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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
Japan; s Diet Ordered To Giue
All Its P0wers To War Cabinet
RULE BY DECREE
Premier Says Country Fac
Ing Greatest Crisis In
Its History
by The Associated Press

Emperor Hirohito directed t h G
japanese diet yesterday to hand
over virtually all its powers to the
war cabinet, which will rule by
decree in an effort to cope with
what Premier Kantaro Suzuki call
ed "the most critical situation ir
the history of our nation"
Opening of the two-day emergen.
cy diet session in bomb-ravisheo
Tokyo with prediction that h E
unprecedented war powers would
be granted quickly was reported
by the Domei agency in a series
of broadcasts recorded by h {
Federal communica tions commits
sion.
Forecasts Invasion
Addressing both houses, Prem
Ter Suzuki forecast an American
invasion of Japan and warned Of
new shortages of food, munitions
and transport, but rejected uncon
ditional surrender and declared
that Japan's only choice was etc
fight to the last
In brief imperial rescript, which
was read before Suzuki spoke, Hi
rohito called on the people to ''ful
fill the purpose of the holy war"
and ordered the diet to do your
duty of celebrating and support
ing the war emergency measures
in accordance with out imperial
will"
Domei said that there were six
measures which would empower
the cabinet to Issue orders OF
take steps without parliamentary
APPROVAL in the fields of trans
Continued on Page Nine: Col. ii
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10

Philippines and the East In
dies.
Tokyo had said that Allied
invaders went ashore on La
buan after Japanese positions
on the isle were battered by
battleships, cruisers, destroy
ers and so smaller warships.
Labuan is on the northern
flank of the mouth of Brunei
Bay, on the opposite side Of
Northern BorneO from Tara
kan island, which Australian
and Dutch forces invaded Al
days ago. Japanese opposition
on Tarakan has been virtual
ly knocked out.
Macarthur reported Ameri-
can planes set fires in haraSS-
ing raids on Taihoku, on For
mosa, caused a large explosion
Confined on Page Two. Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
ACCORD PUTS Lid
ON TRIESTE ROW
Anglo-American Force
Will Control Railways,
Roads To Austria

WASHINGTON, June 9.-P)-An
An glo-American and Yugoslav
agreement today put lid on the
troubled Trieste situation, at least,
officials hoped, until a peace con
ference can settle it permanently.
whereby the. Yugoslav forces OF
Marshal Tito are to withdraw east
ward, leaving the Anglo-America1
forces in control of the railways
and roads to Austria which h
consider vital.
No mention is made in the agree
ment of the Austrian province OF
(Confiuued ~, Page Two. Col 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
BY FRED HAMPSON

MANILA, Sunday, June 10
-(R-The Japanese reported
Saturday an Allied invasion Of
Labuan island off the northwest
coast of oil-rich Borneo.
General Douglas Macarthur
did not confirm the enemy ra-
dto report but his communique
today announced heavy air
raids for the eighth consecu-
tive day ON Labuan and the
Brunei Bay area in which La
buan is situated.
Allied light naval forces also
shelled the northeast coast of
Rorneo, Macarthur ANNOUNCE
ed.
U. S. Army 13h Air Force,
Royal Australian Air Force and
U. S. Seventh Fleet heavy.
medium and fighter-bombers
dealt the Borneo bows as the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
VICTORY PARADE

NEW YORK, June 9-R-The
British radio. quoting a Russian
announcement, said today that an
Allied victory parade will be held
in Berlin as soon as British. and
American troops arrive in the
German canital'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
TRUMAN ON CRUISE

WASHINGTON, June 9.-(P)-
President Truman left this after
noon on an overnight river cruise
on the yacht Potomac. He will re-
turn to the White House some time
Tomorrow
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
SPIES EXECUTED

MANILA, June 9.-Wp)-Six jap
anese and one Filipino have been
convicted as spies in U. S. Army
court martial and hanged, it was
announced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
WEATHER


FORECAST
North Carolina-Considerable cloudi-
ness and warmer Sunday and Monday
afternoon. Thlndershowers Sunday and
in mountains Monday.
WASHINGTON. June 9-tP-Weather
bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10

Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Nozis Trapped in East Prussia
Open bikes to Slow Russians
Pocket Southwest Of Koeniesbere Cut
To 100 Square Miles, Reds Soy

Budapest. Berlin broadcasts said
the Russians had thrust out in q
huge drive to clear Upper Silesia,
capturing Neustadt. The town is
Is miles west of the Oder River
and only from the Czechoslovak
frontier. Berlin said the Reds
were attacking on an 80-mile
'front.'
Although rains have softened the
ground, Russian tanks carrying
toploads of machine gunners are
cruising steadily into the perimeter
OF the enemy pocket, the Red Star
dispatch said.
"The roar of battle southwest of
Koenigsberg is ceaseless." it added.
In the muddy lowlands the Rus
slams were forced to haul artillery
pieces forward by hand through
fields pitted with bomb craters.
In advances of up to 3 miles yes
terday along a 25-mile front, the
Russian forces approached to with
In / and 3 miles, respectively, OF
and Heiligenbeil, cap
turing more than 30 communities
and 2,138 prisoners.
Dispatches reported steady prog
ress by Red Army troops fighting
through the Silesian capital of
Breslau. The German air force
was said to be still trying to ferry
supplies to the besieged garrison
under cover of darkness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Heat Brings Out
Cherry Blossoms
Days Early

The single-blossom cherry trees
are in bloom around the Tidal Basin
today and will remain in full flow
er for about week, National Capt.
tai Parks Office announced today.
Only once before in the history of
the trees, in 1927, have they bloomed
as early as March 20.
'The heat last night did it," Ed
ward Kelly, special assistant to the
parks superintendent said. The
blossoms usually do not appear till
early in April and even with the
unprecedented warm temperatures
lately Mr.. Kelly had not expected
them until Saturday.
The double-blossom trees usually
blooni about two weeks after the
single ones. But the freakish
weather has made Mr.. Kelly eau
tious about predictions. Continued
warm weather might bring them
out earlier, he said, but on the other
hand sudden colder weather would
retard them.
Il don't want to forecast any
thing" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Series Tells INSIDE
On the Food Shortage

Since food is hot subject at
present, the Associated Press has
had Ovid A. Martin, who has COW
cred the Agriculture Department
since 1888, write a four-part Sc
ries which it styles THE Inside
of the Food Shortage"
1t answers a lot of questions
growing out of discussions of the
shortage and proposed congress
sional investigations, and Mr..
Martin tells you just about every
thing except where to buy
pound of bacon.
One Of the Nations outstand-
Ing farm news reporters, Mr..
Martin covered the struggles of
Kansas wheat and livestock
farmers through the droughts of
1884 and 1886.
His series starts in The Star
today on Page Az. >
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
MandaIay Is Cleared
And Mogok, Burma S
Ruby Capital, Seized
Allied Heavy Bombers
Fly 5000 Miles to
Blust ThoiIund
Ey the Associated Press.


CALCUTTA, Mar. 20.-BritiSh
36th Division troops have occu-
pied Mogok, worlds ruby capital,
IS miles northeast 81 Mandalay
and an equal distance west of
the Burma road city of Lashio, in
the Allied drive to rid the area
north of the Mandalay-Lashio
road OF the japanese.
CA Reuters dispatch said Fort
Dufferin, Japanese stronghold in
the center of Mandalay, had been
captured.
A BIC dispatch heard in New
York by NBC said Mandalay was
completely in British hands to-
day.
In the Mandalay fighting, Brit
iSh troops continued hopping up
operations against japanese ordered
to resist to the last. British I'd
Division troops pushing northeast
from Ava are astride the Rangoon-
Mandalay railway and have entered
the southern part of Mandalay.
Thailand Hit in Long Raid.
American and British B-24 bomb
ers of the Strategic Air Force, flying
almost 5000 miles in one of the
longest missions ever flown by Lib
orators, raided enemy communica-
lions on the Kra Isthmus in Thai
land, some 245 miles southwest of
Bangkok. and results were said to
be excellent.
The British units attacked supply
dumps at Na-Nein, miles inland
from the port of Chum Porn, and
the American group hit bridges
south of Na-Nein on the Singapore
Bangkok railway and the railway
across the neck of the isthmus
The Tako bridge on the west coast
was destroyed.
Japs Pressed From Two Sides.
Capture of Mogok, a communica-
lions center controlling three all
weather roads, threatened to flank
those enemy forces still astride the
Burma road. They were being
pressed between the Chinese driving
from captured Lashio and the Brit
ish at Aaymyo, 40 miles northeast
of Mandalay, seized by the Tommies
last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Py tie Associated Press.

Py TIE Associated Press.
Testimony that two EMPLOYEES OF
the Commodity Credit Corp. had
criminal records was made public
today bv the House Appropriations
Committee.
The men were identified at hear
ings on the 1916. farm supply bill
as Joseph Hatch and Edmund g.
BenSer.
Asked by Representative Tarver,
Democrat, of Georgia II he was IA
miliar with Hatch's record, Frank
Hancock, head of the CCC, said he
was not. He added that only very
recently" was it called to his atten-
ton by Marvin Jones, head Of the
War Food Administration.
Asked by Mr.. Tarver II he knew
Of any other employe who has q
criminal record" Mr.. Hancock an
swered in the affirmative.
Eyes, SIR, = Mr.. 3enser," he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
British Leaders Nay
Come to Washington
For Food Discussion
~ the Associated Press,

BY tine ASSOCIATED PreSk.
LONDON, Mar. 20.-Food
Minister John j. Llewellin said
today that he and Oliver Lyt-
telton, Minister of War Pro-
duction, might 60 to Washing
ton soon to discuss Britain's
meat and food supply situation,
but added that no definite de-
cision had been made.
Mr.. Llewellin said he consid-
cred the recently announced cut
in American meat supplies to
Britain as still fluid" and in
dicated there would be no cut
in the meat ration at least until
all factors have been weighed.
I'VE are still getting our meat
from Argentina" he said.
otherwise the meat ration
would have to come down"
1T has been stated that it
was thought in the United
States that we have some 700,-
000, 600 tons of food in store in
the United Kingdom" the Food
Minister said. II wish it were
true. The fact is we never at
any time during the war had
stocks of anything like that
size"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Nozi AirpIone Ports Factory
In Mountain Cave Captured

feet high, in the face of small arms
fire.
When the Americans reached the
Germans at a famous old Rhine
castle on the summit the defenders
tried to use their bayonets to fore
stall the advance. They were pro-
tecting a major prize, for cave in
the mountain had been enlarged
by blasting to house q factory max
ing fuel pumps for Folke-Wulf
fighters.
The factory employed 750, Of
whom $50 were skilled German
workers and the rest slave labor.
Two hundred Of the slave laborers
were Russian women. The owner,
who valued his plant at $500, 900,
(See HENRY. Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Late Bulletin
$I54,m More Reported

American Red Cross solicit
tors from Government Offices
reported additional contribu-
ti0ns of $154 900 at the United
States Chamber of Commerce
meeting this afternoon, bring
ing the campaign total to
S1.7S6, OOO-66 per cent of the
$2,700, 800 quota.
Earlier Story on Page B-1.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
CCCHeud Gives House Hearing
Names Of 2 With Police Record

He added that Benser was en-
ployed by the CCC until February
Is, the day before Mr.. Hancock tes-
titled.
MY understanding is that he has
turned in his resignation to his
superior in his DIVISION" Mr.. Han
cock said. Il advised him to do So.
Within "a hours of the time he
learned about Benser,s record, Mr..
Hancock said, he removed Benser's
authority with respect to the fiscal
operations of the CCC Office of sup
ply. Before January l, Mr.. Hancock
said, Benser had been chief fiscal
ofncer Of the ONCE of Distribution.
Included In the printed hearings
was copy Of a Civil Service Com
mission report on Benser, listed as a
resident Of nearby Bethesda, Md. It
listed police records involving
bigamy and embezzlement, with a
tsee CCC. Page A-6J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
By the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, Mar. Alderman
forces trapped in a dwindling
pocket on the East Prussian
coast southwest of Koenigsbere
were reported today to have
opened the coastal bikes and
turned the loWlands into a big
lake in an effort to halt a Rus
sian determination drive.
A Red Star dispatch said the
waters of the Frisches Half Qagoon)
were pouring into an inland basin
below sea level where frightened
German soldiers are unable to put
up an organized resistance and many
are throwing away their guns and
fleeing"
A communique last night said the
pocket had been cut to little more
than 100 square miles-about 10
miles in length and miles from the
sea at its deepest point-and that
the two major towns in the area.
and Heiligenbeil, were
under direct attack
The Germans reported action
today on two fronts on which the
Russians were silent. The Nazi
high command said Red troops,
launching a renewed offensive in
Hungary, have smashed to within
less than IL miles of Komarom
on the Danube northwest of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Medley Faces Prompt
Trial as Prosecutors,
Police Study Evidence
Pleas Of Not Guilty
Entered for Suspect
At Murder Hearing
Pictures on Page BIZ

District prosecutors today
moved swiftly to bring Joseph
Medley to an early trial in the
Staying of Mrs. Nancy Boyer, as
the 43-year-old convict was held
without bond on homicide and
fugitive charges.
Medley faced United States Com
missioner Needham C. Turnage this
morning for arraignment on the
fugitive charge on which he was
brought here from st. Louis by Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation agents
yesterday. He was arraigned imme-
diately after his arrival yesterday on
the homicide charge, but declined
to make plea then.
Mr.. Turnage, who agreed last night
to grant Medley weeks postpone
ment to seek counsel, today indefi-
nitely postponed the arraignment on
the fugitive charge and entered
| pleas of not guilty for the prisoner
on both counts.
1t appeared likely that the United
States attorney will 60 ahead with
the indictment despite the delay in
completing the arraignments. If
Medley is indicted, he probably will
be arraigned then by a District
Court judge, who will set date for
| trial.
Study Evidence Today.
Government prosecutors arranged
conference with Washington police
and the FBI for this afternoon to
go over the evidence and Assistant
United States Attorney John w.
F1helly promised that we're going
to move as fast as possible to bring
this prisoner to an early trial"
Medley appeared to be in jovial
mood as he arrived at Mr.. FURNACES
Office in the custody of three deputy
marshals this morning. He held his
head up, posed and told photog-
raphers, "All right, boys, you can
take them now"
His refusal to show his face to
photographers yesterday was be-
cause "he wasn't snaved,' Deputy
Marshal Charles H. Ward said the
man afterward explained.
Medley also told Mr.. Ward that
he was awaiting some word" on an
attorney to defend him.
Asked by reporters If he had had
a good nights sleep, he smiled and
replied, We'll, I slept"
Like q Circus"
Appearing much less resentful
over the presence of newsmen than
he was on his arrival yesterday,
Medley commented that they've
got to make living" and asked:
did you see that mob at the
station? 1t was like circus around
here yesterday"
From Mr.. Turnage's Office Med
ley was taken to the cell block at
District Court to be photographed,
fingerprinted and questioned for
the Jail record.
Acting United States Marshal C.
Michael Kearney said Medley would
be held in the cell block most of the
day to give homicide squad detec-
tives another chance to question
him, as well as to give Medley an
opportunity to obtain counsel.
Medley already has gone through
one siege of. questioning by Wash
ington police. Last night, Medley,
according to his police interviewers,
(See MEDLEY, Page A-6.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
New Oversees Edition
VIII Be Out Tomorrow

A new issue of The Stars
Overseas Edition will be ready
tomorrow. Free copies. with
envelopes for mailing, may be
obtained at The Stars busi-
ness counter and the Victory
Bond Booth in Lansburyh's De-
partment Store.
The edition is strictly limited.
Please do not waste q single copy,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Mickey Cochrone's Son
Is Killed in Action

By the Associated Press.
LAKE FOREST, H., Mar. TO-
Pfc. Gordon Cochrane, jr., 2O-year-
old son of 1t. Comdr. Gordon
Mickey Cochrane, former Ameri-
can League star catcher and man
ager, was killed in action February
Is in Holland, his mother was noti-
fled by the War Department. Young
Cochrane, student at Iowa State
College before entering service in
January, 1874, went overseas last
October.
Comdr. Cochrane, one-time De-
troit Tigers manager, now is on
duty in the Pacific. He had been
baseball manager at Great Lakes
Training Center for three seasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Raj Bombers Attack
Germany's Largest
Rail Yards al Hamm
Hundreds Of WorpIones
Roke Enemy Positions
Close to Bottle Front
By the Associated Press


LONDON, Mar. 20.-British
heavy bombers attacked Ger
many's largest freight yards at
Hamm and another railway
junction at Reck1inghausen on
the northern fringe of the Ruhr
in a continuing devastation of
the Nazi communications system
today.
Hundreds of other warplanes
raked enemy positions close to the
front, resuming the pounding which
cost the Germans nearly 5000 We
hicles yesterday.
About 500 planes took part in this
twin blow, delivered ahead of an
other large-scale attack by United
States 9th Air Force bombers. The
Flying Fortresses and Liberators,
out later than usual, still were bomb
ing as the British fleet made its way
home.
The United States 9th Air Force
flew more than 1000 sorties from
forward continental bases before
noon, losing one fighter. -Four Nazi
ships were destroyed aground and
| one in the air.
2Sth Berlin Attack.
The Raj ma0e its 18th consecu-
tive raid on Berlin last night, but
this time the Mosquitoes struck
shortly before dawn instead of about
midnight. Other night bombers at
tackled variety of communications
targets from the Ruhr to Hanover
and south to Coblenz.
Approximately 5000 Allied planes
swarmed over Germany yesterday in
one of the greatest mass sweeps
this year. The tactical air fleets
had their biggest day since the
trapping of the Nazis in the Falaise
Gap last summer.
The United States 9th Air Force
few more than $500 sorties against
rail, motor and horse-drawn traffic
from the Ruhr to the Saar Valley.
Medium bombers claimed 1892 We
hicles of all types destroyed or tenn
porarly knocked out and rail lines
cut in 200 places.
10 Planes Lost.
The 9th reported the loss of 10
planes in the days operations.
The British I'd Tactical Air Force
few 1,500 sorties, losing seven air.
craft. Railways were cut in 80 places
and a number of transport depots
containing more than 500 vehicles
were wrecked
The Allies destroyed 81 German
planes yesterday, Al in aerial COM
bat and 20 on the ground.
Little interference was offered by
the German airmen to the close
support operations, but they tried
hard to get at 1000 American
bombers which raidei jet plane
bases and war factories in Southern
Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.


WITH UNITED STATES FORCES
ON THE RHINE, Mar. 2O.-An air.
plane parts factory hewn out of
the interior of a mountain has
been captured by troops Of the 18th
Division whom I talked to today.
Its capture was incidental to occu-
patton of mountain tops along the
Rhine, several of them crested with
ancient castles.
The factory was captured by a
company of an infantry regiment
under the command of 1t. Col.
Richard Reyes of Houston, Tex.
The company, with 1t. Henry Low
cite OF Camden, S. c., in command,
toiled up a nearly vertical clif1, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Food Car Demanded
By COP; Widespread
Inquiry Is Planned
Congress Will Study
Everything From Rockets
To Foreign Stock Piles
BY the Associated Press.

oS Ahe AssONAAe0d E1Gsc.
Republican demands for a
one-man national food boss
sounded on Capitol Hill today
as Congress itself stepped into
the picture to find causes and
remedies for the food shortage.
1--WE have no partisan desire in
this matter said Representative
jenkins of Ohib, chairman of the
Republican Congressional Food
Study Committee, as he and other
members of the group issued their
call for centralized control.
They commended it is the only way
to solve the problem of increasing
food shortages and prevent greater
ones from developing.
Both Senate and House, mean
while, moved to investigate every
thing from black markets to foreign
stock piles as they affect the food
situation.
Gets S5,000 Appropriation.
Chairman Thomas of the Senate
Agriculture Committee told a re-
porter he will meet with special
subcommittee this week to map i'm
mediate action on an inquiry au-
thorized yesterday by the Senate
The group was given 5000 to look
into production, processing, dis
tribution and transportation" OF
food.
In the House Chairman SABBATH OF
the Rules Committee promised
speedy consideration Of three diff
ferent proposals for Investigations
Representative Anderson, Demo-
crat, of New Mexico asked creation
of special five-member committee