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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
SWEDEN REPORTS
ARMISTICE TRIAL
German Plan Would Have
Left Nazis In Power,
Rumors Say

STOCKHOLM, March Is WH -
Swedish newspapers reported to.
day tina. a German peace negotia.
tor and Swedish intermediary
had tried vainly to effect contact
with United States and British
quarters here, seeking an agree
ment by which the Nazis would
be left in control in Germany after
the war.
The reports were published in
some detail, but there was no con.
firmation of them from any source.
Berlin broadcast a denial of a
second report-that Field Marshal
Karl Won Rundstedt, commander
lin chief on the Western Front, had
published, left it uncertain wheth
er Won Rundstedt had sought t.
induce the Nazis to ask for ar
armistice or had tried direct &C
ton. ~... .e
The newspaper Aftontidningen ii
its version said that after Vor
Rudstedt's action, Nazi SIS troop!
started reckless h 90 j n e O.
German oficers on the Western
Front.
A former Swedish correspondent
in Berlin reported that Joachim
Won Ribbentrop, German foreign
induced Adolf Hitler ear.
ly this month at a dramatic con-
ference at Berchtesgaden' to send
to Stockholm a high foreign Of
flee official. The official, the story
went, was to propose peace to the
United States and Great Britain
but not to Russia-with the con-
dition that the Nazi retain power
"in order to avoid chaos in Ger
many. The emissary was instruct
ed to emphasize the alleged dam
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1000 MARINES
BELIEVED DEAD
Two Campaign Continues
With Further Reduc-
ton Of Japs
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Guam, Friday,
March 16.-R-Further reduction
of the last stand area of the Jap
anese on the northernmost end
of Two Thursday, the 25th day OF
an invasion which probably al
ready has cost the Marines 1000
dead, was reported by the Navy
today. ---~.,
The gains toward Kitano point
were registered by Maj. Gen. KEEL
Ter E. Rockey's Fifth Marine di-
vision against intense small arms
and mortar fire. ~
Maj Gen. Graves B. Erskine' S
Third Marine division in the cen
ter and Maj. Gen. Clifton B. Gates
fourth on the right mopped up
struggling enemy elements.
The .communique reported new
air attacks On the BONN and Mar
shall islands and on Wake.
Probably 1900 American Marines
paid with their lives for Two Jima,
costliest invasion of the Pacific
war, Vice Adm. Richmond Kelly
Turner indicated Thursday aboard
his flagship off that Strategic is
land only $50 miles from Tokyo.
Admiral Turner placed the
Marine dead at less than one-fifth
that of the enemy. An earlier COM
munique from Fleet Adm. Chester
w. Ninitz conservatively estima-
ted that 10000 japanese had been
killed On the tiny volcanic island
as of March IA.
Admiral Turner and 1t. Gen.
Holland M. Smith, Marine COM
mander in the Pacific, reviewed
the Two campaign aboard the ad-
mirals flagship. Their observa-
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Yanks Take Mile Long Strip OF Ruhr Road
Supreme Nazi HEADQUARTERS Bombed By u. S.
Reds Split German Pocket In East Prussia
u S. Uses XaltQ Pact
Against Red Action
R0manian Situation Under Discussion With
British And Soviet Governments; Rus
slams Charged With Ousting Radescu

WASHINGTON, March Is - (P
The United States invoked the Cri.
mean charter today in an effort
to prevent Romania from falling
completely into the hands Of q
Communist minority.
Under apparent Russian pressure
the Romanian government Of Pre-.
mier Nicolai Radsscu was over.
thrown on the last day of February
and succeeded March 6 by the ad.
ministration of Premier Petru Gro.
"a of the Communist controlled ma.
tional democratic front.
The United States action was
disclosed in an official but incom.
plete announcement from a State
Department spokesman:
'The American representatives
in Romania have of course kept the
department informed Of recent de.
velopments in that country. We
think that some aspects of the pc.
litical situation require consula.
ton among the three principal al
lies and We are discussing this
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
open DOOR PLAN
FOR FARLEY URGED
u. S. Would Admit News
Agencies and Public
To Peace Talks

WASHINGTON, March 15-W.D-
The United States will propose to
the other United Nations at the
San Francisco World Security Con-
ference all "Open Door, policy for
the press, radio, photo services and
general public, it was announced
today.
But the lid may be on for social
activities.
The news policy will be IN sharp
contrast to that followed at the
first international conference IN
this country during the WARTIME
food conference at Hot Springs,
Va in 1943 when the soldiers with
bayonets kept the press at dis
lance.
The final decision will be made
bv the conference itself. But Sec
retarv of State Edward R. Stettlnl-
us .Jr. revealed that the U. S.
nroposal calls for opening the plen.
srv sessions and the meetings OF
the major commissions to press
and radio news correspondents and
photographers and, in so Tar as
facilities permit, to the general
public
Regarding social activities ne
said that this was to be "a work
NO Conference.-The provisions is
he;no made for social activities
and it is hoped that they Will be
FONT to an absolute minimum.
other developments today in the
nrenarations for the San Francis
co meeting included:
No consideration has been
given vet to the possibility OF al
lowing neutral nations or such ma
tions as Italy to send observers to
the conference. 80,
The big Allies still hope
that q new Polish government VIII
he formed before April Is, and
recognized so that it can be rep
resented at San Francisco. That
was stettinius' answer to a press
conference question about the wig
oro,1s protest. the Poles said they
had sent to the United States,
Great Britain and China because
Of exclusion from San Francisco.
3 France still has time to
change her mind and become a
co-sponsor of the conference. There
has been no indication yet that
she has any intention of withdraw
10 her reservations which the otn-
er big powers found impossible TO
accept but some quarters feel that
she may have a change Of heart
before next month and come in as
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The organization of "civilian
special attack corps for fighting
on home shores has been com
pleted in some districts in the wake
Of warnings by government Off
Gals that an invasion was expect
ed
During the latest Superfortress
raids "incendiarfes and bombs
poured like rain on the people S
heads" Tokyo radio said.
Descriptions Of the terror which
struck with the bombs in the night
raids were given in the broadcasts
and in Soviet Tass agency re-
port from its Tokyo correspondent.
The Tass dispatch said the Tokyo
eQQ011n1nH a HaRa Hal,ts eoa. n
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Cleric Halls Crimea Pact
As A Vital Step To Peace

The Yaa conference the leaders the United Nations
big Three essential essential political
unication among
yoss told the Wilmington Civilians yesterday their weekly
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Mid and mostly cloudy today wit
moderate southerly winds.
Yesterdays temperatures:
High, 74-Low, 50.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
'YOUNCSTER GIVEN
 JAIL SENTENCE
Accused of Violating Pro- bation Privilege, SteaI-
 ing Car

Alvin Worden, 16, ,191 South Leonard street, was sentenced to three months in jail on a charge of violation of probation after he was arrigned before Judge Charles R. Summa in city court this morn- ing.
 Pres. Albert w. Hummel said the boy ran away from the Meriden School for Boys and took 8 car without permission, before his ap- prehension in Torrington. He said the boy was placed on probation after being convicted last month of stealing an inexpensive ring from his sister.
 Other cases: Walter OstrowSki, 60, 78 Wood street, assault and breach of the peace, nolled; James Ieronimo, 25, A Norman street, parking violation, nolled; Sadie Klepache, 54, 30 Branch street, as- Sault and breach of the peace, nolled; George Perreault, l6, 18 Silver street, defective brakes and reckless driving, continued to July 31; William Lucia, 30. 36 Elizabeth street, road rules violation, no op- orators licence, continued to July 23; Blady Peksch, 51, 1416 Baldwin street. assault and breach of the peace, continued to July 19; Ken- ney James, 9, 57 Pearl street, as- SauE and breach of the peace, nolled; Jesse Richardson, 4S, "A Edin street, road rules violation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
Charges Face Ex-Potient

Washington, N. J., July 17-CUP) Ernest Rittenhouse, 30-year-old former mental patient, faced mur- der charges today for the axe-slay- ing of his wife and the shooting of Sgt. Cornelius O'Donnell of the New Jersey state police.
 Rittenhouse was in the Warren County hospital being treated for wounds received in gun battle Sunday when he escaped from o. Donnell and Trooper Frank Perry, who had taken him into custody after the staying of his wife, Ange- lima, 28, in their Orange, N. J., home Saturday night. O'Donnell was wounded ftally.
 Rittenhouse was recaptured yes- terday morning on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware river in the cabin of friend who notified police when he returned hom and found iRttenhouse sleeping there.
 Rittenhouse waived extradition and was brought to Washington barracks of the New Jersey state police for questioning before he was taken to the hospital.
 I've done it, and I'm ready to face it." he told police.
 A formal murder charge has been placed against Rittenhouse for O'Donnell's death and there is a warrant for his arrest for the death of his wife in Orange.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
RedepIoyment Timetable

Paris, July 17-(UP)-Today,s redeployment timetable of U. s Army divisions:
 4th, 9th, and 87th Infantry: Tn United States.
 End Infantry: on high seas, units should start arriving in United States early next week.
 9th Infantry on high seas, should reach port in about week.
 44th Infantry scheduled to reach New York on Queen Elizabeth Thursday.
 18th Armored began moving out of Le Havre last weekend, entire division scheduled to, be out by Thursday.
 10th Armored advance party on high seas, remainder being process sed in Le Havre staging area for embarkation late this week.
 28th Infantry:a dvance units on high seas, main body moving into Le Havre staging area today.
 30th Infantry advance party scheduled to clear Le Havre soon, bulk of division being processed at Camp Oklahoma City, Reims area
 35th Infantry advance party be- ing processed in Reims area, main body slated to arrive tomorrow.
 45th Infantry advance units be- ing processed in Reims area, re- mainder scheduled to arrive there next weekend.
 Advance parties of 44th. 2nd, and 5th Infantry and 18th armored in United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
Death Summons Mother. Daughter On Same Day
Mrs. Julia Porter Sperry, 95, Mrs. Ethel Makepeace
 68, Die Within Seven Hours of Each Other

Mrs. Julia Porter Sperry, age ninety-five years, died at her home, 137 Woodlawn terrace yesterday afternoon, her death preceding that of her daughter, Mrs Ethel Make peace, age sixty-SiX years, by seven hours. Mrs. Sperry, a mem Der of one of the city's oldest and best known families, was the widow of Mark L. Sperry, Sr., long identi- fled with the Scovill Manufacturing company of which he was president from 1918 to 1920, continuing as director until his death in 1926. The Sperry family lived for many years in the lower Cooke street section their property adjoining the Porter family home.
 Mrs. Makepeace, elder daughter of MT. and Mrs. Sperry, was the widow of the late Judge Walter B. Makepeace, and her death came suddenly at her home, 134 Hillside avenue, shortly after g D. m.
 Mrs. Sperry was born in Water bury, May 28, 1850, the daughter of the late Ansel Charles Porter and Ruth Ann (Sherman) Porter. The Brooklyn section was at one time practically owned by her father, the land devoted to farming, but later sold when a railroad was built in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17

the vicinity. The Porter family in the city dates back to earliest days and the history of the town and city contains much of interest con- corning this family as we'll as that of her husband, who was the son of Corydon Stillman and Catherine 0eavenworth) Sperry. Both fam lilies were important in the civic growth of the community and also in the industrial advancement.
 Mrs. Sperry was graduated from St. Margaret'S school at Grove and Cooke street, and of the Packer In- Stitute. Brooklyn, N. Y. She was married on March 14, 1878, to Mark L. Sperry, ST., who was identified with Scovills for GA years. She was member Of the First Congrega- tlonal church and the Waterbury Women'S Club. Her eldest son, Leavenworth F., is now president of the Scovill Manufacturing com- pany. Also surviving are two other sons, Roger S. SperTy, associated With Scovill's and Mark L., 2nd., Of Middlebury; a daughter, Miss Ruth Sherman Sperry who resided with her mother; 13 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildr
 Mrs. Sperry maintained her Cooke street residence until business in- vaded that section, she then built a home at Woodlawn Terrace. The Sperry residence at Cooke street was one of the last of the old homes to disappear in that locality. Mrs. Sperry's husband was a grand- son of Mark Leavenworth, a pioneer manufacturer, who in turn was the son of Col. Jesse Leavenworth, who won fame in the Revolutionary War. Both Porter and Sperry families figure importantly in the history of the town and city.
 Mrs. Makepeace, Mrs. Sperry's s elder daughter, was born in this city at the Cooke street residence. De- cember 25. 1878. Her husband was a former judge of the District Court, later becoming judge of the Com mon Pleas Court. He died in August 1942. Surviving besides her three brothers and sister, are three sons: Lieutenant Commander Roger sherman Makepeace, U. s. Navy: LeRoy Makepeace, Washington, D.. C., and Private John Viets Make peace, with the Army in Belgium; two daughters, Miss Melicent Porter Makepeace and Mrs. Douglas D.. Cochrane, both of Waterbury, and two grandchildren.
 The funeral of Mrs. Sperry will take place Wednesday at the home l37 Woodlawn Terrace. Burial will De In Riverside cemetery, Rev. B. Kenneth Anthony of the First Con- gregational church, officiating.
 Funeral arrangements incomplete.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
No PIebescite
 In Belgium

London, July 17.-(UP) - King Leopold of the Belgians proposed to- day national plebiscite on whether he should retain the throne, the Brussels radio reported.
 Premier Achille Van Acker read to the Belgian Chamber of Depu- ties a letter from Leopold propos- ing the plebiscite, Brussels said.
 Van Acker. in speech inmedi- ately after the letter was read, re- jected Leopold's proposal as uncon- stitutional, according to the broad cast.
 The Belgian government had summoned Parliament in extra ordinary session to consider the crisis raised by demands that Leo- pold abdicate and his refusal to do so. He still is in Bavaria, where he was liberated by Allied armies.
 The cabinet already was split by the crisis. Catholic members had asked Van Acker to offer their res- ignation to Prince Charles, the regent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
MurderCIaim Faces Seumun

Miami, Fla, July 17-(UP)-A warrant charging Seaman 1-c Will liam Wells Parker of Toledo, O., with the beer bottle murder of the estrangled wife of a Massachusetts minister was issued today by jus tice of the peace Thomas s. Fergu- son.
 Ferguson said the youth is accus- ed of first degree murder. He set a preliminary hearing on the charge, combined with a coroner's inquest, for 10 a m. (EWT) tomorrow.
 Navy officials indicated that they would turn Parker over to civil authorities when the warrant is served.
 The nude body of Mrs. Ella Mae Flynn Flames, 40, pretty wife of the Rev. Owen Flames of Brookline, Mass, was found in hotel airshaft where Parker said he had tossed it when he discovered she was dead.
 Police said Mrs. Flames had been living with an older man here while seeking divorce from her husband, whom she accused of desertion when he became an army chaplain.
 Parker told police he met Mrs. Eames in a tavern Sunday night and she accompanied him to his room. She struck him with a beer bottle during an argument, and he grabbed another bottle and struck her, he said.
 Parker said he then went to sleep, and on awakening, found Mrs. Flames dead. He said he picked up her nude body, carried it along a corridor to a second floor fire es- cape, and dropped it into the air shaft.
 The sailor told his commanding officer of his accident" and was sent to police to repeat his story.
 Police identified Mrs. Flames from papers found in her room. While attempting to locate relatives, police found man who identified himself as Warren M. Smith, 51, who told them Mrs Flames had been living with him while she tried to obtain divorce from her husband.
 Smith said he had left Mrs. Flames at the bar where she met the sailor.
 Police said letters found in Mrs. Flames room indicated that the Rev. Earhes was a lieutenant in the U. s. Army Chaplain Corps. She had accused him of desertion in her di- vorce action.
 Smith said Mrs. Flames had three children, a married daughter, Mrs. Elaine Kalt, another daughter of 18 and 15-year-old son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
 Full Weather Report

Boston, July 17-CUP) New England weather forecast:
 CONNECTICUT. MA SACHU- SETrS and RHODE ISLAND - Rain tonight becoming heavy at times and continuing but becOm- ing shOwery on Wednesday. No important temperature changes. Lowest for Worcester tonight 62.
 Boston. July 17-UP)-Extend- ed weather forecast for New England:
 The temperature during the next four days will average near the seasonal normal. Slowly ris- ing temperature Wednesday and Thursday will be followed by cooler weather Friday and Sat- urday.
 Some nOrmnls for the period nre Boston and New Haven. Conn. 72; Providence. R.. l.. "A; Nan tucket, 6S; Concord. N. H., and Portland. Me-, go; Burlington. t. 71; Eastport. Me. 611 Greenville, Me-. 86; rescue Isle. Me. e. Rainfall will range from four to seven tenth of an inch occurring as showers about Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
Ingenious GI
 Amozes Nozis
By ROBERT MUSEL

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Bremen, July r - (UP) - When 1t comes to beating swords into plowshares, the Bremen enclave points with pride to Private Robert (The Via Willing.
 He poured cider into one end of a batch of captured German radar equipment, and out of the other end came high tension calvados type brandy.
 What went on between the cider end and the brandy end is known only to willing.
 T won't tell you how I did it, ex- cept that I supplemented the radar system with cocoa tins" he explain ed. From the way it works, this mght be another secret weapon
 Ills friends say that the more pride the German high command took in a weapon, the more menial the job this 2l-year-old gadgeteer finds for 1t.
 Willing ocmeS from Bellhower, Calf. sought him out in barracks where he has his own reveille syS- sCAA 4ASSSo uP 4OA u41dpPl cSldU4FC CTS.
 The 18th Division at nearby Vege- sack has an entire brass band par ade at 6:30 a. m. daily in lieu of the traditional bugler. But Willing has an ever more effective method He dismantled seahorn from a wreck ed German warship and rigged it up at the barracks.
 . By pressing button he can send stunning gush of sound rolling across the ground. His bitter mates complain that he has the horn so situated that the noise is deflected from his own quarters and thus he can 90 right back to sleep.
 Tha Germans in Bremen sill talk of what Willing did on the Fourth of July. Taking small dump of German Panzerfaust (Bazooka), he converted them into rockets. Then he made the Panzerfaust guns into rocket platforms and shot the fire works into the sky.
 Somebody found some metal spheres about the size of a basket ball containing German flags which SS troops had ordered for the "vic- tory" celebration that never came. Willing took the smokestack from a little German boat and made a mor- tar oQt of it. He rigged fuses into the metal spheres and fired them into the air, where they burst and showered the tattered relics of 8 broken Nazi dream.
 Other uses to which Willing has put captured German equipment in- clude distillery for converting wine, from the fuel condenser Of a Focke-Wulf 190; remote control steering and directional apparatus for outboard motor, from the auto matic pitt of a Heinkel; telescope from lenses ground from the bullet proof glass of a Messerschmitt; a vacuum system for purifying gly- certne and other chemicals, from the motor parts of Rocket-Wu . welding outfit, from German radio equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
Henry Lodge, Jr., Returns Home

Beverly, Mass, July 17-CUP)- It. Col. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who resigned as Republican senator from Massachusetts to enter the army, was back home with his family to- day prior to what he hopes will be Pacific assignment.
 Col. Lodge arrived at Boston by plarC last night after nearly a years duty. in Europe. He won the Legion of Merit, the Legion of Honor and the Croix De Guerre while serving as staff officer for Maj. Gen. Jacob DeverS.
 Mrs. Lodge and their son, Harry, 15, arrive today from Washington. Another son, George, has been granted 72-hour leave from Samp- son, N. Y, Naval Training Station.
 Col. Lodge refused to discuss pol itics or his European experiences, but said he hoped to be sent to the Pacific and would like to be attach ed to calvary unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-17
OBITUARY

CUTRALI-Mrs. Mary Cutran 611 South Main street. Naugatuck wife of Bartolo Cutrali, died yes- terday at her home after a short illness. She was born in Italy and had lived in Naugatuck for g years.
 She leaves besides her husband a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Papa oi Hartford; three sons, Joseph, Wa terbury; Anthony. Naugatuck, and Samuel of the U. S. Army, sta- tioned in Hawaii.
 The funeral will be held Thurs day at 8:30 a. m. from the Buck miller Funeral Home, 9 Park Place. Naugatuck to St. Francis church where a solemn high Mass of re- quiem will be celebrated. Burial will be in St. James cemetery, that town.
 Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from ' to 10 p. m. and tomorrow from 2 to 10 p. m.
 SMITH-Alexander Edwin smith, 50 Pemberton street, died suddenly yesterday in Wilmington, Del where he was visiting his daugh- ter, Mrs. Charles Yorkvich.
 He was born in Litchfield, Feb. '. 1886, son of the late Daniel and Sarah (Hallock) Smith. He was employed at the Waterbury Bat tery Go.
 He leaves his wife, Mrs. Loret- ta Barto Smith, Waterbury; two sons, Cpl. Charles Smith, U. S. A., stationed in China; Pvt. Eugene Lester Smith, U. s. A., Camp El- lis, H.; and three daughters, Mrs. Yorkvich, Mrs. Albert Fillmore, Hartford and Mrs. Lawrence Pel- lerin, Waterbury. There are also four sisters, Mrs. Arthur Leygette and Mrs Sadie Cooke. Hartford: Mrs. George Pinney, New Preston; and Mrs. Myron ,Barto, Wasaic, N. Y.; and six grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be held at the Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Central Avenue, Thursday at 200 D. m.., Rev. Frances O. Ayers, rec tor of St. Johns Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in old Pine Grove cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home tonor- Tow from 3 to 5 and ' to 9 p. m.