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Evening star., 1944-08-27
Few Nazi Stragg|ers
Left in Paris; Allies
Take 10000 Prisoner!
Quiet Restored to City;
De GouIIe Group Takes
Reins; Food Is Sent In
BY the Associated Press

SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, Aug. 26.-The last
enemy machine gun was stilled
in Paris tonight, French and
American infantry stalked the
last few stragglers and snipers,
and even the Germans admitted
they had cleared out of the cap
ital which they had held under
an iron rule since the first sum-
mer of the war.
The German garrison in Paris,
which surrendered to the American
corps commander and French Brig.
Gen. Jacques LIE Clerc, was esti-
mated at 10000 men.
One German strong point still
held out in the Champigny sector
5 miles east southeast of Paris and
there was sporadic fighting with
some small groups of Germans in
the northeastern and northwestern
suburbs. A number of isolated
snipers were being hunted.
AS the military cleaned out the
last resistance. French political
leaders moved in to reorganize the
Paris government, and 1t. Gen.
Omar N. Bradley's forces began the
great task of helping to feed and
run the city.
Food Stocks on Way.
Food stocks enough to feed Paris
for 10 days were on the way to a
population which had hungered
since it rose last Saturday against
the German garrison and bring the
fight for freedom to a swift con-
clusion.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle. long the
symbol of resistance in the minds
of the French, walked down the
Champs -Elysees today and a shot
rang out as he arrived at Notre
Dame Cathedral. the Free French
radio at Paris said.
There was an answering volley.
but the shot was reported to be an
accidental one, and the crowds re-
manned calm.
radio France of Algiers said
Gen. De Gaulle was now in South
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Capitu|ation of Romania
May Free 500 j. 5. Flyers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Romantics surrender raises the
possibility - though officials here
consider it far from a certainty
of getting some 500 imprisoned
American flyers back into the fight.
Reliable reports indicate about
that number Of Americans were
held in the Balkan country at the
time Of the capitulation.
II the surrender was complete
throughout Romania, the most
likely prospect would be for early
release of American flyers shot down
during raids on oil fields, manu-.
featuring plants and Naz supply
lines, However, one highly placed
omcer said It is too early to say
how soon the Romanian decision
may be entirely effective.
It is possible the Germans may
have removed many American pris.
oners from Romania to make GER
tain they could not rejoin their
units.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
~. S. Labor Chiefs
Demand Wage
Raise in Italy
y the Associated Press.

ROME, Aug 26.-George Baldanzi
representing the C1O. and Luigi An
tonini the AFL, in Italy to survey
the labor situation. declared today
Italian wages and salaries must be
raised Immediately.
The two arrived yesterday under
the plan of major British and Amer
lean trade unions to help trade
union men in italy re-establish
their organizations.
They mentioned the case of an
operator earning $6 monthly.
Il fail to understand why work.
ers are earning less now than under
the Germans and Fascists," said
Mr.. Baldanzi
Mr. Baldanzi is vice president of
the CIO Textile Workers Union in
the United States and Mr.. Antonini
is vice president of the Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union.
Evening star., 1944-08-27

into shape for the reconversion pc
riod, intends to resign his post and
return to Goldman, Sachs & Co.
New York, friends said.
He is expected to stay on a few
days this week to discuss problems
with J. A. Krug, who was named
acting chairman last week after
Executive Vice Chairman Charles E
Wilson's resignation and Mr.. Mel
sons departure on an economic mis-
sion to China.
When the reconversion contro.
versy broke out in July, Mr.. Vein
berg was reported to have taker
the role of peacemaker in an effor,
to iron out differences Of opinion
between Mr.. Nelson and Mr.. Wilson
which threatened an exodus of tor
executives.
Subsequently. however. Mr.. Vein.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
U.S.. Liberators Smash
Al Key Approaches
To Japan, Philippines
Koror, in PoIou Islands,
And Two Hit in DoyIieht;;
Tokyo Bemoons Attacks
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Sizable forces of American
Liberators smashed at strong
points on the approaches to
Japan and the Philippines, Pa
cif1c commanders announced
yesterday as the Tokyo radio
bemoaned the fate OF thousands
of imperial soldiers isolated at
once-threatening Truk in the
mid-Pacific.
Southwest Pacific bombers un-
loaded IS tons of bombs at midday
on Koror in the Palau Islands,
japanese Southwest Pacific admin
istrative center, despite fierce inter-
ception by Zeros. One Liberator
was shot down. The relatively heavy
bombardment followed two weeks Of
nightly reconnaissance raids ova
Palau, 600 miles east Of the Philip
pines.
Other Southwest Pacific bombers
raided airdromes and wrecked a
large freighter in the Netherlands
Indies.
Hit Within 10 Miles Of Tokyo.
Another squadron of Liberators,
operating from the Marianas Is
lands, struck within $50 miles Of
Tokyo, hitting Two Island in the
Volcano group in a daylight raid.
Ten Japanese planes intercepted
Three or four were shot down. Two
Lberators were damaged.
Constantly raiding enemy planes
come night and day" to Truk from
bases within stones throw" of
the by-passed stronghold. Tokyo
radio said, sometimes bombing con-
tinuously for seven hours" THE
exhaustion Of our pilots and the loss
of aircraft are inescapable.
Cut of from their source of sup
ply, the broadcaster reported, jap
anese troops are turning waste
lands into truck gardens to keep
from starving.
Japanese could shed the same
tears for a dozen other once mighty
garrisons. famed out around Truk
from Rabaul, 780 miles south. to
Jaluit and Wolfe, around 1850 miles
east in the Marshalls.
Allies Creep Westward.
In the last seven months United
States bombing raids have steadily
crept westward over more than 20
island groups in the 2,000-mile- long
Caroline chain from Kusaie to
Palau.
Palau, potential American step
ping stone to the Philippines and
Japan's gateway to the Carolines,
was bombed by II Liberators Friday,
Tokyo reported. Admiral Nimitz
Evening star., 1944-08-27
NSeV VRANCE, Page A-o.J
-Four Girl Hikers Rescued
After Night on Mountain
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LAKE PLACID, N. Y, Aug. 26.-
District forest rangers and game
wardens today rescued four girl
mixers who were stranded overnight
on a cliff part way up 4.713-foot
Mt. Golden in the Adirondacks, II
miles from here.
The State Conservation Depart
ment said rescue party, headed
by Forest Ranger Stanley Farmer
of Chestertown, lowered the girls
by means of ropes after District
Ranger william Petty had beer
notified of their plight by an un-
identified youth about 6 o'clock last
night.
The department said the rugged
terrain forced delay until day
break.
The girls were identified as Jear
Ruh. 81, Cleveland; Dorothy Ferris
81, Mayville, N. Y: Barbara Loope
n, Schenectady, and Marjorie Phip.
Bard. Malverne, Long Island.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Robot Bombs Hit England
Ending LuI| Of 40 Hours

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sunday, Aug. 27.-Brief
flurries of robot bombs were hurled
against London and Southern Eng
land last night and early today, end
ing lull that had stretched to 40
hours-the longest quiet interval
since the assaults began in mid
June.
The lull had raised some cautious
hope that the Germans had aban-
doned their launching bases across
the channel as a result of terrific
Allied aerial bombardment and out
flanking of Nazi lines east of the
Seine River.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Citizens Committee
Calls Negro Housing
No. | Social Problem
Community Pays Heavily
By Bod Living Conditions
In SIums, Report Soys

The housing situation for
Negroes is so bad in washington
that it ranks as the mo. /
social problem of the commu-
nifty" the Citizens Committee
on Race Relations, Inc, declared
in its first annual report made
public last night.
Estimating that most of the
slums are inhabited by Negroes who
live under conditions which are
not conducive to good citizenship, ;
the report declared that in the
long run "a community pays heavily
for tolerating such bad living con-
d1tions as prevail inrthe slum areas, >
Signed by Wilbur LaRoe, jr.
chairman of the committee, the
report reviews the first years work
OF volunteer committee of promi.
nent white and colored citizens who
have been working to relieve what
has been called the points of ten.
sion' between the races in Wash.
ington.
Discrimination Discussed.
Among other subjects discussed BY
the report are charges of "discrim.
ination at Gallinger Hospital" pub.
lie eating places, public education
taxicabs. employment of Negroes BY
the Capital Transit Co. where
Negroes have been seeking Jobs a.
motormen and conductors, repre-.
sentation on public agencies. game.
and recreational facilities, and the
general subject Of mutual respect
and good will
The report disclosed that favor.
able action has been taken by thu
Community War Fund on the com.
mittee's request for an appropria.
ton for the coming year. The sun
of $2,500 has been made available
to help carry on the work financed
last year by voluntary subscriptions
THE problem of race relations /.
extremely important in Washing
ton," says the foreword to the re-
port, because the Jewish popula.
ton Is increasing, and because both
Catholicism and Professionalism are
strong here. Can all Of us pull to.
gether as united community, con.
stituting the capital of the worlds
greatest democracy, or shall we, or
the other hand, have racial bitter.
ness and misunderstanding, with
superior people and inferior people
In the same community, and with
each group striving perhaps with
(SNe HOTISTN(; Pace A.1T0
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Raj Blasts Koniqsberq

LONDON, Sunday R.-RAF
heavy bombers smashed in
great strength" at the East
Prussian capital Of KOnigs-
berg and the great Nazi Baltic
naval base of Kiel last night,
while Mosquitoes hit Berlin for
the second night in \ row, it
was announced today.
Earlier Story on Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1944-08-27
LovoI. Petoin Reported
Shifted to Safer Place
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 26.-A
French frontier dispatch to the
Tribune de Geneve said the Ger
mans, fearing q Maquis attack
against Marshal Petain and Pierre
Laval, removed those former heads
OF the vichy regime from their
villas at Morvillars near the Swiss
border today and took them to an
unannounced place. probably In
Germany.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Duchess Of Gloucester
Gives Britoin New Prince
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 26.-A son was
born today to the Duchess of
Gloucester, and both mother and
infant prince were reported in
satisfactory condition.
The young prince is fifth in direct
succession to the throne, immedi-
ately after his brother, Prince VIII
liam of Gloucester. who Is 8, and
before the 8-year-old Duke of Kent.
The new prince is the ninth grand
child of the Queen Mother.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Russians Reconquer
Bessarabia; Germans
Flee Toward HUNGARY
81 900 Prisoners Token
With Great Supplies
Of Fighting Materials
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 27 Sunday
Russian troops yesterday recon.
'quered Bessarabia, reaching the
Danube waterway from the Prut
River down to the Black Sea
while other Soviet forces struck
westward into the Carpathian
Mountains in pursuit of an
enemy fleeing toward Hungary
and leaving behind scores Of
thousands of captives and great
quantities of war material.
Moscow's nightly bulletin an.
nounced that at least $1,000 pris-
oners were taken in a 24-hour
period, including five Romanian di-
visions numbering some 10000 men
The Romanians surrendered with
all their arms and equipment.
A midnight supplementary COM
munique said Soviet Marines landed
at Valcov, Black Sea port at the
mouth of the Danube, and Joined
land forces in seizing huge stores
of material in that town. The
Germans threw away their arms
and fled across the Danube, the
bulletin said.
Reds Hold IS Miles on Danube.
The old fortress town of Ismail
! farther upstream, also fell to the
Red Army, which now controls a
75-mile stretch of the lower Dan
ube.
In the middle of the Romanian
front other Red Army units struck
to within IL miles of Galati and
to within Is miles of Focsani, op-
posite anchors of the Galati Gar
defense line guarding the roads te
Bucharest, the Ploesti oil wells, and
the heart of the Balkans.
Swiftly exploiting one of the war;
greatest victories, the Russians or
the seventh day of their lightning
offensive, aimed at trapping entir,
Nazi armies in the Balkans, hat
killed or captured nearly 275,OO'
Germans and Romanians, and wer,
hacking to pieces the remnants O
II encircled Nazi divisions southwes
of fallen Chisinau, now far to tn,
rear of advance units driving to-
ward Bucharest.
Will Reorganize Romanians.
Most of the Romanian prisoner
probably will be reorganized int
their usual divisional strength o
5000 men and hurled against tn,
retreating Germans at the order O
King Michael's new pro-Ally gov
ernment, whose declaration of wa
against the Reich has sped the col
lapse of the Balkan front.
Other Romanian units ALREADY
have seized the Carpathian Noun
j (See RUSSIA, Page A-12)
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(See BALKANS, Page A-8D
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(See PARIS, Page A-4.)
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(See PACIFIC, Page A-8D
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(See FRANCE, Page A-6D
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(See RUSSIA, Page A-l2D
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tSee SURRENDER, Page A-69
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tSee NELSON, Page A-8)
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-10
VETERAN SERVICE
GROUP ORGANIZED

RALEIGH, July 9-IREA three
man veterans service committee
for North Carolina, to coordinate
the services for returning veterans
in local communities. was formed
yesterday at a meeting with Adj.
Gen. J. Van B. Nets, state Sc
lective service director.
On the committee are r. A.
Wadsworth, assistant state direc-
tor of the war manpower commits
sion; 1t. Col. Thomas H. Upton,
assistant director of state selec-
tive service; and James S. Pitt
man, manager of the veterans ad
ministration at Fayetteville.
With the committee and Nets
at the meeting were E. B. Page,
selective service; DR.. ]. S. Dorton,
state director of the war manpow-
err commission; and R. C. Goodwin,
state veterans employment repre-
sentative.
1t was decided to make local
United States employment serv-
ice offices or local selective serv-
ice offices the focal point and in
formation centers, where such are
available, or to call upon cooper
ating agencies in other towns.
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COL oNE'. GROSS
HEADS AA BOARD

CAMP DAVIS, July 9.-Antiair-
craft Artillery Board, key units in
the technical field of antiaircraft
artillery. is now headed by Col.
Felix E. Gross, a veteran coast
artillery officer with 81 years OF
military service, following action
by the War department in naming
him as the new president to sue
coed Col. Parry w. Lewis.
Colonel Gross comes TO the AAA
Board after serving overseas as
member of the Army Ground Force
Board in the Mediterranean thea
tire. He is veteran of World War
l, having served in France in 1913
1919 in the field artillery where he
was decorated with the bronze star
for action at st. Mihiel and the
French Order of Crossed Palms
for outstanding services to the
French government at Nevers.
A native Of Brooklyn, N. Y, Col
oneI Gross first entered military
service at the age of Is as mid
shipman at the United States Nav
al Academy. He received his COM
mission as a second lieutenant in
coast artillery in 1911 and has re-
rnained in this branch Of the serv-
ice.
Before going overseas in l943.
Colonel Gross was executive Off
Ger of the AAATC at Camp Stew |
art. Ca, and has served in various
capacities at Fl. Monroe, Fl. Ham
ilton. Ft. Morgan in Hawaii and at
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THREE TIMES

TONAWANDA, N. Y, July 8
-tR-Three times since June 6
-D-Day - Mr.. and Mrs. Mi
chael I. inland have received
a telegram stating:
'"The secretary Of war desires
me to express his deep regret
that your son < X has been
reported missing in action
First on June 6, they were
advised that their eldest boy,
Tech. Sgt. Edward F., 81, ra-
dio operator and gunner in the
army air forces, had been miss
ing since May 20 in the Burma
campaign.
Then on June FL, a telegram
bore the news that Preston T.,
20, a lieutenant in the infan-
try's amphibious forces, had
had been missing in France
since June !.
On Thursday of this week,
Mrs. INLAND, with tear-filIed
eyes, read the words: Robert
j., sergeant in the paratroops
xxx missing since D-day in
the battle of France"
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RITES CONDUCTED
FOR CIRCUS DEAD

HARTFORD, Conn.,, July 9.-(P
- Prayers were offered in Hart
ford's churches today for victims of
the Ringing Brothers and Barnum
and Bailey Circus fire which
shocked the nation Thursday. while
still another name was added to
the death list to bring the catas-
trophies toll to 1856.
Latest to die from injuries re-
ceived in the big top tragedy was
Doris Schinkel, %, of nearby Man
chester.
There seemed to be no surcease
from grief for the city:
Silent, fearful grief in churches
where clergymen of all faiths read
the names of those in their parish
es who had died, and announced
hours Of funeral services.
Poignant grief at the Hartford
hospital morgue where eight bodies
those of three children, three wo-
men and two men-remained uni
Identified.
Inconsolable grief for Frederick
Boyajian, whose wife, Alice, and
two sons were buried today while
he remained secluded in his home
with his one remaining son, not
yet two years old.
At the hospital morgue, every
possibility was explored in effort
to restore the unidentified to their
families. Those who remain I'M
identified tomorrow, or perhaps
Tuesday, said Mayor William H.
Mortensen, will be buried in indiv-
idual graves by the city with dig
nifty and reverence.
DR.. Walter Weissenborn, medical
examiner, said among the unidenti-
fled was "a light curly-haired girl,
five or six, not badly burned who
should be easy to identify"
Then he suggested that possib-
ly the only person. who could
identity the child might be among
the critically injured, or perhaps
she was an only daughter of one
of the five adults who remain
rameless on the casualty list.
Mayor Mortensen said all data
that might ultimately lead to iden-
LITIGATION of those in the morgue
would be preserved.
State Police Commissioner Ed
ward J. Hickey devoted the sabbath
to analysis of testimony given him
as state fire marshal during first
two days of his inquiry.
Five circus officials have been
charged with manslaughter as
result of the fire. A coroner's in
quest will be conducted Tuesday
to determine whether the devastat-
ing blaze resulted from criminal
negligence.
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MONETARY FARLEY
OUTLOOK HOPEFUL

RRETTON WOODS, N. H., July
9-(R-The United Nations none
tarv conference ended its first
full week of deliberations today
with a feeling of optimism that
agreement would be reached on
currency sterilization fund and an
international reconstruction BANK.
Although nothing has been an
nounced officially concerning the
major points at issue-prlnclpally
the quotas and gold subscriptions
to the fund-several conferees IN
formally expressed the opinion
that no obstacle was too great for
the conference to hurdle.
The quota question has not yet
been put before the conference.
but there have been informal dis
cussions among several of the
larger delegations - the United
States, Great Britain and Russia
especially-and now it appears
possible the major quotas prob
ably will be agreed upon before
the matter is taken up officially.
The suestion of the amount OF
gold each nation is to subscribe
to the fund is also believed to be
not too difficult of solution, al
though it was said no agreement
is in sight on the reported demand
of the Soviet Union for a gold
subscription as much as so per
cent lower than it would normally
pay.
Under a quota formula submit
ted by the U. S. Treasury, ma
ton would contribute Is per cent
of it's subscription in gold and the
remainder in its own currency.
The Russians, together with sew
eral other war-devastated coun-
tries, are seeking a reduction in
their gold contribution on the plea
they will have heavy postwar ex-
penditures.
In an effort to speed up the work
of the conference, the steering
committee has decided to go
ahead with discussions on the in
ternational bank for reconstruction
which is one of the major sub
jects On the conference agenda.
An iron blade, probably 5000
years old, has been found in one
of the Egyptian pyramids.
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Georgia Tech, where he was a prof
essor of military science and tao
tics.
He also has attended the Army
War college, the Naval War college,
the Coast Artillery school and the
Command and General Staff
school.
Colonel Gross is married and the
father of five children, a daughter
and four sons all of the latter being
in the service.
The term ru b b er came into
popular use in ITO when an Eng
ish artist o b serve d the SUBJ
stances capacity to erase pencil
marks.
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Great Naval Victory
Claimed By Hazis For
Alleged New Weapon

LONDON, July 9.-(R-The
German radio reported today
that an Allied battleship had
been hit by bombs and beach
ed off the Orne estuary in Nor
mandy, while the German-con-
trolled Paris radio asserted
the Nazis had sunk 10 Allied
ships in 10 minutes with new
secret weapon.
There was no confirmation
of these reports or of a more
modest claim by the German
high command to have sunk an
Allied cruiser and destroyer
with "weapons of the German
navy"
A spokesman at supreme AL
lied headquarters said he had
no knowledge of any new Nazi
naval weapon.
The Paris radio said the
beached battleship was the 22,-
l89-ton Courbet, a 1913 model
French vessel which has been
in the fighting French Navy
since the fall of France.
While German communicates
repeatedly have claimed the
sinking of various Allied naval
vessels since the invasion be-
gan, it remained for the Paris
radio commentator "Pa@uis"
to make the most extravagant
claims.
Commenting on vengeance
weapon No. g." he said, "V-2
may be magic torpedo which
can sink ten ships in as many
minutes. German naval craft
on Thursday sank one cruiser,
three destroyers and six mer-
chant ships in almost as many
minutes. 1t is believed that
these successes are the result
of a new weapon.
'Is it new torpedo or a
new type submarine? Berlin
military circles are silent, but
the results speak for them
selves, and we shall doubtless
hear more about it.''
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Col. Roosevelt And Wac
Officer Deny Engagement

LONDON, July 9-R-The. re-
norted engagement Of twice-di-
vorced Col. Elliott Roosevelt ana
Wac Capt. Ruth Briggs was de-
MED here today by the President $
son and Capt. Briggs.
Col. Roosevelt, through an army
associate, denied he was engaged
to Capt. Briggs or that he was
planning to become engaged to
her Or to anyone else. Capt. Briggs
later joined in the denial, saying
eve are just good friends. -
The army associate of the Presl-
dents son said the latter had re-
quested that his denial be given
to the press.
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Lieut. VIM. S. Holland
Missing In Action

Mrs Sarah M. Holland, 1922 Ann
street has been notified by the
War department that her son, End
TT william S. Holland, has been
missing in action over Austria
since June 26.
He has been overseas since April
II 1914, as a navigator on B-24
Liberator bomber.
Lieutenant Holland graduated
from New Hanover High school in
the class of 1910 and was employed
in the purchasing department of
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
before entering the service in
March, 1943.