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STAR LINCOLN THE ft'EATIIER LINCOLN: Mostly cloud, srcftiional thun-drtbweri -hi tlteruMti, tan if lit and fcunda fa if hrit tempera tiirr near tht aftrrnann etier with lowrtt tcmprrstarr near Wi looifbt hi (heat nemr "5 hundy M.BKASKA: (reiion1 lhurdrkbutrr U-iffbt and fen Delay na important tfaanrn in rnirRtnrr l.eweut temperature tonirhi 4 In rrai and in eat. ED SM IE EDITION 1 Ji I ire 2-2223 Telephone 2-1234 Police 2-6811 I I IV FORTY-THIRD YEAR I 1 I SITIRD A SI A 2 6. 1 9 4 5 Grand Island Plant Rocked By Explosion O. IT)) GRAND ISLAND. May 26 An explosion occurred in line four at the Cornhusker Ordnance plant eight miles west of the city about 1:30 o'clock this afternoon but a hall-hour later officials of the plant were unable to release any information on extent of the damage or the number of casualties.

The explosion was heard at various places in the city and at Cairo and other nearby points. operation in October, 1942. Report Metropolitan Tokyo 'Scorched To Ground' Diet IS ueldlings Are Damaged i I III MWVful II I IliM Paralyzing Empire' ery erre Center 11 1 1 ikr -t -r VsM GUAM, May 26 (AP) Superfortresses, carrying their fire bomb scourge to the heart of the enemy empire for the second time in 48 hours, by Japanese account destroyed two palaces and left metropolitan Tokyo "literally scorched to the ground today." o. RECIPROCITY Tariff Cutting Okayed DEMOS BEAT BACK ATTEMPTS BY GOP TO DENY PRESIDENT POWER TO MAKE TRADE PACTS WASHINGTON, May 26 (AP) Administration forces in the house today turned back a republican move to deny President Truman the tariff cutting power he has asked for. By a vote of 197 to 174 the democrats quashed a motion designed to thus modify legislation-to extend reciprocal trade agreements with other nations.

The action was made subject to a roll call vote later in the day. Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex) read a letter from Mr. Truman, dated yesterday, in which the president said: "I wish to repeat that I regard the pending measure for the renewal and strengthening of the trade agreements act as of the first order of importance for the success of my administration." Vote On Party Lines. The vote, by tellers, was almost solidly along party lines. The democrats also beat back, 152 to 135, a republican amendment that would have prolonged the life of the reciprocal trade program for only two years instead of three years beyond the June 12 expiration of the present law.

So concerned were administration leaders over the tariff battle that they arranged for two democrats Reps. Sabath of Illinois and Cochran of Missouri to come from the navy hospital, where they have been ill, to vote. The issue pivots about a proposal by the late President Roosevelt, and supported by President Truman, to give the chief executive broad new powers to trim tariffs in reciprocal trade agreements with other nations. Economic Policy at Stake Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of the ways and means committee, author of the legislation, declared the vote will test this country's willingness "to participate in international co-operation or revert to a policy of economic and political isolationism." Doughton said the legislation would build foreign trade and create employment in this country. Kep.

Martin of Massachusetts, house republican leader, contended the proposal would, provide a means for "sapping the economic strength of this nation." Rep. Knutson (R-Minn) declared it would put American workers in competition with low-paid foreign labor, cause factories to close and create unemployment Kyle Is Named To Attorney General Staff Attorney General Walter R. Johnson announced Saturday that Attorney Homer L. Kyle of Lin coln win De a ointed an assistant attorney general dating from June 1. He will be the fifth on the department roster.

Salary will be 3,900 per annum. Mr. Kyle, a Of link! VC CU1 H3- Homer Irl. has been a resident of Lincoln since 1910. A graduate of the University of Nebraska College of law in 1913, he has been in practice here almost continuously since.

He was an assistant counsel to the guaranty fund commission in 1926 and in 1929 was appointed assistant attorney general by C. A. Sorensen, serving until January, 1933. Since, he has been associated with Mr. Sorensen in the practice of law.

Edited Statutes Under appointment of the Supreme court, Mr. Kyle compiled and edited the official supplements to the Nebraska statutes from 1933 to 1941. In 1944, he was nominated for county judge of Lancaster county but was defeated at the general election. Mr. Kyle served with the 355th infantry.

t9th division overseas in World War I. He is a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of the Nebraska and Lincoln Bar associations, the American Bar association, the Lincoln chamber of commerce and other civic and fraternal groups. He is a past master of Liberty lodge No. 300, A. F.

A. and is a member of the Lincoln city library board. He is 56, married and resides at 2118 Smith street. The ordnance plant began STRANGEST SUICIDE ATTACK IIYamk Craft Are Hit 111 NIPPONESE AIRCRAFT ARE DESTROYED IN Alt 1IHOUR OKINAWA BATTLE GUAM, May 25 CAP) Eleven light units of the Pacific fleet were damaged in Okina-wan waters in a dramatic series of raids Thursday night and Friday morning by a motley assortment of Japanese planes, some of which carried airborne troops. During the 18-hour battle, 111 Nipponese aircraft were shot down.

One bomber glided in to a perfect belly landing on American-held Yontan airfield and disgorged a handful of suicide assault troops. They set fire to a number of American planes be-lore they were cut down. Surprisingly few a a lties were suffered on the 11 damaged American ships, Associated Press War Correspondent Vern Huug-land reported from Okinawa. He said each craft shot down from one to four attacking planes before and after they were hit One vessel was hit amidships, and surprisingly no one was killed. Five were wounded.

Jop Use Everything. A Pacific fleet communique today announcing this strangest of all air attacks gave no details as to the types of ships hit or the extent of damage. Haugland said attacking formations included all types of aircraft, ranging from ligni oui-moaea ngiuers muu-ern dive bombers and medium bombers. Adm. Chester W.

Nimitz reported this heaviest counter blow in weeks today as marines drove tanks through the mined streets of Naha, Okinawa's shattered capital, and artillery pounded the half-encircled fortress city of Shuri. Mud and rain hampered ground opeiations. Yank Casualties High. Nimitz announced overall American casualties of 35,116, including 8,602 dead, for the army, marine corps and navy since the Okinawa campaign began March 18 with (Continued on Pag Six). Hopkins To Begin Talks CONFERENCES ON TJ.

8. -RUSS PROBLEMS TO START TODAY MOSCOW, May 26 (AP) Presidential Adviser Harry Hopkins probably will begin discussions with soviet leaders on current American-Russian questions late today. Hopkins, who arrived yesterday by plane from Paris, was reported exhausted by the long trip. He rested this morning at the residence of U. S.

Ambassador W. Averell Harriman while Mrs. Hopkins rose early for a Moscow sight-seeing tour. The Russian press and radio, describing Hopkins as the "personal representative of President Truman," reported his arrival in drtail but without editorial comment. An informed diplomatic source said that while the visit was important, persons looking for any sensations probably would be disappointed.

Davles, Churchill To Confer. LONDON, May 26 (API-Joseph E. Davies, representing President Truman here on a special mission, plans to spend, the week-end in the country with Prime Minister Churchill for a conference which probably will cover the whole range of European problems. Lt. illiam Boekcr Released From IVazis Rev.

and Mrs. William Becker, formerly of Lincoln and now residing at Friend, have received 4KA1. I'lV. IIIC. UHtlll Becker, 25, was released May 16 from a German prisoner of war camp.

a 1 gator-bombardier on a Liberator, Lt Becker was reported missing in action June 6, 1944, following a bombing mission over Austria. Another son of the Beckers, Sgt. Robert Becker, has been a prisoner1 of Germany since the summer of 1943. It is believed he was in a group of allied prisoners rsleased by Russian troops. I The attack was announced byru wasnington yesieraay.

The 500-plane raid "practically laid waste what was once the world's third largest metropolis," the broadcast reported. "The outer palace within the imperial palace compounds, as well as the Omiya detached palace, were destroyed by fire." It added. Report Universities Hit. Stung by the strike into the very nerve center of the empire, radio Tokyo diverged from a later recital of damages to declare the "enemy's inhuman atrocities" had increased the Japanese "feeling of hostility and (they) are firmly determined to fight to the last Japanese." Damages listed in the Tokyo metropolitan area, generally forrrf- ing a horseshoe from east to west southward around the imperial palace compounds, included destruction by fire of the Imperial university, Bunrika university, a number of elementary and middle schools, "several" large hospitals, the Atago shrine and the Zojo temple. Lecations Razed.

The Swedish and Finnish lega tions were reported completely razed and the former United States embassy partly destroyed. B-29 crewmen who participated in the raid said the army and navy department and the diet buildings, as well as the palaces, probably were damaged, although none was a specific target. One returning pilot observed he would be surprised if the raid had not "scorched the emperor's hair a little," but the Tokyo broadcast reported Emperor Hiro- hito, the empress and the empress dowager all were uninjured. The Omiya palace was the home of the empress dowager. Premier Colli Meeting.

Premier Kantaro Suzuki called "an extraordinary" meeting of his cabinet today at which he issued "a reverent statement relative to the burning of the imperial palace and the Omiya palace due to enemy air raids," a later Tokyo broadcast reported. The broadcast added that the cabinet members intended to work for "the renovation of the administration" and later conferred with sub-ministers and cabinet members to deliberate "upon air raid measures relative to the present air raid The flames fanned by a 70-mlle gale, "wrought havoc on the sprawling congested business districts and residential sections of the city." the broedcast said An imperial headquarters communique, Issued later, placed the number of Superfortresses taking part at 250. halt the actual number Involved, and claimed 47 of the raiders were shot down. All fires, the communique asserted, "were mostly extinguished by 5 Ships Sunk By Japanese IVear Okinawa JVrir Dept. Announees WASHINGTON, May 26 (AP) Five ships sunk by the enemy in the Okinawa area bring to 310 the total naval vessels of all types lost since the war began.

The latest losses, the navy announced last night, are the destroyer Little, the LSM (landing ship medium) 190, the LSM 4f 195, the fleet mine sweeper. Swallow, and the LST (landing ship tank) 447. The navy said casualties were moderate. Omaha Legionnairet 'SIle Declare CIril War Veteran OMAHA, May 26 (AP) The traditional Memorial day parade from Omaha's downtown area to Forest Lawn cemetery may be too long for Legionnaires, but Omaha's only Civil war veteran says they're "a bunch of softies." "Faint-hearted sissies, that's what they are," said Erastus Harrison Page, 99, yesterday when told Omaha's American Legion post No. 1 had cancelled the parade.

Page declared that if he didn't use crutches, "I'd be out at Forest Lawn next Wednesday and make the walk myselt" YANKS LOSE 19 SLPERFORTS WASHINGTON, Way It (AP) Nineteen planes ol the Superfortress ileel making the latest attack on Tokyo ware lost oyer the target the 20th air iorce reported today. This was the heaviest loss lor any 29s mission up to sow. 12 hawing gone down in a previous attack on the enemy capital. In both the recent attacks more than 500' planes participated. Draft Plan For Nurses Is Dropped CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES IN PAST SIX WEEKS ENDS NEED.

WAR DEPT. DECLARES WASHINGTON, May 26 (AP) The war department today dropped its demand for a nurse draft law, explaining that "the rapidly changing circumstances of the last six weeks" have eliminated the need for it. 'Acting Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson disclosed the department's changed attitude in a letter to Chairman Thomas (D-Utah) of the sena'te military committee. Thomas immediately issued a statement saying: "It seems to me this is a most satisfactory solution of the difficult problem." A nurse draft bill passed the house months ago and finally cleared the senate committee, but has been snagged on the senate calendar by the stiffest kind of opposition.

Patterson said the critical situation had been relieved by a number of lectors, including increased volunteer enlistments. substantial additional personal made available by graduation of cadet nuraes, and lower losses than expected In lite final mop-up of Oermany. Lt. llirti, Captive Since January, 1944 Cables 'Safe, Well Mrs. Charlotte Wirth, 1518 street, received a cable from her husband, Lt.

Theodore M. Wirth, who had been a prisoner of war since January 4, 1944, saying that he is safe and well and hopes to be home soon. Lieutenant Wirth entered the. army in February, 1941, and was stationed at Fort Knox, for over a year before transferring to the air corps. A bombardier, he left for overseas in August of 1943, and was shot down on his 17th mission over Kiel, Germany, in January of 1944.

He hal been interned at Stalag Luft 1 The first message received about his liberation was sent by the Red Cross Thursday and Mrs. Wirth was alao notified by the war department that her husband had been liberated. The last letter from him was dated January 9. A former University of Nebraska college of agriculture student, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Otto Wirth of' Nebraska City. Evangelical Stato Officers Named OMAHA, May 26 (AP) The Nebraska Conference of the Evangelical church today named the Rev. B. HUlier, Monroe, and the Rev. D.

E. Noerenberg, Ithaca, as conference trustees, and named the Rev. T. H. Kampman, Grand Island, as secretary of evangelism.

Other elections: Western Onion College trustee The Rev. J. L. Arnold, Bcotla, North Central College and Seminary trustee The Rev. Mairke.

Mlllord. Insurance committee The Rev. O). Vance Kustls and the Rev. V.

P. Bchroe-der, Calloway. Eoualizetion secretary The Rev. W. K.

Lent Imperial. Assembly program committee Tfte I H. Sohl. Hnsttns Board ef church extension The Lens. Oommte en national Mew.

W. ewanaxm. Omaha. HOOVrR will Wsll Truman Monday. Truman Calls In Hoover FORMER PRESIDENT WILL CONFER ON FOOD SITUATION IN EVROPE WASHINGTON, May 26 (AP) President Truman has invited former President Herbert Hoover to the white house for a conference on the food situation in Europe.

The former republican chief executive was asked to call next Monday morning. Mr. Hoover has accepted the invitation. Charles G. Ross, Mr.

Truman's press secretary, said Mr. Hoover would be here at 9:30 a. CWT, Monday. The former president was food administrator in the first World war and made Beveral trips to Europe during and after that war to arrange for feeding the starving in Belgium and other countries. Has Valuable Information.

Ross said the president "felt that Mr. Hoover had information which would be valuable to him." Mr. Hoover is now in New York. White house attaches could not recall the former president having visited the white house since he left it in March, 1933, to be succeeded by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

He has been in Washington many times since, however, and on several occasions has testified on European food relief and other matters at the capitol. Priority Ordered. President Truman recently ordered tour agencies dealing with lood, coal production and -lnreign transportation lo Rive priority to supplies (or the civilian populations ol the liberated countries essentia) domestic needs. In New York Mr Hoover's secretary said the former president would go to the white house In response to "a very cordial invitation" from Mr. Truman.

In a V-E address in New Tort Mar I. the former piesident urged Immediate action to save Europe's people, particularly the children, from starvation, saving "peace, prosperity and freedom will not arise from stunted minds or stunted bodies." Army Plans To Release About 900 'Conchies9 Oirn Point System WASHINGTONTMay 26 (AP) Selective service estimates about 900 conscientious objectors will set discharged over a year's period beginning in August under their own point system. They will get point credits toward release as follows: One for each mouth or part of a month of service, 12 for each child born prior to midnight of May 12, 1945, and three lor a wile me mar-Wage occurred before midnight, May 12, 1945. There will be point deductions for misconduct, such as refusal to work. Unlike the system in the army demobilization plan, there is no arbitrary number of points established for an objector's release.

Discharges will come in the order of highest point totals. T1TE Lincoln: Mostly cloudy, occasional thunderahowers lhls afternoon, tonight and Suntiav Htehest temperature near this afternoon; cooler with lowest temperature near SO tonight, highest temperature near 76 Bundsv. Nebraska: Occasional tnundershow-era tonight and Sunday; no Important changes in temperature, ljowesl temperature tonight to in west and so In Kansas: Occasional thundershowere tolnpht. Lowest temperature 80 to Bundav scattered thundershnwers and somewhat cooler in the afternoon. iLlncola Temperatures) 1 I 2 30 a.

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m. .70 I 1 30 70 3 30 70 Highefi temperature a year ao today, 74- mwent. S3 Sun rises a. aefs, I 4C am. Precipitation siace Mav 1, 4 in.

normal for May, IN In. gather around a rtgelablt market fo Col ion Smith Head Of Underwriters "Colton S. Smith was named president of the Lincoln Association of Life Insurance Under- iTi's" writers at a n. I meeting Satur day noon at the chamber of commerce. Donald K.

Strawn is the new vice president and Harry Thorpe will again serve as secretary -treasurer. Jess Ehler and L. Vern Greenwood Ceiion Smith were named state committeemen, Wilbur Miller was chairman of the nominating committee and the other members were Milton Blankenship and Nate Lieber-man. William D. Roach, representative of the field educational division of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company of New York City, spoke on what life underwriters should do in order to become more successful.

First Session Of Legislative Council June 18 The legislative council the Nebraska unicameral's 16-man committee that studies legislative problems during the interim between sessions will open its first meeting June 18 at 9:30 a. m. in the governor's hearing room with the new membership present. Dr. Roger V.

Shumate, council research director, said that the council will fix dates for public hearings and name committee members to serve on investigations authorized by the' legislature. Sen. Walter Raecke is chairman. Problems designated by the lceislature for study are: munici nal budeets: the distribution of district judges; insurance tax base; state ownership of interstate toll bridges; federal funds for state highways; the construction and plans for a governor's mansion; the continuation of the study of public power and irrigation; operation of the Genoa state prison farm and the realignment of legislative committees. Lightning Destroys Hastings Pumphousc HASTINGS, Neb, May 26 (AP) Lightning virtually destroyed a Burlington railiad concrete pumphouse on highway No.

281 near Hastings today, and also tore up 25 feet of guard rail along the railway embankment The 12-foot structure housed a pump used to pull overflow water out of an underpass. The lightning came during a heavy rainstorm. Eisenhower More into Former Building of I. G. Farben In Frankfurt FRANKFURT, May 26 (AP) Gen.

Eisenhower moved from Reims today and established headquarters here in a sprawling building which formerly was the main office of the 1. -G. Farben company, chemical manufacturers. Eisenhower will retain this office as chief American representative of the allied group controlling the reich. I -fslV ft purchosw fheir dailr food reriion under (International Bodiophoto).

12 Killed In Blast AT EDGEWOOD. ARSENAL EDGEWOOD, Md, May 26 (AP) Twelve persons killed and 51 injured, four critically, was the toll today of an explosion and fire at historic Edgewood arsenal, the first major accident there since start of the war. A special army board of in- nuirv is investigating the blast which rocked the station, headquarters of the army's chemical warfare service, shortly after 3 p. m. yesterday.

It occurred in a building filled with civilian workers assembling and loading two-pound igniter hand grenades. Siiead Is 3 Up At Half Mark Byron JVrlson FRESH MEADOW COUNTRY CLUB, Flushing, N. May 26 (INS) Sam Snead was three strokes up on Byron Nelson at the end of the first 18 holes of their 36-hole medal play round for the "world's championship" today. Snead toured the course in even par figures of 70, while Nelson, after a superb first nine, went three over par on the back nine. The contest is part of the nationwide PGA rehabilitation fund drive.

The crowd of about 5,000 persons, all of whom paid to see this match, the proceeds of which will go to the Professional Golfers association wounded soldiers fund, was absolutely unruly fh the early holes. The peasants romped gayly around the fairways and greens and even Into the traps. Eventually, Ed Dudley, PGA president and referee of the match, and Al Cuici, home pro, settled matters and had more marshals on hand to curtail the mob. The cards: Marning Reand. Psr.

out Snead Nelson Par. in Bneid Nelson ..44416444 338 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3311 .44343464 435- 3434J463 43470 41873 Showers Falling Over Nebraska Showers began falling in the Lincoln area early Saturday after noon with overcast skies giving every indication of moisture over the week-end. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were also reported in various Nebraska areas Saturday, but temperatures continued high after ranging up to the middle 80s over most of the state Friday. Some hail fell at Kearney, the weather bureau said. North Plafie reported .34 of an inch precipita tion and light rain continued there today.

McCook had a light drizzle. Light rain and thunderstorms will con tinue through tomorrow, the weather bureau said, with temperatures continuing high. Lowest expected tonight Is so in the wet and in the east. Lincoln. Oraud Island and Omaha had highs or vesterdsv, Chadron and North piatte a.

and Valentine "2 Lows included Al at Chadron and Valentine. Oft at North Platte. 63 at Omaha and 00 at Grand Island. At mid-morning readings included Chadron Orand Island M. North Platte ex.

Omaha, 74, and Beotts- blufl fL WOMEN CIVILIANS in Berlin fie Russian military regime. HIM MLER IS DUMPED INTO SECRET GRAVE BRITISH TOMMIES CART BODY AWAY IN TRUCK: HIS HOARD Of ABOUT MILLION IS FOUND LUENEBERG, Germany, May 26 (AP) The body of Hem-rich Himmler, wrapped in a giray British army blanket, was carted by truck into a woods near here today and dumped into a grave spaded out by three British Tommies, For two days the body had been left on the floor of a Lueneberg villa where the Gestapo chief ended his life with poison while undergoing examination after his arrest by British authorities. A senior intelligence officer of the British Second army said he had been told to dispose as he saw fit of the body of the nazi gestapo chief, whose private currency hoard of, approximately $1,000,000 was discovered yesterday hidden under a barn near Berchtesgaden. Body Not Embalmed. A major and three sergeants carried out the unceremonious burial.

A soldier who witnessed the removal said the sergeants took Himmler's body by hands and feet, carried it behind the house where he died and dumped it into a one-ton truck alongside three spades. The body had not been embalmed and was clad only in a British army shirt and the army blanket he chose to drape about him when his own clothing was taken away after his arrest. The Himmler grave in the woods, a patch of pines, was not marked, for the allies do not want the Germans to remove the body or mark the spot with some monument later. Unable to Find Coffin. Borne efforts were made to obtain a pine coffin of the type used by the Germans to bury victims of the notorious Belsen concentration camp, but cone could be found.

"Let the worm go to tlie worms." a Tommy said. That was the only comment spoken the grave. Dirt was shoveled on the body and the ground smoothed ao as to leave no trace that lt was he final resting piece of one of the men who strode most heavily across the nazl stage. An intelligence officer who was present when Himmler clamped his teeth into the little vial of poison said ttie quick-acting draught took effect almost Immediately and Himmler died without saying a word. 1 .000 More German VOW To Assist In Sugar Beet Fields SCOTTSBLUFF, May 26 (AP) More than a thousand additional prisoners of war have been assigned to Nebraska to help with the sugar beet crop, the Nebraska Beet Growers association reported.

The information came from Charles Kearney, sent by the association to Washington to seek the agricultural help, the association said. Of 1,171 additional POWS allotted the state, 500 will be sent to the Scottsbluff area, Kearney said. Reed To Speak McCOOK, May 26 (AP) Wayne O. Reed of Lincoln, stats superintendent of public instruction, will deliver the commencement address for graduates of McCook 'Junior college Monday night..