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$7,068 To Get Men Home Austin Saturday bought $7,068.75 in war bonds to bring your servicemen home. 8,500 Pacific veterans are arriving this weekend. The bonds you bought helped to bring these men home. There are many more yet to come; more bonds must be bought. It is up to you to see that no one is delayed because you failed to do your part.

mm Volume 32 3 SECTIONS 44 PAGES AUSTIN, TEXAS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1945 Number 123 Jw Steer Touchd owns Rain for 46-0 Win Over Southwestern Yamilk's- 2.5-Inch Rain Hits Austin In 24 Hours Steady Fall Over State Helps Winter Crops, Hurts Cotton A wet norther dumped two and a half inches of rain on Austin in a 24-hour period, dropping temperatures from unseasonal high readings. Steady rains fell over much of Texas. Fall and winter crop and ranges were generally benefitted, though cotton suffered in some areas. The town of Bandera was virtually isolated by an eight-inch downpour, and all bridges over the Bandera and Medina rivers, which run through hilly country, were two to four feet under water. No property damage was reported at Bandera.

Crops Helped Here if? fJ 3 ONE OF THE 75 GUESTS at Pres. Truman's stag party for members of the cabinet, congress and various government agencies, was Cong. Lyndon Johnson. The party left aboard a coast guard cutter from the naval academy wharf at Annapolis, and docked at Jefferson Island for the affair. Shown with the president are, left to right, Brig.

Gen. Harry Vaughn, military aide to Truman; Postmaster Gen. Robert Hannegan; Fred Vinson, secretary of the treasury; Rep, Johnson, of the 10th district; John W. Snyder, reconversion chief; Pres. Truman and Secy, of Clinton P.

Anderson. 1-Mjk i Association Head Says UT on Right Track UT Reserves Build Up Big Margin Longhorns Display Much Improvement Over Tilt Last Week BY WELDOX HART American-Statesmen Staff It rained rain Saturday morning and touchdowns Saturday afternoon at Memorial stadium as the Texas Longhorns got their offense rolling against outmanned Southwestern end couldn't stop. The score, 46-0, was built up by reserves in the fourth quarter: in fact, the Texas first string scored only twice all afternoon. The Longhorns were considersbly more impressive than they were the Bergstrom game last week, and Southwestern's defense was considerably less of a. problem than Bergstrom.

At the same time the Pirates missed their No. 1 quarterback. Rudy Flores, out with injuries. Texas Team' Tallies After getting banged around for three quarters and trailing, 0-27, the Pirates finally folded in the last 10 minutes and let the Texas team" rush over two touchdowns. This was the team Blair Cherry had drilled in Southwestern plays so the varsity could get defensive practice.

Fleet little James Lowrey scored twice on the Pirates' own tricks. Hub Bechtol, Jack Wallace and Dick Harris bellweathered a defense that never gave Southwestern the vestige of a chance to score. Texas counted once in the first quarter, twice in the second, once in the third and three in the fourth. Pirates' Allen Outstanding At that. Southwestern furnished the game's most sensational back H.

"Mouse" Allen, former Austin high fullback, who gained most of the Pirates' meager yardage on, rwift end sweeps and made a great first-quarter kickoff return from eight yards back of his own goal to the 50-yard line the nearest a Southwestern ball-carrier came to grtting away. -Texas fans got their first glimpse, brief one, of Byron Gillory and Rags Jlagone, freshman speedsters who have been lame. Although the morning's hard rains and the glowering sky cut the crowd from an expected 14,000 to around 9.000. the field cover kept the gridiron dry and footing was very good throughout trie aiternoon. uoin Continued on Page 13, CoL 3) Argentina Threatens Protesting Universities BXIENOS AIRES, Sept.

29. (UP) The Argentine government threatened Saturday night to close all universities which have suspended classes in protest against re-estab-lishment of the state of siege and other measures taken after the recent abortive revolt Minister of Education and Justice Antonio Benitez notified Dr. Hora-cio Rivarola, president of Buenos Aires university, that unless the university is reopened by Tuesday, the government will close it for the rest of the educational year. Rivarola was released from Villa Devoto federal prison Thursday night, his family disclosed Saturday. Back From The Wars 5-rviemeti announced by th war department a returning from Kuropa and the Pacific are listed here.

It was pointed out that "the listinK are according to a compilation made prior to vailing and there was the possibility the men were not aboard ship. Arrived Saturday on US Victory Texas at Boston. T-4 'Charles Q. Pnngle. no address given and Capt.

Harry M. Thames, 1510 Westover road. Due to arrive Monday on the US Victory Haserstown. Maj. Alvin E.

Cowan, 1402 West 30th street. 'K i Thoto by Nrnl Doiiglasa. STAR IN DEFEAT for Southwestern's Pirates Saturday was II. K. Allen, 1943 Austin high school captain now a naval trainee at Georgetown.

Although his team was licked 46-0 by D. X. Bible's speedy Longhorns, Allen made most of the Pirates' gains, intercepted a pass, got off some booming quick-kicks and (in the picture above) ran back a kickoff in the first quarter from eight yards behind the goal to the 50-yard line. Pursuing Longhorn is Center Dick Harris. Ike Told To Clean Up Old Conditions President Asks Attlee To Open Palestine For 100,000 Emigrants WASHINGTON, Sept.

29. (UP) Pres. Truman Saturday night made public a report on the condition of Jews in Germany and Austria which charged that American military government forces "appear to be treating the Jews as the nazis treated them." Simultaneously, he released a letter to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower ordering him to "clean up" the reported conditions and to turn Germans out of their homes, if necessary, to get the Jewish survivors of naziism out of filthy concentration camps. Asks Palestine Opening The letter and report revealed that Truman has appealed to British Prime Minister Clement Attlee to oper Palestine for the emigration of the remaining estimated 100,000 Jews in Germany and Austria.

The White House said the president's letter to Attlee would be released as soon as an answer is received. Reports from London indicated that the British government will reject the American request and suggest the United Nations organization cope with the Palestine-Jewish problem. Charges Horrid Conditions The startling disclosures including a damning indictment of allied handling of the estimated 100.000 Jews who survived the nazis -were made in a report by Earl G. Harrison who was sent to Europe by the president on a special mission to investigate the conditions of displaced persons especially the Jews. The Harrison report was a recital of horrid conditions under which Germany's Jews have been subjected ever since "liberation They are still confined to con-tration camps including the notorious Berger Belsen camp 'and according to Harrison are still treated much as they were under the Germans.

Harrison said that 'the Germans, by comparison, are better fed, better clothed and better housed than the Jews who presumably were "liberated." Harrison's report, made in August but withheld from publication until (Continued on Page 11, CoL 1) 41 Prominent Germans Nabbed WEISBADEN, Sept. 29. (JP) American troops have arrested 41 prominent German men and women in one of the biggest raids in the American zone since the allied occupation began, it was disclosed Saturday night. A spokesman for Col. James R.

Newman of Floral Park, N. commander of the Wiesbaden military government, said those arrested included leaders of a ring which used both Freemasons and Catholics to cloak efforts keep nazism alive. Several former officials of the nazis Wiesbaden district military government were caught in the raids, carried out Friday night in a cafe two blocks from military police headquarters, and seven blocks from the AMG district headquar-tcrs. MINISTER OUSTED AFTER PATTON SEES IKE THIRD ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Germany, Sept. 29 (JP) Dismissal of Friedrich (Fritz) Schaf-fer, much criticized conservative minister president of the Bavarian civil administration, was announced Saturday night 24 hours after Gen.

George S. Patton, made a personal report to Gen. Eisenhower on his efforts to denazify Bavaria. Dr. Wilhelm Hoegner, a social democrat described as a veteran opponent of nazism, was named to succeed Schaffer.

ned because they carried interviews with Emperor Hirohito by two American newspapermen. The government reported that demobilization had been completed in northern Honshu, the area occupied by the US' 11th army. In the central sector of this largest of the home islands, nearly all troops have been discharged, the report said. The demobilization of troops remaining on southern Honshu and Kyushu was delayed by the typhoon of Sept. 17.

Meanwhile, MacArthur directed the Japanese to work on a round-the-clock, seven-day-a-week basis at all shipyards in order to put in operation available shipping as soon as possible. Crops were helped in the Austin area. Almost half-an-inch of rain fell between 7:30 a. m. and 1:30 p.

mH and a brisk downpour at noon temporarily blocked traffic at the Enfield road underpass. Police had a few reports that water was running into buildings, but there wa3 no indication of property damage. The weather wil continue cool and cloudy, with occasional rains, Sunday, the Austin weather bureau predicted. Temperatures are expected to go up Monday. Relieves Ranchers The rain relieved a serious situation for hill country ranehmen faced by a winter feed shortage and parched ranges.

A report from Kerrville said that many had started shipping livestock to market or more ample ranges elsewhere. But in North Texas Wichita Cty. Agent G. R. McNeil said that county's cotton crop of nearly 20,000 acres, only 10 per cent gathered, would be a 50 per cent loss as a result of winds and a six-day rain.

Gradual Moderation A report from Lubbock, in the south plains, said that unless a frost or freeze developed the rain would not damage the bulk of the cotton (irrigated) planted at the normal time, especially if warm weather returned soon. The grade could be lowered, however, and (Continued on Page 11, Col. 5) To Move Into Labor Dispute Oil Union Chieftain Willing To Settle For Less Than 30 Hike WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. (JPY- Pres.

Truman was reported Satur day ready to join Lewis B. Schwel- lenbach deep in his first great test as labor secretary in trying to set tie the oil company-union wage dispute. This news broke just as O. A. Knight, president of the CIO Oil Workers union, said his group would be willing to settle for less than the flat 30 per cent wage boost which -the union has been demand ing.

He was negotiating with in dividual compSnies. Begging, Pleading Schwelenbach himself begged representatives of the companies and the union whom he, called into special conference to reach an agreement. The union which already has 000 men on strike has voted to send all of its 250,000 members on strike if the negotiations fail. The government, Schwellenbach told the two groups, is "begging and pleading with you to get to gether. Possibility of presidentil ianter-vention to help reach an accord appeared stronger when the first day's conversations ended Saturday night with both sides reporting no prog ress.

Union Claims Break The union claimed a first break in the companies' solid front against the flat 30 per cent increase de mand. The workers reported sign ing a contract wih a good-size in dependent for a 30 per cent boost. The union said this company the Wilshire Oil company, Los An geles had agreed to pay 35 cents more an hour to hourly employes and $50 more a "month to the monthly-paid employes. Some hours later Knight said this: "We are willing to settle for a flat 35 cents an hour, as given by the Wilshire company." He said he had been negotiating with the Texas company, so far without result, and expected to talk with one other. By mid-afternoon Knight 6aid he saw no chance of reaching a wide settlement Saturday.

In explaining why his union would willing to settle for less than the original flat 30 per cent demand, he said: "We prefer the 30 per cent method of settling but will settle for 35 cents. We won't quarrel over the method. "If the dispute was settled on a basis of 30 per cent, this would be an increase of 38.1 cents." STATE POLICE HELP ASKED IN INDIANA WHITING, Sept. 29. (UP) Gov.

Ralph Gates was urged Saturday night to send reinforcements of Indiana state police as the oil Workers International union (CIO) tightened their picket lines around the Standard Oil company of Indiana refinery. i Truman Ready versity until next March or April when the associated membership holds -a full meeting. He said the probation was imposed by the association's executive committee because at that time war restrictions prevented a meeting of the full membership, but that action now must come at a full membership meeting. The meeting will probably be held at Memphis, Tenn. "The regents know what to do to straighten out the matter, and it looks like they are moving in the right direction," said Donovan, referring to Friday's meeting of the regents in Regents' action, which he referred to, included adoption of a revised faculty tenure rule and academic freedom rule.

In reference to the regents request that the association particularize and make further investigations of what is being done to remedy conditions which brought on the probation status, Dr. Donovan said: "No bill of particulars will be presented to the university's board of regents. They know exactly what is to be done to remedy the situation." Allied Commission For Pacific Set Up LONDON, Sept. 29 (JP) US Secy, of State Byrnes Saturday night announced tht formation of an allied commission' in the Pacific to formulate policies for carrying out Japanese surrender terms. The commission, agreed to by Great Britain, Russia and China, will meet in Washington "in the near future." Byrnes announcement came at the time that American representatives were disclosed to be attempting to break a deadlock in the five-power council of foreign ministers through a proposal for a conference of all active belligerents against the axis to discuss drafts of peace treaties with Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria.

In announcing the Pacific commission, Byrnes said he received from British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin the consent of the British government to the American proposal, made Aug. 22. France, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Netherlands will be invited to join the commission on Japan, Byrnes said. He reported Bevin, in agreeing to the proposal, had asked that India be invited to become a member. Sherman Paper Sold SHERMAN.

Sept. 29. (UP) The sale of the Sherman Daily Democrat by the G. I. Wilcox family of Sherman to Frank W.

Mayborn, editor and publisher of the Temple Telegram, was announced Saturday. FORT WORTH, Sept. 29. OF) Dr. Herman L.

Donovan, chairman of the investigation committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Saturday told the Star-Telegram by telephone University of Texas regents are "moving in the right direction," to City Set For Chest Drive Opening Coke Asks Victors Give Generously In Final Drive With the official opening of the Austin Community and War Chest campaign set for Tuesday, all resources of the city are wound up and ready to go to raise the quota, S. M. Apperson, general chairman of the campaign, announced Saturday. Dr. James L.

McConaughy, president of United China relief, will be guest speaker at the Kiwanis club luncheon Monday, speakinjj on behalf of the agencies of the national war fund. McConaughy, former lieutenant governor of Con- CHEST WORKERS ASKED TO FINISH TUESDAY All workers for the Austin Community and War Chest have been asked to have their calls completed by Tuesday night, S. M. Apperson, general chairman, requested Saturday. Workers who have not started soliciting are asked to donate Tuesday to their calU.

necticut, has recently returned from a tour of China in connec tion with his work for the office of strategic services. He received news of the Jap surrender over the plane radio while flying over Japanese China, en route to Manila. He will also speak on the statewide broadcast Monday at 9:30 p. m. officially opening the final victory campaign for the United War Chest of Texas.

War Fund Services at Peak The broadcast, which will be carried locally by both KNOW and KTBC, will also feature Gov. Coke Stevenson, honorary president of the United War Chest of Texas, who will deliver a proclmation naming October as National War Fund month in Texas, urging all tContinued on page 6, col. 3 Connally Sees Texas Sea Claim Extension WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. (JP) Sen.

Connally (D-Texas) con jectured Saturday that Pres. Tru man proclamation extending national jurisdiction over the continental shelf may have "the legal effect of extending the title of the states to the limits of the shelf re gardless of its distance from the shore." "For instance," he declared in a statement, "In Texas the state owns the title to submerged lands as far out in the sea as any govern ment can own it." He noted that the proclamation explicitly did not effect jurisdiction or title to the waters or the lands under them as between the federal government and the state. remove the probationary status of the university. Dr. Donovan, speaking from his office at Lexington, where is president of the University of Kentucky, said, however, that the association can take no action on the probation imposed on the uni- Dr.

C. A. Smith Made Temporary Bureau Boss Report Planned Next Session on Schools' Administrative Work By MARGARET MAYER American-Statesman Staff Dr. C. Aubrey Smith, professor of accounting, was named acting head of the University of lexas bureau of busines rsesearch Saturday by the board of regents, which also ap proved a plan of reorganization of the bureau to place it in the school of business administration.

The board relaxed Saturday from its previous day's strenuous session and adjourned at noon to attend the Southwestern-Texas football game. The next meeting of the board was announced for Oct. 26 and 27 in Austin. Administration Next At that time there may come before the board a report from Acting Pres. T.

S. Painter and a special regent committee on a study of administrative practices in first class universities of the country. Dr. Painter was instructed by the board Friday to make this study in cooperation with a regent committee composed of Regents E. E.

Kirk- patnek, Orville Buhlngton and Walter H. Scherer. The action resulted from letters from university faculty members who recommended that the board delegate administra tive details to the final approval of the president rather than the board as has been done. Meeting Objective This new method intimated would also meet with the approval of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Another step taken by the board Friday toward lifting the probation (Continued on page 2, col.

5) 150 Missing In Port Said Fire CAIRO, Sept. 29. (JP) One hundred fifty persons were reported missing Saturday night after the ship "Empire Patrol" caught fire off Port Said while repatriating Greek refugees from Abyssinia and East Africa. Four hundred fifty six passengers were reported to have been rescued by the British navy. Destroyers and aircraft carriers were sent out after the navy picked up the ship's SOS.

15 B29s to Leave For States Today HONOLULU, Sept. 29. () Fif teen Superfortresses of the 58th bombardment wing, 20th air force, are scheduled to leave here Sunday for Mather field, Sacramento, in the first homeward group flight of B29s which hit Japan. Fire Sweeps On California Town Navy May Go Into Fight With Planes SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29.

(JP) The rampaging Marin county brush and timber fire crossed a ridge late Saturday afternoon and swept to within one-quarter of a mile of the town of Lagunitas, whose 300 inhabitants were fleeing their homes. Fire Chief Lloyd De La Mon tanya said that 50 houses in the town were in the path of the spreading flames. Earlier he had expressed that the fire was under control with lessen-ina; winds. Meanwhile the navy kept eight Avenger torpedo bombers alerted at Alameda to fly over the fire and attempt to smother it with a screen of sulphuric acid compound. A navy spokesman explained that to be effective the planes would have to swoop within 100 yards of the aires before dropping the scrten.

Leopold Arrives In Switzerland London, Sept. 29. King Leopold III of Belgium arrived in Switzerland Saturday night from Austria where he has been living in exile, a Swiss radio broadcast said up with the schedule. Others ordered a slowdown to allow the schedule adjustments. The airlines decided to operate planes on war time wherever the trip originated before 2 a.

m. Some cities offered Saturday night crowds an extra hour for play by permitting bars to remain open until the standard time closing hour. Farmers everywhere appeared jubilant about the change, but one Georgia farm agent mused that it would make little difference because "chickens operate on nature's schedule and they won't be expected to wake up earlier or later," and Tennessee Agri. Commr. O.

E. Van Cleve said farmers will continue to arise at dawn and go to bed at dark. Globester Gets On Fourth Leg Plane Arrives Late at Casablanca ABOARD GLOBESTER, Casablanca "(Sunday), Sept. 30. (JP); The Globester took off for Tripoli at 12:30 a.

local time Sunday (6:30 p. m. EWT Saturday) starting the fourth leg of its round-the-world flight. The plane arrived at Casablanca at 9:52 p. m.

after a Atlantic crossing, and was two hours behind schedule because of fog and stormy weather over Santa Maria in the Azores. An hour and a half was made up, however, by cutting the scheduled stop here from four to two and a half hours. 'Axis Sally' Gets 4 Years in Prison ROME, Sept. 29. (JP) Rita Zucca.

American-born radio propagandist known to American troops as "Axis Sally," was convicted by an Italian military tribunal Saturday of intelligence with the enemy. She was sentenced to four years and five months imprisonment. Girl, 18, Gets Bond In Husband-Killing Case HILLSBORO, Sept. 29. OPy Mrs.

Ida Mae Clark, 18, of Mt. Calm, was released on $2.00 bond Saturday after she had been charged with murder Friday night in the death of her husband. Her husband, James Clark, 19, was stabbed with a knife Sept. 15. He died in a Waco hospital Thursday night.

i Bombay Pushes Curfew BOMBAY, Sept. 29. (P) Police rigidly enforced a 10 p. m. curfew Saturaay as the death toll in Hindu- Moslem clashes reached 26, GIRL RllLED TO BE DELINQUENT AFTER KILLING AMARILLO, Sept.

29. (Ge neva Barker, 17, today was found a juvenile delinquent by authorities here in connection with the fatal shooting last Sunday night of her father, Thomas Barker. Nation Turns Clocks Back One Hour To Change Time Most of Jap Home Army Discharged; Newspapers Freed WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. (UP) The nation turns its clocks back one hour to standard time at 2 a.

m. (local time) Sunday. For most, the change meant merely another hour of sleep, but for railroads, airlines and bus lines, it was a headache. Spurred by long-standing farm protests, congress voted to put an end to war time, which has been in effect since Feb. 9, 1942, and to set the clocks back one hour to standard time.

War time originally was adopted as a power-saving device. Railroads planned to handle the complex problem by varying methods. Some ordered trains halted lor one hour while the clocks catch TOKYO. Sept. 29.

(UP) Japan reported Saturday that four-fifths of the two and one-quarter million men of its crack home army, which month ago stood fanatically ready to resist invasion to the death, had laid down their arms and returned to civilian life. With this end of Japanese militarism, dictatorial oppression was ending too as Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur ordered the abolition of Japan's traditional censorship of newspapers, radio, motion pictures, mail and communications. The order gave Japan a free press for the first time and took effect immediately. Three Tokyo newspapers resumed selling editions which the home ministry had ban.