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FINAL EDITION WARMER 1 -f; fill viouay ana warmer stunaay i Daddy go fly your kite In WHAT ABOUT OPA? The Editor's Notebook' Joha S. Knight Questions Whether An OPA Roles Are Mls See Page 4, Part Two 24, 1946 On Guard for Over Reuther Announces Candidacy HI Russian -Iran Settlement Is Expected by Monday Vol. 115 VoL324 WALTER P. REUTIDIR at opening of tenth annual UAW ummn.i.,,.....'. wmmmem Ssf mr UmmMSsW' I r-V C-Ht Is Last of 14 Cities Fifteen Cents 11 Associated Press Wirephoto R.

J. THOMAS (CIO) convention quota of $2,400,000. "We have not cried 'woir up to this time," explained Schirm er, "because we thougnt tnat as in all large campaigns, we were experiencing a lag that was only temporary. But we know now that it is more than temporary. "It is inconceivable to me that Detroit, with such a glorious record in past campaigns, should let the Red Cross down could fail our American soldiers in hospitals, overseas and at home could fail our veterans here who come to the Red Cross for advice and for financial assistance.

"THE TIME is getting short and we are handicapped some what in covering our extensive territory," Schirmer added. "If Pictures on Back Page you have not given, would you please send your check, now, to the American Red cross, loi E. Elizabeth?" The actual figure, totaling all contributions received through Saturday in the 1946 drive, has reached $975,264.33. Contributions of $500 or more were from Mr. and Mrs.

Emory M. Ford, Mr. and Mrs. W. P.

Stevens, Mrs. Hettie B. Speck, $1,000, and Mrs. Roy D. Chapin, $500.

Accident Kills One, Hurts 20 on Hayride Special to the Free Press BAY CITY Kenneth Wyatt, 25. of 511 N. Dean, was killed and 20 students of the T. L. Handy Junior High School were injured when the haywagon on which they were riding was struck in the rear by an automobile on US-23, one-half mile north of Bay City.

Driver of the automobile, Clare Wackerly, 20, Kawkawlin, told police he did- not see the wagon until it was too late. He admitted to police, however, that he had been drinking at a near-by roadhouse. THE STUDENTS, most of them 14 and 15 years old, were taken to Mercy Hospital and General Hospital in Bay City. Six remained in the hospital. a Century GEORGE F.

ADDES Top leaders confer Reds to Leave Mancliuriaby End of April Threat of Internal Chinese Fight Grows CHUNGKING (P) The Chinese Government announced that Russia had promised to withdraw all Red Army troops from Manchuria by April 30. Reports 'circulated that Chinese Communists were maneuvering to move in behind the Russians. Relief was expressed over the Russian note. The domestic scene was darkened, however, by growing evidence of non-co-operation between the Communists and Chiang Kai Shek's Kuomintang. Government sources said it was unlikely that the Soviet withdrawal would apply to Darien or Port Arthur.

Russian rights there have been established by treaty. THE CENTRAL News Agency said 5,000 Chinese Communists had filtered into the northern Man-churian city of Harbin. The World Daily News charged that Communist troops were massing in neighboring Jehol Province. Foreign diplomatic sources in Chungking took an extremely pessimistic view. They said Gen.

George C. Marshall's influence had been the dominating factor in forcing the Communists and the Kuomintang to sign the recent unification agreement. Without him on the scene, "the situation is rapidly getting out of it was asserted. POST Appointed to Britain Lt. Gen.

Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during the invasion of Europe, has been confirmed as Harriman's successor in Moscow. HARRIMAN, the son of E. H.

Harriman, railroad builder and capitalist, came to Washington as a deputy director of the National Recovery Administration in 1943. The late President Roosevelt sent him to London in 1941 as an expediter of American war aid to Britain. He became ambassador to Russia in 194L During the war he was a member of the select group which took part in various strategic conferences between Mr. Roosevelt and then Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and those in which Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek and Marshal Josef Stalin also had parts. wwwwmA itmmnmmHivmmmmmmmmimmmmHL k.i V'f SUNDAY, IARCH nn uvu Truman Hits Opponents of Aid to Vets President Speaks at Jackson Day Dinner Tree Prrai Wire Service WASHINGTON President Truman lashed out bitterly at opponents of his housing measures as backers of "the real-estate lobby." The'President's rebuke to members of the House who defeated two of his most anxiously-sought housing provisions was injected into his speech at a Jackson Day dinner.

"My friends in Congress," Mr. Truman declared, "have got to make a choice they've got to make up their minds whether they are for veterans' rights or in favor of the real-estate lobby. THE PRESIDENT bid strongly for more "unity" and "responsibility" in a Democratic Party whose "enlightened internationalism" he credited with bringing America to a position of world leadership. It is the party's responsibility, he said, to "continue to lead the way" toward friendship with all peoples and strengthening of the United Nations. TO FELLOW Democrats gathered at some 300 Jackson Day rallies here and around the country, the President emphasized that: "I cannot make too strong my plea for party unity and party responsibility." He referred only mildly, however, to a "diversity of opinion" in Democratic ranks.

He left it to Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace to swing hard both at dissident Democrats and the Republican opposition. Both addresses were broadcast. Speaking immediately before the Chief Executive, Wallace declared "great harm had been done in the party by "those who have joined in a coalition against progress," who wrap themselves with the traditions of Jefferson and Jack son, but "whose actions belie their pretensions." WALLACE added: "So, to keep our own party on the side of progress, we must call upon those Democrats who have been harmful to our cause to re turn to the way of Jefferson and Jackson and to honor our side of Truman renomlnation policy shapes up as he completes first year In White House. Story on Page 7, Part Two.

the fence with their 'Mugs as well as their Neither the President nor Wallace mentioned the latter's demand earlier this week that Congressmen who jump over party lines be expelled from the party. But the President asserted that under the party system, political responsibility must rest with the Chief Executive and with the majority in Congress. "AND WE SHALL strengthen the foundations of the United Nations," Mr. Truman promised. "Surely, we shall never retreat merely because of dangers along the road to peace and progress." Turn to Page 6, Column 3 Sailor Convicted PORTSMOUTH.

England, March 23 (U.PJ Herbert Henry Rose, 23, Royal Navy stoker, was found guilty by a naval court martial of traitorously giving information to me xsazis wnne ne was a prisoner of war in Germany. He was sentenced to 16 years In prison. Self-Sacrifice COPENHAGEN German refugees camped in Denmark have asked Danish authorities to have their rations cut 8 per cent in favor of distressed Europe. l.o.iiLea irossurive More Tlian $1,400,000 Shy of Goal with Campaign Two-Thirds Finished Detroit stands last among the 14 largest cities in the United Fiery Talks Start Union Campaign President Wary of Aid from Dubinsky BY ARTHUR O'SIIEA Free Press Labor Writer ATLANTIC CITY Climaxing a day in which he had been linked inferentially with AFL leadership, Walter P. Reuther, UAW (CIO) vice president, announced his candidacy for the unions's presidency.

The thirty eight year old Reuther had been assailed indirectly by R. J. Thomas, UAW president, in a keynote speech before the tenth annual convention. A Sunday session is scheduled to begin at 10 a. m.

Thomas had referred to $75,000 given the UAW for use in the- GM Pictures on Back Page strike by David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers (AFL). THOMAS ASSERTED, as 2,300 delegates listened strangely irresponsive: "I say that the UAW cannot be whipped from within or without. However, there are people who say that the AFL has great influence in the CIO, particularly the UAW." Reuther, in a fiery speech before more than 1,000 wildly shouting admirers, charged Thomas with "treason and dis honesty. Adhering also to an announced plan to run on an anti-communist platform, Reuther singled out Harry Bridges, president of the International Long shoremen's Union (CIO), as the target for a blast. HE LIKEWISE assailed the contract which the United Electrical Workers (CIO) made with General Motors while the UAW strike still was in progress.

Reuther based his treason charge on a headline in The Detroit Free Press. Brandishing the copy of a Monday morning edition early this month carrying a story that GM hints at collusion of UAW and U. S. experts. Story on Page 6.

Thomas had accused Reuther of playing politics, Reuther shouted: "That statement of Thomas reported in the Free Press constituted Irresponsibility bordering on treason. How would you like to be a picket walking the line in the General Motors strike and read a story like that when you were worried about shoes for your family and food Reuther accused Thomas of dishonesty in a letter sent to C. E. Wilson, GM president, last Decern- ber a letter which Thomas later repudiated. THE LETTER, couched in extremely conciliatory language, had assured Wilson that the UAW would permit GM to reopen its parts plants even though the strike was then in progress.

Reuther charged that Thomas authorized the letter. He said Turn to Page 6, Column 6 Detroiter Missing; in Fortress Crash Lt. William H. Hunlong, sort of Mrs. Margaret Hunlong, of 300 Whitmore Road, was listed as missing in the crash of a Flying Fortress in Northern Formosa.

Maj. Gen. James E. Parker, commander of the 20th Air Force, was killed in the crash, and eight other officers and men listed as missing, the War Department announced. Wind Disastrous LONDON (JP) The Warsaw radio said that high winds had blown down houses in the Polish capital, causing many deaths and injuries.

On Inside Pages States in the Red Cross campaign, E. Schirmer, chairman, re vealed. He said that although the campaign period is two-thirds over, Detroit's contributions total less than a million dollars against a All Over Now? Actress Ann Sothern said through a Hollywood representative that she and her husband of three years, former Army Flier Robert Sterling, have separated. "I don't want to discuss it. It's a matter between Bob and me," she said.

They have a fifteen-month-old daughter. Miss Sothern formerly was married to Roger Pryor, a Broadway actor. Gillis Assails Police Again in Trial Fox Judge Seeks More Reliable Witnesses Failure of the Police Department to find reliable witnesses in the race-riot trial of Aaron Fox came in for further recriminations by Recorder's Judge Joseph A. Gillis Saturday. Meanwhile, a probe by high police officials of the judge's charges was postponed until after the trial ends.

Fox, 18, is being given a retrial by a jury in connection with the rock slaying, during the race riot of 1943, of Dr. Joseph DeHoratius. At the first trial Fox was sentenced to 7a to 15 years. JUDGE GILLIS newest accusations were aimed directly at Lt. Charles Buckholdt, of the homicide squad, who was in charge of the police investigation.

The judge's charges were an outgrowth of the finding of a witness, Arthur Johnson, 57, by the defense after the Police Department had failed in trying to serve Johnson with a subpena. Judge Gillis personally traced Johnson to the Veterans Hospital and then to his present address at 1204 W. Elizabeth. Frank Schemanske, chief as sistant prosecutor, in disputing Turn to Page 5, Column 1 I W. AVERELL HARRIMAN New envoy to Britain a i -V i.

MMauUr-X- turn in I nimaajmai Action Seen BeforeUNO Council Sits Qavam Believes Reds Will Move Out BY GENE CURRIVAN New York Time Foreign Service TEHRAN There is a distinct possibility that the Russians may evacuate their troops from Iran before the UNO Security Council meets in New York Monday and thus untangle the knotty problem that has -perplexed the world. This was strongly indicated in a press conference with Iranian Premier Ahmed Qavam. He declared that this might come about as a result of confer- Russia seeks to broaden veto powers In UNO. Story on Page 2. Senator Arthur II.

Vanden-berg declares ban on atom bomb Is necessary to insure peace. Story on Page 2. ences in Moscow, which ended in a stalemate. HE HAD SOUGHT the withdrawal of Soviet troops and a solution to the Azerbaijan problem in which the Russians were allegedly interfering. Qavam said he was certain that a "satisfactory solution will be found one way or another.

He emphasized that an immediate evacuation was the basic problem. In face of reports of tremendous increases in Soviet troops, the Prime Minister categorically denied that new troops had entered the country since March 2, the date when they were supposed to leave under the Big Three treaty. There has been considerable troop movement, he stated, but no increase. (Qavam told the United Press that he might come to the Turn to Page 6, Column 5 Troop Secrecy Called Routine WASHINGTON (U.R) A War Department spokesman said that a blackout on Army information concerning troop movements was "temporary and routine." The order placing troop movements in the Army's secret classification was issued March 18. The spokesman would not disclose the reason for the order.

He said one good guess was that too many people had been disappointed when announced troop movements from overseas were not carried out on schedule. Security could also be involved, he conceded. WINANT TO GET UNO Harrirhan Is Ambassador WASHINGTON (IP) President Truman announced that W. Aver-ell Harriman, until recently ambassador to Russia, would go to London to succeed John G. Win ant as ambassador.

Winant will become American representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council, White House Secretary Charles G. Ross said. Harriman, a multimillionaire, has been a Government pinch-hitter since the early days of the New Deal. His formal nomination will go to the Senate Monday. WINANT, former Governor of New Hampshire and former chairman of the Social Security Board, recently returned from London.

Ross announced his resignation. Harriman, 55, resigned his Moscow position Feb. 14, the day of his return to Washington by way of the Far East. PUZZLE Mysterious Missing Reported Victim of Air Crash CHUNGKING (U.RV-Lt. Gen.

Tal LI, Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek's mystery man and chief of the Chinese secret police, was killed in a plane crash near Nanking Thursday, it was reported without confirmation Saturday. For years, thousands of Chinese have trembled at the very mention of his name. A high Government source said Tai LI variously called the Heinrich Himmler of China and a "Dr. Fu Manchu" probably died in the crash of China National Airlines plane near 'the Ming Tombs. THE BODIES of Tal Li's bodyguards were found sprawled near the wrecked transport, he aid.

The official pointed out that Tat LI had a double and might have chosen the crash as a means of disappearing. Strongly anti-Communist, Tal LI was not expected to retain his vast spying powers and great influence under the reorganized coalition government. Other reports said Tal Li had died in a crackup of his personal plane, and said confusion had arisen because of the crash of a transport the same day. THE MYSTERY surrounding Tal Li's disappearance conformed to the secretive ways of a man who until only recently wouldn't so much as permit himself to be photographed. Like his fictional prototype.

Sax Rohmer's insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Tal L4 moved mysteriously. His only contacts were through his legions of secret agents, and his private armies. Holding the innocent-sounding title of head of China's Bureau Investigation and Statistics (BIS), Tai Li directed one of the world's most secret and all-pervading police systems. He spied even on high Government officials.

TAI has been a close associate of Chiang's for 20 years. Before the Japanese invasion, be lived in Shanghai and led a shadowy, neo-Fascist organization known as the "Blue Shirts." Until last fall, most American had never heard of Tal M. But in China, only Chiang wu more widely known. Few Chinese knew him by sight; all knew him by reputation. The name "Tal LI" worked magic anywhere in China and you needed to produce no evidence that you actually knew the man.

The Chinese preferred to play it safe. Tai Li had five so-called armies. For the last two years of the war they were the Chinese framework for United States Navy anti-Japanese espionage. Her Life for a Doll WASHINGTON Five-year -old Patricia Gochenour attempted to pull some paper dolls from a trash fire. Her dress caught fire.

She died of burns. Back to La Scala NEW YORK (P) Arturo Tos- cantni will fly to Italy April 17 to reopen the famed La Scala Opera House in Milan where he conducted from 1898 to 1929. BT7TINO YOCR HOME OS LAND COS-TRACT A deed to your properly and smaller monthly payment may be arranged thrmish Morteage Department Industrial National Bank. RA. 4860.

Adv. SAVED BY A SPECK Furtive Cloud Blankets Oak iviih Sunshine Mighty W. W. Oak swung from his spikes on a three-and-two pitch and topped a weak bounder to the pitcher's box. He was safe when unpredicted sun blinded the first baseman.

His forecast for Saturday had been "cloudy and cooler." Cooler it was, without doubt. 41 degrees at 2 p. compared to 57 at the same time Friday. WITH THE SUN beating down from a blue sky, clouds were a different matter. Oak finally found one (a child in the bleachers declared it was his escaped toy balloon), so the Free Press umpires gave him a hit.

"His forecast for Sunday Is cloudy and warmer. Oak's average: 10 2 Pet. .833 Associated Press Wirephoto JOHN G. WINANT He gets UNO post Part One Music 8 Garden 8-9 Radio 2 R'l Estate 10-11 Town Crier 1 State News 5 Voice 5 Travel 8 Part Three Part Two Amusements Books 6 14-15 Bridge 6 Society 1-1 Crossword 6 Part Foot Editor's Bethurum Notebook 4 Classified 6-U Fraternal 7 Financial 4-5 Merry-Go-R'd 4 Sports 1-S.