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.IOTH YEAR, NO. 32 — 3(? PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1946
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PRICE TEN CENTS
OddsAgainst OPA in Fight For Survival
Supporters Hoping To Save Controls on Food and Clothing; After Subsidies, too
Fantastic   Cem   Robbery     l^'O^^ ^^ '^^ Times in Manehima
Solved in Baggage Room
WAC Captain Kept Jewels of House of Hesse Found in Castle Kronberji: by Corporal Looking: For Vintage Wine; Brought to I'. S. by Colonel
\ Wasliington, .Tune 8 (UP>- One of tiistorya most fantastic gem irobberies wa.s solved today with Army announcement it now has re¬ covered all the German crown jewels stolen hy a colonel and his WAC oride and can lay its hands on the two remaining Suspects- a major and a corporal.
The last of the priceless Rems, stolen from historic Kronherg Castle in Germany and flown to this country, were  found in a writing-paper box concealed in a Chicago railroad station baggagr locker WIU  Be  Returned ;
Tonight,    the    Klittcring    pile   ot | $1,500,000  m  jewels —  loose stones jewel.^—diamonds   by   the   handful, wrapped     Individually     in     small
Washington, June 8. fUP)—OPA advocates tonight planned a last- ditch .Senate fight to salvage price contioLs on food and clothing from what thev Icrmed the wreckage of the administration's stabilization program, but admitted privately It was   a   lojst  cause.
A four-man "hold-the-Iine" group ~- leprcsenting a Senate banking commitlee minority — said the.v would direct their flre at retain¬ ing rffcjlivc controls on ke.v con¬ sumer items. .Senate debate on the OPA extension bill is scheduled to  open   Monday.
Meanwhile, further rough treat¬ ment for the price agency was in ,<^tnre «« Sen. Bourke B. Hlcken- looper, R.. Ia.. .said he would move for a quick death on government subsidies, .Stinging Minority Report
Tho minority members — Com¬ mittre Chairman Robert F. Wag¬ ner. D., N. Y., Sheridan Downev n.. Cal., Glen H. Tavlor, D., Idaho, and Hush B. Mitchell, D., Wash. — madr public a stinging report charging Congress with a studied effort to torpedo the administra¬ tion's   price   program.
They said the OPA extension bill reported by the Senate banking con^mitlpe waa a threat to the rfonomic safety of the country. Thev warned that "the price bubble" will blow up to a bursting poin strike  or speculators'  panic
sapphinfs, pearls, rubies, jade and bejeweled relics - repo.sed in a heavily-guarded VVar Department vault. They will be returned to their owners, members of Ger¬ many's House of Hesse
squares  of  paper.
About half of the loot had  been found earlier  in Hudson, Wis., af¬ ter Durant's bride confessed. Thrilling Cliase
The Armv broke the sensational
The Army had obtained signed | case when it seized the honey confessions from the two printi- mooning couple after a dime-novel- pals—Col, J. W. Durant, .16. of Falls 1 thriller chase that led through Church, Va., and his ,34-yrar-old i Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, WAC; captain bride, Mrs. Kathleen ! Hudson and finally fo their bed- B. Nash Durant of Hudson, Wis. | room in Chicago's Ill-fated LaSalle They were flown here from Chi-! Hotel. They were arrested Mon- cago with the jewels early today,' da.v morning — less than 48 hours Both are in Army custody, await-1 before the tragic fire in that hotel, ing court martial trial. I    A    spokesman    said    the    Army
Durant broke down under lie- knows the whereabouts of two detector te.its and led Army author-1 other suspects - the major and ities last night to a baggage locker corporal. He said "We can lay our in the Illinois Central Railroad hands on them at any moment." station. There, In the paper box.! but he declined to reveal their they found the last of the missing! (Continued  on  Page A-10)
Xo Start Battle in Court To Outlaw, Disrobe Klan
Murder Included in Sensational Evidence Prepared in Georgia
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Atlanta,   Oa.,   June   8.   (UP)    A
court battle to outlaw the Ku Klux
until   pricked   by   a   buyers',Klan   in   Georgia   and   disrobe   its
or speculators' panic. jmodern   knights   will   be   launched
Downey predicted that failure to within a few day.s. it was disclosed
maintain a tight price control pro gram would result In a "rontinuing Rprici of crises" over the next three years and would bring "unfortunate results" tn n)x>ut 80 per cent of the nation's workers.
But     Hickenlooper     and     other members  opposing  outright  exten
toda.v by State Attorney General Eugene Cook.
Cook said he wa.^; convinced that his staff had accumulated .suffi¬ cient evidence to file legal pro¬ ceedings designed to abrogate the Klan's   charter.
The     attorney     general,     whdar
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Will Send Congress Special Message When Decision Is Reached
s.oM   Of   OPA    placed   the   blame „ have delved into the hooded 	
squHrely   on    Price   Adminl.strntor|order's innermost privacies since a,    Washington,    June    8.    <VP^- Paul Porter and  his  aMuitants.       |fu„ ,^.,,g investigation was ordered Pic-ident Truman today passed up >lav  Kill  Siibaldle* -hv Gov. Ellis Arnalj,  indicated  i lie'his usual wcel<-end .vacht cruise on
Hickenlooper  said   OPA   has   re-jdrive lo wipe out the Klan may beithe  Potomac to ponder one of the
Navy's 'Flying Stovepipe' Can Co 1400 Miles an Hour
started as (<uidcd Missile and Now Can (iet More Po« er from E.xhaust Pipe Than Whole Knginc of a Thunderbolt
Washington,  June  8,   (UP)—The  Navy  tonight  revealed  one  of   it.s most closely-guarded wartime developments—a "Flying .Stovepipe" that I has been flown successfully at speeds of more than 1,400 miles an hour I
The "Flying Stovepipe" is a ram-jet engine originnliy designed toi propel guided missiles. It was developed in the .Navy'.s search for a' supersonic missile lo combat Japan's suicide planes and expected] Baka Bomb attacks. The war ended before it could be put lo practical | use. But the ram-jet was tested successfully on a flying model twoj months   before   Japan   surrendered |
last June 1,1 at Island Beach, -NJ. (he air during flight. The air ". Can  Assist .Motors
While its wartime purpose never
was utilized, the Navy said, il was
possible     the     "Flying    Stovepipe"
may be used in the future for high
. ¦¦ed    cruising    by   aircraft    alsci hour speeds,
I      "led wilh other forms of pro-  p,.  Beyond   V
compre-sspd by the speed of the jet, which heal.'i it In a combustion chamber and expels it through a rear opening with a thrust — or ram" —   capable of  1.400-mile-an-
Government Offers Plan For Seamen
Suggest Paid Day off For Each 14 at Sea; Seek Break in Deadlock; Strike Plans Go Ahead
^      '^'ying   Stovepipe."   which!
I- »   in   "Tj-      from  the   fact  thatj
It   ¦.•orls1*t^   I iaily   of   an   open'
pip.,   ;«>pie«cr«i   ,       -lext   step   be-|
.vrind ji-i n'itnrh i nropcl the
rifyin«    Ccmii.   \  ^ .io''l!»f  hom>i:.
Jl   'vu..    iiTolupcd   for   •
'<>. !; cnT      • iri!»u    bv    tl
(¦i',^sics   liiborntoi/  ul   ,T-
|.iii-    I nivrr»i:y   at   Sllvt
Mds   -"i.'   ?'1   associstei-
Il eliminates the need for the complicated turbine and compres¬ sor used In turbo-jet devices such as   the   \'->  bomb.
The   first   test   was   made     with
f-»d    ¦V-L'jt'iP  exhau.sl   pipe of a Thunderbolt
plane   nnd   produced   .I.OOO     horsc-
c   ^   , ,    'power-more   than   the  horsepower
'   .. r'ii.ie,l" ' •h<" engine from which the pipe
! Os   Hip-> •'etached.
Sj.-iii.!;'., ^    'i'at     .   mplete lnd!;s(rial  lev   'hai.
ram-jet    weighs ound.".    Its weight is
i.,fg4i..?Htio/i5   iT.ri   Ufi«'--r«lUe» :,'.u,     i(..,n     ,-,,  -half     ounce     per
Tac ! im jci i-oij.Mii- Urgel;. if ihoi.-rpdyer nmpnvi.'' wilh the one j-.n op«u pire .Mtli ,'-> ,iiie^-;,cr. round fc. hr>n«ei7''V. - ¦ 'or a con- \no/./.\fi  thm   scj.ip*   11    nx\,-.T   'rj;i'  'eption   'iiitiri.-
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The Chinese have painted  out I  on   It.   A   pill-box   was   also   In-
the Russian characters that adorn- stalled.    Monument stands in the
ed   this   monument   in   Mukden, part  known  aa  tlie  Red  Square
Manchuria, and placed their own |  during   the   Russian   occupation.
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Buffer State
Wa.slunjrton, June 8 (UP)-* Government conciliators toss* ed new sugse.stions into th« deadlocked maritime negotia* tion.s tonight a.s the dispute between .seamen and shirt o\vner.s went into the flniU week before a nationwid* shipping .sti-ike scheduled fot next Saturdaj.
Hoping to point the way td agreement on the ke.v issue of length of the woi'k-week at •sea,   the   government   repre*
.sentatives suggested that merchant seamen be given one day of paiij shore leave for each 14 days at sea.
They emphasized that it was noi a  settlement  proposal,  but  merely;
"suggestion  for  consideration." I.,       ~>«adlork
12,000,000
Ih
Say Jerusalem Mufti Free; May Set Palestine Ablaze
Paris, June « 'UP'—The pro- Nazi Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Ell Husseini. has secret¬ ly "escaped" from France, the French press agency reporled to¬ night, bul officials at the Ministry of    Interior    asserted    there    was
fused to con.sider cv«n a long range de-control program. He added   that   he   may   introduce 'an
two-pronged attack. |most fateful decisions of his presi-
First   will   come   action   In   thcidential   . arerr  --  whether  to  sign civil  courts, -where Cook said prti-ior veto th:  Case strike-control bill, .iniendment   ending   outright   mo»tleecdin,ns   will   be   filed   shortly   to|    The White House said that when governnient   food   nnd   non-agrirul- dissolve the  Klan's  i liarter. he makes up his mind he will send
tiiral subsidies   and tapering others i    While not speclfving  that   crimi-i fongrcss    a    special    me.ssage    ex o(T  until  Dei    .TI inal action sgainst the KKK would plaining   his   ultimate   decision.
Both    Pimocratic   and    Republi-ibe   next   in  order.  Cook   said   th.it      He will  have   to  decide  by  m!d- isn   members    admitted    privately''hIi evideme obtained by investlga-; night    Wednesday.    Otherwise    the thai   OPA   is   "a   dead   duck"   and  tors  dealing  with  alleged  flagrant imeasure   becomes  law  without  his predicted    that    Ihe   Senate   would  illegal  activities"  of certain  Klans-1 nigiiaturc, write  pvrii  more stringent  restric-ipicn would  be "turned over  to  thci     Either   way,    Mr.   Truman's   de-
lions  into  the  measure.
The   minority   report   pledged   alter the civil suit  is  filed til ree-wny effort to:
t     Kliniinale   a   committee   pro¬ vision     for    immediate    lifting    of
proper prosecuting authorities"  af-
Murdrr Included
When   the   attorney   general   re¬
vision     tor    <mmediate    lifting    of.   ""y   '"^    > • ..r i, i-  v-.i-
price regulation, on  meat,  poultrv l'^'""''*''"'??', ^T,   "uw""!'".,^nt and dairv  products. York,  his  Klan-breaking  a.ssistant
products. 2 -Re-establish    "effective"   con trols   over    clothing   bv    restoring
Dan Duke, gave him a full  report ,,.,^^^___^ .  of evidence  his  secret  agents  and OPA'.smn\imiini-av'eraKe-pVice'pia'n i"lher   investigators   said   they   had whirli   limits  ninniifaclurers  prires  ""*'"'""~'^-
to   lho.se   prevailing   in   the   corre-{    The   report   in'luded   charges   of spoiiHmg quarter of 1043. | suspected    murder    and    a    ."iS-lash
.1     Strike    out    what    thev    call;"ogging.   hoth   of   which   the   Klan "sppii.il. interest    legislation."    fnr  indignantly     denied     as     "prepos-i
automobile,   farm   iimplement   aMd;terous." Sminorarv     hut    drajitir     work-or
"  - Dr.  Samuel  C.reen.  grand dragon "'"'Porarv    hut    drastic,    ^"fK "r ¦
of   the   Klan   in   Georgia,   re, rived ''¦'Hft  legislation  to   prevent strikes |
impending   court   ar lion  gamly.   He indicated that   his
cision     will     have     political     and economic repercussions. Labor Oppoaed
Organized labor, whose vole may be lhe determining factor in the 1946 congressional and 1948 presidential elections. Is solidly against the Case Bill and its nro- posals for permanent restrictions on strikes In private industries.
Proponents contend it is neces¬ sary to a.ssure industrial peace They also argue it would be in- conjiistcni for Mr. Truman to veto the     Case     Bill     after     requesting
nothing  clandestine about  his cip- parture.
The   press   agency   said   ofHcials
started   an   inquiry   to    d*V"'"''>*
hoiV   Ihe   Mufti,   one   of   the   most
ruthless' and   ambitious   of     Arab
.politlciaii>,  had  slipped  out of  tbe
country. At the m'ristry,  huwever.
I a spokesman  said the Mufti never
, had   been   under   arrest   ami   was
free to come and go as he pleased.
Friend nf Hitler
The news agency revealed no details other than thai the Mufll, an arch-conspirator and personal friend of Adolf Hitler, was headed for an unknown destination. This, political observers said, undoubt¬ edly was the Middle Fast, prob¬ ablv  Saudi  Arabia  or  Palestine.
Rumors of the Mufti's reappear¬ ance in the Middle East Ihrough a negotiated "escape'* have been recurrent for months. His actual arrival there, observers said, mighl
touch the match to the political tinder in Palestine. Haj Amin. al¬ though created "Mufti" by a Brit¬ ish high commissioner, is rabidly anti-British and anti-Jewish. '
To the Arab world Haj Amin is an unparalleled political leader. To the non-Arab world his record includes unsuccessful intrigue and al^rtive revolt which he inflamed in Palestine, Iran and Iraq. >anieil War Criminal
The "/uposlavs have named him as a war criminal for his part in collaborating with Heinrich Himm¬ ler in formation of the Arab Legion, Mo.slem organization used by the Xnzis to police 'Yugoslavia during the occupation. The Jews have accused him of helping plan the extermination of 6,000,000 Jews in  Europe.
Since his escape from Paleatine in 19,17, his trail has led through the Middle East to Germany, where he waa raptured by French troops, to a luxurious villa in suburban Pari|. Both French and British have been reluctant to prosecute iiim in view of the large Arab (Continued on  Page A-iO)
Afghanistan, on Soviet Border, T.trget: r«ey Meets Sialin
sea    .>)..
¦3F. .nan . a* I <v*!e ;< »o-4ld !,'« ! IS '11 Sign of d
|lr<rk
vr»iv»rninem
;'y   hiped   ,n- «tuT»   It-H'fS   :n
¦hant   Seamen   are   de* •^our  work  week at J., luvj. B insist anything ,."<;se      '6.hour worif c '•¦•        ¦   1.'    Ther# bl' lk in V'lt '-xii-
ll' lk in t-ip
: RIOTS IN ALEXANDRIA AGAINST VICTORY DAY
iContinucd  on  Page A-10)
INDONESIANS SEE END OF TRUCE WITH DUTCH
mews   of   the   Impending   rourt   ar-j«(!«'"»'   the  government
-  '     Congressional   supporters   of   the
.so-called    association     of    Ijeorgia ! Klans would ignore any derision  in
.the civil  courts that  would  nullify
Case Bill threatened, in event of a White House veto, to attach It as a    rider    to    Mr.    Truman's    own
Bntavis. .June 8.  (UPi    Prr.^idenl   "•
charter   registered   with   (*e   .,or.  «'"'¦'•««"':>:,   l''»"'l«t"'"-    3"^^ .P'^'-
r^aiavis. .nine s.  <UPi    Pre.sident   ": 7"';:   '/^'^¦••V,LH'.n„m.nf  the  rt^'nti"!    bill    was    passed    by    the
ne,,/n"r,"^\'''  "'irr^"''-'"'' '"''"-  Kni.hts of th^ ^^"hout    change,    but    the
nesian repiihlir railed upon his foi-  '^"'K''''' "'.'he K.i Klux Klan, Inc.  j,       j      deleted    the    "work-or-be-
lower,   throughout   Java   to   mohil-.,«"•<>'•",7""''-<' '''«'"" :"""r:6^Xd''.nH.rh.r   n,."mve   nro. I'e   ngainst   the   Dutch   In   a   radioi"""    '"''''"'    betwean    the    modern «^"''" sddrcss   tmlav  which  hinted  omin-1'*"'"*^'*  ""''   ^'^^   "''*   "'^''^"-   '^vhich »'"on" oiisly   at   an   imminent   breakdown I "'•""'   ""^   "'   existence   owing   fhe In negotiations. federal government over $700,000 in
"The  Dutch  have now iinsheath-  '"''''*  •«"<'¦• ed their sword on the Indonesians. Keeping up Old i'hBrter >\e must  rise  to defend ourselves.'    The grand dragon disclosed, how
A  crisis  unprecedented   in   Indonc- ever, that  a  five-man  board of di¬
tion   exists   hetwean    the   modern i"^"""*"   and   olher   punitive   pro-
visions Waahlngton  SwellerInK
The gravity of the decision con¬ fronting Mr. Truman was evidenc¬ ed by the fact that he decided to forego the cooling breezes of fhe i Potomac at a moment when Wash-
'lan history is now confronting the rectors has been set up within the people . . , the outlook looks Klan organization to keep the old gloomy," charter   legally   in   force.   Why,   he
It was feared Hiikaro's broadcast did not sav. portended a  renewal of the bloody      Green    declined    to    say    if    his righting that met the British when  hooded   membership   would   defend they occupied  the  island  after  Ja-i Ilself    in    court.      He    added    that
pan's   surrender.   Britain   now   has "since we have no connection with!	
turned  over virtually all Java gar-lthe charter now on record, our or-   ,,,.,__   ,,,,__   ——.-—. nsons lo large Ditch forces. (Continued  on  Page  A-lOi 'MUST   WAGE  PEACE ,
ington was sweltering through one
of the hottest days of the year with the temperature around the 90's,
He al.so kept hLs calendar nf publicly-announced appointments blank so he could ponder decision without   interruption.
Bride oi 79 and Groom Aged IB Hurry From Wedding to Weed
Louisa, Ky.. June 8. (UP)—An J«-.vear-old, apple-cheeked youth and his June bride, a 79-ycar-old womsn with 49 grandchildren, were married at the county court house today and then dashed off for their home in the Kentucky hills to «pend their honeymoon getting rid of the weeds In their vegetable garden,
Delbert I^e Sprouse waa a nerv¬ ous bridegroom. He forgot to kiss the bride, Mrs. Mattie Lyons I..arge, as the concluded the ceremony be¬ fore some 200 curious townsfolk in  his  office.
Right after Ihe "I pronounce you man and wife." Delbert hurried "Ut of the office of Judge U F. ¦^Vellman to the county clerk's of¬ fire. He said he wanted to inspect the papers to "make sure It'a all legal."
Bride Not Bothered
Mrs. SprouKc apparently was un¬ perturbed   by   her   new   husband's
in Today's Issue
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forgetfulness. Dressed in a striped blue, yellow and rose cotton dress that almost touched the floor and wearing a big, black straw hat. she followed him to the clerk's office.
They turned down invitations to stay on town for a wedding dinner, Inatead they got into a truck, be¬ longing to a neighbor, and drove off  to  their  farm  home.
"The weeds arc running away with our crops," Mrs, Sprouse ex¬ plained. "We've got to dig them out  of  the  garden "
Young Sprouse waa dressed In the same droopy, grayish work pahfs and shirt which he wore in vorking as a hired hand at the 17-acre farm. He removed his hat during the ceremony al the judge's request.
He had been working for Mrs. Large, a widow for 17 years, for the paat three years. She said she had decided the farm needed a man about permanentl.v. Neighbors said she was peeved because one of her grandchildren, the young¬ est of whom ia the same age as Delbert, left her and she couldn't run   the  farm   alone.
Asked what her future plans were, she said: We'll just stay out at the farm awhile unless we take a notion  to  leave."
The wedding had hern planned iContinued on Page A-IOJ
HALSEY TELLS NATION
Cedar Rapids, Ia„ June t 'UP)— Admiral William F. Halsey told Americans tonight that "we must wage peace with honest determin¬ ation or be doomed to a world of fear."
Speaking on the occasion of Iowa's 100th anniversarj-. Halsey said: "For us, in 1946. tlie danger most certainly is not past: the mag¬ nitude of the task before us will pemrit no trifling. The bold chal¬ lenge that confronts every Amer¬ ican is unmistakeable - we must wage peace with honest determina¬ tion as we waged war, or be doomed to a  world of  fear."
Cairo. June 8 (UPi - Daylong demonstrations marked by the ex¬ plosion of hand grenades flared In the great British naval base of Alexandria today as Egyptians pro'..esied British Empire Victory Day celebrations wilh a one-day general strike.
Reports from Alexandria said groups of 1.000 workers and stu¬ dents gathered in various points of the city thoughout the day, stoning policemen, smashing shops and burning streetcars.
One hand grenade of Italian type exploded in a British Army workshop, seriously wounding two Egyptians. Arother grenade went off near the postofffce in the Sidi Gaber district, injuring four per¬ sons.
A large basket containing about 60 more hand grenades was found beside a wall in the Cleopatra dis¬ trict.
Heavy reinforcements of police and Army troops charged the crowds with batons, dispersing the demonstrators, but they would breA up and then regroup again throughout the day.
SAYS ONLY FIRM STAND BY U.S. CAN FREE POLAND
Buffalo, N. Y., June 8. (UP)— Only a strong stand h.v the United States will free Poland from Ru sian domination. Gen. Thaddeus Bor-Komorowski. "General Bor" of the Warsaw uprising, declared here today.
In Buffalo as the guest of Nia¬ gara Frontier Polish-Americans, he declared that, if America is firm enough in such a protest, Russians who are alive to the wishes of "the greatest power in the world" will  comply.
"Poland is being ruled by a puppet Soviet regime, imposed on her by foreign powers," General Bor said. '"The Red Army and the Soviet secret police are decid¬ ing f.ictors, controlling every sphere of political, social and economic life of the countr}'.
"There is no real freedom of press, as.sembly, of political activity and the country's economy suffers from the heav\' burden of forced exports to the Soviet Union of com¬ modities badly needed locally," he charged.
Moderates Offer Program For Italian
Admits He's Hungry After 80-Day Fast
Belfast, June 8 c UPl—David Fleming, former Irish Republican Army commander, ended an 80- da.v hunger strike today and ad¬ mitted he WHS hungry.
A prison doctor gave Fleming glucose, sweet milk and a bll of brandy. He also was permitted to smoke a cigaretle.
Later, the doctor said the 32- year-old prisoner's condition was sn critical he didn't believe Fleming  would  recover.
The IRA leader went on a hunger strike in protest againsl alleged cruel treatment of "polit¬ ical prisoners." and for his re- Iea.se from a lL'-\ear sentence for treason and felony.
Rome, June 8 fUP) —Premier AI- cide de Gasperi's victorious Chris¬ tian Democrat party today demand¬ ed a moderate republican govern¬ ment for Italy In a six-point proc¬ lamation setting forth its stand on the questions involved in framing a new Italian constitution.
The proclamation waji issued as quiet returned to the bloodstained streets of Xaples and while govern¬ ment officials, anxious to avoid further rioting in southern Italy by bitterly resentful royalist mobs, rushed preparations to send King Humbert II into exile. Disorders Subaide
Minister of the Interior Guiseppe Rosita announced that Naples was "more orderly" after yesterday's royalist demonstrations in which three were killed and 26 wounded. He said the government had de¬ cided that no apecial measures were necessary.
The Christian Democrats, claim¬ ing 207 of the new constiluent assembl.v's MB seals, assumed lead¬ ership of the nation's political groups with this program:
1.—Support   of the   republic.
2.—A  balance  of  power  «luong
the   executive,   judicial   and   legis¬ lative branches.
3.   A two-chamber parliament.
4.—Decentralization of the com¬ munal and regional administra- Lions which under fascism were concentrated in Rome.
."),-Recognition of  labor unions.
6.—A   general   amnesty   for   poli¬ tical crimes. Want De Gasperl as Premier
In addition, the Christian Demo¬ crats demanded that De Gasperi be retained as premier of the new government, with either 71-year- old Ivanoe Bonomi or 86-ycar-old Vittorio Orlando aa president of the republic.
Efforts were being made to speed the ceremony at which Humbert will hand over his powers of state lo De Gasperi, marking the end of the reign of tbe House of Savoy, but an interior ministry spokes¬ man said the ceremon.v "can't pos¬ sibly take  place before Monday.'
The royal house announced today that Humbert will leave Italy on his journey into exile one hour af¬ ter the  ceremony.
If has heen reporled that Hum¬ bert will fly to Lisbon to join his iquecn and their foi^r children.
ALLIEOmORY
Britain's Spectacle Most Colorful in Empire's History
London, June 88 (UP)—Great Britain celebrated the Allied vic¬ tory over Germany today with all the pageantry and pomp it could summon from its tradition and vast empire, but rain ruined part of the elaborate enlerlainments and spec¬ tacles.
An estimated 12,000.000 persons, a quarter of the United Kingdom's population, jammed bomb-scarred London for a 14-hour Victory Day program, in whicii were scheduled water pageants. Scots bagpipe con¬ certs, fireworks exhibitions. Punch and Judy shows and dances in the parks.
Halfway through Ihe parade, fea¬ ture of the celebration, rain began to pour down and the crowds started to look for shelter.
Fool and mechanized units from all of the United Nations, except Russia, Poland and Yugoslavia, were in the parade. On Ihe re¬ viewing atand in the Mall to take thrir salute were Britain's royal family. King George II of Greece, Prince Bernhard of the Nether¬ lands, Prince Felix of Luxembourg, the Crown I'rince and Princess of Norway and 40 of the Allies' most famous military leaders. Yanlis I.ead Column
A small detachment of American
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The conference followed after publication hy the magazine New Times of tailed article emphasizir strategic Importance of Afgh aa a crossroads trade and routes.     The   article   also   i i
that Afghaniatan was an anamoly created by British i policy.
It charged that large minorities of Tadjiks, Uzbeks and Turkc- manians live in poverty in Norlh¬ ern Afghanistan across the .Soviet border from the Soviet republics of Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenia, There was no indica¬ tion whether the aiialvsi.>, might be preliminary lo .Soviet augges¬ tions for autonomy of these minor-
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tkne workers if the strike goe.s on. Harry Lundchcrg, president of tho AFL Se.nfarers Union, said his group observes picket lines whero there are "legitimate beefs" bul not those involving "political issues."
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However. New Times frenuen'lv' '^'^'' National .Maritime Union fornca..ts Soviet dpiomatic policv I ^''""'•" "^J"' ""^ here while tho and puhliration of the Afghan i''""''*'' "'''^""'""'"" ^^"^ «°'"« °"' analvsis   wss    believed    to   retlert I """^ made plans for the impending
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column. At intervals behind them i New Times asserted that Afghan-1 '* '''¦'"' "nnounccd th.it three rep- were units from the Air Forres, I istan's location was "tremendouslv i''''¦"""'^"^''^¦'' of the CIO unions will the Marine <:orps and 25 members important" aa a link between thr'''""'^'' ^^ondny with CIO President of   the   hell-for-leather   82nd   Air- Near   East  and   the  Central   Eajil I F'hilip Murray when  he returns to
and   noted  that  "huge armies  and i \^'*shington "to acquaint him with vast    multitudes    of    people   once crossed this territory In their prog¬ ress   from   Europe   nnd   Asia   into India."
It noted that there was an ethic division, wilh the northern residents closely related to the races which inhabit Soviet central Asia and the southern group re¬ lated   to  Indian  peoples
borne Division, whose precision marching drew prolonged cheering. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, com¬ mander nf American forces in Europe, represented Gen. of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army chief of staff and iormer Allied supreme commander, Adm. Kent Hewitt represented the American Navj'. and Gen. Franklin Hart, the Marine Corps.
In   the   line   of  march   were   all I    "Visitors   to    Afghanistan,"    the the   races,   religions  and   uniforms i magazine  said,   "nre struck  by  an of the British  Empire,  units   from j'mexampled confusion of tribes and Nigeria,    the    tlold    Coast.    Sierra I peoples " Leone, Gambia and Kenya Uganda, j Tanganyika,    Yyasaland,   Zanzibar and Somaliland.   There  were   bur- noosed Arabs, Zulus with burnished spears  and  Ghukka  warriors  with their vicious, curved kukri  knives.
There were British Commandos in cherry-colored berets ar^fi dozens of bands headed by massed pipers of the Irish and Scottish regiments.
It was the summer again after the dark days of 1940, when France, Holland and Belgium lay prostrate and Winston Churchill thundered that Britons would fight on their beaches, in their fields and in their homes but would never surrender. 8lept on Sidewalks
Tens  of  thousands  had  slept  on (Continued   on   Page   A-2)
the latest developments in negotl- ations to secure peaceful settle* ment of thhe issues involved in tho scheduled  .lune   K'S  strike."
Tho.se named lo confer with Murray were Joseph Curran. presi* dent of the NMU: H.irry Bridges, president of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen, and Joseph P. Selly, president or the American Communications Ai* sociation.
Union spokesmen refused to ela* IContinued  on   Page A-10)
Army Sending 4,500 Men fo Arctic To Test Equipment and Tactics
Washington. June 8. (UP)—The,an escort of smaller ship* spent Army, acting to strengthen ils de-iaeveral weekji in Arctic water*, fenses against trans-polar attack | Task Force "Frigid" will operate tonight ordered three task forces,out of Ladd Field, Army air ba*e> totaling 4..100 men into frigid nor-!Fairbanks, Alaska. Task Forco them circles for seven months 1 "Frost" will be based at Camp next  winter to   test  the  effecta  of, McCoy,    Wis.,    and     Task    Fore*
"Williwaw ' will operate from Adalq Ala.ska,  also  an  AAF  center. The   War   Department   said   th^
extreme   cold   on   equipment    and tactics.
The   operation   gave   added     im-
May Put Atom in Deep \}'ater Torpedo
Aboard the USS Mt. McKinley at Bikini, June 8. (UPl—Atomic torpedoes capable of diving to great depth.s before exploding under naval convoys may de¬ velop frnm the Bikini atomic bomb tessts. Vice Adm. W. H. P, Blandy  said  today.
Of three tests to be held, Blandy said, by far the most sig¬ nificant will be the explosion of the atomic bomb more than 2.000 feet under 16 to 20 target ships.
This test tentatively is sche¬ duled early next year off the southwestern edge of Bikini stoll. where roral-topped peaks slope preripilously to ocean depths. The first two tests an air drop and a shallow under¬ water hurst will br held in Bikini Lagoon after July. 1.
ine   operauon   gave   «<..,._..     ¦'"-iArmy would  "perfect  in  peace thJ ^"/^..'"-iPil".' ."u'^l''T."'L^y J!!!!" I "quipment il may need in combat.'
Army officers that the next war, if it comes, probably will start with air and surface attacks across  the norlh  polar ice cap.
May  Change  Methods
Equipment to be tested will in¬ clude tanks, radar, self-propelled guns, special snow vehicles, ra¬ tions, field kitchens and clothing. At the same time, the Army said, "the need for changes in existicis; tactical doctrines and training methods"  willi  be  studied.
The operation, beginning next Oct. 1 and running until April M. 1947, will be carried out by the Army ground forces. Volunteers will be asked for the three task force-s. 'to he called "Frigid," "Frost"  and "Williwaw '
Experts from the Air Forces, the Navy and the Marine Corps will go along as observers. The tests will parallel those carried on by northwest of Madison, Wis,, and the Canadian go\ernment last,right miles from Spara, Wis., anf winter as "Operation Muskox" and has tcmperatuics ranging (roni the Navy's 'Operation Frostbite.' : zero to freq*lng for Ihiee monthA in which the carrier Midway and ithe Army said. ,
The .site.i were chosen to test equip* ment    in    extremes    of    prolonged Arctic   cold. Dejelop New Equipment
Out of the tests the Army expects to develop new equipment to meel all possible winter combat condi^ tions. Experts expect to devise n«^* tactical doctrines nnd training methods   for  winter  operations.
At Fairbanks, Taslt Force "Willi* waw" is expected to encounter temperatures as low as 68 degree* below zero. Snow piles up five feel on the level there in the lattel part of the winter. ^
At Adak. Task Fo*^ -Frigid" faces conditions of nijfaverage ol more than six inches of rainfall • monlh from October Ihrough AprlL sudden thaws nnd cold sr>ells, ana winds up  to  no miles an hour.
Camp McCoy, where Task Forc4 "Frost"   will    operate,    is   9S   mil<4
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