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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27
ANTI-UNI0N Law
BATTLE LOOMING
Southern Senators Want 7 0
Prove Government
Master OF Labor

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-OP)-
The work-or-jail bill goes before the
House for action next week facing
what some Southern Democrats
promised would be a stiff fight to
append an anti-closed shop amend
ment to demonstrate whether the
Government or unionism is mas
ter of this country
Insistence that the May-Balley
bill be amended so that a man
drafted for war industry could be
forced into labor union against
his will, came from two Southern
Democrats, Reps. Eugene E. Cox,
Ca, and Howard w. Smith, Va.
Both have been prominently identi-
fled in the past with legislation de-
signed to curb labor's powers.
They served their warning as the
House rules conmittee-Coxi is act
ing chairman and Smith mem
ber-gave the measure a green
light for floor consideration.
Cox and Smith said they would
support the bill but that they would
wage a stiff fight to have re-lnstat-
ed the controversial Andrews anti
closed shop amendment deleteo
during final consideration by the
House Military Affairs Committee.
The bill is designed to bring into
war plants those men between 10
and As who are not now directly
aiding the war effort. Those who
refused the direction of their local
draft boards into specified plants
in their own or other areas would
face up to $4,000 fine, five years
Imprisonment, or both-the same
penalty exacted from violators OF
the Selective Service law.
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plOyment Service. he maze
the statement on behalf Of
the United States Service of.
flee and the Army Air Forces
civilian personnel branch as
we'll as his own organizations
Among the categories of worker:
needed will be included clerks
stenographers, typists, truck driv
ers, carpenters, plumbers, electric.
ians, hospital orderlies, mess at.
PENDANTS and laborers, both white
and colored.
Before February 7, on which date
Air Force officials expect to re
open the posts civilian personne
office, some few Civil Service en-
ployes now on their terminal leaves
may be called.
All employment of civilians for
work at the newly activated Air
Forces Redistribution Center ano
Convalescent Hospital will be
handled by the U. S. Civil Service
office in the customhouse, after
clearance through the us. Els.
The first contingent of station
complement military personnel
numbering perhaps 500 of the total
of 5000 who will man the post
eventually probably will arrive next
week, it was predicted yesterday
by Maj. Earl Otis, provisional COM
mander of the advance detail sent
to prepare the camp for occupation
No date has been set yet for the
arrival of the thousands of officers
and enlisted men, recalled from
service overseas for redistribution
and re-assignment within the Unit
ed States, or of the additional
thousands of Air Forces personnel
wounded or taken sick abroad and
sent home for convalescence and
reconditioning..
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27
U.S.. Reported
Big
Naval Battle
Chinese Agency Claims 50
Jap Ships Sunk In
Pacific

PEARL HARBOR, Jan, e. -
UP)-The Chinese press reported
today, without confirmation from
any official source, that units Of
the American and japanese fleets
fought a major naval engagement
Tuesday in the East China Sea
300 miles from Shanghai, and that
so enemy vessels have been sunk
off the Central China coast during
the past fortnight.
Sac Tang Pao, Chinese army
newspaper published in Chungking,
said h naval engagement, de-
scribed as the biggest since the
second battle of the Philippines
last October, lasted nine hours.
Japanese forces broke off t h e
battle at noon, the newspaper said,
and fled toward their homeland,
approximately $50 miles to t h e
northeast.
Although til Chinese reports
drew no response at Pacific Fleet
Headquarters, observers pointed
out that surface naval actions are
not announced here until battle re-
ports arrive.
The news from China, plus recent
carrier raids on Formosa, Ryuky'
us, the Indo China and China
coasts lent emphasis to Fleet Ad.
miral Chester w. Nimitz' avoWed
intention of carrying the war to
the enemy during 1915.
Central (Chinese) news agency
reported in dispatch datelined
Mapping that Allied submarines
and planes, conducting very &C
tive campaign have sent so Japa-
nese ships to the bottom off the
coasts of Fukien and Chekiang
province in the last two weeks.
Central said recent repeated Al
lied bombings have forced the Jap
anese garrisons at Annoy, Foochow
and Quemoy to move to the sub
urbs of the cities, and to remove
their arms and supplies to places
of safety.
There were other indications of
Japanese fears that the Allies may
attempt landing on the central
China coast. japanese civilians
have been concentrated at Annoy,
a Fukien port south of Foochow,
presumably to await execution,
Central reported.
Sac Tang Pao said the naval
engagement began at 3 am. (Chi-
ma tirne) off Yungkai (Wenchow)
and Pingyang on the China Coast
some $50 miles south of Shanghai
and 200 miles north of Formosa.
The newspaper said gunfire w a S
audible at Pingyang.
In Chungking, Chinese military
spokesman said the Japanese were
increasing the strength of their
garrisons at several Central China
coast cities, and were attempting
to overrun American and Chinese
air bases in southeast China, just
behind the coast line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27
JAPANESE Guns Shell
Tanks At Clark Field
First Real Enemy Resistance Encountered
About so Miles Above Manila; No New
Advances By U. S. Reported

GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Luzon, Saturday, Jan.
H.-UP)-Tne Japanese are offer
ing their first determined opposi-
ton to the 18-day-old American
southwark drive on Luzon toward
Manila less than so miles above
the capital, and are Smelling Clark
Field, great air base now in Ameri-
can hands, from the neighboring
hills, Gen. Douglas Macarthur dis
closed today.
After reporting only patrol brush
es with the Japanese in the march
toward Manila, Macarthur Satur.
day communique said in the area
of Maj. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold' S
18th Corps, "our units are encount.
ering resistance south Of the BAN.
ban river"
The Bamban, which lies above
Clark Field, intersects Highway
three, one Of the two main routes
from the north into Manila, at a
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27

point about so miles above the. cap.
ital. American patrols yesterday
were reported to have entered An
geles, 43 miles above the capital
on this road, and to have pushed
within 40 miles of Manila, but to
days communique gave no reports
Of additional advances.
In the hills southwest of t h {
town of Bamban, five miles above
Clark Field, American units were
ferreting out japanese artillery anc
machineguns Smelling the field.
Macarthur communique gave
no hint as to the size of enemy
forces concentrated in this hillJ
country or whether the japanese
were stiffening for an all our
battle in defense of Manila anc
southern Luzon.
On the left flank, where fighting
has been harder than in the center
(Continued on Page Two; Col, y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27
Seventh Arnly
Foes
Alsace Gains
Allies 7 lake Up Assault
Positions Is Miles From
Dusseldorf

PARIS, Jan. 26.-lR-An German
resistance collapsed today west of
the Roer river system at the gate
way to the prize Ruhr industrial
valley and the U. S. Ninth and
British Second Armies with IS
miles Of the WestWall behind them
seized assault positions only Is
miles from Dusseldorf.
The Ninth broke six-week lull
and pushed to the Roer on five
mile front the U. S. Seventh
. Army far to the south threw a new
German drive into reverse, erased
ali it's northern Alsation gains and
lifted the threat to Strasbourg by
driving the enemy back across the
Moder river.
By nightfa1l tn fighting had
dwindled to sparodic machine
and rifle fire along the entire 20
mile front.
The U. S. First and Third Armies
crushed virtually the last of the
Ardennes wedge in Belgium and
Luxembourg.
The Third Army pushed eastward
to number of points where h G
enemy's December offensive kick.
ed off, moved It's lines up to within
mile Or two of the German from.
tier along most of the Luxembourg
front, and put five divisions on a
ridge top highway overlooking the
Westwall.
The First Army to the north cap
tured five more towns and edged
eastward within two and a nalf
to five miles of Germany against
such light resistance that it was
asserted officially h t German
troop shifts to meet the Russians
definitely had relaxed pressure in
the west.
In southern Alsace, French and
American troops of the French
First Army fought into Houssen,
three miles north of Conan fo1
the closest approach yet made tc
that stronghold in the Rhineland
pocket. Other ground lost to coun.
terattacks in this area was rewon.
On the front north Of Aachen,
1t. Gen. William H. Simpsons
Ninth Army in a pre- dawn at
tack found the Germans had pull
ed out west of the Roer and reach
ed the river II miles inside the
Reich with such ease that sche-
duled artillery barrage was can
celled.
At the a m e time, Scottish pa
trolls of the British Second Army
up the remainder OF the
sector to the north all the way to
the stronghold of Roermond, where
the Roer joins the Mas.
The combined action gave t h e
Allies a firm hold on the west
bank of the Roer and its tribu-
taries from Roermond more than
IS miles southwark on giant arc
to the area of Monschau.
Roermond is y miles northwest
of Aachen and Monschau is l9
miles southeast of the city.
Behind them was a 80 mile
stretch of the Siegfried line, with
its pillboxes and rows Of concrete
dragons teeth by which the Ger
mans had hoped to balk any drive
from the west along the historic
invasion routs to the Reich.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27
Lennon Urges Caution
In LeGrqnd Opposition

without further ado. He reminded
them that LeGrand was backed by
"thunderous majority, awarded
him in an election in which extern
sion featured as a leading issue.
Even success in stopping passage
of the bill in its present form, Mr..
Lennon explained, might be tragic
for the opposition, since it might
result in RESIDENTIAL of two bills,
each dealing with a single suburb,
and in separate elections which the
suburbanites could not hope to win.
With both suburbs voting in a sing
lie election, he said, and with most
of the population of the present
City abstaining, out of Indifference,
the southern and eastern areas
well might emerge victorious and
un-annexed.
The Associations action COM
mittee, he said, could be credited
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27
Thomas J. Pendergast,
Kansas City Political
Boss, Is Dead At II

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 90
UP) - Thomas J. Pendergast,
whose great political dynasty which
ruled Missouri for years collapsed
around his head when he went to
jail for income tax evasion, died
tonight. He was Y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27
Many Civilian Employees
Will Be Needed At Davis

Several hundred jobs for civilians at Camp Davis will be
opened for application after February it was announced
yesterday by Peter A. Reavs supervising interviewer in
charge of the Grace Street office of the United States
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27
FORECAST

highest temperature about as degrees
today with gentle to moderate winds.
Yesterdays temperatures:
High. 535-Low, 40.S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-27

Continued on Page Two; Col. y
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Replucements
Continued From First Page.

cepted for limited service. This in
dcates that 100000 troops are al
overseas stations, since the total
strength is 100000.
The estimate of soldiers in this
country does not include the $50, ,00(
total Army wounded and sick, a
large number of whom are in the
United States.
'"First we drew men from divisions
Id training in this country for over
seas replacement requirements" Mr.
Patterson explained But this
process could not be continued in
definitely, and today the number of
divisions remaining in the United
States has SO decreased Ethat this
source of requirements cannot be
utilized"
ITO fill the need for infantry re-
placements the Army has drawn on
other available sources of its own.
Included were $4,000 enlisted trainees
OF the Army specialized training pro-
gram, which was drastically reduced
In order to provide additional men
for the ground forces.
Mr.. Patterson said there are no
plans to release men from the Army
in any large numbers for any other
purposes, meaning essential jobs in
industry. He also indicated no in
tention at present of changing the
physical standards of men accept
able for the service.
He expressed belief that a large
number of men discharged from the
service for physical reasons will be
found qualified for active duty on
re-examination. 1t was only fair,
he indicated, that such men should
be taken back into the Army.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
5 Indicted on Charge
OF Operating Biggest
harijjuana Ring in US.
4y the Associated Press.

$y the Assoclateo Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Three men
Ind three women were under indict-
4ent today, described by United
States Attorney John F. x. McGohey
Is oerators of "the most extensive
complete and vicious ring of mari
1lana distributors operating in the
United States"
Defendants were Robert Williams,
q, and his wife, Elda, 38, said by
Mr.. McGohey to have grown mari
jhana at their Chaffee (Mo) farm
Yicent Pellicer, formerly of Detroit,
now a fugitive, according to the
prosecutor who described him as the
>ringleader";; Carlos Canine Fer
dandez, SO, Of New York, and Mrs.
Hauza Rilo and Virginia Williams,
sisters of Robert Williams, also of
New York.
Mr.. McGohey said they were
charged with conspiracy and pos
session, sale and transportation of
marijuana. The three indictments
followed a two-month investigation
Of the rings activities, which since
1p39 had involved the shipping of
tons of marijuana to principal
American cities" he declared.
Robert and Elda Williams were ar
rested at their farm and brought
here to be held in bail of $4,000
each. Virginia Williams and Mrs.
Hilo we're arrested here December
IS and posted bonds of $4,000 each.
If convicted, each would be liable
To possible sentence of seven years
Imprisonment, fines of $4,000 and
a penalty tax of $100 for each ounce
Of marijuana handled.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
use only artificial gas and thus do

use only artificial gas and thus do
not come under the ban.
The order is addressed directly to
consumers, not to utility companies.
Thus the companies will not cut OF
gas deliveries, but are asked to see
that consumers get notice.
WPB officials said it would be i'm
possible to consider appeals for ex-
emption because of the urgency of
the situation.
Among the major cities affected
are Detroit, Buffalo, Pittsburgh,
Cleveland and all the principal cities
of Ohio, including Dayton, Colum-
bus, Cincinnati, Toledo and Akron
Exempt, in addition to New York
City, are Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Chicago. In Chicago, ad-
ditional output of manufactured gas
is expected to offset the shortage
of natural gas delivered by pipe
line
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Philippines
Continued From First Page.

by naval gunfire and mobile artil-
lery.
1t. Gen Robert Eichelberger, the
9th Army commander, originally
planned the Batangas foray as a
reconnaissance move. planning to
pull out if the opposition proved
great Three hours later he changed
it to a full-scale invasion.
Nasugbu is on a good road 81
miles west of Tagaytay ridge, from
which an excellent highway leads to
the Cavite naval base and Manila
itself.
The invasion, fashioning the
jaws of trap north and south Of
Manila, came as 1t. Gen. Walter
Krueger's 9Th Army spearhead-
still unchecked-reached the Angat
River Is miles north of the capital
city.
Patrols were reported operating
freely in advance and could well be
on the approaches to Malolos. 20
miles from Manila.
Eighth Army troops which landed
just north of Subic Bay on Mon
day were moving eastward from the
captured Olongapo naval base
against light resistance
These troops are heading toward
juncture with a 9Th Army COL
umn advancing westward from San
Fernando. This will seal off Japa-
nese troops in the Bataan PENN
sula, which forms one jaw of Ma
Mia Bay
Gen. Macarthur announced that
the hard-hitting 1st Cavalry Divi-
sion is now driving on Manila. Vic
tors over the japanese in the Admir-
atty Islands and on Leyte, this dis
mounted outfit is rated one Of his
topnotch fighting forces.
He disclosed that the 32d Divi-
sion also is in the Luzon fight. The
32d whipped the japanese in the
bloody Papuan campaign, Gen.
MacArthur's first ground action.
The 32d is involved in the stub
bornly-held northern sector where
the 1st Corps is moving eastward
to clear the north end of the Cen
tral Luzon plain. The Yanks now
are 4 miles east of Tayug and
miles east of San Manuel, where
they seized the town of San Nicholas
on the Cagayan Valley highway
vital to japanese reinforcement or
retreat.
: Jap Column Trapped.
Gen. Macarthur reported an en-
tire japanese column, trapped be-
tween two American forces on the
Balungao- Umingan road in this
northern sector, had been annihilat-
ed. Eight tanks, eight artillery
pieces and considerable other mate
riel was destroyed.
Defenses in the Manila Bay sector
took another severe aerial pounding
as Liberators dumped 152 tons of
bombs on Corregidor and the Cavite
naval base, causing extensive fires
and explosions
Two airdromes on Formosa were
targets for patrol bombers. Six Jap
anese planes were destroyed and
two others probably.
Other bombers scored direct hits
on 10,000-ton tanker and smaller
freighter in the China Sea south OF
Formosa. leaving the larger ship
ablaZe,
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Government Claims
Errors on 2o Points
In Ward Decision
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Feb q

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-The Govern.
ment contends that Federal Judge
Philip L. Sullivan erred on % point.
-12 findings OF fact and II con-
clusions of law and judgment--ir
dismissing its suits against Mont
+, gomery Ward g. Co.
The 20 points were listed by
United States Attorney j. Albert
Woll as ground for an appeal when
he asked the Federal Court clerk
yesterday to certify the entire rec.
ord to the Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Sullivan ruled President
Roosevelt lacked either statutory OF
constitutional authority to order
seizure Of 16 Ward properties In
seven cities. The Army took pos
session December % after the mai
order firm refused to comply with
War Labor Board directives order
ing, among other things, mainten-
ance of union membership.
The 20 points included statements
that Judge Sullivan erred when he
found the Presidents constitutional
powers as Commander in Chief werf
purely military; in finding that none
of the war plants were located in
an actual theater of military op-
erations: and in not finding Wards
failure" to settle labor disputes by
effectuating WLB directives consti.
tuted threat ito the wartime struc-
ture Of labor relations" in conclud:
ing Wards was not equipped fol
war production: and in concluding
the seizure was not covered by the
War Labor Disputes Act.
Judge Sullivan handed down his
opinion last Saturday on two suits
filed by the Government against
Wards. One asked an injunction
restraining company officials from
interfering with Army operations
and the other asked declaratory
judgment against the firm
Mr.. Woll said the question oi
taking the case directly to the
Supreme Court had not been de.
| cided.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Boy Who Ran OFF With SIT $50
Found Visiting Childhood Pal

land to visit old friends-particularly
"Snookie" Lerner.
Donald gave the rabbi $50 and his
War Bond to keep for him. He did
not mention the envelope in his hip
pocket.
The rabbi said he located the
Lerners and took Donald around.
David recognized Donald immedi-
ately. Yesterday morning, the rabbi
added, Donald went to the Bradley
Beach Grammar School with his
pal. He was still carrying the S11 500,
he added
The rabbi said he found out about
the bills yesterday. He then asked
Donald for the money, called the
Edelsteins in Augusta by telephone
and informed the local police he had
the boy.
The money was deposited in the
First National Bank of Bradley
Beach for safekeeping, the rabbi
added
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Eisenhower and Bradley
Confer on Operations
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SUPREME ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Paris, Feb. 2.-Gen. Eisen-
hover and 1t. Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley, commander of the 18th Army
group, have concluded 24-hour
conference on current operations
supreme headquarters announced
today.
The reason, details and place OF
meeting were withheld. Principal
members Of Gen. Eisenhower's staff
attended.
The original 18th Army group in
cluded the American lst, Sd and 9th
Armies. At least the Sd, probably
the 1st and possibly the 9th are
under Gen. Bradley's command at
present. The Germans had declared
daily for a week that so to 10 divi-
sions had been massed in the 18th
Army group sector near Aachen for
an impending general offensive.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press
BRADLEY BEACH, N. j., Feb. q
While police from Aiken, S. c., to
New York searched trains for him
l1-year- Donald Jay Edelstein
missing since Tuesday from his Au-
gusta (Ga,) home with $50 in
bills, spent Wednesday night and
yesterday morning with a childhood
pal.
Then Rabbi Seymour Gewirtz OF
Agudith Achim Synagogue learned
Of Donald's secret bankroll from a
story in a newspaper-and Donald
produced the cash from his hip
pocket and told the story of his ad-
venture.
Donald's story was this:
On Tuesday, at recess from school
he went to the home OF his foster
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer Edel-
stein, in Augusta. He took the
money-eight $1,000 bills, four $500
bills, fifteen 500 bills and $3.50 extra
in small denominations-from desk
drawer, and caught cab to Al. en-
S. G.
Used Small Bills.
He was on his way to Bradley
Beach, N. j.. to see the home he had
left at the age of S, and especially te
see "Snookie" Lerner. C"Snookie,
the rabbi said, was David Lerner
100 Ocean Park avenue)
From Aiken, Donald caught train
to Trenton, S. c., and from there he
bought ticket to New York. He
used the small bills for his fare.
In New York Donald said he "felt
patriotic" SO he bought a $50 Wal
Bond at the Seventh avenue branch
Of the Corn Exchange Bank He
then went to Bradley Beach, arriv-
ing about 4:30 pm. Wednesday.
Rabbi Gewirtz said Donald
knocked on the door Of the Aguditf
Achim School shortly after his trair
got in.
Donald told the rabbi his name
was Wallace Deutsch, that he hac
lived in Bradley Beach formerly
but that his parents had separated
and he had been adopted by the
family of Nathan Stom of Bradley
Beach.
Silent on Big Bills.
Three years later, he added, his
mother reappeared and took him te
Miami Beach. He later became sep.
arated from her again. He had re-
turned, he said, to seek his mothe,