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Evening star., 1945-03-31
Patton Tonks Advanced As Miles,
4 Other Armies Sweep Ahead;
Navy Planes Sink Is Jap Ships
28 Other Vessels and
81 Aircraft Hit in
Ryukyu-Kyushu Area
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOclateQ Freas.
GUAM, Mar. 3l.-The combined
American and British Pacific
Fleets continued their terrific
pounding of Japan's Ryukyu
Islands today and Admiral Ches-
ter w. Nimitz announced further
heavy damage inflicted on the
enemy.
The admiral said in a communique
that American carrier planes sank
l8 Japanese ships, probably sank 13
others and damaged Is in operations
Thursday and yesterday from the
Ryukyu chain to Kyushu, southern
most of the Japanese home islands.
All of the ships were small.
The communique also announced
that % Japanese planes were shot
down, 15 destroyed on the ground
and at, least AZ others damaged
Twelve American planes were shot
down and six pilots lost.
Carrier aircraft and warship guns
of Admiral Raymond A. Spruarlce's S
5th Fleet carried their blazing at
tack into the ninth consecutive day
today.
Center Attack on Okinawa.
They were centering their rain of
bombs and shells on the Ryukyus'
principal island of Okinawa, 325
miles south of Japan's mainland.
An unconflrmed report broadcast
by Domei, japanese news agency
said the attacking American fleet
included about Is battleships. 1t
declared, a powerful transport ar
mada is following close behind"
Admiral Nimitz still made no
mention of the japanese reports
that attempted American landings
on the Ryukyus, in the vicinity of
Okinawa, had been going on since
last Sunday.
mo landings have been attempted
yet" on Okinawa itself, today's
Domei dispatch said.
The Nimitz communique said the
British force of aircraft carriers,
and supporting units.
under Admiral Spruance's opera
tional command, was continuing its
attack on the Ryllkyus' southern
group.
Island BOmbarded.
The communique also announced
that American warships bombarded
Daito, east of the Ryukyus,
the night OF March 27-28. The fol-
lowing night two carrier task forces
attacked Kyushu and the Ryukyus.
1t was these forces which inflicted
the new destruction the Japs an
in the communique.
The Domei dispatch said:
"Okinawa Island is being heavily
pounded by warships and planes.
Enemy minesweepers are active. pre-
pairing for landing operations, but no
landings have been attempted yet"
Imperial headquarters, noted for
claims of American
naval losses, asserted 80 American
have been sunk and 90
damaged. The whole unconfirmed
communique listed as sunk 2 car
riers, battleship, 4 cruisers, 6 de-
stroyers, transport and Is uniden-
tilted craft.
japanese headquarters said Al
Lied carrier plane attacks we're
broken off last night after eight
days of raiding Southern Japan and
the 700-mile-long Ryukyu archi-
pelago.
The Tokyo radio reported fleet
OF torpedo boats made a dawn at
tack today against Admiral Spru-
5th Fleet.
Such an attack, which Tokyo
said was supported by the "air force
special attack (suicide) corps"
would be the third of it's kind this
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Nuzis Predict FuiIure
Of Security Conference
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
L o N D o N. Mar. Sherman
propagandists began trumpeting to-
day that "the San Francisco Con-
ference threatens to collapse even
before it begins"
A Transocean broadcast-beamed
overseas and not directed for home
consumption quoted German
Foreign Office spokesman as saying
so many complicated problems
have emerged in the Allied camp
that excuses now are being made
for postponement of the confer.
ence.'
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MAP on Page A-3J

MQp OF rage A-5J
BY III Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 31.-RuSsian
troops moving into Austria So
miles south of Vienna rammedin into
reinforced German lines today
and farther northeast stepped up
an assault toward the Bratislava
Gap which already had carried
to within "A miles of the Austrian
capital.
Another Soviet offensive menaced
Vienna from the northeast, rolling
toward the Moravian Gap. The
German high command declared
this push in the corner of Upper
Silesia had broken into Ratibor and
Katscher, only few miles from the
Czechoslovak border.
Ratibor is $50 miles northeast of
Vienna. and Is from Moravska Os-
trava, which controls the northern
approach to the Moravian Gap.
This assault threatened to squeeze
out Germans holding in Eastern
Czechoslovakia, and to sweep toward
Vienna and Prague.
Push Nearer Italy.
On the southern end of the eastern
front, other Soviet forces smashed
to within 1874 miles of the Italian
frontier.
The fall of Danzig in the north
freed perhaps so Russian divisions
for the coming battle of Berlin. The
German communique finally an
nounced the loss of Kuestrin, fortress
city on the Oder's east bank SO miles
from Berlin. It also SAID the 1st
Ukrainian Army had battled into
the encircled Oder fortress of Glo-
gau, SIS miles northwest of Breslau.
Germans we're fighting desperately
TO protect Vienna, Moscow dispatches
said. The Russian offensive toward
Bratislava ran into acres of mine
fields and heavy artillery and mortar
| fire.
The surge into Austria overran
some trenches and antitank barriers,
but German fire was heavy and was
supported by waves of infantry
moved southeastward from Vienna
barracks.
Polish Flag Over Danzig.
The flag of the Polish state was
raised over Danzig after grueling
siege which cost the Germans more
than $4,000 killed or captured in the
former free port. Raising of the
Polish banner over the port indi-
Gated recognition by the Russians
of Polish claims to this European
political cauldron.
The combined forces of two great
Soviet armies were driving westward
through Hungary along the north
and south banks of the Danube
River in direct assault on Vienna
which yesterday reverberated to at
tacks by heavy bombers of the ITALY,
based United States 18th Air Force
The Americans also bombed Graz
in Austria, SIS miles west of the ad-
vancing Russians.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
YANKS 10 MILES FROM KASSEL; FALL NEAR
u. S. Refuses Russian
Demond That Poles
Get Seat at PorIey
BULLETIN.

The United States has rejected Russian request
that the Soviet-sponsored Warsaw government of Po
land be invited to the San Francisco conference at this
time State Department official said this afternoon
@ The American position is based on the hope that it
will be possible to have Poland represented at the
meeting by reorganized government which the Big
Three, in the Yalta meeting, agreed to create.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Auto License DeudIine
Extended Until Monduy

Motorists may drive on their old
1914 tags until am. Monday, Dis
trict officials ruled today, extending
the time from the deadline, of mid
might tonight.
Evening star., 1945-03-31

Ten additional men from
the District area haUe beenyre-
ported killed in this lDGr. See
"On the Honor Roll" Page Az.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Cairo Puper Predicts
Big News Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Mar. 31.-The Cairo
newspaper Akbar Ell Yom said to-
day that radio stations throughout
the world would have an "an-
nouncement of the greatest impor-
tance" at 9 am. tomorrow.
Radio chains in the United States
said they had heard nothing of
4such an expected announcement. \
Evening star., 1945-03-31
French Report Rhine
Crossed by 1st Army

PARIS, Mar. -31.-The French LIST
Army crossed the Rhine today on a
l0-mile front, a French military
communique announced.
The operation is progressing, the
bulletin added. 1t did not disclose
the location of the crossing.
A Brussels broadcast yesterday
apparently premature or transmit
ted to confuse the enemy, said the
French 1st Army had occupied
Baden, 10 miles east of the Rhine
and 16 miles southwest of Karlsruhe
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Soviet Forces Near
Two Mountain Gaps
On Route 10 Vienna
Another Column Rolls
Toword ItuIy; Polish
Flag Ruised in Donzie
BULLETIN.

ONDON Pl. - The Red
Army has captured Ratibor,
Premier Stain announced
late today ~as... -.r.......... .ss....
Evening star., 1945-03-31

(see WESTERN FRONT, Page AS,
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Weather Forecast

mostly cloudy, chance of brief shower
TO-DAY; fair, cooler tonight, tomorrow.
Temperatures today-High, II, at noon:
low, SO, at 7 am. Yesterday
High, 70. at pm; low. 81, at 7:2O am
Evening star., 1945-03-31

(See MINERS, Page A-3
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tSee RYUKYUS, Page A-4. }
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(See SECURITY, Page A-35
Evening star., 1945-03-31

(See AERIAL, Page A-2)
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Congressman OHara's
Background

Joseph Patrick O'Hara, Repub-
lican, of Glencoe, Mimi; born in
Upton, Iowa, January %, 1895;
educated public schools, graduate of
Spirit Lake (Iowa) High School;
legal education, Inns of Court, Lon
don, England, and Notre Dame Uni
versity (LL.B.); actively engaged
in the general practice of law at
Glencoe, Mimi, specializing in trial
work; member District, State, and
American Bar Associations: adj
mitted to practice in Federal courts
of Minnesota and North Dakota
and United States Supreme; county
attorney; Mcleod County, 1934-38;
served 81 months in World War I,
including AEF.; past state COM
mander, American Legion; married
Leila Lee White, of Holden, Mo-;
three children; one son serving in
the Infantry overseas and one in
the Air Corps; elected to the
Seventy-seventh and Seventy
eighth Congresses; reelected to the
Seventy-ninth Congress by vote
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Claude Adkins
Helped Blost
Gerrnun Nuzis

Sixth Army Group, Germany,
April 25.-Pfc. Claude A. Adkins,
Infantry, TIT Rondo, st. Paul, is
a member of the Combat Command
"a" of the 18th Armored "Hellcat"
Division which helped blast out the
enemy in one of the last actions in
crushing Germany.
The Command was stationed at
the outskirts of Wurzburg in south
western Germany, which already
lay in ruins, but where the enemy
was waiting with machine guns
trained on advancing American
doughboys of an infantry division.
When the Krauts proved difficult to
rout, Combat Command "a" moved
in swiftly and kept shooting at
everything they saw"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Dibble Denies
Sanction Of
Segregation Theory
(By Harry McAlpin)

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA).
In a telegram to NNPA, Col.
Eugene H. Dibble, Jr., head of the
all-Negro Tuskegee Veterans Hos
pital, declared that Rep. John S.
Gibson Cd. of Ga.) apparently mis-
interpreted his association with a
segregated institution as an I'M
qualified endorsement of segrega-
ton in theory.
DIR. Dibble was referring to a
statement made by Gibson on the
floor of the House of Representa-
tives, concurred in by Rep. John E.
Rankin Cd. of Miss.), that Ne
groes must be segregated in Veter-
an Administration facilities, that
white nurses should not be allowed
to attend Negro patients, and that
it would be a fine thing if every
State had an all-Negro hospital.
In the course of his TRADE, Glib
son said Col. Dibble agreed with
him Gin toto" on the business of
segregation. He said the colonel
agreed too that Negroes do not
have to be mixed with whites to be
able to Improve themselves" He
was loud in his praise of the hospi-
tai at Tuskegee, which he referred
to constantly as the "nigger hospi-
tall"
Rankin, in the same debate, said
anybody was crazy who tried to
knock down segregation.
Col. Dibble's full telegram to
NNPA read: "This has reference
to article by Charles A. Niche in
PM of Sunday, June 8 in which it
is stated Congressman John S. Glib
son of Georgia said that Col. Dibble
agreed with him in toto on the
business of segregation. Congress-
man Gibson has apparently misin-
terpreted my association with q
segregated institution as an IN
qualified endorsement by me Of
segregation in theory. While the
Congressman's statements do not
reflect my personal views, I wish to
point out that it is not my privilege
as a professional man in a United
States Government agency to criti-
cize the policies of that service
either favorably or unfavorably
Above statement has been wired to
PM today" ... s..-.. ...
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Arthur Burris' Brother
And Family Found Dead
In Los Angeles. Calf.

Arthur Burris, TOP Carroll, St.
Paul, was notified Sunday, June 10,
of the death of his brother, Charles
Albert Burris, his brothers wife
and their five-year-old son. All
were found shot to death in their
home, at Los Angeles, Calf.
A sister of the Burrises, Grace
Blackwell, discovered the tragedy
when she went to the Burris home
and could not arouse anyone to
admit her. An 11-year-old daugh-
ter, believed to be at home at the
time, was unframed.
Police are investigating the
deaths, trying to determine whether
the family was murdered by some
one outside the home or whether
one of the family, possibly suicide,
killed the others.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Decisions Affecting
Your Dolly Life
Are BEING Mode

Daily in Washington, D. c., the
nations capital, decisions are being
made and laws are being passed
which affect the daily life bread
and future of each of US.
This newspaper, therefore, main
tains at considerable expense the
NNPA news service from Wash
ington. The wire service of that
NNPA Washington bureau enables
US to give our readers the back
ground and acknowledgements ma
neuvering that they will find in no
daily or weekly paper as soon as it
is found in these pages.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Grandma Cannon"
1O3 Year Old Mill
City Woman Buried

Funeral services for Mrs. Char
lotte Cannon, 1O3, 43O Pierce street
N. E., were held Tuesday at First
United Brethren church, with burial
in Hillside cemetery.
Mrs. Cannon died Sunday, June
TO-.
Born in slavery at Vicksburg,
Miss, she would have been 1O4 on
June 20. She was separated from
her parents at an early age, and
after the Civil war, came north and
settled in st. Anthony.
Better known as Grandma Can
non," she was instrumental in
establishing the first Negro church
in the state, st. James A. M. E., at
St. Anthony. She is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Katherine Copes,
and two sons, Churchill and Will
liam, all of Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Committee "Slaughters" F.E.P.C.
Poll Tux Bill
Passed by House
OHuru Votes No

Washington, D. c., June H.
(By Wire)-When the House pass
ed the anti-PoIl Tax bill today by
vote of PSI to 1O4 one Minnesota
Congressman, Joseph Patrick o.
Hara, Republican of the Second
district, voted against the bill. Once
before O'Hara voted against abOl-
ishing the Poll Tax.
Minnesota Congressman voting
for the bill were: H. Carl Andersen
(RD, William ]. Gallagher CD,
Walter H. Judd (R.), William Pit
>tenger (R), and Frank Starkey
3D..
Not voting were: August Andre
sen (R.), and Harold Hagen (R.),
both of whom were in Minneapolis
Tuesday and Harold Knutson (R.)
whose whereabouts have not been
ascertained-
Victory In House Expected
The overwhelming majority was
expected after the petition to dis
charge the House and Rules COM
mittees have been signed by 218
Congressman and the resolution of
discharge was passed yesterday
by a vote of 223 to 95.
During two hours of debate many
Congressman spoke for and against
the measure from both the Re-
publican and Democratic sides. Both
Congressman Dawson of Illinois
and Powell of New York spoke in
favor of the legislation.
Several Southern Democrats, in
Guiding Representative Luther Pat
rick of Alabama who spoke in
favor of the measure on the floor,
voted for the anti Poll Tax bill.
Among other Southerners voting in
favor were Thomas of Texas, Jed
Johnson of Oklahoma, Robson of
Kentucky, Chelf of Kentucky, and
Bates of Kentucky. Bates, how
ever, earlier in the day, voted
against a rule for FEPC and Rules
committee.
The bill now goes to the Senate,
where it will be, referred to the
Senate Judiciary committee.
Though some difficulty and opposi-
ton is expected in the Committee,
it is almost certain the measure
will be reported out favorably. 1t
is then destined to run into the in
evitable filibuster such as killed it
on the two previous occasions, when
it was before that body.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Graduates Service
At CamphOr Sunday

Thirty-fve Negro graduates of
st. Paul public high schools, the
University of Minnesota and St.
Catherine College will be honored
at the seventh annual graduates
service at Camphor Memorial Meth
odist church, Sunday, June II, at
the IL a. m. worship service.
Juanita Schuck, a Minnesota Uni
versity graduate and Dorothy Mon
son, student of Bennett College,
North Carolina, will sing. Beulah
Baines, a graduate of Washington
High, will play and Nadine Davis
will speak on Service for Others
the True End of Education" Esther
Zachary is chairman of the pro-
gram committee for this meeting,
initiated by Rev. C. T. R. Nelson,
Camphor pastor, in 1889. R. Mel
son Barber will be the guest organ
list.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
State Baptists
Are Meeting at
Head of Lakes

Duluth-The Minnesota State
Baptist association will hold an in
terlocking convention with the
Women's Auxiliary, at Duluth, June
IA and Is. A pre-convention pro-
gram opened the session Wednes-
day evening, June Is, at Calvary
Baptist church.
The association proper held its
first session, Thursday morning, at
9, using the theme "How Will the
Baptist Meet the Postwar Era"
Rev. F. Martin of Minneapolis, pas
tor of Bethesda Baptist church, is
moderator.
Women's Auxiliary group opened
Thursday afternoon at 1:55 p. m.
Young Peoples program will con-
vene today (Friday), with Rev. H.
Bolts, Jr., president of the Sunday
school and BTU convention, presid-
ing.
A number of delegates from the
Twin Cities including ministers and
Law persons are attending. They in
clude: Rev. H. w. Bolts, Sr., Rev.
Jace Claiborne, Rev. H. W. Bolts,
Jr., of Minneapolis; Rev. Floyd
Massey, Jr., St. Paul and Mrs.
Mamie T. Burrell, Minneapolis,
president of the Women's Auxiliary.
Other Twin Cities people attending
are: Mrs. Gertrude Martin,
Bethesda Baptist church; Mrs. Mary
Crump, Zion church; Mrs. Gertrude
Armstrong of Humboldt Heights;
Mrs. Lydia Brown of Pilgrim Bap-
fist church; Mrs. Fern Helm, re-
cording secretary of the Women's
Auxiliary; Mrs. Susie Gaylord, cor
responding secretary; William Mar
tin of Bethesda; Washington Of
Zion; and B. F. Edwards of Pill
grim.
The host to the convention is
Calvary Baptist, of which Rev. L. c.
Harris is pastor.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
NAACP Drive Opened
In 81 Paul Iuna -


The annual membership cam
paign of the St. Paul. Branch,
NAACP, opened Tuesday, June IL.
Cyrus L. Lewis, the branch secre-
tary, and Rev. C. T. R. Nelson,
president, will be leaders Of two
divisions in the campaign, to be
known as the Presidents Division
and the Secretary's Division.
A $25 war bond viii be given to
the worker bringing in the largest
number of memberships. Ten
dollars and five dollars will be given
for second and third prizes. Della
Holsomback is the membership
committee chairman.
After the first 80 days, a report
will be given at the regular monthly
meeting of the branch, Tuesday,
June 10, at 8 p. m. at Halle Q.
Brown House. At this meeting, &C
complishments Of the local branch
and the national organization will
be explained by Dwight T. Reed,
ST., Rev. Nelson, Dorothy Schultz
and Alverta Coram.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
STATE STENO JOBS ARE
OPEN

The Minneapolis Urban League
announces that civil service exam
nations are being given for stenog-
raphers and typists in State jobs.
Also there are openings for attend
ants in State institutions. Applica-
ton blanks may be secured by writ
ing 122 State Office Building, st.
Paul, Minnesota,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Melody of Springtime"
At st. James, st. Paul,
On Tuesday, June 10

"a Melody Of Springtime" will
be presented by the young peoples
departments of St. James anne
church, st. Paul, June 10, at 8:15
p. m.
Gloria L. Williams and Brewer
Lee Clark will be soloists. The
public is invited. General admis-
sion will be 80 cents. Sponsors
admission price will be 80 cents.
Both include tax.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
RECITAL SUNDAY

Martha Kay, soprano, Flossie
Harris and Dolores Beasley, dra-
matte readers, and Charles Glenn,
violinist, will appear as guest ar
lists at the recital of the piano
pupils of Esther Roach.
The recital will be held at the
Schmidt's Music Center, SO So. 10th
St., Sunday at 5 p. m, June "a.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Void Chamberlain
Men Being Shipped

Bandsmen,- stationed at the Void
Chamberlain Naval Air Station,
Minneapolis, scheduled to be
shipped Thursday morning, June IA,
were Musicians Third Class, Wood
son Bush, William Helm, William
Vaughn, Irwin Williams, John Dun
can, Frank Maloy, John Wickliff,
Kenneth Tyler, Charles Willis;
Musicians Second Class, Frank
Lewis, Edward Washington, Gran
vile Mathews, Ashby Gaskins,
Howard Williams, James Critten-
den, Hensley Hill, David Goodlow,
Leon Wilson, Lawrence Sallee, John
Young and Musician First Class
Oliver Rhodes.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
RECOGNITION

Negro Democrats, demanding
greater recognition in the party,
were assured by national Chair
man Robert E. Hannegan the
party recognizes and will meet can
obligation" Emmett S. Cunning
ham of Detroit, council president,
said they would quit the party I'M
less something was done in the near
future.