[.J . - ~a-t/P.♦ lJ, ~ ' ~ - f.a,•'f'Vfo . _.'!-L ~ ~- ( u l i t t e . . or ear 1 y ON, but J10.!!~ !.QR · r. ELE!§!:_) Trouble w a s bre w i g a ll day a t the Onited N tions meeting at Lake Succes s . The trouble was disarmament. What to d ;; l • Molotov and Bevin already had passed caustic comments when this evening Secretary of StateJ1-, Byrnes came to the Assembly Hall. It was Byrnes' first appearance at the · O. N. Assembly meetin/,'J:%_,.J For Byrnes put the cards on the table as far as the United States is c o ncerned. He made a full statement of the number of American troops now stationed overseas -- fewer than five · hundred and fifty thousand in all. And said Byrnes, most of them ere in German7, . Japan, Japanese Islands, Korea, Austria, and Venezia Guilia. But then Byrnes, after bis . forthright statement • of A erican armed s t r e n g ~ to express whet most of us know and feel: It's not the size of the Army any more, it's ato -n ic o er. BYRNES - 2. --------- Byrnes put it in these words: "In m eeting the problems of disarmament, first things should come first. The first task which must be undertaken is th c trol ¥fr!(~ .J of atomic energy. There are,r'eapons of mass destruction, but unless we can meet the challenge of atomic warfare,- - the most dre~dful weapon ever devised,/\we can never meet the challenge of those other weapons.• And s~ said Byrnes: "Let us concentrate upon thea major weapons and not dissipate our energies on the less important problems of c~ntrolling pistols and band grenades." So spoke the American Secretary of State to a packed audience at the United Nations Assembly tonight. His message seems plain. Let's not bother about big armies and big navi•and old-fashioned armament plans from now on. Row about atomic development and a system of international inspection to - ~ r • 1 01 it? That would seem to be the safest way to peace. lBAI The news from Iran ia that the troops of the central g overnmen\ today occupied the ancient cit7 of Tabri& - capital of the troubled province of AzerbaiJaa This virtually complete~ the establishment of ailitarJ control over that provi ce which had been under the domination of a Leftist of rebels. The ailitar, an Azerbaijan election. an ~ndicated, ••• to have beea force• were sent in Thia, the ne•• fro• held a couple of •the forthcoai but toda7'• newa speak• of• The leaders of the Leftist rebels are have fled aero•• the border to Soviet Ruaai - which dr ~ ~ s attention to Soviet interest in Azerbaijan - an interest often expressed. So what does Moscow think & bout it now - the L e ftist• ~n the provin~ having be•• suppressed? One possible indication tod a y w a s a at a te m nt aade by t h e Soviet ra io a t Baku, which ll!il - 2 criticized the Leftists of Azerbaijan - saying that theJ were at fault in not makin a compromise with the Iranian government. Which would eeea to indicate that the Soviets are going soft and easy in the Iranian business right now. The wild and - - A statement was published in London today t t the United States will furnish Britain with atomic ~dmbs, if Britain should become involved in a war. Thie was printed in the London News Chronicle, with the statement that the information comes fro■ the United States, fro ■ what is called - •a high A■ erican official.• JI. The RenChronicle phrases the purp\t•4 information in the following terms - •If Britain goe• to war again, she will receive atomic boaba, on requeat, from the United States.• The story goes on .L, the aubJect of a ~ military pact between our country and the British. There ia none - not in the foraal sense, that ia. But there's an understanding between the two countriea ~ as good as · a military alliance. Thie alao ia ~ attributed to •the high American offici~l;e_ •;-: is aai4 to a ~ - with di senting m embers of ~ritain_!s Laboir laz P·rty.tuty c l aim th a t th e re is a m1l1tary ti e -up hol•o•" ♦ ~o +•n ~nn1i~h-~"~Atino ~nunt~tea. ZIONISTS --------- r/ The Wo r l d Zionist C on gr ess was dram a tized today by the a p pe a ran c e of a Je w ish A ency official, w ho is said to be the commander-in-chief of the underground army, Ba g anah. He was Moshe Sneh, reputed to be the military chief of the secret aza■ i force that constitute ■ the official armed power of Zionism in Pal e stine. Re addressed the Zionist Congress ••• .. at BaaR.t, in Switzerland, and defended the necessity of using oraanized Jewish force •against the Britiah in tbe lioly Land. But the commander of Baganah ••• veheaent in denouncing the underground group• ot extreaiata, Irgaa Zvai Leumi ani the Stern Gang, and their poliCJ ot terrorism. ''Those two groups!' said he,"have no ri&ht to ,, exist. The World Cangresa of Zionism h a s been debating th e whole question of violence in Palestine, an d the s e ssions have been he a ted. L ast ni g ht the argument grew so uproarious, with ao auch shouting, that the Swiss police entered the convention hall. Violent deb a te about violence. 0 A thr e a t a bout ho u sin g w as uttered in ashington today, a thr ea t th a t veter a ns m ay take a drastic action. "'}t' Congressional Committee was told th a t, unless something i s done quickly about the hotaliw crisis, hom~less veterans might assert •••~quatters' rights~ This was stated by a spokesman of the American Veterans Committee, who raised t~ threat of •eterana ■oving into squatters. dwellings? vac a nt dwelling places all over the countri• (!•cant One ■ ay wonder -- where are th~••••••• But I suppose there are some -- and now the squatter idea is propoun d ed in menace. 111&.Q At the Bi l bo he a ring today, a Mississippi politi c ian t o ok a s w in g at a witness, and knocked hi ■ over - witness chair and all. The testimony, at the mom e nt, was rel a ting how politics ar~ run in Uiaaiaaippi. Robert Gandy ot J a cksoD,was telling about aethoda u■ ed in the pri ■ aries down there, whereby the debt• ot defeated primary candidates were paid, to gain their ■ upport, in a primary run-otf. Thia aroued the ire of Ro•• Collin•, who waa one of the candidates who raa againat Bilbo in the primary - and••• defeated. Colline 1• s i xt7-fiYe - the witness auch younger. levertheleea, the elder/~ indul g ed in an uproarioua haymaker. Re didn't hit the witness squarely, but there w a enough power in the roundhouse awing to Topple hi■ over - and witnea1 and w i tness ~hair bit the floor w ith a resoundin g c~aah. There was quick intervention to stop the fra c as - and the hearing was hastily a djourned. Previously, the Commi t tee, which is inveatigati the election of Senator Bilbo, champion of white supre ■ acy - had heard testimony that Bilbo had received twenty-five thousand dollars from a war contractor• F.T. Rewton of Hattieaburg, Miaaiaaippi1 ._ told how he~•• gave Bilbo three checks for five thousand dollar• each, and one check for tea thouand. At the tiae, lewton was a partner in a conatruction fir■ that procured a contract that built an ar■y airfield at Biloxi, Misaiaaippi. Be testified today that, ia getting the contract, be enliated the support of Senator Bilbo. As for the pa y ment of the twenty-five thouaaad • dollars, the war contractor declare• tat ■f that thi• A was a campai g n contribution for the reelection of Missiaaippi Senator Doxey who, however, was defe a ted. The contribution for Doxey as handed o ver to Bilbo - that the statement made today. AFT -- In Holly ood suit · .. · s entered to y against motion picture actor George Raft. The char g e is th t th tough guy o the films . as equal y toug , if not ore so with 'J- layer representing~ girl, a nineteen- ye r-old Louisana beauty. The 1 wyer, dignified an beat gray-haired, claims hat Rafx~i*~him up, while a - ■IJx bodyguard for the movie P ctor held him. The lawyer tells a story of how George.R ft gave the Louisiana beauty a lot of valuable 1tlta, and then got them back from her -- , an Indian giver. R• claims the tough guy of the films made her sign a release and then sent her back to Rew Orleans~he lawyer claims that the ~eating he got as such as to justify three hundred thousand dollars in damages, for hich be is ~uing the tough guy of the movies. In ashin ton, the Duke of indsor today, . .. . - swamped in the hite House. Calling on President Truman, the former Edward the Ei hth could hardly get through the White Hou~e corridor. The way to the presidential office was jam-packed with femininity girl clerks and stenographers. The White Bouaa office• employ a lot of thee, and they swarmed to get a glimpse of the former sovereign of the British Eapir-..- who gave up the world's greatest throne for the wo ■ aa he loved. The Duke of lindsor bad to edge hi• way through to see the President, and it was the same on hia w y out. In the group of girl• were a few z■ ,■•*• reporters, who managed to et in a question or two. They asked hi ■ about rumors that be intended to invest money in an Am e rican railroad, and that he planned to buy a far ■ on the est coast. Tow ich her lied, no, nothin to it. He wa as ed here he thought he'd settle ta- down permanently with the Duchess, . . A..-. . . . . fro• A Baltimore. To that the Ex-King replied: •It is very difficult to know where to settle down.• So the hero of the royal romance, whill atill a focus of feminine interest, remains also•~ exile with hie Duche•• - difficult to know where to• t\le down,where to find a home. , I b s be brig t and sunshiny in thee parts today - so pity poor ton on. The city on the Thames ia having the climax of that thing for which it i so -rt::;. ,._ ~ 4 ~ - - ~ - ... ,.., famous - fo. ~ondon today had a pea-souper so dense. and blinding that the stories on ·the wire sound fantastic. It was a cold clammy fog that sent shiver■ down the London spine -;so thick• that at idday 1ropi._ eople, as they reached out in front of them, could hardly see their hands. The police stationed cars with loud-speakers at atrate ic points to give blinded pedestrians a •fix" so they could be guided b7 sound, since it was impossible to see. In the frosty fog, moreover, streets and sidewalkB were glazed with ice - making tr vel afoot a nightmare in London today. Automobiles had their he dlights blazing but the beams couldn't penetrate.the fog. Buses, ~reeping and feelin their w y alon, wee hou s 1 te. One motorist re orts th t i t took him two hours and thirty-five minu t es to d rive t o mi l es. To ca p th e cli x, roy a lty ot lost in the fog, Queen Elizabeth - Her aj sty arooned in th murky mist. The ueen as driving hom~, an ~ was within a hundred yards of Buckingham Pala c e - but couldn't go ••1 farthe. As her automobile passe d throu g h Admiralty lrcb, the peasoupaer closed down so · thickly, that the chauffea had to atop - unable to see even a few fe t ahead, a f raid th t he'd drive into somethin ~ l squad of Lon4o• bobbies cam e to th . rescue of Ber ajesty, and got her to th e pal a ce - policemen with lights walking out in front and uidin g the royal auto obile. Lon on, the world's metropoli• of fog, ha d it• champ i on pea-souper today. fRISO R The ft$ hinx" alked out f Stateville Prison in Joliet, Illinois, after fifteen years, still silent as a sphinx. alter E. "olf is home in Chicago still refusing to say hat has happene to the three million six hundred thousand ollars be embezzled from a Chicago bank fifteen years ego. 'olf has always admitted taking the money. Be laughs at attempts to find out hat he id ·ith it. Lawyers say that even if he has the millio s hidden, he can't send them - he will ~e watched. And if he ever becomes wealthy, he'll be sued for restitution. tolf's adamant silence during his trial and in prison earned him the nickname ws hinxw, but while in ·ail, he id express one ditappointment: olf, t e embezzler of more than three and a half million dollars, repeatedly s ed to be assi 0 ne t o t e ri on ookkee in his re uest epartment. For so e rea on or ot er, ·ere en ied. A en , A c ampi n possu. Don there in Dixielaad, t~ey're ~ ncier of the American m ~ r ~ u ial, an t e Polk County Po ~u ■ Club eld co etiti n. A t white pos um took the prize. So, at have they done? T ey're s ndin . t e pos um c a ■ pi n to re ident Tr man. At the same time, t e we.-rd 8 ~OSSUII boo Y prize, picking the u ie an scrawnie ... Tis booby possum t ey•re send : n to Jo . n L. L~ is. Well, e've all eard about playin posr•m, but now, in matters po l itical nd in us rial, they're s~ying it with possums. And now Nelson don• · t ~ y possum! Don't forget to tell us &bout Ivory!