanwhile
inflntionnry." .^llnrrH Arn Idle
3. Thc soft coal labor dispute, with almost 200,000 miner.s idle in eastern fields, continued dead¬ locked. The nation was losing more thnn 1.000.000 tons of conl daily. Thc dispute arose over thc United Mine VVorkers' demand for recognition ns bnrgalning agent for supervisory workers in the pits.
4. The National Labor Relations Board said it received 200 petitions for strike vote.s during thc first 10 days of this month. Last month a record number of petitions - 307 was filed. More than 70 pcr cent of the companies named In Sep¬ tember's jiotitions wero in Chicago. Kansas City. Ncw York, Detroit and Bnltimore.
5. Deliveries    of   milk    in    New (Continued on Page A-14>
GIRL Rl RNED TO DKATH
Boston,   Oct.   13.   (UPl —Barbara Jackson. 12. of thc South End was
To Get Food from Shtpa
London, Oct. 13. (UP)—Britain called troopa back from the con¬ tinent today to help unload food supplies from ships tied up 17 days by an unauthorized strike of ap¬ pro.ximately  54.000 dock workers.
The first reinforcements from the continent were expected to arrive Monday and join some 4,0(X) sol¬ diers who began unloading meat, butter, eggs, bacon and other pcrisiiable foods from ships In I-iondon, Liverpool, Hull. Grimsby, Manchester and Middlebrough to¬ day. Nation Nerds  Food
There was no indication how many men were being withdrawn from Europe, but British news¬ papers called for as many as neces¬ sary to "save the ration" for British civilians, now receiving lesa than normal supplies of food.
The strike began when a smalt number of dockmen walked out in a wage dispute and spread through-
announced the nrrcst  of nine  ofH-j bu""''.t" death tonight In a three- out   England   as   unoflicial   strike
(Continued on  Page  A-14)
alarm fire which swept a five-story brick apartment house causing damage of $10,000. A fireman suf' fered minor injuries. Several oc cupants fled to the street un harmed.
leaders made demands for a guar¬ anteed $5 a dny wage and a 40- hour week.
Resentment   against   the striker* was spreading.    At several London (Continued  on  Page  A-I>
five Injured in fight
At Hollywood film Strike  Allies Start Search In Hungary
For Reported New 'Death Ray'
Hollywood, Oct 13. (UP)—Five persons were injured today as striking film workers picketed three additional studios and con¬ ciliation meetings opened in an effort to end the 30-weck old AFL jurisdictional   dispute.
Work was halted at Columbia I Pictures in Hollywood nnd at RKO- Pathe studies in Culver City, bring¬ ing the total number of studias crippled lo five. Picketing nt Uni¬ vcrsnl Studios bcgnn Thursday and at Warner Bros, on Oct. 5. Try lo Crash Lines
Thc injured persons — four pick¬ ets and Chief of Studio Police Maurice Carlton — were caught in a fracas which developed at RKO- Pathe when a non-union carpen¬ ter attempted to cin-sh the picket lines in  his automobile.
Two hundred pickets man-hed on thc Technicolor. Inc.. studio late today, hajnpering production. A picket. James A. Smitli. was ar¬ rested  on a charge  of violating  a
gone far enough to enable the In¬ ventor to kill small animals at a range of 300 yards and Induce a stupor lasting five to six houra In other small animals at rangea up to  1.000  yards.
Bv  RONALD CLARK
"Vienna, Oct 13. (UP)—Allied scientists arc on the trail of au alleged "death ray" developed by a Hungarian to near thc stage where    it     reportedly    rould     kili
human   beings   at   great   distance, j,^ Le,j ,„  stupor it   was   disclosed   today.
Some Allied officials believed thc j According to the story, a man story cnough to stnrt au actual;who stepped accidentally into the .search   to  confirm  it \ ray's  range  at 200 yards was  left
picketing ordinance after he scuf¬ fled with  a  policeman.
Tho Screen Writers Guild offici? reimrtcd that Warners had laid off some writers, but actors and direc¬ tors said they hnd received no of¬ ficial notice of intention to lay off oneiliation .Meeting
Thc conciliation nieeting. hoadeil by Federal Conciliator Earl J Ruddy, met for 45 minutes. Rep¬ resentatives of the producers, thc International Alliance of Teatrical Stage Employees and the Painters Union, both AFL. all agreed to make every effort to reach a set¬ tlement.  Ruddy said.
Eric Johnston, successor to Wiii Hays as movie czar, was expected to arrive tomorrow to confer witli film producers and .".it In on peacr negotiations.
The painters union called the Tiie scicntUst said that when the strike March 12 when thc lATSEiwar started, there was pressure to claimed   the  right   to   i turn   the   experiments   Into  an  at-
set   decorators.    Mass   arrests     of tempt to find a death ray.
pickets   were   mnde   VVeriii i    By   the   time   the   Allies   overran   Experts  conaidered his story valid
Warners   sfter 7,'^  wore injured  in'an  experimental shop  in  the Aus-, enough to warrant kioking for the rioting and fist fights. trian Alps, it was aaid, work had | hiding placea.
Started in   1938
According to reliable sources, a Hungarian scientist who was cap¬ tured said that in 1938 a Hun¬ garian organization set up a fund to develop a special type of ray emitter for use in medical prac¬ tice
in a drunken coma for eight houra and took 36 hours to return to normal.
The captured scientist was re¬ ported to have told investigators he believed that with a little more work, a ray deadly to human be¬ ings would have been produced.
He said that last March equip¬ ment which had been assembled during the experiments was spirit¬ ed away to three parts of Austria.