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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
Gen. Stilwell Wants
Infantryman Badge

WASHINGTON, March ~.
General Joseph W. stllwen, wAs
already can wear most Of me ne
medals in the book, has yen fof
still another. But he can't nave
it.
The medal, the Army disclosed
today, is the combat infantryTnan
badge awarded for satisfactory
in ground combat against the Ell
envy. j,
Stilwell, chief of Army GROUND
Forces, has had plenty Of Such e%
perience. But there's eaten. Inv
infantryman badge goes only "
Officers, warrant officers ana en-
listed men" assigned TO lnfanu!
regiments, battalions and un,n
Of such organizations. Stll"eH'
rank keeps him from getting IL
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
State Department Asks Power
For Large Slash In Tariffs
BY JACK BELL

WASHINGTON, March 17.-(R-
The administrations bid for tar
Introducing authority looks to
some senators like move in the
campaign 10 trade the British out o.
their empire preference system
But that doesn't popularize it with
the high-duty group.
With resumption of postwar in
ternational commerce in view, the
state department has asked fol-
power to cut tariffs as much as sc
per cent under levels of last Jan
uary l. Along with extension Of
trade agreements authority.
Chairman George D-Ga) of the
Senate Finance Committee told g
reporter It is his understanding
the primary objective isto put the
United States in a position where
it can urge Britain to junk the
scheme by which members of the
commonwealth give tariff prefer.
ences to each other.
In return, the state department
could promise tariff reductions
that might be pleasing to the Brit.
ish. Australians, Canadians and
others. But George said he ex.
pected the request for duty-cuttins
mower to "aggravate' the usual
Senate fight on reciprocal agree
ment authority.
Duties on some items which al
ready have ben reduced by one.
half from the level fixed by Con-
gress in the Smoot-Hawlev bill
last direct action by the 1egisla-
tors on tariff schedules-could be
halved again under the pronose5
new authority. Thus thew would
represent charges only one-fourth
of what Congress approved in
1928.
sem confident they can Obtain
Of strong Senate opposition.
Senator Taft of Ohio chairman
Of the Republican stering Com.
m mittee, predicted that most minor oelr.
ity members will fight extension
Of the trade agreements authority.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
JAPANESE KILL
u. S. CIVILIANS

SAN FRANCISCO, March IT,
P)-A wave of wanton killings OF
Americans by the japanese in
Manila in which two prominent
business executives, a leading wo-
man social worker and many 9th
ers were executed during the week
just PRIOR to the arrival of Yank
liberation forces, is reported in
letter reaching the United States
from the Philippines.
Among those who were said to
have met untimely death because
they sought to aid fellow-Ameri-
cans and keep them from starv-
ing were:
Carr.ll C. Grinnell, of Albany,
N. Y, far eastern representative
of General Electric International
A. F. Duggleby, of Colorado and
California, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Benquet and
Balatoc gold mining companies.
Mrs. Blanche Jurika, the former
Blanche Walker, of Los Angeles.
The reports said among those ex-
ecuted with Grinnell and Duggleby
was Clifford Larsen, of Los An
geles, assistant sales manager of
the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific COM
pany of Manila, construction
concern.
Grinnell was head of the internee
committee at the Santo
Tomas camp in Manila for more
than a year Duggleby was one
Of the chiefs of supply and finance
in the camp food organization.
Mrs. Jurika was widely known as
a social worker, author and radio
commentator.
A letter just received by the
writer from Prof. v. v. Clark, a
mining engineer well known in the
vest and South America, said
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON,
Associated Press W. oN

In the absence Of offin; na'ya
sian advices from the middle 0 Na'.
sector OF the east front, devel t.s
ments on the Rhine and esneo e.op'
IN the Saar salient west ~ 10y NY
Rhine have monopolized tho - ue
news from Europe. war
There seems no reason n do,,,,
that Marshal zhukov's White N eu'
sian Army after the captlIr. .'0 >,
Kuestrin on the middle 0der W :.
gained footings west of III, ri No.
as Berlin has broadcast repeatsd.
ly. Even so, Russian silenc.
to the situation on that front az
Moscow press advices stressina
reports of multiple Nazi detsns.
lines in the depth all the wan ~
Berlin suggest that Red Armis'
are finding the KuestriD.FrsnI
furt stretch of the Oder the tough.
est nut to crack since they iumpsd
off from the Vistula. Except IN,
d otalln announcement Of IN.
taking of that part of Kuestrin
lying on the east bank - the river
Moscow has had nothing whatever
to say officially of development,
in the middle Oder theater tor
many days.
That segment of the line on
which the Russians stand nearest
to Berlin represents only frac.
ton OF the Neisse-Oder line thew
hold from the northern flank Of
the Sudeten range of Stettin At
the head of the Oder estuary,
Judged by past performance, Red
Army leadership is likely 10
waste little time shifting its plans
and armies for break-throughs
elsewhere on the flanks if frontal
assault proves too costly or too
slow.
1t may prove significant that
Moscow dWells more on the siege
of Stettin than on what is happen.
ing on the middle Oder. Between
SchWedt and Stettin on the lower
Oder northeast of Berlin lies the
best military maneuver ground
west of the river available along
the whole eastern front, 1t is most
ly flat plain scanned with roads
and rail spurs and through it Just
south of Stettin passes the main
military highway from Berlin to
East Prussia, now completely in
Russian hands east of the Oder
1t is a reasonable assumption
that much as the Russians would
like to take Berlin, they, like tn.
Allied command, are fare more
interested in destroying German
armies in the field All the odds
are now against Germany IN
both fronts. The prime objective
of Russian and Allied campaigns
alike is to break through Nazi fixed
defenses whether along the Oder
or the Rhine on a scale and in a
terrain that would result in man.
euver opportunities. The Russians
demonstrated their ability in
maneuver warfare across Poland
to we'll to doubt what must happen
to the German Army, and hap
pen quickly, once they get across
the Oder in sufficient force and
in a terrain suitable for fast
movement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18

at the curb. The Scouts, and the Jaycees
who are supervising the collection, will do
the rest.
An important thing is that paper be bundled
and securely tied or packed in containers, to
speed the lob and facilitate shipment. Also,
it is important to have contributions al the
curb to save time and enable the youngsters
to make their rounds in the hours available.
If they are required to 60 into back yards
or upstairs much time will be- lost winch
would imperil the thoroughness OF the can
vass.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
Navy Launches Search
For Former Employs

WASHINGTON, March l7-ln
The Navy has launched ma"
hunt" for some 10000 missing PEI,
sons, former civilian employs "
the service interned by the Japs
nese in Guam and the PhlllpplHe.,i,
A mobile unit of the bureau "
supplies and accounts and rep ss.
sentatives of U. S. employees cu11
pensation commission have NJ =.
Washington for the western ra.,
fic in an effort to square the p,
accounts of employees caught WH''
the Japs invaded those islanos'
The Navy said some of the cay
tives had been transferred
Japan and were still out OF resI.
but many have been released "
the Marines and Army tro0p'
OF General Douglas Macarthur
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
Gen. Eisenhower Warns
German Civilians To
Flee Two War Sectors

LONDON, March II -(P)- Gen
Eisenhower broadcast a warning
tonight to German civilians and
foreign workers in the Frankfurt.
On-Main and Observation-Disclosures.
shafen areas to flee to safer places
because these sectors would be
subjected to merciless lombard
ment.
The warnings, broadcast by the
BBC's European service on order
of the supreme Allied command
err, said:
From now on no shelter or re-
fuge can be considered safe"
Put out in German, French,
Dutch, Czech, Polish and Flemish
the message said the Allied Ar.
mics were determined to DESTROY
the German war machine but want.
ed to spare the German civilian
population and foreign workers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
BY LEWIS HAWKINS
Substituting for Kenneth L. DixOn)

WITH U. S. SEVENTH ARMY
-(P-At 46, 1t. Rudolph Steinnlan
received the Distinguished Service
Cross and the Silver Star for feats
that would have been remarkable
in man half his age.
A stocky, ruddy-faced weapons
man, he won the DISC last Noveln-
Der when as sergeant he led an
ammunition detail to company
cut off in the Vosges mountains.
Acting as one-man patrol, he
cleared out a machine-gun nest,
killing two and capturing 16, to
open the route to the company.
. At the outset of the Germans
New Years Day attack nea' Bitche,
Sgt Steinman led his machine-gun
section in recapturing a height,
then manned gun nearest the en-
envy, firing 1900 rounds of ammu-
milton and driving back successive
waves of attackers with heavy cas-
ualties. This won him the Silver
Star and a battlefield commission.
Born in Switzerland, Steinman
ran away from cadet school at Is
to join the French Foreign Lee
gion. He was with the First French
Legion in combat in Belgium when
his father obtained his release be-
cause of his youth.
We went to the United States
later and served in the American
Army most of the time from 1923
to 1887. Then he worked in New
York where his last job was at
the Olive Tree Inn at 1913 East 23rd
St. Steinman rejoined the Army
in 1912, and was assigned to the
399th regiment Oh the Tooth Divi-
sion where he still is serving. He
has a sister, Mrs. Lena Stein
ger living in CTS Melrose Ave.
Chicago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
WITH THE AEF:
Reward For Valor

rifle platoon out on a night mis-.
sion, went along the line in pitch
darkness feeling each mans cloth
ing.
He came upon one man whose
clothing did not feel right. Withou:
hesitation he crashed stiff RICH!
hand punch into the strangers jaw
and one more infiltrating Ger.
man landed in the 36th Division S
prisoner cage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
Extra-Curricular

In one column we read that Henry Wallace
is 50 fascinated with aviation he proposes to
learn to fly. In another an Atlanta realtor
suggests that he be made the nations gen.
eralissirno in war against slunls.
Both, Of course, are fine, in their way,
but it is hard to see how they will make
him better Secretary of Commerce.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18

Grinnen, Duggleby and a dozen
other American internees were
taken from the Santo Tomas camp
led to a vacant lot. and shot into
common grave. Later the bodies
were recovered by American SOL
diers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
BUS PASSENGERS HURT

PROVIDENCE, R. I. March IL.
-U.R-Some % passengers were
injured and score more shaken
tonight when United Electric
Railway Co., bus failed to negoti-
ate a turn and crashed into an
overpass upright.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
HITS JACKPOT

During lull in the fighting, med
les and dentists have been treat
ing many civilians and while it is
against rules to accept money,
small gifts from grateful citizens
are not frowned upon.
Capt. Max Miller, dentist from
Baltimore with the 18th Armored
Division, said: Il think I hit the
jackpot when I pulled butcher S
teeth. He gave me four steaks and
string of sausage"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
RAM FIGHTING

S-Sgt. William A. Arc, of Balti
more, Md, and PFC. George Me,
genovich, of Holidays Cove, w
Va, think infantry basic training
ought to include something about
ram fighting.
The two seth Division soldiers
were foraging through deserted
village when large papa sheep
started following them.
When Mergenovich tried to chase
it away, it chased him into small
room with one door and a small
window. While the ram pursued the
private about the small room, A1o
made a flank attack with chain.
This only diverted the rams at
tack to Arc and when he scrambled
hastily through the window, the
sheep returned to chasing the orl-
vate. Mergenovich finally manag-
ed to seize a chair and, using it
lion tanner fashion, squeezed
through the window backward
Tending off his tormentOr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
TOP O. THE MORNING

Never a weary, wayworn sheep IN the
great world flock today
But may hear the call Of the Sheperds
voice, may follow Him and obey.
The Sheperd hath ransomed the great world
flock, He hath bought it for His own;
And He loveth and guardeth it one by one,
as were each in the world alone.
Margaret E. Sangster.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18

FEELS OUT PRISONER
1t. Clarence F. Bardberry, of
Nitro, w. Va, before moving his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20

ment represents compromise by both sides"
 Both parties held long caucuses over the deadlock, and House Re- publican Leader Herbert L. Wan derer, Bethel, was said to have ap- preached Democratic Senator Leader Leon Ris Cassi, Hartford, to obtain his reaction to the amendment.
 Ris Cassi reportedly inquired
 Now what scheme have you got up your sleeve on the war power bill?"
 Wanderer said he tried to explain the compromise.
 My answer is mo-" Ris Cassl answered, according to Wanderer.
 Ris Cassi he said, told him. I'm tired of the war powers bill and don't want to discuss It."
 Republicans, who felt they were making a great concession in shift ing from their outright demand for restoration of the war powers, no strings attached. as had been hope full the amendment would be snap ped up by the Democrats.
 Because of the Democratic re- fusal to consider the proposition, the house referred a war powers bill giving the governor authority to act in the poultry emergency, to the agriculture committee.
 Both chambers then adjourned after approving two common pleas court judgeships apiece.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
Few GripeS Here


 Waterburians as a whole ex- pressed few gripes when they heard the government had proclaimed a midnight curfeW for night clubs, theaters, road houses and other places of entertainment in order to save fuel.
 Most people said their social &C., tivitieS had been severely curtailed since the beginning of the war, and they were so weary because of long CT working hours they retire long before midnight. A few were dis turfbed however, to hear that their favorite restaurant or bar would close on midnight Saturday, however, since it is their only night out
 The greatest inconvenience in- voked by the midnight closing order will fall upon second shift workers who usually visit downtown res- taurant or bar after completing their days work at local wartime factories just before midnight.
 Most Waterbury restaurant own CTS and managers of amusement centerS expressed little concern when they heard of the action taken by War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes, since they said they serve few customers after midnight.
 Bowling alleys and bingo centers normally close in this city before midnight, and movie houses rarely rarely have shows later than II or 1l:30 D. m. and therefore will not be disturbed by the Byrnes ruling, survey reveals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20

Radio Tokyo said second Amer lean assault group Stor1ned ashore at an unspecifled point on the rocky east coast north of the 2 1-2 mile long original beachhead under cover of darkness last night.
 The troops went ashore at point where the cliffs were 30 to 45 feet high and very bad for landing oper- ations, Tokyo said. Japanese garri- son forces intercepted the invaders at the waters edge and furious fighting is at present in progress" the broadcast said.
 NimitzS communique reported that the northern sector of the or iginal beachhead was extended 250 yards inland yesterday despite in~ tense mortar and artillery fire. Equipment and supplies were being unloaded on the southern beaches.
 Observers who flew over Ewo to- day reported that the Japanese were pouring heavy artillery and mortar fire into the ranks of the Marines.
 They said the fanatical Japanese fought from protective positions along the ridges of the volcanic island and from a maze of foxholes.
 The defenders of the northern end of the main air field were reported solidly entrenched, and the Amer means were paying for every inch they gained.
 BattleshipS Participate
 BattleShips, cruisers and destroy CTS standing offshore blasted the Japanese Strongholds necessarily, while carrier planes swarmed over the island in gunning and rocket at- tacks.
 Although a communique carried the invasion onl yt1lrough it's first day, 1t wasevident that predictions of bitter and bloody fighting were being borne out.
 While the marines slightly ex- banded their grip on the southern air field, the first main objective, on the north flank the resistance was especially bitter.
 In the northern ridges and on Surabachi the entrenched enemy was able to pour heavy mortar and artillery fire on the advanced ele- ments.
 Although Siribachi was cut off by the plunge across the island, the Japanese on the Volcanic Crater still were able to lay down deadly fire on the American positions.
 Casualties in the south were light, but on the open slopes east of the arfleld bitter fighting was under way and casualties were more numerous, the communique said.
 Enemy positions on the island were under heavy naval gunfire and aircraft bombing, strafing and rocket attacks throughout the day the communiue said.
 The Marines were fighting their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
FinaI Manila Assault Near
(Continued from Page D

NSOLlOAAAhC0 4AOIL I o6O A(
 Heaviest fighting was reported from the bay front, where the 37th Infantrymen pushed three block' west from the Philippines General Hospital and began attacking enemy positions on the university grounds
 Japanese pillboxes at the univers- ity were being destroyed systematic ally by artillery and mortars. But the Americans were meeting con- siderable fire from Japanese guns around the high commissioners home, which already was in ruins.
 In pushing to the university grounds, the 37th routed strong enemy defenses and captured Santo Theresa College and the German club.
 The assault on the 18th Century wall was concentrated on the east side of Intramuros. Front reports said the big guns were tearing hole in the masonry and no signs ot life appeared within the walled city.
 Most of the buildings, including Fort Santiago and the Spanish gar- rison, were believed to have been destroyed or badly damaged by the barrage. Observers described the Japanese inside Intramuros as in desperate plight.
 General Douglas MacArthur again went to the front lines and visited the sector where infantrymen were pushing northward against the Jap aneSe pocket.
 A front dispatch quoted 37th Division colonel that the Japanese had used screen of Filipinos around them when they attempted to push a large gun onto Wallace field just south of Intramuros.
 A survey of the recaptured sec- ton of Manila meantime revealed that the entire business and con- mercial area was destroyed by Japanese demolitions, fires and street fighting. The section com- prised approximately one-f1fth of Manila proper-an area comparable in size to Manhattan.
 MacArthur's communiue disclosed that American troops seized the towns of Hagonoy and Tagig on the northwest shore of Laguna Bay, ap- proximately four miles southeast Of Fort Mckinley.
 American planes and PIT boats continued steady attacks on Japan csc shipping throughout the Philip pines and in the China Sea. PIT boats sank four barges in Manila Bay and destroyed small cruiser of Cebu. Heavy bombers again ratd- ed Formosa, dropping l75 tons of explosives on Takao. where an aluminium plant and rail yards were damaged. Three small freighters were damaged off shore. A 3.0O0-ton freighter was bombed of the China coast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20

Cicco had earmarked portion for her husband.
 It was clear, however, that part of the estate would be liquidated into cash. Mrs. DiCicco, serious minded and arty though she is, has found 1t increasingly difficult to live on less than $50,00O a year. Last year, she spent $57,l32, on herself, gave her mother $2l 900, her grandmother, 5000 and an old nurse 5000.
 She also gave her husband . gold cigarette case and cuff links set which cost her more than $1,00O, paid out 130,O00 in taxes, and asked for SS,00O to set up a home near an army camp where her husband was then stationed.
 { And even then, she ran over the eourt-approved allowance and had to pawn more than 5000 worth of jewelry to meet her bills.
 This year, instead of getting the allowance thta has ranged from $14yOO0 when sch was IT and unmar- ried to the $57,132 last year, she can take the full estate income of $137,000 and, of course, any other cash she wishes to realize.
 Mrs. Vanderbilt said that she and her daughter had not talked seri- ously" about any financial present but did not outlaw the idea. DiCic- co said he'd rather not discuss whe- ther he would get any cut or not. and Gilchrist said in connection with a possible financial settlement, neither side has asked for any, thing whatsoever"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
Tax Design Here
 Meets Standards
(Continued from Page D

it's tax balance still due by approxi- mately $914, ,796. As of December, 1889, total of $1,478, 194 in all type taxes was outstanding on the city's books. The following years figures Gall as of the closing month of the year) reveals the reduced outstand- ing balance. 1940-$l, ,285 TAP; 1941- $1 ,041 ,528; 1942 - $824 ,099; 1943 - $776,117, and as of the close of 1944 total of $563, ,396 remained out standing.
 AS stated here yesterday Water bury's improved tax picture is par tially the result of wartime pros perity and the concerted effort by the administration of the late Mayor Scully and the present ad. ministration to lessen the deli quency rate and increase the cur- rent collections. This same situa- tion has been general throughout the nation it is revealed by the report of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
 Too, Waterbury's general finan- cial picture changed accordingly with the times, as revealed in the report whereby 50 cities with poprl- lations of over 50.000 were chosen to show the trend of city current account positions over the War years.
 The report states: This examina- tlon discloses that at the end of l941, 20 of the 50 cities had cumu- lative cash deficits totaling over $22 million, while 30 cities had cumula- tive cash surpluses totalling over $21 million. That is, for the 50 cit les as 8 whole. year-cnd current liabilities exceeded current cash by $584,81
 Two years later, at the close of 1943, the situation has changed markedly. The number of cities with cash deficits had declined from 20 to 12 and the total of cash deficits had dropped from over $22 million to $6 million. Not only had the number of cities with cash sur pluses increased from 30 to 38, but the total of cash surpluses had ris- en from about $21 million to almost $45 million. For the 50 cities as whole. the overall cash deficit of $584.817 had been replaced by al cash surplus of $38, 651 ,923."
 Again 1t is noted, by analysis of the report on the nation, generally, that the city follows closely the pro- cedure of other cities. AS the report notes-"The great majority of cities have taken more or less advantage of the opportunity offered by un- precedently good tax collections to strengthen their current accounts, and in many instances to build up and preserve cash surpluses. They are in the best condition financially in many years"
 Waterbury now is accommodating surplus within it's capital and non- recurring funds for use in fimanc- ing postwar constructions which include tentative plans for a muni- cipal airport, municipal buildings as war memorials, sewage disposal plant, extensive street and road and bridge construction and repairs and similar measures.
 The city's concerted tax drive on delinquent taxes continues at this time with old-age delinquents being pressed for payments overdue It is expected that this effort will still further reduce the general tax deli- quency picture here, during 1945. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS