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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Hitler Dead
Says Truman
By MERRIMAN SMITH

Washington, May 3-UP)-The
White House kept the lid on all
information today that would lndi-
cate whether any new surrender
negotiations were in progress Tor
what remained of the German arm
les.
1t seemed plain that the end in
Europe could not be far off-by Ell
Their a wholesale surrender or by
ruthless crushing Of the last big
Nazi pockets. When the end does
come, President Truman plans to
try to repress too joyful celebrations
with a solemn reminder that Japan
must still be brought to it's knees.
Acting Secretary of State Joseph
c. Grew, who was U. S. Ambassa-
dor to Japan for 10 years preceding
Pearl Harbor, also was expected to
emphasize the difficulties remaining
before Japan is conquered.
TWO facts stood out in the mean
time.
/. Mr.. Truman is convinced to
his own satisfaction that Adolf Hit
Ter is dead. This government does
not yet know whether his end came
from natural causes, suicide or death
in battle in Berlin.
2. Heinrich Himmler, who a week
ago undertook to surrender to the
U. S. and Britain but not to Russia,
made no reply when a Swedish en-
issary delivered the U. S. British re-
lection to him early this week.
Since then Admiral Karl Doenitz
had proclaimed himself the success
sor to Hitler. There is no informa-
ton as to whether Himmler is in
any position to do any more negoti-
ating. No information has been re-
vealed about any negotiations with
Doenitz. Mr.. Truman told a packed
press conference late yesterday that
he could not say anything in re-
Spouse to question as to whether
peace negotiations had broken
down."
But the sphere of German control
was growing smaller by the hour
and the White House staff contin-
ued on the alert, as it has for many
days.
The President was in good form
at his news conference. News was
breaking fast all over the world,
but he kept his head under rapid
fire questioning.
He said the two principal war
to trial and he was happy they were
out of the way.
Does that mean, sir, that we
know officially that Hitler is dead?"
a reporter asked.
The president said yes, adding
that he had no details on how Ger
many's leader died.
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Red Charge
'Unfounded'

Washington, May 3-(UP)-The
State Department declared today
that Russian charge that the
United States had violated the VAL
ia agreement concerning repatrla-
ton of Soviet prisoners Of war is
"unfounded."
The department gave a detailed
answer designed to disprove an as
sertion by Col. Gen. I. Gollkov,
president of the Soviet Repatriation
Commission, that Soviet citizens
found by Allied forces in Europe
have been removed from the the
alter without consultation with So
Wet officials.
1t revealed that approximately A.
300 German prisoners of war who
were brought to this country claimed
Soviet citizenship after their arrival
in this country.
AS soon as their citizenship was
established, the Department said,
they were segregated from other
German prisoners, screened by So
Wet representatives in this country
and then were returned to the So
Wet Union "as rapidly as shipping
was made available by the Soviet
authorities"
All but eight of the German pri-
soners of war in this country who
claimed Soviet citizenship have been
repatriated, the Department said.
Those eight have been hospitalized
in the United States at the request
of Soviet officials.
There are an additional 1l8 per-
sons still held as German prisoners
of war who were captured in Ger
man uniform while serving against
us in German military formations
who are apparently are Soviet citi-
zens. it said.
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Holland, Denmark
Set To Capitulate
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Swiss reports that Doenitz has
dismissed the entire Hitler cabinet
would mean that Interior Minister
Heinrich Himmler, Propaganda
Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels and
Air Minister Reichsmarshal Her
mann Goering had ben discharged.
Goering already had been re-
placed as commander of the Ger
man Luftwaffe. Goebbels has been
reported dead in Berlin Himmler's
whereabouts and status were un-
known, but even if dismissed as in
terror minister. he presumably re-
manned in charge of the GeStapo
and SIS.
Schwein Won KroSigk, the new
German Foreign Minister, made his
initial broadcast to the German
people over the North German
Radio last night
He endorsed the aim of the world
security conference at San Fran
cisco not only to prevent future
wars, but in good time to eliminate
potential centers of conf1agration
from which cause for war might
arise"
However he said, peace only could
be brought to the world if 'the Boil
Shevik tide does not flood Europe"
The world at the present mo-
ment stands before one of the de-
ciSions of the greatest Importance
in the history of mankind he said
The manner in which this decision
is met will result in chaos or order,
in war or peace. in death or life"
He said hundreds of thousands of
German civilians had been struck
down by the fury of war, while
millions of German troops had fall
len on the various fronts.
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MussoIini's Widow
Under u. S. Custody

Como, italy, May 3. (UP)-Rachele
Mussolini, widow of the executed
dictator, and two of her children
were under protective custody OF
American authorities today after the
their arrest by Italian partisans as
they attempted to flee to Switzer-
land.
The partisans turned her over to
officers of the American First
Armored division, saying she always
had led a family life and they did
not consider her a Fascist criminal.
She was placed in her sumptuous
villa, Crispi, overlooking Lake Como
and the Swiss Alps.
Officers told me she was arrested
Sunday night with her I8-year-old
son, Romano, and her daughter,
Anna Maria, Is, youngest of the
Mussolini'S FIVE children.
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flow OF supplies by ship through
Nakagusuku Bay.
Seventh infantrymen with tanks
and flame-throWers already had
moved up to Gaia Hill, overlooking
Yonabaru City, after by-passing its
alrtleld and pushing 1,400 yards
from captured Kuhazu Village in
the north.
The two new divisions thrown
into the growing battle on South
ern OkinaWa were the 77th infan-
try and the first marine division.
The 77th was the fourth army div
lsion brought into the campaign
against an estimated $1,000 Jap
aneSe troops dug in around the ca
pltal city of Naha.
Despite the increased ground
pressure and the relentless air and
naval bombardment, the Japanese
were resisting strongly along the
rest OF the five-mlie line west of
Yonabaru.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz COM
munique said there was no sub
stantial change in the other sec
tors of the line, where the Amer
leans were pressing within a mile
of Shuri in the center and a mile
and half of Naha on the west
The Japanese were putting ur
heavy artillery, mortar and small
arms fire from their dug-in de-
Tense Qualifications
American naval planes continued
widespread attacks on japanese in
stallations and shipping through
the Ryukyus to the home islands
Carrier planes raided the Sakishi
ma Islands Wednesday, while navy
patrol bombers sank medium
transport off Korea, two small
ships off central Honshu and one
off Kyushu.
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crouches into her coat collar to con-
coal her identity.
Miss CARLOS New York friends
had hopes at first of breaking down
her shyness, but when she persist
entity sat in corners saying nothing
at their parties, they ceased to in
vite her. She occasionally visits
night clubs - particularly the quiet,
expensive "21" Club - with George
Schhee, husband OF the dress de-
signer Valentino who makes her
clothes, or Gaylor Hauser, dietician,
who has frequently been reported
married to her.
She also haunts auction galleries,
where she buys bric-a-brac and
jewelry. Her largest purchase was
an oversize Louis XIV bed with gilt
cupids adjoining the headboard
The only time she showed any
interest in her career was when she
visited showing of Camille" one
of her greatest successes. During
the picture, ushers said she wept,
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Hamburg Given Up
To British Troops
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coast of Germany and encircling
tens-perhaps hundreds-of thou
sands of Nazi troops.
3. Raj pilots reports the Ger
mans had begun the wholesale evac-
uation of Schheswig Holstein,
northernmost province of Germany
proper, at dawn. Behind the pro-
vince's ports, the Raj hammered
the biggest traffic jam of the war.
4. British mosquito bombers at
tackled Kiel, one of the evacuation
ports and possibly the new head
quarters of the Doenitz government,
four times during the night. More
than so two-ton bombs were drop
ped.
5. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, COM
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III which will deal with the power
full security council on which the
United States, the Soviet Union,
China and Great Britain will have
permanent seats. The security coun-
Gil is the top body of the lnterna-
tional organization.
The security council will have the
authority to decide where, when
and how armed force shall be used
to keep the peace. The only circum-
stances under which the security
council may not order out the troops
will be if and when one of the PERM
ament members turns to aggression.
1t has been agreed among the major
sponsors of this conference that 1t
is not intended to write charter
which would permit the interna-
tional organization to crack down
forcefully on the big powers.
Peaceful settlement of disputes as
well as forceful settlements will be
within the jurisdiction of the Sc
curity council as we'll as the question
of regional arrangements to main
tain peace. Lie was given one OF the
most spectacular jobs in this confer
ence when he was named to head
commission III with responsibility
for drafting plans for the use of all
that power.
Commission w is headed by Ven-
ezuelan Foreign Minister Carraciolo
PARA Perez. Some of the confer
ence's bitterest disputes may come
within commission w which will
deal with the proposed international
court and legal problems. The
United States delegation still is Ey-
ing to agree within itself on just
what kind of new world court
should be set up. The question is
one of which almost all delegates
have definite md frequently diff
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NOOIItIIIlltU IIOIII Idbe II
He said the 18th was the only U.
S. Army so designated to date and
added that future events will de-
termine whether there will be
others.
In expressing his belief that Hit
Ter actually is dead, Stimson said
he had no special information about
how he died.
But he thought, he added. that
news of Hitlers death and Benito
MusSolini's execution had timely
appropriateness since it was al
most simultaneous with the capt.
ulation in Italy and the fall of
Berlin.
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and Immediately began bombarding
Tarakan town with 25-pounders.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur said the
invasion of Tarakan, which produces
some of the finest oil in the world,
was direct challenge to Japanese
possession of their rich Borneo oil
and rubber conquests.
(The japanese Domei Agency,
which reported the invasion two
days ago, said today that the Aus
tralians were Strengthening their
beachhead, while continuously she'll
ing our front line" The dispatch,
recorded by the FEC, estimated that
5000 Australian troops were taking
part in the operationD.
Macarthur meanwhile announced
that the American Oath division had
reached the western bank of the
Davao river on Mindanao In the
southeastern PHILIPPINES and were
poised on the edge of Davao city.
Front reports from LuZon reveal
ed that troops Of the 14th corps had
cleared all of the southern part of
the island, including the 200-mile
long Bicol Peninsula. Only some
small Japanese pockets remained in
the hills but these were being mop
ped up rapidly.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Truman Vetoes Farm
Deferment Measures

ket deferment to agriculture work
ers as a group of legislative ma
tional policy that would regard
agricultural employment as more
essential than any other type OF
service to the nation.
Regardless of the intent, how
ever, he said, this was the result
and he was forced to stop it.
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fering ideas. One of the top issues
is whether the proposed court should
enjoy compulsory jurisdiction-in
effect, shall it have power to sub
poena nation to appear before the
bar of world Justice.
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Mccarthy To
Seek Release

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Italy Cost
U. S. 10000

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Greto Carlo
Quits Films

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Forts Again
Rake Kyushu

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Commissions
Set To Meet

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-17

Turner. Time is precious and 50 are
oGc wounded soldiers returning at
the rate Of some 10000 per monlh.
Don't fail them in their Battle ot
America 80. they didn't fail yoU o.
the battle fronts overseas
For complete information contact
the Army recruiting represcntaf.e
at the post Office building on Mon
Gay. February 70, between l and +
ID. m.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-17
I'm New York City.

Mr. II :. Gerber and Miss Alice
81, are pending this week in New
.rk C.E.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-17

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-17

Mrs. r. G. Gary gave a paper on
Arabia, with the thoughts Of the
paper Centering around the great
peninsula and its vast rocky deserts,
from which a race Of Fighters has
spread to the earth's far corners.'
Mrs l.. c. kerner then gave a
paper on THE Three Religions"
This was an informative discussion
and presented in an entertaining
manner. The program was conclud-
ed with the reading of the poem,
"Bedonin Song by Mrs f. G.. Elan
nagan.
Mrs. Gary served a salad plate
TO the following club members; Mes
danes c. a. Crews, f. G. Flanna9n,
j. c. Gardner, S. r. Harris, Jr., l..
H. Hoyle, L. G. Kerner, j. F. Mills,
f. NJ Rollins, P. H. Rose, Alex S.
Watkins, and Miss Mary Belle Gary
ana Miss Shannon Norton
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-17

Fine values en- thIS rack oil
Lots that formerly sold up
to S7.95 Broken sizes
but large variety to choose
from.
Evening star., 1945-02-18

Arnold Bloom, 90 Anacostia Naval Re.
searca Laboratory, and Ann Feinstein
Louis Walker. IT., IS, Norfolk. Va, ane
Frank yarbroush. IS IS 2a a3al Garrison sr Son I'd.
West Lanham Hills. Md, and Mary Seem
Wilbur III lfS Sobes aaoEsmf Raiabrdse id 4E Nd
Barbara Brooke, 20, 14l7 N St NV,
John Eisinger, as, 5ao4 New Hampshire
aye. ave- nv Nv and Margaret Vernon. 81
Arthur Asson. ii'ss .. u Anaeostia aa Naval Al.
Static Sst.aation, and Frieda Rehling. 80, 1925
Dorothy Lair, 30 a46o 18th st. NV.
Dempsey Mullins, "A, 1926 Clifton St NV
AIRED hqd Eesfa Nes Is kss sS g. Maro d TEX
and Louise Clayton 90 ito Locust ave.
RaiSd Ss4eS Thssp hass q e 4 ffsntsg isb ys s sp'
0na JOYS ana F9as sReef sSe Sc
kins, 90, both Of Boiling Field.
Albert Geer. "a. Providence. r. L, ant
Ruth Dyson. 90, 1911 Potomac ave. Sc
30; both of $40 I1th st. Sc.
Franklin Jones. 81, 3415 3sth St NV.
and Ruth Hewitt, 23, Huntington. w
Dwight Lewis, %, G Ghipsoteague. soa Va. ane
Herbert Eaker, q; Kinghsher Ohio ane
" lllld NduBill. ~, SlD Idtll 81
James Dyson, 2S Mitchell Field. N. Y.
and Mary, Berthoff, %, $40 S. Garfield
ArIo Helms, ~. Navy Yard. and Doris
Abts, %. Fort Myer. Va
James Angus, 80, and Peggy Mackenzie
26. both of los Emerson st. NV.
orville Tolivir, 81, Aberdeen (Md) PROV
ing Grounds, and Maude johnson, 20
255 st. NV.
Klein Leonard. %, and Josephine Linden
23, both of Quantico Va.
Jacob Mills, 30 and Daisy Morgan, SO
both of 1921 Providence st. ne.
Orion Whiting. 3S, IL st. NV, and
Marjorie Hopkins, 40, 1886 Hamlin
st. ne.
william Trefry. 10, Indianapolis, anc
Helen Mcdaniel 10, 1924 Chicago st
Sc.
Edward L. Gibson. 81, Washington, and
Park
Vernon D. Olson, 21, Tacoma. Wash, and
Ona NJ Robere. 81, Arlington.
Evening star., 1945-02-18
Births Reported

q
James and Mildred Allison, girl.
James and Erna Armstrong. boy,
John and Lucille arroyo, girl
Robert and Cecilia Bailey, girl.
John and Dorothy Bischoff, boy.
Charles and Dorothy Byrd, boy.
John and Jean Chadwick, girl.
James and Olga Chesney, boy,
Arthur and Cecilia Chopin, girl.
Howard and Ruth Cosner boy.
William and Dorothy Cox, boy.
Linwood and Sara Greasy. girl.
George and Margaret Croft, boy.
David and villa Dantzie, girl.
Marius and Dana De MARITIME. boy.
Stanley and Ruth Dunaway, boy.
Mack and Mary Edwards, girl.
Melvin and Helen Enswiler, boy.
Gordon and Helen Evans, girl.
Tyrus and Dorothy Fowler, boy
Richard and Mabel Callahan, girl
Joseph and Florence Gottlieb, girl
Ellis and Elaine Haworth, girl.
Charles and Sylvia Hellriegel, boy; :.
Robert and Susan Hendershott, girl.
Wilbert and June Hennig, boy.
Linwood and Phyllis Honeycutt, girl.
Robert and Edna johnson, girl.
Joseph and Helen Kaufman, girl.
Mederic and Eva La Belle. boy.
Robert and Vivian Laughead, boy.
Paul and Barbara Lauder, boy.
John and Bernadette Lawless, girl.
Byron and Wythe Lindley.. boy.
Robert and Helen Loehne, boy.
William and Joan Lonlax, boy.
Evening star., 1945-02-18
Scouts PIun Purents' Night

Boy Scout Troop 70 of the Jewish
Community Center will mark the
35th anniversary of the Boy Scout
movement at the troops annual
parents night on Tuesday, The Ed
ward N. Rosenblum Honor Scout
Medal will be awarded, badges will
be conferred and a new patrol in
stalled Scout Executive Clarence
Urffer will speak
Evening star., 1945-02-18

i Roger ] Dixon. ir, 81. and virsinia G
Ramsey, II.
George Hicks. FL. and Hattie Mae Owens
Is, both of Washington,
Harwood G. Clash, 46. Toledo. Ohio, ano
nellie w. CToWel, 30. WASHINGTON,
Otis L. Strumh, %, and Thelma l.. Long,
20, both of Washington.
Paul E. Hattinger, 22, Derwood. Md, and
Clara C. Conner, 1S, Darien Conn.
John A. Huiess "a, and Helen p. Brezon.
20, both of Silver Spring.
Arnold r. Schlitz, 80, and Ruth Solansky
81, both OF washington.
Willard S. Lynch, %, Los Angeles, and
Ruth A. -Newlin, 21, San Francisco.
Issued at Rockville.
Andrew r. Milanak, %, and Bernice v
zanewicz, 81, both of Vandergrift, Pa.
Willie Canty, %, and Lizzie Mouzon, %,
both of Washington.
Spencer Fullerton, 36, and Emily D. In
gram, 35, both of Chevy Chase.
Warren Eberhardt, 3s, Bethel, Pa, and
Pearl Dill, 81, Lebanon, Pa.
James u Pitts 30, New Orleans, and
Tezzie L. Jones, 21 Bridgeport, Conn.
Evening star., 1945-02-18
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George and Lois Mantich, eirI.
Clarence and Lois Marsh, Eirl
George and Betty Maryin. girl.
Edwin and Elizabeth Matchett, boy.
Thomas and Marie Milburn, boy.
Isddor and Ruth Miller, boy.
John and Bessie Mills. Girl
William and Eunice Moore, boy.
Walter and Marietta Mcbride, girl.
John and Mary McGrath, girl.
Charles, Jr.. and Lillian Nutter. girl.
Stanley and TheIma Padgett. girl.
Henry and Ethel Parker. boy.
Leonard and Florence Parlett, boy
George and Marion Patterson, boy
Charles, jr.. and Louellen Payne, girl
Frederick and Teresa Perella. boy.
Herman and Mary Plaunick, boy.
William and Ann QueSenberry. boy.
James and Ina Ramsey, girl.
John and Patricia Rhodes, boy
Samuel and Lillian Richardson, girl.
Harry and Florence Ripley, girl
Mark and Rosalie Rosenfelt, girl.
James and Marjorie Sanguinetti, girl.
Evening star., 1945-02-18
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. C. la,Cs, couples must
apply for a marriage license ON
one dag, toait three full days and
receiDe their license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Evening star., 1945-02-18
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Leon and Lillian Schnur. boy.
Augustine and Gretchen Smith. boy.
Myles and Winifred Spence. boy.
Roy and Dorothy Stamford. boy.
Woodward and Nina Straser, boy.
/ Cover and Marion Sutphin, boy
Evan and Mildred Swain, girl.
George and Imogene Treadway, girl
Edward and Nancy Walworth, boy.
| Robert and Edythe Wilson. boy.
Rosario and Wanda zuilo, girl.
Allen and Bertha Bradley. boy
| William and Lenore Colwell, boy
James and Mary Dyson, girl
Raymond and Elizabeth Ford, boy.
George and Doretha Hail. boy.
Louis and Matte Harris, boy
David and Eula Mitchell, girl
Thomas and Myrtle Sasaki. girl.
| Roger and Cora Stewart, girl
James and Marie Taylor, boy
Samuel and Alberta WASHINGTON, boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-06
Five in Montgomery County
Report for Inductions

Five men from the Chevy Chase
Bethesda and Potomac area OF
Montgomery County reported for in
duction yesterday in Baltimore, the
county's Selective Service Board No
8 announced, while another county
resident was to report to New York
for induction.
The men indicted in Baltimore
are Victor E. Bieber, Henry T. Wen
sci, jr.. Charles R. Beavers, George
A. Brown and Richard E. Christian
Henry G. Bernhardt was to report
to New York for induction.
Selective Service Board No. 2 at
Silver Spring reported that II men
left this week to enter the armed
forces.
They are George w. Burroughs
Vernon D. Clymer, David M. Farqu-
har, Willis A. Ledman. Walter M
Prichard, James E. Peckham, David
L. Jackson. William Carter, jr.
Lawrence E. Boyd, Edward w. Mel
son and John D. Cooper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-06
Infants Being Offered
For Home Placements
by Wives Of Veterans

Several infants have been referred
to the Board of Public Welfare for
placement by wives whose hus-
bands have come home from the
armed forces to find an extra baby
In the household, according to a
social worker of the board.
Mrs. Ruth Dixon, who does social
work with the home-finding de-
partnent of the board, said there
has been an increase in the number
of illegitimate children referred for
placement, but said she had no def
mite figures.
In few instances, children have
been offered by wives of returning
servicemen and women war workers
departing for their home towns and
afraid to take their Legitimate chill
dren with them.
Altogether, Mrs. Dixon estimated
IS children, ranging from infancy
to 6 months, are either in hospitals,
institutions or In unsatisfactory
places" because of the shortage OF
temporary boarding places. Since
the group is not ready for perma-
nent adoption, the board cannot as
yet use the list of prospective
adoptors
Mrs. Dixon said that only two
OF the eight required temporary
boarding homes have been found,