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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21
PUBLIC RECREATION ASSURED
UNTIL LABOR DAY

Dayton was assured yesterday
of operation of public recreational
facilities until Labor Day. $32,336
was granted the city by the federal
works agency for the maintenance
of II recreational centers and will
most certainly keep the play
grounds open.
According to E. V. Stockton, di-
rector of welfare, the additional
grant plus the money allotted by
the city, will enable the city to
operate the Fairgrounds until the
end of summer. Without the fed
eral grant, the city would have
been forced to close the recrea-
tional centers sometime next
month. The funds will be used for
maintenance, new equipment and
operation, it was revealed.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21

to 32 other nursing institutions
throughout the country"
Asked whether the Veterans ad-
ministration used Negro nurses in
all it's facilities, Mrs. Staupers de-
clared that Negro nurses are re-
fused except in four southern fa-
cilities. Since 1941, she added, 308
Negro nurses have been commits
stoned in the United States Army
but none, as yet, in the navy.
She knew Of no military hospital
in which Negro cadet nurses were
being used, not even in the second
service command which includes
New York "where Negro and white
arate standards for the education
or registration of Negro nurses in
the United States"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21
ASKS INTEGRATI0N OF NEGRO
NURSES IN ANY DRAFT BILL

w A S H | N G T 0 N Feb. l9
(ANP)-Any nurse draft bill
should include provision for the
use of Negro nurses in the army
on the basis of need for nursing
care, without limitations Of race,
Mrs. Mabel K. Staupers, execu-
tive secretary of the National AS
sociation of Colored Graduate
Nurses, told a senate committee in
a hearing on nurse draft legisla-
tion here.
Citing the recently publicized
statement of Surgeon Gen. Kirk
that the army nurse corps is "ac-
cepting every Negro nurse who
puts in an application and meets
the requirements" Mrs. Staupers
pointed out that schools for Ne
gro nurses are accredited in the
same manner as schools for white
nurses.
"There are % schools for Ne
gro nurses located in the several
states," she said. "These schools
must all meet the requirements set
up by state law for accreditation.
Graduates from these schools take
the same state hoard examinations
as white nurses; there are no sep
more than two-thirds of the schools
for Negro students only are over
50-bed capacity.
There are, said Mrs. Staupers,
approximately 5000 Negro nurses
in the United States. In training
are 1000 Negro nurse cadets. In
addition to the % all-Negro schools
of training, Negroes are admitted
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21
Allen AME Missionary
Society," Entertained

Mrs. Oliver Robinson entertain
ed the Allen AME Missionary So
ciety Thursday, February Is, at
her home on Summit street. Mrs.
M. L. Sumlin, vice-president, pre-
sided. Devotional exercises were
carried on in high spirit. After a
brief business discussion, the host
ess served a delicious menu. A
game of candlelite was then played
and prizes were awarded to the
contestant lighting the most can
dies with one match.
Mrs. Sadie Nelson was the recip.
lent of the first prize, Mrs. M. l.
Sumlin, second; and Mrs. Minnie
Cook, third.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21
DUNBAR LOSES TO
|L0(kLAND IS"

Wayne high school of Lockland,
O., winner over Fairview high
school here last week, halted Dun
bars longest winning streak Of the
season in the Dunbar gym last
night by taking a 49-30 victory.
The first half showed Dunbar
ahead with a 24-20 lead, but speed
which the West Side boys displayed
in the first half wasn't enough to
hold them in the second half, as
Lockland's height gave them the
edge and allowed the Wolverines
only six points the entire second
half. Grace, Lockland, forward,
paced the attack with 18 points
while Jenkins tailed II for the
losers.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21
Property Bought

Morning Star lodge of Masons,
revived during the past three
years, has purchased property at
3O8 South Williams street, Lennie
Lee Hayes, worshipful master, said
yesterday. Eventually the lodge
plans to erect temple on the site
where the property now stands.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21

Referring to the standards set
by the American Red Cross which
call for graduation from a school
where practical training is re-
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21

Maybe 80 minutes later (nobody
looks at his watch during a battle),
there was only one gun still shoot
ing. It was Is yards from three
other Knockout guns, and the
Krauts couldn't seem to get at it
because it was in a slight draw.
Shells kept plopping all around it,
just missing. One near-miss blew
up half-track 25 yards away.
It was hot and close, and every
body kept wondering how much
longer-who would be next? Still
sweating it out was the gun COM
mander, Sgt. billiard Becker from
the Bronx, N. Y. So was his co, 1st
1t. Thomas Mitchell, and so were
couple Of other boys. Booker got
the Bronze Star and Mitchell the
Silver Starr Mitchell was racing
around as fast as he did when he
broke the Alabama track record for
the quarter-mile dash back in his
days as a college athlete. He was
helping shoot guns, evacuating
wounded, pointing out enemy gun
positions.
Somehow (call it miracle if you
wish), this three-inch-gun crew
kept shooting. They silenced two
loud-barking tanks at the towns
outskirts. Then they picked up
muzzle blast from a camouflaged
house and threw in three rounds of
HE until the gun stopped firing.
Before the three other guns were
knocked out, they had accounted
for some 88s and had swept the
woods fairly clean of German MIG
and mortar positions. But there
was still plenty of small-arms fire,
coming much too close.
Then the I'd boys ran out Of
ammo.
''We felt stark, stripped naked" I"
said Becker. 1--WE figured this was
it."
But it wasn't. The tanks were
still hopelessly mired in the mud,
too far in the rear to do any good,
but three BAR boys from the In
fantry company volunteered to come
up and act as flank security for the
gun. 1.-TWO were soon casualties. }
The crew flattened out and popped
away with their Nils and carbines
into the sniper-filled woods. They
Continued on page ~
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21

Leading the task force column
through the woods was the co of G
Company of the IDS. He wasn't
supposed to be there; he just wanted
to be. Somebody said it was because
he was self-conscious about being
a Negro. But somebody else said it
was was just because he was that
kind of a guy; because he had lots
of CUTS.
1t wasn't long until some of his
CUTS were spilling into the sticky
mud near the thin road. Not only
did his vehicle run over mine but
it also got smacked square by an
88. Then a machine gun opened up
on him. When his executive officer
raced through this shellfire to
evacuate him minutes later, he was
still alive, somehow.
Down in the valley, the medics
were soon just as busy as the gun
crews.
Ten-man crews can't last long
when they're sitting in an open field
getting so much fire that nobody
knows what's coming from where.
They didn't last.
Less than an hour later, single
soldiers were doing full crews
work-loading, aiming, firing and
then racing back to a half-track to
hop behind a .5O-caiber to cut
down Krauts trying to sneak
through the woods. One of these
single soldiers was Platoon Sgt.
William Tabron. Gle got the Bronze
Starr Tabron kept going until a
tank shell knocked out his gun. It
wasn't until the next morning that
he noticed his feet had been bloodied
by shrapnel.
But Tabron was lucky; he's still
alive.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21
Arti|Ierymen Prove Heroes
Aouinst Nuzis At CIimbuch
By Sgt. Ralph Mar+in

Released By Negro Press through courtesy OF Yok
WITH THE SEVENTH ARMY WESTERN FRONT, Feb FL (ANP)
generals medals hand not all the could
Some of them still the front digging in their three
guns them the hospital of them dead
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-21

The six who were there stood
stiffly at attention in their war
dirtied combat suits, their tired
faces drained of feeling, their eyes
staring straight ahead. The general
was telling them why they were
getting the medals.
The knew why. You don't forget
things like Climbach.
Because you had to be crazy to
move in on Climbach-everybody
said so. You just don't try to posi-
ton your guns in flat valley when
you've got big Kraut guns sitting
smugly on two rugged ridges flank
ing the town 800 yards away, and
when you've got Nazi 88-gunners
parked on the towns high ground
right next to some Mark " tanks,
and when you've got the nearby
woods lousy with mortars and ma
chine-gun nests-and all OF 1t, the
whole German artillery book, zeroed
in on a single road, waiting for you
to come out so the Germans can
start pulling lanyards.
But somebody has to do it. In this
103d Division sector, Climbach was
the last Nazi strongpoint before the
Siegfried Line. And the Nazis told
everybody they liked Climbach ;
they planned to stay there for the
winter.
So the 1O3d Division created
Task Force Blackshear, consisting
Of a platoon Of Engineers, a COM
pany of Infantry from the 411th
Regiment, seven medium tanks and
a platoon of towed three-inch IDS
from the 614th. The tactic was for
the I'd platoon of four guns to keep
all the German batteries occupied
while the Infantry infiltrated into
the town around the flanks.
Evening star., 1945-05-25
Secret Hitler Report Reveals
How Nozis Planned for War
stenogrophic Notes Outline Program
For Crushing Poland, CzechosIovokio

themselves took down many of these
statements the Nazis never dreamed
would come to light, were trans
cribing the notes, brought here from
Berlin, when partial text of
Hitlers' report was found.
Made just before the German
Ardennes offensive of December 16,
Hitler's statement to his officers
openly belied the Nazis' excuse that
they had started the war because
of alleged Polish provocations. Hit
Ter outlined his plans maoe in
peacetime for war preparation in
this order:
First, immediate introduction of
universal military service.
Second, re-establishment of Ger
man sovereignty through the occu-
patton of the Rhineland and the
creation of a Notifications system.
Third, Immediate annexation OF
Austria, crushing of CZechoslovakia
and ultimate crushing of Poland in
order to bring Germany. territorial
'(See HITLER, Page AID
Evening star., 1945-05-25
owl Offers to Handle Mail
For Members of Conqress

An offer to relieve members of
Congress of much of the burden
some detail of handling their mail
was made today by Malcolm Nor
row, chief Of the Division of Public
Inquiries, Office of War Informa-
ton, testifying before the joint
Committee on the Organization of
Congress.
Mr.. Morrow said the services now
provided by his division could be
so expanded that the handling of
correspondence could be made
much easier for members, while the
legislators still would continue to
have complete control of every piece
of mail entering and leaving their
offices.
Under the plan outlined by Mr..
Morrow the agency would be desig-
mated as the primary channel
through which members of Congress
Evening star., 1945-05-25
Air Troop Landings
On 0kinawa Fields
Claimed by laps
Suicide Units Achieving
Greet Results Enemy
Communique Says
By the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.-
An unconfirmed japanese, COM
munique claimed today that
air borne Japanese troops "dar-
ingly landed" on two American
held airfields on Okinawa last
night and blasted grounded air.
craft, munitions depots and air
field installations in rapid sue
cession."
The communique, broadcast by
the Dorr1ei news agency and record
ed by the Federal Communications
Commission, claimed the suicide
air-borne troops were achieving
great war results by throwing the
enemy into confusion" The fields
referred to apparently were Yontan
and Katena, seized early in the
Okinawa campaign.
Suicide aircraft we're reported
''fercely assaulting the enemy sur
face craft" in surrounding waters.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz previ-
ously reported that air attacks
launched against American shipping
around Okinawa last night were
continuing
Other Domei dispatches claimed
that recent attempts of small Allied
scouting parties to land on Maka-
lehe Island and on Southern Hal
mahera were frustrated. Both
islands are in the Celebes group
south of the Philippines.
Evening star., 1945-05-25
Individual Bond Sales
Rise S1,900,000 10
Reach 36q6 Of Quota
Most of Record Purchase
In { Securities; City
Leeds National Average

Sale of individual War Bonds
in Washington climbed 81 600, 900
today, the largest increase so far
in the Mighty Seventh" War
Loan. The District drive now
stands at 36 per cent of its $70,-
000,0 individual bond quota.
Most of the record sale was in E
bonds" Wilmer J. Waller, chairman,
said. That gives me just as much
pleasure as the large amount sold"
OF the increase, 81 800 900 was in E
bonds, bringing the E bond total to
SIT 400, ,O00-363 per cent of the s48,-
100000 E bond quota.
Thus washington again exceeds
the national standing. which is 30
per cent of the individual quota of
$1,000, 900, 600 and BAL per cent of
the $4,000, ,000,0 900 E bond quota. Fig
ures yesterday placed this city third
among six comparable cities-includ-
ing Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Brook
lyn, San Francisco and st. Louis-in
a competition for sale of E bonds.
Mrs. Truman to Christen Planes.
officials hope Washington will
move into second place behind Mil
Waukee, which has sold 42.2 per cent
of its E bond quota.
To stimulate bond sales, Mrs. Har-
ry Truman will christen two planes
next Wednesday in connection with
an exhibition at National Airport,
officials announced.
The two planes. of a type used to
evacuate wounded, will be presented
to the Army Air Forces and the
Navy Bonds sold at booth nearby
under the sponsorship of the Con-
gressional Club and Radio Station
WWDC will be credited with paying
for the two planes.
Will Arrive at 4:30.
The Presidents wife will arrive at
the airport at 430 pm. The public
may examine the exterior of the
planes and watch her participate
Bond buyers may inspect the inside
of the planes, which also include a
Bit, B-24, BIS, P-38, PAT, Psi
and ATS. The "Airmada" will arrive
Monday and will be on display Tues
day and Wednesday.
The Contact Caravan" Air Trans
port Command Show at pm. to-
morrow and Sunday at Constitution
Hall still has few seats for bond
purchasers. Seats sell for $25 to
$1,000 bonds, the entire house
(See WAR LOAN, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1945-05-25
laps Report Brief Raid 4"
On Tokyo-Yokohomo Area

SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 P.-
Mustang fighters from Two Jima and
a small number" of Super For
tresses raided the Tokyo Yokohama
district of Japan for nearly an hour
in a midday strike today, the Japa-
nese Domei News Agency reported.
Two B-29 mine-laying expeditions
were also reported by Domei in dis
patches intercepted by the Federal
Communications Commission.
About 10 Super Forts were said
to have bombed the adjacent tips
of Kyushu and Honshu Islands and
laid mines in Kanmon Strait which
separates them and forms the west
ern entrance to the Inland Sea.
Twenty others sowed mines in Toya-
ma Bay on the west coast of Honshu,
almost due west of Tokyo.
About 60 Psi fighters in today's
raid struck formations rt about 80
planes EACH" Domei made the
usual assertion that practically no
damage was DONE"
Evening star., 1945-05-25
Discharge Of Some Directors
On Point System Is Planned

It was explained that dependency
is an important factor with the con-
scientious objectors since their wives
and children are not eligible for
family allowances from the Office
of Dependency Benefits and the men
have no money to send home.
Conscientious objectors who have
been working on farms are paid the
prevailing wages but the money goes
to the Treasury and they are given
maintenance. Men who are not
earning wages are supported by
church groups If they have no other
means of support.
Conscientious objectors in the
camps and on special projects"
have worked in fire-fighting, for
estry, soil conservation. as guinea
piss" for scientific research, on
farms, in mental hospitals and on
health projects.
Evening star., 1945-05-25
Truman Creates Office
Of Home Food Supply;
Stark Named Director
Brother Of Appointee
Was Presidents RivuI
In 1910 Senate Race
BY ]. A. FOX.

President Truman today Gre
ated the Office of Director OF
Home Food Supply in the War
Food Administration and an
nounced that Paul C. Stark of
Louisiana, Mo-, will fill the new
office.
A White House statement said
''the coordination of activities of
the various Government agencies
affecting the food supply produced
or conserved in the home is the
object of this new position"
Mr.. Stark, who was designated
for the new post by War Food Ad-
ministrator Jones. is the tree grower
and the brother of former Gov.
Lloyd c. Stark of Missouri who
made an unsuccessful race for the
Senate against Mr.. Truman in 1910
Mr.. Stark was a visitor at the
White House several days ago and
at that time told newSmen it was
important to increase victory gar
den production this year because
the heavy rains in the Middle West
had seriously affected crops.
This same thought was echoed in
the White House statement which
said that the excessive rains also
have delayed planting, then added
THE President urges that all
make every effort to increase the
production of food in the Nations
victory gardens by enlarged and
continuous paintings. Home pre-
servation of food this year. in his
opinion, is just as important a.
production, in view of the increased
war requirements for commercially
proceSsed foods"
Mr.. Stark has been identified with
activities designed to boost the VIC
tory garden effort.
Evening star., 1945-05-25
Jups Predict New U. S.
Landing in Ryukyus

SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.-A
Tokyo radio commentator today pre-
dicted American troops would soon
attempt to land on Amami Island
in the Northern Ryukyu chain some
200 miles south of Japan.
In a broadcast recorded by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion, Hiroshi Kawasaki said the
enemy has to open up a second
front some place and thus secure
bases from which he can check our
offensive in Okinawa and, at the
same time, sever the rear lines of
our air power.
"The enemy - is attempting
to make Amami the second front in
the Okinawa area.
1--WE must smash this new enemy
offensive before he can get started"
Evening star., 1945-05-25
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

Selective service is planning to
discharge some Of the 1913 con-
scientious objectors now doing
civilian public service" work, it was
learned today.
Length of service and dependency
are believed to be the two principal
factors to be considered in granting
the discharges.
A similar arrangement to that be-
ing carried out for soldiers, it was
understood, will be made for the
conscientious objectors although
with a lower critical score"-since
few, if any, of the men would have
been able to amass IS points-the
score for soldier discharges.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di-
rector of selective service. is ex-
pected to announce the discharge
plan within few days.
Evening star., 1945-05-25

would route their mail to agencies
in the executive branch of the Gov
ernment. The agency would assume
responsibility of foreseeing that
every piece of mail would be routed
to the correct place for the prepara-
ton of a reply and would also see
to it that the reply was routed back
to the congressional Office from
which the inquiry was sent.
Briefly, we would operate an
;nteragency referral system provid-
ing special handling of all con-
gressional mail" Mr.. Morrow said.
TT could be used or not used as
the congressman saw fit. The in
formation provided could be easily
checked, as the source would be al
ways clearly identified. In every
case the congressman would con-
troll the writing of letters going to
(See Owl Page A.5)
Evening star., 1945-05-25
Yonks' FIonking Pineers
On Shuri Pulled Tiqhter

GUAM, May 25 R.-The 10th
Army's flanking pincers on Fortress
Shuri in the center of the Okinawa
front was pulled tighter today as 7th
Infantry troops expanded their
bulge below Yonabaru, port city on
the east coast.
The 32d Regiment pushed ahead
to 300 yards south of the east coast
seaport, while the 184th moved into
positions 1,500 yards southwest of
the town to maintain the pace Maj.
Gen. Archibald v. Arnolds units
have set, despite clinging mud
which mired everything on wheels.
japanese movements indicated the
enemy would attempt to set up an
other defense line miles to the
south.
Before Shuri, in the center of the
line. 77th Infantry troops moved
through a small village, meeting
only small arms fire, while west and
south of the fortress town, fire Ma
rines seized the village of Asato,
killing dozen of so Japanese en-
countered
Counterattacks Repulsed.
Small counterattacks were beaten
back by the 96th Infantry east of
Shuri, while 9Th Division Marines
fought through the streets of Naha
on the extreme west.
With grenades, fame throwers
and small arms. Maj. Gen. Lemuel
c. Shepherd, jr.s, Marines were
moving through rubble, virtually all
that remained of Naha as a result
of weeks of heavy naval and air
bombardment.
Strong points were being reduced
by the Marines, who crossed Asato
River in strength yesterday on
bridges their engineers built under
heavy enemy artillery fire. One of
the bridges appears to be large
enough to support mechanized units
when weather permits their use.
Meanwhile, in the center of the
line, units of Maj. Gen. Pedro A.
del Valle's 1st Marine Division were
mopping up isolated Japanese po-
sitions before resuming their assault
on heavily fortified Shuri.
Shuri Half Encircled.
Shuri was more than so per cent
circled, although Maj. Gen. Andrew
D. Bruce's 77th Infantry Division,
attacking from the northeast, still
was more than half a mile away
Mud combined with japanese ar
tillery and mortar fire to slow its
progress.
Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley's
(See OKINAWA, Page A-3.)