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towns being taken were perched on
rocky eminences several hundred
feet high, and the Germans had
mined all the approaches and COW
cred the roads with fire that de-
stroyed virtually every bridge and
culvert.
Driving north along Highway 50
on the right edge of the offensive
front, the 9th Army closed in stead
lily on Balsorano, center of strong
| ly fortified area.
Evidence of the disorganization
of the German forces was seen in
the fact that 377 prisoners taken at
Velletri were members of so differ
ent Nazi companies.
German Losses Mount.
German losses mounted hourly as
the 5th Army hammered at retreat
| ing rear guards. Allied warplanes
strafed fleeing NaZis on the clogged
roads north of Rome, and the mop
ping up of trapped enemy pockets
proceeded
Just how great a catastrophe
Marshal Kesselring suffered in his
vain effort to hold the Italian capi-
tai until he could disengage and
withdraw the hard-pressed troops
between Rome and the sea was I'M
possible to determine Immediately.
There are few crossings of the
Tiber below Rome over which the
enemy can pull back the divisions
which have been in action between
the coast and the Alban Hills.
The main highways /, 2 and 8,
leading north of Rome and a num-
bef of secondary roads all were hit
in raids by fighter -bombers with
virtually no opposition.
Medium bombers slashed rail and
highway communications in the
Florence area. Several road bridges
were hit.
Wellingtons and Liberators smash
ed at Terni, northeast of Rome.
Evening star., 1944-06-05
Clark S Wife and Mother
Express JOY as Rome Falls

1t. Gen. Mark w. Clarks wife and
mother today expressed their JOY
at his triumphal entry with the 5th
Army into Rome, with an added
note of compassion for the families
of soldiers who fell on the way.
ITS really marvellous what that
husband of mine has done with that
Army of his" the generals wife. who
lives at the Kennedy-W Warren Apart
ments. told the Associated Press
IT'S grand news"
She added, While we rejoice. II
can't all be joy-my heart goes out
to the families of those soldiers
who didn't get to Rome, VINO fell or
the way"
The generals mother, Mrs
Charles c. Clark, 1910 Kalorama
road NV. said she was very
happy" at the victory. She recentl,
had implored her son by letter tc
take Rome soon, saying she was
all frazzled out" by waiting.
Evening star., 1944-06-05
Polish
CONTINUED From First Page.)

provisional demarkation line rum
ming north and south east of Wilma.
Lwow and the Galician oil basin.
The Polish government and the un-
derground forces would take over
the civil administration of the en-
tire territory west Of that line while
the eastern section would be placed
under the jurisdiction of the USSR
This offer constitutes what is de-
scribed as a fair compromise be-
tween the demands of the Rus
slams who insist that the so-called
Curzon Line should be their bor-
ders with Poland, and the view OF
the extremists" In the Polish gov
ernment in exile who have so far
been adamant in their determine
tion to have Poland reconstructed as
she had been in 1889.
In making this offer for a pre-
liminary settlement of the Polish
Russian dispute Mr.. Mikola jczyk
feels that he has overstepped the
authority given him by the UNDER
ground state" of Poland but is
convinced that his proposal will
have the support and Endorsement
of the overwhelming majority OF
the Polish people whose antagonism
to the USSR was caused solely by
the fear that Russia intends to
make Poland vassal of Moscow. :
Evening star., 1944-06-05

railroad line to the north, up tC
Piazza Maggiore. then from Piazza
Maggiore following the railway line
and the Station Tiburtina to the
last of the Villa Chigi.
The railway line and Tiburtina
Station shall be outside the open city
area from Villa Chigi UP to the
Tiber bend ~ kilometers mine
tenths of mile) south-so southwest
of the race course of the Tore des
Quinto, from where the line shall
run south of the Tiber to Ponte
Milvio, which shall be inside the
open area.
THE line shall then run from the
western tip of the Vatican City te
Porta San Pancration and the Ira
vestere railway station. The station
itself is to be outside the area"
The announced proposals said
the German high command pledged
itself to keep no military installa
tions within the open-city area anC
would carry out no troop movements
in Rome.
Field dispatches said Ger
man armor In Rome offered stiff
resistance to the Allied troops,
and German snipers fought from
street to street before they were
wiped OUT
Kesselring said no destruction
would be carried out within the open
town. He proposed measures for
the care of the civilian population
and suggested the Vatican should
arrange for control of observation OF
the points of agreement.
1t was said Kesselring offered
these conditions at II pm. Saturday
less than "a hours before Allied oc-
cupation of the city.
German propagandists immed-
lately launched campaign to i'm
press people of the Axis that loss OF
Rome was really favorable for them
Abandonment of Rome is a CON
siderable gain from a military point
of view" said Karl Praegner, Ger
man radio commentator.
"All other considerations apart
supply of the town, with its mil
Ion inhabitants, to which some
10000 to 10000 refugees must be
added, would be very heavy strain
on the German Army. The Allied
high command now will have to take
charge of the supply of the Roman
population"
Evening star., 1944-06-05

Want 10 send a note 10 Hitler
Save waste Kitchen f4k 10 make
explosives
Evening star., 1944-06-05
LOST RATION COUPONS.

GAS RATION BOOK "a" issued TO James
B Warning, 56lO 35th place, West HyattS-
vile, Md UN 1880.
GAS RATION BOOK "a" issued to Louis
Russo. $3.50 Old Bladensburg I'd, Silver
Spring. Md
GAS RATION BOOK a" issued to Mary
BobinRer, Harvard ave. Glen
kATioS RfhHi NJ; hook NJ > ,,soso ,o ,s.o ,.r
shall. 60l Dartmouth ave. Silver Spring
81. 549I
RATION BOOK NO. 3, issued to Yvonne
Saiowell, 652l Colorado ave NV ="
EATON BOOK NO. 4, issued 10 Neville
& Torbert Berwyn. Nd. r. r. D. ].
WAR RATION BOOKS "3r and "t" is
sued TO Stance J. and Rosa l. Trotter Of
600 Foote St. Fairmont Heights. Nd
WAR RATION BOOK NO. 4, issued 10 W
pay Muliinix, s477 Plney Branch Ct, Silver
&pring, Md. 81. o472.
Evening star., 1944-06-05
Summer Courses Set

BLACKSBURG, Va, June 5 (H).-
Virginia Tech, the first college in the
country to accelerate its engineer
ing courses, will begin its 73d aca
demic year with the opening of the
summer quarter July g. Graduation
exercises for those completing de-
gree requirements at the end of the
spring quarter will be held June %.
Evening star., 1944-06-05
Kesselring's Conditions.

The conditions offered by Kessel-
ring, said the German radio, pro-
posed that the open city of Rome
should be:
From San Paolo, except for q
Evening star., 1944-06-05
Nazis Say KesseIring
Offered 10 Declare
Rome an Open City
BY the Associated Press,

1 os lle ASSOCldteQ fTeSS.
| LONDON, June 5.-Violent
| lighting ragged northeast of Rome
today, the German high COM
mand said in a broadcast COM
munique, after Adolf Hitler in
two headquarters announce
ments had acknowledged the fall
of the capital despite a last
minute effort to declare it an
open city.
American tank formations pushed
into the center of Rome yesterday
despite the offer to make it an open
city, the bulletin said, and bitter
street fighting developed which was
still continuing in the hours of the
evening"
The communique added that the
German command will make every
effort to reduce the fighting in and
around Rome to the smallest pos
sible scope necessary for the prose-
cution of fighting"
German broadcasts, giving addi-
tional details of the street fighting
said lin the course of the afternoon
! the eastern districts of the town
were included in the actual battle
ground in delaying actions German
! fighting groups retreated gradually
toward the Tiber crossings, care
fully avoiding any sort of destruc-
ton of historic buildings.
Tiber Bridges Saved, Nazis Say.
Even the Tiber bridges were not
blown up after successful marching
off the bulk of German troops to
the northern bank of the river"
Allied diplomatic ENJOYS to the
Holy See now have returned to their
old apartments in Rome in the
wake of the Allied occupation, an
other German broadcast said.
Berlin declared all public amuse-
ment places in italian towns of
Northern Italy, still under German
control, will be closed for three days
so republican Italians will in these
hours and days harden their hearts
and sharpen their arms for their
liberation"
The commanders of division of
Italians in Germany for training
were said to have sent Mussolini
message deploring the tragic con-
sequences of treason" and declaring
the moment of retaliation and vic
tory is not far"
German propagandists, noting
that the Allies hailed the capture
OF Rome as a great victory, sought
to minimize the event by declaring
the city had no economic. strategic
or political value except as tourist
center"
Two special German communi-
ques-the first word in many days
from the Fuehrers headquarters
were broadcast after Allied troops
had liberated the Eternal City.
The fight in Italy will 60 on, said
the first announcement, TO force
final victory for Germany and her
allies. The year of the invasion will
bring Germany's enemies an an
Initiating defeat at the most deci-
sive moment" 1t declared German
troops had left Rome TO prevent it's
destruction
The other announcement asserted
Marshal Albert Kesselring had CIV
en- the Vatican proposals that Rome
be made an open city and asked
they be conveyed to the Allied COM
mand.
kesselring's Conditions.
The conditions offered by Kessel-
ring, said the German radio, pro-
posed that the open city of Rome
should be:
From San Paolo, except for
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Kennedy
Continued From First Page J

Swiss guard were that the Germans
always had respected its neutrality
and that he hoped the Americans
would.
The great circle in front of St.
Peters had an Italian crowd in it.
but there were no American uni
forms.
This square is open to the public.
though German soldiers did not
come into it," q, Vatican guard said.
There was no special guard
around the Vatican and at the por-
tails of Vatican City, at the left OF
the facade, there were only a few
papal gendarmes.
The Americans swooped right by
but did not enter.
Want to send note to Hitler?
Save waste kitchen fats to make
explosives
Evening star., 1944-06-05
Gen. Clark Designated
Father of the Yeor'
BY the Associated Press.

SS ihe Assoc ated Press.
NEW YORK, June Sit Gen.
Mark w. Clark, whose 5th Army
troops took Rome. was designate
father of the year" today, the Ma
tional Fathers Day Committee an
nounced.
Gen Clark was notified of the
honor by a cable sent to Rome
signed by Alvin Austin, executive
director of the Fathers Day Com
mittee. Fathers Day will be OBJ
served June 49,
For your triumphant capture of
Rome" the cable said, for your
gallant inspiration to the victorious
American 5th Army in this heroic
achievement; for your being the first
Allied commander to bring liberia
ton to a Nazi-enslaved European
capital, we proudly designate you
the father OF the year ana award
you our Eisenhower Medal ~
named as this years FATHERS Day
salute TO our fighting dads
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Save waste Kitchen fzA Ia max n
Evening star., 1944-06-05

keener interest In their government
now that It's seat is In the capital.
It also was pointed out that the
southern Italians. who have been
the only ones free to participate In
politics. are traditionally more apa-
thetic toward public life than their
countrymen around Rome and to
the north.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-30
HAYES RECEIVES
ROAD SENTENCE

Quincy Hayes, local Negro, ar
rested for racing his car through
town last week at a rate of 90
miles per hour, has been ordered
by Judge Henry L. Stevens, pre-
siding judge of the July term of
Superior criminal court, to serve
six months on the county roads.
Hayes case appeared before Re-
corder H. Winfield Smith Friday.
The man pleaded not guilty, but
Smith found him guilty and gave
him six-months' sentence. Where
upon Hayes counsel took an ap-
peal and went to Superior court,
rleding guilty for his client.
Judge Stevens upheld Smiths
sentence and added that if Hayes
were not plea @ti"'g guilty before
Kim he would give him IL
months stretch.
Hayes ran his automobile into a
tree on Chestnut street and left
the machine with police in pursuit.
Interested spectators joined in the
chase.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-30
Vatican Holds Abbey
Net Military Object

VATICAN CITY. July 20 -tR-
Tie Vatican City newspaper II o.
servatore Romano said today that
it had never found that the Monte
Casino abbey was used for mill
tary purposes, land the contrary
never has been demonstrated to
us up to now.
This observation was made in
comment upon dispatch of the
Army newspaper Stars an d
Stripes which had said: 1.-THE
Kauts have no scruples in using
historical monuments to save their
skins first Casino and now the
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Allies shelled and bombed
Monte Casino abbey, stating that
German troops were using it as
fortress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-30
PROMOTED

WASHINGTON, July 2s-lR- 1.-The
War department today announced
that John Jesse Padrick, of 1913
Castle St., Wilmington, N. c., has
received temporary promotion
from second lieutenant to first
lieutenant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-30
Whiteuiue Methodists
Planning New Church

WHITEVELLE July 20. - Plans
for a new church building have
been approved by the Whiteville
Methodist church and drawings of
the proposed plant placed on dis
p-ay at the entrance of the present
church building. The plans call for
$4,000 structure of colonial a n d
English design
Rev. L. D. Hayman is pastor
of the church.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Commissioner Young Joins
Police Hunt for Pants BurqIur

Commissioner John Russell Young
Joined high police officials last night
in the search for the ubiquitous
pants burglar, but their elusive
quarry apparently had taken the
night off.
Stirred to action by the phantom
prowler's activity Wednesday night
when he entered four homes and
took a total of SOL from pants
pockets while his victims slept, Su-
perintendent of Police Edward J
Kelly and Capts. Walter Thomas
and Arthur Welt of No. and pre-
cincts, respectively. joined the search
yesterday. Mr.. Young rode with
them.
But there was no sign of the cat
footed burglar. At 4 o'clock this
morning Mr.. Young and the three
police officials wearily called 1t a
night and went home.
Despite the fact that the proWler
has entered more than 80 homes
during the past three months and
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Pea Plans Speedy Rehiring
OF Returning Seryicemen

A plan for quick employment
of former employees returning from
armed service was announced today
by C. Bedell Monro, president of
Pennsylvania Central Airlin e S
which has headquarters here.
The men will be given free trans
portation to Washington whenever
space is available on the airline.
and will be provided with money to
meet immediate expenses until they
can be placed on the payroll.
Former employees will be hired on
the day they report here, it was
said, provided they are willing and
able to accept.
Three transport planes were re-
turned to Pennsylvania Central last
week by the Army Air Forces, bring
ing the lines fleet up to a strength
Of II. If present expansion plans
materialize, Mr.. Monro said, Pea
will double its present personnel.
New airline employees, he said. will
be selected first from the ranks of
returning veterans,
Evening star., 1944-10-20

taken approximately $1,000, none
Of his victims has ever seen him.
Consequently, police have no de-
scription to work on. Forty police
men are now patrolling the streets
nightly.
Maj. Kelly has announced that he
will, if necessary, detail more men
to patrol in cars and on foot during
the night. He pointed out that the
apprehension of the prowler is diff
ficult because the thief works only
at night and selects homes sur
rounded by shrubbery.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Made Jobs Are Called
Insult 10 Veterans

An employer who makes room for
a disabled veteran by giving him
a "boondoggling" type of job "just
because the employer feels sorry
for him." not only insults the vet
eran "but has actively contributed
to creating public charge" Virgil
Smirnow, specialist for handicapped
at the District Office of the United
Evening star., 1944-10-20

are good or better than other work.
ers only If the employer has placed
them selectively, he said.
The employer should check up,
Mr.. Smirnow suggested, to see If
minor re-engineering"-such as an
alteration of the machine controls,
Evening star., 1944-10-20
6. w. Dean in PITTSBURGH

DR.. Elmer L. Kayser, dean and
professor of history at George WASH
ington University, will address an
alumni luncheon at Pittsburgh to-
day on the subject of Europe
1914" DR., Kayser will represent
the university at the national meet
ing of the Association of Urban Uni
versities at Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
States Employment Service, warned

States Employment Service, warned
last night.
Emphasizing that employers should
plan now to make disabled service
men into productive workers, Mr..
Sirnow told a meeting of the Ste
phen P. McGroarty Post, No. a.
American Legion, that handicapped
workers are absent less, stick to their
jobs longer and have fewer accidents
than able-bodied workers. But they
Evening star., 1944-10-20

the installation Of = safety device
or the addition Of a stool or bench
will help turn a supposedly un-
suitable Job into the right one.
Evening star., 1944-10-20

If you did, watch out! Because
that's Nick Charles, amateur de-
tective, picking it up-and if
that's your gun, he'll find you!
And find out why you dropped it!
On Adventures of the Thin
Man." tonight on WTOP at $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-29
THE S. S. SlR0CC0
CHRISTENED HERE

The S. S. Sirocco, 158th vessel to
near completion at the yard OF
the North Carolina Shipbuildlng
company, was launched yesterday
at 3:45 p. m. with large number
of members of the Greater Will
mington Chamber of Commerce at
tending the ceremony.
The event followed the annual
dinner meeting of the Chamber Of
Commerce Thursday night at which
the shipbuilding company, princi-
pal war industry in this section,
was honored. Included among the
guests of honor at the meeting
were Captain Roger Williams,
president and several other Off
Gals of the shipyard.
The S. S. Sirocco was christencd
by Mrs. c. J. Robinson, of Alexan-
dria, Va, sister of L. K. Horton,
assistant purchasing agent OF the
shipyard. Her maids of honor were
Miss Margaret Warwick of Alex
andria, and Miss Rebecca East. Of
Wilmington.
The ship is named for an Ameri-
can clipper craft.
The original Sirocco was built in
1852 by William and George Gard
ner and owned by Damon and Han
cock of Philadelphia, and was de-
scribed as being of sharp model
Most of her operations are said to
have been in the Atlantic ocean.
The Sirocco arrived at San Fran
cisco, July 10, 1853, under the
command of Captain Sanford, in
139 days from New York. She was
off Cape Horn for % days, receiv-
ing considerable damage in heavy
gales. She had light winds in the
Pacific and was 80 days from the
equator to port, then had a pas
sage Of go days to Calloa, being
26 days to the line and 80 days to
latitude "a degrees south. She ar
rived at Philadelphia, March 10.
1854 from Calloa.
Several years later the Sirocco
was sold to 60 under the British
flag without change of name and
in 1862 she appears as hailing from
Liverpool and owned by w. Rome
and Company. She was reported as
being lost at sea in 1873.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-29
Pre-InductiOn For 3OO
Negro Men Slated Nav S

lily Draft Board No. l reveal.
co yesterday the names of 300
negro men, So of which are trans.
1erS from other local boards, who
viii leave May 5 for their pre-.
,nouctlon examination at Fort
bragg. This entire group is com
posed OF men ages 10 to 26. board
OFFICIALS stated.
The following men are to report
Aor their pre-induction examina
ton: James Alexander Lewis Ar.
thur Waddell, James Edward
Smith, Rueall Bennermen, LEROY
Miller, Harold William Spencer,
Samuel Tindle, Edward Joseph
George, Albert McCants, David
Adolph McClammy, Glen Gilmore,
Albert Waddell, Charlie Green,
James Robert Ashley, John Her
bert Simmons, Clarence Milton
Stewart, Eli Grant McCrimmon,
Henry Douglas Hooper, Tim KEEL
~, Benjamin Mcqueen, Charles
David Godbolt, John Norman
Tate, Charles Thomas King,
James Deshields, James Herbert
Noble, Willie Lotion Sutton, James
Lock, William Burns, Harrah HUI
lon Pellom, William Edward Wad-
dell, Harlie Harris, Richmond Fai-
son, Henry Jayroe, Theodore Do
dy Windley, King Furlow, Samuel
Brooks, Fred Leroy Brown, David
Otil Lennon, Lenwood Lewis, Da-
vid Emmett, Oscar Lorkins, James
Jacob Brown, Moses Ragin, Tho
mas James, Samuel Larry Green
Joseph Ferdinand Durant, James
McKoy, Jr., Joseph Franklin Jones,
Joseph Walter Pierce, r., Willie
Edward Bishop Leonard Burnard
Qucik, Adolph Brown, Ernest
Whitfield, John Henry Williams,
Ernest Therman Irving, William
Henry Nixon, Alfred Washington,
Judge Dudley Waters. William
Evans Bryant, Edward Ellis, Owen
Madden, Jr., Joseph Woody
Franks, Willie Murray, Raymond
Evans, James Samuel McLaurin,
William Thomas jenkins, Joe Ed
ward Harris, William Stevens, Nc
K:nley Allen, George Johnson,
Moses McGill, Governor Jinwright,
King Frank Dixon, Samuel Prin-
gle, Luke Gibbs, Woodrow Mack,
Leo Randall, Freddie Mccall, Will
liam Mccall, Andrew White,
Charles Wesley Stokes. Jr., Halle
Newberry Barden, Willie Houston
Robbins, Willie James johnson,
James Auguster Lucas, Roscoe
Lee McDuffie, Ralph Presley, John
Joseph Forbes, Jr., Ernest Eugene
Addison, David Waddell, Jr., Nit
chell Johns Harry Brown,
Charles Henry Nixon, Norman Ed
ward Robinson, William Watkins,
Murray Conyers, Leroy Keaton,
Joseph Mcqueen, John Blease Bill
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-29
Obituaries
o. A. DuRANT

Funeral services for Oscar A.
DuRant, who died Thursday, will
be held at the Fifth Avenue Meth
odist Church at 800 this afternoon.
The Rev. G. D. Barclift will Of
ficiate.
Active paIbearers are: E. T.
Jones, W. R. Dosher, w. S. Nc
Keithan, r. S. McKeithan, J. L.
Knox, E. Fleet Williams, J W.
jackson, H. Winfield Smith. Hon
orary pallbeaers are: DR.. r. Har-
lee Bellamy, R. R. Stone, Capt.
J. T, Seller, Capt. R. N. Thomp-
son, J. A. Orrell, Addison Hew-
lett, Sr., c. c. Davis, E. P. bud.
ley, R. F. Rankins, w. z. Corbett,
B. Frank King, H. S. McGirt, W.
c. Goodwin, w. H. schaefer, R. c.
LeGwin, Sr., C. D. Maffitt and the
Board of Trustees of the Fifth
Avenue Methodist Church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-29
CAPT. C.. d. KING

Capt. Charles Dusham King, %,
died of menengitis in Italy on
April 10, according to information
received yesterday by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. U. King, 1918
Nun Street, from the War Depart
ment.
Capt. King, who was the hus-
band of the former Miss Lois King,
had been reported ill on April 49,
In addition to his parents, Capt.
King, a former resident of Ra-
leigh, is survived by a daughter,
Alice Julene King, and the follow
ing brothers and sisters: ]. U.
King, Jr., Concord; Hazel Mary
King, Wilmington, 1t. David E.
King, Dale Mabry Field, ITALIA
hassee, Fla; and his grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dus-
ham.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-29

Penton, chairman; R. R. Romeo,
L. E. Woodbury., Jr., DR.. W. H.
Moore. Jesse A. Reynolds.
Auditing: c. IS. Lowrimore,
chairman; w. c. Nichols. E. c.
Craft, E. w. Carr.
Advertising and Publicity: Fred
erick Willetts, chairman; F. E. Lit
tie, R. A. Dunlea, j. L. Allegood,
George L. Stearns. L. M. Todd. c.
L. Harris.
Transportation: A. E. Jones,
chairman; C. Med. Davis, S. j.
Rivenbark, H. R. Gardner, ]. w.
Hughes, w. P. Farrar, Hal ].
Love.
Port Development: N. L. Foy,
chairman; w. G. Broadfoot, H: B.
Stone, Alex Sprunt, T. D. Love.
National Affairs: E. B. Bugg,
chairman; L. ]. Poisson, F. A
Matthes, John E. Hope. Walker
Taylor.
Military Affairs: F. P. O'Crow-
ley, chairman: ]. H. Gerdes. w. R.
Dosher, J. L. Duffy, W. D. Jones.