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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-17

The next four months should tell the story. or
at least give some idea of what may be expected.
Officers who are directing the aerial blitz be-
lieve Japan's war industries can be knocked out
by wiping out less than so cities. Considering
that Tokyo was reduced to rubble in a few raids.
this shouldn't take too long.
Actually. no one knows the answer to the big
question:: when will the war end in the Pacific?
However. the fact remains that in a few months
proportionately more damage has been done in
Japan than was accomplished in years in Ger
many by the Raj and the United States Army
air force.
Should the Japanese choose to fight on. they
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-17
An1kaeWASHlNCT0N
Az Power Enthusiasts
See Jop's Doom Nearing
President Getting Rid
OF Deodwood Personnel
Special to Central Press

. ASHINGTON-Supporte Of al-out air power as a means OF
Gripping the enemys fighting ability are certain that they can
knock Japan out of the war in the next few months and force the
empire to sue for peace.
However, more conservative officers are certain that Japan's
homeland will have to be invaded. and that the Nips will be defeated
only after their armies are crushed completely.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-17

DlstribUtcd hy Klng FcatuYls Syadioato. Trc
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German Loot

Great as was the treasure discovered in that
German salt mine it does not represent all
the loot Nazi leaders gathered while German
armies were leaving a trail of blood behind
as they moved from land TO land when the
war was going their way.
Nor is it likely that all the wealth in ex-
out Of Germany. Further search might un-
eover more buried treasures hidden by Hitler
ct al to set them up in style beyond the
Reich If they have opportunity to escape
1t would be great thing if other hoardings
could be found, not only of money but Of
priceless pictures and books and manuscripts
and restored to the galleries and libraries
from which they were stolen.
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Brochure On Progress

The Tide Water Power Company has issued
brochure dealing with postwar possibilities
for development of cities and areas in this
region.
1t recommends the forming of committees
to draft peacetime programs for progress,
and points out that among tasks these groups
ought to perform is to see that schools hos
pitfalls. churches, libraries are up to scratch
Twill the stranger be impressed,'' it asks.
with the town as prosperous community
in which to locate a manufacturing
plant and in which workers and their families
would have the advantages of modern de.
velopments. or does the very character Of
the community seem to say to outside inves
tors, move on?''
The importance of good sewerage, water
supply, paving, street lighting are empha
Sized Industrial expansion is to be studied
it says, SO that plants which can be operated
profitably for the firm and the community
can be secured. Crops and their marketing
and tourist patronage particularly in this vi
cinity) are dealt with.
The thoroughness with which this bookle
goes into postwar possibilities and presen
preparations give it high rating in the cur
rent output of promotional literature.
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,VE-Day Nears

1t appears now that the end of organized
resistance in Germany will soon be declared
ended. Allied armies are closing in for the
kill. When they unite with the Russians in or
nAar Berlin It is presumed General Eisen-
mower will make his expected announcement
But that will not bring the end Of fighting
In Germany. Islands of resistance are liable
to occupy the Allied armies for some time
thereafter.
With this prospect in mind it may be asked
why it should be intended to announce We.
day, as victory in Europe will not be an
accomplished fact. Among possible answers
is its effect upon the German people, who
are weary Of war and apparently only await
the Eisenhower declaration to take steps to-
ward organizing a group, which might ever
lead to regency, with which the Allies can
deal in the restoration OF real peace in the
Reich.
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New Coal Contract

new contract has been signed by btu
monous coal mine operators and the miners
union. 1t provides for an increase of $1.07 a
day in pay for the pitmen. The only way
this can be paid is by increasing the price
Of coal. Consumers will have to bear the ad
ditional burden.
The whole thing is an unwarranted imposi
ton upon the consuming public. Miners are
receiving higher wages than ever before. In
creases granted them since the war far ex
coed the actual advance in the cost of living
A chart prepared by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Department of Labor, shows the
wage of miners in 1941 was 1913 cents ar
hour, In 1912, 1859 cents, in 1913, 1879 cents
and in eleven months of 1914, 1885 cents
Not even at the extravagant rate of spending
IN these years have miners had need fo1
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The Literary Guidepost

ing in the sculptor, as descfioe''
to justify your supposing she SouN
be able to create it.
But this novelist really accom-
plishes what we have n2o' u
expect of novelists, You kno@ lHeI9
is some vital substance in DaSha >
sculpture because you see no" !.
affects other people, and 6eca.s'S
you see very plainly the wal S.,
stance in Dasha herself, DasAa
speech is perhaps the besf pi0o-
of her special talent, but her az
tons reveal it, too.
All told, however, there really az d.,
not many actions. If you read oooH nl
to find out what happens, you !,
find some satisfaction: a coupe "
arrests, Staying, a death or w. w..
a bit of the war. But Miss AlfneoIa
gen is not interested in what peO,
pie do. She slips in an occaSlo'.ss 70.
event because after all events ".
occur But to her they are So
of interruption, Her real lnteIeiS'
and she makes 1t yours, is peop.'
They all live. they are sl.
we all are" Dasha ref,sv
and that is true of her Vsrlo.,.
amazing friends not only IN 'e'
mind but also in yours.
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these raises. Certainly actual hVine 'o''S
have not made them necessary
They received them only because Johh H.
Lewis. dictator of the United Nine workers.
said they needed them and persuaded ID
wishy-washy Labor Department ana laoor-
dominated boards to agree with him. at IN
creasing expense to the consumers. Inc rs
inc cost of coal proves this. The same chart
reveals the average retail price OF coal IN
1871 was 500. In 1912 it advanced to SOL;
in 1913 it jumped to 1894 and Tor eleven
months of 1914 had increased to $1O.27.
This new pay increase will bring 70 cent
per ton hike at the mine When another Win
ter arrives people who burn coal Will have
to pay this increase and probably more be-
cause of successive profits between mine and
furnace, as everybody who handles 1t must
earn something
This situation in COAL and the predlSposng
cause Of it, deserves more than a passing
shrug from the people of this country. Unless
they do something to prevent, the country
ultimately will face a labor dictatorship with
men like John L. Lewis at the top.
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Bv WI e. ROGERS
'Dasha," by E. M. Almedin-
zen lE2rcOurt. Brace: 81. 50l


Dasha is a girl to whom life came
only after she had been living for
II or 18 years. Daughter of poor
woman, she was cripple who was
taken to an institution in the Cri-
mea and cured and taught 10
walk.
Leningrad is her home and she
loves its gray. often rainy and
stormy skies in preference to the
brilliant light and color of h e
south. AS the novel opens she is
going back north, back to her
friend Frossia and to her mother.
Dasha is sculptor. During her
stay in the hospital she had made
some small carvings and they serve
Importantly to win new friends for
her and open up a fresh and ex-
hilarating existence.
Like painters, composers and
musicians, sculptors are very diff
cult to bring to life in a book.
The novelist may say: She takes
knife and cuts figure and the
figure is. so beautiful that it makes
her famous" But you, the reader,
are not persuaded, for you see no
beauty in the figure and find moth
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Daily Prayer
FOR DEVOTION

Hear our prayer, holy Father q
love, for our soldiers and sailors
and air men, who are dearer to
us than life itself. Make them
true heroes, triumphant in heart
and in action; and may all who
meet death have first met Thee.
Strengthen our nations heart to
endure; and to rise to holy heights
of sacrifice and devotion: thus
honoring Thee and serving our
day. Renew within our hearts the
conviction that ours is Nation
whose God is the Lord. Refr9a
our sense of mission as land
led by Thy special providence in
times past; and enable us to walk
high-mintiedly as those who haYa
heard Thy call. May all our sons
serve ou. flag as seeing Thee, the
God Of our fathers. Prepare US in
war for the tastings Of the peace
that is to come; and keep US Ill
as Thy humble and devoted chill
dren. Amen.-WTE.
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interpreting
The War
BY KlRKE l.. SIMPSON
Associated Press War AnaJrs.

American tank columns have W.,
only swiftly punctured the Elbe WV wv
er defense line, last water hazaTs
on the road to Berlin, but fIowos
to or beyond the Scale in the SOM,
to menace Leipzig and even Dres
den across the broad open centrsI
plain of the German heartland
At least three major units :.
General Eisenhower multi.arr.'
command, are running virtuajIy
abreast in an assault pattern do'
signed apparently to rip a lOO.niI.
wide corridor of conquest fro,
west to east 10 a junction WIKI
Russian allies still poised on IN,
Oder-Neisse line. And only now ar.
the Eisenhower forces reachmo or
the central German plain the b4,.
terrain for mechanical maneuvo.
they have met since they cgosssi
the Rhine.
1t cuts the time potential befog.
moth and south Germany can "a
split wide apart for mopping-up n
a matter not of days but possiblv
hours. Nor is there yet anv con.
elusive evidence that the Maj hig,
command can rally the force ary,
where 10 halt the Allied advanc.
without stripping its Eastern Front
so thin that Russian hordes wovId
come pouring in for the kill.
The crossing of the Elbe at Mac.
deburg come so suddenly that
pending lifting of the news black.
out it seems probable a bridge
was taken intact in the area.
repetition Of the circumstance that
saw the first trans-Rhine bridgs.
head established at Remagen is IN.
Dictated although the Elbe Offered
no very serious barrier in any case
unless the Germans had heavily
manned its east bank.
That they had not must raise
again the conclusion that there is
some definite Nazi plan of action
involved. Events seem clearly 10
justify published suspicion in Rus.
STA that the NaZis are virtually
inviting Allied occupation of all
central Germany while massing
troops eastward to bar similar Rus,
sian advances except at highest
casualty cost.
Behind that may still lie some
faint Nazi hope of an ultimate Rus.
isan-Allied quarrel over occupation
spoils or policy and zones of'coa.
troll. 1t seems an impossible and
fantastic conception even for Hit.
ler's henchmen, but no other ex.
PLANTATION has yet been offered for
German failure. to ragroup alonr
any of numerous natural defense
lines once the Rhine had been
preached unless it is due to sheer
lack of men and means.
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Agricultural Development

With Wilmington turning its eye toward the
future to discover as best it can the activities
which promise most successful operation
when the war is over, thought is being given
to agriculture-how it can include previously
neglected branches. There is general agree
ment that this area can attain greater farm
prosperity than it has hitherto enjoyed if crop
expansion is achieved
Tobacco offers an excellent opportunity, 1t
is declared, if grown widely. Cattle and dairy
products, too invite greater development.
With twelve months Of green pasturage, and
carefully selected herds doing well in this
climate, as Hugh MacRae has proved at In
vershiel, there is an obvious opportunity for
farmers who are far-sghted enough to put
their time and money into dairy and beef
cattle.
While New Hanover county has done well
with truck, truck alone is not capable Of
bringing general agricultural prosperity to the
region There must be other crops II full ad
vantage is to be taken Of the regions farm
possibilities.
But the expansion OF agricultural crops
alone is not enough. There must also be ia
cilities for canning and processing and other.
wise preparing crops for market. Sending raw
materials elsewhere for turning into finished
products is never satisfactory. Canneries,
meat processing plants, creameres, are as
essential as the growing of crops if agricul-
ture is to reach the highest goal.
Furthermore, it is not only by offering the
finished product instead of merely growing ii
will the area create greater prosperity. Plants
for preparing products for market require
workers and employment means payrolls
Payrolls mean better business generally.
While we turn our attention to agricultural
development we will fall short of the mark
unless, at the same time, we acquire the
plants needed for turning crops into canned
goods, into meat, into butter and other cream.
cry products.
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of the seven republicans from tina:
region in the Senate, five voted
for Wallace. These included AK an
of Vermont, Brewster of Maine,
Hart of Connecticut, Saltonstall Of
chusetts and Tobey of New
Hampshire.
It is Senator Aiken from Ver-
mont, one of the two states which
went republican in 1886, who ap-
pears the most likely successor 10
the late George Norris as the lead
err of progressivism in the Senate.
Aiken is So years old, a farmer
and an orchardist. He is quiet
spoken and gentle of manner, as
was Norris. But before you talk
to him very long, you are aware
of his deep convictions. In his ma
tive state he has taken an active
part in various farm movements.
with the result that the Vermont
Farm Bureau Federation is one
of the most progressive in the
country.
While he has always voted the
republican ticket, Aiken was a
leader in the fight not only for
confirmation of Wallace, but also
for approval of Aubrey Williams
to be head of the Rural Electrifi-
cation Administration. Keenly
aware Of many new deal blund-
ers. he is nevertheless in SYM
pathy with the objective of most
of the reform measures identified
with the Roosevelt administration
before the war.
One of the curious anomalies Of
the current political scene is that
Senator James Mead, who will
probably BE- the new deal candi-
date for governor of New York
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WASHINGTON CALLING
by
MARQUIS CHILDS

, WASHINGTON - The political
pattern of America is changing.
1t is a chance which began long
ago will, the industrial revolution.
But it took recent events to make
| it Enthusiastically cl:ar.
Once, the citadel of political
radicalisn. and economic liberal
ism was in the rural areas. Farm
representatives put forth the most
extreme doctrines. From the ag-
ricultural hinterlands came such
innovations as the initiative, ref
erendurn and recall.
The predominant voices for lib
eralism and progressive change
came from the farm belt, and
particularly from the Middle West
For a generation in American
public life: the principal advocates
of reform were George w. Norris
of Nebraska, Robert M. La Fol-
lette, Sr., Of Wisconsin and Will
liam Jennings Bryan, who also
came out of Nebraska. Other lib
erals-Waish of Montana, Kenyon
of IOWA, Howell of Nebraska, o.
son of Minnesota-all were from
the rural West.
Even the South contributed TO
the ferment. We forget today that
Southerners such as Jack Garner
of Texas and Cotton Ed'' Smith
of South Carolina often rode herd
on Herbert Hoover and Wall street
in the late Juveniles and early
'thirties.
But the wheel has come full
turn. Senators and representatives
from the South and Middle Yves!
are pillars of conservatism. They
are the most outspoken foes of
the new deal. 1t is from the in
dustrial cities of the North that
the new advocates of reforms are
coming.
Under The influ ence of organized
labor, they are turning against
anything that resembles ''regi-
mentatior,' even in wartime.
That was undoubtedly one of the
chief reasons for the defeat last
week of the administration man.
power bill.
The Republican party was split
down the center two decades ago
Norris OF Nebraska, the elder La
Toilette and McNary of Oregon
were backing public ownership of
Muscle Shoals. They opposed SELL
ing the great dam to Henry Ford
Senator George Moses of New
Hampshire called these republican
senators sons of the wild jack
ass" and the name stuck.
The Senate vote on the appoint
ment of Henry Wallace to be Sec
rotary of Commerce showed how
fully the political wheel has come
round. Republicans from the Mid
die West voted overwhelmingly
against Wallace. They professed
to be afraid of his Visionary"
ideas. At the same time, a large
majority Of New England republi-
cans voted to give Wallace a
chance to test his vision in ac-
ton
New England was once tbScen-
ter OF political conservatism Yet
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Your War; With Ernie Pyle

I thought I had a pigeon egg under
it. MY nose was so swollen the
skin was stretched tight over ii.
And my left eye was nearly shut.
After that l just went under
the blanket and decided to suffo-
cate. That way l did sleep. but the
next morning l was groggy and
dopey from sleeping SO long with
out air.
Those mosquitoes really put a
scare into me. For they say Oki-
naWa is malarial and I certainly
got enough mosquito venom that
night to malarize half of California
So bright and early, l started TAX
ing atabrine for the first time in
my life.
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qu;toes as that first night on Oki-
naWa.
They were persistent. They were
tenacious. And they were the moi
siest mosquitoes I've ever associat-
ed with. They were so noisy that
when I pulled the blanket over the
size of my face and covered my
ears tight 1 could still hear them.
tt ats really true.
1 doused my face twice with the
mosquito repellant which the ma
rines had issued, but it did no good
whatever. 1t was II o'clock before
I finally got asleep. At 2 am. l
awakened and knew something was
wrong. What was wrong was my
face.
My upper lip was swollen SO that
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GOALS TO NEWCASTLE

HYANNIS, Mass, April l2.-'US
Food produced on Cape Cod soon
may be soon sold in English mar
kets. An Englishman tasted some
lend-lease marmalade in France
and has requested that it be placed
on sale in England.
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next year, voted against the pro-
posed st. Lawrence seaWay prof.
ect last December, Will the prln'
cipal speech in behalf of the rive,
development came from Aiken, o.
rock-ribped republican Vermont
Once the impetus for reform
came from the farm belt. To-Day
it originates in the industrial easr
Copyright 1945 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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STRICTLY POSTWAR STUFF

CINCINNATI, April II. --IV.E7-
This is a postwar project. The KEEL
son Cigar Co. held a meeting re-
Gently to teach its statesmen no"
to sell cigarettes and other tooac'
CO products.
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We shall have our differences with each
other lat San Francisco but we shall hold
these in place if remember that in a
large and complicated partnership like ours
no single partner is gong always to have
his own way about everything Am.
bassador Lord Halifax.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

We dOte upon this world as II 1t were
never to have an end, and neglect the
rext az If It were never to have a begin
ming.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-17
Kramer Guilty
Of Atrocities

LUENBERG. Germany, Nov.
Is (INS)-Joseph Kramer, the
Beast of Belsen," was fou n d
guilty today by British military
court of committing atrocities az
the Belsen and OSwiecim CAusch-
witz) concentration camps.
Kramer, chief guard at Belsen
a n d Oswiecim, was convicted
along with DR.. Fritz Klein. Nazi
doctor sflge=6f tffe camps
They headed a group Of 40 per-
sons tried enmasse for crimes
committed at the camps.
Peter Weingarten, a YugoslaV
carpenter, also was found guilty
The court decided that blond
Irma Grese was guilty as well as
/ IlSe Bormann, a woman guard
who had been accused of taking
delight in setting large dogs or
women victims.
In quick succession SIS It
Hoezler and two other guards
VolkenrathS and Ehlert, were
found guilty.
Three others-Lothe, Schmit7
and George Kraft. a Romanian--
we're declared not guilty.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-17
Blast Wrecks
Filling Station

Two persons were injured today
and section of the Bowery Ham
tramck night spot was damaged
when an explosion of undetermined
origin demolished a gasoline sta
tion al l2045 Joseph Campau
Thc t-laSt tore the rear rTti HHd
side of the one-Story cement block
filling station which is owned 10y
State Senator Henry K kOzak,
and hurled q heavy furnace door
$50 feet across Joseph Campau
and through the window OF the
Bowery stockroom.
julius Gonzales. i3, Of 2S26
Vinewood day manager Of the
BOWeTy, who WIS fuTfed 81 fFCt
by the explosion, was taken 10 St
Francis Mercy Hospital suffering
possible internal injuries
An unidentified woman pcdcs-
trian vas Knocked 10 the pave
ment and injured. but left the
scene before the arrival Of police
Kozak estimated damage at
$50 600. and Frank Barbara, man
ager Of the Bowery, said that at
least s. 600 damage was done 10
his establishment.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-17
LEFT BEFORE 8 p. VI.
4ndonesidn factions
Threaten Civil War

BATAVIA. Java Nov -16- -LINSl
The possibility of civil war be-
tween opposing factions of the
IndoneSian forces in Java loomed
today as the Dutch termed the
JavaneSe situation as "deteriorat-
ing rapidly"
lndeHesian extremists batting
British-lndan forces at SOerabaya
threatened 10 attack SoekarnO
tJap-appointed president Of the
IndoncSian rcpublicD because he
Was TOO moderate.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-17

PARIS. Nov. Is QNS)-Gcn.
Charles De Gaulle wrote out his
resignation as interim president
OF France because Of a dispute
with the Communist party today
but agreed 10 withhold final ac-
tion under pressure from political
leaders.
De Gaullc S press. attaChc an
nounced that De GaUllc had re-
signed owing 10 inabilit yto form
a government and that the step
would be announced formally at
a news conference.
However, only an hour later
another spokesman for the gen
eral said the letter has not yet
been submitted.
This sudden reversal Of De
Caulle's plans amid an atmOs-
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-17
Strike
Feared
At d1Nf
By JACK CRELLIN

The dispute between General
Motors Corp. and the UAW-CIO
was feared headed for a strike
today as the unions top negotiat-
ing committee turned thumbs
down on a company offer of a
fiat 10 per cent increase for all
GM hourly rated workers pending
later Cost-of-llylng- revision.
In rejecting the latest GM offer
- the third since negotiations
opened - Walter Reuther. JAW
Go vice president and head of
the unions GM department, said
he intended 10 stand by the orig
inal demand Of a 30 per cent in
crease with no increase in the
price Of automobiles.
In submitting the proposed 10
per cent wage hike 10 the union
at yesterdays meeting Harry w.
Anderson, GM vice president in
charge of personnel. said it was
based on preliminary analysis of
President Truman's formula 10
raise wages TO meet the cost Of
living