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Evening star., 1944-10-22
5 Die, 100 Injured
As Two Ships Burn
By the Associated Press.

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2l.-A har-
Dor fire in which at least five men
were killed, more than 100 injured
and two landing ships seriously
damaged was brought under con-
troll tonight, the Navy announced
A spokesman said the Navy is
investigating a report that the fire
started from gasoline af1oat on the
water around four landing ships
two OF which were towed to safety
A series of minor explosions, pos
sibly acetyline tanks, followed the
flash of flame which enveloped the
other two landing craft, he said.
Approximately 35 cars and trucks
and one large crane on an adjacent
dock were burned, and 200 feet oi
the dock was damaged, the Navy
spokesman added. City firemen
augmented by Coast Guard and
naval crews, battled the flames fol
more than three hours.
More than a dozen ambulances
removed the injured to the Lone
Beach Naval Hospital and others in
the harbor district.
Harry Ready, proprietor of wa
terfront cafe, said the odor of gaso-
line had been noticeable during the
day and he speculated that fue
might have collected under the
dock. He said at least so mer
leaped from two of the landing craft
after the explosion.
A Navy spokesman said five
bodies had been recovered, all be-
lieved Navy personnel.
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Cleveland Fire Toll
Mounts 10 S3; Seven
Inquiries Under Way
Number Of Fatalities
Moy Reach 200, Head
Of Red Cross Unit Says
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 21.-As the
death toll in Cleveland's greatest
fire scared to at least 80 tonight,
the cause Of mysterious blasts
which converted the East Ohio
Gas Co.'S liquid gas tanks into
giant lethal fame -throwers ap-
parently was locked in smolder-
ing ruins.
The number of fatalities modnted
sharply from late-day total of 7a
as police reported finding eight
bodies in one small structure near
the plant and two others beneath
nearby fallen wall. There were
SIS bodies at the county morgue, q
of them identified, and Coroner
s. r. Gerber previously reported
counting 18 scared bodies in the
stricken area. Search of the wreck
age was abandoned until tomorrow
Hospital records indicated 1855
persons still were under treatment
for injuries, at least seven of them
in critical condition. More than
200 had received emergency hos
pital care.
The number reported missing
dwindled steadily as families were
reunited by the Red Cross. From
peak of about $50. this Red Cross
figure, based on registrations at a
disaster center, declined to approx
imately 100. A separate list of
missing recorded at the moraue
totaled 107.
Deaths May Total 200.
Fear that fatalities might reach
200 was expressed by Chairman
Stanley Orr of the Cleveland Red
Cross unit.
Seven separate investigations to
determine the cause of the tragedy
were initiated, but officials reported
no progress.
Multiple investigations have not
produced as yet single clue as to
the probable cause of the first blast.
Coroner Gerber reported.
Conducting inquiries into the dis
aster are the Federal Bureau of In
tSee BLAST, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Soviets Plunge Acros.
Vital Defense River
In Drive on BUDAPEST
Berlin Says Red Forces
Now Are 10 to 10 Miles
Inside East Prussia
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sunday, Oct. o.
Powerful Russian and Romanian
columns plunged across Hun
gary's vital Tisza River defense
line within so miles southeast of
Budapest yesterday, and also cut
Nazi escape lines by reaching the
Danube, 81 miles south of the
Hungarian capital, in an out
f1anking drive aimed at crossing
into the western half of the Axis
satellite nation.
Berlin. in broadcast late last
night, said the Russians had broken
through to the Goldap-Gumbinnen
highway, from 10 to 18 miles inside
East Prussia, and that the battles
on that front ''surpass anything
previously seen on the Eastern
Front"
Axis radio commentators had said
earlier that the Russians were at
least Is miles inside East Prussia
land had expanded their attacking
front to 100 miles on the eastern
and northeastern borders Of East
Prussia.
Reds Drive on Insterburg.
Soviet spearheads were within Is
miles of Insterburg, rail and roac
junction, so miles east of Konigs.
berg, the capital BY hurting in
fresh troops the Red Army forced
the Germans to retreat to unspeci-
fled fortified positions" farther in
side Germany, said one broadcast
by Col. Ernst Won Hammer.
The Goldap- -Gumbinnen highway
was reached somewhere north oi
the Rominter Heide, a state game
forest, and Berlin stressed the fury
of the fighting which reached 8
white heat of intensity with Rus
Co.. nYT0CTA
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Georgia Tech Upsets
Navy; Irish, Army
Remain Unbeoten

Georgia Tech scored a major
upset in another big football
day yesterday, beaten Navy.
II to IS, to remain among the
Nations unbeaten teams. Notre
Dame. Army and Ohio State
also kept their states clean.
The Irish, in their toughest
game to date, beat Wisconsin,
% to 13, the Badgers becoming
the first team to score on Notre
Dame. Army had another field
day. beating Coast Guard
Academy, 78 to 0, and o h 10
State won it's fourth straight
by defeating Great Lakes, rs to
s.
Racing produced two big up
sets. Both Devil Diver and
Bolingbrooke finished out of
the money in the Gallant Fox
Handicap at Jamaica, won by
Some Chance, and Twilight
Tear wound up fourth in the
Maryland Handicap at Laurel.
Dare Me won the race.
"Details on Sports Pages
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Lindbergh Downed Jap Plane
Amuzed Pilots, Poper Reports
BY the Associated Press

BY lHe Associated PreSs.
PASSAIC, N. j., Oct. 2l.-Charles
A. Lindbergh flew on combat mis-
sions during his recent trip to the
Pacific, the Passaic Herald News
said in a copyrighted article today,
and also was credited unofncially
with destruction of japanese
plane.
Mr.. Lindbergh's assignment by
the War and Navy Departments as
a civilian expert necessitated his
presence at front bases and on
fighter planes which often ran into
enemy action, the newspaper said
Mr.. Lindbergh, now with the
United Aircraft Corp. manufacture
ers of Navy Corsair fighters, resigned
his Army commission before the
war, and was not recommissioned.
At the time of his departure for
the Pacific, he said he would in
vestigate high-altitude plane per-
formance.
The Herald-New article said that
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Macarthur Warns Jap Leaders
Against Further Atrocities
Botoon Tortures Cited in Declaration
He Will Hold Them Accountable

protection provided by the rules and
customs of war.
Since then, unimpeachable evil
dence has been furnished me of de-
gradationS and even of brutality to
which these gallant soldiers have
been subjected, in violation OF the
most sacred code of martial honor
For such violations the Imperial
japanese government will, of course,
be held fully responsible by my Gov
ernment.
"As Commander In Chief of the
Allied Forces in the field, shall in
addition, during the conduct of the
present campaign, hold the Japa-
nese military authorities in the
Philippines Immediately liable for
any harm which may result from
failure to accord prisoners of war,
civilian internees or civilian nom
combatants the proper treatment
and due protection to which they
of right are entitled"
Evening star., 1944-10-22
mrs. Wi|Ikie Pleads for End
ToGuessinq on Husbands Stand

NO one could speak for him while
he was living, and I ask, out of re-
spect for his memory, that no one
should attempt to speak for him
now."
Mrs. WILKES statement followed
by only few hours a declaration
by Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin OF
Connecticut at Hartford that Mr.
Willkie told him "emphatically' on
the final day of the Republican Ma
tional Convention that he (Mr
Winkie) would not support Presi-
dent Roosevelt for a fourth term
Gov. Baldwin, close political ally
and friend of Mr.. Willkie, related
that Mr.. Willkie turned to him and
said:
We'll, you can rely on one thing
I will not support the President in
his campaign for a fourth term"
The Governor said he had kept
Mr.. WILKES statement secret but
now had decided to make it public
(See WIILKIE, Page A-23.)
Evening star., 1944-10-22
BY the Associated Press.

RUSHVILLE, Ind, Oct. 21.-Mrs
Wendell L. Willkie, made a fervent
appeal today that all conjecture be
ended as to whether her husband
would have supported the presi-
Dental candidacy of Gov. Dewey or
President Roosevelt in the coming
election.
Mr.. Willkie, who once was q
Democrat, received more votes than
any other Republican nominee in
history when he was the 1910 stand
ard-bearer. Since his death two
weeks ago there has been much
speculation as to the possible effect
on the coming election If Mr.. Willkie
had formally announced his sup
port for either candidate.
Il am distressed" Mrs. Willkie
said in formal statement. because
many people are saying that they
knew how Wendell Willkie intended
to vote In the coming election.
Il am sure he had not made his
decision.
Evening star., 1944-10-22
EI Salvador President
Resigns Amid Rebellion
1000 INJURED, homes sacked ir
Guatemala revolt, Page AS.

By the Associated Press.
SAN SALVADOR. Oct. 21.-While
revolutionary forces supporting two
rival candidates fought one another
and. against government troops,
President Andres Ignacio Menendez
Of El Salvador resigned today 'for
reasons of health" and was sue
ceeded by third presidential aspir-
ant, Col. Osmin Aguirre y Salinas.
An onicial bulletin issued by the
Aguirre government said members
of the Union Democratic party,
supporting DR.. Aruro Romero, last
night attacked members of the
Social Democratic Uniflcation party,
who were attempting to install Gen.
Salvador Castaneda Castro in the
presidential palace. Both sides
clashed with government forces
which sought to maintain order.
There were an undisclosed number
OF dead and wounded as result of
the engagements.
Menendez, who led an army coup
which overthrew Gen. Maximiliano
Hernandez Martinez May 8, 1914,
transmitted his resignation to the
Congressional Assembly ut Z am.
and Col. Aguirre was installed as
President an hour later.
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Coy. Warren Develops
Infection of Kidney

By the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO Calf. Oct. 21-
DR.. j. B. Harris reported today that
Gov. Earl Warren, who has been Ill
with influenza, had developed q
kidney infection. DR.. Harris called
in a specialist for consultation.
DR.. Harris said the Governor's
temperature was normal, but the in
f1uenza attack had weakened him
making him susceptible to the kid
ney infection.
The physician later reported
much improvement" in the Gov
ernor's condition. He said X-rays
showed no enlargement of the kid
ney and mo serious complications. >
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Servicemen March
To Disperse Pickets
Al Struck Plane Plant
Konsos City Group
Coins Recruits After
Ignoring MP Major
BY the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 21.-A
group of servicemen, aroused by
a work stoppage which paralyzed
the huge North American Avia-
ton Co.'S bomber plant, marched
on the plant entrances today,
dispensing the few pickets on
hand and tearing up union
placardS.
Only skeleton force of pickets
was on duty because of the usual
Saturday afternoon holiday. All but
one left when the soldiers and sail
ors, who assembled earlier in down.
town Kansas City, appeared.
The servicemen seized his placard
which bore the inscription, "NAA-
C1O-UAW. Local No. 81" tore it up
and then destroyed several others
Another group moved on to other
gates, likewise tearing down plac
ards.
The remaining picket Nd the
men that this was a holiday and
said no workers were due to report
until Monday.
We'll, We'll be back then, and
they'd better get in," shouted one
of the soldiers.
MP's Keep Hands OFF.
Military police patrolled the street
in jeeps but did not interfere.
No one was injured.
About 40 servicemen were in the
crowd that left downtown Kansas
City for the bomber plant ito talk
to the pickets." Others Joined
them on the way and by the time
they reached the plant there were
an estimated rs or 80 men in the
throng.
At the same time, officials of the
plant and leaders of Local No. 81
CIO United Automobile Workers
unaware of the servicemens activi-
ties, met in Kansas City, Kans., in
a futile 4-hour conference to set
tie the dispute which paralyzed the
factory, now the only producer OF
BIS Mitchell bombers.
Edward A. Ruesing, disputes di-
rector for the Regional War Labor
Board, said the conferees would
meet at his office again tomorrow
If settlement is not Forthcoming
(See PICKETS, Page ABB
Evening star., 1944-10-22
BY the Associated Press.


GEN. MacARTHURS HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Sum
day, Oct. 22.-Gen. Macarthur
solemnly warned the japanese
government and military leaders
today they would be held ac-
countable for the tortures on
Bataan in 1912 and for any repe-
titionS against either soldiers or
civilians.
His official warning follows:
ITO the commander in chief of
the japanese military forces in the
Philippines, Field Marshal Count
Terauchi:
THE surrender of American and
Filipino forces in previous cam
paigns in the Philippines was made
in full reliance that they would be
afforded the dignity, honor and
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Carrier Planes Bag
50 Japanese Craft
81 the ASSociat ted Press

B. the Associated Press.
UNITED STATES PACIFIC
FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl
Harbor, Oct. 21.-Continued Ameri-
can carrier plane attacks on the
Philippines during which so Jap
anese planes were destroyed and
three ships sunk were reported in a
communique late today by Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz.
The admiral said the carrier based
planes also sank four patrol-torpedo
boats and several ammunition barges
and damaged two medium cargo
ships and two luggers. The strikes
took place Friday.
American losses totaled three
planes, one pilot and one air
Icrewman.
Thirteen planes were shot down
by the Yank airmen, while 81 were
destroyed aground. Some of the
grounded planes had been damaged
previously.
Evening star., 1944-10-22

at one base "he awed the young
fighter pilots by taking out Light
ming on a fight into Jap territory
after only five hours of practice, an
unheard-of feat" and at times
pushed planes to the end of their
range limits, returning once just
as his gasoline supply gave out.
Mr.. Lindbergh has been partici-
pating this week in the first joint
Army Navy conference at Patuxent,
Md, called Ito evaluate and com
pare the performances of all types
of fighter aircraft"
Concerning the reports that Mr.
Lindbergh had flown on combat
missions and was unoficially credit
ed with shooting down a japanese
plane, the War Department stated
that there is no information on
such an incident here" A Navy De-
partment spokesman likewise said
the department had mo knowledge
of such an incident"
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Observation-Disclosures
BY 3 100000 nNewYork City
Rides so Miles for Full Four Hours
In Open Car, Visiting Four Borouqhs

Mr.. Early's appraisal of the Presi-
dents condition was borne out seven
hours later as he showed up in fine
fettle for a 55-minute address be-
fore the Foreign Policy Association
at the Waldorf Astoria.
The President made one conces-
sion to the weather-stopping to
change into dry clothing shortly
after leaving Ebbets Field, Brook
lyn, where he stood bareheaded at
microphone to bespeak the cause
of his old associate, Senator Wagner,
who, he told an early morning poll
tical rally deserves well of man
kind" and should be reelected.
Going before a public meeting for
the first time in his own campaign
j
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Pictures on Page A-4.)
BY J. A. FOX,
Hthr 6tsff royrsxnonden

NEW YORK, Oct. 2l.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt bucked a chilling
rain in an open car for more
than four hours today as he COW
cred a 60-mile route through
Greater New York on the first
road tour of his fourth-term
campaign-a trip that ended on
a high note with a tremendous
reception in Manhattan.
Police estimated that 5000 ,00t
persons lined the streets to see th<
President. At the windup Mr.. Roose.
welt was feeling fine, according t.
Secretary Stephen T. Early.
Evening star., 1944-10-22
HimmIer Reported Killed

LONDON, Sunday, Oct. ~ Dr.
The Sunday Chronicle, in dispatch
from Archibald Gibson, it's corre-
spondent at Bucharest, said today
that Heinrich Himmler, Nazi &C.
stapo chief, had been reported
assassinated while driving through
the streets of Budapest. The report
lacked confirmation from any other
source.
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Todoy's Political
Broudcusts

tbs p.m.-WMAL, Russell Da-
venport, speaking in behalf
Of the Independent Repub-
lican Committee for Roose-
welt.
10:45 p.m.-WOL, Quentin
Reynolds, soaking from New
York, on behalf of President
Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1944-10-22

Radio Programs, Pe. CO
Complete Index, Pg. AZ
Evening star., 1944-10-22

(See RUSSIA, Page A-7D
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tSee ROOSEVELT, page A-5D
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(See WESTERN FRONT, P. AL
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tSee FOX, Page A-4D
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(See BLAST, Page A-6D
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(See PHILIPPINES, page A-3D
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Continued on Page AS, Col
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(See WAR FUND, page A-l0.)
Evening star., 1944-10-22

(See WIILKIE, Page A-23.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-16
5OOO-to-1 Shot

Cecil B. DeNTille has made one of the most publicized long-Shot bets in the his tory of political ethics. In effect, he has put up his $5,000-a-week salary against the American Federation of Radio Artists efforts to make him pay $1 for something he doesn't believe in. Probably MT. DeNille can afford this extravagant ges- ture. As an early movie director and pro- ducer, he parlayed that great American institution, the bathtub, into tidy for tune And it is likely that MT. DeMille could live out his days without being wholly dependent on his Social Security check, even without his radio salary, which isn't hay.
 Nevertheless, there is good deal of ln- terest in and sympathy for MT. DeMille'S fight. He objected to AFRA members be- ing assessed $1 to fight California refer endum which would have outlawed the closed shop He hasn't paid the dollar. If he doesn't pay up he isn't an AFRA member in good standing, and so can't work in radio. MT. DeMille contends that if he must let someone else make up his mind for him before he can work, then he is no longer free man. He also contends that if this assessment is legal, then a union could levy any amount on it's members for any purpose, even to soaking Communists $1,000 head for support of the Republican Party.
 And Mr. DeMille has a case. Any AFRA members who shared his views but not hlS money must have compromised principle for the sake of money and paid up rather than lower their living standard of risk unemployment. But AFRA has case, too. Assessments like the one in ques- ton are legal under California law. Con sequently AFRA can say, as it does, that MT. DeMille is not Flaw abiding" when he refuses to kick in with the dollar And AFRA might cite hypothetical parallel. Suppose a rugged and crotchety indlvld- ualist thinks pavement or sewer on his street is needless and nonSensical, and refuses to pay taxes fo Tit. It is theoretlc- ally possible (though a little far-fetched) that he might lose his house because or his persistent refusal to pay.
 Now MT. DeMille proposes to test the California law to see if taxes levied by union with majority consent in support of an idea, are any different from taxes on material improvements levied by govern ment with popular approval. He proposes to see if an organization within gov ernment dedicated to freedom of speech and opinion can, under that same gov ernment, allegedly act to abridge those freedoms This government has often levied taxes for projects toward which some of it's tax-paying citizens had no sympathy. It will be interesting to see, through MT. DeMille's test case, whether a union can extend to the limit this gov ernmental power by depriving member of his livelihood if he fails to abide by majority opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-16
Tip to OPA

The OPA has issued new regulation covering occasional institutional users of ration food" Translated = as most OPA terms must be - this means people who now and then serve church supper or similar eating function and charge money for it. The occasional instltu- tional users'' must now make application 30 days before the date of the meal, and specify how many persons are going to attend. They must also account for any unused rationed food within 10 days "after the last service of food during the period covered by the application" Now this may be very well, but 1t is clear to us that the regulation was drafted by some city Slicker in Washington who never attended church supper
 If he had he would know that he was dealing with an old and inflexible Anerl- can tradition in which two things inc vitably happen:
 l) The 'occasional institutional users" never know how many are going to at- tend their occasional function, and (2) no amount of planning is going to prevent the late-comer at said function from get ting superfluity of hot biscuits and cole slaW, and something less than a minl- mum of creamed chicken. Our advice to the OPA is to forget the whole thing and 20 back to it's tuSsle with the black mar ket. Those late-comerS always feel bad enough anyway, and there's no point III OPA sticking it's neck out as target TOT their disappointment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-16

sumers' and labor's interests safeguard ed in the end that more and more things may be supplied to more and more peo- pie, thereby producing maximum en- wages; Government under law that will
 provide encouragement for business through provision of economic atrnos- phere ill accord with all of these princi- ples." All of that seems to be good Amer ican sense with equal justice for all classes. Despite the fact that the Amer , ican Federation of Labor has just renewed it's demands upon the President to break the wage freeze, and thereby lead the way to higher cost of living, the possibilities are that organized labor will see. the necessity of meeting private business fully halfway; since it is the only way to restore our country to national unity. We must do enough business to keep everybody busy on every rung of the in- dustrial ladder. That is the road to re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-16
Post-War Business

When businessmen settle down in their own quarters, and in group conferences as they did at Rye, New York, recently, and exchange views, and pick one another's minds, they usually wind up pretty well agreed that international bus mess in the years after the war still re- mains an unSolved puzzle.
 But they always agree that it is up to them to restore private business in our own nation. With plenty of statistics, and lead pencils, most any business execu- tive is sure to reach the conclusion that Americas private enterprise system will make quick comeback at the wars end. There will be 60 million, or less, jobs to be filled, and if private enterprise has work for all those 120 million, or less, hands to do the great American puzzle can be solved. At the present time United States production is saving the world-but that iS getting to look like continuing re- accessibility. The aftermath of the pres ert adventure relates to saving the hides of our own people in our homeland
 Government enterprise and overall supervision of our national economy must return the jobs as speedily as possible to the American public so that our popula- kiOn will be able to resume its onward and upward march of progress. According to d we'll roundabout formula of leading businessmen of the country the recon gtruction needs must be brought about through equality of opportunity; equal ftv under the law; reward for initiative; privilege for thrift; tax structure that encourages incentive and risk: restric- Hon on monopoly; abstinence of govern rent from competition with private bus fness: freedom of production and sale; equitable distribution of profits with con-