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Ar Gas Rations
Will Increase
,50 After V-E
.WASHINGTON, April -()-
I Basic ."A" card gasoline rations
will be increased 50 per cent after
i V I day if the "more optimistic'
predictions of government officials
materialize, tb OPA said today.
" Assuming fee supply is .Increas
ed by 200,000 barrels daily, "A"
motorists can expect enough gaso
line for about tlx miles of driving
a day, instead of four miles as at
present, the agency said. .
:. It added that part of any. addi
tional supplies will go to-MBH
drivers. '
"These are the groups that need
first consideration when addition
al gasoline supplies are available,"
Price Administrator Chester Bow
les said in a statement He added:
"Because estimates from the pe
troleum administration for war of
the amount of additional gasoline
to be available for civilians after
V I day range from 100,000 to 200,
000 barrels daily, it is impossible
at this time to announce allotment
Increases in detail." "
Petroleum 1 Administrator Har
old L. Ickes in a separate' state
ment, said that any post V-E day
increase "may be, merely a tem
porary one j during the period
hen the weight of the attack is
shifting from Europe to the Pa
cific.' Bombers Ruin
Plan to Wipe
Out London
NEW YORK, April --Allied
bombers and invasion armies
thwarted a German plan to wipe
out London and other English cit
ies last spring with a secret weap
on a 120-pound rocket shell with
a 40-pound warhead, the British
information service said tonight.
The underground firing site,
near Calais, only 90 miles from
London, was subjected to "ter
rific and efficient bombing- and
then captured after D-day, the ser
vice reported. The Germans plan
ned to fire the shells at the rate
of ten per minute, the service said,
to pin London firemen and police
in shelters while flying bombs and
V-2's caused the main destruction.
, The agency said the reich origi
nally ordered her scientists to de
velop rockets capable of hitting
' the United States, but shortened
ithe range requirements after the
Datue of Britain. .
mjvuu uTTicer
IsinHospitali
. FORT COLLINS, Colo., April 8
-r-wavy Lt. John D. Vanderhotf
not only laughed at death, but nnw
he can also laugh at his superiors
in the navy department. Parents
of the young Pacific air veteran
received a memorial scroll, sign
ed by the president, indicating the
flier was killed last Snt 24 Ao
: tually, however, he's in a navy
nospuai at Long Beach, Calif.,
twith a broken leg. sustained when
he bailed out of his disabled nln.
ifter a strafing raid in the Phil
ippines last September.
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Postwar Trucks, Buses
Won't Have Carburetors
; PORTLAND, April S-tfVPost-war
trucks and hna.w;hnh -
mvu I icu
iburetors were predicted today by
H. O. HilL Springfield, Mass. Field
engineering manager for the
American Bosch corporation."
., Hill said engines might be im-
; provea Dy injecting the fuel under
. hl'ffh DrwcniM ttiMttxi. j
ojsicriu uiw uie comoustion cham
tber.
Engines respond better to the
.throttle under such a system, he
'said, and the exhause gas odor is
reauceo.
3 American Cemeteries
Now East of Rhine
" SUPRFMT?, markrtTTcTErnn
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
, s, Apru 0-(iT-There
are now three American ceme
teries east of the Rhine in Ger-
'J - ; ;
j" Original pians called for no
American burials on German soil.
,,The swift eastward movement of
American armies, however, made
,...wu Kwiwiwuf necessary.
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Any United Nation May Seek
To Amend Dumbarton Oaks
Plan at 'Frisco Conference
' B Jeha M.
WASHINGTON, April -
member nation, great or small, may seel: to amend the Dumbar
ton Oaks world organization plan during the San Francisco con
ference, Secretary of State. Stettinius disclosed today.
This wide open procedure
the big four sponsoring powers
China despite a recent suggestion
in the Soviet press that the four
countries, having jointly written
the Dumbarton Oaks plan, -were
bound to defend it against change
This suggestion . was published
hi the Russian magazine. War and.
the Working Classes, and repub
lished here in the-Soviet embassy
bulletin earlier this week. There
was no proof, however, that
it
represented a fixed Soviet gov
eminent view.
Named Chairman
Shortly before Stettinius held
his news conference today, he was
designated by President Roosevelt
to be temporary chairman of the
San Francisco conference, which
opens April 25. He is slated then
to be elected permanent chairman,
which would make him chief of-
ncer oi me conierence. Such an
office ordinarily goes to the rep
resentauve of the host. country.
There is still a good chance
that Former Secretary of State
Cordell Hull may attend the con
ference despite his 73 years and
his long hospitalization from ill
ness and exhaustion. This was
learned today when inquiry was
made of f Hull's closest associates
as to whether a choice of Stetti
nius as temporary chairman meant
Hull would not be able to go
null, these informants said, is
now getting along so well that he
hopes more than ever that he will
be able to make the trip.
Answers Reporters
The subject of amendments to
the Dumbarton Oaks plan came
up when reporters asked Stetti
nius whether the conference
would be a deliberative one. J?
said he certainly assumed it would
be with a capital, D. He was then
asked what he took the word de-
u Derau ve to mean and he said
it meant that any country could
make any suggestions it wanted to
and there would be time to talk
things over and think them
through.
men Stettinius was told the
tfusaan publication had suggested
that the big powers would have
to defend rather than amend the
Dumbarton Oaks plan, and his re
ply was that the San Francisco
conierence- will be a meeting f
the United Nations to agree on a
security organization,- with the
uumoarton Oaks proposals placed
on me xame as the basis of dis
cussions.
Asked specifically whether that
meant that the United States and
umer naiions would be able to
suggest amendments, he said yes,
sure.
Chaplin Case
Jury Chosen
LOS ANGELES, April 6 -)-Qne
man and 11 women were
cnosen today to hear the retrial
of Joan Berry's - paternity suit
against Charlie ChanUn
Testimony will begin Monday
l aiarr, wno attend
ed Miss Berry whpn hr' v.aK
Carol Ann, was born 18 months
so, wm De the first witness.
The 25-year-old Miss Berry,
Chaplin's former dramafin cft,4
claims the comedian is the father
nr cniid. Neither Miss Berry
nor Chanlin am aviwi)
' - -f-vcvi tu ttp-
pear in the c6urtroora untU they
are canea as witnesses.
Fro-
xe iirsi trial of the suit ended
ia Jury disagreement last Jan.
uary.
Engbsh Told V-Bomb
Raids May Be Renewed
LONDON. Anril K jiat
- V - a.s
though no V-bombs have been re
ported as falling in England for
several , davs. Hnm c,
Herbert Morris warned today that
manj mignt increase the
range of their V-weapons or re-
ucw air raias on Britain.
Tellin a labor
vil defense must be kept up," Mor
rison asserted he was "not going
to indulge in any confident pro
phecies that our troubles" from
"c air are over.
Allies Construct Many
Bridges Across Rhine
12TH ARMV
Aiiiutt, Apru -av-The al-
w uae nine more bridges
across the Rhfn. "
wu wav Ajrc
Pf" er,ervd- The exact nurn
ber isn't being disclosed, but it
inrlliHaa .111 j fc
v. sui in w nnnm ta kM.
toon bridges of the smallest size.
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Wednesday, Modern
Featnrinthe ,
Top Hatters
J Thursday, Old Time
Featuring -Pop Edwards-'
OM Time and Modern
lwo frloors and '
Two Bands : :
Hightower
The United States or any other
evidently has been agreed upon by
this country, Russia, Britain and
Yhumbnail
oi War!
;Bjf the Associated Press
WcaUra frat Allice rip through
. War river line B mil from Hann
ovttrracticaUy iaolaUnf nazia In
BOMda Rada batter through four
Vfcan suburbs to within four railas
of city's heart as siege rages on fS
mil are around caoitaL
ttaly Long-dormant Italian front
blazes anew as Fifth army advances
two smiles to surprise lunge, out
flanking Mont rolgorito.
PaeUfc Jap plane strike for
first time at American invasion fleet
m KyuKyus. but ISO soot down.
Pkillpptacs bland-based Libe
rator bomb Hongkong -waterfront for
intra atrmignt a ay as Yank para'
troopers setae Lueena aa Luwb.
Chtaa Chiang's foreea open great
eouateroffenarve against Japanese
oeeqing sor anenn province.:
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jMtfes Urges
Moire Acreage
InfFood Crops
WASHINGTON, April -(ff)
War Tood Administrator Marvin
Jones appealed to farmers tonight
to plant a larger acreage to food
and feed crops this spring than a
recent survey indicates they plan.
Crops for which he asked in
creases;! include corn, barley, flax
seed, potatoes, sweet potatoes, dry
beans, sugar beets, peanuts, soy
beans, grain sorghums,- hay and
pastures. .., j-
ine food administrator said in
a statement that a review! of the
food situation makes it clear that
production in line with the estab
lished goals for 1945 Is even more
important than when the goals
were : set in Jaunary. i i
Agriculture department econo
mists; have estimated that total
food production this year will drop
irom.;iive w ten per cent Deiow
1944, even if farmers ; plant as
much as the goals asked for. This
estimate is based largely on pros
pects! of a smaller production, of
meats and other livestock pro
ducts. Jonei asked that some acreage
intended for spring wheat be
shifted to other needed crops, such
as barley and flax seed. A pros
pective bumper winter ! wheat
crop makes spring wheat less ur
gent.'be said. -j si
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is ISans
Film Because
Of Race Idea
MEMPHIS, AprU 6-CPi-Lloyd
T. Blnford, chairman of the Mem
phis board of motion picture cen
SOn? -said tnriav tha TTnifa Ar4.
its' picture, "Brewster's Millions"
had been banned here because it
"presented too much familiarity
between the races."
Binfdrd asserted the movie was
banned, on the ground it was "in
imical to the public welfare."
"The, movie has Rochester (YA
die Anderson), the Negro com
edian, in an important role," Bin
ford said. "He has too familiar a
way about him and the nicture
presents too much social equality
and racial mixture. A
"We don't have any trouble with
raciajf problems down here and we
don t' intend to encourage any by
showfng movies like this."!
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2 U;S. Soldiers Guilty
Of Stealing Army Gas
PARIS, AprU ftWPV-Two Am
erican soldiers were sentenced to
day byj a military court to life im
prisonment in connection with the
theft: of army gasoline for which
a French middleman was sen ten c-
ea a month ago by a French civil
court to serve four years in prison.
The ' soldiers names vm nni
immediately disclosed, j
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Nazi Government Units
Flee to Berchtesgaden
WITtt THE BRTTTSW ?m
MY, April oHVCerman prison
ers said today that nazi govern
ment! units including sections of
the high command which fit
Berliitt for Weimar and Erfurt,
now have taken cover at Berch
tesgaden. Hitler's last-hnn
hold. . " '
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Dinner Served from P. Bt
Floor Shows 8 and II P. M.
) Open f Every Night
v Until 12 o'CIock
; Saturday and Sunday
Cocktail Bar Opens 2:09
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Nazis Distort
Fact on Death
Of Prisoners
LONDON, Saturday, April 7-(
The German radio,.; commenting
upoo the death of German prison
ers of war while beta trananort-
ed in box carsv said today the sol
diers had been "suffocated ia new
type American prison cajrea."
The broadcast, on DNB'a. home
service wave length directed to
the German army, declared "those
who -so far, from the viewpoint of
fairness and objectivity, have al
lowed our foes in the east and
west a certain amount oV 1t1
ingsvf should be converted ' trom
nowton." ;?
The German broadcaster read
a London radio report -of the re
cent j deaths reported in France
and .General Eisenhower's plans
for an investigation, then added,
"our enemies shrink no, longer
from spreading their bestialities
Supreme allied headquarters
announced the undisclosed num
ber of deaths Thursday in a state
ment which said Eisenhower had
ordered a full investigation.
A preliminary report indicated
"the; deaths -were- caused i h mf.
location resulting from ; insuffi
cient ventilation in some of the
new 'American type box cars used,
aggravated by the higher tempera
tures prevailing at the time," the
SHAEF statement said.
Girl Promises
To Wait Year
But Waits 4
H, PASO, Tex, April 6 -(ff)
The girl he left behind promised
to wait for TSgt Albert p. Pach
eco onlr a year, but she was utill
waitins when he returrtMi aftr
nearty four years in Japanese
prison camps.
And Sergeant Pacheco. fmm
Deming, N. WL, captured when the
Nipponese took CorregidoMoesn't
want to talk about those four
years or his escaDe from a Pala
wan prison camp early last De
cember. '
"I'm too haoDy to rare" he
says. "You see, my girl who said
she would wait for the year I
expected to be in the South Pa
cific, was still ' waiting f when I
came back to El Paso Friday."
While he i was talkinr. Dmut
County Clerk Henry Garcia was
issuing a marriage license for the
veteran and Miss Catalina (Katie)
Valles of El Paso, "the sirL"
Miss Valles, who had not heard
irom facneco while he was a cap
tivej had moved and he had trou
ble finding ; her house. ;
"A stranger came to the
Pacheco related. "I asked for
Katie. She appeared but! she just
looked at me. Like I was a dMi)
person walking. Finally -she be
lieved her eyes. "Albert! she cried
Then she hugged me tight"
They will be married here
April 22. J
AP Dispatch
Informs Mac'
Of Selection
- MANILA.! Anril 6-TPV-An A
soclated Press dispatch to member
newspapers in Manila today gave
uen Douglas MaeArthur; the first
word that he had been chosen t
command all ground operations a-
gainst the Japanese. It had been
rumored for davs. I
Col. Lloyd Lehrbas. aide to the
general, carried the dispatch to
MaeArthur s office and 1 emm-rat
beaming. He reported: i
"The general said if the Asso
ciated Press says so it must he
true." i i
The six Manila newsnanera wrv
ed by the Associated Press issnod
extra editions on the MaeArthur
appointment and the dispatch re
porting Russia's abrogation of her
non-aggression treaty with Japan.
There was no comment from
Adrrf. Chester W. Nimitz at Guam
concerning his selection Ho hMri
all naval forces. The joint chiefs
oi swir made the assignments Jn
V.P.W. Victory Clab
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Elowing on your- hands? Wear
Ing your longies? Carrying.5 youi
old rnuffT Cold, hasn't it been? I
-v- - ;
. Wish you could, with me, have
looked Into The Statesman ahop"s
medicine chest thenroldest day of
this month! My ears were aching
from. the, frigid breeze and what
I sought was an aspirin tablet.
What : I came- smack up against
was a bottle which apparently had
Just been refilled, labeled Tor
Heat Exhaustion.'" i
6No Comment' on
Rum o r Navy Will j
Stop Enlistments' '
"Ne " eomment," was Chief
Specialist Mel Kennedy's uu
wer te aa laafay by a States
man reporter relative to eirl
rest rxmors to the effect thai
the Bevy's pregraaa f Tobxa
tary ealliMiait far 17-year
elds was doe for tlesmre, er
sharp assiallmeat, to the ims-
aaedlate ratare.
Whether the navy will d.
diverted freoa resr
tar fanlsetiea chaanela for its
maapewer seeds, er will epe
rate mned a restricted rein
tary . enllstaaent eelliag alter
eeaatenplated fleet reoalre
ssjeata are satisfied ta Jane
remains just another "rnmtary
secret- aa far as the Saleaa re
ermitiag efflee is eeaeerned, 5
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Government I
LONDON, Saturday, April 7-P)
The Moscow radio said today Pres
ident Eduard Benes of Czechoslo
vakia had named a new govern,
ment headed by Premier Zdenek
Firlinger, former Czechoslovak
ambassador to Russia.
Benes returned to ' Czechoslo
vakia from Moscow Tuesday.'
The broadcast, quoting a Tass
agency dispatch from Kosice,
Czechoslovakia, said Jan Sramek,
who had been premier of the government-in-exile,
was retained in
the new cabinet as deputy pre
mier. The choice of Firlinger as pre
mier was interpreted in London as
indicating that the new cabinet
was designed along lines friendly
to Russia. !
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Stettinius Still
Stays Certain
About Poland
t NEW YORK, April S-(P)-Sec-retary
of State Stettinius declared
today that "nothing has happened
to shake my belief that the Cri
mea agreement on Poland will be
carried mf A
i The agreement provided -; for
establishment of a new, democra
tic Polish government and con
sulfations have ..been going J on
fruitlessly in Moscow for seven
weeks among Britain, Russia and
the United States. 1
Stettinius in a speech chided
those who express- concern over
the prospects of the San Francisco
United Nations conference be
cause of mis delay and because of
the Russian request for three as
sembly votes. . . . i
"If we based our course of ac
tion on that line of reasoning we
Would never have a conference,
or a world organization." he said.
"New problems of this nature
win continue to arise r
He pointed out that for two
years the major allies have dis
agreed over Poland and that the
Crimean decision is "only seven
weeks M."
i "The delay in carrying out the
Crimea decision on Poland has
been disappointing," Stettinius
declared, "but in this perspective
it has not been long.'
Soldier Who i
Slurred FDR
Gets 20 Years
i NEW ORLEANS, April HP
A United States appellate court
ordered Hugh Callan, 35-yeaiold
former soldier, inducted at Camp
Upton, N.Y, remanded to the fed
eral penitentiary at Atlanta today
to start serving t 20-year sentence
for making .remarks uncompli
mentary to President Roosevelt
The UJS. 5th circuit court of ap
peals dismissed a habeas corpus
ruling of a Georgia federal district
court setting aside the sentence of
an army, court martiaL The lower
purt held the court martial had
ho Jurisdiction because It was not
proven that Callan had taken the
earn or allegiance.
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Pastor Uses
Tobacco but
Is Accepted
MANCHESTER, NH, April -Although
hedeclined to fore
swear the use of tobacco a con
dition asked of each applicant
the Rev. Robert G. Friend, 28-year
old minister, was admitted today
to- membership in the New Hamp
shire Methodist conference
; I do not intend to refrain from
smoking unless it becomes clearly
evident that the cause of Christ is
being damaged, Mr. Friend said.
Yesterday, the conference voted
to reject him but the -vote was nul
lified by Bishop " Lewis O. Hart
man, presiding, because a layman
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had participated In the discussions.
Today's vote was taken in exec
utive session, and no explanation
of the chance in balloting was an
nounced.
Each applicant for admission to
the conference was asked to af
firm that he would not smoke or
inquige in anyuung tnai nugnt ax
feet his value ta the ministry.
. A native of Grand Rapids;
MklL, the. Rev Mr. Friend has
been serving as: supply pastor at
the Contoocook Methodist church
since June; 1941. K -
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Nazi Cruiser Leipzig
Struck by .Torpedoes ,.
LONDON, April (ff) The
German-cruiser j Leipzig; carrying
500 troops and refugees, was hit
by- several torpedoes en route,
from Gdynia to Abenrade and had
to be towed Into port, the Swed
ish radio said today. , .
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