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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
National League

Pittsburgh at New York, post
poned.
Cincinnati al Boston. postponed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19

MANILA, May Is install
of Valencia and the adjacent air.
drome appeared imminent today
after a Six-mile gain in a single
day by American tanks and infan-
try which reached the outskirts
of the important town in central
Mindanao
Gen. Macarthur announced that
the YankS drove northward along
the central highway on the second
largest of the Philippine islands,
reaching the edge of the town and
coming within less than two miles
OF the main airtield.
Meanwhile. other American
doughboyS surrounded a relatively
large and well-equipped japanese
force at Ipo Dam in central Luz
zon. while another L.. S. column
pushed Ia the edge Of Port Lam
pom seaplane anchorage,
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
SHELLS BLANKET LINES

Shells from big Japanese and
American guns crashed cease
leSsly into the lines of struggling
infantrymen strung along the five
mile coast-to-coast battlefront.
japanese artillery was masSed
on high ground in the rear of
Naha. Shuri and Yonabaru. 1t
was powerful enough to return
the fire of one OF the greatest
American land. naval and aerial
bombardmentS in history
East of Naha. the First Ma
rineS and two army divisions
the Nth and 96th-attempted TO
swing the American flank SOUTH
ward. The long-teTm objective of
this drive was occupation OF the
southern tip of the island.
The nth. commanded by Mai.
Gen. Andrew Bruce was attack
ing Shuri and the 96th stormed
Yonabaru.
A Tokyo broadcast. referring TO
the purported L. 5. Fleet move
ment out of the Marianas, said
although 1t Is not definitely
known whether II is directed to-
ward the OkinawaS. its activities
require a rigid watch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24

ROME, April 24-The U. s. Fifth and British Eighth Armies spread out along the southern banks of the Pc River as partial news black out covered the latest Allied gains in northern Italy.
 The Eighth Army broke into the outskirts of Ferrara last night after plunging through the disorganized, fleeing German forces to reach the road-hub city, 30 miles north of Bologna. The Ferrara airfield was also taken by the British.
 Reports said the Nazis are at tempting to escape across the Pc on rafts, boats or other means" !" Exact areas overrun are withheld from publication to prevent the enemy ascertaining where the AL lied spearheads have thrust across escape routes.
 Allied warplanes destroyed or damaged at least 4,000 enemy ve- hicles in the Pc Valley the past two days. Tn the advance to the Ferrara area Eighth Army tanks ran wild through fleeing Germans and shot up many enemy vehicles A thousand prisoners were taken up to midday yesterday in the areas of the Bondeno finale alone
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
BIG RETREAT
 OF GERMANS
 T0DENMARk
Railroad Yards, Trains Are Blasted by British
 Ldn(dsiers

LONDON, April 24-British Lan- casters in force hit hard at rail- way yards at Bad Oldesloe, 70 miles northeast of Hamburg. in . blow to cut of Germans reported withdrawing in to Denmark.
 Overnight, British pilots attacked g northbound trains and it is un- officially reported they were loaded with Germans probably trying to pull back into Denmark.
 Mosquitoes attacked shipping at Kiel, below Denmark. for the fourth time in three nights.
 Pilots said traffic on roads and rail lines to Denmark has been heavy since Monday morning and also said troops are seen moving from the Berlin and Bremen areas. all besieged.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24

ence delegates will stay, can be seen all three shorelines: the ocean on the west; the channel on the north, spanned by the towering red Golden Gate bridge; on the east the bay with waterfront docks and shipyards lining the Embarcadero.
 State Department men who came here to survey the crowded city where people live on waiting room benches and the 1,500 hotels turn away hundreds nightly-had to change their plan of finding a single center for the delegates living quar- ters and meeting place. There is no roof big enough. Tentative estimates are for at least 2,000 visitors direct ly connected with the official dele gations, and another 1000 press and radio personnel.
 sSo the conference will be housed in downtown hotels and probably will meet in the Civic Center, in the handsome twin structures of Opera House and Veterans building, both of which were erected as memorials to the heroes of the First World Waf.. s--aS.-. -a. The pretty gardens in Civic Center Square are gone now, replaced by temporary barracks for service men. The city is conscious of wartime shabbiness. it's out-dated streetcars needing paint, streets not cleaned or repaired as in peacetime, and everywhere evidence of shortages. On the streets wander new thous- ands, lured by high wages in ship yards and war plants.
 One thing the city cannot offer delegates--the cloistered seclusion of a Breton Woods or Dumbarton Oaks, but there men and women face the task of forging permanent peace machinery, and about them as they do it will be modern war riors by the thousands to remind them of all those who look to them for a peace to nurture their chil- dren's children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
MARSHAL pETAIN,
 KING LEOPOLD 10
 STAND TRIAL NOW
CoIIdpsing Nazi Regime Releases Hostages
 Laval Turned Down

BERN, April 24-Marshal Petain, 89, today entered Switzerland from Germany after declaring himself willing to stand trial in France.
 King Leopold of Belgium, who surrendered to the Germans in 1940, is expected to reach the Swiss frontier some time during the day. Pierre Laval, arch collaborationist of the vichy regime, appeared at the frontier at nearby Liechten- stein, but was refused entry. Laval is under. death sentence imposed by the Marseille Court, which con- victed him in absentia last fall on the charge of having had "intelli- gence with the enemy"
 Marshal Petain was allowed to enter Switzerland after asking and receiving official permission to cross neutral country into France, to surrender himself to French au- thorities.
 The arrival of Petain, and the
  expected arrival Of King Leopold indicated the collapsing Nazi regime had permitted it's potential hostages to leave, perhaps through some understanding with the Allied Gov ernments concerned.
 It is known the Allied Govern meflts were informed in advance of Petain's coming, and presumably gave their consent.
 Petain arrived at the Swiss from tier at the town of Sain Margare- then by auto, in nine-car con- voy. He was in the first car with his wife, and did not leave the car during the hours of deliberations, and appeared very tired.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
JApS STRIKE FROM CAVES
 ON 0kINAWA
Hills Being Pounded from Air-MdnY Nip Planes
 Are Destroyed

GUAM, April 24-American in- fantrymen were still de4ilocked in the fiery battle for southern Oki- nawa yesterday, comhflnique from Admiral Chester w. Nimitz said, adding there is no informa- tion available as to their progress on the fifth day of the all-out push.
 Pacific Fleet carrier planes mean time, destroyed 20 Japanese planes on Miyaka Island, in the southern Ryukyus Sunday, Is of which were wiped out on the ground and five in combat. Four other enemy planes were downed over nearby Ishigaki Island.
 Admiral Nimitz's only reference to the bitter southern Okinawa fighting was that naval guns and carrier aircraft continued their support of troops of the Twenty Fourth Army Corps attacking the enemys fortified line"
 Field reports said the Tanks are fighting to retake the town of Kakazu, after losing it to infil- trating Japanese.
 Sections of the front line are sometimes scrambled, reports say, as Associated Press War Corre- spondent Jim Lindsley reported Japanese troops striking from cave concealment behind the lines of the 165th Regiment near the west coast, had to be bombed by air behind the American lines.
 Unique air support of ground operations in the Seventh Division sector on the east range is pound- ing hill positions of the enemy, which are stalling the American advance, blowing off about one third of the hill which is under attack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
Slayer of Tof, Who Was Raped, Believed Bound for Alaska.

SEATTLE, April 24-Naval in- telligence sought contact by marine radio-telephone with an Alaska bound fishing boat on which the No. one suspect in the weekend rape and staying of five-year-old Irma McGough was reported to have fled.
 Police were informed man re- sembling the suspect, who has a criminal record as degenerate, was seen aboard the craft as it cleared the Government Locks yes- terday. The vessels owner, and the captains wife, however. told de- tectives they we're certain the wanted man is not a member of the crew
 The girls body was found hidden beneath rug in salvage ware house bin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
FRANK LLOYD PASSES AWAY AT kET(HIkAN
Two Men Suffer Heart Af- fdeks But Reeoyerinq
 in Hospital

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 24- Frank Lloyd, 60, cannnerymon, resi- dent of Ketchikan for 30 years, died suddenly at his home as the result of a heart attack. Lloyd first came to Alaska 46 years ago. Funeral arrangements have not yet been arranged.
 Alfred Thibodeau suffered a heart attack Saturday but is recovering in hospital. He was stricken in the Elks Club, where he has been steward for many years.
 Peter Johnson, veteran Alaska Communications System messenger suffered heart attack in the same club Sunday, and is also recovering in hospital here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
BIG SESSION,
 A NATIONS,
 LINING UP
Stettinius Reaches San Franciseo-Conferene
 Opens Tomorrow

SAN FRANCISCO, April A = Secretary of State Edward R. Stet- tinius has arrived as America $ chief delegate to the United Ma tions Conference, bringing with him the still unsolved Polish dispute of the Big Three" powers.
 Stettinius stepped from trans port plane at 10:50 o'clock this morning. He declared that de spite the difficulties we must meet" the Conference will succeed in cre- ating a World Peace Organization.
 Easily the greatest difficulty con- fronting him is the unity splitting TOW over Poland, which Stettinius, Premier Molotov and Foreign Sec retary Anthony Eden failed to solve at Washington conferences.
 However, statement made in indicated fresh pro- posals may have been referred to Moscow, thereby putting the next move up to Premier Stalin. Efforts to settle the issue ended abruptly when the White House said they would have to be con- tinued in San Francisco, where Molotov, Eden and Stettinius are due to pass on final arrange ments tomorrow at steering com- mittee session.
 Conferences Open Tomorrow
 Formal opening of the Confer ence is set for 4:30 o'clock tomor- row afternoon, Pacific War Time
 The attitude of the less powerful was voiced by Foreign Minister Van Kleffens, of The Netherlands, and Foreign Minister Bidault of France. von Kleffens said he would demand the elimina- tion of the veto power over ques- tions of aggression and the use of force, which Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin worked out at Yalta, but said if the majority wanted it he would go along.
 Bidault told a news conference he did not foresee a role for France as the rallying point of small nations. France, with a few to propose, intended to take her place among the big powers.
 The two developments eliminated much of the challenging attitude of many of the smaller nations, shown during the weeks leading up to the Conference.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
RED5(0NTR0L 0NE-THIRD OF NAz| CAPITAL
Savage Street Battles Be- ing Fought . City May
 Fall Within TwoDays

LONDON, April 24 Russian troops frightened their encirclement of Berlin, which is already more
 than one-third in Soviet hands.
 while other Russian troops in swift dash halfway across central Austria, swept to within 89 miles lof Berchtesgaden
 The German Command declared the Russian surge through Austria carried to Eisenerz, 57 miles from Linz. and 85 miles from Salzburg. The broadcast bulletin said. by Ger man accounts, the Russians in Austria are but l55 airline miles from linkup with the U. s. Third Army.
 Two powerful Soviet Armies are cutting into the heart of Berlin in savage street battles. German reports said the Russians in their encircling drive around the capital on the southwest reached ''areas southeast of Bradepbure and east of Potsdam."
 Berlin's great western suburb Of Bradenburg is 25 miles west of Berlin.
 A German communique. broad cast by Hamburg radio. said the Germans are still resisting on tho northern edges of Berlin. As tho battle of Berlin rose in fury. there is some belief here the city mieht 'fali within two days. s
 The German radio announced that Hitler sent an eleventh -hour message to Mussolini. declaring tho struggle for our very existence has reached it's climax The broad cast said the message sent to Mus solini declared. "Bolshevism and troops of the Jewry are stalking all with the object of combining their destructive forces in Ger many"
 Berlin is being reduced to rubble, building by building, in savage street fighting, as so many Euro pean cities before it have been laid ruin.
 A Moscow comn1unique announc- ed Red Army tanks burst across the railroad belt into the inner city, and captured the metropolitan gas works. onl weight blocks from Alexander Platz, in the major com- mercial section.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
DANyBEI5 CROSSED,
 3RD PLACE
Russian American June- lion Reported Near leip-
 ziQ = UIm Is 0verrun

PARIS, April 24.-The three army assault on the outer ramparts oi Germany's Alpine redoubt burst across the Danube today at third place, overran the traffic center oi Ulm and carried within l05 mile. of Hitler's hioHout at Berchtesgad- en. An American Russian junction splitting Germanly, is expected mo- mentarily in the center.
 The French press agency, quoting Moscow reports reaching London said that American and Russian troops are joined at Eilenburg, nine miles northeast of Leipzig.
 Troops of the American Thirc Army have pressed within 93 miles of the Austrian strongholds of Linz and Salzburg. eastern gateways to the southearn redoubt. The Seven tn Army has closed down on the last 50 miles toward Munich.
 The French First Army advanced close to the Austrian frontier and reduced three large pockets behind the lines.
 Ulm, second Wurttemberg city of 60,000. located on the Danube, is the scene of one of Napoleon's most complete victories. It fell after a 10-mile overnight advance.
 Patton's Third Army forces in the Regensburg area drove within eight miles of that city in one sector and reached point three miles west of the Danube in another,
 Captured German documents said that Marshal Rommel died at Ulm last October, of IA wounds received in a strafing attack in Normandy.
 Supreme Allied Headquarters re- mained muffled on any word of junction with the Russians, pending governmental announcements of the Big Three, and could give no word on American Ninth Army lines along the Elbe east of Leipzig. Many correspondents believed that pre- liminary contact with the Russians has already been made.
 The Seventh Army's Forty Fourth Division made the latest crossing of the Danube, at Emingen, IF miles northwest of Benner Pass. Infantry and armor poured into the Danube bridgehead at Dillingen, probing in- to the foothills of the Alps.
 The Hundredth Division captured an 80-acre V-Bomb plant intact. It was working until last Friday with 2.500 impressed foreign laborers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
Defenderso of Mindanao Are Cut in H aIf
Important Highway Junt- lion Cdpfured- Tanks 10
 Advance on Ddvdo
By Fred Hampson


 MANILA, April 24-The Twenty- Fourth Infantry Division has cut the Japanese forces defending Min danao in half, capturing the town Of kabacan, thus seizing the im- portant highway junction.
 Gen. jDougias Macarthur an- nounces that the seizure of Kaba- can put the Twenty-Fourth nearly half way across southern Mindanao toward the Capital City of Davao, which the Japanese are expected to defend fiercely.
 Enemy Dead
 The enemy dead in the Philip pines campaign has been increased to 334,l1l. with the counting of l0,896 Japanese bodies during the past week, Gen. Macarthur an- nounces. Enemy prisoners taken during the week numbered 853. American casualties for the week are listed as 584 killed, 2,168 wound- ed and three missing.
 Local advances have been made in all sectors in northern Luzon, with attack planes and fighters dropping 372 tons of bombs in close support of the ground forces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
TAX ADJUSTMENTS
 BE AFTER v-E DAY

WASHINGTON, April 24-Chair- man Robert L. Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee today expresse some hope for some tax adjustments right after VIE Day"
 Doughton talked to reporters after White House call on Presi- dent Truman. but said his dis cussion with the President did not relate to taxes or other legislation.
 Tt was just personal courtesy call" said Doughton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
sTATISTICIAN BACK

Miss Ruth F. Sawyer, Field Rep resentative for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, has returned to Juneau following a three months trip to Fairbanks and Anchorage Miss Sawyer's travels were for the purpose of collecting retail price data to be used in compilation of cost-of-living indices. Such price data is collected quar- terly in principal Alaska cities and forwarded to Washington, D. C., for interpretation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
DRUNK AND DIsoRDERLY

Two guilty pleas to drunk and disorderly charges resulted in fines levied by City Magistrate William A. Holzheimer in Police Court here this morning. Emma Mayeda was fined s25 and Isabel Holten. aliaS Jane Francis. was ordered to pay $50 and received a 30-day jail sentence, suspended.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
Gruening preditfs Millions Will visit
 Alaska Affer Wal

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 24.- Gov Ernest Gruening told Califor- mia Legislators the recreational re- sources of Alaska are great wild life paradise" and predicted millions of Americans will want to visit the territory when peace returns.
 Gov. Gruening and Gov. Earl Shell, of oregon. were introduced as guests to the California Legislature as they returned from Reno after attending the Conference of Wes- tern Governors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON nt Col. Robert s. Allen nov on active
 service with the Army

WASHINGTON - Harry Truman had two meetings with Republicans in one week. One, held after he became president, was publicized. The other, held while he was Vice. President, was not.
 The latter was just before Roose- velt's death. when Truman attended a luncheon given by Senate Re- publicans elected in 1942 and 1944.
 He spoke of the importance of maintaining Senate prestige, urging that every member devote him. self to maintaining the standing of the Senate as "The greatest deiiberative body in the world"
 "As Vice-President," Truman con- tinued, T am a partisan. an Ad- ministration man, but as Speaker of the Senate I am strictly non- partisan. hope you gentlemen will do everything in your power to correct me if you feel that as speaker I am guilty of bad ruling on parliamentary procedure.
 Again. shortly after Roosevelt's death, President Truman was host to delegation of eight Republican Senators, who went to the White House to pledge their cooperation to their former Senate colleague. Spokesman for the group was con- servative Senator Taft of Ohio. son of a former Republican President, who entered the private office of a United States President for the first time since Herbert Hoover left the White House in 1883.
 We are here, MT. President" said Taft, ito offer you our whole hearted support, although there will be times in the future when we disagree over specific issues, you may be certain that we will be sin cerely working along with you for the good of our country
 The other Senators - Senators White of Maine, Austin of Yer mont, Bridges of New Hampshire, Wherry of Nebraska, Millikin of Colorado, Bushfieid of South Da- kota and Brooks of Illinois-each offered their personal pledge. Some called him MT. President" some Harry" The meeting was com- pletely serious, with no wise-cracks.
 
 OPEN WHITE HOUSE DOOR
 I'm very happy you men have come here," Truman said after each of the delegation had had his say. I'm a party man myself. I believe in the two-party system as an important part of our Demo- cratic Government. You men, as representatives of the minority party, are an integral part of our Government.
 Although am a party man." CIle IleW IIcSiOcllt SOiitiiiuC0b l intend to administer this nation in a non-partisan way He paused and repeated that statement.
 Then looking into the faces of his visitors. Truman said simply, T will need your help, and I vel come it. have instructed my staff here that I wish to keep in close touch with Congress and with my old colleagues. I want to assure you that the door to my office is always open"
 One thing the Republicans have drawn from, those two statements is that Truman will give them full minority representation on Federal commissions. They never seriously made an issue of it, but they were strongly dissatisfied with
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April "A = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 2, American Can 98, Anaconda 34A, Bethlehem Steel 78%. Curtiss- Wright 5A. Interna- tional Harvester 85M, Kennecott 39%, New York Central 27h, Nor thern Pacific 26k, U. s. Steel 68.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, l643l rails, 56.55; utilities, 2996.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
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PENROsE HERE

Ben F. Penrose, with the Ethyl Corporation in Seattle, is in Ju- neau, a guest at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
IN
 GAINS IN
 NO. ITALY
U. 5. Fifth, British Eighth Spread 0ut-Germans
 Are in Flight

BULLETIN, ROME, April "A u. S. Fifth Army troops have swept across the Pc in pursuit of the fleeing Germans and the British Eighth Army has cap tured Ferrara, where the enemy fought bitterly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
CRAIGEN IN JUNEAU

Les Craigen. of Seattle. is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24

More than 100000 people work in the U. s. food plants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24

Air consists chiefly of two gasses. oxygen and nitrogen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
POETS HERE

Elmer L. Poets. of Seattle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-31
Anniversary of
JayCees Noted

James Mohler, president of the
Ypsilanti Junior Chamber OF Com
merce. Is announcing observance
OF Jaycee radio week. Both the
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
the Americans ystem of broadcast
ing have a great deal in common.
Both were established In the year
1920, and in the quarter century OF
their existence, each OF these young
and vigorous forces has played a
vital role In the shaping OF Ameri-
can public opinion and indeed. in
shaping the destiny OF America" he
said. AT this time OF our observ-
ance of our joint birthdays, the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
wishes to extend to the radio indus
try our heartiest congratulations
upon their record OF service to the
nation. and ito express the hope
that the future OF radio will be as
glorious as its past"
This is the 25th anniversary Of
the founding OF the National Junior
Chamber of Commerce and OF the
American system Of broadcasting.