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The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-23
107 Girls, 49 Boys Listed
On Hiqh School Honor Roll

11B-Larry Trombley
9B-Patricia Trombley
1OA-Wanda Wallace
9B-Dolores Westefeldt
9B-James Wilkinson
2.25
l2A-Dolores Meddaugh
11B-Ruth Papist
2.2O
12B-Marianne Briley
10B-William Buckler
11B-Charlotte Fornadley
10B-Elizabeth Heldt
11A-Shirley Hulett
12B-Judy James
11B-Delores Myers
10B-Bert Nicke
11B-Mildred O'Kelley
l0A-Velma Jean Peters
10A-John Roberts
11A-Dorothy Rogers
11A-Marjorie Schwinke
l1B-Robert Sharland
l0B-Ernest Stengel
10A-Eileen Thomas
11B-Raymond Warren
10B-Ellen Whiteley
11B-Evelyn Wiederhold
2.I7
9B-Susan Albro
9B-Betty Bennett
11A--Irene Benz
11B-Mitzi Burkardt
9A-Dorothy Charbeneau
11B-Mary Evans
9A-Harvey Gordenker
11A-John Houck
9B-Eleanor Kandt
11B-Frederick Kiehler
11B-Shirley Levine
9B-Anita Perry
12B-Alvin Sahrow
9B-Anita Scheunemann
9B-Norma Jean Shook
2.14
9A-Ellis Levine
9B-Eleanor Smith
JUNIOR HIGH HONOR ROLL
Dona Adds, Barbara Ander'
son, Barbara Blades, Allie r
Briggs, James Caffrey, Nichola:
Carpenter, Dona Id Caughlin
Elaine Davis, Joanne Galbraith
Carol Glefke, Doan Guild, Dawn
Hameister, Clarice Hawkes., Car
olyn Hickman, June Hohf, Ros.
Johnson, Susanne Klein, Doro.
thy King, Charles Krause, Ileant
Levine, Marilyn Linington, Anr
McWethy, Harry Michion, Betty
Morgan, Teddy Peabody, Car.
olee Perry, Barbara Peters, Eliz.
abeth Saxarra, Marilyn Shar'
land, Patricia Shaw, Joyce Shep'
herd, William Smith, Patricia
Springborn, John Stewart, Nan
cy Syria, Ruth Whitsitt, Leonard
Chevalier.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-23

Based on the rate of five cents
q kilowatt hour for electrical
current, electrons cost $4,000 a
pound.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-23

Arabs spray themselves with
perfume after a meal to chase
away food odors.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-23

London contains $4,000 Irish
men. 10000 Welshmen, and 54,-
600 Scots in normal times.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-23

known through several foreign
broadcasts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
Government Seizure For
Anthracite Mines Looms
Action Is Imminent
If Contract Effort
Proves Unsuccessful

Washington, May 2.-(AP)-GoV-
eminent seizure OF IDLE an'hlacl'c
mines doomed today if the pits re-
main Isle as the result Of stalemateo
negotiations.
The War Labor Board strongly
hinted it would ask presidential m
,aryention and Interior Secretary
Ickes said: I'm ready to take over.
II is urgent that production z!'ouio
be Immediately resumed, WLb tolo
miners and operators at a nearing
here yesterday, ANY sustained m
terruDtion in production OF anthra-
cite coal would adversely effect lhe
prosecution of the war
The board called the nearing 10
order continued production under an
extension of the hard coal contf2c'
which expired Monday mldnlgh''
with New York n~egotlatorS uhaole
to arrive at new wage terms
Operators agreed to a CONTRACT en-
tension but asked that 1t be llmlleu
to 80 days to restrict ne eNeh,"''
liability of operators to make fetlo-
active paw increases. Union repre'-
entatives said the scale
in New York would have 10 declde
the U. NJ. VS. position.
The contract negotiations reS''h'eo
there at , p. m. EWT To-Day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02

disarmament of enemy forces.
i. Obligation OF tho part Of the
German Commandcr-in-chlef to car
ry out any further orders issued by
General Alexander. the Allied su-
preme cummander-in-chief in the
Mediterranean.
). Disturbance of the orders or
failure to comply with them to be
dealt with in accordance with ac-
ccptcd laws and usages of war.
The instrument of surrender stip-
ulates that II is independent Of. with
out prejudice to and Will be super
seeded by any general instrument of
surrender imposed by or on behalf
of the United Nations and applicable
t. the German armed forces as a
WHOLE Allied headquarters in Italy
announced.
The surrender document was
signed in the presence of Allied Of
iicers, including Russians.
The surrender announcement was
accompanied by this order Of the day
from Alexander to all Allied troops
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02

Last-Ditch Struggle
In Norway Looms AS
One Of Detectives

London, May 3 tAP)-,
Grand Admiral Karl Docnitz
moved swiftly today in his role
Of successor to Adolf Hitler to
shake up the Nazi military and
diplomatic fronts i'm efforts APP
ParentIy directed toward q last
ditch fight in Norway.
H9Weta-. - Houas after the Ham
burg radio bad announced the death
oi Hitler. not q single to~p-ranking
Nazi party man. ana only one COM
mandcr, mad come forth to pledge
allegiance 10 Dgenitz us tuehrer.
One OF the first acts OF Deonitz
was TO dismiss Foreign Minister
J@achtm O kibbentrop, and re-
place him with Count Lutz
schWcTin-NrosIgk, finance min
lister i'll the Franz Won Papen
and Won Schieischcr cabinets,
which Immediately preceded
iiltlef's rise to power.
General Franz Boehme, army
eommondlr-In-en.eI IN Norway,
broadcast an order Of the day over
The Oslo radio pIedgIng allegiance to
Docnitz and calling on German
forces in the north to fight on as
a ia attic communlty.'
simultaneously, Norwegian Off
claIs in London reported Docnitz had
.Ircd Admiral Otto Ciliax. German
naNal ehiettain in Norway since
March, 1913, because ClIiaX allegedly
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02

In the Mediterranean:
after nearly two years Of hard.
continuous lighting, which started i'm
Sicily in the summer OF 1913, you
stand today as victOrs Of the Italian
campaign.
you have won a victory which
has ended in the complete and utter
rout Of the German armed forces in
the Mediterranean. By clearing Italy
Of the last Nazi aggressor, you have
liberated a country Of over +0,0O0,000
people.
"Today the remnants Of a once
proud army had laid down their arms
to you-close on a million men with
all their arms equipment and i'm
pedimenta," Alexander said in an
announcement to Allied armies.
You may well be proud of this
great and victorious campaign, which
Will long live in history as one Of
the greatest and most successful ever
raised.
mo praise is high enough for you
sailors, soldiers, airmen and workers
Of the united forces in Italy for your
magnificent triumph.
MY gratitude and admiration is
unb0unded and equalIcd Only by the
pride which is mine in being your
cemmander-in-chief.'
Earlier. L. S. firth army h~eadquar-
tcrs had announced the surrender Of
German General jain, commander
IF the Lombardy corps Of the Ll9u-
VIM, o,.y,y with . 0DO Germans and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02

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mac "ITC'l'N"., DnT,s n,onc.al
inc D''i'''a ~ .od' ~ thn h.nds
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f'I"l'' i,''. Dn,1h,rtrn oaks
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plan NI'ti "!'' ...utI.ad ont lact
husNia anu Inn" basis for
tan AT '9''''Sy" !, tha next
TINS conference 10 ''N
day or So . n,o;r,v
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one OIL inc ''8 HoNSt n ' 10
without an answer - NOV
9'''l"I .,.L.od c,,t recont-
AmeIlcan system MoiMe0 70 w No Fitted
~ AT NeNlc" NiNS Id N,tione
INTO 'he propose"
system.
Following an eHtraolul'laly lllslr
session Ias' iIS''., -a,,aht e. wind
the As United Na''o}S SouGi'' ~ ma,''
up organization OF l}e WeeN-el'o coz ~.
creme QulcklS. l"e .u0' - ~
the tour big comln'S9'ollS '1lu unee
II committees ouchle oo"I W uI'
Weekend 10 'hG Ie"t va nT numhar-
Nlslng ana col}PIe'iis s. ~ co.,
commissions were su''ll'lolieu W '"e
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02

Guam, May 2,-(AP)-Lt. Gen.
Buckncr, whose tenth army troops
today fought within rifle range OF
southern OkinaWa's three main cities,
estimates that one-half of the islands
original garrison Japanese garrison
have been killed. wounded or cap
tured.
The original Japanese garrison was
believed 10 total about $4,000.
More and more Japanese are sur
rendering. he reported, as artillery.
naval guns and air bombings cut
commuuiCd~-~A
Yonabaru. third largest city, came
under immediate attack after seV-
,uth division units on the east ead
of the line outtlanked japanese de
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
Rundstedt
Is Captured
In Hospital
Was Among Ablest
Of Nazi Generals;
Redoubt Crumbling

Paris, May 2.-(AP)-With
Field Marshal Won Rundstedt
captured and Hitler reported
dead, Allied armies raced south
and north today into the last
German pockets N the closing
campaigns for victory.
General Patton's third army
drove down the last 80 miles
toward Salzburg and the last
ia toward Bercntesgaden, after
capturing 1itler's Austrian
birthplace Of Bronau. Others Of
his troops advanced at least 25
miles into Austria to within 20
miles Of Linz and about forty
from the Russians west Of VI
emma in d maneuVtr to enclrcle
CzechosloVakia.
In the north, the British bypassed
Hamburg, broke German lines north
cast Ct the EIbe and advanced to
within IA miles OF Lubbock, whose
capture would split the north Ger
man pocket and seal off Denmark
and SchlcsWIg-IIoIstem. The Tom
mics captured Stade, Just west Of
Desieged Hamburg, and 10 miles
south of the border Of Denmark,
which some reports tC Stockholm
said the Germans were abandoning.
The nearest British approach to
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
In Warming
To Remaining Nazis

Washington. May 2.-( AP)-Prcsidon Truman today an
,ou,,c,d t}a uncondijou;I surrender of the German forces in
Italy, and said:
"Onlv folly and chaos can now delay the general captulation
everywhere of the German armies.
In a statement announcing he had sent cohGfatulatofy mos
S9ees to Allied commanders, the President added:
Let Japan as well Is Germany understand the meaning OF
those NNNMtS.'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
\A/IS AGREE TO LEAVE
NA\kS IN PRISON CAMPS

Washington. MAY 2.-tAP)-Defi-
mite assurances from Germany that
imprisoned Americans will be left
in German camps for liberation by
advancing Allied armies have been
received through the Swiss govern
ment. the State and War Depart
ments announced today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
Laval, Et Al
Reach Spain

Madrid, May 2.-CAP)-A Ger
nan plane bearing Pierre Laval,
Marcel Deaf and the Vichy educa-
ton minister, Abel Bonnard, landed
at Barcelona today and was ordered
personally by GeneraIisslmo Fran
cisco Franco to leave Spain lmme-
diately.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
FRENCH CRY HANG PETAIN.

Paris, May l.-HaIt a H1'I1T0'I
Paris workers marched today IN an
orderly May Day parade whose cam
was broken only by repeated cans
Hang Petain.' and "ThroW Petaln
under the metro (subWay).
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
D0ENTz STARTS SHAKE UP In GERMANY
Large Part OfAustna
mcLudedm Surrender

Rome, May 2-AT)-Gcncral Heinrich Won Nictinghoff-
Sch,el today Internationally surrendered all German land, sea
and air forces in Italy and southern and western Austria.
Under the terms, hostilties ceased at II noon, GMT
Is a. m. EWT).
Field Marshal Sir Harold l.. Alexander announced the sur
render was signed at Allied headquarters at Caserta Sunday
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Occasional light rains and cool
today. followed by partly cloudy
and mild tonight and Thursday,
becoming warmer Thursday aft
ernOOn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
Stock Prices
Are Irregular

New York. May 2.-(AP)-Stocks
were irregular today at the opening
but a continuation of the previous
sessions profit-taking Whitfield trac-
1ional gains in some issues. On the
doWnside were U. S. Steel and Chry-
Sler.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
Conference Obstacles Fading
Several Remain, But
Worst Likely Over;
New u. S. Proposals

t;y The Associated PrcSS.)
(hairmcn Of conference com
missions meet at 1890 a. M,
PVT.
Russian Foreign (omfnlSSar
NoIotov prcsidcs over plenary
sessions, to hear formal ad-
dresses, $3.50 p. m.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02
Russians Are Near Spot
Where Adolf Hitler Died
~
Last OF Strongholds
In Berlin Crumbling;
Advances Elsewhere

London, May p CAP -
Burning Berlin's last : ditch
strongholdS Yer crumbIing to-
day, the Moscow radio an
nGrnced, as Soviet troops bore
down on the area Of TIE Reichs
c~hancellGry. where the Hamburg
radio said Hitler had died.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-02

Continued on Page FlNe.)
The Valley settler., 1945-06-08

THE FINANCE coiMITTE FOR THE SPORTS
 SUBIITTS REPORT
 The Finance Comli tto for tho Sports Events on May 50, wish to ; thank ell those who contri butcd to tho Frizc fund. 22oe.OO WIS donated end thcy report q balance of S6l. %
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The Valley settler., 1945-06-08
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Evening star., 1945-10-06
Snyder Reported
Delaying Decision on
Home Price Ceilings
By ROBERT 7. LEWIS.

When Price Administrator Chester
Bowles appears before the Com.
plants Subcommittee of the Senate
Small Business Committee Monday
it is understood the administration
will not as yet have decided whether
to support his request for increased
powers to impose ceiling prices or
completed homes.
Reconversion Director Snyder was
said to have withheld decision on the
price proposal, and it is understood
final action will not be taken for
another week.
On Mr.. Snyder's decision, informed
sources pointed out, will depend
whether a bill will be introduced in
Congress seeking added OPA powers
Mr.. Bowles is represented as re-
naming firmly convinced the pric-
| ing authority is necessary to prevent
explosive inf1ationary trends in the
building industry, and it is under
stood that yesterday he carried his
appeal for administration support
before Construction Co-ordinator
Hugh Potter's Inter-Agency Com
mittee on Construction.
Sees Need of Support.
The price administrator, however,
is now said to believe that unless the
bill is introduced as an administra-
ton measure and given full sup
port it will stand little chance of
passage. Thus, it is explained, un-
less the administration is inclined
to go to the front in behalf of the
proposal, no bill may be filed at all.
Several weeks ago Mr.. Bowles an
nounced his intention to request
Congress for power to impose cell
ings on homes. and during a recent
press conference explained that a
bill was being drafted.
At Mondays reopening of con-
struction hearings by the Complaints
Subcommittee headed by Senator
Stewart, the price chief will be the
first witness. The subcommittee's
hearings came to an abrupt end
several weeks ago when Recover
sion Director Snyder announced the
lifting of building controls.
Mr.. Snyder will head the list of
Tuesdays subcommittee witnesses.
Renewal of the hearings was de-
manded by the National Association
of Home Builders two weeks ago
after Mr.. Bowles' announcement he
would seek home pricing authority.
Proposal Bitterly Opposed.
The Bowles proposal is bitterly
opposed by home builders, who con-
tend ceiling prices would hamstring
the industry just at the time a big
program is needed to relieve housing
congestion.
Speaking for the industry, Joseph
E. Merrion, president of the home
builders group, warned that the
proposal would reduce by 90 per
cent the number of new dwelling
units which would otherwise be con-
structed during the period in which
any such plan remained in effect"
In his letter to Mr.. Bowles, Chair
man Stewart was understood to have
specifically mentioned the price pro-
poSal as subject in which the COM
mittee was interested.
Members of the subcommittee
Evening star., 1945-10-06
Permit Issued 10 Build
3-SforY Apartment
Costing 100000

Construction of a 3-story $100, ,OOt
apartment building to provide A
units will be started at 3715-3l Sec
ond street Sc. by Harry ziggles
922 Kennedy street NV, issuance OF
building permit revealed this week
The apartments will be for white
occupancy, it was said. C. B. White,
1905 Georgia avenue, Silver Spring
Md, is the architect.
Other building permits:
Ralph P. Counselman, 429
Eleventh street S.W, owner; Fred
Drew Construction Co., builder and
architect; one 2-story brick and con-
crete warehouse at 419 Eleventh
street S.W., to cost $25 900.
Louis M. Band, 1864 Central place
NE, owner; Walter H Dawson, 1909
Morrison street NV, builder; How
ard H. Mackey, 1000 Eleventh street
NV, architect; one 2-story brick
store and apartment building at 1851
Evening star., 1945-10-06

were also said to be ready to ash
some pointed questions about OPA'.
expanded program for pricing build
ing materials and contractors sefv-
ices, which is also being opposed BY
many in the construction industry.
Scheduled to Appear.
Also to appear before the subcom-
mittee Monday are Administrator
John B. Blandford of the National
Housing Agency, Commissioner Ray
mond E. Foley of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration and Douglas
Whitlock, representing the Pro-
ducers' Council and the United
States Chamber of Commerce.
Tuesdays list also includes Con-
struction Co-ordinator Potter. La
mar Forrest, president of the For
rest Lumber Co., of Lubbock, Tex +.
Wallace E. johnson, Memphis
(Tenn.) home builder; l.. T. Souder
Washington electrical contractor
and others.
Evening star., 1945-10-06

Providence street NE, to cost
! $4,000.
Edward Jones, 215 Florida avenue
NV, owner; r. Morrison, 113o
Girard street NV, builder: r. C.
Archer, jr., 215 Florida avenue NV,
architect; one 2-story brick apart
ment building of four units at 4256
Eads street NE, to cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1945-10-06
Riqqinq Defined

The ropes of ship are called its
rigging. The wire rope supporting
the cross bars (spars) is called
standing rigging, the hemp rope
used in trimming sails is known as
running rigging.
Evening star., 1945-10-06
All States Have Big Come

No State In the Union Ia entirely
without some big game, although
the whitehall deer population af
Kansas is only Is and Delaware has
only 10. The whitehall population
of Pennsylvania is estimated at $780,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
GAINS MADE
FOR NEGROES
IN U. S. NAVY

NEW YORK CITY.-The Navy
Department under Secretary
James Forrestal intends 10 pursue
vigorous steps toward the integra-
zion of Negroes In all branches of
the navy service.
This assurance was the result Of
a conference held in Washington
last week between Lester B. Gram
ger, executive secretary Of the Ma
tional Urban League, and Secre-
tary Forrestal on the status Of Ne
rroes in the naval forces. and atti-
tudes Of the Negro public regard
ing recent racial incidents that
have occurred.
OF the same student generation
al Dartmouth college. the two men
had not previously met. but re-
cent correspondence had led up TO
today's conversation.
AFTER LEAVING the secre-
tary's office. Mr.. Granger declared
that Mr.. Forrestal had shown an
encouragingly fresh attitude to-
ward the whole question Of racial
inequality and discrimination in
the armed forces.
Among other things. the Urban
League secretary emphasized the
need for a thorough investigation
OF the real conditions under which
Negroes live and serve in the
navy, so as TO uncover those fac
tors responsible for such out
breaks as the Hunger Strike" car
RED on recently by Negro Seabees
al Port Hueheme. California.
Other recommendations called
for wide assignment Of Negro
nurses 10 duty in naval hospitals;
programs for training and COM
mssioning Of additional officer
personnel and their assignment 10
broad spread Of naval respon-
sibility; correcting unsatisfactory
employment conditions in many
shipyards and other naval estab-
lishments. and wider publicity for
Negroes engaged in combat in
other naval services.
Mr.. Granger raised the question
Of the postwar status OF Negroes
an the navy. pointing out that ex-
cect for mess attendants. stewards.
: and the like, practically all pres
ent Negro personnel are in the
o ravy's reserves rather than in the
regular service.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Sorors MARK
Founding Of
Southern u

SCOTLANDvILLE, La. - Mrs.
J. S. Clark. in connection with the
3lst anniversary Of Southern uni
versity. was honored by members
OF Mu Zeta chapter OF Zeta Phi
Beta sorority. Friday. with Sorors
Ruby Fisher Henton and Lula Vir-
ginia Taylor as co-hostesses. al
the campus home OF Mr.. and Mrs
John Wesley Fisher.
Sta1zie NJ. Hudson. director
USO. jacksonville. Fla, a member
Of Mu Zets, in attendance at the
Founders Day program. shared
honors with Mrs. Clark.
The evening was spent In q gen
eral discussion hour and severa
social activities. followed by ar
enjoyable repast. Concluding the
evening. attractive tokens were
presented Sorors Clark and Hud.
son. both OF whom gave warm re-
sponses.
Enjoying the evening with the
guests Of honor were: Sorors Ear
line 1. Bradford. Rosetta E. Bolen
Isabel NJ. Herson, Isobel Johnson
Harris. Resale Allen. Kanata E
Rodgers, Eula Patty Smith. Maize
O. Tyson. Rebecca F. Neiterville
and Camille S. Shade. Mrs. John
Wesley Fisher was guest OF the
group.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
PR ODE BEATING
OF PACIFIC VETS.

JACKSON. Miss.-tANP)-Mem-
bers OF the interracisl committee
OF the Jackson Negro Chamber OF
Commerce. gathering facts to be
presented In a Joint meeting with
the interracial committee Of the
white chamber Of commerce heard
eyewitnesses accounts this week
Of the unwarranted brutal beating
by military and civilian police Of
Negro overseas veterans at the
Illinois Central depot here.
One witness, who hrst said that
he had been unable to sleep for
two nights following the incident,
told how the crowd of military and
civilian police went into the rail-
road car and ordered the soldiers
out. As some newly awakened
soldiers, only partly clad In trous-
ers and undershirts and unlaced
shoes came out. they were forced
to line up beside the passenger
car, made to hold their hands in
the air. After questioning and beat
ing them for several minutes in
that position they were forced to
turn their backs and hold their
hands against the car while search
and beaten again.
Another veteran employe at the
station told how. after one Of the
soldiers informed the policemen
that they had just returned from
overseas. the violence and brutal
ity of the officers appeared to in
crease. One Of the policemen. the
witness said. was heard to remark.
You're not overseas now, you're
in Mississippi"
Another witness told OF the night
station master. q white man. who
after looking for q few minutes
suddenly remarked. II can't stand
this" and rushed into his Office and
called someone over the telephone.
Later he was seen in a violent ar
gument with one Of the policemen.
Reports reached the city that
several of the soldiers had been
sent 10 the hospital upon arrival at
Camp Shelby. Miss. although
without confirmation. No action a.
far as could be ascertained has
been taken by the army fourth
service command or the internal
security district Of the Jackson
area