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the was on THE CUSHING Entered as Second Class Matter, May 4, 1925, at the PRICE 5 CENTS CUSHING, OKLAHOMA, Wants Buddy To Share Gifts Pfc. James Wilson (center) of Starke, who lost both arms and legs, has requested that gifts sent to him through the efforts of the Philadelphia Inquirer be auctioned off on a national radio program for the benefits of his hospital buddy, Pfc. Ernest Sardo, Elmira, N. (left) who lost both legs and his right arm in Europe. Sardo and Wilson are shown at the -Army's Thomas M.

England hospital, Atlantic City, N. going over fan mail with Miss Kay Quinn. Wilson is the beneficiary of a $105,000 fund raised by the newspaper. (NEA TELEPHOTO) Canning For War Relief Tomorrow In City Kitchen Mrs. Dick Fisher stated today that plans are being made for the canning of 50 No.

3 quart size tins for War Relief in allied countries in Cushing. Everett Haydock who has a large fruit farm has volunteered to furnish apples and pears for canning and the Chamber of Commerce is furnishing the tins. Mrs. Fisher asks for volunteer workers at the canning kitchen in the old Central School building at rine o'clock tomorrow ing. Those who can come are asked to telephone, her this evening and report in the morning with their own paring knives.

Erl Deacon has also given three bushels of apples to the canning kitchen and other contributions will be welcome. The relief cannings will probably be done again on Friday. Home Building Is Eased Today WASHINGTON, Sept. 18-(UP) -War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder disclosed today that government restrictions on home construction, public works and commercial construction will end Oct.

15. Snyder disclosed a six-point program to speed expansion of the construction industry. Six Point Program 1. A government campaign to increase supplies of scarce building materials through such steps, if necessary, as price and wage increases aud priorities to break bottlenecks. 2.

WPB action to prevent hoarding of building materials to avoid artificial shortages. 3. The OPA will tighten price controls over building materials to counteract inflationary pressure. 4. The federal credit agencies will discourage excessive and unsound lending on mortages.

5. Representatives of industry groups will be called into conference nere to map out a voluntary program to increase quickly the production of materials and facilities needed to expand the home construction agency. 6. 'The National Housing agency' will supply public information and an advisory service on home values. Hospital's Staff Meeting Is Held The regular staff meeting of the Payne County Masonic Hospital's medical staff was held last night at the office of the hospital.

Routine problems were considered and hospital business was presented by E. U. Benson. Those present were: Dr. Benjamin Davis, Dr.

W. N. Davidson, Dr. John W. Martin, Dr.

E. O. Martin, Dr. D. Humphreys, all of Cushing, Dr.

F. Keith Ochischlager, Yale. West Oak Property Sale Is Announced Mr. and Mrs. R.

A. Davis of Portland, Oregon have purchased the four room modern house located at 213 West Oak street. The property, formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Alex Schwartz, was purchased by the Davis' for a home.

S. H. Cantrell, estate dealer, made sale. WEATHER BONDS MEAN MORE THAN GOOD INVESTMENT) VOLUME XXII EIGHT PAGES DEFENDS SOVIET VIEW BALKANS Molotov Advocates OneNation Trusteeship For Italian Colonies LONDON, Sept. 18-(UP) Russian Foreign Commissar V.

M. Molotov vigorously defended Soviet policy in the Balkans today and advocated that the Italian colonies be placed under one-nation trusteeships. Urbane and smiling, Molotov held a 45-minute press conference at which he revealed to a lesser degree. Russia's attitude on, a number thorny problems confronting the fivepower council of foreign ministers. Defending the Soviet-sponsored governments of Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary, Molotov said those Balkan states now have democratic governments enjoying the confidence of an overwhelming majority of the people of those countries." Reservedly Support Yugoslavia Molotov supported some measure of reservation Yugoslav- ia's claims on Trieste and the ad- jacent Italian provinces of Istria and Venezia Giulia.

He said Russia thought it just that "those territories which belong to the Croats and Slovenes be turned over to them, and as regards territory which is Italian in character, it is proper for Italy to take them." Molotov said the disposition of Italy's colonies was a choice between collective trusteeship and one-nation trusteeship. He observed that the world has had no experience with collective trusteeship. Molotov said there was a "grain of truth" in reports that Russia was interested in the disposition of Tripolitania, the western part Libya. He said the disposition of Tripolitania and Eritrea was under discussion by the foreign ministers, adding that "the Sois interested in the question. and can, I think, be helpful." Yugoslavia presented her claim to Trieste and neighboring territory to the council.

offering to make Trieste a federated state inside Yugoslavia. "Concerning the question of how to deal with Italian colonies" (Turn To Page 4, Col. 6). High Winds Whip Atlantic Seaboard NEW YORK. Sept.

18-(UP)Strong, gusty winds of a northeaster and heavy rains swept New England and the middle Atlantic states today as a tropical hurricane blew itself out over southern Virginia. Storm warnings were lowered from Cape Hatteras northward to the Delaware breakwater at noon, but remained hoisted from the breakwater to Cape Ann, Mass. The Washington weather bureau said heavy rains would continue over eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southern New York and Nex England for the next 12 hours, with gales off shore. A final hurricane advisory said winds at the storm center now averaged fewer than miles per hour and that the storm offered no further danger. The weather forecast York City showed winds shifting from northeast to east today to southeast tonight and south to southwest tomorrow as the two storm areas were expected to meet over the area.

North of Cape Ann, small craft warnings were displayed to Eastpert, and coastal craft were harbored along the seaboard. The Army moved hundreds of planes inland from New York and New England airfields. The Army Air transport command ordered Transatlantic planes to land at Pittsburgh and other inland airports instead of La Guardia field. Curtis-Wright Plant To Close COLUMEUS, Sept. (UP) The Curtis-Wright plant at Buffalo will be closed as soon current commercial contracts as for the CW-20 Commando transport personnel are and completed, machinery will and be moved here, it was announced today.

Did You See "BUDDY" Green. of Labrun golf-play- Haring partner ris, and both 'top men in the Cushing Guthrie Stillwater golf area, bewailing the lack of golf balls? "I am just about out of game," he said, "bethe number of balls I cause have is down to two or three." That wouldn't be remarkable except that he is a drug salesman and, covering a wide terriwould be expected to run tory, some balls, here and there, in his travels. DAILY Postoffice at Cushing, Under TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER SERVICES FOR L. D. GAUNT WEDNESDAY Pioneer Business Man Whose Initiative Had A Large Part In TownBuilding, Dies L.

D. Gaunt, 76 years old, president. of the Home Gas of Cushing. died on Monday at the Masonic Hospital in Cushing after an illness of several weeks. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock A.

at the Davis Funeral Home Wednesday, September 19th, and burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery, Cushing. Rev. Patrick W. Murphy, pastor of the Baptist Church will preach the funeral service assisted by Rev. Lewis R.

Rogers, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. The H. A. Davis Funeral Directors will be in charge of the funeral. The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home but the casket will not be opened at the funeral.

Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Minnie Gaunt: two sons, Lionel E. Gaunt and Harold C. Gaunt, all of Cushing, a sister, Mrs. Eliza Vanatta, Rock Island, Illinois, and a brother, Albert.

B. Gaunt, of Cushing, and several grandchildren. Organized Home Gas L. D. Gaunt was active in organizing the Home Gas Co.

of Cushling. and was elected chairman at the organization meeting of this company in the year 1915, and then elected a director and its first president. and continued as president and a director of the company until his death. Born April 20, 1869, near Reynolds, Rock Island county, Illinois, he farmed for some years in Illinois, attended and graduated from Duncan's Business College, Davenport, Iowa, and as a young man went to Alton, Kansas in the year ma-1891 and engaged in the implement business for several years. He married Minnie Gephart, April 3, 1900 at Beloit, Kansas.

To this union two sons were born, Lionel E. Gaunt and Harold C. Gaunt, both residents of Cushing. Came To Oklahoma In 1902 L. D.

Gaunt came to Oklahoma year 1902 and first located Stillwater, but soon after (Turn to Page 4, Col. 4). Bill Proposes Post- Navy Of 666,000 Men WASHINGTON, Sept. 18-(UP) -Legislation was introduced in congress today to set the postwar personnel strength of the nacy and marine corps at a combined total of 666.000 officers and enlisted men. The measure was introduced in! the senate by naval affairs committee chairman David I.

Walsh, and in the house by naval affairs committee chairman Carl Vinson, Ga. Walsh and Vinson said establishment of the navy and marine corps' peacetime personnel strength would enable "speedy demobilization" within the two services. They said they had worked out the legislation in consultation with naval department, officials whose views, the bill "represents in a general The legislation would authorize 500.000 enlisted men and 58.000 officers for the navy. Maritie corps strength was set at 100.000 enlisted men and 8,000 officers. reached a peak of 3,389,000 and During the war nayy, personnel the marine corps a top 000.

Walsh and Vinson said. The legislation also would authorize the navy and marine corps to transfer personnel from their reserves to their regular lists. They added that this was necessary in order to meet officer requirements of the post-war regular navy and marine corps. Vinson and Walsh also introduced other bills intended to speed the retirement of older officers. The bills would cut the retirement age from 64 to 62 for officers below the rank of fleet admiral.

The president would be authorized to exempt only ten officers from this provision. Athletic Group To Meet In City The Oklanoma Highchool Athletic Association will hold a meeting Wednesday evening, September 19, at the High School for the purpose of discussing and clarifing high school football rules and regulations. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m. in room 202.

The meeting will be for football officials and for high school coaches of the surrounding territory but a spokesman said today that anyone interested in football rules and regulations is welcome to attend the meeting. CITIZEN Saturday, OKLAHOMA: Partly cloudy 4 L0- day and tonight. High temperatures today 85-90. Mostly cloudy tomorrow with showers and thunderstorms and cooler Northwest in the afternoon. Act of March 8, 1879-Daily Except 18, 1945 Asserts Pearl Harbor Is Jap State Secret Arrest Two Jap War Criminals YOKOHAMA, Sept.

18. -(UP) -The Eighth army today arrested Lt. Col. Selichi Ohta, accused of committing atrocities in Manila, and Lt. Honashi Takauchi, charged with mistreating Allied prisoners in Camp 1-B at Kawasaki.

In addition, it learned reliably that Lily Abegg, naturalized German citizen, had been taken into custody a charge of broadcasting Japanese propaganda from Tokyo Radio. Ohta, Takauchi and Miss Abegg -also known as "Sybille on the original Allied criminal list. Of the original 40, only five now remain to be accounted for, according to available information. They are: Col. Akira Nagahama, commander of Japanese military police accused of atrocities in the Philippines; San Osane, civilian official at war prisoner camp No.

Guanzo Muiri, attendant at camp No. Sgt. Mutshuhiro Watanable, guard at Omati camp; and Wathakan Wichit, ambassador from Thailand to Japan. It was understood Miss Abegg was being brought to Yokohama. Season-Opener Junior Hi Grid Game Is Tonight The first Junior High School footfall schedule gets o'clock under way tonight at eight at the football stadium, at Fairgrounds park.

A pep assembly, lead by the Girl Reserves was scheduled to get under way at three o'clock this afternoon with seventh, eighth and ninth grades participating. The game will be called at eight o'clock. The line-up is as follows: REDS Jack Sayers Quarterback Adrian Dixon Wingback Gerald Rector Fullback Jack Ackiin Fullback Billy Bledsoe Tailback Don Cooper Right End Bob Wilson Right Tackle Joe Page Right Guard Donald Ryan Center Mickey Imel Left Guard Joe Holman Tackle Verlon Morgan Left End Francis Moore Right End Eddie Bryant Left End Edward Polston Center Gene Mitchel Right Guard Dennis Brown Left Tackle Jack Jeisma Left Tackle George Bernett Right End Richard Driggs Right Tackle Robert Hart Left Tackle Melvan Richardson Right Guard Leonard Boles Left Guard Don Smith Left Don Crenshaw-Coach BLACKS Carl Stinnett Tackle Bob Davis Guard Billy Riddle Halfback Robert Gabbard End Don Clark Quarterback Gorda Hetherington Guard Don Pounds Fullback Roy Wilson End James Lemons End Kenneth Endicott Guard Dick Smaltz Tackle Tommy Hughes End Floyd Welch End Jim Day Halfback David Cook Tackle John Gould Center Jim Vineyard Center-Halfback Carl Baker Buck Wells End W. D. Carr-Coach C.

T. Hebards Buy East Cherry Property Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Hebard have purchased three lots and two houses located at 402 and 404 East Cherry street from Mrs.

Jessie Aird Wilmarth according to an announcement made today. The Hebards plan to build a new home on the location. The Leo Pringey Agency the sale. Japs In Korea In Use For Special Training Alone WASHINGTON, Sept. 18-(UP) -President Truman said today that Japanese retained in official positions in Korea are being utilized only as "servants of the Korean people" and our forces because of their technical qualifications.

Mr. Truman issued a statement outlining this country's attitude toward Korean situation. He said the major fighting powers agree that Korea "shall become free and independent." NUMBER 304 CIO Asks For "Stop-Gap" Compromise Offers To Withhold Strike; Wage Increase In Final Settlement Wanted DETROIT, Sept. 18-(UP)- The CIO's United Auto Workers Union said today it would withhold a threatened industry-wide strike vote if five precent compromise wage increases are offered immed- UAW President R. J.

Thomas revealed that "stop-gap" wage boosts would be acceptable during negotiations over the union's demand for a blanket 30 per cent pay gain. Thomas said "in no cases" would less than 30 per cent be accepted as a final settlement. The compromise postponement of pending strike ballots in the automobile industry was proposed 98 government intervention neared. The federal decision to act came only a few hours before the deadline set by the United Automobile Workers (CIO) for General Motors Corporation to accept a union ultimatum. UAW officials, had reply notified today to General their demand for a 30 per cent pay boost or face a strike vote in 135 plants employing 350,000 workers.

May Not Meet Deadline There was no indication that Gencral Motors planned to anThe did not set a deadline swer they wage ultimatum today. hour and union officials would not say when nthey would consider their demands to have been spurned. Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach announced in Washington last night that the Labor Department would move "right square in the middle" of the strike jittery automobile industry. Schwellenbach said he would act as soon as President Truman announces a reorganization of the Labor Department today.

Labor and industry in Detroit, Schwellenbach said, need some(Turn to Page 4 Column 3) Army To Return 17,000 Doctors WASHINGTON, Sept. 18-(UP) -The army promised today to return more than 17,000 doctors to civilian life by Jan. 1. Col. W.

Paul Holbrook, air surgeon now surveying military medical needs. told the senate military affairs committee that even more doctors might be released as greater economies in staffing service medical facilities are effected. Holbrook, now on detached service to make a survey of army doctor needs, said the present ratio of one doctor for each 150 soldiers was based an "antiquated fallacies" resulting in waste of manpower. The "first result" of his survey. Holbrook told the committee, was the finding that more than 000 doctors could be released this year.

"This was based on reduction of the present and does not include any possible economics which might be effected in staffing various medical facilities," he said. Investigated Delays Holbrook testified that on V-E the committee investigated delays in releasing doctors from the service while it awaited Gen. George C. Marshall's demobilization plan Thursday. Holbrook testifie V-E day, the armed forces had more than 60.000 doctors to care for about 8,000,000 personnel.

He compared this ratio with the 90.000 doctors left to treat a civilian population of 120,000,000. The service doctors, he said, included more than 47,000 in the army and more than 14,000 in the navy. "Obviously," he said. "community medical care got to an all-time low." At the same time, Rep. Frank Havenner, introduced a bill to declare large numbers of temporaryus generals whose retention.

he charged, was slowing demobilization. Free Delivery Of Groceries Not Yet For State OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 18. -(UP)--Free grocery delivery service will not become a reality in Oklahoma when government restrictions against the practice are limited, Nov. 1, Don Lyon, Secretary of the Oklahoma tail Grocers Association, said today, Any delivery service offered soon after that date will not be free, Lyon said, because of the great expense required to obtain trucks at this time.

He prediced that many members of the Association would not. institute delivery service for another year, if at all. Typhoon Hits Tokyo; Hinders Occupation recks Makeshift Homes Of Hundreds Of Air-Raid Victims TOKYO, Sept. 18-(UP)-A typhoon struck Tokyo today, interrupting occupation operations and wrecking makeshift homes of hundreds of airraid victims. All military and naval planes were grounded and small-boat communications between American naval vessels in Tokyo Bay and the shore were halted temporatily.

Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters, meantime, revealed that occupation forces have spread out over an 800-mile stretch, of the Japanese homeland, 65,000 or more troops concentrated within a 30-mile radius of Tokyo. Enter Sasebo At the southwestern end of the American occupation arc, an advance echelon from the Fifth Amphibious corps and the Fifth Marine Division was revealed to have entered Sasebo, big Japanese naval base in the northwest corner of Kyushu. The remainder of the Corps and the Fifth Division will occupy Sasebo and atomic-bombed Nagasaki, 3 5miles to the south. next Saturday The Second Marine and 35nd Infantry Divisions will land in the Sasebo-Nagasaki area later Four infantry divisions and two regiments are stationed in greater Tokyo area. They are the First Cavalry, the the 43rd and the Americal divisions.

Fourth Marine regiment and the 112th regimental combat team. The Air-Borne Division. which spearheaded the Air-Borne landings in Japan, has moved from Atsugi airdrome to the dai-Fukushima area, 200 miles north of Tokyo. Fourteen Headquarters is in the process of moving to the same sector. MacArthur's headquarters also authorized the Japanese to fly Limited Air Courier and Liaison transport service totalling 14 round trips weekly on four routes, all out of Tokyo.

Four Plane Limit The permission stipulated that no more than four planes be airborne at any one time and that flight delayed 15 minutes bebe cancelled. Planes be vond the scheduled takeoff, time painted white with green crosses. The typhoon swirled into Tokyo at 3 a. m. Terrific, intermittent blasts of wind smashed many corrugated shacks built by air raid victims from the rubble of their former homes and pelted pedestrians, vehicles and buildings with loose bricks, pebbles and pieces of wood.

John Aycock To Be With South Carolina Baptist Hospitals John Aycock, for the past eight years technician in the laboratory of the Payne County Masonic hospital here, is leaving Saturday to accept a position as assistant of the South Carolina Baptist Hospital at Columbia, South Carolina. This organization operates a 165 bed hospital at Columbia and a 45 bed one in the northern part of South Carolina. Mr. Aycock's duties will require that he spend time at both hospitals. Mrs.

Aycock who the faculty of the Cushing Public Schools will remain here until the end of this semester or longer. Grass Fire Is Extinguished City firemen extinguished a grass fire at 12:02 p. m. today in the vacant lots located at the corner of Moses and Noble streets. Fire Chief Alvin Gelbhar said he believed the fire was caused by passers-by.

Senator Asks An Early Criminal Trial Of Hirohito WASHINGTON, Sept. 18-(UP) -Sen, Richard B. Russell, today introduced legislation calling for early trial of Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal. Russell, charging that the iron hand America laid upon Germany had been changed to a kid glove in Japan, put before the senate a joint resolution whereby congress would declare it to be "the policy of the United States to try hirohito, emperor of Japan, las a war criminal." CONTENDS HIROHITO DECEIVED or Hirohito on secret developments leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor and promised that "it won't happen again." He in a two-hour interview with more than 50 allied correspondents that circumstances surrounding the carrier plane assault against Hawaii remain a great Japanese "state The premier announced he will create a commission to investigate Japan's war guilt and fix responsibility for Pearl Harbor, abolish the much criticized kampai-tai (army secret police), and keep the emperor free of military influence. "We shall tell him the trath," said Higashi-Kuni, an imperial cousin.

The premier insisted he did not know whether the emperor was aware that the attack on Pearl Harbor had been planned or whether he was aware of atrocities committed by the Japanese. Deny Pearl Harbor Knowledge Shigenoro Togo, Japanese foreign minister in late 1941, told the United Press at the same time that neither he nor Saburo Kurusu, his "peace envoy" to Washington, had advance knowledge of the Pearl Harbor assault. In another interview, Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai, Japan's prerent and six. lines, Navy Minister, said the attack on Pearl Harbor represented maximum effort of which the Japanese felt capable.

"Pearl Harbor," said HigashiKuni, "remains a great secret. We still don't know owstate full circumstances surrounding it." He promised to put a direct question to the emperor-whether he had been informed of the Pearl Harbor plans in advanceand transmit the answer to Allied correspondents. Under Japanese system, the premier said, the cabinet would have decided the question of going to war and transmitted its decision to the emperor. The emTurn To Page 4, Column 7 TOKYO, Sept. 18-(UP) -Premier Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni said today Japanese militarists deceived Emper- Bids On Area Bridges Will Be Re-Taken Soon for lumber.

Bids Rejected Due to the fact that the type of steel advertised was not available and that an insufficient number of lumber bids were received. Payne County Commisstoners rejected all bids on terials needed in the re-building 0: two Cushing-area bridges. The bridges needing repairs are one in the Harmony district one between Cushing and Yale. on a motion by Joe Human, 2nd district commissioner, and which was seconded by Lee Kirk, commissioner for 3rd district. the lumber and steel bids were rejected, and 1 for 1t the material decided In to the Cusning and Stillwater daily newspapers.

Offers resulting from the second advertisement will be filed with the county clerk at court house and opened by the commissioners in the October session. Three bids were considered Monday morning by Kirk, Human and J. W. Deering, commissioner-chairman of the 1st trict. One bidder, Tom Anderson of Tulsa, submitted both lumber and steel prices.

Christopher and Sons, of Wichita, Kansas, entered a bid steel and Kermit In. gham Lumber of Stillwater, Rejection on the lumber was based on insufficient number of bids and prices submitted. For the steel, the type advertised for was not available. and bids will be received for 10-inch I-beams place of the 9-inch called for in the first advertisement. For the lumber the bids will be two cars for delivery to Yale and one car minimum for Stillwater Steel advertisement for the bridge 1 mile east, and mile south of Cushing will remain the same.

Paul Farrington, county engineer, attended the Monday meeting in consideration of the bids. He has estimated the repair job for both the Cushing bridge and the Yale bridge across the Cimarron river to be $12,500, including cost of materials and labor. 1-beam steel stringers and the material needed to set a new floor the Yale bridge, plus the labor will reach $10,000, Farrington said. while reinforce. ments and I-beams needed for the bridge near Cushing will be $2,500, labor included.

Year's End May End Tire Ration WASHINGTON, Sept. 18-(UP) widespread strikes in the tire industry, the Office of Price Administration believes it may be possible to life tire ration- ing by the end of the year. Truck tires will come off 1a- tioning betore passenger car tires; and industry has been producing a large number of truck tires for the armed forces and thus has no reconversion problem on the heavy types. It will take sri0e time to reconvert some plants to passenger tire production, however. The demand for new automobile tires is far outstripping supply, according to OPA and the War Production Board.

Unfilled applications for passenger car tires totalled 517,715 at the end of July, an dhave been piling up so rapidIly that they may reach 1,00,000 by the end of this month. Leading Tokyo Daily Suspended By MacArthur TOKYO, Sept. (UP) Gen. Douglas MacArthur today suspended the newspaper Asahi, one of Tokyo's two leading dailles, for 48 hours effective with its Wednesday morning edition. The Asahi was accused of violating an Allied Supreme Headquarters directive prohibiting publication of matter designed to "disturb public tranquility, critizing Allied powers or con.

taining false statements." On Sept. 17 Asahi printed the following story under the headline: Yokohama Americans continue negotiations with prefecture: "Col Burges, Eighth Army, said that in view of the present situation in Japan, we will bring food from America, so don't worry. More than 20 days have passed since then, but there has been no On the sane day Asahi published this article concerning an American report on Japanese atrocities: "The American Army maintains the contents of the report comes from reliable sources, and that proof may be offered, if necessary. Virtually all Japhnese who have read the report are unanimous in saying that the atrocities are hardly believable." Did You Hear THAT Dale Warren of the Council Valley community topped the market on siz yesterday when he sold a hos weighing 785 pounds at the Oklahoma City The Cashier said she believed it was the biggest hog ever sold but would have to check her records to make sure. It brought $106.73.

Sgt. Warren's dad, John Warren has been feeding the "pig" while Dale was in service..