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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
Former Secretary Will
Head American Delegates
James F. Byrnes Regarded
As Likely Successor;
Nomination Monday

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, June
F.-UP)-PresidentT Truman to-
dav announced the resignation
of Edward r. Stettinius as
Secretary of State, and his ap-
pointment to what he termed
the highest office in the gift
of the government, this nation
representative on the United
Nations Council.
It was accepted as fact here that
James F. Byrnes is to be the new
secretary of state though the
President refused immediate con-
tirmation.
II was the fifth cabinet change
since Mr.. Truman entered the
White House.
Stettinius submitted his resigna-
ton the day after President Roose-
welt died. Mr.. Truman asked him
to remain in office until after the
San Francisco Conference.
Indicating the resignation was eff
fective Immediately, Mr.. Truman
said Stettinius' new title would be
representative of the United States,
American member of the Security
Council and Chairman of the Unit
ed States Delegation in the General
assembly of the United Nations
Organization. He said he would
nominate a successor to Stettinius
as Secretary of State Monday or
Tuesday. He refused to answer at
this time a flat question whether
ByrneS would succeed Stettinius
but did say the new secretary would
be a man not now in the govern
ment. I'll
Byrnes and the President served
together in the Senate and, when
Mr.. Truman became president the
former Supreme Court Justice
rushed 10 his side from retirement.
He then went back to South Car
DINA but has been the President
on two occasions recently.
Byrnes was with Mr.. Roosevelt
at the Yalta Conference and has
the full background of the deal
lngs between the late President.
Prime Minister Churchill and Pre-
mler Stain. 1t was noted here that
President Truman mentioned that
Byrnes would be with him at the
Big Three meeting in the Berlin
area next month.
The replacement of Stettinius had
been forecast. Democratic party
leaders had urged a change because
they wanted a prominent Democrat
In that cabinet post should any
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
INVESTIGATOR SAYS
HE WAS THREATENED

WASHINGTON, June 27.-tR-Ar
investigator for the House commit
tee on UnAmerican activities to-
day testified that an unidentified
person tried to stop his inquiry into
OPA radio programs, first men
tioning $4,000 and then threatening
the investigator.
The disclosure came from
George B. McDavitt, who answered
yes" to a question by Rep. Thorn
as (R.-N.J) whether anyone hae
gotten in touch with him ''to STOP
this inquiry"
did they offer you sum Of
money! Thomas asked.
McDavitt said that the unidenti
fled person with whom he talket
by telephone mentioned that $5,'
900 is lot of money"
McDavitt told the committee he
treated the remark like joke
and related to his caller that he
didn't understand"
I think you do -, he quoted
the other person as saying, "ano
then, when I answered coolly, the
person said:
We'll smear your face so your
wife won't know it. -
McDavitt's testimony came dur
ing efforts by Ernie Adamson, com
mittee counsel, to show that Tex
Weiner, the author of radio scripts
for the OPA broadcasts, had in
corporated subversive undertones.
The committee will meet Satur.
day to hear recordings Of the
Weiner-authored broadcasts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28

HOLLYWOOD, JUNE 27.- Old
David Hardy, who married seven
times before he 'lost faith in Wo-
men, proposed tonight to make
it up to the spouses he failed to
divorce by getting himself killed.
Hardy, 46, dance-haH casa
nova, told Detective A. r. Long
that he would like to plead gull
ty to bigamy if he could be sure
the Judge would sentence him to
go into the Army.
Then, he said, he would take out
a $40, 900 Army life insurance pol
lev and Undoubtedly" would be
sent to fight the Japanese.
Il would make the money pay
able to the Judge and it / were
killed-as undoubtedly I would be
he could turn the money over
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
STATE COUNCIL
ALLOCATES FUNDS
Board OF Education Gets
$500 For New Han
over Land

RALEIGH, N. c., June 27-P)-
The Council of State, taking ad-
vantage of a green light on priori-
ties, allocated $343,00O from its
emergency and contingency fund to-
day to contract a five story adj
dition to the State Revenue build
ing.
The Council. holding its final
meeting before entering into a new
fiscal year and bienn;Um July 1,
allocated a total of $979,911 to
State agencies, including $685.
as a fiscal year budget for the
$29, 780 to finance the State Plann-
ing board for the next fiscal year.
The revenue building addition
originally was authorized by the
Council and former Governor ]. M.
Broughton in 1941, but plans were
held up indefinitely by the War
Production Board when the United
States entered the war. Plans
drawn at that time will be followed
without alteration, the council said.
The addition, to be erected on a
lot adjacent to the present build
ing, will be devoted entirely to Of
flee space calculated to relieve
congestion in the Revenue, Motor
Vehicles and other departments
now housed in the present building.
In a1locating funds for the State
Planning Board, the Council acted
under authorization of the recent
legislature. That body refused to
appropriate funds for the Board S
operation beyond July l, but
specified that the Board could be
continued for another year in the
event the Governor and Council of
State thought it was needed.
It was understood here that the
Planning Board, headed by Felix
Grizzete of Chapel Hill, would
move it's headquarters to Raleigh
in the next few weeks. The Board S
headquarters have been located at
Chapel Hill since it was organized
two years ago.
Other major ALLEGATIONS made by
the Council today include:
Lieutenant governors salary,
(Contiuned m Page Three. Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
Only 245,OO0 American
Troops Left In Britain

LONDON, June 81 @ Only
245,O American troops still re-
main in Britain, compared with
more than 100000 last January,
Brig. Gen. E. F. Koenig, com
mander of the United Kingdom
base, said today.
American material here now
totals about $4,000 tons, COM
pared with 100000 tons on March
Is, he said, and the number OF
American wounded in United
Kingdom hospitals has been re-
duced to less than $4,000 from
a peak of 100000.
No destruction of material will
be tolerated, Koenig said, adding
he had ordered soldiers not to
destroy even their personal prop
erty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28

Congressman Charge VIA
With Misman age ment
Soup Bones Arrive
On Lawmakers Desk

WASHINGTON, June ~. -
P) - Bones for Congressman
started piling into Washington
via the u. S. mails this morn
ing.
A dozen hefty unwrapped
soup-shanks, with stamps and
address cards attached, were
delivered to the Office of Rep.
Hairless (D.-Ariz.), while an
other array reached his col
league, Senator Hayden ID
Ariz).
cat least" Hairless COM
mented, 81 know what a soup
bone looks like now"
The Senator and Congress-
man said they understood the
clean-picked bones were sent
by a number of Arizona restau-
rant owners as protest against
OPA meat rationing regula-
tons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
Task Force
0khotsk Sea
SINKS JAP CONVOY
Daring Assault M a d e II
Daylight By American
Cruisers

GUAM, Thursday, June u.s.
Up - Penetrating the Okhotsk
Sea, West of the Kuriles, for
the first announced time of
the Pacific war, light Naval
Task Force of the North Paci-
fic Fleet sank or damaged =
small Japanese convoy in \
daylight attack Monday.
The action was disclosed in
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Ninitz' S
communique today.
Three Japanese ships were sunk,
one probably was sunk and one
small vessel was damaged in the
engagement, fought West of the
Kuriles island of Harumukotan.
The North Pacific Task Force,
presumably composed of cruisers
and destroyers, crossed through
the Kurile Island chain for the
first sweep into the Sea of Okhotsk,
which lies between the Russian
held Ka.nchatka Peninsula and the
Siberian mainland on the West.
Few details of this sweep were
but the Task Force OBJ
jective presumably was to inter
cept a Japanese supply convoy
running from the homeland to
the fog-bound Kuriles bases.
Harumukotan is about go miles
south of Paramushiro, Northern
most of the Kuriles and is the Sec
ond island South of Paramushi-o.
Task Forces of the North Paci-
fic Fleet frequently have shelled
Paramusniro and Matsuwa is
lands, but these attacks generally
have been hit and run lombard
ments in the night.
The fact the Task Force dared
a penetration into the Okhotsk Sea
in daylight indicates that Japanese
air cover, based in the Kuriles,
has been reduced sharply.
The Task Force command prob
fCu@;uuod nm paua Three. Col ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28

"A House subcommittee as
serted today that mismanage-
ment in the War Food Admin
istration had resulted. in food
and money losses running into
"many millions of dollars"
It also accused some VIA Off
Gals of giving false information
to Congress when it sought to check
|up on the agency's operations.
In a report on lengthy investi-
gation-much of it conducted I'm
dercover-an appropriations sub
committee headed by Rep. Traver
D-Ga) accused VIA of wasteful
warehousing practices, poor book
keeping and inadequate records, lax
hiring methods and ''inefficiency
and dereliction on the part of some
officials
Along with its criticism, the
committee had words of praise for
VIA. 1t said the agency ''has met
a national need in a period of ex-
IRENE emergency and the overall
result has been one of which the
people of the country have the
right to be proud" 1t also praised
War Food Administrator Marvin
Jones as helpful and cooperative.
Commenting on the report, Jones
said the committee charges re.
lferred to only one phase Of the
WAS food operations-the storing
and handling of perishable foods
in connection with lend-lease and
farm price support operations.
Naturally, there were some loss.
es, but the overall losses were
less than those which normally oc.
cur in regular channels of trade. -
Jones said in a statement.
''This food had to be produced.
i stored, transported and loaded on
ships. During portion of the time
there were great submarine sink
ings. We were frequently met with
the choice of whether we would
proceed slowly and avoid losses
or act quickly and get the food tc
the battlefronts on time.''
Jones said it was necessary tc
handle VIA food with a shortage
of labor, materials, warehousing
and transportation.
1--WE have from time to time
been criticized for not storing en-.
ough food. We have been criticized
for storing too much. Between the
two, we must have done a pretty
good job"
For its criticism. it made no at.
tempt to fix a dollars value oil
actual losses-said. in fact, thai
confused records made it inpos.
sible-but commended a sampling
of warehouse operations alone
''justifies the feeling that it has
been considerable, prob a b y
amounting to many millions of dol
lars"
The report singled out for crit.
cism 1t. Col. Ralph w. Olmstead.
an Army officer who was director
of food distribution in VIA until
a few months ago.
/ ''Obviously," it said, Colonel
Olmstead's position in the broad
Continued on Page Five; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28

Hold Final
Conference
AGREE ON PROCEDURE
Will Set Up Executive
Committee OF Fourteen
Members Shortly

SAN FRANCISCO, June ~.
-R)-Delegates of so United
Nations took steps toward get
ting the World Security Organi-
cation into operation today as
they met for the last time by
the Golden Gate.
They formally agreed to set up
an executive committee of four
teen to sit in London, probably
beginning the first week in August.
The committee will get ready for
the birth of the peace agency, to
take place when enough countries
have ratified the Charter signed
here.
It is hoped by delegates ito the
noW-ended United Nations Confer
ence that this will be before the
end of the year. Senate Foreign
Relations Chairman Connally Cd
Tex, upon his return to Washing
ton, predicted that the U. S. will
approve the treaty in two to four
weeks. Other nations are expected
to follow quickly.
Meanwhile, delegates poured out
of San Francisco. Most of the lead
ers had already left, but two OF
the Big Five delegation chiefs at
tended the meeting today which
arranged for the Interim Commit
tee.
They were Russian Ambassador
Andrea Gromyko and Joseph Paul
Boncour of France.
State Department adviser Leo
|Pasvolsky presided over the meet
ing, on the motion of Herbert Evatt
of Australia.
Evatt, who led the small powers
through their stormy fight against
the large nation veto over peace
enforcement decisions of the World
Organization got in final lick.
He said he was glad to see the
change of atmosphere in the COM
mittee room where much of the
battle took place and which he has
christened Madison Square Gar
den.''
"It augurs well for the future. :"
Evatt said.
Dmitry z. Manuilsky of the
Ukraine retorted good-naturedly
that if those walls had seen lot
of agitation, it was Evatt who had
caused it. ...
That's true," Evatt replied, "but
you and your colleagues did your
bit. Anyway, it's happy ending"
That was the keynote of the
session and all decisions were ap-
proved unanimously.
The committee decided to send
all the conference documents-esti-
mated at twenty tons-to Britain
in preparation for the meeting. The
definite date will be fixed by the
United Kingdom in consultation
with the other thirteen countries.
They are Australia, Brazil, Can
ada, Chile, China, Czechoslovakia,
France, Iran, Mexico, Netherlands,
Russia, the United States and Yu-
goslavia.
The committee, Pasvolosky said
afterwards, will call the prepare
tory Commission-which consists of
all fifty nations represented at
San Francisco-into session as soon
as the Charter takes effect.
In the meantime, it's job is to get
ready for the first meetings, work
on the dissolution of the old League
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
Macarthur Announces
Biggest Pacific Triumph
Organized Resistance Now
Crushed After Heavy
Jap Losses

MANILA, I'd (rsday, June
28-(R)-Reconquest of gig Luz
zon Island, which the Japanese
invaded December 10, 1941 and
which American forces rein-
vaded last January 9, was an
nounced today by Gen. Douglas
MacArthur-his biggest single
triumph of the Southwest Paci-
fic war.
Scattered enemy remnants must
be hunted down but organized
resistance was crushed in North
Luzon, the last Japanese strong.
point, with 113,594 counted dead,
other thousands yet to be counted
and several thousand taken
prisoner.
Reporting complete conquest OF
the Cagayan valley, today's COM
munique added:
1.-THE entire island of Luzon,
embracing 40,420 square miles and
a population of 100000 is now lib
Grated
The Americans have made
juncture in the valley of Northern
Luzon securing the entire length"
and climaxing a campaign of %
days.
The once powerful Japanese
force in the 200 mile long valley
has been driven into the noun
tains to the East and West, cut off
from all supplies.
Heavy casualties were inflicted
on the enemy, Macarthur placing
these at 49, dead. He said the
graves of many more thousands
Of Nipponese troops had been To-
Gated but uncounted.
Except for isolated operations,
this closes the major phase of the
Northern Luzon campaign" the
communique reported, lone of the
most savage and bitterly fought in
American history"
On the Cagayan Valley Front
American and Filipino guerrilla
forces, converged from the North
and South, and only Japanese
rearguards were left on the valley
floor North of American-held
Tuguegarao to delay the Yanks
and Guerrillas. The main body
Of the Nippon Cagayan garrison
was pulling into the Sierra Madre
range on the Pacific Ocean side
of Luzon. Part of this rugged
terrain is UNEMPLOYED.
Of the estimated 10000 Japanese
fighting men still on Northern Luz
zon, at least half were heading for
the mountains.
Reporting from Mindanao, AS
sociated Press War Correspondent
Richard Bergholz said Japanese
leadership was breaking and that
there was evidence of disorganiza-
ton as the Nipponese reached
their last-ditch positions in the
Talomo-Davao river plain west Of
Davano city. Soldiers of the U.
S. oath Infantry division advanced
so rapidly that they forced the
Japanese off Mount Nancy,
strong natural defense point, and
then took the village of flanagan.
The Americans now are in noun
famous country and forecasts after
battling their way through tangled
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
WEATHER

by U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ehdlng 1880 ~, Yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
$50 a, m. rs: go a. m II, 100 p. m.
90 7:3o p. m. 10.
4, Maximum IS; Minimum II: Mean 81;
Normal 7s.
HUMIDITY
..l;3o a. m. s6 7:ao 2. M SO; 1870 p. NJ
~ 7;3o p. m. 86.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. M
600 inches.
:, Total since the first of the month
lilo inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
y From the Tide Tables published by
" s. Coast and Geodedtc Survey
High Low
Wilmington 11.5oan 6:56a m.
Am 6:43p.rn.
Nr"~~~'>~ro Inlet 9 :32a.m. 3:42a.m.
10 :02pm. 3:37p, m.
.''~'"e sos; Sunset 1927; Moonrlse
Moonset 7:38a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
Loss In Food, Money May
Total Millions SUBJ
Group Says

WASHINGTON, June 27-(R
"A House subcommittee as
serted today that mismanage-
ment in the War Food Admin
istration had resulted. in food
and money losses running into
"many millions of dollars"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
FORECAST

North Carolina - Clear to n.rt,,
cloudy and continued rather hot Thurs
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28

Continued on Page Three; Col. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28
6 Drivers Permits
Suspended by PUG

The permits of six taxi drivers
have been suspended for periods
ranging from 80 to S days, the Pub
lie Utilities Commission announced
yesterday. Two other drivers were
suspended until they appear before
the Board of Revocation and Review
of Licenses and another was dis
missed with warning.
The 30-day suspensions we're giver
| to Thurman B.. Jones, Lido Cab
and Merton G. Sweeney, American
Cab, both said to have refused tt
carry passengers. Jones also was &C
cused of using abusive language.
A 15-day suspension was giver
Samuel w. Murray, Diamond Cab
on complaints that he refused te
carry some passengers and ordered
Red Cross worker out.
Herbert Baker, Independent Cab
was suspended 10 days for refusing
to take a passenger to the requested
destination, while five-day suspen-
sions were drawn by John o. Farrar
Senator Cab, and Leo Lagana. Dia-
mond Farrar was charged with de-
clining to stop for a passenger ano
Lagana with 20-cent overcharge.
Harry G. Martin, Checker Cab
and Gilbert C. Thomas, Globe Cat
Co., were suspended until they ap-
pear before the board. Martin was
accused of refusing to pick up g
passenger and Thomas with over
charging. David M Hollowell, Bel
Cab, drew a warning
The action of the board in these
cases has been approved by the
Commissioners,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28
Victory Gardeners
Warned Of Weather

The fear that local Victory gar
deners, tempted by the current
balmy weather, are prematurely put
ting out warm season crops such as
beans, corn and tomato plants, was
expressed today by j. Morton Frank
lin, supervisor of Victory gardens
for the District.
Mr. Franklin pointed out it is rea-
sonable to expect the District still
will have a period of wet, chilly
weather before summerlike tenn
peratures are here to stay. I'm
afraid some of our Victory gardeners
are assuming we will have no more
winter and are putting out crops
which may be hurt later on" he said.
The ground is in beautiful condi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28

Park since 1896, have left for India
where the parents will take part in
educational work of the Seventh day
Adventist Church. Mr.. Terry was
associated with the Washington Mis-
sionary College here as dean of men
for seven years, while Mrs. Terry
served on the faculty and teaching
force of the Takoma Park Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28

Ition" now for gardening prepare
ltions, however, Mr.. Franklin added
Despite shortage in average pre-
cipitation of about inches for the
past three months there was
enough rainfall here in the fall and
early winter to take care of that
deficiency, he said.
Now is the time to be planting
the hardy and half-hardy vegeta-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28

bles, Mr.. Franklin suggested. These
include green peas, lettuce, cab
bage, spinach and most of the root
crops, such as carrots, beets, par
ships and radishes.
FomiIy Going to India
Prof. Hollis T. Terry, his wife.
and their 15-year daughter,
Helen Mary, residents of Takoma
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-01-11

4 Y 4 4 n 81
Gbilitpitte,t. General MacartDalrs
'Sblaa gegeu 2uson lit bereits 10
Meilen nad i1rnen in ciner 9reite bon
Is @eilcu burdeeiiibrt. Gin Glugielc
lit bereits in arneriforiiheu SinSea.
Ole SSapaner propbeseien Die 8ernit.
hung Scr amerifaner Murh sic Can.
1ure. Sic hahen 10000 Mar,s, he.
reii, iaecn iic.
Meitfront. Die Seutihen rG,.men
in aller Gle sic porgclaecrten Stcl-
Irngc,l in SEN Arbcrmen nod einem
Siea bsr Mqiierton 1onftr,,ppcn in
oicicr aampiirout.
St,liii'd,e isront. Die 9uiian ct,
littcn ourd ldapere Iuariiie oeurihes
Ganseroipiiio1eu eiuan Miifid,loa be,
@uSapeit. Die Gcritdrfl,naen Der il
@ueapeit fdrpfenoen Gc,,tid,cu fonn-
tel, @erbinoa,ng nit 6e,ltId,tn Grloss
truppcr, bcritellen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-01-11
0eiaf,oet,ei,a,astat.i@
int Ecrie1tfs Seftcr

Naris. Sed)3ebn amerifaniide ssront
ofiisierc uno Mannidoften batter,
bie s-0Bte 9seuiabrsiiberraida,ng it,
res 2ebens. als tic am 2orientsSefto'
sesell cbeniopielc, gleidnltrige lmI
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getauiht tpuroen. Der Must1uld spa.
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,uaren Ssninnteriiten. elmer bon iDner
terlpunOet, aber nidt idJ,uer. Die iib
risen neun ,uaren ssliegar, berunte,
0rei Sffi5iere.
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