The latest world news i• that Secretary of State Byrne• bas proposed a big power meeting in Peria for lpril Twenty-Fifth - a get-together of the foreign ainister• of the Big Four, the United States, Great Britain, loviet Russia and France. The purpoee,•l•il , , to - arrange for a peace conference. Th• schedule, as it ataa4a, call• for a peace oonference to gather •••IJaiaxlQ on the first of l•J - )at that ha · rua into all aort• of co ■plicationa. The tlak of the conference would ,e to aake f■•• foraal peace treatiea with auch ene■J countrie• aa I\alJ, . Hungary, Boaania, Bulgaria, Finland. The Soviet• de•••• tha~ the Big Power• shall ha•e the treaties all fixed up before they are suba1tted to a peace conference of the United latiooa. Thia baa bit a lot of anaga - and now Secretary Byrnes propoaea a gatberin& of the foreign ministers of the Big four to aake poeaible the ••~•••i■i peace conference scheduled for May. . . -- . JIM It's bard to say whether today•• news is to be considered a boabehell for the United latioaa, or a aeatle breeze that blows away the remainder of the ~o•iet- d 1r:. . Iranian ispute. oth loadow and Teheran announce the conolus ion of an agreement, an agre• . ~•nt concluded less ~~~~ twelTe hours after the Securi~1 Council had accepted -- th• Soviet explanation~ no condition•~•• ,esa A.• attached to the Bed Ar•~ roa Iran.-- the Council oa tbat ba■l■ pattiag the diepate aaidelrhe ■ettle■eat anaouaced today . provides tor the toraatlon of a • joint Iranian oil ooapan7 to exploit petrolea ■ reaerves in IA. aortbern Peraia, Nl9 thin& Iosco• had been deaandin1. A . The other loaco• deau4, pertaining to aa autono ■oaa goYera■eot~!~ Iraaia~zerbaiJ••• ia not ■entioaed ia the public aareeaent, the Teheran Pre ■ ier explainin& that Az•rbaiJu is an internal Iranian affairJTbe anooanoe■eat of tile settle ■ent explains wh7 SoTiet Delegate Gro111~0 - was so insistent that the Security Council should not consider . je • dispute right away -- should agree to a delaJ. IRAI - 2 - The••• purpose of the delay as obTiousl7 to give Mosco• t1me to conclude the arrangement announced today. Another point, most pertinent, is this: Iran insisted befcn the Council that no agreement could be made while Soviet ~ troop•~ on I~anian soil. But the Red Ar117 is still ia Iran, and the ~• agreement is announced. In London there was an iaaediate reaark that the aere preaenc of 111'11S-R•~~Iran · i~p~iea fx •~•• sort ot intimidation, ..t therefore toda1'• . aareeaent ••• ne1otiated under pressure. Also -- tiler• is doubt . · 10Yerel1nt1 : ·· about the aaintenance of full Ira11ian~•••••*1u~ oYe.r . · l1erba1Jaa, where autonoaous goYernaent was set up under the sponsorship of Moacow.~t is poesible, of cnrae, that these considerations ai&ht perauade the Securit1 . ll'M.,, . Council to take up the matter aga~~ -~/\•, ~h• suspicion that,today's agreeaent •i&hJ,,., in reality haYe been a condition for the withdrawat of the Bed army fro• Persia. ♦ A .1..1.. • "- hhl ft IP J,ood one •r wae • • s• ••• ■ Jo•eiga 6 ft1ctJN ••••JtDI tfti attet ax of wto\k dt .._ ae\ it. atoa}t: 9 ta t ttll 1111111 ~P!ttlll Bcl111:t1, 24.. IRll - 3 -- I.AF Ced 011• 0 , , I . dpeb ,:np '!t a C .._ ltnd "\ll•• \here's th. Aa•tralian del gate, Colonel I. rs. Hodgson, who yesterday objected to t be way the Council acce•/.d t la llo■ cow ~ a1surance and put the matter off. The blunt-spoken <!&. . la■t.raliaa ~nouaced tbia as al idin& o-,er the aatter, aad ,tat.ea that he reserTed the right to raise tba Iranian q•eatioa again at. any ti m e. So will he re•ive the is••• . ••• at. . t.h• next. Coaacil aeetin&? tea, t.h• Secarit.J Coa6cil aight consider th• So•i•t.-Iraai&D aar••·••t •• a reaaon for ln•••tigat.iDI t.he whole a11pate all o•er aaain. Bat, on the other ~anl, it. aight consider the aet.t.le•nt · as aa enl to tile affair ud sq -- well, it patched up their di■pwte, aad that.'• trouble off our baada:'the echo would ■eea to be -- U.R. BOIIE ---- ... --~ Today the delegates of the United Rations were lookipg over a huge building out on Long Island, headquarters for the Sper~J Gyroscope plant at Lake Success. t--r ~ The United lat ions are lookiDI · ~ ~~J for a new e gyanaska at Bunter College havin& proYed to be too aaall. Soviet Delegate Groayko was on the job, after bi• walkout on the recent proceeding•. The Iranian question having been disposed of, bi• boycott did not include the ,uainea• of selecting a new teaporary ho••• The Rueaians are a good deal better fixed than ■oat in the aatter of accoaaodation• for their purchased one of Thia was announced today, wfth the Ruesian acquisition of the Glen Cove estate of the late George D•Pont Pratt of Standard Oil. That aillion dollar property has llJ.i.12111 - 2 long been a ahow-pla c e on Long Island, with atately "- buildings and beautiful landsc•,ing, trees, gardens_. . JA lakes. - ~ takaD o•er b7 the Soviet PurchaaiDI ,, Co■■ i1aion for the use of its e■ployees - aad alao the delegate• o1Sovi e t ,aa l3lt be _ inYited luesia to the United lation1 will to • tay there. Thi• i• the second 1reat Loni Ialand eatate to be acquire4 bJ the Soviets, they having laat 7ear leased the faaoua eatate of J.P.lorgan at Glen Co•• - the aagnificeat property of laerica'• one-tiae giant et baaki•I• f I wonder if tho•• aillionairee and baak•r• are tYlNV. turnin& in their 1ra•••• • Leai■ . /'- ■■tt■»i ai!l d r ~ and Trotatyf lea ,~-~ • Well, •e are still takin a beating in the ., lu■eian press. Moscow propaganda i8 still attacking the United States. Today the lfr-4» blast wae in lz•estia, official publication of the Cosmunist Party. Iz•estia charges A■erican treaty •iolation■ in Iceland, clai■inl that our go•ernaen~ is acquiring Icelandic b•••• - which i• all wrong according to . the Soviet■• Jawe■ti■ · *II call• thi• Aaericaa ar11y •Aaerican iaperiali••• and declares that authori t f ' e ~ ,::J!f ¥:/; ~ acquiriDI tract• of land on the quiet - buying land fro■ Icelandic far■ers, and paying the■ large price■ , if they'll ••1 nothing about it. The quoted -. called ~ _.._..-.. ty violation American , ... of iae aewe ~cdh) tells of a couple of eigeifieaat... -f.. ~ -e._. ~ ~ C - . - g ~ 11LCti • prepeuaaea fer ,he ~eaefit of the Uni,ei lati;~. ~ ' -fb;_ _ ~ e eral MacA~thur~ t"propoaal that th• United Rations shou l d, each and individually, renounce war. baaed on th• idea of stopping war• by th• uae of force, i■ only • teaporarJ expedieit'-:::-=-<.~ole idea gou 1, 4eeper. le ba••• hi• lkeaia on what bas happened in Japan under hi• guidance - ti• incorporation into the ••• Jppaneae Conatitution of a proYieo abolishing ailitarJ pow e r and depriving the nation of the right to aake war. MacArthur thinks that all nation• ahoul4 siailarlJ aaend their own sovereignty and iapoae upoa theaaelvea a conatitutional provision forbidding theasel•es to aake e a ~ Aaet••• ii•• f . . ~Ila iaitej. lei f ••• •••• ■ .kn■ I President Trum~n tonight Chicago - for Army Day tomorrow. is on bis way to ~ The Presiden~tl~ review a giant ~ t a k e Arm:, ■iiitazJ parade of military forces, and Day as the occasion of l■ erican foreign policy. It is for a declaration Jtv,. T~•-, understood that._ " will speak of the necessity of this country aaintainiDI 1reat ■ilitarJ power, and that be will repeat . bil Yi••• on t b . ~ : : d . , 3f a uified ■ilitarJ co■■and. Aleo - \be President ia expected to ■ake iaportant declaratioa• ?,,u~:7c he Aaer~an attitude in world affairs. ~ &-.~-e.-. t~•A•11.... --~~~· IAZIS -- From occupied ~ermany we get an assortment of reports of la~ii•• reviving in the land. In Munich the other night, headquarter• of the Communist Party was decorated with swastikas - the la1i eablea appearin& ay•teriously all over the building occupied by the Re4•• Ind a •1•terioua kind of a7abol ha• appeared - the nuaber eight, repeated twice. Thia auaerical •iga - the two eight• - has been fount acr · ibble4 ti■• aad a1aia •• wall• in towna. lbat do•• it aean? lell, if you count down the alphabet you will find that the eighth letter 1• - I• So the eyabol of the two auaber• •taa4 for - l•I· lhich, ia turn, 1tanda for •Beil Bitler.• Buaor center• around lartin Boraann - who wa• Deputy ruehrer to Bitler during-the final da7e of th• laii collap••· It ha• been authoritatively stated that Boraan~••• killed, but fro• ti•• to tiae we baYe aoted ruaor• that lartin Bormann was atill aliYe, aoaewher• in Germany. !ill§ - 2 It bad been A that the le ends would gather around Bitler, with a refusal to believe that the lazi Fuehrer ha ectua ly pe iahed - Bitler thought to be still alive. But, actually Bormann bas beco ■ e the creature of legend - especially a ■ ong the wandering, dieplaced youth of Germany. One eeventeen year oldie quoted today as eay in that in tbe aountaina of Bavaria., Boraann bas a hideout, a kind of secret stronghold. And - that he bas with hia ae•eral coapanies of lazi Stora Trooper•, and enough food stored up to last for au:erul 7eare. In thi• hideout the one-tiae »eputy ruebrer to Bitler is aaid to direct a Razi under1round • • Another I• rumor is that Bormann has had hi1 face changed - hie features altered so that be cannot be recognized. ~~~~any without fear of detection. 10111 .. Toda7•s recover7 at Jacksonville, F lorida, of One Hundred and Fifty-three Thousand Dollars dug up in a back yard, ia is a tale of the final tri•apb of a donoast and dejected post office iaspector. ¥or\•• I • • ,. Two year• ago, Oae lundred and liallty tboaaallll • .... ... ~ • '"I . ... dollars wa s 1tolen fro ■ the Jaok1oaYille poatoffice, alll ea- haediat,17 1a1piolon fell on "'9 registry olert. " ' •• • • • l • le wa1 wato~e4 carefall7 tor a ~bile, an4 then arre1te4. I• ooaf••••d 'J b•t refa1ed to tell •~ere the• ney •••• . . I• aerely ■ aid -- 11 it's buried~ Then quietly, ,y the cbaace of fatality, be fell ill, wa1 operated on ud died -- while awaitiq trial. . .. . . .. T _ he job of findia1 the aoney ••• placed ia the bands of 11x Poat Office Agent Palaer, who tllougbt ~•x~ he'd baye little difficulty in tindin1 i t . ' • • ~ •~•• ha hai \he..aae~ia1:t'iie dead post of f ice clerk had adaitted -- the aoneJ was buried. · Palaer bad been on t~e jeb of watching the clerk, and what be bad seea had ' Toda7•s recovery at Jacksonville, F lorida, ot One 8undred and Fifty-three Thousand DoDara dug up in a back yard, ia is a tale of the final tri•apb of a donoast and dejected poet office iaspector. fort.•• . - . .... 1a11a 1 • • 11• --f'elt t.laa\ II• ~••• •II••• i\ •ri•, l•t. lie. . Two 7eara ago, One landred and Ei1bt7 tbouaall I> ♦ • . . . .. ' \ ~ • • dollars was stolen froa the JactaoaTille poatoffice, aal A. laaedlatel7 eu1picioa fell on ..._ re1i . atr1 clerk. /t .. . . . . le waa wato~e4 carefully for a ~bile, and tbea arre1ted. le ooafeaaed , , b•t refuaed to tell where the aeae7 waa. . . ,1 • " I• a1rel1 aaid -- i t s buried. Then q~i•tl7, \7 the chaace of fatality, he fell ill, waa operated on aad died -- while •~•iti~ trial. T _ he job of finding the aone1 wa• placed ill the hands of JX Poat Office Agent Palaer, who tlaougbt ~•x~ he'd baye little difficulty in finding it.~•• & •l•e h~ he~ \he oae t,.it-ia1Th• dead post of f ice clerk had I adaittecl - - the aoney was buried. · Palaer bad been oa tlae job of watching the clerk, and what he had seea had JOIIJ -: 2 indicated that the place••• -- the clerk's back 7ard. So be bad the backyard d~g up ~ - e•e17 1quare toot -- - ~ and touad nothing. The diggers went down to six feet -- no 1i1a ot the mon•~· That ■ade t hirw • loot bad for Poat Ott ice A1eat Pal .. r. It • . a• up to hi■ to flad the bidden loot, ant i• waa a tall•re oa the Job. Re broo4ed, ••• . t o•er ~•erytbiDI he ta••· lbat wa1 wroa1 with bia calcalatloa1? Day bof•r• .. 1e•~~rda7 be bad a h•nob. I• re ■e ■bored that the &r-, la the nr ~ad p•fected ■eaaa of fiadia1 b•ried laal t • ~ • al••• -- a aiae detector. Thie wuld spot DJ ~~rt of aetal aa4er 1roaad. Pal•r fiewred t~at t~• au el,rt, fro ■ what i• ta•• of bia, ~ould ha ~ e ~~~~f9ll7 p•t ~he • I ◄ • aoae7 ia a aeoare contaia•r• prebabl7 ■etal -- befoN , lo he borro,ed an Ar111 ■ i•• detector and a . . . ~ 1aldier to operate ~t, and toda1 went to that •••• bact7ar The 1oldier ■o••d the detector o•er the 1round, and . . . . p~•••ntl7 the needle, the indicator -- ju ■ped. There••• ••~ ■etal buried directly below. Pal ■er had dug it exactly that place before and found not hina. B11t now they dq again. · 1 · hey w nt do•• to •i~ feet, the preYioaa depth, alll nothia1 happened. Tb• needle of the aiae detector atill i a4icated tbe preaeace of ■etal. They d•& deeper, t he7 • ◄ • • '•. went towa to Din• feet, and there tbe7 foand a leaat~ . . " . . of •~••t iron 1to•• pipe. In it ••r• two 11••• ooatainera ~•aled wit~ Pl~~tiae, ~•~ . th•~• ~~r• ora■aed witb •••~7, \llla troa tl•• dollar• •P to ~ - \~ . 0 , 11 _ •~• . 4 ' Pala~r• • ort1inal aiatate waa th•~ he t~oug~, the olert_,'buryia1 the aone7 la the lact ,ard,woald not ha•~ d~I d••r t~•• aix f•~\ - ~ when, in realitJ be had 10•• dowa to - ' . aiae feet:-fThe aoney recoYered aaoaata to 0a•■•adre• . . ' and rift7-three t~ouaand dollar• -- oat of 0ae ■••dr•4 an• lic~t, thousand that bad ~~en 1tolen. The r~ s t bad beea apeat J■ or dlapoaed of in ao ■e way or otbe~ Here'• a love atory - Soviet style, the wa7 '81 wed~ing bells rang out in a Russian village. The tale is told in a Soviet newspaper, •101cow Bolahevit•, and is cited as an exaaple of how thing• are soaetiaee ru under ainor Communist bureaucnta. The account ia well related, and eainently quotable, the Buaaiaaa baYing their tradition~l gift for writing a ator7. ler•'• how it goee: •1 young soldier recently returned hoae,• ~~ithl ••1• th• loaco• Bolehevik, •w•n~~•iui• fiancee te the reaietrar'• office to get married. TheJ were 1•1 aa4 happy, but their apirits dro•ped as they approached the gray, forbiddiDI building, a foraer butcher shop, where the registry was located. •Opening the door, the bride said i~ a frightened voice - 'It'• so dark in here - I can't••• anything.' •The groom,• continues the Mo s cow Bolshevik, . •turned on a flashlight and led the way throug~ ~ 4\~~ passag, ~ The wall• were covered with torn, dirt7 wallpaper and dense cobwebs bung froa the ceiling. The7 walked into e rooa with window panes ao dirt7 - there was juat enough light to aee the discolored wall■, . aad a wooden table covered with a 1habb7, ink-ataJned cloth. •The woaan regietrar, aeated at the table, a•ked in a paseionleaa voice: 'lo• - who's deadT' ••le have coae for aarriag•' the bridegrooa replied. ••Then go on into the waiting rooa,' the regiatrar ,aid aourl7. 'I'• registering deaths now.• •The couple,, the story goes on, •returned to the d a rk and dirty hall, and through th~ half cloaed door they could bear an old woman sobbing out the details of her hueband'e death. •th~n their turn caae to be married, they were chilled to the bone by their long wait in the unheated hallway. A a climax to their indignities,• the loscow Bol1hevik concludes, •the ink froze in the inkstand while the marriage act was being signed and had to be thawed by blowing.• And ao they were married - a Soviet beginnin& of we4de4 bli•• and bright expectione of being happy \ . t,,._ forever after. Maybe we o•er here do a bit better,