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FORECAST I 4 ^ ^ ^ Served By Leased Wire* I ummgtim fUnrnttta s>tar ^gyr. L-n^ — ___- - V0I, 78^—NO-191._____'_WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1945_ ESTABLISHED 186* Big Powers Await Vote Of Council SMALL nations talk Conference Weighs Veto Power; U. S. Hints Of Outcome Rv DOUGLAS B. CORNELL cux FRANCISCO, June 10.—</P> The Big Five counted their vot 7, control of a World Security r nncil clinched today. But first Li!- will be more small-nation ora ™,.v jn a United Nations confer enc'e committee. , The major power strategy was ]ct small-nation opponents talk ", they please about the Big Five demand for supreme authority to veto individually peace-enforce ment measures in the council of s neW United Nations league. When the speech-making rups , they will call for a decision. United States delegates said they had no doubt about the outcome. So did a Canadian who listened to two rounds of debate ticked off yesterday on an interpretation by Russia. Britain, China, France and the" United States of their veto privilege. The committee consul ting it meets again tomorrow afternoon to hear more discussion. Last night’s three-hour commit tte session produced no balloting. A delegate said it did turn up what amounted to a “personal feud” between Senator Tom Connally (D Texi and Foreign Minister Herbert V. Evatt of Australia. Connally, supported by British Adviser C. K. Webester, tried to get the committee to accept the Big Five interpretation immedi ately. Evatt objected. Ke was report ed to have called the interpretation "obsure, uncertain and inade quate." There were complaints that the great powers had failed to answer many questions put to them by lesse rcountries on how the veto would operate. Mamdouh Bey Riaz of Egypt was reported to have sided with Evatt. - vr The picture of the proceedings Was drawn in different words by the conference press office. It fated there had been “an eloquent appeal" for acceptance of the in terpretation in “the same spirit of unity" which had “animated” the Big Five. It said it was noted, on the other side, that delegates had a ‘‘uty to their people and to the future w o r 1 d organization to examine carefully the proposals laid before the committee and to make clear their exact implica tions." Since "this required more time,” the committee adjourned until to morrow. Once the veto problem is out of the way. the American delegation looks for small nations to shift their attack to methods of review ing and amending the world organ ization's charter. Some have start ed doing that already. Americans figure that any dele gations who haven’t put over their pet amendments may gang up be hind attempts to make it easy to review the charter in years to tfoniinuetl on Page Three; Col. 7) mmsATLAVAL REACHES BARCELONA LONDON, June 10.—(U.R>—A Unit ed Press dispatch from Barcelonia said today that Archtraitor Pierre L«val had attended field mass for ,re garrison at Montjuieb fortress where he is detained awaiting his rf,ui'n to France to face trial for Bis life Barcelona said that Laval’s de parture for France was believed Imminent but that the former col laborationist premier might remain '■ Montjuich for several days s 'aiting an order to garrison com manders from the Madrid govern meni for his return to France. Eaiier today the exchange tele * aPb beard the Paris radio re l0fl 'bat Laval had arrived at ordeaux from the Spanish border '"ere he was said to have been surrendered Saturday night. WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer today. es^rday’s temperatures: «ign. 90-Low. 69. 'Eastern Standard Time) . 4 (By T . s. Weather-bureau *MilieoIological data for the 24 hours 8 i :30 p.m., yesterday. Temperature 72: 7:30 am, 73; 1:30 pm, 87; 7-*° Pm. so. N*r^um 90; Minimum 69; Mean 80; t.,. Humidity Vn°,Lam* 7:30 am,‘82; 1:30 pm, 54; Pm, 74. * , . Precipitation I.Oo 24 hours ending 7:30 pm, the first of the month» (prom v iides For Today l' § Tide Tables published by °°st a:)d Geodetic Survey > 1V)1!T i«p. Hi*Ii % Low 8 ’n -. 10:46a 5:35a Ma,f„,hrv T * ll:14p 5:38p -"'boro Inlet _ 8;33a 2:31a Su„rjw 3:59p 2 :31p «-20a ,, ,,:0fj: Sunset, 7:23; Moonrise, • Moonset. 9:07p. Late News Bulletins NEW YORK, June 10 (AP) The British Broad casting Corp., said today in a broadcast monitored by NBC and CBS that the Socialist party in Bel gium has passed a resolution demanding the ab dication of King Leopold III. SAN FRANCISCO, June 10—(AP)—The Blue Network intercepted an Australian broadcast to day saying that Australian troops of the 9th divi sion have landed on British North Borneo. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., June 10— (UP) —At least ten persons were injured tonight when a . fierce twister ripped through the city in the midst sM of a short electrical storm. The freak twister, un like anything Jamestown had ever witnessed be fore, struck from the west and did heaviest damag . to a ten-block downtown area. Three-fourths of the city was in darkness. No estimate of damage was available immediately. U. S. 10TH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Okin awa, June 7.—(Delayed)—(UP)—Gen. Joseph W. (Vipegar Joe) Stilwell, chief of army ground forces, said today that the United States will need a force of at least 500,000 men to invade Japan proper. He warned that even after Tokyo falls “we still may have to fight a long war against the Japs in Manchuria and China.” Soviet Commander Says Nazis Lost At The Oder BERLIN, June 10.—(.P)—Marshal George K. Zhukov said today that Soviet Russia is now studying the question of demobilizing her mighty army, and at the same time disclosed his own story of the mignt attacK wmcn won xne Daxxre for Berlin. “The war in Europe is ended,” the assistant commander-in-chief of the Red Army told correspon dents here from Moscow. “We are now studying the question of de mobilization.” This statement was in response to a question “is the Red army be ing demobilized?” Zhukov did not comment beyond the answer quoted. Zhukov said also : 1. Soviet Russia wants German war criminals tried at once, pre ferably in public. 2. The Soviets feel it would be useful to have Foreign correspon dents in Berlin. The marshal said a novel night attack by 4,000 Soviet tanks and nearly 5,000 airplanes, striking in the white glare of massed search lights, broke Nazi defenses along the Oder river and delivered Ber lin to the Red army. “The suddenness of our blow was overwhelming,” the Marshal said. His statement, telling of what probably was the greatest night battle in history, was the first de tailed account of how the Red army broke through 500,000 Nazi defenders and took Berlin last April. Zhukov commanded the attack on the Nazi capital, and he said he considers the battle of Berlin actually was won on the Oder river line and not in the city, for it was in the German defenses in depth along the Oder that the Nazis were really beaten. “Since we knew this would be the decisive battle of the war,” he said, “we made thorough prepara tions for it. We brought up enough (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) CONGRESS DELAYS PRESIDENT'S PLAN WASHINGTON, June 10.— <JP) — Leaders of Congress have advised President Truman that the mem bers are in no mood to consider his government reorganization plan before next fall. The information was relayed to the President, it was learned to day, through Budget Director Har old Smith. The congressmen told Smith that the members of both House and Senate propose now, tentatively, to clean up appropriations, the recip rocal trade rogram, Bretton Woods and some other details, then ad journ one montl from today—July 10—until Setember. Only some unforeseen emergen cy, it was said, will interrupt this program. Opposition, however, may be encountered from Rep. Rankin iD-Miss), who has threat ened efforts to hold Congress in session until it acts on veterans aid proposals. BOMBERS PLASTER BORNEO DEFENSES Japs Claim Allied Units Are Storming Island Of Labaun MANILA, Monday, June 11.—W) —Allied bombers and light Naval units are plastering the defenses of oil-Rich Borneo, where the Jap anese say, Allied units are storm ing the strategic Island of Labaun. For the second day since Tokyo declared Allied troops landed at Labaun, commanding the mouth of Brunei Bay, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur’s communique today made no mention of ground action. But he announced that heavy, medium and fighter bombers dumped 213 tons of bombs on sup ply and defense areas of Brunei Bay, where the Japanese fleet in Southern waters used to refuel. Heavy bombers also swept far Southward, destroying three coast al freighters and bombing ship yards near Bandjermasin. Light naval units swept Borneo’s Northeast coast, shelling Japanese shore positions and sinking, three sailing vessels off Sandakan, capi tal of British Borneo The air forces also turned their attention to the defenses of Balik papan, oil center of Southern Bor neo, silencing three guns. Fires and explosions swept through both the Balikpapan and Brunei Bay areas. in me quiCKemng Cleanup in me Philippines, MacArthur announced that 5,911 enemy dead had been counted in the last week and 725 prisoners taken, American casual ties were 172 killed, four missing and 855 wounded. This brought enemy casualties in the entire Philippines campaign to 392.116. In Northeast Luazon, Japanese forces benig shoved back toward the broad Cagayan Valley yere split in two when the 37th Division captured the strategic road junc tion of Bagabag. All the Japanese west of the town, located in the mountains northeast of Manila, were cut off in the Benquet mountains and sep arated from the main enemy force falling back into the valley. After seizing Bagabag, the Americans drove cn five miles eastward where they were 12 miles from San Luis, standing at the mouth of the Cagayan Valley. In the Southern Philippines, Yank combat patrols of the 31st Division knifed through the hills in the Mindanao interior and reach ed Silae, northwest of Davao port, (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) German People Charged With Guilt Of Conflict LONDON, June 10.— (U.R) —Field Marshal Sir B. L. Montgomery charged the German people todgy with direct responsibility for the war that had brought about their disaster and said that the non fraernization order was decreed as a means of convining them of their guilt. In a message over the Hamburg radio to the population of the B t ish-occupied zone, Montgomery said that the Allied policy was de signed to “save you, your children and the whole world from another war.” He said that when the les son had been driven firmly home, • the Allied attitude would change. “You have often wondered why our soldiers do not pay any at tention to you when you wave to them or bid them good morning in the street, and why they do not play with your children,” Mont govery said. “Our soldiers are acting in Accordance with orders. You do not like this attitude: neither do our soldiers. We are by nature friendly and kindly people. “In the World war of 1914, which was started by your leaders, your armed forces were beaten in the (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) : Eisenhower Is Awarded High, Medal l|gggED BY REDS War II H.ly fJP<S; Allied Chiefs Toast Peace <5^^ANKFURT ON THE MAIN, ®_.ne 10.—(A*)—Gen. Eisenhower re ceived Soviet Russia’s highest award, the jeweled Order of Vic tory, from Marshal George K. Zhukov today and said that the Allies ‘‘are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.” Eisenhower declared that the European war just finished had been a holy war—more than any other war in history. In a toast of praise to Marshal Zhukov, commander of Russian occupation forces in Germany, Eisenhower said: ‘‘Speaking for the Allied forces, I say we are going to have peace even if we have to fight for'it. All of us who are right-thinking want the common man of all nations to have' the opportunities that we fought to preserve for them.” Eisenhower’s speech, was made at a luncheon in. his headquarters which honored Zhukov, Field Mar shal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, who also received the Order of Victory, and nearly 60 high-rank ing military figures from the United States, Russia and Britain. Marshal Zhukov, toasting the Supreme Allied Commander, de scribed him as a son of the Ameri can people and said he belonged with the immortal great of all time for welding the victorious Al lied armies of the west out of so many different peoples. Zhukov spent five hours in Frankfurt. Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French representative on the Allied control council for Germany, was not here, and Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, Eisen hower's chief of staff, said the meeting had nothing to do with the council’s proceedings. Neverthe less it was learned authoritatively that many minor matters relating to the administration of defeated Germany were discussed by Eisen hower and Zhukov. No further meetings of the four power council are expected imtil Eisenhower returns from his visit to the United States, likely to last 30 days. An authoritative source said the withdrawal of American troops from the territory now included in the Russian zone of occupied Ger many would begin in a few weeks. Russian troops will take over the vacated territory, and the Ameri cans and British then likely will be invited to Berlin, which is to be under joint control. The Russian Order of Victory never before in history had been presented to any but Russians and only seven previously had been awarded. Eisenhower’s was num ber eight and Montgomery's num ber nine. Zhukov did not pin the medals on Eisenhower and Montgomery, but presented them to the Allied commanders in a special box. While Zhukov, Montgomery, Smith, British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Russian vice commissar of foreign affairs An drei I. Vishinsky and others talk ed informally, Zhukov recalled his campaign against the Japanese in Outer Mongolia in 1939, when the Japanese sixth army was routed. Robert Murphy, Eisenhower’s po litical adviser, also witnessed the bestowal of the awards and took part in the informal talks. Just before Zhukov and his par (Continued on Page Three; Col, 8) U. S. TROOPS OPEN FULL-SCALE FRONTAL A TTA CK ON OKINAWA; JAPS MAKING DEATH STRUGGLE 1,000 Yards Are Gained In New Push FANATIC RESISTANCE Americans Advance Up Rocky Slopes, Through Port Of Itoman By WILLIAM F. TYREE United Press War Correspondent GUAM, Monday, June 11.—(U.PJ— American troops have opened a full-scale frontal attack on the des perately-held Yaeju-Dake plateau, advancing as much as 1.000 yards and driving part way up the rocky slopes by nightfall Sunday against fanatic Japanese troops making a death stand on southern Okinawa, it was disclosed today. Opening an all-out push which promised an imminent conclusion of the 10-week campaign, troops of the U. S. 10th Army drove through heavy enemy machine-gun and shell fire against the “lost world” sector from both sides and in the center. Marines on Okinawa’s west coast drove through the port of Itoman and then wheeled to the east to join in the coordinated assault on the last big enemy pocket. The attack was launched after ial bombardment of the escarp* a terrific Naval, artillery and aer* ment where the remnants of the one-time Japanese garrison of 80, 000 men had holed up for a death Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley’s 96th Division hit the Yaeju-Daks defense line in the center, the in fantrymen advancing 800 to 1,000 yards Behind flame-throwing' tanks and aided by the accurate fire of supporting artillery. Near Okinawa’s east coast the enemy launched two strong coun ter-attacks but troops of the U. S. Seventh Infantry Division droves the Japanese back with shell fire, rifle fire and bayonets and drove forward toward strategic Hill No 95. Maj. Gen. Pedro Del Valle’s 1st Marine Division sent elements through Itoman, last port on Oki nawa left to the Japanese, and at tacked the approaches to Kunishl ridge, east of Itoman, scoring ad vances of from 200 to 500 yards. In the Oroku pockets, substantial progress was made by the 6th Ma rines under Maj. Gen. Lemuel C Shepherd, J*. who tightened tbs ring on trapped enemy troops in that sector a’nd made gains of up 1,000 yards. With skies clear, the Japanese again hurled suicide planes against the American positions and Naval forces yesterday and one light American Naval unit was sunk Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an nounced. The Americans replied by send ing Thunderbolt fighters of the 318th Army Group against Japa nese bases on Kyushu, shooting down 17 enemy planes in the at tack. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 41 EXPLOSIONS LEVEL CYLINDER GAS CO. PITTBURGH, June 10.—(U.F9—A series of explosions leveled the National Cylinder Gas Co. plant in Moon township today. Several hours after the blasts the bodies of two men had been removed from the wreckage, and a search was underway for other possible victims. Army officers and enlisted men from greater Pittsburgh airport aided police and firemen in a search for victims. The blasts, a series of seven or eight, were followed by fire which burned for several hours. Windows were shattered in tha Pittsburgh Forge Co. plant near by, and homes as far as seven blocks away were damaged. A woman and child living a half block from the scene suffered cut* from flying glass. -V Marine Director Sayst WASHINGTON, June 10—(U.» —A War Bond statement from Gerald C. Thomas, director, Division of Plans and policie*, U. S. Marine Corps: “The progress we are making toward destruction of our en emies represents the efforts of millions of fighting men. The War Bond drive’s fate will be decided similarly by millions of our home front fighters.” '} Yank Planes Hit Kyushu, Bag 17 Japs WAR PLANTS STRUCK Six Enemy Planes Hit Off Okinawa; One Cargo Vessel Sunk GUAM, Monday, June 11.—(U.R)— American Thunderbolt fighters at tacking Japanese installations on Kyushu shot down 17 enemy planes yesterday while Superfortresses blasted aircraft plants and other war industries on Honshu, it was disclosed today. The Japanese managed to get planes over the Okinawa area Sat urday but six were shot down by combat air patrols and antiair craft gunners. Search bombers of Fleet Air Wing 1 sank a small cargo ship and damaged a larger vessel off Korea, while privateers scored hits on three small mercnantmen in the Sitsumshima strait, according to Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz’ communique. (A Japanese broadcast recorded by the FCC asserted that between 700 and 800 “first line aircraft” now are included in American Superfortresses based on the Ma rianas ana xnax American air strength on Iwo Jima and in and around Okinawa is increasing. This dispatch said 10 American airfields were working on Okinawa and adjacent Ie island, and that B-24 Liberator, heavy bombers and Mitchell and Warauder medium bombers were based there.) First reports here said that from 150 to 200 Superfortresses, escort ed by about 100 fighter planes, carried out today’s attack on five Honshu targets, four of them new. Tokyo broadcasts said that 30(^ big bombers were in the raiding for mations, centering on the Tokyo area. The Japanese diet has been re ported in session at Tokyo, al though enemy broadcasts gave no hint that the attacks had endanger ed it. B-29 targets were in the out er fringes of Tokyo district and not in the city itself. Bombing both visually and by instrument, the B-29’s went in at medium altitude against weak re sistance from Japanese fighter planes and scanty to moderate an ti-aircraft fire. Observers here noted that the Saturday and Sunday B-29 opera tions marked a new phase in the air war against Japan—the sing ling out of specific single targets for hammer blows from the air, rather than the smashing of an entire area. Three targets hit were in the Tokyo area, the Hitachi Aircraft Co. Chiba plant 20 miles southeast of Tokyo; the Japan Aircraft Co., Tomika plant, builder of aircraft frames and engines, on the west ern shore of Tokyo bay, and Army air depot at Tochikawa, 24 miles west of the capital. The Chiba and Tomika plants were new targets. DEATH OF HOUSE FOOD COMMITTEE SEEN IN CAPITAL WASHINGTON, June 10.— (JP)—The House food committee —frequent and caustic critic of administration policies— probabty will go out of busi ness when its present chairman becomes secretary of agricul turfe next month. The committee opens a cross country investigation of food handling and shortages under the direction of its chairman, Rep. Clinton P. Anderson, in Omaha tomorrow, proceeding from there to Minneapolis, thence to Yakima, Washington; Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, completing its tour there June 16. Shortly after it returns An derson will move downtown at President Truman’s behest to take over the combined opera tions of the agriculture de partment and the war food ad ministration. NEW WHEAT CROP IS BEING DUMPED BY U. S. FARMERS KANSAS CITY, June 10.—{If) They’re dumping that new wheat crop on the ground, just farmers and grainmen in this midwest breadbasket cquntry predicted weeks ago when they sought more box cars to move grain from al ready glutted-country elevators. Combines Started rolling this week in southern Oklahoma and with only a fraction of the golden crop cut, harvest crews already have begun dumping wheat in the fields. In Kansas, center of the wheat belt, the harvest isn’t even under way. When it # starts in a week or so, grain men see even a more critical situation with a prospective crop of anywhere from 165, 000,000 to 200,000,000 bushels to be added to already crowded elevators. Important Road Center In Cagayan Is Captured MANILA, Monday, June 11.—(U.R)—Driving nine miles in 24 hours along the main highway to the Cagayan valley of northern Luzon, troops of the 37th Division have captured the important road center of rsagauag ana cut oit Japanese forces in the mountains to the west and northwest, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur announced today. MacArthur did not confirm Japa nese reports < a landing on La buan island off the northwest coast of Borneo but announced heavy aerial attacks on the Brunei bay area where Labuan is situated and on Balikpapan in southeast Borneo. In six days the 37th had ad vanced 40% miles in Luzon and was now five miles north of Baga bag on highway five leading to the Cagayan valley. They had cap tured five important highway towns and many smaller ones, and had killed 4,130 Japanese and taken 953 prisoners. At their present position the Americans were driving along a rice field valley two and one-half miles wide so swiftly that the Japa nese were unable to offer serious resistance. They were 20 air lines miles from Santiago on highway five where the Japanese may make a stand midway to the Cagayan river proper. By taking Bagabag the 37th cut off the Japanese troops to the northwest along highway four, leading into the guerrilla-filled hills. The Japanese have substan tial forces in the Bontoc area on highway four, 38 miles northwest of Bagabag. These Japanese have only mountain trails along which to seek temporary safety in far northern Luzon. MacArthur announced that dur ing the last wek 5,911 enemy dead had been counted and 725 prison ers taken in the Philippines. Amer ican casualties were 172 killed, four missing and 855 wour^ed, a ratio of less than one to six. Total Japanese casualties for the Philippines campaign are now 392,116. MacArthur said. On Mindanao in the southern Philippines, 31st Division patrols combing the interior mountains for trapped Japanese remnants now have reached a point more than 10 miles east of Malaybalay, Mac Arthur announced in a communi que. In -the Davao area to the south the 24th Division captured two towns against determined Japa nese resistance. Despite unfavorable weather in some areas, aerial operations con tinued on a big scale, the com munique said. CHINESE RETAKE ISAN STRONI ILD Lichow Threatened; Of fensive Widened In Surprise Thrust CHUNGKING, Monday, June 11. —(U.R)—Chinese forces have recap tured the Japanese stronghold of Ishan on the Kweichow-Kwangsi province railroad 50 miles west of Lichow, and in a surprise thrust have broken through the outer de fenses of Lichoiy itself, a special communique announced today. Broadening their southeastern of fensive over a 500-mile front, the Chinese also hurled back Japa nese troops to the Indo-China border and clamped a pincers on the strategic airfield center of Kweilin, capital of Kwangsi pro vince. Heavy fighting had raged for a week along the Japanese salient reaching out west of Lieuchow to Ishan and the Chinese killed more man, 100 Japanese in the sector on Friday alone, official dispatches said. With the fall of Ishan, the (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) -V CANADA ENDS BITTER ELECTION CAMPAIGN OTTAWA, June 10.— (U.R)—Cana da’s most bitterly contested Fed eral election in half a century is expected to bring out a record vote of close to 7,250,000 tomor row when electors will decide whether Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King and his Liberal party will continue in power. Foreign trade, foreign relations and war policies are the major is sues of the election. A larger number of candidates than in any previous Federal elec tion—958—are running for the 245 parliament posts under sponsor ship of 18 different parties. Polls will be open from 8 a. m. to 7 p. m. (EWTt. The radio cam paign ended Friday night under the Dominion’s ban on campaign speeches over the radio during the 48 hours before the ballotting be gins. In his closing national broad cast, King warned voters that the “choice is between a Liberal ma jority and no majority at all.” 1,000- Superfort Raids Is Predicted For Japan SAN FRANCISCO, June 10.—(A1) —The Tokyo radio said today that America had massed from 700 to 800 Superfortresses in the Mari anas and had brought Liberators to Okinawa for intensified air raids against Japan. American air spokesmen have promised Nippon that as the pitch of the air war rises, 1,000-plane raids by Superfortresses will hit the home islands. The Japanese agency, Domei, in a broadcast heard by the Federal Communications Commission, de clared that the Americans had put 10 air fields into operation on Okinawa, 325 miles south of Japan, and on Okinawa’s neighboring is land of Ie. Already from these bases, the broadcast continued, Liberators, two-engined Mitchell bombers and B-26 Marauders had struck Japan. “The enemy,” Domei added, “by repeatedly bombing our cities and spreading propaganda by air is attempting to disrupt the lives of the Japanese people.” In acknowledging widespread raids by Superfortresses yesterday on targets around Tokyo and Yoko hama, Domei put the number of •aiders at 250 but said “damage caused by the enemy is believed to be slight.” The Tokyo radio broadcast with out confirmation from Allied sources that 80 Allied fighters and bombers had raided the rich oil center of Balikpapan in southeast Borneo for “about an hour” and reported four of the planes were shot down. A domestic broadcast said “six enemy flying boats” attacked southern Korea this morning The Japanese people were told by Domei that the special session of the diet, assembled to grant the powers of a dictator or Premier Kantaro Suzuki, was being held ovef an additional day to give more time for debate. The broadcasts added that pas sage of the measure empowering Suzuki to rule by decree without consent of the diet would not mean martial law and would be adopted “to be used only in an emerg ency.” While the diet debated, the cabi net announced the reorganization of the eight regional governments covering the four home islands, giving the regional superintendents full authority to act in the event they are isolated by invasion. British Accuse Soviets In Repatriation Delay By PHIL AULT United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, June 10.—(U.R)—A For eign Office statement charged to day that British war prisoners freed by the Red Army had suf fered great and unnecessary hard ships due to apparent lack of Rus sian facilities to care for them, and that Russian officers had hampered British repatriation of ficials in their work. The statement, a forceful reply to Russian complaints of treat ment of Russians freed in the zone of the Western Allies, said also: “The fault of alleged slowness | in repatriating Soviet citizens In Allied hands lies with the Soviet government.” Treatment of Russians in the western zone, the statement said, compared “more than favorably" with the treatment given Britons in similar circumstances in the Russian zone. In one instance, the statement said, American as well as British prisoners were found living in “totally inadequate” conditions at Lublin, Poland. “Apart from this there is abun (Continucd on Page Three; Col. 7)
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