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HERO RELAXE S—After a whirlwind tour of New York
City, Gen. Jonathan Wainwright enjoys a cigar.
Americans Find
Nazi Master
Membership List
BERLIN, Oct. 17 — f/P) — The
Nazi party’s master file of per
sonnel records, including mem
bership cards bearing nearly eight
million names, has fallen intact
into American hands. The prize
is considered one of the most im
portant documentary catches of
the war.
In addition to membership cards
the file contains approximately
two million teams of persons who
applied for party membership and
were rejected. A team under Maj
William Browne, former chief of
detectives of Portland, Oregon,
unearthed the records.
Army And Navy
May Become
Single Unit
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—</P)—
Secretary of War Patterson ad
. vocated a merger of the War and
Navy Departments into a single
* agency in a step toward maintain
ing world peace, and urging
prompt action on the controversi
al plan. He told the Senate Mili
tary Committee that subordinate
branches should be ground, sea,
and air.
The Secretary of War was the
first witness before the commit
tee as it began hearings on vari
ous merger proposals. Navy De
partment officials are expected to
oppose such suggestions.
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Scalping was practiced by the
^ ancient Scythians.
Scientists Warn Of
Grave Danger Of
Atomic Bomb
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—(/P)—
The scientists who helped to cre
ate the atomic bomb said the mag
nitude of its problems is so great
that “one false move in interna
tional diplomacy might mean the
virtual destruction of this coun
try.”
Testimony given at a Senate
hearing, by Dr. H. J. Curtis, rep
resenting Oak Ridge scientists at
Clinton, Tennessee laboratories,
he said “We have been driven to
the conclusion that there is only
one solution to the secret prob
lem; namely to turn it over to an
international organization to con
trol all aspects of atomic energy.”
Russia Takes
Conquest Land
Into U.S.S.R.
MOSCOW, Oct. 17—Op)—Resi
dents of portions of East Prussia
wrested from Germany, the Kur
iles, the southern part of Sakha
lin Island taken from Japan, in a
vote of the Russian general elec
tion on February 10, elected dep
uties of the Supreme Soviet
U.S.S.R. for these districts. A spe
cial edition of Izvestia disclosed
Russia already is listing these con
quests as part of the Soviet
Union’s electoral setup.
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MR. AND MRS. BEN GILLETTE
TO WINTER IN STATES
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gillette left
for the States last Monday eve
ning. They will spend the winter
in Bellingham and return to Nome
the early part of next year.
Strikes
At A Glance
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The nation’s strike lines again
expand as the number of idle over
labor disputes jumped four hun
dred and fifty thousand in major
strike developments.
Coal—Widespread strikes in the
soft coal fields in six states have
crippled production. More than a
thousand mines are stalemated by
the conciliation conference with
a loss estimated at millions of dol
lars daily.
Steel—Production in the steel
mills drops sharply of additional
furnaces shut down because of
fuel shortage.
Shipping—Disention within the
AFL Longshoremen’s Union keeps
■ a large part of New York harbor
1 idle. Hundreds of ships are tied
i up. Insurgent stevedores demand
1 the ousting of Union President
Ryan, as his faction blames the
1 CIO leader Bridges. Bridges CIO
Maritime Union has split its
ranks.
Lumber — Lumber operators
and representatives of forty thou
! sand CIO workers continue nego
tiations in an effort to settle wage
demands. There is no indication
of ending the month-long strike of
some sixty-one thousand AFL
lumber workers in five Pacific
Northwest states.
Motion Picturse—Union leaders
and film producers continue the
efforts to end the walkout.
Lewis Calls Off
Soft Coal Strike
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—(JP)—
John L. Lewis called off the soft
coal strikes fefective Monday. A
United Mine Workers spokesman,
K. C. Adams, said the action was
taken “in the public interest.”
Lewis in a telegram to officres
and members of all local unions,
said future efforts “to abate this
controversy” over recognition of
the foreman’s union “will be re
sumed later, at a more appropri
ate date.”
Government conciliation efforts
under the guidance of Secretary
Schwellenbach collapsed Monday
night after eight days of fruitless
conferences aimed at settling the
strikes.
Congress Cuts
Spending
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—(/P)—
Cancellation of over fifty-two bil
lion dollars of government spend-,
ing has been authorized by a Con
gressional committee as a direct
result of the war’s end. As applied
to the various agencies the pro
posed cuts are military establish
ments, thirty-two billion, nine
hundred three million; naval, sev
enteen billion, six hundred sixty
two million; miscellaneous execu-1
tive agencies, three billion eight
hundred eighty-seven million.
Japanese People
Move Toward
Democraey
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TOKYO, Oct. 17—</Pi—'The Jap ^
nation took four important steps
toward democracy as the Emper
or granted amnesty to nearly all
Japs as they openly avowed to
move and unite the country “in
meeting the greatest change in
their history.”
Four major Jap industrial hold
ing companies: Mitsui, Mitsukishi,
Sumitomo and Yasuda decided to
dispose of all their shares at a
sale to the public. The newspaper
Yomirui Hochi said the Jap cab
niet had decided to repeal the re
ligious organizations law estab
lished as a waritme control.
Domei said General MacArthur
has issued a directive freeing the
Jap motion picture industry from
all government dominaiton to al
low it to “reflect the democratic
aspirations of the Japanese peo
ple.”
Russia Insists On
Allied Jap Control
Commission
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—(/P)—
Secretary Byrnes said the Rus
sians are insisting on an Allied
Control Council to run Japan, but
still hopes they will join the
American-sponsored advisory
commission this month.
The secretary strongly implied
at a news conference that since
United States did not accept the
control plan that Russia may re
fuse to send a representative to
the advisory commission. The pro
posed council to be in place of or
superior to General MacArthur.
Marines In Control
()f Jap Coal
Mine Riots
HAKATA, Japan, Oct. 17—(/P)
—Squads of the United States
Fifth Division of Marines have
been rushed to coal mine camps
near Hakata to quell fighting be
tween Chinese laborers (former
prisoner of war slaves!, Jap po
lice and civilians.
Marine correspondent Staff Sgt.
Paul Sturges, of Salem, Oregon,
reported that two Chinese had
been killed and two others
wounded seriously. More than a
score of Jap police and civilians
were beaten. Marines took over
the policing job after the Jap po
lice reported they were unable to
control the situation.
Seal Prices Double
At Fur Auction
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Oct. 17—(/P)—
In its first auction in four years
the Fouke Fur Company recently
sold a 60-skin lot of Alaska seal
i skins for $90 each or double the
price possible under war ceiling
: limitations.
With receipts totaling more than
$1,500,000 during the first hours,
the auction was on its way to a
record, it included 23,400 Alaska
sealskins, part of the 1943 Pribil
1 loff Islands, 4367 sealskins from
the Cape of Good Hope, to be sold
for the government of South Af
rica, and about 300 blue and white
Alaska fox furs.
The United States government
gives 20 per cent of the sales pro
ceeds from Alaska skins to the
Canadian government.
RADAR SCIENTISTS — Dr. Lee A. DuBrldge (left),
noted physicist, directed the huge radiation laboratory at Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., which during
the war did secret research revolutionizing radar. With him is
Dr. J. G. Trump, head of the laboratory’s British branch.