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ton states, "COl. Bradford per.
formed outstanding service in the
organization and administration OF
the various groups under his con-
troll. He assured the achieve
ment of the Counter Intelligence
Corps mission on Luzon and par
ticularly in Manila"
Col. Bradford, a native of Wash
lngtonian and a reserve officer, was
called to active duty shortly after
Pearl Harbor and has been In the
Pacific about two years.
Comdr. Justin A. Miller, IS, u. S. N.
was awarded the Navy Cross and
the Distinguished Flying Cross in a
ceremony at the Navy Department
Wednesday, The Navy Cross was
given for his extraordinary heroism"
as commander of Navy patrol
bomber during an armed recon-
naissance mission in the Philippines
october 10, 1914. He received the
DFC for his extraordinary achieve
ment in aerial action against the
Japs at Zamboanga, in the Philip
pines, October l, 1914.
Now on duty in the Navy Bureau
OF Aeronautics here, Comdr. Miller
lives with his wife at 4713 Drum
mond avenue, Chevy Chase, Md.
1t. Comdr. Philip c. Holt, u. S.
N. R., of Silver Spring, was awarded
the Legion of Merit for meritorious
service on the staff of the COM
mander, 7th Amphibious Force,
from July, 1943, to February, 1914,
during amphibious operations against
enemy-held positions in the Bismark
Archipelago, Western New Guinea,
Molucca Islands, and in the Philip
pines.
Comdr. Holt is on duty in the
Navy Bureau of Ordnance here. He
and Mrs. Holt and their three chill
dren live at 9616 Flower avenue.
Silver Spring, Md.
Comdr. Clayton L. Miller, a..
q. S. N. has been awarded the Silver
Star Medal for conspicuous GAL
lantry and intrepidity" as command
ing officer and patrol plane COM
mander of Bombing Squadron 142 in
Central Pacific action from Decem-
Der 81, 1943, to April 81, 1914, the
Navy announced.
Comdr. Miller, who has previously
received the Air Medal and letter
of commentator, is now on duty
In the Aviation Planning Division,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Air. He lives at 2523
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Meat shortages are becoming fire.
euent in various cities in Mexico.
Evening star., 1945-08-31

Meat shortages are becoming fire.
quent in various cities in Mexico.
Evening star., 1945-08-31

In the panel: i
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Evening star., 1945-08-31

Dodder wrote. Congratulations to
you and your entire staff"
In closing, Mr.. Dodder suggested
that certain stops eliminated dur
ing the war be reinstated and that
one busline be extended beyond its
present route.
Evening star., 1945-08-31

burg Lutheran Theological Semi.
nary and became chaplain Of Vir.
ginia Polytechnic Institute and
pastor Of the College Lutheran
Church at Blacksburg, Va.
He Joined the Navy in February,
1943. and went to Attu. Alaska
where he was the first Protestant
chaplain at the Naval Air Station
Since his return from Alaska,
Chaplain Lee has been assigned to
the Lido Beach IN. " Naval Re-
distribution Center.
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4iolh o1OWlilliS
re ce ntly was
decorated with
the Legion of
Merit for out
standing Serv-
ices in n e
Counter INTEL
ligence Corps
from November, i,
1914, to Jun e,
1945.
"As command
ing officer of the
493d Counter In
telligence Corps
regional detach-
ment," the cita-
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Brooklyn Navy
Yard, according
to an Associated
Press dispatch
from New York.
Chaplain Rob-
ert E. L e e ,
whose wife, DR.
Dorothy S. Jae-
ger Lee, a pedi-
african, lives at
TOO East Capitol
street, is one of
t h e youngest
C h a pl a i n S to
hold such a
n0St He iS 90
Evening star., 1945-08-31
II D. {. Men Report
To Armed Forces Today

The following 27 Washington mer
have been ordered to report for in
duction into the armed forces today:
Hatch Francis Faulkner, Grover
Metraux. Eric Harrod, Raymond
Berry, Edward Jones, Cecil
Cardosi, Charles Knight, Frank
Dunn, James Lee, Morris
English, Thomas, tr. Mcmillan, Leroy
Hillegass, Clarence Minis, Holly
Goveart. Nelson Morrison, Clifton
Raba, Elmer Tyler, Earl
Smallwood, Francis Walker, Ulysses
Staub, William Whitted, James
Acker, James Young, Dewey
Campbell Alexander Zeigler. Joseph
Campbell, Alonzo
Ice cream cones are appearing in
London for the first time since 1899.
Evening star., 1945-08-31
Free Grease Job Smokes

ATLANTA, R.-Almost too much
for peace-dazed motorist smokers
was this sign appearing on filling
station:
Free pack of cigarettes with
every grease job"
Evening star., 1945-08-31
District Minister
Made Chaplain
OfNeW FIuttop

A Washington minister yesterday
became chaplain of the new 45,000-
ton aircraft carrier Franklin D
Roosevelt, now being fitted out for
n II r " of tho
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Legion Of Merit Won
By Col. |. J. Bradford;
3NaVM Men Decorated

1t. Col. Lowell j. Bradford, 20, of
1903 Crittenden street NV, who
won two medals for heroism Is
years ago when he saved a woman
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years old. Chaplain Lees parents
live at 316 Tennessee avenue NE.
A graduate of George Washing
ton University, he attended Gettys-
Evening star., 1945-04-08
Sign of the Times

MY slCNPAINTIN' friend Burt Goodoe comes in
lVl to see me the other day with big drawin 1t
has gold eagle in a circle an some words under it
! can see he is excited.
'Wally brought you somethn,' Burt says
We'll thanks my friend" | say back at him.
That's what | hoped you'd say before lookn' -
plain politeness an courtesy, that's all it isl" Burt
beams at me. And | wonder what the heck he's
talkn about
"You see,'' he continues, ''when II man does
you u (npor. you are almost dut y-bound to show
your appreciation.
You don't wait for him to rub your nose in it -
an the bigger the favor the quicker guy ought to be
to recognize it an show he is glad you done it."
Hold on here" stops him Begin at the first"
SO Burt explains. This here is a large copy of the
Honorable Discharge Button fellow gets when the
Army the Navy Marines is through with him.
Maybe the guy is crippled maybe sick, maybe too
old Or maybe he has just plain finished his Job
"WHATEvER the case. they've all risked their lives
for oil civilian stay homes 1t says somewhere in
the Bible about there ben greater love than ben'
wlllin to die for your friends
80" Goodoe says. holdin up the sign an shown
it to me 50 can read the words, that gave me the
idea for this
His sign read: ITO the wearer of this Honorable
Discharge Button, We say, Thanks Friend
BY goly. Burt is right bet good many people,
like me- amt as familiar with that button they
ought to be 1t really means that the guy wearin'
il has gone about as far in the favor line any
bod, go.
I'm putin it right up here in plain sight. want
the boys who comm home to know we have got
some manners an feelns in this lunch lounge
An besides, Burt goes on to sort of cover up
our gettin sentimental, its always good business
to show any customer you are glad he come in
Particularly if it should be guy that has maybe
been Commando an could easy tie knot in your
neck if he didn't like you. -WALlY B0REN
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
WLB Renews Efforts
To Stop. Coal Strike

WASHINGTON, May 1-RHThe
War Labor Board made renewed
efforts tonight to get Pennsylva'
MAS $4,000 anthracite miners back
to work. New Government mine
seizures impended if the efforts
were unsuccessful.
The board, acting swiftly after a
brief hearing here while all anth.
racite production was at stand.
still as result of expiration OF
the United Mine Workers contract
last midnight, directed UNIV Chief
John L. Lewis and the operators
to continue operations. ;
1t stressed that it expected com
piance Immediately and without
reservations"
The directive ordered ''uninter'
rupted production under terms Of
the expired contract and required
that any wage adjustments finally
agreed upon should apply retroac'
lively from April 30.
widespread stoppages OF work
by members of the union have de.
veloped today at the anthracite
mines in the state of Pennsylvania
apparently because of the absence
Of a contract" the board TOLD
Lewis and key representatives Of
the operators in a statement made
public here. ''The boards order
provides for a continuing contract.
1T Is urgent that production
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02

should be Immediately resumed.
Any sustained interruption in the
production of anthracite coal would
adversely affect the prosecution OF
the war. Anthracite coal is used
by utilities and industries engaged
in the production of war material.
In addition, the armed forces and
domestic consumers, including wal
workers, are dependent upon ar
adequate supply of anthracite for
space heating and cooking"
After calling on President Tur'
man today, Interior Secretary
Ickes said he was ready to take
over both the anthracite mines anc
some bituminous mines where
workers walked out today because
they had not received official no
LITIGATION Of approval of their new
contract.
At the anthracite hearing here
the operators. through Ralph W:
Taggart of the Philadelphia ano
Reading Coal and Iron Co., urged
that the board limit the extension
of contract to 80 days, to restrict
the eventual liability Of the oper;
ators for retroactive wage in
creases.
The mine workers, in the absence
Of President Lewis, who was in
New York for negotiations with
operators on a, new contract, said
Continued On Page Seven; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
MILLIONS CHEER
HITLER'S DEATH
Many Are Doubtful When
Told OF Report From
Hamburg Radio
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The German report Of Adolf Hit
ler's death" spread like tidal
wave throughout the Allied world
last night and the millions of enc
mics. of the fanatical Nazi over
load greeted it with joy-and doubt.
From quite homes of America to
the Doughboys' foxholes in Europe,
the reaction was substantially the
same-summed up in the terse
comments: great news if true!" !;
Gust plain dying's too good for
him." 'It's at least five years too
late" and There's still a war to
be won and dying to do
New York's millions learned of
the Hamburg radio report with
surprise-but with few demonstra-
tons.
Thousands of commuters rushed
for newsstands in Grand Central
Station when a newsboy shouted,
1.-THE paperhanger is dead; Hitler,
the big bum, is finished!", but
many of the crowds moved on when
the source of he report was
Continued on Pare Two. Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
Yank Forces Third Troops
Race Toward Are 40 Miles
Bremen Pass From Soviets
Hitler's Birthplace Falls
AS World Hears OF
Fuehrer's Death

PARIS, Wednesday, May PIP
-Braunau, quaint little Austrian
town where Adolf Hitler was born
Sc years ago, was captured last
night by U. S. Third Army tanks
just as the German radio was tell.
ing the world that the Nazi Fuehre1
was dead.
The 18th Armored Division took
Braunau on the Inn river after
Storming across. the Isar river
and driving Is miles.
A field dispatch said Gen. Pat
toms forces had established radio
contact with Russian columns
pounding westward from Vienna
and that the two armies were prob
ably less than 40 miles from a
junction which would trap all Ger
mans in Czechoslovakia and iso.
late Nazi forces in the Alpine re-
doubt below Munich.
The broadcast report of Hitler
death brought no comment from
Gen. Eisenhower. whose severa.
million fighting men had crush.
ed the Nazi foe on the battlefields
of France, Belgium, Holland and
Germany and broken into the sane
tuary of his long-planned southern
redoubt.
Military observers here did MOI
overlook the possibility that the
dramatic announcement of Hitler s
death might be a mask and recall
ed previous limitations that when
the end was inevitable Hitler
might Ego underground" with his
subordinates making a false an
nomcement of his death in some
heroic role in order to cover his
disappearance.
Units of the 18th Armored Di
vision which hammered to the
Braunau area of the German-Aus
trian border were only 80 mile!
from Salzburg, eastern rampant O.
the Nazi southern stronghold, ane
A. miles from Berchtesgaden.
The Third Army-called by fiele
correspondents the General Pat
ton Express"-plunged forward
along .10O-mi1e front. Towns iden
titled as swept up in the drive In
cluded Eggenfeld, Is miles north
west of Braunau, and Geisberg, II
miles northeast of Hitler's birth
place, but they were well behlne
the advance.
1t. Gen. Alexander N. Patch:
Seventh Army, fired to new peak:
of fighting fury by the evidence:
of Nazi barbarism unfolding before
them in the vicinity of captured
Munich, smashed on beyond tha'
city to within 10 miles OF Inns:
bruck in Austria and within L
miles of the northern gateway te
the Bremen Pass through the Alps.
All of southern Germany was
overrun except the southeast cor
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02

MANILA, Wednesday, May ZIP
Official Australian sources and
the japanese radio agreed today
that Allied forces have invaded
Dutch Borneo. There was no i'm
mediate confirmation of the op-
Grafton from the headquarters of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
At Canbefra Joseph B. Chifley,
Australia's treasury minister, told
the house of representatives that
veteran Australian division, sea-
soned warriors from Middle East
battlefields, was participating in
an invasion of Borneo, one OF the
richest prizes seized by the Japa-.
nese in their blitz sweep through
Asia more than three years ago.
Earlier, Radio Tokyo reported
that Allied assault forces hit the
beaches near Tarakan, great oil
shipping port Immediately OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
GERMANS PREPARE
TO QUIT DENMARK
Count Bernadotte Returns
To Copenhagen With
No Peace Reply
(Bv The Associated Press)

STOCKHOLM, May 1-CR)-Amid
direct reports that the Germans
were getting out of Denmark,
Count Folke Bernadotte, the Swed-
ish Intermediary who carried Ger
many's first surrender offer to
the Allies, returned to Stockholm
today from Copenhagen.
The Swedish foreign office an.
nounced that the count Ibid not
bring with him any new message
to be handed over to the Al
lies"
The first German surrender Of
fer made by Gestapo Chief Helm
rich Himmler was rejected by the
Allies because it was addressed to
the United States and Britain and
excluded Russia.
Meanwhile direct Associated
Press reports from inside Copen-
hagen gave an eyewitness account
of hasty Nazi preparations to quit
Denmark, and Well-informed
American said the count might
have brought Swedish-German
agreement for the peaceful sur
render of German troops in Den
mark and Norway.
The sudden Danish developments
were believed to be merely phase
in possible general bloodless
German capitulation in Denmark
and Norway which the Swedes ap-
peared to be negotiating through
Bernadotte with tacit Allied ap-
proval.
Although Bernadotte said he did
not see Himmler on his last trip
into Germany and Denmark it was
reported that he delivered the Al
lies negative response to Him
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
SOUTHERN PORTS
GROUP TO MEET
South Atlantic Florida
Conference Scheduled
For May 8

The seeking of greater recogni-
ton of southern ports through the
establishment Of adequate steam
ship service and the diversion OF a
large share of waterborne com
merce through southern ports is
one of the principal purposes OF the
South Atlantic Florida Ports con-
ference, which will meet in Wash
ington May 8 and 9, it was an
nounced yesterday by J. T. Hires,
executive general agent of the Will
mington Port Commission.
Matters of concern to ports in
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida will be dis
cussed at the conference, com
posed of the ports Of Wilmington,
Morehead City, c h e t o n,
(Continude on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
Enemy ANNOUNCES Death OF Hitler; German:
Near Collapse "a Berlin Braunau Captured
By Patton's Third; Egurian Army Gives U1
Allies Plan
To Demand
Death Proof

LONDON, May 1.-RLThe Al
lies will demand that Hitler's body
be produced after the surrender
OF Germany in order to re-
move all doubt as to the truth OF
tday's German in order to remove
all doubt as to the truth of today S
German radio report of his death,
it was said tonight at the British
foreign office.
The Foreign office said it be-
ieved Hitler was dead, but de.
clined> to comment on the accura-
cy of the Hamburg radios report
of how he died.
High official quarters reserved
decision as to what implications
the report Of Hitler's death would
have on German peace overtures
previously credited to Heinrich
Himmler.
The reason for appointment OF
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz as
Hitler's successor was NOT i'm
mediately apparent TO official
quarters, it was said.
One responsible, but unofficial
source, said it was possible that
Himmler realized he himself was
unpopular in Germany and that
Doenitz might be more successful
in carrying out surrender terms,
particularly as to their acceptance
by the German armed forces.
It was understood that Prime
Minister Churchill was notified
Immediately of til e Hamburg
(Continued on Pare Two: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
Australian, Jap Radio
Aqree On Borneo Attack

Dutch Borneo's northeast coast
The Japanese claimed their Tara
kan garrison was locked in fierce
fighting with Allied amphibious
forces. Tokyo said the invasion was
accomplished Tuesday night, Bor'
neo time, after daylight attempt
was repulsed.
Americas air power in the
Southwest Pacific and the veteran
Yank 41st Division have been paw
ing the way for a Borneo invasion
for several months. AS ground
forces squeezed in from the north
and northeast on the island, a pro-
Queer of great quantities of rub
Der and oil, fliers were softening
up Japan's Borneo defenses.
The 41st Doughboys, under Maj.
Gen. Jens A. Doe, have been head
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02

LONDON, May 1.-,R -Ameri-
can and British planes have drop
ped 2,453, sos tons Of explosives on
German targets since the start of
the war it was disclosed today, and
Allied airmen destroyed 4O,922
German planes, losing 26,715 of
thier own.
For every ton the Germans hurl-
ed at Britain by bomber plane or
V-bomb they received 5l5 in re-
turn.
American bornbers operating
from England, on the continent,
and from Italy contributed 1,453,-
595 tons of the total, and approx
mately 100000 tons were dropped
by the Raj.
The final score sheet of the air
war which now is all but ended,
shows that Allied bomber losses
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
Allies Bomb Germany
With 2,453;595 Tons

lwere 1882, of which S,o01 were
American. OF the 1913 fighters
failing to return, 7,165 OF them
were American.
The German air force sacrificed
20,574 planes in combat to Ameri-
can fighter pilots and 1887 more
were shot up on the ground. Nearly
5000 parked planes were wrecked
in the cleanup month of April in
the greatest single blow Of the
war which reduced the Luftwafse
to token force Of only nuisance
value.
The Eighth Air Force based in
Britain alone dropped 694,838' tons
Of bombs on German targets,
about one-sixth of this weight be-
ing delivered in the "saturation
| month of March preparatory to
the Rhine jump-o4
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
Only Skirmishes Reported
As Allies Engulf
Northern Italy

ROME, May l. up -Fascis
Commander Marshal Rodolfo Ora
ziani announced the unconditiona
surrender tonight of his 1igurial
army as New Zealand units linked
up with Yugoslav forces nea
Trieste at the head Of the Adriatit
sea and American units raced fol
the southern end OF the Bremen
Pass into Austria.
1t. Gen. Pemsel, German chic:
of staff to the Ligurian army, fol
lowed GRAHAM on the air and de-
clared: 81 confirm without reserve
the words of my commander, Mar
shall GRAHAM. You must obey his
orders"
|, Thus the two and half-year-olc
Italian campaign was rapidly
drawing to a close. Only skirm
ishes were reported as the Alice
troops spread over the northern
end Of the peninsula to engulf the
few knots of German soldiers Of
fering a denoralized resistance.
The bag of prisoners continued
to grow with the British Eighth
Army taking 1e.00c yesterday ane
the U. S. First Armored division
rounding up $4,000, including foul
German major generals.
British troops entered Udine, 3;
miles south Of the Austrian frontier
in northeastern Italy, New Zealanc
units linked with Marshal Tito's
Yugoslavs at Montfalcone, IA miles
northwest of Trieste, and Ameri-
can units in the west apparently
already had joined the French tank
spearheads pushing into Piedmont
from France.
GRAHAM, who had been CHROME
ously reported executed after his
recent capture, is now ar Alice
prisoner Of war. He disclosed thai
he personally had ordered the I'M
conditional surrender Of his army
two days ago and that copies O.
his order had been dropped to his
troops by Allied planes.
'In this final battle,' he tole
his troops, "you have borne your
selves with your customary dis
cipline and valor although YOU
found yourselves in most heavy In
feriority to the enemy.
1.-THE time has arrived whel
further resistance would be use
less and inhuman, and, as far as
am concerned, criminal.
"The German higher command
in Italy has for a few days issuet
no further orders and it is no
known where it now is. In thi!
situation I have assumed persona
responsibility for signing an I'm
conditional surrender to the Alice
command on April 20, 1915.
Although the Yugoslavs appar
emily had pushed on from Trieste
it was doubtful whether they &C
tually controlled the city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-02
TRUMAN FAV0RS
0PA EXTENSION
Legislation To Extend
Price Control Pend
ing In Congress

WASHINGTON, May L. Up -
President Truman expressed hope
today that Congress will extend
price control legislation another
year.
irresponsible criticisms should
not be permitted to break down
the confidence of the people in an
essential wartime program and a
hard working wartime agency"
the President said in a statement
Legislation extending the price
control and sterilization program
now is pending in Congress.
GAS the war proceeds toward q
victorious Climax" the President
statement said, "the shortages be
come more acute. The require
ments of our military and Nava.
forces are great. We must sup
plant the economic resources Of
our fighting Allies, such as Brit
ain, Russia, China and France
who have suffered great devasta'
ton in this war.
"We must do our part IN help
ing to prevent anarchy, riot and
pestilence in the areas liberated
from Axis domination. These re-
quirements place a greater and
greater strain on our resources"
The statement, issued after
OPA Administrator c h S t +
Bowles had conferred with the
President, asserted the President
supposed that OPA had made "a
few Mistakes" but added:
, Had it not been for OPA and
the sterilization pr g r a nj we
should have had runaway infla'