Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Partly rloudy. continued   cold.
40TH YEAR, NO. 26 — 48 PAGES
May Is Crisis Month for Europe's Hungry
Survey Shows Desperate Will Survive Or Starve Depending: on Supplies To Be Imported in Next Few Weeks; -    Anderson Does Not Plan to Seize Grain
H- tv  R. MOfilKBOTHAM
London, April 27. (UP) -A country-by-country survey of the European food situation tonight disclosed that the battle against starvation will t^won or lost on deadlines from two weeka to one month hence.
Bread for only 14 days is available in Die British zone of Germany. Italy is already dependent upon the black market for .survival. France ias had no butter or margarine for a month.
HriUin has two months' grain supply. Holland 12 weeks'. In Wurtem- durg and Baden oats  previously allottfd  to live.stock  will be  uaed   for
iiirC'rhrs'^Month"' I""'""   «'      I"*"   P°""ds   of   bread
-Th. ni.'ture of the reports to the  ^'osts   t4-50   on   the   black   market.
Untied   Press   disclosed   that   May | Without   UNRRA   Italy   would   be
r^   the   crisis   month   and   that   if "ear starvation.
tTOTTrD   PRRHn
Win New* aarrtce
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1946
PRICE TEN CENTS
New Prize for a Hero
Movk" are not replenished by that time the effects of malnutrition and .starvation will become more wide¬ spread.
Two fairly bright spotjs appeared on the food map -Norway and Den¬ mark, which have an export »ur- plu.s of food if ships and transport can be made av.iiliihlc. Czecho¬ slovakia reported food supplies ini- •proving.
The Brilish zone of Germany, an area of 20.000,000 population, was one iri.'.is spot. There only last night raiders struck at a farm near ColoK'ie to steal potatoes and pork. British authorities were combing German farms for hoarded stocks and finding little. Srraplnit the Flour Barrel
A dihpatch from Bad Oeyenhau¬ sen, British headquarters, said: "Tfie bottom of the,grain barrel has been scraped. At the end of April tne Uemians in the British zone mu."! depend on imports for bread until the next harvest."
Here is the country-by-country situation:
Britain: Cabinet meets next week to take further steps to conserve grain. One million tons on hand, enough for two months, and stocks hsve been diverted en route or a promise that they will be replaced. Plenty in Black Market
Italy: Food plentiful in black market    but    adequte    meala    cost
Jake   Ijnrtscy,   who   was   100th ¦World   War   II   infantryman   to
Germany, American zone: Aver¬ age German has four slices of bread, four potatoes, a little fish and sometimes a bit of cheese per day    but no meat.
Germany, Russian zone: No oil or margarine.
Berlin: May be without potatoes fir.st week in May. Average eve¬ ning meal is a boiled potato, two spoonhful of fish, or hash, dry bread.
(iernmny. French zone: food con¬ sumption below 1.000 lalories a dny - described by authorities as slow  starvation  level.
Poland: About the same or lower than   French  zone  of Germany. 9iM» CUorieit ¦  Uay I
Austria: Rations may fall to 2301 South Haven, Mich.. April 2T. calories per day in May. Last, (UP)—A father charged today that October Vienna received 20 pounds  hjj wealthy daughter had been slain
of potatoes per person. There have   . ,        ,
been  none  since.  Some  .31.000  tons  ''>'  PO's^nlnK «"<» of   cereals   have   been   made   avail
Russia Gives Demand for Of Italian
Up Third Fleet
Compromise Boosts Peace Treaty Hopes; To Leave Italy but 4 Cruisers, Torpedo Boats, Small Craft
receive   Congressional   Modal   of Ilonbr, and hia wife look fondly
at their new babv daughter born nt a Cambridge, Mass..  hospital.
Woman Left $1,000,000 to Her Partner But Fattier Says She Was Poison Victim
able   by  American   authoritiea   for May.
France: No distribution of butter,
Chicago court
granted   an order   for  exhumation
o! her body.
Ray Rubenzik. 48. died Nov. 15 at Wymore,   Neb.,  and  waa  buried  in
margarine     or    oil     this    month! 1 Chicago.    Her will left nearly $1,- Avcrage   ration   for   two   meals   is 000,000   in   real  estate  holdings  to
her   business   partner,   Samuel   u. Rlfas of Kansas City.
Louis R. Rubenzik, a summer re¬ sort operator here, is her father.
of
about   one-third   of   an   ounce meal. Potatoes are scarce.
Holland: On April first had 3SS,' 000 tons of grain, reserves for 12 Wf^ks but since has sent 80,000 tons to France, The Dutch need 300.000 tons more,
Belgium:  Darker bread loaf has (Continued  on   Page  A-3)
"I  think  ahe  waa  poisoned,"  he
."¦^id. "I was with her in Kansas "*itv three diya before her death. She was a perfectly healthy, normal woman then."
He said he was informed his daughter died of paralysis in a "healinK establishment" at Wymore "without aid of competent medical attention."
Mias Rubenzik operated a beauty parlor in Chicago before meeting Rifas. The father said they en¬ gaged in buying and selling real estate, and ihe amassed a fortune. He said they owned the Common¬ wealth Hotel In Kansas City.
Rifas waa unavailable for com¬ ment In Kansas City. The father Is fighting execution of the will in Kansas City court.
Rul>enzik said Rifas had prom¬ ised to marry his daughter as soon as he obtained a divorce.
Coal Strike Reaching Alarming Proportions
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President Alarmed With Reconversion At Stake—Chicago Faces Brownout; Lewis Plans Same Strategy in Anthracite
'Washington. April 27.  (UP)—President Truman and top administra-   t.   i-       ri     .       j j    ^ ^l
|.ion   leaders   tonight   manifested   alarm   over   industrial   paralysis   be-   •l»'ian lloet and agreed at the |jinning to stem from the soft coal strike. Production officials admitted    foreign    minister's    COUncil 3i.scouragement because of industrial slowdowns caused by the strike,   rneetinir to a romnromisp <riv. I    Inlormed   sources   pessimistically   forecast   the   possibihty   that   t^e i •        7.   *^, ° ",u     ^ f *^ I
nine walkout may laat two to four weeks longer. ' "IP "<^1' '^SS than a quarter Of
But  Sccrctar.\   of  Uibor  Lewis  B.   Sriiwellenhach   was  struggling  to ! the former Kascist WarshipS. a coal production going sooner. He will meet with bituminous opera- rru cy ..
' ' The new Soviet concession came during a three and a half hour discussion of terms of the Italian peace treaty at the third session of the Big Four Foreign Ministers. As at previous sessions, a Soviet
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG
Paris. April 27 (UP) — Russia tonight yielded on her demand for one-third of the
, iCt
tors al 3 ii. m. tomorrow, and will call on producers and John L Lew¬ is to resume contract negotiations on Monday or Tuesday,
kixted   yeiterday,   wa«   the   eom-
plrte   endor.>ement   nf   the   <itra-
legy iM-ing u«eil hy International
Ol.     «,-     .    T„.«i.,v.   i.'iri   ..,A   K«l   President  .lohn  K  Lewla in  Ihe She  waa  a  Jewish   girl  and   he,  ^„,j ,,„^,  ^^^,^^
was a Genlile," Rubenzik aaid. "Her will aaid that her father, mother and brothers were rich enough and did not need any money, but we think there is aome- thlng wrong somewhere."
VETERANS PAYING TOO MUCH MONEY FORTHMSES
VA Accuses FHA of Unreasonable Values; Realtors, Lenders Hit
IS ROXAS'FIRST JOB
Hopes for U.S. Aid In Solving Islands Financial Problem
Washington. April 27. <UPi    Thr  By WIIJJAM C. WILSOX
Veterans    Administration    charged      Manila,    April    27.    (UP)~Brlg.
tonight   that   the   Federal   Housing',-.._   «.',,., »   ,._    t> i.i. u-
».._^_i.....;...     v,„j     »i„..i      ._ Gen. Manuel Acuna Roxas, with his
presidency virtually assured, said in
Administration     had     fixed     "un rra-ionable"    price    ceilings    which nre   preventing   home-buying   (JI's from getting their money's worth. It alho charged that some realtors and  lenders   are  "preying"  on   vet-
eran.^. and advised C.I's to be "war>|"i '"" Philippines, in  huying on   the  current  Inflated     His second problem. Roxas said
an interview today that his first taak upon assuming office July i will be restoration of law and order
nisrket
Will Not Accept FHA Figuree
will be to solve the financial plight of the islands "in which I hope and
But It directed Us main blast I believe America will co-operate, agaiiLst KHA ceilings which, it .said. I He said the needs of the Philip- are about 10 per cent higher than pjnp budget probably will be 10 the "justifiable reasonable value." I times as great as potential revenue It    served    notice    that     VA     ap- during his first year in office.
",^.\     M     •",    ".      •evidence     of ^y the Philippines election commis-
Inw 1?^ ^"iU^u .       1        toJ"'""    «t    'Op.    m.    indicated    that
..AhH.h.r""'"^ '^"k-""''¦'"¦ I'T^^R'""^-''.    hi"    vice-presidential    run- •'tabli.shes      reasonable    c e 11 i n g !„,„„ ,^„,. :— -
pi ces" and unless otiier c orreitive
bahly the entire liberal wing tic¬ ket will be elected over the con¬ servative party of incumbent Pre¬ sident Sergio 0<mfTia.
"'rps    are   taken    to    protect    tho house-buying    veteran     VA    could ' >'0t   guarantee   loans.
VA   guarantees   GI   loans   up   to half   the   vilue    cf    i    hou'e    but I Working on Tablnet no  higher  l!-«n   M.OOO. These returns gave Roxas 958.294
looking   Ahead votes to 822.8,'tfi for Osinena, a lead
,1,    ",""¦'  '^    Pavesleh.  direetor of  of 13.'),4S8. Qiiirino also was moving ¦  1J "   ''"'"   'I'lardntce   -lervicr,   away   from   the   conservative   vice
• old  H   press conference  that: | presidential ciindidatc. Sen, Kiilogio
liiiless thl;   is done   Ihe veteran i R„(jriRiiez. wilh a  14.099 majority. I' ^Toing  to be  bilked  in  the hous
'ng program nnd In a few W" are golr.i to havi: somt • of catastrophe. The veterin hiving great difficulty todav g'"ttin(r value for Mn mone.v ie's being boxed around con- si'lerably."
He said one of the chief faults lav in whst he described as BT^A granting of construction priorities and est«.blishing of price ceilings on a "verv limited showing of facts" -without carefully examining building plans or determining the type or quality of materials to be used in construction.
"Thus.'' he said, "ceillngit are siih-
(The IJnUed Press Manila Bureau reported official returii.'> lat    7   a.   m.   Sun lav   as:    Roxas,
';r'l.'K),V240;    Oa.nena,   8'il,487-   Quiri- ino,   82.'l.«7ii:   P.odriRue/,   788.,'>57,l
Roxas, nici'MWhile. was workina; on formation of his c:ibiiiet which lu expected to be made knovvn be¬ fore Tuesday Ofinena .so far hns refu.*ied to concede defeat but he iiiis "preparcil a .statement" which I is press secretary said he would probably release  Sunday.
NO SHORTA(iK OF WISKCRAt^KS
Washingtcm. April 2T. (UP)-
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POPE RECEIVES U.S.
stantially higher than an Investlga- Army Air Forces weather service tion nf prices and con.striictlon forecast a clear day for its picnic. Would warrant." lit rained.
Huge
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Black Market in Men's Suits, ons Uncovered in Middle West
Indianapolis. April 27. (UP)—A i orders for suits on a downtown tremendous black market In men's i street, police said They are Robert suits and nylons has been uncover-! ingersoll, 2."). Indianapolis, and •d with the arrest of four men - j William Ames, Louisville, They one   a   former    minister on    a i hnve heen in lustody several days,
charge of stealing $200,000 worth of  police   said,   while   their   activities nierchindise from Railway Express I were   Inveslignled. •hipmenls   In   at   least    six   states, I iVo  K«piV«»  Dispatches police announced today,
The     Kederai
Bureau of In¬ vestigation and police of Indlan- •Polis, Indiana nnd the Railway Express co-operated in the in¬ vestigation that led to the arrest.
Two   of    the    men    were    seized here while selling nvlons and taking
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For Giving Trutti
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Vatican Cily, April 27. (UP)- Pope Pius today told 12 touring American newspapermen that the pre.ss holda a great responsibility to the world through iU power to do   good  or  evil.
In a 20-minute audience granted the newsmen he said that the press must be "undeviatingly loyal to the truth lest this tremendous in¬ fluence be exercised amiss."
The text of the Pope's statement:
"U affords us great pleasure in¬ deed to welcome to our Vatican Citv so dlstiguished a representa¬ tion of the press of the United States." the Pope said.
"Dedicated as you are to your profession, you are aware of its power, whether for good or evil, and your consequent responsibility under God to the people whom you serve, >lllliona   Depend   on  VIewa
"Because of the marvelous faci¬ lities at your disposal, millions of readers take up your publications dailv and in a few moments are informed of the world's happenings.
"You enter every home, you in¬ fluence uncounted minds ana hearts, you help Immensely to mould the thought of the nation. How few will be qualified by char acter and education to evaluate your writing critically? 'Will not the vast majority accept the posi¬ tion .vou advance as their own and shape their philosophy accordingly.'
"The press must therefore be un¬ deviatingly loyal to the truth, lest this tremendous Influence be ex ercised amiss. The truth of which we speak is the truth of vision by which .vou see eventa as the.v actu¬ ally happen and the truth of pre¬ sentation by which you report faithfully the events- as you have (Continued on  Page A-20)
GERMAN BISHOPS PLAN PROTEST ON HARSHNESS
Welsbuden, April 27. (UPl—C^ath olic bishops of western Ciermany |)lan to protest to the Allied Con¬ trol Council in Berlin that Ger¬ mans are forced to live under such harsh occupation laws that the fu¬ ture safety of the country is en dangered, American Military Gov¬ ernment authoritiea disclosed to¬ day.
The protest presumably will be in lieu of a bitter pastoral letter, especiall.v condemning the Rus¬ sians, that was to have been read in Catholic churches throughout the American, British and French zones Easter Sunday. At the re¬ quest of Military liovernment, the letter was withdrawn, except In Bavaria, where it was read last Monday,
A similar letter, but less strong
Detectives Tlinmas Delaney and Waldln Paige .sn»i two other men. who   are   charged   with   possessing
merchandise   stolen   from   Railway       _
Express   shipments    In   Louisville, jy   phrased,  was   read  in   German
are under arrest there. Police said these men were William Becker and Harry Mitchell. Both were Identified as Railway Express dis¬ patchers.
Police said the ring operated in several mldwestern cities, includ¬ ing Cincinnati, and southward to Florida,
Evangelical churches on Eaater Evangelista In thia area include about 35 per cent of the popular tion.
The letter read to Bavarian Catholics condemned the Russian transfer of Germans from the east as "inhuman." It charged that 10.000,000  persons   had    been    dis-
No Signal or Emergency Brakes Before Rail Wreck
SHE'S 40-AND 20TH CHILD HAS
Trains too Close To Obey R^les on Flares and Lights
Doesn't Know How They'd Get by But for Garden v
(3iicago. April 27. (UP)—Three trainmen testified at a hearing to¬ day that there was no emergency application of brakea when the Bur- llington railroad's Exposition Flyer 'crashed into the "-(flnding Advance Flyer Thursday, killing 44 persons.
At the same time, Jamea Tang- ncy, flagman on the ill-fated Ad¬ vance, said he did not drop warn¬ ing flares when the train made an unscheduled stop at Naperville, 111., where the crash occurred.
Under questioning by S. L. Fee, Burlington general superintendent, (Gordon Morris of the Interstate Commerce Commission  and a  rep-
The Muiie stra¬ tegy will be uaed here, it I* be- 'leved, aa a means of arhirvlng most of the hard roal miners' demands.
Kederai nuthoriUes \«il| be notified Tuesday, April Xi, that n strike Is ronlemplated in M •lays In the hard coal Industry. The exact date a ualkout will begin, if one is found nereiisar}-, hhould he :\lay 3(i hut may pos¬ sibly be a day lat.i. May SI, ¦•eeause of the .^leniorial Day Kollday.
Reaction nf anthracite opera- ton to the demands «t the men, orincipallv the rrraHon of the health and Hvlfare fund, may be khown later In the week when an Industry-wide meeting ot pro¬ ducers takes plat'e In the new WIlkes-Barre headquarter* of \nthrarite Indu'tr.v, the former Martz Building, Old River Road. -'Maj. W. W. Inglls Is calling the meeting and nia.% announce the ilata tomorrow.
Tomorrow's conference was the first arranged by the I..abor Sec¬ retary since he talked with the parties on April 11. Meanwhile, dwindling fuel supplies threatened Chicag'o with a peacetime brown¬ out, and portended further curtail¬ ment of steel and chemical pro- workers in other industries, and I '•'""t'"!' 'Peeded deliberation, wid reduced rail transportation. Hos- f"^« "^^ ,"> mounting hopes that Pitals, ln.stitutions and utilities^*"" """'"t"" w"'" ,^ able to faced  serious  difficulties. »'^"'^,  "",/"""'   '<"•   th«   treatlea
Mr.   Truman   conferred   on   the  r''"'n  i   '"   ''!!"'^u^  end   the   war crisis    caused    by    the   27-day    old   '"     ''"'^    »"<•     ">*    »•"*""    «'•
Same for Anthracite
The     outstanding     feature    of
the    anthracite    miners'    tri-dis- i     "•   ¦..v..   ....^   iiic..,•.«.    1.1.1-,   ,,•.., , .
l;«t\et„r""\l"lVA"Tm!.V."u    in" ''"'"'°"'    "'^°"''   °'   thousands   of | ^J.VJ:',!!^   :L:r^'^'fJ^l^^jr±^?r^
strike of 400,000 United Mine Work¬ ers (AFL) with Reconversion Direetor John W. Snyder and Presidential Adviser John L. Steel- man. Snyder indicated the coal strike Is the administration's chief reconversion  worry.
Civilian   Production   Administra
in powers.
To Divide Fleet
The ministers agreed on a form¬ ula for the limitation of the Italian fleet, it waa understood. The re¬ mainder of the warships will then be divided among the Allies, with Greece and 'Yugoslavia taking flrst I pick   and   the   rest   being   divided
tor   John   D.   Small   reported   that
the  coal  strike   is  seriously   inter-; among"'t"he 'fiiig *Four
fcring   with   reconversion. „. .       ,     .       ,.      ^   .    ,   ^    ,,
During March Indu.strv made "its . '?,'l'ft'" ]'.''."^^Ut '"'''",'^" *''• biggest gains since V-J bay," Small »"J""'''!i"''' ""''°,i ^n^T,u'"^\°A reported But he added that AifrllH^"'''^*'"'"!'!"^ *"'' Qalodulllo; 10 production will fall "far below the '''""''*'¦"¦ '^ destro.vers, 11 torpedo- March peak" because of » coal . *'?''•"""''.''"•¦"'"''>'»»'""" """>'»«' shortage. "'  .-!!ibm.irines.
Solid Fuels Administrator J. A Th' Russian share was expected Krug reported that he had received Mo be one battleship.   Probably the
.so many requests for allocation of emergency fuel supplies that to grant all would exhaust in 'M hours ¦the 1.150.00 tons of coal available. He reported allocating 500,000 tons since the walkout started.
Krug  said   2.210.000   ton.s  of   coal (Continued on  Page  A-201
Minot N. D., April 27. (UP)— One person more or less at the family dinner table haa little ef-, feet on the grocery bill, but when rp-scntative of the Railroad Brother- the stork flew In with the 20th! hoods, the train crew survivors de- child at the Clarence .Scofield four- 1 scribed the last few seconds of both room home, father began to worry.
The laat baby-the 20th and 14th son -was born yesterday, a normal birth with  a happy mother,   but—
When the Scofields are all at home, there are 22 members in the family,    counting    "Mamma"    and
trains.
II Mubpoenas Served
Their testimony came after State's Attorney Lee Daniel of Du- Page county, where the wreck oc¬ curred,   interrupted   the  hearing  to
WANT OPA CLASH WITH GOPSENATE
Say Little Fellow Can't Stand Loss Of Price Control
Wa.shinelon.    April    27.     (UP) —
F
USE OF MORE GI'S
Army Sees Subversives Capitalizinn on Want; Occupation Force Thin
serve     subywienas    summoning     11 "Papa." Sixteen of the Scofields are, Burlington officials and train crew
at   home   all   of   the   time   at   310! members   before  a  grand  jury   be-' J'"d''Pcn<leni    businessmen    seeking Third  Avenue Southwest. i cause   they   had   ignored   his   in-i'o   bolster  OPA   authority   clashed,   _,.,,,...„,.       .   „
".Vo."  savs 40-vear-old Mrs. Sco-1 testigatjon   to   attend   that   of   the!'¦hnrply   loniRht    with   a    Republi- official   United  States   Army  report field,   fondling  her  ricwest  son   »t | railroad. """    -¦-"'••-"•=-"    "•-'    *'•-    "-'
By RICHARD CT.ARK
Frankfurt,    April    27.
(UP)—An
ic.-\n    decla-ation    that    the    Pri.e j warned today that "subversive cle-
Mercy Hospital, "tlicre are no t'.vins, and tne oldest ia only 23 yars old."
Aaked to nana her children, -Mrs. Scofield ran ove' the fingets and thumbs of both hands twice, saying:
"Well,   starting  with  the  oldest, tVere's   Jack    Delia,   Floyd.   Izetta, Clarence,    Roscoe     Irene,    Dennis, | Roger, Richard,  Iia, Bella, Rober., Kigar,    Herbert,    Donald,    Kathy. Henry,   Barbara   .md   Jame.s.     And j fr.en there's the baby, but he isn't j named  yet." j
Mrs. Scofield. said she's worrying about how the family is getting I along. She left 18-ycar-old Izetta' in charge, and she knows Izetta is. doing all right. But no^ Mrs. Sco- | field is trying to figure out where the baby's going to sleep.
"We have only four rooms at our house," she aaid. "And It's a prob¬ lem to find a place for all of them to sleep."
"But there's always room on the floor for one more pallet."
The Scofields take turns eating because there isn't room for all of them at the table at the same time.
Last night Izetta peeled 21 large potatoes for dinner and said it was hardly enough  to  go  around.  The
C. W. Norris. brakeman on the Exposition Flyer, said the applica¬ tion of the brakes "did not feel' like an emergency application. Asked If the application was such as to cause any alarm, he replied:
"No,   it   was   not."
B.   V.   I^rfindon,   flagman   on   the
Control Act will not be continued without   major  amenc'ments.
The R»publican view was ex¬ pressed bv Ser.nte Republican 'Vhip Kenneth S. Wherry. Neb., who declared th'it the OPA "is not going tn be extrrnded at all •t ithout  amendments "
"The Senate," he added, "has j made   up   its   mind   to   correct   the
Exposition, said the application of
the Exposition's brakes "felt like a  p^,;,^ „f Qp^ „„j ^ j,       .       ^^ • normal application." such as might • have taken place if the train were slowing for a curve.    He estimated that   the   Exposition'.s   speed   had (Continued   on   Page   A-3)
CHINESE FACTIONS NEAR NEW TRUCE AGREEMENT
BuKiness Men (iive View
ments" In Germany may take ad vantag;e of cuts in the food ration lo "create widespread disorder." which would compel the use of "a larger army of occupation for a longer period of time."
High officers of United States Army headquarlers in Europe would not permit the report to be identified further than "offlcial."
It     cited     statements     by     Gen. oseph   T.   McNarney.   commander
other great  powers  will each tak* one nf the remaining battleships.
Atmosphere of the meeting waa described aa "very good-humored" and   "wise-cracking."
French Want .New Boundary
Discu.s.sion of French frontier clairfis ngainst Ital.v. however, made little progress. The French wish to push the Alpine frontier for¬ ward as much ss 10 miles to reach mountain cre.its, dominating stra¬ tegic routes mto Italy. The dis¬ puted area included two big power stations which supply current to Genoa and the Italians are reluct¬ ant   to yield  them.
The. question of disposition of the fleet hnd long been a stumbling block because Russia since the time of the Italian capitulation has claimed that she was entitled to one-third of the ships as the spoils of victory.
It was understood that the ar¬ rangement will completely divert Italy of lapilal ships and leave her only four cruisers. When she entered the war .lust before France fell. Italy boasted five battleships and 11 cruisers. No  Destroyers, Subs
It WHS doubted tonight that Italy will be left with any destroyers. The nucleus of her fleet probably win be torpedo boats and other small craft.
Italy will be allowed to retain no submarines. She had 55 In 1940 and any which remain ars to be sunk except possibly one or two which may be retained for experi¬ mental purposes by tho United Na¬ tions.
What sort of experiments might be carried out with the remaining submarines was  not  made clear.
Secretary of Stale James F. Byr-
By WAl.TKB LOCiAN
Chungking.   April   27.    (UP)—In¬ creasing   «ign»    appeared    tonight
01 American troopr in Europe, and The business men's views were j by Lt. Gen. Lucius Clay, deputy presented by members of the new^ip'iitary governor of German>.jnes suggested, it was revealed, that Council of American Business, that the fo.d ' risis may hrins 1 damaged Italian warships—and Inc., as the Senate banking com-I the economic life of the Reich { most Italian ships at the end of the mlttee   prepared   for   at   least   an- tc,   a   halt   and   "may   lead   to   un-  war    fell    into    this    category—be
ust which will necessitate a larger I sunk.   He   also   proposed   that   all (Continued  on   Page A-20» ' (Continued   on   Page   A-3)
other  week  of hearings  on  exten sion.
.Sen. Glen H. Taylor. D., Ida.. In¬ troducing the business speakers, said a minority of American busi¬ ness led by the National Associa¬ tion of Manufacturers and the US Chamber    of   Commer<^e    was    re-
Ihat a new cease-fire truce between  sponsible for "pressuring the House
Army Gives 'Flying Wing' Secrets; Bat-Like Plane Can Out-Lift 0-29
the Chinese Nationalists and Com munists may be signed early next week, with negotiations on politi¬ cal and military questions being transferred  to   Nanking.
Gen. George C. Marshall waa re¬ ported    already    to   have    obtained
inlo scuttling the OPA."
Declaring    that    the    NAM    andi Chamber   of   Commerce    "do    not I speak   authentically   for   American business." Taylor, a member of the .Senate banking nnd currenc.v com¬ mittee, said "businessmen have far
poUtoes.   she  said,  were   raised   in* the approval of the government to] j^^    ^^J^,,    ^^^^^    \^    f^,,^^.    ^^^
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Planes Turn Their Carrier Around
ja  new   cea-se-fire   agreement.     The ; j^uj^.j^JijI Takuiig Evening News claimed Ihat, Jj^j^^^ .. the government's action was linked:,,     ,; .   „ with the prospect of a new Amerl-' ''rwHet  Depression
line    of    those    organiza-
Police estimated the loot at more I placed,   causing   "dreadful   misery
than  100 gross of nylon stockings, [ and   tliat   they   had   been   "almost
men's   suits,   fur   coats   and   other | brutally   driven   from   their  ances
) articles  all  "hard lo  get." tral  homea without investigation.'
Washington, April 27 (UP)— An ingenious method of man¬ euvering giant aircraft carriers in tiny or crowded harbors by use of the propellor thrust of air¬ planes lashed to tho flight deck 'vaa revealed tonight by the Navy.
The Navy's "air tug" system of moving carriers sldewise through the water or turning them around was first employed by the Essex-class carrier Randolph at Guam in 1945. It had to be turned.
Capt. Felix L. Baker of Alva, Okla.. the Randolph's skipper, ordered five planes secured to tha forward flight deck and five aft. The propeller blast of only five of the planes proved powerful enough to turn tbe 27,000-ton carrier.
On larger carriers such as the Midway and the Franklin D. Raosevelt, 32 planea are used to "plnwheel" the big ahlp*.
Hawthorne, Calif., April 27. (UP) -The Army tonight lifted a 23- year-old veil to disclo.se the mam¬ moth XB-3.-). the bat-like Northrop "Flying Wing" bomber, which can carry more bombs farther and faster than any plane in history.
Slill withholding performance figures,   the   Arm?   permitted   dis
closure   that  the   tail-less   fuselage-1 cr,mc   to   a   point   wl.ere
ly loaded. 104 tons, but Is so clean¬ ly designed it can outspeed most of  today's  fighter  planes.
Built at a total cost of {13.000,- 000. it is the first of 15 similar ships to be completed under tha present contract.
The wings, swept back at a pro¬ nounced angle like a boomerang, a  trana>
can statement by President Truman'     Henrv    L.    McCarthv.    executive less   craft   can   get   off   the  ground I,,a-ent   leadirg  Mlge   give   the   co- aiid   Secretary   of   State   James   F.I director of the new council,  back-1*''"    *>"   '""•''    "'    bombs   and    fly i pilot    and    bombardli-r    complete Byrnes   of   China.     The   nature   ofled   up   this  as.sertion   by   declaring J'"''OO   miles   with    a   "substantial'   visibility.    Just   to   tr.clr   left,   tha the suggested  slatcement  was   not'that the  "wrecking of the govern-  bomb     load.       The     B-29     Super-ipi'ot   and   fire   control   officer   sit Indicated I ment's   price   (ontrol   program   bvl'""''''''-''"''    '"¦¦    'omparison.    lifts    a in a glass canopy raised just abova
Hni»,pver    It   was   .siH   that   new   the   Hou.se   of   Representatives   re-  'ot«'   weight   of   65   Ions   including the   wing's   sirfacc   and   no   larfW negotTations   of   grcl?   tn^wrtanc^i'-'-nt'v   -a"   result   only   in   unem-l'he   plane,   homhload  and   full   gas than   that  of  a  f.ghter   plane, inre Impending 'ployment   and   depression " ' t" i?i     i     ¦ I    *   '""^  fairing   leads  out  to tall
The   word  of   an   Imminent truce'    .Samuel   Rubin,   treasurer  of   lhe j    Th„ JviiwU ¦n.r nlanc   firs, con   '"'IT^   *",1   "-"'^^   ''°"'   ^^   *'^'^
;k'^?„'''£ r;;'"5r-s-7s;=^i?s7i^
tests   at   Northrop   Field   here   and;    jt   takes   a   95-hnr8epower   motor
MOST  OF THE  EAST T'" '"' ^'.T"  ^"^ *''*'  "'"" ''"""  '"lu^t  to operate the controls,  mora
IVIUOI    ur    inC   tHO l Ij^ne  at  Muroc  Army  Air  Fleld.       p„wer   than   most   private   planea
The plane was dubbed the H;..ng h?ve  to  run   on.    The  combination
  Wing   because   it   has   no   fuselage clcvntor-ailerons,   *hich   steer   tha
„. . .     .,    „,     ,,,„,    „    ,    ""«' n" '"'!• it" 15-man crew being craft,   are   as   large   aj  the   wlnga
Chicago.    April    27.    iUP)—Resi-| housed   entirely   within   the  wings, of  a  light   olane ^''.'!'i'."/ «'.''?.","A""_ .'¦'"'"»''•?.,"':«V"c   its   eight   bomb   bays,   lour!    p^^^p^,^ „f ^^^  ,,„iq„, j^j^ ^
re   jhip   "uork." no   contrlbutioa
I—   , —    hip run carry 135 per
entral  con- ..pnt   more   than   it   weighs,   which is   like  a   20<i-pourd   man   ho'sting
there
dashes    between    the    Nationalists
and   Communlsta   than   in   recent
days.
Marshall     conferred     for    many   /».|   nAVi IPUT   TIMC hours   today.     He   met   separately; UIM   UATLIunI    Mint with  Gen.  Chou  Gn-Lai,   the Com¬ munist   leader.   Gen.   Chiang   Kai- Shek, and IjO Lung-Chi, the Demo cratic  League  leader who  is seek ing   to   conciliate   t
r who  is aeek-1 hundreds of cities and communities |.i.ooo horsepower motors and  huge.-   ^J^e   .?'  '"„.:. he    NationalUtjin other states prepared tonight  tO|gna  tanks Iwth^ tno_ entir
'P»; "]ove their clocks  ahead  one  hour|     Gun blisters spout from the win^ to  ijfj/'fheThfp r^il
and Communist groups
Marshall   is  still   hoping  to leave "hen Daylight Saving becomes cf-   ,,urfai cs.  fired   from a
Monday   for   Nanking,    where    the fcctive at 2 a. m. Sunday.                   ,trol station, and  lor the  first time
government    is    being    transferred. The    time    change    Is    effectivejin   any  airplane,   the  nilot.   r-^-'
However, it was possible he mlvht throughout all of New Jersey, Ver- and  bombardier  sit  abreast in   the be   delayed   a   daj"   or   two.     The'monl,    Rhode   Island,   Connecticut.!worlds  roomiest  cockpit.
Communists   are   preparing   to   go New    Hampshire    and    Massachu-1 Faster  Than  Fighter*
to  Nanking  but  have  said   that   it setts and in the metropolitan areas      Mcaaiirinc 172  feel   from winptip
will take a week for the transfer, of New York and Chicago.                |to wingtip, the monster weigtia ful-
rVO poundb .-nd running with It. The plane l>ears out Northrop'* theory that nutting a fuselage and t-fil on a pl.tne is lll.e hAu!ing a h: rn door and tha barn ttJalt through  the  air.