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VOL. C2, NO. 186 CfWi.KTK ASWJC1ATKU I'KKSA A VHKSA KKATl'ItKd UNITKI) 1'IiKSS AND INTERNATIONAL NKW3 FttRVICKH ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1916 ASSOCIATED I'HKHd TtLKMATS ACMB TK.L.KPHOT08 TWENTY TWO PAGES FIVE CENTS nn rvi TP 3 SOB i i i i UziLm p-n AFL D-doiTS All AT 97 eps Hoiuise sacking Hock BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Truman issued a formal order yesterday for government seizure and operation of the nation's strike ridden neat packing industry Saturday but union leaders gave no promise it would get their 283,000 striking members back on the job. Under the order, secretary of Agriculture Anderson till take over and operate 134 struck plants of 19 companies at 12:01 a.m.

Saturday. He is authorized 'to select and hire such employes and agents as he deems necessary and suitable' and to exercise any rights of the owners necessary to Insure operation of the plants and distribution of meat. The order provides that operations win be conducted 'under the terms and conditions of employment lawfully In effect at the time possession of such plants' Is taken, 'until and unless the duly authorized federal agencies shall, tith the approval of the president, otherwise ti7 A A NEW MAYOR OF NEW 0RLEAN -De Lesseps Morrison was astonished and happy over his elecr ion Tuesday as mayor of New Orleans. A woran-backer (left) wept and his mother laughed for joy. (Acne Photo).

Many U.S. Troops 'Sold7 PUZZLED BY RECEPTI0 Four-year-old Francire Opon can't forget her former dog, "PunMn," killed by an autcrxbile although pedigreed Baton terrier, "Fbe Wee1 does his best to mate friends with her (above). "Ree Wee" was given to Francine by newspaper readers in Chicago after seeing the story of "Punkin's" death. Below, Pee Wee" is nonplussed at reception given him. (Acne Photo).

iruu i A kv Moon Made i i 5 Of France Franco Bomb Test Planned In Pacific WASHINGTON--(UP)--A fleet of 97 American, German and Japanese warships till be atom-bombed In a reicte area or the Marshall Islands next way In the eight-lest peacetlee scientific experiment ever attempted by lan. plans for the awesome undertaking vere formally disclosed yesterday by the navy, it will be the first of three tests. The outcoue will determine the future of navies and bring home to a world seeking perianent peace the full impact of the atonic age upon the future of civilization itself. About 20,000 rn will participate in the initial test in which an arty air forces plane will drop a single 'Nagasaki type doed tiled to explode several hundred feet above the 'guinea pig' fleet. NO HUMAN being will be aboard the fleet, which will Include four old u.

S. battleships the New york, Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Nevada--the aircrart carriers Saratoga and independence and lesser vessels, as well as the Japanese battleship Nagato and the German heavy cruiser Frinz Eugen, which arrived at boston Wednesday. Elaborate precautions till be taken to insure the safety of everyone involved chance travelers by and 161 native inhab Bikini atoll, a circular group of core than 20 tiny islands near where the test will take place. Navy experts gave advance assurance that the explosion will not set up a 'chain reaction in the ocean and that there would be no destruction or da sage to rarlne life 'outside the test Under present plans, no repre sentatives of a foreign nation will be allowed to attend. Cut Chairman Brien MCMahon, Democrat of Connecticut, of the senate atonic committee, recoesended that representatives of the united Nations be invited.

Mis cos-slttee will consult with secretary of state jaws F. Byrnes on the latter when Byrnes returns from the UNO conference in London. AMERICA1 correspondents will permitted to observe and report to the public the first such test ever made on naval vessels. The observers will include representatives of the rj. S.

civilian scientific groups. British and Canadian observers probably will be invited because those two countries helped develop the awesome weapon and share its secret with the united States, Vice Ads. H- P. Blandy, who will have charge of the Joint arny-navy experiment, said the. question of foreign representation still is under discussion.

Members of MCMahon's commlt-tee, before which Blandy testified yesterday, were understood to favor the presence of foreign observers as a means of driving home to the world the need for permanent peace in the atomic age. Blandy emphasized that the experiment is not a combined or International operation, but rather a scientific experiment by the united states government He said it was the hope of the army and navy, who will conduct the test jointly, 'to make available to science and to the public all appropriate Information derived from this historic The united states till supply 32 of the combat ships, Besides the four battleships and two carriers, these include the heavy cruisers salt Lake city and pensacola, ie destroyers and eight submarines. There also will be 15 unidentified u. S. transports and 47 lesser vessels, including landing craft.

LEAVES FOR HOME FRANKFORT, GERMANY--(AP) '-Secretary of war patterson left Frankfort by plane yesterday for Washington, where he is expected to arrive tonleht. HELD AS SLAYER TAHLEQUAH, Indian Agent Vance J. Lowery was charged with murdet yesterday in the pistol death of pretty juanita Butler, 23, Cherokee employe of the agency. UNO Forms Atom Bomb Commission LONDW-(AP)-The United Nations general assembly agreed yesterday to try to control atomic energy for peace, while the new, organization's security council prepared to tackle three critical political issues described as threats to international peace and security. In its first decisive action on a major world issue, the assembly of 51 nations created a special atomic energy control commission, halleJ by t.S, Secretary of State James Byrnes as necessary to save the world from an atomic armaments race.

Almost simultaneously tne 11 natlon security council agreed to consuier today Soviet charges of British tilltary 'ltiterier ence' in Greece and Indonesia, and slillar 'accusations by Iran against Russia, Aaer lean 'officials appeared confident the council would decide to hold public hearings on the issues next week. A POSSIBILITY that other cases ight come before the security council was hinted during a meeting of the 14-meaber assembly steering committee. Soviet Delegate Andrei Groayko said his delegation had received 'highly interesting' communications froa the Congress party of India and President Soekarno of Indonesia, and said the assembly should take note of these messages even If no action was envisaged. The task of working out means for controlling atomic energy and applying Its tremendous power to the betterment of mankind was assigned to Canada and the 11 oeabers of the security council the United States, Russia, Britain, France, China, Australia, the Netherlands, Poland, Egypt, Brazil and Mexico, Canada was Included because she contributed to development of the atom boao, BYRNES, just before leaving by plane for Washington, told newsmen that America's next move would be to urge the governments represented on the commission to appoint their members as soon as ipossi'b'le, so the agency could be organized promptly when the UNO establishes headquarters in the United States. Andrei Vishlnsky, the chief Russian delegate, called creation of the commission 'a sound and realistic approach to the and 'the first important act of the joint efforts of the United Nations to obtain peace and security in the Vishlnsky, who arrived only Wednesday from Moscow, received a tremendous ovation in his first appearance before the assembly, Short Kept In Dark, He Says WASHINGTON-(AP)--MaJ.

Gen. Walter c. Short declared yesterday that the army in Hawaii could have gone Into a aore stringent alert in a matter of minutes if the navy or the tar department had given any advance hint of the Japanese attack on pearl Harbor. Washington had nine days to tell him that the alert he ordered as Hawaiian commander--only against sabotagewas not the correct one, short told the senate-house committee investigating the attack. They didn't, he added tersely, 'if we had got the information from the navy or the war department, it would have been simply a matter of minutes of going Into the correct alert Immediately.

When the attack did come, Short recalled, the army switched from sabotage alert In seven minutes flat. GOES BACK ON AIR CHICAGO-(Ap) -Kraft Foods company yesterday announced Its suit for a declaratory Judgment and injunction against Blng Crosby had been withdrawn and that crosby would return to the company's Kraft Music Hall, Thursday night Network (NBC) program, Feb. 7. TRACY RESIGNS WASHINGTON--(AP) --president Trunan yesterday accepted the resignation of Daniel w. Tracy as first assistant secretary of labor, effective today.

On German Propaganda WIESBADEN," Germany-(AP) -A U.S. army poll, taken last fall of 1,700 men said to represent a cross-section of American troops stationed in Germany, shows that 13 per cent of those questioned believed the Germans nad some Justification for starting the war. Fifty-one per cent said they believed Hitler did the reich a lot of good before 1939. The poll was not officially released for publication, but was made available by an authoritative source. The survey had been kept an official secret for weeks.

Authorities declared It revealed an amazing lack of knowledge of the causes of the tar, and that It appeared to indicate that the U.S. soldier in some cases had fallen for the propaganda of Germans echoing Joseph GoeDbels. It showed large percentages of the soldiers ready to accept German explanations and willing to absolve the mass of Germans from responsibility for concentration caep atrocities. However, 80 per cent favored occupation of Germany for 10 years by United Nations troops, and most said they believed the U.S. military government was not tough enough with Nazis (71 per cent) or ordinary Germans (62 per cent).

Twenty-two per cent of the men questioned said they believed the Germans under Hitler had 'good reasons' for the persecution of Jews. Another 10 per cent of the soldiers said they were undecided on the Issue of German anti-Semitism. The influence whicn the German excuses for the war had on the GIs was sharply reflected throughout the poll. Nineteen per cent of the men said they believed Germany had either some or a good deal of Justification for starting the world conflict and another 11 per cent said they were not quite sure. Thirty per cent or the soldiers said they liked the Germans better than the English.

or French. On the whole, those questioned like the Germans better than the French, and preferred the English to the Germans. Whether the seizure order ivuiu uimg ffuv.ii luic meat vw 4 American dinner tables in a short time apparently hinged on these tould bring much more meat to developments: The AFL meat cutters union last night ordered its striking members to return to work Saturday when the plants are seized by the government. Union officials ordered 'all tenters to obey the presidential order and make preparations to resume national, normal slaughtering as quickly as The CIO United Packinghouse workers earlier said Its membership had called a meeting Friday to decide whether to work for the government. BOTH UNIONS acted after president Truran told his news conference in Washington that the workers would return at their old wages under federal management president Truman also said the striking steelworkers would return at their old wages, if the steel Industry eventually is seized.

He added, however, he thought it not practical to seize the steel industry at this-time and reiterated that the steel industry should allow the 18 cents hourly wage boost he recommended THE PRESIDENT contended both management and labor had too much power and said It was necessary for the government to assert itself. Asked how the government could do this, he replied he had asked congress for labor legislation It had not seen fit to grant. The president also disclosed government operation of a government built steel plant in Utah is under consideration. NO major progress was reported in efforts to settle labor disputes which have left more than 1.635,000 Idle throughout the nation. joint mediation conferences were resumed in New york on the strike, of 200,000 Cio electrical workers against the nation's three largest producers The CIO united Auto workers union resumed wage negotiations In Detroit with Chrysler and Ford but there were no meetings on the General Motors strike.

The ford motor company announced yesterday that 15,000 employes would be, laid off Friday night 'due to the steel strike which has curtailed manufacturing operations. COMMITTEE OKEHS MINIMUM PAY BILL Washington-Mp) -president Truman's request for a new minimum wage floor of 65 cents an hour for businesses in interstate commerce won approval from the senate labor conmlttee yesterday. But' the group voted to space out succeeding increases to 75 cents over a four-year period instead of two years as the president had proposed. The legislation would amend the present law with its 40 cent minimum. by Army Radar IN UNION TOWN LINE, N.

residents of Town Line voted go to 23 yesterday to return to the union. The results were announced after the votes were collected by Henry Urshel, owner of the blacksmith shop where 85 years ago the tiny community decided for reasons not unknown to secede. The ballots were counted by Movie Actors Cesar Romero and Martha Stewart, here for a premiere of a motion picture stressing the theme of unity between the north and south. Before the balloting began, the 250 Town Liners participated in a 'Truman lunch' consisting of bar becued veal sandwiches and coffee. president Truman had suggested that a 'fatted calf barbecue' to act as a 'peace vehicle to get the hamlet back Into the union.

Plastic Armor Made For Troops WASHINGTON--(AP)--The navy revealed last night that plastic body armor made of laminated glass-cloth was ready for combat use by navy and marine assault troops poised before the war's end to storm japan. Experiments had shown the armor to be effective against bullets and fragments. while these glass-cloth combat Jackets for ground troops got no further In wartime than a preliminary test on Okinawa, the navy said; laminated nylon flak suits were put Into use by navy and marine airmen for protection froa heavy anti-aircraft fire over the Japanese home Islands before the surrender. COLD WAVE NEARS EASTERN STATES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nation's weather picture last night was a mixture of warm and cold topped off here and there with a dash of snow. A storm area which caused snow, sleet and rain In a narrow belt extending from north Georgia to the Great Lakes yesterday moved eastward during the night and was expected to affect New York and New England today.

pushing behind this were wan air currents Just west of the Appalachian mountains, but behind this was another wave of cold which held temperatures in the upper Mississippi valley below freezing most of yesterday. Even farther west was another stream of warm air. KEITEL BLAMED NUERNBERG--(UP) "The French prosecution at the war crimes trial of Nazi leaders yesterday put the blame for execution of hostages in German-occupied western European nations directly upon Field Marshal Gen. ill-helm xeltel, leading military figure among the defendants. Signals White House Addition Turned Down by House WASIINGTrjN--(AP)--Presldent Truman said yesterday a stora arouseu by his proposed $1,650,000 addition to the white House was Just a tempest In a teapot, but a few hours later the project blew away.

The house refused to provide the money. By a standing vote of 110 to 41, It directed that 1883,660 of the fund, approved last year, be used for the white House general expenses and the other $766,340 be returned to the treasury. The action was taken as an amendment to the appropriation bill providing funds for the Independent government agencies, it was proposed by Rep. case, Republican of South Dakota, and supported by almost every Republican In the chamber as well as some Democrats. Unless the house reverses Itself later, the project will be doomed, surveys for it had been completed, some excavation started, and forms were being prepared for the contractors to bid.

The plans called for 13,672 square feet of additional office space, a cafeteria, and an auditorium seating 373 persons to be used for broadcasts, news conferences and other meetings. Some local historical, architectural and civic groups had protested that the structure would mar the white House. But Truman declared that it would not be seen from the front. It would be visible to the public, he declared, only from the air and froa the little side street between the white House and the state department. The president used the tempest-in-a-teapot characterization in a statement with which he opened his news conference shortly before the house acted.

He said congress was thoroughly familiar with the proposal and approved It. He added that he thought there was not much opposition to It except froa such congressmen as stand to benefit froa headlines In the Washington papers, one of the chief opponents has been Rep. Howard smith, Democrat from nearby Alexandria, Va. Truman compared himself to the wife of an early president tho reputedly hung up her wash to dry in the East rooa--he said he have to install some of his clerks there if the addition were not built. But Truman slipped up slightly on his history.

He named the lady as Dolly Madison, the wife of James Madison Reporters reminded him It was Abigail Adams, wife of John Ad a as. GRACIE ALLEN REPORTING Well, there have been so many divorces In California's Los Angeles county that an official thinks the schools should give courses teaching young people to stay married. If it goes through, I'd be glad to give the girls lessons in such things as laughing at husband's Jokes, and not wearing cold cream or curlers at the breakfast table. Ever since I married I've conducted sort of a private school myself. At present George's grades aren't so good--C in remembering anniversaries, In looking at pretty glrla out of the corner of his eye, and In appreciating ay hats.

But I think the school idea Is good. Boys should learn that many pin-up girls would faint at the sight of a clothespin, and girls should learn that a hep rug-cutter may never qualify as a household rug-beater. Government Moves to Curb Delinquency Among youth WASHINGTON-(AP) -Attorney General Clark yesterday announced the first step in the justice department's program to curb Juvenile delinquency. In an Interview, Clark said he will appoint within a few days a special panel of 25 churchmen, educators, businessmen and welfare leaders to help the department formulate plans to combat the rising trend in Juvenile crimes. Within a few weeks -he will ask representatives of state, county and city governments to meet with the panel and Justice department officials to work out remedial measures.

'When 70 per cent of adult criminals are known to have been delinquent in their youth, it Is high time that a new step be initiated to curb such a disgraceful Clark asserted, adding: 'Erring boys and girls must be saved from continuing lives of crime. Hew Plans Government Break With Contact With PARIS--(UP) --The government being, formed by Provisional president Felix Gouin is committed in advance to an immediate break in diplomatic relations with the Spanish government of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, it was made known yesterday. Terns of the agreement among Coiwunists, Socialists and Popular Republicans for the coalition government, call for putting into effect the assembly's resolution to break off relations which was passed last week. The resolution caused immediate reaction in Spain. Franco promised to seal the border if relations were broken and to station considerable troopS there as guards.

firmed beyond doubt by later experiments. The contact climaxed several years of signal corps itudy of means of reaching celestial bodies. The experiments were directed by Lt. Col. John H.

Dewltt former director of the Evans laboratory. The contact, approaching la scientific interest the development of atomic energy, proved for the first tlie that radio waves could be projected beyond the earth's atmosphere-Gen. Inglea recalled that sir Edward Appleton. proaintnt British physicist, recently predicted that acientists light map the moon's surface accurately with radar. But other authorities believed that improvements in radar technique tould be necessary first.

The tar department said the experlaents opened up the poi-sioillty of controlling long-rang Jet or rocket 1111118 circling the earth above the stratosphere. The German v-2 rockets are oelleved to have reached 60 miles altitude. WASHINGTON--(UP)--Army signal corps scientists have made radar contact with the moon, opening up the possibility of radar exploration of the moon and planets and control of long-range rocket weapons and space ships, the war department disclosed last night Contact was established on Jan, 10 with special equipment set up at the Evans signal laboratory, Belmar, N. J. High frequency energy pulses were sent out in half-second pulses at five second Intervals.

The pulses, reflected back to the earth from the moon, were recorded In about two and one-half seconds. That represented the time required for the radio waves, traveling at 186,000 miles per secondequal to the speed of light to reach the moon and return. Astronomers calculate the average distance between earth and moon at 233.857 miles. MaJ. Gen.

Hary C. Ingles, chief signal officer, said the announetaent waslthheld until the original contact was con- 14 KILLED IN BOMBAY RIOTS BOMBAY-(A?) -police fired'again yesterday on demonstrators who threw up flaming barricades in the streets of riot-swept Bombay, but failed to quell the bloody fighting in which 14 persons have been killed and nearly 500 wounded in two days..