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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
DRAFT IA V5E
M0SkE mad Is.
k0N(AN

WASHINGTON, . Is. avg.
mornarica in ma
rinski zbor so danes objavili
demobilizacijske nacrte, gla-
som katerih Sc ina v teku
prihodnjih II ali 18 mesecev
odpustiti IL oborozenih sill
100000 MOI.
Obenem je zvezna naborna
komisija odredila, da sc poslej
ustavi klicanje v oborozene sile
vseh moskih, XII so spolnili 26.
leto. Drzavni naborni odbori 50
tudi dobili narocilo, da kvote IL
polnijo predvsem z mladenici, XII
so start 18 let.
Medtem ko je pointni sistem,
glasom katerega Sc DO odpusca-
10 moske liz armade, ostal "a en-
krat nespremenjen, to je "a od-
pust Sc bo potrebovalo IS poin-
tov, pa je mornarica naznanila
sistem sluzbenih pointov, ma
podlagi katerega Sc DO v teku
prihodnjega leta in pol vrnilo v
civilno zivljenje cd enega in pol
do diva milijona in pol moz.
Armada pa je naznanila, da
bodo poslej vsi moski, XII SO spoil
Mill 38. leto, lahko prosili "a cd.
pust v teku 80 dni. Do sedaj SC
nogli prositi "a odpust le moski
XII SO spolnili 40. leto.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
AtOmska bOmba
in Rusi prisilili
JapOnce ma kOlena

Japonski cesar Hirohito je v
radijskem govoru ma narod v
torek primal, da je bila Japon-
ska prisiljena sprejeti potsdam-
sko deklaracijo in prenehati z
vojno radi atomske bombe in
ker je Sovjetska unija stopila v
vojno proti mikadovim silam.
To je bio prvic, da je japon-
ski cesar incl govor potom radi-
ia in da je svoje besede naslovil
direktno ma narod. Japonci NAM
rec smatrajo cesarja "a "boga,"
oziroma "sina sonca."
Toda cesar nj mix kjer v govoru
razlozil, kaj pomeni sprejem
potsdamske deklaracije, in Wits
njegovih besed je ia, da je ia
ponska stopila il vojne edino,
ker zeli prepreciti "unicenje clo-
veske civilizacije." Hirohito je
tudi vztrajal ma bajki, da Sc je
Japonska borila v silobranu, ker
je bila izzvana in je morala bra
niti interese vseh ljudstev who
dine Azije.
Kako trpko je poraz zadel ja-
ponske militariste, je razvidno
il porocil, da je japonski vojni
minister Korejcika Anami izvr-
Sill "harakiri." Premier Kantaro
Sazuki pa je izjavil:
eta dan je postal dan, katere-
ga japonski narod ne bo nikdar,
nikdar pozabil."
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
PETAIN KRIV. TODA
SMRTNA OBSODBA Sc
NAJBRzE NE IZVRSI

PARIZ, Is. avgusta-Marsal
Henri Petain je bill danes cd po-
rote, sestojece IL "a oseb, spo-
znan krivim izdajstva in cd sod
mega stola obsojen ma smrt. Po-
rota je bila v zasedanju sedem
ur.
Predsednik sodisca je po IRE
ku kazni izrazil upanje, da smrt-
ma obsodba ne bo izvrsena: Ali
DO Petain pomiloseen ali ne, bo
moral odlociti general De Gaulle
kot nacelnik provizoricne Wade.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
Racija "a mesO, mast in gu
miiaste obrOce Ostane

Racija "a meso, mast in gu
mi jaste obrOce Ostane
Sc nadalje pa ostane v velja-
vi racija "a meso, mast, Ollie,
surovo maslo, sladkor, cevlje,
gumijasta avtomobilska kolesa
in razne druge potrebseine, do
kler Sc ne bodo potrebe oboroze-
nih sill toliko znizale, da bo mo-
goce omiliti ali odpraviti racijo
tudi Ia te predmete.
Nacelnik OPA urada Chester
Bowles je rekel, da Sc DO raci-
ia "a nadaljne potrebscine od-
pravila cim preje mogoce, da pa
"a enkrat ne more reci, kdaj sc
bo to moglo storiti.
"Gotovo ste lahko, da bodo
vse restrikcije pri kupovanju od-
pravljene," je rekel Bowles, "ka-
kor nitro bono videli, da so Ia
loge zadostne.
Gasolinska racija je bila pre-
klicana, ker zracna sila ne bo
vec potrebovala ogromnih do
bav, medtem ko Sc bodo potre-
be mornarice "a kurivno oil je
istotako jako znizale.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
Druzziinski spor
pOvZrOccil snnrt
SLOW. dekleta

v torek zvecer je bila ustre-
ljena ma domu Mrs. Margaret
Stopar, 1862 Neff Rd., 19 let
stara Frances Erzen, XII Sc je
tam nahajala z manjso druzbo,
XII je praznovala konec vojne.
Usodni strel je nenamenoma
oddal Frank Stopar, star SO let,
XII je prisel ma dom svoje 38-let-
ne zene, XII ga je pred casom "a
pustila. Policija pravi, da sta "a
konca ze zadnja stiri leta zivela
" vecnem prepiru. Mrs. Stopar
obratuje gostilno ma 4164 E.
131 St.
Kakor pripovedujejo price, je
Stopar pri vstopu v hiso pri vra-
tih v ozadju navzocim ukazal, da
maj Sc ne ganejo. zena, vedoc, da
isce MO, je zbezala IL sobe. Miss
Erzen je zacela teei proti pred
MIN vratom, ko so jo podrli
streli. Ko je bila prepeljana v
bolnisnico, MISC mogli zdravniki
storiti drugega kot ugotoviti
smrt. Ustreljeno dekle je bivalo
ma 1918 Addison Rd.
Navzoca sta bila Frank Groz-
de il 1888 Addison Rd. in NOR
mar Stanley Young il 1864
Neff Rd., XII sta Stoparja zbila
ma tia in ga drzala, dokler nj do
spela policija, XII ga je odvedla
" zapor. Tam je Stopar rekel, da
je poskusil po streljanju izvrsiti
samomor, ampak da tega nj mo-
gel storiti, ker je izstrelil vse
krogle.
Pokojna mladenka, XII je po-
stala zrtev streljanja, je bila ro-
jena v Clevelandu in zapusca
mater Barbara, diva brata, Ed
warda in Stephen Antolina, in
sestro Ammo silc. Men oce je
umrl pred petimi lett.
| Pogreb Sc bo vrsil v soboto
lzjutraj oh 9. uri IL Zakrajskove.
lga pogrebnega zavoda v cerkey
|sv. Franciska ma Superior Ave
in E. u St., cd tam pa ma Cal
wary pokopalisce.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16

Toda naznanilom da e vona koneana zaee ze kop
eiti problemi. katere prinasa mir.
Naoga pred katero nahajamo najveSa pred katero
kedaj sta rekel predednk Truman ko torek
oh zveSer Bell hs naznan kaptuacio Japonse
Nunos tako vek kot pred katero
s. nahajai 7. decembra l94l"
Predsednkovo naznano znaeo zaeetek premija. XII bo
tao neka dn doker bo general Douglas Macarthur kot
vhovni zaveznk poven sprejel foane kapulacje Japo
ske na temelu potsdamske deklaracije.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16

mund, po cinu porocnik, pri le-
talcih v Colorado, Joe ma juz-
ner1 Pacifiku, Louis pri morna-
rici ma Pacifiku, Albin pri vo-
jaski policiji v Texasu, Eddie v
Nemciji, John pri letalcih v
Iowi. Matt je vdova.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
PO r O X A

Porocila sta Sc danes zjutraj
v cerkvi sv. Vida Miss Molly Ho-
cevar, hcerka Mrs. Mary Hoee-
var, 1922 E. Ga St., in Mr.. Ro-
bert Blatnik, sin Mrs. Blatnik,
st. Clair Ave. Novoporocence-
ma eestitamo in jima zelimo vse
naiboljse v zakonskem zivlje-
nju!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
POSEBNA plaza "A
PRANK IMAGE

Glasom odredbe predsednika
Trumana bodo delavci, ki SO de-
lali vceraj in 50 potrebni v in
dustriji danes, prejeli placo kot
je dolocena "a praznike.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
MA OBISKU

L Milwaukee, Wis, je prisla
ma obisk v Cleveland Mrs. Anna
Markelc, XII Sc nahaja "a cas- a
obiska pri svoji sestri Mrs. Ma
ry Hocevar, 1922 E. "a st. Do
brodosla!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
Macarthur ukaza porazen Japos da poSe Mano zastopn
pods pogcev prede teku prprave odpust
il oboozenh sill Raca gasolna in nekater zv oprave

Medtem ko dekarac japonskemu ludsvu zagotavlja
po do dostonega in svobodnega venja bo morale po
pref dea pokoro deanja. sponem pogo XII bodo
nalozeni Japoncem enak onim XII h mora spree
Neci da bodo ime svojo asno vlado cesarje XII
bo nahajal pod strogo zaveznisko kontrolo.
Odvzeta jim bodo sredstva katerimi b mogi Sc kdaj
zae vojno pro drugm narodom Ma prednjh bazah Pa
u eakao se zastopnik voaske vlade pripraven da ou
pacijskm am odrnejo Japonko zano zvaja doloebe
kaptulacije.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
OPA urad ma delu "a
poyratek dezzele ma
mirovno podlago

WASHINGTON, 15 avgusta-Zvezna vlada je danes
podvzela prve korake da dezea povrne IL vone mi
rovno podlago OPA urad e preklica omeve pr ku-
povanju gasona obenem pa ukinl raco konservrano
sadie in socivje, kurivno ole in oljne peel.
Vceraj Amerikanci prvic cd II. marca 1912 zopet
lahko s gasolinske posaje in rekl prodajacu Nal
do
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16

Po skoro sesth eh more klana kakrsnega sve nj
vde zgodovini tore H. oh T. zveer
zemljo zopet vrnil mir.
Ma ogronih bojnh frontah Paciku kontinentu Aze
namogoenee se unieen bile zbrane kda poprej
ustavile OBJ razbem in porazenem imperju Japonske.
Konec sasne vojne XII zaeea l. septembra 1899 ko
Herjeve tolpe vdrle Poko zaveznisk pozdrav
nebrzdan ves kasnega nj bill Sc nikdar pref priea
Tezka e taa narode. e dvigna in svet je zopet
zacel svobodno dihati.
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ella admirala Halseyja, XII pa ne
pove, ali Sc je to storilo topo-
Vi ma krovu bojnih ladij, ali pa
so iih sestrelila ameriska letala.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16
Topovi ma Pacifiku
obmolknili; Macarthur
dal povelje Japoncem

MANILA, Is. avgusta-Gen. Douglas Macarthur, XII
je bill sporazurno ostalim zavezniskmi sami imeno-
van vrhovnim povenikom okupacijskih sill ma Japon-
skem, je danes ukaza Japonski, da pose zasopnika
Manilo da Sc ured "a zvrsitev pogoev kapitulacje.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-16

Zavezniski vrhovni poveljnik
je tudi dial Japonski povelje, da
nemudoma odredi, da japonske
oborozene sile takoj prenehajo S
sovraznostmi.
Oh 4:O6 zjutraj po cleveland
skem casu je japonska Domei
agencija naznanila, da bo cesar
Hirohito vsak cas- tidal povelje
"a koncanje sovraznosti.
Macarthur :je ukazal Japon-
Gem, da posljejo svojega "a
stopnika v belem neoborozenem
letalu, ma cigar ogradju morata
biti naslikana diva zelena kriza.
Dale je ukazal, katerega IRA
koplovskega polja Sc mora do
ticno letalo dvigniti in da Sc ga
mora obvestiti, predno letalo od-
lett proti svojemu cilju. Japon-
sko letalo mora rabbit besedo
"Bataan" kot identifikacijski
signal.
Ameriski poveljniki odredili
najvecjo Opreznost
GUAM, Is. augusta. - Med
tenn ko so ameriski poveljniki ma
Pacifiku dali povelje, da topovi
utihnejo, pa so obenem odredi-
Ii najvecjo opreznost v sch pri-
hodnjih korakih, z namenom, da
preprecijo vsako nadaljno Ia
hrbtnost cd strani Japoncev.
Admiral Halsey je po radiju
posvaril vse ameriske morske ST.
lie ma Pacifiku, da ostanejo bud
no ma strait, dokler ne DO japon-
ska predaja dejansko izvrsena
v blizini ameriskega tretjega
brodovja Sc je stir ure po ma
znanilu kapitulacije v Tokiju po-
javilo pet japonskih letal. Bile
nj jasno, ali so letala priletela Z
namenom, da Amerikance napa.
dejo ali da jih pozdravijo.
Vseh pet letal je bilo zbitih Y
morje, kakor razvidno il poro'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
Lend.Lease For Russia
Scheduled For Reuiew

WASHINGTON, May IA. - B -
The State Department said today
that the test for future lend-lease
to Russia is adequate information
regarding the essential nature Of
Soviet military supply require
ments'' and their importance as
compared with competing de-
mands.
A statement by acting Secretary
Joseph c. Grew predicted "sub-
stantial reductions" in current
deliveries, but made it clear that
deliveries meeting the test will
continue to go forward.
The criterion, he emphasized, is
the same as for other lend-iease
countries.
The acting secretary did not
mention the Soviet Union in direct
connection with the Japanese war,
in which that country is not involv-
ed. Other officials discussing the
review of Russian lend-lease, how
ever, had pointed out that Russia
lis preoccupying some half-million
of the best Japanese troops along
the Manchurian border and that
this benefits this country's military
interests.
"Since 1941," Crews statement
said, the United States has agreed
with the Soviet Union upon annual
supply programs which have been
embodied in protocols. In view OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
D. S. LNEAN7RKlNEN TAKE YONABARU
ALRDR0lME, CLAIM KEY HILL NEARBY;
1880, 900 CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS
GENERALS
TOTAL OVER 100
RESISTANCE CEASES
No indication Seen That
Renegade Leaders
Are Taken

LONDON, May 14.-(P)-MoscoW
announced tonight that more than
100000 Nazis have surrendered
to the Red Army since Germany
unconditional surrender.
The broadcast Russian COM
munique, which totaled exactly
81 words, credited the figure on
the number Of captives to the Sow
let information bureau.
This was an increase Of 10000
prisoners over the total announced
yesterday.
Moscow said that in the round
up of German troops, 101 generals
had been taken prisoner.
The conamunique implied that
all resistance had ceased in
Czechoslovakia, but gave no indi-
cation that Field Marshal Won
Schooner or Col. Gen. Woehler,
who led the prolonged fighting
there, had yet been captured.
The days enemy roundup swell
ed to 3,030,0O0 the total Germans
killed or captured since the Red
Army launched its spring cffen-
sive January IL. BY Moscow
count, 12,770,O enemy troops nave
been slain or captured in almost
four years of war on the Eastern
Front.
Moscow's terse communique
said:
"The number of prisoners and
the quantity of booty announced
in the Soviet information bureau
operational communicate of May
10 increased during May IA on all
fronts by 10000 German officers
and men and 10 generals. Thus
from May 9 to May IA on all fronts
more than 1880, 900 officers and
men and 101 generals were taken
prisoner"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15

the changed military situation, pro-
grams of such duration are not
now required.
Instead it is proposed that lend
lease shipments to the Soviet Union
be reviewed and continued where
they are justified on the basis of
adequate Information regarding the
essential nature Of Soviet military
supply requirements and in the
light of competing demands, as is
the practice with respect to other
lend-lease countries.
cit is anticipated that, on this
basis, substantial reductions in
current programs for the Soviet
Union will be made
The current protocol expires
June 80.
Grew said lend-lease in general
is being reviewed in the light OF
the end of hostilities in Europe
and the transition to war only on
the Pacific front. But he en-
phasized:
The war we are engaged in is
one war, not two separate wars,
and the end of organized resls-
lance in Europe is not the end Of
the war"
In that connection he devoted
himself principally to discussion
Continued ON Page Three: Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
ACTION SOUGHT
BY PORT GROUP
Commission Asks County
For Additional Recon-
mendations

The Wilmington Port Commits
sion yesterday asked the New
Hanover Board Of County Com
missioners to recommend to Gov
ernor r. Gregg Cherry the names
of Hargrove Bel1amy or William
G.. Broadfoot, in addition to R.
B. Page, for appointment to the
North Carolina Ports Authority.
In a letter which was read at
the meeting, from N. L. Foy, act
ing chairman of the Wilmington
Ports Commission, addressed to
the County board, it was stated
that the Port Commission felt
that the representative from this
county should be a man who
knows the needs of the port, and
the procedure that will be neces-
sary to carry on a program OF
port development, and who is
qualified to work with the ship
pers and receivers of Piedmont
North Carolina.
Bellamy is a local attorney and
Broadfoot is an owner OF the
Broadoot Iron Works.
fCanfinyod nm Doro Thrnn. Oil ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
Government Places
Ban On Hard Coal
Deliveries In East

WASHINGTON, May IA W.D -
Fuel Administrator Harold L.
Ickes tonight banned deliveries of
hard coal to east coast consumers
with more than a five-day supply
on hand, due to critical short
age resulting from the anthracite
miners two-week old strike.
The order covers Maine, Yer
mont, New Hampshire, Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, Delaware, the
District of Columbia and two coun-
ties in Virginia.
Consumers with a five day sup
ply, or less, will be permitted to
receive one ton or enough to meet
minimum requirements for five
days, whichever is larger.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
Harnnony.Said|
Evident With
U. S., L.
Issue Repe Be
Warne, OF
Seca flks

SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.-(R
Nine Latin American foreign min
listers were reported to have reach
ed general agreement with Secre.
tary of State Stettinius today on
how to fit a regional security sys.
tenn into world organization.
The proposal under considera.
ton. offered by the American dele
cation, would provide for collec'
tive regional action to repel arm
ed attack if the world organiza-
tons Security Council failed tc
bring about peaceful settlement
of an international dispute.
The nine Latin American diplo
mats left meeting with Stet,
tinius to confer with their col
leagues representing other west
ern hemisphere countries. The
same group arranged to meet with
Stettinius later in the day to give
him their final answer.
The agreement. on general prin
ciples, apparently had not yet beer
reduced to final language. There
were said to be five or six tenta-
tive drafts, some specifically men.
tloning the inter-American mutua!
defense agreement embodied in the
Act of Chapultepec.
The regional-world security is
sue has been recently the warmesi
subject of the United Nations cor
ference here.
AS explained after today's ses.
sion with Stettinlus, the American
amendment would preserve the
proposed authority Of the security
council to order International use
Of force against an aggressor. Blu.
any nation which was a member
Of mutual defense system could
call on other members for i'm
mediate help if actually attacked
by an aggressor.
The nine diplomats calling on
Stettinius were from Mexico, Gu
ba, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia
Uruguay, Venezuela and Bolivia
For two big reasons, the quea
Continued ON Pare Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
Tar Heel Takes Command
For U. S. Of First kazi
Submarine To Surrender

AT SEA OFF CAPE MAY, N.
j., May IA Up The German
submarine U-858 today became the
first to surrender to American
forces in the Atlantic since the
capitulation of Germany.
Escorted to a rendezvous ap-
proximately As miles off Cape May
by two destroyers, the 24O-foot sub
marine which claimed 16 Allied
vessels was quickly boarded by
Marines, Naval submarine experts
and an anti-sabotage detail.
Speaking through an interpreter,
the 27-year old commander, Cap
tain Lieutenant Thilo Bode, sur
rendered to Commander j. P. Nor
fleet of BERTHE County, North Caro-
lima, commanding officer, Della
ware Group, Eastern Sea Frontier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15

only two OF our planes were lost
to enemy action" This was a mi
mute percentage of the number en-
gagged in the attack.)
The devastating attack, directed
against some Of Japan's most inn
portant war industries, was Off
cially repeatedly B-29 headquar-
tiers only a few hours before Radio
Tokyo said waves of Allied car
rier planes were hammering Nip
pon's southern airdromes for the
second day in a row.
Some of the $500 Yank airmen
who took part in the Nagoya mis-
sion, hardest aerial blow ever
thrown against Japan, said on their
return to Marianas bases they be-
lieved the $500 tons of fire bombs
dropped destroyed the sections of
the city not devastated in previous
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
County Clothing Drive
Reaches 1882 Pounds

A total of 81, 1872 pounds Of old
clothes for war relief was shipped
from Wilmington and New Hanov-
err county during April, proclaim
ed by Mayor Ronald Lane as
as United National Clothing Col
United National Clothing Collec-
ton Month for Wilmington, W. r.
Dosher, head of the local organiza-
ton, announced yesterday.
A letter of appreciation was ad-
dressed by Dosher to the residents
of Wilmington and the county Tor
their "wholehearted cooperation in
this drive"
He reported that 2.180 packages
made up the shipment. which I'LL
ed five railroad cars.
The number of pounds OF eacn
type of clothing collected is: In
fants lup to three years., 2,578;
children's (three to eight years.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
CHINESE CLOSING
in ON JAPANESE
approximately Half OF
Enemy's Crack Divi-
sion Cracked Up

CHUNGKING, May IA WD -
Chinese troops, flushed with their
first major victory in eight years,
today were closing in on the rem
nants of three japanese divisions
defeated in their attempt to cap
ture the American airbase and
Chinese military training center OF
Chihkiang.
Maj. Gen. Robert Mcclure, COM
handing general of the Chinese
combat command, estimated econ
servatively'' that the Japanese in
central China have suffered H.
900 casualties in recent battles
and he said that about half OF the
enemy's veteran 18th Division had
cracked up"
s'They will be unable to resume
fighting for a long time" he said.
Meanwhile today's Chinese COM
munique reported street fighting
underway in the east coast port
of Foochow. Reinforced Chinese
troops drove into the city Thurs
day in what appeared to be the
opening of a campaign to clear a
coastal are for American landings.
The Chinese communique said
that the main Japanese column on
the Chihkiang front in Human prov
ince had been rolled back to withf
in 18 miles of the captured Amer
lean airbase of Paoching, from
which the Japanese launched their
major drive. In the Shanmeng-
Kaosha sector, about so miles to
(Continude on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
TRUMAN, BRITISH
DIPLOMATS TALK
No Official Confirmation
OF Big Three Meet
ing Is Made

WASHINGTON, May IA Up -
President Truman reviewed trou-
blesome international issues with
top flight British diplomats today
but there was no official confirma-
ton of English reports of forth
coming Big Three meeting.
Anthony Eden, British foreign
minister, told reporters he had ''no
idea' when the President will meet
with Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Stain.
Eden and Clement Attlee, depu-
ty prime minister, were closeted
with the President for IS minutes.
Emerging from the meeting Eden
asserted the San Francisco world
organization conference was not
discussed, but that the three went
into a host of other matters in.
volving the interest of the two gov
ernments. Joseph c. Grew, acting
secretary of state, sat in.
Both the British officials flew
here yesterday from the west
coast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
Five Nations Are Set
To Try German Chief.
Czechs May Lead Off

LONDON, May 14.-W.D-Great
Britain, Czechoslovakia, France
Holland and Belgium are all ready
to try Heinrich Himmler, but when
caught he may be turned over to
the Czechs to be tried for the in
famous Lidice massacre, it was
understood tonight.
The latest report of Himmler's
whereabouts was that he was hid
ing southeast of Flensburg, in
the area near the Danish frontier,
with 200 of his SIS men as guards.
Himmler has been named oy the
United Nations war crimes COM
mission in multiple indictments as
Nazi minister of interior and chief
of SIS troops.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
Navy Plans 80 Per Cent
Decrease In u. S. Fleet

the Navy during the fiscal year
beginning July 1. Included are
items of 5000, 10000 for pay and
subsistence for Navy personnel,
81, 700, OO0,0 for maintenance of
the Fleet, $4,000, 00o,o 900 for ord
nance, $2,481 1850, 900 for Naval avi-
alton, and $3.50, 100000 for new
ship construction.
King emphasized that the pro-
posed postwar cut Of 80 per cent
in the fleet was tentative and that
final plans would be determined
by:
81. What the national policy is
to be for the defense of the Unit
ed States CD for the defense of
the western hemisphere, and 90
what commitments the United
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
Jap Premier Seeks a
To Form Volunteer :
Corps, Radio Says

WASHINGTON, May 14.-R-
japanese Premier Baron Kantaro
Suzuki today called on the people
Of Japan to form a peoples volun-
teer corps-similar to Germany's
Inflated VolksstrUm-and enter the
fighting ranks if necessary.
Home Minister Gen. Ginki Abe
at the same time was quoted by
Tokyo radio as saying that the
government regarded the volunteer
corps as of supreme importance
in strengthening national defenses
and increasing production.
1t will give fullest play to the
peoples determination to prosecute
the war to successful conclusion"
Abe said.