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The sub., 1945-08-09

On domestic issues, the record of this Congress is somewhat spot ty. We take off our hats to the lawmakers for adopting legislation giving almost two million govern ment employees their first basic pay increase in more than twenty years. That was constructive. Also labor wishes to commend Congress for defeating all attempts to enact a compulsory labor draft. Events have proved the wisdom of the American Federation of Labor'S op- position to such legislation. In fact, Congress deserves a boost for re- fusing to approve any anti-labor bills at this session.
 But there is another side to this picture. Congress has failed dis mally to provide for human needs in the reconversion program. It has endangered the situation of millions of war workers who may be laid off by cutbacks by postpon- ing action on President Truman's urgent recommendations for in- creasing unemployment compensa- ton. It hasn't lifted a finger to advance the WagnerMurray-Din- gell Social Security amendments, designed to safeguard the nations health. It failed to approve the Norton bill which would permit the Labor Department to wage a com paign against preventable indus trial accidents.
 These are some of the pros and cons on the record of the 79th Con- gress to date. Labor is grateful to Congress for its constructive
The sub., 1945-08-09
Congressman Supports Wage Boost For Labor

Washington, D. C.-The AFL' $ relentless drive to modify the wage freeze of the Little Steel Formula received unexpected support in Congress.
 Rep. Gearhart, of California, in- troduced a concurrent resolution requesting the President, the Ma tional War Labor Board, the Direc- tor of War Mobilization and the Director of Economic Stabilization to allow a general wage increase of 15 per cent beyond the Little Steel Formula in order to permit workers to meet increased living costs.
 In a talk before the House of Representatives, Rep. Gearhart de- clared that simple justice requires the increases in wages I propose. |"
The sub., 1945-08-09

American history as lasting monument to American arms and courage against a defiant, fanaticaL capable enemy, superior in weap- onS and numbers"
 The delegation gave high praise to the ability and cooperation of the top commanders of both Navy and Army, and stated that the people at home can have complete confidence in the soundneSS of their judgment and strategy.
 Sailors, soldiers and Marines In the combat zones expressed ap- preciation of the production record at home, and urged that the same wholehearted support be maintained to speed the finish of the war in the Pacific, the labor leaders said. All members of the group declared themselves convinced as never be- fore of the tremendous job that still lies ahead out there-the job of fighting, of producing the es- sential materials and of keeping these supplies moving. to the bat tlefronts."
 AFL representatives included Roy M. Brown, vice-preSident of the International Association of Machinists; Thomas Grove, vice. president of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers of Am- erica; and Thomas A. Rotell, as~ sistant secretary of the Bay City Metal Trades Council. Officer-in- charge of the Navy tour was Cap- tain G. M. Keller, USN, of the La. bor Relations Division of the Of. flee of Procurement and Material.
The sub., 1945-08-09
AFL Workers Making New KickleSs Cannon

Washington, D. C-The new kickless cannonS. the 57mm and the 75mm, battle-tested in Europe, now highly effective against the Japs, give the infantry soldier the Strik- ing power of field artillery, with out need to consider terrain, high- way conditions or weight of the weapon, Army Ordnance reveals.
 Made by AFL workers at Am- erican Type Founders, Inc, Cow drew Machine Division, Dominion Engineering, LtD., Montreal. Can- ada, and the Miller Printing Mach- inc Company, Pittsburgh. Pa. these recoilless rifles resemble rockets and embody all the principles of standard field artillery.
The sub., 1945-08-09
Labor Representatives Back From Macy Tour of Pacific

 while deeply grateful for the out standing production job done on the home front to date, are count ing on uninterrupted output of vital war materials in order that victory over Japan may be won at minimum cost of American lives, according to group of ten lead CTS of organized labor who recently returned from a months tour of strategic bases and combat areas in the ASiatic theater.
 "The United States armies and fleets fighting overseas are com pletely dependent on production at home" the delegation reported. Huge quantities of supplies are consumed, destroyed and become obsolete every hour on the Pacific battlefronts. Owing to the great distances involved, hundreds of ships must be kept operating in continuous conveys to keep abreast of the tremendous supply prob lem"
 The labor representatives in- cluded five officials of CIO affili- ates, three from the AFL and two Civil Service Navy Yard employ ees. They travelled over the thous- ands of miles linking our remote Pacific bases, obtained firSt-hand information on pressing war prob lems in interviews with Fleet Ad- miral Chester w. Nimitz, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, and gained vivid impressions of the Armed Forces at work, from top ranking officers to the sailors manning their guns and the sol- diers in the front line trenches.
 After visiting headquarters at Pearl Harbor, the group stopped at Guam, Two Jima, the Philippines, and proceeded through the islands in the Carolines and the Marianas down to Guadalcanal. The vast distances which must be covered in any operation against the enemy impressed the delegates as one of the most challenging factors in fighting the Pacific war.
 "The task of supplying armies and navies in action so far from the continental United States, with the hundreds of thousands of items required for modern warfare, is al- most beyond belief" the labor rep- resentatives said in joint state ment ''The newest and best equip ment is absolutely vital to the win hing of the war against the Japa- neSe."
 Citing the conquest of Two Jima -"the bloodiest piece of real es- tate in the worlds history"-as an example of the victories against terrific odds which are being forged by our fighting men with the tools provided by the produc- ton lines, one, of the group related:
 T stood atop Mount Suribachi, a volcanic crater 342 feet high, and marvelled how our men fought their way up the precipitous slopes to overcome overwhelmingly super Japanese force. To climb this moun- tain alone would be a tough assign ment for any one of us. To fight your way up under heavy mortar, machine gun, artillery and small arms fire seems almost impossible. By jeep and on foot, travelled over the island, which actually represents my idea of hell on earth. 1 This area was literally shot or blasted to bits. Here over 4,000 of our fighting Marines sacrificed their lives to carry on our march to Tokyo. Here, by actual count. they killed more than 24,000 of the enemy. Everywhere over the island was the sickening smell of death. Never can forget this place. For ever it will live in the annals of
The sub., 1945-08-09
Labor Looks at Congress
By LEWIS c. HINES A. F. Of [. LegisLGtiUe Representative

The House of Representatives has recessed for the The Senate expected to follow suit in another week two With the 78th session of Congress heading for vacation, this appears to be appropriate time to review the work it has done thus far.
 High the credit side must be placed the accom- plishmens of Congress in the international field. It is
 foregone conclusion that the Senate will ratfy the San Francisco Charter binding the United Nations to act the preservation of world peace Coupled with sonal approval of the Bretton Woods Monetary Agree ment this action marks historic abandonment of ican solationism The American Federation of Labor which endorsed both the charter and the Breton Woods pact, is highly pleased by the outcome
The sub., 1945-08-09

achievements and hopes it will has ten to correct it's errors of omission when it gets back on the job next October.
The sub., 1945-08-09

First It. Anna M. Spillman, above. of St. Francisvil1e. La, veteran of four invasions and winner of the Bronze Star. has been chosen the most typical nurse of the Army Nurse Corps. She also won the Avon Women of Achievement Award, and will receive 5000 War Bond at Dallas, Tex, Aug. II. Lieu- tenant Spillman is now sta- toned at Ashford General Hos~
 pital. Mckinney, Tex.
The sub., 1945-08-09

The Romans in their earliest buildings used a material called tufa, volcanic rock.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-03
Cheboyqan Teacher Dies

CHEBOYGAN, Oct. 2 up
Funeral services viii be held here.
tomorrow for Miss Elizabeth
Hamilton. retired school teacher
Miss Hamilton taught 40 years in
the Cheboygan schools.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-03

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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
Local POW:s Well Fed
But Are Forced To Work

bread, are being made to eat
vegetables.
Their menus comprise balanc-
ed meal, with enough variety for
usefulness. An average breakfast
consists of rolled oats, milk, raised
bread, margarine, and coffee; din
ner-stew with potatoes, vegetable,
bread, fresh fruit, and water; sup
per-soup, beans and peas, Vege-
tables salad, bread, and tea.
Remembering the news accounts
of starved Allied prisoners in Nazi-
dom, I was little resentful when
I persued the POW menus here
yesterday. Lieutenant HAIL, how
ever, interposed with, were not
coddling these prisoners. 1 don't
feel we're feeding them too well,
considering the work they DO"
And their output at fertilizer
plants, sawnills, on farms and
diaries is good. The American Of
ficer declared that everyone work
ing the Germans had told him their
work was superior to that of any
employees. they had, or ever had
had.
Otto Leeuwenberg, who is permit
ting the Germans to grow their
own vegetables on about IL acres
of his land in East Wilmington,
told me the same story.
! Continued on Page Three; Col. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
BRITISH SUBDUE
FOE IN DENMARK
Entry Into Copenhagen Is
Marked By Short Bat
tie With Nazis

COPENHAGEN, May s. (P) -
British troops entered Copenhagen
tonight and were fired on by Ger
man die-hards in short skirmish
in city hall square. Scores o.. per
sons were killed and 1000 suspect
dsDanish Nazis and collaborators
were jailed as Danish patriots set
tied occupation grudges in violent
street fighting.
Fierce, sporadic clashes be.
tween freedom fighters and Dan.
ish Nazis, who fired in crowds
cheering the King before the Roy
al Palace, continued into the night
after German warships in Copen.
hagen's free harbor opened fire
with machine guns and anti-air.
craft guns on several sections Of
the city this morning.
Fanatical Nazi soldiers, who il
some cases were battling German
army regulars, still were holding
out in the capital with the aid OF
Hippo men (the Danish Nazis), but
the British entry into Copenhagen
was expected to end this resist
ance swiftly.
The situation still was confused.
Any accurate estimate Of casual
(Cont;nue1 an Pare Three: Col, 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
VIA STRESSES
FOOD PROBLEM
Jones Asks For More
Labor, Machines To
Cope With Need

WASHINGTON, May 5-R)-War
Food Administrator Marvin Jones
turned to Congress today for help
in convincing other Government
agencies and the public that food
production is fast becoming the
most critical homefront problem.
Associates attached considerable
Importance to Jones' action be-
cause in the past he has taken in
terdepartmental defeats in silence.
They said the move may signallze
a more aggressive policy.
Confronted by growing shortages
of meats, fats and oils, sugar,
eggs, poultry and other commodl-
ties, Jones told Chairman Ander-
son of the House Food Investlgat-
ing Committee that the food indus
try has not been allotted as much
manpower and machinery. as ii
needs to obtain essential food pro-
duction.
The Anderson discussions,
which took place yesterday and to-
day, were followed by a request
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
General Bradley Gives
U. S. Legion OF Merit
10 Red Marshal Konep

SOVIET FIRST UKRA1NIAN
MAM Y GROUP HEADQUARTERS,
way a-(P)--Gen. Omar N. Brad
Ivy slnlllngly presented the U. S.
legion of Merit to Marshal Ivan
., Money today at gay colorful
nseellhg Of the two army group
s sol who played major
-'ies IN the defeat of Germany,
AZ ms headquarters of the So
o we! commander, Bradley hung the
ne.!. medal around Ko-
+ t;e neck as token of apprecia-
aon Of Konev's work,
Money said he accepted the
s AVA not as a personal honor but
~ a. symbol OF the achievements of
+ t,s russian and American armies
1i ys ne and exclaimed, Long
lne American Army"
Bradley and Konev met in q Ger.
, nlsn country home some so miles
n a.5 Berlin, Bradley and his staff
wo a a group Of correspondents
tsr. +e wlneo' dined and lavishly en-
n.ltnough they had to use inter-
i + o,s me two commanders hit
ts;u ull well from the first. The at
dis d. was strictly social, with no
N'Se0ss'on Of military matters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
BY BETH LANEY

Unlike the Allied prisoners in
Nazi camps, the German POW's
in the Wilmington camp are get
ting good food.
The vegetables which chiefly
comprise their dinner and supper
menus. are cultivated by themsel-
YES on approximately IA acres of
land contributed by two New Han
over truckers. Army officers esti-
mate this fresh produce will save
the United States government ap-
proximately $1,000 monthly during
this summer.
The Germans do get meat in linn
tied quantities, but it consists
chiefly of fish, bologna and salami.
The only fresh meats at their mess
halls are kidneys, liver, and beef
hearts.
The cultivation of their individual
vegetable gardens serves two pur-
poses, Lieut.. R. H. Hazel, COM
Imarding officer of the Wilmington
POW camp, explained.
BY reason of the critical food
shortage in this country, the Fourth
Service command on March %, or
dered that vegetable gardens
should be maintained by prisoner
of war labor for POW's and Amer
lean military personnel.
Also the Germans, whose favor
tie food comprises potatoes and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
Third Drives
Against Foe
In Slovakia
Patton Begins Final Push
To Make Germans Quit
Or Fight

PARIS, Sunday, May g. R-
Two German armies in Austria,
numbering possibly 100000 men,
surrendered to the Americans yes
terday while Gen. Patton hurled
his U. S. Third Army into the at
tack against the German seventh
army in Czechoslovakia.
Outside Norway, this was the
last German army opposing the
Western Allies.
Patrons attack to spur the Ger
mans to quit or fight, gained up
to II miles into Czechoslovakia
against weak to moderate OPPOSE
ton while Czechoslovak patriots
announced that they had liberated
Prague and taken control Of b.
hernia and Moravia.
Farther east in Czechoslovakia
the Germans still were resisting
massed Russians forces which
were less than SIS miles from Pat
tons spearheads.
Capitulation in central Austria
OF the German First and 10Th ar
mics to Gen. Devers' Sixth Army
group came less than "a hours af-
ter similar unconditional surren-
der of 1000, 900 German soldiers in
the north to the British and Ca
nadians.
Attention focused on occupied
Norway, where Fuehrer Karl Doe
nitz may have taken refuge, but
the Swedish Foreign Office declar-
ed officially that reports of irn-
minent surrender in Norway were
premature. d
An order by Doenitz read over
the Flensburg radio before the
British occupation said surrender,
in the northwest had been forced
because the struggle against the
Western powers has become
senseless." Il
Silent on Norway, Doenitz cali
ed on his troops on the Russian
front to fight on Ito save as many
Germans as possible from Bolshe-3
vization and enslavement."
SHAEF summed it up by say.
ing all resistance to Eisenhower S
armies on the active fronts where
his forces were engaged had end
ed, save for the Seventh German
army on Patton's. sector.
The surrender in the south COW
cred part OF the U. S. Third Army.
front in Austria and here AUS
trials third city Of Linz was oc.
cupied by Patton's troops unoppos-
ed. Fl
Whereupon,. the Third Army
went over to the attack on a no.
mile front, driving as much as IL
miles into Czechoslovakia. 4
Cracking into the Czech's Little
Mginot Line against small arms
and sporadic artillery fire, Pats
Continued on Page Two; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
Is Polish Leaders Held
By Reds; Move Menaces
Peace Meeting Harmony
Stettinius And Eden Reported Most Concern
ed Over Action; Moscow Accuses Group
OF Fascist Activities

SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-R-
Russia clashed anew with Britain
and the United States over poland
today at the very instant of reach
ing broad agreement on measures
intended to strengthen a world
organization of United Nations.
The latest row over Poland was
disclosed by Secretary Of State
Stettinius who reported that Rus
STA had arrested "a number OF
prominent Polish democratic lead
ers.' A Moscow broadcast said
there were 16 of them.
Stettinius and British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden have de-
,nanded q full explanation"
Until they get it,. there. will be
no talk with the Russians on set
ting up a Polish government sat
isfactory to all three powers.
The recurrent squabble over
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
Bones Of Charlemagne,
Famous Paintings And
Music Found By Yanks

WITH U. S. NINTH ARMY IN
GERMANY, May 5-RLPaintings
by such masters as Rembrandt,
Van Gogh, and Reubens have been
found in a damp copper mine
stacked side by side with the bones
and solid gold sarcophagus of En-
peror Charlemange.
The discovery was made near
the town Of Siegen in Westphalia
by the75t h Infantry Division. The;
art treasures are valued at $780,.
100000 gold marks (roughly $780,.
10000. I
In pile on the floor are Reu.
ben's Descent to Hades" and the
Family Scene. Underneath are
ell Greco's Gross Carrier and
Rembrandts last painting. 'Self
Portrait"
On top of Van Dyck's holy
Family" is the original manuscript
Of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony.
Nearyby is solid gold madonna
Is inches high. The cloister doors
Of the Order of Mary near Aachen.
dating to the 10th century, and 9th.
er wooden works were piled like
lumber.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
Army Discharges Believed
Key To Shortage Of Labor

WASHINGTON. May S. Up -
Manpower officials. cautiously pre-
dicted today that the planned dis
charge Of 100000 soldiers will dis
solve the civilian labor shortage
within a few months after VE-Day.
They warned, however, that the
current manpower needs Of critl-
cal war industries actually are
greater than they were few
weeks ago, and that the pinch
may get tighter before easing.
Disclosure by the House Mill
itary Committee that the Army
will be pared to about 100000
men beginning with Germany's
final collapse means, War Man
power, Commission sources stated,
that a large number Of returning
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
Czech Pocket
Attacked By
Soviet Army
Other Forces Clean Out
Last Miles OF East
Prussia

LONDON, Sunday, May 6.-P-
Russian troops captured the Ger
man naval base of Swinemuende
Yesterday, topping the last big
German Baltic port as Soviet
mountain fighters ripped IA miles
across the Nazis' shrinking Czecho-
slovakian redoubt and smashed
within u miles Of the arsenal city
of Olnuetz (Olomouc).
Some 2l5 miles west Of Swine
muende on the Pomeranian bay,
Soviet forces also cleaned out the
last mile of East Prussia after
they hurled back enemy forces
along the mile-wide Frische Neh-
rung and reached Danzig terri
tory at Schottland on the narrow
sandspit.
Marshal Alexander M. Vasilev-
sky's Third White Russians were
within five miles of the Danzig
mainland where a German hold
out group was isolated on the Wis
tula river Delta plains.
Swinemuende, a city Of 10000
persons situated on Usedom island
north Of the great port of Stettin,
fell to Marshal Konstaptin K. Rok-
ossovsky's Second While Russian
Army pressing the final mop-up OF
the Baltic shores.
Swinemuende's capture was an
nounced, in an order Of the day
issued by Marshal Stain. At the
same time, Rokossovsky's troops
cleared all Ussdom island, taking
the former V-bomb experimental
station of Peenemuende, and seiz-
ed the entire adjoining island OF
Violin.
Usedom and Violin block the ap-
proaches to stettin bay which was
freed for the use Of Red navy sea-
planes and torpedo boats in an ex-
pected operation to clear Ruegen
island to the northwest. Ruegen
has been used by the Germans as
seaplane base and some naval
ships have utilized its small ports.
Rokossovsky's troops took pris-
oner ll,700 German officer and
men and s. planes on the two is
lands, MoscoW's nightly war bull
letin announce.
Far to the south, the Germans
Admitted Withdrawals in Czechoslo-
Vakla and Yugoslavia under Rus
san blows that were Fastening the
cleanup Of the last sizeable con-
tlnental battle area.
The German high command, sur
rendering Nazi troops to the An
s!o,Americans along the remnants
- me Western Front, declared that
resistance against the Soviets is
oelhg continued
youth of Olmuetz, which must
V0nfinun.J
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
Chinese Break Ring
Around Wukang; Yank
Air Base Is SAVED

CHUNGK1NG, May 5-F)-Chi-
nese troops have broken a Japa-
nese ring around Wukang, a high
way center in western Human pro-
vince 80 miles southeast of the
American air base at Chihkiang,
and relieved the besieged garri-
son, the Chinese high command an
nounced tonight. .'.
Multiple Japanese drives on Chin
kiang, $50 miles southeast of
Chungking, have been stopped cold
and counterattacking Chinese have
gained more than seven miles in
some sectors, it was announced.
One Chinese force thrust'ng to-
ward Japanese positions south Of
Wawutang, Sc miles southeast of
Chihkiang, killed 400 Japanese Fri
day, the bulletin said,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-06
Daladier And Weygand
Freed By. Yanks From
Old, Austrian Castle

liter, Austria, May 5-(P)-For-
mer French Premiers Edouard Da-
Ladder and Paul Reynaud and Gems.
Maurice Gamelin and Maxine
Weygand were freed from months
of German political Imprisonment
today when two battalions of the
36th "Texas" Infantry Division
fought their way into liter castle
The world-famous four French
leaders were among a number OF
other famous persons who were lib
Grated.
Among them were a sister OF
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, a former
head Of the French trade unions,
and tennis champion Jean Borotra
who, in a melodramatic fashion,
got out of the castle at noon to
bring word to American troops of
the plight of those imprisoned.