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Show V - - i nr. Head Usher Finds Opera House Heady tor V-onrerence upening Ry KETLI1TE FX. BTJRNE United Press Staff Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 QUO The head usher looked along the shining marble .foyer of the war memorial opera house today .and cronounced it ready for the opening lot , the United Nations Security Conference. . About 3 pjn. PWT when the New York subways are Jammed with homegoers and they re lift? ins cocktails In Chicago. William Meade, head , usher today and piano salesman fulltime, will signal the attendants to open the bis bronze-rimmed doors. - Some 3,500 persons, nearly all Smuts Sees Meet As Last Great Battle of War Smuts of South Africa described the San Francisco conference as the last great battle of the war. 'South Africa has only one proposal pro-posal to make, and that is for the success of the- conference,'" he ie rest is detail. The last great battle of the war is not being fought In Berlin or any- where else, but right here in San Francisco. "The question of whether - or not Poland, , or any country for that matter, sits at this conference confer-ence is side issue. One of our temptations will be to be unduly Influenced by side issues." Smuts, wearing his khaki field xnarshall's uniform, described the preamble which he believes should be Included In the United Nations charter. "We have fought this war for a new type of human society. Just as our opponents have, he said. - uuiK inai any aocumeni wmcn p . . concludes this war and starts thelUlSQS iCT V ICTIITIS luture ought to include a statement state-ment of our faith, pur objectives J we uungs we stand xor. Three Marines Become Aces In 20-Min. Combat r ABOARD ADM. TURNER'S FLAGSHIP OFF O KINAWA, April 25 (U.FD Three marines became aces in 20 minutes of aerial combat about 60 miles northwest of Okinawa last night They were Mai. George C. Ax- tell, Jr., 24, commanding officer of a marine fighter squadron who shot down five Jap dive-bombers . and damaged three others; Maj. Jefferson Davis Dorrah, 24, who sent 0 bombers crashing into the sea, and Lt. Jeremiah J. O'Keefe, 21 who bagged five bombers. Dorrah is from Hood River, Ore. His wife lives in Riverside, Calif. Will Rogers. Jr. Injured In War WASHINGTON, April 23 .First Lt Will Rogers, Jr., former for-mer Democratic member of - the house from California, is recovering recov-ering in an army hospital in England Eng-land from a shrapnel wound received re-ceived in Germany, relatives here was informed today. Rogers, son of the humorist, was flown to England for a leg operation after being wounded while leading a drive into Kaisel on April 9, it was learned. He was with the 814th tank destroyer unit of the 7th armored force. A previous message received by his family said his injury was "not serious." nee uiubu ailu cro TO pub officials, will goia opera wd will be ere's not lic at this the of them confere fill the red house. Few in the San Franciscans. much room for the first public gathering ,of United Nations. The opera house is next door to, and a twin of, the veterans memorial building where the shirtsleeve work of the conference will be done. Both, are .gray: granite outside and are Tennessee j marble inside. M In the lobby a plague reads:1. "War Memorial opera house. A living monument . eloquent of hones realized and dreams come true. Dedicated to the citizens of San Francisco who gave their lives in the service of their country." Those words took -on new meaning today. When Head Usher Meade gives the sienal. hiirh school boysand oil luinA, euiante urflV PAW JHAWUBWU, April S3 turn in tfrPft the deleeatefc. The Aim f a ar w 1 .. 5 uaiv fiexa manual won vuu&iT1boys will wear dark blue suits, N white shirts and ties. Those who don't own blue suits will have to wear brown. The girls will wear dark dresses, white middies and dark ties. As the, delegates enter the lobby, they will glimpse a glowing glow-ing stage set by Jo (CQ) Miel-ziner. Miel-ziner. New York stage designer, Large pillars symbolize the four freedoms. They are connected by garlands of laurel wreaths sym bols of unity, peace and victory, Behind-the pillars fly silk flags of the 46 United Nations. A military guard of honor soldiers, sailors and marines will occupy the stage where Lily Pons, Kirsten Flagstad. Lauritz Mel- chior, Grace Moore and Lawrence Tibbets have sung. U. S. Raids Make 2,100,000 Japs By UNITED PRESS The Tokyo domestic radio said today that 2400,000 persons in Tokyo had been made "disaster victims" during the American raids on the Japanese capital from March 1 to the middle of April. The broadcast, recorded by FCC, said 510,000 homes had been destroyed and seven wards in the industrial section of the city were "mostly in ruins as the result of fires." QThe broadcast did not explain what it meant by "disaster vic tims," but it presumably referred to those killed, injured and left homeless. In Osaka during the same per iod there were 510,000 "disister victims" and 130,000 homes destroyed, de-stroyed, according to the broadcast. broad-cast. It added 270,000 persons and 60,000 homes in Nagoya and 260,000 persons and 70,000 homes in Kobe suffered a similar fate. SHIPYARDS WIN SAFETY AWARDS CHICAGO. April 25 (U.F3 The Admiral Land trophy, awarded annually to the shipyard with the best safety program, will be shared this year by the Dravo Corp., Neville island plant' at Pittsburgh and the U. S. Naval drydocks at Hunter's island, San Francisco. The National Safety Council, in announcing the"awards, said the shipyards had reduced accidents io per cent during the year. Duplicate trophies will be presented. Whde World Peace Is Being Shaped rr lllllll : I! j VETPRAMS BUILDING S ( i " 1 OPERA HOUSE sis. San Franciscoi't Civic Center, showing two principal meeting places of the United Nations Conference Con-ference the War Memorial Veterans Building, seating 1100, and the War Memorial Opera House. 3250. Both were completed in 1932. The domed building is City Hall; tower beyond is the Fed era! Building. Civic Center includes other government, educational, and assembly buildings. Brothers, 11 Committed to State Institutions LOS ANGELES, April 25 (U.R) Two young brothers, 14 and 11 years old, accused of killing a man during a burglary, were committed to institutions today for rehabilitation. Superior Judge A. A. Scott or dered Lee McKay, 14, of Glen-dale, Glen-dale, sent to the juvenile cottage of the Sonoma hospital for an indefinite period. His 11-year-old brother, Billy, was ordered placed in a northern California school to take him away from his en vironment. The two boys are accused of fatally wounding Donald Paul Meikle when he surprised them in his Glendale home Feb. 16 Lee has admitted doing the shooting. Psychiatrists held that Lee is neither feeble-minded nor insane, but is psycho-delinquent with criminal tendencies. Billy has a good mentality and character, but was influenced by his older brother, the psychiat rists said. Forty-four thousand "rehabili- vX 11 1 1 J. Miteu ucrsoiui wnose Dnysicai disabilities had kept them from making enough money to live on, were earning $6,482,225 a month at the close of the last fiscal year. Vatican Has Hand In Deliberations ROME, April 25 (U.R) Informed Inform-ed sources said today there was a strong probability that the Vat ican, although not represented officially at the San Francisco world security conference, would make an effort to guide it toward to-ward Vatican ideals of an international inter-national peace organization. The sources said it was likely that the Pope's admonitions to the conference would be conveyed either through Archbishop Joseph Mitty of San Francisco or Archbishop Arch-bishop Francis Spellman of New So far during the war, the American Red Cross has spent nearly $400,000,000. FIRST SECUHITYL Springtime is home protection time . . . time to make needed repairs ... to fix-up, paint-up, re-roof. re-roof. You may borrow any amount needed to make necessary repairs and maintenance. FHA or FIRST SECURITY loans ... re-payable in small, monthly installments . . . and immediate attention to your application. a an FIRST SI Ml TY BANK XT iUwbf Federal Reserve System - PAUL REVERE OF 1945 : BRAINTREE, Mass. (U.R) Sgt Paul Revere of Braintree is fol lowing in his storied namesake's footsteps. Sgt, Revere is serving as a forward observer for a field artillery outfit, somewhere in Italy. Like his namesake, he warns of the approach of the Ycr Prisoners Feel Food Pinch NEW YORK, April 25 UJ The 13.000 German, prisoner oi war In the army'a second service command' went without butter, beef and, jelly today, under a new plan to zeea enemy capuves nutritious nu-tritious but plain meals in accordance ac-cordance with Geneva conference rules. CoL Clinton J. Harrold of Pit. man, a. J., director oz supplies for the second service command, said in a press conference that the menu change was not ordered in retaliation for German treat ment of Allied prisoners, but as a result of the nation's food shortage. Harrold said he oeuevea the revised food menus now affect only second service command prisoners, but that the war department de-partment is considering adopting them for all 302,000 German prisoners pris-oners in this country. The prisoners' daily diet con tains 3,560 calories and costs the United States 41 cents per man per day. The GI gets 3,800 calories calor-ies costing 65 cents, Harrold said. He outlined this typical menu for German prisoners: Breakfast Apples, oatmeal, fresh milk, coffee cake, margarine and coffee. Dinner Liver, boiled potatoes, sauerkraut, lettuce salad with dressing, bread, oranges and coffee. cof-fee. Supper Baked, beans with fat-back, fat-back, boiled cabbage, fried potatoes, pota-toes, string beans and oniorrsalad, dressing, bread, raisin twists and coffee. ! ! L2 enemy. Recently he was awarded the bronze star for meritorious action. Rugs will last longer if they are turned about occasionally so that! wear will be more evenly distributed. More than 22,000 trained express ex-press men are now in the armed forces and new employees replacing replac-ing them are taught the v rudiments rudi-ments of their job' by training meetings regularly conducted by the Railway Express throughout the United States. DAILY HERALD yitOVO. TJTAH COUNT t. VTAM V&CiV X WEDNESDAY. APRS. 23. 1945 AVa 9 Pyle's Widow to Get $100 Annuity ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. April 25 0M9 Ernie Pyle's widow will receive $100 per week for the rest of her life under terms of the war correspondent's will which was filed for probate here yesterday. Pyle, who. was killed while covering the invasion "of Ie Jima, named Roy P. Johnson. Stillwater, Still-water, Minn., trustee of his estate. In addtlon to Mrs. Pyle, who will feecelve the family home in Albuquerque and a trust fund paying $100 per week, Pyle left $2,500 to Eugene Uebelhardt of Los Angeles. Upon agreement of Mr4 Pyle and trustee Johnson, the will provides $5,000 each to be paid to Ernie's father and his aunt, Mrs. Mary E. Bales, both of Dana, Ind., Mrs. Pyle's mother, Mrs. Myrta Siebolds of Afton, Minn., and Ernie's secretary, Rosamond Goodman. . . enjoy (be dirlzaZfi ( r ICO) off moderation r; rjl ' . tbo brand off IjC 11 ' ft Q A y (If y. 1 1 1 11 c 1 1 all I, IT! 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