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a 2d Out Mill UiVt 3rckirc new TORK CTTT Utri I 3 ELSEWHERE 4 CENTS mm Ktra LTD Borough Girl Says Bilbo Is A Slanderer mm SEE WIGWAM READY TO DROP DAVIS Loughlin Revises Stand on Indorsing Communist Councilman By JOSEPH II. SCHMALACKER Ok ft X. Petain a Friend of Nazis Since 34-Reynaud Former Premier Accuses Aged Marshal Of Blocking Extension of Maginot Line By HERBERT KING Paris, July 24 U.R) Former Premier Paul Reynaud ac NIPS' HIDDEN AIR FORCE ENTERS FIGHT Goaded Into Battle To Defend Warships, Kure Naval Base By WILLIAM TYREE Guam, July 24 (U.R) More than 1,000 American planes japan i KQB6A JAPAti) cused Marshal Henri Philippe Petain today of being in league; with the Nazis as long ago as 1934, soon after Adolf Hitler. OKINAWA PflCmc OI OCEAN I Tammany Leader Edward V. Loughlin today was revising his at titude on Tammany's tradition-breaking adoption of Communist Councilman Benjamin J.

Davis Jr as a candidate for re-election from Harlem and was reported almost ready to order Davis dropped from the Tammany ticket. High-ranking Democrats, thor oughly alarmed at the protest over Tammany's action, disclosed for the first time that the door for repudia tion of the Communist city legls la tor had been opened because of his announced refusal to leave Communist ranks even though he had enrolled as a Democrat before get ting Tammany's blessing, gee O'Dwyer's Chance Hit Irrespective of this development Leader Loughlin waji known to be under the heaviest kind of pressure to countermand the Davis indorsement because of a clear-cut belief among District Attorney O'Dwyer's closest advisers that the indorsement had affected his chances in the Mayoralty race. O'Dwyer Action Disclosed Tammany sources disclosed direct Intervention by Mr. O'Dwyer, who was credited with having served notice on Leader Loughlin that he would not stand for having Davis on the same ticket with himself. Mr.

O'Dwyer was understood to have served an ultimatum on Loughlin that Davis must be dropped or he would come out with a statement publicly blistering the Tammany chief. The O'Dwyer camp was re ported to have drafted a statement to be made pumic 11 Lougnnn lauea to countermand the Davis indorse ment. Mr. Loughlin announced last week that Tammany, was indorsing Davis on the recommendation of the Democratic district leaders in Har lem. This was after Councilman Davis, a vice president of the Daily Worker, the Communist organ, had enrolled as a Democrat under the law permitting mid-year registration and enrollment of voters.

Davis at Red Parley Mr. Davis attended the weekend State convention of the Communist Political Association. He announced his acceptance of the Democratic Continued on Pare 11 See Italian PWs Favored Over GIs at USO Dance Hollywood, July 24 (U.R) Two USO Junior hostesses charged today they were instructed to dance with Italian prisoners of war while American soldiers, refused admission, stood outside a dance hall looking in. Maisie Palmer. 19, and Patsy Reno, 18, said the incident occurred on a trip of a mobile USO unit to Camp Roberts, near San Luis Obispo, Cat.

American soldiers were given passes on a rotation basis to attend the USO dances, it was ex plained, and Italian troops were ad mitted at the discretion of army au thorities. Tomorrow Is Waste Paper Day Tomorrow is collection day for waste paper. Have all your old paper newspapers, scraps, wrappingsbundled and on the streets by 7 a.m. tail Map, July 24 POUNDED ONxLAND AND AT SEA Vonk dive bombers of Admiral Halsey's 3d Fleet, attacking the Japanese naval base at Kure, made direct hits on at least two warships and set afire many other enemy craft. At the same time Superfortresses and fighters from bases on I wo Jima and Okinawa bombed Osaka, Nagoya and Honshu.

f2 .15) rose to power. M. Reynaud dominated the court- i room as he spoke. Marshal Petain fidgeted in his seat and watched M. Reynaud intently.

There were, Reynaud said, lengthy discussions with Marshal Petain I ana me iare Aam. jean rTancois uaiiiui Buout ine arnusuce terms, particularly concerning the French fleet. "I told them." Reynaud continued, "that the Germans would never keep their promise not to use the fleet." Launches Bitter Attack M. Reynaud, testifying for the second day as the state's first witness In the treason trial, launched a bitter personal attack on Marshal Petain. Dipping deep Into the history of Petain, the "hero of Verdun" in the first World War, M.

Reynaud thundered dramatically: "The myth of the victor of Verdun is sheer piffle." He recalled that Marshal Ferdl-mand Jofire had accused Marshal Petain of having no confidence in the defense of Verdun, and said Petain was preparing to withdraw his right flank but was prevented by orders from his superiors. M. Reynaud wound up his testi- Continued on Page 11 WASHINGTON MALES WEAR LADIES' PANTIES IN 'UNDIES' SHORTAGE Washington, July 24 (U.R) It seems the shorts shortage Is fore ing some of the Capital's menfolk to turn to ladles' panties. Just as Detroit males reportedly have done Local shopkeepers report some thing of a run on large sizes of ladies' underpinnings, with males do ing much of the buying. And there is evidence that they re not buying them for their wives.

One store owner told of a 200-pound railroad man who came in and demanded some tea-rose panties. "What size is she?" the store keeper asked him. "Here she Is," the railroad man barked back unsmillngly. Other men were quoted as frank ly admitting that they were out of shorts and would try the feminine variety. Upw some stores report that they are about out of ladles' pants.

27 Local Men On Casualty Lists The War Department today, announcing the names of 68 soldiers killed in action, 231 wounded, two missing and one liberated, listed four Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island men wounded, and one released from a German prison camp. The navy listed 14 local men dead and nine wounded. Local casualty lists are on Page 6. Call the Brooklyn Chap-ter, American Red Cross, and arrange to donate a pint of blood NOW. TRiangle 5-8040.

BONIM IS I I I IWO ANDERSON COMES CLEAN: SOAP WON'T BE RATIONED Washington, July 24 (U.R) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. An- derson said today there would be no ratlonin of soa i He also promised civilians a O00'000 P0" increase in their next year's heavy duty laundry flakes, chips and granulated soap "If we were to have soap rationing," Mr. Anderson said. it would be necessary for me, as Secretary of Agriculture, to authorize it. And I do not plan to issue such authori zation." Last of Ration Books Out in December You'll Need Points for Food Until Late in '46 Motorists to Get New A Gas Cards Washington, July 24 OI.R) Price chief Chester Bowles announced today that 150,000,000 copies of War Ration Book Five which he hopes will be OPA's last will be distributed be JV MRS.

EARLE'S INDORSEMENT SEEN CERTAIN Smooth Sailing Presaged as G.O.P. Squabbles Vanish Political odds shifted abruptly to day in favor of Mrs. Genevieve B. Earle, Brooklyns no. woman member of the City Council, for another Republican indorsement In her re-election campaign.

Differences in the G.O.P. camp which made It appear five weeks ago that she would be eliminated from the ticket have dwindled. As a result, a party spokesman indicated, comparatively smooth 'sailing for her re-indorsement is expected next week when County Chairman John R. Crews and the party's district chieftains meet to announce their Council slate. Having won four successive campaigns for the Council, in which she holds the minority leader's post, Mrs.

Earle has decided to run for re-election and has received the Indorsement of the Citizens Nonpartisan Committee. Won Without Party Aid Three of Mrs. Earle's campaigns were highly successful although she had no organized major political party support. Two years ago the Brooklyn Republicans under Mr. Crews' leadership gave her the G.O.P.

indorsement which, with the Citizens Non-Partisan Committee's O.K., made her a sure winner. Opposition to Mrs. Earle's re designation which began several months ago was tied in with the fight which a gToup of Republican leaders insisted they would make to block Mayor LaGuardia's fourth' term election. They declared they felt Mrs. Earle was overly partial to the Mayor's policies.

Mrs. Mar guerite Bergen Kuhn, co-leader In the 6th A. where Assemblyman Robert J. Crews is the leader, was Continued on Page 11 Say Truman Took Jap Surrender Terms Along The magazine Business Week said today that President Truman took a detailed statement of surrender terms for Japan to the Big Three meeting at Potsdam. The magazine said that "top American naval officials now see the possibility of early capitulation by Japan, and it Is to encourage such a capitulation and to invite the Japanese people to put pressure behind it that this move is being made." The terms have the support of the Navy Department and its spon' sors believe that they are not a de parture from unconditional surrey der, the magazine said.

The next step in defining surrender will be taken either by Mr. Truman Churchill and Stalin, or by Tru man alone when he returns to Washington, the magazine said. Jackie Coogan Plans To Return to Screen Washington, July 24 Jackie Coogan, child idol of millions during the 1920s, is going back into the movies. Rut. hp will hp rpturnlne as a man of 30, almost bald, ana Just out of the army, Coogan, now Lt.

John L. Coogan and covered with ribbons and battle stars, told 500 boys at the national training school near here that he would leave the army next week to return to the screen. TODAY'S TRAIN STORY The brains department of the Long Island Railroad tossed another efficiency measure at long-suffering commuters today. The floor of a car on a South Shore express from Babylon was painted a nice bright red during the night. The heat was turned on in the hope the paint would dry before train time.

The paint didn't dry and it attacked the rubber heels of riders with such gusto their owners thought they were walking on chewing gum. Bmides, the Inside of the car was like an inferno. Fred Vms of Amityvllle said the roe pulled a shoe right off his foot. Josephine Piccolo Claims He Vilifies Italian-American GIs In Letter on FEPC A Brooklyn war worker, called "dago" by Senator Theodore G. Bilbo Miss.) after she had addressed what she termed a "respectful" note to him, today described this appellation as "a slander against Italian-American boys fighting and dying in this war." This slander, according to the worker, Josephine Piccolo, 26, of 93 Garfield Place, was directed, among thousands of others, against two brothers In the armed forces and a third brother killed in Germany.

The girl, a textile inspector at the Naval Clothing Depot, 3d Ave. and 29th had written to the Missis sippi Senator, telling of her interest in the Fair Employment Practices Commission act, against which the legislator had filibustered. She ex pressed the opinion that the act aaoptea in New York state, was a "legal indorsement of a right guar' an teed by the Declaration of Inde pendence." In reply, Senator Bilbo addressed Miss Piccolo as "my dear Dago" and wrote: "So will you. please, keep! your dirty proboscis out of the other 47 States, especially the dear old State of Mississippi?" The legislator referred to the act as "a fool, Communistic concept of government" and a "damnable, un American, unconstitutional legislative monstrosity." "What the are you griping about," he "You live in New York and today the most vicious FEPC bill ever passed by a lawmaking body goes into effect." One of Miss Piccolo's brothers, Pvt. Ralph Piccolo, 28, recuperating from wounds in Utlca, was also bitter about the Senator's letter.

"If the name Piccolo incites the word he said, "what about my brother Arthur, who was killed? He was also named Piccolo. Brother in Essen Arthur, 21, a corporal, Is buried In Germany. A third brother is Sgtk Carmine Piccolo, 2i, now in Essen, Germany. When asked to apologize by Rep resentative Vito Marcantonio of Manhattan, Senator Bilbo replied, "Hell, no." "She got off lightly," the Senator said. "If you had seen the dirty letter she wrote me, you would understand." Miss Piccolo Insisted that she used "proper and respectful language." Cops Nab Veteran Crook for 1 6th Time When three detectives trailed Wil liam Hahn, 58, through Central Park yesterday to the home of a physician and waited for him to emerge, they did so with a pur pose.

For the detectives recognized Hahn as a veteran thief with rec' ord of 15 arrests. Thev found a wallet with 1351 in it, identified It as coming from the doctor's home and nabbed Hahn for the 16th time. Citizenship ney, served notice on him that proceedings were being taken to revoke his citizenship. Knupfer wrote to the chief clerk of the Federal Court: "I am convinced at this time to defend my citizenship would be a waste of time." His citizenship was canceled Sept. 14, 1943.

Early this month the Supreme Court reversed the conviction. Fearing deportation, Knupfer today filed a motion before Judge Kennedy for a show-cause order to vacate the order cancelling the citizenship. The show-cause order will be heard tomorrow morning. Meanwhile the deportation order is halted. Knupfer lives at 6515 Fresh Pond Road.

His wife, Clara, resides at 158-16 Sanford Flushing. 4.30 13.30 7.60 ESTIMATE BOARD TO GET NEW PLAN FOR CIVIC CENTER Postwar Widening Of Adams, Sands Sts. Proposed, Map Shows Borough President Cashmore will submit at a meeting of the Board of Estimate on Thursday a new map for the postwar widening of Adams and Sands Sts. and the clos ing of several thoroughfares adjoining the, proposed Brooklyn Civic Center. Publication of the map is held up pending its inspection by the board members, who are expected to refer it to the City Planning Commis sion.

The board will vote on the plan at a later meeting, after members of the commission submit their report on the map. The changes would be made within the proposed private housing development in the Civic Center environs. Mr. Cashmore envisages a 160-foot-wlde Adams St. from Fulton St.

to Sands in place of the present 60-foot width. The change would be brought about by extending the easterly side of Adams thus enabling the thor oughfare to be used to carry north and southbound traffic around the periphery of the Civic Center. Provides Traffic Links The northerly side of Sands which also is 60 feet wide, would be extended from Washington St. to Jay making this thoroughfare 160 feet wide well. The square block bounded by Washington.

Adams, Sands and High Sts. would be eliminated, permitting construction of connections for the interchange of traffic between the Brooklyn Bridge approach, Adams St. and the industrial area north of Sands Street. The map provides also for establishment of architect's lines for the site of the proposed housing development, which will utilize virtually all the present seven city blocks between Sands St. on the north, Tlllary St.

on the south, Adams St. Continued en Page 11 Claire Luce Will Play Leading Role in Candida Stamford, July 24 (U.R) Representative Claire Boothe Luce will play the lealing role In George Bernard Shaw's Candida to be produced here the week of Aug. 6. Gus Schlrmer manager of the Stamford Associates Summer Theater, said Mrs. Luce agreed to accept the role during a discussion of the possibility of producing her new play, "The Happy Marriage," here.

When they decided her play re quired sets which would overtax the facilities of the theater, Schlrmer suggested Mrs. Luce play the Can dida role. She accepted. Canadians Make Weapon To Foil Suicide Planes Hamilton, July 24 (U.R) Canadian authorities disclosed today that a secret weapon, the "disintegrator," designed to counteract Japanese suicide planes, was in full production here. Authorities revealed that several of the new anti-kamikaze weapons were in the hands of the Royal Canadian navy.

Nature of the weapon was not disclosed. Price Limit on Radios Hit Refusal of OPA authorities to permit prices of radio sets to be increased will delay many manufacturers In producing for civilians, the Radio Manufacturers Assocla-tlon charged today, costs have increased markedly over prewar levels, i the association said. pounced on a concentration of Japanese warships at the Kure Naval Base today and left it a holocaust of burning wreck age. Japanese ground gunners and fighter planes fought back desperately. The Invasion-marked Japanese homeland rocked under unprecedented aerial blows from some 2,000 American warplanes.

They included a record armada of more than 600 Superfortresses, which loosed a torrent of bombs on Nagoya, Osaka and five Japanese war plants. Fleet dispatches revealed that the carrier planes swarming all day over Kure scored direct hits with heavy bombs on two Japanese warships and set fire to a nuniDer of others. Hint Fleet I nder Attack Early reports indicated that Task Force 38 of Admiral William F. Halsey's 3d Fleet finally had found a big part of the surviving Japanese fleet perhaps the major part and was pounding it to pieces. The air force hoarded by the Japanese for the showdown battle of the homeland was stung to action in the defease of Kure and its warships.

Airmen returning to their carrier bases reported numerous dogfights swirling through the smoke-clogged skies over Kure. They said the anti-aircraft fire was the most in-tease they ever saw. But the Hell-divers pressed home' their attacks. Major Naval Center Ensign Glenn M. Evan said he hit a warship with a bomb on his second run over Kure.

All day long the carrier forc smashed at military targets at Kure. A fleet dispatch said lt was common knowledge that the base was among Japan's greatest naval centers and might shelter much of the enemy fleet. "Many" Japanese warships were caught riding at anchor in Kure harbor on the Inland Sea, United Press War Correspondent Richard W. Johnston reported from the attacking fleet. The Japanese ships and their shore Continurd on Page 11 While all indications pointed toward the conference continuing into next week, it was conceivable that a Churchill defeat would cause a drastic shortening of the meetings.

Result by 5 P.M. Thursday London, July 24 (U.R Prime Minister Churchill should know by p.m. 'noon Brooklyn time) Thursday whether he has been returned to office- by the British electorate. The official count will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday and by 5 p.m., it is expected, virtually all the returns will have been counted.

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o.i wi, Mr. Bowles said book five was designed to serve for 10 to 15 months because "it looks as if a ration book will be needed at least through most of next year." He said the supply agencies the Department of Agriculture and War Production Board had informed OPA that meat and SUGAR RATION VIEW Spokesmen for the sugar industry declare that rationing will be continued into 1947, notwithstanding the purchase by the t'nited States of the next two Cuban crops. There is hope for increased allotments, it is added. fats, canned goods, sugar and shoes "all will be in tight supply for some months to come." Mr. Bowles described book five as "smaller than a dollar bill" and as much of a delight to a housewife's eyes as a ration book can be.

He said the stamps are the same size as in book four but the number and letter combination is "out." "All the housewife and grocer have to remember is that stamps of certain numbers are good," he said. Both book five and the A gasoline books will be handed out by school teachers In public buildings throughout the country. The new gasolin3 book, with five sots of stamps for a 15-month period, will become effective Dec. 22. Ration book five will not go into use before Jan.

1. Philippines to Be Base Of Supplies Against Japs Manila, July 24 (U.Ri Lt. Gen. Wilhelm 8tyer, commander of army forces in the Western Pacific, said today that the Philippines are being converted Into supply base for the final battles agslnst Japan on a pattern comparsble to Britain's position in the European war, Wants U. S.

Bruno Clemens Knupfer, 48, one-! time leader of the Brooklyn unit of the German-American Bund, who thought in 1943 that it was a "waste of time" to retain his American citizenship, today said he wants that citizenship after all. Through counsel, Knupfer, released from the Federal Detention House in Manhattan after a Supreme Court reversal of a 1942 conviction of counseling Bund members to evade the draft, and now held on Ellis Island as en enemy applied for a show cause order in Brookyn Federal Court to reopen the case. While Knupfer was In the Federal House of Detention, Federal Judge Kennedy, then United States Attor JAMAICA RESULTS By MERRIMAN SMITH Potsdam, July 24 (U.R The Big Three Conference will recess tomorrow to learn the outcome of Britain's elections, to be announced Thursday, but President Truman and Premier Stalin will continue their talks next week regardless of who wins the British race, it was learned authoritatively today. The British announced officially today that Mr. Churchill was going to London for the Thursday election results, but added the "Berlin Conference" would not end.

The only official information on the conference today was a bare statement that the Big Three met. 1 Mr. Churchill plans to leave i Wednesday for Iondon, and if hel wins the election he is expected to return by Friday when the Big Three will resume its meetings. While Mr. Churchill is in London Mr.

Truman and Generalissimo Stalin probably will confer informally, but this has not been confirmed. Official sources in Potsdam declared there was no foundation tor the recently circulated report that part of the American delegation has already left Berlin and that another clton was leaving soon tor a new od 'MtrprUtag" destination. FIRST RACE For two-year-olds; five and one-half furlongs. Harem (Arcaro) 7.90 5.30 Pebble's Habit (McCreary) 19.90 HI pual Purpose (Tlwcker) Off time 1:31 Time 1:06 3-5. Scratched Honour Student.

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