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specially-reserved hotel suites to
see their men.
The folks went wild as the 40
cars carrying the visitors wound
along historic Peachtree street.
Confetti and ticker tape poured
from windows of downtown build
ings. The city finally found a use
for its air raid sirens and their
shrill screeching joined the roar
of the planes overhead.
AS the cars moved along, crews
Of two Of them fired machine guns
loaded with blanks to the crowd
enjoyment. The next stop was a
hotel near that where the wives
waited. A 17-gun salute and speech
making featured the reception
there.
Hodges home town of Perry.
Ca, virtually closed for the day
as all Of the 2,O0O-odd residents
who could arrange transportation
hocked to Atlanta. The old timers
remember Hodges as a boy, when
he worked in grocery store be-
fore starting as buck private
his 40-year Army career. They
held out hope he could come to
P erry Saturday for a cele-
bration before going to Washing
ton for conferences proceeding
transfer to the Pacific.
Gen. Hodges took Atlanta. And
thousands of Atlantans had shout
ed themselves hoarse by nightfall.
Remember me?" called the
lovely orchid-bedecked lady in the
little red hat.
The tanned, military man with
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ALLIES APPOINT
GERMAN LEADER

STARNBERG, Germany, May "a
-U.p-A wizened, little old man.
the only person who ever succeed
ed in sending Adolf Hitler to pris-
en-. today was returned to ponu-
cal control of this area, 10 mues
southwest of Munich. 4.
Martin Dresser, 70-year-old pro
scouting attorney. arrested hiuel
.fter the unsuccessful Munich beer
hail putsch in 1923 and then LED
+he prosecution which resulted IN
. prison sentence of five years.
Convicted at the same time were
Rudolf Hess, leading Nazi VINO
fled to England in 1912, and DR..
wilhelm Frick. another ardent fol-
lower of Hitler.
When the Nazis came into power
in 1888. Dresser was forced into
retirement, bounded at every turn
by secret Nazi agents.
Today, he was named provisional
lanasrat Country commissioner
of the Stranberg district at the
special request of the local popu'
lace
His face wrinkled but looking
very fit. Dresser recalled the TAM
Gus April, 1924 treason trial VIVID
" and emphaticauy denied the
oft-told story that Hitler was pull
ed from a clothes closet or was
in a woman's clothes when he was
seized for the trial.
Dresser said he arrested Hitler
personally at the residence OF
Ernst Hanfstaengel. a leading art
dealer in Munich. Hitler did not
attempt to hide but when he was
dragged off to jail he screamed
Remuneration Of the "Weimar gov
ernment."
Dresser said he arrested Her
mann Goering a few days later
but made the mistake of placing
him on parole pending trial,
"whereupon Goering broke his
word, jumped parole and fled to
Sweden"
The lawyer said Hitlers three
week trial was "a farce from the
beginning" He said Munich then
was Germany's hotbed of unrest
and radicalism and was strongly
sympathetic to the defendants.
Dresser said Hitler "strutted
confidently throughout the trial.
and that Bavarian Justice Minis
ter Franz Guertner, already under
the Hitler spell, refused a death
penalty request, which was per-
Missile.
1t was Guertner who persuaded
the four trial judges to let Hitler
off with a five-year sentence in
Landsberg prison and give the 9TH
ers light sentences.
Hitler sneered as the sentences
were read, Dresser said, and as
he left the courtroom shouted:
"Pn never serve five years in
any prison CELL" He was released
after Is months during which he
wrote the first draft Of "Mein
Kampf.''
In 1888, Guertner became the
first Nazi Reich minister of JUS
tice.
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MARINES BRIDGE
IMPORTANT RIVER
CONTINUED from Page oney

the Japanese line and battled 10
roll up the stubbornly-resisting en-
envy in the jaws Of a steadily-clos-
ing pincers.
Around Shuri, the 77th and seth
Division on the west gradually
mopped up Japanese remnants.
Heavy counter-attacks have slow
ed their enlightenment Of the for
tress city, keystone of the Japa
|nese line.
Adverse conditions of the terrain
along the front line and heavy mud
limited the use Of armored equip
ment. 1t was job for foot soldiers
and the Leathernecks and Dough-
boys slowly closed powerful nut
cracker on an estimated 10000
japanese still holding out in caves,
pillboxes and blockhouses in Oki-
nawa's southern ridges.
Tokyo radio reported that u. S.
warships were raining a continuous
hail of shells on Japanese posi-
tons. A huge new convoy of 400
supply ships and so transports
was said to be disgorging men,
equipment and supplies off Oki-
nawa's west-central coast for
swift conquest of the 70-mile long
island.
The enemy broadcast said that
a new" task force that included
six aircraft carriers was protect
ing the convoy. They possibly were
referring to the same force Tokyo
reported steaming out of the Mari
anas several days ago.
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PRESIDENT SEEKS
GREATER POWERS

(Contmued from Pare One)
by the President. went into e.
feet unless both houses of
Congress, by majority vote
within 60 days, passed . reso-
luton Of disapproval.
The permanent nature Of the
power asked by Mr.. Truman
would be 4 major departure from
past Practice. The 1899 act was coll
ed permanent legislation but it pro-
vided only for shifts made effec-
tive by January, 1941. It there
fore was permanent only insofar d
it gave continuing legal backing
to reorganizations carried out by
that date.
President Roosevelt set up such
executive offices as the Federal
Security Agency, the Federal Works
Agency, and the Federal Loan
Agency, under that law.
The Presidents wartime power
over some government functions
is still more temporary. It
stems from the first war powers
act of 1941. Its application is
limited to war-connected opera
tons. Without some such law as
the President proposed today, any
shifts made under it will be multi
fled six months after hostilities
end, and the affected agencies will
revert to their original status.
The Presidents call for reor-
ganization authority over all ad-
ministrative agencies without ex-
ception appeared certain to meet
some opposition. Several Presi-
dents have proposed reorganiza-
ton power for the executive in one
form or another, and each has en-
countered moves to exempt some
agencies. The strongest opposi-
ton to reorganization power gen.
orally has conferred on such quasi
judicial agencies as the interstate
commerce commission.
The President based his argu-
ment for the legislation first on
the situation that will exist with
out it as the war draws to a close
and steps taken under the war
lowers act are reversed.
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Fourteen one year term mem
bers Of the Board of Directors of
the New Hanover county Tubercu-
losis and Health Association were
reelected yesterday at the annual
meeting in the superior court room
for three year terms.
Those reelected were Mrs. w.
A. Dick, Mrs. J. v. Granger, the
Rev. E. w. Halleck, w. D. Jones,
Mrs. P. R. Smith, Mrs. w. P.
Sprint, Mrs. W. G Whitehead,
Mrs. L. F. Ormond, Mrs. J. D.
Freeman, Miss Emmie Belle Lee
Gwin, Howard Penton, S. D.
Hurst, j. E. L. Wade and John E.
Hope.
During the meeting it was dis
closed that six active cases of tub
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SAILOR DUNKS BOY.
IS HELD BY POLICE

NEW YORK, May 24.-W.D-
Donald Fifer, 18-year-old sailor
from Enid, Okla, was enjoying
a 48-hour pass before boy, II,
and the police got in his way.
The police came in when the
sailor threw the boy into Cen
trail Park lake.
At police headquarters today,
Fifer explained it this way:
II was seated on the bench
with my girl friend. I wanted to
get in as much loving as I
could. I only had a 48-hour
pass and kids kept running
around the bench"
He was held for Felony
court on an assault charge.
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stars on the shoulders of hi, -,
jacket stopped, held IN ~ he'd
ian dignitaries wb;1 ana civil.
gave her said that he did ''
From the moment of that
meeting, Mrs. HODGES a' h's
the background. She did ~. u
out remained at hotel v 4b.S'an
other wives and families a O ID.
their returned heroes awaited
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BAckAChE, -
LEG PAINS may
BE DANGER Sieu
Of Tired kidney,

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If the Is miles Of kidney tuh.. -,
don't work well, poisonous ws suoea and fltest
in the blood These poisons msv W ~ stan
backaches. rheumatic pains, ley t ns1. niss.
pep ana energy, getting up nights, s, ,Iad
Fsso under the headaches s sJ
ing and burning sometimes shows shows ANU WIN snt1.
thing wrong with your kidpev,.' I Oa I,
Don't wait! Ask your drnSs;ss+ y oIsddr.
Pills, used successfully by miIha S. tof Doni
years: They give happy relief and i0 70! SMyr y
the Is miles Of kidney tubes flush os sa heb
CUB waste 'fom tho blood. Get Doaay, v Fl.
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The famous laurel leaves"
which crowned Greek heroes were
bay leaves.
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WIENER TO SPEAK

Lieut.. Irwin Wexner, from
the convalescent patient divi-
sion at Camp Davis, will be
the guest speaker at q meet
ing of all USO volunteers to-
night. The group will meet
at the USO office, 4O2 North
Front street, at 1880 p. m. All
volunteers are urged to attend.
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JAPS RUSH SHIPS
TO CHINA COAST
Continued from Page One)

lance on the north bank of the
Min river-the old treaty port
outlet to the sea.
The Chinese were nearing 10y
uan after advancing nine and a
half miles yesterday beyond cap
tured Lienkong, 20 miles northeast
Of Foochow. Kwantow, four miles
southeast of Lienkong, near the
coast, also was seized.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04
S Jerks in a Jeep'

II was with considerable mis-
glVingS that he looked forward
TO the first show misgivings
which vanished when Evans
blithely presented a peppery
revue entitled Five Jerks i'm a
Jeep' Later. word went out
that Evans has persuaded a girl
who. IL was believed. was a
fan dancer--to come from Aus
tralia TO appear in a show with
him The girl turned out to
be the great emotional actress.
Judith Anderson the show
was 'Macbeth"-and the boys
cheercd il TO the rafters -.
Mark Hellingcr. in from Hol-
lywood. reports that he ran
across Humphrey BOgart at the
race track, his brow furrowed in
painful thought, as he studied
the scratch sheet Whats
troubling you. Bogey?" inquired
IIclllngcr 81 don't know
what TO pick" replied Bogart.
I'm torn between Ave horses"
AZ 10 the talk that the Detroit
Tigers viii be flown TO Tokyo
Tor a series of exhibition gnrfcS
it is said that Commissioner
Happy" Chandler will accom-
pany them " Anybody think Of
calling fight center, Madison
Square Garden. the clash me-
nagerie? aside 10 Frank
Regan, Biltmore Hotel many.
Apy thanks. misterD As
10 he expected, one auto
manufactures already has copy
righted the name "Atomobile"-
in preparation for the atomic
power era.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04

don't eat the wolf"
Toots Shor is threatening
TO sue this dept for "infla-
nation" of character l
know a girl press agent who
says she could die happy il she
could have her name on
every ones quips =.
1t. Col. James Devereux Ia
still feeling the effects of his
Z imprisonment by the JapS
has resulted in a manner of
speaking that Is barely audible
At the dinner to Mai.
Maurice Evans, il was brought
out that the commanding gem
eral at Pearl Harbor was dis
mayed when the ShakeSpearean
actor was sent TO take over
special service. fearing the re-
suit would be too highbrow for
the els.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04
Flying Orchesfras

-Four exclusives" from as
many press agents. insisting
their band leader clients are
buying transport planes for use
IN long-diStance hops for their
orcheStras Dunninger has
some sound advice 10 drivers:
Approach schools the same way
YOU did when you were a kid
slowly"
Clap callouSed mitts for Louis
Jordan's nightclub Timpanatin'.
Thumpinatin' Tympany five (all
seven OF them) The Pocket
Books issue Of popular verse,
q d j tie d by Ted Malone.
CWynken. Blynken and Nod" is
included and "Abou Ben Adam"
too! e. The George Creel-Sam
Berman grim indictment OF NaZi
war criminals title of the bro
chure, The Crimes and Atroci-
ties OF the Guilty" Barrie
Stavis' The Chain Of Com
mand' satiric stuff with a fore
word by Sgt. Hargrove and
cartoons by Sgt. Leonard San
some -.
1t. Anon Carter Jr.. just out
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04
Switzerland of N. Y.


Ex-Master Sgt. Jimmy Cam
non, discussing with Mark Hell
llngcr. certain reStaurateur
who all during the war refused
20 observe blackouts or other
war restrictions and rules, refers
20 him as The Switzerland of
NNrw York" To the premiere
OF "ThcreSc' at the Bhtmore
with a distinguished cast. in
Guiding Dame May Whitty. Eva
Le Galllenne and Victor Jory
fiappcrs keep running down the
aisle 10 stare al Greer Carson
and her slim. young husband, 1t.
Richard Ney.
Carson has her face shielded
by a black lacy veil and pleads
Off signing autographs. which in
spires JcsSyca Russell GaVer 10
whisper "Garsonic and Old
Lace" Novelist Thyra Wins
low, author Somerset Vaughan,
actress Leonora Corbett and
John y Royal, Warmers Mr..
Harold Rodner. recently cited by
the surgcon-general for his ef-
forts in behalf OF blind soldiers
are among those in the audi
anpa
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04
Political HuddIe

Excitement in a department
store--as tall. lanky military
figure struts throu h-Gen.
Mark Clark Later he dimes
at a Broadway cafe with fellow
officers while outside three
MP's patrol At another
table, Maj. Gen. Ted Curtis. who
was Gen. Spaatz' chief OF staff
e. In night spot. at the round
table usually reserved for the
highly favored Favored. chums,
not fiavored) a group in a Sc
rious political hudd le- with
Postmaster Gen. Robert Hanne-
gan dominating In another
corner. Irving and Ellin Berlin.
the Jock LawrenceS. and the
British producer. Anthony Have
lock-Allan.
Berlin recalls when he was In
Bari, Italy. how Jascha HeifetZ.
the great violinist, kept the Fif-
teenth Air Force men SPELL
bound with his fiddle-magic
lieifetz started off by saying:
Fellows, you are In for I6
minutes Of Brahms. Brahms is
like spinach--good for yOu--so
sit still"
ITavelock-Allan is the pro-
ducer who gave us Noel Cow
ards Tn Which We Serve" the
current film, "Blithe Spirit" and
IS preparing Cowards newest,
Ills Happy Breed from a play
which vas presented in London
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04
Bergen Draws EN-

Edgar Bergen and his pet
wooden-heads lure old and
young TO the night club where
the suave ventriloquistic come
dian is proving the greatest at
traction in years-not excepting
Frank Sinatra Haughtily
fol lowing blue-haired Lady
Mendl into the exclusive con-
fines Of a swank spot-her ema-
ciated pooch-probably the only
pup ever permitted past the
lobby.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04
Pair Shuns
S+ardonn
BY PATRICIA CLARY

HOLLYWOOD, Nov 3
TIERES one leading man in
Il Hollywood who doesn
want to be as popular as Van
johnson. He's Bill Williams. and
there's a lady who agrees with
him Lola Lane.
Stardom is not welcome toWil-
lams. whom R-K1O radio stu
dios promoted 70 star status in
'Deadline at Dawn or 10 Miss
Lane. who. long a star, now
wants only character parts
similar to her role in "Deadline
at Dawn"
Williams wcs incredulous
when told he would co-star with
Susan Hayward and Paul
Lukas.
"The studio isn't doing that.
IL it?" he asked. IL wish they
had waited. remember what
George Raft told me--to go up
one step at = time.
Then II you slip, you only
have to crawl back one step. II
you go right up to the top and
slip, you may not be able to
make IL back mp.
George said, too, that II you
20 up q step at q time, you'll
probably come down q step At
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04

. time, which IL better than
coming down with a bang.
II pity Van johnson, and the
price he pays for popularity"
the shy actor added. 1--WE
known him for years, and 1
knew him when he spent half of
his SIS n week on lessons. Now
he has to duck out the back
door OF stores TO avoid the
crowds"
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04
ENetNL2AoAk ~
B!|!geZZELllgLll 81
Ex-Chief Valentine to Appear
in Series Of Crime NewsreeIs'
Along Manhattanway:

TEE brothers, Irwin and Arthur Lesser have signed
tired Police Commissioner Lewis Valentine
shorts to be known Crime Newsreels" They'll
monthlywh Valentine making the commentary appear
ing in them Mstnguette who must be in her 70s
charging 10000 francs for personal appearances benefits
900 francs for each legD Journal
ist this derisve warning: Take easy grandma
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04

OF uniform, has been escorting
his pretty MON around. Since
May Anon, son OF the Fort
Worth publisher, has gained 65
pounds lost during his imprison-
ment by the Nazis His
buddy. Capt. Arthur Steel. hus-
band Of Pamela Britton. Is back
In mufti D.. Ditto 1t. Col. STAN
Low Tfppat-
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04
Miss Gish Goes East
HOLLYWOOD. NOV.

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. ).
Dorothy Gish off to New York
on completion of Centennial
Summer" TO rehearse for "A
Peggy Lamson play that she
tried out last year and sent back
for a rewrite. Dorothy plans to
winter on Broadway. summer in
California.
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Bodies Well For Future

Announcement on Monday that $4,000 pre-
fabricated houses would be built at Salisbury
for export through the port Of Wilmington
almost simultaneously with the unopposed pas
sage of the North Carolina Port Authority
bill at Raleigh for development OF Whining
ton. Southport and Morehead City is a COM
bination of good news not equaled in a month
of new moons in the history of any city.
Reasonably it may be accepted as indicat-
ing that once the war is over Wilmington
may take it's place among leading Southern
ports and its commerce reach unprecedented
volume.
In this present project one point most pleas
ing to the entire state is that the work itself
is to be performed within the state. 1t does
not involve payrolls set up in another state
for the manufacture of units to be sent abroad.
The money for labor will be expended in
this state, and although it is not SO stated in
dispatches dealing with the project, we may
well believe the lumber too will come from
North Carolina forests, in which case reve-
nues from materials will also accrue to Tar
Heel producers
Friends of the port have contended for
years that with adequate exploitation and con-
sistent effort Wilmington could enjoy equal
commerce with ports to the north and the
south There is no reason to doubt that this
view can be borne out now that the state
government has turned its attention to port
development, if Industrial and business inter-
ests unite for its fulfillment And as Whining
tons port prospers, so will Southport's and
Morehead City's.
This prefabricated house project bodies well
for North Carolina port commerce when sea
lanes are again open for cargoes.
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Nothing He Can Do

Affairs have come to a pretty pass in this
country when a little guy like Mayor La
Guardia of New York can defy the deputy
president, James F. Byrnes, the highest bu-
reaucrat of them all, and Mr.. Byrnes admits
there is nothing he do about it except
appeal to patriotism backed by President
Roosevelt
The flimsiest dynasty in Latin America
could do better than that.
OF course it all revolved around a mid
night hotspot curfew, and nothing more. No
constitutional right or provision was involved.
But at that, LaGuardia, usually regular and
once considered for the labor secretariship,
might be expected to take his spinach without
whimper. Instead he refused to order clubs
and restaurants to close at the stroke OF
twelve but gave them an hours grace, and
Mr.. Byrnes says there is nothing he can do.
Can it be that bureaucracy in this country
lis cracking?
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Change OF Heart

No one would willingly do Argentina, its
government or people, an injustice. But in
present circumstances it is difficult to see
how the South American republic could either
declare war on Germany or break relations
with the Nazis.
For at least three years and probably for
longer Germans have been infiltrating the Ar.
gentine and sending their wealth into the
country in great volume-wealth stolen from
conquered countres-and the general belief
is that Nazi leaders have already feathered
nests for themselves there when the final
collapse in Germany comes.
This situation does not make for a declara.
ton Of war on the Reich or for cooperation
with the United Nation. The Argentine, in
fact, is living off the fat of the land as pro-
vided in largest measure by the Germans
not through British purchase Of Argentine beet
or grain.
There must be very definite change OF
heart in the republic before any true friend
ship can be established between Argentina
and the worlds other democracies.
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capital, and that they will both be ready TO
move into power in Germany when circum-
stances permit"
Then, adding that it is our job to see tna1
these circumstances do not arise, even II
Germany has to be occupied for thirty years.
Mr. Fleming goes on to say:
"In putting Germany on long prooa'loh
we do not have to decide whether tnere are
any good Germans. There may nave oeeh
and there may be again. All that we kno"
certainly is that the war makers eternany
dominate such good Germans as there may
be and carry them along without much oil
ficulty to war and conquest. If we are con-
cerned about the good Germans, the last
thing we should want is to turn them over
presently to the tender mercies OF the EN-
Uttered Nazis, Junkers and other vlolen1'
predatory elements. The good Germans VIII
need protection from these people for many
a year.
Most Of the German problems with which
we must cope will be almost insoluble un-
less we go into Germany prepared to stay
a long time
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The Literary Guidepost

prisoners converted to the dei!i. .
cratic cause, innumerable soloiei'
and peasants. ,.d h.
He visited the regions ruleu
the famous Eighth Route AlI u.
and the New Fourth Army c w
saw for himself the extent OF In 4,
nese successes achieved Amos o.
bare-handed. the only soser
ment equipment which the s .or,
munists had was captured from
Kuomintang outfits which nao ~, -,
serted TO the japanese, folm .-,
reports. Everywhere there VIII
pictures of Roosevelt, Churc"'H'
Stain and Chang. 4,.t
The men he met hoped wv, .,n
Chungkirg would not be ahl-.u .an
ocratic after the defeat OF JaP Ios,
They declared Chang woula a. IN N
the peoples support if he tTls ,,.or :.
play dictator. The China OF tonlo ot
row should be, they said "a "eas
central government with s"0- =,
semi autonomous S t a tex ~.
"something on the pattern OF ~,
British commonwealth of nauon, ~
The book has photographs an ~
maps; exciting first-hand tale s;ct
the sort of deadly warfare % ,n.sI
pinned the Japanese to lsoIs.S.
strong points; detailed aese
tons of the unbelievable lnge+ +as
ity Of the people in batting
well-equipped invaders.