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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Settlement of Oil Workers' Pay May Set Reconversion Pattern; Ease Curbs on Consumer Credit Rflrnwd by Western Newspaper Union (EDITOm a NOTE: Wkee epislees sre ?>pressed Is Ifcese ??Imm. tSty ass Ueee el Westers Newspaper UsJes's sews analysts sod set necessarily ef tMs newspaper.) Their imi taken away, Jap naval (bore patrolmen walk atreeta with wooden eta Tea to maintain order among diaarmed aailora In Tokyo. LABOR: U. S. Acta Acting energetically, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach took the all-important oil workers' wage dispute virtually in his own hands by trsnsferring negotiations to Washington, D. C., in an effort to effect a settlement that was ex pected to set a pattern for the re conversion period. With the Oil Workers' union de mand for a 30 per cent wage in crease embodying the program of other powerful CIO organizations, and with the oil companies' offer of a IS per cent boost representing the usual compromise, Anal disposi tion of the case would go far to ward determining the amount of "take-home" pay for employees during the ensuing months. Schwellenbach's decision to shift the parley to Washington, D. C., from Chicago, 111., followed upon an early deadlock in the bargaining over the union's insistence that the dispute be settled on an industry wide basis and the companies' stand that contracts should be signed by individual nlants. Meanwhile, over 1,900,000 persona were affected by the strike of AFL elevator operators and building service employees in New York, with business losses running over 91,000,000 a day and production of winter and summer garments vir tually stopped. Balking at a war labor board award of $28.06 for a 44 hour week, the union asked $30.19 for a 40 hour week. JAPAN: Historic Precedent September 27, 1949, went down in history as the red-letter day on which a Japanese emperor, unbend ing himself in defeat, made a per sonal call upon a victorious U. S. commander to break all precedent. God to his people, small, wiry Hirohito, in formal morning clothes and high silk top hat, was very much man to Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, who, steeped in occupation al duties, met him in informal mili tary attire and without a tie. Motoring to the American embas sy in Tokyo for the visit, Hirohito made his call Just as Mac Arthur set about shaping plans for the re-edu cation of the Japanese people and stripping Nippon of all its war-mak ing potentialities by an economic reformation. In recasting the Japanese mind, MacArthur chose to pursue the present policy of working through native personnel. Japanese press. radio, movies, government Informa tion bureaus, schools and various so cial groups would be used as me diums for the dissemination of democratic principles and ideals for world co-operation. In Japan's economic reformation, the U. S. will strive for the eradica tion of all potential war industry, confining the Nipponese merely to civilian production. At the same time, efforts will be made to break up the business monopoly of the four great housas of Mlteibuahl, Mitsui, Yusada, and Sumitomo, and pro mote widespread ownership and trade. Organization of labor and agricultural organizations also will be encouraged. Meanwhile, Japanese economic experts called for a resumption of trade with the U. S. to speed Nip pon's postwar recovery and stave off Impending privation. In return for American cotton, wool, salt, oil, iron, sugar and leather the Japa nese proposed exports of silk, gold porcelain ware and lacquer goods. TIRES: Demand Mounts I While the production of new auto mobile tires is making fair prog ress, prospects for the elimination it tire rationing k> the near future are not promising, according to the Na tional Automobile Dealers associa tion. Although the tire industry is plan ning on the production of approzi mataly IS million tires flail October atf the end of the year, some will be reserved tor as* cars CREDIT: Ease Controls In a move hit by OPA because of inflationary possibilities, but rapped by finance companies because of Its restricted scope, the government removed all credit controls over building renovation and eased reg ulations on loans for services or non-essential purchases. Remaining unchanged in view of popular demand and limited supply was the 12 month credit repayment for washing machines, vacuum cleaners, bed linen, mattresses, boats, watches, pameras, automo biles, pianos and furniture. Though OPA resisted the re stricted easing of credit regulations for fear of a scaling of prices up ward in face of heavy buying, cer tain financing groups declared that continuing restrictions placed low income classes at a disadvantage and price control and rationing as sured market stabilization. ARGENTINA: Buck Change Problem center of South America, Argentina was under another state of siege as the gov ernment of Pre*. Edelmiro Farrell, controlled by Col. Juan Peron, round ed up economic, political and labor leader* following an ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Dresent regime. c*~i r.~ " I" emending mili tary rule and sus pending constitutional guarantees of speech, press and assembly, the gov ernment declared that it was forced to move to stem "a growing cam paign aimed at alteration of the (existing) order and conducted by the oligarchy (powerful interests) . . . " Liberty would be restored when the various groups would know how to use it, Parrell added. The abortive revolutionary at tempt by two top Argentine generals followed close upon the heels of widespread demonstrations of demo cratic elements against the pro-mil itary Farrell-Peron regime, main taining the present economic and so cial setup in the face of persistant demands tor its liberalisation. JOBLESS BENEFITS: Shelve Bill Declaring that the current wave at strikes has confused the question of whether a real need exists for the lengthening at unemployment compensation payments up to SB weeks, the powerful bouse ways and means committee held up a senate bill providing federal aid tor exten sion of benefits. By its action, the house group dealt a body blow to President Tru man's program for Jobless aid, since the senate in passing a modified bill previously had refused to boost un employment compensation up to a maximum at (39 weekly. The sen ate measure would have permitted the federal government to advance sufficient sums to the states to spread Jobless payments over M weeks. House committee rejection of the bill stirred labor's wrath, All- Pres. William Green accusing the con gressmen at "callous disregard of human needs," and CIO Chieftain Philip Murray calling upon the CIO and its Political Action committee for an all-out drive to "secure re versal of this shameful act." ARMY SEEKS MISSING Army "search teams" are combing the battlefields of Eu rope and the Pacific for person nel now listed as missing. Ann sitting of five soldiers, one of whom speaks the language of the locality, search teams are assigned a certain area of ap proximately one and one-half square mDas. Information on missing personnel is consoii istfifi to speed ikve Hgolion OIL: U. S.-British Pact Virtual monopolist* in oil, ths V. 8. and Britain cam* to an under standing for the orderly develop ment of petroleum trade in the post war world in a pact fashioned in London by Secretary of the Interior Ickes and British officials and sub ject to senate ratification. Removing vigorous opposition to any control over domestic produc tion as envisaged in a previous agreement later repudiated by the U. S., the new pact only provides for advisory regulation of American and British operations overseas. Both countries have extensive oil holdings in foreign lands, notably in the middle east, where deposits are reportedly as great as in the U. S. In drawing up the agreement, Ickes and British Fuel Administra tor Shinwell provided for mutual re spect of all concessions and rights obtained by either country, and also pledged non-interference with oper ations. MEAT: li a more /ivauaoie Because of the seasonal increase in the marketings of range fed. cat tle, OPA removeiT^point require ments for lower grades of beef, veal and lamb through most of October, and also made hamburger, lamb and veal patties, short ribs and brisket of beef, breast and flank of lamb and shank of veal ration-free. In addition, points were lifted from such low-grade meat products as sausage, frankfurters,-Jistcheon variety and canned meats. In contrast, however, the contin ued tight supply of hogs and fin ished cattle necessitated the reten tion of current point values on pork cuts, bacon and other cured meats, and choice selections of beef, veal and lamb. Though fats and oils were kept on the rationing list, point removal on cheaper meat will fur nish additional stamps for these items. Henry II Takes Over To husky, 28-year-old Henry Ford II, who in college displayed more of a pen chant for sociology than engineering, went the presidency of the huge Ford Motor company, following the retirement of his famed'grandfather from active service with the firm. Upon assuming his post, Henry the II declared his ambition was to return Ford to leadership in soles again, the company having trailed Chevrolet throughout most of the decode preceding the war. On his toes, young Ford hod shown the new 1946 model last July, only two days after gov ernment authorisation for resuming civil ian production, and the firm was well off to postwar outpttl when impeded by strikes. Retiring at 82 after having resumed the presidency of his famed company in June of 1943 upon Im death of his son, hotel. Ford declared that he would devote moil of hit energies to hit outside interests, chief of which have heen utilisation of farm products in industry. EUROPE: Occupation Problem In war or in peace, old General Patton, with a mind of his own con tinued to make news, the latest ocasion being his clash with Gen eral Elsenhower over the use of competent former Nazi civil serv ants for a restoration of German economy to head off threatened chafes .this winter. Besides bdbf asked far an imme diate report on the number of for mer Nazis still holding office in 3rd army territory, Patton also was di rected to give Eisenhower a per sonal accounting of his control over the Bavarian region, for a hard peace, Eisenhower favors a ruth less denazification of Germany's political, educational and economic life, and an early establishment of a Reich living standard no higher than surrounding countries' Though the first to be called on the carpet. Pattern's attitude is known to be shared by other U. S. officers seeking to avert starva tion, frost suffering and epidemics this winter in the shattered nation. FAR EAST: Native Uprising Even as Chinese and British forces took over Indo-China, native Anna mi tee rose in rebellion at the prospect of a return at Enoch rule, terrorizing the European population of the state, which normaUv escorts much tic*, rubber, high-grade coal, ?pica* and tin. Frenchmen vera the principal tar gets of ha tire wrath, since many, under protection of Chinese and British guns, haea displaced Anna mites holding public offices prelimi nary to re-establishment of French colonial rule. Strangely enough, the Japanese, who promised Indo - Chinese Inde pendence during their military oc cupation of the country and still re main in force prior to their com plete demobilization, have been called upon to help assist under manned Allied units re-establish peace. GOOD NEIGHBOR: Aids Health Remote, disease-plagued regions of the Amazon systems of Peru and Bolivia have been equipped by mod ern health measures to progress in human welfare. The menace of malaria and other tropical diseases has been consid erably lessened in the two countries by inauguration of hospitals and medical services by the O. & and Institute of IntirAmertcan??ffair? - Most Thrilling Exploit of War Wins High Honor Lone Yank Officer Repulses Tank Attack Led by 250 Germans. WASHINGTON.?A young officer who manned a machine gun atop a blazing abandoned tank destroyer and beat back a tank led assault by 250 Germans has been awarded the nation's top decoration. He is First Lt. Audie L. Murphy, 21, of Farmersville, Texas, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor near Holtzwihr, France, last Janu ary 26. He was still a second lieu tenant and new to the command of his company in the third infantry division, says the Chicago Tribune. The citation accompanying the medal, which was to be given to Murphy in Europe, credited him with Idlling or wounding 50 of the Germans with machine gun fire and with directing artillery fire earlier in the fighting which killed "many" more. Some of Murphy's buddies estimated that he accounted for 100 Nazis in the hour-long battle. Swept From Woods. Murphy was in front of his com pany when the two German infan try companies, paced by six heavy tanks, swept from a woods. He or dered his men to fall back to pre pared positions while he stayed at his advance post to call <or artillery, fire to smash the Germans in the open. He was alone except for a tree and the tank destroyer about 10 yards to his right. First Lt. Walter W. Weispfennig, an artillery officer of Fredonia, N. D., who witnessed the action, said later the artillery fire that Murphy directed "had a deadly effect." "I saw Germans disappearing in clouds of dirt and snow," he related. Then a German 88 mm. shell crashed into the tank destroyer and its crew bailed out, falling back to I join the remainder of the company. Smoke and flames spurted from the destroyer. The German tank crews swung wide around it, fearing that its gasoline and ammunition would blow up. wiui me uerman infantry only 100 yards away, Murphy dashed over to the destroyer, climbed into the tur ret, and began blasting the Nazis with its .50 caliber machine gun. Weispfennig called It the "bravest thing I've ever seen a man do in combat," adding: Exposed to Foe's Fire. "He was completely exposed to the enemy fire and there was a blaze under him that threatened to blow the destroyer to bits. Machine gun, machine pistol, and 88 shellflre was all around him. "Twice the tank destroyer was hit by direct shellflre and Lieutenant Murphy was engulfed in smoke and flame. His clothing was riddled by flying fragments of shells and bits of rocks. I saw that his trouser leg was soaked with blood." Twelve Germans tried to sneak up along a ditch and flank him but he swung the machine gun and killed all of them at a 50-yard range. The Nazi infantry was stalled. Without the infantry the enemy tanks couldn't advance and the whole at tack collapsed. Murphy dropped wearily off the (Mtroyer, an his ammunition gone, and limped back to his company. Refusing treatment, he reorganized his company and led it in an attack that routed the Germans, * Murphy, a native of Farmersville, joined the army on his 18th birth day and fought throughout the Af | rican, Sicilian, Italian and French campaigns. He 'has been wounded three times and wears the Purple Heart with two clusters. United States U-Boats Sank 1.256 Jan Shins WASHINGTON. ? U. *S. sub marine* operating in tar Eastern waters in the last three months of the war sank 60 enemy vessels, the navy announced recently, bringing to 1,256 the number erf Japanese ships sunk by American undersea* craft in the war. None of the sinkings in the last three months had been announced previously. The figures were com piled from reports of submarines after their return from Pacific action. The latest bag included 10 Jap anese warships and 60 n on combat ant ships. The warships sunk were two Jap anese submarines, one mine-layer, two minesweepers, two large sub chasers, eight special sub-chasers, four coastal defense frigates, and one torpedo boat 'Jobs for All' Goal Seen In 150 Billion Income WASHINGTON.? Treasury Secre tary Vinson told congress that a national income of 150 billion dollars will be needed to provide Jobs for all who are willing and able to work. To assure employment for 60 mil lion people, purchasing power must be increased enough to boost con sumption 50 per cent and to expand construction and Investment by 100 per cent over prewar levels, Vinson said in a statement for the senate banking committee. Vinson endorsed the so-called "full employment" bill, which the com mittee is considering, bat cautioned that "ultimate reliance for Jobs most sense from an expansion of private 6i!? siiigiHr n and Isi ?*imnils." Gets Sweet Revenge; Bass Hooks Angler SPOKANE, WASH. ? County Assessor Don H. Thompson was hooked by a fish. Thompson related that he hooked a two-pound bass, and suddenly he found the situation reversed and the bass had him hooked. The fish bit his thumb, sinking the hook in so deeply that a doctor had to remove it. Will Be Rewarded For Her Kindness To Get Estate of Soldier She Befriended. TUCSON, ARIZ.?A query from a Wisconsin newspaper brought to Mrs. Scott Marie Dyer the first word that a veteran of World War I she befriended 22 years ago at Chicago intended to remember her in his will. Word was brought to Mrs. Dyer by reporters as she sat outside her small home about eight miles from Tucson. The soldier, Capt. Victor S. Byrne, started the search by a message to the Wisconsin police ask ing assistance in locating the Dyer family. Chief of Police Harry Mueller of Fort Atkinson, Wis., said he had re ceived a telecrram from Pent n in ! Byrne of Los Angeles asking the whereabouts of Mrs. Dyer, a former resident of Fort Atkinson. The tele gram said: "I am very in and may not live many months. I wish to leave Marie Dyer my entire estate for her kind ness toward me when I was a poor discharged soldier in Chicago. Now, I am a very wealthy man." Mueller said that he had wired the information to Byrne and had re ceived a reply thanking him and saying that the sender of the mes sage planned to communicate with Mrs. Dyer soon. Mrs. Dyer, wife of an electrician, fUled in these details: The friendship started in Chicago in 1923 when Captain Byrne, unem ployed, met Mrs. Dyer and lived with the family "quite a while." "He always acted like one of us," she said. "For several months after he left, he kept in touch with the family by mail, but when he moved to his pres ent residence in California, the con tact was broken. "This is the first news we have had of him since that time." The Dyers moved to Arizona in 1941. Baby'* Face of Future la Fixed at Four Days CHICAGO. ? The facia^ outlines that a four-day-old baby will have when he grows up can be predicted, through X-ray studies of head growth at the University of Illinois college of dentistry. The X-rays have shown that the main proportions of the skeletal framework of the human head and , face present at birth remain virtual ly unchanged throughout life. In fact, if growth rates could be predicted, it Is possible that after an examination of such X-rays an artist could draw a fairly reliable sketch of the face of the future citizen at the age of 21. These studies of the bead bones are i made under the direction of Dr. Al lan Brodie, dean of the college of dentistry and professor of orthodon tia. If the length of a four-year-old > baby's nose is 43 per cent of the distance from bridge of nose to tip j of chin, that nose length will still be 43 per cent at age 65 or at any other time. The size of bumps on a head at birth remain in the same proportion throughout the life, as do the many contours and positions of all of the features that are fixed by bones. Martin Designs Plane To Lower Airline Fares BALTIMORE, MD.?The Glenn L. Martin Aircraft company, for years almost exclusively a producer of larger type war planes, announced plans for mass production of a 30 in?ocukci , iwin-cagme commercial ?hip which "promises passenger fares lower than first class rail rates." A full scale "mock-up" of the plane was inspected by newsmen, who were told the mass production would begin immediately after the initial demonstration flight of the first completed plane, required by the civil aeronautics administration. The plane, designed for operations on main domestic trunk lines, is a low wing monoplane with a cruising speed of nearly 300 miles an hour. It is expected to be especially good for ranges of 230 to 700 miles, where larger four-engine transports cannot be operated economically. March of Dimes Polio Funds Up to $16,589,874 NEW YORK. ? Contributions to the IMS March of Dimes of the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis totaled 318,389,874, or more than 90 per cent above the 1944 total at 910,973,491, Basil O'Connor, president at the foundation, has an nounced. ~ i O'Connor said that as of August U, then were 3.383 cases of poliomyeli ti- thmuahrart ?k* sm?iIi ? f.issue.? CvUlpelvQ with8,008 for a like period Mat year. Return to Elegance Late Trend in Paris Theme Expressed by Rich Fabrics and Jewels. By CHERIE NICHOLAS In Paris collections it is apparent that there is a return to elegance in the fashion realm. It appears in endless ways, such as the greater number of evening gowns, some of them trailing. It is sensed also in the many sophisticated black after noon dresses which are adding an inch to an inch and a half to day time lengths. Hips are ofter accented by em broidery pieces. Corduroy is made up horizontally for the most part. The Spanish note is seen in short bo leros richly embroidered and worn with the afternoon gowns. There are many jet and passementerie embroideries. Fringe treatments, self-frayed from the fabric itself. ?re employed, especially in plaid woolens. Daytime emphasis is on woolly, often fleecy fabrics, a reaction to prospects of another heatless win ter. These wintry fabrics are inter esting in that they favor light colors such as gray, pale steel, putty and rose-beige. Small waistlines, round ed hips and drapes, accent on bust lines feminize the new silhouettes. There is considerable velvet and crepe used for afternoon wear, often richly jet embroidered. Dinner gowns are graceful and slim devel oped in black velvet with front decollete and short sleeves. Hand some failles and rich brocades such as oyster white satins brocaded with large flowers. Milliners turn to historical back grounds for inspiration such as re flects in the tiny tricomes of the Louis XV period. These are in vel vet or felt. Toques consisting for the most part of an enormous rose posed over one eye after the man ner of the roses worn in Fragonard paintings. Wide flat shapes are also endorsed, worn just showing the hair on the forehead. These are of fabric-draped felt and are in direct contrast to the beautifully draped imposing tall turbans shown, some of which are dramatically Jewel-em broidered. New Skirt Drape KMHHH . This Go the original takes the new front full skirt drape and artfully places it so as to slim the figure, with fullness flowing below a smooth torso-and hipline. The drape influ ence repeats at the neck, skillful ly handled to achieve a becomingly soft sweetheart line. This "little black dress" with its dramatic splash of flower color at the waist is designed for important occa sions. The hat by Chanda tunes per fectly to the costume mood. Fads and Fancies For the "new look" in suits and dresses, it's wing sleees, rounded shoulders and deep armholes that say it. The newest thing in fur accesso ries is detachable wide cuffs made En.- STTO Tur as tne hat. When I hands are brought together, the ?s form a muff. Being detach able, these cuffs can be worn with a suit, coat or dress. No longer will milady have to grope in the dark for the various belongings she carries in her hand bag. 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