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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07
Snipers Fire On Tanks
In Capital Of Denmark

COPENHAGEN, May 6.-RE
Roof-top snipers, believed to be
Danish Nazis, fired On small de-
tachment of Americans as they
arrived in the capital today.
American and British soldiers,
freedom fighters and members of
the Danish police sent an answer
ing hail of bullets at the hidden
marksmen.
Associated Press staff members,
whose office overlooks the main
square in which the skirmish oc-
Cured, had to lie on the floor
for safety during the shooting.
The presence of the American
soldiers in Copenhagen was not
explained, but it had been report
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ed that II truckloads of them had
crossed the Danish border at
Krusaa for ''triumphal ride"
north.
Scattered firing was reported in
the capital tonight, and there were
some sharp clashes, but after two
hours peace was restored.
Meanwhile more than 400 Danish
Nazis were paraded before jeering
crowds of Danes today as Copen-
hagen experienced its greatest
show" in memory.
Tens of thousands of Danes
packed in Copenhagen's central
town hall square and along ves-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07
HOUSE TO STUDY
SUGAR PROBLEM
Food Committee Plans To
Head Off Anticipated
Black Market

WASHINGTON, May g. O.H) =
The House Food Committee will
swing into action tomorrow to
head off a black market in sugar.
Alarmed by OPA reports that
domestic stocks are at an all-time
low and that rations must be cut
from "a to Is pounds per capita
a year, the committee in closed
session will hear DR.. Dennis A.
Fitzgerald and DR.. Joshua Bern
hardt, War Food Administration
and Department of Agriculture su-
gar experts, give evidence for open
hearings which will begin Tues
day.
Chairman Clinton P. Anderson,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07
Patriiot Unit
Fights Enemy
WithiinPrague
Reports Indicate Czecks
Tricked By Command
OF Germans

LONDON, Monday, May 7.-P>
Czechoslovak patriots, who ln0'
Gated late last night that Russian
troops had reinforced them in the
bloody street battle for control OF
Prague, apparently were trlcked
by the German command.
Shortly before midnight the free
Czechoslovak radio station in
Prague proclaimed "help has ar
rived. Allied forces are approach
ing. Units of General Vlassov al
ready are here. Now we are tenn
porarily leaving the air.
Later German controlled
Prague station was heard in Lon
don broadcasting in Russian to
Gen. Vlassov's forces to fight with
Germany against Bolshevism.
The German broadcast aroused
speculation in London that the
Russian forces providently arriv-
ing to ''help'' the patriots may
have been those of Gen. Andrea
Vlassov, a renegade White Rus
sian general who went ove-c to the
Germans early in the war. There
were unconfirmed reports last
week that at Least some of Was.
.sov,s forces had sought refuge in
the tiny principally of Liechten-
stein, adjoining Switzerland.
Russian sources in London were
uncertain, explaining that at least
two Generals Vlassov now were
active in the Red Army. 1t also
was pointed out that the nearest
Russian ground forces We're last
reported In the Bischofswerda
area Of Germany, 65 miles to the
north. Other Russian forces were
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tween ulC c1lCllly 1lOlllCAoiiNA GIN 'iSA
stolen empire in the narrow pas
sage between Japan and the Ash
attic mainland.
In low level bombing and STRAIT
ing attacks, American planes in
flicted the following damage:
Sunk-two large oilers, one
medium freighter, one small car
60 ship.
Damaged-one large fleet oiler,
which was left dead in the water
and sinking; one cargo ship, also
left sinking after an explosion; one
small @freighter, left abandoned
and sinking; one large cargo ship,
freighter and a medium oller,
left burning. Nine smaller cargo
vessels and a lugger also were
damaged.
Three enemy aircraft were shot
down.
Meanwhile, carrier planes suf
ported by heavy units OF the Pa
cific fleet bombarded Japanese
positions on southern Okinawa,
fighting off two air raids, presum'
ably new Japanese suicide attacks
One light American unit suffered
minor damage" Nimitz disclos
ed.
Sunday, fleet search planes re.
turned to the Korea-Tsushima area
off the west coast of Japan, prob
ably destroying a picket boat and
destroying many enemy fishing
boats.
Ninitz announced that heavy
units of the British fleet Friday
bombarded enemy airfields at Hi
rara and Nobara on Miyako island
in the Sakashima group of the
Ryukyus. The force included bat
tleships and cruisers.
British carrier aircraft attacked
airfields in the Sakashima group
destroying Is enemy planes in the
air and three on the ground ano
damaging four others on the
ground.
A major unit OF the British
force has returned to action after
suffering some damage during 9
Japanese air attack, Nimitz dis.
closed.
(Continrnd m Pave Thraa. Col z,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07
PORTUGAL SEWERS
NAZI RELATIONS
Considers German Govern
ment No Longer In
Existence

LISBON, May Portugal
severed relations with Germany to-
night and sealed the German .le-
cation, chancellery, consulate and
German propaganda bureau.
The decision was. taken because
Portugal considers that German
government no longer exists.
A note delivered to the German
minister at $50 p. m. said Portugal
will hold all German property to
be delivered when a new legal gov
eminent is recognized or to be
turned over to an inter-Allied COM
mission if such should be Ger.
many's next legal government.
A Portuguese domestic broadcast
recorded by the Federal communi-
cations commission said:
1.-THE Portuguese government
called the accredited German min
lister to Portugal. DR.. Won Halem,
to the foreign ministry at half
past seven this afternoon and the
secretary general of the ministry
handed him the following COM
munic alton:
g The Ministry of Foreign Al
fairs presents its compliments to
DR.. Won Halem and in the name of
the Portuguese government has
honor of communic ating the follow
ing:
= The Portuguese government is
withdrawing its diplomatic repre-
sentative to the German people as
there no longer exists central,
regular power with whom Portu.
gal can maintain relations. This
abnormal situation has been con-
stantly deteriorating with the de-
velopment of war operations to a
Continued nm Pare Three; Col, p
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WASHINTON, May 6.-U.R)-1f
widespread starvation is to be pre-
vented, the Allies must supply
food to virtually every liberated
nation in Europe for at least the
next Is months, the Department OF
Agriculture said tonight.
It analysed the critical food out
look in war-torn Europe in $500
word report which placed Euro
pean food import requirements at
10000, 900 tons for the year begin
ming August 1. This estimate COW
ers only minimum needs.
So far this year food consump-
ton throughout Europe has averag-
ed Is per cent below pre-war levels
although some farming areas were
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AUSSlES CAPTURE
TARAKAN CENTER
Full Possession OF Airfield
Falls To Australians,
Dutch

MANILA, Monday, May 7-lP'-
Australian and Dutch troops. U.s.
ing tanks and flamethrowers to re
duce pillbox and tunnel strong
points, captured the center OF Ia
rakan city on Tarakan island, just
off Borneo, Saturday and took full
possession of the airfield.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur made
the announcement today in a com
munioue which reported Hops
more Japanese dead had been
counted and 1852 more prisoners
taken in the Philippines during the
past week.
This brought enemy casualties
in the Archipelago, invaded last
October, to 1855, o93. American cas-,
ualties are 37,482. In the last week
39l Americans were killed and l.
1923 wounded.
On Mindanao island in the Phil
ippines Maj. Gen. Roscoe B. Wood
ruff oath Division was attacking
strong japanese hill positions west
of CAPTURED Davao. Several Nava,
guns were silenced and consider
able air force equipment seized.
In the center of the island Maj.
Gen. Clarence Martins 31st Divi'
sion drove northward toward the
big japanese air base at Del
Monte, moving with close air sup
port.
Macarthur said the Aussies and
Dutch Indies troops who invaded
Tarakan last Tuesday had to bring
up tanks, demolition crews and
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TWO ARE KILLED
DURING ARGUMENT
Tabor City Men Draw Pts
tolls, Fatally Wound
= Each Other

TABOR CITY, May Gin the
midst of an argument early this
morning, John Bruton, 81, and M.
D. Spivey, Sr., drew pistols and
fatally wounded each other, Sher-
if Herman B. Stanley said. The
shooting occurred at the Spivey
station about one mile east of here
it was reported.
Officers reported that Spivey
was shot five times and Bruton
twice. Coroner Paul Avant said an
inquest would be held Wednesday
at Whiteville.
Witnesses We're reported as say.
ing that the two shot each other
inside the service station. Bruton
ran outside before he fell dead
1t was reported.
Both were reported to have used
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WEATHER
eastern Standard Time)

eastern Standard Time)
w., tby U. 5. Weather Bureau)
sn SJl3s'eosoiogical data for the, "a hours
'''o pm, yesterday.
,.,. Temperature
7so NV am, 81; 1880 am, 80; 1880 pm, 80;
No Maxlnn IN Y; Minimum AZ; Mean go:
Lon Humidity
7:3o "a, am 10; 1870 am, 81; 1880 pm, 80;
ro. Precipitation
200 inches. '-o''is eholns 1:So pm'
ss4 i,,s SINCE the first of the month,
rro,n Tides For Today
U. s. coa.t l!ae Tables published by
ei'o Geodetic Survey
Wilminsto High Low
-------------- 5:44a 12:32a
Masonboro ,,,.. 6:15p 12:57p
A'iiet -------- 3:25a S:s4a
Sunrise z.,,. 3:56p 10:20p
a:4s am NJ NJ sunset, 700; Moonrise,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07
new YORK MAYOR
REFUSES TO RUN
Decision Announced As
Republicans Seek
Nomination

NEW YORK, May 6.-OD-Flo-
relic H. La Guardia, who was elect
ed three times, as mayor or the
nations largest city on program
of clean government, announced
today that he will not seek fourth
term.
La Guardia, whose defiance OF
the Federal midnight entertain
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07
20 Japanese Ships Hit
By u S. Navy Off Korea

GUAM Monday May 7HNavy search aircraft sank or dam
strike the Tsushima straits OIL
battle than
years ago. Chester w. Nmitz announced today
Arriving No l. based in the Onawa
Saturday chief remaining Japanese lifeline be-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07

LONDON, Monday, May 7.-P-
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
remained in London throughout the
weekend and the king and queen
returned to Buckingham Palace
from Windsor Castle yesterday as
both the British Press Associa-
ton and the Exchange Telegraph
Agency reported the hour of Ger
many's surrender on all fronts
was approaching at unforeseen
speed"
A. V. Alexander, first lord Of the
Admiralty, cancelled a speaking
engagement at Sheffield, and Bri'
fish Parliamentary Correspondents
we're called together TOR a meet
ing.
There was no cabinet meeting,
however.
Wholly unconfirmed reports cir
eulated in London that members OF
the German general staff were at
Russian headquarters negotiating
a surrender of some sort. Aneri-
can and British commanders have
steadfastly refused to accept sur
render of any Germans facing the
Russians.
London morning papers in big
black type said the end of the
European war was only hours
away
1t May Be Today" said the
Daily Mails front-page banner
line
All Over In Europe At Any
Hour said the Daily Herald.
"Germany's Final Surrender I'm
ninent," said the Daily Telegraph.
1.-THE Last Hour" declared the
Daily Express.
Germans Ready To Surrender
10 Russians" said the News-Chro-
nicle, with a sub-head, 'V-Day
May Be Announced At Tea-Time.
Perhaps inadvertently contribut.
ing to the flood of rumors, Red
Army officers were noticed stroll
ing near the Soviet embassy, with
linked arms and singing Justify, in
contrast to their usual reserve.
The political writer for the Elk.
ehange Telegraph Agency said an.
houncement of the end Of the war
IN Europe sis coming very SOON
frequently British political writ
sfs are given guidance by the gov
eminent at special meetings SINH
lar to the one held today.
Press Association and Exchange
Telegraph said the announcement
o. We Day would be made stimuli
aneously in London, Washington
ana Moscow, and that President
truman, Marshal Stain and Prime
minister Churchill would meet as
qulcKly as possible after the de
,laratlon, although no date or place
AoI Inc meeting has been set.
III outlining British plans for an.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07
London Says
End OF Nazii.
War At Hand
VE.Day Will Be Announc-
ed Simultaneously By
Big Three

LONDON, Monday, May T.
The Reuters news agency
quoted the Stockholm newspa-
ner Dagens Nyhetter today as
saving that the German minis
ter in Stockholm had signed
capitulation papers for the
surrender Of German forces
In Norway.
The Swedish newspaper add
ed that it believed the capltu-
lation would be announced to-
day in London, Reuters said.
The German minister to
Stockholm is DR.. Hans Thorn
sen, former Charte d'Affaires
at the German embassy IN
Washington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07
FORECAST

Partly cloudy and mild.
Y.,terday's temperatures:
H..h, 72--Low, Al.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05

hangs on and stated that they
might be able to supply suffi-
cient gas for the critical war in
dustries to resume operation by
the end of the week.
The current gas shortage is
said to be due to insufficient gas
to meet the demand caused by
extreme cold weather, unusual
industrial use and a diminishing
supply of the fuel. Toledo's lar
gest supply of natural gas comes
from sections of Ohio, Kentucky
and West Virginia. "A line from
the Texas Panhandle also runs
through Toledo and some gas is
obtained from this source.
Gas Company officials stated
that in order to avoid critical
gas shortage in cold weather
that additional sources of supply
must be found, but said that
these sources were unavailable
due to a curtailment of steel
which preventing running pipe
See GAS, Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05

Local IL employment office.
We believe that we can supply
the needs of the war plants of
Toledo and will do our best to
assist the Army and War Man
power Commission. F"
Male Workers Needed
In the Toledo area male war
workers are needed. With a
speeding up of production and
many additional war contracts
being given to local war indus
tries due to the reverses suf-
fered in Europe because of the
German winter offensive, a
large number of male workers
are necessary at this time,
Government officials state
that citations will be given to
See RECRUITING, Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05
JAW Speeds
WLB Gases

Ralph Brown, International
Union representative attached to
the UAW-CIO regional office
under Richard Gosser, director,
has been assigned for the past
six months to expediting WLB
cases of Local unions in Region
2-B before the regional War
Labor Board.
Results obtained since assign
ing Mr.. Brown to WLB cases
have proven highly satisfactory.
Cases which formerly dragged
for many months have been
materially shortened and action
speeded up to move them
through their routine course be-
fore the Board.
In addition to his work with
the WLB, Mr.. Brown is assist
ant director of the Auto-Lite
Council which is aiming at an
industry-wide contract. He is
presently engaged in contract
negotiations with the Toledo
Auto-Lite plant Fostoria Spark
Plug Co. a subsidiary of the
Auto-Lite was organized by Mr..
Brown in the spring of 1943.
A compilation of wage list
ings is being undertaken by Mr..
Brown for use in Auto-Lite
He is a member of
Local u, UAW-CIO, and a for
mer Chairman of the Auto-Lite
Unit and a former Board men,
Der of Local IL.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05
BaIIord Given
Special Work

Charles Ballard, former chair
man of the Willys-Overland Unit
of Local IL and now a member
of the staff of Regional Director
Richard Gosser is assigned to
special work connected with
Toledo Locals and Units. WHY'S
Overland Unit is one of Mr..
Ballard's chief assignments.
Prior to his induction into the
Army, Mr.. Ballard served as a
member of the Willys-Overland
executive shop committee and
succeeded Richard Gosser as
CT airman following Gosser's
ell action as regional director.
Mr.. Ballard's principal inter
est is in the skilled trades which
is under his direction. He is par
ticularly interested in the Great
er Toledo Tool, Die and Main
te lance Council. He has assisted
- organizational drives in vari-
parts of the region and was
- We in the recent Bunting
SIS campaign.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05
Housing Agency
Forms Coop

CHICAGO, Ill.-The rapidly
growing interest by the public
in consumer cooperative tech
niques to help in the acquire
ment of homes has resulted in
the formation of the Chicago
Council for Cooperative Hous-
ing, a service agency to assist in
the creation of cooperative
housing developments.
The Council has been formed
by representatives of several
study groups in the Chicago
area which are considering the
coop method of home building
and apartment house ownership
and operation. Secretary-trea
urer is Tamara Danish, 222
West Monroe Street, Chicago.
Miss Danish is in the educa-
tional department, International
Ladies Garment Workers Union,
a. F. L.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05
Rationins
Kicks Are
Debunked

WASHINGTON, Jan. Q
nPA)-Kicks by such anti
labor propagandists as Radio
Commentator Fulton Lewis
Jr. and the Hearst press, and
about the injustice" of the new
rationing regulations do not rep
resent the views of the house
wives of the country, say rep
resentatives of women's labor
and consumers groups.
Dr.. Caroline F. Ware, of the
American Assn of University
Women pointed out this week
that consumer organizations
have been asking for this ac-
ton since these products were
made point free"
The new OPA rules put back
on rationing all canned foods
and $50 of meat. 1t cancelled
outstanding canning sugar and
blue and red coupons except
those valid in December.
Any annoyance that our
housewives may have shown"
said Mrs. Gerson B. Levi of the
National Council of Jewish
Women, is temporary and has
arisen because women who have
been anxious to have rationing
restored to canned goods and
meats didn't at first fully under
stand why it was necessary 10
invalidate old coupons.
City housewives who belong
to the mothers clubs at our
settlements" observed Margaret
Gross of the consumer interest
committee of the National Fed
Grafton of Settlements, aren't
worried d b out old coupons.
They only have the money and
storage space to buy for their
weekly needs they are abso-
lutely dependent on what they
find in the stores, and they
know that rationing is their
only protection"
That goes for war workers
who have to shop on the way
home from work." added Don
aid Montgomery of the CIO
Cost of Living Committee.
THAT is why the women war
workers in the automobile and
aircraft industries at their re-
cent conference Dec. 9th re-
solved that all scarce goods,
without exception, must be ra-
toned and kept under rationing
so that we can obtain our just
share and meet our needs with
out boarding and without being
forced to patronize black mar
kets.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05

that sessions of the House and
Senate be broadcast by what
ever radio stations might
want to impose those inspiring
sessions on an unsuspectlng
public. Reading the Congress
sional Record is rugged going, "
said one veteran reporter here,
"but to have it put to music IS
going to be tough on the radio
owners of the nation. Can you
imagine what's going to happen
when John Rankin reads that
ode to the mockingbird, and
housewives out in Seattle and
Portland hear it?
Sen. Pepper is sponsoring this
bill, which would let radio sta
ton broadcast sessions of Con-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05
Strike Days Lost
Show Laree Drop

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (LPA
SpeciaD-Organi z d labor's S
close adherence to its voluntary
no-strike pledge during the past
year in the face of innumerable
e m ployer provocations, was
made emphatically clear this
week by the U. S. Labor De-
partments Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
Man days idle through strikes
dropped steeply during the past
IL months but the fact was not
mentioned in the daily press
which has magnified almost
every strike to the proportions
of sabotage of the war effort.
Official government figures
show that the number of man
days idle for the II months end
ing Nov. 80 1914, showed a de-
crease of more than 100000 as
compared with the same II
months ending Nov. 30, 1943.
December figures for 1914 will
not be available until late Janu-
ary.) The facts: year ending
Nov. 80, 1943: mum b er of
strikes: 3544; workers involved:
l ,779,774; man days idle: 12,-
905, ,951. Year ending Nov. 80,
1914: number of strikes: 5000;
W r k RS involved: PISA, ,532;
man days idle: 8,632,080.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05

war workers.
Most seriously effected are
the Willys-Overland Corp,
and the Spicer Mfg. Co. De-
partments closed down at Will
lys include the important alu-
minum forge division and the
shell division. The latter de-
partment is extremely important
to the war effort since it manu-
facturers the artillery shells so
sorely needed by the American
forces in the European theatre
of war.
The new building at the Spi-
Ger Mfg. Co. which houses sew
eral important departments en-
gagged in essential and highly
important war production has
been nearly completely shut
down due to the gas situation.
Officials of the Ohio Fuel
Gas Co., which supplies fuel
gas to all the large war indus
tries indicated that they could
see no immediate relief in sight
while the current cold snap
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05

" rkers are leaving their en-
p oyment for peace jobs fur
n h the basis for new anti
la lor drive aimed eventually at
a abor draft.
Two of the most Influential
big business organs see national
service legislation in prospect
for the near future. Business
Week" magazine dec. 23) de-
clares flatly that National serv-
ice and forced savings seem
much nearer than they did a
week ago"
Or nous Warning
much more ominous warn
in was carried by the N. Y.
81 urnal of Commerce (Dec.
2: which stated:
1T is believed likely that
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05
FEPC Bill
Gains Much
Support

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2
GPA) = Th e Permanent
FEPC Bill which was re-
ported favorably by both the
House and Senate Labor
COMMITTEES in 1914, is to be re-
introduced at the opening of the
new Congress, the Washington
office of the National Council
for a Permanent FEPC an
nounced last week. The bill will
be in tro d duce d the Council
added, by a group of Repub-
licans and Democrats, as was
the previous bill in the last ses-
sion, and the bill will be iden-
tical except for few minor
amendments suggested by legal
experts and cooperating organ
izations.
A compilation of campaign
commitments released by the
Council revealed that 81 out of
435 Representatives and 40 out
of 96 Senators have already
pledged themselves to the prin-
ciples of the bill.
Prospects for enactment of
some sort of permanent FEPC
legislation are good, in the
opinion of most political oo-
servers, providing action is not
delayed beyond May when the
present FEPC must come before
Congress for a renewal of its ap-
preparation. The Administra-
ton faced by the inevitable fill
buster threat, it is thought, may
tend to procrastinate about al
lowing the bills to reach both
the House and Senate floors
early in the session. But since
it faces a filibuster in May on
continuing the present Commit.
tee which lacks the support of
many Republicans because it is
an executive agency, it has
little choice in the matter.
Whether the filibuster can be
broken, most observers feel,
will depend on how important
the bills passage, without any
compromise which would weak
en- it, is to the voters back home,
in the estimation of Party lead
erS.