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Wainwright Tells of Barefoot Army's Arrival in Bataan , ° 0 Uncle Remus' Brer Rabbit New Disney Comic See Comic Weekly WOMAN’S HACKED BODY FOUND U. S. to Get Japan’s Silk Stocks Will Provide Cash To Buy Food MacArthur Dissolves Trust; Cabinet Gives Women Right to Vote TOKYO, Oct. 13 CUP) Gen. MacArthur today moved in on Japanese silk stocks while the approved universal suf ▼ frage and Rave Japanese women the opportunity to swing next Januar> * general elections after centuries of unquestioning bond age to their men. He ordered the Japanese to re-' port on both present and future silk stocks in order to ascertain how much may he exported to pay for the Importation o.' food and other supplies for Japan* civil ians facing a disastrous winter. LOWER VOTING AGE The cabinet anted on election reforms only 4k hours after Mac- Arthur ordered universal suffrage and other basic constitutional re forms. The cabinet also lowered' the general voting age from 25 to 2° and the minimum age for officeholders from 3h to 20. MacArthur ordered the govern ment to dissolve three organiza tions controlling the silk industry and to revoke previous orders which would have reduced the • production of Mlk. It appeared hr was acting to provide the Jap anese with a means of obtaining / mds for essential ii The Allied nations have announced; •they were not prepared to feed or clothe the Japanese. STOCKS WORTH MILLIONS Dissolved were the Japanese Silk Controlling Co. the Japan Raw Silk Manufacturing Co. and the Silk Reeling Co It was e«ii rnated that existing stocks of low quality auk* were worth some S 18.500.000 and production n<\t year would total between 13.000 - ©of» and 18.500,000 pounds. The electoral change'; were Trade by the cabinet in its mt- extraordinary meeting in as ■many da>s to discuss Mai Arthur s "five-jmint "democratization’ order of Thursday. It had directed Premier Raron Kijurn Shidehara to write a hill of rights into the Japanese con stitution providing universal suf frage—it did not ask for a lowering of the voting age per mitting unionization of lnhor. democratizing Jaj*an s economic Institutions, liberalizing education, and substituting justice for the tools of inquisition. F.I.F.CTOR ATE TRIPLED Under the lowered vbting age. ft was estimated that Japan's electorate would he tripled, with pnme 21,680,000 women eligible against a potential 21.200.000 males. 6.230 000 of w hom are over seas and will he unable to vote in January. Only 13,000.000 men cast ballots at the general elec tions of 1942. Japanese women (till may not hold office. The U. S. Bth Army meanwhile announced the arrest of nine officials of the puppet Nanking and Manchurian governments. It was disclosed that 4.m»0 police chiefs had been dismissed in com pliance wth orders from Mac- Arthur. Bears 19th Child at 43 GRIMSRY, Eng.. Oct. 13 fUP> —Mrs. Emily Dorothy Russell. 4'!. gave birth to her nineteenth child today, a 14-pound boy. Seventeen of Mrs. Russell's children are Jiving. Mosquito Plane to Attempt \2lO-Minute Atlantic Hop LONDON. Oct. 13 (UP)-A Royal Air Force Mosquito plane will soon attempt a B'ii /hour crossing of the Atlantic entailing a 2,000-mile flight over open sea. the Daily Express reported today. Basil Cardew. aviation corre spondent of the paper, said the twin-engined, plv-wood plane would take off from Labrador to g tin the advantage of a tail wind w hieh may add 100 m. p. h. to Us speed. Comfort for Condemned Man • •• ••• • • • % Downcast Pierre Laval, the Traitor ' at mdt, - g£Bt n. ijtff j ft I W m I * : o I |B ~ * &Hgpp, fife- tAii ■<Ssffl^BßW^BFT y “' JMKp^jP ■*. ■ V W.. ftaMPE y j jP/ : jf ;%; ftpigPl Jr.- Jr I■' *®g6 "’ " '•’ ■'*' " p v •m ' rajjjbi'* * vM: * h* Sir-'- Defense A tty. Maitre Baradue talking pleadingly to Pierre- I-aval a* he trie* to calm down the Vichy chief, convicted of Retailers Open Victory loan Detroit retailers, with publishers of the three daily newspapers as «pecial guests, wiU participate in the kickoff luncheon for the Vic tory War Iy)an drive Wednesday, at the Rook-Cadillac Hotel. All owners and manager* of retail stores, their bond chairmen, advertising and display managers are invit»*d to attend William E. Anderman of The Detroit Times. John S. Knight of the Free Press and William E Scripps of the New s will be special guests of the committee, composed of Ralph L. Yorker. Edward 11. Thomas and Nat S. Shapero. Ambassador Hurley Returning to China WASHINGTON. Oct. 13 (UP> Secretary of State Byrnes to day authornred announcement that Patrick J. Hurley U. S. ambassa dor to China, will return to his post after a short rest in this country. There have been recurring re ports that Hurley would resign He has been in this country sev eral weeks conferring with Presi dent Truman and state department dffirials. One of the fastest planes ever built, outside the jet propulsion cla«s, the RAF' Mosquito unoffi cially is rated at a speed well in excess of 400 miles an hour. To make the crossing from Labrador to the British Isle* in 3'i hours it would have to make a wind aided average speed of about 570 miles an hour. ■■■ m \ ns j r. Tnoir nrwTisT it* W at Mlrhiran *pp Ct*j H»!l. Hour*. »-0. Ttl. CA «689 —Adv. Lsrgtit Circulation of Any Michigan S’ eu sfa fin DETRBi¥lgprffi/IES On/y Detroit Newspaper Carrying Both jfo.PAYj International News and United Press 46th Yaar, No. 14 latrmationtl Sound Photo treason against France. Decision on the plea for a new trial has been held up by Gen. De Gaulle, who is expected to reject it. Quislings Appeal Denied by Court His Only Chance Now Rests With the King OSLO. rvt. 13 (INS) The death sentence of ex-puppet Pre mier Vidkun Quisling was unani mously sustained by the Norwe gian supreme court today and the condemned traitor's last hope of saving htt'life now rests in an appeal t 6 King Haakon. Quisling was sentenced in Oslo. Sept. 10 for collaboration with the Germans In preparing for the Nazi invasion of Norway, manslaughter, theft and embezzlement. DELAY LAVAL DECISION PARIS, Oct. 13-Defense coun sel said today that President Gen. Charles de Gaulle had reserved decision on their plea to set aside the French high court's conviction of Pierre Laval for treason and grant him a new trial. They said, however, they were not hopeful of a new trial and ex pected that Laval would he exe cuted "very soon" if their plea was denied. MUBBERT TRIAL SET THE HAGUE. Ort. 13 <INS> The Netherlands government an nounced today that Anton Mtis sert. head of the Dutch Nazi party during the ocrupation. will go on trial for his life before a special court in The Hague Nov. 13. THE WEATHER HOI ALT TEMPER VTI RES 7n W SS «p m. u 11 P m 40 •pm 44 10 p Hi. 41 12 mid. 40 i /fff Ski' ■ n Jvarl r&L III "TM Java la kolllai avar." FORECASTt Tartly eloudv; cool. Nart I Mrs. Gomon Loses Ford Job Mrs Josephine Gomon. formerly director for women’s personnel problems and public relations at the F'ord Willow’ Run plant, has been dismissed by the company. A Harry Bennett-appointed em ploye, Mrs. Gomon is the latest to be released under the reorganiza tion plans of Henry Ford 11, presi dent. Mrs Gomon formerly was direc tor of the Detroit Housing Com mission and took the Ford job while government and municipal officials in the Willow Run area were in a controversy over housing. When Bennett and others of hi' group were fired, Mrs. Gomon was on vacation. Milton Hershey Dies; Was Chocolate King HERSHEY, Pa Oct. 13 (INS) Milton S Hershey, chocolate king and philanthropist, died to dav. He was 88. Scorned Husband Falters After Planning Suicide This ts the story of a man w’ho changed his mind about jumping off Belle Isle bridge, went home to sleep off the idea, hut left enough! traces behind on the bridge to start the harbor master dragging the river for his body. It started when two passershy saw a bundle of clothing on the bridge at 3a. m. Saturday. They notified police who found the name of Wesley Goralski, 37, of 8697 Studcbaker. Van pyke. Goralski was in bed when police, arrived at hi* home. Detective Sgt. Edward Wurm of the homicide DETROIT 31, MICH., Oet. 14, 1948 Frankensfeen, Jeffries Bitter In Vote Battle Strip for Action in Final Days Before Election on Nov. 6 By FRANK MORRIS Although the voters have been only mildly concerned so far over trfe forthcoming municipal elec tion. Mayor Jeffries and his prin cipal opponent, Richard T. Frank ensteen. stripped for action Satur day with promises of an exciting climax to this third bid by labor for control of the municipal gov ernment. Both candidates have arranged speaking schedules which will take them to as many as a dozen meetings a day from now until the election Nov. 6. MARKED BY BITTERNESS And they have staitcd this final drive with snarls and bitterness over the issues that will determine the outcome. Despite campaign pledges of new parks, rapid transit and bet ter schools, the one mam issue which becomes more pronounced daily is the fact that Franken steen is vice president of the UAW-CIO and therefore carries a labor banner. In all of his speecnes on the eve of the forthcoming rocket attack, Frankrnsteen has been predicting that Jeffries will at tempt to slur him because of his union activities. So far. the mayor has refused to be baited. Jeffries’ only barb has been a repeated statement that the elec tion of Frankensteen would mean that Detroit is to be used ”as a guinea pig for social experiments.”! BID BY UNION Yet. when November 6 arrives, each voter will enter a booth fully | aware that once again the power ful union w hjch has become so ; potent in Detroit s current history’ | will be attempting to make one lof its own men the mayor of the city. | Patrick H. O'Brien, now a Probate judge, failed in 1937. rank Fitz Gerald, circuit court lost as the CIO candidate two years ago. j Although Frankensteen led Mayor Jeffries in the recent pnmary, he is believed by the betting fraternity to have lost ground because of the strikes. The gasoline strike, hitting every citizen squarely in the gas tank, has been particularly effective in reversing sentiment, according to the mayor's campaign managers One fact stands out so far in all of the speculation. That is. that Detroiters in uniform are no more interested in the outcome than (Continued on Page 12) 5 Start Prison Terms For Plot to Kill Suzuki TOKYO, Oct. 13 (INS)—Five Yokohama students who attempted to murder former Premier Suzuki and burned his Tokyo home when they heard the Japanese surrender rumor, began five-year prison terms today. The quintet, whose ages range from 22 to 23 years, were charged with arson and attempted murder. squad said Goralski admitted he had planned suicide, but changed his mind. Goralski related his wife. Irene, obtained a divorce last week, won custody of their three children. Sylvia, 9;* George, 7, and Elaine. 4. He charged she was infatuated with a fnrmer neighbor. "It’s been driving me fruy," Goralski was quoted by the po lice, “and I'm afraid I may harm him or myself.” Police took Goralski to the psy chopathic ward In Receiving Hos pital for observation. I* C II Cts. All Should Share Secrets of Atom, Scientists Warn | EDITOR'S NOTE: More, than f *oo scientists who perfected the atomic bomb nt the government's scent mountain laboratory at Los Alamos, S. A/., urge imme diate creation of a u orld authority for the control of nuclear energy to prevent another war, Thnr views are expressed in the following story by one of their numbei\ By DR. ROBERT R. WILROV iWritten for the Annoelatlon of Luo Alamo* SelrnO«t« and Distributed by International New* vrtlrei LOS ALAMOS, N. M., Oct. 13 (INS) — President Truman, In his message to Congress on atomic power, said “never in history has society been confronted with a power so full pf potential danger and, at the same time, so full of promise for the future of man and f%r the peace of the world.” The scientists at Los Alamos, who worked on the atomic bomb, fee! it is their duty to make public the outcome of their considera tions. The scientific background nec essary to develop an atomic bomb is generally known throughout the world. The technical design and industrial methods of production are, <gt present, the secrets of this country, Great Britain and Canada. OTHERS CAN SOLVE IT However, it is certain that other countries can achieve these ends by independent research before many years. They also may be manufactur ing bombs which may be tens, hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful than those which caused such devastation at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, This country with its highly concentrated centers is particu larly vulnerable to such weapons. The fact that the atomic bomb represents such a concentrated form of destructive energy makes counter measures of delivery ex tremely difficult and uncertain. DEFENSE IS POSSIBLE It is particularly difficult to de velop counter measures that w’ould provide a sufficiently large pro portion of interceptions of high speed missiles of the F-2 type, such as recently described by Gen. George C. Marshall, the U. S. army’s chief of staff. The success of the best possible defense system would, in any event, require a continuous hour by-hour alert. A single heavy attack lasting a matter of min utes might destroy the ability of a nation to defend itself further. One proposal is for this country to try to maintain its present position by producing more and bigger bombs than other coun tries. Merely having more bombs than other countries is not de cisive if another country has enough bombs to demolish our cities and stores of weapons. AGGRESSOR HAS EDGE The overwhelming advantage will lip with the aggressor and our superioiity might he lost in the first minutes of a surprise attack. A world, in which nuclear weapons are owned hy many nations and their use held hack only hy fear of retaliation, will he a world of fear, suspicion and inevitable, final explosion. It has been suggested that the United States, together with Brit ain and Canada, assume unilateral control over atomic power develop ment throughout the world. And. by force or threat, prevent all other nations from producing atomic bombs. Other nations will not willingly lose their sovereignty to those who maintain their own. In this way. such a policy will lead to an unending war more savage than the last. ONLY ONE COURSE LX FT I We cannot conceive of It lead ing to a stable peaceful world. Wr are convinced that we are left but one course of action. We must co operate with the rest of the world In the future development of atomic power and the use of (Continued on Parc 12) In the Times TODAY firt r*rt AmuMtnenti R|r*«rUl Review Auto* and Aviation ; 4 Bob Hope * IS Book fcbelf p—--»»■ Review *'Bujr» ' Baer . Ri-tonal Review Haas! AH 4 4-A Cro»«word Ruule 2 3 Dear Buddy 2 4 Dixon Tinorla Review Durltnf Plr'oria. Review Financial 2 A Garden* J 13 Helllnter Pictorial Review In th* Open 2 3 Mayfair 3 1 Movie Prognma a lj faranna Pr'orlal Review Radio s |B Ration Chart 3 13 Real EatatQ 4 1-J Robtnaoo piciwrtal Review Runyon Review Btjctety 3 ]« Marti 3 1.4 Winchefl « Rl' orlAl Review Wlahlng Well 3 IX Woaca 3 10-14 Java Rebels Open Guerilla Warfare Indonesian Natives Ordered to Attack BATAVIA. Oct, 13 (UP)—A proclamation calling for all-out; guerilla warfare in the Batavia area was issued today by the commander of the “Indonesian People's Army” and clashes be tween native forces and Dutch and Japanese troops threatened to flare into full warfare through out all Java. Japanese military police posted machine guns and tanks in Ba tavia and set up barricades, and roadblocks after sporadic but savage attacks, by the natives. “PLAN HOLY WAR* The Indonesians, seeking free dom from Dutch rule, were re ported to be taking over control of cities in central and western Java, arresting both Dutch offi cials and Japanese troops and preparing for a "holy war.’’ (The Dutch new* agency Aneta reported that Indonesian military headquarters had de clared war on the Dutch, effec tive tonight, and had ordered the native population to resist with every weapon at their command.) Angkatan Mud a , Indonesian youth leader, was reported in Ba tavia to be gaming central power. ROl'T JAP G ARRISON In the big port of Soerabaja in eastern Java, all Dutch personnel were reported tc have been ar rested by the Indonesians. The Japanese garrison at Serapff was attacked by an armed mob Thurs day and forced tc withdraw after inflicting casualties. The nationalist movement also was reported gaining strength in Bali, the tiny Dutch-owned island! just east of java. ! M'Arthur to Speak | On Radio Monday NEW YORK. Oct. 13 (INS) Gen. Mae Arthur will discuss all phase" of the military occupation of Japan in a radio address to the American neoole at 6 p. m. Mon day (EST). The broadcast will be * carried on all four major American networks. Mexico Addressed For Ist Time by Pope VATICAN CITY. Oct. 13 (UPI Pope Pius addressed the Mexi can people directly for the first time last night, telling them that the conditions of the Catholic church had improved notably in their country. Court Puts Off Hearing On Status of Barmaids The fata of Michigan barmaids rested with the court 3 Saturday. Circuit Judge John V. Brennan agreed to delay a hearing on the validity of an act of the 1945 Leg islature prohibiting woman bar tenders. Assistant Atty. Gen. Ben Cole and Ralph Moor*- the latter rep resenting several barmaids, mutu ally requested the delay in order to complete preparation o i brief a., FINAL Lovers' Lane Near Pontiac Slaying Scene 3 Detroiters Discover Victim in Underbrush, Head Nearly Severed By RAY GIRARDIN Tlmms Stiff C«rrtapoadei>t PONTIAC, -Oct. 13—Viciously stabbed and with her head nearly severed by hatchet blows, the body of an unidentified woman was found today beside a “lovers* lane,” 15 miles northwest of Pon tiac. The body was discovered by three mushroom pickers irom De troit at 12:45 p. m. in a spot densely covered with underbrush one-quarter mile from Ormond road. Deputy sheriffs George Beard and Delos Anderson said the woman's neck had been hacked with a hatchet and that she had been stabbed at least six times in the stomach and right temple. Beard and Anderson said that she also appeared to have been shot, because 14 marks on her body and sue on her face were about the srce of bird shot. HACKED WITH HATCHET The officers estimated she had .been dead two days. They speculated that she had been stabbed in an automobile and that the killer, after dragging the body into the brush, had feared she wa* still alive and attempted to hack off her head with a hatchet. Apparently, officers said, the slayer was not familiar with the territory, for by dragging the body another 25 feet he could have placed it in a marsh where ft might never have been found. The woman, who was lying on her back and whose clothes were covered with blood, is 5 feet 7 inches tall. She weighed 140 pounds. She has brown bobbed hair and blue eyes. DETROITERS FIND BODY She wore a brown mohair Sut ton Park coat, a black skirt and a blouse with * a black patent leather belt. Her size six brown moccasin shoes bore a label from the J. L. Hudson Co. in Detroit. The woman wore no rings or other jewelry'. The Detroiters who found the body are Fred K. Owalchuk, 60, of 13136 Deouindre, Sonia Mas ters, 26, of 84j2 Herman Garden* and the latter’s mother, Alex andria Savin sky, 57, of 2039 Deenng. Officers were unable to find any purse and the only marks around the body were those, of her own heels. She had apparently been dragged by some one holding her under the arms. FINDERS QUESTIONED The body was removed to the morgue in Pontiac General Hos pital. where an autopsy will ba conducted Sunday by Dr. Bert Stoffer. pathologist of Receiving Hospital. Detroit. Dr. Leon Cobb, Pontiac coroner, called Dr. Stoffer into the case. The three Detroiters w-ho found the body were taken to the of fices of Oakland County Prose cutor Donald C. toggle for ques tioning. Heading the investigation is Oakland County Sheriff E. K. Thomas. Detroit police say they have no person answering this descrip tion among their list of missing persons. Army to Sell Tires NEW YORK. Oct. 13 (INS) More than 250,000 new tractor and truck tires of military mud and snow design, just declared surplus by the army, soon will he made available to states and their political subdivisions. Time for the hearing will he set Within 30 days.\ The 1945 act permits only male bartenders or wives or daughters of licensee?. Moore previously obtained an injunction delaying enforcement of the 1945 law pending disposi tion of the ease now be|pre Judge Brennan. WAN UfATT USSR* AW RRfruTS th* itbvrai totnlnt plloaa of IMuitrlil Rtuoaxi Bank. latmrWa te-l'H. — ae*