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Evening star., 1945-09-25
Allies May Take Over
Nazi Regime S Assets
In ; More Nations
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
Disclosure of Anglo-American
control over German govern
ent-owned industries and other
assets in Spain opened the way
today for possible similar action
in neutral Sweden, Switzerland
and Portugal.
In making the disclosure, how
ever, State Department officials
made a clear distinction between
assets owned by the former NaN
government and German property
classified as private" wealth.
Under the Potsdam Declaration,
the Allies proposed to liquidate
German government-oWned assets
as part Of the reparations program.
To this end, all countries have been
requested to freeze German assets
within their borders until proper
ownership can be determined.
Officials said, however. that a pro-
posal now before the Allied Control
Commission in Berlin would call for
Allied agents to seize all German
assets abroad-private, as we'll as
government owned.
! Holding Company Included.
How this would affect German in
terests in Latin American countries
particularly in such late-comer
belligerents as Argentina-was not
Immediately clear
So far, the United States has been
content to urge the Farrell govern
ment to liquidate German assets ir
Argentina. There has been no move
to step in to take over.
In Spain the German propertie.
were taken over by the Allies "as
serting title" BY this means Ger,
many's largest wartime holding
company. "Sofindus," which han
died much Of the buying and sellini
for Hitler in Spain, was placed un
der an American president, a Brit
ish vice president and an American
secretary. The Spanish govern
ment agreed to the action.
:; Schools Kept Closed.
i How finely the line will be drawr
between German government-ownet
property and private" assets re-
mains to be seen. A solution to tht
problem was indicated yesterda,
when officials revealed that Gen.
eralissimo Frances latest request tt
reopen five large German schools II
Madrid and Barcelona had been re.
jected by the United States.
! Madrid's contention had been thai
the German institutions in Spair
are private" property and therefore
immune from Allied seizure. This
country replied. however, that the
schools actually were controlled by
the Nazi Ministry of Education anc
subject to Nazi tenets.
! Department officials added that
reopening the schools would serve
only to perpetuate Hitlerian doc
trines.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Engineer Killed, 4 Injured
In Alabama Train Wreck

BY the Associated Press.
GRADY, Ala. Sept. 25.-An en-
gineer was killed and four railroad
employees injured yesterday when
two locomotives collided on the At
lantic Coast Line tracks near here.
P. T. johnson, one of the injured
men, said a Montgomery bound
engine pulling caboose, and q
locomotive drawing empty coaches
collided head-on. Both engines were
"just about totally wrecked" HI
said
James A. Mangum. Montgomery
engineer on the Montgomery-b -bount
train on which Mr.. johnson wa
flagman, was fatally injured. MI
Johnson said Jim Potter, also o
Montgomery, engineer on the othe
train, leaped to safety unhurt.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Atom Bomb Demands
Revision Of Entire u. ).
Defense, House Told
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The atomic bomb requires a re-
vision of our whole concept of de-
fense and makes cities the most dan
gerous places on earth, Representa-
tive Arends, Republican, of Illinois
believes.
. He has introduced bill for a
15-man commission to study the
changes in defense policy, which
he said the new explosive force and
other new weapons make necessary
The bomb that f1attened Hiroshima
and awed the world, Mr.. Arends
told the House yesterday, already
is outmoded The most competent
authority" he added, has assured
him it was only small flrecracke1
beside bombs already developed.
Defenses Suggested.
Mr.. Arends proposal gave new
emphasis to a White House an
nouncement that President Truman
soon will tell Congress what he be-
lieves this Nation should do with
its atom bomb secret.
So far, Mr.. Arends declared, there
is no military defense against the
atom bomb, but two expedients have
been suggested:
The landing of specially trained
paratroopers to seize the production
plants and launching sites of atomic
rockets, and the development of
radar and electronic devices which
will detect and explode these mis-
siles in the substratosphere before
they can do their damage"
Mr.. Arends painted an appalling
picture of war in the future.
Cites Danger Spots.
He said that the most dangerous
spots on the fare of the earth" are
large cities in this nation. Tn war
the City of New York will be unin-
habitable-if not destroyed at the
very first blow" Millions, he added
could be killed in single operation
Mr. Arends said the only answer
at present to this potential threat
is in decentralization of such. cities
distributing productive facilities over
wide areas and underground shell
ters for people and industries.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Clark Pledges TO Use
Antitrust Laws 10
Aid Small Business
By the Associater Press.


NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Attorney
General Clark today pledged COM
prehensiVe enforcement" of the
antitrust laws to protect small busi-
ness and maintain competition.
Addressing the Commerce and
Industry Association of New York,
Mr.. Clark said:
In the period ahead. the Ameri-
can economy is confronted by a
.challenge-the challenge of full en-
ployment and full production. Be-
cause our experience has shown
that employment and production
suffer when monopoly is able to i'm
pose restrictions on output, the need
for proper enforcement of the anti
trust laws is increased
by removing illegal restrictions
on the market we make it possible
for enterprise to operate under the
most favorable conditions. Small
business will therefore have a
chance to enter new fields. Workers
will find an increased range of op-
Poi Idiiib-No Aol NillDioy va plbal
will find new outlets for investment
The consumer will benefit through
a greater volume of goods and serv-
ices and real income will rise be-
cause of competitive prices"
Mr.. Clark said business as whole
regardless of size-"has nothing
to fear from the Justice Department
or from the antitrust laws as long as
it lives up to the rules of competi-
ton"
Referring to cartel groups. which
he said seriously handicapped" the
Nations industrial mobilization for
war, Mr.. Clark said:
I'VE have no intention of per-
mitting cartel practices to be re-
sumed. Economically, the cartel
system rests upon coercion and the
denial of opportunity. Politically
the cartel system is the antithesis
of representative government.
Evening star., 1945-09-25

Friends close to former Senator
Bennett Champ Clark said today
he soon would marry Miss Violet
Heming, English born actress of
stage and screen.
Questioned by reporters, Mr.. Clark
replied: Il have nothing whatever
to say"
The former Senator, SIS, has been
a widower since December, 1943
He has three children. Miss Heming
SO. was born in Leeds, England. Hel
latest American role was in ''Kis.
and Tell" which has had a lons
run on Broadway
Mr.. Clark returned to his May
flower Hotel suite today from st
Louis, where he maintains a Law
practice as we'll as here. His nomi
nation as justice of the Court O
Appeals was approved by the Senat
yesterday. He is the son of the lat
Champ Clark, famous Speaker Q
| the House.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Volunteer Enlistment
Bill May Get Priority
In Senate Today
5y the Associated Press.

5y the Associated Press.
Republican Senators pleaded
today for chance to speed ac-
tion on one of President Tru-
mans pet ideas-inducements
for voluntary enlistments in the
armed forces.
Majority Leader Barkley indicated
he would agree If they could get the
Job done in hurry.
Although the so-called flll-en-
ployment bill was listed as first
business for the Senate, Senator
Barkley told his colleagues it might
be put aside for the voluntary en-
|listment legislation already passed
by the House, 341 to O.
Thirty Minutes Is Estimate.
II think we can pass this bill in 80
minutes" Senator Vandenberg, Re-
publican, of Michigan said in the
Senate late yesterday. Until this
is done the entire draft program is
complicated"
army ana navy oIncerS, VINO must
provide thousands of soldiers and
sailors for occupation duty in de-
feated Germany and Japan, agreed
to the special inducements to spur
recruiting. At the same time, how
ever, they avoided definite commit
ments on abandoning the present
draft program until they tested the
voluntary recruitment plan.
THE quicker we can undertake
this experiment, the sooner we can
know whether or not it will be
necessary . act upon draft legisla-
tion," Senator Vandenberg said.
Senator Revercomb, Republican,
of West Virginia joined the plea to
Senator Barkley for early action
He said the entire question OF
speeding up demobilization was the
most irroport nt pl1h1ic Issue
Evening star., 1945-09-25
81 SoIdier-Mutineers
Are Restored to DUTY
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, Sept. 25.-Restora-
tion to duty of 50 Negro soldiers
convicted Of mutiny last fall was
announced yesterday by the mid
Pacific rehabilitation center.
The soldiers were among 73 mem
bers of Company 3, 1230th Engineer
General Service Regiment, con-
victed of refusing to report to a
night work formation at an Oahu
airfield. The So were transferred
last March from a post stockade to
a rehabilitation center at Schofield
Barracks.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
48 Warships 10 Sail Today
For u. 5. From Honolulu
Fy the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
PEARL HARBOR. Sept. 25.-A
48-ship carrier task force prepared
to sail today for Atlantic Coast
ports with 10000 war veterans
eligible for discharge.
More than 10000 of these were
passengers. About an equal number
were members Of the ships crews.
The warships will take part in
Navy Day ceremonies October 27
then some probably will become
units of the re-established Atlantic
Fleet and others may 60 into re-
serve.
The fleet of 7 carriers, 7 battle
ships, 80 destroyers and other vessels
was under the command of Vice
Admiral Frederick Sherman, San
Diego, Calf.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Huge Cache Of Silver
And Coins Discovered
In Jap Naval Station
BY WILLIAM McGAFFIN,

Eoreisn CORRESPONDENT of The Star and
Chicago Daily News.
4, YOKOSUKA, Sept. 25.-Japanese
silver bullion and Dutch guilders,
estimated to be worth several mil
lions of dollars, have been discov-
cred in a warehouse at the Yoko-
suka naval station by Chief Carpen-
ter Norman Swanson of San Fran
! cisco
b, II was just browsing through to
see if I could find any japanese
tools that we could use," Swanson
explained. The warehouse where
Il found this stuff was in the back
part of larger warehouse, but it
was not locked and there did not
.seem to be any attempt to hide or
,camoufage the treasure.
=- The corrugated iron warehouse,
located about half a mile from the
headquarters building of the naval
station, contained 1000 bars of sill
yer bullion and 1l9 chests of Dutch
~euilders and smaller coins. The
-guilders apparently were looted from
the Netherlands Indies, while the
silver bullion came from the Osaka
branch of the japanese mint. Each
bar of silver weighs about 80 pounds.
The. bars are numbered conse-
cutively and bear the stamped crest
of the mint with the words in
English: Imperial Mint, Osaka
Value Is ONLY a Guess.
: 1t is impossible to do more than
seuess roughly at the value of this
scache, since the coins have not been
scounted, and no one here knows just
chow puch the silver rs worth. Tests
sof thu silver. however, have shown
sit to be of the highest grade alloy,
saccording to Commodore Oliver
skessiRg, commandant of Yokosuka
naval station, which We took over
safter the japanese surrender.
: Chief Carpenter Swanson said he
tsensed that the shiny silver-colored
sbars contained valuable metal as
ssoon as he stumbled on them. So
.he tAok one to Commodore Kessing,
who sent it out to one of the
warships in Tokyo Bay for the test.
The presence of the silver and
coins at Yokosuka naval station
ycan be explained by the fact that
it apparently was brought in by
ship and unloaded here. Commo-
dore Kessing has a theory as to
why the Japs did not manage to
hide it or make away with it.
Treasure to Be Put on Ship.
1--WE have found number of
scratchings around here where the
japanese were starting fresh caves.
the commodore told the writer. Il
think that they had planned to
stow all this treasure in caves and
merely stuck it in the warehouse
Temporarily But the sudden end
of the war caught them before they
could get the caves ready"
What will be done with this treas
TIRE has not been announced.
Commodore Kessing notified his
superiors of the find and was Or
6ered to transfer it to the battle
ship New Jersey in Tokyo Bay for
safekeeping.
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Evening star., 1945-09-25
Approval Of Acheson
Viewed as Support
Of Tough Jap Policy
By the Associated 4 Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate's 69-to-1 approval
of Dean G. Acheson as Under
secretary Of State was inter-
preted widely on Capitol Hill to-
day as a roundabout indorse-
ment of the tough -on-Japan
policy Mr.. Acheson has cham
pioned.
Similarly, President Truman's
clarification of Gen. MacArthur's
authority was looked on as notice
to the japanese that they will have
to obey American orders without
question.
The Acheson confirmation came
yesterday after a short-lived fight
by Senator Wherry of Nebraska,
the Republican whip. Senator
Wherry sought to send the Assistant
Secretary's promotion back to the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Hits AchesOn Policy.
Senator Wherry contended Under
secretary Acheson had rebuked Gen.
Macarthur for estimating he could
get along with 100000 troops to
police Japan six months from now.
In the sometimes bitter debate
that followed, however. the Nebras-
kan said his chief objection to Mr..
Acheson was that the latter seemed
to be fostering policy for social
and economic revolution in Japan.
That, Senator Wherry said. may
take hundreds of thousands of lives
before 1t is put down"
Chairman Connally of the For
eign Relations Committee jumped
into the debate with the assertion
that he, for one, is willing to go
in there and teach the japanese
that the will to war will not pay
them dividends"
Senator Connally and Majority
Leader Barkley said they couldn't
find anything in Mr.. Acheson's re-
marks disparaging to Gen. MacAr-
thur.
Sees Smear" Campaign.
Senator Wherry reported that
there is campaign on to smear"
the general. Senator Bridges, Re-
publican, of New Hampshire, said
he thought that was true, but that
he didn't blame Mr.. Acheson.
Senator Chandler, Democrat, of
Kentucky, who joined Senator
Wherry last week in contending
that Gen. Macarthur had been in
suited" arose to say there had been
a misunderstanding all around.
Eleven Republicans supported
Senator Wherry's motion to return
the nomination to committee. 1t
lost, 66 to II. Confirmation came
quickly, with only Senator Wherry
voting against it.
Nobody came right out and said
so, but there were broad hints that
some Senators believed political
feeling was mixed up in the whole
matter. Gen. Macarthur is a prom
inent Republican and was mem
toned last year as possible presi-
dental nominee.
oChCFdl 1Op AutnOF1ty.
President Truman's new directive
to Gen. Macarthur made it clear
the general is the top authority in
japan. 1t notified the japanese
that the Potsdam declaration is a
statement of policy, not something
for them to argue about.
The order told Gen Macarthur:
You will exercise your authority
as you deem proper to carry out
your mission. Our relations with
Japan do not rest on a contractual
basis but on unconditional sur
render. Since your authority is
supreme, you will not entertain any
question on the part of the japanese
as to its scope"
Further, Gen. Macarthur was
given authority to enforce his orders
by such measures as you deem
necessary, including the use OF
| force"
Evening star., 1945-09-25
5000 Americans Leave
Indiu-Burmu Theuter

BY The Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 25.-The New
Delhi radio said today a transport
left Karachi yesterday with 5000
officers and enlisted men. the first
contingent of the 250,000 American
troops in the India Burma theater
for whom authorities hope to COM
plete redeployment home by Febru-
ary,
Eight big transport planes are
flying sick and high-priority serv-
icemen and prisoners of war out oi
Karachi daily, the broadcast said
and arrangements have been made
to give air transport to about 4,00(
monthly.
Evening star., 1945-09-25

The Treasury: Not informed. IT.
a White House matter.
The Army, through a press Of
ficer: eve don't know. They've got
a lot Of funds over at the White
House that we don't know anything
about"
The State Department: Ask the
White House.
The Roosevelt gifts were made ir
lease-lend days. He also gave 6
destroyer escort to Queen vii.
helmina of the Netherlands ano
made similar gifts to the French
Greek and Brazilian governments
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Consultative Assembly
Meets Today in Rome

Special to The Star and Chicago Daily News
ROME, Sept. 25.-Italy's Consul
tative Assembly will meet today fol-
the first time in Montecitorio Pal.
ace under the honorary presidency
of the oldest living pre-Fascist
deputy-03-year-old Gregorio Ag.
Mini
The opening session will be
largely symbolic. The body will get
down to business tomorrow in a Sec
ond session at which 1t is expected
that Count Carlo Sforza, as Italy's
leading independent. will be electec
president.
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Evening star., 1945-09-25
An-Day Hearing Set
In vagrancy Case 10
Speed Proceedings

All-day sessions in the vagrancy
trial of Carmen Beach and two other
women were ordered. beginning to-
day, by Chief Judge George P. Barse
of the Municipal Court in an effort
to hasten the proceedings toward a
verdict.
Judge Almond w. Scott. who is
hearing the case, set the trial for
10 am. today in conformance with
Judge Barse's order. Up to now
only afternoon sessions have been
held. The proceedings have been
delayed frequently by protracted
arguments among the attorneys over
admissibility of evidence, the legal
ity OF the arrests and of the police
officers search.
Miss Catherine Lightfoot, deputy
United States marshal, testified yes.
terday afternoon that she searched
the three defendants who were foune
in the massage parlor" in the 170(
block OF Pennsylvania avenue NV.
during a police raid on July 13. Al
she found, she said, was a coin purse
on the Beach woman which she sale
she turned over to one of the police
officers.
The court also heard the testimony
of Deputy Marshal Thomas East
who said he served an arrest warrant
on Mrs. Margaret Locke, said BY
police to be the operator of the es.
tablishment which was allegedly &
house of prostitution.
Ruled Out Testimony.
Earlier in the session yesterday
Judge Scott had ruled out testimony
of police officers who participated ir
the raid on the ground they were
in the place illegally. The court
supported defense contention thai
the warrant was issued to the mar.
shal's office and not to the Metro.
politan Police Department and thai
they had searched the premises be.
fore Mr.. East had served his warrant
on Mrs. Locke.
Judge Scott gave Corporation
Counsel Henry Wixon and Milton
Norman time to determine whether
they wanted to appeal this ruling
and said he would hold the case In
allegiance until the appellate court
had ruled II the prosecution re-
quested such action.
The prosecutors returned to the
courtroom to announce they die
not believe they had the right tc
appeal such ruling by the court.
Judge Scott then reversed hi.
previous ruling and indicated ht
would permit the police officers te
testify. He said he was persuaded
to do so by the Governments argu.
ment that the raiding officers hao
an inherent right to visit the place
any time they chose because Of its
semipublic nature and the fact that
it held a license for a massage par
lor, which was subject to investiga.
tion at any time.
Supports Officers Entrance.
He said he also believed the Off
GERS had the right to enter tht
place on the theory that they be.
lieved a felony was being com.
mitted there
"A wise II an" Judge Scott said
sometimes changes his mind; {
fool, never"
Besides the Beach woman The
others on trial are Judy Hunt, 27
and Mary Karikas, "a. Another
woman arrested in the raid, Dolori.
Nieto, "a, already has been acquitted
of vagrancy charge.
Charges of vagrancy and of oper.
ating the establishment as a house
of prostitution still are pendins
against Mrs. Locke.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Source Of Funds for Plane
Given De GuuIIe Is Mystery

The C-54 presented to Gen.
Charles de Gaulle by President Tru-
man is a mystery ship"
The question: What appropria-
ton covers the gift of the huge
transport plane which costs upward
of $250,O00.
Said the White House yesterday,
when the ship was turned over to
the head of the provisional French
government in Paris: The gift was
"in line with a precedent" set by
the late President Roosevelt who
gave planes to Winston Churchill,
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek and
King Farouk of Egypt.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Dutch Nuzi Broudcuster
Sentenced to Death
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-The
Netherlands news agency Aneta
said in dispatch from The Hague
that Max Blokzijl, radio spokesman
for the Dutch Nazi party during the
German occupation and a leading
eollaborationist. was sentenced to
death today by a special court.
BRUSSELS, Sept 25 (P.-Paul
Jamin, Belgian cartoonist whose
caricatures of Winston Churchill
we're published in the German occu-
patton press, was sentenced to death
BY Belgian court-martial yester-
day for his pro-German activities
Lanin, known as JAM" fled to
Germany when the Germans were
driven out of Belgium.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
81 Finds 1t Easy
To Shift to Old Job

Ey tne AsS0ClaCeu PTeSe.
ORLANDO, Fla.-Archie Deser-
able had no readjustment to make
when he was discharged from the
Army Air Forces. A chief ware
house clerk under civil service in
civilian life, Mr.. Desirable was
placed back in his old job by the
Army. Once again in civvies, he
simply busted off his old nameplate
set it on the same desk and con-
tinued the work he had never left
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Two Berlin Officials Fired
In Little Fuehrer' Fiqht.
Hy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 25.-American oc-
cupation authorities today dis
charged two German officials and
reprimanded the mayor Of Berlin
for taking issue with abolition OF
the Little Fuehrer" system for
blocks, streets and houses in the
capital.
Mayor Heinrich Erdmann and
Deputy Mayor Erich Krchner Of
the Zehlendorf Borough were dis
charged by Col Clarence Richmond
political affairs officer for Berlin
district headquarters.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Poland Expecting Gift
OF 20 Russian Vessels
BY the Associated E-ess.

5y lHt ESSOCIdCed E-eSS.
WARSAW, Sept. "a Delayed -
Polish naval sources said today that
Poland expects shortly to get 20
vessels as gift from Russia, in
Guiding destroyer, six minesweep-
ers and other auxiliary craft.
Russian Rear Admiral Kilotay
Ambramov, it was disclosed, has
been named commander in chief Of
the Polish naval forces.
The Polish Navy, comprising one
cruiser. six destroyers and six SUBJ
marines now is at scattered ports
in England. Poland and Sweden.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
Allies Reported Involved
In Trieste Area Strike
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON, Sept. 25.-The Belgrade
radio today said a general strike
was under way in the Trieste area
as the result of a dispute between
trade union leaders, employers ano
the Allied Military Administration
over the dismissal OF workers.
Evening star., 1945-09-25
On the Roll of Honor


Pfc. Ralph Waldron. whose
mother, Mrs. Mamie Waldron, is
listed as living at 344 Twelfth street
Sc, has been liberated from a
Japanese prison camp, the War De-
partment announced today. A neigh
Dor said Mrs. Waldron has moved
to Maryland.
Pvt. Vernon r. Long, the son of
Mrs. Ida Blanche Peabody Long OF
Route 2, Fairfax, Va, also is re-
ported by the Army as liberated
from a Japanese prison camp.
Evening star., 1945-09-25

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