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He said that "they were the ones who were the Gestapo of the camp; they were the ones who were sitâ€" ting on trial judging other memâ€" bers of the camp because they heard rumors that they wished to change ]eadership‘oi the camp, ugez It has not been learned as yet, whether Police Chief Moreay will remain on duty during the investiâ€" gation. _ Witnesses have testified that the attack on Plaszeck, was coldâ€" blooded and deliberate murder. . The Wawrloo‘:own Counc% ha-l been informed t â€" Lougheed of the mmâ€" gation Branch of the Ontario Proâ€" vincial Police will start an inquiry into the administration of the Waâ€" fiflto Police Department on March The Council two weeks ago apâ€" R‘)oved a recommendation bx the lice Committee that the Attorâ€" neyâ€"General‘s Department be reâ€" quested to appoint and investigaâ€" tor to make a survey of the MEDICINE HAT, Alta â€"For the first time in Canadian legal history, a prisonerâ€"ofâ€"war has faced a murâ€" der charge. Sgt. Werner Schwalb, 30, former member of Hitler‘s Afrika Korps, was convicted on Tuesday of murâ€" dering a fellow Jrisoner, August Plaszek, 42, in Medicine Hat Inâ€" ternment Camp, and sentenced to hang at Lethbridge, June 26. Schwalb received the sentence calmly and then held out his hands for the handcuffs before being led away by the Royal Canadian Poâ€" The defense counsel, L. S. Turâ€" coote of Lethbridge, said that the "true murderers of Plaszek were the German camp leaders. Police Department Starts March 11 were the ones that were behind the mob working them up into a frenzy and setting the stage for murder. They were the real murâ€" derers of Plaszek, not Schwalb, he contended. First War Prisoner In History of Canada Sentenced To Hang See Possible End To Women‘s Beer Rooms there will be a general xifhteninc up and possibly the abolition of women‘s ‘beverage rooms as a reâ€" sult of liquor legislation to be inâ€" troduced at the present session of the Ontario Legislature. â€" The legislation was forecast in the Speech from the Throne read at yesterday‘s opening sitting by Lieutenant â€" General Albert Maâ€" thews. The speech gave no details saying only that the Liquor Authority Control Act (1944) will be amended to improve the licensâ€" ing and controlling of licensed preâ€" â€"=â€" THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Probe ot Waterloo Vol. 89, No. 10 The paper said that the revised legislation may provide that hotels must increase the number of rooms available to the travelling public to end criticism that some hotels are operated to sell beer rather than as a puble convenience. _ _ The paper said that the Quebec provision for the sale of beer in grocery stores is not finding favor at Queen‘s Park. Some weeks ago there was speculation that this might be included in the Governâ€" ment‘s plans. 30 Overcome by Gas In Buffalo Plant BUFFALO.â€"Gas _ overcame_ 30 workmen at the Republic Steel plant on Friday. e The assistant district manager of the plant, John H. Graft, said that preliminary investigation indicated that the gas, a byâ€"product of the blast furnaces, had escaped from a leaking water seal on a mushroom vaive on the gas main that preheats the air that is forced into the blast furnaces. The first to be overcome by the fumes was a maintenance crew in the boiler room, and others atâ€" tempting to rescue them also beâ€" came victims. _ _ Three of the men were removed to hospital where their condition was reported as "fair‘. _ lows go in, and they stumbled and staggered and fell as soon as they cleared the door. They hit the floor as though they had been hit with machineâ€"gun fire. A tried to go through the door to help them but _ One of the workmen in describâ€" ing the entry of men into the Fs filled room said, "I watched the felâ€" through the door to h/elg them but the gas got me and I had to stagger back out again. Thief Returning $23 He Stole CHATHAM, Ont â€"An honest thief has at last been found accordâ€" ing to Jack Baker, manager of the Ton Ton restaurant. Baker complained to the police last Friday night that a tobacco can containing s” had been stolen from the store. However, since then he has reâ€" ceived $17 back in an envelope that was shoved underneath the door. Enclosed in the enve'l:re with the money was an unsigned note which read "Had 1 not needed the money so desperately I would not have taken it There was $23 in the can and 1 will send you the rest later." Mr. Baker is looking forward to the next payment, but is in no great hurry for it in view of the obvious need of the thief, and his announced intentions of returning TORONTO.â€"It is thought Farmers Must Fight To Preserve Markets e W. Foster, federal agriâ€" cum official, told a large audâ€" ience at the Middlesex Seed Fair last night that, unless farmers are prepared to fight for European exâ€" port market and at the same time satisfy the domestic consumer, a repetition of the collapse of the 30‘s is inevitable. Reduction in the farmers purâ€" chasing power has a depressing efâ€" fect on the national economy as a whole, and quality production is the only way to maintain that purâ€" chasing power, said Mr. Foster. . He referred particularly to the hog situation, and said that he had heard numerous complaints on the quality of hogs that are marketed for domestic use. Mr. Foster said that the public do not complain of the lack of quantity, but they can‘t understand the poor quality. A second masked man then enâ€" tered from the front door and tied the postmaster to the post office counter while his partner emptied ‘32,000 worth of stamps, $900 in war saving stamps, and about $500 in cash into a small black bag. â€" day was commenting on the condiâ€" tion of the Mm part of the mung those in Waterloo and His lmpmfil the town E;Eâ€"Syfbbt'fiiiritfig the army to use our beautiful (?) main street as a testing ground for their tanks as well pay for smashed springs and shock absorbers and burst tings throufh our txes as we do now directly out of our pockets." WINDSOR.â€"Two masked banâ€" dits got away with $3,400 in cash and stamps from the sub postoffice at Wyandotte and Pillette road, â€" Fearnell was found a few minâ€" utes after the bandits had fled by two residents who came _ for their morning paper. They cut Fearnell‘s bonds with a butcher knife. Masked Bandits Rob Windsor Post Office early on Monday, after they had tied up George Fearnell the proâ€" Mr. Fearnell had just opened his store and subâ€"postoffice and was getting the stamPs and money orâ€" der forms out of the safe when a short thin man stepped in the rear door and pointed a gun at him. ‘The postmaster said that the banâ€" dit who robbed the safe was short and thin and had a black and white handkerchief over his face. He carried a short black pistol, and piled the stamps and money into a small black bag. The gunman‘s partrer, tall and thin, wore a red and white polka dot handkerchief over his face. Want Larger Fish For Restocking The Waterloo County Fish and Game Protective Association, feel that it is time there was an effort made to stock local streams with legalâ€"size fish, instead of wasting a lot of time planting fry and fingâ€" erlings only to have them die or be killed by vermin or larger fish. ‘"We should apply for trout of legal size," Herbert Klaechn of Kitchener said. "We have learned the hard wagv that stocking with small trout does not pay off, for they don‘t survive." . l Mr. Klaehn said that similar asâ€" sociations in the United States reâ€" stocked streams with legal sized fish and allowed the anglers to catch them the same year. He said that the local society was losing 60 per cent every winter of the fish they stocked. No reason was given for the loss. _ i â€" id ult is stlivacs ht oc Unless it is possible to have all similar organizations join in the appeal, A. C. Stusck, president, said that the club would have to take what the Government wanted to give them. Major P. K. Ketcheson of Napaâ€" nee, president of the Lennox and Addington Fish and Game Protecâ€" tive Association and secretary of the Carling Conservation Club said that the Government had proâ€" gressed from fry to fingerlings and then to yearlings in its supply of fish for restocking purposes. He added "that it didn‘t matter what kind or what size of fish was planted, if the water and food conâ€" ditions were not right, then the fish would not survive. He said that there was a fine biologist in Kitchener, and that his helg should be enlisted in the researc of the streams before fish were planted in them. French Nationals Barred From Spain Madrid. â€" All French nationals were barred from entry into Spain on Wednesday, and the Spanish Government s]nid that this order also included/ all possession of Spain. 4 The new reswriction was anâ€" nounced by the Foreign office to meet France‘s order clocing. the Spanishâ€"French border last Saturâ€" da Even foreign travelilers have been barred from entering Spanish ports, and the onl'y interchange now perâ€" mmeg will be foreign goods in PHILADELPHIA.â€"The violence marked mass demonstrations of the striking General Electric workers was halted today by a police ban on parading. 2 First announcement of the ban came over the loudspeakers of paâ€" trol cars and a crowd of 200 strikâ€" ers that were gathered outside of the city limits in Delaware Counâ€" ty, several blocks from the G.E. plant, dispersed and went quietly back to Philadelphia. States attorney g'ene;fl. Tom Clark. "to take immediate action" to preâ€" Albert J. Fitzgerald, general preâ€" sident of the United Electrical Raâ€" dio and Machine Workers which called the strike, urged the United In reply C. E. Wilson, president of G.E., accused union leaders of "inciting rioting and demonstraâ€" tions" in defiance of court orders and said "the issue is now plainly law and order or anarchy." Germans To Have Power To Purge vent the companies from "fomentâ€" ing strife and violence in commuâ€" nity after community in America." Own Country ot Nazis that Americans will remain in Gerâ€" It was estimated by General Clay that at least 1,000,000 and rrh% as high as 4,000,000 of the 15,000, Germans in the United States occuâ€" pation zone will be subject to punishment under the new law, which was drawn up by the three German provincial minister presiâ€" dents in the zone, and provides for trial of the cases by a German court. The new law specifies various deâ€" grees of fiuil! for all persons who aided Hitler, ranging from rmx‘or offenders to minor cases classified as "followers". TOKYO.â€"After his inspection general had reported that their "discretion and integrity" were questionable, General McArthur, on Saturday approved the removal of the managing editor and a feaâ€" tured columnist of the United States Army newspaper, Stars and sponsibility for purging the nation of Nazi influences .‘:3 indicating many for the next ten years, was announced bfy Lt.â€"Gen. Lucius Clay, deY‘uly chief of the United States military government. _ s Violence Halted By Ban on Parade Stripes, Pacific Edition. General D. McArthur ordered the two, Sgts. Kenneth L. Pettus, Chicago, and Barnard Rubin, Waâ€" terbury, Conn., sent to a replaceâ€" ment depot for reassignment to some "nonesensitive" duty. _ _ Aceuse Army Officers of Being Reds Rubin said that he had been a member of the party for four years but had resigned before being inâ€" ducted into the army. He said that he had served one year with the International Brigade in Spain duâ€" ring th Spanish Civil War. _ _ Berlin.â€"A sweeping new â€" law, placing in German hands more reâ€" Both men have been accused on the grounds that they at some time belonged to a nationâ€"wide Commuâ€" nist party, and that at times they flavored their writing with Comâ€" munist thought. _ _ _ _ _ Pettus said: "I am not a Comâ€" munist, never have been a Comâ€" munist, and don‘t contemplate joinâ€" ing the Communist party. Chunyfking.â€"-'fhe Chinese Forâ€" eign Minister Wang Shihâ€"Chieh said on Tuesday that the Russians were staying on in Manchuria conâ€" trary to their treaty, and that they bad taken the attitude last Januâ€" ary that they should take over Japâ€" anese ‘Manchurian industries as reâ€" paration. 2s Russians Charged With Breaking Pact The «long secret Manchurian question was thus brought out in the open for the first time officiâ€" ally, by the foreign minister. â€" The Chineseâ€"Russian treaty of August 14 provided particularly for the Russian withdrawal, and there were no other stipulations, Wang said. He felt that China having fought the longest and suffered the most during the Second Great War should therefore be entitled to a large share of the Japanese reparaâ€" tions. Wang also blamed the United Nations organization for the "presâ€" ent international entanglement to a lack of harmony amoni the United Nations and the workers of the Kurt Meyer Moved To Canadian Prison London.â€"The Canadian Army detention barracks at Headley, Hampshire, Enfi:nd, is the new home of Maj.â€"Gen. Kurt Meyer, German S.S. commandeér, who was convicted of war crimes against Canadian prisoners during the battle for Normandy. He was forâ€" merly housed in Re-dir‘).g gaol. Maver wase contanse in Assth tribunal sitting in Germany. His sentence was later commuted to life imslrisonmem and he was sent to Reading gaol in England, which was at that time a Canadian miliâ€" tary prison. Later when the Canaâ€" dian forces evacuated the historic prison site, the German officer was sent to Headley _ yet as to whether Meyer will be taken to Canada to serve his life M%:: was sentenced to death last December by a Canadian army Meyer is occasionally allowed to take exercise in the compound, where his uniform has been reâ€" rlnced by a pair of overalls with a al;fi ring on the back. decision has been made as WarzrLoo, OntaRio, Frmary quent the village pub. I maintain that is where he should be, among his people, enjoyâ€" ing with them, discussing and asâ€" certaining their point of view. He may be able to help them. SAN DIEGO, Califâ€"A path to effect the recovery of 27 bodies from the wrecked airliner, which was wrecked and burned when it rammed the stormâ€"shrouded Thing Mountain; is being cut by bulldoâ€" zers through the forest and brush so that stretcherâ€"bearers could bring the charred bodies out. â€" The bodies of 23 adults and two infants were found by searchers before the hunt was abandoned to wait for the light of day. The boâ€" dies of the other two passengers are believed to be in the wreckage. Rector To Frequent Village Pub BUCKNELL, I:tâ€"-A full liquor license was g:n to this vilflue on Friday a the village rector had declared that he would freâ€" "The vuht: that lacks a pubâ€" lic house, lacks social influence, the heritage of the British people," Rev. P. Nott told the magistrate. "I want to remove the stigma atâ€" tached to the frequenting of public houses. It should not surprise peoâ€" ple ,if on going to the rectory, they should be told ‘you will find that rector at the public house‘." Hail and snowstorms hampered the rescue parties, and the path clearing crew, and progress up the 6,000â€"foot peak was slow. A sherâ€" iff‘s party has already reached the crash scene, and found that all but the tail section and part of one wing of the plane had been deâ€" stroyed by fire. _ _ _ _ â€" Airliner Crashes On Mountain; Fear 27 Dead Best March Contest Won by Waterloo Band lL.der At the Canadian Bandmasters‘ Association mid«winter convention held du the weekâ€"end, at Waterloofl.“. S. “p‘l’d of Waterâ€" loo won the niarch writing contest There were seven entries in this contest. Name of the winning march was "Spirit of Victory". Roy Cox, son of Percy Cox, Petrolia, Ont., bandmaster, won the contest for young bandmasters. Chargeâ€" U.S. Officers Live With German Girls Frankfurt.â€"A letter from a Britâ€" ish girl charging that German girls are permitted to live with United States officers inside the headâ€" quarters compound, has been pubâ€" lished in the Unile%Slales Aimy newspaper, Stars and Stripes. Col. L. Curtis Ternan, chaplain for the European theatre, said that the girl‘s letter brought into the open the "prevalence of looseness and immorality, and the general breakâ€" down of army discipline in Eurâ€" There was also reactions from other chaplains and from the solâ€" diers. One chaplain said that "he was glad the scandal had at last been brought into the open." The compound is where the masâ€" sive I. G. Farben industries stood, and the buildings and houses have been converted into billets for officers and civilian war departâ€" ment employees. _ _Officers and civilians are perâ€" mitted to take girls in at any time except between 10.30 p.m. and 8.30 Guests must leave by 8.30 a.m. with each officer himself signing out his guest. On weekâ€"ends girls are allowed to stay within the comâ€" pound over Sunday but must leave early Monday morning. â€" Guards said that these orders came from the headquarters comâ€" mand. . â€" , _ The register showed that 120 officers and â€" civilians, â€" including ranks as high as lieutenantâ€"colonel, signed in guests Saturday night. LIVERPOOL, Eng. â€" The fire that raged in the motor shi‘El: the Empire Waveney, since last Friday night is out at Tast and the 17,000â€" ton vessel is now reting on an even keel on the mud of the Canadian tongue dock. _ _ Sabotage Hinted In Burning of Ships During the day the Empire Waveneyâ€"the former German ship Milwaukeeâ€"developed a 30 degree list and it was feared that she wclw;nd capsize, but she righted herâ€" self. The ship had to be abandoned on Friday night by firemen because of the danger of her oil tanks explodâ€" ing, but they kept a constant stream cf water playing on her mooring ropes so that she could not go adrift. It was the fifth outbreak of fire on Merseyside ships within 36 hours, and while there is no proof that sabotage was involved, a thoâ€" rough investigation into the matter will be conducted. Riot Caused When Truck Kills Boyv The driver of the lorry, an African soldier, was saved by the personal intervention of the govâ€" ernor of Port Said, and order was quickly restored by the police. from the emperor in favour of the The Labor Department on Monâ€" day sent a wire to officials of the United â€" Electrical _ Workers â€" of America and stated: Deprives Throne ot Sovereign Powers flmfi?fl. the ?li Bargaining Code Violated by Work Stoppage The employees, 200 at Montreal and 900 at Brockville, staged a oneâ€" hour sitâ€"down strike to enforce deâ€" mands for a new contract, including wage increases. The company then sent out dismissal notices, and the union claimed there had been a lockout. "Our understanding of the situaâ€" tion at Phillips Electrical Works Ltd., Brockville, is that the union called sitdown strikes on Feb. 19 and again on Feb. 23. The company then dismissed the employees who participated in these strikes." "You now charge the. company with instigating a lockout, and ask the intervention of this department. On the dates of which these strikes were called, there was in effect beâ€" tween Local 510 and the company a collective bargaining agreement containing a noâ€"strike provision. "If the union wishes to test its view that a lockout exists, the teleâ€" gram continued, ‘"it may proceed STRATHROY. â€"London‘s DVA officials had to sit up and take noâ€" tice iast fall when Frank Pawelko, 26â€"yearâ€"old R.A.F.â€"R.C.A.F. walked in one day and asked to be trained to be a mink farmer. So far he is the only exâ€"service man in M.D. 1 to make such a request. _ _ It has been drawn up after a fiveâ€"months discussion with suâ€" Gen. MacArthur said that the document was a new and enlightâ€" ened constitution, which has my full approval. though enwloyees of the Phillips Electrical Works Ltd., at Brockville and Montreal have violated both an agreement with the company and the federal labor code in their work stoppage, the federal Labor Departâ€" ment said on Tuesday. ___ â€" to do so by ‘aprlication to the Ontario Labor Relations Board for leave to prosecute the company under provisions of P.C. 1003." death knell of zhé'h}»biij’i’;u anâ€" nounced from Japan toâ€"day. . launched with the approval of Gen. MacArthur, Premier Kijuro Shideâ€" hara and Emperor Hirohito himself signed to return Japan to the famâ€" ily of nations, and it is predicted that it wil be adopted by the Diet without major changes. _ _ â€" Veteran Trains To Be Mink Farmer He has now put in four months of a yearâ€"long Government arâ€" ranged vocational course at Dunâ€" can Butler‘s mink and fox farm just. east of Strathroy. He still figures he picked the best profesâ€" sion of all. It said further that strikes were prohibited during the term of a collective agreement. and that it appeared that both the union and its members had broken the agreeâ€" ment with the company. _ â€" Pawelko‘s immediate future is pretty well mapped out, and it inâ€" cludes his brother Johnny, another air force veteran who is also learnâ€" ing the mink business at first hand. Tokye. â€" A new constitution which shears all sovereign power "In about a year," Frank says, "the two of us intend to team up and start our own farm. Right now we are not sure just where it will be, but we are certainly going to kave it." Dutchman Declares Japs Fighting In Java BATAVIA.â€"A prisoner of the Indonesians for more than a month, a Dutch civilian radio technician, said today that Japanese troops in the Bandoeng area are training and fighting with troops of the Unreâ€" cognized Indonesian Republic. _ _ He said that he saw "thousands" of Japanese fully armed around the barracks and on roads operating a gasoline dump and manning moâ€" torized equipment, including five tanks. He said tha Indonesian poâ€" licemen had "volunteered the inâ€" formation that the Japanese were coâ€"operating in engagements against the British. . Recently released in an exchangd of prisoners the Dutchman said that he had been arrested in Januâ€" ary when he had crossed the deâ€" markation line dividing British controlled Northern Bandoeng from the Indonesian controlied southern half of the city. \ The American plane which was not hit returned to its base at l’l‘si_ngtao, China. _ _ s Russians Fire on American Planes firmed tonight by the Navy De-rut- ment that Russian fighter planes had fired on a United States Navy plane on Feb. 20, and said that it is protesting the action. It said that two Russian fighter flhnes overtook a United States avy mariner seaplane near Daâ€" rien, Manchuria, and fired warning bursts for about ten minutes be disciplined, the announcement orders, the navy said. had foné inâ€" land from the coast The pilot will The incident took place after the pilot of the mariner, contrary to The new national charter is deâ€" Ottawa. â€" It now appears as WASHINGTON.â€"It was con , renounces war, , and has been ada‘s Russian spy ring inquiry deâ€" finitely will be chargedm:nder the Official Secret Act and their apâ€" pearance in court will coincide with release of the second interâ€" im report of the Royal Commission inquiry. When these charges will be laid is not known, and even the number to be charged has not been disâ€" closed. However Capt. Gordon Luâ€" nan has been identified as "the head of the ring, who were under Cirect instructions from Moscow." Following the procedure used in the first interim report which covâ€" e®ed one group, it is likely that the commission will release interim reâ€" ports as it concluded inquiry into each cell. LONDON.â€"Opening a twoâ€"day debate on British defence policy, Prime Minister Attlee told the: House of Commons on Monday that the British army, navy and air force, "should regard themselves as part of a single unit," during the era of atomic armament. Report Awaited On Spy Counts authoritatively on Wednesday, that some of the nine men held in Canâ€" This has prompted the belief that charges would be laid against groups of persons who acted as "cells" in the espionage ring. It was considered likely atfmt none of those in one cell was known to members of other groups. 0 22 EPP CPDCZ ARRTCCCCUE, C0° NC TWOâ€" yearâ€"old XX bull, Raymondale Spitfire Inka. An of $254.â€" C:tor.wmdpvsnd-. ized on the sale of 249 head at this at Atomic Bomb To Affect Future Defence He said the introduction of new weapons, particularly the atomic bomb, "clearly must affect all deâ€" cisions on future defence. In Italian Riots Bari. Italy.â€"In clashes between police and more than 2,000 demonâ€" strators, two of the police were killed, several were injured and an undetermined number of jobâ€" less were hurt. Chas. E. Perrin, bought two h!“_"fi',tvo-d:"fi-ud-h Two Police Killed The trouble began when 200 unâ€" employed, reinforced by some 2,000 laborers besieged a hall where a farmers committee was discussing ways and means of absorbing the jobless. Chungking.â€"Russia . was today berated by members: of Chiang Kaiâ€"Shek‘s party for the stripping of Manchurian industries, and they demanded a firm Chinese policy in dealing with the Soviet. â€" Russians Are Condemned Some delegates even advocated | Maro, backing the policy with force. This | Canac however, was not taken seriously. ‘Hugh x36% MX WATIZR %, M Transfer of Port Is Postponed h. Haiphong, Indoâ€"China. â€"Coastal|Russ Land "Grab" batteries fired on the French coastâ€" ’ Denoun er cruiser, Emile Bertin, which | Washingtonâ€"As fur was carrying more than 20,000 |ina} the U.S. is throug French troops, while it cruised Off coff tones to Russia Haiphong harbor awaiting Chinese ‘ partment declared to permission to land the forces in g;ia had no right unc Northern Indoâ€"China. Inlant with tha Allne It is said that the incident arose over last minutes "technical diffiâ€" culties" connected with the transâ€" fer of the port to the French and it was agreed to postpone the transâ€" fer until Thursday. Sent To Turkey Washington.â€"Symbol of victory over Japan, the 45,000 ton battleâ€" ship Missouri was assigned today to visit Turkey, and several ports The mighty ship will bear to Istanbul the body of Mehmet Munir Ertegun, Turkish ambassaâ€" dor who died at his post in Novem:â€" ber. 1944. in the Mediterrancan. The State Department said there was no poliâ€" tical implication. _ o. U.S. Warship Missouri sider the retention of Red troops in fran a "fagrant violation" of a treaty that involves Britain Spanish People Told To Get Rid of Franco Washingtonâ€"The people of Spain were called on today by the United States, Britain and France to oust Generalissimo Francisco Franco by peaceful means. â€" . Made public at the same time were captured German, Italian and Spanish documents, which pledged Franco‘s help to the Axis So far there has been a complete blackout of news regarding any reâ€" ply on the protest, but it is felt certain that Britain will register a protest with Russia as they conâ€" Russian Plan To Stay Protested by Iran London. â€"It was announced by the Iranian Embassy in London toâ€" night, that Premier Qavam had formally protested against Russia‘s decision to retain troops in Iran OTTAWA. â€" It â€" was . learned WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 UYS HOLSTEINS At WALKER FARMS DISPERSAL THURSDAY, MARCH 7 WORLD‘S WEEK TUESDAY, MARCH 5 Tok Ti pauce of uie 1900 pont ty neymont By Chinese Its News at a THE |__Their names were given as CSM ;Marcus Charles Tugby, WO 2, |Canadian Army, and Cpl. John ‘Hugh Harvey, of Britain‘s Royal !Army Medical Corps. Anxiety Caused Over War Writers Toronto.â€"Col. W. C. Towers of the Canadian Corps Association said on Tuesday. that the returned veteran with a wife and child is the ‘"forgotten man" in Canada‘s acute housing problem. France Disapproves ot Central Government For Nazi Germany Shanghai. â€" A group of nine American and British writers that left Mukden several days ago by rail for Manchuria, are causing some anxiety in Shanghai, as none have succeeded in getting any news back. Chinese reports at Chungâ€" king said they were stranded at Changchun awaiting air transportaâ€" tli;)n. and that three of them were ill. Richard _ Cushing, _ Associated Press correspondent, who reached Shanghai yesterday by rail and air, said that they might have been deâ€" layed by a blownâ€"up bridge. Such occurrences have caused frequent delays on thé Manchurian railâ€" ways. Charge Veteran With Family of One Is Forgotten Man He further stated that out of hundreds of landlords interviewed, perhaps one out of twenty is willâ€" ing to take a married couple with one child. Col. Towers is in charge of the Association‘s housing regisâ€" try in Toronto. Paris. â€"The French ministry of foreign affairs has announced that it has advised the United States government that France is going to stand firm in her opposition to the formation of a central governâ€" ment for Germany, before a deâ€" cision has been reached as to where the western boundary of Germany is ioing to be. The announcement said that it has been proposed bly Foreign Minister Georfe Bidault that a fourâ€"power conference be held in Paris to settle the issue. There are at present 600 perâ€" manent homes being built in the Toronto area under the veterans‘ housing project, he said: But these are destined for vetcrans with families of two or more children. Nazi Boss No. 2 Says He Tried To Negotiate Peace Nurenburg. â€" Ernst Kaltenbrunâ€" ner, scarfaced No. 2 boss of the Nazi police. claimed today. that he was a secret negotiator for peace, and had been in contact with American agents since 1943. _ â€" Kaltenbrunner is being tried with other Nazi leaders before the Interâ€" national military tribunal here. Pair Charged with Collaborating with Japs Ottawa. â€"It was announced toâ€" day that two nonâ€"commissioned officers, one a Canadian and one British. will be tried by court marâ€" tial at Winnipeg this month on charges of collaborating with the Japs and of illâ€"treatment of fellow prisoners of war after the fall of Hong Kong. Denounced by U.S. Washingtonâ€"As further evidence that the U.S. is through speaking in soft tones to Russia, the State Deâ€" partment declared teday that Rusâ€" sia had no right under an agreeâ€" ment with the Allies to remove inâ€" dustrial equipment from the former Japancseâ€"held Manchuria, Japs Must Build The action appeared tantamount to a rebuke to Russia. Own Export Plan Washington.â€"In a statement toâ€" day, the State Department said that "no financial aid has been or will be provided by us in the reâ€" building of Japanese facilities for producing exports. The statement 2ssorted that it is the United States policy to encourage the Japanese to rely on their own exports of goods of a non military or security nature in an effort to pay for the food, fertilizer and other essentials recessary for the existence of the people. There are now even rumors that once the occupation forces leave, known _ collaborators _ with _ the Americans will be sought out and executed Many Japs Want Old Military Rule Back Tokyo â€"Although the American troops have been in Japan for at least six months. there are still some Japanese who long for the return of the old militaristic Japan U.S. Adopts Outspoken & Policy With Soviet Washington â€"As a followâ€"up of the Thursday speech of State Secâ€" tretary Byrnes. the United States seems to have adopted a new policy of being very outspoken with Russia, and has told Russia off for the two attacks made on U.S. army planes by the Reds, off the coast of Manchuria It is thought, however, that these people with this viewpoint are in the minority SATURDAY, MARCH 2 MONDAY, MARCH 14 FRIDAY. MARCH i $1.00 per year