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THE WEATHER For Wisconsin: Fair and cooler south and central portion tonight. Warmer Wednesday. Diminishing winds. Local weather facts for 24 hours preceding 7 a. Maximum 70; minimum 46; precipitation 1.7.

Support the War Effort Buy Bonds Thirty-Second Year No. 9790. Wisconsin Rapids, Tuesday, May 22, 1913. Single Copy Five Cents K1 A CONST UJC 1 NEWSPAPER II I I A kflOD sips linear ire: MEN OVER 30 IN 'USEFUL' WORK TO BE DEFERRED tVtontanan Predicts Soviet 1 Join ar Against Japan OH fTTH TIL Doughton Says Tariff Vote To Be Test of U.S. Future World Policies Mansfield Says Unification of China Imperative Washington (IP) Rep.

li.nn UP, AT KIEL The German pocket lintllexhip Admiral base at Kiel, Germany, as the result of bombings by the RAF. and in background a bomb-damaged factory. This is a British ficial photo. Have Election As Labor Party Action Think Reds As Tito Reverses Stand Washington (IP) Rep. Dough-ton (D-.

N. opened the administration's tariff battle today by telling the house its vote will test whether America is willing to cooperate with other nations or prefers isolationism. The 81-year-old ways and means committee chairman called for enactment of legislation giving President Truman broad new authority to cut duties in reciprocal trade agreements with other nations. His prepared speech opened another historic floor battle on the tariff issue, with party lines sharply drawn. Rep.

Knutson ways CHICAGO POLICE CONVOY TRUCKS Chicago (IP) Police squad cars convoyed truckloads of vital materials through Chicago today as the war labor board in Washington referred a 6-day-old truck drivers strike to Economic Stabilizer William H. Davis. War materials, drugs for hospitals and perishable foods were being protected by police convoys, Police Capt. George Barnes of the labor detail said. The 6,500 members of the Independent Chicago Truck Drivers' union have been on strike since midnight Wednesday.

Sanctions may be imposed upon them through referral of the dispute to Davis. Seizure and army operation of the strike bound companies also may result. Governmental action followed a vote last night by the union membership to stay on strike and reject a WLB order to return to work. An office of defense transportation spokesman said the strike had affected not only Chicago local trucking but over-the-road hauling in the midwest as well because inter-city or inter-state drivers found themseves without unloading and loading facilities. Lift Ban on Lawn Mowers Washington (IP) The war production board lifted its ban on lawn mower production today, on the heels of an announcement that washing machines probably would reach the retail market late this year.

The three-year old prohibition on mowers of the hand, gang and power types was revoked effective at once but mowers for civilians must be made of idle or surplus materials until July 1 when an unrestricted supply of steel will become available. Householders can expect only a few in 1945, WPB predicted. The war production board yesterday removed all restrictions on the manufacture of automobile parts and announced a plan for 700,000 household washing machines this year. WPB also said home iroriers and driers will be released from all production restrictions and output will be limited "only by the availability of materials, facilities and manpower." Qfi) Five U. S.

Ships Damaged; Marines Repulse Attack BY LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor Battered Japanese defending the eouthern ridges of Okinawa are Hearing the breaking point, American commanders said today after U. S. marines suffered heavy casualties in throwing back a vicious counterattack on the west flank. "The Japanese courage on Okinawa is the courage of desperation," said Vice Adm. Richmon Kelly Turner as he confidently predicted "we will capture this island in the comparatively near future." "If the weather doesn't impede us," 6aid Maj.

Gen. Roy Geiger, "I think we will break Jap resistance noon." Drive on Hill Attacking through a varicolored screen of phosphorous smoke, 500 Japanese tried to retake the blood-covered crest of Sugar Loaf, strategic Okinawa island hill, in the most concentrated engagement reported today from Pacific fronts, in all of which Allied troops made small gains. Half of the attacking force, many tpf them in U. S. marine uniforms, were killed by Sixth division Devil-dogs who have taken the crest 11 times.

A simultaneous barge-borne attempt to land in back of the U. S. lines above Naha on the west coast was broken up by naval guns. The actions were fought at night under the light of U. S.

naval star shells. The same night five U. S. ships off Okinawa were damaged by Japanese planes, 26 of which were shot down. Tokvo broadcasts said the five hit included a cruiser and two transports sunk.

The Chinese high command claim ed successes tonight for Chinese troops in the provinces of Kwangsi, Fukien, Hunan and Honan. In Kwangsi province Chinese troops were sweeping eastward along Hetkwangsi-Kweichow railroad into the enemy's China-Indo-China corridor after recapturing the Japanese bastion at Hochih, the high command said. Three American divisions driving toward a junction on central Minda' nao in the southern Philippines were slowed only by blown up bridges About 25 miles now separates the Slst, on the outskirts ofMalaybalay, provincial capital, from the 40th and Amencal divisions. Seize Airdrome The 24th seized Sasa airdrome, the fifth of six airports in the Davao sector to be captured, while PT boats continued destroying a former Japanese PT boat base on Davao irulf. Five hundred trapped Japanese were wined out by tank led 43rd di vision infantrymen near Ipo dam, ast of Manila on central Luzon island.

Australians gained a few miles on Tarakan and in the Wewak sector of northern New Guinea, where they have liquidated 4,112 Nipponese. British forces mopping up Burma halted enemy countf rattacks and See PACIFIC Page 7 CIO Calls for 20 Per Cent Increase In Basic Wage Rates Washington (IP) The CIO called todav for a 20 ner cent increase jn prevailing basic wage rates "to irestore prewar relationships between wage rates, prices and productivity per man-hour." The recommendation for a 20 per cent increase on top of the 15 per cent allowed under the Little Steel formula was presented to President Truman by CIO President Fhillip Murray. Murray said the Congress of Industrial Organizations had asked the office of war mobilization and reconversion for an immediate increase of 17 cents an hour for steel and other industrial workers. "Cut-backs are underway, work ers have been laid off, and the reconversion period has begun," Murray's statement said. Hold Everything "I have Admiral Suikiyaki on .1 i in tne pnone ior jou, sir- com.

vi mn wvttt. we. wti rvt. Washington (IP) Selective ser vice today announced a policy of indefinite deferments for men who have reached their 30th birthday and who are engaged in "useful" work. At the same time it predicted a heavier call of younger men to military service.

Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, draft director, said at a news con ference that as a result of the war's end in Europe "occupational deferment policy must be liberalized" for registrants SO through 37. This course, effective immediately, means that these older men will not be drafted so long as they stay in work considered useful by local boards.

It means, too, that deferments will not require renewal at the end of six month periods, as heretofore. Draft Call Cut Hershev also announced that the draft call, beginning in July, will be cut about 25 per cent below the current rate. That will put it at men, as compared with at present. The draft director instructed local boards to review at once the files of 4-F and limited service registrants 18 through 25. Where there is reason to believe "they may now be qualified for military service," they should be forwarded for reexamination, Hershey said.

For men 20 through 29, the prevailing certification policy of government agencies will be continued for the present. Hershey predicted, however, that "the time is coming" when more of these men occupa-tionally deferred will have to be drafted." Policy Will Continue The certification policy, put into effect early this year to protect a "hard core" of key men in war production, will continue in effect "pending receipt of more accurate information concerning the urgency of certain war production programs and services, Hershey said. "The armed forces," Hershey continued, "have again stated that there is need for young men, preferably below 30 years of age." In view of this, he added, the requirement that men 30 through 33 be necessary men as well as engag ed in an essential activity, is being See DEFERMENTS Page 7 Robert Knuth, 78, Native of Area, Is Dead Robert F. Knuth, 78, lifelong resident of the community, died at 1:10 this morning at his home, 2300 West Grand avenue, after a two weeks' illness of pneumonia. He had been employed by the Johnson and Hill company 20 years, retiring in 1941.

Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. E. H. Walther at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, followed by interment in Forest Hill cemetery.

Mr. Knuth was born in the town of Sigel, March 10, 18G7, the son of Mr. and Mrs. August Knuth, pioneers in that township, and married Bertha Timm there October 30, 1891. The family included a son and three daughters, the son and one daughter 'dying in infancy.

Mrs. Knuth died 21 years ago. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Anna Sachs, Wisconsin Rapids, and Mrs. Wilbur Ott, town of Sigel; 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He has two brothers, William Knuth, town of Sigel; Fred Knuth, Wisconsin Rapids; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Kluge, in California, and Mrs. William Fandrich, Wisconsin Rapids; six half brothers, Theodore Knuth, address unknown; Carl Knuth, town of Sigel; Leonard and Clarence Knuth, Wisconsin Rapids; August Knuth, Calvary, N. and Roy Knuth, Appleton, and three half-sisters, Mrs. Emma Falkosky and Mrs.

John Fchrman, Wisconsin Rapids, and Mrs. Elsie Lietzke, Vesper. The body is at the Baker mortuary. Storms Continue To Plague Region Brilliant electrical displays and heavy downpours continued to play havoc with communications in Wisconsin Rapids, the Associated Press wires of radio station WFHR having been affected intermittently between 6:30 and 10 o'clock last night. Branches of trees were blown down in the sudden puffs of heavy wind during the afternoon and early evening but no serious damage was reported.

A total of 1.7 inches of rain fell in this area in the 24 hours preceding 7 o'clock this morning, according to an official weather report Mansfield (D-Mont.) predicted today that Russia will join the war against Japan. Mansfield added in a speech! prepared for house delivery that unless China is unified soon, such a development might split China into two separate states. Disunity in China is so great, said Mansfield, who recently served as a personal observer for President Roose velt in the India-Burma-China theater, it may force this country to switch its strategy in the war with Japan If China is not unified, he de clared, "it is quite possible that we will shift our plans for beachheads on the China coast to a direct as sault on the Japanese home islands themselves." Will Aid Communists "The U. S. S.

R. will, in my opinion, enter the war against Japan," Mansfield said. "When that happens the Soviets will, as a matter of geographical propinquity, depend on and render such aid as is necessary to the Chinese Communists be cause they will be in a good position to attack Japanese concentrations and because there has been and will be in the future unless Chinese unity is achieved ideological sympathies which will draw the two to getler." Mansfield added that he believes the United States rightfully is supporting the Chiang Kai-Shek gov ernment, but "we are hoping that China will settle its own internal affairs and achieve a degree of real unity." Calls for Meeting Calling for a meeting fnon of United Russian, Chinese and British leaders "before Russia enters the war" in order to define policy and disposition of Allied forces against Japan, the Montanan added: "We are fighting the war in China to help defeat Japan and to maintain China's sovereignty. We want to see a completely unified and strong China with its sovereignty intact. Out of this meeting, I hope, would come an agreement by all the Allied powers to withdraw their forces as soon as Japan is defeated.

This might save future embarrassment." Jap Balloon Attacks on US Revealed Washington Japanese long-range balloons have made sporadic attacks on the western part of North America during the last several months, the army and navy reported today. Some of the balloons are known to have landed or dropped explosives in isolated localities but there has been no damage to property the joint statement said. This was the first time that the public generally had been told of the balloon attacks, although they were known to many newspapermen and others. The joint statement said the disclosure was being made so that the public safety campaign could be undertaken to prevent possible damage or injury from the balloons. There is always a possibility, the statement said, that unexploded bombs may be found in isolated spots, concealed in wooded areas or buried beneath melting snow.

With the approach of warm weather and the end of the school season, the statement added, "it is desirable that people and especially children living west of the Mississippi river be warned of this possible hazard and cautioned under no circumstances to touch or approach any unfamiliar object." No military Threat The army and navy said they wanted to reassure the nation that Sec BALLOONS Page 7 80 Per Cent to Go Wood county bond buyers have reached the 20 per cent mark of their quota in the Seventh War Loan drive, according to a report today by C. F. Kruger, chairman of the Wood county war finance committee. bond sales now total $187,131 and individual sales showed the purchase of $2B8, 331. The quota set for the county in bonds is while $1,394,000 must be reached in individual sales.

and means Republican leader, led off for the GOP opposition, declaring the Democratic "give-away-our-markets" reciprocal trade program is an "imbecilic and fantastic oneway trade program." Can't Surrender Markets "We are told by advocates of the Doughton bill," he said in a prepared text, "that we must open our trade doors wide to other nations or we will break the faith reposed in us by a war weary world; that renewal is necessary to save the world. "To the peddlers of these banalities let me say that America can best help the world by being prosperous and strong and we can remain neither if we surrender our home markets to the pauperized labor of all the world." Knutson followed Doughton, in the first verbal cannonading that may run on for a week before the issue is decided on the house floor. "We can talk our heads off about world cooperation at Dumbarton Oaks, at San Francisco, or other the compass," Doughton asserted, "but an inclination for action is a lot more convincing to our allies with whom we must work out a more permanent and secure peace. "First Real Test" "Our vote on this bill will be the first real test as to whether or not we are willing to participate in in ternational cooperation or revert to a policy of economic and political isolation." "I am older than most of you in this house," the octogenarian asserted, "but I am proud to stand here today for a program that has in it, courage, youth and vitality, the kind that made this nation great, instead of the cringing, fear ful, bogeyman attitude of some of my good friends who really show their age by their timidity." Doughton said the Republican Hawley-Smoot "insurmountable tar iff barriers" of 1930, with retaliations from other countries, "contributed to, deepened and prolonged the depression." He said the Democratic reciprocal trade policy was designed to reopen "the markets of the world which had been lost by our high tariff policy." Several Barns Blown Down in Plainfield Area Plainfield A severe windstorm at 8:130 last eveninjr caused considerable damage to farm buildings north and west of Plainfield, several barns and silos in the area being de-' molished. The large barn and silo on the Carl Hakes farm, the bam and two silos on the Delbert Chamberlain farm, the barn on the Maurice Coon farm and the windmill on the Clifton Johnson farm were blown over, also the town of Pine Grove garage northwest of Plainfield.

The barn on the Reid Brothers farm was moved from its foundation. ROWLAND AT ROTARY SSgt. David Rowland, home on furlough from the European theater of operations, will be guest speaker at the weekly noon luncheon of the Wisconsin Rapids Rotary club at Hotel Witter Wednesday. per person for a four-month period, will the full impact (of the shortage) be realized," the committee said in a unanimous report. "We feel that all of the allocations to liberated countries or neutrals should be re-examined in the light of existing supply and current production figures." Figures Not Shown Although the group did not print figures on the quota allocations they've been marked confidential by the government it put in its report general statistics showing that Britain's sugar stockpile at the start of this year was higher than its pre-war level, while the U.

S. reserve is now lower than normal. "Certainly, an official statement would help to clarify this point," the report said. The committee criticized OPA for rationing nearly 800,000 tons of sugar more than WFA said it should have last year. It said the same over-drawing on sugar stocks is possible again and declared: "The situation is not yet under control." ft 4 INC ADMIRAL SCHEER, BOTTOMS Scheer lies capsized in the naval In foreground are U-boat bows Britain To Result of London (I1) Prime Minister Churchill virtually assured a sum mer general election for Britain today in a letter to Clement Attlce rejecting the Labor party's suggestion that the balloting be delayed until fall.

The letter of the prime minister was made public after the Labor party had adopted a 12-point program aimed at establishment of "a Socialist commonwealth of tireat Britain." The prime minister expressed regret that the Socialists had turned down his proposal to continue the coalition government until the end of the war against Japan and said that continuation of the coalition short of that period "might soon weaken the country before the world" because of "bickering" within the government. Churchill's letter did not however name a specific date for the voting nor did tonight's official London gazette contain any notice of dissolution for parliament. Consequently the exact date for the election remained undetermined but most observers believed it would be July 5. The 1,100 Labor party delegates meeting at Blackpool at the party's national convention gave swift approval of the platform which virtually meant the opening of the political campaign. Election in July Political circles predicted that parliament would be given about three weeks to wind up its affairs and that the election would bo fixed for July 5 provided Churchill acts by Thursday.

If he delays until May 30, the alternate date for the election probably will be July 11. The developments brought from the London press which has been urging an early "Big Three" conference to settle the Polish issue and See ELECTION Page 7 Promotions in State Guard Capt. Earl F. Otto, formerly commanding officer of Company Wisconsin State guard, has been assigned as battalion adjutant, replacing Capt. Edward C.

Otto of Tomah, Captain Otto will work directly for Col. Ray A. Flagel of Marshfield on the battalion staff governing four guard companies. As a result of Captain Otto's assignment, he and three other members of Company went to Marsh-field last night to appear before an examining board to fill vacancies in the battalion and Company F. Following the examination, communica tions were forwarded to the adjut ant general's office in Madison recommending 1st Lt.

C. H. Babcock as commanding officer of Company with the rank of captain; 2nd Lt. L. W.

Murtfeldt as first lieutenant; and 1st Sgt. Harold Larson as sec ond lieutenant. Capt, William Hack of Rhine lander, formerly second battalion supply officer, has been promoted to major as executive officer, re placing Major Marvin Fodeweltz of Stevens Point, who resigned. Capt. Edward C.

Otto of Tomah, formerly battalion adjutant, has been assign ed as battalion supply officer, re placing Major Hack. London Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito appeared today to have executed a conipelte about-face in his attitude toward the occupation of Trieste and the surrounding area, givini? rise to speculation in London that he might have received a friendly suggestion from Moscow to change his stand. Diplomatic sources close to the British foreign office said the silua- Official Admits 'Peace Agitation Growing in Japan San Francisco (IP) A high Japanese official admitted growing "peace agitation" in the homeland and called for the arrest of any person making speeches "that mijjrht cause disorder in the national unity," the Domei news agency said today. The official, Procurator-General Namisuki Nakano, was quoted as declaring Monday morning that "the growing critical situation of the war" has led to a "tendency toward peace agitation." "It is impossible," he told the president of the court of appeals in a meeting attended by Premier Kantaro Suzuki and President Seiiehi Shimoyama of the Japanese supreme court, "to repulse the enemy outside Japan if there is no perfect unity within Japan." The broadcast quoted Nakana as admitting present economic conditions "allow for no optimism." In an earlier broadcast, Tokyo radio told of American leaflets dropped from Superfortresses and warned that anyone not turning them in would be penalized. The Tokyo radio said Japan's wartime education act, under which 20,000,000 students in the country were mobilized on a full wartime basis to participate actively in the defense of the homeland, was made effective today.

Intervened tion was "definitely improved" and there were indications of an early solution. Tito was withdrawing his partisan forces from southern Austria, one of the points of dispute, and Yugoslav occupation headquarters had been removed from Trieste, although both British and partisan troops remained in the Adriatic port. Ueady to Negotiate There were indications of Tito's apparent readiness to discuss with Italy a long-term status of the disputed territory and with the Allies the present status of occupation. It was believed in London that the Yugoslavs were prepared to agree to a peaceful but temporary settlement of the dispute and would press their territorial claims at the peace conference. Tito previously had taken the position that Trieste was liberated by bis forces and that they had the same right as other Allied armies to occupy liberated territory, (iot Port by Treaty Italy received the "port by the treaty of St.

Germain in 1919, after occupying Trieste in 191 S. Meanwhile a dispatch from Rome said Allied headquarters had form-See TITO Page 7 Youth Injured When Car Skids Into Tree Fred Klwort, IS; Route 5, was treated at Riverview hospital yesterday afternoon nr. a severe cut on the forehead received when the car he was driving struck a tree in front of the hospital. Elwort said that he was attempting to stop and pick up George Rasch, a brother-in-law while driving north on Third street south and that his brakes locked, swinging the car into the treo. Rasch took him into the hospital where his condition is not considered serious.

The front end of the car was damaged considerably. M. WPH campaign last February are noticeable in an abrupt drop in the number of comic and detective magazines on sale at newsstands. One survey disclosed, they reported, that the number of comic book titles dropped from 175 on March 1 to 14G on April 1, while the number of pages fell from a February total of 4,711 to an April count of First step in the drive was a February 5 amendment to WPB's magazine paper limitation order to prohibit any printer from turning out a magazine if he had "reason to believe" the publisher was exceeding his paper quota or otherwise violating the order. Distributors were ordered to halt the sale of any magazine if they had similar suspicions.

What of the frozen magazines? They'll wind up in the wastc-impcr Sugar for Public Cut Million Tons Under 1944's Supply WPB Cracks Down on Comic Books For Mis-use of Paber Washington Civilians manufacturers and householders alike will have a million tons less sugar this year than last. Reporting this today, the house food committee urgently recommended appointment of a single administrator to coordinate sugar controls now spread through a score of government agencies. Otherwise, it asserted, reserve stockpiles which now are vanishing will be gone entirely in 1946. There were reports, meanwhile, that two men are under consideration as possible sugar coordinators; Earl Wilson, sugar branch director of the Commodity Credit corporation, and Joshua Bernhart, head of the war food administration's sugar division. Conferred With Truman Wilson, formerly a vice president of the National Sugar Refining company, conferred with President Truman last week.

"Only when the housewife finds how little sugar is going to be available under the contemplated pro gram which provides five founds Washington WPI5 has halted publication of 87 comic and five detective magazines. And stored in warehouses are more than 5,000,000 copies of 17 magazines "frozen" before they could be offered for sale, None are nationally known. Disclosing these actions today, war production board officials said they grew out of mis-use of print pacr quotas or the use of nonexistent quotas. Most of the paper involved was newsprint, its consumption by legitimate newspaper and magazine publishers curtailed 25 per cent or more by wartime restrictions. Absolving established and widely known publishers, agency officials said the affected publications were issued by a handful of New York and Chicago firms.

They added that results of a.