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Evening star., 1945-03-24
Discrepancy Brings
|Recheck on Death
|0f Larry Kelly

The United States district at
torney's ofice Is checking an appar-
ent discrepancy In the death records
Of Larry Kelly, one Of Z group Of
union officials indicted In 1913 on
charges OF misappropriation Of
union funds, to determine whether
he Is still alive.
District Attorney Edward M. Cur
ran said the case had never been
dropped, but John w. Fihelly, his
assistant, who handled the labor
racketeering investigation leading
up to Kellys indictment, was out Of
the city on other business today.
The discrepancy was noted when
the death certificate for q Larry
Kelly, who died Of coronary throm-
bosis in New Guinea, January a.,
1914, aboard the Clarence Dayrow, .
United States maritime freighter op-
Grated by the Army, bore the serial
number Z-253180. The certificate was
issued by the Army forces In the Far
East, which had Jurisdiction, since
the ship was operating In q war the
ater, and forwarded to the Maritime
Commission.
The Maritime Commission records
showed Kelly had q 5000 war risk
insurance policy. which was not
claimed or paid. since death was due
to natural causes not covered by the
policy and no further investigation
was necessary. The commission for
warded the death notice to the
Coast Guard, which is custodian of
records OF merchant seamen.
The discrepancy was discovered
at the Coast Guard, where Larry
Kelly's serial number was listed %
z-372157. The serial number listed
for Kelly on the Army certificate
was that of q man whose name was
not revealed, but whose initials
were "A. L. M.," and whose age was
52.- Keliy's age was reported to
be 40.
Maritime Commission oflcials also
said the record of "A. l.. NJ" showed
he had been under treatment In q
Marine hospital in Seattle, Wash,
In January and May, 1871. Oficials
Of Local "a, International Hod Car
riers. Building and Common Labor
ers' Union of America, with which
Kelly was connected, said picture
OF local ofncials in January, 1871,
showed Kelly in the group and that
he had been here at that time. James
j. Smith, one of the locals business
agents, said he had "hunch" Kelly
was still alive, but had no evidence
to that effect.
Evening star., 1945-03-24
By the Associated Press.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Mar. "a
One page of a neatly printed
diary belonging to Sergt. Joe Or
landO contains enough drama to
last a lifetime although it covers
only the six days he spent help
less in an abandoned tank on 4
German battlefield.
Joe doesn't mind talking about
the experience through which he
lost both legs and almost his voice.
1t is just now that he is able to
talk again and he's still too amazed
at being alive to believe it.
Joe's home is at Erie, Pa, where
his mother lives at 249 East Second
street. Here's his diary, written
shortly after he was hospitalized in
Europe:
First day I was hit
Crawled into one of our tanks
after I was hit. Mortar she'll lands
inside where I was lying. Tore q
big hole in water can, first aid kit
and tore raincoat to bits but didn't
touch me.
Second day
Watched Jerry set up position
about so, yards away. One comes
over, sticks bayonet in my shoulder.
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over the Germans defenses on the
Eastern Rhine bank. Even before
that, pilots said the whole great
Muenster box north of the Ruhr
was land of death, with towns
blazing like funeral pyres and roads
without sign Of movement.
After the first wave of transport
planes sped over the Southern
English coast there was a pause, and
then another huge wave of gliders
came, towed by British Sterling
bombers. Residents of Dover watched
the big armada pass The thunder
of bombers across the Channel
shook houses.
Nazi Airfields Blasted.
The United States 9th Air Force
sent 1850 Fortresses and Liberators
and $50 fighters against the Nazi
airflelds, and jet-plane bases, ahead
of Marshal Montgomery's opera
tions. These were in the area Of
Achmer, Vechta. Vechtel, Rheine,
Hesepe, Nordhorn. Steenwijk, Zwis-
chenahn, Plantlunne, Varrelbusch
and Varrel. Fighters famed out,
shooting up targets of opportunity
A huge force of British heavy
bombers smashed at the Northern
Ruhr during the night, and pilots
declared whole towns and villages
were burning like torches"
Fifty-three spots in the Ruhr
area, hammered repeatedly during
the last three days, were blasted for
more than an hour today, starting
at 8 an, by 400 Mauraders and
Havocs of the United States eth
Bombardment Division.
The British biased Allied air fleets
crossed the English coast in mass
formation bigger than any one
armada that supported D day land
ings in Normandy last June s.
Nazi Troops Attacked.
The German warning service said
bomber formations were south Of
Bremen, over the Wilhelmshaven
area, south of Emden and near
Cuxhaven. The enemy indicated
that smaller forces were in the areas
of Muenster, Vechta, Quakenbrueck
and Oldenburg.
As today's massive assault was
launched an area of at least 1000
square miles facing Field Marshal
Montgomery's troops across the
Rhine had been virtually bottled UP
by the record Allied bombing ofien-
sive of the last 10 days.
Two highly concentrated attacks
were made on Nazi troops. massed
armor and fortified positions in this
area yesterday afternoon and last
night by RAJ Lancasters.
Mosquitoes also hit Berlin last
night for the 32d consecutive night,
shot UP two airfields and several
trains behind the Ruhr.
Watchers on the English east
coast gave graphic account of the
great Allied air formations which
streaked out this morning.
"The sky was packed with air.
craft" said q coastal eyewitness.
MANY formations seemed wing to
wing and packed together.
after more than an hour the
great Allied aerial cavalcade still
was going out. After the spear
head had reached the continent
still more were coming from the
heart of England. maintaining an
unbroken line"
Perfect weather prevailed in Brit
ain. It apparently extended to the
continental battlefieldS.
Evening star., 1945-03-24
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''The battle for Kuestrin has
reached its climax. The Red Army
is throwing in all its material, re-
gardless Of losses of men and tanks. "
This present offensive must be
taken in connection with the long
planned Russian attack on Berlin. -
declared DNB broadcast from
Berlin.
"kuestrin has been cut OF from
oil communications to the west fol-
some time. These have, however
been re-established. The fortress
still Is in German hands. Furious
lighting continues in this sector"
There was no confirmation from
Moscow Of the opening of a new
Zhukov attack, but the Soviet histl
command announced that the Ger
man defenders of the Baltic ports Of
Gydnia and Danzig had been split
BY the capture Of Zoppot, on the
west coast between the two cities
and that the Russians were clamp
Ing . huge pincers On the inner
German fortress area Of Moravia
Bohemia and Vienna In the south
Moscow dispatches said the RUS
siaqs had driven into Moravia In
Oeochosloyakia at several points.
Evening star., 1945-03-24
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OF "middle-ground Senators like
Senator Saltonstall, Republican. Of
Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Williams was asked whether
he considered his rejection "stab
In the back for President Roose-
velt." He replied, "It was q gratui-
tous type of interference"
1t was the first time since 1899
that presidential nominee, other
than for postmaster, has been re-
5ected by the Senate. That rejec-
ton was OF . nominee for United
States attorney in Nevada.
The rejection means that the
President has no choice but to send
the Senate another name.
Evening star., 1945-03-24
Washington Officials
Believe German Army
Will Collapse Soon
BY the Associated Press.

~ SAA0 ASsVClaIco 1AeSss
Tie German Army is expected
by top Washington officials to
begin disintegrating soon.
This Is the basis for . widely
held belief that the European war
viii be won in the next few weeks
except for large-scale mopping up
operations.
There is hope, but no real expec-
tation that Germany will surrender.
Despite multiplying peace-feeler re-
ports, 1t is possible to state au-
thoritatively that none OF the ap-
proaches thus far made is regarded
here Is coming from any person
capable Of surrendering Germany.
Political UpheavaI Possible.
Under the Unprecedented Allied
military pressure Of the wars final
stage, a political unheaval In Ger
many Is possible. But for the mo-
ment the Nazis retain their terror
grip on the nation, and no official
with whom this subject has been
discussed believes that Hitler or any
Of his top associates intend to sur
render.
The prospect foreseen here Is
that the battered German Army
simply will 60 to pieces: What es-
capes the Allied steamroller Is ex-
pected to pull back into Central
Germany and then southwark to
the natural defenses Of the Ba-
varian mountains to wage guerrilla
war as long as possible.
This prospect offers little reward
for the few old-line non-Nazi Junker
officers left in top positions in the
Wehrmacht. From this grows the
strong belief that surrenders Of large
units of German forces now may be
anticipated. Generals without war
crime records might be able to save
something from the wreckage Of
Germany by giving up while there
stil is time.
Naxis Badly Outnumbered.
The German Army is entering its
final battles short of some vital
supplies, notably oil, and badly out
numbered by the Allied forces. The
German air force Is about finished
1t is considered entirely possibls
by authorities here however, that
there may be no decisive We day
that bitter-end resistance may drag
on for weeks and months, fired by
Nazi fanaticism. What is considered
more realistic and probable is an
RID" day-the day for beginning
redeployment of forces from Europe
to the Pacific.
Evening star., 1945-03-24
BY EDWARD D. BALL,


WITH THE U. S. Sd ARMY EAST
OF THE RHINE, Mar. Alt. Gen
George s. Pattons Sd Army veterans
today enlarged their Rhine bridge
head which they firmly established
yesterday in one of the boldest
strokes OF the European war.
Months of preparation and re-
hearsal paid dividends as the Dough-
boys, reinforced by a steady flow of
men and supplies, maintained pres
sure on German troops which the
amazing coup had caught complete
| ly by surprise.
The aStounded Nazis failed to fire
even one burst as the initial waves
stormed across the Rhine in assault
boats Thursday night under Q
bright moon.
Q Hours Getting Started.
1t was two hours after the cross
ing that the enemy fired his first
heavy artillery Salvo. American ar
tillery replied with a thunderou,
barrage that outranked the Nazii
100-1.
BY late yesterday many troops had
been showed across the Rhine and
the Germans were shelling, bombing
and strafing the crossing site. But
Patton's lightning Army already
had driven spearhead into Hitler's
inner fortress.
1t was at 1925 pm. that Gen
| Patton's doughboys started to storm
across the Rhine in military oper-
alton that ranks among the greatest
of its kind in history.
Ten minutes later, as additional
troops crossed the waters, sporadic
shooting broke out.
Inquisitive Planes Shot Down.
BY dawn the first waves of dough-
boys had pushed inland. A couple o1
Messerschmitt 262 jet-propellec
planes that poked inquisitive noses
over the bridgehead were promptly
knocked down.
Assault craft, including amphib-
ious ducks, were flying back anc
forth across the calm waters with
men and supplies. The greatest over.
Lhe-water assault since Normany
had gone of far smoother than any
one could have hoped.
The Rhineland never had wit.
messed such an amazing sight AZ
that of Tuesday night. For miles
back the roads were lined with
trucks and other vehicles struggling
up the hills.
Hundreds of conveyances of al
kinds which had pulled up out ol
sight of the river during the day
stood silent and shadowy in moon.
splashed fields and along the edge
of woods near the Rhine.
For months these columns O.
trucks with their tons of assault
boats had been edging toward tn,
front at night and hiding out by day
Toward the end of the Sd Army
sensational squirt to the Rhine they
Jagged uneasily behind, but the.
were on hand when they were need.
ed Thursday night.
| The men began assembling IL
groups Of ~ along the tree-lines
west bank at nightfall. A quie
command was issued shortly afte
10 pm. The first wave moved ou
Of the shadows like pallbearers, car
rying their assault boats with 81,
men on each side.
/ There was hardly sound as the
/ slipped the boass into the water
The reflection Of the moonlight N,
Evening star., 1945-03-24
Mon Held to Grond Jury

Roderick Kemp. 23, colored, of e22
Third street NE, was held without
bond for action Of the grand jury by
Municipal Court Judge Walter Casey
yesterday on = charge of assault with
intent to kill In the February 76
shooting Of = Freedmen's Hospital
physician.
Evening star., 1945-03-24
Western Front
Continued From First Page)

hberate such great Dutch cities q,
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague
Utrecht and Harlem.
Prince Bernhard of the Neither.
lands called on Dutch forces Of the
interior to be ready for orders.
In the path of the new onslaught
was the newly designated German
Army Group H, commanded by
Field Marshal Johannes Won Blasko-
witz. 1t is a patchwork of the ole
LIST Paratroop Army and whatever
Marshal Kesselring could scrape to-
gether from the debacle of the lost
Rhineland which cost the Germans
133, 900 prisoners alone.
The defending force has q tank
corps of undoubtedly lowered
strength in reserve. One estimate
at supreme headquarters placed the
German strength at Is to 20 divi-
sions, but German divisions these
days are badly depleted and under
armed. Marshal Montgomery noted
in an order of the day that -four
German armies had been chewed
up in the Rhineland and that q
fifth was now being obliterated in
the Palatinate cleanup.
Prime Minister Churchill and Field
Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, chief o1
the British Imperial Staff, were al
Marshal Montgomery's headquar.
ters when the great offensive was
launched.
Patton Expands Bridgehead.
1t. Gen. Patton's Sd Army to the
south was pouring power into its
Upper Rhine bridgehead which in q
day and a half has been expanded
so swiftly that it was regarded Of
ficially at supreme headquarters as
secured.
! The Germans said Gen. Patton's
troops burst across the river at two
places-near Oppenheim, 10 miles
south of conquered Mainz, and neal
Worms, 10 miles farther south.
The Germans were utterly sur
prised by the Patton drive. Their
resistance was scant at first. Not q
man was lost in the original cross
ing. Fleets of assault boats anc
amphibious ducks piled the river
Troops pushed inland. A security
silence prevented announcement Of
the exact crossing site opposite
the conquered Palatinate and Saar.
land.
We've either surprised hell out oi
them or they don't have It," Capt
Raymond Bitney of Bloomer, Wis,
told Edward D. Ball of the Asso-
ciated Press.
Light Opposition.
Opposition continued light today
only slightly heavier than when the
first of Gen. Patton's army crossed
the river Thursday night. A small
counterattack late yesterday was re.
pulsed. Another was beaten easily
last night when two Nazi tanks were
destroyed.
II the German account Of the
crossing locale was correct, open
country was ahead Of Gen. Patton or
the road to Berlin. Ahead straight
to the northeast lies the rollins
Frankfurt Plain, unbroken in It'd
whole 302 miles across the narrow
est waist of the Reich to the Red
Army assault lines near the Oder
southeast OF Berlin.
Gen. Hodges 1st Army advanced
up to ~ miles east from its Original
Remagen-Bonn front beyond the
Rhine against mystifying lack ol
position.
/ The northernmost troops Of Gen
Hodges were within q dozen miles d
the southern boundary Of the Ruth,
land IN position Of mighty strength
to clamp pincers on the Ruhr.
/. Beyond Hennef, the LIST Army cuI
the highway to Altenkirchen In . :,
mile advance. The troops beat dowr
la small counterattack southeast o.
1.-THE village.
I
Evening star., 1945-03-24

War bonds are the civilians ammu.
milton against the Japs and Naxis
While the civilian cannot take par,
In actual battles he can do 50 vicari-
ously through tanks, guns and other
materiel Of war purchased with his
War bond money.
Evening star., 1945-03-24
Germans Taken by Surprise
In Amazing Sd Army Crossing

(EdWdrd D. Ball OF the Asso-
ciated Press, ,Oho has couered the
American Sd Army since its
breGk-out from the Normandy
beachhedd last July, ,0as the only
correspondent to make the night
crossing of the Rhine aDith 1t.
Gen. George S. Patton's troops.
For the first IL hours of the
operation he tDas the only COR.
respondent on the scene
Evening star., 1945-03-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
VioIinist SoIoist at Water Gate
is Also Boiling Field 'BugIerr
Awukens Colleagues
With ReveiIle Record
Likes to Hear Coils

Pfc. Emo Valasek, guest violin
soloist at tonight's Water Gate con-
cert, is accepted by his fellow SOL
diers at Boiling Field. despite his
musical ability, he said, because he
is the musician" who puts on the
record for revelle at 6 am.
Boiling Field is one of the many
service posts that use recordings of
bugle calls rather than the familiar
figure of the World War bugler.
The 25-year-oid violinist has a
more important job, one more in
line with his musical training He
is with the special services Office as
soloist with the Army Air Forces
Band, and he plays for various bene-
fits and for GIs in hospitals.
But it is his assignment as bugler
of the guard that takes up most of
his time. The everyday military
functions of the post are in his
hands because he has charge of the
recordings of the more than rs calls
that rule the soldiers life. why I
wouldn't dare eat without first hear
ing the right CALL" he said,
Il recognize all of the calls now"
he added, land since they are re-
cordings by the first trumpeter of
the New York Philharmonic, like
to listen to most of them, but not
reveille."
Pvt. Valasek says there's no
mystery to who wakes the bugler
up" In his case, he said, an alarm
clock does. The only time his clock
failed to work was last Sunday, "but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13

paper buyers were roughhoused fire.
quently" in front of It's building, de-
spite detail of more than 100 po-
lice. -Four arrests were made.
Hundreds of thousands of New
Workers continued, however. to line
up at publishing plants to buy their
newspapers over the counter.
WLB Sets Precedent.
The WLB action-said to be the
first OF its kind ever taken by the
board-rescinded its directive OF
June IA, which extended contract
between the union and the Publish
ers' Association of New York City
The union had not recognized the
extension.
The board made public a telegram
1t had received from Mayor F. II. La
Guardia which said the publishers
had informed the police commits
sioner. of their intention to resume
deliveries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
| RECKLESS Cannon,
| Fired Like Rifle,
| Used on Jops

By the Associated Press.
Performance details on the Army's
new kickless cannon, which fire ar
tillery shells with no more recoil
tina ma .22-caliber rife, were re-
vealed by the War Department yes
terday.
The two guns, 81 and rs mm.,
were battle tested in Europe and
now are being turned against the
Japanese with much success" the
Army said.
The 57-mm. rife, which can be
fired from the shoulder or from a
small tripod, weighs only As pounds,
yet can toss regular shell weigh
ing about 8 pounds for 2 miles.
The 75-mm rife, weighing Ito
pounds Ia regular field artillery
piece weighs more than ] toni
throws q l4-pound shell more than
4 miles,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
Tokyo Denies Issuing
Peace FeeIers, Says
Japan Will Fight On
ny the Associated Brass.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July ia
Japanese spokesman today denied
that his government has issued any
peace feelers to the Allies and de-
clared Japan viii fight to the end,
Tokyo radio said.
Sadao Iguchi. spokesman for the
japanese Board of Information, told
"a press conference there is no
foundation whatsoever" for the July
10 report of peace moves voiced by
United States Undersecretary of
State Joseph c. Grew. The enemy
broadcast was monitored by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion.
II would like to state that 1t is the
inflexible will and determination OF
the Japanese government and the
japanese people to fight the present
war through to the end, and that
they will not rest their arms until
they have attained their just and
irreproachable war aims" Iguchi
said.
he interpreted MIR. Crews state
ment as indicating that America is
weary of war, even though it has
recovered most of its lost areas and
some japanese territory. He de-
clared America is beginning to feel
the senselessness of giving more
lives than were sacrificed at Two
Jinla and Okinawa, to continue a
war which now means nothing more
than imperialistic aggression"
Iguchi said Mr. Grew reported
peace feelers to make the people of
the United States feel that Japan is
weakening and that 'if they only
continue to fight on they could
force Japan to unconditional sur
render"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
America and Britain
10 Start Feeding Their
Berlin Zones Monday
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
BERLIN. July 13.-The Ameri-
can and British occupation
zones of Berlin will start receiv-
ing food from Western Germany
next week.
The Soviet responsibility for feed
ing more than $500 900 civilians in
the part Of Berlin transferred to
Western Allied rule will cease Mon
day and so Red Army trucks now
on public transport service will be
withdrawn.
The change from Soviet to Amer
lean and British authority In. IL Of
the capitals 20 boroughs has been
virtually completed.
While the Western Allies in gen.
eral have followed former Russian
practices regarding food rations,
public works and recreation, the
Americans have modified the Soviet
policy toward political activity. The
Communist party request for per-
mission to hold political rallies next
Sunday-which the Russians al
ready had granted-has been reap
proved by American officers with
the stipulation that no meeting
shall be attended by more than
200 persons.
In the west, meetings by more
than five Germans are prohibited.
Doubt has arisen over the Ameri-
can and British attitude toward
Berlin municipal decree published
yesterday by the Volkszeitung, pub
LEGATION of the Central Committee of
the German Communist party.
The decree confiscated all prop
erty of all members of the Nazi
party, the IS, the NaZi motor corps,
the Nazi flying corps and other af-
f1liated organizations except what
Is needed for personal use"
This sweeping measure goes far
beyond anything promulgated in
Western Germany, where anti-Nazi
Germans have complained vehe-
mently about little Nazis" keeping
wartime booty.
What will happen to Nazi property
owners in the American and British
occupation zones in the capital is
expected to be decided at the next
meeting of the Berlin Kommanda-
tur July 10.