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Evening star., 1945-12-07
Tighter Sugar Situation
Feared After January |
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Temporary sugar scarcities will
develop in some sections after new
ration stamps are validated Janu-
airy l, OPA warned today.
Sugar will be hardest to find on
the East Coast, which depends on
Caribbean crops that are not ex-
pected to reach substantial volums
until about March l, OPA said.
Individual consumers sugar ra-
ton stamp 80 will be valid from
January l to April 80, good for five
pounds. q
Evening star., 1945-12-07

By the Associated Press.
TOKYO, Dec. 7.-Crief Prose.
cutor Joseph B. keenan, an
nounced today that the first wal
crimes trials in Japan tentatively
were scheduled for January
with Hideki TOTO and his Pear
Harbor cabinet leading the pa.
rade of defendants. The death
penalty will be asked, he indi.
Gated.
THE accused will be presumed in
nocent until proved guilty." MI
keenan,, Gen. MacArthur's specia
staff counsel, told a news conference
But he added that:
japanese war criminals must b,
punished and humiliated so tha
they will 60 down in history as ordi
nary felons of the lowest type"
He refused comment on the AL.
lied attitude toward Emperor Hiro.
hito.
Agreement Reported.
He said he found President Tru.
man and Gen. Macarthur in accord
on questions affecting trial pro-
cedure and on the requirement that
trials be concluded as rapidly az
possible.
Like their German counterparts
japanese war crimes suspects will be
tried in groups. An internationa
court seems likely, since other in.
terested powers have been askee
to nominate members. None ha:
complied thus far, Mr.. Keenar
reported.
On top of Gen. MacArthur's orde1
for the arrest of Marquis Koich
KIDD, the arrival of Mr.. keenan, IL
Japan brought full realization to tn,
japanese that the Allies mean bust.
ness in roofing out aggressors. Tn,
order against KIDD reached as clost
to the throne as Gen. Macarthur
could get without arresting Emperor
Hirohito himself,
The Tokyo newspaper Asahi, il
reporting the order for the arrest.
of KIDD and Prince Fumimart
Konoye, said the directive is ex.
pected to exert considerably seriou.
consequences on the political situa.
ton of this country"
Political Circles to Change.
by virtue of the present arres
directive, the leaders, includin,
Prince Konoye and Marquis Kido
who for years served the throne
will disappear from political circles,
Asahi declared.
"As result, the ripples to b.
caused to political circles cannot b.
sighted"
ASahi commented on the eve O
the fatefm December 8 Decembe
z, United States date) that it wa
time Japan began its own investiga
ton of the events which led to war
Looking to the future prosecution.
OF such men as Konoye, KIDD ant
TOTO, Mr.. Keenan, said:
I'm the past a man lost only hi
prestige as did the Kaiser in Worls
War I, but now we must make tn,
leaders endure personal punishment
We have come to the point where
(See TOTO. Page A-18)
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Mason Backs Board
In Asking for Custer
OF Gill as Penal Head
Fair, Public Hearing
Sought Before Final
Action on Dismissal
BULLETIN.

Leo A. Rover, former United
States attorney and chairman
of a committee which made a
study of the District Jail in
the spring of 1914, today
urged the commissioners to
postpone action on the We'll
fare Board recommendation
to dismiss Mr.. Gill. Mr.. Rover,
it was indicated, did not plead
Mr.. Gill's case, but merely
asked delay so that public
hearing might be held to bring
out the facts.
Commissioner Guy Mason sale
today he had not received the
Board of Public Welfare's report
recommending discharge o.
Howard B. Gill, already sus.
pended as general superintend
ent of penal institutions, but il
was his opinion the Commits.
sioners generally should supper
Welfare Board recommendations
Whether Mr.. Gill will lose his jot
as the result of investigation!
branching from the November 2.
District Jail break, is a decision fol
the Commissioners, empowered with
hiring and firing prerogatives, basee
on Welfare Board recommends.
tions.
Immediately preparing a defense
the veteran prison authority visitee
Walter Fowler, District director O
personnel, to determine what re.
course he has under the civil ser.
vice laws. All he wanted, he said
was fair and public hearing be.
fore an impartial board of meI
who understand prison administra.
tion."
Gill Accuses Board
Even while the Welfare Boarc
was deep in its six-hour session las
night, Mr.. Gill exploded the frs
public blast by charging the boare
with responsibility for the current
condition of the Jail and accusing
Ray L. HUFF, welfare director, o.
deliberately Withholding from the
board Mr.. Gill's report on the Jail.
The board also recommended
transfer of Claude o. Botkin, resi-.
dent jail superintendent, "to posi-
ton for which he is better quail.
fed" and appointed as acting
general superintendent William
French Fleming, Occoquan work.
house superintendent,
Before departing for business or
Capitol Hill Commissioner Masor
said the boards custer recommend.
ations had not reached the Com.
missioners, but he was leaving wore
for the papers to be delivered to thu
other two Commissioners, who ART
meeting today.
Mr.. Mason, in charge of welfare
activities, making it clear he hac
not read the Welfare Board report
said that as long as the Commits
sioners were responsible for ap-
iSee JAIL. Page A-l8.)
Evening star., 1945-12-07
Tojo Trial Scheduled
For January, Keenan,
Discloses in Tokyo
Death Penalty Expected
To Be Demanded for Him
And Members of Cabinet

EMPEROR'S ADVISER calls Toto
clearly war criminal" Page Az
THREE APPEALS POSSIBLE for
Yamashita after death sentence.
Page A-3
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(See TRUCKERS, Page A-5D
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(See HURLEY, Page A-3.
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(See TRANSIT, page A-5D
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(See BUILDING, Page A-5J
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(See TOTO, Page A-18.)
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tSee JAIL. Page AID
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(See PEARL HARBOR, Page A
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See BRETON WOODS, Page A-7J
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-10
Handbags IN EXPANSION
OF SCHOOLS FOR
GE0RGIANS "ExpLAINED"

ATLANTA, Nov. 10 (ANP)-
State School Sup. M. D. Collins
said that while state school author
tiles are making efforts to improve
educational facilities for Negroes
in Georgia, there are at least two
major handicaps to be hurdled be-
fore great progress can be made to-
ward the goal. These problems, he
said, are the absence Of adequate
transportation for high school pu-
pills and living quarters for teach
erS.
The school chief pointed out that
many Negro children who finish
grade school are unable to go to
high school because the only avail
able school may be 20 miles away:
Chatham county is the only one now
transporting Negro pupils when
they need to be transported, he
said. Pickens county has consoi-
dated all it's Negro schools into one
unit and is able to furnish some
transportation.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-10
MRS. ROOSEVELT TO
SHUN GEORGIA

ATLANTA, Nov. 10 (ANP)-
The racial bugaboo and the rumb-
ling primary troubles among the
Georgia Democrats brought the
state more embarrassment as two
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-10

cause any embarrassment SO please
accept my thanks for your kind
ness and my regrets that | cannot
now keep engagement"
Gov. Arnall replied to Mrs.
Roosevelt:
81 regret so much to learn of
your decision concerning your visit
to Georgia. President Franklin D..
Roosevelt was my great, good and
personal friend. His memory is
dear to the hearts of the people of
this state. Your courageous and
vigorous political stand for those
things you believe to be true, right
and just is heartening to those of
us who believe in democracy, dig
nifty and decency.
'It is unfortunate that there are
those in our nation who would deny
to others the right to believe what
they will. 1t is a source of regret
and embarrassment to me and your
other Georgia friends that two
members of the Young Democrats
so far forget themselves, propri-
eties and southern hospitality as to
be guilty of discourtesy and disre-
spect to the widow of our great
Presidnt and to a woman who
means so much to America.
'It is my hope that you will visit
Georgia soon and accept the hos
pitality of the governors mansion
during your stay here. will be
happy to escort you to Warm
Springs when you can arrange to
come to Georgia. Have tried to
reach you over telephone without
success.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-10

officials of the Young Democrats
of Georgia resigned their posts be-
cause Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was
invited to address their December
meeting.
Mrs. Roosevelt later decided not
to come to Georgia and Gov. Arnall
expressed regret and embarrass-
ment" for the state.
Earl Wingi, chairman of the
membership committee, and Rob-
ert N. Fellows treasurer of the
white Young Democrats, had writ
ten Sid Williams, executive direc-
tor of the state organization, re-
signing and taking exception to a
reported intention to invite Negro
youths to the meeting which was to
have been addressed by Mrs. Roose-
welt. They accused Williams of be-
traying the confidence of his or
ganization and said jointly, "our
ideas are not in harmony with the
speaker, who, from press reports,
favors social equality" Further,
their statement continued, "By a
careful check you will find that SO
per cent of the members of the
Young Democrats of Georgia feel
the same way"
Winge and Fellows are both
state employees.
Announcement of the cancella-
tion of Mrs. Roosevelt's reservation
to speak to the Young Democrats
came through the office of Gov.
Arnall. Mrs. Roosevelt's message to
the governor said:
"Since message from Associated
Press about dissension within
ranks of Young Democrats over
my coming to Atlanta was given to
me / have thought seriously about
the engagement and have decided
it is much wiser for me to cancel
my coming as | do not want to
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Berlin) raises it to 70O,0O0. WIN
amputstions, frostbite, and the Sc
riously i'll who won't recover by
the end of the war, the figure rises
to 100000.
British aviation is hitting hard.
Rostock and Lubbock literally nave
been razed. Cologne has been MI
heavily. The Germans strike PACK
but with less violence. 1t only part
" consoles the German population,
which is accustomed always to give
it, and never to take it back. IL
leads many of them, who have de-
vastated half of Europe, to weep
about the brutality of the British
who are making innocent Prusslan
families homeless. The serious
thing is that they mean 1t.
'The trip didn't arouse much IN
terest in Italy. Everyone ex-
pected Hitler would announce an
offensive against the Russians. In
stead ne started one against the
German people (tetal mobilization.
so-calle0."
Tomorrow: Triumpflal March
through Cairo, is ii Duce's dream.)
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FORMER LEJEUNE
COMMANDER dies

NEW BERN, July 16. - Brig
Gen. David L. S. Brewster uoMC.
veteran of two world wars ant
first commanding officer OF the
Marine Barracks at New River,
now Camp Lejeune, died July ~
in Bethesda Naval hospital after
an illness of several months.
The funeral was held Thursday
afternoon in the Fort Meyer chapel
followed by interment IN AIRING
ton national cemetery. Honor airy
pallbearers included Gen. A. "A.
Vandegrift, commandment of the Ma
rine corps, with whom General
Brewster served at Lejeune.
Born in Washington, Genera
brewster was commissioned second
lieutenant in the corps IN l9lo.
By 1917 he had qualified as air
plane pilot, dirigible pilot and bal
loon pilot and in World War
flew a plane in antisubmarlne pa
troll from a base in the Azores
being with the First Marine Aero
nautic company to go ABROAD.
For service in Nicaraguan cam
paigns he was decorated by that
: Government. He had also served
in Santo Domingo, Panama and
China. After a year and a half as
first post conmndant at New Rlv-
er. where he will always be asso-
ciated with pioneer work on that
mammoth installation, he was
transferred in April, 1913, to the
First Marine Anphibious corps
and went to the Pacific theatf@,
H was awarded the Legion OF
Merit for operations in the Mari
anas. Later he became chief Of
staff of the administrative COM
mand of the Fleet Marine Force.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-17
REV. JOHN MACLEOD
ADDRESSES CHURCH
AUXILIARY MONDAY

The Rev. John D. Macleod, min
lister to the Carolina Beach and
Myrtle Grove Presbyterian church
es, discussed yesterday before
members of the Woman's Auxil-
larry of the First Presbyterian
church of Wilmington at their July
meeting, the various war services
of the Presbyterians, and the Post
war program of the Presbyterian
Training School for Lay Workers
at Richmond, Va.
A part of the meetings devotion
al service, conducted by Miss
Elizabeth McWhorter, who recently
became director of religious edu-
cation for the church, was dedl-
Gated to the memory of Mrs. R..
P. McClammy, who died last
week. The meeting was held at the
Little Chapel on the Boardwalk,
which is operated by the Whining
ton church.
Following the meeting a picnic
luncheon was held at the Wrights-
vile Beach home of Mrs. c. Heide
TraSk.
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Nv KENNETH l.. DIXON

OCCUPIED GERMANY (P) -
When the public relations officer
of the 84th Division heard of it,
he practically broke a hamstring
rushing to assign a reporter to COW
er the occurrence.
s'You know how to handle 1t, :"
the PRO instructed. Its dough-
boy dream job and that sort of
stuff
So the reporter hurried right
over and located Pfc. Marcel
Rhodes, Canton, N. c., who sure
enough was standing guard over a
well-filled German winery.
How do you like your job?,
the soldier was asked. do you do
much wine testing? What did you
do to deserve this assignment
II don't like it, replied Pfc.
Rhodes. Furthermore, I consider
it a drudgery and a BORE
''Ha, ha, that's good gag
chuckled the reporter apprecia-
lively, now tell me what kind of
wine you like best"
None" said Pfc. MARCEL
Rhodes, IT don't drink"
A short, short story: The men
who know most about discharge
points in the 325th Field Artillery
are the clerks in the personnel sec
ton who have been adding and
subtracting them for the guys in
the outfit for several weeks. There
is, however, not a single man in
the entire section who has enough
points to get out of the Army.
Despite what they have always
said, it begins to look as though
some of the boys aren't going to
try too hard to forget all about
it, in the postwar years after all.
Many outfits already are form
ing organizations for division,
corps and Army reunions after
they have returned to civilian life.
They are drawing up charters and
taking memberships, electing Off
GERS and selecting rganizational
headquarters.
Plans generally call for one full
membership meeting a year with
various smaller sessions for hand
Ling any problems which might
arise, such as postwar legislation
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Belgian Parliament
Will Convene Today

BRUSSELS, July 16.-R-Prime
Minister Achille Van Acker an
nounced today after a four-hour
cabinet meeting that parliament
would be convened tomorrow to
work out the next step in the I'M
passe produced by King Leopold S
decision that he would not abdlcate
nor return Immediately to Bel
GUM.
Van Acker said that "due to the
gravity of the situation another
cabinet meeting would be held
tonight.
Meanwhile rumors circulated
that the King, through regent
Prince Charles, had sent mes
sage to the Belgian people de-
claring that he wished to await
the results of general election
before definitely making up his
mind
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-17
Croft Surrounds Family
OF Duce Mistress; Nazis
Agree u. S. A Bluff
(Continued From Page Four)

"Hitler looks tired, is determined
and laxative. :. The winter months
in Russia have borne heavily upon
him. I see for the first time that
he has many gray hairs.
..What does the future hold? Rib
bentrop is less explicit. Offensive
against the Russians in the south,
with the oil wells as political-mlll-
tarv detectives. When Russia's
sources of oil are exhausted, her
knees will bend. Then the British
conservatives, and why not Church
i'll himself, who is sensible man,
will bow to save what remains OF
their mauled empire. :.
What if the British, who are stub
born, choose to continue? Airplanes
and submarines, says Ribbentrop.
We 60 back to the 1910 formula
But it didn't give results then, and
was discarded. Now they pull it
out again.
"America is big bluff This slo-
gen is repeated by everyone, large
and small, in the chambers and
nte-chambers. It's my belief that
the thought of what the Americans
can and vii do disturbs them ALL
The Germans close their eyes in
order not to see.
For France, they feel more diff
fidence than friendship. Laval is
unconvincing. The true spirit of the
French is expressed more clearly
by the typesetter who risked his life
so the paper appeared with the
name of Petain changed to PCtain
| (streetwalker).
Fuehrer Puts His Audience to Sleep
'On the second day after lunch,
when everything had been said
Hitler talked for an hour and &c
minutes without interruption. He
omitted nothing: War and peace
religion and philosophy, art anc
history. Mrssolini looked at his
wristwatcA. I had my mind on my
own business. Only Cavallero Qtal
ian supreme commander) pretend
ed he was listening in ecstasy.
Gen. Jodl Hitler's personal CHIEF
of staff went to sleep on divan
after an epic struggle. Gen. Keite.
was staggering, but succeeded ir
keeping up his head. He was toe
close to Hitler to let himself 60
"One does not see any physically
fit men on the streets of German
cities and villages. Women. chill
dren and old men. Also foreign la
borers. Slaves of the earth Edds
(Ciano'S wife n d Mussolini' s
daughteD, who visited camp fol
Italian workers, found a man who
had been wounded on his arms by
the scythe blows of a brutal guard
She told Hitler, who staged a fit oil
anger and ordered all sorts of ar
rests and investigations. It won'i
change the course of events.
Losses in Russia are heavy
Ribbentrop says 275,OO dead. Our
Gen. Marras military attache in
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in which the outfit might be inter
eSted.
Another interesting phase of
postwar planning concerns division,
corps and Army histories. Every
body is writing one or has one
written-and this correspondent
personally does not want to be
around when a couple of division
historians get together to compare
notes.
That is partly the result of read
ing small booklet type histories
which the outfits have been put
ting out for, the past several
months and partly from consider
able experience working with first
one division and then another.
At this monet, I can name three
separate outfits which admittedly
were individually responsible for
the St. Lo break through, five di-
visions each of which was the first
to reach or break the Siegfried
line, half a dozen which were the
first to reach the Rhine, similar
number which were closest to Ber-
lin when the war ended or deepest
into Germany, and I have long
since lost count of the various out
fits which finally stopped the Ger
mans in the Ardennes break
through.
What is more, every one of
them can prove it, too.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-17
Philip Morris Company
Buys Only Leaf Supply

NEW YORK, July 16.-tR-Al-
fred E.. Lyon, president of Philip
MMorris Co., Ltd, today said his
company had purchased the only
important available supply of rip
ened and matured tobacco now
existing in the United States"
The purchase amounted to
about 100000 pounds and cost
in excess of $10,000,O00 Lyon said.
Philip Morris & Co. bought the
tobacco from TransAmerica Corp.
which acquired it through it's in
terest in Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co.
This tobacco will allow US i'm
mediately to make more c;ga-
rettes and consequently will ease
the SHORTAGE" Lyon said.
The purchases, the second major
increase announced by Philip Nor
ris in the past go days, will build
up the companys inventory for
the duration, Lyon added.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-17
New Marks Machinery
Garage Site Cleared

Construction of a $4,000 brick
and steel one story garage at lozl
North Third street for the Marks
Machinery company got unoe1
way with the clearing OF the slte
for the building this week.
Announcing the issuance OF a
building permit to the owners OF
the concern this morning, City
Building Inspector Gilbert F. Nor
ton, said the work, to be done by
Leon Jewell, contractor, of San
ford, is expected to take about 80
days.
He revealed that six houses were
being demolished to clear the
site.
The machinery company is now
located on Third street, between
Market and Princess.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-17
Craven War Bond Drive
155 Per Cent Over Top

NEW BERN, July 16.-With
record high of 81, 428, s71.50 chalk
ed up to its credit during the Sew
enth War Loan drive, Craven couri-
ty citizens subscribed it's overall
quota by 255 per cent, accordlne
to official figures announced oy
County Campaign Chairman D.
Gaskill Mcdaniel
A total of $638, 400 in "E'' bonos
was reported for the drive, OF o.
per cent above the $60O,OGO quoed
in this classification. This was ~
per cent above the "E' bona SAFE
| Ct 1915, 1925 during the Sixth Wal
Loan campaign.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-17
Proposed Meeting Stirs
Lively Chinese Debate

CHUNGKING, July 16. M A
proposal to seek postponement of
meeting of the Chinese National
Assembly, set for Nov. IL to in
troduce constitutional government
in China, stirred lively debate
at a session of the Peoples Po-
lit;cal Council.
Several members argued that
fresh elections should be held for
the National Assembly, wAich was
chosen more than eight years ago.
The Assembly originally was
scheduled to meet in 1887, but
the war interviewed.
During the debate, some Coun-
ell speakers cvriticiZed Gen. Sheng
Hsih-Tsai, Minister of Agriculture
and Forestry, for his earlier adj
ministration as Governor of Sim
kiang Province. Generalissirno
Chang Kai-Shek removed him as
governor as friendly gesture to
Soviet Russia.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-17

When baked for weddings, bak-
lava, a cake of the Near East,
may have as many as thousand
paper-thin LAYERS.
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RALEIGH, July 16-W.p)-W; X
Beicher, forest fire protection chlel'
said today that "a fires were le
ported in the state protected arAs
during the month of June. causing
an estimated damage of s25,362.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-17
Pvt. Jack E. Smiley Now
In U. S. Naval Hospital

Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Smiley, Pine
Grove. Wilmington, have been IN
formed that their son, Pvt. Jack
E. Smiley, who was severely
wounded in June on CxinaWa, has
been evacuated to the u. S. Ma
val hospital at Mare Island, Cal.
Pvt. Smiley entered the Marine
Corps on October 25, 1944.
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FIVE FACE DEATH

MILAN, July 16-R-Five 1tal-
ian youths-all in their twenties-
faced possible death sentences as
their trial, the first of its kind IN
Northern Italy, ended today before
an Allied military tribunal. The
five were accused of the posses
sion of arms, looting and robbery
with firearms, and the Staying of
two civilians.
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WITH THE AEF
Odd Jobs And Stuff

in which the outfit might be inter.
ested.