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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12
Chinese Drive
On Jap Base

CHUNGKING, May II (UP)-
Victorious Chinese troops, who
crushed a Japanese attempt TO
capture the American air base at
Chihkiang, have reached point
30 miles west Of Paoching, main
enemy base on the Human front, a
communique announced today.
l.. s. Fourteenth Air Force
bombers blasted Paoching with
100 tons of bombs Wednesday,,
leaving the city burned out an
air force headquarters announce
ment said. Demolition and fire
bombs were concentrated on the
Jap-occupied portions of the city.
Although heavy casualties were
inflicted on the rctreating Japa-
neSe, a Chinese statement that
10000 enemy troops had been
killed during the last 10 days on
the Human and Honan fronts was
admitted by Chinese military
spokesman 10 be ''mlscalculated.
ADVANCED ALLIED HQ.
BURMA. May II tINS)-Allied
troops in Burma today smashed
tattered japanese remnants into
the southwest corner OF the virtu-
ally liberated country.
Trapped by the Fourteenth
Armys control Of the Mandalay-
Rangoon railway, the remains of
the japanese army was driven
southwest by Allied drives down
the coast and inland from the vital
port OF Taungup. while another
Allied column struck down the
Irawaddy valley.
Allied troops pushing over the
fat coastal country south from
Taungup captured Sandoway. 30
miles to the south. Other Allied
forces drove over the Arakan hills
toward the Allied-held Prone
railhead l6l miles northwest of
Rangoon.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12

Details of the control machin-
cry set up by Secretary of War
Stimson with a staff collected Sc
cretly over many months was re-
vealed at the war department. 1t
will govern every phase of Ger
man existence, from finance 10
the Rehabilitation Of schools and
political activity.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12
BOUNDARIES NOT NAMED

The work OF organization has
been undertaken in collaboration
with Great Britain, France and
Russia under the Halta Big
Three" declaration. II is aimed
at imposing a stern military gov
ernment.
The announcement did not re-
veal whether the commission
would have its headquarters at
Berlin AS the Yalta declaration
provided. Nor did it set forth
The geographical limits Of the
American occupation zone. 1t
said:
AS was announced In the
Yalta declaration, Germany will
be governed through a control
council In which each of the
four powers (the United States,
Britain, France and the Soviet
Union) will be represented.
Gen. Eisenhower will be the
representative of the Unite d
States on the control council OF
Germany. Fash power will ad-
minister zone of Germany
under the control of a military
commander. The United States
zone will he controlled by Gen.
Eisenhower as the commander
In CHIEF of the United States
forces in Germany"
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12
Rip
Jap Sea Base

MANILA, May IL CUPD-Philip.
pineS-based American heavy bomb
ers have wrecked the great
japanese naval station at Saigon,
French Indo-China, possibly for
the duration of the Pacific war.
headquarters of the L. s. Fifth
Air Force announced today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12
WOUNDED IN ACTION

AT Stalingrad, Ia member of
the Red army for Il years-waS
deafened in the right ear, lost my
teeth and was wounded in the left
thigh.
There, at the turning point of
the war, we remained on the west
bank of the Volga River and de-
Tended Stalingrad'S factory area
in desperate, close-in fighting.
Since that time. long ago, we
have driven forward, encircling
and annihilating the Fascis ST
hordeS. My tactic always has been
not TO shoot in the forehead but
TO attack the back pocket-you
call this development and encircle-
ment.
My army and I have pushed
westward from the Volga, Dnies.
ter. Berezina and ViStula rivers
under the command Of our great
Marshal Rokossovsky and heart.
ened by our wonderful leader
Stain, TO join our western allies
in an historic meeting.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12
REGULATE ALL TRAFFIC

hLOOLhA II ILL ihNE U ~
TRANSPORTS DIVISION - To
regulate traffic, including rail
ways, roads and inland waterways,
port and coastal operations.
ECONOMIC DIVISIO Mo
deal with food, agriculture, for
estry, fuel, mining, price control
and rationing, public works and
utilities, internal and foreign
trade, industry conversion and
liquidation and requirements allo-
cations; Germans must learn To
feed themselves.
POLITICAL. D1N SION To
deal with foreign affairs. domestic
political matters, protecting Amer
lean interests in Germany and "a
advise other sections dealing with
public information services.
FINANCIAL VISION To
control all public finance and deaI
with financial institutions. foreign
exchange. currency and accounts
and auditS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12

deal with the rehabilitation Of the
German armed froces and the dis
armament of Germany.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12
DOOLITTLE REVEALS PLANS

Sitting in with Gen. Anderson
in press conference was 1t
Gen. James Doolittle. who re-
vealed for the first time some Of
the prospects for the men and
planes of the Eighth.
Japan will shortly get raids a>
intensive as anything ever done
IN Europe. said Gen. Anderson.
There will be adequate fighter
support for the 2,000-plane Super.
fort raids. he added.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12

shall rebuild a better world.
We have met IN the heart OF
this evil land. We have both given
our entire energy TO the de5truc-
tion of this tyranny. And now we
must join together 10 eradicate
permanently the forces of dark
ness.
Our battle in Russia has been
one OF total effort anc grievous
cost. ] myself was a divisional
commander west of Kiev in June
of 1871 when we were encircled,
broke out. and fought rearguard
actions all the way back 10 Stain
grad.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12
~ international N,~. S.r,ie.

A mighty force of l.. : B-29
SuperfgortresSeS roared out of the
Marianas TO bombS Japan again
today.
An estimated 3Jt giant planes
struck the Jap homeland on the
heels Of yesterdays 400-planc
raid. Tokyo radio said todays
raid lasted two hours.
In London. Mai. Gen. Orville
Anderson. chief Of staff Of the
u. S. Eighth Airforce, SAID that
1000 B-29s probably would be
over Japan al one time IN tho
not distant future.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20
Wages Can Rise If Prices Don't Also Cot Up

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O-(P)- The Government hastened to give whitecollar workers and all others earning salaries the same good news which officially has al- ready been given wage earners that the lid is off on raises.
 The only halter the government holds on increases is that they can be given where the increase does not mean an increase in prices too.
 Wage earners had been told previously they can get raises without the necessity of the boss getting government permission if there is no price increase. Internal Revenue bureau is writing out in structions about whitecollar work CTS to be released soon.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20
Gen. Wainwright Found Safe

CHUNGKING, Aug. 20-(P- It. Gen. Wainwright, tall hero of Corregidor, was rescued from a Jap prison camp by humanitar- ian team of American parachut- ists. He is due in Chungking shortly and may witness the for nal surrender of the forces which held him for more than three years.
 It was learned on high author ity that It. Gen. Erchur Percival, British commander of Singapore when it was captured by the Japs in 1942, and Shenon Thomas, governor of Singapore is with Gen. Wainwright.
 The dropping of humanitarian teams brought protest from the Jap general staff. The Japs in- formed General Macarthur that the action endangered the smooth cessation of hostilities, and asks him to see than no more such 'in- cidents" occurred.
 Wainwright was found in pri- son war camp, Hsian, one hundred miles north of Mukden. United States headquarters in China an nounced that Allied air and sea forces would aid in occupying prisoner of war camps. The job of internees announcement said that large numbers could be re- leased only after the Allied forces occupied the camps.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20
VIVA CHAMBER HOST TO
 HOUSE DELEGATION HERE

The committee has been touring throughout the Territory since August 1, and is keenly interested in obtaining any and all informa- ton regarding Territorial legisla- tion, revisons and other matters which will come before it in hear ings in Washington, D. C.
 Upon their arrival in Nome the delegation was greeted by C. of C. President Dudley Warner, Carl Lomen, and A. Polet, who made arrangements for hearings and entertainment.
 Chairman Kelley stated that the committee was impressed by Alaska's particular need for bet ter transportation including Air ports, highways, and steamer, ocean and coastwise.
 Other industries of Alaska in the path of their investigations are fishing, furs, lumber and min ing, which naural resources come under their jurisdiction.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20

A group of members of the House Committee on Territories, headed by Chairman Augustine Bernard Kelley, Democrat of Greensburg, Pa, arrived in Nome 6 pm. Saturday evening.
 The delegation included: Repre- sentatives Henry D. Larcade, Jr., Democrat 7th District Louisiana; Homer D. Angell, Republican of Portland, Oregon; Marion T. Ben nett, Republican, 9th District Missouri; Alaska Delegate E. L.. (Bob) Bartlett; Governor Ernest Gruening; Lew Williams, Secre- tary of Alaska and well-known newspaperman; Wilfred Cooling, Acting Chief of the Alaska Branch of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions; and pr. Mere dith Burrill, Director of the Divi- sion of Georgraphics.
 Of the group which visited Nome, four are Alaskan officials
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20
S|GNE D TEN DAYS
Japs Says Allies Have Landed In Kuriles

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2O-(P) -Japanese Imperial headquarters complained to General Macarthur today that an Allied force had landed in the Kuriles north of the Jap main islands. The Japs said the Nippon forces had to resor to armed resistance in self defense.
 The Japs said the Allied forces had landed on ShimuShu island Saturday. There is no announce ment of a reply from General Macarthur.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20
Justice Douglas Scales I2,OOO-FOOt Mt. Adams

YAKIMA, Wash, Aug. 20-(P) An ambition cherished for thir- ty-two years has been realized by Justice Douglas Saturday when he reached the peak of the twelve thousand three hundred foot Mt. Adams and looked across wide expanse of land to Yakima Valley where he spent his boyhood. Sev- eral of his boyhood chums were with him on the vacation.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20
Maritime
 Commission Cancels Contracts

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-(R- The Maritime Commission has an- nounced the cancellation of four hundred twenty-five million dol lars of contracts covering the con- struction of one hundred thirty five ships.
 Three contracts of special mili- atry equipment cancellations in cluded yards at Portland and Vancouver.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20
Government In Balkans Not Choice Of People

LONDON, Aug. 2O-(P)-FOr- eign Secretary Bevin told Com mons "the governments set up in Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary do not represent the views of the majority of the people, All three countries are in the Soviet sphere of influence, and the impression we get from recent developments is that one kind of Totalitarianism is being replaced by another kind"
 He told the House at their first full dress debate of the new La borite governments foreign policy that he said lis not what we under stand by that very muchly over worked word Democracy, which appeared to be in need of defin ition."
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20
Formal Surrender To Be Signed Ten Days

MANILA, Aug. 2O-(P) The formal surrender of Japan will be signed within ten days Macarthur announced that only adverse weather can delay the formal end of the war he said, as he sent Hi rohito's delegation flying home with detailed instructions on the .Allied occupation within twenty four hours after the arrival in Manila. The Mikado's emisSaries left Nicholas Field at 300 pm. to- day and left behind full details needed by General Macarthur for the imminent victorious entry into Japan to head their ground and naval occupation forces.
 They will be prepared said headquarters spokesman for "any emergency The envoys were told the date General MacArthur and his accompanying forces intend to arrive in Japan and were instruc- ted to prepare the necessary air fields, harbors and other facilities i. for their arrival.
 It is expected that It. Gen. Ka- Wabe and the other emiSSarieS will report immediately to the high government officials. "We will do the best possible to make sure all arrangements will be completed on time," the emissar- ies said before leaving Manila.
 It is understood the formal sur render will be signed by General Macarthur in or near Tokyo. Thereafter in statement issued by Macarthur he said he would direct the Jap Imperial headquar- ters to issue instructions for the unconditional surrender of all Jap commanders abroad of forces to the appropriate theatre com manders.
 It is understood all plans were made during the whirlwind of conferences here last night and this morning. No further radio in- structions are necessary. The Ma nila sessions definitely cleared the air, General MacArthur said, and made a successful occupation of } Japan more promising.
 None can say however, whether the disorders" reported by Tokyo radio will end before the Allied forces arrive. Hirohito's sixteen emissaries to Manila returned to Tokyo by air, loaded down with twenty-four or twenty-five pages of detailed documents on what should be done to prepare for the occupation.
 During the entire session Gen. . eral MacArthur was coldly aloof and never once met the Japs. At the end of today's session It. Gen. Richard Sutherland, MacArthur's chief of staff, and the remainder
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20
SEVERAL CHS HOME ON FURLOUGH

Among the several boys home on furlough from the Aleutian bases are Davis Mendalook, Err nest Weana from Teller and Ted dy Aquilluk from Deering.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20

of the American delegation arose, then the Japs stood up. ''I appre- ciate your cooperation and wish you safe journey home,' Suther- land said. The somber faced Ka- wabe replied q deeply appreciate the many kindnesses you have shown and I feel them sincerely"
 General Macarthur and a large number of headquarters officials expected to depart within a few days for Japan. Air officials in the Manila conference went to considerable detail about the con- dition of airfields around Tokyo. The results of these questionings were not disclosed.
 Ii ts generally believed here that Japan's previous delays which generally were interpreted as "stalling" were largely due to Japan's unfamiliarity with sur render procedure and the stunning impact of defeat following so closely on the atomic bomb.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-20

MANILA, Aug. 20- P) The Japs indicated in an official mes sage to General Macarthur it would be necessary for the pres
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20
Ross To Join
 Trumon Staff
(Continued from Page n

(Continued from Page D thought there might be a leak In the information and he had better announce it.
 They also called Joseph Pulitzer. publisher of Ross newspaper, who agreed to give Ross two years leave of absence.
 Jonathan Daniels, press secretary to the late MT. Roosevelt, who had planned to leave his White House post tomorrow. agreed to stay on u'-til Ross could take over.
 Asked about reports that Leslie Biffle. secretary of the Senate, was slated for White House job, MT. Truman said these reports had no foundation in fact. He added that Biffle would be of more use to th0 Senate and the White House by remaining in the Senate job, adding that he did not want to cripple the Senate by taking Biffle away.
 They don't make them asly bet ter," the President said of Biffle. volunteering that this remark could be quoted.
 Reinsch. according to the Presi- dent, will be on call for specific radio duties for MT. Truman, just as James F. Byrnes, former director of War Mobilization, will be on call as an adviser.
 MT. Truman meantime transferred his personal secretarial staff to the White House from his vice-presiden- tial offices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20
Death Ends Weird Case
(NEA Telephoto)
By LEE NICHOLS

Washington, April 20-CUP)-The weird case of the old lady, the mummy and the cat will be written of next week when 79-year-old Mary E. Woodward is buried side by side with her mothers embalmed body, which she kept in copper lined casket in her bedroom for 32 years.
 The capitals latest mystery -chil- Ter, as pieced together by police from records and the gossip of neighbors, has it that Mrs. Wood- wards mother, also named Mary E. Woodward, died in 1912, either in St. Louis or Wilkinsburk, Pa.
 One record shows that she died in Williamsburg on March 13, 1912, of pneumonia at the age of 81. Oother records showed that 8 Mary E. Woodward, born in Vermont, Dec. 28, 1880, died in St. Louis, March 13, 1912.
 In any case, the body was shipped to Washington in August, 1912. After funeral services at a private home it was buried ill vault in Oak Hill cemetery.
 On Oct. II the following year the vault was opened at the daughters request and the body was removed, presumably to an embalming school in Philadelphia.
 There apparently is no record that the body ever reached the school Nor is it known how 1t got into the room where it was found two days ago after the daughters s death, its face visible through the glass cover of the old-fashioned square caSket.
 Neighbors said the body had been embalmed 10 times by an Egyptian and it was well preserved. Others said the daughter had promised her mother on her death bed never to leave her in this world.
 Still others said the daughter would sit beside the body in rock ing chiar that used to be her moth- CTS. Books on spiritualism and mys- ticism were said to have been found about the room.
 There were five live cats in the house where the elderly daughter lived until her death last Saturday and one dead one-mummifled- found wrapped in cloth in a trunk in the bedroom
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20
No SoIutes For Hitler
(Continued from Page D

Franken province, where a few thousand Nazis made desperate last-ditch stand in the capital of Nuremberg.
 We are now starting fight as fanatical as that we had in our ascent to power years ago." Hitler said in his message. However great the enemy's superiority may ap- pear at the present moment, we will yet break 1t as we did in the days of old"
 Similarly, GoebbelS in his weekly article in the magazine Das Reich said, The hour of last triumph awaits us," but he at least tempered it by adding, Tt may sound fantas- tic today but it is nonetheless true" But there were signs of a split in the propaganda line as Hitler's henchmen made their last, desper- ate attempts to keep the Germans fighting. Goebbels in his article called for 8 peoples war;" saying that "in the fight against the ter rible aims of the enemy all means are justified and permitted"
 The German radio, on the other hand, issued what it called "impor- tant instructions" to German civ- ilians to comply strictly with the rules of international wo~"-.a. which limit fighting only to sol- dlers uniformed or otherwise clear. v identified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20
Eighth Army
 In Moqgiore
BY HERBERT KING

Rome, April 20. = (UP) = The Eighth Army captured Port Mag giore, 12 1-2 miles from the import sct road center of Ferrara, and continued their advance across the Pc plain, communique reported to- day
 Fifth Army troops captured Monte San Michele, nine miles west of Bologna. and made new gains in the neighborhood of Pianoro, seven to eight miles south of the city, the communique said
 The capture of Mc.lte San Michele represented gain of several kilo- meters through rugged mountain ous country. The fifth Army also took Monte Mario, overlooking Reno.
 The Eighth Army's Fifth Corps was flaming out on the Pc plain, ten miles south of Ferrara, after smashing through the main Ger man defense lne in the Argenta gap. They already were within artillery range of the German es- cape route from Bologna, northeast to Ferrara.
 At the same time, other Eighth Army units moved in toward Bologna from the east by strengthening their bridgehead across the Gaina Canal, a dozen miles from the city
 The British were operating in opes, country after bursting through the argenta "Genghis Khan" line, while Fifth Army forces still were battling through the torturous mountain! fronting Bologna.
 The communique also reported further progress on the westerr coast of northern Italy, where tht Fifth Army was attacking north o1 Carrara the marble center
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20

be in existence forever and thus able to plan over greater spread of years.
 MT. Torrance opposed the $600,- 900 annual contributions of the pen- sion bill and also opposed payment to local teachers of the $500 annual pension because they now enjoy benefits of the state teachers re- tirement act.
 He was sharpely criticized by MT. Roland for the latter suggestion MT. Roland stated that he question ed whether MT. Torrance as repre- sentative of the TIA represented a group who paid 75 per cent of the city's taxes. The TIA has about 157 members.
 Fire and police officials speaking in behalf of their bill urged that any changes which must be made in the firemen and policemens pen sion should affect only new men entering the departments and not the men who are now enjoying a pension which is satisfactory to them. Atty. Hadden also told the commission he would present their bill in brief to the commission. Edward M. Ryan supported the commissions bill but opposed cer- tain features. MT. Ryan opposed the use of the word ''proximate" relative to the extent of the injuries receiv- ed by employees. He stated.
 We have had cases of wilful abuse in Waterbury under the many administrations. To the ever lasting shame of the city we saw the widows of two our fire chiefs robbed of their just rights and all because of the word "Proximate". We can recall the late Fire Chief Thomas Lynch became blinded because of an in- jury he received in line of duty. After he was retired and after he had died his wife was notified that the pension died with him. We re- call that the late Fire Chief Henry H. Heitman died while on duty. Died as the result of exposure while fighting fire. Let us frame law here that will absolutely guarantee our policemen and fireman certain definite rights under the Death Benefits for section of this bill. Let's stop playing the petty game of pol itics on these pensions. Let's make them thoroughly equitable for all members, not just a few"
 Ex-Sen. John Tobin, representing the 70 Waterbury teachers not now in the state retirement system op- posed the section requiring them tc pay contributions toward the $500 pension they now receive, urging that they be allowed to pay three per cent the same as general city employees and get the general city employees pension of half pay. They would be willing to pay even foul or five per cent, he said
 Also speaking in behalf of the bil supported by Atty. Thoms was Park Supt. James J. Curtin, assistant city engineer Henry Whitlock, Mis- Emelyn Barrett of the Bronson Library and others.
 General opinion derived from acknowledged sources at Hartfort is that no one particular bill will b' reported favorably out of the com mission particularly because of thu valued features of eacl which can not be cohesified into any one gen eral plan. Possibly that the stat pension plan bill fo mt nicipalitie recently introduced maybe substi tuted.