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Vol. 20—No. 34
NEA Service
Associated Press
Borger, Texas, Thursday, January 3, 1946
Eight Poges Today
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Argentina Excepted As
Americas Study Treaty
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—(AP)—All Latin American gov-
ernments except Argentina today pondered a United States-
proposed treaty which would provide for concerted military
action to thwart or put down aggression anywhere in this
hemisphere.
The document, made public by Latin American diplo-
mats, will be considered at the forthcoming Rio De Janeiro
conference scheduled for
WLB Order ■ Mr,y'prin9
Protested
Bv Workers
Union
Heads
Confer
By HAROLD W. WARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—(/P)—
CIO leaders directing currcnt or
impending strikes in autos, steel
and electrical equipment called a
joint strategy conference today as
government efforts to quiet the
General MacArthur Defends
Occupation Policy In Japan
Diplomatic authorities consider
this country's suggestion as a run-,,
ning mate to the recent Uruguay-. ndustrial scene suffered new set-
an proposal calling for collective "actcS-
NEW YORK, Jan. 3—<d>>—The
Western Union Telegraph Com-
pany, putting into effect higher
wages ordered by the War Labor
Board, today found its AFL em-
ployes preparer! to accept the in-
roases and its CIO workers ready
lor a strike that would cut service
between New York and the rest
of the country.
Three thousand members of the
CIO American Communications
Association, which represents New
York employes, voted unanimous-
ly last night to strike at 10 a.m.
<CST) next Tuesday in protest
against the WLB directive. The
walkout would affect 7,000 work-
el's in the metropolitan area.
Earlier, the general committee
of the AFL Commercial Telegra
action in this hemisphere against
any nation which disregards its
international obligations or denies
human rights to its own poople.
The United Stales' treaty,
these authorities say, would
take care of the purely military
side of aggression, while the
Uruguayan proposal would deal
with the political phases of con-
ditions leading to war. The
Uruguayan plan, however, has
received a frigid Latin reception
although this country pledged
its "unequivocal" support.
The suggested military treaty is
designed to continue in force the
Act of Chapultepec, adopted at the
Mexico City inter-Amercian con-
ference last March.
"The union chiefs, besides
planning long term tactics, were
expected to discuss a reply to
any plea President' Truman
might voice in his fireside chat
tonight to call off the General
Motors strike and postpone pros-
pective walk-outs in the steel
and electrical industries.
CIO President Philip Murray,
en route here from a brief vaca-
tion in Florida, was not expected
until early afternoon. The con- ■
ference, originally scheduled fori
this morning, was delayed, pend-
ing his arrival.
The labor picture looked dark
largely because of these develop-
ments:
1. Conciliation Chief Edgar L.
Municipal Airport Site May
Be Determined At Luncheon
By JACK ROBERTS
Whether or not Borger's proposed site for a municipal
airport will be approved by the Civil Aeronautics Admin-
istration may be determined at the Chamber of Commerce 1
luncheon in the American Legion Hall when J. D. Church,
airport engineer of the CAA, El Paso, will be present to
Fifteen Sign Up |
As New Members
Of Borger's VFW
Eyes Congress
A rousing welcome was giver
to 15 men who signed up as mem
bers of the Adobe Walls Post, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, at thei
first meeting of the new year las'
While eallinc for the noaceful Warren gloomily reported after a| night.
settlement of disputes, the pro- day of conferences with Westing-1 Those accented as members. m«
posal provides for immediate
sistance by the Americas in cases , . , - , , „
of armed attack have not been successful." Those
The proposal,' defining armed dir®cted *t averting
attack us "invasion of territory ^ strike of 200,000 members of the
Phera Union, bargaining agent for bv the armed forces of any state ClO-United Electrical Workers.
50,000 Western Union workers carefully avoids use of the word U alTen said another meeting with
e lsewhere in the nation, had rec-1 "aggression" which remains unde- ,he un'on would be arranged be
ommended that its locals accept fine<i under the United Nations
the WLB decision and call off: Charter. The treaty would, how- ,
| ever, leave the UNO security st,0lke £?"on
council free to step in at any time **
under terms of the charier.
„„ house and General Electric offici-1 who fought in battles on fronts all
als that "at this point our efforts j over the world, include Archie C j
Hughes, Maynard Lawson, For- j
rest L. Fitts, Williard B. Reeves,
William H. Ramsev, F. A. Foster !
Burl B. Hieney, Marvin B. Avery,
Richard C. Gardner, Marion G.
Sheehan, Raymond D. Keeting,
fore its executive board meets'"
January 5 in New York to take
a strike set for Jan. 7.
The WLB, acting in two differ-
ent cases, had ordered wage in-
creases said to average 12 cents
an hour.
Joseph P. Selly, ACA president. I
termed the 12 cent award of thej
Board "completely inaccurate and
mit leading." He held that while
a minority of workers would re-|
ceive substantial increases, many
New York employes would benefit
"not one cent'' from the .award
and others would receive raises of
^from one half to six cents. ;
License May Be
Changed On Auto
Stolen Yesterday
American diplomats describ-
ed the decision nol to give Ar-
gentina a copy as being in lino
with the administration's politi-
cal cold-shoulder treatment of
the Farrell regime.
Three Local Men
Held In Stinnett
On Crime Charges
The CIO-P a c k i n ghoure
Workers announced in Chicago
they would call a strike involving
200,000 workers at 147 plants on
January 16, two days after a na-
tionwide strike of 700,000 ClO-
United Steelworkcrs is scheduled
to begin.
3. The fact-finding board in
the oil wage dispute called for a
progress report from 11 oil com-
panies negotiating with the CIO
Oil Workers on the union's de-
mand for a 30 per cent wage in-
crease. The panel, which had re-
cessed to give the- union and man-
agement a chance to settle their
differences, telegraphed the com-
panies that hearings would re-
j sume here Jan. 7 "in any case
Two local men are in the coun-; where agreement has not been
tv jail at Stinnett on charges of; reached.
burglary and another is jailed on 1 "Having no response as to pro-
charges of check forgery, 'accord- 8,ess of conference from you to
ing to County Sheriff Dale Lane.
Glen Bottom and Floyd Ray
Thieves may have changed li-' Pav's have charges filed on them
cense plates on the blue 1940
Chevrolet town sedan belonging
to C. S. PoHton which was stolen
at about 9:30 last night from
in front of the City Cab Company
on North Main street.
This opinion was expressed to-
day by County Sheriff Dale Lane,
who pointed out that another au-
for one case of burglary and one
charge of theft from person.
Charges include the theft of a bill
fold from a local man containing
$74.00 in cash and a pay cheek,
and the thel't of $15.00 from a
locked switch box at the El Reno
Ice Co., early Sunday morning.
Both men were arrested and
placed in jail
to was stolen last plight and later j affp^h nth u Sun<lay
was found with liopn-.n tag: .? , trimes had been com-
mitted within a few hours time.
was found with the license
missing.
When the driver of the Chev-
rolet left the auto it still bore
the original Texas license number,
DN 6680, but due to the oddity of
the second car theft, the sheriff
stated that the missing vehicle
might now bear TeXas license
number DN 4170 since it is poss-
ible the same person or persons
took the second car for the pur-
pose of obtaining the license plate.
The second car reported stolen
was found in the same vicinity in
which it had been stolen.
Sheriff Lane stated that a wide
search for the missing auto is
now being conducted throughout
the area and asked the coopera-
tion of citizens in looking out for
a Chevrolet of the above descrip-
tion with either of the two license j
plates above on it.
the sheriff said.
William A. Durham is also in
the county jail at Stinnett charg-
ed with check forgery. Bond of
$750 has been set on each of the
three men.
BASEBALL CLUB TO
BE ORGANIZED FRIDAY
Open meeting for all baseball
fans has been called for Friday
at 7:30 p. m. in the Black Hoiel,
R. L. Grimes announced today.
Purpose of the meeting is to
elect a board of directors, busi-
ness manager, and president for
the Borger Baseball Club, he
said, and is not a drive to solicit
funds. Everyone who is inter-
ested in the success of the Bor-
ger club should be present.
date, will you kindly wire us im-
mediately the status of negotia-
tions," the telegram added.
The strategy meeting was
called by CIO President Philip
Murray, who also heads the
sleelworkers' union. He will
discuss the situation with Presi-
dent R. J. Thomas and Vice
President Walter P. Reuther of
the ClO-United Auto Workers,
Albert J. Fitzgerald, head of tha
ClO-United Electrical Workers,
and others,
Reuther conferred yesterday
with the president's fact-finding
board working on its repoft to
Mr. Truman on the General Mo-
tors strike. The corporation with-
drew from tiie proceedings when
the board said it would consider
"ability to pay" as one factor in
passing on the merits of the
union's demand for a 30 per cent
wage increase.
discuss proposals.
A tentative location has been se-
lected about one and one half
mile north of the center of the
downtown business district off the
Stinnett highway, which Mr.
Church had previously expressed
approval in a letter to Joe Cooley,
manager of the Chamber of Com-
"erce.
Previous proposals for a site sev-
-al miles west of the citv were
'>t favorably considered due to
<e distance from the business dis-
•ict and the danger of smoke
nitted from nearby industries.
However, the present site pro-
osal, according to local officials
f. the program, seems very favor- |
Me for a location since it will be
ee from smoke and other haz- i
rds. The proposed airnort would
ccomodate most any type of air-
raft and would give an opportun-
ity for high ranking industrial of-
'icials to fly direct to Borger to
■arry out business with local
!ant officials.
If the proposed site is approved
v the CAA, work will soon begin
m a project that Borger has
&
Russell D.Keeting. Russ ll c ^
an, Ivan Sneathen, Joe Whaley,
and Clyde West.
Pointing out that Hutchinson
county servicemen, who served
our country during the war by, , -
serving on foreign soil, still have! ,ought for a number of years for
a grand opportunity to still serve ■ ;le benefit of local business avia-
in time of peace for the security v°n, and nationwide flying. High
of the nation, officials of the local j "ankmg industrial officials fiom
V.F.W. Post asked for 100 per cent out of town who will also attend
enrollment of all eligible service- i,he luncheon meeting tomorrow,
men in the county to join hands 1 have long expressed a desire for
with other members of the post by j such an airport to be built here
becoming a member of the Vetcr- i since li ,si nt,w necessary to land
ans of Foreign Wars. i airfields in neighboring cities
"The doors of the V. F. W. hall 1 nnd travel by road here to carry
will remain open from 6 p. m. tojoU} business.
B p. rn- dally Until further notWt ( u ' ww l-lt by. the backers of
for the purpose of signing up vet
erans of this area," said Scott
McCartney, commander.
Slove Explodes
In Local Bakery
Shaking the brick structure and
breaking a front plate-glass win-
dow from the impact, an explosion
in Dilley's Bakery early yester-
day morning awoke second story
residers in the building, just prior
to breakfast time.
It was reported that a bakery
employee had ignited a match 1o
light one of the large stoves when
accumulated gas in the room,whit h
had apparently gathered overnight
from a possible accidently turned
on valve, suddenly exploded.
Local firemen were summoned
'o the scene at 6 a. m., shortly nit-
er the explosion but no fire was
caused and no one was injured as
l result of the explosion.
Glass was blow out on the side*
walk in front of the building but
no further damage was reported.
the project that it will serve as a
haven for the many returning pi-
lots of the service, who will doubt-
less purchase and flv light, and
heavy civilian aircraft here.
All those who have made reser-
vations for the luncheon are urged
to be present and anyone else who
is interested in the proposed air-
port and desires to attend may
contact Mr. Cooley in the Chamber
of Commerce office for reserva-
tions for the luncheon, which will
start at 12 noon tomorrow.
Officials Deny
Rumors That GM
Strike Settled
While still in the Army, George
L. Mark, 37, of Cleveland, fired
vigorous verbal blasts before
congressional committees at
military "brass hats" and de-
layed discharges for "hardship
cases." Now discharged, he says
he has "an eye on a scat in Con-
gress," come next election.
Officers Conduct
Search For Head
Of Murder Victim
Commander Contends, In
First Report, That Use
Of lap Government Pays
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—(AP)—General MacArthur con-
tends that his policy of using the Japanese government to ex-
ecute his orders is paying off.
The supreme commander makes the point in his first re-
port on Japanese occupation, covering the initial two months
after the landing last August 30. xhe report was released
here by the war department.
MacArthur said bluntly it is his!
policy "to use, not support, the!
existing government in Japan, and j
to permit and favor changes in
the form of government initiated
by the Japanese people or gov-!
ernment in the direction of mod- j
ifying its feudal and authoritarian]
tendenceiea."
(On New Year's Day Emperor
Hirohito issued a rescript re-
nouncing the myth of his personal!
divinity.)
Truman To
Adopl Chat
Technique
Probers To Pay
Counsel Yearly
Wage Of $9,800
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—</P) —
The senate-house inquiry commit-
tee today studied a statement by
Adm. Harold R. Stark that a group
of senators wanted the fleet pull-
ed back to the west coast after
Pearl Harbor but that he resisted
their demands.
Stark, recalled for additional
questioning today, told the inves-
NUERNBERG, Germany, Jan. 3-<AP)-A former aide■ ^jgSSS h^Ih
of Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler told the International Gen. Geroge C. Marshall held with
Military Tribunal today that special SS Commandos were legislators after the Dec. 7, 1941,
attached to the German army on the eastern front with or- attack.
ders to kill every Jew and Soviet political commissar in! . The th?n.chief of naval opera-
occupied Russian regions.
Mass Executions Revealed
By Former Aide To Himmler
r
i -
Major General of Police Otto
Ohlendorf, testifying in the trial
of 22 Nazi leaders, declared the
High Command of the German
army had full knowledge of the
commando order.
The witness, who had been in
the SS since his teens, said his
own Einsatzgrupp. operating with
the German 11th Army in the
Ukraine, alone had liquidated 90,-
000 persons in the first year of the
war with Russia.
Outlining the inner workings of
the Security Police system under
questioning by Col. John Harlan
Amen, an assistant U. S. prosecu-
tor. Ohlendorf testified that Him*
Mler personally gave liquidation
orders to leaders of the special
Einsatzgrupps.
Ohlendorf said the victims in-
cluded mon, women and chil-
dren. and explained how they
were wiped out en masee after
being lined up on the pretext
that they would be relocated.
tions said the senators were wor-
„ ried about the safety of west
* I was present at the mass ex- coast cities. He did not identify
ecutions," he declared calmly the senators.
under questioning. "A local Ein- "I pointed out to them," Stark
satz Commander would collect all said, "that the place for the fleet
the Jews in one area. They would was as far west in the Pacific as
be rounded up on the pretext that. we could afford to place it."
they were to be relocated. Stark added that he reported
"After registration, the Jews'.lho J,atet, Pr*sidcnt Roosevelt
were collected at certain places.1 «?at while the Japanese had put
then transported to the place of,*** ^ttl^'lp 0"t ot commis.
execution." sion, the fast ^striking forces of
"They were executed in a mil-
itary fashion," he added.
He said, however, that in some
of the massacres the leaders "sim
ply killed their victims by shoot
the fleet were intact.
As it resumed sessions today,
the committee was operating for
the first time with paid counsel.
Chairman Berkley <D-Ky) an-
nounced that Seth W. Richardson,
ing them in the back of the neck. . elected unanimously to succeed
■ "I was against that procdeure," William D. MitcheU, would be paid
he continued,-"because it resulted $9,300 yearly.
in unnecessary emotional dis-l Stark testified yesterday that
turbances among the men who had he often had thought since about
to do the work x x x. It was in- the decision he made on Dec. 7,
tolerable to me that the individual 1941, not to parallel the last-min-
men should have to form their ute message sent by Marshall,
own decisions and take their own then army chief of staff, to army
responsibility in the executions." leaders.
Local Option Vote
Set For Saturday
In Fritch, Sanford
The communities of Sanfn'd
and Fritch will have their local
option election Saturday of this
week, according to the bull« 'in
losted by County Judge Norn m
Coffey. Election will be held in
the Community Hall at Sanft d,
with Max Page acting as Judge
Precinct Number 5 present'id
their petition for a local opt on
election at the same time Botver
citizens presented one asking for
i county wide election. The San-
ford petition was not contested,
while the petition presented by < lie
larger group was denied because
)f an insufficient, number of lo ;al
resident addresses.
DETROIT, Jan. 3— (/F) — Both
General Motors Corp. and CIO
United Auto Woikers officials to-
day reiterated firm denials of ru-
mors that the 44-day-old GM
strike had been settled with a 15 5
per cent wage increase.
The two sides set Monday, Jan.
7, for resumption of wage negoti-
ations, when the UAW again will
air its demand for a 30 per cent
increase. General Motors has of-
fered a raise of approximately 12
per cent.
Concerning the settlement ru-
mor, UAW Vice-President Walter
P. Reuther stated Wednesday in
Washington the union had "no
knowledge of such a report."
"Such a figure would be unsatis-
factory and unacceptable," Reuth-
er added.
The General Motors statement
was a "categorical" denial from
President C. E. Wilson.
Reuther meanwhile predicted
that President Truman's fact-find-
ing board would have issued wage
recommendations by the time the
Union and corporation met Mon-
day at the negotiating table.
MacArthur's report held out
no high hope for an immediate
trend to democracy in Japan
because the people "have had
no experience with it in any
way" and the government has
suggested little toward demo-
cratic reform.
But if democracy can't be im-
posed directly, the American GIs
' of the occupation force are dem-
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Jan. on st rat ing it, the General said. He
3—(VI'I — Through brush-covered added that the conduct of the
canyons below fashionable Lake troops is "exemplary."
Arrowhead, scores of officers | — —
searched today for the head of a
woman whose decapitated body.
nude and handless. defied identi-
fication a day after its discovery.
It had been mutilated and stfi -
ped. coroner It. E. Williams re-
ported. in what was undoubtedly
an attempt, to prevent identifica-
tion. Death, he added, was caused
by gunshot wounds, one in the
left breast, the other beneath the
.eft arm, inflicted at close ran;.;e
by a .38 caliber pistol. ,
An exxamination disclosed, the
coroner said, that, the woman was
about 30, probably brunette, with
well cared-for smooth skin. He
estimated that she had been dead
only about eight hours whi n
found, and suggested that from
the nature of the decapitation, it
may have been done by someom;
with surgical knowledge.
Two bloody lengths of twine
were found, one wrapped around
the body, the other on the high-
way. Sheriff Emrnott L,. Shay said
the onlv other clue was a tattered
blanket which partially covered
the woman's bloody form. He
hoped that identification might be
aided by a trhee -quarter inch
scar on the left shin, a vaccination
mark on the upper right leg and
prominent callouses on both feet
Fire In Batavia
Blamed By Chinese
On Dutch Revenge
Delegates Seek
Truce In Civil ~"*r
Sfrife Of China
By SPENCER MOOSA
' CHUNGKING. Jan. 3—(JP)—Chi-
nese Communists accpted today
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's
oiler to call in Gen. George C.
Marshall as a mediator in China's
civil strife.
Communi t authorities here an-
nouneed that they agreed in gen-
eral with Chiang's plan to halt
j hostilities, but they were laying
down specific conditions.
Tiie formal Communist
from Yenan, the party's North
China headquarters, was handed
to government delegates* at a for-
mal peace meeting.
•Yenan dispatches a few hours
earlier said the Communists had
replied formally to the govern-
ment''. N
weleomint
, mediator and promising to "dh>
i cuss favorably every suggestion."'
I The meeting was the third for-
; mal session between the two dele-
j gut ions since Dec. 27. Gen. Chou
1 '''"-l.ai, leader of the Communist
! delegation, attended after eonfer-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—(JP)—
President Truman adopted the
"Fireside Chat" technique of his
White House predecessor today in
the hope of dislodging key labor
and other legislative proposals
from Capital Hill snaga,
Mr. Truman takes to the radio
at 9 p.m. (CST) tonight with an
appeal to the people at a time
when his administration is plagu-
ed strikes and threatened walk-
outs.
One of his most recent propos-
als was a recommendation to place
the force of law behind fact-find-
ing boards to permit them to
weigh disputes affecting import-
ant nation-wide industries. Both
strikes and lockouts wiuld be bar-
red while the fact-finding proced-
ures were in operation.
Mr. Trumao'i. chomoioQship of
th •enJd",ritheir legislation tonight
may well figure prominently in
next summer's congressional cam-
paigns. Some of his associates ex-
press the view that the 30-minute
speech will lav the framework
for Democratic election cam-
paigns, especially in industrial
states. .
Attention was focused" on
the labor aspects of the address,
Mr. Truman has said, however,
thai it will cover his over-all leg-
islative program.
One White House official said
the tone of the speech will be
"firm" in its adherence to the
legislative framework the Presi-
dent sketched for Congress as
J Ion" ago as last September, but
1 v ' that it will be "conciliatory" in Its
presentation.
Convict To Be Senf
Back To Native Italy
„ , - . ALBANY, N. Y., Jan, 3—m—
lears peace plan, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, former
(■en. c. Marshall as [New York City vice overlord, is
slated to receive a commutation
of his prison sentence todav from
Governor Dewey, who prosecuted
him, so that he may be deported
to his native Italy.
Now 47, Luciano was at the
height of power as a kingpin rack-
* Birihs
;>re
1-2
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beagle
the parents of a 8 pound 2
ounce girl born at 3:25 a. m. Jan.
3 at the North Plains hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cranmore
are the parents of a 7 pound 10
ounce girl born at 7:09 a. m. Jan.
3 at the North Plains hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J." Hodges are
he parents of a 6 pound 0 1-2
•junce girl born at 12.50 a. m. Jan.
3 at the North Plains hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Brown are
the parents of a 6 pound boy born
it 5:15 p. m. Jan. 2 at the Pantex
hospital.
* Hospital Noles
NORTH PLAINS
Medical Patients
Mrs. Nadine Hardin Woodall,
Jessie A. Walker, Margarette
Vance, Mrs. Haley.
Surgical Patients
Charles Dale DuLaney, L. D.
Wnrren.
Houston Elected
Rice President
.HOUSTON, Tc-x., Jan. 3—<Vly;—
Dr. William V. Houston, professor
of physics and chairman of the
department of physics, mathemat-
BATAVIA, Java, Jan. 2~ \.V) — \
Fires which swept two native see-1
tors of a Batavia suburb leaving j
500 homeless were extinguished !
today.
Chinese who lived in the de-1
stroyed areas, said Dutch residents |
set the fires in retaliation for thej
j wounding of a Dutch woman and j
! her companion in the southeastern !
' suburb of MeCsicr Cornells.
| Dutch and Amboinese police said !
j the fires were started shortly aft- j
' er an Indonesian mob made an un-
| successful nttaek on a police sta-
tion.
j Meanwhile, British authorities
lifted a military cordon which thev
had thrown around Batavia last
week to try to keep terrorists
from entering the capital. They
announced that the scarch of the
area, which had been in progress
for several days, had been com-
pleted.
li' '' i ' ! our Wltl' General | eteer whose specialty was organ-
Mim hall. He also had conferred | izing prostitution syndicates into
iV :c s- e«v°y on New Year's i big business, when Dewey, as
1 1" \ 0fter the National | Manhattan's racket-busting spec-
go-. '.'rnmcnt s counterproposal for ja! prosecutor, obtained his con-
a truce had been announced. I viction in 1936. He was sentenced
Reports of fighting thickened. to 30 to 50 years.
Homma's Interest In Death
March Captives 'Very Thin'
MANILA, Jan. 3—(AP) — Japanese Lt. Gen. Masaharu
Homma must have seen orders for the brutal "death march"
of Americans and Filipinos from Bataan in 1942, but had "a
very thin interest" in his captives, one of his former staff
officers testified as Homma's war-crimes trial opened today.
The witness, Maj. Gen. Toshimit-
MURDER SUSPECT
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
NEW YORK, Jan. 3—</T>— Po-
les and electrical engineering at. lice reported that John Romano.
California Institute of Technol- 21, under indictment in connee•
ogy, Pasadena. Calif., has been tion with the holdup slaving of
elected president of the Rice In-1 boxer A1 (Bulnmyi Davis in a
stitute, Houston. Brooklyn tavern last Nov. 21, was
He succeeds Dr. Edgar Odell taken into custody last night.'
president
Lovett. who becomes
emeritus of Rice.
Dr. Lovett has served as presi-
dent of Rice since its organiza
tion in 1908. Rice graduated
first class in 1913.
The new president takes over
his duties March 1.
Announcement of the election
of Dr. Houston and that Dr. Lov-
ett would
Romano
indicted,
la one of four mem
TRUMAN WINS
its LICENSE TAG No. 1
JEFFERSON, Mo.. Jan. 3—(/P)~
For years the governor of Mis-
souri has been granted license tag
No. 1 for his motor car but this
year "he ran into stiff comfteti-
continue as president i tion—and lost it.
emeritus, serving the Institute in President Truman mailed in his
an advisory capacity, was made application for the number In his
for the Board of Trustees by board | home state, and was granted it
chairman John T. Scott. • bv the Secretary of State.
mi Takatsu, said that Homma's
headquarters on Bataan were less
than 500 yards from the death-
march route, and Homma traveled
20 miles down the highway while
the prisoners were driven merci-
lessly along it.
Describing the death rate amorif
captives as 300 daily at the Odon-
nell prison camp, Takatsu said
medicines were "not sufficient."
itid "I think there was a lack of
food, which was mostly rice. Also,
there Was not much water." He
said he reported these conditions
to Homme's headquarters but
nothing was done.
His statement that Homma's int-
erest in prisoners was "very thin"
was quoted by prosecutors from
an earlier written statement, and
Takatsu today declined to elabo-
rate. He explained to prosecution
questioner Lt. Ben j a m 1 n F.
Schwartz, Los Angeles, that he
was "honor bound" not to sneak
badly of Homma in the letter's
presence.
that many of the ipecifiealion&
filed against Homma in hit trial
"for violation of the laws of hu-
manity" ware vacuo, and tha
prosecutors introduced addition-
al details.
In establishing "widespread rap-
ing and brutal mistreatment of
American and Filipino women,"
they said, they would offer proofs
that such actions, for which they
|blame Homma, included the "in-
[human" treatment of an unnamed,
married American woman at the
swank Rosario apartments two
days after the fall of Manila. As
the result of her treatment, they
said, the woman was sent to on
asylum as insane.
Homma, the prosecution assert-
ed was directly in charge of all
Japafti.se forces in the Philippines
at the time.
As the trial opened, prosecutois
told the U. S. military commission
hearim (he case that Homma has
no rights under the American Con-
■ stitution and is"being tried for vio-
Defeme counsel had objected I latioiu of the laws of humanity,"
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