Miami News-Record from Miami, Oklahoma • 1

35849 VOL XLIII No" 1 15 Valentino's Wifi? Pla Jackson' Asks ATTLEEAVORS the occupation retired last member of the Weather Wise Jap Communists The Weather Lest We orget heavy in operation is next every use en GALS GO TO DANCES CHICKASHA Okla Nov Oklahoma College for Women Dance club members were guests at aa Indian Armistice day pro gram Sunday near Anadarko The Indians invited the students to par ticipate in dances Kiowa Crow Comanche and Ottawa tribes were represented I The Byline of i Dependability MIAMI OKLA MONDAY NOVEMBER 421945 Germans Too Late With New Weapon TULSA EXECUTIVE DIES TULSA Nov 12 OB Don Sprague Bowers 57 president of Norris Manufacturers Inc makers of oil field equipment died yesterday of a heart ailment Bowers was elevated to the presidency of the firm followingthe death last January of the founder Norris lay another battered body pits of flesh and clothing hung from tree limbs 50 feet above the ground orty marines and 20 navy men from Quonset Point trudged two and one half miles through mountainous underbrush to reach the bodies It took them nearly two hours and many of them fell as they moved through the slimy mud and over slippery stones They could see only 50 feet be cause of the rain They slashed through the brush to prepare a path to bring down the bodies Tree tops near the scene were snipped off as if by a giant razor arther along the course of the plane trees were clipped in the center or split down the middle (Continued on Page Two) PsMaM Kvarnw Sttiiiv) nt Saafcr Hambit hr Miami Nm kamH PaallahiM OmJ Ndtirpiay Tribute ip Dead of irst Great War (By The Associated Press) Marion Wilson who is in critical condition at Santa Mon ica (Calif) hospital after tak ing an overdose of sleeping tab lets was the original in Blacky who put flowers on Rudolph tomb each year Her relatives claim she was married secretly to the actor a year before his death and bore him a child (NEA Telephoto) tered atomic explosive duplicated ill vile ciUBing uayo ux luc wot uiro country's second most important weapon the proximity fuse The Nazi fuse had passed labora tory and field tests mounted on a rocket propelled missile for use against Allied aircraft when the McAlester reported 04 Reds Are Easing Up on Censorship MOSCOW Nov Soviet censorship of outgoing news dis patches recently protested by American and British correspond ents in Moscow appears to have been reduced to a mere formality There has been no official an nouncement of a change in Russian policy and foreign correspondents still are submitting their dis patches for stamping by the cen sors But for 'almost a week afl Associated Press dispatches have been passed' without any deletions experience shared by other correspondents' Partly cloudy to night anf Tuesday slightly cooler northwest tonight and north Tues day Low temperature tonight near 4 in anhandle to middle southeast Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday except occa sional light rain likely east tonight little change to night except 'slightly warmer ex treme east Low 50 to 55 continued mild Tuesday Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday alightly cooler to night West and central Low tem perature 30 to 35 northwest 50 to 55 extreme cooler Tuesday east OIL MEN MEET CHICAGO Nov The oil men gathered here to day to discuss problems confront ing the industry in the post war period and new technological ad vances in finding producing and refining crude oil JThe discussions are being held byJhe American Petroleum Insti tute the National Trade associa of the petroleum and Allied industries The first two days of the four day convention are devoted meetings of tech nical committees MESSAGE TO PERSHING WASHINGTON Nov 12 JJPL The House unanimously directed Speaker Rayburn today to send appropriate of tribute to Gem John 7 Pershing on the 27th anniversary of the Armistice end ing the irst World war DAMPEN STATE COOLER TONIGHT (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Drizzles of rain accompanied by higher temperatures was the I B0 wio I tC ully armed against the enemy both human and dimatio Chi nese soldiers above of 70th Na tionaliat Army stand sentry duty? on dock at Kiirun ormosa Where the army was landed by WASHINGTON Nov A report that Prime Minister Att lee is urging an international pool Of scientific information held attention today as 1 Ike Arrives in Boston Enroute To Washington BOSTON Nov Gener al of the Army Dwight Eisen hower landed at the naval air sta tion field at nearby Squantum at 10:35 a central standard time today enroute to Washington where he is to testify on proposals for unification of the armed serv ices He will be guest for the day at Armistice day cel ebration The huge 54 transport planecsme down through a mistry a'OQ ftof ceiling making a down wind landing in the Navy field The plane landed a half hour: after its scheduled arrival time at the Boston airport circling for a considerable period above the field Eisenhower first off the plane stepped intd the arms of his wife while a small crowd mostly Navy personnel cheered Wearing a big smile the gen eral kissed his wife and then put his arms around her waist and lifted her off the ground Next he shook hands with Gov Maurice Tobin of Massachusetts and acting Mayor John Kerrigan of Boston Doolittle Asserts He Will Stand Pai ST LOUIS Nov Lieut Gen James Doolittle said today he had received no word military of any official protest to his testimony before the Senate military affairs committee and added: said what I honestly believe and it still Doolittle a former resident of St Louis was interviewed upon his arrival here this morning to participate in Armistice day cere monies The general told the committee riday that 29 boys are resting uneasily in their because of naval claims about the pari their forces played in the Pacific victory WASHINGTON Nov 1 weather generally for Oklahoma The Germans who almost mas today 4 awajI arivviiz nvnliuwfl ttinl IPO tsfl Tatii WSA Offers Alibi or the Delay in Returning Yanks WASHINGTON Nov 12 The wails of high point ma rooned around the world are reach ing Washington in increasing vol ume A spokesman for the War Ship ping administration which trans 1 ports most of the troops acknowl edged today that the is get ting bring home all men eligible for discharge But too many factors enter into the situation fbr an overnight so lution irst of all this official who asked that his name not be used told a reporter that the War Shipping administration merely follows orders from the joint chiefs of staff picking up troops and where He insists that WSA is meeting all schedules of the joint chiefs of staff There was no comment from the ioint chiefs but Armv spokesmen said a scarcity of seamen is an im portant factor in troop movements These spokesmen said that on the west coast for example the lack of men for crews is so severe that 'the Army has assigned 280 soldiers to mess duties and 200 oth ers to radio work on troop carriers working out of San rancisco They added however that the Army expects to be only seven days behind its overall troop return schedule by Jan 1 Roughly 500000 men a month are being brought home aboard Navy combat vessels 200 Army ships and 470 operated by the Shipping administration being held in city jail while tPo lice Chief Witt Ellis awaited com plaints from Miami merchants to day e' Arrested riday night while' trying to hitch hike a rids out of the city Chief Ellis said several articles of wearing apparel and a small xipper bag were found in' their possession The merchandise was allegedly taken stores Jiere Manis and Bickers are also be ing detained for questioning by Missouri' officers relative to crime committed inf that state several ronignt snouia Become cooler in the Panhandle and this coolness probably may spread over the north half of the state by Tues day night Heaviest rainfall so far report ed was 05 of an inch at Elk City mere equipment fell into Allied hands was only a trace at Ardmore The American fuse electronical 1 Ponca City Tulsa and Waynoka ly activated explodes an artillery i Highest temperature in Oklaho shell or other projectile when it I ma Sunday was 67 degrees at reaches the proximity of a target Guymon The lowest was 44 at The United States military rates Guymon early today the fuse as next in importance to the atomic bomb among the secret weapons on the war is too ill ana agea jo appear xor trial i motion' Is grant ed a postponement of 10 days to two weeks in the start of th historic is almost certain The trial had been echeduledfor Nov iOJ The Brjtish prosecutor Sir David Maxwell ye' filed" a dis senting 'motion and declared that Great Britain preferred to try the elder KriPP in absentia Un neces sary because his name was a house word in the minds of the British publie which was impati ent and would resent any post ponement The Russians and rench also filed motions but the nature of their suggestions not ascer tained immediately? Miami Daily News Record rKlLt NVtUtINI) Indonesians Ask Soviets To Intercede os Heavy ight ing' Continues BATAVIA Java Nov 12 W) oreign Minister Sbebardjo pleaded today for Soviet interven tion on behalf of his unrecognized Indonesian republic as heavily supported British Indian infantry renewed the house to house assault BRITISH RENEW Navy Leader Copimodore Dixie Kiefer Hero of Two Wars Among Six Killed in New York State Noted Officer Aboard Carrier Yorktown When It Was Sunk in Pacific CHINESE AWAITS COUNCIL MEET ON CIVIL WAR Wjf But 'Communist Chiang Himself Must Decida Be twaeii' Peace fighting By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING Novi (A which drove Indonesian National ists from almost half of Soerabaja Over the week end is apparent now that Britain is paving the way for the reirnpo sitiori of 'Dutchrdle in Indonesia" Soebardjo said in radio appeal addressed to Soviet ofeign Com missar Molotov The Indonesian leader asked that thoRussians aid in winning from the for the Indonesians He promised that the Indonesians assist Al lied forces' disarming and evacuating Jaya basd Japaneseforces 'the very of inde pendence we do like foreign troops on'Tndonesian Soe bardjo told the Sovietforeign (Continued on Page Two)' Opposes Pdttont' i Serving for Ike RANKURT J(ov 12Mi An aide of Gen George SPatfon? said any comment hardly was likely on the criticism of Senator Brewster j(R Maine) who protested becauselPattomwas acting as American commander in Germany during? General Eisen trip to the United States i (Under Arnty' procedure Patton took' duties temporarily because' he is the senior ranking general? He spent the morning at the Army's Euro pean headquarters and returned at noon 'to headquarters of his 15th at Bad Neuheim 4 Brewster criticized ele vation because of which developed 'as we under stand during his administration" in Bavaria BULLETIN BATAVIA Java Nov British Indian forces gain ed control of virtually all of Soerabaja today the Nether lands news' agency Aneta said as British tank crews turned back fanatical charges by In donesiaiTnationalists Many In donesians were killed in the charges the Dutch said There still was no indica tion however 'that the natives were preparing io give up the fight Youths Detained in Reported Thefts ollowing reports of a shop Hirohito Pree ntlyr John I Mams and Louia Bickers 16 TOKYO Emperbr year old St Louis youths were Hirohito heads a war criminal list being prepared By the fledgling Japanese Communist party because he must share responsibility for the Pearl Harbor attack Yoshio Shiga one of the leaders said today emperor cannot escape war said Shiga and should be exiled to China under Allied sun veillance The Communist party boldly an nounced it will sponsor nation wide campaign to investigate Japa nese? war on Dec 8 the Pearl Harbor Miniver BI CHIE MAY I TESTIY ABOUT PEARL HARBOR Committee Member Declare Edgar Hoover's Name 'Belong on Litt WASHINGTON Nov A Republican member of the Pearl Harbor investigating' committee said today BI Director Ji'Edgar Hoover and some of his men should be added to the 48 member witness list Public hearings hy'the joint Sen ate House committee'are scheduled to open Rep Keefe (R Wis) termed the witness list announced Saturday by Barkley (D Ky) righWui far aa it but added in an interview: are many others 'who should testify among them Mr Hoover BI was out at Hawaii dnin invMtiaatinr work nrior to the Japanese attack It had a good live setup and know a lot of things about which the public should be informed i VHoover and some of his agents can give us a lot of information that we need" Keefe added that he and Rep Gearhart (R Calif have an ap pointment to see Hoover about the matter tomorrow Keefe also said he is planning a House speech thia week on what he described as further develop ments in his question of Navy Capt Alwin? Kramar Several Republicans have described Kra mer as key regarding this breaking of Jap anese code messages ortress and Liberator which LIGHT RAINS TO helped so much to defeat Ger Cordell Hull Is Given the Nobel Prize by Norway LONDON Nov Reut 'ers news' agency in a dispatch from Oslo today said Cordell Hull had been awarded the Nobel peace prizeYj) Reuters said the Norwegian new reported the award of the prize to' Hull was suc ceeded by'U secretary of state on Nov Edward Stettinius 1 As secretary 'of state rhe' laidthe foundation lor (the San rari i cisco' conference which draftedthe United Nations" charter The dispatch said 'former Secre tary Hull had been given the award for 1945 While he 1944 award made simultanrously went to 'the international committee of the' Red Cross at "Geneva for its 'work among war prisoners' 'Both awards were 'made by the Nobel committee of the'Norwegian parliament 1 I Tuscoh Youth Held As Robbery Suspect 16 year old Tuscon Ariz youth was iq the city jail today awaiting arrival of officers from' his home town who 'were expected here to questionhim regarding recent crime there Wrinkle 'whi Police Chief Witt I Ellis said asked for a lodg ing in county jail last riday is also wanted for questioning (by Oklahoma City 'officers ft By WILLIAM CARTER BEACON Nov Commodore Dixie Kiefer Pacific war hero who lived through 10 major wounds in two World wars was killed yesterday in the crash of a Navy plane on Mount Beacon three miles northeast of here The wreckage was found today ive other persons also died in the crash Commodore Kiefer 49 was widely known as of the documentary film ighting He was commanding officer of the irst naval district airbases and was stationed at the Quonset I naval fair station The irst naval district in Bos ton today confirmed that Kiefer was one of the victims Several hours earlier a municipal official who declined use of his name had reported the commodore was among the dead The plane a twin engined craft was enroute from Cald well to Quonset and was last heard from yesterday aft ernoon as it flew over Stewart field West Point It crashed 15 minutes later Tha wreckage was found at 3 a today When 240 marines and Navy men reached the scene this morn ing they found the battered re mains of Commodore Keifer face downward with his splint bound arm stretched out over a pile of soggy brown maple leaves The body was 25 feet from the fuselage A cold miserable rain beat down a continuation of the fog and rain that prevailed through the area when the plane crashed Bits of underbrush stuck out over the body Nearby an 1 uprooted tree lay flat on the ground a root sticking into the air On the root a Navy man hung muddy gold breaded hat One of the commodore's arms hat been in a cast since it was broken when Japanese suicide planes I struck the aircraft carrier deroga" during a battle off or mosa Kiefer was hit by 65 pieces of shrapnel as he stood on the bridge of the ship ive feef from the central government have agreed to allow the proposed political consultative council to settle outstanding of China' un declared civil and that the council will bo called into session about Nov 20 The final issue of peace or all out war however rests with the generalissimo a Communist spokesman asserted adding: Chiang cancels his orders for bandit there can be The decision to entrust disputed issues to the new council was reached at a Sunday peace talk arranged by the increasingly in fluential liberal Chinese Demo cratic while war clouds thickened as the result of two other developments: The government called national assembly to meet May 5 with no word of whether Com munists would be given represen tation they demanded and a top nationalist general forecast a ma jor government drive into Man churia soon" despite crack Communist troops massed to block it A Communist spokesman said already is un der way and he asserted that Chinese commando troops train ed by the Office of Stra tegic services were being em ployed against Communists The spokesman said that the political council would discuss indicating that adminis tration of liberated areas and re organization of the nationalist 4 fe AV ViiuicBC lumicti) eluded from the agenda (Continued on Page Two) BLASTED ANEW ilipino Woman Testifies Japs Slew Her our Children And Mother BY DEAN SCHEDLER MANILA 'Noy A bay onet scarred 'black dressed ilipino woman sobbed out at' the war crimes trial of Lieut Gen Tomoyu ki Yamashita today a story of the fatal stabbing and buhiing of her four children and her mother by blood crazed Japanese The prosecution stated for the record that 1500 ilipinos in her neighborhood were thus mistreated Ymd massacred" within a month The witness Gliceria Malvecino concluded her testimony witii a half scream: see what you have done to my Describing the scene near Santo Tomas Batangas province she said that were tied in groups of flirsiri led'ihtb a Yibarby'field: A Japanese officer tola tne eoiaiers to line up behind us end gave the order for them to start stab bing She was bayoneted 12 times and feigned death to "escape further wounds my children around pie crying and screaming to me" before they died she said Later furniture was piled on the bodies soaked with gasoline and set afire prayed saying our last words to God knowing that we soon would be testified an other witness Soledad Lacson She said that 20 in her group of ili pinos were taken to a cemetery and stabbed after Japanese had made a "personal of the women (evidently stripping them) to steal Philippines currency As she left the stand she shout ed at Yamashita: Bloodhound!" The witnesses were not cross examined Sole objection of the against the prosecu Continued on Page Two) Americans still sohered'by a Second World war just won paused again today to pay tribute to those who fell in the conflict A generation ago The' Sunday anniversary led to a two day observance In1 Washington yesterday Prime Ministers Attlee of Great Britain and MacKenzie King of Canada joined President Truman in placing wreaths at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlingtonjcpm etery The 'threi leaders areltalk fag Uer thefuture'of the atomic TodsyGfneraothe' Dwight Eisenhower was due in Boston' from Europe to take part in' parade And Admiral Williaiil Halsey was the cen tral figure in another big city' celebration at Chicago Elsewhere there were armistice programs yesterday in London Paris Algiers Tokyo and Saigon Indo China In Tokyo a crowd of 70000 occupation troops watched a rodeo in a Nippon baseball park Saigon celebrated with a parade and a memorial mass but under the close guard of British and rench troops because of nearby warring Annamese Gen Charles De of rance and former Prime Min ister Churchill of Great Britain led the celebration in Paris be fore the tomb of un known soldier at the Arc De Triomphe In London King George VI placed a wreath of landers poppies at national memorial At most of "these far away places American troops paraded They took a "holiday from chores in rance today 'In this country hanks were as were many schools In Washington govern ment offices had a day off Suspect in Tulsa Killing Is Held WASHINGTON Nov (I Official announcement that heavy will be used to nnnru nnrnna im iimii iiiiimv in the third annual report of Gen Arnold chief of Army air forces The only bomber" type now the 29 In a chapter on airforce Arnold writes: in Europe to guard the peace under present plans will be light bombers fighters troop carriers reconnaissance" night fighters liaison squadrons and very heavy bombers The Army airforces does not plan to retain in nrone such bombers as the IRA ISK DIES AT AGE 76 IN MIAMI HOSPITAL i 4 rjc Ira oVlVcovtfr fion iv wic vi Ottawa oldest pioneers died at 11 a Sunday at the Miami Baptist hospital following a lingering illness Smce moving to Ottawa county from Madison Kas in 1889 he was a ijeptable farmer and stock man in and around Ottawa After more tnan nan a century or agri cultural activity he September because of failing health He had been a school boards in various county districts and was instrumental in the consolidation of the Wy andotte school district while a member of the board there Survivors include his wife Mrs Maud isk of the home three daughters Miss Vesta isk Miami school teacher living at the home Mrs Juliet Shewmake of Miami Route 1 and Mrs Geraldean Brown of the home a son rank isk of Nevada Mo one sister Mrs Emma Henderson of San rancisco Calif and four grand I children uneral services will be conduct ed at 2:30 Tuesday at the Cooper uneral home chapel with 1 the Rev Bessie ranc Brown pas 1 1 tor of the riends church officiat 1 ing Pallbearers will be Leonard Zebert Ollie Lewis Bradley Watts Albert Borchardt Leonard Cotter' and Gilmore Barnett Burial will 1 be in A cemetery ENERGY Atomic Ditcoveriei Should Be Controlled for Peace Briton' Belief BULLETIN WASHINGTON Nov (Al President Trjman studied to day a proposal by Prime Min ister Attlee for pooling atomic bomb and other basic scientific knowledge among members of the United Nations security council The British proposal disclosed to reporters by British officials was conditioned upon a broad long range statement of international political objectives by Soviet Russia These it was reported would cover the Soviet territorial and diplo matic aspirations for many years to come official silence cloaked the historic atomic energy conferences An official In a position to know but who declined to be identified as to position or nationality told reporters the British prime min ister had suggested to President Truman and Premier Mackenzie King of Canada that: (Continued on Page Two) Atomic Training Measures Cause Rift in Congress WASHINGTON Nov 12 r(2P Atomic energy and universal training two of the hottest is sues on Capitol Hill have the House military committee split in two closely balanced factions The questions both of which may be answered at a committee session tomorrow are: 1 Whether to reconsider a bill creating federal commis sion with vast control over and development of atomic ergy 2 Whether to shelve until vear proposals calling for American youth to take one year of military training In each case the outcome ap pears to be a toss up Chairman May (D Ky) told newsmen he has the votes to stand back of the atomic energy bill as it is written and to continue hear ings on the universal training measure Committee Renublican leaders however claimed that they have both plans blocked at least tem porarily They emphasized that in each I case they are not attempting to kill the legislation but are try ing to get more time for its con sideration Hoarincrs on the universal train ing bill began last Tuesday but body was another victim face were interrupted when Represen down with one foot sticking tative Short (R Mo) moved to straight up and covered with a torn postpone them until next year A white sock A hundred feet away vote was delayed until this week ay another battered body YoungKrupp NUERNBERG Nov12 In justice Robert Jackson United States prosecutor requested the international military tribunal to day to substitute "AifredKrupp son of Gustav Krppp Von'BoHen Und Halbach as a (defendant the war crimes trials the elder Krupp' head of the huge Chinese Communist? said today German annanjenU and stel trust Md Chiang Kai 4aa ell enri aoari tA ArinSIr TOP mama ivMAri He Says Leadership Poor WASHINGTON Nov Reg Taber (R NY) today ac cused President admin istration of having its total incapacity to solve the eco nomic 'situation in the country" has put pressure upon every one it could reach to pass the so called full employment bill and un employment insurance he told the House bills are designed to keep people out of regular private em ployment and to prevent reconver sion Both bill are designed to prevent the production and manu facture of good and farm prod act necessary to preventTnflation do we have the Truman administration trying to prevent reconversion 'Cirf 'of Trial MW off it tn A A 'Vjiu in STM Ends Life of 1 i' 'A 4 7 I i i i '4 I I I I le Dead of I I orld War I I i 1 'V 4' if The Byline of I Dependability Lest We orget jr I I 1'4 I of I ir I I.