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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-24
PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH. NAV % tINSl CATTLE
$50 STEADY steers. good and choice S1675
common 10 medium Si2s s0a15 heifers.
good 90 choice. S14 S0a15 medium 20 good
Sl2ai4 so common 70 medium S1Od12>
cows rood 70 choice, Sl2 5oa15; common
HOGS-1OO steady 16o-iso lbs. $3.50
is Is 10000 his S15@15I5: 2oO-22O
lbs. Sl5.1om1S.1S.- 22O-25O lbs SIS 100
5.l5y 25O-10O lbs s15@1515; 3OO-95O
lbs S14 60ai5. 100-150 lbs &l4a14.
ruufhs S14al440
SHEEp--l50 steady: choice clipped lambs
Sl4oi5 so medium 20 good clipped Sl2m
Ii. common clipped S7dll. ewes. clipped,
50 SOnS. wethers. clipped. S5mq
CAINFS-1O 90. steady rood % choice
SIG 5onlT so medium. S14al6. culls and
common. S6.5O012 SO
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Trusts Drivers

at Is our confirmed belief"
he said, "that II the people are
given all the facts as 10 the
gasoline In prospect and as to
the various replenishment pro-
grams, preferably through your
office, they can be depended
upon 10 continue conservation
measures and that II will be as
unnecessary as II would be un-
wise to withhold gasoline As
conservation measure"
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-24
CHICAGO

CHICAGO May ~ lINSl -HOCs-11 500.
steady Top sl4 70; bulk, S1475. heavy.
Sl4 rs. light lights .so@f475 packing
sows SIS 75@ Ia pigs. Sl225m14 Is
CATTLE-ll 600. steady. Calves-sOO.
steady Beef steers: choice Si65Oa17 rs.
medium. sl4m16.50; yearllnEs s14mi7 SO.
Butchers hefers Sll@17.25. COWS SqmI5:
bulls Sloa14 rs. calves. S1o@16 feeders
and heifers SsSOa13 SO
SiEEP--9 OOO steady Lambs S1525a
10 %, common S13.1525. yearlnRs S13
ol5. feeders, sl1.5O@l375. ewes. 81
$3.50
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CHICAGO CASH GRAIN

CHlCAGO. May % tlNS I-Cash grain:
WHEAT-Sonc.
CORNING. 4 yellow. s115sa. No. vel
low Sl.lSss sample grade yellow, e5cG
1 1.l4s4
ANS-None.
oATs-sampe grade mixed. 62c No red
special, 69l2c.
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Federal MOTOR 10 Pay
10 Cents on Common

Federal Motor Truck Co. de-
clsred dividend of 10 cents a
share, payable June 30, TO holders
Of record June Is. according 70
Thomas r. Lippard, president. A
similar dividend, paid March 81,
brings the total 10 20 cents a
share.
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thompson Produtts
PAYS 25t on Common

Thompson Products. Inc, has
declared a dividend of Is cents
on common, payable June Is. 10
stock of record June !. A like
amount was distributed March IS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-24
Donald Nelson
Gets New Post

NEW YORK, May 23-Donald
Nelson, former chairman of the
WPB and former special adviser
TO the President, has been elected
a director of Molybdenum Corp.
of America.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-24
Mueller Brass Votes
accent Dividend

Mueller Brass Co. has declared
a dividend of 40 cents a share,
payable June %, to holders of
record June Is.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-24
WINNIPEG GRAts
Tnirnn CASH GRAIN

WINNIPEG May . tlNs rye closed 1c
10 f'sr nighrr TO-DAY. May 81 57s4 oid,
s 1 S234 H ! 527s. October, 81 3eai 30is,
December. 81 34i4
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TOLEDO, May 23 t1Nsl---caSh grain on
track
.wHEAT-No l red. Sl75Ts Ma. red.
81 diamSllSl4r
oATS-No. 2 white. 6sl.@e9lsc; No. 5
soYBEANs1So. 3 yellow. s215g216.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-24
Earnings

SOUTHERN PIPE LINE co.
Year ended Dec 81
s;. s:.,! !n::a; ::ss.... "5;t:ss III "s:sss. III
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Curb prices fell also. Bonds
were Irregularly lower.
Evening star., 1945-04-27
British Food Mission
Completing Program

A British mission, here 10 disctiss
means for meeting food and supply
needs OF liberated countries, has
made very good progress" and soon
will 60 home to seek the approval Of
the Churchill government Of its
plans, Capt. Oliver Lyttelton, British
Minister Of Production, said today.
Capt. Iyttelton and Col. John
Llewellyn, Minister Of Food, have
been In consultation with American
and Canadian oflcials for several
weeks.
Discussing thes situation With
newsmen after Z call on President
Truman this morning, Capt. Lyttel-
ton said that coal, transportation,
textiles, oils, fats, sugar, meat and
some dairy products are in short
supply and that increased produce
ton is the immediate problem to be
faced. He said the problem has been
accentuated becauSe Of the progress
Allied armies have made in Europe.
Capt. Lyttelton said the Combined
Food Board Of the three countries
has obtained plenty Of wheat and
that the problem Of transporting 1t
Is being met. He said that after he
returns home he Is hopeful that .
Joint statement can be Issued ex-
planning just what is being done.
The British Minister, who Is 4
member OF his countrys war cabinet,
said he found President Truman
has 4 complete grasp Of the situa-
ton" y
Evening star., 1945-04-27
Mrs. Marie Macnei| Asks
Dismissal Of Divorce Suit

Mrs. Marie Christie Mcneil, 2522
@ street NV, today filed an answer
In District Court asking dismissal
of a complaint for divorce and
property settlement filed last Oc-
tober by Robert Lister Macneil.
often known as "Macneil Of Barra"
from the name Of his ancestral
home in Scotland.
In the answer, fled through her
attorney, Arthur G. Lambert, Mrs.
Macneil denies she deserted Mr..
Macneil as he charged In his suit
and also denied there was any pre-
nuptial agreement regarding prop
erty as he had claimed. She also
claims she is not indebted to him
"in any sum whatever" Instead
of her deserting him. she claims in
the answer that he deserted her in
December. 1941.
Mrs. Macneil, who at the time of
her marriage to eMr. Macneil in
1896 was the widow of former Rep
resentative Frederick c. Hicks of
New York, stated in the answer
that she advised Mr.. Macneil that
an income Of approximately $75, 200
a year from her first husband q
estate would cease when she mar
ried him. She also gave up the
right to occupy her Long Island
IN. " home. Shorewood, for life
through her remarriage, she, said.
Evening star., 1945-04-27
U. 5. Chamber S Mail Ballot
Elects 19 Directors

Nineteen directors of the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United States
have been elected by mail ballot,
the chamber has announced.
District directors chosen are
Chester o. Fischer, Springfield;
Mass; Warren G. Bulette, York, Pa;
Charles P. Mccormick, Baltimore;
Laurence F. Lee, Jacksonville, Fla:
Herbert N. Lape, Columbus. Ohio,
Herbert F. johnson. jr., Racine,
Wis; Richs1d <. Lane. Tulsa, Okla;
Elmer H.. Sexauer, Brookings, IS.
OAK; Frederick P. Champ, Logan,
Utah, and Hamilton r. Corbett,
Portland, Oreg.
Directors chosen to represent diyi-
sions of business are: w. S. Rose
Grams, Los Angeles; George w. West,
Atlanta; William s. Street, Chi
cago;a Francis P. Matthews, Omaha;
Clark H. Minor, New York; William
E. McKen, New York; Earl O.
Shreve, New York: Ralph L. Carr,
Evening star., 1945-04-27
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name ct the ingalls, Shipbuilding
Corp. yards ct Pascagoula. Miss.
Miss Edith Gaylord. president Of
the Women's National Press Club. is
attending the launching. Mrs.
Holmes long was q member Of the
club, having served as q member Of
the Board OF Governors and Hos
pitality Committee. Mrs. Holmes
George s. Holmes Of WASH
Evening star., 1945-04-27
Cargo Vessel 10 Honor
Kathleen Sexton Holmes

The memory Of Mrs. Kathleen
sexton Holmes, for many years
washington correspondent for the
Jackson tAGiss.) Daily News and we'll
known In press circles here. viii be
honored today when an lS.0o0-ton
war cargo vessel Is christened In her
Evening star., 1945-04-27

ington. former newspapermaIl, also
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Gillis. Laurinburs. N. g. Elizabeth
Wise Of Hazelhurst. a cousin Of Mrs.
Gillis, will be maid Of honor. Mrs.
Holmes died in December, l943.
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Denver. ana Powell g. Groner,
Kansas City.
The chamber,s board viii meet
here Nay rs 70 elect officers and
trAnsact otlfAr business.
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STATE DEPARTMENT
PLANS INVESTIGATION
OF ARMS SHIPPING

WASHINGTON, Dec. 49, W.D-
The State Department announced
today that it has ordered an in.
vestigation of charges that U. S.
firms are sending arms and am.
munition to Mexican politica,
factions. r.,
The department said it has been
informed of the charges by George
Messersmith, U. S. Ambassador to
Mexico. In view of their SERIOUS.
ness" it said, Messersmith has
been directed to inquire of the
Mexican minister of foreign affairs
concerning any information he
may. be able to supply regarding
this matter"
The charges were made by Vim
cente Lombardo Toledano, Mexi.
can labor leader. He said that "cer.
tain Yankee Imperialist compan-
les" are smuggling weapons over
the border to members of the
Sinarquist union, a pro-Catholic
movement which opposes the gov
eminent party.
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CHANNEL STORMS
DAMAGE CARRIER

LONDON, Dec. 18-P-A 70.
mile-an-hour gale that damaged 2
famous American warships re.
Gently turned into troop transports
the Aircraft Carrier Wasp and
the Cruiser Augusta-continued to
buffet the British coast tonight
with no signs of abating.
The Augusta, enroute to the Unit.
ed States from LIE Havre, had to
turn back for Portsmouth or South.
hampton. Her starboard side was
crushed in an, inch or two and bulk.
heads were damaged. The Wasp,
stripped of much of her fighting
equipment to make room for 5000
hunks, was enroute to Southampton
to pick up troops when she ran into
the storm Sunday. Steel curtains or
her hangar deck were washed
away. She returned to Plymouth
for repairs.
No casualties were reported on
either ship.
The high seas washed UP mines
along the Channel coast and one
exploded at Rottindean, Sussex,
but caused no casualties. High
tides isolated the Channel town OF
Sandgate. Three deaths from
drowning were reported from
Channel towns.
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so Indonesians Killed
In Hand To-Hand Fight

| BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 1871
Bitter hand-to-hand fighting be-
tween British Indian troops and 300
Indonesians, in which at least 80 OF
the native force were killed, was
reported today by the unit news.
paper of the 23rd Indian Division.
Describing the battle, which took
place yesterday near Buitenzorg,
about 80 miles south of here in
western Java, the newspaper said
Indonesian. dead might total 100.
Their own dead were put at three,
with one British officer and %
Indian soldiers. wounded. The clash
occurred at an Indonesian, road
block. ~.
British reconnaissance reports
said Indonesian forces had occu-
pied Semarang, in north central
Java, recently evacuated by Brit
ish forces, and that there were no
signs of the towns normal popula-
ton.
British chartered, American
manned victory ships were report
ed evacuating $500 refugees from
the Semarang area in north cen
trail Java. Dutch officials said 1900
were brought to Batavia and that
the others would be shipped to
Siam.
Merchant Marine 1t. (JG) An
thony R. Sammak of North Ber-
gen, N. j., said the ships, Winches-
ter Victory and Lake Charles Vic
tory, had been assigned to British
service with eight others in return
for use Of the Queen Mary to trans
port United States troops.
He said his ship previously had
been assigned to taking French
troops from Marseilles to Saigon,
Indochina, and that a crew COM
mittee had protested use OF the
ship for other than United States
troops in two letters to President
Truman. one sent from Port Said,
Continued on Page Two; Col. "
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WORK WILL BEGIN !
ON BASIN TODAY

Initial dredging operations on
the Brunswick river ship lay-up
basin are scheduled to get under.
way today according to North
Carolina Shipbuilding company Of
ficials.
Officials said, they are awaiting
word from Washington to begin
the project. American Dredging
company, of Philadelphia, was
awarded the contract for the work
by the U. S. Maritime commits.
sion.
Approximately 9,60O,OO0 cubic
yards of material will have to be
dredged from the river basin to
bring the lay-up basin to project
size of 1900 feet wide. three and
three-fourths miles long, and be.
tween 10 and 10 feet deep.
The channel connecting the area
with the Cape Fear river will be-
300 feet wide, 13 feet deep and g.
300 feet long, and all dredged ma.
terial will be deposited on Eagle
Island.
Stored in the lay-up basin will be
an estimated 500 surplus ships Of
the U. S. Maritime commission.
The ships will be anchored in the
basin under repair and mainte.
nance contract with the North Caro-.
lima Shipbuilding company. Under
terms of the contract, each ship
will be repaired and put in first.
class order before it is put in the
lay up basin, and periodically
thereafter each vessel will be
serviced on short notice.
Estimated yearly cost for main.
tenance and repair of each ship
anchored in the basin is between
$4,000 and $4,000.
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Conferences
To Continue
Leaders Say
QUICK REFUSAL
Unionists Claim Company
Raise Completely
Unacceptable

DETROIT, Dec. 10. = (D - The
CIO-United Automobile Workers to-
day rejected a 1874 per cent wage
rate increase offer by the Ford
Motor Co.
The rejection came '>ss than an
hour after the Ford company an
nounced the offer while represen-
tatives of management and union
were meeting on the UAW-ClO de-
mand for 80 per cent wage rate
increase.
The UAWL 10 recently turned
down 10 per cent wage rate in
crease offer by General Motors
Corp. - whose 175,0O0 production
have been on strike nearly month
over the unions 80 percent increase
demand.
Ford estimated it's increase offer
at Is cents an hour to all production
workers. TIL GIN offer was esti-
mated by the management to
amount to 10 IL cents an hour.
1.-THE Ford proposal is complete
ly unacceptable to the union" said
Richard T. Leonard, UAW-C1O
Ford director as he came out OF
the negotiating conference. He did
not amplify his statement but indi-
Gated a detailed explanation would
be made later. It was announced
the conferences between union and
company would be resumed Thurs
day.
The Ford offer and its rejection
brought no immediate comment
from General Motors officials. Most
of them were enroute tonight to
Washington for the opening Of hear
ings tomorrow by a fact-finding
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
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lord HAW HAW"
LOSES APPEAL TO
ESCAPE GALLONS

LONDON, Dec. 18-R)-William
Joyce, the American-born "Lord
Haw Haw'' of the German radio,
must hang for his propaganda
broadcasts for the Nazis, Britain
court of last resort ruled today.
The only remaining chance for
Joyce to escape execution rests
with Home Secretary James Chut-
er EIDE, who can recommend a re.
prieve to the King. No date has
been set for the execution.
Five Lords of appeal in the
House. of Lords, who constituted
the court of last resort, voted four
to one for dismissal of Joyce
appeal, which was based on Npe
claim he was citizen of the
United States and thus could moi
be guilty of treason to the British
crown.
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PATTON CONTINUES
TO IMPROVE, ARMY
DOCTORS REPORT

FRANKFURT, Dec. 18-W.H-
Doctors attending General George
S. Patton Jr., at Heidelberg today
announced there was a lessening
of the paralysis which grippc.. him
from the neck down after his neck
was broken in an auto crash
Dec. 9.
There is very gradual i'm
provement in the motor functions,
particularly around the shoulders
and upper chest" the II a. m. re-
port said. His general condition
remains excellent
Pa::on lad an uneasy night due
to discomfort of his newly applied
cast, which enabled him to sit up
yesterday for the first time. The
4 pm. report said his condition
was good and there were mo sig
nificant changes since this morn
ing"
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Is Members
Record Nay
Vote On Bill
SHIP SALE OKAYED
American Interests To Get
First Chance AT Huge
Merchant Fleet !

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1912 -
The House passed the bill for
Americas participation in the
United Nations Organization today
by a vote of 344 to Is. 1t was
adopted in substantially the same
form as the Senate had approved
it, but minor changes sent 1t to a
Senate-House conference.
The Senate approved a measure
granting pay increases averaging
about II per cent tc some LOCO, 900
government workers. This, adopt.
ed, 81 to 3, was substitute for
bill of Senator Downey's (D-CaD
which would have provided a flat
20 per cent boost. 1t now goes to
the House.
The Senate also approved and
returned to the House legislation
providing for the sale or charter
of 10000, 900, 900 worth of wartime
ships. The measure gives Ameri.
cans first chance to buy the ALSO
vessels, with foreign sales author.
lied after 80 days.
Those were the chief legislative
accomplishments at the capitol in
a day which found the committees
busy and Congressman laden with
statements.
The Pearl Ha1.,or investigating
Continued ON Page Two; Col. 81
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CHINESE REDS
SEEKING PEACE

oturNGKING, Dec. 49, @ =
,' In No. ? Communist, here to
e Il1l nsace with the nations lead
'sA aid today that an end to civil
eis' was China's first need and
va. the seven-man delegation he
us .ds would demand cessation OF
sostilities. .o,s - .,.-
'' would seek a cease-fighting
nn ~ before the all-party
r pssl;.ical Consultative Council be-
f F;a. its formal peace session. Fail
gu that, he added, he would in
l l;s+ that a truce be made the first
a ~, on the Councils agenda. A
i Iste for the session has not yet
been set.
,.unst aims as political Democ-
r ., naturalization of the Chi
, rssa army, and legal status for all
notical parties.
chinese press dispatches mean
chile reported "ferocious'' fight
;.s in southern Shantaung province,
VII Communists were said to
have captured the important town
n Tenchsien, on the Tientsin-Pu-
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NEW JERSEY COUPLE
KILLED WHEN AUTO
CRASHES INTO TRUCK

ST. GEORGE, S. C. Dec. 18.-(P
Two persons were killed, another
injured critically and a fourth
shaken up in a collision involving
an automobile and truck at Rosin-
vile, six miles north of st. George,
this morning at 7:30 o'clock.
]. H. Fitzpatrick, 50, of Ocean
City, N. j., driver of the car, was
killed instantly. His wife, Mrs.
Marjorie Fitzpatrick, S., died a
short time later in Dorchester
county hospital, Summerville.
Miss Marjorie Fitzpatrick, 26,
their daughter, is in Dorchester
county hospital suffering from
bruises and shock. A son, Joseph
Fitzpatrick, 20, was injured slight.
ly.
Charles F. Brown, Of Charleston.
driver of the truck, was not in.
jured.
An inquest will be held at the
courthouse here Wednesday after
noon at 6 O'Clock. Pending its out.
come, Brown is being held in the
county.
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Ammunition Truck Blast
Wrecks 200 West Coast Homes

LA JOLLA, Cal, Dec. 18-W|-
Approximately 200 families in the
Torrey Pines and Camp Callan
housing projects were left home
less tonight-their dwellings torn
and twisted into blitz-like rubble
by the flaming explosions of load
ed Navy ammunition truck within
100 yards of one OF the projects.
Windows smashed and approx
imate1y 80 per cent? of the Torrey
Pines project in ashes, the projects
were left uninhabitable by heavy
conclusion waves flattening all in
reach from a 2Oe-foot wall OF
flame, and hurting explosive pro-
jectiles from the truck.
There were no casualtie; in the
explosion, police said. Quick evac-
uation of the housing areas by
navy, fire and police trucks was
credited with preventing injuries
or deaths. ~ a~".
Late this evening, the last flames
from La Jolla's main gas line were
extinguished by fire crew aug
mented by 200 sailors from neigh.
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
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kow railroad midway between Nan.
king and Tientsin..
The Generalissimo and Madame
Chang returned triumphantly to-
day to Marking, from which they
were forced by the Japanese to
lice in 1887. A semi-official dis.
patch said they flew to the forme,
capital from Peiping in Chiang's
special plane.
Before he left Peiping, Chang
said in a brief radio address thai
particular friendship existed
between the peoples and armed
forces of China and the United
States and that their continued
close relationship would help pre-
serve world peace.
He made no reference in his ad.
dress to President Truman's re-
cent statement OF policy toward
China. Later, at a press confer
ence just before he and Madame
Chang boarded their plane, he de-
clared Mr.. Truman's pronounce
ment showed that ''the president
OF the United States has a very
clear understanding of the present
situation in China