Refusing to collaborate with Nazis, this Frenchman’s hands were cut off. He tells his story to a sympathetic Yankee. Specialists Graduated From W artime Soviet Schools MOSGCOW— (ALN) —More than 240,000 specialists have been graduated by Soviet schools since the war, it was tevealed at a recent meeting of the Higher Schools and Scientific Institutions Workers Union of the USSR. Re- porting to the conference, S. V. Kaftanov, chairman of the All-Union Higher Schools Board of the Council of Peoples Com- missars, declared that scientific workers during the war have discovered many new sources of raw materials, improved pro- duction methods and introduced new industrial techniques. Over 1100 scientists, inventors and engineers have received Stalin prizes for outstanding achieve- ments, he added. During the past year, Kaf- tanov continued, 128 higher schools and universities in liber- ated areas have been restored, and 160,000 new students have been accepted at universities and colleges. This year, he said, the number will be increased to nearly 166,000. Kaftanov Verxt- Chin 99.15 SHORES 409 WEST HASTINGS ST. Our SPOTLIGHT Values... x GRUEN FASHION FIRST ‘ Vare- Ohin AIRWAY 5.00 plus tax TARA “We Personally Recommend ... * TAVANNES * BULOVA zx WALTHAM * CYMA * LOVE Convenient Terms Arranged (W.P.T.B.) : SHORES JEWELLERS LTD. stressed the need for training more scientific workers and urged that instructors train students to work independently. Following charges that .condi- tions are not up to standard in some schools in areas where the Peoples Commissariats are not active enough, the union re- solved to take steps to see that more instructors and equipment are sent to these areas. The union further resolved to hold more frequent conferences in order to keep in close contact with those workers employed in remote regions of the country. A report on the union’s ac- tivities in the Kharkoy region, delivered by regional chairman N. Morgun, disclosed that since the end of 1943, when Kharkov was liberated, 85 percent of all higher school workers have been drawn into union activity. Hun- dreds of, teachers and professors and thousands of students are helping to rebuild educational institutions ruined by the Ger- mans, he reported. N.°S. Gill Fuel Co. New West, 810—FR. 3231 Mill Run Slabs, Edgings, Insides, 2 cords $10 No. 1 Fir Sawdust HOME OF UNION MADE CLOTHING and FRIENDLY SERVICE olde z= 4 DS y 2 45 East Hastings, Vancouver National Democratic Bloc Prepared a Romanian Fascists Ouster By RAYMOND ARTHUR DAVIES MOSCOW—(ALN) — Preparations for the coup d’etat which overthrew the ment of Marshal Ion Antonescu in Romania began in April with the formation « National Democratic Bloc composed of the Social Democratic, Communist, Liberal National Peasant parties, it was revealed by Lucretin Patrascanu, sectetary of the Manian armistice delegation to - Moscow and Minister of Jus- tice in the present Romanian cabinet. Discussing the new cabinet, Patraseanu said that the first acts were to cancel all repres- sive measures and to return all” constitutional liberties to the people. All concentration camps were immediately liquidated. The Gommunist party, which has been illegal for 20 years, came into the open. The trade unions, suddenly thrown into the very midst of national re- generation, began to grow mightily overnight. “The first condition that made possible the overthrow of Antonescu was the victory of Allied forces on all fronts, and especially of the Red Army.” Patrascanu continued. The ¢hree main factors in the over- throw, he explained, were the King and his aides, the army, represented by a number of generals with great influence among the whole officers corps, and the National Democratic Bloc. “The foundations for the coup were laid,” he continued, “when early in April General Santesecu established connec- tions with the illegal Commun- ist party, which had already united with the Social Demo- eratic party. At the same time, all labor and anti-Hitler organ- jzations outside these two par- ties had formed an alliance. These two groups then merged in the National Democratic loc. “When the National Demo- eratic Bloc was enlarged to in- | | Meet Your | Friends et the... EMPRESS} HOTEL | 235 E. Hastings St. Tel. 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To carry through a coup in Buch- arest and to open the front to the Red Army; 2. To form a government at the front and at-— tempt to seize Bucharest as soon as possible; 38. |To move north and cross into Romanian territory held by the Red Army, from which to organize a revolt against the Germans. “Wee sent a general to prepare the situation. He returned in mid-May with bad news. Army commanders everywhere said that the Romanian troops were not only outnumbered, but were also surrounded by the Ger- mans. The overthrow as plan- ned seemed quite impossible. “The movement continued to gain both speed and adherents. Committees were . created in ,many parts of the country. The army was prepared to give ac- tive assistance. When the Rus- sians achieved their specta successes in their current o sive, we met with the King decided to carry through coup d’etat on August 26; Marshal Antonescu was ex ea at the palace. “But Marshal Antonescu on August 23. The Kins though caught unawares knowing that the troops ¢ into the city for August 2¢ not yet arrived, demanded Antonescu conclude an a: tice and resign. Anton refused and the King there gave orders for the arrest o: tonescu, the prime ministei ministers of the interior war and the prefect of p When these people were in tody, the King, the army the opposition met and er the new cabinet, compose representatives of all anti ler groups. “Antonescu and the | prisoners were put in the tody of the National Pat Army, which is formed of porters of the Democratic above all the workers. 0; 3ist, when the Red Arm tered Bucharest, the arm commission was already o way to Moscow. The ea plans to confiscate all Ge holdings. Antonescu and accomplices will be place trial.” » CoA ya HOE ha 1S te tee nowt Wh | Paradise and Park Theatre ‘AN ARTKINO© PICTU PRODUCED IN U.S.S ... Starting Monday...