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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-03
Heroic Ga. Seaman
Gets Silver Star

CHARLESTON. 6 C.-For hero
ism ~ exposing himself 20 Nazi
Gre while giving frs, old 20 his
sl.pmaieS Vile Jar-es Jackson.
q navy cook fr0m Valdosia Ga.
gas awarded the Silver Star this
eek
Altaouch he Wa, suffering in-
cnsc pain from ,hrarrcl wounds
received !E me hcad and 'nrr
wnle administering hgg a.c 20 his
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-03

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-03
UN-C0vERING
WASHINGTON
80.
By HARRY S. McALPik
white House Correspondent
(ReIeased Through the Atlantis
Daily world BY NNPA

There has been a 10, Of talk
around Washington and through
out the country about Adam Powell
In Congress. Some people have
thrilled at the prospect that THIS
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-03
MAN DEAD IN BLAZE

SOUTH BEND. Ind. - Trapped
by fire in his one room apartment
in converted garage. Floyd Lee.
died Sunday OF ssphyxistion. it
was reported. Three other ten
ants escaped
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DRAFT ADVOCATED
FOR PEACE ARMY
Leaders Convinced It |.
Only Way To Maintain
Big Force
BY WILLIAM F. ARBOGAsT

WASHINGTON, May 2-@-
Congressional advocates of peace
time draft said today army lead
ers are convinced the draft is the
only way a postwar military force
of $500, 900 "availables'' can be
maintained.
While the army has insisted that
ut has no definate plans for the
size of the postwar military estab-
lishment, it submitted to the House
Military committee this week a
written statement containing these
words:
'aThe active reserve will be COM
posed of those individuals and units
sufficient in types and numbers
which will, together with the. other
corpponents, constitute an overall
ba1Ehced force in the army Of the
UnHed States of four and one-haE
mil Non (4,5OO, 900 mem -
Fiat figure, an army spokes.
ma said, is strictly "a planning
figure and represents the avail
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. y
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CHURCHILL MAY
Give VOTE hint
May Indicate Date OF Elec.
tion In Anniversary
Broadcast Today

LONDON, May 12.-R-Britain
anticipates that Prime Minister
Churchlll may give hint during
MS anniversary broadcast Sunday
night 8 p. m. E.W.T.) of when it
can expect general election in 10
years, the longest stretch this coun-
ry mas gone in modern times with
'ul choosing a parliament.
Ihere is almost unanimous opin-
ION the election will be this year,
probably either in July Or in Oc-
.Ooer' August and September gen
sfally are ruled out for voting as
harvest.
H.. hot fight aside from party plat
t ~ appears developing around
,.nufehlll's dual position as both
Saoer OF the conservative party,
post he accepted five months af-
,el becoming prime minister, and
'equef OF the nations war effort.
LAD. LABOR ministers in the coalition
suinet nave stated that while they
nave pledged allegiance to Church.
AoVAtihued on papa Two. CoJ Az
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FRANCE ANXIOUS
TO FIGHT JAPAN
Barjot Says Allies Turn
Down Offers To Send
Men To Far East

PARIS, May 12-B-Admira
Pierre Barjot Of the French Gen
eral Staff said today that thu
French wanted to fight the Jap
anese land we don't care where
but that repeated requests by thu
Government to send troops to the
Far East for combat duty hae
been turned down by the Alice
combined Chiefs of Staff.
1--WE can't understand the reason,
the Admiral added.
Barjot said France had four di
visions ready to 60 to the Pacific
but there was no indication auth
orization would be given for the
units to be shipped out.
The Admiral said the French
completed the arming of a bat
talon of Commands over yeal
ago and formally requested last
November that 1t be sent to the
Pacific. The unit was specially
equipped and trained for jungle
fighting.
'Tt took three months to get ar
answer" he said, land when the
answer arrived it was negative .
The French, he said, again re
quested permission to send troops
to the garrison also had been re-
fighting flared in Indo-China be-
tween the japanese and the French
garrison.
He said the French garrison Of
about 10000 men had pinned down
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Are Vanguard OF Approx
inlately 1900, 900 To
:, Be Discharged Seen
(By C.,e Associated Press)

Men who took it at Kasserine
Pass and dished it out from New
Guinea to Normandy-2,500 Of
thenl-went back to civilian life
yesterday after years Of the hard
est soldering in history
They were the vanguard of some
100000 to be released by the
Army specific ally because they
have done mans full duty to
country. Nearly all wore battle
stars for the bloodiest combats
of World Wa II. Rows of short
gold stripes on sleeves betokened
long service abroad, in many cases
three years and more.
From military posts in various
parts of the nation they walked out,
still clad in khaki but no longer
answerable to the bugler's call.
They have three months, if they
wish, to get home from the point
where they were discharged be-
fore they must take off their uni
forms and hang them up in the
family closet. On ceremonial &C.
casions they can brush off the dust
and wear them again, along with
whatever battle decorations they
won. -.-1
Those discharged yesterday were
veterans of battle in Europe and
the Pacific, home for rest but In
most cases expecting to go back
until they came under the point
discharge system adopted by the
Army.
With a minimum of IS points =
for fatherhood, length of service.
time overseas, and combat awards
required for discharge, the men $
scores ranged up to the 1873 points
reported for Sgt. Irby Garner OF
Andalusia, Ala, who was given MS
papers at Fort McPhe- Atlanta,
Ga.
For some of them freedom from
military Discipline, from the mud
and toll and blood and sweat and
noise of battle was still not quite
believable.
81 can hardly believe I'm beng
| fContinued on Page Two; Col. -
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U. S. WITHIN mile
OF ANOTHER FIELD
Two American Divisions
Pressing Enemy On
Philippine Island
BY RICHARD G. HARRIS

MANILA, Sunday, May IL
- (UP) - Swiftly-moving
columns of two American di-
visions, pressing enemy forces
from the north and south,
have captured one Japanese
airdrome and are within a
mile Of another in central
Mindanao, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur announced today.
The 31st Dixie Division advanc-
ing northward along the Sayre
highway in the mountainous in
terror secured the Maramag air
field, while the 10th (Western) Di-
vision smashed southwark 10 miles
from its beachhead on Macajalar
Bay to within a mile of the Del
Monte airfields, the Allied COM
munique reported.
The two Yank columns are now
less than 40 miles apart on the
main highway through the heart
Of Mindanao and are rapidly clos
ing in on other enemy airfields.
These fields long ago were neu-
tralized by Allied air power but
the Japanese left fairly strong gar
risons on them.
Enemy Surprised
Strong forces of the 10th landed
Thursday at Macajalar, caught the
enemy by surprise, and dashed
to the village of A1ae the same
day. There, they cracked the first
snemy defense line and drove an
other six miles to the vicinity Of
tie air strips.
AS the Japanese defenses
crumbled in the north, oath Divi-
son "Dogfaces" were steadily
pushing the enemy back from the
Davao port area of southern Min.
danao into the hills between the
Talomo and Davao rivers. The
enemy fought stubbornly and the
Americans had to break up sew.
eral night counter-attacks north
OF Davao and near the town Of
Mintal, four miles to the west.
On Luzon, two Yank columns
converging on the 1po damsite
20 miles northeast of Manila, clos.
ed the gap between them from
four to two miles. One unit was
north Of the dam and the other
to the south.
Allied light naval units patrol
ing the east coast Of Luzon de
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
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Russians Seize 1000
Nazis In Mop Up Drive
Big Three May Meet
In German Territory

LONDON, May 12-(R-Sec-
tons of the British press said
today the next meeting Of the
Big Three-President Truman,
Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Marshal Stalin-might'
be on German soil, and possi-
bly, In some Prussian country
house near Berlin.
The London Sunday Chroni-
Gle said Stain had rejected
London rs the site Of the Inn
portant difference ON vital
problems arising from victory
In Europe, while the Sunday
Times expressed the belief the
meeting would be in Germany.
The Times suggested that
Churchill has travelled more
than the other leaders and
"should not again be asked to
undertake q lengthy journey"
A hint that diplomatic re-
lations among the three big
powers have reached a deli
cate stage came this week
when he cautioned Commons
against foreign affairs de-
bate at this time.
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in the last few months, Dr. Dorton
pointed out that there still are sew
eral labor market areas in. which
shortages exist. re.
1--WE have had nothing but in an
indication from Washington that
labor controls will be relaxed DR..
Dorton said. 1--WE. have had no
direct orders to relax controls in
any area regardless of classified
ton. However, the North Carolina
War Manpower commission will
lift the labor control regulations
just as early as any other state.
Dorton said. an acute shortage
still exists in the New Bern area,
less acute shortages exist in the
Asheville, Charlotte, Winston-Sa1-
en- Greensboro, and Elizabeth City
areas, he said.
Continued ON Page Six; CD. y
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Seuenth War Loan Driue
Will Open Here Monday

Highlighting the opening of the
Seventh War Loan drive here Mon
day will be a Kickoff rally for
retail store employees at the Bailey
theater at 9 a. M, War Finance
committee officials announced yes
terday.
Following the showing of movie
short, featuring Bob Hope, the
store employees will hear a brief
war bond sale talk BY Postmaster
Wabar r. Dosher. Workers will
be asked to sell $500 worth Of
bonds individually during the
campaign, and merchants will be
requested to use bond displays
in their windows.
The Treasury department has
asked New Hanover citizens to
invest $5,167,00O in war bonds
during the campaign, which ends
June 80. Individuals are asked to
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-13
MORE NAZI SUBS
PREPARE TO QUIT
Ten Enter British Ports
With Others Standing
By To Be Received

LONDON, May Coastal
patrol aircraft have reported
sighting large numbers of Nazi
U-boats bobbing up in the At
lantic and North Sea ready to sur
render and by late today at least
ten had entered British ports with
another five standing by to be re-
ceived.
Most of the submarines were a
considerable distance from Amer
lean shores but some were be-
lieved to be heading for United
States and Canadian ports to give
up.
(Tke German submarine U-858,
first enemy vessel to surrender
in American home waters since
the outbreak of the war, is now
enroute to Cape May, N. j., where
Continued, IN Paro Two. Col 81
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be made to this pressing problem"
The point value increase an.
nounced today does not apply to
butter or margarine.
Bowles said the War Food Ad.
ministration's revised ALLEGATION
OF fats and oils for civilian use dur.
ing the April-June quarter is 814..
200, 600 pounds. The ALLEGATION pre-.
viously. approved for that period
was 1856, 500, 900 pounds.
OPA also announced that current
quarter supplemental allotments Of
fats and oils to industrial Users are
being reduced. That cut, he said
rate at which these products are
Will trim by about 20 per cent the
used by all except Pharmaceutical
manufacturers.
The Inter-Agency committee.
(Consinusd On PaSs 1hres, psl, q
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-13
ALLIED MILITARY
TO RULE TRIESTE
Will Also Control Sur
rounding Area Despite
Yugoslav Claims

WASHINGTON, May -. -(R)-
The United States tonight served
notice on Marshal Tito that the Al
lied military will control Trieste
and the surrounding area in north
eastern Italy despite Yugoslav
claims.
Noting that Marshal Tito, accord.
ing to radio reports, is setting up
national federal government
of Slovenia" in Trieste acting Sec
rotary of State Joseph c. Grew
issued public statement reaffir1n.
ing the policy of the United States
that territorial changes should be
made only after thorough study
and full consultation among the
governments concerned.
"Only on this basis can ade-
quate consideration be given to the
human, economic and political ell
ements involved and just and
stable solution be found" declared
Grew.
He said that solution of such
Continued on Page Two: Col. q
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Hinl1nler, Top
.Nazii Terror
Leader,
Coering Reported Indicted
As War Criminal On
Several Counts
BY EDWARD v. ROBERTS

LONDON, May, 12.-WD-Hen-
rich Himmlec, No. l surviving
Nazi terrorist, was reported an
Allied prisoner tonight and it was
learned that hefty Hermann Goer-
ing, who blandly denies any
wrongdoing, has been indicted as
war criminal on several book
fulls of evidence.
The Allied dragnet for the Nazi
murderers and scavengers of ov-
errun nations was rapidly catch
ing the fugitives, and dossiers and
witnesses were being prepared
for the judgment of international
courts determined to mete out
full expiation and punishment.
CHS Correspondent Charles Col
lingwood reported from Paris that
Himmler, Nazi home front dicta-
tor, chief of the Gestapo and spon-
sor of such terrorists as the late
Reinhard Heydrich, had been held
under house arrest in Flensburg
by Adm. Karl Doenitz.
."Doenitz is now believed to have
turned him over to British forces
in that area" Collingwood said.
"AIRTIGHT CASE"
AS for Goering, 81 would like
to prosecute him myself-we have
an alright case against him." said
member of the United Nations
War Crimes commission.
Goering mas been indicted on
at least eight counts, it was learn
ed, all but one of them arising
from his responsibility as min
lister of the Reich for the criminal
policies of the German govern
nent. The eighth count charges
him with specific responsibility
for forced labor and slavery pre-
grams within Germany in direct
violation of the articles Of the
Hague convention.
Hitler named. Goering commits
sioner OF the four-year economic
plan under which civilians {ros.1
conquered countries were enslav.
ed in conditions that frequently
brought On wholesale disease and
death. The actual documents out.
Continued ON Pare Three: Col. 81
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purchase 81, 478, 900 worth of Series
E bonds.
Farm leaders and wives, bankers
and businessmen will meet at 8
|p. m. Thursday, May II, at the
Wrightsboro Home Demonstration
clubhouse to discuss plans for CO.
originating the facilities of New
Hanover bankers with activities OF
the. County War Finance organiza-
ton and other groups taking part
in the Seventh War Loan CAM
|paign.
Individual ownership of war
bonds is a part Of the A. B. A.
Agriculture commission program
to keep agriculture financially
sound" and will be the general
theme of the Thursday night S
meeting.
The program will include dis
Continued ON Page Eight; Col. 81
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TRUMAN TO LEAD
VICTORY PRAYER
Special Services Schedul-
ed To Be Held Through
out Country Today

WASHINGTON, May 12- W.D -
President Truman tomorrow will
lead the nation in prayer for vic
tory over Japan and guidance into
the way of peace"
The President will offer his per
sonal prayer in one of Washington
churches. Throughout the country
special prayers will be said Tir
houses of worship of all creeds.
In proclairning victory in Europe
last Tuesday, Mr.. Truman desig-
mated tomorrow, which also is
Mothers Day, as a special day
Of thanks and supplication. He
said: ~
II call upon the people of the
United States, whatever their faith,
to unite in offering joyful thanks
to Coo for the victory we have
won and to pray that he will sup
port us to the end of our present
struggle and guide us into the way
of peace.
IT also call upon my country
men to dedicate this day of pray
er to the memory OF those who
have given their lives to make
possible our victory"
Mr.. Truman will observe Moth
er's Day with his mother-92-year-
old Mrs. Martha Truman Of Grand
View, Mo.-at his side.
Mrs. Truman flew here from
Grand View yesterday. 1t was her
first airplane trip, and she enjoy
ed it. Today the President sched-
uled no appointments because, the
White House said, he wanted to
spend as much time as possible
with his mother.
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Prisoners Face Job OF Re-
storing Ruined Red
Cities, Factories
BY ROMNEY WHEELER

LONDON Sunday, May 13.-P)-
Russian armies have captured
more than 700, 900 enemy troops
and 63 Nazi generals in hopping
up scattered resistance on the east
ern front since Germany'ss uncon-
Iitional surrender Tuesday, Moscow
said last night.
Thousands OF these troops w*re
being moved eastward by the Red
Army. They were bound for Rus
STA for the work Of restoring ruin
ed Soviet cities, villages and fac
tories. Before them now is 10
role of idle gentlemen, the Soviet
newspaper 1zvestia said.
The only area on the eastern
front where some German troops
still resisted was in Czechoslovakia
and Austria. But three Russian ar
mics had closed a ring around the
last remnants of Field Marshal
Ferdinand Schoerner's Middle
Army group in Czechoslovakia and
the trapped Germans were being
rounded up in a 1,200-square mile
pocket.
In Austria, another Soviet army
was clearing dispersed units Of
Nazi Col. Gen. Otto Woehler's Army
from hideouts in the Austrian
Alps, but the last enemy surren-
der-resisters in the two countries
were giving up the fight and sur
rendering.
In Czechoslovakia and Austria,
a total of 475,00O German captives
had been seized. Along with the
prisoner haul taken from Latvia to
Czechos1ovakia, the Russians bag
Continued on Page Eight; Col. s.
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Ration Values For Lard
And Other Fats Boosted

WASHINGTON, May 12-R-
Price Administrator Chester Bow
les tonight ordered higher ration
point values for lard, shortening,
cooking and salad oils, effective
at 1901 a. M, Sunday.
They will be increased to ten
points pound from the present
valre Of six points.
This action, Bowles noted, was
forecast two weeks ago when the
1nter-Agency committee on foreign
shipments reported that 'the free
worlds needs for this basic nut
rient and industrial raw material
including the needs of liberated
Europe, exceed prospective sup
plies by nearly 5O0,0O0 long TONS"
The report also said that the
United States must be prepared
to economize its use (of fats and
oils) it any real contribution is to
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-13
$500 Veterans OF War
Return To Ciuilian Life
Government Reviewing &
Lend-Lease Programs
WASHINGTON, May 12.-(R.

WASHINGTON, May RIP
The government is reviewing
Its lend-lease programs.
This was announced tonight
by Leo T. Crowley foreign eco
nomic administrator, who add
ed that:
''Pending its completion, new
shipments to Europe are being
held up except those destined
to countries now at war with
Japan, or to countries through
which redeployment of our
troops now in Europe will be;
facilitated thereby
LEND lease is purely an
instrument for winning the
war;" Crowley's statement said.
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Allies Vote
Peace Power
Concentration
Americans Agree On Hot
Issue OF Regional
Security Systems
norGLAS B. CORNELL

rs o United Nations conference
s sns forward tonight under the
G ln.1 impetus of a vote to concen-
aua. bookkeeping power IN the
49,, ,.nGs of Ii nations and an Anerl-
s aan delegation agreement ON the
W.T. .o- issue of regional security sys'
tens.
rocb decision has a long way to
IN hefore it is written finally into
10 charter of a world organlza'
lion for preserving peace.
put the basic pattern for keeping
.esce. drafted at Dumbarton Oaks
L washington last fall by China,
pussia Britain and the United
Hates, has survived two stiff tests.
The big powers had been insis-
,ent that hte major fundamentally
sor Kidding the world Of war should
he a security council of IL mem
Iers with broad powers to step into
snv situation threatening peace.
4 conference committee voted
unanimously todab to restrict the
council membership to II, although
some countries abstained from bal
ioting.
Must Be Ratified
The decision still must be rati-
fled b va conference commission
Under which the committee oper
,tes, and by the entire conference.
What it approved today was the
original pattern for a security
council drafted at the Dumbarton
Oaks discussions by China, Bri-
tain. Russia and the United States.
These countries, with France,
would have permanent council
seats. The six remaining seats
would be rotated among other ma
tons at two-year intervals.
And the American delegation
worked out a formula for giving
regional blocS of nations the right
10 take emergency action to keep,
peace without depriving the coun-
ell Of overall powers.
The action in the committee and
IN the delegation were separate.
Yet they were laced strongly to-
sether. And the attitude of Latin
American nations posed big ques-
zion mark over both decisions.
For Cuba withdrew a motion to
increase the security councils
membership to Is only after at
taching a major reservation.
Cuban Delegate Guy Cisneros
said his country 'WithdraWs it
proposal on condition that inte-
grafton Of the inter-American (se-
Continued OIL Page Eight; Col. g.
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No Relaxation OfLabor !.
Controls Indicated Here

Ahefe was no indication yester-
a's that there would be any inn
~, aieqlate relaxation of the current
s ,s0or controls in Wilmington listed
=; " u me War Manpower Commission
=, ,a efoup l classification, meaning
s .a'' a slight labor surplus exists
stt s0ssl U. 5. Employment service
hre,aI said no orders had come
: J ms to them. However. DR.. ],
n 4 norton, state Y.M.C. commits.
~ issued statement in Raj.
Man, sn declaring that controls o. 'i ir
with u liar nafollna would be continued
AT ATM mule change until July /.
,jd A.ssr that time, policy Of con.
.l1 S each labor case in d ,,
H. ,.l probably b, will be Instituted tu ted
lie '. ..a.. While the labor situation il
state has improved somewha Al
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by the Chinese Thursday and
that the victorious forces con-
tinued eastward to take the vii
lagos Of Lungtanpu, and then
Taohwaping, FL miles west of
Packing. Packing is the base
from which the Japanese
launched their drive against
Chihkiang.
Chinese ground forces and
American airmen were assault
ing Japanese transport lines
northeast of the Human pro-
Vince, a Chinese force COM
manded by Gen. Wang Chung
Lien smashed q Japanese col
umn Friday in battle six miles
west of Hsihiakow, . Chinese
communique said. The Japs
were caught on a mountainous
highway, and 1900 Japs dead
have been counted in the area,
the c0mmunique asserted.
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SLASH INTO NAHA
SUBURB, ARMY ALSO GAINS:
MINDAMAO ALREzELD SEIZED
US. Planes Blast
japanese In China

CHUNGKING, May 12-UH--
U. S. 14th Air Force fighters
today blasted Japanese troop
concentrations east of the air
base city of Chihkiang, objec-
tive of an enemy drive smash
ed by the Chinese this week.
A Chinese communique said
Generalissimo Chang Kali
Shek's forces had inflicted ], 1000
casualties on the Japanese in
two days fighting on that front.
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chem
nault's fighting caught an e.
timated 1000 japanese troops
around Tungkow, 66 miles east
Of Chihkiang, and hit them
with bombs and gunfire.
Japanese gun positions were
bombed in the Palma Shan
Sarea, north of Tungkow.
The Chinese communiaue
said Tungkow was recaptured