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American Nations Form
Alliance To Keep Peace

? MEXICO CITY, March 3.-tP)-
Twenty Americ an republics
agreed today to form a historic
alliance to keep the peace Of this
continent by force if necessary.
Senator Tom Connally, chair
man of the foreign relations COM
mittee of the U. S. Senate, declar-
ed that the act, which guarantees
frontiers and independence during
the war and provides for a lasting
treaty afterwards, was "a, fore
runner OF what we hope will hap
pen at San Francisco" where the
world security conference meets
next month. &'j'
This conference gives unity of
purpose 50 that all republics of
this hemisphere are united to re-
sist interference from abroad in
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ST. PAUL'S PLANS
TO LIQUIDATE DEBT
$1,000 Is Subscribed In
Movement To Raise
Total OF $4,000

A movement has. been started
at st. Pauls Episcopal church to
raise $4,000 to liquidate the debt
OF the church. it was announced
Yesterday by the Rev. Alexander
Miller, pastor, who revealer that
sll,OOO already has been subscrib-
ed. The Rev. Mr.. Miller added that
present plans are to attain the goal
by Easter Sunday.
st. Paul's church was admitted
as parish in 1859, and the original
enufch was at Fourth and Orange
streets 1t moved to its present To-
Gallon at Sixteenth and Market
Streets in 1912
"hen the Rev. Mr.. Miller took
.aa1se Of the parish more than
~ years ago, a building program
, developed which called for
ufee buildings, a church parish
MOntnued on Page Three: Col. p
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on official figures-by 80 per cent.
10 correct the reimbursement
between wages and the cost of
living - when measured by the
same standard that was used when
the Little Steel formula was adopt.
ed an adjustment of approx.
mately II per cent is justifia Bile"
The ALL members - George
Meany, Matthew Vol, Robert J
Watt, and James A. Brownlow-
took issue with the public mem.
ners' method Of measuring wage
increases"
Before issuance of the Little
Steel formula report, the AFL
members declared, the public
members had refused to measure
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By LEFT ERIKsON

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, Guam, Sum
day, March 4 (R Although
slowed by a desperate enemy,
the Marines drove to within
800 yards Of the cliffs edge on
northeastern Two Saturday in
a move to cut the tightly COM
pressed Japanese garrison in
Two.
This gain was scored by Mai.
Gen. Graves B. Erskine' Third
Division in the center which
halved in the days hard fight
ing the distance between them
and the point where the cliffs
drop down toward the sea.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz'
communicate today, reporting
Leathernecks gains of 200 to
400 yards, also reported adj
vances on the west side but
Marines on the east still were
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PAPER COLLECTION
SLATED M ARCH lS|
VIII Be Third Campaign.
Conducted By Junior
Chamber OF Commerce


The third Junior Chamber of
Commerce scrap paper drive will
be held on the afternoon of Sum
day, March 49,.
In announcing the campaign yes
terday, Elliott O'Neal, president OF
the ;.Jaycees, said that collections
would be made throughout Will
rnington, outlying sections and
beaches, 49,. 1855.
y The drive will be held in con-
Junction with the General Eise1-
hoWer-Boy Scout waste paper cam
paign being conducted nationally
during March and April.
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Sen
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.SeeksLegaspii
And Southern
|LuzonI Fields
Americans Seize Ticao And
Burias In Sibuyan Sea
In New Action
By JAMES HUTCHINSON

MANILA, Sunday, March 4.
- H = Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur made his opening bid
Saturday for the major port
of Legaspi and air bases on
southeastern Luzon by send
ing troops ashore at dawn on
two nearby islands-the 18th
and goth invasions of the
Philippines campaign.
Protected by warships and
planes, Yanks of the veteran Amer
ical division seized Ticao and Bu-
rias. in the Sibuyan sea in move
to force the. Japanese either to
quit Luzon's Bicol peninsula or
face destruction there.
Forty-five-rnile long Burias and
25-mile long Ticao, both narrow in
width, also further dominate the
short shipping route through San
Bernardino Strait and Verde pas
sage to Manila from the United
States. They are on the west side
Of Bicol peninsula. Legaspi, with
its fine port, is on the east side.
Japs' Eastern Anchor
Macarthur, announcing the new
moves iE today's connmunique,
2said Bicol peninsula constituted the
eastern anchor. of the Japanese
hold on south Luzn and the tw
invasins threatened it with en-
velopment
Burias is ITS miles southeast of
Manila, Ticao $50 miles.
They constituted the third and
fourth invasions announced by
Macarthur in three straight days
and the 10Th and 18th since Feb.
81.
The new landings were made by
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the western hemisphere he told
the iHter-American conference,
now dfawing to a close. But it
goes beyond that. No ambitious
power in this hemisphere can con-
template the conquest of another
republic in this hemisphere. The
act recognizes the equality of
states-it protects both the weak
and the strong
The firm unity established by
the republics in their mutual
pledge paved the, way for a state
ment on Argentina, which m y
come Monday,
Indications are that it will be
made without any heated debate.
The statement in expected to look
Continued on PAGE Seven, Col O.
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Canadian And
Yank Forces
Link Fronts
Chaos Reported Along APP
proaches To The Inn
portant Wesel Bridges
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR

by AUD LIN DEA1/NAG1AAS
PARIS, Sunday, March A.
(P)-The broken remnants OF
three German armies were
fleeing across the Rhine last
night. strongly pursued by the
newly-linked American Ninth
and Canadian First armies.
1t was announced at Allied
headquarters that the enemy
First Parachute army and
18th army had been destroyed
as organized fighting forces.
Chaos was declared to exist along
the approaches to the Vessel bridges
where the battered survivors of
these once-poWerfu1 armies were
converging on the river and drag
ging with them the stillmore be-
draggled odds and ends of the
wrecked Fifth Panzer army.
The Germans were blowing up
all except their mined escape
bridges and were yielding nearly
all territory west of the great river
barrier.
Dramatic Race
For the Allies it was dramatic
race to try to seize intact at least
one OF the five remaining bridges
three at Duisburg and two at Vessel.
The enemy, penned in a 23-mile
stretch along the left bank, was
believed ready to blow these
bridges as quickly as he dared in
an effort to gain time to reorganize
his shattered defenses on the other
side.
Many barges were seen laid up
along the Rhine banks, apparently
waiting to transport German troops
and material across the river by
night. U. S. Ninth Air Force planes
destroyed 81 of these.
Little, if any, German rail traf-
flc was observed moving on the
east side of the Rhine in the Vessel
area as the rails were badly cut
by bombing. But road traffic was
observed moving eastward in size
able groups of well-space vehicles,
Seventh army troops, meanwhile,
returned to the attack today after
week-long lull, gaining 600 yards
and Selling high ground along the
Saar river southeast of Saar-
bruecken and clearing several
more blocks in a mop-up of
Forbach.
Another Surge
simultaneously, two armored task
forces broke from the U. S. First
Army's 20-mile wide Erft river
bridgehead in six-mile surge on
the north that swept within four
miles of Germany's fourth great
est city of Cologne, where the en-
envy was dug in for last-ditch
stand.
To the south, two First Army
columns fought to within less than.
IL miles of the Rhines road and
railway city Of Bonn, 10 miles
southeast of Cologne, bent on cut
ting off all retreat.
Gen. Eisenhower's spokesman
warned the German people by
radio that there is no security east
OF the Rhine where the next
phase in the final struggle to crush
Germany will be fought.
With the Ninth Army in control
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WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Sunday cloudy with
probable showers. ~..r.5 ~@
eastern Standard Tfme)
CBy U. S. Weather BureaD
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, 81; 1880 am, 81; 1870 pm, IS;
1880 pm, &c.
Maximum IS; Minimum so; Mean 50;
Normal so.
Humidity
1880 am, SO; 1880 am, 80; 1880 pm, 81;
7:30 pm, SO. s5'.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
u. s. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington observation-disclosures 1:22a 8:38a
lisp 8:55p
Inlet ---------- 1058a 5:o3a
80 11:28p Slip
Sunrise, 6:37 am; Sunset Sill pm;
Moonrise, 11:24 pm; Moonset, 9:46 am.
Continued on Page Seven,@ Col. y
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Baltic Drive
Reaches Sea
Near Koeslin
SpIit German Province And
Tighten Trap On Sew
eral Nazi Divisions
Nv RICHARD KASISHKE

LONDON, Sunday, March
A. (P) Red army forces
toppled the key Pomeranian
strongholds of Pollnow and
Runmelsburg yesterday in
their powerful Baltic break
through which Berlin said had
reached the sea near Koeslin,
thus splitting the German
province and Tightening a trap
on numerous enemy divisions
in the Stolp = Gdynia Danzig
areas to the northeast.
simultaneously, Berlin said, ele-
ments of four other Soviet armies
10 the southwest opened an about
assault toward the Pomeranian
capital of Stettin at the mouth of
the Oder river, driving one spear
head into Pyritz, % miles south
east of Berlin's main port city,
and outflanking Stettin As miles
on the northeast by cutting the
trunk railway to Danzig at a new
point near Labes.
The reported Soviet advance to
Labes, AZ miles southwest of i'm
perilled Koeslin, represented g.
mile advance from previous Rus
sian position sand appeared aimed
at Kolberg, site of an American
prison camp on the Batic IS miles
to the north.
Another Target
Another probable target of the
intermediate Red Army sweep
across Pomerania was SWinemuen-
de, guardian city of the sea gate
connecting the Baltic with Stettiner
Half, the big bay leading to Stet-
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Truman 10 Tell
Plans 10 People
Goes on Radio Soon
10 Outline Program

KANSAS CITY. Dec. II tAP)
President Truman, preparing TO
put his struggle with Congress
over labor and other legislative
proposals Squarely up 10 the
people. brought his Christmas
holiday at home toward a close
today with a final round Of in
formal visiting with old friends.
The President disclosed at an
informal press conference here
yesterday that ne plans TO speak
20 the people in a nationwide
radio address right after the holi-
days. probably the first week in
January, on his overall leglsla-
tive program, including labor and
universal training
This speech will be followed by
a formal message 10 the new SeS-
sion Of Congress on the state Of
the union, which White House off,
cials said probably would be de-
Gvered In person.
Meanwhile, the President said
he would fiy back 20 Washington
at $50 a. m. tomorrow II the
weather Is no worse than that
which his big C-54. The Sacred
Cow" encountered on his fight
here from Washington Christmas
Day.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
France 0.K's
Breton Pact

PARIS, Dec. q (INS) - The
French CONSTITUENT q e m b ! Y
ratified the Breton
Woods accord today and also en-.
dorsed acceptance of the $780,
100000 loan from the United
States.
The deputies went into HI un-
usually long session, remaining
until after midnight before rati-
flying the agreement. The Breton
Woods pact provides an interna-
tional monetary fund and an in
ternational bank for reconstruc-
ton
Ratification of the two agree
ments came as French financiers
and black market operators suf-
fered an acute case OF nerves
induced by devaluation OF the
franc. The money dealers were
at a loss to determine the final
effects Of the finance ministry
decree which modified the rate OF
exchange from approximately 50
10 the dollar TO ll9l07 10 the
dollar.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28

AT NEW YoRK-Ne~b burg Victory. with
l,553 troops including 257th and 656th port
companies, 590th Ordnance Company, 3S6lst
Heavy Ordnance Company. and 50oth Port
Battalion
lanes NJ. Rhodes, sie troops including a
detachment OF tho i7lst Engineering Combat
Battalion, Alfred Moore, 57s troops including
Regiment, hospital ship Meany, $50 troops
miscellaneous troops on the following: Elearor
Tucker, "a; Harold H. Brown, 10, and Jared
InEers0ll. 2.
AT BoSTON-Lincoin Victory, !, o35 troops
including 93d QuartermaSters Railhead Com
pany. 39l4th ouartsrmaSters Gas supply
portAtion corps and miscellaneous personnel.
wheaton Victory, l,o54 troops including
539th Field Artillery battalion with medies.
With" With medies is 7ssth ~ Tank battalion With
medicS. Victor Hsrbert, with 25 miscellaneous
personnel
AT SAN DIEGo-Four ships with 2io navy
las. LcI 60. 30. LIST sss. ~. and Lei
"a. 80.
AT PORTLAND-Cape Mendocino, lT49
miscellaneous army personnel
AT NEWPORT NEws-John Jay. SIS
troops including l3lu Field Artillery bat
talino. Lacrosse Victory, 1885 troops In
Guiding s92d Air Engineer squadron.
Louis MeLAne, 6i9 troops including per-
sonnel from S60th Motor Ambulance Co,
6s9th Ordnance Ammunition Co, Headquar-
ters and Headquarters Co. Second Battalion
3bsth Infantry Regiment. and 2Ol9th quar-
termaster Truck Co
Miscellaneous troops on the following bon
Air Seam, 8; John WAnnAmakeT, %. n. W
Moore, unknown.
AT LOS ANGELES. Miscellaneous troops
on the following Robert Fechnew, s07.
Bowie, .S2o william J. GRAY, 80 CrOWe,
Al, AriStAeus, 5s. Appalachian. 2s7.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Mary ASfOr
Wed 18th Time

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. II (AP)-
Mary Astor OF the movies and
Thomas Wheelock. Chicago
broker, were honeymooning today
in Arizona.
They were married the day be-
fore Christmas, but the few
friends in attendance kept the
secret until Miss Astor made the
announcement in d telegram to
her studio yesterday. II was the
39-year-old actress fourth marital
venture.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Big ; Share
Atomic Power
tContinued from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
clear on the basis of preliminary
information. Full delineation of
his powers awaited tonight's
formal announcement of the
agreement.
Russia has agreed 10 SIT both
on the four-power control council
and on the far eastern commits
sion. which has been sitting in
Washington. The commission now
Is expected TO assume a secondary
role in japanese affairs.
II was also revealed that the
United States, Britain, Russia
and China will assume a joint
fcur-pcwer trusteeship over Korea
for five years. After that Korea
is expected 10 achieve the full
independence promised two years
ago IN the Cairo communique.
In the meantime the u. s. and
Russian military commanders in
the two occupation zones of
Korea are 10 confer in an effort
10 eliminate difficulties of ad-
ministration and communications.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Accidents in Home
38 Pct. Of Death List

The annual report of the vital
statistics bureau Of the board of
health revealed today that more
than 3S per cent of fatal acci-
dents in Detroit from Pearl
Harber to VI Day occurred in
homes.
OF the total of 2.423 fatalities
reported 92l took place in homes
and, the report said, most were
due 10 carelessness.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Detroit
GIS Dock

NEW YORK, Dec. 27-Eigh-
teen Detroit Servicemen were re-
ported arrivals yesterday aboard
the Coaldale Victoryi
yDcEIMAE. Capt. Irving.
ssSws. fyi. John
BkQwF. lst II. John W.
BUrKNAN lst Ii. Marvin A.
CVSHvIxARo, Pfc Charles.
kHMInr. Cpl. L9yis c.
EyLn Pfc. charles
foHAkp. Capt widmer 4
E.esffiiin, fiss,' Victory Il
NcKfnpON, TIB Elmer c.
EosTNAU, Pfc Robert n.
sMfTH, Tf4 Frederick J.
TTPpY Sgt Lloyd
ZkLxwsHt. TI5 Teddy :.
1fLEN. Pfc. sidney q
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
30 u. =. Sailors
Injured I'm Storm

LONDON. Dec. u (UP)-
Lloyd's reported today that 30
American soldiers were injured
severely when a storm damaged
the u. S. troopship Athos IL in
the Atlantic.
The ship arrived at Horta. the
Azores, on the way TO New York
from lie Hsvre. Lloyd's said. II
reported 5000 troops were aboard
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Rob Woman
Of 500 Cash

Mrs. Annastasia Schultz AZ, OF
1874 Mapleridge. was robbed OF
S400 in cash and $3.50 in checks
early today by lone bandit who
knocked her down as she walked
home from her tavern, the Lucky
Bar, 14069 Gratiot.
She said when she attempted
10 run toward her home the ban
dit knoc ked her down and
wrenched the purse from her
hand.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
; Army Air Units
LIN Pacific Merged

TOKYO, Dec. u (UP) - Gen.
Macarthur announced today the
consolidation of five army air
forces in the Pacific area into a
single command called PACUSA
- Pacific Air Command ". S.
Army. The command includes the
5th, 7th. 9Th, 18th and 20th air
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Paper Workers Raised

TACOMA. Wash, Dec. u QNS)
"A new contract embodying
wage increases of 10 TO Is per
cent will 20 into effect Jan. l for
1900 workers in 81 Pacific Coast
paDer mills.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
CHINA ACCEPTS TREATIES

CHUNGKING, Dec. u (AP)-
China has signihed her concur
renee TO an agreement on pro-
eedure for peace treaties reached
at the Big Three foreign minis
fers' conference in Moscow, IL
was announced officially today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28

ing of streets and highways.
The weather bureau forecast
no snow for the immediate future
and said temperatures today
would range from a high of 28 to
low of Is tonight. Yesterday
thermometers fluctuated from 80
to %.
Bus and airlines operations re-
t"rned to normal this morning
after schedules had been either
drastically delayed or abandoned
altogether.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Food Poisons 80 Vets

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. y
QNS)-Approximately so Pacific
war veterans aboard the army's
hotel ship" Lubbock were re-
covering today from food, pois-
oning.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
GIN, CI0 Farley
Back in Capital
BY JACK CRELLIN
pstrot Iims, labor Editor

Y The wage fight between Cen
cral Motors Corp. and the JAW
Go was headed back to Wash
inEton today after an unsuccessful
meeting between the disPutants
here yesterday
Hopes of the presidential fact
finding committee that progress
on the wage question could be
made in Detroit, were diSpellcd
when both parties confined their
talks TO the problem of local
union issues and failed 10 touch
on the pay angle
The corporation today was eX-
pccted 10 make public its decision
aS 10 whether il will walk out on
the hearing before the fact-fnd-
ing committee
At the outset Of the hearing
before the panel, Walter q.
Merritt. special corporation coun-
sci. announced that if the panel
decided 10 60 into the GM books
and tie the question OF wages
with profits and prices, GM would
quit the hearing.
ACTION FoREsTALLED
However. such action by the
GM delegation was forcStalled 10y
Lloyd *. Garrison. panel chair
man. who after defining the scope
of the inquiry, Immediately adj
journed the Washington meeting
until tomorrow.
II was understood that CARR
son had been flatly warned by
GM that. If he had forced a deci'
sion when he announced thai
ability TO pay was a fit subject
for discussion in the wage issue
the corporation would refuse Il
take any further part IN the
meeting.
Meanwhile, the JOINT Commit.
tee for Labor Defense, composed
of AFL local unions, met at Web
Ster Hall Yesterday 10 formulate
plan for financial and mora
support for the striking JAW
Go General Motors workers
from AFL and independent unions
GM WITHHOLDS COMMENT
GIN officials refused to com
ment following yesterdays meet
ing with the union in the Genera
Motors Building.
Walter Reuther, UAW-ClO vic
president, however, said that In
corporation had refused TO answe
"a union inquiry on whether or no
it would be in Washington TO
morrow.
"AII they would say was that
we would find the answer To
that at ) p. m. tomorrow" "
/ Reuther said.
/ Reuther indicated that Shoul
/ GM, in hopes of forcStalling fun
thcr govern IN o MT intervention
make some proposition TO IN
union which it considered salts
factory, that he might be willin
. To consent TO an adjournment.
/ REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS
"But we certainly have made
no progress here that would
II justify our not appearing be-
fore the fact finding committee
| as scheduled" Rcuther added.
LIZ Garrison -had @tFee-tAa- that 4
| morrowS meeting could not J.
! adjourned unless the CommlttC
| felt that progress was being mac
| here He later amended this
! state that he would agree TO a
| adjournment if IT was rcqucstC
both GIN anti titr- -ttrtoff,
! Although they are just as Il
! apart today on the wage demant
of the union as they were WHIT
the strike idled 175,000 au
workers on Nov q, both Il
corporation and the union inc
Gated their willingness TO get
basic problems and agreed {
procedure for ironing out loc
union grievances
Reuther alsJ said that the unit
was working on a solution 10 &
picketing of GM offices which h
blocked thousands of nonuni,
) GM office workers from wor
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
= Deaths Swell
Auto Toll TO III

Two more traffic deaths caused by icing conditions today
brought Derots l945 ILL., which IL than last
as the number declined sharply with the clear
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
LITER Saws Way
Out Of Bu||pen
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
larly before this morning, leaving
ZakerSki only a small piece TO
finish.
The slight Zakerski, who lived
at l135 w. Warren after his re-
lease from Marquette prison last
April, had been convicted of
robbery not armed, his fourth Of
fenSe which made him liable
under the states Ha abitual
Criminal Act
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
DETRoITERs STRANDED

Hundreds of Detroiters stranded
in northern cities over Christmas
when buses were stopped by icy
roads were returning today on
jammed vehicles.
City and state police said main
arteries generally were in good
condition but were still dangerous
in spots.
State main trunk lines are free
of ice except in some smaller
towns and at approaches TO
traffic lights and stop intersec-
tions. These spots, however. as
well as hills and curves, have
been Sanded.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
How Soldiers
COmeHOnle

Troopshfps arri0ins in u. S.
home ports today included the
following.