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Show THE WEATHER UTAH Partly cloudy, with frost, Sunday morning. Temperatures: High 75 Low 40 Precipitation 31 SO THEY SAY We cfennot reach democracy or the American way of life to a Mnlc k hive emnl stom aehs, and expect them to under stand. Rep. Frank L. Chell of Ken- tucky. VOL. 23, NO. 17 Voluntary Gasoline Rationing Forced By Oil Industry Strikes Motorists In The East Facing Gasoline Famine As Strikes Close More Than Third Of The Oil Refineries In The Country By BICKNELL EUBANKS United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Sept. 22. ue Detroit, Toledo, O., and some other sections of the country voluntarily were rationing their rapidly diminishing gasoline reserves as strikes closed clos-ed more than a third of the nation's oil refineries. Motorists in the east also were faced with a gasoline famine. Millions of gallons of motor fuel, destined for the Atlantic seaboard, had been tied up in the southwest oil areas. Detroit already suffering from more than 75 strikes in : which 85,000 workers were idled, Jury Finds Epes Guilty of Poison Murder of Yife By JANE NOLAND !n"" United Press Staff Correspondent; EJ-Vmlmr or COLUMBIA, S. C, Sept. 22 U.R Samuel C. Epes was found guilty of murder today on charges of poisoning his slender blonde Wife and burying her in an army foxhole last winter, but the jury's! recommendation for mercy sent him to prison for life instead of to the electric chair, Judge A. L. Gaston immediately pronounced the sentence of life imprisonment for the wealthy Richmond, Va., socialite. ' The defense filed an immediate motion for a new trial on which Judge Gaston will rule within the hext week. If the new trial is denied, de-nied, the case will be appealed to the state supreme court. Epes watched the jurors intently in-tently as they filed into the courtroom. court-room. A hush fell upon the tense crowd that was jammed should er-to-shoulder, A.eicfant Pnunlv Clerk Charles! n TVantrler Banned forward and took the verdict from Jury man Ben C. Coleman, a Columbia merchant. I He read it in a clear voice, a Epes stood like a ramrod at t- ISrr".. .. . irii..! iCHUalll a idle woo a ...ll-J Judge Gaston, dignified in aQ) petitioned the national labor! flowing black robe, pronounced relatjons board or a strike vote I the sentence. ; in the widespread General Mot-1 Mrs. Travis Epes. who had been at her son's trial since its start gasped in horror as the verdict 'was read and then slumped dazedly daz-edly in her chair.. But when Epes was led from the room by two deputies she broke into conclusive tears. Her 16-year-old daughter and . , , - . . !I.aiL m 41,0 " , v . " broken woman but she was com - Plviy H the hite Epes was moved to the white- find one-tenth away to begin serving serv-ing this afternoon the life of toil decreed by the court. He was led out a side door and through an alley to a blue se dan, followed by a throng of xwuu, a..w d j b discuss the 30-per- other spectators clamoring tOi. J" j 'JjFY.. touch the condemned man Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Williams parents of the dead girl, were not present when the verdict was read. It had taken three hours ex actly for the jury of five farm- j ers, four businessmen, two carp- i enters and a mill ,orker to reach their decision after taking four' ballots. British Spurn Long-Term Loans LONDON, Sept. 22 (U.R) Two j j British newspapers declared today inai oriiam snouiu spurn any long I term American loan, offered to supplant terminated lend lease, and use the vast resources of her empire to regain financial inde- pendence. Observers considered these edi-i torial outbursts as further indica-j tions of an unprecedented eco- nomic war between the world's two greatest trading nations un-l less some successful agreement is i reached in the present Anglo-1 American discussions at Washing ton. The influential Daily Mail said it would recret "tieh an end" tni"1 lue 1sl WT WOrKing all hope of international cooperation coopera-tion in trade and commerce, but warned Britain might have "no other choice." "A long term loan from the United States would solve our immediate im-mediate difficulties but it is a solution that the British people would not tolerate,' 'the Mail said. The Daily Telegraph demanded, "Is it not eminently fair that America should help us in tiding over the interim while we are re-Storing re-Storing our export industries and should treat such help as an offsetting off-setting contribution on her part and not as re-equipment of a colnpetitdr." had almost 2,900 of its 3,400 ser-j ser-j vice stations dosed as a result I of rtrv fasnlinp tanks. The re maining 15 per cent was expected to pump out the last few gallons by Monday. City officials and distributors asked that the stations' sta-tions' reserve supply be saved for essential users only, on a volun- Voluntary rationing was re quested in the Calumet River in- dustrial section of northwestern Indiana, where half the gasoline output was stopped by a strike. in five refineries. The reserve in motor fuel bulk plants in the area, which furnishes most of the gasoline for Chicago motorists, was slowly draining out. The voluntary rationing had been . started earlier in Toledo, which also was using its reserve supply for essential drivers. . In Washington, officials of the office of mobilization and reconversion recon-version and of the office of price administration denied reports they were considering a nation- i wide appeal for gasoline rati ine because of the strikes w the petroleum industry Other Industries Hi Other industries were hit by labor disputes. rosiwar name wnsimciion -was Fore-lacing a reaucxion m ine inreai oi a lurnDer siriKe in ine t-acuichis order: l. AU servicemen nav- Npnnwest. some ou.wu Afi-i .irumDermen sei iz:ui a.m. r w i ) : Monday to walk off their jobs.! Another 30.000 CIO lumbermen voted to strike. No date was set In the automobile industry, the Qrs Corp. system. j Petroleum industrv officials said j that at least a third of the nation s gasoline production had been shut! off. Almost hourly new labor jflarcups were closing off other j production plants, , Seriousness of the oll and gaso. .. . ? . line siiuauun was reiietieu 111 Washington where labor depart- 1 ment officials were watching closcl thp fffct Qf tRe nation ife- As the wave of oil strikes .1 , nnn industry employes idle, Edgar L, Warren, director of the federal conciliation service, mapped plans for his conciliation conference he! will conduct here next Tuesday, i Warren said he would bring to-! ' tu. i ... Jeent wage boosts demanded by lOWIU. The hearing will be pre- . WJ . KnmiK wh wi11 be assisted by two conciliation commissioners, August J. Humm-bert. Humm-bert. of St. Louis, and James O. Hubbard, of Houston, Tex. A wave of strikes in other in- duslries from coast to coast had made more than 253,000 workers idle while union officials sought to continue the employes' take-home pay, or were seeking other disputed dis-puted demands. The world's most concentrated and biggest oil production area alon? thp rirh Tpxas irulf roast was almost at a standstill. It wasof state Marshal Henri Philippe here that the biggest threat was 0ffered to eastern motorists, for approximately 1,500,000 gallons of gasoline normally are shimmed riailv to thp Atlantic spahoarri hv tankers. Some 14,000 workers were idled by strikes at the Port Arthur-Houston, Arthur-Houston, Tex., refineries and pipe- lines. In addition to a threatened (Continued On Page Five) Officers Employ CHEYENNE WELLS, ColoJ ICAn4 OO II D Tl s-i.i ASt "? hit:!cienttat ho has on a mysterious "experiment in nis two-room rancn nouse near Wild Horse, was safely lodged in the Cheyenne Wells jail today on a lunacy complaint. Calmyer, former electrical engineer en-gineer and eastern college professor, profes-sor, was jailed after Colorado officers of-ficers were forced to bombard his hide-away with tear gas to take him away front his "gadgets." He had barricaded himself in the house and threatened with a 30-30 deer rifle to kill anybody who approached. Authorities went to the house to take him into custody, after neighbors complained complain-ed aboat his "peculiar" actions. UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT fuAKK Strike Arbiter 4 ' ) N '7; if Edgar L. Warren, former Chicago NWLB regional director, recent ly named head of the U. 5. con ciliation service. He steps into the touch job of attempting settle ment of the 28-day-old Kelsey-Hayes Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co. strike at Detroit. Demobilization Plans Scored By Union Chief f I - DETROIT. Sept. 22 (U.R) R. J.lmt to make at this time " Thomas, president of the United Seventeen of the GM plants af-Automobile af-Automobile Workers (CIO), to- fected are in Detroit and 36 in night branded the present demo- Michigan where, according to bilization plans as a "tug of war between congressmen looking for an easy vote-catchipg issue and military brass hatr who want to continue the draft and maintain outsize standing military forces." He callei for speeded -up demobilization de-mobilization and recommended an occupation force supported entirely en-tirely by voluntary enlistments. The union leader suggested that the services offer occupation vol unteers mustering out pay and additional pay, free overseas college col-lege and trade schooling. 45-day furloughs annually with free transportation home and provisions provis-ions for wives and children of married- personnel Thnma rafted for diachartfea in mg the required number of points. 2. Fathers, regardless ot points. 3 purpie heart veterans. 4. All men over 30. Thomas said the UAW (CIO) is prepared to use "every influence charge of all servicemen having the required number of points, "The army," he said, "is an- nouncing a reduction in points which is fine, but it wont mean anything unless those having the required number are discharged when eligible, mere are sun tens of thousands in service with 83 points and I am reliably informed few men with less than 100 points actually have been released. Laval Defense Asks Trial Delay PARIS, Sept. 22 (U.R) The de jfense sought today to delay the treason trial of former Vichy Premier Pierre Laval beyond the scheduled starting date, Oct. 4. Laval's attorneys said they had sent a letter to the president of the high court demanding time for additional witnesses to be heard in preliminary interrogations. interroga-tions. If the delay were not granted, they said, they . might refuse to defend JLaval on grounds that his rights were not being respected. Laval said Krug Von Nidda, German representative in Vichy, offered him a military alliance "in life and in death" Nov. 8, 1942, immediately after the Allied invasion of North Africa. Laval said he told only Chief Petaln of tne offer and a couple of days later gave Von Nidda stalling answer. THREE TRANSPORTS DOCK NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept 22 (U.R) Three transports return- ing 6,081 American troops from Europe docked today. They were the Rockhill victory, the Excelsior and the Eugaula victory. Tear Gas to Capture Hermit Just what the mysterious "ex periment" was none of the neighbors neigh-bors could learn. But they reported re-ported Calmyer lived in seclusion, surrounded by a maze of electrical elec-trical contraptions. He told in frequent passerbys that "I'm working on my experiment." The six-foot recluse, said to have been a prominent electrical engineer and a professor of colleges col-leges in Missouri, Ohio and Indiana, In-diana, was taken early today after he had repulsed one "attack" yesterday afternoon. Sheriff Phil Hollander said he and another officer were forced to "wait 'til the dark of the moon" when Calntyer leveled the rifle on them and threatened to "blow sky-high." The officers waited until about PROVO, Gen. Motors Unions As!. Strike Vote Formal Announcement Made to NLRB That Labor Dispute Exists By BEN GALLOB DETROIT, Sept. 22 & The powerful United Automobile Automo-bile Workers today filed a petition pe-tition with the national la bor relations board, asking for a strike vote throughout the farflung General Motors system. sys-tem. Walter P. Reuther, UAW-VIO UAW-VIO vice president, in a telegram to the NLRB, formally announced that a labor dispute existed between be-tween the corporation and the 330,000 union members in 96 GM plants in the nation. The long-awaited action, first threatened last week when the union revealed its strategy to obtain a postwar 30 per eent hourly wage increase in-crease for its members in the huge automotive industry, touched off a new crisis in Detroit's explosive labor situation, situ-ation, more than 86,000 workers work-ers already are idle both in Detroit automobile plants and in other industries. A spokesman for General MnAnrs said "W have nn mm. Rcuther's telegram, "a strike is impending in the Micmgan plants of the corporation Reuther listed as the first assue in the GM dispute "A 30 per cent wage increase to include in-clude corporation-wide equalization equaliza-tion and to provide a social security secur-ity fund as well as a blanket increase." in-crease." The union had previously announced an-nounced it intended to ask for strike votes in plants of all three automotive giants, GM. Chrysler and Ford. By threatening strike ballots at the major plants, the UAW hoped to force prompt action ac-tion on itsjndustry-wide pay demands, de-mands, striking one company in a system-wide shutdown while the others were permitted to produce pro-duce at capacity. A basis for pre -strike vote negotiations was seen in the corporation's announced willingness will-ingness to discuss a smaller wage Increase. President R. J. Thomas had indicated the union would be willing to accept "even slight pay gains" during negotiations on the 30 per cent pay boost. However, Thomas reiterated in statement tonight his view that "purchasing power of the people, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1945 the mainspring of full employ- general oi ivorea ana ine second MeanwhUe, a semblance 0f; """" ment must be maintained through' high Japanese Asiatic military, democratic political life in pros-j PeoP or government in the di-granting di-granting the 30 per cent wage in- commander placed on his war; trate Japan began to stir with 150, rec4UontlI .modifying its feudal crease demand of the UAW-CIO." "This nation must choose its path in peace," the union head said. "We can go forward to the! of a better life. Or we can choose thP "normaW of irtlp mpn rust. tarms and mines tor tne creation' ing factories and a future of mounting desperation for thej people." i Statement Held Untrue ! Thomas said auto industry, spokesmen "claim wage increases' must bring price increases" but! charged that the statement is un-j true and "comes with poor grace! uviii uivac wuuh; nu iuiiw oi, ter taxes rose '77 per cent above pre-war averages." He added, j "The old formula of more workj for less pay will have been trot- ted out again for universal appli- cation, 81 Wage increases are not: The UAW executive said the e 4 reporters wno ooaraea tne entrusted to tne cabinet as a entitled "U. S. initial post-sur- ine haw executive saia xne Argentina before the couple went (whole. It was decided to leave render nolicv for Janan" lists auto industry, has no selling prob- ashore i thp matter in the nremier's hands1 ren?Jfr P".cy ior japan iisis lems for a lone time to come and asnore- 1 tne matter in tne premier s nanas, as the major ultimate objective thTt thZ avS in thl ot The Duke and Duchess expect-i and his plan for reorganization the establishment of a peaceful alone would take care of fheied to Prceed ict to Paris by i wasapproved j and responsible government that union's waie increase demand! automobile. The duke, receiving! The schedule for occupation of wlu make Japan eligible eventu- wnhout ta&ln. proms ?r is- reportcrs aboard shiP' said: iSWhXtorl? t0 rHuni l the fam"y f M-ing M-ing retail prices." ' "I have no definite plans abet STRIKE CALL ISSUED NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (U.R) The Building Service Employees International Union, AFL, tonight issued a strike call for Monday to 30.000 elevator otierators and maintenance workers in more than 2,000 Manhattan business buildings and apartment houses 1 a. m. this morning. Then, when j a cloud passed over the moon, they heaved two cannisters of tear gas through the windows. The hermit-scientist came out with the rifle in his hands, but he was Unable to rout the lawmen again because of the tears in his eyes. Hollander said a search of the two-room ranch house' revealed the man "probably meant business, busi-ness, even though he is off." The sheriff found a "little arsenal" of loaded guns, including a .38 automatic auto-matic pistol, a . 12-guage shotgun shot-gun and the 30-30 rifle. "He told us he already has been in two institutions," Hollander Hol-lander said when the lunacy complaint was filed by one of Calmyer's neighbors. Japs E There Still Must y y I; I J i-i--r-r ht -V', X'S- (?': ,- "-1 w$sm' - - -Vrs&u. m The war is over, but the Wartime scene above isstill a frequent peacetime sight. Soldier of the 86th division delivers a oartins kiss to his small son as the division moves, out .of amp GruberT UKia., ior a port oi emoarication 6th Army Prepares To Go Ashore On Kyushu In Force By RALPH TEATSORT1I United Press Staff Correspondent' BTsXtLnl2Xa MacArthur's inquiry into JtoZ'iZSt The U. S. 6th army prepared to anese finances included the lm- in Tansn not to s,mnnrt it" fandlXvVc noJ,a?Mi";PeT) i?ouseh itSeU 1? & t!F-E directed land today as Gen. Douglas Mac- vast fortune of Emperor Hirohito Arthur ordered the arrest of Gen. which has ramifications through 1 7. .... ! Nobuyuki Abe, former governor criminal list. Complete controls over Japan- ese unances ana pontics were forecast as MacArthur ordered a; and President Truman's Bpeeia ' political adviser to Allied head-! irom me Japanese governmem Duke, Duchess Back in France Le HAVRE, Sept. 22 (U.R) The!prince Naruhiko Higashl-Kuni to Duke, and Duchess OI Windsor uuuv upvn w x i ttiiLt luuaj , aiij,- son council, tnrougn wnicn are ing aboard the Argentina in a carried out' MacArthur's direct-' - pouring rain. i ives to the Japanese. i jm dying to see the French Members of the cabinet clashed! fashions, but I will not be able to on whether the foreign office! hUy anything it is much too ex-1 should retain control of the coun-l pensive," the Duchess told oneicil or whether control should bej what I am going to do. and I do not know when T am ctnino to my mother." . After a stay, in Paris , he said,!5lh marine divisions already have! he is going to Cap BAntibes; occupied Nagasaki airdrome. j where he has a house "I am happy to see France! again, but I quite realize that it' is a different France than .thej one I knew before? ' j The duchess, the former Wall is I Warifeld Simpson of Baltimore,! also expressed pleasure at being DacK in tne country where she was married to the duke after his abdication in 1936 Destroyer Blast Cause Unknown WASHINGTON. Sept 22 (U.R) A navarcourt of inquiry reported today that it had found no specific cause for the explosion and sinking sink-ing of the destroyer Turner outside out-side New York harbor on Jan. 3, 1944. A series of explosions sank the Turner within two hours, killed 15 commissioned officers and 123 enlisted men and wounded 65 other enlisted men. The scene of the sinking was six miles northeast of Sandy Hook, N. Y. - - micoura Feudal Be Farewells 9 to the Pacific. quarters, George Atcheson, Jr.,! arrived in Tokyo. I Japanese commerce and industry. I leaders of former nolitical nart- ies meeting to organize a united! ; so-called "Proletarian" front. Prince Fumimara Konoye, how-; - t9; rL?.. .i?"s! " enee that Janan was nolitirallvi urF7 I -ai.ua. y a pmuueu. we is ly wnere neCessary to insure the former premier and minister; secUrity of his forces and the at-I at-I without porfolio in the present; talent of air other objectives j government. ; thfi occupation." j Wrangling Breaks Out U. S. To Govern i Serious wrangling broke out in j the cabinet- as it met in extraordinary extra-ordinary spssion with Prpmipr rporeanizP thp vital ppntral liai. ""f T liTl j L." "u"c" on the island are evacuated to waiting naval ships.! iitvonra fnn of thp ?nH and I Abe s arrest was oraerea (Continued on Page Five) i Russia Is Not Interested In Danube Internationalization (By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON. Sept. 22 (UJJ) The Soviet Union was reported today to have refused to discuss an American proposal which has the personal backing of President Truman for the internationalization internationaliza-tion of Europe's inland waterways. The proposal was made in connection con-nection with the Balkan peace treaties now under consideration by the foreign ministers council. U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes suggested that internationalization interna-tionalization of the Danube be considered while the peace treaty with Romania, which has the river for most of its southern border, was under discussion. Byrnes Suggestion Rejected . Foreign commissar viacnesiav Molotov was saioMo have reject COMPLETE UIOTED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE IT. u j Occupation Policy Directives Sent To Mac Arthur Revealed by Administration; , U. S. Promises Not To Intervene In Revolt I By R. H. SHACKFORD ! United Press Staff Correspondent I WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 c The United States to night encouraged the Japanese people to rid their government govern-ment of its feudal and authoritarian trappings and promised' promis-ed' not to intervene even if they use force to do it. 'The invitation was contained in occupation policy directives di-rectives sent by President Truman to Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur Aug. 29 four days before the formal Japanese surrender sur-render signing and made public " ' ' tonight by the White House. The policy statement reveals re-veals in detail for the first time the powers vested In MacArthur as "supreme Allied commander and the steps by which Japan Is to be stripped strip-ped of every vestige of militarism mili-tarism and ultra-nationalism. Controversy Rages Publication of the policy state-1 ment came in the midst of a sharp! controversy touched off my Mac Arthur's announcement from Tokyo Monday that American occupation oc-cupation forces probably can be reduced to 200,000 within six months and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson's subsequent rebuke of MacArthur. Acheson said Wednesday that the government, govern-ment, not the (njilitary. should determine de-termine occupation policy. Mr. Truman's directive to Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur made no mention of the number of troops to be used to attain at-tain the desired objectives in Japan. It referred, however, to "the desire of the United States to attain its objectives with a minimum commitment of its forces and resources." American policy as developed de-veloped jointly by the war, state and navy departments and approved by Mr. Trumandirects Tru-mandirects MacArthur to exercise his authority through Japanese governmental machinery ma-chinery and agencies, including includ-ing the emperor. MacArthur also was instructed to act directly, if necessary. "The policy," .it said, "is to use cnang.es!i.1" f"m,of Sv' amf autfcorttarian tendencies are to,.?e Permitted and favored. In the event that the effectua- use of force by the japanese peo ple or government against pers- PP?ed fj0: supreme commander should intervene on- The policy is designed to satisfy all the principal Allied Al-lied powers whose forces will be "welcomed and expected" ex-pected" in the occupation, but the White House statement made plain that in event of policy disagreement amonr the Allies, "the policies of the United States will govern." The White House document - This, it said, will require limiting Japanese soverlgnty to her home islands; the complete com-plete disarming and demilitarising demili-tarising of Japan, and the total to-tal elimination of militarists (Continued on Page Five) ed Byrnes' suggesion, although the Soviet Union has signed an agreement agree-ment on use of the Danube with the Hungarian provisional government. gov-ernment. His action and Russia's Hungarian agreement were be lieved to show that Moscow is not very enthusiastic about the waterways water-ways scheme, at least in the eastern east-ern zone of Europe. Signs that Russia aparently wanted to bargain over the waterways water-ways internationalization scheme disappointed the American delegation. dele-gation. The. project is considered vital for equal distribution of relief re-lief supplies in middle Europe this winter. . The United States and Great Britain want waterways internationalization interna-tionalization divorced entirely from the question of control of (Continued on Page "Five); PRICE FIVE CENTS t u Nimitz Sure Sea Power Won the War By EDWARD L. THOMAS United Press Staff Correspondent FEAtUj HARBOR, Sept. 22 (U.R) Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reiterated his belief today that sea power won the war against Japan. He said future use of the atomic bomb 'depends upon the maintenance of strong naval forces. Nimitz would not discuss his recommendations concerning future U. S. bases in the Pacific and refused to comment on current cur-rent political discussions in Washington concerning the occupation oc-cupation of Japan. His only statement concerning; postwar navy plans was that the outline of the secretary of navy published several days ago "certainly "cer-tainly looked good to me." He' added that his own recommendations recommenda-tions concerning bases in the Pacific were in the handspf the secretary of navy; " """ It was "a well known fact" that the Japanese were interested in peace "long before" the atomic bomb was dropped and before Russia's entry into the war, he said. Nimitz declared that the sea blopkade of Japan and bombings made possible by the strong U. S. navy and the capture of advance air bases brought the war to an end. - He described the atomic bomb as "just another weapon deadly and destructive" that must rely on seapower to make it effective and accurate. He said he would not predict that atomic bombs could not be launched by rockets from the west coast, Alaska or Hawaii in the future if necessary, but said he doubted their accuracy accur-acy if used in this way. Advance bases must be maintained, defended de-fended and supplied by the navy to carry out any such use of atomic missiles, he said. "Even the atomic bomb hasn't changed the distances or geography geo-graphy of the Pacific." Delay Seen In Arrest of Jap TOKYO, Sept. 2f W Lt Gen. Kenjl Doihara, whose "immediate arrest" was ordered by Gen. Douglas MacArthur last night, today to-day appeared as usual at his office at Japanese first general army headquarters. Spokesmen at MacArthur's headquarters and at ,8th army headquarters said it was not known definitely when Doihara, one of the leaders of Japan's Kwantung army group, would be brought in. It was believed possible Doihara Doi-hara might be turned over by the Japanese to U. S. occupation authorities shortly. Since the first arrests of war criminals it has been army practice to permit the Japanese to apprehend those wanted and bring them in. This sometimes has required from 24 to 48 hours. Big Five Parley Ending in Failure LONDON, Sunday, Sept 23 (UJ! The council of foreign roinlst- ; ers early today - was reported making preparations to end the historic meetings without having reached important decisions on any of the vital questions before -them. London newspapers said the conferences would close on note of -dismal failure" and "little progress. - WEDOIJEYEK. inJKLEY DUE SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 (U.R) MaJ. Gen. Albert C. Wede-meyer, Wede-meyer, commander of U. S. forces in China, and MaJ. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley,; American Ambassador to China, were scheduled to reach, Hamilton Field tomorrow. or Monday aboard an ATC plane. ' I. I |