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Show ' ",t I f. ' ' -. 4 t -1 j-J fit' ' N wr " , , ;V - mmm jiERAu AYCTyM?AH page 7 Bank Legislation WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 (UJO The United States today became the first nation to announce its willinmess to loin the world bank of reconstruction and the monetary stabilization fund proposed pro-posed in the Bretton Woods agreements. The White' House announced that President Truman had signed legislation authorizing a total United States commitment of $5,-923,000,000 $5,-923,000,000 for membership in the $9,129,000,000 bank and the $8. 800,000,000 stabilization fund. The president also signed two other pieces of legislation carrying carry-ing out the nation's policy of participation par-ticipation in world economic and reconstruction affairs. One is the bill to authorize thl country's participation in the world food and agriculture or ganization, the fact-finding and advisory group planned at the Hot Springs, Va., world food comer ence. The other is the bill to in crease the lending authority of the export-import bank from $700,000,000 to $3,500,000,000. This will make $2,800,000,000 in ) American money available for economic aid to war torn Europe during the next 12 months. This money will serve as an interim source of long-term credits cred-its until the Bretton Woods world bank for reconstruction and de velopment b e g,i n s operation probably in a year or 18 months. 'Love Theft' Murder Probed LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (U.R) Investigation of the "love theft" slaying of Harold T. (Dee) Young uncovered activities of a safecracking safe-cracking gang which boasted of a "almost incredible" number of ration board robberies over the nation, police said today. Sheriffs deputies said that Young was really William Doug las Owens, 31 year old convicted safecracker, wildcat bus driver and mastermind of the ring. Three suspected ringleaders were ar rested after Young's death. Young was fatally wounded a - week ago by Leon Benon, 17, when his wife, Lois, 17, an nounced she meant tc leave him for the older man because Young promised to give hei expensive clothing and a convertible auto mobile. Elmer Mays, 25, Henry Win frey, 46, and Charles James Brew er, 25, were arrested on informs tion supplied by Young's widow, officers said. They added the trio bragged that the gang had robbed every ration board office between Los Angeles and Dallas, Texas. In two years, the ring allegedly opened safes yielding hundreds of thousands of dollars and stole millions mil-lions of ration stamps from OPA offices extending from the Pacific coast east through Missouri, Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, Oklahoma and Texas. DDT Insecticide To Be Available For Civilian Use SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 4 (U.R) DDT, the army's powerful insecticide, in-secticide, is expected to be available avail-able here commercially by next spring, prospective handlers re ported today. Farmers and stockgrowers will .have priority on the first supplies, however, they added. The powerful insect killer has been used almost exclusively by the army during the past two years. It has been termed by army officials as the war's' greatest contribution con-tribution to future world health. JSOW HALf PRICE LOTIONS REG $2 SIZES $1 JL Off to Europe gMMiMMai li Adml. Henry K. Hewitt, above, of Hackensack, N. J., former member of the Navy Genera) Board, is tne new commander of U. S. naval forces in Europe He relieves Adml. Harold R. Stark, who will retire. New Tax Bill Becomes Law WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (U.R)-The (U.R)-The White House announced to day that President Truman had approved reconversion tax legis lation intended to encourage big and little business in returning to peacetime production. The bill will raise the excess -rofits tax exemption on corpor ate earnings from $10,000 to $25,- 000, beginning next Jan. 1, and will advance the payment date for approximately $5,540,000,000 In tax refunds authorized by exist ing law. The measure made no change in business tax rates or in personal tax rates or exemptions. A net revenue loss of about $160,000,000 during 1947 was ex pected to rasult from the in creased excess profits exemption on 1946 earnings. The speedup in refunds will not result in any ultimate loss to the treasury. Jap Resistance Appears Stiffer WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (U.R) Since the Japanese rejection of the Potsdam unconditional surrender sur-render ultimatum observers fol lowing Tokyo radiocasts have noted a hardening of the enemy s determination to resist to the bitter bit-ter end. Numerous utterances on the Japan Ja-pan radio prior to the ultimatum suggested that perhaps the Japanese Japa-nese will to fight was softening. Now it appears these were merely bids for an easier peace offer from the Allies. If the Japanese fight to the bitter end military observers believe be-lieve victory can't come until next spring at the earliest as it will be impossible to redeploy sufficient forces from Europe prior to that time to achieve a knockout blow against the Japanese homeland. Denunciation of Franco May Encoiiiage Monarchist Group Unite cT Press Staff corresponeent MADRID. Aub. 4 (U.PJ Inform ed observers believed today hat the denunciation of Generalissimo Generalis-simo Francisco Franco by the Big Three in the Potsdam communique communi-que might result in a rapid res toration of the. Spanish monarny. These observers said that a new military government might apiz power, ynonoraoiy reure rranco, and put a kingon the thronja possibly before sept. 30. . It was understood that Franco, vacationing on his summer estate in Galicia, was especially anxious to examine the full official text of the communique particularly the passage affecting Spain. Unconfirmed rumors said he government waaTplanning to issue' an official statement replying to the communique. Foreign Minister Martin Artajo, who is understood to have a copy of the communique, was driving to Sah Sebastian when he re ceived urgent word from the Guadillo to come to Galicia. Newspapers published the full Potsdam text arid they sold like V hot cakes as anxious Spaniards attempted to understand what has. happened. Radio listeners reported that part of the communiaue's refer ence to Spain was deleted wttn these words substituted: "The communique then referred to Spain and said that the three gov ernments would not support any application for entry of said coun try into the united Nations." If Allied sanctions come, it was thought that Franco might do hit uunosi to warm up Spaniards to tne idea of tightening their belts and sticking it out Some observers observ-ers pointed out that even anti fascists supported Mussolini in his Ethiopian campaign when Italy was hit by sanctions. Most Spaniards confessed they found the Allies' attitude, espe cially that of the united States, extremely baffling. On the one had were such startling develop ments as the Potsdam denuncia tion, yet on the other, American gasoline and cotton, or British coal and Argentine wheat, continue con-tinue to pour into the country, they said Board Denies Wage Increase Employees of the Garfield Water company, Garfield, Utah, have been denied a general wage increase, of $1.03 a shift by the nonferrous metals commission i of the national war labor board, Chairman J. Glenn Donaldson announced an-nounced today. Present wages are at or above the stabilized rate for nonferrous metals operations in Utah, and increases allowable under tie Little Steel formula have been exhausted. ; The company, ia subsidiary of the Utah Copper company and the American Smelting and Refining company, and the International union ol Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, CIO, agreed to accept decisions of the commission on like issues in settlement of a dispute dis-pute between the Utah Copper company, Magna1 and Arthur, Utah, and the union. Donaldson said the cooperation of the parties had reduced materially the time for handling the dispute case, as hearings and submission of briefs were eliminated. The commission ordered this' utility labor rate increased from $6.35 to $6.45 a; day. to bring wages up to the bracket minimuni for common labor in the area:. Classifications receiving $6.55 $ day were increased to $6.65 a day to retain existing wage relationships. relation-ships. Wage rates of $6.05 and $6.15 a shift, listed as dykemaa and laborer on ithe company's wage scale were ordered elimin ated. . i SIX NAVY FLIERS KILLED IN CRASH SEATTLE, Augr 4 . (U.RJ The bodies of six navy flyers killed when a Ventura bomber crashed six miles southeast of Port Angeles Ange-les Thursday night have been recovered re-covered and identified, the 13th naval district announced today. Murder Charges Facing Veteran COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Aug. 4 Routine murder charges were being prepared today against Pvt. Harold W. Garland of Co lumbus, Ind., but the 23-year-old wounded veteran stood clear of any blame in the fatal shooting of three German prisoners pf war. Lt. Col. Peter Fredericksen, Camp Carson inspector who investigated in-vestigated the slaying, announced that Garland was found faultless in the slaying but general courts matrial charges of murder, under the 96th article of war, would be prepared to officially close the case. Meanwhile, Garland is not confined con-fined but held in technical custody custo-dy in the prisoner of war camp area at Camp Carson near here, Fredericksen said. The three Nazis, who were kill-edv kill-edv Wednesday in an escape at tempt after they refused to work, were to be buried today in the prisoner of war cemetery at Camp Carson. Churches Reopen In Berlin Areas BERLIN, Aug. 4 (U.R) Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, commander of American occupation forces, re vealed last night that 122 Protes tant and 52 Catholic churches and one synagogue have been reopened reopen-ed in Berlin. Approximately one-third of the khurches were in the American zone. Church attendance was understood un-derstood to be increasing. Berlin's subways also were being be-ing restored. Tunnels jammed with thou sands of bodies were being pumped pump-ed out. tola sister'- . The men in service appreciate the help of the Long Distance operators In getting their calls through. v They'll appreciate anything you do, too. 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