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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-09

The armadillo kills snakes by
rolling on them and cutting
them to pieces with its jagged,
saWtooth armor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-09

Santiago's police hand out
courtesy cards TO petting parties
i'm public parks. The cards read.
please restrain your ardor
Evening star., 1945-04-30

front time. The Americans were of
the 125th Cavalry and were led by
Capt. Adolf C. Ploehn, Battle Greek
Mich
The patrol Immediately started
making arrangements for Maj. Gen
Robert c. Macon of the Thunder
bolt (83O Division to meet the
Russian commander. The 83d was
last reported in the Elbe bridgeheac
where zerbst was captured yester.
day. The 9th Army had been wait.
ing inpatiently on the Elbe for two
weeks, while the Russians proceeded
with the grim task of reducing Ber.
lin, As to so miles west.
Terrorized Germans Flee.
The joining of 9th Army ano
Russian forces was accompanied by
a last minute rush of terrorized Ger.
mans, attempting to flee across the
Elbe into American lines southeast
of Barry. Patrols have been goine
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Hard Coal Contract
Expected by Tonight
By the Associated Press

oS lte ASSOClateQ PreSS.
NEW YORK, April 30.-A spokes.
man for the United Mine Workers
Union said today that he believed
new contract between the unior
and anthracite operators would be
agreed on before midnight.
The present contract involving 72,.
600 miners and 100 companies ex.
pires at midnight and the negotia-
tors are scheduled to meet at pm
The spokesman said John L. Lewis
UNIV president, would not defy 6
30-day extension of the present con.
tract if it was ordered by the Wal
Labor Board.
I'VE are ready to sign new con-
tract right now. 1t depends entirely
on the operators" he declared.
| Negotiators held two-houl
meeting here yesterday, but refused
to comment on its results. Tht
miners have voted overwhelmingly
in favor of a strike if no agreement
can be reached.
Mine owners have agreed to Sec.
retary of the Interior Ickes' sug.
gestion of a 30-day extension.
Howard T. Colvin, head of th'
United States Cancellation Service
said yesterday in washington tha
If no agreement of extension wert
reached I'VE will have to consider
certification of the case to the Wal
Labor Board in time to avert 6
crisis"
The miners are asking a Is pc
cent wage boost and a royalty of Il
cents per ton on all hard coal re
moved from the pits.
Evening star., 1945-04-30

tober: Pfc. Paul B. Grisso, jr.,
33740317, 238 Tenth street NE,
another 106th Division boy cap
tured in the Ardennes last De-
cember.
Col. Bloom looks on this job of
getting the boys ready for home
as duty of love and so do all
of his associates. "They are al
ways hungry, God bless them" he
said. "They eat us out OF house
and home"
I sat in a tent talking with the
boys from Washington, Baltimore,
Virginia and West Virginia, who
will soon be on their way to Fort
Meade. They do not grumble or
try to make martyrs of them
selves. Their chief suffering in
German prison camps resulted
from lack of food. and those cap
tured in the past few months say
they were given only a loaf of
bread to last 5 and days, with
occasional thin soup.
The tough part of their expert
ence was the long forced marches
and trips in locked freight cars
with no sanitary facilities. On
the marches guards would shoot
over their heads and sometimes
Evening star., 1945-04-30
BY NORMAN KAHL.

A revised calendar for Congress
which would give members fou,
months of vacation each year and
three months for studying executive
departments, was placed before the
Joint Committee to Reorganize Con-
gress today.
The suggestion was made by
George H. E. Smith, research assist
ant to Senate Minority Leader
White, who began his testimony be-
fore the committee last week. Mr.
Smith advocated the following work.
ing schedule for Congress:
January, February, March-a full
legislative session, comprising three
days a week on the floor and two
days in committee.
April
May and June-second legislative
session.
July and August-recess.
September. October and Novem-
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Rest, Good Food Only Needs
|Of Most Liberated Americans
BY B. NJ. McKELWAY,

PARIS, April 30 Cby wireless).-
At the big RAMP camp near
here-RAMP means Recovered
Allied Military Personnel-thou-
sands of returned American pris-
oners of war are being proc
essed" every day for their return
to the United States and a 2l-day
furlough in their homes.
1t would gladden. the hearts of
their parents to see how we'll they
look after a few days of rest and
good food, to see how efficiently
the Army takes care of them, to
watch their healthy appetites
and to hear their normal, matter
of fact conversation about their
experiences.
I toured this camp today with
1t. Col. Frank Bloom. O469826, of
1857 South Third street, Arling-
ton, Va. commanding officer, and
talked with many boys just lib
Grated from German prison
camps, including Pfc. William F.
Matthews, 33846052, 1861 Fort
Davis street Sc, captured with
the 106th Division near St. With
last December; Pvt. Charles S.
Haas, 3375282. 1901 Forty-fifth
street NV, captured with 30th
Division near Aachen last Oc-
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Strategic Air Forces
Mission in Europe Ends
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 30.-Strategic bomb
ing has finished its job in Europe
and its forces, personnel and planes
will be shifted to the Pacific to the
extent they can be used there, Gen.
Carl A. Spaatz, United States Stra-
tegic Air Force commander in Eu-
rope, declared today.
Gen. Spaatz was speaking specifl-
cally Of the Americans, but in
answer to a question as to British
bomber command participation in
the Pacific theater he said, "it Ger
tainly can be assumed our Allies will
take full part in the war there, too. -
Gen. Spaatz did not disclose
whether RAF heavies would actually
take up night bombing of Japan
Many experts have held that Brit
aims feet of heavy night bombers
was specially adapted for the Euro
pean theater and might not be of
maximum efficiency in the Pacific.
Much of the British heavy fleet is
battle-worn.
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Liberated Yunks to Come Home
Before ASSIGNMENT Elsewhere

home through normal medical chan.
nels as soon as their condition per.
mits.
A series of evacuation camps have
been prepared for the others. First
they will get baths, hot meals, new
clothes and medical attention. Their
they will receive part of their back
pay, the final settlement to be made
when they return to America. They
may file claims for any money OF
personal property lost at the hands
of the Germans.
On arrivals in America each re.
leased soldier will get a 21-day fur
lough. After that he must report tc
a redistribution center, where he
may be discharged from service, as
signed to post in the United States
or shipped to another war theater
None will be sent back to Europe
headquarters said.
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Public Will Be Told
Of Any Authentic
Surrender Moves

The American public prob
ably will be advised of any au-
thentic peace move by Ger
many, it was indicated at the
White House today.
whenever anything authen-
tic can be properly released, it
will be released" Jonathan
Daniels, White House press Sec
retary, told newsmen in re-
sponse to a query as to whether
the public would be informed
of any definite surrender move
by the NaziS.
The question was raised in
the light of the excitement
created Saturday night after a
false report of a Nazi surrender.
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Russian Tanks Crash
Into Tiergarten in
hopping Up Berlin
FoII Of Reich Capital
Declared Imminent
As Reds Press On
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 30 Russian
tanks have smashed into the
Tiergarten, Berlin's central park
converted into an underground
fortress, the Nazi-controlled Oslo
radio said today, and Moscow re-
ports said the fall of the capital
was imminent.
The newspaper Pravda said the
Russians were fighting in the ruins
Of Unter den Linden, the spacious
avenue in the heart of Berlin that
terminates at the Tiergarten.
Earlier, Moscow dispatches said
the Russians were approaching the
spacious park.
The Hamburg radio, chief Nazi
transmitter still broadcasting in
Germany, proclaimed that "the hard
battle for Berlin reached it's climax
today"
Moscow disptches said Marshals
Gregory K. Zhukov and Ivan S.
Konev, commanding Red Armies at
Berlin, were going all-out for
May Day victory and had thrown in
maximum artillery and air power to
reduce the Nazis' strongholds in the
center of the city.
Germans Hemmed In.
Soviet dispatches from Berlin said
the Nazis were hemmed in in very
small area made up roughly of the
Tiergarten, the Reichstag district
just to it's north, the WilhelmstraSSe
administrative quarter and most of
the crowded commercial district
centered on Inter den Linden run
ming east from the Tiergarten.
BY districts, this was the general
battle line, Moscow said:
l. Northwest, there was fighting
along the Spree River near the
Lehrter freight yards just opposite
the northern edge of the Tiergarten
and 700 yards northwest of the
Reichstag.
2. In the northern sector battles
ragged just south of the Stettiner
ltdlWdy oCdGlOll near UIle OTdlll6I-
burger Gate to the inner city, about
1000 yards north of the Reichstag.
3. About the eastern sector there
was not much definite information.
The Russians were said to be near
the Alexander Gate.
4. In the southeast bitter fighting
was sWaying near the Wilhelm
strasse.
Hard Battles in South.
5. The southern section was the
scene of hard battles north of AL
halter Station near the Potsdamer
Platz and PrinZ Albrechtstrasse.
| 6. In the southwest there was
fighting about a mile and quarter
from the ZOO at the edge of the
Tiergarten. Here the Russians were
moving ahead rapidly.
7. The western sector battles had
reached almost to the edge of the
Tiergarten with very heavy hand-to-
hand fighting in some places. Many
German machine-gun and light field
| 30
Evening star., 1945-04-30
London Is Standinq Bv:
9Th Army Contacts Reds
Fierce Battle
Is in Progress
For Munich
BULLETIN.

UNITED STATES Sd ARMY
R.-The American 18th Ar
mored Division liberated no.
900 Allied prisonrs of war at
Stalag IA, at Mossburg, in
stead of the 27.OOO previously
reported. This was Germany's
biggest prisoner of war camp.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 30.-The Amerl-
can 9th Army today established
another contact with the Rus
slams 3 miles west of Wittenberg,
crea ting a small new untenable
German pocket between their
diminishing northern and south
ern redoubts.
A hard battle was in progress in
the south for Munich, birthplace of
the Nazi Party and largest German
city yet entered by the Americans
The new junction was east of
Dessau at Apollendorf, 81 miles
northwest of Reisa in the Dresden
Leipzig area where the Russians
and the American 1st Army first
met and cut Germany in two. Amer
lean forces were released for other
duties by the new meeting.
Five U. S. Divisions in Battle.
Five divisions of the American
7th Army, probably 10000 men in
all, were engaged in a stiff battle
in the fringes of Munich.
The Nazis resisted with curtain
of steel, hurled from batteries of
antiaircraft, levelled as field artil-
lery. The AID and 45th Infantry
Divisions and the Sd. 4th and Goth
Armored Divisions bored into the
Bavarian capital from the north
and west despite the murderous
fire.
The 9th Army met the Russians
south of Magdeburg. The lst Army
previously had linked up with Pre-
mier Stains forces at Torgau and
Reisa on the Elbe in the Leipzig
Dresden area to the southeast.
Another Junction Near.
The Germans said another juno
ton was imminent between Gen.
George S. Patton's Sd Army and
Russian forces, both of which were
advancing on Linz in Austria from
west and east. A meeting in that
Austrian city would lop off all the
unconquered Bohemian and Mora
Wan sections of CZechoslovakia and
cut the enemy into three pockets.
The 7th Army to the south moved
within 13 miles of Innsbruck, 33
miles of the Brenner Pass and about
125 miles of the Allied armies in
Italy-where German military pow
er was declared broken.
1t. Gen. William H. Simpsons 9th
Army established contact with a
Russian patrol at 7:30 am. battle
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Poles in Exile Offer
Drastic Amendments
To Dumbarton Plan
Majority Vote and Loss
Of Ballot for Party
To Dispute Top Proposals
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30
The Polish government in Lon
don, through Ambassador J. Gle
chanowski, its representative in
this country, today submitted
proposals for drastic amendment
of the Dumbarton Oaks plan to
Secretary of State Stettinius as
chairman of the United Nations
Conference.
The Polish government insisted
that failure to invite it to the con-
ference did not relieve the govern
ment in exile from submitting con
structive suggestions" as the only
legal representative" of the Polish
people
Top among the proposed amend
ments was the following: The
Polish government suggests that the
voting procedure of the Security
Council be amended to provide that
all decisions of the Security Council
be taken by simple majority vote OF
all its members, including those Of
the states permanently represented
on the council, furthermore, that g
state which is party to a dispute
should not be entitled to cast its
vote when its failure to act in &C
cordance with the provisions of the
charter is under consideration"
Other Suggestions Made.
This would knock the voting ano
veto formula of the Yalta agreement
into cooked hat.
Another proposal of the Polish
government was that the General
Assembly be given the right of un-
restricted discussion of, and initia-
tive in, all questions pertaining tc
problems of world security and
peace.
A third suggestion is that cleal
and comprehensive definition of ag.
gression be written into the charter
of the new organization.
The question of Argentina's mem.
bership in the United Nations anc
participation in the conference may
be considered today at meeting o1
the conference Steering Committee
Russia, it was learned, will def
s1itely oppose the admission of Ar.
gentina until some recognition has
been accorded the Soviet-sponsoree
Polish government at Warsaw. If 6
showdown is forced on the Argen.
tine issue, there may be fireworks.
Russia's attitude is understood tc
be that Poland, which has played
an active part in the war, is enti-
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Doughboys Surprise
S Guards and Free
$4,000 From Dachau
Stains Son Reported
Among Several Recently
Moved by Germans
BY HOWARD COWAN.
Associated Press War Correspondent.

hSSoCldteQ FTeSS war correspondent.
DACHAU, Germany, April 30
The United States 7th Army's
42d and 45th Divisions captured
the infamous Dachau prison
camp today and freed it's $4,000
captives.
Two columns of infantry riding
tanks, bulldozers and long ton
rifles-anything with wheels-rollec
down from the northwest and sur.
prised the SSF(Elite Corps guard.
in the determination camp shortly
after the lunch hour.
Scores of SIS men were taker
prisoner and dozens slain.
The American Doughboys were
quickly Joined by TRUSTEES" work.
ing outside the sprawling barbec
wire inclosure. Poles, Frenchmer
and Russians seized SIS weapons anc
turned them against their captors
Stalin's Son Recently Moved.
Officials said the Nazis recently
moved several distinguished in
mates, including Premier Stalin's
son Jacob Djugashvili, captured on
the Russian front in 1941; former
Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schus-
chnigg and his wife, and the Ger
man anti-Nazi Protestant leader
Pastor Martin Niemoeller.
Three princes also we're reported
moved, among them Frederick Leo
pold and Xavier de Bourbon de
Parme.
One Of the prisoners remaining
claimed to be the son of Leon Blum
Prisoners who said they had had
access to the records and inner
workings of the camp said 5000 in
ternees died of hunger or disease
or were shot during the past three
months and that $4,000 more had
perished during the winter.
French General Slain.
TyphuS cases were scattered
throughout the camp. The water
supply of the city was reported con-
taminated from 5000 graves on high
ground which drains into the Am
per River.
A French general was slain last
week as he walked toward truck
believing he was to be evacuated
prisoners reported. They said SIS
elite Guards shot him in the back
The GIs stormed through the
camp with tornado fury.
Not stones throw from a train
load Of corpses lay the bleeding
bodies of Is SIS men shot down az
they fed the tommygunning Yanks
Food Still Cooking.
In the mess hall of the SIS bar.
racks food still was cooking in the
kitchen. One SIS officer was slumpec
over in a plate of beans, bullet
through his head. Nearby was 9
telephone with the receiver down
and the busy signal still buzzing.
Outside the power house were the
bodies of two SIS men slain by 8
Czech and a Pole working in the
engine room.
The Rainbow Infantry, meanwhile
reached the barbed wire enclosure
covering acres of ground.
Among the first there were Brig
Gen. Henning Linden, South Min.
neapolis, Mimi, deputy commander
of the 42d Division; Brig. Gen
Charles Banfill of Bombay, Fla, as
signed to the AID as an observer; 1t
Col. Walter j. Fellenz, San Antonio
Tex, commander of the first bat
talon, 222d Infantry, and 1t. Col
Will Cowling, Leavenworth, Kans.
aide to Gen. Linden.
The yard behind the high fence
was bare. Not soul was in sight
A Swiss Red Cross representative
(See DACHAU, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Proposed Congress Calendar
Gives 3 Months to Bureau STUDY

ber-associating with Government
departments and agencies.
December-recess.
Mr.. Smith said he believed the
three months members of Congress
would spend on an "in-service rela-
tionship" with executive agencies
would enable them to know the per-
sonnel better and to understand
their budget requirements and spe-
cial problems.
The minority official caused some
CONSERVATION among members o1
the Joint Committee when he sug-
gested that both houses get rid OF
Congressman" as chairman of COM
mittees, and choose professional ad-
ministrators for these posts. Such
a system, Mr.. Smith said, would
eliminate all dispute over the SEN
iority system.
Representative Monroney, Demo
(See CONGRESS. Page A-I2J
Evening star., 1945-04-30
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, April 30.-Every Amer
lean soldier liberated from German
prison camps will 60 home "as fast
as the Army can get him there"
supreme headquarters announced
today.
I'm return for the German promise
to leave the prisoners in the camps
in the path of the Allied advance,
rather than take them along on
forced marches, United States au-
thorities agreed that all liberated
military personnel would be pro-
hibited from taking further part
in the war against Germany, either
as combat or service troops, and
they are sticking by their part of
the agreement" supreme headquar-
ters declared.
The sick and wounded will be
given preference and evacuated
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Grozioni Reported Executed
Moscow Rodio Urges
Germans to Surrender
~ thu ASsoc;otad prne

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 30.-The Moscow
radio broadcast an appeal to the
German people today to surrender
Immediately.
This senseless struggle must be
stopped in Berlin, too," the broad
cast said. you Germans can save
only what still remains standing
and what may form the basis OF
reconstruction of Germany if the
war is ended at once"
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Mutiny Of Marines
In kieI Reported
By the Associated Press.

BY tIie ASSOCIaCed PfeSS.
NEW YORK, April 30.-Whole
companies of German marines mu-
TIMED at Kiel last night after au-
thorities ordered them to entrain for
infantry duty at the fighting front
in the Hamburg sector, the Stock
holm Dagens Nyheter said today.
Nazi Elite Guards were thrown
into action against the mutineers,
but failed to establish control, the
dispatch said.
The dispatch was reported to the
Office Of War Information.
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Yonk Patrol Finds
Soviet Forces With
Aid of Nozi Map
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
UNITED STATES 9th ARMY,
April 30.-After two weeks try
ing to locate the Russians, 9th
Army patrols found them today
with help from the Germans.
The 125th Cavalry, a part of
the Thunderbolt (83d) Division,
captured an enemy map show
ing Russian positions. A patrol
was sent out and there were
Premier Stalin's men-just as
the enemy mapped them.
Evening star., 1945-04-30

mons tomorrow and a Russian an.
nouncement that the Moscow black
out will be lifted tonight.
London newspapers carried head
lines saying: Hitler dying; wal
may end today"
It was obvious that any surrender
by Himmler, before it could be &C.
cepted, would have to include solie
evidence that he could bring about
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Churchill Said
To Be PLANNING
Talk Tomorrow
BULLETIN.

able fact"
The commentator added:
"The drone of the battle
might last some weeks
longer, but it may end to-
morrow"
This is the closest the
Nazis yet have come to ad-
mitting publicly that the war
is near an end. No Nazi
transmitter yet has men
toned Heinrich Himmler's
surrender offer.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 30.-A new
surrender offer from Heinrich
Himmler, presumably to all three
major powers, was understood to
be ION its way" today.
British cabinet ministers were or
dered to stand by as swiftly NOV
ing developments pointed to Ger
nany's collapse.
Prime Minister Churchill was re-
ported preparing statement for
Commons tomorrow May Day -
but there was no indication of what
he might say.
This capital was outwardly calm
even though We day announce
ment was expected at any hour
There was more ministerial activity
in Whitehall than there had been
in some time.
Details Remain to Be Worked Out
There were indications that only
details of Germanys surrender re-
mained to be worked out. These
may concern whether Himmler or
any other ranking Nazi chieftain
could give solid evidence that Ger
man pockets on the Atlantic Coast
andfn Norway would lay down their
arms.
It was possible that uncertainty
over tia temper of commanders
such as .5ol. Gen. Georg Lindemann
in Denmark was holding up an
agreement on details.
The British Press Association said
there is no longer any doubt that
armistice moves are in progress and
moving swiftly"
Speculation centered around the
possibility that May Day might be
chosen for victory announcement.
1t was felt here, however, that be-
fore this comes Premier Stain may
announce the capture of Berlin
that the Russians are determined to
claim this prize before the Nazis will
be allowed to give up.
May Take a Few Days.
This may take a few days, since
Moscow is always cautious in an.
nouncing the capture of any major
place.
Many people say significance ir
the AtNo reports that Mr.. Churchill
may make a statement in Com
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Late Bulletins
Fifth Army Enters Turin

5th Army entered Turin today.
Earlier Story on Page A-3D
Grozioni Reported Executed
MILAN (P.-The execution
of Benito Mussolini touched
off a purge today of Fascism's
chief leaders which reached
Marshal ROdolfo GraZiani,
who was reported to- have
been convicted and executed.
Earlier Story on Page A-3D
Evening star., 1945-04-30
SeDen additional men from
the District area haze been re-
ported killed in this Ddr. See
"On the Honor Roll," Page Az.

(see WESTERN FRONT, Page Az.
Evening star., 1945-04-30

(See LINCOLN, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1945-04-30

(See McKELWAY, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1945-04-30

(See RUSSIA, Page AID
Evening star., 1945-04-30

(See HIMMLER, Page
Evening star., 1945-04-30

(See CONGRESS, Page A-12.)
Evening star., 1945-04-30

(See DACHAU, Page A-4o
Evening star., 1945-04-30
Weather Forecast

; Continued cool; some cloudiness today:
fair tonight and tomorrow.
Temperatures today-High, go, at 1870
pm; low, 46, at 7:20 am Yesterday
High, 66, at 4:45 pm; low, A, at 1855
am.