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By FRANK TREMAINE ~ United Press Staff Correspondent

PEARL HARBOR, July 2.—Roar-!

ing flames ate their way through four Japanese cities today after the

. Breatest Superfort raid of the war,

and on Borneo the Japanese battled to save their richest oil holding.” Nearly 600 Superfortresses splatfered 500,000 incendiary bombs early

WASHINGTON, July 2 (U. P.). =-American submarines have sunk 10 more Japanese vessels ‘and a British submarine - has sunk a '10,000-ton enemy cruiser, the navy announced today.

-this morning on the Kure naval base; the port of Shimonoseki and the coal city of Ube—all on Honshu --and the industrial city of Kumamato on western Kyushu. ° The Japanese admitted that hours afterwards huge fires still blazed. :

Two B-29‘s Lost

ade Oil

| Clowes Retires As Eli Lilly & Co. " Research Chief

Dr. G. H."A. Clowes

DR. G, H. A. CLOWES, who has been associated with Eli Lilly & Col since 1919 and director of its research laboratories more than 20 years, has retired, Eli Lilly, president. of the Indianapolis pharmaceutical concern, announced today. :

tire the first of 1943 but stayed on with the company at its re=quest to continue to .direct research on various problems, He still will act in an advisory capacity and continue to conduct research on certain fundamental problems with a staff and facili-

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(In Washington, the 20th air force

said two B-29's were lost. in the rec-| rs of t was;

ord raid, and that 20 mem their crews. were. rescued. believed in Washington .that the

il Buperforts carried 11 men each, ‘Jeaving only two from the lost planes

unaccounted for.) ; Returning fliers were confident they had scofed four more bullseyes. Lt. Lee M. Jefferson, Salt Lake

" City, pilot who has flows in prac-

tically every fire assault mission against Japan, sald “it was the best fire concentration I've ever seen.” ““The entire Ube water front was on fire,” Jefferson - said, strong surface wind blew the fire into the city. It was all burning when we went over.” Only a few enemy fighters rose to challenge the Buperforts and their effort was described officially as “weak.” Many Superforts made emergency landings on Iwo Jima for gasoline.

F They had purposely sacrificed fuel , fo carry the biggest bomb-load yet

. against the Japanese.

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Amusements.

Oil Center Invaded Australian troops were reported moving inland toward the Sepping« gang airdrome, six miles northeast of B ikpapan, after their Sunday morning invasion of the Borneo oil center, :

Tokyo claimed Japanese troops were counter-attacking, but allied aerial reconnaissance reports said the roads were jammed with fleeing enemy troops. A German-language broadcast from Tokyo, heard in London, said that allied troops also had gone ashore at Kula, 31 miles northeast of Balikpapan. The report was not confirmed by any other Wh The Japanese still reported®war-

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9 OF B-29 CREW

"MAYFIELD, Ky., July 2 (U, P.). «Nine crew members of a B-29 Superfortress bomber were killed when their plane crashed near here yesterday during an elecirical storm, Camp Campbell pfficers said one man escaped with minor injuries when he was throwii free of the plane and parachuted to earth, The unidentifi sald the plane, stationed at Kirtland field, Albugterque, N. M, “seemed to tear to pieces in the air,” Wreckage was strewn over a two-mile area in Marshall county. Names of the dead were with held pending notification of ea of kin,

SUMMER 8 CHEDULE STARTS AT STORES

Many downtown retail stores began a summer closing schedule to-

. day, most of them closing at 5:15

p. m. each week day except Satur

; day. “Beginning next Saturday and

continuing nine weeks, a number of

’ the stores will close at 1 p. m.

There is no generdl change in the ing time, Murray H. Morris manager of the Merchants assoc tion, sald, although some stores open ‘15 ‘minutes earlier on Saturday, at 9:30 am. Variations among individual stores will be announced in their advertisements,

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

59 10am. ... 64 wers 38 1 Arend... .. 66 + 8am. ...61 12 (Noon)... 67 63 lpm... 68 1

TIMES INDEX _

ter Edson . 10 Antan Scherrer 10 .."12|Sports .. .. 1 ..! 10| Tom. Stokes | 10

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Dr. Clowes was scheduled to re- |

OF NEWSPAPERS

Strike Ties Up Delivery to Stands. ,

'NEW YORK, July 2 (U. P.) —New Yorkers, accustomed to waiting in line for ‘cigarets and meat, queued up 4n sweltering heat today for afternoon newspapers. A strike, called shortly before midnight Saturday bythe Independent Newspaper and Majl Deliverer's unfon, entered its second day with no break in sight.” Sunday newspapers, today’s morning papers and most afternoon papers were : -on sale over the counter, Publishers marshalled full staffs and printed token editions as union pickets marched in front of Dews. paper offices, The newspaper PM, which is not a member of the New York Publishers’ association and which holds a separate contract with the union, \was the only afternoon newspaper ‘distributed through ‘regular channels today. World-Télegram Operates The New York World-Telegram operated. regularly and expected rush buying of over-the-counter copies when New Jersey commuters flock past the plant of the newspaper on their way to north river ferry boats late this afternoon. The New York Post announced suspension of publication during the strike, The New York Journal-

«American said it would print only

token editions. The Sun said it would operate “gs if nothing had happened,” printing all editions but reducing press runs, Edward W. Arnold, supervisor of the newsprint section, War Labor Board, said savings on newsprint occasioned by the strike will give newspaper publishers “carry overs” on their fourth quarter allotments.

Hoosier Heroes:

LIST. MISSING PILOT AS KILLED IN ITALY

The pilot of a ‘P-47T Thunderbolt, missing since October, is now listed as killed; a flier is missing over Japan, and another Indianapolis soldier has been wounded sn Okinawa. KILLED Capt. Donald W. Bell, 3609 Forest Manor ave, formerly listed .as missing, is now reported killed in Italy. MISSING Lt. Robert G. Scott, 2462 Broadway, over Japan. WOUNDED Pvt. Melvin A. Mandel, of 1139 SN. Keystone Okinawa.

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WAR CONTROLS ™

ON MANPOWER

Country ‘Returning to Free! Enterprise Economy Gradually.

Iron-bound| controls over manpower and materials,

ica's industrial might, were on the way out today as the government gradually réturned “the country to a free enterprise economy. _ y

The “grim race to produce? is over, War Mobjlization Chief Fred :

M: port. a: But, he added, reconversion during the Pacific war must be dom * inated by the “spirit and determin-| ation” to furnish -the weRponk) needed to lick Japan. - Cautious Program The war production board. and the war manpower commission,

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afraid to jump’ into the reconer- | Alben W. Barkley (Ky. asked for

|sion swim with both feet, fixed 8

whtchful eye on-their cautious pro- | committee ‘Rearings. | £ senatory. supreme

grams for unwinding controls duzing the second half of 1945. Local manpower officials hence- | forth will have the authority to|

| suspend war-time regulations either {in communities or individual plants if they decide such action- will not|“

interfere with war output. This means that a WMC official in the field can now decree that a certificate ef availability — a, deyice

no longer needed by a worker to get a job in any particular area or in a specific factory.. These decisions would be subject to approval by the regional director. Absorb Workers, Officials estimate that imemployment now runs to about. 750,000 and it is expected this figure will double by the end of the year. “Service industries that have been starved. for workers — laundries, restaurants, bus lines, railroads, retail stores — will probably absorb as BR these workers. Officials” predict that the hext Tew months will see a gradual disap=pearance of “experiente unnecessary” in shop window signs asking for help. To allow industry ‘to, absorb some of the unemployed, WPB is relaxing its rigid. controls over most raw materials to enable non-war pro-

work. WPB Chairman J. A. Krug or= dered the gradual scrapping of priorities over a six-month period for “virtually everything exeept military requirements.” Control te End

. Under this system, manufacturers can obtain available materials on a first-come-fiist-served ‘basis after the military has taken what it needs. As “part of this program the controlled materials plan, under which metals ‘are rationed to authorized users, will be relaxed starting today. By the end of the year it win bé scrapped entirely. At that time, only a singlé priority—called “mm"”-will remain to give a right-of-way to war production. Textiles and lumber, two materials which will continue to be scarce, will come under a ‘special allocation on sytem.

FRITZ KUHN'S SON HELD IN GERMANY

LONDON, July 2 (U. P.) —~Walter Kuhn, son of the American Nazi Bund leader, Fritz Kuhn, has been arrested by American’ troops at Frankfurt, radio "Paris Feported today. The broadcast said Kuhn was an honorary student of the Hitler youth leader training schoof, where he was given special training in sabotage. Young Kuhn went to Germany in ‘1939 as a student.

N. Y. SOCIALITE DIES.

NEW YORK, July 2 (U. P).— William Rhinelander , Stewart, a recognized leader of New York .society and a member of one of ‘the city’s oldest families, died today.

He was 56.

(Gen; ‘Dwight D. Eisenhower is vacationing’ in a secluded place and at his uest “his location is being withhe nz f ” By CHRIS CUNNINGHAM United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, : July 2.— Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower stowed his

fishing. tackle after another luckless afternoon and I parked him come

| fortably in. the 10th row for a

p ‘vate preview showing of Ernie

| Pyle's “Story of G. I. Joe."

That is the movie Ho

Eo finns

fantry.

turned out as a tribute to the in- of

of what they saw.on the screen. I watched them and I could see that they felt everything that went on

the sorrows, mostly sorrows. Some of thosé men were too choked up to talk about it after ward, “It's the greatest war picture.I've ever seen,” Gen. Ike told me later, “I used to think ‘What Price Glory’ was the greatest picture of them all. but, this one’ bas 3% that | fishing, whip,

Nar he gener et hit o dan tually

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WASHINGTON, July 3 ww. py

which for alinost | four-years have harnessed Amer- |

son said in ‘a week-end re: ip.

a proved Presidens Truman’ $ appoint=-

used to discourage job-jumping—is}

ducers to get started on_ peacetime |

making them, He has been around

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lke Sees 'Story of G. LJ Jou. Calls If

Greatest War Picture I've Ever Seen’

in that - picture-the laughs andd

_ MONDAY, JULY 2 2

7 z .

Hearing Is Waved; ‘Plain Speaking’ Era:Foreseen.

By ROBERT J. MANNING United Press Staff Correspondent

~WASHINGTON, July 2 (U. .).—The senate today confirmed ‘the. nomination of ames F. Byrnes to be seere[tary of .state. In an unusual “burst of speed, the senate unanimohsly aps

ment of thé 66-year- ld South { carolinan after Democratic Leader

| confirmation without. the usual

The former | court Justice, and" war mobilizatoin I director succeeds“Edward R. Stettinius Jr., who resigned ag secretary of state to become the U. S. delegate to the United Nations Security Counetil. , vi i ader Wallace H. White Jr. (R. Me.) endors¢d Barksley’s fequést for unghimous approval of the nomination without hearings. He =said Byrnes comes here now after a record of public service that. leaves no ‘doubt in ‘the minds of ‘Anyone as to his superb qualities * >. Procedure Waived Barkley; in asking for immediate | confirmafions, pointéd out = that ‘we're withéut a secretary of state.” Procedure for confirming § presidential nomination normally includes as review by a senate committee beford presenitation to the senate. " The new seeretary believes the | United States should deal with Russain a “frm uit honest” manner, He is generally - known for his| straightforward manner, Observers | ‘believe he may open the way to a new era of plain Speaking in U. S. foreign ; policy. Mr, Truman announced Birnes’ appoifitment on Saturday, shortly ‘after the chief executive had reveajed Stettinius’ resignation. ” Resignations Offered

Under present law Byrnes would succeed to the presidency in the event of President Truman's death or disability, prior to the next presidential election int’ 1948. The, states “department's high commang is an anxious as the public to know what changes the 66year<old former “assistant presi-| dent”. intends fo make in the U. 8. diplomatic. corps. ~The resignations of Undersecretary of State. Joseph C. Grew and ‘the six assistant sec retaries, named by Stettinius, are in Président Trumap’s desk drawer. Persons close to the seven officials revealed that they themselves had no idea, yet whether any or all of the resignatidhs would be accepted. Two Likely to Go Some’ changes’ however, and observers felt that Byrnes would waste little time in

Washingtofi for enough- to have set opinions about the men now responsible for carrying out U. 8. foreign policy. Current speculation was that Assistant Secretaries Nelson A. Rockefeller, chief of Latin American affairs, and Archibald MacLeish, director of cultural and public relations, would be out. So usually competent persons suggested that James C. Dunn, assistant secretary in charge of political affairs outside this hernisphere, might be assigned to Stettinius when he begins his work on

ization. Possibly Leo TT. Pasvolsky, a fowertul behind-the-scenes assistto the secretary of state, also wi be transferred to the United Nations stafl: The ™ futures of Grew avid Ass

from things for 4 ‘little while. He spénds the greater part of every on a trout stream which is so conveniently located that Tt serves, also, as a hazard on the golf course. He was with a group of * eight ‘| soldiers when I found him, all -ofJ them.'convalescent from wounds teceived in the European theater. The trout were not biting that day Sh ue. general was fed up with

X fehine was momentarily fed up with golf, too. As we talked a WAC

seemed certain, |-

the United Nations security organ-|. . «

1945.

Patered as Second-Class- Matter at Postolfice Re 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday -

PRICE FIVE CENTS

ASKS CHARTER ADOPTION

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YOUTH, 14, DIES

Saving gn Attack By Drunken Suitor.

CHICAGO, July 2 (U. P)—A pretty high school “baby sitter” and her 17-year-old boy friend were treated for, severe. knife wounds to~ day after a savage struggle in which the girl's 14-year-old protector was fatally stabbed, police said. Betty Albrecht, 15, in Cook County hospital with stab wounds in her back and right lung, sobbed out a story of how Charles Dryden, 14, lost his life in saving her from attack by a drunken suitor, angry because she had broken a date. - During the melee, a souvenir German dagger was brought into play, the girl said. Early yesterday, Betty's boy friend, John (Jinks) Taubery, 17, stumbled into a downtown police

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PYLE INTERMENT » HERE SUGGESTED

‘Family Approval, However,

35 years—long|”

Is. Necessary.

A move to inter Ernie Pyles body beneath the War Memorial cenotaph on the mall here lacked the approval of his immediate relatives today. Final decision’ on whether the Hoosier Vagabond will-be returned to the United States or. Indiana rests with Ernie's widow, Mrs, Ger~ aldine Pyle, his father, Will Pyle, and his “Aunt Mary” Bales. After conferring with the family, Aunt Mary said:* “I don’t know. I think Ernest would want to remain with the men he wrote

about and loved so much.”

The day following Ernie's death, Aunt Mary said she wished they'd bring him “back home.” But now, Aunt Mary believes “Ernest” belongs to the world, and not just to Indiana. Norman H. Coulon of the: Amer ican Legion 40 and 8 yesterday disclosed tentative plans to return Ernie's body. to: Indiana. He said he hoped the Legion and 40 and 8

that eflect soon. The War Memorial cenofaph is located at the extreme north end of the mall and contains space below for six. crypts. There are no ‘bodies under the site at present.

Well, Where DO Babies Come From?

Mutter. Jonas had an an swer , ,. and many a sturdy Hoosier of today is proof she knew her business . .. a fascinating chap-. ter from the story of 3

JSR Town,

IN KNIFE MIFE FIGHT

would adopt formal resolutions to|

Senate Con firms ‘Byrnes

ONLY ROAD TO WORLD PEACE

To 0 Cabinet Post

Ww ASHINGTON, road to enduring peace: # The President laid a leath

them solemnly:

peace. There is no other.”

It was Mr. Truman's fisst

was sworn in at the White Ho dent Roosevelt.

Today’s appearance drew the senate has ever seen. Galleries

v Byities

$10,525,000 Is Winning Bid on Pyle ‘Original |

$10,525,000. For kidding that much worth of war bonds, the ‘American United Life Insurance Co. today had won the original manuscript of one of Ernie Pyle's last-col-amns. The insyrance firm's astro= nomical offer was the winning bid-as-the deadline on the bond auction closed Saturday midnight. Now on- display at the Washington st. windows of L. Strauss & Co. the manuscript will be presented to high bidder at the world premiere of “The Story of G. I.-Joe” at Loew's theater Friday night. Pounded out on the Hoosier Vagabond’s rickety ' typewriter during his last assignment on a Pacific isle, the original “copy” was offered by The Times a month ago to the person, firm or group willing to buy the most Seventh War Loan bonds. , Opening at $5000, the bidding steadily climbed to $4,737,800 late last week, The $10,525,000 offer then jumpéd far into the lead, never to be surpassed.

TRY GERMAN CAPTIVES. IN PRISON HANGING

LONDON, July 2 (U. P.).—Eight German prisoners of war went on trial for their lives before a British military court today on a charge of hanging a fellow-prisoner in a Scottish camp because he was an anti-Nazi, The six British judges heard the prosecution demand the death penalty for the accused men, all noncommissioned German army officers. They were charged with holding a kangaroo court over Cpl. Wolfgang Rosterg, in their prison compound Dec. 23, beating him as he stood with a rope around his neck, and then stringing him up after he refused to commit suicide.

esiigm—————————; PARK VANDALS BUSY Four benches, a slide and two swings were badly damaged by vandals last night in Riley Park.

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NN “The choice before the senate is now clear. lis not between this charter and something else. tween this charter and no charter at all. , . . “This charter points down the only road to enduring

Historic Ceremony The President’ s presentation of the charter to the senate was a colorful and historic ceremony. It was the first time - a President has appeared in the senate since former Presi« dent Herbert Hoover addressed the chamber May 31, 1932,

Prosents Dicament to to Senate With

- Warning That U. S. Must Lead Rest of Nations.

By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Staff Correspondent

July 2.—President Truman historic appearance before a packed senate today agked for ratification of the United Nations charter as “the only /

in an

er-bound certified copy of the’

charter béfore his former colleagues of the senate and told

The dicks It is be«

visit in the chamber since he

left the vice president’s chair April 12, a few hours before he

use to succeed the late Presi-

A few days later he addressed a joint session of congress in the house-chamber.

probably the Biggest crowd

Packed

I: . AR Nour before the President's appearance the galleries

-| were packed to standing roo

| were the Earl of Halifax, the i i

only, Among the visitors ritish ambassador, and Henri

net, the French ambassador; and his wife. Every one of the 96 senatorial seats was filled—some

‘occupied by former senators such as Judge Sherman Min~ | ton of Indiana, John G. Townsend of Delaware, and Josh Lee

fot Oklahoma,

ip & Discussing the charter, senate: “Improvements will come Nations gdin experience with which they have set up. For can be improved—and, as the

with the peace-loving peoples that road—with firng resolve t goal.”

COURT ENJOINS BAN ON WOMEN AT BAR

Order ‘Applies Only to Gary Tavern, State Holds. |

Gary tavern owner has “obTol a temporary restraining order against the state Alcoholic Beverages Commission preventing it from enforcing a “no women-at the bar” | clause in the 1945 liquor code, ‘The tavern proprietor Sherman Stevens, charges the new alcohol act is unconstitutional in that it discriminates between sexes. A Lake county superior court issued the restraining order. -Deputy Attorney |General Winslow Van Horne said the court order applies to Stevens only, and to no other liquor dispenser in Lake county or the state. Legal action against the. 1945 tiquor law from another direction as been filed by numerous Demo- | pratic beer wholesalers. They contend it was confiscatory when it automatically ‘tanceled their licenses as of last May 1.. Their suits are still pending in state circuit" courts, the Indiana supreme court and two federal district courts. :

tederay astre

HOLLYWO®D, July 2 (U. P.)~— Kelly Petillo, former auto racing champion, today was charged with chasing .a marine out of Petillo’s cocktail bar by hitting him on the head with a chair and firing at him with a rifle. The 42-year-old cafe owner, wine rier of the’ 1935 Memorial day race at Indianapolis, told police he was

{“only trying to scare” the marine

and his buddy so he could close his bar before California's” midnight curfew. “When I tell them to get out, they get out,” he sald,

Petillor 500-Mi Held on Assault Charge;

le Winner;

for a dance permit next week, but it didn't work out.” “Marine John W. Yount said he and James W. Lunsford werg finish~

chair. As they started to leave, he} said, Petillo let loose with the rifle. |

1 Le SUN

“Not Static ety

president Tr uman told the

in the future as the United the machinery and methods this is net a static treaty. It years go by, it will: be—just

as our own constitution has been improved. = “This charter points down the only road to enduring peace. There is no other. Let us not hesitate to join hands

of the earth and start down hat we can and will reach our

Opening his personal campaign for approval of the

charter, the President re-" viewed in simple terms the objectives of the charter, asking the senate to consider not only its words but the spirit which gave it meaning. This is the way he listed the charter's objectives: “It seeks to prevent Subire Wars. “It seeks to settle international disputes by peaceful means and in conformity with principles of . justice. ‘Failed Twice’ “It seeks to promote world-wide progress and better standards of living. “It seeks to achieve universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and” fundamental freedoms for all men and women—without distinction as lo race, lanpiage or religion. “It seeks to remove the Soonamis

and social causes of international conflict and unrest.”

produced by many hands and many influences, the President said it evolved from “the reality of experience in a world where one gen« eration has failed twice to keep the _ The President reminded the sen~ ate that no international document” had ever been drawn in a greater glare of publicity.

United Nations in drafting the document, : “The fact is that there were com= paratively few points upon which’

beginning,” he said, adding that’ these disagreements related more

there was not accord ap. the Very ««