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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-20
SELECT TWO LOBBYISTS

COLUMBUS. Ohio ANP)-ln
is regular weekly meeting last
Thursday evening. the Vanguard
league selected Frank c. Shearer,
president OF the organization. and
Cecil Thomas 10 serve as lobbyists
during the l945-46 session of the
Ohio legislature
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-20
PROVIDENCE WOMAN DIES

PROVIDENCE, r AMP
Mrs. Bertha c. Higgins, wife OF
the late Dr.. William II. Higgins.
passed at her home after an en-
tended illness.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-20
DETROIT LADS
STAND OUT.IN
CT BASKETBALL

Thursday evening, Dec. 81. 1914,
found the 4l87th He'll Fired Five
INDUCED in another thrill packed
basketball game on the ON court.
Their opponents were the 3075th
Bakery Co. The game was fast
from start to finish with the He'll
Fired Five emerging with APPOINT
victory. The He'll Fired Five got
of to a fast start, collecting 8
points before their opponents
scored once. But the Bakery soon
awakened and at half time found
the He'll Fired leading 1914 The
third period ended in a tie. rs
each. Going into the last quarter
there was plenty OF excellent shoot
ing by both teams with the He'll
Fired out shooting the Bakery in
the last few minutes OF play. The
final score was 1928 in favor OF
the He'll Fired Five.
In a previous game on Monday
night, Dec. IL. 1914. the Wanted
268th Station Hospital came close
20 a defeat in a thrill packed 81
minutes OF basketball against the
He'll Fired Five OF the 4l87th ON
Service Co. The game was very
exciting affair from the first
whistle 10 the last, and II gave
lie 10 the fact that the He'll Fired
Five is what il was so unrighteous-
ny labeled by certain Battalion
Five. The game was enjoyed by
an abundance Of nurses. officers
and GIs relaxing in the tropical
evening. The Anal score was 1926
In favor Of the 268th Hospital.
-. Detroiter Captain
Members of the He'll Fired are
Howard CrenShaw tcaptD OF De-
troit. Mich. known as Pee Wee
because he is the smallest man on
The team: Robert " Johnson OF
Mercersburg, Pa. Ray Murrell OF
Baltimore. Md; Damon Carroll OF
Cleveland. Ohio; Aolph Terrell OF
Brooklyn. N. Y; Charles Lester OF
Sharon Hill. Pa: II. 5 Sanford OF
Los Angeles. Calf; James Combs
OF Detroit. Mich; Stanley Butler
OF Los Angeles. Calf
Members of the Hospital Team
are Lucious Thomas OF Chicago.
III. Ernest Rose OF Oakland, Calf;
Emerson Chapman Of Berkeley,
Calf: Ernest Hughes OF Washing
ton. D. C.. and Harvey JobHSon
OF Crockett, Texas. Also John
Bailey OF Augusta. Ga Wilbur
Chatfield OF Charleston, \ c;
Chapman Horton OF Houston, Tex"
David Rogers ofMiSsisSippi: George
Wilson OF Virginia. Harry Ander-
son o. Champaign NJ Daniel I,
Smith coach OF Chicago. III. and
il, LMargie Mayars manager OF
New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-09
5th Takes Corviono

Rome, March 9 -- (UP) - Fifth army troops were reported today tc have captured the village Of Car vinno, about a mile east of Vergato and within B miles of Bologna.
 Action along the remainder of the Italian front was limited to patrol clashes and artillery duels, head quarters said.
 German artillery continued to shell roads south and southwest of Castel D'Aiano and in the vicinity of Mount Della Spa. both taken this week in the Fifth Army's drive into the approaches to Modena and Bol- ogna.
 On the right flank patrols drew enemy artillery fire. Units of a mortar platoon captured an enemy patrol which had infiltrated their lines in this area,
 Fighters and fighter bombers at- tackled communications in northerIs Italy and effected 5i rail cuts, in- cluding seven on the Brenner line.
 Heavy bombers hit communica- tions and other targets in northern Italy. Hungary. Austria and Yugo- slavia.
 The Mediterranean Allied Air Force said preliminary reports from 2.8OO Sorties showed II planes miss ing but 1t was believed several Of these were safe ct friendl: bases.
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Third Mystery Staying Ln 2 Weeks Hits Washington

Washington. March 0 - (U.PD -- The capitals third mystery staying in two weeks had police busy today after wealthy. red-haired woman of 45 Was found shot to death In the kitchen Of her fashionable apartment.
 The victim. Mrs. Nancy Boyer, had been dead since Monday. ac- cording to Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald. The body was discover ed when the manager of the swanky Washington house apart ment hotel. home of embassy offi- cials and high service officers. be- came worried at her failure to answer here telephone and sum moned police.
 Police. who were conducting an
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GROSS RHINE 7; AND DOvERRUN !
 ENEMY TOWNS
BY BRUCE MUNN

Paris, March 9. - (UP) - The American First Army hurled powerful armored and infantry forces through 8 solid bridgehead extending more than four miles beyond the Rhine into the German hinterland today and Berlin admitted the Americans had captured intact the vital Lu- derdorf bridge at Remagen.
 In an almost-incredible stroke that apparently caught one of Germany's most vulnerable invasion gates completely unguarded, the Americans were across the Rhine in force and over- running town after town on the east bank against rela- lively weak opposition.
 Berlin military s.pokesmen, angry at the accident" that left the Lu- dendorf bridge wide open for & crossing, said Vanguards of the American army already were at the gates of Linz, two miles southeast of Remagen.
 The Nazis said German troops were counter attacking furtously north of Linz and at other points around the menacing salient jutting into the southern flank of the in dustrial Ruhr Basin some 25 miles southeast of Cologne.
 Heavily-censored United Press front dispatches revealed, however, that Nazi resistance still was weak all along the assault arc and tnAE the Rhine bridgehead was solidly csc abolished.
 High ground overlooking the river from the east was in American hands and the bridgehead was de- scribed officially as beyond the reach of German light artillery-e range of about four miles.
 Allied headquarters clamped . strict security blackout on the Rhine crossing and refused to confirm the German account of the capture or the Ludendorf bridge.
 May Change War Course
 United Press War Correspondent c, R. Cunningham intimated strong ly 1T. a field dispatch that the Amer jeans had won the bridge by c lucky
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Planes She'll KosseI

London. March 9.-(UP) -KaSsel one of the biggest rail centers be- tween the American bridgehead over the Rhine and Berlin, was bombed heavily for the secono time in l2 hours today by part of a fleet of l, 400 U. s. planes attacking western Germany.
 American heavies smashed at rail yards and tank plants in Kassel while fires still burned from a con- centrated night bombardment by the Royal Air Force.
 Today's aerial offensive was put on continuous basis. Just after noon several hundred heavy bomb- CTS flew outbound over the south east coast of England.
 An American announcement said more than 1000 Liberators and tly- ing fortreSses with an escort ot 400 fighters bombed tank factories at Kassel and railway yards at Kassel, Osnabrueck, Muenster. Rheine and Frankfurt on-Main.
 The railway yards were at key points on German supply routes to the crumbling Rhineland front.
 A German broadcast said other daylight raiders were heading Tor southern Germany. presumably from Italy.
 RAP heavy bombers attacked Kas- sel last night and also blasted the blohm-Voss submarine building yards at Hamburg. MoSqullos dropped block busters on Berlin for the i7th straight night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-09
Wonon's Protest
 Couses WoIk-Out

Rumford. Me. March 9-tUP)- Some 2.4OO war workers at the Ox- ford Paper Co. mill here went on strike today in protest against an order to q woman worker to do what she considered a mans job.
 Philip Smith Of Berlin. N. H.. field representative of the United Mine Workers of America. said the walkout k unauthorized. He said the woman was ordered to operate a re-winder machine and was sent home when she refused. Men in the re-winder department walked out last night and the strike spread to all other departments of the mill today,
 Plant Manager Theodore F. Spear refused to comment on the stop page. but expressed the belief that 1t would be settled today. The mill manufactures paper used in war orders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-09
Berlin Fight Fury Resumed Along Neisse
Rv ROBERT MUSEL

London, March 9-(UP)-Moscow dispatches reported today that the battle of Berlin has been resumed in full fury along a l75-mile stretch of the Oder and Neisse rivers.
 Nazi accounts said the Red Army has broken into the heart of and apparently encircled Kuestrin, main anchor of the last-ditch Oder line before the capital.
 Kuestrin lies 38 miles east of Ber- lin, but the Germans conceded that the Red Army was only 20 miles away from the capital at the bend of the Oder northwest of Kuestrin and B miles away southwest of Kuestrin.
 Adolf Hitler has just returned from visit to the Oder frint some 30 miles from Berlin, NaN broad casts said as the decisive battle for the eastern approaches to the cap- ital began.
 Moscow reported that the Soviet high command continued to screen developments along the Oder-NeiSse front with a security blackout, but added gnificantiy:
 "Unotfl2ial advices indicate that the whole Oder r-NeisSe line is af1ame with the second phase of the deci- sive winter offensive in full swing"
 Danzig Shelled
 Moscow also reported that the Soviets were storming and shelling the outskirts of both Danzig and Stettin, biggest Cerman-held ports on the Baltic Sea, after crIImpling their outer defenses like house of cards. The Red Army was within sight of both ports.
 Berlin broadcasts said Marsha, Gregory K. Zhukov's First White Russian Army had swung across the Oder river behind KueStrin, 38 miles east of Berlin, and was storming the burning fortress city from "all sides an indication that Kuestrin has been encircled.
 The forces which attacked from the rear broke into the west-bank portion of Kuestrin, Berlin said, but the main assault came from the northwest on the opposite side oi the big bend of the Oder.
 The German defenders repulsed IT Soviet thruSts from the north west, the German DNB Agency'' Ernst Won Hammer said. On their 18th try. powerful Russian infantry and tank forces broke into the
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TANKS NEAR
 zAMBOANCA
 CLAIMS TOKYO
BY IT. D. QUTGG

London, March 9. - (UP)
 A Tokyo broadcast said to- day American troops from a 77 ship invasion armada have landed at Zamboanga on the southwest tip of Min danao, southernmost and second largest of the Philip pine Islands.
 The broadcast referring to the landing was in Italian. Several other Tokyo broad casts in other languages re- ported the arrival of the American task force off Zam- boanga and told of prepara- tions for a landing, but as- serted no troops yet had gone ashore.
 The Italian broadcast literally said the troops had effected de- barkation.'
 (FCC Monitors said Tokyo report ed in Italian that landing had been attempted, but "failed.c
 The broadcast said the American fleet comprised three battleships, four cruisers, 20 landing craft and 50 other warships and assorted craft. It began shelling zamboansa early yesterday, Tokyo added.
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head quarters were silent on the enemy reports. Today's communique dis closed, however, that Liberators, Mitchell Mediums and Lightings wrecked buildings and started many fires in Zamboanga with a 120- ton raid Tuesday.
 Zamboanga, on Basilan Strait 535 miles south of Manila, Is one of the principal ports of Mindanao southernmost of the Philippines and defended by the last sizeab!e enemy force remaining in the Archi- pelago.
 Tokyo said the invasion fleet comprised two task forces which reached the Zamboanga area from the east and west. The First Force consisted of 30 unclassified warships, while the second comprised three battleships, four cruisers. 20 land ing craft and 20 small other craft Tokyo said.
 While minesweepers were clearing channel, the broadcast said that thre ecruisers, under cover of a substantial air force, shelled the port.
 Tokyo claimed that no landings were made up to last night. but did not extend its comment beyond that time.
 Zamboanga is separated from the northeast tip of Borneo by a i80- mile long stepping-stone island (Continled on Page 4
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GRIM CHICAGO DEED THOUGHT
 FANATICS ACT

Chicago, March 9. - (UP) - Fred Walscher, A, a porter, was found early today nailed to a cross in almost an exact duplication of the Crucifixion of Christ.
 Spikes were driven through each of his hands and a crown of thorns rested on his head, police who made the grim discovery said. He also had a wound in his left side, from which blood was stream ing.
 Walscher was clad only in trotis- CTS and shirt and his body was lashed to a nine-foot high cross which was tied to the uurights of the elevated railroad on the near north side.
 Walscher was still conscious when found by two policemen who heard his tortured cries as they cruised by in squad car.
 He was taken to St. Joseph's hos pital where his condition was de- Scribed as serious.
 Walscher shed no light on the cruciflxion when questioned by Police Capt. P. B. O'Connell. He said he was in his room in the base ment when man came in and told him there as an automobile acci- dent down the street and to come at once.
 He followed the man down the street, he said, and was seized by a group of men who threatened him with revolvers and nailed him to the cross. They forced him to drink something, which apparently eased the pain when they drove the spikes through his hands, he said. He could not identify any of the men.
 There were three men all to- gether," Walscher said. 'Ihey asked me if I was willing to die for war or world revolution. I told them l was willing to die for my ideals"
 we will not kill you,'" he said they told him, eff you will submit to crucifixion.' Then they lashed me to the cross and drove the spikes through my hands"
 Police said the nails were only driven into the cross about quarter of an inch and Walscher could have pulled them out himself if he had tried. Police estimated he had
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-09
AMERICANS CAPTURE LUDERD0RF BRIDGE Guard Killed In Riot At State Prison
WETHERSF|ELD PRISONER HURT
 NESCAPE TRY

Wethersfield, Conn, March 9. - (UP) - A guard was killed and a long-term pris- oner wounded today in a riot at the State Prison machine shop which was quelled when the building was flooded with tear gas.
 The guard, Herbert O. ParSell, died from a blow on the head with a heavy wrench.
 Arthur Tommaselli, "A, New Haven, serving a 2 to IA years term for burglary and who escaped in October, 1942, only to be apprehended within a few hours, was shot in the arm by guards.
 Two others implicated with Tom maselli as instigators of the riot, which occurred during an attempted escape, were James J. Mccarthy, 20, Danbury, serving a life term for the slaying of Danbury store keeper two years ago, and Ray Lew ie, l8, New Britain, serving a long sentence for the staying of New Britian storekeeper last year.
 icnlotnH fnr l. tioning to learn who was responsi- ble for Parsell's death. The guard, his skull crushed, died at Hart ford hospital about two hurs af- ter he was attacked.
 Ten other prisoners in the shop he said, tried to stop the riotinl and fled to another part of tht building after riot call brough about 25 other guards and stat' police to the scene.
 The three men barricaded them selves in the shop and were forced to surrender after tear gas bombs were tossed in the room. One of the prisoners was wounded in the arm
 Walker said the names Of the men were being withheld until re- sponsibility for the riot and death of Parsell could be fixed.
 He said that 13 prisoners were assigned to the machine shop which was responsible for mainten- ance repairs.
 The men, he said, apparently planned an escape by overpowering the guard and fleeting through a
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autopsy 10 see whether Mrs. Boyer could have been crlminally assault cd. maintained an unusual air of secrecy.
 They would not reveal the iden- tity Of her husband. from whom she reportedly was estranged. They kept reporters and photographers out of the apartment and discouraged questioning of the resident man ager.
 The body, clad in a street dress. was found slumped against the ood-spattered kitchen wall. A fat tened bullet was found but no gun was in evidence.
 Police said there was no sign of robbery. Her purse contained money and there wks no indicAtion that the apartment had been ransacked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-09
Nozi Poydirt Hit By Yonks
Rv C. R CUNNINGHAM

East of the Rhine, Germany March 8 - (UPD = Victory is in the air on this side of the Rhine. where American troops hit the paydirt" of Germany.
 And now with the Tanks across Germany,s great river barrier, is begins to look as though the entire course of the war in the west is be- ing changed.
 It can't be told yet how the Americans crossed the Rhine, but it took only 10 to IS minutes to get at least one company Of infantry over to the eastern side yesterday afternoon.
 By tonight 1t is safe to say that we have plenty of infantry and guns across the river and they are being followed up rapidly by everys thing in the First Army's book.
 The tactical move is to exploit the lucky grab and Lieutenant 0enS e-al Courtney H. Hodges is doing w to the hilt.
 The bridgehead. at one of the most picturesque spots south of Col- ogne, is expanding rapidly to the east, north and south. It looks ale most like the Anzo beachhead. ex- cept that heer there is not even threat of our getting kicked out.
 The crossing was case of spot ting an opportunity and grabbing 1t. As one officer put 1t: "If you have something given you. the best thing is to take it."
 Security reasons prevent dlS- closure of the crossing site, but judging from the way the Germans are throwing their heavy artillery
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Yonks Split
 Jops In Two
By FRANK TREMAINE

Guam, March 9.-'CUP)-U. s. Marines virtually split in two the last desperately-resisting Japanese on Two today with a drive to 100 foot cliff overlooking the northeast coast.
 Tt won't be long before this thing is over" Vice Admiral Richmond Kelley Turner, commander of the Pacific amphibious forces. said after a tour of the tiny island on Japan's front doorstep.
 Front reports indicated that a Third Marine Division spearhead at the center of the line had gained the cliff commanding the steep northeastern beach after ramming through the last defenses in the area.
 The push all but severed enemy forces on the north coast from those along the northeast shore.
 "A Tokyo broadcast said 29,67O Marines had been killed or wounded through "Wednesday. The broadcast was recorded by the FCCD
 The Fifth Division, advancing along the northern tip of Two in a frontal drive against the enemy's northern pocket
 The Fourth Division still was en- countering difficulty in rugged Ter rain along the east coast. but the Thirds breakthrough to the north threatened the rear on the enemy's northeastern pocket.
 Carrier planes and the big guns of warships offshore supported the Marine offensive. now in its fourth
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18th Army Ready To Join Final Attack On Germany

Third Army and Lieutenant Gen. eral Courtney H, Hodges First Army.
 With the addition of the 18th Army, Bradley now is in admins trative or tactical command Of more combat troops more than a mii- Hon than any American general In modern history. including Gen. eral John J. Pershing, commander of the AEF in the First World War.
 The presence of the 18th Army on the continnet was revealed on the occasion Of elaborate ceremon- les here at which the French Legion Of honor was presented to derow and six other American army anc army group commanders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-09
Bitter Fight At MondoIoy
By HUGH CRUMPLER

Calcutta, March 9-(UP)-Fierce hand-to-hand encounters ragged to- day on Mandalay hill, inside Bur- mas historic city, as the Japanese fought savagly in attempts to stem envelopment by converging Indian troops.
 The 8OO-foot hill, overlooking Fort Dufferin, seat of ancient Burma kings, virtually controls the entire northern section of Mandalay.
 CThe British radio said that &C., cording to unofficial reports British troops had penetrated the old walls surrounding Fort Dufferin)
 Heavy artillery was pounding the Japanese positions relentlessly as Punjabi outfits hammered their way steadily through the enemy lines in q determined bid for the high point. At the same time, other Allied troops crossed the canal at the northeast edge of Mandalay and were pursuing the Japanese into the city.
 The Japanese were putting up stiff resistance all along the line inside Mandalay apparently i'll a desperate delaying action while the main forces withdraw to the south. An official statement estimated that 5000 Japanese were trapped and waiting to be killed in the pocket between Mandalay and Meik tila, 90 miles to the south. Allied forces in the drive to Meiktila cut of all escape routes to the south and only one road was open to the east from Mandalay.
 That lone route running north east to Hsipaw was threatened from two sides. The Allied forces In Mandalay were on the verge of cut- ting 1t and Chinese troops were less than Sl miles from Hsipaw where 1t turns eastward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-09
Doubt Exists As To Status OfDr.Condon

The status of School Superln- tendent Dr. Thomas J. Condon ex- isted as an unofficial issue today with the verification of the report that Francis A Pallotti States At- torney General had unoficially and personally ruled that Dr. Condons status was that of a general ems ploye, thereby making him eligible for half-pay retirement pension. Dr. Condons annual salary Is $7,000.
 Reports have been circulated that the city had ruled that the school superintendent's status was that of teacher Subject to the $500 an- nual retirement, only), but Mayor John s. Monagan today stated that no such official ruling was on rec- ord.
 At present a bill has been pre- sented to the General Assembly by Attorney James Lynch, this city, in behalf of Dr. Condon seeking his retirement on 8 pension of $2500. Should an official ruling be given by the States Attorney conductive with the informal ruling the super intendent would receive a pension of $3,500, instead.
 In view of this situation, specula- ton has now arisen as to the official status of Joseph P. Kennedy former principal of Wilby High school who resigned last week. Under current and proposed pension bills of the city, MT. Kennedy will receive but the $500 annual pension, although as member of the state retirement fund he will receive an additional pension equivalent to about half pay.
 As reported previously pr. Condon is not a member of the State Retire. ment Fund and therefore not eligi- ble for further pension from this latter source. Under current and proposed pension plans of the city he will receive. If ruled as a teacher, but $500 annually.
 Should a formal ruling ever be passed by the states attorney as tc the status of the school superin- tendent 1t seems likely, it has been speculated, that there is possi- bility of it's being applicable tc school principals. However, some authorities claim a differentiation in status exists between superin- tendent and principal. Oppo- nents to the latter concept hold that under present and proposed pension plans both the superin- tendent and the principal would re ceive the same pension benefits ant therefore are classified alike at thiS time.
 pr. Condon is said to be eligi- ble for retirement within a shor time and it Is expected that tht l (Coniinued on Page Al