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Evening star., 1945-12-24
Army Probing kYoto Fire
Fatal 10 Z Medical Men
By the Associated Press.


SIXTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
Kyoto, Dec. 24.-An investigation
was under way today to determine
origin of fire which swept through
a barracks, killing IL American
officers and men of a medical bat
talon.
Twenty-Five others were In hos
pitals with burns and lacerations
and scores more received treatment
for minor injuries after the fire
broke out yesterday.
A guard discovered the fire about
6 am. in frame building housing
members of the Oath Medical Bat
talon. The flames spread SO fast
that most of the survivors escaped
by leaping from second STORY win
dows.
Bodies of the victims were found
huddled near the stairway and
around windows. The building was
destroyed and the fire spread to a
number of small adjoining build
ings and parked ambulances. Names
of the victims were not announced
pending notification of next of kin.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
$1,000, 900 Fire Sweeps
Windsor Business Area
Y the Associated press.

Ey the Associated Press.
WINDSOR, Dec. 24.-A 81 900 ,00t
fire swept business block in down.
town Windsor today as firemen
covered with freezing spray, battleo
icy winds to halt the flames.
The fire was still burning after
seven hours, but it was under con-
troll at am.
Nearly all the city's' fire-fighting
equipment was rushed to the scene
where the three-story Victoria
Building is located. The flames
were visible across the river in down.
town Detroit.
The cause of the blaze was un-
determined. but it was believed tc
have started in the basement.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Iran Reports kurds
Aid Garrison sDefense
By the Associated Press.

Sy the ASSOClhte1 FreSS.
TEHERAN, Dec. 24.-An Iranian
general staff officer said yesterday
that Kurdish tribesmen had Joined
the defense of the Iranian Army's
Rezaich garrison and that the re-
inforced post was holding out
against its beseigers, whom he de-
scribed as "Assyrians, Caucasians
and Democrats
Meanwhile, Russian Embassy and
consular officials still withheld per-
mits for foreign newsmen and
American State Department off,
cials to visit Northern Iran, ex-
planning that applications had not
been approved by militray COM
mandants.
The new government of Azerbai-
jan in Northern Iran has claimed
autonomy within the Iranian state,
and an Iranian army officer said
yesterday that armed civilians and
an unusual concentration of Russian
tanks and troops at Garsmar," rs
miles southeast of Teheran, had
been reported.
MOSCOW, Dec. "a R.-A Tass
dispatch from Teheran said yester-
day that Red Army detachments
have battled successfully typhus
epidemic in the Turkmen steppes of
Northeastern Iran, bordering on the
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet doctors said they disin-
fected 10000 homes and almost
rs 900 outfits of clothing. Medical
supplies were rushed into the area
by Soviet troops.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Rental Batteries, Chains
Unavailable, Check Shows

With snow and sleet forecast for
tonight, motorists were warned to-
day of a critical shortage of rental
batteries and tire chains here by
the American Automobile Associa-
tion. A survey revealed that most
stores and garages were sold out
shortly after the snow began last
week, and that no new stocks have
been added.
The AAA also warned that most
garages in the District are filled
and can handle no more cars and
will be closed this afternoon and
all day tomorrow. Towing ano
crane equipment also is unavail-
able and tiled up for days." the
AAA said.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Moscow Conference
Enters Final Staqe;
Success Anticipated
Statement on Results
Expected to Be Issued
In All Three Capitals
BY the Associated Press.


MOSCOW. Dec. 24.-The end
of the Big Three Foreign Minis
ters' Conference is in sight, in
formed sources said today and
good news may be expected to
be announced.
The informants stated that ac-
complishments had been achieved
and probably would be announced
simultaneously in Moscow, London
and Washington.
Although the conference has
reached its final stage, both Secre-
tary of State Byrnes and British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin will
be in Moscow until tomorrow morn
ing, at least, it was said.
Meanwhile, it was reported re-
liably that Russia had not been let
in on any secrets about the atomic
bomb, although the foreign minis
tiers were said to have discussed the
United States British Canadian pol
icy on world control of atomic
energy.
Optimism Noted.
An atmosphere of optimism con-
tinued to prevail today as the con-
ference went into its ninth day.
Foreign Commissar v. M. Molotov
joined Mr.. Byrnes and Mr.. Bevin
in two public displays of their
cordiality publicly last night at the
Bolshoi Theater by arising and
clasping hands above their heads.
1t was understood that both Mr..
Byrnes and Bevin have adhered to
the policy set forth by President
Truman, British Prime Minister
Attlee and Canadian Prime Minis
ter Mackenzie King for placing the
control of atomic energy in the
hands of a United Nations COM
mission.
Meanwhile, production secrets on
the bomb would be kept until ef-
fective controls have been estab-
lished.
Meetings Called Cordial.
Extent OF progress made on
handling the atomic energy ques-
ton was not revealed. However, in
formed observers have said current
meetings of Mr.. Byrnes and Mr..
Bevin with Mr.. Molotov are much
more cordial than the stalemated
fve-power Foreign Ministers Con-
ference in London last October.
After a two-hour informal dis
cussion by the three yesterday in
(See RIG THREE PAGE A-3l
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Gen. Patton Buried
Beside Private on
Luxembourg Soil
Prince Felix, NotobIes
In 2-MiIe Corteee From
Station to Cemetery
BY the Associated Press,

os Inc Associated RTeSS.
LUXEMBOURG, Dec. 24.-Gen
George S. Patton, jr., was buried
today beside one of the privates
of his beloved Sd Army who
helped the famous commander
forge one of the greatest victories
of his brilliant career in stamp
ing out the Ardennes bulge.
The grave was near this capital
Of the little Duchy of Luxembourg
among the resting places of 5000
other American troops who died a
year ago in driving back Germany s
last bid for victory.
Gen. Patton died Friday of lung
and heart complications which de-
veloped after a motor accident De-
cember 8, in which the general was
paralyzed from the shoulders down
His neck was broken.
The troops among whom he was
lain were buried last December on
just such day as this-fogs and
lowering clouds, in biting rain and
while wind moaned a requiem in
the forest.
Armored columns like the ones
Gen. Patton dispatched last Christ
mas eve to compress the German
bulge wound through the hills and
forest from Luxembourg city again
today.
Train Brings Body.
Gen. Pattons body arrived on a
special train from Heidelberg before
dawn. A second special train fol-
lowed, bringing Mrs. Patton and the
10 generals and two colonies who
acted as pallbearers.
The picturesque old city already
was bedecked with flags spread
from windows, hanging at half-staff
from the f1agpoles, dropping in the
rain.
Promptly at 9:15 am, the doors
of the funeral car were opened, and
10 soldiers lifted the casket onto the
platform. They we're all privates OF
the Sd Army. One was a Negro
They passed through the station
and placed the casket on a half
track.
Mrs. Patton and her brother,
Frederick L. Aver of Boston, fol-
lowed. She looked tired and was
pale. She walked behind the casket
with her face tilted upward. Her
chin was firm. She kept her eyes
on the soldiers.
Generals Follow.
Behind her were the generals
After them came the military and
diplomatic representatives of Rus
sia. Great Britain, France, The
Netherlands, Belgium, Yugoslavia
CzechoSlavia and Italy.
Generals represented the Soviet
Union, Great Britain and France.
When the cortege was formed in
the square fronting the station, the
clear swelling strains of the Star
Spangled Banner rang out in. the
silence. An artillery salute doomed
somewhere in the gloomy distance
The column moved on.
1t was q gray-black day. The
many flags, the Stars and Stripes
and the brilliant colors of the en-
blems of American Armies and regi-
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Chinese Reds Urge
Marshall 10 SET Date
For Yank Withdrawal
General Says He Will
Take Time to Get Clear
Picture Of Situation
By the Associated Press.

CHUNGKING, Dec. 24.-The
Communist New China Daily
News today urged Gen. Marshall
to set a time limit on the dis
armament of Japanese troops in
China and the withdrawal o1
American forces.
The newspaper asserted that any
American help to Chungking-mili-
tary, political, financial or technical
before coalition government was
established would aggravate "the
current civil war"
The statement of. the newspaper,
which has been speaking authorita-
lively for the Communist side, came
at time when Gen. Marshall was
plunging into his mission of peace
for troubled China.
After comforting with Chang
Kai-shek, Premier T. v. Soong and
three Communists leaders of the
peace delegation assigned here, Gen.
Marshall had amitted, "It will be
some time before I can hope to get
picture Of China"
Wars End Soon Doubted.
The statement by President Tru-
mans special envoy to China, cou-
pied with government suspicion of
la Communist truce proposal,
strengthened doubt that the civil
war would be halted quickly. The
Communists had suggested i'm
mediate cessation of hostilities and
freezing" Of troops in present posi-
tions. This would mean govern
ment forces would halt their move
ment into Manchuria.
Gen. Marshall said 1t was un-
necessary to restate Americas pol
icy toward China, as President Tru-
man had made that clear.
He had conferred with Premier
Soong just before meeting news
papermen, and earlier with Gen.
Chang. Yesterday he had a
friendly exchange of views" with
Gen. Chou En-lai, deputy chief of
the Communist party and leader of
the Communist delegation to the
political council: Gen. Yeh Chen
ying, chief of staff of Communist
armies, and Tung Pi-wu, Commun-
ist member of the Chinese delega-
ton at the San Francisco Confer
ence.
I'm in the business of informing
myself and not making announce
ments," he stated.
Gen. Marshall said both he and
Evening star., 1945-12-24
U. S. Ship. Cut in Two
By Mine; Crew Saved
By the Associated Press.

LIE HAVRE, Dec. 24.-The for
ward section of the Liberty ship
Duncan l.. Clinch was blown OF
yesterday when the vessel struck
a mine while leaving LIE Havre.
All of the crew was rescued from
the remainder Of the ship, which
stayed af1oat.
The ship had unloaded part Of
a cargo of wheat and oil from
Buenos Aires and was about to pro-
coed up the Seine to discharge the
remainder at Rouen.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Army Deserter Seized
.Confesses Staying
OF Ford Neighbor
FBI Announces Capture Of
Robert Smith, Ex-Inmote
Of Troinine School Here

Robert Frederic Smith, 81, an
Army deserter who once was an
inmate of the National Training
School for Boys here, has been
captured by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation at Blue Island
ILL.,, and has confessed to the
Staying of Roy Gordon Beh, a
neighbor of Henry Ford II at
Crosse Point, Mich, Director J.
Edgar Hoover announced today
The announcement came almost
simultaneously with an Associated
Press dispatch from Holland, Mich,
quoting Sheriff Willum M. Boeve of
Ottawa County as saying he under
stood Smith had been arrested and
had confessed.
Smith was taken into custody Sat.
urday, Mr.. Hoover said. His arres'
and that of his companion, Bolesla,
Walter Czajkowski. Is, of Chicago
! also a deserter from the Army
should clear up seven recent kid
napings as well as Mr.. Beh's mur.
der, according to the FB1.
Slain Last Thursday.
Mr.. Beh, sales representative fol
the Breeze Corp. of Newark, N. j..
was slain near Holland Thursday
by man he had befriended by CIV
ing him a lift in his car. Mr.. Hoover
said today it had been established
that Smith was the hitchhiker and
that he shot Mr.. Beh with a As
caliber pistol, which Smith had
stolen from Camp Robinson. Ark,
after the salesman resisted the de-
serter's attempt to rob him.
Smith and Czajkowski were to be
arraigned today in Chicago before
the United States Commissioner on
kidnapping charges growing out of
the abduction of Jerome Brennan,
who gave them a lift, and whom
they robbed him of s95 and wrist
watch and abducted, the FBI de-
clared. Prosecution on other
charges is being considered by the
authorities.
Mr.. Hoover commended the CO.
operation of local county and State
law enforcement agencies for their
aid and assistance in solving these
crimes. Smith was in civilian clothes
and Czajkowski was in uniform
when they were apprehended, Mr..
Hoover said.
The arrest of the pair climaxed an
intensive eight-day search by nu-
merous officials lin the Middle West.
Career of Crime Outlined.
Mr.. Hoover outlined the career of
crime of the two men after they
escaped December IA from Camp
Robinson thus:
They overpowered a military
guard, took his carbine, stole two
Army uniforms, and when held ul
for Identification by three MPs
took their jeep and relieved them OF
two revolvers.
They next hitchhiked to Searcy
Ark, on the morning of December
Is, with Fred Keller, Enid, Okla
assistant to the president of Phillips
University, and forced him to drive
them to st. Louis and robbed him
of $40.
They took a cab to East st. Louis,
hitchhiked a ride with Kenneth
Swanson of Libertyville, ILL.,, dis
charged sailor, held him up, took
5000 and personal belongings, forced
him from his car, and then drove
{See SLAYING, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Newly Born Baby Found
In Lobby at Hospital
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24.-"Baby
XMAS" breathed life from an incu-
bator today, not knowing she had
been found wailing in a cardboard
box in a hospital lobby-the tenn
perature down to 13 degrees-less
than an hour after she was born.
The prematurely born baby girl
weighing only pounds tx ounces,
was possibly less than an hour old,
when she was left in our vestibule
yesterday" DR.. Kenneth Michaile,
chief resident at Northern Liberties
Hospital, said.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Franc Devaluation Reported
Voted by Paris Cabinet
BY the Associated Press.


PARIS, Dec. 24.-Foreigners ir
France were besieged with black
market money exchange offers to-
day as word spread that the cabi-
net had voted last night to de-
valuate the franc.
Action yesterday by the Finance
Committee of the Constituent AS
sembly in ratifying the Breton
Woods monetary stabilization
agreement cleared the way for de-
valuation.
Both the Constituent Assembly
and the Paris bourse are closed fol
the holidays. Before reopenine
Wednesday, a special edition of the
governments official journal is ex-
Ipected to announce the devalua-
ton and set new rates at least
double the present exchange OF SO
francs to the dollar and 200 to
the pound sterling, informed sources
said.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
U. S.-Greek Air Poet Stoned

ATHENS, Dec. "A GA pre-
liminary 60-day air agreement was
signed by Greece and the United
States today providing for trans
portation of passengers and mail
between New York and Athens via
London and Paris.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
No Late Editions
TomorroW

The Star will observe
Christmas tomorrow by elim-
mating the late afternoon
editions. Subscribers to tho
Night Final Edition will re-
ceive the Regular Home Edi-
tion.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

him. They have one son, Maj. WAL
ter Dean Short, who is with the
Army of Occupation in Germany.
From the start Of the hearings
on November IS, Gen. Short, attired
in civilian clothes, has followed
closely the testimony of high civilian
and Army officials as to what took
place here In Washington during
the months of negotiation with the
Japanese, seeking a peaceful settle
(See PEARL HARBOR, Page AS
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Firms to Nutionulize Bunks

LONDON, Dec. "a R.-The Hell
sink radio said today that the
Finnish Parliament has voted to
| lnattonalize F1nland's banks.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

CAIRO, Dec. "a lp9.-The Egyp-
tian Senate last night completed
parliamentary approval of the
Breton Woods monetary agree
ment without . dissenting vote.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

(See POPE. Page A-53
Evening star., 1945-12-24

eSee PATTON, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1945-12-24

(See BIG THREE, Page A;
Evening star., 1945-12-24

tSee CHINA, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Guide for Readers

An Associoted Press Newspaper
Evening star., 1945-12-24

See PEARL HARBOR, Page A-5.)
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-18

!. STAG LEAP. This stunt calls for plenty of
"get-uP-and- go"-just like every wartime job
we tackle these days SO count on nourishing
Cream of Wheat for the vital food-energy you
need to help stoke up for action.
2, ROLLER SKATER. Testa's mile is seconds
faster than best mile on ice skates. Another speed
record all America cheers is set by Enriched
5Minute" Cream ofWheat. Cooks to full digesti.
bility in only minutes! SO bland that doctors
call il 'Baby's Best First Solid Food"
,. 1863. popular sport since J. L. Plimpton
devised the first four-wheel skates Another
old favorite more popular than these days
is smo.o-o.oth. delicious Cream of Wheat-49
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-18

years the Great American Family Cereal. Non
rationed, costs less than l cent a bowl!
A.75 REVOLUTIONS. If you try this trick,
watch your balance. And for safety's sake, watch
your Iron-balanoe" every day! You get all The
bfooa b@ffaIng fron yoH need daily in each t-oz.
serving o" Enriched s Minute" Cream OF Wheat
plus extra Calcium and Phosphorus for strong
teeth and bones, appetite building Vitamin b.,
and Niacin.
S. MoLASsEs. Try it on Cream of Wheat to-
morrow morning for new appetite 'perker-
uPper!" Also try jams, jellies brown sugar,
PruneS and other fruits on Enriched Minute"
or Re egular" Cream of Wheat
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-10-19
$21 Weekly Wage Floor
For N. Y. Retail Trade

New York City.-An order for a
$21-a-week basic minimum wage for
retail trade employees in New York
State was signed here by Industrial
Commissioner Edward Corsi, who said
it would mean pay rises of $6,000,00G
a year for 10000 workers.
The order followed public hearings
in New York and four other cities, in
which some employers complained the
new rates would be excessive and re-
suit in lay-offs, while labor represent
atives contended they did not go far
enough.
Commissioner Corsi called the or
der "part Of a statewide program of
minimum wage revisions embracing
approximately 100000 workers" /"
Under this, boards for other indus
tries-the laundry, beauty, confec-
tionery, cleaning and dyeing restau-
rant and hotel trades-will be recon-
vened probably before the end of the
year, to examine the need for in
creases now ranging from 20 to 81
cents an hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-10-19
IS Cents Pay 'Pittance',
Manufacturer Asserts

Washington, D. c. (ILNS).-A y. an
ufacturer who freely admitted that
employers raise pay only when they
are forced to and who branded a Co.
cent minimum pay rate as "mere
pittance," startled a Senate Educa-
tion and Labor subcommittee.
The frank-speaking employer was
Patrick w. McDonough, owner of the
McDonough Steel Co., of Oakland,
Calf, who testified on the proposal
to set a minimum wage of 65 cents
hourly underthe Fair Labor Standards
Act A bill before the subcommittee
would increase basic wages from 40
to 65 cents and eventually boost them
to rs cents an hour.
McDonough, who was once a boiler
makers apprentice, told the subcom-
mittee:
"These minimums will reach down
to the unfortunate people who, for
great many reasons, are not in posi-
tion to help themselves.
"They are the people who furnish
great number of our successful men.
They are the people who, in time of
war, furnish not l soldier per family
to make the supreme sacrifice, but a
and 5 or even more"
The witness further told his ques-
TONERS:
1. Higher wages mean better produc-
| tion and higher profits.
2. His firm made ''too much money"
during the war-an estimated $1,000,-
900 year.
3. He raised wages for the same
reason that every employer does-he
was forced to.
a. An increase in the minimum wage
rate would not affect prices.
5. While everyone is hurt by low
wages, the employer suffers most.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-10-19
THE -
CHERRY TREE
- THE
where with eur Little Hatehst We tell
the truth about many things, sometimes
profoundly. sometimes Aippsntly, some
times recklsssly.

Little short of world revolution
is in the making and will keep on
making itself, if WE don't stop it
through provincialism and that funny
outlook once called isolationism.
The United States is cast in the
role of the nation that has to go be-
yond any other nation in concern about
raising the living standards Of the
under-fed peoples of the world.
Perhaps England comes next. but
certainly the United States comes
first.
Either the top drags the bottom up
ward, or the bottom drags the top
down.
1t has been said that either we have
ONE WORLD or no world. That is
how it is.
And that one world goes up, toward
a higher general standard, or it goes
down where all grovel for crumbs.
There is childish howl in our Sen
ate when the English come asking for
some sort of help-help that will not
sink them deeper. Too many who never
read the history of 1776 keep on yowl-
ing about it on prejudicial basis.
We had lend-lease during the war,
when we were fighting common
enemy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-10-19

Lend-lease has stopped, but we con-
tinue to fight common enemy, the
name of which is destruction.
Destruction by reason of disinte-
grated world, desperate for food.
Few of our leaders, including, if
we must say it, our labor leaders, have
taken the time or given the effort to
even try to figure out their place in
a WORLD economy.
We hear something strangely like
the echoes of laissez fairs and "the
devil take the hind most" But as the
hind-most go down they grab the ank-
les of those just above, and so on. The
quick sand covers the world.
The worst can happen, if we but let
it happen.
When shall we, as a nation, grow
up?
When shall we, as individuals, be-
gin to realize that we, collectively, oc-
cupy the place of the most powerful
nation on earth-and that the place Of
the most powerful carries even more
obligations than it does Of privileges :?
Sure, it's fine to be cozy and COM
Portable. It's fine to have plenty. It's
fine to realize power.
But it is plain crazy not to see the
possibility of threat just over the
horizon.
Political dictatorship is not the only
one that can get it in the neck.
Economic dictatorship can get it
just as painfully.
At the moment we are not doing
so well.
We are in an internal muddle and
we are in an international muddle, or
worse.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-10-19

and be merry even though tomorrow
we die.
1t would be inspiring to see oul
country deny that attitude and per-
haps even more so to see our labor
movement, with one voice, take de.
termined leadership toward the max
ing Of better world in unity Of
mutual trust.
At the moment it is mostly hash
that is in the making.
From whence will come that COM
manding voice that will turn us from
blindness to inspired vision?
It is truly something about which
to wonder, in pain and hope. CMW.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-10-19

Just a few short weeks ago there
was harmony Of aim and action.
Is it so difficult to realize that there
can be dangers in peace Just as great
as the dangers in war.
Apparently it is. But We had better
get over the idea.
The atomic bomb, let us repeat,
destroyed isolationism. It made
the world ONE WORLD, to live or
die as such, to sink or swim.
Well, in every age there have been
those who have said, latter us the
deluge," who have said, "eat, drink