San Antonio Light (Newspaper) - December 14, 1945, San Antonio, Texas SERVED Member of the Associated Press A Constructive Force iri trie Community VOL. 329. Published by The Light Publishing Antonio 6, Texas DECEMBER 14, 1945. FORTY-SIX PRICE FIVE Entire U.S. Army to Be Air-Borne By LEE VAN ATTA 1. N. Staff STOUT Dec. entire U. S. army will be carried by air within five Gen. Paul chief of the Troop Carrier re- this He said plans are underway In the war department and the army air forces to make every piece of ment and every capable ot being hurled Into combat on an notice in big new air trans- REASONS CITED Williams said the decision was based on lessons learned In on recommendations of General MacArthur and on the advent of the atom Williams arc confident that nothing can live on Hie sea in any war the future might and we aren't even cerlain everything wiil he able to live In the But we believe air-borne troops have the best chance and sve are positive they arc the most effective means of swift national should we face an Williams said the air-borne plan Is set to He dis- closed he had recently ended a series of Washington conferences with General Stilwell and ranking ground commanders to de- cide the best of lining land forces for MOST MOBILE ARMY He predicted that development of the air-borne plan would make the U. S. regardless of the mobile the Return of the 82nd Airborne sion from Germany will signalize the beginning of large-scale troop carrier maneuvers in South Williams His command projected increasing emphasis on parachute and glider A peacetime complement of four troop carrier groups totalling more than 250 large transports has been tentatively This figure does not include numerous other groups engaged In occupational in the Pacific and Principal purpose of the plan Williams pointed Is to make all types of combat equipment whether trucks or heavy con- struction transportable by Butter Held Off Market Dec. Tlie agriculture department said today it is from the civilian market pounds o government butter until needs 01 tlie military services are determined Tills butter is a part of more than the army over several weeks ago for sale to civilian Officials said prospects of a con short supply of butte through 1946 led the military serv ices to ask that the pounds be Window GLENS N. Dec. B. who literally tossed out the was anxiously looking for it Hillis reported the cash was ii his which he heaved a window of his burning home Wednesday when lire swept th house and adjacent salvage yard a an estimated loss of Ocean Test For Atom Set Dec. The atomic bomb Is expected to ge Its ocean test In a remote corner o the Pacific sometime next spring Although a White House an that President Truma himself suggested the joint navy test against warships Indicate desire for early those in position to know say the prepara may require as much as flv In addition to selecting and pre paring target it will be nee essary to assemble an array of pre Instruments and scientists I work with army and navy on the test. Cold to Lift Slowly The cold front that Brought lower to San Antonio has loved on as but a ral slowing up in the movement f pressure distribution is ig the cold Forecaster J. H. arboe said Some clearing nd slowly rising temperatures may expected he Northerly winds and a blanket of louds would hold temperatures own and in a narrow range jarboe the expected mum to be only 46 ay's low will be a little above it was Snow Covers Much of U.S. By the Snow covered a wide section of ae nation freezing rains hilled parts of the South and ng temperatures in the Midwest made the winter setting in that 3gion more The best in the land was In some of the Gulf Snow to a depth of from 3 to extended from eastern raska and eastern Kansas to the Ohio The snow storm moved eastward from the upper valley into the north Atlantic states and headed for New England after heavy falls ut the Midwest area In the last 43 Federal forecasters in Chicago aid the temperatures in Fort were around the 4o below mark Friday and said a new mass of old air was moving into the Mid- jest from Central from 25 to 30 be ow zero in Minnesota and eastern Dakotas were forecast over the while sub-zero readings predicted for most of the Mid- Temperatures of zero were in western Iowa 3 bove at 12 above at as and near the zero mark at Minn. Snow Falls In North Texas By Associated Light and temperatures ow freezing in the northwestern the state made up winter weather While temperatures in this Ion ranged from 16 at Pampa to 11 in Dallas and Fort the middle part of the state warmed a the middle 30s and 40s following his week's cold Southern Including the Hlo Grande held to lows of 40 and 50 Light snow fell In Fort Worth Big Spring Wink and Lubbock last night or this the weather bureau The valley and gulf coast had light general Other temperatures below ing were reported from with a low of 17; 19 24; Guadalupe 26 Wichita 28; Big Spring and El 30. More Troops Land in Java Dec. A British spokesman said today tw companies of Gurkhas and a battal ion of the British sixth air-born division hud arrived in Java t augment the military force engage In restoring Dr. Hubertus J. Van actin governor general of the Dutch Eas today rejected suggestions that the dispute' ove Indonesian demands for dence be referred United Na tions Army Releases Scarce Items Dec. The war department advised sen ators today it is releasing Imme more than wort of scarce civilian Tlie war investigating was given a list of items valued a and an aide said tha another worth also 1 being although a tabula tion of items Is not yet Murder Charged In Jap Cruelties By the The first five Japs to be brought to justice In their homeland for prison brutalities were charged by S. Eighth army Friday with the murder of eight Allied An American military commission which will conduct the trials meets i- Monday In The defend ants among 300 charged with wa may be arraigned at tha There still was no date set fo on Hideko ToJ wartime premier and other Slaughter 6 Million lews Told Dec. European Jews were slaughtered in the Nazi aign of said nan secret police estimates placed oday before the international ary tribunal trying 21 of Hitler's op leaders for war American prosecutors filed an by Dr. man to defendant Kaltenbrunner In the secret iving the The affidavit Jews had been killed in the various extermination camps while an additional met death in other the major part of which were shot by squads of security police during the against attributed his figure to dolf chief n the secret He said nan confessed it to him in in expressing the conviction fiat he would have to pay for of Jewish lives on his con- TOO SAYS HIMMLER Gestapo Chief Himmler thought total was too Thousands were killed when SS roops wiped out the Warsaw ghetto i a. 29-day massacre in 1943. Details of the mass murder were ead from reports of the SS police hief of the who wrote he troops destroy the en- Ire Jewish residential area by ing every block on CHIEF BOASTS The reports showed the SS chief the annihilation campaign rom April 17 to May 16, 1043, and hat he boasted he had killed 7000 ews in 5000 to 6000 by ex- and fires and collected others extermination n camps can be cost the Germans was 15 No attempt by Allied officials to an account of the mass has equaled the shocking of the SS reports Hirohito Goes Dec. ap emperor made what the metro- press hailed democratic Hirohito talked with commoners the first The emperor and empress walking In the palace grounds when encountered 50 farmers and their wives who had come from the country for a few days of voluntary Work cleaning up Hirohito talked with the thanked and gifts of eggs and rice cakes The royal couple responded with gifts of sweet Cruel Hoaxers Blamed Dec. Ransom believed by to have been designed by cruel hoaxers or a ranged today from to for the return of kidnaped Ronald son of a navy As the baby's Mr. and Mrs. James J. began sixteenth day of tors appeared to be up against a blank wall with few tangible clues Flu Gases Reported On Increase Although a sharp increase in the number of influenza cases was re- the city health ment for figures are comparatively few and fail to re- flect the true it was re- Dr. R. L. head of the communicable disease section oi the health explained there are many cases between flu and and many flu cases go He urged that doctors re- port all flu cases A total of 45 cases have re- ported this 13 of which have been since December 1. Of the 45 20 resulted in and oi the 13 in two were fatal It was predicted the coming Christmas season would intensity the flu situation but lic school authorities were looking for the holidays to ease the tion among school Mrs. M. C. supervising nurse for the San Antonio public admitted there is a greal deal of flu among both teachers and but with schools to be dismissed it was believed le situation would clear Texas Flu Dec. s reaching the epidemic stage in as with 7332 cases reported for he week ending December 8 as with 1138 for the ear Dr. George W. Cox tate health officer said In announcing this rise In Dr. Cox reminded that for one ase reported to the here at least is 10 unreported cases This means an estimated ases of influenza over the state S. A. Leads in Sales Gains Registering an 18 per cent gain 3an Antonio led the state's foui arge cities in department store ales for week ending December 8, the Associated reported from Dallas Friday Rank for Patton Urged Dec. Senator Wiley urged in a senate speech today that Presiden give General who lies cally injured in the rank of a lieutenant Wiley asserted a has been sniping at Patton the same crew that has been trying to defame General To honor Patton would these detainers that their attempt has not Wiles Forecast Cloudy and colder Friday after noon and night with occasional ligh rain Friday Saturday partly cloudy and continued mum temperature 46 de minimum 3' maximum 53. Five-day outlook for Texas northeast Texas and western Temperatures will aver age about 4 degrees below normal rather told beginning with slow rising trend Saturday and Sunday colder precipitation mod occurring mostly In middle o the weather data page 1-A Law Barkley May Quit Pearl Harbor Case Widening Delay Blamed American soldiers ure they tie German Anton in stake at in preparation for his execution by a squad following his con- by A chaplain reads the last This is a view of the execution showing general tied to a at with his head covered by a black hood as the firing squad at left readies for the end his General Dostler was convicted In October and to be shot for ordering the execution of 15 American soldiers captured behind German lines in Italy In 1944. T. Wealthy Oil Man Missing Help In locating Joe C. millionaire oil man from was sought of San Antonio police by George W. St. Anthony West reported to Police Capt. Fred that Adams was overdue at West's ranch near In Zavalla He expressed fear the who had on his had met with The wealthy oil man's mother Is ill In he Adams was described as being BO years five feet and eight or nine Incites and weighing from 180 to 100-pounds. U.S. to Tell of Policy in China Dec. General Marshall will leave .by plane at 8 a. m. C. S. T. for his special ment in Tlie new ambassador king called at the White House and Press Secretary Charles G. Boss said he spent 15 minutes with President Truman in well Ross said Marshall will take with him directive outlining American policy toward and that man a statement Sunday on which the directive Is be accompanied by both a and a state de- Given favorable big he expects to reach Chungking Chinese Agree to Negotiate of Britain's dock tied a score of ports with sn strike agreed today to negotiate with em- basis of a 19-shllllng dally wage rate ed by a The vote to negotiate overrode appeals of the National Port Defense committee to maintain the union's demand for 25 shillings Present pay averages 16 ings Allies to Study Dec. eral MacArthur ordered a Ing Inquiry today designed to bare full details of used by launch and expand her war of aggression the East. The Allied supreme commander issued a directive to the to submit full documentary details on six of the dating back as far as when Manchuria was in- Full Including lice was demanded on the army of 26 1036, and the 1940, plot to assassinate Premier Yonal household minister Dec. The Pearl Harbor investigation hit wo big snags today which ened Its First the entire legal staff of the probe committee asked to withdraw from the Then the committee's Senator Barkley said ha was thinking of resigning his post in tli e Both cited the widening scope of the investigation and the prospects of a salting as MAY FAIL S This pair of completely ed developments posed the of how the investigation would con- It has been planned to con- clude it by January 3, but D. chief counsel of the said there were at least CO more Months would be required to examine he Republican members of the com- sat in silence as their cratic colleagues discussed the lem without reaching any diate The legal staff offered to help any counsel tlie committee might but Mitchell said that he and his aides could not remain N longer than the early part of TRAGIC DEVELOPMENT Barkley called the staff's request to withdraw a development and said he had who might be willing to take over its The legal staff's move to retire from the investigation came Gearhart that the Inquiry be ened to include testimony from men who were on duty at Harbor at the time of tho He claimed this would de- real Mitchell said members of the staff had been working lights and Sundays for two and a wlf Asking Work Trius u American army Anthony Dl 10-year-old Italian stowaway had no passing as a GI on the returning troopship Vassar toy until he gave himself away with on colossal foB When the native ot Naples who boarded the ship at La approached an of- ficer and asked for to the officer began asking Tripped Di Ina said his ents had been killed and he had attached himself to the 34th division and later corps of the army of occupation in He turned over to immigration Masked Men Raid Headquarters group of masked reported to hava said they were determined to out this Hitler last night raided the Kingdom headquarters of the Legion of Christian and beat up the Some of the raiders were In naval according to Arthur who took the NO YULE EXECUTIONS Dec. stats pardons board will continue its usual Christmas policy of no no clemencies during the Elster Haile of the pardons board said Kimes Dies Hospital LITTLE Dec. 39, Oklahoma held by federal ties a. Texas bank died at a. at Baptist State hospital had been iri the hospital since December 1 when he was struck on a North Little RocK street by a poultry ending a three-month over state
