Agency For
Reconversior
Is Opposed
(JOI’ Senators Seek
Support of South
To Block Measure
Wushiiurton, Auk- •"».— (AT)
__-Senate Republicans sought
support today from southern
“states' rights" Democrats to
oppose a bill to create a super
i-erotiversoin a^oncy and set up
$.'to wfipekly Federal [tost war un
etnploymenl payment standard.
Reported from the military enm
nattcC'J.iat night hy ,i 111 to 7 vote,
I! p !>Ht;'ivas terim i by Senator Aos
tm, Vermont Republiean, a:: "nil
preefllented grant of power" to
V\'a>Wftgt"ii
Sjvt) ored by Senators Murray,
Mmiwuiu Democrat; Truman, Mis
, i Democrat; and Kilgore, West
y rgirn.i Democrat, it would create
an ijffiee of war mobilization and
hdi1 ;st»•.■ ■ >i* in preside as top agency
i ■ jv 1.1 liictuni and manpower un
til 'wn .ear after Dtp close of the
v wtien the unemployment prn
\ ,nii .In ."mild expire
The bill envisions the appoint
, iso lit . work administrator with
.i i'’iOril.v l" transport worker - to
r.e' job , and to provide six months
o' RedCr,11ly-paid vocational cduea
t ■■li d training to any worker, pin
paving fab a month subsistence. $75
• hfjzin' married
I'he 'unemployment compensation
' on. sharply contrasting with '
sep ijjjrte hill hy Senator George,
(,,• ague Democrat, to leave rate fix
ing to tin- tale-: while guaranteeing
the Solvency of S',ate employment
a, > ranee funds, would fix unem
ployment ..tundards.
State Guard
Is Called At
Philadelphia
R - adelplua, Aug. 5 -— (AP)
r . r regiments of the Penusyl
i State Guard were mobilized
to;lav is (5,0(10 Philadelphia transit
resisted United State- Army
a a .. !o end a five-day work stop
j ige marked hy racial disorders and
!'• i its of violence against returning
workers.
\ high source said the guard units
,i<i he used "only to maintain
m connection with the
A' v's efforts to restore transpor
t a -li services.
! he ,-ouree, who asked not to he
, 'ed directly, said the Army had
'■> d him that "troops brought Mere
he used only to operate the
I Mdelphia Transportation Com
i i.v's rolling stock.
Meanwhile, a showdown jfppear
c'i imminent between the strikers
• I the army, which seized the line
: sday night by order of Prosi
' Roosevelt.
Die Army disclosed that its next
in ihe dispute would be in m
■ ; ■ - aiam with the Department ot
■ 1 "ce.
A Washington. James P. Mc
Oi miu'.v, assistant to the attorney
general, said flatly that any one who
1 n acted ;i return to work since
' '■ \rniy took over the Philadelphia
Ti auspnrtat ion Company, was
ei v likely to be arrested—and
soon.”
SHELL-SHATTERED ST. LO CATHEDRAL
-r" .• ~ ••• -t
THE REMAINS of Nnfre Paine Cathedral stand amid the wrecked budd
ing • in the dcbi i. filled streets of the French town of St. Fo. American
Ai r y engineers using Yank -built bulldozers are already at work clear
ing away the debris in the Normandy town. (International Sounduhoto)
Coast Line Wreck
In Georgia Fatal
To Fifty Or More
i
Passenger I rain
Crashes f reight;
Laborers Killed
Stork Ion, (in,, A tig. ■> (VP)
/V \vc. 11 ion: ol A t In ii* if Const
Lino pasongor ti'uin ci•:ish«■ 11 in
to tllo loromot ivo ill ;i livpn ‘'ii
freight on it silling near here
early today, killing at h'list 17
persons, mostly railway labor
ers going home for the week
end to Alabama.
H. i. Tomlinson, a.ihnii igent for
the railroad, said at least IT bodies
had been found. Nearly all the dead,
he said, were Negr-n s. members ol
a work gang which had aeon -it l)oc
tnrtown, Ga. Tomlinson said more
bodies were in the wreckage, hut he
could not estimate the number.
An undetermined number were in
jured
"Three >i four pas.sengei - ars
and a baggage car were derailed,
Tomlinson said, ndriii a that work 01
clearing the Iraek would probably
take all day. The wnvk •• vtirred
a few ininul.es alter midnight
First reports said that approxi
mate!'-' a'l persons weit- lUjmod, lull
Ti>mlms -11 sa d n any ■ 11 I hem died
in ho pitais. and that : I ir as he
could learn only about live or six
remained under h - pa 'li/ali"ii.
The agent said -i l>p he rail ap
parent Iv threw the passenger main.
TVo. a7, nt i the s ding >n which til''
freight had p died. Tm- fireman ol
the freight, whose name was not
learned immediali 1 v, as --ea Iri'd,
Tomlinson reported. \a am ol the
(Continued on Page Two.)
Japanese I <> Arm
All I hen People
I'or War Program
( By I he \ssoriairfl J'ress.)
I lie .lap;«nose cabin'd has rlr
rlrtefl (o “arm the entire |>ci>jd«''
lor total war, a Dumci news agen
cy broadcast said today.
At the same time, it was an
noil need that a now supreme war
eoiincil hail hern created to deal
with the crisis springing from
Allied eon<|iiests in the Mari
anas, in \rw Guinea. in In Ha
and Burma.
The eahinet's derision to arm
the people “at the earliset possi
ble moment’’ was taken after a
long session yesterday with Tre
mier General Koiso in order to
complete the nation’s total war
structure,” sain ilomrl's Eng
lish language broadcast, beamed
to the I’liited States.
The authorities of the army,
navy, home aiul education min
istries. ii said, wil recommend
praetiral steps ■<> ,»c adopted fol
lowing a new study of details..
WFA To Buy
400.000. 000
Pounds Leaf
Washington \ng ;>—(AP)~
The U ii I null Xilniniistinti.n,
.1 nnnllnrrrl tiwl.iv lil.it it
to (on 100,Ottt),0(10 pn n n r| >, ol
toh-'M’i'o mi (lii1. vr.ir'x crop tor
cxporl in (in’ll! Ilritniii, Ihr
ilrili.h linniinii.il). aurl colonies,
I’m rh.i .>•. v ill iii'ln .u I Luc-cured,
tier rtijf'd, hm lev, Maryland, dark
Hire irc'l and ‘ igar filler and bmdei
l.vpe The hulk will lie I hie. rured.
the principal type used by Hit' Bril
ish m nrmmg cigarettes.
That portion nl the British export.;
used for military requirements will
lie made available under lend-lease
The portion used for British civil
ians will be sold for cash.
The program is essentially the
same as one in effect last year A.
heretofore, purchases for export will
be made •lirotig.) existing foreign
and amnestic companies.
Government tobacco purchase
programs were begun in 193!) to
maintain n export market for Am
erican tobacco when Hi if i.-h tnnri.
In this country were diverted to Mir
purchase of war materials. Of a to
tal of 921,000,000 pounds redried
weight, of tobacco of all types pur
chased since 1939, the quantity re
maining for export totals about
137.000. 000 pounds.
The WFA announced also that it
will offer price supporting loans to
loans will be at 90 percent nt the
growers on this year’s crop. The
parity price of the tobacco, as of i
ihe beginning of the marketing
year, to growers cooperating with
[he AAA tobacco program, and at
VI percent of parity to growers \
who did not cooperate with the
croaT-’m.
AWAIT FERRY PLANES TO RUSSIA
SCANNING THE SKIES at an airfield in Fairbanks. Alaska, are three Rus
sian ferry pilots and an American officer, awaiting the arrival o£ twin
engined lend-lease planes which are regularly ferried to the Russian
fighting front. It was recently made public that about ltl.OOUI pl-ues ha\ e
_ . . - . , . > / r „ 4 . r, * ■ r\~i n ’ *- '"a "fi *'■H *V
—i±'-z V.' war -i -b_s rc.'.V
AMERICANS NEAR NANTES
★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★
RUSSIANS ON NAZI SOIL
Prussia Is
Penetrated
By The Reds
I >a I I !c of W.irsfl w
H»U!rS IlIM.I. .lull
Oulsidc Old C. ity
1 «*lidon. Allg —f M’l_r.rf
1*11 MjiUtt, I I III ll.l t ( i W | y | hr
Red ii mi \ liar! carried tin* war to
Hetman soil in last I'ru.aa. hut
their was no solid proof that the
Russians had crossed the bniabi
The Nonet tones .reined to he
hilling their time w hile di ivn g t
new wedge toward the Baltic Sea
to cut off potent la II v pow erf ul
tones in upper Lithuania and
Latvia. I
However, grow.ng masses n|
Red troops are poised on til-' eas
|e.*n fringe *>f Last Id usia and
apparently they ran cross when
ever they chose.
Herman radio broadcasts in the
afternoon reported a Russian
"breakthrough" in the border area,
at a frontier station about a mil#
east of the line. Later Berlin
reports said the push had been
halted. Moscow dispatches told
of fires raging in Last Prussian
towns which are now the objec
tives 0f Red ann.v infantry at
tacks. ^
Iyond'di. A ng. A. (At*) The
K11.. i;m have carried I he
ground war in (iermnn soil for
l he fir t I hue by penet ral ing I he
norihea .1 ern parf of Ka. t Pros
sia. Merlin reports indicated to
day, and Moscow di patches
said, fir. were raging- in Hast
Prussian town , which now are
object iV' of Red Army infan
try attack... The werman high
command c.nnrmniqiie said
t here wa , fig;hi ing in t he Seaim
Schaketi (h i rid _ Scant) i • t he
old name tor tfie eastern part
of Kast f Tit -in i»et wirn 1 lie riv
ers In to i* (; i (I A ngerap)) a in I the
Masurian lakes.
Wh Ie tin ■■ Sir Warsaw to
the south i jgc'l ide and oat of
the old P hi"!' ■ •.>11:11, the Red army
thing Sr<mg wvnlr.v forces across
two ' ■ ■ in a t a
d; ; <• to wit; n • • ■ 'y miles o! K i i
Icow, fh<- !.i : h : ty tmn|t]uM of
Hie (rerm.m i'ii ng imn-i-»n of
(Airmail S !»■ i .
A Idan... • : o node a ;l f rum
Perl a md ; • v 11ght;ng i gome
on again.-t K<r rt In-mat ion.; whirl)
haw broken t} 1 gh on the east
Ih'ii aan b* •• 'do* n oh of V i aba I; •
Vtrai'iah if. -ntier post about
a mac t • > ' the !•; . .? Prussian fron
tier The v I la.g'c it ;el f is t wo nr
fhveem le t r. nn the station on the
tin m t .< I wa •/ ! »-t "(vn K anna.., for
mer capOot ot r .u t hei inn ia. and
Koenig o<" g ] ::»■ f city of Pa ;t
Pi n,, i -
It i m t: i <- i that flip Russian';
have hern -w ,( d -helling P. . t
PtU -si.ni t.■ i1 " a tor .pvpj at day
Smn|.;r float . o fjpini.'lti land
and \vc <• m nc|t things burning,"
..a; 1 a IS i da *W Wit pH - report
published m VTn.o. v, which told of
burning Ea.-t Id a.-tan towns.
~ WS:A IBItR
I OR \ORTH * \ROMN A
Mostly cloudy and mild *«»
night and Sunday, with after
noon thundershowers and. rath
ci imt m afternoon.
U.S. DRIVES 40 MILES TO RENNES
AUER A RECORD DRIVE across Brittany jn which Ainenc.m troops and
tanks set a pace of 40 mile., in 2t hnm . the vital s ipply and transport
Tenter of Bonnes appeal • about to fall into U. S. hands. The speed v.uth
which the gain was made, matching the great Russian smashe . partially
covers the Breton peninsula and starts the Yanks well on their way to
St. Karine at the southern base of the peninsula. Rennes had been
considered a possible center U • M’ier' uppue- and one that would he
hard to reach. From Renats, •' <«_.. itn. ..r U. S. force-, to sw-ng
toward Paris, to south Brit-_____ .oast. <lvirr national)
Florence’s Suburbs
Are Held By Allies
As Drive Continues
Rom°( Any. s. (A(’) Kiyhth Army troop; ha >■ completed
occupation ol tlm uiburbr. of Kterence, south f i ho Arno river,
ami, houriny down ulony a ltd mile sector, are pro.-. iny the enemy
hack ayain.-'.t the stream on both sides of tip city, Allied head
1111;i rl er , ,s id t oi Is \
G'tti'i nl Ale <.<nd' • '. '■ -mm.Hid ,
n»uine«d Iliad ' although the <• 11' iviv
proclaimed llial lie regards Florence
as an opt 'll r . y. . ie has seen fit t >i
use it for his military traffic, and
when - 'ill I 'light until of the n Iv, has
blown up all the bridges, except the
histone Ponte Veeehio. His par-i
f:.t op I ■ ■ . are posted along
the tr a I lien i I m n i. ot the Aril" w 11 1
at the city Iimds "
I Here W' l ' report:, h ida y
•heating get a I l igh ting wit h
pot lions of I'loreiice re a '"h*'-! i ■.
eighth arn v :ui..
All along the .01.11 h side ol hie
and South \ 11 lean 11 ri'es cm dr. d
Arno. Bn' Indian, New Zealand
j til is Nazis - r'aid threatened to
' cut the we .. rod defenders • ' >
I ini 11,;h 111n.,
Two and i ImIi lu lu.- <m i ot Fl'ii -
I I'licc, a British division punrhi'd a
; ’a. ithin 1.131)0 yni 'is of the Anv■
! banks. w.; ilc Mu' enemy still hul l
j hiah around to I he east
Advaneu elements |irrssma down
1 into Kloruniu were reported enaaaeri
j My the enemy in a nr W delaying a< -
’ - n renimiscont of tile finis y nt t igli i -
gl Hie o: rts ol I' imp, ■ ha ll
ithn Nazis t"nnd necussry in its
i . gain time to extricate I heir mam
i■ u's ft i m the city
11 was iattested '' it the Get
wed Ponte Vet i iie
! e.i -e it 1 ' '111,- a it.able lot wliuele, i
■ • I > esetnl>]ps 1 lie ; I. t I i
Mndge, with shop bnildina- "i u Man
ode ul a narrow pathway ibovi 1.;i•
1 s t ream
U. S. Seeking To Appease
Franco Regime In Spain
W'l I] 11 I An;; ( A I* I I nlrlir. Ih.il tin- I 'illtivl . . tf. .
m;i,\ 11* * * I in;; I r nm 11 nr r* ■ i 11 '■ -n ■ 11 h (». in -1 ;i 11,. nr > I r.; in <>' .
Spun i 'i :n" • rnrnciit \v,i m In > 11 j > I ■ ■ i m ; i f ■. Imm t>nl;iv m ;m nm
II.. 11; 11 ' it I .I'M ! I .it lin- lit nil l in <|< ,|| h < li . p;i n I |) | 'nmi ■ II '\| 1 ill Inr
.Innl.in.i
. ; * ' 1 ■' '’i -V ri I l io j-pq ,nn
i . * •' '.i*,rn»,nfi i Pm ip ; :->f" i' •: ;
IP M ;r• In ' 'inn rhil!' . t r i •' t: i
lv • I t " Sp im 1.1 :t M IV. > '*> |
! t •; > f • ■ pi ll)l I ’ t IP -
\ D in i ■ . i n ;;m• •. •) 11 mr n ’ * * .
/ . I* I t » ppU qniri illy l i; >’ p (
t i •, 'irlrr ; I m nrl I n g with Hm ill j
■ ;_j ,, . ••• m Sp.iin, thorrhv r*-\ p:
•ng t ' idihnn.illy rntjp;i| it) :**.». ■
111 r d Kr mm hrrnu sr nt h • i Mig
pin r.’.-r/i pnlir.v
\li ; p pm-1 t'ip;i! 1 v. \V.i:;h.ngl'>n
u pi? *<» iUp it ;ipp;»rptil In Madi ;d
t! »! :n!i Yirnclly nctions i\v ,1m
(\ ,ji.i I -i hfpii flppply ;ippi vci.itrd hy
\ i . in n11 ipi.)I , unrl ?1ip.v lmpp 1
i . r i >r w< >iI Id bp pqi i d 1 y '»
'I he P.l. ppp.i ' writ pv. :I'.inr
V rrlr i "d » 4" ■ 1 « "• I )nr
. •'). «•» I ton? MV .]pl) .
the irf'i'., in '- on )rmi.;tn bv
\ • m;; : (-! n v Ml • .t dr:- I H -Mi, \
,ti'Ml!l!ll .1 1
’I w ..*’i «ind • - . p.i -M-?m
*vni(4 that r< . of .lnd.411:? d*' :th
i id brcn vf‘' ( i\ prj with i — - d ic
41 »M • hv "it ici;i! • of tip- :m "in
iMMit,” uni i iTnuiit m;4 <w * •
which his pnmnn.tl wtmn rnd be'Mi
lax nr.ible t" American police
I• . is nd< touci that
?i this latter staternent wa- "h.iert
•d to by soph* "Hie a Is <>n the .pound
t h a ♦ : t h' i wed a t no .pei dr e d
1! dr toward the pre mnt 1 e.: me m
Madrid.
1944 (Cotton I man
21,40c Per Pound
Under \\T A Grant
Washington, Aug. a —(AD- The
War Fond Administration announced
today that government pray sup
porting loans to grower- on 1944
rrop oottun will he offered at an av
erage rate of 21.40 cents a pound for
!.a-ltl inch midling cott( u, net weight.
The WFA said the rate was
equivalent to 92.a per cent of the
parity price of cotton. The rate of
1943 cotton was 20.06 cents.
The actual loan rate on any par
ticular lot ct cotton will depend upon
its grade and staple quality at it
loeation. The loan program sets up
a schedule of premiums and discount;
r.... .,t .. ■••d -t.ic.tiH
J«t|» lie i real Abamloning
700 Miles Guinea Coast
Genei-il Hr 'll raters, Southwest
Panfir, \ug > ■ \P) -The full re
treat' n! .1.1 -.|■ . second army prom
ised today to deliver a 700-mde
sweep of Dutch Now Guinea coast
line n General MacArthur's forces
wtthout further hitter lighting.
The general reported that thou
sousands ol outllanker Japanese were
abandoning all their strong points
along the hroad Geelvink bay, in the
upper Gogelkap peninsula, an area
comprising nearly a third of New
Guinta.
The Japanese apaprently hope to
reach the west coast for evacuation.
Hu* *|u to ;ov]. of terrain and At
h-eji land, .f'.t and aerial a:.;.auU:;
w’ll mean tlw Nipponese 1 ases at
bi st -snoot l.ul to be ralamifo:is,"
aI.ic.A. Thu reported.
'Tile Japanese army was charged
with fit-lending Dutch New Guinea,
but its pi act ical eltectiveness is rap-,
idly appri aching an end." today's
ct-mm aiiquo said.
The sea and air base at Manok
wari, on the northern end oi Goel
vink l>av. aiui the air center at Ala- I
lure, mo:" L’iM milt s southeast, were 1
amon:: krv points the Japanese wore
abandon ng. They were also be
lieved to he withdrawing from flank
1 ...mi's ..ml Al.tnol;suri |
Half Breton.
Peninsula
Is Occupied
(irrmans [{clrr*!
Before British it)
Normaiidy Sr. Hoij
■ ■'11>i ^'i»i' II' .kJ'iuai f., Allied
i'A'pedi* innarv I . .re , Aug 5._
. 1 -\ I ’) \ nifrii-a n Iron p ?,
-u '< nni’i I over i,ail ol f ho Breton
pen in'■ilia today, thrn.aing npar
>v tho port ol Xanlos and at
11 ; i’;i o and advancing to with
in xr, miles of Brest al its tip.
1° the north, in Normandy,
Herman troop.- won- in a general
withdrawal from tie- whole Od
nn A)me •. a I Ii y, soul h west of
('aeo. The thrust l.y British
and Canadian iron there was
hringing do i- a po.-; 1 >le major
f 11 .rm a n ret real t > f I a Si m ne r i v
• r. 70 mil. to ih. .-a t, and the
opening of the way to Paris.
Hiving ' . 1 :,f| a .lie 111 lies of lev
, 1 ;,f)|v m ■' ‘ ♦ • - i.t* rot rent, the
Germans dm Canadian sec
fr>)' VVf>l'e dccl.iiod in a front, dispatch
to : m<) ng thei forces back and
i forth in great confusion
After .six days of battling, British
troops knicked loose the Villers
B'uage, the keystone oi the German
detenses west of the ' )rna river, and
| t< i■ >’k at lead ] a towns and villages.
Advancing on ai. 'right-mile front,
, hoc Hi :'. .h swat ; e' ■ 1 into evacuated
'*•!«; Boca go and captured Novel's,
1' 'quay, hvreev aid Hills 112 and
I 112---all points the Germans have
' ■ ight bitterly for weeks to hold.
I lie tali '1 \ ; I !er--Boeage left the
Va/.is with the choice of e;!her pnll
I w.g out or ng t ie i k ol having
t* • ' ; aw'd in V-shaped
1 * igo .' een the Odon and Orne
•" d -w‘' -ding :: • >w Evrecy,
:c ■rtheast cv;icrl toward (’sen
T: r ;. to* headquarters coni
a i c rmed that General
Bradley'-. :"slacken:i:g American
‘ c..;-ad 'ii' : c •••. didvmg west on
the Bred a pem :su!a, had reached
Inmr.ar. ha m Vs from the great
j" ' "f BiC'h d 'he peninsula’s end.
The Go? iiia t hd o' a penetra
‘ n t.) Pr.i • ■ v. o-o Mi dev farther.)
i mu 11 \\ ;ii Pl;mt
\\ < irk crs .11 Paris
I loin mo (iermans
YY.irinrl Vug. (AP) —
I irnrh !artor\ workers in the
“iTfl heir communist sector
Hc.md IViiis have begun open
::u« iil!a w trt’are against fierman
• <v u;,. iiinii tore' s information
teaching here from the French
< i pit a I sa id t oda \
f.«*rman el it** guard troops now
•»c paii oliing the •uburban in
do . hi. ii districts of Aubervt!*^
tiei . I « ( oili neiive and Billan
* *nii I. these irlvices related. -
*'i il lactones m Killanrourt,
t'ei r all craft and Hie Kenaillt
(ant. »ml Iriirk works are locat
ed h.i\e been damaged by e^plo
.ion of bombs dropped h\ Allied
plain's |
U. S. Invasion'
Losses 70,009
Supreme Headquarters, Al
lied 1‘vprditionary Fore**. Aug
5. i \l‘i — Allied forces in
Frailer have lost a total of llfi,
I IS men killed, H ounded and
missing from l)-l)ay. June 6,
through July 10. of which 10.
009 were Americans. Supreme
Headquarters announced today.
I’nited States forces lost 11.
156 killed. 52,110 Hounded and
6.143 missing. r
Included in these figures were
the casualties sustained during
pre - invasion exercises last
April, when l’-boats attacked a
convoy and killed 130 and
wounded 41. with 312 missing.
British losses were 5,646 kill
ed. 27,766 wounded and 6,182
missing.
Canadian casualties were 919
killed. 4,354 wounded and 1,212
missing