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Ninth Army Is 1913 Miles
From Berlin, Using Roads

under the hot sun.
Troops after overrunning Goet
tingen pushed on two miles be
yond without contracting the enc
my in force.
Before Goettingen, they captur
ed an airfield with two planes
and then crossed the Leine rivel
over a bridge the Germans failed
to blow. They ran into no artil
lery fire, the enemy apparently
pulling back his field guns for 9
final stand further east.
Fifteen miles. southwest Of Goet
tingen, the Germans finally were
driven from Muenden and infan
try smashed the rest of the way
through the Hessian Gap-ancient
route of conquest used by Napo
Leon.
In it's own battle to liquidate the
Ruhr pnckef,-fhe First Army Tdr
up against hard resistance~only ir
the area of the fallen bastion- Of
Siegen, advancing three to fou1
miles through the hills from botf
south and east and flushing hun
dreds of prisoners.
Supreme Headquarters issued
few details on the airborne opera.
ton in Holland, but the combined
airborne-Canadian First Army op.
Grafton was swiftly sealing off the
robot bomb coast and cutting of
any escape from Amsterdam, Rot
terdam and the Hague except by
water.
One Canadian armored column,
racing for a junction win the air
borne forces, entered Haalweide
only IA miles east of the Zuider
Zee and six and a half miles from
Meppel, through which passes the
last good road and railway route
of retreat from Hollands big
ports and cities.
This route curves northeastward
from Meppel and passes four and
a half miles north of Haalweide
A junction with the airborne
forces was expected at any time.
It was the job of the sky-troopers
to seize the bridges over the count
less streams and canals that make
Hollands flatlands one of the
worlds most difficult battlefields.
The enemy was still holding on
both TANKS, however. ~
Gen. H. d. G. Cregar's forces
were repulsed in an attempt to
cross the Ems river on the east
flank at Meppen.
On the west flank Zutphen, a
key traffic center, was captured
after four days of bitter fighting
but Canadians were held off more
than mile from second high
way center at Deventer, eight
miles to the north.
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JAP ship LOSSES
AT ri, 492 TONS
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in. Tayabas province, south of
Manila. This effectively cut all
land escape routes for the enemy
in the Bicol peninsula, Luzon' $
long southeastern "tail'' on which
the invaded port of Legaspi is To-
Gated.
Santa Maria and other towns in
the Santa Maria valley of central
Luzon were liberated by the 18th
Corps, while the 158th Regimental
Combat Team met only small arms
fire as it advanced in Albay pro.
vince, at the southern end of Lu-
|Zon.
In the central Philippines, 18th
Air force planes ravaged Japa-
nese positions in the hills on
Negros and Cebu in support of foot
troops, destroying so trucks, sew
en- gun emplacements, three sup
ply dumps and five barges.
Heavy bombers unloaded 100 tons
of bombs on enemy positions at
Davao, eastern Mindanao.
Americas war hold on the
Philippines frightened today as
southwestern Mindanao became a
mopup operation and 4Oth Division
troops were in possession of two
additional airfields on Negros is
land after an advance of 30 miles
For,nosa continued to occupy {
high place on the air forces neu
tralization list. It's Kiirun shipping
base was. blasted with ia tons O.
bombs. At Kowloon, pre-war Brit
ish crown colony, other plane!
spilled 81 tons of bombs on thu
Hong Kong dock area.
No check-off of Kiirun damag
was available because of under
cast, but at Kowloon, fires were
set in an electric power plant anc
sizeable building in the supply
sector. In addition, a tanker ir
Hong Kong harbor was hit di
rectly,'as was the adjacent Kaitar
airdrome.
South China Sea traffic of the
japanese was attacked by planes
which severely damaged 5000
ton freighter and several smaller
cargo vessels. East of Formoss
two small ships were sent to the
bottom.
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SETTLEMENT Seen
IN mine DISPUTE
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whole dispute to the War Labor
Board for settlement. --~ '---
It was not disclosed what part,
if any, had been played by the
wave of work stoppages, particu'
larly in mines producing for steel
furnaces, but Lewis was believed
to have become impatient as the
wildcat strikes spread and reached
a critical stage at the weekend.
Three subcommittee worked
yesterday and today to perfect
technical and special details Of
the proposed contract, which is
understood to strike a balance be.
tween what the operators offered
on March is in their first set OF
counter-p proposals, and that advanc
ed by Secretary of Labor Perkins.
The operators offer would have
added 10 IL cents to the cost OF
a ton of coal and 81 cents to the
miners daily pay; Miss Perkins
contract would have cost 80 cents
ton and increased the pay $1.50
a day.
The producers had upped their
cash offer to 81 day when Sec
rotary Perkins made her first visit
to the conference in the hope of
rushing agreements before the
contract expiration, March 81. e.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
Johnny Lindell, Yanks'
Centerfielder, To Take
Army Exam On First Day

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. April
8-W.H-Johnny Lindell, Yankee
center-fielder, will be missing
from the lineup when the New
Workers open their stadium season
against the Red Sox on April H..
He is scheduled to take his draft
physical on that date. Lindell had
his examination site transferred
from Los Angeles to Atlantic City.
Whether he will be able to start
against Washington in the official
opening game April is is unde-
ternined. ~
Oscar Grimes, infielder, was
confined to his bed in his hotel
today with influenza.
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battle in strength yesterday for
the first time in weeks.
Allied armies counted 189, GIL
Germans into their prison pens in
the first six days of April-more
than three times the 63,079 cap
tured by the Americans through.
out the First World War-and in
the same period probably killed OF
wounded $4,000 more.
L. was the Second Armored Dr.
vision of 1t. Gen. William H
Simpsons U S. Ninth Army that
once more broke out into the open
on the most direct route to Berlin
after slowing down for two days
10 get across the Weser river.
One column which reached the
autobahn had the highway in front
of it all the way to Berlin. 1t last
was reported 20 miles from Bruins
wick, l08 miles of Berlin.
One force rolled into Hide
scheim, ancient Catholic city of
$1,000 population Is miles west OF
Brunswick.
The Second Armored Division
had by-passed Hanover after
passing within 10 miles of the city
and front dispatch said there
apparently was nothing in front of
this racing force but the Elbe riv-
er-50 miles from Berlin.
But Hanover was no: being
overlooked as Simpson committed
at least seven infantry and three
armored divisions into his often
sive.
The hard-charging 84th Rail
splitter" Division, which led the
Roer river breakthrough to the
Rhine, raced 20 miles beyond the
Weser river and was probably five
or six miles from the city.
To the rear, the Ninth with the
First Army was pressing the
cleanup of the Ruhr pocket, fight
ing into Dortmund, Germany's 18th
alrgest city with a population Of
$4,000, and Gelsenkirchen, with
a population of $4,000.
1t. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
U. s. First Army push to the east
completely collapsed enemy lines
along the Weser-last major bar
rler before Berlin except for the
Elbe-and infantry advances were
limited to the speed with which
troops could march with full packs
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PEACE COUNCIL
POSES PROBLEM
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and liberation is being started by
Red Army forces fighting now in
Vienna. This makes it appear prob.
able Russia will have grounds for
considering Austria primarily as
a military sphere and some con-
Germ is beginning to- be felt here
over the future Of three-power con-
trolls in that area.
Among American experts on the
Dumbarton Oaks plan and West
ern Hemisphere unity there APP
pear to have developed two more
or less conflicting views on this
issue of regionalism. One insists
that the world organization must
function always with world in
terest in view and particularly
must keep control over all use OF
force to prevent aggression even
though it may delegate the use OF
force to a regional group of ma
tons.
The other view is that the new
league can be set up from the
start along regional lines with
control Of force vested in regional
councils and security viewed prl-
marty as a regional problem.
Both sides seem to agree &hat
the danger of regionalism uncheck-
ed lies in the possibility OF its
development into regional power
blocs.
It will be up to the American
delegation in its policy meetings
beginning this week to work out
= course for the United States,
having in mind not only this coun-
try's leadership toward league
based on universal principles but
also it's interest in the Western
Hemisphere.
It is believed here that Russia's
position at San Francisco has
been greatly strengthened by her
of her neutrality pact
with japan.
1t. can be reported with assur-
ance that American policy up to
this time has been to spare no et-
fort and refuse no reasonable
price" to turn against Japan all
forces which the United Nations
can rally in that part of the world.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
The Sports Trail
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, April S.-R)-Pre-
rctions have a habit OF coming
a all 10 slap the face OF the prog
'3osticator until it is a nice, fire
ho ,,cI, red. so Brutus Hamilton,
u t "o track mentor now in the
Id rt,ice can take a bow for fore
~ of track and field perform
e @oes he made 10 years ago.
S In 1885, Hamilton, forming his
o,'cIusions after a study Of sci
e o+;fic research data compiled by
T;anish mathematicians. went on
1.arord as setting theoretical linn
its on performances in certain
4 w. and field events, and to date
be hasn't had to blush. In fact,
n.y. h been almost unbelievably ac-
,,ra+e in most instances.
among his predictions were:
That the best any runner could
,.one N do would be to clip q
b,mdredths off the l00-yard dash
record of 9.4 seconds.
That if anyone ran the mile in
4.nl 6 he would be turning in an
unbeatable performance.
That the seven-foot high jump
mark never will be reached.
That pole vault of Is feet is
possible.
That leap of 81 feet in the
broad lump can be made.
Let's see just how those fore
casts stack up after athletes have
been trying for 10 years to prove
he was talking through his hat.
The world 1O0-yard dash recohd.
Jointly held by Frank Wykoff and
Jesse Owens, still stands at 9.4
seconds,
The recognized mile record,
held by Arne Anderson. is 4:02.6,
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3O0-yard individual medley cham
pionsnips, making it % U. S. titles
ne has won in his career. He also
spanked his team to victories in
the 400-yard relay and 300-yard
medley relay in the two-day meet
which ended Saturday night.
In taking half of the 10 events
decided, cambridge ore 46
points to overwhelm Ohio States
NCAA champions, who scored Is.
The busy but easy-going Kiefer,
who coaches the team, is swim
ming officer of Bainbridge's ply
steal instructors school, which he
says is the only one the Navy has
in the country.
Kiefer was particularly pleased
to see Walter Ris win mis- first nat
ional individual title Saturday in
an upset victory over world record
holder Alan Ford, Columbia mid
shipman, in the 10O-yard free style.
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although Anderson has run the
distance in 4:01.6, which approx
mates the best time Hamilton pre-
d1cted could be made.
The seven-foot high jump mark
never has been reached, althou Oh
Lester Steers world record is Just
one inch short of that mark.
The 15-foot pole vault has ma.
terlalized, but only one man has
oeen able to do it. Cornelius
Warmerdam holds the record at
10 feet Z g. inches.
The 27-foot broad jump has yet
to be made. Jesse Owens has come
the closest with his leap of 26 feet
8 IA inches.
Two performances which Ham
ilton rated as perfect at the
time he made his predictions have
not been improved upon, an indi-
cation he was right. They are the
time of 6.2 seconds for 400 meters,
made in the 1882 Olyrnpics b.
Bill Carr of Pennsylvania, and
Jack Torrance's shotput mark OF
81 feet l inch, set in Oslo, Nor
way, in 1894.
So the predictions have held UP
to dates The two that seem in
most danger of going wrong in.
volve the mile and the high jump,
as the current records in those
events are so close to the ultimate
as forecast by Hamilton it doesn't
seem too improbable that some
high jumper will come along with
that extra grunt necessary to get
another inch and hit the seven
foot mark, and some runner have
that extra something to cut Sec
ond or two off the mile.
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YANKS ADVANCE
DESPITE ENEMY
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over Okinawa Saturday and al
were shot down.
Nine more enemy planes were
destroyed Sunday.
Motobu peninsula, the Marine
sector, is about 10 miles long
with about so square miles Of
territory. So far as is known here
there is little of Importance there.
The terrain is rugged.
Approximately 10000 civilians
have been taken into protective
custody of the American govern
ment.
Carrier aircraft, continuing their
protective support, attacked ship
ping and shore installations on is
lands of the Amami group, al
Okinawa's northwest tip, firing 8
small cargo ship and destroying
a lugger.
Meanwhile, Japanese imperial
headquarters admitted loss IF one
battleship, cruiser and three
destroyers in the Inflated attempt
Of Nippon fleet remnants to reach
the Yanlz Okinawa invasion arna-
da last Saturday. This action fol
lowed by one day the japanese
air attack on the U. S. Fleet at
OkinaWa.
Fleet Adm. Chester w. Nimitz
earlier announced that Yank car
:rier filters intercepted the fleet SO
miles southwest of Kyushu, south
ernmost of Japan's main islands.
He said the japanese lost the 45,
00O-ton apprenticeship Tamato,
two cruisers, three destroyers and
At planes.
/ The Marines and soldiers OF
Lieut.. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buck
.ner, Jr.'s 10th Army now hold
roughly one quarter of Okinawa' S
485 bomb and artillery blasted
square miles afeer a week OF VIZ
tualIy unopposed advances.
In the south the Seventh Divl-
sion ran into prepared Japanese
positions and it's advance was SLOW
ed to a crawl. The Americans held
the entire center of the island
with the Marines throwing a tight
four mile long line from Mayo
(OkanekW on the west coast to
Orc Bay on the east.
The southern units held Jag
ged line about four and hall
miles long from Uchitomari on the
west to Tsuwa on the east coast
while forces on the west coast were
within two miles of Machlnato
airfield and four miles from Mana,
the islands capital city. The Sew
enth Division on the east coast IS
about one and a half miles from
the Yonabaru airstrip.
The first American wounded
from Okinawa began arriving at
Guam by plane and ship but their
numbers were small as compared
with the flow of wounded that toi-
lowed the first week Of the bloody
Marine battling on Two Jima.
While admitting the loss OF f~e
the Japanese claimed
Nipponese air and surface units
sank 10 American Warshlps and
five transports and damaged IL
men-of-war and seven transports
Admiral Nimitz disclosed that
three American destroyers were
SUNK and other fleet units damaged
when the japanese made determln-
ed attacks against the invasion
fleet off Okinawa.
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Bill Nicholson Swats
Homer To Win for Jay
Team Of Philadelphia

WILMINGTON, Del, April g.
W.P)-Bill Nicholson, Chicago Cubs
outfielder who has been working
out with the Phillies, hit a home
run with a man on base today
to help the Philadelphia Jay team
defeat the Blues 10 to 6 in an intra-
camp game.
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Brave Outfielder Sent
To Boston for Repairs

WASHINGTON, April g. U.D -
Garden CLEARWATER, Brave outfleld
! er hampered with a pulled leg
muscle and injured hand, was sent
to Boston tonight to be treated by
the club physician. Second-base
man Frank Drews will leave fol
the Hub tomorrow to be treated
for a knee injury suffered in q
collision with Pitcher AL Javery
Tommy Holmes recovered from
dizzy spell today which laic
him low after hitting homer
against the Senators Saturday. The
outfielder traced the trouble to
recently extracted teeth.
The Braves begin a two day
series with the Phillies in Viii
mington, Del. tomorrow.
The barometer and the Their
mometer were developed in the
18th century.
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Two American soldiers and %
patriotic Frenchmen removed more
than 1000 mines and BOBBY traps
in the lie Havre area
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Almost 100000 pairs of Army
shoes were rebuilt by the Quar-
termaster Corps last year.
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The Quartermaster Corps has
developed an al-purpose shaving
soap for use with salt or fresh
water.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-24
Answers To
Inquiries On
Income ak

In response to numerous inquir-
les arising from new provisions of
the individual income tax law re-
1ating to exemptions for husbands
and wives, and the income of
minors, J. D. Nunan, Jr., commits
sioner of internal revenue, made
the following statement this week:
Husband and wife exemptions:
The new law requires that if a
husband and wife file separate re-
turns, each must take his own eX-
emptions on his or her own return.
Both exemptions can be claimed
on the same return only if (a) they
file a joint return, or (b) if one
of them had no taxable income and
was not the dependent of another
taxpayer In applying this rule to
wives of men in the armed forces,
it should be borne in mind that the
tax laws exempt and disregard the
first $1,000 of active service pay
received each year by a member of
the armed forces. The result is that
most members of the armed forces
have no taxable income, in which
case their exemptions can be claim
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-24
Gainesville News
Rev. A. r. Thomas, Reporter

The Egypt Hill Sunday school
met with fine group of officers
and students on Sunday, Feb. Is,
the assistant supt. presiding. Mrs.
M. L. Colman. Collection $2.13. Rev.
N. c. Lacey addressed the school
with wholesome remarks.
Mrs. Hattie Jones of Gatesville
and Mrs Minnie Bell Jones of Cry
stall Springs, her daughter-in-law,
visited Mrs. Louise Cook of Indi-
anola and Mr.. Walter Lackey of
Inverness. Mr.. Hackney and Mrs.
Cook are brother and sister of Mrs.
Jones' They report most enjoy
able visit
Miss Eunice Taylor of Jackson
was week end visitor in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs Ocatver Thomas of
Gatesville Miss Taylor is a student
of Jackson college. She visited
Egypt Hill Sunday school Sunday
and gave some inteesting and in
spring remarks. She reports her
school and gave some interesting
and inspiring remarks. She reports
her school in fine condition and
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-24

ther with its Col, Theodore Roo
sevelt.
In World War !, 404,348 Negroes
participated, including 1885 Ne
gro officers who graduated at the
training camp at Fort DesMoines,
Iowa. These units fought in France
and received special commentator
from General Perishing.
Summary
Negroes are proud of their mill
tary history, which dates back to
the Nile and Niger rivers and the
Pharoahs.
The most direct appeal that can
be made to them is one based on
pride of their history.
For over 800 years they have
been extremely patriotic for they
know no other country and no 9TH
er allegiance.
In many large hospitals in the
South, Negro and White nurses
have been working side by side
in perfect harmony at such institu-
tons as the Jefferson Davis hospi-
tai in Houston, Tex, the Grady hos
pital in Atlanta, and the Charity
! hospital of New Orleans.
The Negro has an abiding faith
in the ultimate justice of the Am
erican people. He believes in his
heart that America will do right
and to that end he offers his life
and his fortunes to his country in
a battle to attain victory for the
democratic principles for which
she stands.
Roscoe c. Giles
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that her trip here a most pleasant
one.
The funeral service for Mrs. Stel-
la Brown were held second Sunday
in February at the Brushey Creek
Baptist church. She was member
of the church for thirty years and
she played her part in a every re-
spect. She was also a loyal men,
Der of Hopewell Court No. 1l8 for
a year and seven months and mem
berS of this and affiliated orders
paid their last respect to Sister
Brown. Miss Beasley, Mrs. North
wood, Mrs Sandifer, Mrs. Lue
Beasley were visitors from George
town and Crystal Court. Mrs. M
A. Berry, NAM, of Hopewell
Court spared no pains in turning
her respect to sister Brown Inter
ment was in the Brushey Creek
cemetery, with Rev. S. :. Jackson,
officiating.
Hopewell Court No. 118 will
celebrate Palm Sunday services the
4th Sunday in April, Rev. D. D.
Smith, Jr, will deliver the sermon.
The program will take place at the
Brushey Creek Baptist church.
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ed by their wives.


Income of Minors: The new law
provides that the earnings of chill
dren shall be considered to belong
to the children, and not to their
parents, for the purposes of the
federal income tax AS result,
minors who had $500 or more in
come last year must file income
tax returns the same as adults.
Therefore, parents need no longer
include in their own income tax
returns the earnings of their chill
dren.
Income Under $500: Persons
whose income last year was less
than $500 are not required to file
income tax returns, but frequently
VIII find it advisable to file. In the
case OF a single person who had
less than $500 income from which
tax was withheld, the filing of a
return will bring refund of the
tax which was withheld. In the
case OF married person who had