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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTOR |INCH MIDDLING 25 Vol. 114, No. 10 Big-Five Caucus Fails To Decide UND Head - = = O' o . . Consideration Of Soviet, iranian . . p Complaints, Atom Action, Postponed LONDON, Jan. 23. — (AP) — The top men of the five principal nowers in the United Nations met secretly in the office of Secretary of State James F. Byrnes today and were reported to have failed ~oain to agree on a candidate for Secretary General of the new, security organization. The negative result of the 90~ minute meeting led some officials 10 express fear that the-five pow ers were drifting toward a dead lock on the question, made more scute by charges of political in terference made by Iran against Russia and by Russia against the’ British in Greece and Indonesia. American officials had hoped to make swift progress on the situa tion today, both at the five-power meeting and a later informal ses sion of representatives or o % gecurity Council members, so the hew peace organization could be-~ gin buildings its permanent staff. : Agreement Necessary The five powers have to agree in order for the full council 1o nominate a man whom the 51- member General Assembly may accept or reject. The United States is reported hacking Lester Pearson, Canadian Ambassador to Washington, for the $20,000 a year post. Russia has heen advocating the candidacy of Trygve Lie, foreign minister of Norway. | . Shortly before this seécret gath ering of diplomats, British offi cials were reported authoritatively {0 have discussed with French delegates an approach by ithe British government to te security council’s handling of the Russian complaints against British policy in Greece and Indonesia. The United Nations organiza tion postponed until [tomorrow its scheduled action to set up machinery to guard against an atomic war. Edward R. Stettinius, jr., will head the American delegation dur ing the UNO’s consideration of Iranian complaints against Rus sia and Russian complaints against British policies in Greece and In donesia. The security council planned to meet today to seek an agreemnt on a nominee for general secre tary of the UNO, but. .officials said the agenda did not call for consideration of the Iranian and Russian cases. i Crisis Talk Discounted UNO oficials, meanwhile, dis=~ counted talk that these, contro versa] issues might create a crisis in the new peace organization. Asembly president Paul-Henri Spaak declared there was “no ground for pessimism.” At the same time he. warned against j‘x]lmg into “the errors of the League of Nations” by putting off major problems. The British government, a (Continued on Page Two.) O Men: Aund Women v In Service won ROBERT E. LEE RECEIVES DISCHARGE ; Robert E. Lee, 275 Ogletaorpe Avenue, has been nonhorably dIS: charged from the Army at Fort McPherson, Georgia. He is the son of Mr. E. H. Lee of Athens, and has been in the service 60 months of waich 45 mmonths were Spent ovrseas. Lee holds the Purpie Heart, Distinguished Unit Badge, and the Agiatic-Pacific, P’re—Pegrl Harbor and Good Conduct rib. bons, R. N. SAYE TRANSYERS TO MIAMI UNIVERSITY Rebert N. Saye, es of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Saye, 358 Oconee Street, recently entered Miami University, Oxford, Ohio ag 2 Member of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Coprs. Saye graduated from Athens High school. Before going to Mia ™, ae was stationed at North Western Missouri State Teachers College with the Navy V-12 unit there, THREE ATHENS LN RECEIVE DISCHARGES Three Athens men were re cently discharged from the Navy at the U. S. Naval Separation Center gt Charleston. S. C. Taey {‘i"re Cecil M. Wilkes, Wil!iarlg:'ln D Mareh q 3 A. Eng fang man, and Wili am A. 1 R Wilkes, a Photographer's Mate 2-c, resides at 584 Boulevard. He plang to be assnciated with 'he Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company in Atlanta. He was in the Navy for 40 monftig, s . William D. Marchman, of 348 North Church Street, served 19 TOnZs in the Navy. He was a Seaman f.¢ “at the time of his d.t(‘harge‘ : ¥ : William A. Engiand served 21 Months in the Navy and was a }C‘"-I?men 2.c. He resides at 877 O'ege averue and plans to sotk with Lucas ang - Jenkins, B HTe wae lagt station at Camp -radfﬁrd. Va.‘ ; s 3 ATHENS BANNER-HERALD BIG-3 DIVIDE REMNANTS OF HUN NAVY LONDOCN, Jan., 25 — (AP)— Remnants of the Cietman fleet, once a powerful factor in world affairs, hava been cdivided among the victerious Big Tiiree — Brif ain,, Russia and the United States. . “Operable surface units” of the Nazi Navy, amounting so 1,753 vessels, together with 30 sub marines, are being split up on a share and ¢aare alike basis, a tri-power communique said. last night. ' The, action leaves Germany without the vestige ¢{ a combat fleet. A British source said the German mercaant fleet also would be divided up later, although figaing vessels will pet be taken. Battleships Destroyed Involveg in the gelit-up were {fwo cruisers, 30 destroyers and forpedo boats, 48 tcrpedo ships and 1,670 other units, including mine sweeperg and harbor pa trol boats. All of Germany’s bat tleships were sunk during the war ang the British disclosed last night taat 100 surrenderd German U-boats were scuttled last November. s Each Naticn, in addition to 10 submarineg will receive: United States — tke 10,000-ton cruiser Prinz Eugen, seven des troyers and- torpedo boats, 12 de pot ships and 560 otner units. (In Washington, State Depart ment officials said they ' could give no indication when the iden tity -of the saips a'loted would be announced. The Prinz Eugeu, en route to Boston fcr what the Navy Department described as experimentation, last night was reperted speeding to the assis tance of the crinpled troops ship Frederick C. Hicks, 1,000 mileg east of New York.) . Russia —the 6,200-ton Cruis er Nuernberg, 10 destroyers and to"pedo boats, 15 depot ships, and 507 units. Britain — Thirtecn destrovers and torpedo boats. 21 depot ships and 612 other units. Negotiationg are under way on (Continued on Page Two) LT. “JACK” THORNTON OF HULL, GA. DISCHARGED Lt. Robert M. Thornton, U. S. Army Air Corps, better known to friends as Jack, received his:on orable discharge from the Air Corp in Greensbs:o, N. C., re cently. Jack wag with the 45th Fight er Squadron in the Pacific area. He received his training at Mead ville, Pa., Maxwell Field, Ala; Avon Park, Fla.,, Cochran Field, Jackson, Miss., and Napier Field, Ala., and went overseas on- Au gust 18, 1944. He piloted a P-5! Mustang and took part in the invasion of Two Jima and Japan. Or June 19, ’45 he was wounded on wo Jima for which he. holds the Purple Heart. Other medals are the American Pacific Ribben with two Battle Stars, two Overseas Bars, the Air Medal, ATO Ribkon and the Victo~y Ribbon. Jack ig the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Thornton, Hull, Ga., and before entering the Air Corps was attending the Univer sity of Georgia. His fater is one of the most widely known men in this section, for ycars he has been a rural mail carrier. Jack hag three brothers, Gleénn, who wag recently discharged from the Navy after two and a haalf years in service, Johnny and James A. whe live in Hull. He also has two sisters, Mrs. Bruce Davis of Co- Jumbus, Miss., and Mrs. Mary T. Moore, who serves as controller of air traffic at the airpprt in Nashville, Tenn, TWO CLARKE COUNTY MEN DISCHARGED AT ¥T. MAC Albert C. Carithers, of Danh jelsville, and Walter L. Wortham. 530 +Nantahala avenue, Athens, were discharged from the Atmy at ‘Fort McPherson o¢n January 19. ; ~ Carithers was in {he Armv 37 months and was with the 748th M. P. Bn. Befove entering the service he was a farmer. Wortham was in the 785th M. (Continued on Page Two) Full Associated Press <ervice. Athens, Ga., Wednesday, January 23. 1946. B,« v ® Ry PR PR TR ST e s : - &e v e o i B E m ; "”“w S S °» m B b SR T Y et e e SEN U e . St T i Ne el e L ion Sl oS e 48 ¥- R N e e <B A Rt s. 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N ~\ v # z We o B 5:;;.‘ i R SR — ;;3‘;:’-3"‘?- S iet . g £ JAPS FOLLOW U. S. STRIKE PATTERN A large group of Japanese Government Railway workers from seven districts of Japan, hold a mass demonstration in front of the railway siation in Tokyo, demanding an increase in salary. The workers aiso staged demonstrations as they paraded through the streels of taue cily. riers aise staged demenstrations as they pa eets of e city. Virtue May Be Its Own Reward, But Buttons Help NAGOYA, Japan, Jan, 23— (AP)—A clerk who went into headquarters to make a Teport told Brig. Gen. Everett E. Brown, commander of the 25th Division: Sir, one of the buttons of your field jacker 18- unbutton ed.” He saluted and left. “] want that man promot ed,” said Brown. But the General was a few hours too late. Pfc. James L. Bailey, West Newton, Mass., had been promoted the same day for all-around efficincy. Navy's Discharge Points Reduced OlfiS Keaucea, WASHINGTON, -gan., 23 — (AP) — An addition 191, 100 Navy men and women will be eligible for release‘seven to ten weeks hence through further cuts in point scores for disdaarge, effective March 15 end April 2. In general, the reductions will be at the rate of one point each date for male perscnnel, includ ing doctors. Point - scores for WAVES and Nurses generally will continue at previously-an nounced March 2 evels until April 2, when they will drop one point. Vice Admiral Louis E. Den {eld, Chief of Naval Personnel, said vesterday the Navy's demo bilization program, scheduled to pass %ae halfway mark of sl,- 500,000 reeased within a week, will be two-thirds completed by April 2. His announcement included re ductions for various specialists of whbm higher scores are required, and added it was “anticipated” their point requirements could be cut to the general level by June 2. The new minimum scores-—exX pected to make an additional 14,700 officers and 176,400 enlisted men and women eligible for dis charge for the major classes af fectad: Enlisted men—March 2, 32 (Continued on page two.) . Anti-Huey Long ® . ‘ Candidate Wins | In New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 23—(AP) -~The voting was /close, but sup porters of handséme young De Lesseps S. Morison 'credited him today with a surprise knockout victory over tne old regular de mocratic organization. which has‘ dominated New Orleans politics for more than 20 years. : On the Dbasis of complete, (Continued on page two.) ATHENS AND VICINITY Partly cloudy with high temperature of 45 degrees this afternoon, lowest tem perature tonight 34 degrees. Thursday partly cloudy and mild. ¢ GEORGIA: Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon and tonght, except continued rather cold in extreme south portion. Thursday increasing cloudiness and warmer fol- ' lowed by scattered showers in northwest and extreme north portion in afternoon. TEMPERATURE Highest .. .. s v ite S4B lawfest ... . it o eOB Mbah 7. VLR B 3 Norimal .viiid . @ n 88 RAINFALL - Jlnches last 24 hours .. .. .09 Total since January 1 ... 8.90 Excess since January 1 .. 532 Average January rainfall 4.26 GOMMITTEE APPROVES BILL TO INCREASE TEACHERS' SALARIES BY WILLIAM C. HERBERT ATLANTA, Jan., 23 — (AP)— The house received a favorable veport from its appropriations committee teday on z bill to in ¢rease teachers’ salaries by 50 per cent. The measure offereq no sug gestiong for obtaining the neces sary $10,000,000 to meet the pro pcsed expenditure and Commit tee Chairman Gowen of Glynn county said that wculd have to be determined by tie Ways and Means Committee, Spokesmer: at a hearing at tended by a crowd that almost overflowed the house chamber said rural schools were suffering 13 Surplus Planes To Spain, Argentina. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—(AP) —At least 13 planes discarded by the United States Army have heen allocated to airlines of Spain and Argentina, whose governments have been criticized sharply in official American pronounce ments. o Eight twin-engined C-47 trans port planes have been delivered or earmarked . for Spain. Five four-engined C-54 trans ports went to a commercial air line of Argentina. Government officials who dis closed those facts last night add ed it was “not unlikely” that more surplus Army planes would be sold in the near future to Spain for = its government -~ dominated Iberia: airline. This airline is vir tually defunct at present because of a lack of planes and aircraft parts. In addition to the eight planes, the State Department also has"ap proved the sale of nearly $300,000 worth of airport equipment to Spain. Value Of Nafion's Milk Production Discussed By Reid By WILLIAM C. LANIER “The milk produced in this country in 1945 would make a river 8,000 miles long and 40 feet wide,” Professor W. H. Reid, head of the department of dairy ing of the University of Mis souri, told the Kiwanis Club at the weekly meeting at the Hol man Hotel Tuesday. Mr. Reid stated that the value of dairy products since 1886 ex ceeds the value of the combined wealth of the country’s corn, cot ton, rice and barley products for the same period. He further said that the value of dairy products exceeds the value of the gold mined since 1886, and also the combined value of the cars and trucks manufactured in that per iod. “Dairy products form one fourth of all farm produets in the United States,” Mr. Reid said. “There are 27 1-2 million cows in the United States With an an nual output of 121 billion pounds of milk. That is 426 gallons of milk every second, which is a lot of milk. In 1939 there was pro duced in this country two.million pounds of butter and three mil lion pounds of ice cream.” President J. S. Wolfe intro duced Mrs. Wylie Griffin and five girls from Ahe Y. W. C. A. who gave a five minute program on sending clothes to the needy. Mr. Wolfe then introduced H. P. Henderson, head of the depart ment of dairying of the Univer sity of Georgia, who introduced the principal speaker. To. close the program, G. E. Broadnax, Athens, was announced as having won a flying course, offered by the Scutheastern Air Company. The visitors included the ‘ (Continuea on Page Two) most from the low teacher pay. H. L. Wingate of Pelham, pres ident of the Georgia Farm Bu- Yeau Federation, suggested an “over-al] tax program” to fi nance the increase. He is an ad vocate of a general sales tax in Georgia. Speaking for Georgia’s 169 Lionsg Clubs, J. Gordan Garrison of Thomag county sa.d that un less the “breakdowr” in the school system were avoided,'“ju venile delinquency is going to increase maybe ten-fold.” Teachers, he said, should re ceive the pay equivalent of other state employes of comparable training. In a joint session yesterday the hcuse dnd senate heard J. Knox Gholston of Cumer, a high~- wam beard member, urge suppart for his' bill to earmark gasoline tax revenue for.roads and ta ap=< portion this preportionately among the counties. “Thig would eliminate discrim. ination, vote buyirg and not force Georgia people to beg for the roads they are entitled to have,” he said. Replies Te Journal In answering an editorial in The Atlanta Journal, House Speaker Roy V. Harr's said radio stationg and newscapers in this state “must be Guorgia-owned and Geovgia-contrclied or elsa Georgia 'is going {5 be in a bad fix”’ The editorial said Harris was delaying the House's vcte on the gubernatorial reelection amend ment. The newspaper is owned by Ex-Gov. James M. Cox »oi Ohio. Harris denieq he - had ever blecked consideration of impor tant legislation. Many state-wide and local bills were expected to be considered by the House before il takes up Friday the resolution proposing a constitutional referendum to al. low Governor Arnall io seek re. election. Constitution amendments com mittee No. 2, which has had the measure almost a wcek, arrang ed to take upithe proposal today And report to the flouse by to- Morrow. The 15-day adjourneq legisla tive session must end by Monday night. The senate approved a meas ure providing for re.registrasion of voterg absent irom the regis tration lists in the 1244 general election. Action by a three-man senate subcommittee on a bill = which ‘would=permit the city of Colum bus to acquire properties of the (Continued on Page Two 0) Production Credit Meet To Discuss Joint Ownership Members ownership of the as sociation -will be the theme of the annual meeting- ¢f #ae Ath ens Production Credit Associa tion to be held at Athens in the courthouse on Thursday, Jan uary, 24, at 10:30, according to an announcement made by Eu gene Huff, secretary-ireasury of the association. This is the tweifth annual meeting of the Atheng Produc tion Credit Association, which makes short-term agricultural loans to farmers in Clarke, Mad ison, Oconee, Oglethorpe and ‘Walton counties. According to Mr. Huff, two di-~ rectors for the coming year will be elected and officers will also be chosan. G. 'W. Paul of Ogethorpe coun ty is president of the association. The directors are O. M. Branch, of Oconee county, 1. R. Breed love of Walton, Thomas J. Har rold of Clarke and M. E. Will. jams of Madison conaty. Union“Damands Tax Revision; Charges Management Favored Reds Charged . . - . With Discrediting MacArthur Rule TOKYO, Jan. 28.—(AP)— A spokesman at General Ma c Arthur’s headquarters said today an assertion by Tass, official Soviet news agency, that the U. S. mili tary command in Southern Korea was inspiring ‘“reac tionary” protests against the Moscow conference is part of “a definite program to dis .credit General MacArthur and force further changes in the present accunation paoli cies and command.” While Southern KXorea is under direct command of Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, it is included in MacArthur’s command. The Russians con trol Korea 'north of the 38th parallel. Tass assailed “the reaction ary press” of Southern Korea for allegedly carrying on an anti-Soviet propaganda cam paign and for attacking the decision reached at Moscow recently by the United States, Britain and Russia to set up a five year trusteeship for Korea. HODGE DENIES CTHARGE SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 23.— (AP) — Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, U. S. occupation com mander in Korea, replying to citicism by the official Sov iet news . agency Tass, de clared today “any accusaticn against this command is without basis of*fact.” Hodge pointed out that he and his advisers in Seoul from the State Department constantly have been trying to impress Koreans with the value of the Moscow decision for a five year, Allied trus teeship of = their country. Statements have been made repeatedly in person to lead ers of various factions and numerous explanations have been broadcast to the people. At the same time, Hodge said there has . been no at tempt to hamper or stifle Koreans’ freedom of speech, press or assembly. He said he had no com ment on the possible effect, if any, the Tass dispatch might have on functions of the joint Soviet-American commission now in session here to plan Korea’s reha bilitation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—(AP)—The House Commerce Commit tee today approved, 14 to 5, legislation designed to restrain the pow ers of James C, Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musi cians. The bill, introduced by Com mittee Chairman Lea (D-Calif) is aimed ‘‘to prohibit certain co ercive practices affecting radio broadcasting..: . .. i Aaes Lea told newsmen the bill grew out of demands made on broad casters by petrillo. Lea said e considered the demands “nnt withir the legitimate rights of any orgarization” oand added that “a self-respecting govern. ment cannot afford to permit” them. ? The legislation would prohibit the use of threats or force to “coerce, compel or censtrain” a radio staticn ‘“‘to pay or agree tc pay” tribute for the privilege of producing or using records, transcriptibds or mechanical, chemical or eiectirical reproduc tions. A maximum penalty of a year’s imprisonmenti and a $1,009 fine is provided for violations. Moteover, it would prohibit use of force or threats to require a broadcaster to employ any per son in excess of the number of employes the station wants. Radio stations alsg coulg not be compelled to lefrain from broadcast of non-commercial ed ucatinn al or cultural programg in which ¥ie participanis receive no money except expsanses. SPEECHES SHORT ST. Paul, Jan., 23 — (AP) — The guests 4t a dinner given by Mayor John J. MecDcnough were politicians, all ready to orate on the current municipal election campaign. But the speeches were short. M\vor McDonough limiteq each speaker to the length of time he would — or could — hold a 25- pound cake of ice in his bare hands. . A.B.C. Paper — Single Copy, 3c — 5¢ Sunday ' A? : *w‘ * l Foo 8 o Xoa 3 o B o g% e RRREERE b B O G T b - b {il e R LA GO B & < & T BS o E ; g e L o o - R % 3 el ¢ e G eyl T s e PasE s A B N RN AR S ¢ Philip Murray ¢ C. 1. 0. President 4,300 Nips Rescued From Sinkirg Ship SHANGHAI, Jan. 23—(AP)— The dramatic rescue of nearly 4,300 Japanese from their sinking repatriation ship, ‘the Enoshima Maru, was told today when the American freighter Brevard ar rived jammed with 99 per cent of the survivors, The ship sank rapidly after striking a mine 60 miles off the mouth of the Yangtze yesterday. ~ In only 25 minutes, all the Ja panese except about 20 killed in the explosion or in subsequent mishaps were transferred {rom the 6,000-ton vessel to the Brevard. It appeared likely -that the res cue would set a record for speéd in handling such a mass ol people. The Brevard’s skipper, Lt. John L. Elliott of San Digo, Calif., said the rescue was accompanied with hardly a hitch through cooperation of te Japanese, when he describ ed as frightened but orderly. . The Enoshima Maru, carrying 4,296 Japanese men, women and children, sank within an hour and a half. The 5,000-ton Brevard was trailing it about three and a half miles. Even at that distance, the American ship trembled so vie lently from ‘the blast “‘that I thought we were it, said Elliott. | Two lines were thrown aboard and the Japanese began swarm \ing over the sides as the ships nestled together. Two or three per ' (Continued on Page Two) ing; Othe Freezing; Other Sections Warmer By The Associated Press Temperatures {rom Maine al cost to Florida tumbled below freezing early today asg winter, sans it wusual bluster, returned to the Eastern Scaboard. With the exception of a small portion of the soutk Gdorgia coast and northern Florida, skies over the Atlantic Coastal Re. gion— ang- tae rest of the coun ltry, too—were bright. Unseasonably warm air was moving eastward over Montana and the Dakotas, where record ings were running almost 30 de grees above normal. Some sec tions of South Dakota experienc ed one of their rare winter nights without a freeze. Temperatures remained slight ly below normal, however, 4 yroughout the East and the Eastern Plains. Precipitation was recorded in only twe small and widely sep arated areas. Snow falls were scaitered over the Diokatas, Wy. oming, Montana and Utah; while rain was falling in Northern Flerida and Coastal Georgia. Early recordings included Chi cago 23, Kansas City 57, St. Louis 26, Memphis 27, Tulsa 34, Little Rock 30, Atlanta 28. Na¥aville 19, Louisville 14. indianapolis 6, New York 18, Washington 15, Knoxville 15, Richmond 14, Sa v?pnah 38, Jacksoville 44, Miami 65, Denver 42, Reno 31, Salt Lake iCity 34, San Francisco 48, San Diego 52, and Seattie 42. . HOME WASHINGTON, Jan., 23— (AP)— The White House an. nouneed today the Depart ment of Agriculture will seize and operaie strike bound meat packing plants on Saturday. - . Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said the Agricuiture Department will have the aid of the War Depuitment “if necessary” and ihai the Ag ricviture Deparimeni = wiil conduct the aperations, HEAD OF STEEL T 0 BROADGAST REPLY TONIGHT PITTSBURGH, Jan. 23—(AP) —Revision of federal corporation tax laws was demanded today by the CIO-United Steelworkers as union and -~ management each sought to marshal public opinion on lt(heir side of the three-day-old strike. Philip Murray, president of both the CIO and the USW, charg ed in a letter to Treasury Secre tary Vinson that existing legisla-~ tion would give the stalled steel industry “guaranteed profits that are 29 percent above the level of prewar earnings” even if it should “loaf the rest of the year—remain absolutely idle.” U. S. President B. F. Fairless scheduled a nationwide radio ad dress (ABC, 10 p. m. Eastern Standard Time). tonight to present industry’s side of the grim dis pute. And in a statement he set forth his reasons why President Truman’s compromise proposal for a wage increase of 18% ce ‘an - hour, accepted by fﬁe‘u%m ‘was rejectedt by management. Meat Crisis Near The federal government was ready. to take possession of more than 100 strike-bound meat pack ing plants today but there was no immediate assurance that some 263,000 striking packinghouse workers would end their week-old walkout and go back to their job. The presidential seizure order was expected during the day de spite lack of definite commitmenis from officials of the AFL and CIO unions involved in the strike that they would order the workers off picket lines.and back to the plants. In Washingion, the Labor De partment said the AFL’s 70,000 strikers would return to work for the government, However, in Chi cago, an AFL official said his un ion would have to “see” the seiz ure order before it would decide to call off the strike. ~The Labor Department said the iCIO United Packinghouse Work ers Union, whose 193,000 members are striking, had made no promise it would call off the walkout. In Chicago, Herbert March, CIO-UPW distriet director, said the district strike strategy com mittee was opposed to govern ment seizure “unless there are sufficient guarantees the wage de mands. of the union will be put into effect by the goverhment up on taking over.” He asserted fed eral seizure without putting wage increases into effect “constitutes strike-breaking action, or, at best, compulsory arbitration.” + George A. Eastwood, president of Armour & Co., one of the major }struck plants, said the company ‘had not been officially advised of the government’s intent to take over th meat packing industry. He said: “We cannot see how such action in itself can settle the wage de ‘mands that precipitated the strike and closed the plants despite the paramount importance to the live stock producers and meat - con sumers.” Transportation Bottleneck Deanwhile, as the big steel strike entered its third day.with 750,000 idle at nearly 1,300 plants in 29 states, disruption of through 'freight service and a blockade of livestock shipments to the Chicago lstockyards was threatened by a | (Continued on Yage Two.) l MORE NIPS ARRESTED : TOKYO, Jan. 23—(AP)—Gen eral MacArthur today ordered the arrest of 48 more Japanese war criminal suspects and, in a re lexewed drive against the Nipponese military, inciuded three lieuten ant generals. YR Ordered to report at “Sugamo Prison “at the earliest practicable date” were Lt.-Gen. Yuichiro Na= gano, commander of the Osamu Army groups in Batavia in June and July, 1945; Lt. Gen. Fusataro Techimn, who commanded the second Army, and Lt. Gen. % Yamada, commander of the fift division. k i i g The remainder of the pects weremilitaryofleaaunnk&j, - civilians, including a number of guards at prisoner of war camps.

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