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Evening star., 1945-04-20
City Officials Die
With Families by
Drinking Poison
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star War CnrreSnnndent

WITH THE 1st UNITED STATE!
ARMY IN LEIPZIG, April 20.-Th
hands of the clock moved inexorabl,
toward midnight in the plush ant
gilt rathskeller of the centuries-olt
City Hall. Five persons at a tabl
were slipping red wine-the burgo
meister, Alfred Freyberg; his wifi
and 18-year- old daughter, and tn
assistant burgomeister and his wife
A few blocks away the sound O
American guns could be heard a
the I'd Infantry Division tough
block by block into the city.
There entered the rathskeller ;
stout, scar-faced, colorfully uni
formed Nazi official. He stopped a
the table for a moment to chat with
his old friends.
What are you so solemn about?'
asked the Nazi official.
1--WE are planning to kill our.
selves, now that all is lost" replied
the burgomeister.
The Nazi thought for a moment
then wrote in French on the bot
tom of a cigarette box this quota
ton from a French general:
"One cannot desert ones country
when it is in danger"
"All is finished-there are diff
ferent ethics about such things in
Germany" the Nazi was told.
The official didn't argue: he just
walked away.
Put Cyanide in Wine.
At midnight all five of the people
at the table put cyanide in their
wine and died instantly. At least
the burgomeister's family did. The
official, who told me this story. was
not absolutely sure about the as
sistant burgomeister and his wife,
but at any rate they have dsap-
peared. My informant had not
viewed the bodies.
The official who told me the story
is himself cooperating with the
Americans. He says he was never
in the Gestapo but was a member
of the early Brown Shirts and was
Gestapo prisoner for two weeks
in 1884 at the time of the Nazi
party blood purge"
Leipzig seemed today a happy city
as if it had just been delivered from
horror. although there is only
enough food left for a few days
But great German Army food stores
have been captured.
Library One-third Destroyed.
Leipzig suffered tremendous
Allied bombardment. It was one of
the worlds great publishing centers
and the site of the German National
Library with it's 10000 books.
About one-third of the library was
destroyed. Also badly hit was
Johannes Church, where Sebastian
Bach is buried. But the house of
the philosopher, Liebnitz, was un-
injured. A great Army warehouse
which occupied the site of the birth
place of Richard Wagner was a
heap of rubble and most houses
along the Dresdnerstrasse, the chief
thoroughfare of the city, were gut
ted. Also destroyed were the great
publishing houses of the Baedeker
guide books and Teubner's, the
famed publishers of college text
books.
Evening star., 1945-04-20
Navy Will Commission
WAVE Quarters Tomorrow

One Of the largest WAVE bar
racks in the country-Quarters "K''
on Columbia pike in Arlington
will be commissioned at 10 am
tomorrow. Capt. Herbert w. Un-
derwood, commanding officer of Ma
val Barracks, will officially COM
mission the 81 buildings and ad-
dress the residents.
The quarters already house 1900
WAVES in Is barracks, / admins
tration building, l recreation build
ing and mess hall. 1t also is the
new center for training of WAVE
officers, who formerly attended
CLASSES at Smith College, Northamp-
ton Mass. The first class of Officer
candidates to begin training here
Is of them, will make their first
appearance at the commissioning
ceremonies. About IS more Officer
candidates will be trained eacl
month
Evening star., 1945-04-20

was drying From Utrecht to the
Hague, from Amsterdam to Rotter-
dam, some of the Oldest reclaimed
farm and flower lands of Holland
were drowning. Parts of all four cit
les were inundated.
The Canadians were barely 10
miles from Utrecht Q63,559) and IS
to 20 miles from the largest Dutch
city of Amsterdam C793, $3.50. They
were in the floods between the
Zuider Zee to the Utrecht area.
Gen. Bradley's armies stood in a
great arc As to So miles from Berlin
along the Elbe, while the Russians
shook the eastern ramparts of the
capital. The British had reached
the lower Elbe on wide front
southeast of Hamburg and just
northwest of the 9th Army's river
positions.
Capt. Ludwig Sertorius, German
military commentator, asserted in
broadcast that 1t. Gen. William H.
Simpsons 9th Army had completed
prepara tions for its final assault to-
ward Berlin and a junction with the
Russians.
Third Army advances lacked the
spectacular, although the Thunder
bolt Q1th Armored) Division ad-
vanced 16 miles southeast and cap
tured Grafenwohr, 20 miles south
east of Bayreuth, and its garrison
of 500. Another tank arm pushed
to Kemnath, Is miles southeast of
Bayreuth.
Gen. Patton's infantry advanced
up to IA miles along 35-mile front.
The Texas and Oklahoma (90th)
Division entered Selb, IS miles west
of the Czechoslovak watering place
of Karlsbad. The division also en-
tered Oberroslau, 16 miles south of
Hof in the border area. The Yankee
(26th) Division advanced IA miles
to Ramlesreuth, 10 miles southeast
of Bayreuth, and entered Trostau,
Evening star., 1945-04-20
Western Front
Continued From First Page.)

The U-boat base of Emden was
within light artillery range. Lue-
beck was 35 miles away and Kiel
was but 81 miles.
The Sd Army fought into the out
skirts of Chemnitz, Saxony rail and
industrial center of 334,563. The 1st
Army besieged Dessau Q20,0OO, So
miles southwest of Berlin.
The 9th Army slightly enlarged
it's Elbe bridgehead miles beyond
Barby and, in the words of Gen
Eisenhower's communique brought
the situation under control" on its
northern flank, where 1000 or SO
Nazis tried to break through 9th
Army lines to join the main Ger
man forces.
Already 400 of the Nazis who
broke into the northern flank have
been captured and numerous tanks
and armored vehicles have been de-
stroyed. The 9th Army was eras-
ing the others swiftly, while the
rest of it's front remained quiet.
The German communique asserted
that several villages east of the
Elbe in the Barby bridgehead hae
been wrested from the 9th Army
and that Americans who crossed tht
Nude River above Leipzig have
been thrown back. Neither asser.
ton was supported,
The last Nazis, perhaps 10000 o1
them, including skilled fighters o1
the 18th SIS Division, were com.
pressed into square mile of the
heart of Nuremberg, whose 431 ,O0(
persons made it the second largest
Bavarian city. Already $4,000 have
been captured and the others whit
remained were actually fighting {
battle to the death-for the moment
at least. Even civilians Joined ths
battle with pickaxes, shovels anC
the like. The Rainbow (42d), Thun.
derbird (45th) and Sd Divisions
closed in relentlessly.
In the north one of the last ma.
tional tragedies of the war wa.
broadening over Holland. The Ger.
mans had blasted great sections Of
the dikes around the Zuider Zee
and let in the sea and its killing salt
water. Floods were still rising, land
Evening star., 1945-04-20
Massacre Of 10000
Al BuchenwaId Camp
FoiIed by Prisoners
By the Associated Press.

by tue ASSOclateQ FIeSS,
Frenchmen liberated from the
horror camp at Buchenwald said to-
day that prisoners themselves pre-
vented a massacre OF 10000 sur
vivors Of the rigors of the camp.
They gave this account:
AS American armored forces ap-
preached the camp the commander
there received an order to put all
the remaining inmates to death.
The general was preparing to
carry out the order when he re-
ceived note from a group of the
prisoners which stated: IF you
spare the lives Of the prisoners of
Buchenwald we will testify that you
have been a model camp director" 4"
The general flushed with pleasure,
slipped the note into his pocket and
called OF the plans for the mas
Sacre.
Ordered to Dig Graves.
BY decree of United States mill
tary authorities the citizens of Gar
deleben were assigned to the grue-
some task Of burying 1,100 slave
laborers and political prisoners who
were burned to death by the Nazis
in barn there just before American
troops entered the town.
The decree specified that indi-
vidaul graves, 6 feet long, feet
deep and 3 feet wide must be dug
for each of the victims, and said the
work would be done "at the points
of bayonets if necessary"
| This method was chosen for i'm
pressing upon the people of Gar
deleben the full extent of the atroc-
ity perpetrated in their midst by
the Nazis.
Mayor Hanged by Nazis.
Na1 SIS officers hung the Mayor
of Brettheim, the local Nazi party
chief and a prominent farmer in a
brutal public exhibition a week age
when they planned to turn the ham,
let over to the Americans to save
bloodshed, eyewitnesses said.
The seth Infantry overran several
German prisoner of war camps yes
terday, hberating 4,75O starved and
mistreated prisoners, among them
500 Americans, who wept with the
| Joy of restored freedom.
All had been captured in the Ar
dennes break through.
Many Of the details of this rescue
are being withheld by censorship,
including the names of the prisoner
camps, and their location.
Evening star., 1945-04-20

II miles northeast of that Nazi
city of Wagnerian fame. The Yam
KEGS took an airield northeast of
Kirchlainbach, seizing 400-pound
bombs and other material.
Pocket Nearly Closed Out.
The 9Th and 1st Armies just about
closed out the Harz Mountain pocket
between ,Magdeburg and Leipzig,
capturing 7,172 Germans. No more
than 80 square miles of the granite
cliff region remained in the hands
of elements of four trapped German
divisions.
The Holland trap, where up to
100000 Nazis were caught originally,
had been split in two and the
smaller section of Northeast Holland
was cleared save for one garrison of
1,700 Nazis on the Ems opposite
Emden.
Prisoners still were being counted
from the Ruhr cleanup.
Evening star., 1945-04-20
Ath and 45th Islands
In Philippines Taken;
Jap Attack Repu|sed
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, April American
Doughboys seized the 44th and 45th
islands of their Philippines inva-
sion Wednesday. Capture of one
Balabac, put them only As miles
north of Borneo. Seizure of the
other, tiny Carabao in Manila Bay
wiped out troublesome force of
800 to 500 japanese troops.
Elsewhere in the Philippines, Gen.
Macarthur said in today's com-
munique:
japanese counterattacked fiercely
with tanks in the Baguio sector of
North Luzon, but were repulsed.
Doughboys on Mindanao advanc-
ed % miles from their new beach,
heads, moving within 50 air miles
of Davao, a major port of the Phil
tppines.
Aerial units destroyed a troop
laden 1,300-ton transport, four
freighters, seven coastal vessels and
lugger in sweeps from the Neither
lands Indies to the China coast.
Formosa was heavily bombed.
Landing Unopposed.
The unopposed Balabac landing,
by elements of Maj Gen. Jens A.
Does 4lst Division, gave the United
States second strategic jump-off
place for possible amphibious op-
erations against oil-rich Borneo.
The 4lst seized Tawitawl Island, 80
miles east of Borneo, April 2.
Balabac, about Is miles long, is
As miles due north of Borneo and
Immediately south of Palawan Is
land, captured by Yanks February
%.
1t controls Balabac Strait and
thus the eastern entry of the South
China Sea from the Sulu Sea.
With American forces thus poised
on two islands near Borneo, Gen.
Macarthur announced that "the en-
emy's oil supply from this (Nether-
lands East Indies area has ceased.
He presumably referred to the aerial
blockade Philippines-based aircraft
have established. Nevertheless,
heavy bombers struck petroleum in
SldlldJlOllS az 1 al dhdll, VII Doil llCO,
wrecking storage tanks.
Japs Driven Underground.
Doughboys from Brig. Gen. Will
liam Chases 38th Division took lit
tie Carabao Island in Manila Bay
after a naval bombardment drove
an estimated 300 to 500 japanese
underground. Engineers trapped the
enemy troops in their hideouts by
sealing off their cave and tunnel |
entrances.
Maj. Gen. R. B. Woodruff's oath |
Division Infantry, which landed on
the west coast of Southern Min
danao Tuesday, advanced % miles
along the main road across the
island toward Davao.
An amphibious movement put the
Doughboys into Cotabato, capital
of a province of the same name, and
Tamontaka, towns controlling the
dual mouths of the Mindanao River,
largest in the Philippines. Cotabato
is an old Moro stronghold. To the
north other Yanks expanded their
Malabang beachhead and quickly
put a sizable airfield there into
operation.
Japs Counterattack.
The enemy has an estimated
10000 troops on Mindanao.
On the Baguio sector on Luzon,
the japanese counterattacked with
several tanks along the Naguilian
road, but were beaten back with loss
of all of their tanks.
Maj. Gen. Percy w. Clarkson's 33d
Division reported an increase in
Japanese artillery fire from Baguio.
Rain, too, was slowing progress
toward the center of the Philippines
summer capital
Evening star., 1945-04-20
Mrs. Ecker Heads Leooue

Mrs. John B. Ecker has been elect
ed president of the Montgomery
County Planned Parenthood League
Other officers include Mrs. Eugene
M. Fry. vice president; Mrs. Robert
Garrett, secretary, and Mrs. John
B. Mason, treasurer.
Evening star., 1945-04-20
This is President Truman's day.

Arises at $50 am. and eats 9
breakfast of fruit juice, a cereal
usually oatmeal-milk and toast, but
takes no coffee.
Reads several metropolitan news
papers and then goes to his Office
arriving about $3.50.
For the next hour, he scans CORE
spondence, answers letters and Or
ganizes the days schedule.
Appointments start at $50 and
Evening star., 1945-04-20

Start saving now for those bigger
War Bonds through payroll savings
SO that, come the Seventh War Loan
part Of your bonds will be paid for
Evening star., 1945-04-20
Truman Arises at $50, Reads
Papers Before Going to Office

run until I, when Mr.. Truman goe.
to lunch.
The afternoon is kept free of en-.
gagementS, except in emergency, anc
the President goes over reports ano
executive matters of every nature.
The President likes to have dinner
about $50 and then enjoys chatting
with old friends who may call. He
still takes time, however, to dc
paper work" which always is al
hand in profusion, and also to play
the piano.
Evening star., 1945-04-20

WHERE TWO FRONTS DRAW NEAR-On the front an
American drive southeast of Baeuh captured
and reached Kemnath On the eastern front officially
reported fighting west Of the Oder River beyond Kuesn and
told OF taking Fort Muskau Weisswasser Rothenurg
the south Berlin said the Red Army attacking roken
arrow the Oder south Stettin AP Wrephoto
Evening star., 1945-04-20
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Evening star., 1945-04-20
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Evening star., 1945-04-20

FOUND.
PEKINEsE PUPPY, vicinity 10th and Z
SITS. FIR. 1894.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-01
States Attorney MARITIME SERVICE SEEKING RECRUITS
Youths as We'll as Men Not Eligible for Induction
 Acceptable

Men IT to 18 and 26 to 50 are urged to enroll now in the U. s. Maritime Service for training, with pay, for a career at sea in the U. S Merchant Marine. Men r to 50 are still eligible for enrolment m this vital service. however, only men with special qualifications will be accepted in the Is to 26 age bracket.
 Enrollees, upon completion of nec- essery papers and passing physical examination, will be assigned for training at the U. s. Maritime Serv- ice Training Station, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York.
 Following six weeks of basic work, which includes instruction in usage of lifeboats, fire fighting sea rules and traditions, swimming, ship con- struction, guilnery and physical training, men up to 35 l-2 may be eligible for advanced training in deck, engine, radio and purSer- pharmacy departments. Men up to 50 may train for duty in the stew ards department, where minor phy- sical defects, such as poor vision and colorblindnesS, are not disqualify- Ing
 Application for enrolment may be made at any of the following U. s. Maritime Service Enrolling Of- fees in New England: TIT MIX street. Boston: 1044 Chapel street New Haven; SIP Fore street, Port land, Me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-01
Farley Urged As Necessary
By ROBERT J. MANNING

Washington, June 1 (U.PD - The United States expects to sit down soon with Britain and France in London 10 seek a satisfactory agreement on the explosive situa- tion in Syria and Lebanon.
 It is feared here that unless such meeting is held at once the ces- sation of hostilities in the Levant may be only temporary.
 The London discussions were pro- posed yesterday by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill with the advance proposal of President Truman, according to reliable in formation. Frances attitude has not been expressed but General Charles De Gaulle IS expected to agree.
 American officials hoped to get the discussions underway, then call in Syria and Lebanon for an at tempt at final agreement on their differences with the French.
 The Levantine conflict, the ob- vious bad effects of which on the San Francisco conference provoked Anglo American intervention, stemmed from stalemate in French attempts to win special con- sessions from Syria and Lebanon in return for their independence.
 The Levant states move toward independence began decade ago but never has received the final stage of a formal treaty between France and her two former mandate territories. AS part of this treaty France seeks special consideration similar to those won by Britain in granting Iraq it's independence from British mandate.
 French spokesmen here, who de- clined to say whether De Gaulle has yet agreed to the London meeting, listed Frances desires with regard to Syria and Lebanon as these:
 l. Operation of French schools and conventS in the two countries.
 2. Air bases and ports including air routes to the Far East.
 3. Authority to station French troops there to protect French in- terestS.
 4. Assurances of -interfer- ence in operations of the oil pipe line through the Levant on which the French reply to fuel their fleet in the Mediterranean.
 We want no more than Britain has in Iraq, Egypt and Palestine" !" a French official said. The United States also has base in Cuba all though Cuba is independent. Britain has rights to the SueZ Canal in Egypt and troops to protect it even though Egypt is independent"
 Syrian and Lebanese representa- tives have disputed most of the French demands for several years. Another difference stems from the Levant states desire to replace French officers in charge of native troops with native officers. The French object to this.
 Ahmed Bey Daouck. the Lebanese Minister in Paris. said yesterday that Lebanese and Syrians wanted to help in the Pacific war by giv- ing the Allies bases but on tenn porary. not permanent basis"
 We refuse to give France a priv ilcgcd position in our country" he ] said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-01
Connecticut Flier Killed in Mishop

CharlestoWn, R. L, June l-CUP) Ensign George P. Miller, USNR, "A. of (36 Old Farms Rdo Darien,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-01
Technical Evidence Likely Preliminary
 In Today's Session
Jury of Six Men, Six Women to Decide Fate of Ace cused; Two Alternate Jurors to Be Held in Re-
 serve to Avoid Delay

Technical testimony by photographer surveyor, and police officers is expected to be presented in superior court Es afternoon the state begins it's of first degree murder against Domenic Cosca for the staying last Sept 20 of his brother-in-aw, Adolph Cyr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-01
"On The Spot' Checkups To Be Resumed In State
State Motor Vehicle Department to Inspect Machines
 on Highways to Determine Fitness for Operation

been to ensure as efficient a check up of the mechanical condition oi registered motor vehicles as per- sonnel and facilities permit, yet always consider public convenience in so far as public safety would not be handicapped.
 One of the purposes of this in- spection is to follow up the braka check which has been conducted by the state and local police. We ex- pect to find brakes in reasonably good condition.
 You have been informed that more gasoline will be availbale ir the near future. This, of course, means more mileage travelled and . greater accident exposure. It is your personal responsibility to see that your car s nj reasonably good me- chanical condition.
 These checkups will as heretofora be conducted at various localities throughout the state. They will start during the month of June and be continued throughout the remainder Of the year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-01

Commissioner of Motor Vehicles John T. Mccarthy announces that "on the spot" checkups of motor vehicles by motor vehicle inspectors are soon to be resumed.
 Any person who has. while driv- ing during the dark hours on many city streets and all state highways, faced single onrushing glaring headlight and wondered uneasiiy whether the approaching vehicle was a motorcycle or a car, and if a car, on which side the headlight was located-or who has had occa- sion to warn pedestrian or an- other operator of his approach and, pushing the horn button, got no result-or who has damned on the cars brakes to stop quickly and received intellectual or no response, or who has experienced a bloW-ou and had the control 10 his vehicle Wrenched from him as though e giant had reached out and pulled the vehicle off the road-thoSe in- dividuals will appreciate the i'm poratnce of permitting only motor vehicles in good repair to be oper- ated on public ways.
 When conservation ot manpower is so absoluately necessary; when conservation of materials is import ant; when conservation of trans portation is war essential, WASTE in any form borders on sabotage and traffic accidents are nothing but Waste-Waste of life, waste of property, waste of money, waste of time and waste of materials.
 Therefore, to promote public safety, to battle against Waste. the chief inspector of the Motor Vehicle Department will again plan and con- duct a weekly checkup of motor vehicles in actual use on Connecti- cut highways. His orders have