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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
"OPENING GUN"
Is PER CENT REFUSED

Mccullough said the strikers
had rejected an offer of a Is
PR cent increase. He pointed 10
the record of SoCony in laying off
none OF its $4,000 workers and be-
ing among the first 10 authorize
a 10 per cent increase when the
end of the war neCcSsltated a
cutback in hours.
One hundred additional workers
were made idle al Socony'S $
Wyoming delivery terminal and
Avery plant
+. s. Turner. president OF the
Refiners Transport and Terminal
Co. of Trenton which mas struck
garages in Trenton and upstate.
when informed of the Socony
waikout said
1T looks like the big fight is
on. l don't expect my drivers
hack or the oil workers gem
orally once they 70 out until
this question of a 30 per cent
raise is settled finally every
where"
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
Biqamist Ousted

BERLIN. Sept. II tUP)-Capt.
Carl Schultz, who married a WAC
here when he had A wife in Chi
cago. has been convicted by a
court-martial and sentenced 10
dismissal. il was announced today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
Doolittle FIiers Own Story:
Torture Fails
To Break Him

EDITORS NOTE-This is the second chapter
in the series by three recently liberated Doolittle
fiiers their 40nonh ordeal at the hands of Jopd-
nese caDtors. tn the first chapter, Capt. Nielsen
described the crash of his plane off the China coast
and his temporary haven Nth Chinese guerlIos. He
continues his story herewith.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
SLOGAN ADOPTED

Turner's company transports ap-
RroXimately half of tho crude and
gasoline in the Detroit area.
"Fifty-two-forty or fight" 50
hours pay for 40 hours work
slogan adopted by the union and
first suggested by the 300 Trenton
workers, IS the key TO their de-
mandS.
Thdy gave the company until 6
p m. yesterday 10 acccdc TO their
request for a 30 per cent increase
in wages. but received no new
offer. The Socony Co, along with
other major oil companies has in
Stituted or promised from 10 to
l5 per cent increases.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
Mary Astor TO Wed

HOLLYW o , d. Sept II
Screen actress Mary AStor today
admitted she would marry Thomas
G.. Wheelock, a Chicago broker,
this winter
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
WANT SAME PAY

The increases were sanctioned
after the industry cut working
hours from a high Of "a in some
cases 10 80 along with general re-
conversion. The union wants 10
retain the same amount Of pay
under the shortened week as for
the longer hours.
Three hundred additional men
of this local work for two Detroit
refneries, the Aurora Gasoline
Co. and the Keystone Gasoline
Co and the Petroleum SPeeialties
Co. of Flat Rock.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
lst Snow in Colorado

LEADVILLE, Colo, Sept. IT
INS)-Colorado's first snow Of
the season was cleared today from
Rocky Mountain highways.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18

IOk4O, Sept. IL tins item.
Macarthur estimated today that
only 100000 army troops will be
needed in Japan by next March
because of the utilization Of exist
ing Japanese government agencies.
In a special announcement, the
supreme Allied commander said
that regular army troops will be
stationed in Japan on an indefi-
mite basis.
The new estimate of the size OF
the occupation army was dras-
tic cutback on previous figures,
which ran as high as 100000, and
will allow the rehabilitation of
unexpected thousands of troops.
MacArthur's announcement was
believed TO be the first public indi-
cation of American plans for
permanent occupation of Japan.
THE unknown quantity In
the initial situation was a ques-
tiOn of whether a military gov
ernment would have to be set
up TO run the country during
the early occupation" Mac
Arthur said.
REVISION NECESSARY
This might well have In
volved the employment Of sew
eral million troops.
~By utilizing the japanese
governmental structure TO the
extent necessary to prevent
complete social disintegration,
10 insure internal distribution
and to maintain labor and pre-
vent clamitous disease or whole
sale starvation, the purposes Of
the surrender terms can be aer
cOmplished with only a small
fraction of the men, time, and
money originally projected"
Thus Macarthur swere d
critics of the American policy of
retaining Jap officials from the
emperor down.
Macarthur set in motion the
machinery to re-educate the Japa-
nese people along peaceful and lib.
eral lines in accord with his order
to Premier Prince Naruhiko Hi
gashi-Kuni to introduce universal
suffrage.
AWAITS EMPEROR'S VISIT
He frightened his control OF
Japan as he prepared to move his
personal headquarters today to
Tokyo where Emperor Hirohito is
expected TO call on him.
The general converted his psy-
Geological warfare branch to an
information dissemination section
TO speed the introduction of demo-
cratic government.
! Macarthur directed Higashi-
Kuni, at his first meeting with the
premier, 10 establish electoral pro-
cedure which will give the largest
possible number of Japanese peo-
pie the right 10 vote. The pro-
cedure will include women's suf-
frage for the first time.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
Tokyo Gives
Yoshida New
Cabinet Job

TOKYO, Sept. II dNS)--Ma-
moru Shigemitsu resigned today
as japanese foreign minister and
was succeeded by Shigeru Yo-
shida.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
Detroit Strike
Situation Put
Up TO Truman

President Truman sum-
moned Labor Secretary
SchWellenbach in a discussion
of Detroit's troubled recon
version picture today.
Labor disputes in this area al
ready have idled more than 5000
and the big three of the automo-
tive industry - General Motors
Ford and Chrysler have been
threatened with strike votes un-
less they yield 10 demands of the
UAW-CIO for an industry vide
80 per cent wage increase.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
Gas, Oil


Detroiters were becoming
gasoline conscious a e a in
today and filling up their auto
tanks lust in case" because
the wave of CIO strikes
which last week cut off dis
tribution by trucks in a walk
out of drivers had spread
to the Socony Vacuum Co.,
Trenton, Michigan's largest
refinery.
Socony supplies - per cent
of the Detroit gasoline market,
handling 25.000 barrels OF crude
oil daily at Trenton and process
ing 5000, 900 gallons of gasoline
a month.
Many Stations supplied by So
cony will begin TO feel tho gas
shortage tomorrow, il was said.
. "OPENING GUN"
The Trenton oil workers. mem
bers Of Local ass. tional
OIL Workers Union. said the
strike was the opening gun in
A general CIO shutdown of re-
fineries on a nationwide scale.
C. B. Mccullough, assistant
business manager OF the White
Star Division OF Socony Vacuum
said the strike seriously impairs
the Unemployment program for
veterans and may impose another
gasoline shortage on the Ameri-
can people.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
WAITS NEW POWER

The labor secretary was repre-
ssnted as looking 20 the White
House for speedy enactment OF a
reorganization program which he
believes would give him fun power
10 deal with the threat thus pre-
sented 10 orderly reconverSion Of
the automotiye industry from war
production.
The President. returning from
a weekend in Missouri touched
upon the labor situation in his
first conference Of the day, which
was with congressional leaders.
The appointment with Schwel-
lenbach was disclosed as the con-
fereeS left the White House. with
Speaker MISUNDERSTANDING tite
labor situation lis not a legiSla-
tive question at the present
time.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
THE WEATHER
HOURLY TINPlRAtURrs

The sun viii So, AZ 77o m today
and Iise '0mluoN A. 7.l5 m
The moon AIif IIse AZ y % IN today
and SET tomorrow 40 sos g m
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
GM VOTE THREATENED


The situation confronting
Washington authorities was this:
The UAW-CIO, through Wal
ter +. Reuther, vice president
in charge Of its General Motors
department, threatened to take
strike vote in l35 plants of
the General Motors Corp. un-
less n favorable answer TO its
demand for a general 30 per
cent pay boost i Forthcoming
by tomorrow. The vote would
he taken in 80 days under the
Smith-COnnally Act.
ChrySler Corp. and the Ford
Motor Co. - the OF her two
thirds of the automotiVe indus
try'S "big three"-Were threat
ened with similar strike votes
next week, although Chrysler,
al least. has agreed To discuss
the wage demand.
BOARD LAYS PLANS
. The UAW-CIO board Of
strategy continued To study the
most effective means of apply
ing the unions economic
strength TO bring about higher
wages throughout the industry.
RecOnversion Jagged In plants
Of the Ford Motor co. with
$4,000 laid of because of an
unauthorized strike Of 1, $500
employees of the KelSey-HayeS
Wheel Co, a major supplier of
Ford parts.
The Hayes strikers
continued their walkout in
defiance of the unions high
command. which issued a back
Continued on Page >, Col. -
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
General Collection
OF Clothes Under Way
Throughout District

The second general collection q
clothing from depots throughout the
city was being made today In the
United National Clothing Collection
campaign.
A special clothing matinee was
held today at the Calvert Theater.
Among the trucks taking part In the
collections are those from Goodwill
Industries, Volunteers Of America.
the Salvation Army, District Build
ing Supply co. and the National
Brewing Co.
Volunteer workers ut the central
warehouse, go G street NV, aided
by . squad Of soldiers from the
Military District Of Washington,
worked yesterday and last night to
sort and pack clothing already on
hand to make room for the tons
expected in the general roundup.
Commissioner John Russell Young,
chairman Of the District part Of the
Nationwide drive, inspected the
warehouse yesterday. He praised
the work Of volunteers and Of Mrs.
Mary Rochester, who Is in charge
Of the depot.
Although liquor trucks have been
making collections from apartment
houses under the supervision Of the
American Women's Voluntary Serv.
ices, calls still are being made for
new collections.
Mr.. Young said there Is need not
only for clothing to helpe the desti-
tute Of war-stricken countries, but
for bedding and shoes. The shoes
it was urged, should be tied together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
Fihe|Iy Studies Attack
Made on Indictment
by MedIey's Counsel

Assistant United States Attorney
John w. Finely Is studying the
legal attacks made yesterday on the
indictment Of Joseph D. Medley, -,
charged with the first-degree murder
Of Mrs. Nancy Boyer on March 6
Medley was indicted March 20.
Through his attorney, James X
Hughes, Medley has fled petitions
In District Court asking the indict-
ment be set aside. In one filing
In the form Of pleas in abatement
the manner In which the grand Jury
was selected Is attacked. It Il
alleged that the grand jury wa
selected from q telephone directory
and that it does not truly represent
q cross-section Of inhabitants Of
the District a. provided for in the
District code.
The pleas also claim that the
grand jurors were prejudiced be-
cause Of having visited the jail and
observed Medley while he was con-
versing with his counsel. The plea
pointed to . law which provides that
grand jurors shall be selected as faI
as possible from different sections
Of the District.
The indictment Is further attacked
In q demurrer, which states that the
first count Of the indictment charges
the defendant with murder both
while attempting to perpetrate q
robbery and also with murder while
perpetrating a robbery.
Attorney Hughes also fled a mo.
ton asking that the aliases LISTED
for Medley be stricken from the in
dictment. In still another motor
he asked for q bill Of particulars, tc
set forth the charges against Med.
ley in greater detail. Another motion
was fled asking that evidence be
irnp0rndAd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
BY ELIZABETH TOOMEY,
Associated Press STAT Writer.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, April a.
President Truman has kiss coming
from his former high school Engli1h
teacher the next time they meet
the kiss that he didn't get on grad
uation day because it went only to
the one In the class who had dis
tinguished himself.
The boy on whom Miss Tillie, Is
Miss Matilda Brown was known to
her students, beloved the kiss back
In 1901, was Charles G. Ross, the
Presidents newly appointed press
secretary.
P~...,suent Iruna.. and Mr.. Ross
.eiephoned Miss Tillie tru-n WASH
ington Thursday night so she you'd
be the first to know. that her no
former students would be working
together again. They recalled she
had kissed Charlie" because he was
the high ranking student, with q
promise to do the same for any
other members of the class If they
distinguished themselves.
1.-THE next time see you there'll
be one President of the United
States I can say I've kissed" Miss
Tillie told President Truman. The
twinkle in her eyes as she related
the conversation belied the IS years
she grudgingly admitted.
When Charlie and Harry gradu-
ated, Miss Tillie predicted that x
any one in the class of IS had Z
chance to be President it would be
Harry Truman. She admits she was
just joking and had no idea it would
ever happen.
Charlie was the outstanding STU
dent In that class" Miss Tillie re-
called. Harry was an excellent
student, too-not 50 brilliant Is
Charlie, but determined and a hard
worker"
1t was his determination, plus IN
avid interest in history and politics,
that caused Miss T1llie to pick Tru-
man as a potential President.
II started out by calling him Mr..
President" she related, but I'm
afraid I went right back to calling
him Harry before we finishing
talking"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
0smena Asks Decision
On Philippine Sugar
81 the Associated Press.

81 the AeboCleteu fre&t.
President Sergio Osmena Of the
Philippines said last night that de-
spite the "imminence" Of independ-
ence, the question Of whether to
restore the great sugar industry
there or to let it expire has not
been decided. .1An
He said that settlement Of this
question depends entirely on what
trade agreements are entered into
between the United States and the
Commonwealth before independence
Independence for the islands is q
settled question:" Mr.. Osmena said.
There will be no re-examination.
The Philippines have proved on the
battlefields their loyalty to the
United States and the right Of
freedom"
President Osmena said he expects
to return to Manila possibly in two
or three weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
Soko|ovsky Believed Head
fred Armies Before Berlin
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 21.- Marshal
Gregory K. Zhukov, said by Berlin
to have been succeeded by Gen.
VASTLY Sokolovsky as commander of
the LIST White Russian Army fight
ing on Berlin's approaches, may be
commander In chief of all Red Army
operations between Czechoslovakia
and the Baltic, observers here
believe.
The Russian communicates refer
snce to central group Of armies"
operating against Berlin and its
northern and southern TANKS, in
stead Of the usual designation by
individual army groups, led to specu-
lation In London that Zhukov may
have been assigned overall direc-
ton Of the entire operation.
II Zhukov has been made supreme
Russian commander, his central
grouping possibly includes his own
LIST White Russian group, all or part
Of Marshal Alexander M. Vasilev-
skys ID White Russian Army, Mar
shall Konstantin r. Rokossovsky's
ID White Russian Army and Mar
shall Ivan s. Kouev's LIST Ukraiuian
group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
0'Conor Studies
Pleas for Veto Of
Montgomery Bills

Requests for the veto Of f,ve Mont
gomery County bills passed BY the
State Lesislaturs were being studied
today by Gov. o'Conor.
The bills, whose disapproval was
urged BY representatives Of the
Montgomery County Civic Fedora
ton and the County Charter Com
mittee at hearing yesterday before
the Governor In Annapolis, would:
Authorize the County Commits
sionerS to issue Is ,000, 900 worth Of
bonds for postwar construction.
Increase the powers Of the coun-
ty commissioners In the enactment
Of local ordinances.
Establish the once Of county ~.
pervisor.
Increase the powers and salary
Of the county park commissioner.
Provide for transportation Of pa
rochial students on public school
buses.
Called Patronage Grab.
Opposition to the park commits
sioner measure was voiced by both
groups The federation delegation
also opposed the county supervisor
and parochial school bills, while the
remaining two bills were opposed
by members Of the Charter Com
mittee.
In criticizing the park commits
sioner measure, Dean James ]. Hay
den Of Columbus University Law
School, representing the Charter
Committee, described It Is . salary
patronage and power grab"
He pointed out that it would au-
thorize the park conmissioner-Lt,
Col. Z. Brooke Lee, county Demo-
cratic leader-to increase his own
salary by $500 If he certifies he ID
devoting full time to the duties OF
his ONCE.
He also declared that the bill
would give the park commissions
authority to create ana control q
separate police force in the area I'M
der the Jurisdiction Of the Maryland
National Capital Park ana Planning
Commission and to set up q recrea-
ton program and appoint all the
personnel involved.
Go to Absurd Limits.
These grants" Dean Hayden a.
serted, carry to absurd limits the
powers of . man who Is not
an elected Official"
In addition, Dean Hayden charged
that members Of the commission
may have committed malfeasance
In ONCE by failing to publish an
annual account Of receipts and ex-
penditures, as required by law, for
the past three years.
Declaring that the County Post
war Planning Committee never con-
sidered such Z bill and that It's
origin Is "shrouded in secrecy"
Dean Hayden said the measure Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
Truman Calls Former Teacher,
And She Promises Him q Kiss

Mr.. Ross took the phone part Of
the time, but the President did most
Of the talking. He asked Miss Tilne
Is she remembered how every one
in the class had looked up to Charlie
Ross and added, laughingly, I'm
getting q great deal Of fun out Of
Charlie calling me Mr.. President
now"
Miss Tillie said that the President
and Mr.. Ross were especially close
friends because of their mutual love
of books.
Harry always wanted to 60 to the
library and read as many books az
he could" she said. II don't sup
pose there was q biography in that
library. especially biographies OF
military leaders. that Harry hadn't
read"
Mr.. Ross's journalistic abilities
were evident even in his high school
themes, his teacher recalled. This
made him the natural choice for
editor Of the class annual. THE
Clean"
Another member Of the class that
graduated from the two-story red
brick high school in 1901 was Bess
Wallace, now Mrs. Truman, the
Presidents wife.
Mr.. Ross went on to the Univer-
sity Of Missouri. where he won high
scholastic honors and became one
nf the first rrofessorS n, thu enhoo1
of Journalism founded by the late
Dean Walter Williams. His career
also has included 10 years on the
journalism faculty of Columbia
University, and he has been SUBJ
editor Of the Melbourne australia
Herald, chief Washington CORE.
spondent, editor of the editoria,
page and contributing editor Of the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
Razing Of Nazi Steel City
Credited in Reich COLLAPSE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. April 81. German
steel experts say virtual fiattening
of the great steel city Of Duessel-
dorf, Germany's Pittsburgh, con-
tributed at least 50 per cent to the
collapse Of the German war effort.
This opinion was expressed by
several armament men and techni-
cal directors Of German steel in
dutries when they were interviewed
by Raj intelligence officers during
an inspection OF the once great steel
city. The Raj officers said the
visit furnished documentary EVIL
dence that the persistent bombings
Of German industry in the early
days of the war lost the Nazis the
head start that their industry orig
inally had.
A former director of Germany's
steel combine told them that "if
you had started bombing q year
later, the West Wall would never
have been pierced"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
Gen. ChidIaw Named
18th Air Force Head

By the Associated Press.
ROME, April 21.-Maj. Gen. B. w.
Chidlaw Of Warrington has been
appointed commanding general Of
the United States 18th Air Force
and the Mediterranean Allied Tac-
tical Air Force, succeeding Maj.
Gen. John K. Cannon, who has
been given . new and undisclosed
assignment, headquarters announced
yesterday.
Gen. Chidlaw has served as deputy
commander Of the 18th Tactical
Air Command. He came overseas In
April, 1914, after receiving the
Legion OF Merit for his part In the
development Of jet-propelled planes
Gen. Chidlaw is q 1922 graduate Of
the United States Military Academy
at West Point.
Mrs. Chidlaw lives at 1000 Cathe-
dral avenue NV. The general was
chief of the material division on
the staff of Gen. H. H. Arnold,
Army Air Forces chief, for several
years before going overseas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
Last kazi baHIeship
Put Out Of Actor
~ the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 2',.-RAF bombs
have put out of Stion Germany's
last pocket batt' 1hip. the Luetzow.
The Russian were reported today
to have sci, 4 the $4,000 ton Nazi
battleship r.neiseaau and the 10000
ton heav, cruiser Seydlitz at un-
identified Baltic ports.
The Air Ministry said last night
that the Luetzow is lying on the
bottom in shallow water at Swinde-
munde, on the Baltic coast.
Stockholm dispatches, meanwhile
said what was left of the German
Navy had fled to Copenhagen.
Germany presumably has only the
cruiser Prinz Eugen and the light
cruiser Nuremberg left as mainstays
of her once sizable fleet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
British Labor Party
Demands Overhaul
OF Foreign Policy
~ the Associated Press.


LONDON, April 21.-The British
Labor party, chatting under re-
straints imposed by It's particaua-
ton In the wartime coalition row
ernment, yesterday demanded n
future foreign policy to develop a
new United Nations war ION hunger,
ignorance and want"
simultaneously, it called for over
haul Of Britain's economic system.
. great program Of modernization
and re-equipment Of factories,
homes. schools and social services.
The double objective for Britain's
course at home and abroad was
laid down in q declaration of
policy" by the party's executive
committee for submission to the
annual conference next month as
. prelude to the FIRST general elec-
ton in 10 years.
Complete Disarming Of Axis.
Nov that victory has been won,
ut 50 great cost Of life and ma
terial destruction, we must make
sure that Germany and Japan are
deprived Of all power ever to make
war again." the committee said.
It called for the consolidation Of
the Observation-Disclosures associa-
ton, saying: Let 1t be not forgotten
that in the years leading up to the
war the Tories were so scared Of
Russia that they missed the chance
to establish a partnership that might
well have prevented the war"
The partys spokesman backed the
formation Of an international Sc
curity organization, urged promotion
of mutual understanding and cor
dial cooperation" between the
dominions and recommended the
advancement of India to respon-
sible seH-government position and
. program of planned progress for
our colonial dependencies"
Long Time Domestic Program.
The domestic program wrapped
up many of the party's longtime
detectives with the assertion: "The
price of so-called economic freedom
for the few is too high If it is bought
at the cost Of idleness and misery
for millions"
Among the detectives are full en-
ployment Of all national resources,
land, material and manpower: the
maintenance OF q high and constant
purchasing rower, government con-
troll on the location of all new in |
dustries to eliminate depressed
areas" and public ownership of the
Bank Of England.