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Roer Bridgeheads Are Widened;
Marines Q pen Mass Two Attack
Opposition Fierce;
Assault Makes
Slow Progress

By the Associated Press
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS. Guam, Feb. 24.-Backed
by a terrific bombardment from
heavy artillery, aircraft and ma
val guns of f1eeeunits standing
offshore, marines on Two Jima
today opened their most con-
centrated attack of the six-day
battle, but were only inching for
ward against virtually unyield-
ing enemy opposition.
The tank-supported attack was
launched from the southwestern tip
of the airdrome in the morning and
by noon was making slow progress,
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz reported.
Terrific resistance from Japanese
artillery, small arms and automatic
weapons made every inch of ground
gained a bitter, costly affair.
Reach Turning Point:
The marines appeared, however,
to have reached the turning point
in their conquest of the island, hav-
ing taken Mount Suribachi at the
southern end of the island and now
being engaged in mopping-up op-
erations against remnants of the
garrison at that one-time enemy
strong point. More than TOO Japs
have been killed.
Supplies on the beaches grew
from a trickle to a flood as the
advance toward the islands center
overran japanese gun positions
which had been shelling the debris
Uttered shore.
The fight is far from over. A
communique covering action up to
6 o'clock last night said in all
sectors the enemy is resisting our
advance from concrete pilboxes,
entertainments and caves"
The Japs are opposing the three
marine divisions with such modern
weapons as 1,000-pound rocket
mortars. presumably fired from
launching platforms.
Deep PilIboxes.
They are using deep pillboxes,
linked by tunnels, which were years
in building and can only be knocked
out by a direct shell hit, flame
throwers or a well-placed hand
grenade
But the overall significance of this
mornings communique. despite the
fact 1t records limited advances. is
its strong suggestion that the crisis
Is past.
Across a beachhead which naval
authorities have admitted actually
appeared doomed in the early stages
engineers have built roads under
fire which are getting ashore the
necessary equipment for bone
crushing blows.
Supplies Pouring in.
The outstanding development in
the morning communique was stated
thus:
Tie unloading of supplies is con-
tinuing and their rate of movement
across the beaches is considerably
improved in spite of the surf created
by recent southeasterly weather"
Yesterday afternoon Maj. Gen.
Graves B. Erskine's Sd Marine Divi-
sion, landed during a critical hour
Wednesday, fought on to the south
tip of the two-runway Motoyama
Airfield No. 2.
1t is the last usable airfield on the
island in enemy hands. The big
bomber base known as Motoyama
Airf1eld No. l was captured by the
4th Marine Division Tuesday.
1t took from Tuesday to yesterday
to cover those 700 yards to the Sec
ond airfield.
Two Divisions Gain.
The Sd Division, veteran of the
Solomons and Guam campaigns, is
in the center of an enveloping drive
aimed at the fighter field.
On the right, Maj. Gen. Clifton B.
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2,146 Sovedm New Daring Raid
On Prison Camp on Luzon
Air, Land and Water Forces Wipe Out
Guards at Los Bonos; CoptNes Wounded
BY C. YATES MCDANIEL,

MANILA Feb 24-Strikng with quick precision sky
by land water deep into territory
terday American troops Filipino gueras brought relief
freedom 246 Allied cobeigeent captive the
civilian nternmen at Los Banos 80 miles south of Manila
writing the fourth heroic in the drama of liberation
Philippines 5O0 the 18th Arborne Division and
Amercan-ed Fipno killed the the last
and within matter of hours carried to safety 1889 Amer
Btons Canadians 33 Australians SO Dutch % Poles
Norwegans 16 Italians Frenchman and Nicaraguan.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Feb. 24-Gen. Eisen-
hover declared today the pur-
pose of his new offensive was the
of the German Army
on the northern front west of the
Rhine opposite the Ruhr-and
that he expected to be able to
do it.
Answering question on CO.
ordination of the Eastern and
Western fronts, the Allied su-
preme commander declared: "Oul
iaison always has been as close
and intimate as was necessary to
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Duce's Death Certain
If He Is Caught, New
Italian Envoy Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Mussolini will be tried and
surely executed" by the italian
people if and when he is caught.
says Alberto Tarchiani, newly
arrived Italian Ambassador.
Il presume those Fascist die
hards will go to Germany, un-
less, of course, Germany is in
vaded first" Mr.. Tarchiani
says, adding that in any case
the Italian courts will seek to
try all Fascist leaders.
Evening star., 1945-02-24

One additional man from
the District area has been
reported killed in this par. See
"On the Honor Roll" Page AZ.
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tsee WESTERN FRONT. Page A-2)
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(See RUSSIA, Page A-2.)
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(See NORTON, Page A-30,
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Weather Forecast

Sunny, near so today: clear, near 50
tonight. Tomorrow fair, warmer.
Temperatures today-Highest, A, at
noon; lowest, 36, at 6:35 am. Yes
terday Highest, So, at AIS pm; low
est 40. at 7:05 am.
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(See MURDER, Page A-2)
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(See MEXICO CITY, Page A-3)
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(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-6.)
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(See HITLER, Page A-6.)
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(See TWO, Page ABB
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
Generals, Welcomed
by Pittsburgh, Urge
IRetribution for Nazis
By the Assoc lated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, June 26.-Laugh-
ter and tears, parades and speeches
banquets and blistering hot wealth
er welcomed GA heroes, generals and
enlisted men, home from the Euro
pean fighting front yesterday. Now
| 1t Is all over, and everybody is tired
but happy.
Some 100000 persons lined a 23-
mile parade route from the airport
to town and cheered themselves
hoarse, giving their plaudits i'm
partially to general and CT.
First to step down from the C-54
transport planes which carried them
on the flight from Paris, Gen. Jo-
seph T. McNarney, native of EN-
porium, Pa, commander OF Ameri-
can forces in the Mediterranean,
was greeted with a dish of ice cream,
his first in eight months. He ate
it and said he yearned for a lamb
chop and some peach shortcake.
ffalSeS Home front.
A multitude of folk gathered at
the City-County Building on his
toric Grants Hill and heard Gen
Jacob L. Devers, commander OF the
9Th Army Group, introduced as a
pennsylvania Dutchman from
York" Gen. Devers praised the
home front for its part in the wal
effort and said, mo greater welcome
could have come to u.s.
The crowd cheered when 1t. Gen
William H. Simpson, whose 9th Army
took the Ruhr. declared he had
grown tired of looking at 'scowline
German faces" and was glad Ito see
some American faces again."
The three generals discussed the
European situation at a subsequent
press conference.
Would Shoot Naxi Leaders,
Gen. Simpson asserted he favored
shooting all the Nazi party leaders
Gen. McNarney said they ought
to be sent to mines in Siberia"
Discussing policies of the Rus
slams, Gen. Devers said:
I'VE think they play the game
like we do-right out on the table. ~
First to greet Gen. Simpson at
the airport was his 4-year-old
granddaughter, Jean Stevenson of
Pittsburgh, whom he had never seen
She thrust bouquet of roses into
his hands as he kissed her.
The general disclosed he has q
grandson fighting with the I'd Ma
rine Division on Okinawa.
Although his granddaddy is an
Army general, he joined the Marines
at II saying The Marines are the
ones who'll win this war;" Gen
Simpson laughed.
Gen. McNarney today left fol
Emporium and hopes to have some
Florida fishing before his Today
leave is up and he returns to Italy
Gen. Devers will visit York toda,
and after that will take six veteran!
to Louisville and Fort Knox, XIV.
Tor receptions and report back tt
Washington. He'll be at a recep.
ton July 4 in Columbus and Their
he hopes for some leave" His mex
job Is an official secret. Gen. Simp.
son left for Texas
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Texans Plan GoIo Fete
For Gen. Simpson Today

FORT WORTH, Tex, June n
P.-Lt. Gen. William Hood Simp-
son returns to his native STATE to-
day and gala celebra ton planned
in his honor here.
The commander of the eth Army
and his party win arrive by plane
in the afternoon. Oficial greetings
which will be extended by a COM
mittee at the Municipal Airport
signal the start of a rousing well
come fellow Texans are prepared
to give the general.
Joining in the celebration will be
representatives of nearby Weather
ford, Tex, the generals home town;
Aledo. his mothers home, and Min
eral Wells, where he formerly COM
manded Camp VOTERS.
After the airport ceremonies the
general and his party will be es-
corted to the Tarrant County court.
house to begin a gala parade.
Gov. Coke r. Stevenson will de-
liver the official welcome message
Another celebration is planned to-
morrow when Gen. Simpson goes
to Weatherford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
Southern Senators
Planning New Tactic,
To Beat FEPC Funds
BY the Associated Press.

Southern Senators may aban-
don a threatened filibuster
against new funds for the Fair
Employment Practice Commit
tee in favor of speeding money
to score of key war agencies.
They believe they can beat a move
to give FEPC $446,2O0 for the fiscal
year beginning July without re-
sorting to delaying tactics. How
ever, Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of
Mississippi has said he is set to
talk until Christmas If necessary
Stricken by its counterpart in the
House, the Senate Appropriations
Committee authorized an FEPC
amendment to the $77l ,538, 765 wal
agencies appropriation bill which
came before the Senate today.
The measure includes funds fol
such agencies as selective service
the War Production Board anl
the War Shipping Administration
whose current appropriations expire
at midnight next Saturday.
I Two-thirds Vote Required.
Because FEPC lacks statutory au.
thority-it was created by executive
order of the late President Roose.
velt-a two-thirds Affirmative vote
is required before the Senate car
consider the proposed appropriation
amendment.
Hence several Southern Senators
say they think they can rely or
more than one-third of those presen,
to block the move.
One FEPC foe. Senator Ellender
Democrat, Of Louisiana. told report
ers he had been asked to support
the threatened filibuster, but had
refused. Two other Senators on
whom opponents were depending to
keep the talkfest going, once it
started, are absent from the Capital
and are not due back until Thurs
day. They are Senators Russell,
Democrat, Of Georgia and Maybank,
Democrat of South Carolina.
Whole Bill Involved,
In the House wing, meanwhile
Chairman Norton of that chamber
Labor Committee. an ardent FEPC
hacker, said she still Is looking to
the Senate to restore the agencys
funds. asserting:
II don't think the Southerners in
the Senate will dare to hlibuster
against the whole war agencies ap-
preparation bill"
Her comment to reporters came
after the Rules Committee put Oh
consideration of q House Appropri-
ations Committee resolution to give
FEPC $125,000 to wind up its affairs
and 60 out Of existence. The rules
group, which long has bottled up
legislation to make FEPC a perma-
nent agency, deferred action under
an informal committee understand
ing not to act on FEPC matters
until all members have been mott
fed.
Malcolm Ross, chairman of the
FEPC. said yesterday the agency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
Hitler Alive and Safe,
Mystery Radio Reports
By the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 7o.-Tne Dali,
Sketch yesterday reported that 1t.
radio listening post had picked ur
a mysterious German Language
broadcast last night saying Adolf
Hitler is alive and safe. The broad.
cast was not heard by any other
listening center.
The Sketch said the unidentified
radio went dead Immediately after
reporting:
The Fuehrer is alive and safe,
He is living with some of his most
faithful followers far beyond the
reach Of the enemy. Do not despair.
Germans! The light will come again
from the darkness"
The despicable Vaccinations OF
his false friends with whom he sur
rounded himself have misfired
Those who aimed high and for
greater power are now either dead
or are languishing in enemy prison
cages. The power for which they
strove and for which they were
willing to sacrifice the Fuehrer was
OF short duration only.s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. ~ Az
Service Artists Invited
To Symphony Forum

Artists from the Service Music
Canteen will be guests and give
demonstrations OF the work Of the
canteen at 8 o'clock tonight at the
National Symphony Forum. The
gathering will be at the Phillips
Memorial Gallery, 1900 Twenty first
street NV, and Is open to the pub
lie.
The musicians who appear will be
members OF the armed forces OF the
United States or the Allies. Jan
Tomasove, concert master Of the
National Symphony, will speak on
programs for the Water Gate con-
certs this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
RESORTS.
MARYLAND.

BEAUTIFUL PASADENA Inn :
water sports Excellent nshinT. Nearby
and reasonable. Restricted clientele.
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
Sale Of Dog Tags Suspended
Until Congress Decides Fee

Commissioners decided to suspend
the issuance of any more tags until
July l. the beginning of the new
tag year, in the hope that Congress
will have acted by that time. II the
bill is not enacted by then it was
indicated that tags would be sold
at the customary 81.
Police also will be advised that
new tags will not be required until
"a reasonable period" after Monday
The legislation, in addition to rails
ing the price OF tags, would en-
power the Commissioners to order
vaccination Of dogs, with the addi-
tional licensing cost designed to de-
fray expenses Of inoculations.
The tags this year will be OF sill
ver-colored metal, in contrast to
the plastic tags used during the
! earlier part of the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
Powell bIames Defeal
|0f FEpC Bill in House
lon 'DoubIe-DeaIinq'
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 26-Charging
the House with double dealing" in
refusing to pass legislation calling
for a permanent Fair Employment
Practice Committee. Representative
Powell, Democrat, Of New York says
Republican support of the measure
would have resulted In legislation on
the issue.
Il charge" he said at the annual
Negro freedom rally at Madison
Square Garden yesterday, that
there has been double dealing on
both sides of the aisle rs regards
FEPC.
II further charge that II the
Republican party had supported the
FEpC the same as 1t supported the
abolition of the poll tax. legislation
today would be enacted on the
FEPC."
No Compromise.
Declaring the Negro race was not
''beholden to any one political
party" Mr.. Powell said. I'VE will not
compromise, we refuse to be neutral,
and we are not even going to mark
time
| He said one of the results of con-
gressional failure to approve the
FEPC should be an immediate mass
migration" OF the Negro people lin
those sections of America where
there is no hope" for them, leaving
the land OF doom to rot in its own
hlth
| President Truman, in a message
to the rally, extended hearty greet
ings to all who gather to reaflirm
the faith in the policies and prin-
ciples of my lamented predecessor
firm in the conviction that the Fair
Employment Practices Committee
which he brought into being Is an
instrument to promote national
unity"
Hits Prejudice.
Malcolm Ross, chairman of the
FEPC, asserted that until race
prejudice was licked there will be
no secure place in American indus.
try, for working men and women, fol
employers. or for the public"
Mr.. Ross said the FEPC has "stucl
to its role OF seeing to 1t that thu
Jew, the Catholic, the Negro, thu
Mexican American shall hav,
his opportunity to serve his countr,
in the production of war material.
A boost in payroll savings will
boost the morale Of our fighting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
Stuunton Honors Potch
Tomorrow and Thursday

ey the Associated Press.
STANTON, Va, June 26-Field
Marshal Hermann Goering's dia.
mcnd-studded baton. captured by
Gen. Alexander M. Patch, will be in
the parade being planned here for
the homecoming celebration for
Gen. Patch tomorrow and Thurs
day.
The baton. loaned for the occa
sion by the War Department, will be
on exhibit at the Woodrow Wilson
birthplace tomorrow and at a ban
quet in the generals honor at the
Ingleside Hotel that night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
|WeIIes Will Address
Harvard Phi Betus
y the Associated Press.

~ INC AssOCIateu HIesB
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 49,
Sumner Welles, former Undersecre-
tary Of State, will speak at the Har-
ward Phi Beta Kappa's annual pub
lie meeting tomorrow, the university
said yesterday.
Four seniors elected to the chapter
this year were:
Henry A. Frey, Chambersburg. Pa.
Hayerford School; Rolf w. Lam
dauer, New York City, Stuyvesant
High School; Daniel p. s. Paul, Day.
tona, Fla, Seabreeze High School
and Guillermo G. Sanchez, Guate
mala City, Guatemala, Colegio d.
Infantes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
47th Bomburdment Unit
Returning to U. S.
By the Associated Press.

AhbOtIAIeN E71tHB.
ROME, June 26.-The 47th light
bombardment group OF the 18th Ali
Force, which participated in opera
tions over North Africa, Sicily, Italy
Corsica, Fance and Austria, will leave
for the United States before the end
of June pending further assignment
The unit, which received a cita-
ton for its work at Kasserine Pass
in North Africa, has completed a
total Of 1852 missions. 1t originally
was commanded by Col. Malcolm
Green, jr., San Francisco, and more
recently by Col. Kenneth S. Wade
San Diego, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26

A boost in payroll savings will
boost the morale Of our fighting
men!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26

may continue operating on volun-
teer basis even If Congress gives II
no money. Another member, q
Negro. reported plans for demon
stration more dramatic than q
march on Washington.
This member, Milton p Webster
international president of the AFI
Brotherhood OF Sleeping Car Por-
tiers. told a news conference he
couldn't disclose the nature of the
demonstration now but that I'VE are
not going to take 1t lying down"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
Col. Roberts, Marine
Hero, Killed on Okinuwu

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, June 26.-Col.
Harold c. Roberts, At, Coronado,
Calf, one OF the most decorated
Marine officers, was killed June 10
on Okinawa, where he was in COM
mand Of the 22d Regiment of the 9Th
Marine Division, Marine Corps au-
thorities reported yesterday.
He was born in Buffalo, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
Green Flies Invude London

LONDON, June rs. (P-Swarms
OF green flies invaded London yes
terday In such numbers that motor
lists and cyclists frequently were
compelled to stop to clear them
from their eyes. The Natural His
tory Museum attributed the inva-
sion to warm, moist weather favor
able to their breeding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26

With the price OF dog tags In
doubt until Congress acts on a bill
which would raise the price from
50 to 50, the Commissioners decided
yesterday to suspend the sale of
tags until next Monday.
The question arose yesterday after
about IS persons had paid the
higher price which is called for in
the rabies control bill which passed
the House yesterday. The bill has
not been passed by the Senate.
A woman protested to the Com
missioners over being charged So.
The collector OF taxes Office ex-
planned that II only 81 were paid
an additional 81 would have to be
collected II the bill were enacted.
If the bill did not pass a refund
was promised.
After hearing the protest the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-11

presentation of photoplays as soon
as released-plus showings at the
same time as other cities-Mr. Pay
cite decided on the new policy for
the Earle Theater, where greater
seating capacity and the additional
time saved by dropping stage shows
will materially aid in the early ex-
hibition of the product.
The new policy for the Earle is
based on showing pictures for not
more than two weeks, with only an
occasional production held for a
third week. The Ambassador The
alter will continue to offer flrst-run
attractions simultaneously with
downtown. The Metropolitan The
alter will aid in relieving the bottle
neck by presenting flrst-run pic
lures with a holdover on such at
fractions as require an additional
downtown run.
The admission prices at the Earle
will be reduced in accordance with
the new straight-picture policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-11

mOClOn pictures, SLdTI Ling august ~,
j. Payette, general zone manager
for Warner Bros. in the Washington
territory.
The decision to eliminate the
stage portion of the program, which
has been in existence since August,
1890, was made in order &c give the
Washington motion picture public
a steady change of attractions as
soon as the productions are released
by the motion picture studios. The
innumerable superlaLive attractions
that are ready for release from the
Warner Bros. Studios, plus the big
name features from other Hollywood
producers that receive f1rst-run en-
gagements either at the Earle or
Metropolitan Theaters, has literally
forced the Earle to this new policy.
X 4 x X
"A checkup of motion pictures
that will be shown the public during
the next IL months was made by
Mr.. Payette last April The check
I'D indicated that the large backlog
of attractions would cause bottle
neck in D. C.. The result was to
make the Metropolitan Theater a
straight first-run outlet, starting
with God Is My Co-Pilot" on April
26. However, the addition of an
other downtown first run did not
solve the backlog difficulty from the
standpoint of patrons.
God Is My Co-Pilot" which
PLAYED four weeks plus Roughly
Speaking" and Affairs of Susan
which both garnered three weeks
each show that three pictures con-
sumed 10 weeks of time. The limited
seating capacity of the Metropolitan
Theater requires pictures play for
long periods and the bottleneck is
not eased because a patron can wit
ness, on the analysis, only three pic
lures in 10 weeks.
The situation clearly called for
another checkup, and to this end
Mr.. Payette has just made a trip to
New York City to ascertain the re-
leases which will be available from
Warner Bros. Studios. The list fol-
lows:
Bette Davis, in 1.-The Corn Is
Green" on July 81; Barbara Stan
wick and Dennis Morgan in Christ
mas in Connecticut" on August II;
John Garfield, Eleanor Parker and
Dane Clark in Pride of the Ma
rines," on September l. Robert Aida,
Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith and Paul
Whitenan in Rhapsody in Blue,
the story of George Gershwin, on
September 90; Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Sydney Greenstreet and Peter LORE
in Three Strangers" on October
10; Enrol Flynn, Alexis Smith and
Zachary Scott in San Antonio" on
October 90; Ida Lupino, Paul Hen
reid and Olivia de Havilland in De
votion" on November "a; Dennis
Morgan, Jane Wyman and Jack
Carson in THE Time, the Place and
the Girl" on December 90; Faye
Emerson and Zachary Scott in
Danger Signal" on January II;
Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman in
Edna Ferber's Saratoga Trunk" on
January 26; Andrea King, Helmut
Dantine and William Prince in
Shadow of Woman on February
9, and Joan Leslie, Robert Aida and
Julie Bishop in Cinderella Jones "
on February 49,
These attractions do not list pic
lures coming from other studios.
The impressive lineup posed the
problem, How soon after pictures
are available can they be shown
here?" With the thought in mind
to offer local patrons immediate