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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-13

Japan Asked Axis To Join War
-Four Days Before Pearl Harbor

come to declare war. He was very
emotional, and disappointed that
I didn't share his excitement. But
having had the adventure, or
should l say misadventure, to de-
clare war on France, Great Brit
ain. Russia and the United States,
could the good man really believe
I would go pale through knowing
that Sgt. Batista (Cuba's dictator>
was mobilizing against us the
forces of Cuba on land and sea
and in the air? Ecuador, too, has
declared war, but I had my sec
rotary receive the minister
DEC. 14-"Cavallero justifies
OR naval defeats with an lmpu.
dence that can't be equaled.
Mussolini is calm. This morning
he joked a long time. He took il
out on Christmas. Christmas gifts
ard gifts for all feasts in general
He says that gift giving is the
alibi created by the rich to justify
their good fortune in the eyes Of
the poor
DEC. 16-'Venice is sad, empty,
tired. Empty hotels, deserted
streets. Fog. Misery. Darkness.
have only vague memories of the
Venice of the other war, but it
was nothing like this
Mussolini Blames
Rommel in Libya
DEC. 17-"M rssolini is verv
skeptical about the progress in
Croatia. He is happy, though.
since the Germans have asked us
to assume military control over
the whole country. This is certain.
ly due to the fact that the Ger.
mans have to withdraw their di.
visions because the winter prom.
ises to be hard in Russia, and
Serbia gives them too much trou.
BILE. Things are not going well
in Libya. Mussohni blannes
Rommel, who spoiled the situation
with his recklessness, II Duce be.
lieves."
DEC. 19-"News continues to be
bad in Libya in spite of the Of
fetal optimism of our general
headquarters. May God damn all
servile op i m s! They have
ruined us. Rommel announces that
he and his armor will break into
Tunisia (French to avoid falling
prisoner to the British
DEC. 21-''Bismarck cononn,,ni
Gates that Brauchitsch German
commander in chief has been
dismissed. It's a sign of a serious
crisis. Messages from Goeh-
oels and Hitler have not made
good impression. The humble and
urgent request for warm clothing
for the soldiers on the Eastern
Front is in direct contrast to tho
arrogant tone that has character.
lzed their speeches until now.
DEC. 22-'Mussolini again has
attacked Christmas. He is SIR
prlsed that the Germans haven,+
yet abolished this holiday, which
reminds one only of the birth of
Jew who gave facilitating and
devltalizing theories to the world
and who especially weakened Ita'
~ through the disintegrating DOW.
er of the popes.' He has prohihited
newspapers m mentioning
christmas, yet an you have to do
is lock from the window to see
mat people remember and love
it." ave
Duce's Mistress
A Tool of Plotter
DEC. "a Attention is concen.
trated on the case of Serena (Fas.
clst party secretary, who for two
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-13

Tokyo and keep going.-Admiral Thomas C.
Kinkaid, commander, U. S. 7th Fleet.
In free country, everyone has per
feet right to cheer and boo as much as
he likes.-Winston Churchill
Some of us feel they (the, Japs) have the
n1anes. but we can't figure where or what they
are saving them for. Maybe they're saving
Them for the last grand finale to try to fight
off invasion Brig.-Gen. William J. Flood,
ohief of staff 7th Air Force.
Since President Roosevelt's death, there has
heen no shift in the American policy of friend.
1iness toward the Soviet Union.-Joseph C.
Crew. acting Secretary of State.
obviously, a corporation can make more
money supplying steel to enemies of the Amer
ican people than by selling it under price con-
troll to our railroads.&c.. l. O. President Phi1in
Murray in commenting on shipment of 100. 900
tons of stea rails to Spain
The question now is not how long can Chin,
stand the strain-it is how much can Jan.r
take and how soon will she collapse.-Dr W.;
Taw-Ming, Chinese ambassador to the u. 8
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-13
QUOTATIONS

I've got one-track mind: Get ahead OF
Tokyo and keep going-Adm1ral Ihomas Z.
Kinl1aid commander. u. S. 7th Fleet
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-13
TOP o. THE MORNING

Something each day-a smile,
It Is not much to give.
But the little gifts of life
Make sweet the days we live.
The world has lone, sad hearts
That VIC can bless and cheer,
And kind smiles given each day
Make sunshine all the year.
George Cooper.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-13

DEC. 10 - THE usual naval
woes. We have lost two cruisers
and two large ships loaded with
tanks for Libya wonder
whether the war won't outlast our
navy.
The minister from Cuba has
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-13

In a free country, everyone has per-
feet right to cheer ana 300 as Hluch as
he likes.-Winston Churchill.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-04-27
LAWYERS DESIGNATE MAY
"A NATIONAL BAR week

LOUISVILLE, April 27 (ANP)
The week of May Ia was pro-
claimed as National Bar Week, ac-
cording to C. w. Anderson, Louis
vile attorney and president of the
National Bar Association, Vince
M. Townsend, Los Angeles, was
named regional director of the as
sociation for the weeks activities.
Purpose of National Bar Week
is to acquaint the public with the
activities and progress of the Ne
gro lawyer in various fights for ra-
cial betterment, and to famiiarize
the public with the activities and
progress of Negro lawyers.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-04-27

eral agencies having like or kin
dred functions"
The committee would be given
authority to probe complaints of
discrimination, not only in employ
ment but in other civic practices.
Indirect functions of the committee
would be the development of edu-
cational programs which depict the
contributions made by minority
groups to the national culture and
to frequently contact church groups
and unions in a cooperate effort to
better racial understanding.
The committee would be made up
of rotating membership of seven
with full terms fixed at three years.
The mayor would name his own
committee and designate a chair
man. Funds for maintaing a paid
staff would come out of the gen.
eral treasury since the bill makes
no provision for appropriations.
The mayors committee became
significantly important just after
the recent Harlem riots when mem.
bers, headed by Charles Evans
Hughes, took an active role toward
preventing a recurrence of such {
disturbance.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-04-27

The contention of Miss Louise Kerr
that the Enoch Pratt Free Library
of Baltimore held her from a IL
brary training course on account
Of her race was upheld by the
Fourth U. S. Circuit of Appeals
here. The case was argued by
Charles H. Houston, representing
the Baltimore NAACP.
The library given to Baltimore
by Enoch Pratt is supported by
funds from the city and therefore
is not private institution.
Miss Kerr, a former teacher in
Baltimore sued the city council, the
mayor, the library and it's trustees
that the issue was not racial, ano
Counsel for the library contendec
that there were enough trained Ii
brarians in the city if there were
demands for Negro librarians.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-04-27
Ben DAVIS ASKS PERMANENT
n. Y. ANTI-BIA5 COMMITTEE

NEW YORK, April 27 (ANP)
Benjamin J. Davis, New York
city councilman, Tuesday asked his
fellow alderman to make the may
or's temporary committee on unity
permanent thing.
Gathered in the mayors office,
the group listened to Davis ex-
pound the many qualities Of the
measure and cite the following fea-
lures.
1t proposes that the committee
encourage, faster and promote
tolerance and understanding be-
tween all racial, religious and ma
tional groups in the city of New
York; discourage. and prevent, as
far as possible, discriminatory prac.
tices against members of any group
and cooperate with state and fed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
FIRE FlEMDS
 Al MANILA
 ARE ROUTED
Yanks Clear Jap Demoli- lion Squads from Raw
 aged Se1iion of City
By C. YATES MCDANIEL CAP War CoyyespondenD


 MANILA, Feb. 8--The fire-rav- aged business district of Manila has been cleared of Japanese de- molition squads by the Tanks who arc now holding all the area north of the Pasig River, but American troops are still held up in the Pasay suburbs, southwest of the edge of the city, by continued bitter re- sistance.
 Gen Douglas MacArthur, who visited the city yesterday, during which Nipponese shell fell within 100 feet of him, announces slow progress in his communique, which listed enemy casualties in the Luzon campaign at about 43,000, and Am erican casualties in the correspond ing four-week period at 7,076, in- Icluding a known 1,609 killed.
 Fred Hampson, Associated Press War Correspondent, in a delayed field report, states there are still a few enemy pockets-small ones in the north sector of Manila which, the communique reported ftG8ay, had been cleared.
 Hampson said Japanese troops in the center of the city, south of the Pasig River, began burning part of that section Wednesday. This dis trict contains the Manila Hotel, Army and Navy Club, High Com missioner's residence and other historic structures.
 The First Cavalry of the Thirty Seventh Division has won the northern section of Manila, adja- cent to Quezon City, and the Eleventh Airborne Division is still hopping up in the vicinity of Nichols Field, on the southern fringes.
 All bridges across the wide and deep Pasig River, dividing Manila, have been blown up by the enemy, Gen. MacArthur announces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
pvT. WEBER
 WON'T HANG
 ON GALLONS
Principal in Nationwide Case Will Serve Life
 in Prison Instead

CAMP ROBERTS, Calf, Feb. B. Pvt. Henry Weber is out of the shadow of the gallows, his death sentence changed to life imprison- ment but his wife is continuing the fight for her soldier mate, 27, a shipyard foreman in a Vancouver, Wash, plant, before drafted.
 Weber was sentenced by court martial to hang because he refused to carry arms and refusing to drill.
 His case has attracted nationwide attention.
 Yesterday, by direction of the Commanding General of Camp Rob erts, the court-martial reconvened and revoked the death sentence, and sentenced Weber to life imprison- ment at hard labor, gave him a dishonorable discharge and ordered his pay forfeited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
TWO (0Nv0YS OF NIpp0N NS AREB0hBED
Ships Taking Supplies 10 Jap Bases Are Hit,
 Nimitz Reports

UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, FOR- WARD AREA, Feb. 8-Attacking with rocket bombs, Marine Mitchell bombers hit a large Japanese con- voy north of the Volcano Islands on Tuesday, and left another burn ing north of the Bonins,, Admiral Chester w. Nimitz reports.
 The Marine bombers scored hits and disrupted the two conveys which were taking supplies to the sorely pressed Bonin and Volcano Island groups on the Marianas- based B-29 road to Tokyo.
 Army Liberators also hit install lations at Chichi Jima and Ototo Jima in the Bonins the same day
 Three enemy fighters were seen over the target, but they failed tc make interceptions.
 Far to the north, in the Kuriles the Eleventh Air Force Liberators bombed the enemy base at Kata- oko, on Shimushu Tuesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
NIpp0NS DEMAND
 AC I 10 N
Ask Premier 10 Call Diet Session = Mobilize
 All Manpower
tBy Associated Press)

The Tokyo radio says more than 25O influential members of the Jap anese House of Representatives are concerned over the critical war sit uation" and have demanded Premier Koiso convene a special session of the Diet to create production army"
 The broadcast is reported by Dcmei and was recorded in the United States by the EGG.
 The broadcast quoted the House members as saying they are mo- tivated to the belief that production is the key to victory and mobiliza- tion of the nations manpower and resources and total utilization of all industrial resources are essential if the nations fighting strength is to be augmented.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08

Puget Sound, Vancouver Sections Threatened by
 Severe Flood Conditions

SEATTLE, Feb. 8-Flood danger, particularly in the Puged Sound { area and British Columbia, in the wake of heavy rainstorm in the Pacific Northwest and the Van couver, B. C., sections is reported in the worst flood conditions in 10 years.
 In. the Cloverdale district, 25 miles southeast of Vancouver, 23.- 900 acres of farming land are in- undated.
 Heavy damage by wind and rain is reported throughout the lower mainland, and farm lands are flooded from depth of 18 inches to three feet.
 Many farmers left their homes in boats and several people have been rescued from drowning.
 The number of cars and trucks trapped by the rising waters is now over 385.
 Vancouver was drenched in continuous 29-hour downpour. The heavy rain, however, ceased late last night, but the weather bureau today says the let-up is only tenn porary.
 High winds in other sections of the Northwest constituted an ad- ditional problem, but they also abated during the night.
 Although the weather bureau re- duced storm warnings over the straits and inland waters of Wash ington, small boat owners along the coast of Washington and Oregon, where high winds prevailed yester- day, have been warned to remain in port
 The Navy weather bureau ob- server at Astoria, Oregon, yester- day reported winds of gale velo- city, ranging to 80 miles an hour.
 At Hoquiam, a 70-mile- can hour gale prevailed for hours, blocking highways with fallen trees and debris and smashing store win- dows.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08

 IN LT ALY
 STALLED
Limied Offensive of Tank Fifth Army Stopped
 in Mountains

ROME, Feb 8-The limited of- fensive by the American Fifth Army troops in the mountains southeast of Bologna has been stalled against strongly-fortified enemy positions, the Allied Com mand said today.
 The Doughboys were halted after forcing their way forward up to 600 yards in two days of bitter fighting in severe weather.
 The sudden thaw in the Appen- hines hindered the advance, but the attacking Tanks gained the crest of one ridge, where they were forced to dig in against counter attacking Nazi troops.
 Activity on the Eighth Army front is still confined to limited patrolling.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
PUSH IN TO GERMANY IS
 CONTINUING
Germans Still Saying on Radio Allies Ready
 ing for Offensive

PARIS, Feb. 8-U. s. troops and tanks ripped a third hole in the buckling West Wall Qualifications in what looked like start or break through to the Rhine, 27 miles beyond.
 The U. s. forces are nearing giant dam, whose flood could drown out any Allied smash across the German plain, farther north.
 German broadcasts said the hour for a major Allied offensive was near. Flurries of enemy air warn ings indicated the skies over Hol- land were alive with raiding Allied warplanes. Last nights big British air smash behind the West Wall had the earmarks of a softenlng-up for the big push.
 The First Army drilled the new est hole in the Siegfried Line by capturing the hill-girt stronghold of Schmidt, Is miles southeast of Aachen as American blows were redoubled on the 70-mile front in side Germany.
 More than 30 miles south of Schmidt the Third Army battered to within a mile and quarter of the besieged fortified road and rail- way center of Pruem, while farther south. the Third, hacking deeper into the Eifel Mountains of Vest ern Germany, against terrific fire and with two armies already on the attack, were aimed at the Rhine or beyond.
 Supreme Allied Commander, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, had three other armies poised for action The Canadian First, in Holland; the British Second, and the U. S.. Ninth on the Roer River, before the Cologne plain.
 A village in the center of the bloody Hurtgen Forest fell to the First Army's Seventy Eighth In- fantry Division, which slashed all most to the bank of the big reser- voir forming the 1,082-foot Sch- wammenauel Dam.
 Front line reports said Gen. George s. Patton is pouring more troops across the Luxembourg border into Germany at 10 new points, crossing from 16 to nearly 32 miles southwest of Pruem. A front dispatch said the Germans didn't appear to have many troops on the line opposing Patton, but had plenty of ammunition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
0vER25,ooO CASUALTIES,
 PAST WEEK
Newest Figures Are Re- leased Today by Both
 Army and Navy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.--Ameri- can combate casualties since the be- ginning of the war have reached 7c4,584, the Army and Navy disclos- ed today.
 Secretary of War Henry l.. Stim- son placed the Army's losses al 676,796 Tie Navy listed total oi 87,788. This represents an overall increase of 27,242 since last weeks report.
 Stimson said 865.000 German pris- oners had been taken on the West ern front since the invasion began
 The Army dead is 10000; Navy 33,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
WIFE STANDS BY CT

PORTLAND Oregon, Feb. 8.-Mrs Grace Weber, wife of Pvt. Weber today conferred with American Civil Liberties officials. She declared life imprisonment of her husband was still outrageous"
 As their young son, Wayne, 3i2, climbed on her lap, she told of her husbands objections to bearing arms.
 That is something Henry has be- lieved since I've known him." she said. ".'he army has known it, too
 He told them when he registered that he did not believe in killing his fellow men. When he went ur for his physical examination he told them again.
 When he reported for induction he told the officers there about it and they checked back with his draft board. Then an officer advised him
 We'll there doesn't seem to be much we can do. If I were you, I'c object every place you can j.. Wher they order you to carry a gun object
 Here he's only following order and they're going to shoot him. i.
 Henry's objection to carryine arms, Mrs. Weber said, does no stem from religious convictions. H, is a member of the American So
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
RED FORCES
 HAMMERING
 ALONG RIVER
One Bridgehead Reported Established 30 Miles
 from Reich Capital

LONDON, Feb. 8.-The Moscow radio today said the Oder line has been pierced and Berlin is in a panic, witnessing the crumbling last obstacle of it's forefield.'
 A prior broadcast by an American radio chain commentator said Stal- in's Capital City was hourly ex- pecting an official announcement that the First White Russian Army had smashed across the Oder River in force "signifying a complete breakdown of the Oder Line"
 Seven Bridgcheads
 Berlin accounts said the Russians have hammered out seven bridge heads on the Berlin front, one of them 30 miles northeast of the Capital City and many smaller ones along the l85-mile river from Lati- bor, Silesia, to Gutenberg. 50 miles southeast of Frankfurt
 The Moscow radio says Himmler has massed SS troops.
 Highways damned
 The roads leading from Berlin, south and west, are damned with traffic and refugees in flight.
 While Stalin has not confirmed the breaking of the Oder Line on the Berlin front, Soviet advances said Marshal Zhukoy's massed artil- lery is pounding at the weakest link in the capitals defenses on the low western bank of the Oder between Kustrin and Stettin where it runs northeast of Berlin.
 Berlin accounts said one bridge head is at Goeritz. 5lA miles south of Kustrin and Al miles east of Berlin
 Goebbels Ships Out
 A broadcast from Moscow says Himmler has entrusted the defense of Berlin to the Defense Council. Goebbels, who was entrusted with the city's defenses, has fled to south- ern Germany.
 The Moscow radio yesterday de- nied that Goebbels had fled
 A fierce battle is in progress on the west side of the Oder and only liquidation of additional enemy pockets remain on the east side.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
The w ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON It. Col. Robert S. Allen now on activ
 service with the Army.)

MERRY GO-MOORE w6to T TIT WASHINGTON-The inside story of how certain U. s. agencies were blocked in the efforts to build up an Anti-Hitler Committee of Germans to help defeat the Nazis can now be told. It is especi- ally significant in view of the Committee of 10000 German s which the Russians have organized inside Russia, and whose broad casts to the German people from Russia speeded the amazing ad- vance of the Red Army across Poland.
 The German Committee Inside Russia is headed by Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus, former com- mander at Stalingrad, and by his deputy commander, Gen. Wilhelm von Seydlitz Their broadcasts have told the Germans and especially the German Generals, that the Russians did not seek to destroy their factories or their country, but only to throw off the yoke of the Hitlerites. They have also con- tacted many German Generals and won over thousands of prisoners without firing shot.
 More than two years ago, Gen. William Donovan's Office of Stra-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
SUCCESS ON LUz0NCAME
 VERY FAST
As Result, Says Gen. Wede. meyer, Nips Prepare
 China Defenses

CHUNGKING, Feb. 8.-Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer said the American suc- cess on Luzon came more swiftly than the Japanees expected and has caused the enemy to accelerate prep arations to meet an American land ing in China. The Japanese hope to establish a deep belt to meet this contingency, the commander of the U. s. Army Forces in China told a press conference.
 Everything they do in China is based on strategic defensive consid- erations but this doesn't preclude the possibility of limited offensives
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
War Scandals Being Prevented in Disposal
 Surplus War Materials
By JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Feb 8.-If there is any benefit at all in fighting two major wars virtually in one genera tion it is that many mistakes of the first can be avoided in the second.
 That's what the Treasury Pro- curement Division is seeking to do in one of the most drastic directives issued around here recently. Pro- curement already has started dis posing of millions of dollars worth of surplus materials. As the war hears it's end and turns into peace, these sales will climb into billions
 After the First World War (you may not remember, but many gov- ernment officials do) the scandals in disposing of surplus property were sensational. To avoid any thing like that this time, John Pehle, assistant to Treasury Sec retary Morgenthau, has issued a sweeping order to take any outside influence whatever off procurement division officials.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7%, American Can 90h. Anaconda 31%, Beech Air craft 12A, Curtiss- Wright 6, Inter national Harvester 77h, Kennecott 38, North American Aviation 10, New York Central 239s, Northern Pacific 19A, U. s. Steel 60ia, Pound S4.04.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 155.54; rails, 49.85; utilities, 27.52.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
TEN KILLED
 WHEN PLANE
 GOES CRASH
Six Members of British For eign Office Victims
 of Accident

LONDON, Feb 8-Six members of the British Foreign Office are among 10 passengers killed when a plane carrying aides to Prime Minister Winston Churchill crashed enroute to the Big Three" con- ference.
 Five other passengers on the plane were injured.
 It is not revealed where the crash occurred.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
EIGHT PASSENGERS
 LEAVE VIA PAN AM

Leaving today by Pan American Airways plane for Seattle were the following passengers: Charles Sellers, Gustaf Gustafson, Howard Phillips, c. William Cady.
 Leaving for Fairbanks - Mrs. Grace Butrovich, Christian Roust, Mrs. Belva Roust, and Christian Roust. Jr.