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Relief From Heat
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Rioting Trieste
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WE LL GET ALONG WITHOUT OPA’
AS GUARDIAN, SAYS GOVERNOR
AUSTIN, Texas. July 1.—WP>—Gov. Coke Stevenson said today
he believes "we will get along without OPA reasonably well."
"The American people got along a long time without any guar-
dian." he said. "I think they can still do it.”
He said he expects no run-away of prices.
"I believe the people in a position to control prices are go-
ing to be sensible about it,” Stevenson said. He called attention to
advertisements In this morning's papers Where a number of mer-
chants over Texas have pledged themselves to maintaining reason-
able prices.
Stevenson said OPA had been broken largely because of "its at-
tempting things utterly foolish.”
He said it was easy enough for OPA to control such things as
rents but It was foolish for them to try to set prices ed denim
overalls when it was doubtful that any of them "had ever even
had a pair on."
It was aueh policies, he said, that built up OPA opposition to
the breaking point.
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Palestine Siege
JERUSALEM. July 1. — (A*/ —
Threats of retaliation came from
the Jewish underground as British
tro >ps held 2,000 persons for inves-
tigation today following sweeping
week end security operations dur-
ing which four persons were killed
and a number Injured.
’lire secret radio of the Jewish
resistance movement, “The Voice of
Israel." trumpeted that “Britain has
declared war on the Jewish com-
munity" and added ominously;
“We will return it."
In 1*1 Aviv, leaflet bombs were
exploded by the Jewish extremist
organization. Irgun Zvai Leumi,
spreading pamphlets which charged
that Palestine Jews had had their
“Pearl Harbor" because they had
been "attacked by the British at
the moment of mutual negotia-
tions."
Tltc pamphlets urged immediate
formation of an underground Jew-
ish government and unification of
all Jewish resistance groups, in-
cluding Irgun Zvai Leumi and the
"Stem Gang" of extremists.
At the same time a high Jewish
source in Tel Aviv announced that
meetings had been called through-
out Palestine to consider a retalia-
tory "passive resistance" movement
similar to those undertaken by Na-
tionalists in India.
Passive resistance would Include
non-payment of taxes, a strike by
all Jews in government service and
"complete non-cooperation with the
British" In other ways, this source
declared.
House Expected
To V ote Extension
ARMED GANGS ROAM
POLISH COUNTRYSIDE
WARSAW. July 1. -<7P>-A foreign
ministry spokesman said today that
outlawed armed gangs roved the
Polish countryside last night "heal-
ing, wounding and killing hundreds,
probably thousands." of voting of-
ficials appointed to direct yester-
day's referendum.
Tlie spokesman ..aid the terror-
istic activity was "increasing great-
ly." with bands pursuing gangster
tactics striking off the lists the
names of election officials as slain
and destroying voting and registra-
tion books.
The results of the referendum, it
was announced, probably would be
known by Wednesday with final re-
sults available within 12 days.
51st Deathless Day
DALLAS, July 1. —(3’1—Dallas to-
day is tn its Slst day without a
traffic fatality—two short of last
year s record In 1944, Dallas set a
national safety record with 144 days
without a traffic fatality. ___
Curb Inflation
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Generalities and vague promises
gave way to specific action today
as Texans sought to keep prices
from soaring after the death of
OffA
The Texas Retail Merchants As-
sociatlou recommended a three-
point plan for Its members:
1 Keep prices where they
on goods in stock.
2 As new goods arrive at high-
er cost, mark them at lowest prices
that will yield a reasonable profit.
3. Make goods available to all
customers
Secretary-Manager Charles T
Lux said “tinkering with con-
trols will be unnecessary if every-
one from landlord to distributor
shows reasonable restraint." He
called for “no will hiatus In prices"
this week.
In Corpus Christi, the Caller-
Times said It would refuse to ac-
cept classified advertising offering
bonuses for ai>artments or houses.
CHICAGO, July l-(/P)—A
of habeas corpus was obtained to-
day by defense attorneys seeking
the release from police custody of
Wllll.im Heirens. whose fingerprints,
States Attorney William J Touhy
said, match one on the Suzanne
Degnan kidnap note
Under habeas corpus proceedings
the state is required to charge a
person under arrest with a crime or
to show the court it has sufficient
reason to hold him for additional
Investigation.
At the request, of the state. Chief
Justice Harold O. Ward of the
criminal court made the writ re-
turnable at noon tomorrow. He de-
nied the plea of John Coghlan. de-
fense attorney, for an Immediate re-
turn which would have compelled
the removal of police and other
investigators from Heirens' bedside
In the Bridewell Hospital.
The will-built, 17-year-old Uni-
versity of Chicago student has been
held without charge since Wednes-
day when he was arrested as a
house prowler. Subsequent investi-
gation. Touhy said linked him with
the kidnaping and dismemberment
of six-year-old Suzanne Jan. 7.
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DENTON, TEXAS, MONDAY^AFTERNOON, JULY 1, 1946 Associated Press Leaned Wire EIGHT PAGKb
O’Daniel Blocks Senate
Move To Restore OPA
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DENTON AND VICINITY: Partly
cloudy, not 90 warm, probable
thundershowers tonight and
Tuesday.
EAST TEXAS: Partly cloudy,
thundershowers North and Cen-
tral portions this afternoon and
Goals Not Killed
On the deck of tlie Pennsylvania,
cohtendedly chewing hay. were a
number of goats which had been
placed aboard to determine the ef-
fect of atomic energy on animals.
Rear Adm Thorvald Solberg said
the goats “had a gleam in their
eye and seemed perfectly happy.”
There have been no reports of
what happened to animals on other
ships, particularly those near the
center of the lagoon. '
An underwater test of the bomb
will be held in the next threw or
four weeks. Admiral Blandy said,
depending on how soon he will be
able to make preparations.
Hy THE ASSOCIATED PRK8H
Tlie U 8. Weather Bureau says
today's relief from heat won't
amount to much but after yester-
day's sweltering temperatures Tex-
ans should be appreciative of moat
anything.
Temperatures yesterday ranged,
generally, in the high 90's with
many stations In West Texas above
the 100-mark.
Today's predictions include a high
of the middle or lower 90* for this
afternoon and tomorrow and a low
tonight of near TO.
A weak cold front moving in
from the north brought widely
scattered showers over the state
last night Similar rains are pre-
dicted for today and tomorrow
’ Wink returned to the heat parade
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And Meat Seen But Mont
Foods Remain Unchanged
By THE ASSOCIATED PRB88
The first few hours of OPA-less
shopping produced few surprises for
the American buying public, a na-
tionwide survey showed today.
The price of milk rose two cents
a quart In Connecticut and some
sections of Masaachusette.
Little fluctuation was reported in
other food prices, even meat, for
which a 10 per cent price boost had
been forecast by some experts.
The nation's larger food stores
and department stores with few
exceptions operated under OPA
ceilings and In a few instances in-
dependent merchants announced
price reductions.
In the stock markets, prices on
the nationcommodities list bolted
Swsit
than 93 a share tn early dealings
ki industrial shares.
Cotten Futures Jump ,-
Uotton futures at New Vest
Jumped better than gg a bale and
went up the a bale limit at New
Orleans.
A firm hold-the-line attitude was
evident, however, in New York City,
Baltimore. Philadelphia, Newark.
Boston and cslewhere—at least un-
til Congress has a chapps to re-
store some system of price con-
trol
One Baltimore shoe store adver-
tised a five pre cent slash In all
prices on the belief Chat “under free
Conditions more leather will be
available for shoe manufacturers."
A New York delicatessen owner
advertised "since there Is no more
OPA our prices wlU be greatly re-
duced to meet competition."
A Milwaukee men's store proprie-
tor announced he was revising all
prices—five per cent lower.
Bar te Food inflation
Another bar to an inflationary
spiral in food markets was an an-
nouncement by the Agriculture De-
partment that it would pay no more
than yesterday's ceiling prices to
obtain wheat nnd meat for famine —
relief
Many sources predicted that the
full force of inflationary tenden-
cies would not be felt until the
effect on Congress of the President’s
veto message and the country's re-
action could be determined.
In Chicago, tlie board of trade
directors ordered removal of ceil-
ings on com. barley and oats, but
retained the five cents a bushel
daily limit on fluctuations in grain
prices.
Hugar KU11 Rationed
The American ■ Meat Institute,
which represents packers gensrally.
said It wUl take a little time for
the Industry to get back on its
feet and that the speed of recovery
depends to a large degree on the
supplies of livestock coming to the
market
The OPA. whose employes
throughout the nation were asked
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TRTES’IK July 1.- (/Ph-American
armed with rilles and car-
bines broke up tonight a mob at-
tacking Communist party head-
quarters ns rioting raged through
this disputed Adriatic port city for
the second successive day. There
was no sign that the violence was
subsiding
At least five American soldiers
had been wounded In disturbances
yesterday
' Six men and a womafi were shot
today in riots between pro-81av and
iintl-Slav groups in this city, claim-
ed both by Itnly and Yugoslavia.
Two of the wounded were hurt scrl-
, ously All were members of labor or-
ganizations which struck in protest
to what they claimed were rightist
attacks on Communist, labor and
Slav establishments yesterday. Some
200,(MX) workers were reported out.
The tight strike continued .In
Trieste -and the mood of the Ital-
WA8HINGTON. July 1 —<AV-
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
said today that both management
and labor "have the responsibility
of exercising restraint" until na-
tional stabilization policies arc re-
established.
"If both management and labor ;
avoid hasty action tn this period,
national policies can be worked out
which will produce an adequate
measure of stabilization," Schwrl-
lenbach pledged
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, ac-
cused Congress, which passed the
now-vetoed legislation sharply cut-
ting OPA's powers, of having
"burned the only bridge of stable
transition to peaceful and unin-
terrupted full postwar production."
j Schwellenbach told a news con-
ference that no one knew or could
predict what course of action Con-
gress will take now that the OPA
law has expired
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PRESIDENT SIGNS DRAFT EXTENSION ACT—Pres-
ident Truman signs into law legislation extending the
draft act until March 31 as selective service officials
look on during ceremony at White House. Watching are
(left to right) Brig. Gen. C. S. Dargusch, deputy direc-
tor; Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, national director and
Col. Louis Renfrow, chief liaison and legislative officer.
(AP Wirephoto).
WASHINGTON, July 1.—
(AP)—Republican House
leaders today drafted a reso-
lution to reenact OPA rent
controls.
This resolution, if passed,
would block any hikes in
rents already announced by
landlords—provided OPA orders
such a rollback.
Rep Wolcott of Michigan, senior
Republican on the House banking
committee, announced he would of-
fer the resolution, as he emerged
from a meeting In the office of
Republican leader Martin, of Mas-
sachusetts.
Wolcott said the resolution would
make government control over
rents retroactive to last midnight,
when OPA's life expired. He told
newsmen his rent resolution would
be "separate and apart" from any
legislation to restore the general
function of OPA.
Opposes OPA Step-Gap
Tlie Michigan member said he
would oppose an administration
resolution for a 20-day stop-gap
revival of OPA, because he believe#
no better OPA bill can be written
than the one President Truman
vetoed
Rents in some areas soared up-
ward as much as 33 1-3 per cent
and in Isolated cases even higher
today as the death of OPA yanked
the lid oft celling prices in all but
two states and the District of Co-
lumbia.
In Miami, Fla. many tenants
were notified of raises from one
third up One 30-untt apartment
house in Miami Beach hoisted 950
rents to 9150.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer re-
ported numerous telephone calls
complaining of rent hikes ranging
between 15 ana so per cent.
A Cleveland Heights apartment
house Jacked up its 96 and |70-a-
month suites a tiat 915 a month.
Eviction Notices
In Denver, one Justice of the
peace said he had issued 1,000 blank
forms used for 10-day eviction
notices under Colorado law.
Tenants in a great majority of
states were faced today with rent
increases to become effective in 30
days.
The death of OPA rent controls
found only New York state and
the District of Columbia w<th legis-
lation substituting local ceilings for
national regulation.
In Massachusetts, Governor Mau-
rice J Tobin issued an executive
order early today freezing rents a<
present figures
Tile situation In the rest of tlie
country seemed to Ind lea be rent
increase* for householders, except
for a few states where the govern-
ment prepared to take quick action
to hold present rates.
WASHINGTON, July 1.—(API —
Congress honored the memory of
Franklin D. Roosevelt at a solemn
session today and heard John G.
Wfnant praise the nation's wartime
leader us one who "played a great
part In great events."
Senate and House assembled In
joint session in the House chamber
for memorial services. President
Truman sat In the well of the
chamber in front of the rostrum.
Other high government officials,
and some of the men who served
tn the Roosevelt cabinet were on
jhand. too So were representatives
»of foreign nations.
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WASHINGTON, July 1.—(AP)—The administration,
pressed for quick House action to revive OPA today, but Sen-
ate prospects were bleak. • Ht y
Senator O’Daniel (D-Tex), who conducted an eiffht*-
hour filibuster against compromise OPA legislation lagt
week, blocked Senator Wagner s (D-NY) effort to introduce
a resolution to restore the price control agency until July 20.
Democratic leader Barkley (D-Ky) and Speaker Ray-
burn predicted, after a conference, with President Truman,
that the ITouse will vote a 20-day extension, pending framing
a more permanent bill.
Any such House action would be meaningless, however,
unless the Senate went along too. Barkley held out no hope
for early Senate action.
Barkley said that instead of
hope we cxn work out zomethlng#—
acceptable that will extend the OPA I 1
for a year." He declined to predict! >|mrkrkPt*G r inn
how aoon that could be done, If at 1 11IU
The Houae began debate on a 20-
day stop-gap revival of OPA today
with a declaration by Rep. Sabath
(D-I1D that some "unAmerican"
merchants already are "gouging"
the consumer
Sabath told the House that re-
ports were coming in that food and
rente are being increased in some
areas as much as 35 to M per cent.
"This is unAmerican." he declar-
ed. “for these people to take ad-
vantage of this unfortunate situa-
tion to try to make a killing. I re-
sent this unjustified gouging of the
American people."
Consumers Can Strike
But, he said, "if these greedy
people think they can make a kill-
ing. they are mistaken, for the con-
sumers of this country, too, can
call a strike.”
OPA Administrator Paul Porter
told a news conference that "we
every effort to reestab-
0 ceilings, no matter how
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night as vessels of his task force moved into Bikini Lagoon
Peace Conference |
PARIS. July I </1'i The big four
foreign ministers council tackled;
the critical prlblem of Trieste again
today in a renewed cl fort to dear I
the way for fixing the date of a I
21-nation European peace confer- |
ence demanded by Secretary of |
^ytate James F Byrnes.
Under the compromise agenda I
adopted Saturday at the sugges-
tion of French Foreign Minister
Georges Bldault. the council sched-
uled consideration of the Yugo-
slav-Italian frontier question in-
cluding the future of the port city
of Trieste; Italian colonies; the
peace conference and German
questions, in that order
The new attack on the knotty
question of Trieste was expected to
be based on tlie Bldault compromise
plan under which tlie Adriatic city
\ —demanded by both Italy and Yu-
\goslavia—would be international-
ized for at least 10 years under
YVnlted Nations guidance, but witli
ixed Italian-Yugoslav and allied
ntrol.
Italian Premier Alcide De Gas-
perl sent a "last appeal" to the
council yesterday asking that Italy
be heard before any action was
taken on Trieste, where five Amer-
ican soldiers were injured yester-
day while helping to quell riots by
pro-Italian residents.
The rioting in Trieste broke out
after participants In the around-
Italy bicycle race had been at-
tacked. police said, hy
^fllav Communists "
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Judge Watches Bubhle
Dance, Frees Sally •
SAN FRANCISCO. July 1—t^V-
Sally Rand waa free today to go
back to her fans and bubbles. Mu-
nicipal Judge Daniel R. Shoemaker,
after personally viewing her offer-
ings at a special performance Sat-
urday. today dismissed chargee e<
indecent expoeure growing out of •
police vialtation at her night club ------—
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ATOM BLAST AT BIKINI—A huge cloud mushrooms upward over Bikini a few sec-
onds after the atom bomb blast. Alxtve photo by Associated Press Photographer Jack
I uRice, still picture jxx>i representative, Was taken from the sky bridge of the flagship
USS Mt. McKinley, and radioed to San Francisco over joint Army-Navy Task Force
radiophoto. (AP Wirephpto).
iAtom Bomb Blast
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This was based on a cursory inspection. Many ships are
burning. The total could lie higher by daybreak.
Whether the atomic Iximb will force navies of the world
into new construction and battle*-----------------------——-»—
tactics remained the day's big ques-
tion
The bomb wrought a great, deal
of damage to ships anchored in tlie
lagoon but the mast did not sink
a capital ship, even though they
were directly under the explosion.
Admiral Blandy declined at a
press conference to draw any con-
clusions form the test.
"That's not. our Job." he said. "We
put facts before the evaluation
board of the Joint chiefs of staff
and the evaluation commission of
tlie President and tliey draw con-
clusions."
Scientists aboard the admiral's
flagship said they thought today's
bomb was about equal in nuclear
efficiency as toe one used at Nag-
asaki
Two Transports Sunk
A recapitulation of tlie bomb's
destructive jKiwer showed two at-
tack-transports. the Carlisle and
tlie Gilliam, sunk The destroyer
Lamson was capslzeu and later went"
down, and the destroyer Anderson
was so badly damaged it was ex-
pected to sink momentarily.
The Japanese cruiser Sakawa
was ripped open at the waterline
and may sink
Fires still were burning late to- «.,« v,,v ...wvru
night aboard the carrier Indepen- j ian and Yugoslav sympathizers ap-
dence, which suffered the great - '
rat damage of any vessel afloat and
was listing badly
Heavy damage, particularly top-
side, was done to the battleship
Arkansas, the Japanese bat tieship
Nagata, the submarine Skate, the
heavy cruiser Pensacola and a tank
landing ship.
Some 35 other vessels received
slihgt damage
One of these was the battleship
Pennsylvania, which has a small
fire which was put out by n fire-
boat.
Sinks Three Ships
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Wff a D J 1 ABOARD USS APPALACHIAN OFF BIKINI, .July 1.—
Elion KCIICVVCO I (AP)—Three of the 73 old target warships were sunk and
I eight others badly damaged in today’s spectacular test of the
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long it takas to get a atatute."
Early reports 'ndicated relaxivaly
lew price advancea aa OPA cMlinga
were removed ecroaa lhe count!,,
but reflta promptly Yhof up in many
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Nbuse Republican* drafted a aep-
arate measure to re Im pear OPA
. rent ceilings. They worded it so that
jt would outlaw Increase* already
atuxrunced in the wake of OPA’a
death.
Appeals for Voluntary Control
Senator Wherry (R-Neb>, author
i of an OPA amendment to which
Mr. Truman objected in vetoing an
extenalon bill, urged in a atatetnent
that business men and landlords
hold down price* and rente in what
he called "the critical test and the
golden opportunity for free enter-
prise and state and local rights."
Wherry said:
"Whether we continue to operate
an free enterprisers will .depend up-
on Industry, business, and especial-
ly you who control the rental prop-
erty of the United States "
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
called on management and labor to
avoid hasty action" and exercise
"restraint" until national stabilisa-
tion policies are restored.
AFL President William Green,
however, said Congress had "burn-
ed the only bridge" of return to
peaceful postwar production.
Confer With President
For 45 minutes congressional
’ leaders talked with President Tru-
man over the situation created by
the end of OPA last midnight after
’ Mr Truman vetoed an extension
bill which he called "impossible."
Barkley told reporters he hoped
that the Senate could work out a
more permanent piece of legislation
"that will be acceptable."
Raybum said he expected the
Houae to pass a resolution restor-
ing price controls for 30 days. Such
temporary action, pending perma-
nent legislation was asked by Mr
Truman Ih his veto message.
i Meanwhile, OPA Is dead.
Throughout the country, its end
’ was marked by confusion, uncer-
tainty and sharp political crossfire
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der rent control regulations.
W A Orth, regional OPAv ad-
ministrator, warned that sugar rr»
' tinning is. still in effect and .tha^,
ration stamps should noC m> de-
stroyed
At Fotl Worth. H. B Ransom,
president of new car deniers, said
he expects little iuuuediate effect.
L)oyd Weaver, president of used
car dealers in Fort Worth, pre-
dicted a decrease in used car
prices within a week or 10 days
after the end of OPA controls.
There appears to be a movement
among some Texas merchants to
voluntarily maintain prices in ac-
cordance with existing OPA regula-
tions despite the expiration of fed-
eral control
However, first reports indicate
that rents will be hiked.
Tlie council of Texas Retailer's
Association issued a statement yes-
terday urging its members to hew
to the present price line to pre-
vent Inflation
In this morning's newspapers are
advertisements by individual busi-
ness concerns pledging to maintain
present established price levels.
The property Owners Protective
Jjeague of Dallas passed a resolu-
tion yesterday asking that all land-
lords withholding property imme-
diately offer it for rent. Tlie league
said a survey showed that rents
would be raised only alx>ut 10 per
cent.
At Fort Worth, Hobson Mack,
(Sec PRICES, Page 2>
tonight, and In Oantral po
Tuesday. Not ao warm Nortt
Uon this afternoon. M<x
southerly winds on Ute Coe
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not ao warn Panhandle
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