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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-17
MORE THAN 500 SLLPERFORTS
STRIKE NAGOYA WAR PLANTS
WITH 3, 500 TONS OF BOMBS
Allies Plan Program
ToDiscipline Enemy

PARIS, May 16'-(P-A program
OF sweat and discipline under
which Germany will have to carr
her way back into the community
Of nations under strict militar,
control was laid down by the Al.
lies today.
The so-calied German govern.
ment of Grand Admiral Karl Doe
nitz was declared officially to be
only temporary stop-gap, fully
controlled by the Allies while il
fulfllls useful purpose.
A supreme headquarters state.
ment said Doenitz land certain 9th.
er selected German officers" were
being used only temporarily as ar
instrument for facilitating the sur.
render and disarmament of Ger.
man forces and were acting under
complete Allied control.
The formal statement made clear
that there was no thought of rec
ognizing Doenitz and his "Flens.
burg group" as German govern.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-17

fterattack.
The 31st Division, fighting north
ward on Sayre highway in central
Mindanao, pushed within eigh'
miles of the Valencia airbases
Less than 60 miles to the north
the 40th Division was meeting
strong resistance below captured
Del Monte air center and made
only slight progress.
PIT >boats, crossing Davao gull
in daylight Tuesday, destroyed sia
70-foet Japanese torpedo boat!
and one barge, fired four fue
and ammunition dumps and knock
ed out a pillbox at a small enemy
naval bases on Pisco point.
Earlier the speedy PIT boats de
stroyed> a Japanese marine rail
way at Mapanga bay in Davat
gulf.
A Marine divebomber knocked
out Japanese naval gun, one oil
several which has been harassine
the oath.
A shore to shore operation, ir
which Dutch troops landed on the
southernmost tip of Tarakan is
land, off northeast Borneo, also
was announced. Activity in othe1
sectors on oil-rich Tarakan were
limited.
On Luzon, the American FRS
Cavalry Division pushed north
along the east coast to within three
miles of the port of Lampon, ar
enemy seaplane anchorage south
of Infanta. Light naval units sup
ported the advance, bombardine
enemy shore concentrations neal
the port,
East of Manila, units of the 43rd
Division near the 1po dam were
reported pressing in from all
sides on the enemy's isolated
forces"
Medium, attack and fighter
bombers continued their raids or
Nipponese communications anc
defenses in the Cagayan valley oil
northern Luzon, dropping more
than $50 tons of bombs.
In support of the Tarakan in.
vasion, heavy, medium and fight.
er bombers expended 125 tons oil
explosives. They blasted airdromes
at Balikpapan, the great oil re
timing center on Borneo, and al
Jesselton, Kudat and Eintula
Thousand-pound missiles left great
holes in runways, destroyed build
lngs and started fires. Air patrols
sank six small enemy ships.
The communique reported night
harassing. attacks on Formosa.
followed by day raids in which 145
CONTINUED ON Pare Ten. Col n
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-17

A1n1Htafy autnOfltleS gamer evil
dence of war crimes there.
In Paris supreme headquarter.
said 10-man teams from the wal
crimes branch of the European
theater judge advocate section were
conducting widespread investiga
ton of crimes committed by tn,
Nazis against Allied military per
sonnet as well as civilians.
The teams, EIpreme Headquar
tiers said, went into operation mor'
than month ago under the di
rection Of Brig. Gen. E. Belts ane
evidence of atrocities and violation,
Of the Geneva convention which
they are gathering will be usee
in the. trials of indicted German
war criminals.
The teams, Supreme Headquar
opportunities for detecting wal
crimes and identifying their per
petrators'' had been provided b,
1.-THE liberation of occupied coun
tries, establishment of military
control in Germany, the overrun
ming of concentration camps ane
repatriation of Allied workers"
The conference, the commission
announcement said, will enable tn,
commission to discuss with the ma
tional offices the best methods fol
promoting mutual aid between tn,
offices and closer contact between
them and the commission.
In commons today Prime Mini
ster Churchill declared he had nj
information as to the Whereabout.
of Gestapo Chieftain Heinrich Him
mler but said II expect he will turf
up somewhere in this world or tn,
next and will be dealt with by
appropriate local Authorities
British Minister of State Richare
Law said he hoped Reichsmarsha
Hermann Goering, now a prisonel
OF the American Seventh Army
would be hanged. M
Law described the German
people as mot only an incredibl.
silly people but a dangerously silly
people,
"They are cruel people," he said
'Belsen, and Buchenwald (Concen
tration camps) are not propaganda
-. and unfortunately they are MOI
isolated cases."
Clamor against the Allied treat
ment of German war criminals con
tinEed in the British press with the
News Chronicle declaring thai
public indignation is now harden
ing into public CONSERVATION.
Remembering Darlan, remem
bering Badoglio,' the editorial said
the people are asking can it in
deed be that the Allied authorities
are preparing another and even
more cynical frameup.''
The News Chronicle said Gen
Eisenhower's rebuke to officers
treating the Germans as friendly
enemies had not ended the toler-
ance shown tn tha dafeated NaziS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-17
World Peace
ParleyNears
Final Round
j AMENDMENTS BULKY
II. S. Holds Sessions To
Catch Up On Dunbar
ton Oaks Changes

GAM FRANCISCO, May 16-(R-
- oA United Nations conference be-
lne It's fourth week today with
ga md little powers in substan'
VI. G.5 accord, and tho American de-
,iat turning on pressure 1o1
leS oneedv wind-up of the job OF
sraffing world charter.
limited States delegates ran OH
saries of meetings of their own
s,rino the day and were ready
~ nroe statesmen of other coun'
. ~ to vote as soon as possible
IN bulky list of amendments
VI oHered to the Dumbarton Oaks
nl.n for a world conference.
The Americans had been so
urapped up in tussles over region
a. security and trusteeship issues
chat they hadn't defined their posi-
IONS on scores of these amend
ments Their sessions today gave
.bpm a chance to catch up.
Drafted by the United States de-
LEGATION. a compromise plan for
letting the Pan-American and any
other regional defense systems op-
crate under a world organization
had enough support to guarantee
its final acceptance. 1t had the
backing of nearly all the 20 Latin
American states and most of the
Biz Five powers. Of the latter,
Russia still had not made known
her position.
Now there is one major prob
lem left: preparation of formula
for international trusteeships over
dependent of strategic lands-areas
like Libya, or Two Jima, or the
Caroline islands.
The question has two phases:
looking after the welfare of the
the assignment of mandates so
people of these territories and
that the United States and other
countries will control bases they
regard as essential to their own
security.
Primarily, America wants to
keep her grip on key islands
snatched from Japan in order to
make sure from now on that the
Pacific really will be "Pacific."
Britain, America and France are
pretty much in agreement on
trusteeships. Russia and China
have different views. The Soviet
delegation referred the issue to
Moscow.
To give conference committee
On trusteeships something to work
On, U. S. Delegate Harold E. Stas-
sen brought together all the Big
Five proposals in a single docu-
ment.
The Anglo Americans would
place strategic areas under general
supervision of security council
the agency in the world organi-
cation which would cont peace
enforcement machinery. Other
areas would be administered I'M
Nonlnued on Page Ten; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-17
|ENEMY ARSENAL
CITY HAMMERED
ESTUARY DOCKS HIT
Fliers Report Fires From
Last Mondays Raid
Still Burning

GUAM, THURSDAY, May IT,
Striking again with more than
500 Superforts, 21st Bomber Com.
mand squadrons showered $500
tons Of fire bombs on the Japanese
arsenal city of Nagoya shortly after
midnight today, adding more dew
astation to fires kindled in raid
Monday.
The big planes, carrying moro
than a million six-pound gasoline
jelly bombs, flew low over the tar.
get area harboring the giant
Mitsubishi aircraft assembly plant,
the Atsuta factory of the Nagoya
arsenal and other war industries.
Filters returning today said they
observed fires still burning in the
northern section of the city hit in
the big daylight attack Monday.
Besides being the second record
breaking assault on Nagoya in SO
hours. The raid was the 18th dem
clifton and fire bomb effort to put
the industrial might of Nippon's
third largest city out of production
since the B-19s started flying from
Marianas bases last November.
Todays attack was conferred in
the area adjoining the city's in
ner harbor and estuary docks.
Nagoya, with a prewar population
of 100000, also is a big port on
Japan's inland sea.
There was no immediate report
of any American planes being lost
in the post-midnighi attack. Two
B-29s were shot down In Mondays
raid. ~
The Superforts today struck at
a 16-square mile target area, cas-
cading their incendiaries on the
only remaining part Of the city not
hit with the fire bombs in previous
raids.
The Mitsubishi aircraft assem-
bly, plant, bigger than the Willow
Run factory near Detroit, has been
called the largest Of is kind in the
world.
Another unit Of the huge Mitsu-
bishi interests, the aircraft engine
factory in northeast Nagoya, was
IS per cent destroyed in a series
of B29 demolition bomb raids
several months ago, and the cleo
trio plant of this same firm was
in the target area Of Mondays at
tack.
The incendiary attacks also strike
at Japan's industrial setup through
destruction of small shops set UP
in homes and smaller buildings
for the production of parts for
Nippon's vast war machine.
The Aichi aircraft co.'s Mizuko
plant, which produce aircraft parts
and the Atsuta engine factory, also
are in today's target area, along
with aluminium, locomotive and
munitions factories, and warehouse
and storage facilities.
Major plants in the target area,
in addition to the aircraft assem-
bly, plant and the arsenal factory,
include:
Steam and electric cars; loco
motives; munitions and ordnance;
vehicle company plant, second
largest of its type in the empire.
the Aichi Aircraft Co.'s Mizuko
plant, producer Of aircraft COM
ponent parts; Aichi Aircraft's At
suta plant, producer of engines and
other aircraft components; the SUI
nitomo Alum mum Company
Works; The Hokuku Machinery
Co.'S Atsuta plant, The Yahagi
Continued on Page Ten; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-17
REPORTS DENIED

LONDON, Thursday, May IL
R-Denying published reports that
Willy Messerschmitt, ace German
plane designer, is living a life OF
luxury in a London flat, the Air
Ministry said today that his living
scale is that of an ordinary non
working prisoner of war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-17
War Crimes Commission
Schedules Conference

LONDON May criticism the
OF German prisoners of and demands speedy trial for
flight Nazi criminals Crimes
announced today that international
crimes would begin in London May 81.
The commission also arranged
governments to send investigating officers help
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-17
Doughbcys Closing Gap
In Sector Of MindQnQo

MANILA, Thursday May 17HeTrapped continued
fight avage Tuesday fronts Dough-
boys slowly roofing them of positions
The veteran Oath Infantry
with major force north of Davao
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-17
WEATHER
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'0o pm, yesterday.
ION Temperature
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ko.m1si yl 81; Minimum 81; Mean 7e;
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from H. ildes For Today
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a. 'SS' and Geodetic Survey
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Sunrise, s.oo. II :34p 6:24p
GS6; Moonn,sae5t ' sunset SUI 1907; Moonrise,
S' OF river at Fayetteville, 1922.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
U.S.SeeksCivilian
Overseas Help
Jobs Up to $6,55s on
List of War Dept.

The war department entered a
bid for civilian employees for over
seas service in the Detroit white
collar labor market Saturday.
Recruits will be placed with
administrative staffs in occupied
territory in Europe, in Panama.
Hawaii and the Antilles, including
Puerto Rico and Trinidad. Pay
ranges from S2,769 for a Grade II
typist 10 S6,558 a year in top
administrative jobs. Transporta-
tion is paid for applicants fulfill
ing their tours -of-duty which
may be either one year or the
duration plus six months.
Seymour c. Gown OF the war
department will interview appli-
cants from $50 a. m. TO 2 p. m.
Monday through next Saturday in
the downtown USES office, 1l2
+. Jefferson.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
| Lost Pilot Makes Choice!
fHeHadOne Bullet
Fora Million Ants
BY BOB CoNSIDINE
International Kev. Service Staff cor..pondsr


CHABUA India (Deayed)-The stories! The terrible,
Y the inspiring, depressing stupendous stories! The
worlds worst air trip-over the Hmalayan bump-has
produced so many of them that doesn't know where
to begin.
There was the Young fler who crashed into a tree
after bang out Instead of unouckng his leg straps rs
he had unbucked his shoulder straps He was caught IN
the branches and hung upside down. his hands just touch
ing the ground. ;, -,
The fall through the tree had hurt him badly and he
couldn't pull himself up Far enough to unbuce his leg
straps.
He tried for long time, with his hands braced against
the ground.
IT MUST have been then when he the huge red ants
Il walking up his hands!
He beat them off and must have tried to hold ms hands
off the ground long time. But that would nave been
impossible even for unWeunded man to do ana "heh
his arms would drop down from exhaustion the devourng
ants would come on to him again
He had no knife to himself down. So he took out
his revolver and tried to shoot away the main strap which
held him in his terrible position He used all the bullets IN
the revolver and then he started using his reserve supply
The tough strap frayed spun stayed together as the de
perae man continued 10 fire But then he came to his last
bullet.
E ants were far up the that rested on the ground
i as he tried TO steady himself
He must have waited long time before he fired that
last bullet
He must have thought many things as he swung
slowly from his grmy ndestucble trapeze and watched
the below He have pointed his gun at the fed
strap time and again.
But when he did pull the trigger he used the bullet on
himself
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
The rescue party said it was just as well.
Annexed Areas
Sought by Poles

LONDON, July 7 (INS)-A
campaign to settle 100000
Poles in annexed German areas
has been launched by Polish
democratic party leaders, tn e
Moscow radio reported today.
The mass migration, according
10 Moscow's Interpretation OF the
plan, would place these Poles on
seized lands in East Prussia and
the rich regions of Silesla and
parts of Pomerania.
OTTAWA, Ont. July 7 INS)
The Canadian government to-
day extended recognition 10 the
Polish provisional government OF
national unity in Warsaw.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Gil Dodds Starts
Campaign for Youth

CHICAGO. July 7-Gil Dodds
Americas famous indoor miller
yesterday started on the most
important race of his career.
He announced that he was
Joining full-time into the work OF
the Youth for Christ movement
preaching and organizing meet
ings of young people all over the
country.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Bones of Fuehrer
Believed Found
Russians Open Grave
In ChanceIIory Garden

BERLIN. July 7 INS)-
Charred bones found in the garden
Of the Berlin Reichs chnacellory
were held today TO be those OF
Adolf Hitler
Russian officials, however, re-
fused 10 state officially that con-
elusive proof of Hitlers death had
been established.
Soviet Investigators eNhumed
the bones as they sought 10 sub
stantate eyewitness stories that
Hitler and Eva Braun had been
cremated after committing suicide.
A lower jaw and teeth was un'
officially identified as that OF the
fuehrer.
A man identified as SIS Leib-
standarte officer Mansfield was
said 10 have informed the Russians
that he helped carry Hitler's body
-to-ttc garden and saw gasoline
poured on il before cremation.
ManSfeld's story would seem 10
c9rroborate that told by Eric
KcmplIe. Hitler's chauffeur.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
81 Are Casualties
In New Syrian Riots

BEIRUT, July 7 -GNS)-British
military authorities announced to-
day that 61 persons had been
killed or seriously wounded in the
clash of Syrian and French SOL
dierS and civilians Thursday night
in Latakia.
-Four French soldiers were killed
and eight seriously wounded while
19 civilians died in the fighting
and 30 were" wounded
Early reports said the fighting
started when a French vehicle ran
down and killed a Syrian girl. In
vestigationS disclosed there had
been an accident but no one was
killed
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
JAW Officials Hail
New Polish Regime

In a Joint statement issued Sat-
urday UAW-CIO President r. j.
Thomas and Secretary Treasurer
George +. Adde's hailed "ouT coun-
try'S recognition of the newly
organized government of Poland y
Especially greeted was the or
.ganized labor movement in Poland
which fought the NaziS with the
hope that its representatives
would participate in the next
meeting of the world trade union
conference.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Nobody likes you with
BAD BREATH!

millions OF germs r. and leaves
the mouth feeling delightfully."-
clean and refreshed.
Gargle with new Pepsodent
AnuSeptio to rid your mouth Of
fuzzy morning taste to clean
your mouth after smoking and
make the next smoke taste better,
Use II before every business and
social engagement. Start today!
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08

signed TO the
office of public
information at
the naval air
technical train
ing center in
c Chic a go, the
n a V Y a n =
nounced today.
Ankles, for
more than 10
years a re-
er a n d
writer for the
Times left for
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Detroiter in Command
OF Huge Sea Base

Rear Adm. Allan +. Smith OF
5l21 w. Chicago has been APP
pointeu commander of Service
Squadron 10, the worlds largest
floating supply and repair base,
navy headquarters at Pearl Har-
Dor announced Saturday.
Adm. Smith took over COM
mand from Cmdr Worral r.
Cater, VINO will enter a hospital
in the United States, The squoo'
ron, which is two years old, sup
plies the fleet at Sea
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
No transportation!
Two Girls Buy Horse

CULVER CITY, Cal. July :
(UP)-Eilecn Holt. %, and Vir-
ginia ConradSon, p. both aircraft
assenhlers. today were unable 10
get train bus or plane reserva-
tions for their vacation. SO they
bought two pintos and Calloped
off for Miss ConradSon'S home in
Sterling. Colo, l.i2S miles away
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08

the navy last March and received
his boot training -at-the-Gfeat
Lakes naval training center. For
a time he was on the staff of the
United Press in New York.
Ankles formerly lived at 12747
Duchess. His wife, Mary, and two
sons, Linton Jr., 4, and Robert
Elliot, now live in Philadelphia.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
End Strike in Sweden

LONDON. July z QNSl-The
Stockholm radio reported today
that the greatest labor dispute ir
Swedens history will end Mon
day when 125.000 striking engi'
neers resume work. They have
been idle for five months.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
GUord your breath
this new, pleasant way!

Thousands find il delightfully."- easy
now TO guard against unpardon,
able bad breath Theygargl with
this new and different Pepsodent
Anuseptic that's so pLeGSdut in
taste .. And offers far greater
germ-hllIng power than ordinary
mouth washes.
New Pepsodent Antseptic goes
No work at once. II actively in
ereases sslivary fiow-hushes out
many decaylng food particles and
debris from deepest crevices in
the mouth. kills and sweeps away
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Hopkins Gives Up
Last 7 j. 5. Posts

WASHINGTON. July Z GNS)
Harry L. Hopkins has severed
his last government connections
as OF today with his resignation
as chairman of the Munitions As
signment Board and as member
of the War Production Board
The White House made the res
ignatiuns public and revealed that
President Truman had accepted
them.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Navy Assigns
Linton Ankles

Seaman &c Linton Ankles, well
known former member OF the
Times editorial staff. has been as
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
How Soldiers
Come Home

Here is the latest neWs about
u. S. Army units in process OF re-
de epIoyment from Europe TO the
Pacific:
95TH INFANTRY DIVISION
379th Regiment home, the rest on
the way.
EIGHTH INFANTRY DIVI-
SION 2Sth Regiment home,
others due over the weekend.
lO4TH INFANTRY. DIVISION
Advance part home, main body
should reach port Monday or Tues
day
S7TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Two transports embarked AT lie
HaVre today Final -boatload- -will
clear Monday night.
FIFTH INFANTRY DIVISION
Advance party home bulk OF
division loading for embarkation.
4tTH INFANTRY DIVISION
Entire division due 10 leave
southampton. England, Saturday
in single large transport.
SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION
Advance units scheduled TO
reach u. S. this weekend. main
body en- route from Rheims as
sembly area to lie Havre for en-
barkatlon Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday.
THIRTEENTH ARMORED d.
NISION-Advance units due home
this weekend. rest of division en-
ters lie Havre staging area Sun
day to begin clearing port Friday.
2STH INFANTRY DIVISION
Stall moving into Camp Pitts
burgh in the Rheims assembly
area.
3OTH INFANTRY DIVISION
Scheduled 10 arrive at Rheims
July 10.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Pact Hearings
enNonddy
Final Vote Hoped Fol
Late This Month

WASHINGTON july Z tUP)-
The formal battle for prompt ratl-
fication of the United Nations
charter begins Monday with hear
ings before the Senate foreign
relations committee and there
were predictions tonight that IT
might be over by Aug l.
Committee Chairman Tom Con-
nally Cd of Texas said the group
hoped 10 complete hearings IN one
week and thus bring the charter
10 the Senate floor by July Ito. II
that could be done.-hc- -SaId,--Me
might complete the whole thing
ratification by the end OF tins
month.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
sTETTINIUS TO APPEAR

Plans completed tonight called
for former Secretary OF State
StettiniuS. who was chairman OF
THE American delegation TO the
San Francisco conference, TO open
the testimony in favor OF the
charter
There was some talk at the
Capitol tonight that the Breton
Woods world monetary agreement
might be brought up Tor Senate
action late next week. Nandenberg
is opposed 10 bringing TINS or any.
thing else to the floor which might
require foreign relations commit
tee members to leave the charter
hearings
Connally said he would lust
have to ignore Breton Woods II
il were brought up. If the Senate
were debating that agreement
when his committee was ready to
report on the charter, he added,
ne would ask that II be side
tracked for the ratification debate.
EIGHT OPPONENTS TO TALK
Eight charter opponents, who
have asked permission 10 testify,
will be heard next Wednesday
and Thursday. Committee MEM
bers would not identity these OPP
ponents but it was said they do
not include any senators. Addi-
'tional proponents of the charter
will be heard on Friday.
Connally and Senator Arthur
III. Vandenberg tRD of Michigan
both predicted tonight that the
charter would be ratified with
only slight opposition. Connally
said that less than 10 votes
would be east against II. Others
at the capitol were confident that
no more than five mays" would be
heard.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08

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