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First Of Top
'Naziis Taken
ByDoughboys
Former German Air Chief
Says He Was SEN
fenced By Hitler
By A. I. GOLDBERG

KUTZBUEHEL, Austria, May 9
- Up Reich Marshal Hermann
Wilhelm Goering, whose Nazi air
force once frightened the world,
and Field Marshal Albert Kessel-
ring, German comm ander-in-chief
on the Western Front, have sur
rendered to 1t. Gen. Alexander
M. Patch's American Seventh Ar
my.
Goering, a seH-professed fugitive
from the wrath of Hitler, surrend-
cred near here last night with his
wife and six-year-old daughter and
was flown today to Gen. Patch's
headquarters. Details Of Kessel-
rings capture were not immedi-
ately given.
The first of the top Nazis to fall
into American hands, Goering said
he was sentenced to execution by
Hitler April "a when he suggest
ed that he, Goering, take over the
crumbling Reich.
He declared that his air force
followers shot their way through
SIS troops who were guarding him
at Berciltesgade1, and spirited Him
away tosa hideout in tits area. II
was with relief, apparently, that
the Nazi leader surrendered last
night to Brig. Gen. Robert Stack,
assistant commander Of the U. S.
seth Division.
Another Of the original Nazis to
fall into the Seth Divisions hands
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Stalingrad to Berlin the Red Army
fought its way back 1850 miles
the airline equivalent from New
York to Oklahoma City.
This is no longer mere scrap
of paper,' Stain said of the sur.
render. 1T is the actual -capitula.
ton of the armed forces of Ger.
many. all the suffering. .o1
our people in defense of our moth.
erland was not in vain.
Stain made his announcement
as thousands of Russians jammed
the streets in front of the Ameri.
can embassy in Moscow, toasting
the United States, President Tru-
man, and the American people.
Hitler declared three years ago
we shall destroy Russia" Stain
said. But Hitler's insane ideas
CONTINUED on Page Seven; Col. q
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City Auditorium Plans
Discussed By Council

A two-man committee was ap-
pointed today by Mayor w. Rom
aid Lane to confer with City Man
ager A. C.. Nichols on the possible
postwar construction Of city au-
ditorium, with the thought OF des-
ignating it as a memorial to Will
mington's war dead.
Councilman Garland S. Currin
and Robert S. LeGwin, who were
elected Tuesday for another two
year term, were told to bring the
Council a recommendation follow
ing study Of plans mapped
four years ago and investigation
into the building and operation Of
similar structures in other cities.
It was generally conceded that
public sentiment favors erection
of a municipal auditorium, which
also. would contain athletic fac;l-
ties.
Its location would be at the site
of the old Marine hospital, prop
erty now leased to the Federal
government by the city and uti-
ized as German prisoner Of war
internment camp. Work could not
start until termination of the
lease.
City Attorney W. B. Campbell
explained that plans already
evolved call for the building of an
auditorium, with an athletic field
and equipment, at the hospital
site, a two-block area bounded by
Ann, Church, Eighth and Tenth
streets.
In opening the discussion before
the Council, Mr.. Currin declared
''there is one thing very impor-
tant to the citizens of Wilmington,
and that is a City auditorium. I
think it's time we make some
plans, so that when the war is
over we can start it. I'd like to
see us get in there and make
plans for an up-to-date auditori-
un."
Mr.. Currin asked for the ap-
pointment OF a committee and
suggested that it possibly should
be designated as memorial to
the Wilmington men who have Civ
en- their lives in the war.
The possibility that Federal
funds might BE- available to help
with the cost of construction, and
other methods for carrying on ep-
Grafton of the municipal project,
were advanced by City Manager
Nichols.
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DIPLOMATS TALK
OF POLISH issue
Soviet Commissar Molotov
Leaves Peace Farley
For Moscow

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-(P)-
Soviet Commissar Molotov left for
Moscow today and Secretary of
State Stettinius and British For
elgn Secretary Eden huddled i'm
medlately with top advisers on the
Polish problems.
Molotov boarded Moscow-bound
plane in mid-morning. No sooner
LAD ne left than the British and
american foreign ministers got to-
sether with W. Averell Hartman,
H. s. Ambassador to Russia, and
Or Archibald Clark Kerr, Bri-
'alhS envoy to Moscow.
Apparently they reviewed the
rh.fe question of broadening the
Ionsh government. And apparent
~ also, Hartman and Kerr got
'ielf instructions on how to pro.
r " On this issue from now on.
,hey were leaving tonight for
MOSCOW by way of Washington and
London,
oayllng in on the conversations
Al olettlnlus' Fairmont hotel pent-
muse Was Charles E. Bohlen. State
department. Russian expert and
MASON man with the White House,
wi. VINO also Is flying back to Washing
II was learned that the British
.'u Alherlcans still have received
S Nv -epiy from the Russians to their
w. eniano for a full explanation Of
,a ae arrest Of l6 Polish underground
f r" They are reported standing
exn, On their insistance that the:
ts a;pianatlon be provided, with Bri.
ta; n and the United States main.
'slnlng a united front.
vi, "A Russian reply is expected
t sralln few days, however. stet.
,ba l"s and Eden are known to fee.
yress can be little, if any, pro.
tbs on complete adjustment O.
along 'S0 oii'ii II comes
se e,en new discussions could pro
I'm u IN Moscow between Molotov
'@tIlman and Kerr
that nece delegates heard, too
urpin afl n Minister Churchill wa.
becaltsso Aoen to return to Londor
Gerrose91 the situation raised b,
iss pa' " with the second large.scal,
ent 1. Of trusteeships over depend
repol rsaas still unsettled, Eden i.
ture r rua 70 be delaying his depar
until later in the week.
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CURFEW LIFTED
IN NIGHT SPOTS
WILMINGTON Retailers Ad-
vised They Can Use
Display Lights

The lights went on again and the
midnight "curfew' was lifted in
Wilmington and elsewhere through.
out the country last night as part
OF the reconversion program of War
Mobilization Director Fred Vim.
son. n
Walter Cartier. executive secre.
tary of the Wilmington Chamber
of Commerce; advised retailers
that they can once again use win.
dow, outside and display lighting
and added that restaurants, cafes
and other places which were effect.
ed by the IL am. curfew can now
go back to their accustomed hours.
Although New York's Mayor La
Guardia and others questioned
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Small Groups
Still Resist.
In Slovakia
Russian Troops Join
Americans In Anstetten
Area OF Austria

LONDON, Thursday, May TO-
lY-Marshal Stain announced the
liberation of Prague yesterday and
said that while small group OF
die-hard Germans still was resist
ing in Szechoslovakia, 1--WE must
believe that the Red Army will
succeed in bringing it to its
senses.
Just after midnight the Mos
COW radio broadcast a Soviet COM
muniuue which stated that the
capitulation of the Germans was
proceeding On all fronts except in
Czechoslovakia, where a group OF
German troops, avoiding capitu-
lation to Soviet forces, is retreat
ing hastily to the west and south
west"
The Moscow communique said
Soviet troops had linked up with
Americans in Austria in the area
Of Anstetten.
Shortly before Stain announced
that Prague had been freed the
Prague patriot radio broadcast
an invitation to President Eduard
Benes and the national govern
ment to return to Prague from
Kosice.
The German high command in
what the announcer on the Flens-
burg radio said was the "last COM
mlnique' announced tonight that
all German arms had ceased fir
ing on order of Grand Admiral
Karl Doenitz.
we nave achieved great vic
tories but also heavy defeats-we
Continued OH Page Three; Col. A
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Will
Be Retur ned
During May
Occupation Force Of 4O0..
600 Will Remain, War =,
Department Says !

WASHINGTON, May g. IN
Approximately 2,837,00O troops
will be moved out of Europe with.
in nine months, the Armys disclos.
ed today.
Within II months, the Army OK.
cepts to have out Of Europe g..
1901 troops, leaving only an oc.
cupation force estimated at 4OO,-
900.
The majority Of these soldiers
will come to the United States for
redeployment to the Pacific area
or for discharge from the Army.
The others will be routed direct
to the Pacific.
About $4,000 soldiers, including
many who have been prisoners Of
the Germans, will be returned to
this country by air and surface
ships during this month.
Maj. Gen. Charles p. Gross,
chief of the Army Transportation
Corps, outlined at q news confer
ence this schedule for the move
ment Of troops from the European
and Mediterranean theaters:
Approximately 1,185, 900, or an
average Of $4,000 month, will
be. moved out during the second
three months.
About 100000, or 269, 900
month, will be shifted during the
third three months.
After that, the redeployment
will be carried on until only the
occupation force Of some 100000
is left. Gross said that all Of those
troops who are destined to be
brought out under the redeploy-
menti program should leave Eu-
rope within year.
After the last world war it re-
Quired 10 months to evacuate D.
600, 900 troops.
U. S. troop ships not required in
the Pacific, many British troop
ships, more than 400 converted
cargo ships and 300 transport
planes will be used to transport
the troops. Gross said that by u.s.
ing captured enemy passenger
ships the movement Of troops may
be speeded UP by as much as
$4,000 men during the second
three months of the redeployment
and by $4,000 men during the
third quarter.
Gen. Brehon Somerven, chief Of
Army Service Forces, told the
news conference that once the
troops arrive in this country they
will be sent to % Army personnel
centers distributed throughout the
United States. Wherever possible,
the soldiers will be sent to the
personnel center closest to their
home.
Within q week after arriving in
this country, Somervell estimated.
the soldiers should reach home
for furlough, or permanent re-
lease, as the case may be. Fur
Laughed men,. on completion of
their leaves, will 60 back to the
personnel centers, will be formed
into groups and sent to assembly
points for reassignments and spe-
cial training.
The personnel centers to which
the troops will 60 after reaching
this country follow:
Camp Atterbury. Ind, serving
the states of Indiana, Kentucky,
and Tennessee; Camp Beale,
Calf, serving nor h I'm Call
fornia; Camp Blanding, Fla, serv-
ing Florida; Fort Bliss, Tex, serv-
ing Arizona, New Mexico and
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the DJOeata OIL Held.
Tarakan City, in the middle of
the rich Pamoesian oil field was
totally in Allied hands. Derricks
had been destroyed but the wells
appeared salvagable.
Elements of Maj. Gen. Roscoe
Woodruff's Oath Division occupied
Sauna island to protect the flank
during the drive up the western
coast of Davao gulf. The landing
was unopposed and few, if any,
Japanese, were believed on the
island.
Samal, about % miles long and
Continued on Page Two: Col. 3
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FDR MOURNING ENDS

WASHINGTON. May 3 R =
BY order of President Truman,
Acting Secretary of State Grew
today fixed the end of the period
of official mourning for President
Roosevelt at shutdown, Monday,
May IA. Flags will remain at hall
staff until then.
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Sdmal Invaded By D. S.,
Aussies Seize Api Hill

MANILA, Thursday, May 10-LR-Samal Davao gull
invaded and virtually Infantry Tues
day while the Mndanao mainland the City
fought bitterly, apparently intent bloody
The invasion Of Tarakan island off Rorneo compilation
as Australian and Dutch seized Api hin
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FORECAST

cloudy and cooler.
Yesterdays temperatures:
High, 76-Low. a..
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Evening star., 1945-01-10
Industry
Continued From First Page.)

February. have been raised to 147,-
600 for March. it was learned. This
greatly increased figure has been
projected monthly through June.
One oficial said the assignment 'is
terrific" since the Nations pool Of
physically fit manpower already is
badly depleted.
Emphasis of armed forces calls Is
still on younger men. it was ex-
planned. The official said the new
situation Is much the same as that
Of last spring when the services
took from industry nearly all of the
deferred men under 26 years of age.
The present problem, however, is
much more serious, since military
leaders said last year they were pre-
pared for war production to suffer
If that was necessary to obtain the
youths needed to man battle lines.
Currently, the Army and Navy are
crying" for more and more pro-
duction as well as more and more
young men.
War Mobilization Director Byrnes
has asked production officials to re-
port to him the probable impact on
industry Of the new draft calls, and
to recommend ways of easing the
blow on production. This report will
be made to Mr.. Byrnes today.
Need Seen to Hand-pick Men.
A high official declared the effect
Of the stepped-up draft calls on
war production may be very seri-
Gus" by March /. He expressed fear
OF new draft raids" on critical
war plants and added that some
means must be devised to hand pick
the men If great dislocation of pro-
duction is to be averted.
As one means of easing the shock
to war plants. Mr. Byrnes will be
asked to direct the armed services
to ask for more men over 30 who
meet physical standards and are
engaged in work not vital to the
war.
The services, it was said, in recent
months have been accepting only
about 5000 men q month in the 30
and-over age group. In the current
'uifhculty, military officials are con-
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Mediation Measure
Called Job for 'Hi|I'
By the Associated press.

b the Associated Press.
The question of permanent medi-
alton machinery to settle labor dis
putes Is something that viii have
to be worked out with Congress.
President Roosevelt believes.
Mr.. Roosevelt proposed such ma
chinery In his budget message yes
terday.
Asked at his press conference yes
terday afternoon what he had in
mind specifically, whether contin-
uing the War Labor Board on 4
permanent basis or creating q new
agency, the Chief Executive said
the thing would have to be worked
out and studied with Congress.
The President was told that
among critics of the handling of
the Montgomery Ward case, the
question has been asked whether it
constitutes "a new concept OF regu-
lation Of industry by Government
to have a seizure and force an order
by bureau"
1t was not, Mr. Roosevelt re-
marked. But lot Of people have
tried to make parallel of the Ward
and Petrillo cases. The latter in
volved a ban on recordings by James
c. Petrillo and the American Fed
Grafton of Musicians.
Mr.. Roosevelt made a differenta-
ton. The Petrillo case, he said, did
not seem to be the kind that was
Affecting the war program. while
the Ward case did. Both involved
WLB findings, however.
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Mrs. Patterson Sues
Pearson as Trustee

Removal OF Drew Pearson, news
paper columnist, as trustee OF a
280-acre estate near Gaithersburg,
Md, now occupied by Mr.. Pearson
and his wife Luvie, is sought In a
suit filed yesterday In Montgomery
County Circuit Court by Mrs.
Eleanor Patterson, editor and pub
Usher OF the Washington Times
Herald.
Through her attorney, Robert
Peter, Mrs. Patterson states she
gave Mr.. Pearson deed as trustee
of the estate on September 26, 1896,
on behalf of her granddaughter,
Ellen Pearson, daughter OF the coll
umnist by a former marriage.
Mrs. Patterson charges Mr.. Pear
son has violated his trusteeship by
not operating the estate for the .use
and benefit" of her granddaughter
and has failed to turn over the
property to her when she reached
the age Of Is, as provided in the
deed.
The suit also alleges the Pearsons
have converted the estate to COM
mercial use as dairy farm for
their own benefit and have deprived
Ellen of the use of the estate during
the summer months by sending her
to camp.
The court was asked to sell the
property, invest the proceeds and
turn over the income to Ellen Pear
son. Mrs. Patterson also asks an
accounting of the estate, including
any profits which Mr.. Pearson may
have derived from it.
A national magazine in a recent
article on Mr.. Pearson, stated the
farm was operated at a profit.
Evening star., 1945-01-10
James Aubrey Dove, AZ,
Electrician, Dies - ......-.:

James Aubrey Dove, A, of 36ll
Wisconsin avenue NV, an elec-
trician, died yesterday at Glenn
Dale Sanatorium after a brief ILL.,
ness.
Born and educated in Washing
ton, Mr.. Dove had been associated
with his brother-in-law, Ben A
Buscher. an electrical contractor
for 20 wears. He attended st. AIMS
Catholic Church.
He is survived by five brothers
Franklin E. Dove, Arlington, Va.
and Lester L., Leo S.. John Roger
and Edward A. Dove, all of Wash
ington, and five sisters, Mrs. Busch
er, Mrs. Nellie Kirby and Mrs
George Bradt, all of Washington;
Mrs. Fred Wiggington, Edmonston,
Md, and Sister Loyola Dove, Vista
ton Convent, Frederick, Md.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Mrs. lou|a 6. Blake, Wife
OF Baptist Minister, Dies

Mrs. Loula G.. Blake, "a, wife of
the Rev. William P. Blake, died
Monday at her home, 57O5 Balti-
more avenue. Hyattsville, Md. She
had been Ill several months.
A native of Singers Glen, Va, Mrs
Blake spent the early years of her
marriage in Indian Territory. now
Oklahoma, where her husband was
a Baptist missionary and a super
intendent Of Indian schools. Mr..
Blake was one Of the founders of
the Oklahoma Baptist University at
Shawnee. Okla.
Since coming to Hyattsville Is
years ago, Mrs. Blake had been
active in Calvary Baptist Church
She was a member Of the Burial
Bible Class there and had been
named honorary mother of the
Vaughn Bible Glass.
Besides her husband she leaves
three sons, 1t. Nelson M. Blake. U
S. N. R., Hyattsville: James @.
Blake. Pudacah. KY. and William
P. Blake. jr., New Orleans; three
daughters, Mrs. Homer ]. Councillor.
Hyattsville: Mrs. Clarence H. Hix-
son, Shawnee. and Mrs. Lewis j,
Gregg, Lansing, Mich; a sister,
Mrs. Frank Grass. Herington, Kans.,
and two brothers, H. s. Gangwer,
Linville, Va, and Roy c. Gangwer,
Shreveport, La.
Evening star., 1945-01-10

tinuing to insist on the youngest
men. and so far have expressed
unwillingness to increase their
take" Of older registrants.
Another suggestion to Mr.. Byrnes
will be that the Army and Navy
cut down on the rate of discharges.
"A civilian official expressed belief
that many men being released could
be used for important though less
strenuous assignments. although
they may not be At to fight. He
said reduction of 10000 men a
month in the draft demand on in
dustry would be "a great help"
Few Veterans in War Plants.
War industry, he said, has profited
too little from service discharges be-
cause Of the veterans fear of loss
of seniority rights unless he
snapped up his old quickly and
this job frequently is in other than
war work.
Amendment will be sought, he
ADDED, OF the provision OF the Selec-
tive Service Act dealing with re-
employment Of veterans. The time
limit for acceptance of former en-
|ployment already has been extended
from 40 to 80 days. This was done
to encourage veterans to seek war
work. But, even with this liberaliza-
tion, the veteran has shown ten
dency to take war job for short
while and then hurry back to his
old job before the deadline.
Amendment to be requested would
allow veteran 80 days after his re-
lease from war work in which to
accept his peacetime job. More than
l 500 900 men so far have been re-
leased by the Army and Navy, and
surveys indicate too small a propor-
ton are employed in war industries.
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Miss Simonds Lived
With Kin and Friends.
Support Suit Reveals

Additional testimony regarding
places where Miss Mildred lean
Simonds, 16, lived was given TODAY
IN District Court by her grand
mother, Mrs. Rebecca Soobitsky. of
durham, Conn, as trial of Miss
Slmonds' suit for maintenance
against her father, Louis Simonds
owner OF the Brown Derby. Con-
nectlcut avenue night club, went
Into its third day.
Mrs. Soobitsky told the court Miss
slmonds had left her to live with
MRS. Edward Israel, a friend of the
family, at East Norwalk, Conn. Mrs.
israel, who was on the stand yester-
Gay, was recalled for brief testi-
mony.
Miss Simonds' mother. now Mrs.
Hosaiie Banks, of the 240O block of
Fourteenth street NE. also was re-
called as witness. She declared
the daughter was "a victim of cir
cumstances.'
The case is being heard by Justice
Jesse c. Atkins of District Court.
A possible: out-of court settlement
after yesterdays hearing failed to
materialize.
On the stand yesterday, Miss
Slmonds testified she went to live
with her father in l943 at his in
Vitation and that for a while he
provided for her and she was happy
After a month or SO, however, she
said he stopped giving her an allow
ance and failed to provide suf-
flclent food. She said she had no
recollection of having lived with her
mother, who was. awarded custody
when Miss Simonds was baby.
The suit against the father was
brought in Miss Simonds' behalf by
her mother.