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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-02

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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-02
APOLOGY

Heinrich Himmler insists that mem
bers of this IS, as the ELITE Guard"
of Nazidom should serve as examples
for the rest of the German people by
rearing large "Aryan" families.
Following is part of captured let
ter, dated Aug. 20, 1914, in which an
SIS police officer explains to his SUI
perior why he has been childless:
Declaration in re- the unmarried
and childless status of my person:
WAR conditions on the one hand,
my transfer from Vienna to Alsace
and further transfer to the Balkans
region utterly unsuitable to provide
a marriage partner for an SIS man
as well as retransfer to Alsace, have
thus far prevented me from finding a
person whom I would consider an ap-
propriate mate for an SIS man.
II also wish to point out the diff
culties that |, man without church
ties, encounter in a good Catholic
region such as Alsace. One meets
with refusal, in many cases, for con-
fessional or theological reasons. The
attitude of large part of the Alsatian
population towards members of the
state police and the SIS need, in my
opinion, no further elaboration.
Another difficulty in my case
exists in the location of my home, to-
gether with my mother, in Vienna. I'm
fortunately, l had the experience that
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10

WASHINGTON, March 9-UP)
Solid Fuels Administrator Harold
L. Ickes cracked down on the use
of coal in 30 states today as con-
tract negotiations between bitumi-
nous operators and the United Mine
Workers reared the showdown
stage. T
The Joint conference completed
preliminary discussion of the
unions 10 demands and recessed
until 10 am. tomorrow. Operators
Immediately began counter-propos.
ais which they hope to complete
over the weekend.
Ickes, who has repeatedly warn.
ed that the coal shortage is getting
worse, ordered that householders
in the 32-state area be restricted
to 80 percent of their normal con.
sumption during the u months be.
ginning April 1. Their use of an
thracite already has been cut Il
IL per cent. 's-r t.
The order applies to all states
east of the Mississippi and to Min
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10
Roosevelt Claims Friendship
With de GauNe Despite Rift
Statement TO Be Peace Fer For Head Of France
FrancoSovet Relations Reported Strained By Lively Com
, munist Element Inside Liberated Nation

WASHINGTON, March 9.-R -
President Roosevelt held out the
Olive branch to General Charles
de Gaulle today.
Whether de Gaulle would grasp
it is a question. At the moment
his problem seems to be clutching
for straws in Frances suddenly
confused relations with Russia.
The President made his gesture
when a group of visiting French
newspapermen stayed behind aft.
err his regular news conference
for presentation.
They were stopped by long Gus
tom fir . m initiating any news.
worthy talk so the Chief Execu-
tive, took the lead.
With friendly words for the man
who snubbed him on his way home
from Yalta by declining to meet
him at Algiers, the President ad.
vised the French visitors not to
pay any attention to the talk about
himself and de Gaulle.
We're great friends, the Presi-
dent was quoted as saying, adding
that when Ge Gaul1e was over here
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10

WASHINGTON, March 9.-U.H-
President Roosevelt said in effect
today that the O'Mahoney Kill
gore manpower bill, passed by the
Senate yesterday, is inadequate to
guarantee necessary war produc-
ton.
He renewed his plea for strong
manpoWer control legislation back
ed by government authority to as
sign men to war jobs. The volun-
tary manpower control system has
failed to produce sufficient Ia
Dor force to supply war materials,
he told a news conference.
Mr.. Roosevelt made clear that
he prefers the Administered ton
supported May-Eailey labor draft
bill passed by the House to the
voluntary version passed by the
Senate.
Asked which he preferred, he
said the answer lay in his Janu-
airy 6 State of the Union Mes
sage in which he advocated strict
National Service legislation.
1t is doubtful, however, that the
Senate will accept the rigid man
power controls in the House bill.
Senate house conferees, not yet
picked, are expected to start early
next week on attempts to write
compromise acceptable to o t h
chambers.
The House bill provides fines
and penalties for men ID to As
who refuse to stay in or take es-
sential jobs. The Senate bill would
merely give statutory backing to
the War Manpower Commits
sion's orders limiting the num-
Der of persons an emloyer may
hire. No penalties are povided for
workers, although recalcitrant en-
ployers would be heavily penal
lied.
The President in his January 6
message termed Inadequate"
such expedients as manpower cell
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10
Mazis Order All Males
From 1862 Into Army

LONDON, March 9-LR-Facec
with mounting reverses in the west
and east, Germany today ordered
every male in the Reich betwee
between the ages of 16 and 81 to
register with military authorities
for active defense of the nation
under penalty of being punished
as deserters.
The decree, broadcast by DNB,
limited that the utmost confusion
prevailed in the Reich. The order
had the multiple purpose. of scrap
ing the manpoWer barrel, rounding
up deserters and calling back sol.
diers lost from their units.
To enforce compliance with the
decree, which applied even to Nazi
party political leaders and sub
leaders, it was provided that "pen.
sion payments and ration books
would be distributed only to those
who can prove their proper reg
istration.'
The American crossing of the
Rhine was not told to the German
people until late this afternoon in
a DNB home service broadcast
This attributed it to a surprise
thrust which, by lucky chance,
succeeded in capturing an unde'
stroyed railroad bridge"
Failure of the enemy to destroy
the bridge was laid to confusion
in German river defenses.' The
broadcast said successful German
counter-attacks had been opened
Immediately against the bridge
head. The Germans said other Al
lied crossing attempts were immi.
nent.
At the same time the German
radio announced that Hitler, in an
effort to buck up the defenders OF
Berlin had visited the Oder river
front in the east. The time and
exact place Of Hitler's visit were
not revealed.
The new decree declared that
many people have sought shelter
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in the interior of the Reich dur.
ing the last few weeks" and thai
workers and officials have lost
their working places and soldiers
were cut off from their units, -
suggesting chaotic conditions in
side Germany.
I'm order to give them chance
to intervene actively in the defen-
sive struggle of the nation" the
decree stated, the following meas.
ures have been taken:
"1-No furlough for deeds oil
bravery except in the case of ill
health.
2-The declaration of unfitness
of men in enemy-occupied terri.
tory is no longer valid. (This ap-
parently was a summons to ATS
in the overrun provinces to try
to reach the interior of the Reich
"3-Al members of the Wehr-
macht who are not with their units
including men on furlough and
on commando missions must
register with their respective au-
thorities.
"4-Al persons who have left
their residence since January l,
1915, must register Immediately
with the police. Men of the age
groups 1884 to 1929 must report
to their military authorities. Poll
teal leaders and sub-leaders must
report to their district command
as well.
''5-Payments of welfare organi-
cations and ration books will be
distributed only to those who can
prove their proper registration to
all authorities.
"6-Every host must see to it
that the registration of his guest
is in order.
'7-Suspects who fall under sus-
picion of trying to shirk their mill
tary duties are to be reported to
the nearest police station.
"8-Whoever fails to register will
be treated as a deserter. Not only
the culprit but also his abettor
will be punished
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10
Large Fires
Left By U. S.
Superbonbers
Fliers Report 'Conflagra.
ton, Greatest Type Of
Raid Result

GUAM, Saturday, March TO-
WD-More than 300 Superfortress.
es touched off huge fires in 10
square mile area of Tokyo today
in the greatest raid of the wal
against Japan.
More than 1000 tons of incen.
diaries were dropped in this al
fire bomb raid against the enemy S
capital city, the worlds third
largest metropolis.
On the basis of early reports
from crewmen, Maj. Gen. Curtis
Lemay, commandiag general Of
the 2lst Bomber Command an
nounced: There is a conflagra.
ton in Tokyo tonight
The big bombers WERE attempt.
ing to burn out the 10-square mile
area of Zone One'' in central
Tokyo, which has approximately
100000 population and closely.
packed military, business and in
dustrial districts. The western
boundary skirts the Emperor S
palace grounds.
CreWmen said columns of flames
leaped high during the early dark
hours of the morning.
''F'rom reports already in al
2::30 am. I can say with conser.
vatism that this looks good from
our point of view and grim from
the view of the enemy said Gen
Lemay.
There is conflagration in To.
kyo tonight. How big and how de-
vastating it will turn out to be
must be judged later in the day
when our crews have returned
and reported their observation in
detail.
And the final proof, of course,
will be in photographs that come
in after that"
At that time Lemay had heard
from more than half of the planes
participating in the raid.
The raid occurred on the 10th
anniversary of the battle of Muk-
den in the Russo-Japanese war,
which Tokyo said was to be cele-
brated by the people Of Japan Sin
spite of the present grave situa-
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
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MARINES BATTLE
TO FINISH Nv 0
Japs, In Sheltered Posi-
tions, Pour Hail OF
Fire At Yanks
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, GUAM, Saturday
March, TO- Up Grinding aheac
from rock to rock, American Ma
rines today fought against continu
ing bitter resistance for the tiny
northern corner of Two lima which
the Japanese are trying to hole
at all costs.
AS the all out drive to conclude
the invasion went into its fifth
day, the Leathernecks held all but
the extreme northern end of the
volcanic island and a sector sew
eral thousand yards long on the
northeast coast.
The Fourth, Third and Fifth Ma
rine Divisions were strung across
the battle line from East to West
in that order. Although the terrain
was almost prohibitive, some use
was being made of tanks in fer
reting out the enemy troops from
pillboxes and caves.
From their sheltered positions,
the Nipponese poured out an in
tense curtain of small arms and
mach;negun f i r e.. augmented by
mortarS.
Rocket and strafing attacks by
carrier aircaft and pinpoint she'll
ing by American Warships stand
ing off shore supported the Leath-
ernecks. 1t was necessary, how
M0ntinued On Page Three: Col. Al
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Lkes Restricts Coal Use
As Mine Showdown Looms

nesota, North and South Dakota,
and county of St. Louis, Mo.
Ezra Van Horn, Cleveland oper-
ator and chairman Of the coal con-
ference, was optimistic about pros
poets for a new contract to re-
place the one expiring March 1.
"In all the 20 years I've been
in these conferences, he said,
1--WE never seen things go this
far without a major blowup."
The operators contemporaries
are expected to include a suggest
ed substitute for the UMW's most
controversial demand-a 10-cents-
atom royalty on all coal produced
to provide medical service, hospi-
tilization, insurance and economic
protection for its 100000 members.
Owners fired their opening blast
against the royalty today. John D.
Battles, executive secretary of the
National Coal Association, charged
that the royalty, plus demands for
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
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EDrOaQcaStS LnaL AllleQ troops III
vaded that point Friday after {
bombardment by two task forces
Macarthur described at 6 r e
length the intricate cave defenses
of the Shumbu line east of Manila
and the manner in which Yanks
are sealing them with small loss
to the attackers.
Saturation bombardments BY
planes and artillery, ground at
tacks with PHOSPHORUS grenade:
and flamethrowers, followed by
planting of demolition charges are
turning the trick.
BY virtue OF the SUCCESSES, the
Shimbu Line is crumbl:ng Wi +
tough American foot soldiers now
sitting atop its first line of defense
and knocking on the door to the
second.
Once it is broken through, the
japanese will be broken up int
small disconnected parties, doom
Ell to a campaign of attrition.
The new gains constitute an en-
veloping movement against n
anchor OF the Antipolo WaWa
(Shimbu) line.
Macarthur said the First Obs
mounted Cavalry Division n {
the Sixth Infantry Division have
made substantial gains on h {
south flank of the defense stud
ded line in the vicinity of Bay
anbayanan.
The enemy line Consists almos
entirely of caves in the hillside.
closely spaced for interlockin9
fire.
"A cave normally consists of {
lO-foot shaft large enough for {
man TO climb up or down a rope
ladder" Macarthur said in EN-
phasizing the difficulty of the op
Grafton.
''At the foot of the shaft, small
tunnel leads to compartment
(Continued nm Pape Three. Col II
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10
Doughboys Defy Death
To Seize Rhine BRIDGE

and quickly disconnected the wires.
Men were called up to start re-
pair of the superficial damage,
while the bridge still was under
fire.
That was how the Ninth Armor-
ed Division capped a Picturesque
tank dash from the Roer river to
the eastern banks of the Rhine.
Maj. Murray Deevers, comman-
der of the 9th Armored Infantry
task force, which got the bridge,
said it was strictly gamble, and
that none of the men had the slight
est idea it would be so completely
successful.
II expected to see it blow up
right in our faces" he said.
That had been the experience Of
the Allies in other bridging oper-
atoms save at Nijmegen in Hol-
land where American parachute
troops, teamed with the British
Continued on Page Two; COL 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10
Senate Labor Measure
Inadequate, HR Hints

fings and the use of priority and
other powers to induce men and
women to shift to essential war
jobs. He said today the National
still does not have enough man.
power to meet critical production
needs.
There are indications the con-
ferees may not be able to agree
on bill. Sen. Edwin C. Johnson
(D.-Colo), a high ranking men,
Der of the Senate Military Affairs
Committee, said there might be
no bill unless the House accepted
the Senate version. Chairman An
drew j. May, D.-Ky) of the House
Military Affairs Committee, coun-
tered that there might be no bill
unless the senate adopts the house
version.
There is little similarity between
the measures. The Senate bill,
lacking any feature of a labor
draft, calls for elimination Of labor
boarding. E n pl yers violating
VINO employment ceilings would
be subject to penalties up to $10,-
900 and year in Jail.
Workers, both men and women,
thrown out of jobs because OF
VINO ceilings, would be directed
to new employment by the govern
ment. A check would be made on
the Army and Navy, all other Gov
eminent departments and civilian
enterprises to find whether all
manpower is being used to best
advantage.
What the Senate. bill lacks and
what is contained in the House
version are: A labor draft r
men 10 to IS; authority for Selec.
tive Sevice to take any man in
that age group and put him in an
essential war job if he was not in
the armed forces; a $4,000 fine
and five year imprisonment pen
atty for workers who fail to COM
n1v
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for his visit last year they had a
great time.
He also said that as far as the
matter of his. going to see de
Gaulle in Paris was concerned he
was too busy even to have time
to see General Eisenhower. But
he expressed regret that he had
not been able to 60 to France
American diplomats hoped h S
gesture Of friendship might evoke
equal warmth in response but were
by no means certain it would.
The belief here now is that the
real test Of French policy on col
laboration with the big powers will
come in the world security con-
ference at San Francisco. There is
considerable concern lest France
seek to gain a position of leader
ship Of dissident countries which
may try 10 upset the Dumbarton
Oaks plan.
However, there is evidence that
Frances main concern at the mo-
ment is with Russia. De Gaulle
has the task not only of fitting
his nation into the European scene,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10

during the day, lost 10 bombers and
five escorting fighters in the op,
erations. The Raj lost three bomb
ers out of about 1000 which smack.
ed Kassel last night.
Heavy bombers from Italy joined
todays attacks, striking communi
cations systems at Graz in South
ern Austria while fighter bomber:
hit at rail targets from Vienna tt
Italy.
Bad weather curbed operations
of the Second Tactical Air Force
but reconnaissance pilots ranging
near the American bridgeheae
across the Rhine below Cologne
said they could see no enemy
movement in the direction of the
American hold on the east bank.
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where Russian power promises to
be dominant for years to come,
but also of dealing with a very
lively Communist element inside
France.
Maurice Thorez, secretary gen.
eral of the Communist party ir
France, today lambasted/ the dc
Gaulle government for its failure
to help sponsor the San Francisco
Conference.
This attitude does not conform
to the well conceived interests OF
our country" Thorez said.
Here is a significant sequence Of
events leading up to the present
state of French relations:
1. When de Gaulle first was ap'
preached on the possibility of a
meeting with the President he was
very receptive to meeting, moi
only in France but evidently any.
where within reason.
2. At that time he hoped to be
included in the Big Three talks
at Yalta. When he was excluded
(Continued nm Pare Three: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10
GERMAN U-BOAT
ACTIVITY RISES
Raiders Pay Heavy Toll,
Roosevelt and Chur-
chill Declare

WASHINGTON, March 9-OP)
German submarines sank "a
moderate NUMBER of Allied mer-
chant ships in February but more
Of the underseas raiders were sunk
in February than in January, Pres.
ident Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Winston Churchill said tonight in
a joint statement.
Without mentioning the new type
U-boat the Germans repeatedly
are using in the North Atlantic,
they warned that "our (anti-subma-
rine) forces must maintain I'M
ceasing vigilance because any en-
envy with a large number of sub
marines always possesses a poten-
tial threat"
(Confinued nm Pare Two. Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10
BY HOWARD COWAN

ACROSS THE RHINE, March 9
"A daring band of armored
infantrymen, utterly ignoring the
fact that the 1,2OO-foot steel road
and rail bridge might blow up in
their faces, raced acros sthe Rhine
at Remagen and saved the Allies
the costly price of an amphibious
invasion of inner Germany.
In a matter of seconds after a
company CT infantry, paced by 1t.
Emmett j. Burrows, had seized the
bridge-in the midst Of explosions
which caused slight damage-ele-
ments Of the Ninth Armoed Di-
vision famed out on the east bank
and carried the bridgehead.
The operation took place Wednes-
day.
Civilians said the bridge was to
go at 4 pm. the tanks got there
at $50 p. m. 49,. 81.
1t. John Mitchell of Pittsburgh,
Pa. found the cache of explosive
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10
Germans Rustz%zg Men To Rhine Bridgehead
Hurl Shells At Remegen Span; Battle Near
| 900 Tons Of Incendiaries Strike Toky,
Greatest Mosquito
Raid Pounds Berlin
Capital Hit For 18th Consecutive Night
Thousand U. S. Heavies Smash At Rail
Junction OF Kassel; Graz Is Blasted

LONDON, March 9-(P-The big
gest force of Raj Mosquitoes ever
sent to Berlin dumped more than
1000 tons of explosives on the bat
tered capital tonight after a thou
sand U. S. heavy bombers had
smashed by daylight at the cen
trail German rail junction of Kas-
sci. 1t was the 18th consecutive
night attack on Berlin.
Enemy planes, the German radio
warned, were over Brandenburg
province, in which Berlin is locat-
ed, early in the night and another
force was crossing western Ger
many.
The Eighth Air Force, which
sent 1000 Fortresses and Liberia.
tors on many-pronged attack
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-10
Macarthur Is Silent
On MindQnao Invasion

MANILA, 10R-Several thousand Japanese
IA miles east Of
tunnel entrances Gen. Doug
Macarthur announced today commnique silent Japanese
reports that Mindanao has been invaded
conmunque mentioned 07on bombing of Zamboanga,
did subsantate Tokyo
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FORECAST

r.;r and slightly warmer today.
Yesterdays temperatures:
High, SLOW, 40.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02
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Donnyhrook 1915

\ot All of the current labor un-
.,.st is rooted in the maintenance
of take home" pay. purchasing
mower versus cost of living, work
INC conditions. or 80 for 40 slo-
cYns \ lot more of ii lies III plain
.Inoeinc match for power as eX-
pressed by jurisdictional disputes
from one end of the land to the
other
The stcvedore and lonGshoreman
strike which has paralyzed Eastern
docks entered its final phases as
.trueclc between Go Harry Bird
cos stcvcdOrcs and Joe Ryan's In
tcrnatiOnal LonGshorcmen's Asso-
citation. In fact. HAS lifetime pres
idrnt RYAN once told an interview
that he was only waiting for the
war to end to slu2 II out with
BRIDGES,
In Detroit. for instance. there
was much suspicion that great
deal of the heat within the auto
workers union resulted from
tussIc for power between Messr5.
r J. Thomas and Walter Reuther.
Union vs. Union
ON the West Coast, two rival
AFI. unions engaged in a version
of the old Irish fair and tied up the
movie industry as piCkets repre-
.;entinG the Conference of Studio
Unions hacked striking AFL
Painters Union against nOn-strik
inc All. Alliance of Stage Theatri-
cal Employees while AFL machi-
nists dropped over to swell the pic
ket lines in contributing gesture.
Meanwhile. up in the big woods
OF the Pacific Northwest. some 60.-
GOO AFL lumber workers refused to
touch tools to trees until their
wage disputes were settled But
they watched closely as more than
10000 nOn-strikins members of the
Go went hlithely about the basil
ness of lumherinG-th the
picket lines.
In San Francisco AF'L and Go
trolley car men went into form
of Sparring 10 sec who was what as
far as the municirally owned street
car and bus lines were concerned
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02
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Veterans Friend

Toilins in a textile mill rs BOY
OHn Dewitt Johnston learned early
the value of 4 dollar.
The husky. fortnight senator
from South Carolina, although
comparatively new on Capltol mn
is winning respect for his knoWl-
edge of economies and the hard
facts of TAXATION.
Millions of men and women VINO
served in the war are likely I"
think gratefully of Johnston II his
proposal becomes law. He would
forgive All income taxes for mem
hers OF the armed forces from De
oemhcr :. lHi1. day of the attack on
Pearl Harhor. to the official and of
the war.
Like Rep. Frank carlson of Kan
Eas, author of tax reduction plans,
Senator Johnston is a veteran 0t
the 1917-l91N struggle for Demo
Cracy havinS served i'll this Coun-
Try and France.
Unlike Carlson. the Southorner
is stron2 champion OF New Deal
policy. These mon meet on common
clound, however,. when talk turns
I" taNcs that dis deep into the ray
roll pocket
Voters of his native state twice
sent Johnston 10 the Governor ,
mansion before helping him defeat
cotton Ed Smith for the Senate last
November.
They applauded his use of al
economical horse and buggy for the
lnauSuration ceremonies held the
second time he won the Governor
ship. He rode in the vehicle to tn,
scene of the swcarinG-in.