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VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKATHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH NO. 52 Recreation Plans Are Subject Of State Tour j A group of Plattsmouth citizens' v.ii" an- interested in fin 1 lit-1 since ' of Uic ttereatb.rul nrogiam mm' i ; "!l'-f discii-sion here made a toui ; Thui .-day of -ev erul Ncb)a-ka, towns to determine what develop-1 i.-.tm cat; be made locally for civ- ic recreational programs, 'fiit-iri thought in making this trij) is toj in ( -tita' c p -.- i 1 1 t i-s and faith-; or mans J or i eci eat lonai facilities. and they t.hui a tour of swimmm-i,oi,l-, auditorium.-, parks, foot- all stadiums II pi'-turo of and to get an over what might he ac-1'lalt-mouth, it i- ? i ii i jjI is; m d. ; Included in those who made the trip were: Ed Egcnberger, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Robert Cappell and E. H. Bernhardt representing the Schocl Bocrd, Judge Fau quet sr.d Father Edward Tuc'hek for the Keeniime Club recrea tional division, Clem Woster and Frank Rebal for City Coun cil. Cities visited wore Lincoln, Fre mont and Seward. This group made the trip at tlieir own expense anil should re ceive commendation of the com munity in their ef foils in promot- i 1 1 e: tie. ion ty Hon additional recreational facili- for Plattsmouth was the ri i n - i : i n-ukms ot the i-onimuni vou-ei M. noi Thursday after- reaK pears lUUi ill Strike Quarrel DETROIT, U.R A break ap- Mailed closet Thurs in tnc K 1-ey-l laves Whe?l c o m p a n ft i ike v h'k H , has t ion at 1 he r'o d -topned predue motor company nn.l l.nvc.I the most sCMOU 4 u i Ap to reconversion in the automobile! their own headquarters for pro m(,utiy Icessing "POWS" They had ton- The Vnitod automobile workers ' tacted 12 camps and were carry union (TO was racing- the coxern-j in " lke Plater part o$ the ne menf. conciliation service to ef-! ft-otiation with the Japanese for feet a resumption of production. erpatnation of the prisoners while The -.-,!av-old -trike has forced 1 Actors and nurses of Sth army the Fotd motor company to n-jit I recovery squads were still racing buildinL- 1 !'. modl because of;to tnc eamps. a oi t.i'j-t oi narts supniieu i i Kelsey-Hayes. The UAW campaign for end in;; the walkout was led hy Richard T. Frankensteen, UAW vice president and candidate for mayor of Detroit in an elec tion six weeks away. Franken steen wjs staking his campaign on his ability to get the wheels turning agan at Kelsey-Hayes. At the same time, the govern ment .-ent seen hand-picked lab or trouble shooters to Detroit to end the c : i sis. Fioir. Washington, ii was re- poi t ed lieu I v labor service, th:;t Edgar L. Warren, appointed director of the (! oartmeut's conciliation would not come to Detroit pei .-onally. but would rely on the o'her conciliators. The department of labor a:paient! felt that the tension wa- ea-inu. Meantime. Fr: tikensteen said he hoped to save them the trouble. After ((inferences with union am' management in the Kelsey-Ila yes dispute, Frankensteen said he wanted to bring the strike to an end "before the United Stale? government gets into the case." Although he did not work out a settlement in the initial confer ence with both sides yesterday, he said he planned to meet again with each group and that he might be able to i eport "some progress" by Friday. The stiike of 4.500 Kelsey-Hayes workers arosj over the dismiss al of a do: en UAW steward- and made 50.000 winkers idle at Ford. Norfolk Man Guilty In Rustling Trial NORFOLK. U.e- A federal couit jury late Thursday found Tteinhard Peters, Norfolk, guilty of a charge that he allegedly con spiied with Raymond Yellow Thunder, 24, Kyle, S. D., Indian to transport nine head of stolen cattle from South Dakota here, where they allegedly were sold. Yellow Thunder allegedly tseti fied be stole the cattle Feb. 104H. Judge John W. Delehant de ferred sentencing Peters when the defendant's counsel signified intention to file a motion for a new trial. Ak-Sar-Ben Fat Stock Show Exhibit To Top World's Biggest; Dates Oct. 3-5 OMAHA, Clinching irrefutably j & M. College, when he common its claim to the world's largest ces preliminary judging on Octo baby beef exhibit, the 18th an-' her 3. nual Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Club Fat Ak-Sar-Ben'. 11145 competition Stock show will present the great-jhas also attracted entries of 2K7 est mass concentration of prize j fat market swine and 10 swine lit hecf animals in the national annal-! ters. While not up to some formei of 4-11 competition when it is years. Coffee considers current held in October Omaha from Wednesday, "!. through Friday, Octo- ber "j. That fact was assured by an initial tabulation of 1945 en tries made public today by Chairman Harry B. Coffee of the Ak Sar-Ben show commit- j tee. j Boast nip 1.1-'10 baby beeves j from Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri j and Wyoming-, l'.Mo entries bulge j far ahead of Ak-Sar-Bcn's pre-j vious lecord of 1,04 7 rung- up in! '.!",:, Coffee repoitc.. Included in the current tabula tion are 45 entries in the new Ak Sar Ben '"Group of Five" steer (lass. But even without head making- up these the 225; groups, i 1,211 individual steers and heif-1 jers will remain to present the ', greatest array in history to Dean W. L. Blizzard, of Oklahoma A.j Osake-Kobe Prison Camp Liberators To Yokahama I TOKYO, fU.Ri A handful of n id nt inncn-c rt war who vol untarily remained in prison camps j to complete the evacuation of 7.217 "POWS" from 21 camps in the Osaka-Kobe area were to bet .2 reeled at Thursday by officers. Yokohama station j swindlers from operating in Neb high ranking allied j raska Gov. Dwight Griswold an- The group includes 50 English-1 men, 27 Americans, one Austral-! ian and a New Zealander, who des - i pite tion their own sickness, malnutn- and fatigue stayed behind so that the otheis would be on their way home more quickly. i Ttni-tli-wlinti.il- oftj tlio .1 tl 11:1 n tfiSf t...w ...v. su I 1 eiiuei , inesc men uij;uiii.cu T T7 LI irizes rrom norse 'Show at Glenwood To Local Entries i Plattsmouth entrants in the ' Glenwood horse show carried off i many honors, it was revealed j Thursday . It was disclosed how ever, that no lust awards camei '' to Plattsmouth. t, .i. .., ! men Prizes went to: Allan Wiles,.., I 2nd in Shetland pony class; Bar ! bara Sullivan, :)rd in children class; Otto Shaffer, 4th in the five i gaited class, riding T Sgt. Jim my Shafei's horse; Mrs. Chester ; Wiles, 2nd in the '! gaited class; i Karl Grosshans and Catherine Stapp. .'!rd in the family class; Mr. ! and Mrs. Newton SuUi'f n and Barbara, 2nd in family t... s; New ! ton Sullivan, 4th in men's west ern; Bud Amgwert, 3rd in men's ; pleasure class, riding Helen Keifs horse. Those who atended from Platts mouth and vicinity were: Mr. and Gerald Kyle; Mr. and Mrs. Karl Grosshans and Alyce Jayne Gross hans; Mr. and Mrs. Newton Sulli van and children; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wiles and children; Mr. and Mrs. Don Born and son; June Keil; Fred Wehrbein and "Sandy" Babbitt; all of Plattsmouth. Also Mrs. John Stapp, Nebr. City; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Grosshans of Mur ray; G. W. Weik, Otto Shaffer and Chester Stone and son of Ne hawka; Bud Amgwert of Mur dock; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smith. Jerry Smith was the announcer at the afternoon and evening per formances ;Bob Gray; Frances Hibbard and John Jones of Mur dock. who showed Glen Yallery's "Ladv Arab". ; WPB Approves Shoe ! Production Hike WASHINGTON. U.R The War Production Board announced Thursday that it has approved a 25 percent increase in shoe pro duction by types and price line; for existing manufacturers. It said it also will permit new manufacturers to produce a lim i ited number of shoes in any price j range and allow present manufac ; turers to introduce a limited num i ber of shoes in new price lines. j numbers very satisfactory in the j Hunt of sharply curtailed hog pro ; duciion and believes that this ! year's barorw show will compare j favorably with that of 11)44, when the competition at Ak-Sar-Ben 1 was lated among the keenest in the county. Widespread interest in the 1945 Ak-Sar-Ben show is ndi- ; cated by the fsct that 78 coun- j ties are already represented, j Forty-eight are in Nebraska, 27 in Iowa, two in Missouri and j one in Wyoming. J Safely at the top of the baby beef list is Cuming- county, Neb-. raska, with 1G5 head or nearly j double, its nearest compef.tion ' West Pottawattamie County, If-; wa, with 89. Crawford county, j Iowa, has entered 72 steers and heifers, while in Ci county, Neb-! (Turn to Page 2. Number 1 ) Griswold Moves To Discourage Con Men in Neb. LINCOLN, (Special Daily Journal): In an discourag-e confidence to The effort to men and nounced Thursday that the Neb- raska bureau of securities in the department of banking- is launch- ng - a two fold program The purpose is to acquaint the ! public with the bureau of secur - ities and the state law under which ; it operates. The bureau, with the aid of the attorney general's of- j fice, will also carry on a rigid lawj enforcement program. j 1 "With Nebraska bank deposits) nt tbf bit-bp;t firriiip in mnnv i yeais and millions of dollars worth of war bonds held by our citizens the state is a fertile field for the swindler and his 'get rich quick' schemes." the governor said. ''The returning veteran will also be a target for those enterprising sharpers." The bureau of securities, the ! governor said, is equipped to deal with those individuals but the co- prise ran through the darkened operation of the public is neces-i court room as the picture unree! sary. ' For their own protection. ed, but the defemiai.ta looked or Nebraskans will do well to deaf in grim silence, only with security brokers and! Two of the If women guards on salesmen licensed b- the state the governor said. "Confidence will stay out of Nebraska if find it hard to peddle their thev i wares. S Baby Born In i Plane-Stork Race to Live ALBUQUERQUE, N. M (U R) Hospital attendants said the three- Biitian to enter that placi. pound, 10-ounce daughter born toiror and come out alive. Mrs. Jane Anderson, 2C, of Bay-! port, Minn., after a 1 W A plane air race with the stork was ex pected to live. Mrs. Anderson, whose baby wa not due until next month, hud been visiting her husband, Henry an air forces private at Bakers field, Calif. Need of maternity at tention for Mrs. Anderson was ap parent shortly after the -airliner! left Burbank. Pilot Kalman J. Irwin of Glen dale, Calif., opened the throttle and the plane arrived at Albu querque ?,2 minutes ahead of sch edule. The baby was born and hour later. Johnston Replaces Hays; Movie Czar NEW YORK, U.R Eric John-j ston Thursday took over thO presidency of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of A-; merica, Inc., better known as the Hays office, with an aim to mak-' ing American motion pictures ''an, even better reflection of the A-j merienn Hpsion for livincr " I Johnston, who renlaced Will II.! Hays when the latter resigned af- Bauer apartments. Brown and ter 23 years of service, said in ajllassen are proprietors, statement released here that hej Plans have been made for the had been attracted to motion pic-j new floral store to offer flowers ture work because "it offered tin- for all occasions, with special at limited opportunities to work for tenfion to attractive bouquets and peace and prosperity at home and set pieces, it was disclosed by the abioad." owners. British Crack Down on Nips Harder HONG KONG, U.Ri forccs in this crown to Brit i.-h nv are treating; the Japanese firmly than American far more occupat ion authorities have been handling the enemy in his. home !irid and in Kor ea. Here the Japanese know they have lost the war and no non sense about it. When British officers tell the Japanese to jump, they jump and jump high. All Japanese troops and sailors in the colony were rounded up in the first few days of the occupa tion, disarmed, and put into con centration camps. Scattered rations were given them. When they complained, the British told them: This is just what you fed allied prisoners. If it was good cnoug h for them, it's bloody well good enough for you!" jhe only time the Japanese Come out of their concentration camps is to repair roads, put the local airstiii back into shape and' clean up camp areas. In Korea, American occupa tion authorities kept Japanese officers in power temporarily, but the British in Hong Kong ousted enemy authorities im mediately. British soldiers took over and in a few hours had a power plant j operating and trains running on 1 limited schedule. One train was chugging along a track from Kow jloon on the mainland toward the interior of China. In Japan. American ofifceis ar ! gued that a soft approach was ne 'cessary until sufficient occupation j troops were landed, i Here, a couple of thousand members of ar. I. At regiment took control. - NCWS Keel OllOW Belsen Horrors LUENEBFRG. 0J.R Silent testimony of a movie news reel showing bulldozers shovc lir x hun dreds of broken corpses into a mas grave at Belsen was unfold ed before a Biitish military tri bunal Thursday at the atrocity trial of 45 r.azi prison guards. i A ripple of shocked sur- ,the defendants' bench turned theii heads away. Their fellow guard--' watched unemotionally. The d..-! 1 cumentary film wa.- taken by Bri-; jtish cameramen immediately af , tor the camp was liberated last i April. ! Immediately after tne showing. tne piosecuticn brought to tne, witness stand a British school! 'teacher who survived a year in the! i Belsen camp probably the only1 of hot -! Methodists Hold j Bennett Reception Members of the First Methodist; church held a reception Wednes day for Rev. T. Porter Bennett! and wife, who are returning for. their fourth year here. The re- j ception was held in the basement! i ot the church and about bO per- j j sons attended. j : The program was in charge of , Ithe W. S. C. S. with Mrs. S. Ells-j ! worth Hatcher, Mrs. Charles Wal i der. and Mrs. Edgar Newton as- , leaders. i William Evers gave the wel i coming address and Rev. Bennett . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 respoiiueu wuu a snori taiiv. inert I was also groun singing and a gamej j of "I ruth or Consequences was j played with Emerson Wiles as I master of ceremonies. Refresh j ments were then serv"d. Plattsmouth To Have New Flower Shop A new flower shop is to be j opened in Plattsmouth. The shop is to be across the street from the Long Range Occupation Policy Set WASHINGTON -'U.F.i- i ii v United States has completed a long-range occupation policy for Japan calling- for elimination of heavy industries, rigid control over the powerful bank of Japan 'and step.- t better the lot of the Japanese masse--, it was learned Thursday. An informed source aid the controls over Japan's economic and social structure would be maintained 'for an indefinite period" and leave no doubt that "we are the government." The new directive was dis patched to Cen. Douglas Mac Arthur several days ago after approval by the joint chiefs of staff. It represents combined war, ncvy and state department views and replaces the pre liminary directive issued at the time of Japan's surrender. The directive was said to call for : 1. Elimination of heavy war irdustiies as in Germany and shifting of production emnhasis , '.o peacetime consumer gcoas. 2. Specific control: of the bpik of Janan, nerve-center of tfll (Japanese government and private j financial dealings. ; 1. Abrogation of legislation 'wha-h limited freedom of speech and a-sembly and the rights of Mabor in organize. i 4. Removal ef high political officials and industrialists from i their present positions. . 5. Complete control of the Jap- ! anese press, radio and. other cem- i municatk'ns. ! 0. Encouragement of the for jmation of trade unions among both indu-trial and agricultural workers. 7. Take over technical and te ; search laboratories. MacArtbur ! already has announced the forma tion of an economic and scientific : section to ''look into every nook and cranny of Japanese business land science and make rccoir.men d.itions for allied action." Seme 2,000 officers have been especially trained in this country for the job of "run in; Japan. They will supervise execution of the U. S. econom ical program by "lower-level" Japanese on a prefectural or provincial level. In such insti tutions us the bank of Japan, frr example, they would use the technical employes after cleaning out the board of di ectors. The economic phase of the di rective would carry out one of the major points of American policy toward Japan as outlined , Nutrina Mills Inc., through their Wednesday by Acting Secretary territoi ial manager Steve Love, of State Dean Acheson. That pol-.j are announcing a new dealer in icy is that "the present econom- i Plattsmouth. ic and social system of Japan, ! Buford Clinkenbeard, who with which makes for a will to war, ! his father Ira Clinkenbeard oper will be changed so that that will:ate the Plattsmouth Transfer, is to war will not continue." i Will Celebrate 80th I Birthday Sunday ! 'Mr.; p culn E. Niel will celebrate j birthday Sundav at a; family reunion at the home of her on iesne iie . .uis r.. r.. T T . - - , - T", T- 1 nasoeen a resutent oi riausmoum many years. Among tnose wno are expo:- ec to attend are: Mr. and Mrs. Glen Niel of Costa Alesa CMif Mr .iei oi oor.a -Mesa, v-m., .n. and Mrs.'Perrv Niel of Grand Isl- ' Perry I and; Mr . and Mrs. Bert Niel of Elk Citv, Nebr ; Mr. and Mrs. son, Michael of T n t-s-n n4-4 T r r - n i- i Leslie Fry and Elk City; Mrs. Elk Citv; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hart; IIJIUICU J t lv l and children. Dean, Shirley, Ray mond and Phyllis of Kansas City. Mo.; Mrs. Robert Wohlfarth of Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs. Vella Sheldon of Omaha and Lowell Neil of Washington D. C. ! Maytag Denies ! Merger Rumor NKWTOX IA.., 'U.P.' The May ! tasr Ca., manufacturers of wash I ing- machines and honors, has purchased a minority interest in TVa'the Globe America Corn., of Ko- kom. Ind.. and McComb. 1!!.. ! President Fred Mayiug announ ced Thursday. At the same time, he dinied a repoit that a merger was con ' lemplated between Maytag and the Globe American firm, makers i of gas langes and brooders, j ''We have purchased the hoid i ings of ceitain minority shase 'holders in Ghbe American cor ! poration." Maytag said, "but no merger is involved nor is any contemplated.' Korean Stay May Last Fifteen Years SEOUL, KOREA, 'UP Gen. Archibald V. Arnold, tary governor of Korea. Maj. Thursday that the American occu pation of Korea may last anywhere from one to 15 years. "We will give Korea back to tne Koreans when they are qual ified to govern the ccuntry," he said in an interview. "I've told Koreans that might be in one 1 year, 10 years or 15 years." Arnold, a husky former All- American football player who led the seventh division from Attn to 'Okinawa, said the Americans we;e having a hard time finding Kot ! cans with integrity and efficiency ,to take over government jobs ; from the Japanese, j An American who formei ly iic j ed in Korea is selecting Korean officeholders, he said. ! Arnold said that the freedom ! of speech, press and reli'ion estab : lished by his forces in the Ameri can '.one of Korea applies to ; Japanese civilians as well as !o Koreans. i v 'So long as there are no dis ;titrbancos harmful to our efforts I to govern this country,'" be said "The Japanese will enjoy all freedom without restraint or dis crimination." He revealed that no Japanese property would be confiscated for the present despite Korean pressure. Japanese and the Jap anese government acquired 90 per ctnt of Korea's wealth dur ing their long years of occupa tion. "There is a long-term real es- (Tttrn to Page Number.:1,) Clinkenbeards New Agents for Feeds enlarging his scope of activity to; "Humpty Doo" Pilots include the local agency for Nu-: r j trina products, which were for-HonOr Guard to merlv handled here by Glen Val- - A . icy. jUeneral MacArthur Clinkenbeard plans to operate; TOKYO, (UR The hot pilots a feed store along with his trans-; of the 40th fighter gioup oldest fer at his present location. i in the Pacific were with their He intends to have a bisr. all-'. P-Ms's ai Atsimi oii-fiotH ThnvclQi- aioumj one-stop feed store wher?, t j farmers can buy stotk salt, bran!uVP honor guard. j and shorts, straw and hay. poul-j The bows from "humptv do , try remedie!et a coniplete line of: j n i x-. r,i.. a. tnc Bt ii-Miunn -ut!iiia itfus auu : jv IiynaWKS Il'Om Ha'Wlll 4U';ti"i. - . ., ' ih.ihh, ,iu.,u.i evervthtne- that coes with an uD'i.. in vbn ii- ,..-:t,.Mn-,' L. - t... THE WEATHER j NEBRASKA: Partly cloudy r f 1 1 i A it A f r nti m i o A i , : H' v a d ti voiiuiiuvu v" v Thursday; High Thursday f.O-Go - 1 increasing cloudiness Thursday) night, followed by cloudy with! scattered thunder showers Friday; - j slig-ht'fy warmer southwest and j west central Thursday night ; cool-) er north and west portions Friday.) Senate Expected To Pass Altered Jobless Measure WASHINGTON. L'.e A re bellious senate was expected to pass a watei-ed-down ''states i ihts" unemployment compensa tion bill Thursday in direct con flict with the desires of President Truman. More in sorrow than in anger the senators are handing- tie' president, their former colleague his first major domestic setback since he entered t're white house. The president's supporters were defeated in repeated at tempts to put across his ideas for maximum benefits of $25 a week for 26 weeks to workers who become idle during recon version. The sencte bill provides for extension of the duration of state beneFts, with federal aid, when the states request it. Only two items in the bill re main to be cleaned up. One is an amendment by Sen. Harlev M. Kilgore. I). .W. Va., to strike out a piovision -equirir.g governors to make written requests for aid under the bill. The other is an amendment hy Sen. John L. McCIellan. I., Ark. to strike out a provision granting $200 travel pay home to discharg ed war workers. Both are expected to be beaten. Swim Pool V ote In Falls City FALLS CITY. 'U.R1 A .second election to approve a bond issue' for construction of a municipal swimming pool here has been set for Oct. ! by the mavor and coun cil. The first election on the pro-, posa! w.is in July. with, a more than four to one vote in favor of the bond issue. A second vote was' necessary when bond attorneys rejected ,n pro-edire p;eviously approved by the attorney' gem r a!'s effi e for bonds ! .;! d by the municipal goyei tutu-ut. Attend Boy Scout Court of Honor At Weeping Water j Boy Scouts of Plattsmouth were j in Weeping Water Wednesday j night for the "Court of liono'' ' where liter it badges and other ; scout awards were pre.-cnted. Troops ;;(5. "o(i and :" were jiepresented at the Weeping Wa , tor meet, with leaders attending. ! Father Edward Tuchek, assist ant leader, headed troop .".0.5 j Vernon Waterman, s.-out master of troop ,'J66 and Lester Thimgan, 1 scout master of troop .''G7 were : those who were in charge of the ! lads. ' -.w..,. U. til... .;v.i .-v.t , acting as Gen. Douglas MacArth began their Pacific fightm .t. ... .. - . ' . , . . ' ' 7"' - , iu Lmininiis later ir.ai yea; Warga Farm Produces Big : r ri r ; i Wriy lblS I ear An ear of corn from the crop, measuring eleven and one i half inches was being shown in! Plattsmouth, Thursday. j Plattsmouth revealed a high rank The corn was from the farm ofjof 02 Thursday to eyjJiTtsuHl fall Albert Warga, near Rock Bluff. ! Weather. WASinNOTOV (J.P Gen. Geotge ('. Marshall undertook nei so:;a!iy Thursday to halt iir .uming: c u-j ressionai attacks on the anr.yY den-obiiixai ion pro gra . The armv chief of staff in vited ' v a gi es.-i IK a. all members of congress o-.-i.-:al meeting in tin- con nal library auditorium at for a uiscu-si'm of iheir 'most t rouble -ome pi ohlcm get ting the boys back home.. Harassed congressmen look j ed to the highly respected gen- eral as their last hope for ! clai ification of the confusion ever the whole demobilization r-ituation. The two questions uppernv st :in their minds were: How rapid- ly can theii constituents be re-lea-eu? What is the ba-is for I estimates that the m my st ll will .need 2.5OO.OO0 men by the end of next June. Vi.less his answers are more satisfactory than those given con- TOPEKA, Kansas, VP Alt'. M. Lardon charge Thursday that ixctinr state secretary Dean Acheson implied criticism of General MacArthur revealed lack of foreign policy by the n tiona administration was res ponsible tor the "shamefully slow demcbil'zatior. of our citi zen army.' Landon. who paid presidei.l Truman a friendly vi.-it on the chief executive's first visit to his Independence home in June and emerged with expressed satisfac tion in Truman's handling of things, took off the kid, gloves in a iatemcnt released Thurch-.y. The republican mid-western spokesman blasted at. Acheson foi his 1 1 ' ' 1 v to Mai-Arthur's state ment on the size ef the occupation army needed in Japan and de manded that congress no longer delay exercising its authority to force the speed-up of demol.iliza t ion. r :- loiial conr: it t oi s during; llie last two weeks by his undo! 'ings. coimres- mav take matters in its .vi! hand y iegislali A flood mil ion or; cut- li. !' demr.hi !i".at. on bills al;eady has been ml i odimed. Act ion i n them was deferred, how ever, to give Marshall a chance to tell his stotv. Marshall's meeting with con gress carried particular signifi cance in view cf an apparent disagreerr ent between Cen. Dourjlas MacAtthur and the white house on the size of force needed to occupy Japan. Mat-Arthur, supreme allied com mander for Japan, announced Monday that by the end of six ;r.o"ths lie can do the job with r.i more than 200,000 regular at my troops, with n.i further need for diaftees. The white ! house countered yesterday with a presidential statement assert -i irg that the size anil makeup of I occupation forces cannot actuiate- ly be determined until next i spring. ; Mar-Arthur's po-ition was de- fended in the halls ef congro.s. Sen. Albeit B. Chandler, I)., Ky., 'said he'il rather take the word of the general "who is on the job !and knows his need.- first hand." ;. Weather Forecasters Here Fooled at in No Frost Thursday t i- i- r r Despite prediction? of frost in , . .. . . . ; riattsmouth area ednesday night a low of only 40 degrees was ro , corded. i After the mercury dron at mid , morning Wednesday, local weath er piophets believed frost would 1015,be on hand during the night oi early Thursday morning, The temperature readings in r C2