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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
British zone

British zone. - 80 ~
(This policy has resulted In con-
siderable criticism in Russia,
where suspicion still exists that
the western Allies do not desire
to see Germany a complete mill
tary vacuum between Russian and
the rest Of western Eurore.) "
Before the trap was closed on
these, Germans they were Joined by
thousands. Of other troops fleeing
westward. They are unar1ned; but
a few arms are issued to the
guards their ration dumps.
Various other jobs are found fo1
the Wehracht units, probably the
most interesting Of which is that Of
chauffeuring war correspondents,
Control Commission personnel
military government personnel and
around the country in the new
"teardrop lin e r., Volkswagons
which are being turned out by the
hundreds in factory near Bruins.
wick.
There is no military training fol
these men; and special teams now
are being employed in a general
speedup Of. the rehabilitation Of
ground TROOPS and naval personnel
in the British zone.
The hierarchy of control over the
German forces still awaiting de.
mobilization is headed by German
Gen. John Won Cramer, who, with
his staff, has set up the headquar-
tiers OF .'Wehrmacht staff north in
a large unchanged building in
downtown Hamburg.
Cramer, who was Field Marshal
Erwin Ronmers right hand man in
North Africa, sits stiffly in his COM
Portable office, still dressed in a
colorful Generals uniform encrust-
ed with insignia of rank and bear
ing the armband of the famed
Affrika Corps. But he takes orders
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
British Policy Lsolates
Wreckage OfWehr71cht

contains the real wreckage of the
Wehrmacht. One British officer
SAID only a few British army men
outside Of intelligence teams and
security police have gained per.
mission to enter the area.
Generally, the British officer
SAID, the Germans live wretched.
ly on prisoner Of war rations. They
are kept as busy as possible al
road repair work, log cutting and
similar tasks. From this giant pool
the British pull out prisoners they
might want to question or to send
to internment camps as security
suspects.
The majority Of the Germans in
the area are understood to be from
the Russian, French or American
zones Of occupation. Because Of
the difficulties Of returning them
to their homes, the British thought
1t best to keep them concentrated
rather than demobilize them and
thaVe them wandering around the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
HOLDS CONFERENCE

NEW YORK, Dec. 24-The
Polish press agency reported from
Warsaw today that Presiden,
Boleslaw Beirut had held long
conference with Polish-Americar
delegation headed by Catholic
Bishon Stefan WoZnicki. of Detroit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN
p' Staff CORRESPONDENT

.n11N, Dec. 24-P-Britisi
Pin sr authorities continued tc
rlp''l o.losed to outsiders what is
Keep .dsd officially as huge pri.
tfs n war camp on the east
Hne. ~ schleswig-Holstein where
c'as' ,.ir,atsIy 100000 miserable
appio troops are awaiting de-
rloplr -ro as Area F'', the camp
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25

. Fertilizers and powdered chemi-
Gals which otherwise would have
to be shipped in rigid containers,
can be handled without damage
from moisture in multiwall paper
bags made by the Union Bag and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25

Paper Corporation. The bags have
up to six walls Of kraft, one u.s.
ually being of Scutan, moisture
resistant sheet of two layers Of
kraft bonded together with as
phalt,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Eastern L.uzorn
Swept by yonks

main forces of the 18th Division had
moved into Antimonan to thoroughly
consolidate the positions in the
town seized two days ago by advance
units.
In Central Luzon, Sixth Division
troops finally cleared Mount Ma
taba, and two adjoining peaks, ap-
proximately Is miles northeast Of
Manila, and continued to push
northeastward into the upper water
shed region.
The Sixth Division set a new
record for continuous combat in
the southwest Pacific theater by
fighting 81 straight days against
the stubborn Japanese defenses in
the hills east of Manila.
Bombers and fighters steadily
supported American forces in clear
ing japanese positions around the
Ballet Pass and Baguio enemy
headquarters in the Philippines.
Southwest of Baguio, air patrols
wrecked five bridges and exploded
many enemy ammunition dumps
along the escape route into the
southern Cagayan Valley from the
Balete Pass, where ground forces
sealed SO cave strongpoints.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Marines Set Up
Housekeeping
On 0kinaWa Isle
BY ERNIE PYLE

OKINAWA-(Via Navy Radio)-
During our first afternoon en- Okin-
ava my group of marines went
about a mile and half inland. Our
vehicles were not ashore yet, so we
had tC pack on our backs every
thing we had.
Personally, I was overladen as
usual. I had two canteens, a mus
cite bag, a blanket relied up in a
poncho, three rubber life preserv-
ers, a shovel, and assorted knives,
fist aid kits, etc. Furthermore I
had on two pairs of pants, was car
rying two jackets, and it was hotter
than hell.
The result of all this was that for
the first time in my life I couldn't
keep up. I hated to do it, tut had
to sit down now and then to rest
and let the others go ahead. moral:
A lifetime of sin and crime finally
catches up with you)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
0kinawa Battle
Slow Down;
Rain Inferferes

GUAM, April -. CUP)-The stale
mated battle on southern Okinawa
went into the fourth day Thursday
with heavy enemy mortar and ar
tillery fire still checking the Ameri-
can drive on the capital city of
Naha.
(Tokyo y@6!o. recorded by FEC,
claimed that an American cruiser
was sunk off Okinawa by Japanese
/ planes yesterday. The American
/ fleet off Okinawa was said to COM
prise five battleShips, Is to 20 cruis-
ers, 40 to As destroyers, 100 to $50
transports and 200 landing barges.)
"a Domei dispatch, recorded by
the FEC, reported that about 80
American carrier planes raided
northern FormoSa for two hours to-
day. Formosa lies off the south
western tip off the Ryukyus, of
which Okinawa is the principal is
land).
Front reports from Okinawa said
the American drive also was ham,
pered by drenching rains. which
stalled motorized equipment and
begged down foot troops o. the oath
Army Corp.
While the army troops were bat
ting against the japanese stone wall
in the south, Marines made some ad-
vances on Ishikawa Peninsula in
the north.
Admiral Chester w NiInitz mean
time disclosed that army troops
completed the occupation Wednes-
day of Tsugen Island, off the east
coast of Okinawa and dominating
Okinawa's Nakagusuku Bay.
NimitZ also revealed that AM
erican casualties in the first nine
days Of the campaign totaled 2695,
of which 432 were killed, 2103
wounded and 160 missing. The
count Of Japenese dead on Okinawa
totaled 5o09 through Sunday.
United Press correspondent E. G..
Valens, with the Seventh Army di-
vision on the island, said the troops
were encountermg heavily -miryd
roads and fields and hundreds of
deep caves in ridges, which have to
be cleared out one by one. Some OF
the caves are two stories deep, he
reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Food Probers
In Senate
Blast at 0PA

WASHINGTON, April u. CUP)-
Senate food investigators wednes-
day threatened legislative action to
make OPA obey congress-. and ad-
vocated Kicking out OFE officials, -
as a starter.
With angry cries against the go
da jerks" in some high OPA posts.
members Of the food investigating
committee denounced the agency
for its failure to give price relief to
meat packers and for maintaining
that the meat black market was
mostly sheer rumor."
Chairman Elmer Thomas CD
Oklahoma. said congress never in
tended that OPA fix prices that
would force meat packers into
bankruptcy" But OPA officials, he
added, have "set themselves up
/. higher than anybody
Maybe the best way to correct
this thing is to get some new men
: down at OPA," he said.
7. Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, CD
/. Montana, said that the meat black
: market lis breaking down the con-
fidence of the people in their coun-
F; try"
( He suggested that the black mark
ct might be killed by increasing
legitimate prices. If meat price
ceilings were increased, Wheeler
said, the civilian wouldn't pay any
where near as mucI. as he is paying
now on the black market"
. P. o. Wilson of Chicago, secretary
of the National Livestock Produc-
ers' Association, told Wheeler and
other committee members that an
increase of 81 a hundredweight in
the live cattle price ceiling would
enable farmers to produce the
pounds of meat the Public wants. >"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12

what Hatfield and Hulse are fight
ing for. Some cities have already
adopted a cigarette sales tax. One
state, so far, has done likewise.
STATE SURPLUS
IN California now there is a
state treasury surplus Of $310,C00,-
900. BY restoring the 1943 tax rates.
including the half cent more Of
sales tax and the old level of cor
poration and franchise taxes, this
surplus will mount. Postwar con-
struction of such needed things as
city sewer systems and county road
systems can be financed by others
than the ad Valoren fellow if Hat
field and Hulse win their fight. If
they lose it, Merced and all other
rural counties will really face a tax
increase.
so why accuse these senators OF
being tax gcGcers? They are tax
savers.
THE ChronicIr 4.GG no authority
tC say that these rural senators will
be content with getting their share
of the present surplus Without re-
storing the state taxes to the 1913
level, but just as a betting PROPOSE
ton we would say they would be.
This paper already has pointed
out that Governor Warren's COM
pulsory health insurance must
will take a hundred million dollars
of the general fund and he thinks
that is all right, but to give the
cities and counties a hundred mil
lion dollars to save taxes for home
owners and farm owners he thinks
IS pork barrel treasury raiding.
THE MADEIRA County Chamber of
Commerce has seen the light and
has endorsed the Hatfield -Hulse
program and anybody who knows
the men who make up the MADEIRA
County Chamber Of Commerce
knows that they are not tax spend
erS or the kind Of men vino believe
in going on a spree just because
there is some surplus money in the
state treasury. They see the saving
to the taxpayers Of MADEIRA county
in the Hatfield-Hulse program. So
do the little cities, through their
city councils and mayors, in the
towns of Merced and MADEIRA coun-
ties, down in Imperial Valley and
everywhere throughout California.
The League of municipalities and
the Supervisors Association are not
fooled by the Warren budget or the
Warren postwar program They
are plugging for Hatfield and Hulse.
That's what all Of us ad valorem
folks should do in the rural districts.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12

MANILA, April ~. (UPl-Ameri-
can troops raced IA miles through
disorganized Japanese defenses to
secure Il second foothald on the
eastern coast of Luzon Thursday.
The new anchor, in The Mauban
area 55 miles southeast of Manila
was established ty elements of the
first cavalry division which has
been clearing the Luzon sector east
Of Laguna Bay.
Pushing out from newly-captured
Lucban, the First Cavalry troops
swept northeast along gravel high
way through the town of Sampolac
and reached Mauban on the coast,
u miles north of 18th Airborne Di-
vision units at Antimonan.
A communique disclosed that the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Ceiling Price
Raised ON Hogs

WASHINGTON. April IL. CUP)--
The government has increased the
guaranteed price of live hogs so
cents a hundredweight in an effort
to boost the fall pig crop by 10
per cent.
Acting in the face of food short
age which senate investigators have
blamed on federal policies, War Food
Administrator Marvin Jones said the
hog support price would go up i'm
mediately, and be continued at the
increased rate until Sept. /, 1916.
Price Administrator Chest ter
Bowles promised there would be no
reduction before September l, 1896
in ceiling prices for live hogs. Pres
ent ceilings are STATS a hundred
weight, Chicago basis for butcher
hogs and S14 for soWs.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
L. A. MACHINIST GROUP
SEEKS STRIKE VOTE

BURBANK. Cal, April IL. (UP)-
SWingshift workers Wednesday au-
thorized officers of District 727 AFL
International Association Of Machin
lists to file a second petition with the
National Labor Relations Board to
conduct a strike vote at Lockheed
Aircraft Co.
The swingshifters were the eighth
and final local to approve the strike
vote. Seven other locals last week
authorized filing for a strike vote
for employees in certain plants.
Wage disagreementS and dis
satisfaction over recent War Labor
Board orders prompted the locals
to approve the petitions.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
STOP ON HILLSIDE

Anyhow, we finally got here
we were going, We stopped ON a
hillside, threw down our gear, con-
nected our phones tc wires on the
ground, and were ready for business.
That is, the others were. Me, 1 lay
down on the grass and rested for an
hour.
After that we began getting ready
for the night. We figured the Japs
would bomb us all night, that their
artillery soon would start up frcm
the hills, and that when it got dark,
some slinky infiltrators would start
infiltration.
SO we dug foxholes. The slope was
so steep chose a nice depression at
the foot of small embankment
that didn't require much digging.
Now we come to the life preserv-
ers. You may have wondered why I
was carrying three lifebelts on dry
land. Well, knew what I was doing
all right.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
MADE OWN MATTRESS

MADE OWN MATTRESS
I Just blew up my three life pre-
servers, spread them in the fox
holes and I had the incest impro-
Yiscd Simmons you ever saw. We
finally got onto that trick after a
few invasicns in Europe and I slept
ali last summer IN France comfort
ably on three blown-up preservers.
And it was worth the struggle OF
carrying them just to see the re-
action of the marines. They would
come up to look at this strange de-
vice and stand there, staring, and
then say:
We'll, I'll be damned. Why in the
hell couldn't I have thought of
that?"
The day lad been hot, but the
night got mighty cold. And very
heavy dew came gradually, soaking
everything. All the others practical
" froze and got very little sleep.
cut fer Gnce in my life, was warm
as q bug.
But I didn't sleep too much.
There's always a flaw somewhere.
MY flaw was the mCsquitoes. I've
never been SO tortured by mosqui-
tees as that first night on Ckinawa.
They were persistent. They were
tenacious. And they were the nois-
lest mosguitocs I've ever associated
with. They were sc noisy that when
I pulled the blanket over the side Of
my face and covered my ears tight
I could still hear them. That's really
true.
ALL SWOLLEN Up
I doused my face twice with the
mosquito repellant which the ma
rines lad issued, but it did no good
whatever. It was II o'clock before
finally got asleep. At 2 a. m. I
awakened and knew something wac
WrCng. What was wrong was my
face
My upper lip was swollen SO that
l thought I had pigeon egg under
it. My nose was SO swollen the skin
was stretched tight over it. And my
left eye was nearly shut.
After that I just went under the
blanket and d CT d d to suffocate
That way I cnd sleep, but the next
morning l was groggy and dopey
from sleeping so lcng without air.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
MEASURE SETS PERSONNEL
OF DISTRICT FAIR BOARDS

SACRAMENTO, April II. CUP)-
The assembly has passed and sent
to the senate a bill requiring that
three of the eight members of dis
trict fair boards be farmers.
Exempted from the provision are
Districts IA, San Francisco and
San Mateo counties: District 48 in
Los Angeles and District 6, the Los
Angeles coliseum.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Views on Stu&e
7 OK Measure

iliary sources of revenue and that's
what Hatfield and Hulse are fight
ing for. Some cities have already
adopted a cigarette sales tax. One
state, so far, has done likewise.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
MEETING CANCELLED

A pile-up of public events in I'M
perial Valley this week caused Mag
nolia- Mulberry farm center men,
bers to cancei their April meeting,
Director A. C. Pickett announced
Thursday.
The sub., 1945-03-17
Philadelphia Labor To Form Legion Post

Philadelphia-An American Le- zion post of union members will be formed here.
 Plans for it's formation were an- nounced by James l.. McDevitt, president of the State Federation of Labor and himself an overseas veteran of the last war.
 "The aims of the Legion have al- ways been identical with the aims of organized labor" McDevitt said. we are establishing a labor post here because we think the po- sition of organized labor should be represented in every phase of American life"
The sub., 1945-03-17

The Company shall be obligated to make the payment if good cause is shown for the application being delayed beyond the sixty days. Failure to make payment where good cause for the delay is alleged may be taken up by the Union as grievance. The sixty days linn itation shall not apply to employees who have become members of the armed forces of the United States, either before or within sixty days after, the mailing of the joint let ter.
 April 3, 194S.
The sub., 1945-03-17

The Company and the Union shall promptly send joint letter to each such employee at his last known address advising him of his rights under this provision.
 The employee must mail his writ ten application for retroactive pay to the Company within sixty days after the date of mailing of the joint letter. The Company may voluntarily make the payment in any case even though the sixty days have elapsed.
The sub., 1945-03-17
War Loan
By Joseph M. Saferda

VV0NRAA SN1e SSvAC1 ~~SV We loaned our Uncle money When Hitler took a fit, We loaned him little more When our Pearl Harbor was hit. The 3rd War Loan was answered And 1t went over the top, Surely 1t paid dividends For 1t made Mussolini drop. Uncle needed more money To fight a two front war, So the 4th War Loan went over And caught Hitler on the jaw. But we as good Americans Want an Army second to none, That takes money and yet more
 money
 Before that deed is done. The 9th War Loan was noated It reached 1t peak in advance, That was called the Victory Bond That landed us into France. We know as the war continues Our enemies begin to Shriek, As we grow stronger and stronger Money makes our big guns speak. They speak the language of Hitler The master of the gupermen, Guns stopped them once in '10 And guns will do 1t again. So Uncle called for bond number To fulfill MacArthur's dreams, And make true his hearty promise "Pll return to the Philippines" With Gods help and courageous
 men
 And planes that filled the sky, Built and paid for by good An-
 ericans
 Such as you and I. Now get ready for the 7th stretch The end is near and yet so far, So many things can happen In this long and costly war. So let's get ready for the 7th loan And see our boys better equipped, See them advance deeper and deep-
 CT
 Until our enemies are whipped. Let's buy a bond for Johnny For CT Joe and Phil, Buy one for Tom, Dick, and Harry And one for Charlie and Bill. I'll buy bond for TOjo That sneahy snake-eyed dope, A bond that will buy him collar Made of Manila rope.
The sub., 1945-03-17
National Wur LubOr Bourd Resolution on Retroactive Pay

Any employee who has either quit been discharged between the retroactive date established by Directive Or der of the National War Labor Board and the date of the order shall receive the amount of the increase for his cas sfcaton up to the date which his employment with the Company terminated.
The sub., 1945-03-17

Don't just wear the button, fight for it.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-09-15
Packages Moy Be
Sent to Jugoslovio

The lifting Of stringent war
time regulations governing mail
to certain liberated European
countries was announced last
week by the Post Office Depart
ment.
Parcel post packages weigh
ing not more than II pounds
may be mailed to JUGOSLA-
VIA, Belgissln Tn Netherlsnds,
denmark, Norway, France, swe-
4en and Lslxelnbou once .
weak. TO Greece they may be
mailed only once every two
weeks.
The 11-pound patce1 post pack
ages msy not - more than g
inches long and ~ inches il
combined length and girth.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-09-15
Births

MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Mestro-
vieh, 14610 Sylvia Ave, an.
nounce the birth of a baby girl.
Mothers maiden name was
Irene Cinkole.
On Sept. 5th, William and
Rita Hraster, 903 Ida Ave-, be.
came the proud parents Of a
baby girl, their first child.
Mothers maiden name was Rita
Lawitzke. Father is stationed in
Joliet, Illinois with the Seabees.
He is the son of Mrs. Mary Hra-
ster, 6422 Varian Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank and Anna
Skabar, announce the birth Of
a baby girl, their first child.
Mothers maiden name is Kavu-
la, and resides at 1905 Prince
Ave. Father, serving in the
navy, awaits a leave. He is sta
toned in Chicago. He is the son
of the well known Skabar Farni-
ly, who are grandparents for the
first time.
Announcing the birth of a
baby girl on September 10th,
were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ur-
bania of 67171z Bonna Ave.
Mother is the daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. John Simoncic, 6524
st. Clair Ave-, who are grand
parents for the second time.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-09-15
Tslenews Thsotfe

\ s.s a9E o. 3
The greatest news story of all
history, recorded by Army,
Navy, Air Force and newsreel
camerar1er1, actual scenes Of the
dramatic, signing of the sur.
render papers in Tokyo Bay,
headline the new program at
the Telenews Theatre this week.
Aboard the batt1esiip "Mis-
souri, - an unforgettable cere-
mony marks the complete and
formal surrender Of Japan. ia.
pan agrees to lay down arms
completely and to obey all AL
lied orders. As Supreme Allied
Commander, Macarthur is next
to sign. Using five different
pens, passes one to General
Wainwright of Corregidor and
one to British General Percival
of Singapore. Admiral Chester
Nimitz signs for the United
States, followed by representa-.
tives Of eight other nations in.
Guiding China, the United King.
dom, Soviet Russia and Austria.
liza. Concluding the brief, his.
tory making ceremony, General
Macarthur expresses wish for
everlasting peace.
First visual evidence is shown
Of Jap prison camp atrocities al
Ofuna where Americans were
beaten, their wounds neglected
Ofuna was noted for being one
of the foulest of Jap prison
camps.