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Evening star., 1945-06-01
DooIittIe Teaminq Up
With Super Fortresses
To Polish Off Japan
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
1t. Gen. James H. Doolittle is
teaming up with the Super Fort
reSses to finish the job he started
three years ago with his world
startling air attack on Tokyo.
Disclosure that the mighty B-29s
scourge of Japans skies, will be a
part of Gen. Doolittle's 9th Air
Force in its aerial war against ia
pan was only one piece of news the
Array uncorked yesterday to let
the Japs know the worst is yet to
come.
l. Undersecretary of War Patter-
son served notice that Japan will be
pounded harder from the air than
Germany ever was. With B-29 at
tacks already rivaling the biggest
raids against Germany, ne said both
the bomb tonnage and the number
OF B-29 attacks will be stepped up
considerably.
More HOp-Offs Closer.
2. American units of the British
American Eastern Air Command in
the 1ndia-Burma theater are shov-
ing out for places from which they
can get better crack at Japan.
Under Maj. Gen. George E. Strate-
meyer, this is the force that helped
chase the japanese from Burma.
3. Super Fortresses in the last
three months have cascaded So 900
tons of bombs on Japan, damaging
or destroying top-priority war pro-
duction plants in Toxic, Nagoya
Osaka and Kobe Hundreds of in
dustrial installations have been hit.
along with dock facilities and trans
portation centers.
The announcement that B-29s are
being added to the Liberators, Fly
ing Fortresses and fighter planes of
Gen. Doolittle' 9th Air Force gave
no details.
1t was learned, however, that the
present setup under which the Goth
tSuper Fortress Air Force in
washington QlrectS Big opera tiOnS
will not be changed.
Three B-29 Forces.
Inclusion of the Super Fortresses
in the 9th will put three B-29 forces
into the aerial war against Japan.
The 2lst (Super Fortress) Bomber
Command has been pounding ia
pan steadily from the MarianaS
and the Goth Bomber Command for
several months struck the home
land and the southern extremity of
the empire from bases in India and
China.
Nothing, however, has been heard
from the goth Bomber Command
for several weeks. 1t is possible it is
being shifted to bases closer to
Japan.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Scranton Strikers DEFY
|WLB Order Aqoin

(Fron, Yesterdays Last Edition. )ss
BY the Associated Press.
SCRANTON, Pa, May 31.-Ems
ployes of the Scranton Transit Co.
voted today to continue their 12-
day-old strike.
The Regional War Labor Board
in Philadelphia yesterday ordered
the 400 members of Local 1863 of the
Amalgamated Association of Elec-
trio Street Railway and Motor
Coach Employees (AFL) to return
to work Immediately. 'l
The strike vote was taken after
the union heard reports from Busi-
ness Manager John F.. Holleran and
PRESIDENT Michael O'Neill, who at
tended show-cause hearing before
the RWLB. :.
1t was the second time within a
week the union has disregarded a
return -to-work order. =
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Soldier Stomps
On Jap Grenade;
Saves 7 Buddies
BY the Associated Press


The Army today told the story OF
Tennessee infantryman who savec
his own life and those of two buddies
by stomping japanese grenade
into the ground and holding it dowr
with his foot as it exploded.
The hero is 3l-year-old Pfc. Dora
Wilcox, St Elmo, Tenn, rifleman
whose foot was shattered by the
blast. Pfc. Wilcox is now receiving
treatment at Letterman Genera,
Hospital in San Francisco.
Pfc. Wilcox, with other men OF
32d Division, had just completed a
three-day forced march to a ridge
on Leyte from which they could
cover the strategic Ormoc road.
The enemy swept up to within &C
yards of the American force and
began hurling grenades. One
dropped into the foxhole where Pfc
Wilcox and two other infantrymen
were lying.
Without hesitating, Pfc. Wilcox
stomped the grenade into the
ground and held it there. AS it
exploded, he slumped back into the
hole. His foot was smashed but
his buddies were unharmed.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Maj. Gen. Brooks Named
Service Command Head
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Maj. Gen. Edward H. Brooks,
former commander of the 9Th Corps
of the TIN Army in Europe, has been
named commanding general of the
4th Service Command, with head
quarters in Atlanta, Ga.
Gen. Brooks takes over his new
duties today, replacing Maj. Gen.
Frederick E. Uhl, who has been
given an important but undisclosed
overseas assignment, the War De-
partment announced last night.
Gen. Brooks went overseas in
March, 1914, serving as commanding
general of the I'd Armored Division
He took command of the 9Th Corps
last October He was awarded the
Silver Star for gallantry in August,
1914, for personally directing sue
cessful attacks of his units against
German strongpOints.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Gen. Clark Flies Here
To GET New Orders;
Greeted by Mother

Gen. Mark w. Clark was getting
his bearings in Washington TODAY
after year of victorious fighting in
Italy since his last visit home.
Accompanied by his wife, the
four-star general stepped from an
Army transport plane at 6:l5 pm
yesterday to receive the greeting he
had long anticipated-a hug and
kiss from his mother.
Otherwise, Gen. Clark might have
been just another general returning
to Washington from brief trip, for
by prearrangement there was a
noticeable absence at the National
Airport of official welcome.
His plane arrived nine minutes
late In front of the Air Transport
Command base. where Mrs. Charles
G. Clark and the generals daughter
Anne were awaiting him. 1t was an
anxious few minutes for his mother
until the six-foot soldier literally
grabbed her in his long arms.
CLOVIS With Health.
Son, you're looking fine" she
exclaimed, holding him at arms
length and looking proudly up at
him, And he was. Glowing with
health and better looking than his
pictures. everybody agreed.
Daughter Anne. who had returned
to Washington ahead of him after
his rampant welcoming in Chicago
on Memorial Day, seemed. just as
happy in greeting her father again.
Gen. Clafk's official statement on
his return was free of any security
embarrassments. It's mighty fine
to be with my family again" he said
After shaking hands with the two
Army Welcomers, Brig. Gen. William
I. Mitchell of the Ground Forces
and Col. Frank H. Collins, COM
mander of the A. T. c. base here.
the general turned back to the plane
to thank the pilot for another happy
landing"
1t was all over in a few minutes.
Gen, Clark obligingly posed with his
mother and wife for the news
pictures.
Accompanied by Friends.
oCII. I1IS. Sldl lldu DCCIl
accompanied on the trip by two
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grif-
flths of Seattle, Wash The group
motored to the home in the Ken
nedy-Warren Apartments, where the
senior Mrs. Clark said the generals
spaniel dog was waiting for him.
When Gen. Clark left Washington
year ago to return to Italy he
took the dog with him. 1t had been
sent lack home ahead
How long the former commander
o. the 18th Army Group which
crushed German resistance in Italy
will remain in Washington, not even
he knows now, probably. Officially,
he is here to await new assign
ment. Reports from Paris indicate
Gen Clark might be made American
representative on an Allied council
to control an additional occupation
area in Austria
One thing certain. Gen. Clark in /
tends to 60 to the United States |
Military Academy TO see his son
graduate. He had missed his daugh- |
ter'c ra6natiOp here
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Bankers Group Backs
BRETON Woods PROPOSAL

Rrom Yesterdays Last EditionJ
B.-sthe Associated Press. ef@u rs &
BOSTON, May 3l-Formation OF
a Nationwide committee of bust
nessmen and bankers to support the
Breton Woods agreement was an
nounced today by Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont industrialist and president
of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston.
Flanders said that the object of
the group, to be known as the Busi-
ness and Industry Committee for
Breton Woods. Inc, with head
quarters in New York, is Ito give
expression to the views of what we
believe to be the majority of Ameri-
Evening star., 1945-06-01
House Adopts Control
On Size Of Postwar Navy

BY The Associated Press.
The House yesterday passed and
sent to the Senate a bill giving Con-
gress control over the size of the
postwar Navy.
The measure, authored by Chair
man Vinson on the Naval Affairs
Committee, provides that the. Navy
cannot junk capital ships, sea and
air bases and other plants without
giving Congress 60-day period in
which to veto the plan.
Evening star., 1945-06-01

The Office of War Information
makes this official statement:
"NoW, the Battle of Japan
must be Uon.
"The pipe lines to the Pa
cifc are tWice as long as they
are to Europe and they must
be kept flled-euery day.
"Billions of pounds of
meat must be constantly in
transit to Pacific bases. Ade-
quate reserves must be kept
on hand in all supply depots.
Evening star., 1945-06-01

Spokane succeeds her July 1. The
Senate yesterday confirmed Judge
Schwellenbach's nomination with
out dissent.
She disclosed that she has a
drawerful Of 'Rooseveltiana," which
includes his notations on lists of
names she offered for certain Jobs
Mr.. Roosevelt penciled after each
his own reactions, such as:
TOO much vanity.
Talks too much.
"A silly ass"
Or "a very good choice"
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Hen Continues to Luy
Eqqs of Easter Hues

PORTLAND, Greg. Delivery day
is Easter for hen belonging to
Donald Jaun of Happy Valley.
A few weeks ago she began laying
eggs gayly striped in brown and
white.
Her latest creation is a snappy
number with brick red band edged
with a cream -colored stripe.
Evening star., 1945-06-01

can businessmen who are interested
in enlarged opportunities for foreign
trade and their favorable effect on
the American economy as whole" 4"
The committee, Flanders added,
has in preparation a series of reports
on what the Breton Woods agree
ment means to various industries.
Evening star., 1945-06-01

"Men are n1ouing to the
Pacific in rapidly increasing
numbers and they must be
folloWed by enormous guam
titles of meat as UeU as tanks
and rockets, n1ortars and
shells.
"Also, troops in Europe
UiU get more fresh meats and
hot kitchen-prepared meals.
"V-E Day does not mean
a reduction in the Arn1ys
currentmeatrequiren1ents."
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Col. Oechsner, Former
Newsmon, Is Divorced

By the Associated Press.
RENO, New, June 1.-Col Fred
erick C. Oechsner, now in London
in the psychological warfare branch
of the United States Office of Stra-
tegic Services, yesterday was di-
vorced here by Dorothy Koepke
Oechsner on an extreme cruelty
charge.
The couple was married in London
in 1888.
Col. Oechsner formerly was CEN
trail European manager of the United
Press.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Minister Describes
How Jap Balloon
Killed Wife, 5chi|dren
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
LAKEVIEW, Greg, June 1.-The
only survivor or the Japanese bal
loon bomb explosion that killed his
wife and Ave youngsters near here
told last night how the first victims
Of an enemy attack on the United
States. mainland in this war died.
Disclosure of the May tragedy
was made by Undersecretary of
War Patterson to warn the public
against touching strange objects in
the forests.
The survivor, the Rev. Archie
Mitchell, said he had taken his wife
and five neighborhood children on
a fishing trip. Later in the day, he
related, they decided to eat lunch
at picnic site a short distance
from the stream.
The Rev. Mr. Mitchell said his
wife and the children were walking
through the woods to the spot as he
drove the car there. AS he stopped
the car, he said he heard some one
shout. Look what we've found"
The minister said he called, Don t
touch it," and started running
toward the group. He explained he
had heard of the Japanese balloons
and was afraid that was what they'd
found.
"As I ran through the woods" he
said, there was terrific explosion. !"
He found all six dead. all within
A l0-yard radius of the balloon
fragments. A piece of burning bal
loon lay on Mrs. Mitchell's body.
Two Forest Service workers who
were operating road grader in the
vicinity got to the scene almost as
quickly as the minister.
He talked about the tragedy for
the first time yesterday because mil
itary officials had asked him not to
discuss the explosion earlier, as 1t
was military secret.
Killed were Mrs. Mitchell, Joan
Patzke, IL; her brother. Dick. 49,:
Eddie Engen, 13; Jay Clifford, IL,
| and Sherman Shoemaker, IL.
H. l.
Evening star., 1945-06-01

Do you know that a college edu-
cation for your child costs about
$1,000? Your regular purchase Of
War Bonds will come in handy for
his or her education,
Evening star., 1945-06-01

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Evening star., 1945-06-01

1t takes two years to "build"
a good beef steer; eight to
twelve months to produce a
marketable hog.
Current production, al
though larger than prewar,
isn't sufficient to meet all
the wartime demands and
still give US all the meat we
want.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-05
Industry and Labor Work
Together For Postwar
Jobs In Philadelphia

Philadelphia. In this city of
"brotherly love-" industry appears to
have dropped it's aloofness and taken
labor into form of partnership
for the development Of program of
high postwar employment.
The initiative in that direction was
taken by the Philadelphia unit of the
Committee for Economic Develop
ment, headed nationally by Paul Hoff-
man, president of the Studebaker
Corporation.
The national committees stated
goal is 7 to 10 million more jobs after
the war than existed in 1910, and
it has set up affiliates throughout the
country to plan for that goal.
The local committee went further
than similar bodies in other communi-
ties to collaborate with labor. Else
where labor advisory groups were es-
tablished for such cooperation, but in
Philadelphia the committee took the
additional step of including a labor
representative on its executive board
so as to have direct workers partici-
patton.
w. B. Woodwork, Jr., general chair
man of the Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen on the Pennsylvania Lines
(east) was chosen by the labor advis-
ory committee to fill that position as
spokesman for all labor. The advis-
ory committee includes AFL and CIO
representatives named by their re-
spective central bodies.
Employer-labor forums are being
held, industry by industry, to discuss
what can be done in the way of bring
ing about greater employment after
the war in Philadelphia. These for.
ums, the committee said, have beer
thrown open to the frankest discus.
sion, with no holds barred"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-05
Senate Committee Praises
Labor, Hits Army
Production Mistakes

Washington, D. C.-The Senate
War Investigating Committee, headed
by Senator James Mead of New York,
declared in an official report that
labor and industry have done splen-
did job on the production front.
Production and distribution have
exceeded all records and most ex-
pectations," the committee declared.
"From almost any viewpoint, this
has been the most colossal undertak-
ing Of mankind. That this task has
been accomplished as well as it has
been is miracle of economic organ
ization."
However, the report emphasized that
this achievement should not blind the
nation to the mistakes that have .oc-
Cured. The committee charged the
War Department with "ruthlessly''
stripping industry of "irreplaceable
trained personnel" and of failing to
use this manpower to the best advant-
age after induction. The committee
noted that the Army has been forced
occasionally to furlough or release
men to fill gaps created by the draft.
The committee also criticized the
armed forces for permitting vast sur
pluses of some types of war equipment
to accumulate. Such surpluses, the
committee charged, have "hindered
balanced war supply"
"The manpower and materials which
went into surpluses could have been
used to produce more urgently need
ed items," the committee report said
"By better planning, the facilities anG
manpower now devoted to the produc.
tion of articles in which we have ade:
quate stocks could be curtailed, thus
releasing productive capacity which
can, at least in part, be transferred
to the production programs in which
we now have shortages"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-05
LEGION TO MEET
WITH AFL HEADS

Indianapolis national confer
ences to be sponsored by the labor re-
lations committee of the American
Legion, were authorized by the Le-
gion's national executive committee
Acting on the recommendation of
Labor Relations Chairman Fred G
Fraser, the Legion approved:
A conference to be held in Wash
ington during the first ten days of
February, 1945, with representatives
Of the AFL, CIO, Railway Labor Exec
utives Association and the United
Mine Workers of America, to adjust
differences, if any, that might exist
between organized labor and the
American Legion.
A joint conference with representa-
tives of labor and industry at which
the general labor relations affecting
returning veterans may be discussed
and their rights protected. No date
or place for this conference has been
set.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-05
COLORADO COURT
CURBS LABOR LAW

Denver-The State Supreme Court
ruled in a decision hailed as victory
for labor that two sections of the So
called "labor peace act' of 1943, re-
curing incorporation of labor unions.
are invalid.
1t also declared imperative sec
tions making a strike unlawful unless
authorized by majority vote by
secret ballot of the union involved,
and making such vote a legal con-
tingency in strike issues.
The rest of the law, the court said,
could not be tested under the State
Declaratory Judgment Act on which
this case was based because that law
did not intend chat court should
enter into speculative inquiry" as to
constitutionality.
Shorn of the Incorporation and
strike-vote provisions, the other anti
labor sections of the law will be tested
in the courts when the authorities
seek to enforce them.
The Supreme Courts opinion was
on appeal by the AFL from Denver
District Court decision which like
wise had held that the requirements
for incorporation were invalid.
The lower court erred, however, in
attempting to uphold the constitu-
tionality of the rest of the law under
the Declaratory Judgment Act, the
higher court said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-05
Closer Ties With Latin
American Seen AS Result
OF Meany Trip To Mexico

Washington, D. C.-Long efforts
by the American Federation of Labor
to build closer relations with the
Latin American labor movement are
bearing fruit.
Latest step in that direction was a
conference held by AFL Secretary
Treasurer George Meany in Mexico
City with leaders of the Mexican
Federation of Labor, commonly known
as the C. T. M. Confederation de
Trabajodores de Mexico).
Mr.. Meany met with Fidel Velas-
quez, general secretary, and other Of
ficials of the c.. T. M. The result, he
said, on his return here was Every
encouraging"
"The impression l got is that real
trade unionists are running the c. T
NJ" he declared. "They made it clear
that they want Latin-American labor
solidarity as much as we do. / am
confident we will make real progress
from here on"
Further conferences are expected
both in this country and in Mexico
between leaders Of the two labor move
ments, Mr. Meany said. These, he
predicted, will be stepping stone
to development Of the ties with free
democratic unions in other Latin
Apoarioap nations
The parley was looked on as par.
ticularly significant because of at.
tempts being made in Communist
quarters to build rival Latin-Ameri.
can labor federation. These attempts
have received much publicity in the
"Daily Worker" Communist organ
which at the same time denounced
Mr.. Meany's trip as a splitting
move"
eff the Daily Worker is angry
with us, we must be. on the right
track" Mr.. Meany said. "Our aim is
to spread the principle of free, demo.
cratic unionism, not totalitarianism.'
Mr.. Meany made the journey te
Mexico City on instruction from Pres
ident William Green and the Fedora.
tons committee on international re.
lations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-05
Labor Demands WLB Set
Minimum Wage of u Cents
An Hour AS General Rule

Washington, D. C.-The labor mem
bers of the National War Labor
Board submitted to the full board a
resolution which would establish 72
cents an hour as the straight-time
hourly pay rate "below which any
rate shall be considered substandard."
They charged that the board for
almost three years had refused to
attack this problem in fortnight
fashion"
Under the terms of the labor groups
resolution, any employer could get
board approval to grant wage rises
up a rate of 72 cents an hour. In dis
putes, the board would not necessar-
lily order 72-cent minimum in all
cases.
Under present policy, employers
may grant wage increases up to So
cent rate without asking board ap-
proval.
In a statement, the labor group said
that "evidence submitted to the board
indicates that, in order to maintain
even the barest minimum standard of
living, an employe should receive no
less than 72 cents an hour"
The statement declared that the
board had "evaded the issue (of sub
standard rates. and sought to circum-
vent or postpone an adequate colu-
ton by creating wholly unsatisfactory
administrative stop-gaps. 1t added:
"The board has persisted in this
conduct despite Presidential assur-
ances, despite powers granted in sta
tutes and executive orders, despite its
own brave words that action would be
taken to meet the problem of elm
mating substandards of living. 1t is
late indeed, but not too late, for the
board to act courageously and effec-
lively"
The statement quoted President
Roosevelt as telling Congress last
January, "'It is our duty now to begin
to lay the plans and determine the
strategy for the winning of a lasting
peace and the establishment of ar
/ American standard of living higher
than ever before known. We cannot
be content no matter how high that
general standard of living may be, il
some fraction of our people, whether
it be one-third, or one-fifth, or one
tenth, is ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housec
and insecure.
The board, the labor group said
twas assigned to one sector Of thai
substandard battle front, but SO fal
has carried on the battle in only 9
half-hearted manner"
The statement also recalled that the
President, in his executive order or
wage stabilization, had authorized the
board to approve increases to elimi.
nate substandards of living.
"a number of attempts" they said
"have been made to get the board to
consider the actual cast of a minimum
standard of living, but these attempts
have so far availed nothing"