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U. S. PAT. OFFICE. COPXRIUHT 184S BY THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE 1 MONDAY, MAY 28, 1915--32 PAGES THIS PAPER CONSISTS OP TWO SECTIONS SECTION ONX THREE CENTS PAY NO MORE A MI Invl Ml pv 4ir Chief Suicide; New Details of Hitler's Last Days THE CRIME OF SAN FRANCISCO JAPS BLOW UP SUCCESSOR TO GOERING TAKES SYRIA BRISTLES WITH GUNS AS TENSION GROWS TRIBUNE WRITER TOLD HOW FEAR RUINED NERYES PARLEY'S WORK CALLED PACT OF 5 BIG POWERS CAVES OUTSIDE OKINAWA FORT VIAL OF POISON BY SIGRID SCHULTZ IChtcagw Tribes Praas Service 1 MUNICH, Germany, May 26 De layed The truth behind the con futing reports on the last months BY CLAY GOWRAN (Map on page 8) I Chicago Tribune Press Service DAMASCUS, Syria, May 27 Tension is growing hourly in this ancient biblical city as American and British diplomats strive for a peaceful settlement of bitter differences between France and the Levant states of Syria and Lebanon.

Thus far, except for sporadic out of Hitler's life was partly revealed Believe Foe Plans Third High German Can Enforce Peace Only on Weak when an intimate friend of the commander of the Berlin garrison, Gen. von Hofmeister, reached Bavaria. Prisoner to Die to Give Up Line He told me Hitler was so serious ly injured in the attempt on his breaks, this conflict between De Gaulle's government and these war life on July 20 that life was a tor Map on pag 2) ture to him and those near him ever since. (Picture on page 3) PARIS, May 27 CrP)-Field Marshal GUAM. May 28 Monday! BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING ILhicaco Trlbena frets Service San Francisco, May 27 The International security conference is approaching the end of its under- like, fiercely independent little nations has been a battle of nerves, but any moment a spark may flash The Teller mine which CoL von Heavy fire from warships, codrdi- Robert Ritter von Greim." last chief of the German air force, committed nated with aerial strafing, bombing Stauffenberg placed near Hitler burst at least one of the fuehrer's which may turn it into a full scale and rocket attacks, destroyed Japa suicide In a Salzburg hospital on shooting war.

eardrums if not both, deafening Hit- Thursday, supreme headquarters Considerable gunfire was heard at nese troop concentrations in "considerable number" south of Shuri announced today. the outskirts of the city last night, on Okinawa yesterday. Von Greim, 53. swallowed the most of it the result of the deser tion by a small group of Syrian conscripts from the French army. The Adm.

Nimitz did not say whether the Japanese were withdrawing southward from fortress Shuri. which is half surrounded, or were same kind of poison I potassium cyanide that his high command colleagues. Heinrich Himmler and Adm. Hans George von Friedeburg. used to end their lives.

All three were French pursued them into the city with armored cars. At least 30 escaped and joined mustering to move north for re6n forcement of Shuri. 1 the growing Syrian national guard. Battleships, cruisers and smaller The Syrian call for 5,00 recruits taking, with adjustment of the few remaining major controversies likely to be effected this week with President Truman formally launching the world peace ship at the nal session. The conference has now made sufficient progress in writing the charter of the new league of nations to Indicate the nature of the international organization being shaped here.

By virtue of the prestige of dominant world interests, preponderant In resources and with the privilege cf individual veto on league actions, what is actually emerging at San Francisco is an alliance of the Big Five powers the United States, Great Britain. Russia. France, and China to enforce peace and dominate the world. Marti Rormanm I left 1. Cew.

Keltcl, and llrinrirti Himmler lrthtl. ler completely in one ear and partly ships participated in the bombard ha-: brought in 15,000 volunteers so far. ment of Japanese troop concentra in the other. tions, said Nimitz. Report Shooting at Aleppo Infection set in, and the fuehrer Northwest of Shuri, the 1st ma Persistent reports finding some in allied hands when they died.

Von Greim succeeded Hermann Goerlng on April 26 as commander of the broken air force. Found oa May 9 In a Luftwaffe hospital at Kitzbuehel. in the Austrian Tyrol, he told his American captors: "I am the head of the but I have no Luftwaffe." Flies from Berlin The Americans found bira with minor wound which he said he suf- was racked with pain. The morbid rine division observed Japanese distrust grips even normal blowing up 15 to 20 caves, presum credence among informed authorities here said the French on Saturday shelled Alep Aleppo with people when they lose their hear ably filled with stores of food and ing turned into panic with the ammunition which the Nipponese eight light field pieces after with did not want to fall into American drawing from the citadel in the cen fuehrer. Attempt Nearly Succeed ter of the town.

Three persons were hands. Frepare to Withdraw Hofmeister's friend said the at-: feted the final stages of the bat- reported killed and many injured. REPORTS EUROPE Damascus, which has seen many Destruction of their cave post Plenty of Dollars in Foreign Hands (An Editorial) tempt on Hitler's life nearly succeeded. As usual in nazi Germany, some one denounced the plotters. uprisings and much bloodshed in tie of Berlin.

He managed to escape and south. Moved to the Salzburg hospital. tions only a few hundred yards out IBig Five powers refuse to yield cn inch on the provision in the proposal charter giving them power of side Shuri keystone of the line its history, today was ready for more trouble. When I drove into NOT INTERESTED IN BEING FREED LONDON, May 28 ReutersJ and Gestapo Chief Himmler sus across southern Okinawa seems to teto. Story on page Big Three Are Core pected something.

The meeting was transferred from an underground the city frpm Beirut it was gripped by a tension which came with the he appeared to be cooperative. Unlike Himmler, who killed himself while under examinaUon. Voa Greim had time to contemplate his act, Supreme headquarters said a small empty vial was found beside shelter to a barracks. Stauffenberg. general strike called a week ago in Viewing Europe thru the eyes of American service men leaving for indicate the Japanese are preparing to withdraw from the central sector, which is flanked dangerously on the east and southeast by the "th Infantry division's bulge In the Ozato Inasmuch as France and China are not first class powers In military protest against French attempts to America is losing some of its gold every week.

The total loss since October, 1941, amounts to $2,449,000,000. In large part the outgo was required to pay for the excess of our imports over our The very countries we have been supplying with lend-lease aid have been carrying on a cash business with us. Russia, the British empire, China, India. Mexico, Brazil, Colombia. sensing that the Gestapo was on his trail left the mine anyway.

force a treaty upon Syria and Le home, John Hall, Daily Mail correspondent in Brussels, today wires that the liberated peoples of Europe banon. Mura heights south of Yonabaru. The Japanese apparently had to All shops were closed and shut are indifferent to their ireedom might and resources, the core of the alliance is the Big Three the Unit-ed States. Great Britain, and Russia. It is an alliance that can preserve world peace, so long as it is preponderant in power to any other group of nations and so long as the In the underground shelter the air pressure would have been so strong that most of those close to the explosion would have been killed.

In the barracks the windows tered; street railways were not op from German rule. pull out so fast before the Yanks' surprise thrust south thru Yona erating, and the usually teeming Chile, all lend-lease clients, have been selling us their goods, GI Joe is going home feeling un bazars were deserted except for his bed. together with coiee and sandwiches. Report Suicide in Austria New York. May 27 The British, radio said tonight that another Nazi.

Dr. Hugo Jury, gauleiter of Lower Austria and former minister of social welfare in the Seyss-Inquart government of Austria. has chesea in excess of what we have sold them. certain. Hall said.

He wonders if baru last week that they had no opportunity to destroy these caves were blown out. lessening the pres angry groups of Syrians. All govern-ment buildings were heavily sand Eig Three hang together. Our cash exports amounted to 2 billion 953 millions in 1944. and caches.

The Big Five will dominate the sure. Hitler merely was wounded and was able to walk out with the assistance of Gen. KeitL bagged. Thruout the city streets Our imports were a billion more than this. The excess of imports the continent does not deserve what it gets.

"I shall never forget the remarks of an American general with whom I talked just after we had broken the Siegfried line. league thru the rule of their una nimity on important actions and the were heavily guarded by bayonet fixed Syrian gendarmerie charged over exports the year before amounted to of a When infection developed In Hit- suicide rather than captivity or Knee Deep In Mud Directly north of Shuri. the 77th infantry division sent strong combat patrols into the Shuri area. The bulletin did not report what kind of opposition the patrols encoun billion. This year will show another unfavorable balance.

ler ear, ne sunerea sucn severe, The broadcast, recorded by Thinking aloud, he said: 'I won by their government with the task of preventing clashes between the furious civilian population and the r-eaaacnes mat ne was unaoie w.CES and NBC. said the report came power of any one of them, therefore to veto an action. It will be possible to curb an aggression by force unless the aggressor nation is one ef the Big Five or a smaller nation der what the Germans will be like. Certainly most of those behind us Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace says that the goal for exports after the war is 10 billion dollars.

This would almost French. carry on nis woric Injections Keep Up Energy Hitler used to do most of his didn't seem to care whether they tered, but their penetration was taken as another indication the Jap from the Austrian radio. Danzig Chief Surrenders WITH THE BRITISH 2D ARMY, May 27 ID Albert Forster, former Machine Guns on Roofs equal the lend-lease aid given in 1944, and would be in excess of were liberated or not." In Germany No Frenchman can appear pub anese may be tailing back irom particularly In the south Hall lend-lease shipments in 1943. What we have to do, he thinks, is work at night, keeping the chancellery going until 2 or 3 o'clock in enjoying the protection of one of the Big Five. As a result, the league will be able to enforce peace effectively only when small, friendless licly without risking his life.

French Shuri. uerman governor cl Dancz. sur to provide sufficient American dollars to the people of foreign troops, mostly Senegalese and white found scores of foreign workers, including Russians, who do not want to go home. "Some have German countries to buy in these vast quantities. the morning.

VYhn the pain became unbearable he had his private physician. Dr. Theo MoreL give him nations are the offenders. The charter of the league, how. officered, ere ordered to remain inside their garrisons.

We drove past the central garrison located in Adverse conditions rain and mud knee-deep in some places, restricted operations all along the southern Okinawa front, now extending some six miles from Naha on the west. wives, he said. rendered voluntarily to Gerraaa military police In Hamburg yesterday and was turned over to the British, it was announced oScially today. That is what the Bretton Woods plans are intended to do. fheir purpose is to enable European countries to turn large strong sedatives.

Then, as soon as he felt slightly better, he would call for Morel's special "energy injection." which Morel started giv ever, will be a forward looking document looking to the millennium of peace on earth and equal rights for all men with numerous and elab the city's heart. Every few feet along the wall a sentrypeered out amounts of their more or less spurious money into American The 43 year old German politi around Shuri to Yonabaru on the east coast and south of the latter from behind the sandbags. Machine cian, whose trumpeting tor HiUer ing him on rare occasions at the in sandbagged positions on port city more than a mile. Adequate front line supply was time cf the conquest of Austria. roofs commanded all approaches orate provisions for promoting the approach thereto.

For example, While there will be no international bill of rights in the charter, there Thru the heavy steel gate we saw GI's OPERATION ON BLOCKBUSTER PROVES SUCCESS PARIS. May 27 (Master Sgt. Joseph Walko of Norman, Is one actor who spellbinds his audience. His audience today was a group of ordnance experts and army officers and his stage was an open field. While the onlookers stared In Morel kept the mixture secret, but his assistants declared It was a mixture of glucose and pervitin, a armored cars whose large turret will be provision for formulating guns were trained on the entrance.

dollars at the international exchange fund, and to borrow additional American dollars at the international bank, largely underwritten with funds taken from the American treasury. The authors of Bretton Woods think that we need to create spending power by these artificial means or there won't be enough money spent to provide jobs for every one. They are stealing Dr. Townsend's stuff. The doctor said that if you provide old people with the money and force them to spend it, we can be prosperous.

Henry Wallace and the authors ol Bretton Woods want to do the same, thing, but to give the spending. money to people of foreign drug which the Germans used to such a guarantee of individual free Many French families have been maintained however, with amphibious alligators and rubber tracked jeeps, known as weasels. The front now has been bogged down six days because of heavy rains. Four inches fell Saturday. Extend Naha Bridgehead Despite the mud and rain swollen dom in the years to come and for evacuated to the coast while others were removed from the city to the pep up their flyers during the battle of Britain.

When he was unable to hear. Hit persuading nations to adopt it. Freedoms Passed Over largest French barracks at Mezze, ler's distrust of those around him five miles out. At first, it was thought it would assumec. nightmarish proportions.

lascmation irom the security ol a Despite precautions taken by both was rewarded by appointment as Danzig gauleiter in 1339. was car rying a vial of a narcotic la bis pockets. He told 53d Welsh division troops who placed him under arrest that he had planned to take the capsule if he had fallen Into Russian hands. Seize Nazis la Italy ROME, May 27 HVNazi Cea. Heinrich von Yletinghoff-Scheel, six of his staff generals, and more than 1,000 German troops were taken into custody officially at Bolzans May 23 and 24.

the United States 5th army command announced today. Representatives of Von Vieting-hoff-Scheel had surrendered nearly a million German and Italian fascist troops In' Italy on May 2. but the commander himself remained la the hills with his staff. Only Deputy Fuehrer Martin Bor-mann and Morel retained a measure sides there have been clashes. It is distant hill, Walko calmly picked up a power hacksaw and sawed an countries.

As between the two, we'll take Townsend. ce possible to incorporate in the charter a world bill of rights like cur own in the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution- estimated more than 50 persons of his confidence, tho at one time he streams, 6th division marines on the west sent more troops across Asato river to reenforce their bridgehead inside the capital. Three bridges thrown across the Asato were washed away by flood waters, but Continued on page 8, column 1 accused Morel of tryine to "1 nim Doctor Made Wealthy THE WEATHER This distrust was unjustified because Morel made so much money thru Hitler that he was eager to 8,000 pound blockbuster in two. The experts figured that the inside of the bomb was beginning to deteriorate. But if they destroyed the bomb in the usual way, the evidence would disappear.

Walko, a veteran of 26 years in the army, volunteered for the Job. Including freedom of speech, of the press, and of religion; the right to petition; regulation of search and seizure; no person to be deprived cf life, liberty, or property without due process of law; Jury trial of accused persons, prohibition of cruel one Bailey bridge remained intact. Correspondent Al Dopklng reported that Japanese artillery fire has MONDAY, MAT 38, 1945 Actually we don't need to subsidize either foreigners or our own old folks to be sure of big employment after the war. America wants billions of dollars worth of goods and services and has the money to pay for them. The office of civilian requirements last week reported that there are bigger markets than we have ever seen before awaiting the manufacturers of refrigerators, sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, radios, electric irons, and many other household appliances.

This government agency says there is an immediate demand for 4J4 million vacuum cleaners, and in Continued on page 13. column 3J Sunrise, 5:20. Sunset, 8:19. Moonrlse. 9:58 decreased to about 500 rounds a day.

p. m. Morning stsrs. Venus and Mars; eve At the start of the Japanese stand ning stars. Jupiter and Saturn.

before Shuri. the enemy was able er unusual punishnjents. etc. Some urged adoption of the American WIFE OF U. S.

CAPTAIN RECEIVES SURPRISE IN LETTER FROM MUNICH Chain of Ships to Guard Yanks Flying Atlantic LONDON, May 28 I ReutersJ A to throw about 13.000 rounds of artillery fire daily into American lines and rear supply areas. Bill of Rights in so many words, Take Illmmler'a Brother LUENEEERG. Germany. May 27 C-P) British 2d army officials said the biggest year known less than 1 millions were made here. Those who cherished such ideas This reduction of artillery per were soon disillusioned.

All of the tonight that Heinrich Himmler's 43 nations represented here had formance is significant evidence, that the Japanese capacity to re-1 brother, a minor SS elite guardl official, had been arrested at Schle- Continued on page 10, column 3 CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Mostly cloudy and cooler tods with light showers this morning: clearing and continued cool tonight; partly cloudy tomorrow; fresh northerly winds: high today, 65; low tonight, 50; high tomorrow, 68. ILLINOIS: Mostly cloudy today with occasional showers and thunderstorms In south and east; partly cloudy and cooler tonight and tomorrow. TEMPERATURES IN CHICAGO For 24 hoars ended 2 a. m. May 28: 3a.m..

..60 11 a.m.. ..78 7 p.m. ...70 4 a.m. ...60 KO 8 p.m... .71 4:45.

1 p. flp. 5 a.m.. ..60 3p.m.. ..82 10p.m..

..72 6a.m. 3p.m.. 11 p.m.. ..73 7 a. 4p .70 Mldn't 74 (ii.m....M 5p.m..

1a.m.. ..60 Oa.m....no 6 p.m. ...72 3a.m.. ..68 sist is considerably weakened. swig and sent to Paris.

His cast 1 wenty million new cars are wanted, from an industry that has regarded a 4,000,000 car year as a big one. Ten million returning soldiers will want homes. Our railroads need equipment and rails, and every manufacturer is trying to place equipment orders. The people of the rest of the world do not lack money with which to buy our goods. Aggregate foreign holdings of gold and foreign exchange, according to the National City Bank of New chain of fast ships is to be "stationed" at intervals across the Atlantic as part of a vast plan to safeguard United States airmen and GIs who are being flown in a constant stream from Britain to America, the Daily Mail reported today.

In the event of an air transport being forced down the wire- was not available. Tribune Features Page 16 rage 17 Crossword Puzzle Dick Tracy Editorials Farm and Garden Arrest Hitler's SUter TARIS. May 27 Paula Hitler, sister of Adolf Hitler, has been placed under house arrest r.ear Berchtesgaden. where she is living in the house of Dietrich Eckart, nazl poet and former favorite of her Taitel York, exceed 20 billion dollars, or four times as much as at the less operator could contact the Take Hill on All Fours More than 1,000.000 rounds of artillery shells a larger number than ever before expended In any Pacific campaign in the same period of time have been hurled at the Japanese, Brig. Gen.

J. R. Sheetz. Leavenworth. commander of the 24th army corps artillery, said today.

On eastern Okinawa. 7th division doughboys captured large stores of Page II 10a.m.. ..73 High tLow. far 24 hoars end. 4 7:30 p.

m. May 27: nearest ship and help would be speedily forthcoming. Friend of the Yanks rage 1 Philadelphia. Pa May 27 (T) Mrs. Joseph T.

Marnell today disclosed she has received a unique letter. The postman handed her an envelope yesterday. On It was the great seal of the German relch and under the seal appeared the name of Adolf Hitler In the upper right hand comer was printed the word "Munchen" Munich. It's from my husband," she exclaimed. "I recognize his handwriting." She opened the envelope.

The 7V4 by 5 Inch stationery bore the same adornment as the envelope. Her husband. Capt. Joseph T. Marnell.

25, serving with a medical detachment, wrote: "You can see by this very per end of World War 1. Americans themselves have accumulated more than 135 billion dollars during the war. When peace comes there will exist a great excess of spending money, and a great shortage of all kinds of goods. In this circum brother. Tell How Giant Wave Smashed Liner's Decks IA Berchtesgaden dispatch on Saturday said the 9 year eld sister the fuehrer had been questioned by Mrsn trmperature, 70: normal, 62; excess since Jan.

1, 443 degrees. Precipitation, .09: excess to date for May, 3.72 Inches: excess since Jan. 1, 3.09 Inches. Highest wind velocity, 14 miles an hour. Relative humidity.

7:30 a. 78 per cent; 1:30 p. 60; 7:30 p. 85. Barometer reading, 7:30 a.

29.30 Inches; 7:30 p. 29.12. Official weather report on page 18 LONDON, May 28 Monday JP) allied authorities and then been re enemy food, ammunition, and equip stance, the government ought to be providing incentives such as tax relief to encourage the production of more goods. Instead effort is being directed toward gaining approval of the Bretton The London Daily Herald said that the giant liner Queen Eliz ment in caves abandoned intact. Gasoline Alley Page 21 Gumps rage 13 1 Harold Teen Page 13 Inquiring Camera Girl Page 20 Hccn 23 Keighbors Page 12 Obituaries Page 18 Orphan 21 Radio Programs Page 16 Smilin' Jack Page 8 Emitty Page 15 Terry Page 17 the Looking Glass Page 21 They captured a hill securing their Woods plans, whose main purpose, as their principal architect.

abeth had a narrow escape In April, 1944, when a huge wave crashed salient after scrambling tip the leased. "I am not responsible for what my brother did." PauU toll a re porter. "In fact. seldom saw hint and never had anything to do with politics at all." She said her brother requested her to change to Mrs. John Maynard Keynes, has asserted, is to create more monetary muddy slopes on hands and knees.

Under the deluge Saturday, the 7eraf wvarag net paid circulation APRIL, 1945 985, QPO excess 1 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE over her bows in a storm. Two days out of New York, the liner was struck by the wave and all five reserves, or in common language, more money. sonal stationery that conditions have improved some. I picked this 6th marine division beat off a Jap Government planners can nearly alwa'ys be counted upon to anese counter-attack on the west of her decks were said to have sunk up in Adolfs private apartment in Winnie Winkle Page 18 do the wrong thing, and the present is no exception. eleven inches.

Munich when we arrived recently." Paula Wolf la 1936. coast. a.