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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-04

DETROIT, Sept. 4 - up -
Briggs Stadium was still shaking
today with the echoes of cheers
from 1888 sore threats as the
American League leading De-
troit Tigers moved East after
sweeping a wild Labor Day twin
bill from the Chicago White
Sox that boosted their home per-
centage to .676 in 70 games.
"Home Sweet Home" was just
a memory, however to the Tig-
ers, who now must play their
next 10 games in l3 days on the
road.
The prolonged absence from
their home lot may easily prove
the Tigers undoing in their bid
for their first pennant since
1910.
So far Detroit has averaged
a meager .444 in foreign sur
roundin,.s, losing 80 of 54 games
on the ROAD.
The Tigers have only four re-
naming home games this season,
meeting ST. Louis here Sept. %
and % and Cleveland Sept. %
and 26.
Cheering the departure of the
Bengals, who hiked their League
lead to two full games by edging
Chicago twice by 6 to 5 scores,
was the news that their ace
pitcher, Hal Newhouser, had
only a pulled muscle instead of
a suspected bone injury in his
back.
X-rays made by the Tiger
trainer, DR.. Ray Forsyth, indi-
Gated Newhouser would not be
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-04
Sports Roundup
~ HUGH FULLERTON. u.

/ Centers, reports this Is the first
time in his career that he ever
has played during July and Au-
gust sounds like he belonged
10 the Phillies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-04

MONDAYS RESULTS
Chicago I'll. Cincinnati I'll.
Pittsburgh &c, st. Louis So.
New York 81. Philadelphia 20.
BROOKLYN -, BOSTON O-3. tseeond
game, 10 tnninGs).
TUESDAYS GAME
Pittsburgh at st. Louis.
! Only game scheduled.
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City
SOftbaIl
Standings
MAJOR LEAGUE

JUNIOR LEAGUE
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MONDAYS RESULTS
Detroit GO. Chicago SIS.
Washington III. Boston S-s.
st. Louis as, Cleveland "a. Seecnd
aame 10 inninGs).
New York 81. Philadelphia is, tsee-
ond game ~ innings.
TUESDAYS GAME
Detroit At New York.
Only game scheduled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02

|of neon signs outside cafes ano
newstands, substitution of feeble
one-bulb glows for the customary
glitters over theater entrances ano
the uniform blackness of all dis
play windows.
General placidity marked public
acceptance of the new restriction,
although some slight inconvenience
was experienced by eating-place
seekers, unable to tell from further
than a half-block away whether or
not their detectives were open and
functioning. Notwithstanding, ma
turally, had come to a dead halt.
Since military security is not in
volved, police procedure in the
broWn-out is slower than in the
former restrictions. No patrol is
operated by the Tide Water Pow
er Co. Police report whom they
think to be violators to the Chief
of Police, who relays it to the
power company.
Investigation by the Tide Water
officials is decisive, but not final,
since appeal by merchants or 9TH
er light-operators can be made to
War Production Board authorities
in Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
City Business Section
Darkens For :Br0wn0ut

Wilmington darkened down again
last night after a year of freedom
from blackouts, dim-outs and SINH.
lar manifestations of war-enforced
gloom.
The broWn-out, a coast-to-coast
measure decreed by the War Pro
duction Board at the request OF
James F. Byrnes, War Mobiliza-
ton Director, differed from either
OF the previous restrictions on light
ing both in purpose and effect.
The black-out had been aimed
at foiling German bombers, the
dim-out at battling submarines
hunting merchant ships silhouetted
against the coastal glow. The
brown out is a coal conservation
move, directed at reducing to a
minimum outdoor lighting Of all
varieties in order to lessen the
fuel consumption of coal-operated
generators.
Public-service lighting, including
street lamps and traffic lights, has
been affected very little by the
order.
The chief changes observable in
Wilmington downtown thorough
fares last night were the absence
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
B-29S DESTROY
GIANT DRYDOCK
Jap-Held Floating Unit At
Singapore Blasted
By Planes

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1-UP)-
Upwards of 100 Embarrassed Super
fortresses today destroyed the 1856
foot floating drydock of the enemy
held Singapore naval base-long
famous as the largest dock of its
kind-in a Commute daylight raid
and lone B-29s continued nuisance
raids on the Japanese mainland.
The big bombers, in addition to
destroying the drydock in the most
successful raid on Singapore, also
set fire to a large Merchant ship
undergoing repairs and hit other
naval installations in the Seletar
sector of Singapore. No BIOS were
lost, although the japanese tried
to drop phosphorus bombs on the
Forts.
Reconnaissance photo g p h S
showed the dock had been
utterly ruined'', dispatch from
United Press Correspondent Hugh
Crumpler at the BIG base report
ed. the British built dock, 855 feet
by 172 and with capacity of So.
600 tons, was designed to take the
largest battleship ever built. 1t be-
came Japan's most important dry
dock in the South Seas after B-29s
destroyed the 1000 foot Craving
dock last November 6.
Some Superforts hit the main ma.
val base at north end of the ia.
hore island next to the famous ia.
hore Straits causeway. The main
naval base, in addition to com
plete repair units, contains oil de-
pots, ammunition depots, naval
radio station, an electric power sta
ton. piers, warehouses, and rail-
way spurs. The base itself, four
miles long, is equipped to repair
any type of ship.
A few B-29s hit the Georgetown
harbor area at Penang, Sumatra.
A War Department announce
ment said good to excellent re-
suits were obtained by the large
force of bombers. None of the B.
29S has been renOrtp6 lost
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
Is Towns Overrun AS Sieg.
Fried Forts Are Found
Deserted

PARIS, Friday, Feb. 2.-UP)-
Four advancing Allied armies
drove the Germans back along a
20O-mile front from Monschau
south to Colmar yesterday, over
running Is towns as gains Of two to
five miles penetrated Siegfried for
tific ations some Of which were
found abandoned.
This was the picture along the
front as the Germans fought or
fled before the expanding Allied
offensive in the West:
U. S. First Army: Gained close
to three miles and captured four
towns in Monschau forest and in
Germany to the South, passing un-
opposed through main West Wall
tank obstacles east of Malmedy
to reach belt of pillbox defenses
deserted at some points by the
Germans.
U. S. Third Army: Drove two
and one half miles into Siegfried
defenses and captured five towns
while expanding the Our river
bridgehead into Germany to more
than seven miles wide and almost
four miles deep.
French First Army: Overran IA
towns in maximum gains of five
miles, swept to the Rhine along
a widening front, drove within a
half mile of Co1mar and brought
the German escape bridge within
a half mile of Colmar and brought
the German escape bridge from
the Colmar pocket under heavy
artillery fire.
U. S. Seventh Army: Broke six
day hull to attack across Germans
Moder river defense. line, gaining
two miles to enter Oberhoffen and
clean out enemy hornets nest in
Stainwald woods north of Gamb-
scheim.
U. S. Ninth Army: Held in check
amid Berlin assertions that all
preparations for a major often
sive in Aachen area now complet-
ed.
Meanwhile, German panic in the
face of First and Third Army
attacks from the west was clearly
suggested by the enemy's aban-
donment of II field guns near Sol
helm, which were left intact with
ammunition boxes open and sights
attached.
CA Washington dispatch quoted
highly authoritative military source
as suggesting that the Germans
were planning to retire to the far
bank of the Rhine to avoid being
trapped against river whose
bridges were bombed out.)
Late reports on the French First
Armys three-day-old drive be-
tween Strasbourg and Colmar said
that tank and infantry forces were
patrolling a three-mile stretch of
the Rhine southeast of Marckol-
sheim and that other troops had
driven to within three miles of the
German escape bridge at Neuf-
Brisach after overrunning Widen
solen, reached earlier in the day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
DRIVE TO SPEED
NAZI FALL SEEN
Big Three May Have Sur.
render Instrument Un-
der Discussion

LONDON, Feb. L. R -Disclos-
ure that fully fashioned ''instru-
ment of surrender" awaits only fl
nal Big Three approval was in
terpreted in London tonight as
heralding a major psychological
as well as military drive to bring
about Germany's capitualtion.
An authoritative source announc.
ed that the specific terms to be
handed the Germans after their
surrender had been initiated by
representatives of tn United
States, Britain and Soviet Russia
respectively U. S. Ambassador
John G. Winant, Sir William
Strang, British undersecretary Of
State, and Soviet Ambassador Fly.
odor Gusev.
simultaneously came word that
Prime Minister Churchill was tax.
ing to the conference with Presi.
dent Roosevelt and Premier Mar
shall Stain meeting perhaps
now underWay-a concrete British
plan for four-poWer rule over the
Rhineland and the Ruhr believed
to imply creation of separate
political n d economic entity.
France would share in this meas
ure with Britain, Russia and the
United States.
There was no specific assurance
that the instrument of surrender
would be the basis for new call
to the Germans to overthrow Hit
Ter, but it appeared an obvious
possibility.
The terms, formulated by lead
ers of the European Advisory Com
mission. are so secret it is under
stood that only a few ofthehigh-
tents.
1t seemed certain that the three
chiefs of state would give the in
strument a high spot on the con-
ference agenda.
British and American planes
have been showering Germans
several days with leaflets explain
ing unconditional surrender"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
New Landing Enemy Lines
FORCES Trap Pierced In
F or Japanese DeepDrive
Third Drive Into Luzon
Puts Yanks 20 Miles
From Manila

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Luzon, Friday, Feb.
2.-lR-A new landing southwest
of Manila-the third invasion of
Luzon island-forged the jaws of
trap north and south of the
Philippines capital, with some
Yank columns reported today as
bare 20 air miles away.
Virtually sealing off the posi-
bility of Nipponese troops south
of Manila joining those to the
north, 18th Division troops of the
Eighth Army landed at Nasugbu
on the west coast of Batangas
province 80 miles southwest of
Cavite naval base.
They opened a drive north while
Yanks of the Sixth Army pressed
south from Calumpit down Bula-
can province to the Angat river,
the closest approach to Manila.
These Yanks have covered approx
imately 100 miles since their jan
uary 9 landing at Lingayten Gulf.
Eighth Army elements which
landed Monday northwest of Ma
Mia and quickly secured Subic
Bay as a base for the Seventh
Fleet were reported today to be
moving east against light enemy
resistance across the base of Ba-
taan Peninsula toward a juncture
with Sixth Army columns driving
southwest from Lubao.
Macarthur reported the enemy
was "caught off balance and we
landed without loss' at Nasugbu
A fine road leads from Nasugbu
to Manila by way of Tagaytay
ridge through Cavite province.
He said:
This operation places the
Eighth Army on the south side of
Manila, which is now the center
of converging columns of the
Sixth and Eighth Armies. 1t large
ly seals off the possibilities of the
enemy troops south of Manila join
ing those in the north, and def
nitely outflanks the enenys de-
tense lines in southern Luzon."
Meanwhile Sixth Army Yanks
moving south upon Manila from
captured Calumpit reached a point
only % miles from Manila as they
reached the Angat river in Bula-
can province.
Eighth Army troops who landed
on the west coast of Zambales
province just north of Subic Bay
Monday were advancing eastward
against only light Japanese re-
sistance in their drive to seal
off the Bataan Peninsula.
Macarthur announced the hard
hitting First Cavalry Division
which distinguished itself on Yeyte
now was committed to the Luzon
campaign.
In the northern sector, First
Corps forces seized San Nicholas,
six miles east of San Manuel on
a road. vital to the Japanese, lead
ing to the Cagayan Valley of
northern Nuzon.
Four miles to the south, other
units made a four-mile gain to-
ward the eastern foothills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-UPi :
With an important assist from
President Roosevelt, Senate sup
porters of Henry A. Wallace today
succeeded in salvaging TEMPORARY
Nv his nomination to be Secretary
of Commerce by agreeing 10 strlp
the job of it's lending powers and
then winning postponement OF an
actual vote on the nomination IT.
self until March l..
Administration supporters ana d
scattering of Republicans lolned
forces to score surprisingly swift
succession of victories that en-
HANGED Wallace's prospects OF Win
n:no Senate confirmation month
hence as Commerce Secretary
without the lending powers
First, by a hair-line 43 70 Al
vote. they defeated motion by
anti Wallace forces that would
have scuttled the nomination I'M
mediately.
Tal1ing advantage Of this narrow
opening, they then rushed through
q motion to begin consideration OF
the George bill to divorce the Gov
ernment's multi-billion-dollar lend
ing agencies from the Commerce
denartment where they have re-
posed since 1912. Within two hours,
the George bill was passed by q
"a to II vote and went to the
HouSe.
Then, at the strategic moment
Senate Democratic Leader Aloe1
w Barley of Kentucky read
letter from Mr.. Roosevelt pledglns
that he would sign the George oil
the one action apparently neea
ed to assure Wallace's contlrna
ton as Commerce Secretary,
Thus assured, the Senate b.
voice vote adopted Rarkley mo
lion to postpone consideration o
the nomination. This will give TIT
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02

Lponents to substitute a volun-
tary plan for meeting man
power needs.
The substitute, backed heavily
by Republicans, went down by g
non-record vote of 1877 to 1T. Earl
Ter, the House decisively rejected
moves to incorporate in the legis-
lation so-called "anti-closed
shop amendment and bar
against giving essential rating t.
an employer unwilling to hire {
worker because of his race, color
or creed.
Also defeated, on standing vote
Of 2O5 to II shortly before the fina
ballot, was proposal by Represen-
tative Voorhis (D-Calif) to handle
the problem by giving the Wal
Manpower Commission authority
to impost labor ceilings On employ
ers and to provide for reno &C tia
ton of war cont acts by employers
using labor obtained through the
VINO program.
While the House was taking fl
nal action, production and military
sources, which strongly backed the
measure throughout, put in new
argument-that the extent of re-
conversion after We Day will de
pend to a considerable extent or
the fate of limited National Service
bill.
If bill is passed which would
assure that war plants would be
manned to the full extent needed
to wind up the European war and
wage the Pacific war successfully
these officials said, reconversion
activity could be pushed ahead
more rapidly than otherwise.
This would be true, it was stated,
because the legislative controls
over job-jumpers" would stabilize
the labor supply, insuring against
any exodus from war plants oc-
casioned by a limited resumption
of civilian goods production.
AS 1t finally passed, the bill fol-
lows recommendations Of the House
Military Committee almost TO the
word
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
Wallace Clique Succeeds
In Postponing Showdown

House and Mr.. Roosevelt ample
time to make the George bin law.
The Presidents letter, sent from
the White House bv Presiden+.a
Adviser Samuel I. Rosenman. was
what Wallace supporters had been
hoping for. They had become re-
signed to the fact that Wallace
would be defeated if hey insisted
that he also be given control ever
the lending agencies powers
which had been exercised by Jes-
Sc H. Jones as Secretary OF Com
merce since 1912 Therefore, they
were willing to settle for the Com
merce job only, confident that
they could overcome opposition to
the Wallace nomination.
Mr.. Roosevelt's message said:
In 1912 when l transferred eel
tain functions of the Federal Loan
Agency to the Dera rtment of Com
merce by executive order, l pro-
vided that they should be returned
to that agency six months after
the conclusion Ct the war or soon-
or, if the President Or Congress
should decide upon an earlier date.
Therefore, should the Congress re-
turn these fiji, ctions to the Fed
eral Loan agency al this time by
tbs George resolution, would APP
prove the measure.
The letter appeared to clear the
way for eventual confirmation of
the nomination although some con-
sentative elements served notice
shat they will continue to oppose
Wallace-conle what may.
Sen. Robert A. Taft, (R-O) told
The Senate that while he was will
ing to postpone consideration OF
the nomination, he was lust as
much. opposed to the nomination
after the bill is passed as before. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
ManyParts; OfFront
Deserted By Germans
Huge Sections of Western Area Devoid OF
Enemy Resistance; Many Areas Unoccupied
By Either Side; No Concerted Attacks

WITH THE U. S. NINTH ARMY
IN GERMANY. Feb. /. - up -
There is something screwy on the
Western Front.
There are large sections of the
front where the Germans have sud-
denly fled. Allied patrols have fail
ed to contact the enemy, which
means there is considerable terri
tory unoccupied by the Allies or
Germans in situation that paral-
lels the "sitdown'' war of 1899.
For the past three days there has
been no German artillery fire on
U. S. troops attacking eastward
along line from St. With to Mon.
schau forest, something virtually
without precedent since the Allies
first reached the West Wall.
In comparatively small and not
too violent local actions, consider.
able numbers of Germans are Civ.
ing up.
In the Ardennes area, U. S.
troops of the 82nd Airborne Divi.
sion moved right up to the Sieg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
BY RUSSELL BRINES

SIXTH RANGER BATTALION
CAMP, Luzon, Jan. 31.-Delayed)
-REYou could see new life flow
ing into the 513 prisoners OF wal
rescued by American Rangers ano
Filipino guerrillas from the Japa
nese prison camp in Neuva Ecija
province.
AS the caravan of ambulances,
trucks and carts bearing the men
neared the American lines, the oc-
cupants showed some uncertainty
some hesitancy, as if they didn't
quite believe it all.
They had known that the Yanks
had returned to Luzon - three
years late. But they had fostered
no hopes of sudden liberation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
|LECRAND'S TAX
BILL REJECTED
State Experts Point To
Huge Loss If Proposal
Passes

RALEIGH, Feb. 1.-(P)- A bill
to allow North Carolinians the de-
duction of Federal income taxes
in computing net taxable income
received an unfavorable report ts
day from the House of Committee
on Finance.
The measure. introduced by Rep
LeGrand of New Hanover, was
considered in connection with an
amendment which instead of per
hitting an overall deduction Of
Federal income taxes, would have
permitted deductions on Federal
income taxes not to exceed 81 600.
The committee was told that I'M
der provisions of the amendment
a maximum deduction of $40 for in
dividuals and of $50 for corpora
tons, would be allowed
Rep. Shuford of Catawba, who
opposed the bill, said that he con-
sidered the proposal ridiculous. y
and disastrous to the economic
and financial structure of the
State" State tax experts attending
the committee meeting pointed out
that the State would lose approx
mately $5,00O.000 in revenue dur
ing the next biennium if the meas
ure passed.
A second bill, also by Rep. Lee
Grand, proposing to amend the
Revenue Act relating to the intangi-
bles tax on shares of stock, was
deferred indefinitely" by the COM
mittee upon the motion of LeGrand.
Three measures introduced in
the Senate by Sen. Carlyle of For
syth and already passed by that
body were received favorably by
the House committee
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
Rescued Tanks Are Dazed
By Return To New World

Their first introduction of the lib.
Grating power of resurgent Ameri-
lean arms came about twilight
with the crack of automatic rifle
fire over their camp.
Instinctively they hit h e dirt,
thinking the japanese at last were
liquidating them. Then they saw
the Rangers.
1t was too much to believe in
an instant. 1t was only after they
had seen the Yanks in force that
they again took on the appearance
of free men.
They looked with undisguised
curiosity at the new weapons of
the Yanks who lined either side
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02

fried Line, finding road blocks ana
temporary defenses unnamed.
In the last 10 days the 1O3nd
Division at Brachelen, northeast OF
Aachen, captured 81 pillboxes in
tact without a fight. The 18th Divi'
sion took so more near Monschau
along with 500 prisoners in 4e
hours. Six weeks ago it might have
taken weeks to do this.
Along the whole West Wall, con.
tact has been made recently with
but one German Armored division
The rest are scratch infantry.
A great many German divisions
have disappeared entirely. There
are few first class troops to be
found on the Western Front, al
least where the fighting is.
The present Allied attack, which
is concentrated in the Ardennes,
engages only a fraction of the
available Allied forces. There is
no concentrated effort by everyone
C\
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
Berlin Reports Russians 30-39 Miles Away
Allies Hur] zfazis Back On 200-Mile Front
513 Allied Prisoners Taken From jap Camr
National Service Act
Wins House Approval
If Bill Is Passed by Senate, It Will Assure
Full Manp0wer for War Production;
Measure Strongly Opposed

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-(AP)-Brushing aside every
proposed major change the House passed and sent to the
Senate today legislation to between 18 and As
into war plants.
Passage of the requested by President Roosevelt
came only after it's hackers STAYED off mighty drive by
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02
FORECAST

slightly warmer and partly cloudy this
afternoon with moderate northwest
winds.
Yesterdays temperature:
High, BLOW, 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-02

Continued on Page Three; Col. 6,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-30

Sgt. Jesse L. Severt, son of Mr..
land Mrs. w. A. Severt, of Obids,
was recently discharged after
serving almost five years over
seas in both the Pacific and Eu-
0pean theaters of operations.
Sgt. and Mrs. Severt are now Wis
ating relatives in the county. Mrs.
Severt, before her marriage on
October Is, 1913, was Miss Julia
McNeill, of West jefferson. She
Us the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clint McNeill. They plan to make
their home in Winston-Salem for
&he present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-30

Noel c. Houck, Seaman &c,
of the u. S. Navy, the son of
MIR. and Mrs. Cecil E. HOuck,
of Todd, entered the Naval
service in November, 1943,
and is now stationed at New
London, Conn. Seaman HOuck
writes that he is liking the ma
wv very much but misses AShe.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-30

Pfc. Harry Lee Miller, son
of MIR. and Mrs. G. A. Miller,
of West Jefferson, is a men,
Der of the U. S. Marine Corps.
He has recently arrived over
seas and is stationed on an
island in the Pacific. Pfc. Mil
Ter has been in the armed serv-
ices for sometime.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-30


S.-Sgt. Garland L. Porter, of
Grassy Creek, has reported to the
Green Project" an Air Lift
Distribution Center at Camp
Blanding, Fla, according to an
announcement made by Major
M. S. Edelstein, commanding Of
ficer of the center. S.-Sgt. Por-
ter, who has spent 20 months over
seas, was in a recent shipment of
men who were returned to the
United States from the European
theater of operations. He is look
ing forward to an enjoyable visit
with his relatives and friends.