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U. S. PAT. OFFICE. COPYRIGHT 1945 BY TUX CHICAGO TRIBUNE AUGUST 5, 1015 MICE TEN CEXTS THE MlUuil i I BACK ON THE NEST II 1 ,400.000 CIVILIANS TOLD SPIRIT FAKERS OF CITY FATTEN I I I FIND RUSSIANS GOT JACKPOT IN REPARATIONS LAVAL SAYS HE RESCUED BLUM AND REYNAUD BE BOMBED -mm 1 aa-- WIV: aaaaaL.

WV.W waLl I 'NO'l TI I I Insists He Eased France's Plight BY ROBERT SAGE I Chicago Tribaaa Preaa Service PARIS, Aug. 4 Again today Pierre Laval, worn and wasted but displaying amazing vitality, held the floor for four hours at the treason trial cf Marshal Henri Philippe Petain. Laval glibly defended his actions during the German occupation as ques- tion after question was fired at him. The former head of the Vichy gov- under the Impression that the bulk eminent took the line that his German industrial installations Pe tain's hands were tied and that; were in the west, but it was said they had no other Choice In the face during the war and in the Im-cf German demands than to act asimediate pre-war period the Nazis T- --r I II II 1 I I r--r Wwm 77' Zss TO MOVE OR 14,000 85-P0INT PACIFIC TROOPS RETURN IN JULY BY DONALD STARR Chirac Tribaa Frm 6rcJ MANILA, Aug. 4 Veterans of the Pacific war who have E5 or more points are being sent home as fast as replacements and shipping space permit, according to the men handling the rroblcm for Gen.

MacAr-thur's theater. With knowledge of available ship ping space for returning soldiers. headquarters allocates quotas to the rious commands on the basis of va replacement available by cations," which simply means that specialists in various types of com-ba. and serv ice must be replaced by men trained for the same duty. This explains the return of some soldiers with barely more than the minimum points while others with higher scores remain.

During June the theater returned 1,334 officers and 18,666 enlisted men I to the United States. Of the total 1,200 were returned by air. Only combat Infantry men are eligible for plane rides. During July 100 WACs, 405 officers, and 14,030 enlisted men were sent home. When the system went into effect it was estimated that one-seventh of the soldiers in this theater had 85 or more points.

Commands Get Quotas The five commands are given ouotns each month, and each com- rcDrnlh1 foe th anntirai. These are the far eastern air force, the armed forces of the Pacific, the 6th army, the 8th army, the armed forces of the western Pacific and. the army service command. Consideration is given always to the men In each type of work with, the highest scores. Much of the dissatisfaction and griping about the point system has come from men who are not familiar with the terms of the original directive and an extensive education campaign has been undertaken by officers at the direction of the war department It is pointed out that the score of S5 only made men eligible." The army directive makes it clear that first consideration must be given to the defeat and occupation of Japan.

Essential Men Stay GI gripes, echoing among their families at home, have however, until they now are equaling in volume the comp.aints heard after the inauguration of the rotation system which soldiers, rlghtly or wrongly, regarded as a failure. A man whose nolnts equal or exceed the critical score for his commnd wUI be practical provided military neces- Tribune to Erect 8 Story Washington, D. Aug. 4 Spe- cial The Potsdam reparations agreement had the effect of giving the Russians approximately 50 per cent of the movable German industrial property covered by that agreement, officials having knowledge of preliminary negotiations on the subject said tonight. These officials said negotiators had with them at Potsdam estimates showing that approximately 45 per cent of total German assets of the industrial capital variety covered by the agreement plants and machinery! were situated in the Russian eastern zone of Ger- i many.

Percentage A Surprise This high percentage surprised some persons familiar with the prewar German economy who were built up their industrial plant in the east where they located some of the nation's largest and most efficient units. In addition to the 45 per cent of total movable German plants and equipment said to be situated in the Russian zone, the Potsdam agreement also gives the soviet gov ernment 10 per cent of certain capital equipment in the western zones, the zones occupied by the British, Americans, and French, inij a.v pci ecu i ui me lemaiiiiiig TV, -in 1 55 per cent of total German capital equipment would give Russia a total of roughly 50 per cent of the whole movaDie capital property, it was stated. The Potsdam agreement provides that Russia will actually get a total of 25 per cent of the industrial eqiup-mcnt in the west, but will pay 15 per cent of it by exchanging coal and other commodities from the eastern zone. AH the property covered in the agreement is that which is judged to be surplus after Germany has been reduced to an agricultural economy from its customary industrial economy, an objective which the Potsdam conference decreed, Reparations Still to Be Met From what remains of the surplus movable in the western zone after the Russians get their 10 per cent, the reparations claims of all the allied nations in the war against Germany, except Russia and Poland, must be satisfied. "The reparations claims of the United States, United Kingdom and external assets," the Pots pdam agreement said.

The "external assets" not al ready in the possession of allied na- tions are those in neutral countries. fj UGE BERLIN COUNTERFEIT PLANT RAIDED I By Wlrrirw to tlx Nrw York rimn and Tb Chicago Tribune I BERLIN, Aug. 4 Forty-five Ger Tower Group rooms for record cutting and a 11- brary. they did. This theme was In slight contradiction to the line he took yesterday when he admitted he thought the Germans had won the Lroa Blum lit it.

Fan! Heft, Paul Kejnaud Iceater, and Pierre Laval. war and that France's only salvation lay in working hand in hand with them because Germany could not get along without France. Today he repeatedly represented himself and Marshal Petain as holding out as much as possible against Hitler's exorbitant demands. Protests Siaylngs He testified that his protests saved the lives of Leon Blum and Paul Reynaud, former premiers, ahem the Germans wanted the French government to execute in reprisal for the Algiers council's fiction in sentencing Pierre Pucheu Vichy minister of the interior to death. He asserted that he had protested violently to the German embassy against the cold blooded slaying of the resistance leader Georges Man-ceL He also disclaimed any connection with the death of former Education Minister Jean Zay.

1 don't accept summary execu tions as a method of covernment if I On the fourth floor, home of tn comm.n,. ON WAR GRIEFl Tribunite, Expert Uncover Frauds Fake Spirits The Tribune today begins a series of stories telling of the investigation of Chicago mediums by Miss Rose Mackenberg, former investigator for Harry Houdtni, famous magician. Miss Mackenberg found spirit fakers are fattening on the grief of Chicago relatives of war dead. In an article in an early Issue a description will be given of the spirits in action. BY E.

W. WILLIAMSON For seven days, the spirits have been making a sucker out of me. They told me my son, a supposed army fatality, was happy, that he sent his love, that he is near me always. I never had a son in the army. They told me I do not sleep well.

To cure this, they said, I must put an onion cut in four pieces in a plate of vinegar under my bed. I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat any time, any place. They told me but let's start at the beginning. Miss Rose Mackenberg, who began exposing fake mediums for Harry Houdlni, the magician, prior to his death in 1926 has been doing it ever since, dropped into the office and said that, taking advantage of the turmoil and emotional instability caused by war, self-styled mediums are preying upon gold star mothers and the wives of service men killed in action. Mulct Them of Millions With complete ruthlessness, she said, they are deluding these mothers and widows with fake messages from their loved ones and mulcting them of millions of dollars in the process.

One such medium in Connecticut is reported to have demanded $1,000 of a gold star mother for a message from her dead son. You can go and see for yourself," said Miss Mackenberg. So we started out. We visited mediums In all sec-" tions of the city. Everywhere we went, we received spirit "messages" from persons who never existed.

We witnessed spirit phenomena which Miss Mackenberg, from her wide experience in such matters, detected instantly as trickery. We heard other persons ask questions about sons lost in battle, and from our own experience, were compelled to conclude that the message transmitted from these supposed spirits were no more authentic than those which we received from our purely Imaginary son. Do Land Ofllre BiiKlneiis For the purposes of our investigation. Miss Mackenberg and 1 posed man and wife. Miss Mackenberg dressed as a typical housewife, To heighten the effect, she wore a hear.

jng wnich she Before each visit. does not need. she gave me ai a tha my roIe She made me leave ff hl A ot nnhllttAn mllr know, but It seemed to work. We oun1 virtually all mediums doing a land office business. Some were b00ked solid tnru SfPlember- We sou2ht to determine the number of mediums operating in Chicago Continued'on page 9.

column 4 IRISH TINKERS DELAY BATTLE FOR KINGSHIP TO ATTEND A WAKE GALWAY, Eire, Aug. 4 (JT) The Irish tinkers had a wake, not a coronation, last night when Martin Collins, 18, a member of one of the itinerant tribes, was drowned while bathing in the sea. His ripath rnnsprl tti nnclnnna. great drinking boutf fignt I- nA. aauu? (UaailgCUlClllS for his funeral.

It was understood th tinkora urnnlrl Ballinasloe. Galwav countv. in Do. tober lor the battle. I Biggest Steel Town in Empire on New B-29 List (Map on Jf 2.) GUAM.

Aug. 5 tSunday OT The 20th army air force served notice today on 12 more Japanese Industrial cities and their combined pop ulation of 1.400.000 that they were earmarked for devastation by Super Fortresses. Plastering the cities with 720.000 pamphlets warning the Nipponese people to surrender, evacuate cr die. Hew over the marked areas early today and brought to a total of 31 the targets forewarned in the Super Fort command's cam paign of psychology explosives. Chief city forewarned was Yawata, a densely populated city cf 50.000 on the southern island of Kyushu, the Pittsburgh of Japan.

It is the largest single iron and steel center in Japan. Oil Port on List Another of the list was Akita. pop- ulation 110.000. With Tsuchlzaki. its port, on the northwest coast of Honshu, it is the center cf Japan's largest oil producing fields.

It was the third time a group of cities had been warned of approach ing raids in the campaign announced July 23 by Maj. Gen. Le May of the 20th air force. Promised destruction subsequently followed to 10 of the forewarned cities. Only yesterday the bomber command disclosed that 3,000.000 leaflets outlining the allied surrender-or-die ultimatum had been distributed by the B-29s over Japan's home islands, from Hokkaido to Kyushu, with especial attention to Honshu and the empire's capital, Tokyo.

Has War riants The 12 newly warned cities are: HACHINOI IE-Coastal port and trading center on the northeast coast of Honshu, with a population of 73.000. URAWA Thirteen miles northwest of the Imperial palace. It has several small industries and at least three large wax plants. The population is 60.000. TOTTORI Capital of Tottorl prefecture, with a population of 50,000.

It specializes in heavy assemblies for war production. MIWAKUNI At the west end et the Inland sea. is a important Honshu communications center and has handled numerous troop movements. Population. 51.000, Rail Center Listed TAKAYAMA Produces iron and steel castings.

It Is in west central Honshu. Population, 5C 1.000. FUKUSIUMA-Capltal of the Honshu prefecture of the same name, with a population of 50,000. It is an important rail renter. AKITA With lis rort of Tsuchl- xawaia one oi lour ranking Large Hokkaido rort MIYAKONOJO Important ground troops replacement center for three Important Kamikaze air fields.

This Kyushu island city had a population of 58,000 in 1940. OTARU Largest port on Hokkaido Island, on of the best harbors in Japan. IMBARI 50 miles from Uwajima on the extreme northwestern tip of Shikoku Island, a center of light industry, with 55,000 population. wNaval Base Bombed Three of the 12, Yawata. Miya-konojo, and Imabara, already have been raided by 20s, but have yet to feel the devastation of fire bomb attacks.

Yawata was the first B-29 target in Japan and the first raided by the Super Forts in daylight. A Friday attack on the Kataoka naval base on Shimushu In the by the Uth army air force berators and raids on small ship- nine Saturday off China and the 1. 'Japanese main island of Honshu were reported today In a fleet bulletin. Ciifirfri si nee a am a-m)i tmv shJp dSLmttd dredge a itt jradio sUtion. a lighthouse, and other Installations on the south cod si oi Ulin I OIUDlUBg provjee.

IGetu MacArthur takes command of entire invasion army. Detail page S.J and I was sickened et seeing these countries entitled to repara- methods installed In France." hejtions- sna11 De met from the em and from appropriate P11 docs not hol( th rmy.zakl. has a population of more than directive says. "If some men are 110.000 and Is on the two main DEFIES UNION IN FIGHT FOR VETS Jack Threatens to Give Plant to U. S.

Cleveland, Aug. 4 Special William S. Bill Jack, president of the fabulous Jack and Heintz company JAHCOJ, threatened today to put his company into the hands of the United States government rather than permit its policies to be dictated by a labor union. "It's either Matt De More president of the JAHCO local of the AFL International Association of Ma chinists or me! he bellowed over the plant's public address system as the company's 7.200 associates left their jobs to attend a union meeting in Cleveland's public hall. Jack, designates all plant workers as associates rather than employes.

At issue was the question whether the union would waive seniority regulations, as demanded by Jack, to permit the company to refrain from laying off recently hired returned service men and wives of service men. Jack Calls Meeting, Too When the meeting broke upwith out union officials having been able to call the session to order, Jack postponed carrying out his plan to turn the plant over to the govern ment. Instead he hired the same hall for tomorrow morning and an nounced it would be the scene of a meeting of the JAHCO Veterans' club, composed of returned service men. The company has attracted na- tion-wide attention thru the bonuses and other largesse it has distributed among its "associates" during the war years. Jack established the company, which manufactures preci sion instruments for war plants, in 1933 with a capital of $100,000.

From a start in an old barn, the company mushroomed into one of Cleveland's major industries, with government contracts of millions of dollars. Last Christmas JAHCO paid a Christmas bonus of $4,600,000 in war bonds, distributed on a basis of one 550 bond to each "associate" for each month of service during the year. All employes a free meal daily In the company cafeteria. Selected workers get paid vacations in Florida or in the north woods. Once a month all associatcr gather at a company banquet.

Cutbacks Bring Trouble Trouble in this workers' Utopia began several weeks ago when cut backs of army contracts necessitated lay-offs. Jack appealed for volun tary resignations to obviate the necessity of throwing service men out of jobs. When he didn't get them, he laid off 1,890 persons, including 300 to 400 returned service men and wives of service men. He then appealed to the union to waive seniority provi sions of the union contract. Today's meeting, called by the union, was for the purpose of voting on a seniority waiver measure.

Jack became Incensed when union officials man civilians were in custody to-'as Addition to BY ARTHUR EVANS As soon as the Jap war is won and building materials are available, The Tribune will build a new eight story building as an addition to Tribune Tower, the newspaper plant, and W-G-N radio station. The cost of building and contents is esti mated at about 6 million dollars. The new structure will provide for expansion of all Tribune depart-' ments and W-G-N's radio facilities When it is completed, the Tribune plant, the tower, and W-G-N will occupy the full block bounded by Michigan av. and St. Clair st.

and Illinois and Hubbard sts. The architectural design for the new building harmonizes with Tribune Tower and W-G-N. It will fur nish a setting which will enhance the architectural beauty of the tower. The building will permit the fullest advantage to be taken of post war developments in the printing art, especially in color printing, in which The Tribune has pioneered, and in radio, with its possibilities in television and frequency modu lation. Nearly 25,000 Square Feet The new building Is to occupy pace from the north line of the present tower to Illinois st a width ol approximately 118 feet, and will extend from the renr of W-G-N studio and theater, 200 feet back to St.

Clair st. a ground space of nearly 25,000 square feet. It will rise seven stories above the level of Michigan av. At the Illinois st. level the ground floor will be largely an extension of the present pressroom.

Below will be a reel and paper storage room, with no subbasemcnt. When the struc ture is completed and equipped, The Tribune will hove four com plcte press lines, each about one block long. More Spare ior News Room On the ground floor will be addi tional room for the making of stereo type printing plates. Mailing room facilities will be increased so that more papers may be sent to trains and delivery spots at fastest speed. The circulation department, on the second floor of the tower and plant, will get more space.

On the third floor the composing and stereotype rooms will get SO per cent more space. On this floor also will be sev eral one-story radio studios and told him he would not be permitted to attend the meeting. "I'm sick and tired of having labor leaders running my organization," he asserted over the plant's public address system. I'll be there outside the hall between 10:15 and 10:30 a. and I would like to have some associate make a motion to invite me in.

"If you don't call me In by 10:30 I shall put the company into the: hands of the United States government." J. J. Murphy, representative of the machinists' grand lodge, presided at the meeting. When, he called the session to order a burst of protest ran thru the hall and he was unable to establish order. After 10 minutes declared the meeting adjourned.

I declared essential regardless of how coastal rail lines. high their score may It, it will be SAGA North central Kyushu a decision based -on scarcities of Island. 13 miles southwest of Rumen with certain specification Is a small manufacturing city, bers of a particular type of experl- Population. 50.000. night, charged with having operated a huge counterfeit plant turning out hundreds of thousands of dol- Urs worth of marks Yesterday troops of.

the United a uu i Wkso a. lilt VliilCU State, 2d armored division traced the counterfeiters to the basement news Qeparimenw me new ouiiuing will bring an Increase of one-third in the size of the main news room. The reference room will be shifted into larger quarters with most modern equipment, photographers will have new and larger quarters, the Sunday room will be expanded, and the art room shifted and enlarged. W-G-N radio activities will take over almost the entire fifth floor of the tower and the new building. A prominent feature will be a three story studio with stage facilities large enough to accommodate a full symphony orchestra.

The stage will be larger than, that in the present W-G-N theater, which will remain In service. This floor will be the main office floor of thl business, musical, dramatic and mechanical activities of W-G-N. Provision will be made for fre- quency modulation and facsimile transmission, but plans for television! will await further development of that art. Large Studios, 9 Small Other studios will be In the new building. In addition to the main three story broadcasting hall, there will be five large studios two stories high, and nine smaller studios.

The present W-G-N theater will remain! in operation. All this will occasion some shifts in the advertising auditing husl. ness, and other departments, all of which are to be provided with more space. Plans for the new structure, with John W. Park, Tribune production manager In general charge, have been prepared by associated archi- tects.

Harrison. Fouilhoux Abra- movltz. John M. Ilowclls, and Leo J. Weissenborn.

THE WEATHER SUN DAT. ACQ. 8. 1943 CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Fartly cloudy; occasional thundershowers late this afternoon or tonight and again late tomorrow warmer; south to southeast winds near 15 miles an hour; high today, 86; low tonight, 70; high tomorrow, 00. ILLINOIS: Fartly cloady today a4 to acatta4 thandenkawars this afleraaaaj at tonlf ht and la aorta and cilrtoM arcat ra tral lomarraw; waraacr la aarta aad ccatral today and tanifbt.

TEMPERATURES IN CHICAGO Far 24 fcoara ended 1 a. am. Aag. 8. 3 a.

m. ...63 11 a. m. ...76. ..73 ..71 4 a.

n. ...62 5 a. m. ...59 a. m.

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n. ...74 Unofficial a .71 a. a. I Hilh. tLa, idnifht-s a.

am. sanri. 5:49. Sana. 8:05.

Moonriaa. 4:09 a. a. tomorrow. Morning ataxa, Mara, to- ana.

and Satarn; craning a tar. Japiicr. For 24 noora ended 7:30 p. a. Aag.

4: Mraa trmperatarc. 68: aoraaal, 73; aacraa alnca Jan. 1. 334 drrrces. Fmipltatlon.

none; dtnclrnry tiara Aag. 1. .23 at aa inch; exceaa alncc Jan. 1, 1.77 Inches. Highest wind aeloclty, 12 mile aa hoar.

Rrlativa hamldiiy, 7:30 a. 73 per cent; 1:30 p. 47; 7:30 p. 1. Barometer readlnr.

7:30 a. an 30.14 tnehaa; 7:30 p. Jll.UB Inches. FOLI.EN COUNT: Far 24 aaara ended all IV, I Official weather report an par 16 or ability. In short, if military necessity requires you for the Job inaustriai concenir.uon.

tcalnst tne Japa you wUI lh nrth KyUhU IIUU5C 1PU rioenn, a xscnin, dlstricl tne Amerlcan 8e.tor otna loosen my tie. Why. 1 don't If the prosecution hoped to get 1 any ammunition out of Laval's two day deposition it must have been; disappointed. The witness, who was! chiefly concerned with whitewash ine himself, closely associated retain vWth his own actions and Invariably attributed them to humanitarian and fet riot i motives. Avoids Pit ly the time he entered the court room today Laval had recovered his teli assurance.

Alternately standing end sitting and frequently drinking water from a glass at his side; he talked earnestly and easily skill-1 it 'fails' fully avoiding numerous pit the presiding judge, Pierre Mongi beaux, threw in his way. He aban- 4ntaf4 kta- 4 aw a a kakU 9 v.v 4 inif-ct comedv relief Into the nra inject comecy reiicr into the Pro- iftirf an1 aa r.r riAl-ii a Vt a y-l rrl (Continued on page 6, column 61 ASH TRAYS EMPTIED AFTER EACH CIGARET IN CAFES OF BERLIN BT HEXBT ALES Cbirmga Irlbanl Proa Servtr BERLIN, Germany, Aug 4 There's one kind of service you get everywhere in Berlin today that you seldom get in America, and that is clean ash trays. Enter any bar or cafe, and tho it serves notl ing to drink except a sickly concoction tasting faintly of banana oil, a waiter appears like magic every time a cigaret butt is crushed in an ash tray, and substitutes another Enter any restaurant, and tho there's nothing on the menu to eat except black war bread and potato peeling soup, with acorn coffee, a. waiter watches the ash tray like a hawk, replacing it with a clean one 'and substitutes another every time a cigaret butt is de- The explanation is simple the waiters grab the cigaret butts, re-roll the stubs into full size second hand smokes with toflet paper, and ell them for five marks apiece. service, at least until a suitable re-, placement is provided.

"The surplus of men will be taken from all elements of the, army, no matter where they are located." the directive continues. "Obviously it would be unfair to penalize a man merely because he is on duty in the Pacific, where the fighting will continue." SENATORS BACK hV ARTHUR FOR SUPREME POST Washington, D. Aug. 4 CD-Several senators today Indorsed Lt. Gen.

Doolittle's suggestion of a supreme commander for the Pacific and named Gen. MacArthur as their occupation. a 20,934 Smiths in R. A. F.

7,000 Are Just J. Smiths I chicato Triban servici LONDON, Aug. 4 Smith i3 a pop ular name in the royal air force, wiiose rosiers iisi u.ji l.uuu oil whom have the single initial J.1 Jones is next with a total of 19.375. Jof whom 2,125 are just J. Jones.

The Browns are far behind with a mere 12.000, according to the R. A. records office. To days Trihun News and editorial part Sports, markets. 2 Metropolitan Radio programs Parts Eipht nni'pE nt rnmirc choice.

Doolittle, commander of the Sth force, said in a speech at Classified ads Part 5 ment of the scheduled finish fight Real estate Parti between Martin Ward and Patrick Drama, movies, music, books. Part 2 'Dod4 for the title of king of the Society news, clubs, women's Irish tinkers and the right to choose features, patterns, crossword Jany of the tribes' loveliest colleens puzzle Part 7 for a bride Graphic Weekly Partgj The wandering menders of pots Pictures Part 9 and who ha(! pntvpr fnr th nnurt vscttfrdav that an nunrj I would be advantageous. He added that the system had been proved in north Africa and Europe under Gen. Eisenhower. Sen.

Johnson ID, Colo. comment- ed: "I would like to see an over all command in the Pacific and I 1 vrtn. wauiiuiw anuuiu tiou It. gn Stewart Tenn.J I'm for MacArthur having it." 1 I nil lQH I 1,300,680 rur miCAQQ TRIBUNE '1 1.