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Sinclair Lewis’ Cass Timberlane Starts Today tea ______ MM MBM ■■■■■ «MM» JRS MM <»M M| MM MM MH| MMMMMMM MM| MMMM MM 818 JV BBB Estranged Husband Grilled RED LINE •Laval Executed Traitor Trios to End SJio PARIS, Oct 15 (INS)— Saved from a last-minute attempt at suicide, Pierre Laval wan executed for treason today against a prison wall where onetime Nazi con querors of France had put hundred* of Frenchmen to death. The former chief of ihr Vichy government, four time*'- j>r* micr of France In the course of his checkered political career, swal lowed poison when he w i« in formed that execution by a firing •quad would soon take place. HIDDEN IV COAT Laval told authorities he had the poison with him for a lone time, hidden in the fur lining of his overcoat. He went into a coma, hut was revived and walked, eyes un fcandagr-d to the execution post, j Laval turned t the «►!- "diorx assigned to disjiatch him and Mid: “I do not hold you responsible for this crlmr. “Long Live France." Just before the men took aim to end the fabulous career of the butcher's son fcho rose to the highest position in France, Laval said: "Fire at my heart!" Out of the 12 guns which faced him in the last minutes of his life, (Continued on fbigr 2. Col. 5) House lo ltco|H‘!i Atomic* Hearing WASHINGTON, Ort. 15 (INS) —Chairman May (Di of Ken tucky of the House military af fairs committee declared today that he is willing to reopen hear ings on atomic energy legislation.] The latest demand for a more thorough airing came from CIO president Philip Murray. Slayer, 16, Returned CHICAGO. Oct. 15 (IN’S) Donald Jay Cook, lb. who con fessed to the knife and bludgeon slaying of his pal. Morton Stein, 16. in the Stevens Hotel lavt May. has been returned to Chicago from New Orleans. THE WEATHER HOI ftl.T TEMPERS!! K»H 1a mM it I * ni II IB | ■ 41 1 • m. 1* « « m .12 11 « m. I*> 3 » m 3! 7 » m 33 12 iit>->n 4 V 3*m 33 Sam 32 Ipm 47 4am 34 » a m 38 Thf tun will m>i a* f> M n m today ami rUc tomorrow at f> 4 6 a m Thf m<xjn will rl«f at J O'* p m t< da» and aft tomorruw at 13 so a «. Hip, Hip, Halsey! FORECAST: Generally fair tonight and tomorrow. Cnotlnurd cold and fro«d tonight with lowest about 33. Warmer tomorrow afternoon. 2 Burn Alive In Oul-Counfy Auto Crash Two persons were burned alive at 3 a. m. today when the automobile in which they were traveling west on M-56 toward Hat Rock failed to negotiate a turn, plunged over a 10-foot embankment and after rolling end over end caught fire. Trooper Claude Bartell of the Fl it Rock state police post said one of the victims was tentatively identified as Henry V’asher, 25, of 1 1844 Weft road. Carlton. It was impassible to determine immedi ately wnether the second victim] was a man or woman, pending a cheek at the Wayne County Morgue, he said. Trooper Bartell said that after leaving the road, the car furrowed 100 feet in a ditch, coming to rest oi its top. Bartell believed the occupants were only stunned be fore the auto burst into flames. Ownership of the car w*as traced hy license plates to Stephen 1 Vasher. Henry’s father. The father) was unahle to tell authorities who was riding with his son. Rebels at Saigon In Peace Move SAIGON, Oct. 15 (UP)— Anna m*’se leaders said today that if the British would guarantee that no more French troops w*ould move into Indo-China they would withdraw- into the interior. The Annamese statement coin cided with the arrival of a French cruiser at Saigotv It carried ele-; ments of a French armored divi-j sion. French sources reported earlier that French paratroojjs had used mortars and armored cars to de stroy blocks of houses in Saigon occupied by the Annamese. 77,997,042 Japs Left TOKYO, Oct. 15 (INS)—The Japanese home ministry estimated Today that the Japanese popula tion stood at 77,997,042. I •sh s- CJy 'Mm OETHOTWftPrPMES Only Detroit Newspaper Carrying Both International News Service and Unxed Press 48th TEAR, Mw. 14 lh>ndlim> Is W ednesday: 3 Days Left to Register City Clerk Thomas C. Leadbetter today reminded voters that they have until Wednesday evening to reg ister for the Nov. 6 elections. He also explained that most returned servicemen who voted previously by absentee ballot must also register to be eligible. City Hall registration offices are open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m., while 18 neighborhood registration sites are open from noon until 8 p. m. C Detroit 31, Mich., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1945 Halsey ? s 3d Fleet i Returns SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15 I (INS)—Adm. Halsey will sail into San Francisco Bay today to launch an "invasion” of the homeland by thousands of jubilant returned fighting men. The fighting admiral, aboard his flagship, the South Dakota, will lead a parade of Third Fleet •battlewagons. cruisers, destroyers and submarines under the Golden Gate bridge. A tumultuous Wel lcome will greet the fleet, touching off a week of celebration. The South Dakota will anchor just inside the Golden Gate, where high-ranking authorities, state and civic officials will board her to review the other fleet contingents jthat will pass in parade. I Then the "invasion” will begin, a split-second landing operation of LCLs reminiscent of amphibious invasions during the war. LCIs, jammed with the thou sands of Third Fleet veterans bound for discharge and home, will put out from the fleet in six waves. The LCIs will carry the men to Oakland, where they will be put on seven special trains for their homes. Approximately 5.121 men will he discharged outside the Twelfth Naval District and some 2.500 will be discharged in San Francisco. Veteran sea fighters entering behind the South Dakota include the battleships Alabama, Colorado and Wisconsin; the aircraft car rier Hornet; the light cruiser Vicksburg; destroyers De Haven. Mansfield, Samuel N. Moore and Blue, and the submarines Bo cuna, Spot, Blackfi>h, Stickleback, Trcpang and Lizardfish. President Studies 'Cure' for Strikes WASHINGTON. Oct.'ls (INS) —President Truman took charge today of the administrations fflforts to develop a new recon version w age-price policy to- meet the wave of industrial unrest. The President scheduled a meet ing with VVLB members and also was expected to confer with Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach. Niagara Hotel Burns NIAGARA FALLS, Oct 15 (L’P)—Smoldering embers were all that remained today o{ Cata ract House after fm> destroyed the historic hotel yesterday. Senate Asked To Kill House Tax Measure ! WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UP) Secretary of the Treasury Vinson linked the ...mate finance commit tee today to discard the House approved tax reduction bill on grounds that it might cut taxes too low- in 1947. Vinson renewed his original re quest for a $5,000,000,000 reduc tion in taxes next year by repeal of the 3 per cent normal tax on individuals, elimination of the ex cess profits tax on corporations and lowering of excise taxes. TRIM PROFITS TAX The House bill would cut tax rrvenue about $5,350,000,000 in 1946. but would trim the excess profits tax from 9d to 60 per cent for next year and ehminate it m 19-17. It also provides relief for * profits reduction and cuts income surtax rates. Vinson told the Senate commit tee that the House bill granted reductions "reasonably close” to the $5,000,000,000 ho requested. TOO GREAT A CUT "But without further congres sional action," he said, "the pro visions of the House bill would operate to grant reductions of more than $7,000,000,000 for the calendar year 1917. "It would write into law about S2,OOn.(M>n,WM» of tax reductions over and above the $.1,004),000,- 04»0 reductions applicable in 19141. "I believe that we should not today prejudge to this extent the tax needs of 1917." Japs Make Drastic : Wage Scale Revision TOKYO, Oct. 15 (INS) The Japanese welfare ministry an nounc'd today that a drastic wage .scale revision will lie forthcoming )snon in compliance with a direc tive by General MacArthur. The plan is expected to provide' a living wage for the lowliest worker for the first time in Japan ese history. ! OI*A S<»|« Oiling On Aviation <*;is WASHINGTON. Oct. 15 <UP) If the man at the pump sells you I aviation gasoline for your car, he lean t charge you more than the ceiling price on premium gas. ! That’s been the case all along, but the OPA made it emphatic to day when it wrote the provision into its gasoline regulations for the first time. In the Times TODAY r«c» Brtirr 11-alth |] H.iS 9 "Hura Rm, 13 CHUlllln 31 ( omit# 34 2S ( r,»«word Puult 24 l*i ton 13 iMirllnf 13 I: tutorial 12 fraturr 13 ttnanrUl 20 Mali*'# ( irtoon 24 Honor Roll 21 Irltrrt lo I ditto 12 Mallot, 12 Mart Haworth 13 Mntlt Rmjrimi 9 nUtnrn 4 Par# Patlrrn 9 Kidto Prorrama 24 Ration Chart 9 Kt-ilft 23 Ranton 13 noclrtl 9 SoVihkj 12 hr*«rts 19. 19 htatr, 4rrrrn 9 Wtfr,n,' 13 V, ra Rr..« n 29 Man! Art* 21. 22 23 V nrhrll 13 W ivhlnr Mr|| 24 H hal t t hr An«9>-r' |2 W irniwi Par* • 5 Cents VICTIM'S HUSBAND & V j . S X S■* • ‘ - .4(C) r Timet Photo Louis Veto Thompson, 47, at his place of business at 139(H) Hamilton, Highland Park, just before he was taken to the Highland Park police station for ques tioning in the brutal Oakland County hatchet murder of his wife Lydia. He denied any knowledge of the crime and said M had last seen Mrs. Thompson Thursday. Sen Vandenberg Near Top in GOP Survey CHICAGO. Oct. 15 (UPI John W. Bricker, former Rover nor of Ohio and vice presidential can didate in 1911. heads a list of five party leaders in prestige, a “grass roots” survey of Republican lead ers has disclosed. Close behind Bricker was Sen ator Arthur 11. Vandenbeig of Michigan who gained more pres tige in the last two years than any other leader, the survey said. 4 Detroiters Hurt In Ann Arbor Crash AN*N ARBOR. Oct. 15-Four Detroiters were injured near here when a car dn\ en hy James Evans 17. of 5715 Rivard. Detroit, skidded while attempting to avoid a head-on collision and crashed into a pole. i “OUR TIMES" Uera srown S NEW COLUMN Last Page Every Day l.inor Hits Aline, .*» Mi .laps Lost FUKUOKA. Japan, Oct. 15 (INS)—The Domei new*s agency 'said today that 546 passengers Were reported lost when the 800- ton steamship Tama Mara struck a mine off Katsuomoto on Iki Island. Yesterday, the Kajo Mara hit a mine and sank with a loss of 300 lives. Practice Shot Kills Woman in Building A warrant charging manslaugh ter will be asked against Archie Bragg. 54. of 29-19 Brooklyn, who while target shooting during a Livingston county lake outing killed a Detroit woman, state po lice said today. The victim was Mrs. Lillian Lakkohen, 44. of 4008 Duane. State police said she was shot near Lake Monahan while she was in an outbuilding yesterday. State police of the Brighton Search Home For New Clue The black and white spiked golf shoes of Louis Veto Thompson, husband of slain Mrs. Lydia Thompson, were sent to a police laboratory for analysis this afternoon after what appeared to be a brown lock of hair was found around one spike on the right shoe. Brownish spots on the shoes and on the spikes were to be examined. Bv RAY GIRARDIN The victim of Oakland County’s vicious hatchet murder was identified today as Mrs. Lydia Tjftomp son, 47-year-old Russian-born Highland Park laundry owner who, with her husband, own a palatial summer mansion at Orchard Lake. Friends from Detroit identified Mrs. Thompson 48 hours after her body was found in an isolated spot sur rounded by dense underbrush 18 miles northwest of Pontiac in Springfield Township. The estranged husband, Louis Veto Thompson, 47, was taken into custody for questioning at the Carson Buick Co., 13900 Hamilton, Highland Park, where he is a Shattered Romance Revealed The story of a World War I romance and years of marital de votion that ended in nagging jealousy, a thwarted desire for divorce and separation unfolded .today as officers delved into the murder of Mrs. Lydia Thompson. 46, Russian-born Highland Park laundry operator. Mrs. Thompson was the wife of Louis V. Thompson, auto salesman and dealer whom she married in Constantinople 22 years ago when he was serving in the British army. They came to the United States and established the tiny laundry business at 13921 Hamilton, High land Park. LIVED BEHIND LAUNDRY Together they sweated over ; steamy laundry, doing much of the work themselves in the beginning and living in one room behind the laundry proper. Together they earned and saved, for the business prospered. Then Thompson entered the automobile business in partner (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) Agreement With Reds Envisaged by Chiang Generalissimo Chaing Kai-shek Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek told correspondents today that, his .postwar political program envis ages a complete settlement with China’s communist party and the of Manchuria and perhaps outer Mongolia into the Chinese republic. Churchill 111 LONDON, Oct. 15 (INS)—Of ficial circles revealed today that Winston Churchill will be pre vented by illness from opening de bate on British housing in Com mons Wednesday. Churchill was said to be suffering from a sore throat. post said that Bragg and a friend were picking mushrooms when Bragg fired his .22 caliber rifle at a knothole in the building. The bullet hit the woman in the hack. Bragg was arrested and taken to the Livingston county jail in Howell. Bragg and Mrs. Lakkonen are members of the Upper Peninsula club which was holding an outing at the lake. The club is composed of persons from the upper pen insula who now live in Detroit, j A co-owner. Thompson, who married the vic tim 23 years ago in Constantin nople, appeared to be deeply shocked when Highland Park po lice took him into custody after informing him his wife hbw* murdered. “My God,** he said, “You mean ... that woman out in Pontiac. I don't know what to »ay.” DENIE S KNOWLEDGE Replying to a barrage of ques tions from Oakland county depu ties George Bearden and Delos Anderson, Thompson stoutly de nied any knowledge of the crime. Hesaid he had last seen his wife Thursday but he was vague as to the time. Apparently the last persons to see Mrs. Thompson alive were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Coco, of 46 Au bumdale, who along with Mr. and Mrs. August Nifa, of 13322 Thomp son, went to Pontiac this morn ing and made the identification. ACTED ON HUNCH Mrs. Coco told officers she saw Mrs. Thompson last Thursday at 5:30 p. m. when the latter came to collect some laundry. She said she became alarmed when she was unable to reach Mrs. Thompson on the phone yesterday and de cided to go to the morgue in Pon tiac on the hunch the victim was Mrs. Thompson. While Highland Park police were questioning Thompson, de tectives went to his garage and removed two automobiles for ex pert inspection. Object of a widespread search by Highland Park. Detroit and Oakland county police is Mrs. Thompson's own car, a blue-grey two-door Buick sedan with the license number MT 2222. VISIT LAKE HOME Although the main part of the probe into the death shifted tem porarily t o Detroit, Oakland county sheriff E. K. Thomas and aides went to the Orchard Lake home. The house, at 3751 East Shore drive, is set in the middle of a five acre tract and nearby is a 20 by 40 foot swimming pool. On the first floor is a lavishly stocked circular bar. Orchard Park police told Thomas that Mrs. Thompson had been seen working around the house several times this summer but they couldn't recall having seen her recently. WEEK'S NEWSPAPERS There was a week’s accumula tion of newspapers in the mail box and the doors were locked. To gain entrance the officers had to force a window. There is also a kennel contain ing four mongrel dogs. The ani mak are fat and sleek, indicating some one must have visited the estate during the past few days to feed them, v At Mrs. Thompson's laundry, 13921 Hamilton, an employe, Hat tie Stubbs, said the last time she saw the proprietor was a week ago last Tuesday. Mrs. Stubbs told officer* that (Continued on Page 2, C«L 4)