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MARYSVIUE, OCTOBER 21, 1947 By Carrier 15c a Week BRAZIL BREAKS SOVIET RUSSIA LONG SERIES OF DISPUTES CAUSE-BREAK PROPAGANDA ATTACKS IN THE RED PRESS BROUGHT ILL- FEELING TO PEAK RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. Brazilian government officially announced severance of diplomatic relations with Russia today. Foreign Minister Raul Fernandez distributed to correspondents a statement citing a series of "provocations" by the Soviet and the unsatisfactory replies received to Brazilian protests. The announcement was broadcast immediately over all Brazilian radio stations. A group of student demonstrators gathered In front of the already vacated Soviet embassy and started throwing stones.

The demonstrators were scattered by police. The Brazilian noted cited statements made by the Soviet press, against President Dutra who was accused as a "friend of reaction," a "warmonger," and recipient of medals from and Mussolini. Ignored' Protests The note went on to say that Moscow had refused to heed Brazil's protests. Brazil's note said the United States government has taken over Brazil's interests in Russia at the request of Dutra's government. Security officers reported that calm prevails throughout the country and no Communist demonstrations are expected.

A foreign ministry source said that the United States had no direct participation in the exchange of notes leading to the break, but admitted that Washington was "fully informed" of every step taken. Brazil's severance of diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia comes as the climax to a long series of'ide- ological disputes between the two countries. On May 7 of this year, the supreme, electoral tribunal of Brazil handed down a decree outlawing the Communist party. With a membership of 180 thousand, it was the largest Red organ ization in the western hemisphere and polled 800 thousand votes in countrywide mu- (Co.Uinued on page 2) IMPORT BANT MEXICO CITY, Oct. of automobiles into Mexico will be permanently banned after Jan.

1, 1948, the newspaper Prensa Grafica reported, to favor establishment of auto assembly plants in this coUntry. NEW ENGLAND FOREST FIRES MAINE TOWN IS THREATENED BY 8 CLOSED IN SEVERAL STATES LEGLESS VET GOES TO CONGRESS BIDDEFORD, Ocit. raging woods fire burned today into the outlying sections of Biddeford and raced uncontrolled around Routes Number 1 and 1-A in North Kennebunk. Biddeford la a textile city of 20,000 population. Five homes were destroyed In Biddeford as firemen of five towns battled to keep the flames- from penetrating deeper into the city's outskirts and from the fortune rock coastline section.

The southern Maine fire was one of scores in New England, marking the 21st day of the drought with no prospect of relief. Connecticut and Rhode Island have joined other New England states in closing woodlands because of the fire threat. Hundreds of cottages along the Atlantic shoreline threatened and volunteers were working to stop sparks from the woodland blaze igniting on them. KING OPENED PARLIAMENT LABOR GOVERNMENT TO PRESS FOR CURBING VETO OF HOUSE OF LORDS OCEAN PILOTS END WALKOUT WASHINGTON, Oct. L.

Behncke, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, AFL, announced today that an agreement has been reached, ending the strike of American overseas air- strike of American Overseas Airlines pilots. Behncke said: "An agreement has just been reached between the American Overseas Airlines Company and the ending the strike which has been in progress against the company since Sept. 30. The AOA pilots will exercise the utmost cooperation within their control to effect speedy return to normal service on all AOA air routes." LONDON, Oct. George today told the new session of parliament that the labor cabinet intends to press for legislation limit- ing the yeto power of the -House of I Lords.

The king also assured the parliament that Great Britain will continue to support the United Nations. On the domestic side, he called for nationalization of the gas industry and a reoganlzation of Britain's Lords was apparently a move on armed forces on a volunteer basis. The amending of the power of the the part of labor leaders to forestall any legislative interfereence from them regarding nationalization. Cabinet ministers had been sharply divided up until yesterday on the issue of limiting powers of the Lords. Left-wing supporters of Aneurin Bevan insisted that nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of nationalizing the iron and steel in dustry.

Apparently, the left-wingers won out. UNIFORM AND BIG SABER GIVE POLICE A PROBLEM Informal chat with House of Representatives Speaker Joseph Martin (right), (R), is highlight of pre-in- augural Capitol Hill visit by Michigan's riew congressman, Charles Potter. Potter comes from Wolverine State's llth" district. (International) ANOTHER MEETING ARRANGED IN WRANGLE OVER POULTRY FEED DEALERS AND POULTRY PRODUCERS HOPE TO HAVE NEW PLAN ACCEPTED By WILLIAM UMSTEAD International Service WASHINGTON, Oct. nation's poultry producers and feed dealers renewed their attempts today to end poultryless Thursday phase of President Truman's food conservation program.

of the poultry industry will present a new grain- saving plan this afternoon to Food Conservation Chief Charles Luckman, who rejected--their initial proposal for eliminating poultry- less days. Shortly after Luckman turned down the first industry program as "not sufficiently specific," poultrymen drew up another plan promising a specific saving in "terms of bushels of exportable grain." This new proposal will be submitted at a second meeting between industry representatives and Luckman, who wound up in a deadlock last night after five hours of discussion, Luckman is to abandon the poultryless day if "the feed and poultry industries can offer a specific conservation program balling for elimination or reduction in the use of certain grains in feed. Any new poultry producers' proposal is certain to contain a pledge to cut baby chick production by 25 percent. The industry has agreed to this reduction al- BEMOVE DEAD WARSAW, Oct. United States Army convoy left Warsaw for Berlin on Sunday with the bodies of 108 American war dead recovered in Poland by a United States graves registration mission.

AH were airmen shot down during the war. EMPLOYES OF SECRET GROUP ARE DROPPED TOP INTELLIGENCE AGENCY HAS DISMISSED SOME EMPLOYEE EOR SECURITY REASONS WASHINGTON, Oct. Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, director of the Central Intelligence Grfcup, said today that "a num- of employes in the super-secret agency have been dismissed for security reasons.

refused to reveal the exagt number, although he said a published estimate of 12 was incorrect. He declared that the number was more likely to be considered "a few" than "a lot." The admiral stated that the employees dismissed were -given careful hearings and the result of the hearings before the CIG's review board had personally checked. He added: "I go over each case myself." He revealed that the dismissals were made after routine FBI loyalty checks and further investigation by his own The Central Intelligence Group is the newly created co-orinating agency for all Navy, Air Force and state department. MENJOU HEARD IN HOLLYWOOD PROBE AFL OFFICERS FATALLY SHOT MAN WHO SAID THEY "ROUGHED" HIM ADMITS DOUBLE KILLING IN CHICAGO MURDER CASE DATE IS SET EX-STUDENT RETURNS TO MINNEAPOLIS WITH FASCIST PLANS IN BRIEF CASE MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. the second time in six months, Maynard Orlando Nelsen, 24-year- old former University of Minnesota student with a flair for fascistic exhibitionism, had police scratching their heads today on what to do with him.

Nelsen arrived in Minneapolis from California last Saturday, wearing a gray "Democratic National part uniform which closely resembles the Nazi Luft- waffe garb and carrying a glittering saber at his side. He was arrested and held while police studied two letters he had written to Detective Inspector Eugene Bernath and Samuel Schreiner, executive secretary of the Minnesota Jewish council. Police did not reveal the contents of the letter but said that, if they are found to be "threaten- nig," Nelsen would be charged with violating the terms of a $1,000 peace bond under which he was freed last April. When arrested last Saturday, Nelsen carried a brief case which, police said, contanied plans for the fascistic organization of the United States. (Continued on page 4) RUSSIAN TEAM HAS 'CURTAIN' STOCKHOLM, Oct.

Russian football team that arrived in Stockholm yesterday has been kept in "isolation" By the Soviet embassy. The team, the Moscow Dynamos, brought its own food, including plentiful supplies of smoked ham and butter. The 26-man squad will meet the winners of the Swedish football league on Sunday. Officials of the. Soviet athletes have already demanded Russian referees and the use of Russian rules.

They also brought their own footballs. MARION, Oct. Shappard, charged with the hammer-slaying of Rojye Ann will go on trial for the crime on Dec. 0. Marion County Common Pleas Judge Paul D.

Smith set the date the 32-year-old handyman yesterday pleaded innocent to the grand jury indictment. Shappard previously had confessed the slaying of the 16-year- old Prospect, schoolgirl on Sept. 19. He pleaded guilty at his arraignment in Marion municipal court after he had waived examination. CHICAGO, Oct.

announced today that Edward Rathmann, 40, had confessed the fatal shooting of two union officials in a west sicje tavern. Deputy Chief of "Detectives Andrew Aitken quoted "Rathmann as saying he shot the two union officials as the climax, of a heated argument because they earlier'had "roughed me up." The victims were Patrick Breri- nan, 65, of suburban Oak Park, an advertising salesman for the Building Trades Council, and George McCarthy, 51, business agent for Local 705 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, AFL. Brennan was pronounced dead I on reaching the Danish-American McCarthy died a few hours after last night's shooting. GUARD PLANT LOUISVILLE, Oct. increased the police guard nround the gates of the struck International Harvester plant in Louisville today following a disturbance in which eight pickets were arrested.

STRIKE THREAT NEW YORK, Oct. Yorkers were confronted with a new transportation crises today as trainmen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad announced they will strike "some day between Tuesday and Friday of next week." DEGAULLE ELECTION VICTORY IS ANALYZED IN WASHINGTON ROYAL PAIR TO HONEYMOON IN U. S. Duke and Duchess of Montoro, who were married in a $200,000 wedding ceremony at Seville, Spain arrive in London enroute to the United States for a honeymoon. (International Soundphoto) JOINT ACTION IN BALKANS PLEDGED BY UNITED STATES BELIEF EXPRESSED THAT BASIS OF STRENGTH IS HOPE OF AID FROM UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, Oct.

Charles De Gaulle's smashing victory in the French elections was interpreted in diplomatic circles in Washington today as subtan- tially aiding the Marshall plan. While the fact that the Communists appeared to have held their numerical strength was at first regarded as disappointing to officials, they found some consolation that there" had been no gain in strength. Communist leaders had strongly exploited the paralyzing strikes in France and Russian promises of wheat during the campaign. Oifficials declined to comment officially on the elections at once. They planned to await a competent analysis 'before deciding whether to make any statement.

However, diplomats familiar with the French situation said they believed that the smashing success of De Gaulle's French Popular Reunion party made clear that his adherents, at least, look to the United States and Britain a the powers to whom they must turn for revival. U. S. SPOKESMAN HINTS AT POSSIBLE TROOP MEASURES TO INSURE CONTROL CHURCH CELEBRATES FLUSHING MEADOWS, N. Oct.

United States now stands committed in the United Nations to whatever joint action is taken in the Balkans to safeguard Greece from Communist aggression. U. S. Representative Heschel V. Johnson startled the'general as- semlby by hinting a sanctions and possible troop measures against Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria if they continue to defy the United Nations by supporting continued guerilla warfare against Greece.

Johnson declared at last night's session: "If it should become necessary to call a special session of the general assembly to consider threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of Greece, the government of the United States would be prepared to co-operate with other members of the United Nations in putting into effect whatever measures are recommended by the general assembly for the protection of Greece." Johnson implied that nothing is done to solve the Greek crisis, the U. N. itself would become im- perilled. CAMBRIDGE, Senecaville Presbyterian church on Sunday celebrated the 137th anniversary of its founding with services. BERMUDA HIT BY HURRICANE HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct.

21. crews worked today I to restore electric and telephone service which was cut off in most of Bermuda yesterday by a 90- I mile-an-hour hurricane, Some gusts reached a velocity lot 120 miles an hour and ten persons were injured slightly. A ferry was -blown onto the reefs off Hamilton harbor and sank as the storm headed northeast out to sea and eighteen smaller craft also were sunk. Power and telephone lines were hardest hit. PARENTS GUIDANCE DES MOINES, Oct.

parent guidance center for the fathers and mothers of delinquent children will be opened in Deii Moines about Nov. 15, Lieut. Ralph W. Brophy, head of the police juvenile bureau, announces. STAR SAYS DIRECTOR MAR.

ING I2SO.OOO A YEAR DE- GLARED "CAPITALISM IS THROUGH" IN AMERICA WASHINGTON, Oct. Adolphe Menjou charged at the congressional probe of Hollywood communism today that John Cromwell, direc- tor, declared gleefully "capitalism in America is through." Menjou also asserted that the controversial picture "Mission to Miscow," alleged to have been produced at White House insistence, was "thoroughly dishonest." The 57-year-old star declared that the picture, adapted from former Ambassador Joseph E. Davies' book, gave a distorted idea of life in Soviet Russiav Statement" -Menjou, in commenting, on the statement he attributed to Cromwell concerning the end of capitalism, remarked: "I think that's a very strange statement from a man who earns $250,000 a year and owns considerable real estate in Los Angeles." Cromwell was accused yesterday by Producer Sam Wood of attempting, along with three others, to take over the Screen Directors' Guild and sweep it "into the red river tide." Menjou admitted he did not know whether Cromwell was a communist, but he testified: "In my'opinion he acts an awful lot like one." Menjou will be followed on the witness 1 stand by John Charles Moffitt, screen writer," Hollywood correspondent for magazine, "Esquire," and Ayn Rand, Hollywood screen writer and author of the novel, "The Fountainhead." Miss Rand, a native of Leningrad, charged that Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer studios had pictured in "Song of Russia," starring Robert Taylor, a "paradise" instead of a "flighted dictatorship." She absolved Louis B. Mayer, movie magnate, of being aware of any alleged "communist propaganda" in the picture. Mayer in testimony yesterday urged that legislation be enacted by congress "regulating employment of communists in private industry" and expressed the'belief that communits "should bo denied the sanctuary of the.

freedom they seek to COMMUNIST SHOT ATHENS, Oct, Greek Communists sentenced to on Sept. 14 by a court-martial in Northern Greece were shot at Salonika this morning. Reuters reported Uiol 22 other munists including two women I have been executed in the last 24 hours on charges of cooperating with guerillas. OIL PRICES ARE RAISED CHICAGO, Oct. consumers in 11 midwest states today faced-overall increases in wljole- sale prices.

A. W. Peak, president of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, announced that the new prices will go into effect tomor-j row. He attributed the increases to; the Oct. 15 boost in crude oil prices.

The new tank wagon increases range from Vis to 1V4 cents a 'gallon on naptha and gasoline, kerosene, heater oil, power fuel, furnace oil, high speed diesel fuel and residual fuel. NEW SERIES OF HEARINGS IS PLANNED BY BREWSTER SENATOR TO STAGE HUGHES PROBE TO TURN HIS ATTENTION TO DAY" PLAN WASHINGTON, Oct. Brewster committee bounced back into action today with a new schedule of public hearings which touched off a senatorial row reminiscent of last summer's Howard Hughes case. The Republican-Democratic fireworks was'caused by a majority decision to begin an investigation tomorrow of America's failure to put an "M-Day" plan into effect for World War II. Outvoted by the Re- publicans, Sen.

Pepper (D) charged the committee is trying to "convict" the late President Roosevelt for political use in the 1048 campaign. Sen. Brewster (R) Maine, committee chairman, and Sen. Ferguson (R) denied the charge. The full committee opened the' new series of hearings today with a one-day 'inquiry into exemptions granted to certain "privileged industries" in the renegotiation of war contracts.

Tomorrow the full committee will begin a four-day investigation of (Continued on page 5).