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Evacuating Japanese

The bombing Of Tokyo and other great jap
anese cities has resulted in an order by the
central government canceling express train
schedules throughout the country, except be-
tween Tokyo and Shimonoseki, connecting ia
pan and China, so that train service may
be devoted to evacuating urban population.
A Tokyo broadcast recorded by the Federal
Communications Commission says that con-
fusion as a result of B-29 incendiary bombing
of Japans major cities has become so wide
spread that the authorities have abandoned
most Of the governmental regulations pertain.
ing to feeding evacuees.
Another broadcast said that authorities Of
Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest Of Tokyo, te
which large number Of evacuees have
fled, had ordered the leaders of cities, towns
and villages within the prefecture to take
steps in distributing staple foodstuffs to these
air raid damage victims, irrespective Of the
fact that they may or may not possess air raio
damage victim certificates or other necessary
papers and without following the usual pro-
cedure involved in the distribution OF food
stuffs.''
With the air blitz going SO successfully it is
too bad the war against the japanese canno
be ended in Japan. If it could, the conflict ir
the Orient might not long outlive that in Eu
rope.
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The Literary Guidepost

, eye is bright with menace VI s+s J
with terror. Lives are al S ssast
One of those who flee by niS Is
and hide by day is a tral'o'IM Mil.
it Quivar, the Negro? Is II -'-'
But your attention is thrown row,
quickly upon other dubious cnS Il
acters. You see a cross-secyiU++li
the blood-soaked but oeau'4 tor
Gills where the maquis fights 10. fo5
its existence, where everyone w.
meet may be deadly eii s5oot
| where the only safety IS 10 ., he
first, yet where love still may inst d
found. The picture broadens mis- Is;;
when the interest heightens::. or r
| is all the borderlands of sullel ,ar,
Europe, this is the cruelesl Pa a.
of the war, the war in WhleN IN
Their is pitted against son. onIv
which the weapons are nov r,ot
gun and bomb but also uls . ~.
dreadful instruments OF toi W. ~ md
Prokosch has a stroy to ten lac,
also some convictions to eAp anin.
There is a skilful balance v 8,
ions never get in the way o. ,slu
fast-moving tale. You cam ,, IN,
but listen to bits OF phllosopi'.bo t
by men who, you fear, are '
to die.
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WASHINGTON CALLING
by
MARQUIS CH1LDs

Under AMG policy, no Ameri-
can food is being used to feed the
Germans. Fairly large stores Of
food were found in the city, and
this is being distributed by Ger.
mans under American direction.
Civilians you see on the streets
look surprisingly respectable and
fit. Through two and a half years
Of bombing, they have become ad-
justed to cellar existence.
The miracle is that even a frac-
ton of the city's former popula.
ton can live in the ruins. You
see them trundling possessions in
small carts through the streets.
Some still have bicycles.
With the Wehrrnacht still in pos
session of the suburbs on the other
bank Of the Rhine, our artillery
shells whistle overhead, and Ger
man artillery and mortar shells
fall sporadically in the city. Stand
ing on the steps of the cathedral,
you can look across the Rhine,
which is narrow here, to strong
points held by the enemy.
Sightseeing GIs, on a brief rest
leave, throng in and out of the
great church, which is almost
roofless. They seem unaware of
occasional snipers' bullets and the
mortar shells lobbed in from
across the river.
One Of the grievous architectu-
raj losses it is estimated that is
Continued on Pare Tenl
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On A High Horse

Affairs have come to pretty pass in New
York when the mayor Of the city orders gen.
eral violation of wartime order setting up
midnight curfew and the managers or pro.
prietors of thirty-five hotspots voluntarily
obey.
Guardia in way that will meet general ap
prevail when it says:
when he told his radio audience on Sun
day that he had changed the city's curfew
hour from midnight to sa.m. Mayor La
Guardia said: L have done something unusua
this time All he has done has been to trea1
with contempt wartime request of the Gov
eminent Of the United States, give the city
black eye and declare null and void an &C
Of the Board Of Estimate and the City Coun
Gill;
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Your War; With Ernie Pyle

been in Vienna. He said that was
his dads dream city" His faith
er was a pfc in the last war, and
spent three years in a hospital in
Vienna, and has always wanted to
60 back.
The columns are probably the
first news Jimmy's folks have
had of his little mid-ocean esca.
pade. It is glorious news along.
side the last grave message they
had.
For Jimmy's only brother, En-
sign Donald Van Fleet. also car
rier pilot, was killed off Formaso
just a few months ago. He ha6
got two Jap planes in the two
weeks before he himself was shot
down. We are grateful that the
sea gave Jimmy back.
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The War
BY KIRKE L. S,upso,.
Associated Press W. VA sun

p.aa;. war Analyst
:. PENDING further evolution ~ ;,
h III concerted opsrsti' a..
in Germany to disclose wa s,a,o ~
battle OF inner Germany will IN. IN
sin' events beyond the p.,; w.
leave Japan hardly less cont. 'us
ana uncertain than her cr,,r,s, 's'
Nazi aceomplice.
Within the last 48 hours su.,
AR power has run the gar Miea
Nipponese defensive denlorr u Of
from western Burma 10 the D len
outs OF Japan's sorely battered ' aa'.
in the island sea. The swo. les'
planes, land or carrier bassS plas
viously were paving the ws,, % %
something, but for Just w fas ~ Ios
kyo could not certainly tell paw W.
erful naval task forces wa,. row.
ported at one stage no mors 90 ~ n
on miles offshore from Jsr." .fa
home islands. ''pdA'
Tokyo broadcasts give cer,..
evidence OF the invasion fears rnal
ming high in Japan. The sams t t.'
is dominating japanese armv a ,oa'
manders in French Indo.Cbin. ''l \.
was redoubled by the Nippo r, :.
reported heavy air attack on H.; w
nan island, the big Chinese South,
ern appendix dominating the CuI,
OF Tonhn and the northeast cos, Is,
OF the French colony. Througb !.
runs the slender and vulneraBIs i,
Nlpponese communications ljts lin.
linking her armies in China wifi
Burma, Malaga and the Dutch Ir
dies.
Formosa, the japanese Chin,
Sea Gibraltar, got another blast,
ing, Tokyo said. There was Jana.
nese word for it, too that the grsat
task force from which Navy bomb.
ers caught nearly a score Of war
craft at moorings in inland SEA
harbors was moving southwest.
ward again, perhaps to strike into
| the center of the Ryukyu chain Of
islands that runs from the south.
western tip Of Kyushu in the home
islands all the way to Formosa.
Those Ryukyu islands certainly
figure in American naval plans tol
the early if not immediate future
They form screen across thu
wide mouth Of the East China SEA
The Ryukyus cover like blan
ket all approaches from the soutl
to sea traffic that flows between
| Nagasaki and other parts in south
ern Japan and Shanghai.
Tokyo reflects a Japanese be
lief that the largest and most con
trail island of the group, Okinawa
is an American objective. Tha
seems logical deduction for 0kin
ava offers both good weather PROOF
harborage at Mana and ample
room for bomber and fighter
strips. There are open plains and
little forested land and the island
lies within 400 miles Of Formoss
to the southwest and less than 500
miles from Nagasaki to the %rth.
east. Tokyo has good reason to
assume that it figures in Ameri'
can future strategy.
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one who helped was Radioman
Third Class Melvin Collina, of l02
North Vine-st.) OtumWa, Iowa.
They're smart on that destroy
err. Because a few hours later here
came another message saying 1T
that information is for the press,
might add that both men received
Bronze Stars for similar rescue
work during operations off Leyte
last fall"
Jimmy Van Fleet is Is, and in
congruous as it seems, was
school teacher before he became
a fighter pilot in the Navy. His
home in Findlay is at 327 College-st
but his wife is living at 339 N. Man
st, Kenton, o. He has a son seven
months old whom he has never
seen.
Jimmy asked me if I had ever
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so THEY SAY

We must have something ready when the
European war ends. We will need manpower
legislation then more than ever, for there will
be a relaxing and workers will leave war
posts unless the production program is in
control-Sen. Warren R. Austin (R) OF Yer
mont.
No attempt should be made to educate the
Japanese in western democratic principles OF
ideas. Such efforts coming from outside would
be futile. That is a subject in which they
should educate themselves.-Adnl. Harry =
Yarnen, retired, former commander U. >
Asiatic fleet
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COLOGNE - You cannot con-
ceive the meaning Of complete
destruction until you see this ruin.
Here is a city that had popu-
lation Of about 100000, and there
is not one section that has not
been devastated. 1t is a perfect
illustration of what modern war
means total destruction, with the
survivors driven to existence In
cellars and caves.
The area of total destruction is
put at more than 5000 acres. CT
william casualties, from the begin
ming OF the first bombings up to
and including the fall of the city,
are estimated roughly at $4,000.
The same number may still be
living in cellars and shelters be-
meath the ruins.
But figures mean little and can
not convey the sense Of utter DESC
lation that comes out of the gray
skeleton Of what was once a
flourishing, handsome city. Par
ticularly at nightfau, with the 81
lence unbroken by any human
sound, it is weird and frightening.
Considering the magnitude OF
their task, it seems to me that
the Allied military government
has made an excellent beginning.
Forty-two officers and rs enlisted
menNall Americans, since this is
an American sector-are working
to restore life to the city. The
commanding officer is Lieut.. Col.
John K. Patterson of Riverside,
California. His two chief assist
ants are Major Edwin Tribble of
Washington, D. c., and Major
Everett M. Ross of Phoenix, Ari-
IONA.
Patterson has followed the rule
that no member Of the Nazi party
shall have any part in the ad-
ministration set up by AMG. Thls
complexities the task at the out
set, since most Germans have
been party members, but Patter-
son believes it is the only policy
that makes sense for the long pull.
OF course, all the Germans inter-
viewed say they were not in SYM
pathy with the Nazis and were
forced to join the party in order
to live.
After AMG headquarters were
established in a building less dam
aged than most, and after the dead
were cleared from the streets, the
AMG staff began getting police
force organized, a telephone sys-
tenn set up, and soup kitchens 60
ing. Lieut.. Col. Robbings P. Crow
ell, formerly with the Bell Tele-
phone company in New York, who
is in charge Of communications
for the AMG staff, found two local
telephone stations intact. The local
engineers had been instructed by
fleeing Nazi bigwigs to destroy
the installations and then follow
the Army across the Rhine, but
they stayed at their posts.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-23
Daily Prayer
FOR STEADFASTNESS
IN DEFEAT

Our pride has been humbled, and
our boastfulness rebuked, 0 Lord,
by the triumph Of the heather
over our forces. Dazed, but not
despairing, we accept these first
defeats, confident that tomorro"
will bring great victories. We con,
fess our sins of complacency and
carelessness and unpreparedness
and the wicked pursuit OF sen,
gain. Now we pray for steadias'
hearts, that we may learn the les
son of the Cross-the great defea'
that turned into the worlds great.
est triumph. Steady out souls tna'
we may, unaffrighted, pursue INC
long struggle to victory. Since We
hunbly believe that we fight lot
the things which we thlnE hav Vt,
been taught us by Tee, grant ~
an abiding consciousness that rlsl'
must win. because Thou, y oniIa'
potent Ruler, canst not be Wiat s
stood. So in resignation and WIN
mistaken will, may we tlgh' oia
denying no service and no ssct ~
flee to the Cause for which ouF
men in uniform are braVely o1-ei
ing their lives. Amen.-"' l h'
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Fair Enough

Editors note.-Ihe Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views Of Mr.. Pegler. and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers His articles serve the good purpose
Of making people think.)
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When contrasted with the carefree, unre.
stricted life Of the average overseas G. l.,
it sort Of tugs at your heartstrings. - Sgt
Charles Avedon, editor Army Newspaper Mid.
pacifican, on the curfew.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-23
OPPOSES OWN SALARY RAISE

BOSTON, March 22.-UR'-Ons
of the few men who doesn't wan Jan,
a salary increase in Boston pol.s'
commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan
He told a legislative coInfllls ,'Id
that he opposed bill winch " e,a.
rails his salary from $4,000 to si 4.
900 year. He said it woula w. v.
poor taste to accept a RAISE ",
cuse Of the poor salaries Oh H''
sllhnrdin a tes
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Yield your poor best and ask not how or
why,
Lest one day, seeing all about thee spread
The mighty crowd and marvellously fed.
Thy heart break out into bitter cry:
81 might have furnished, I, yea, even
The two small fishes and the barley bread"
Frederick Langbridge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
Big ; Meets,
Ldb0rite Saws

LONDON. Feb s GNS)-In a
casual. oiihand manner. the leader
of Brlta.nS trade unions today
unmantlcd another Of the wars
lll-kept ScCrctS-thc fact that
President Roosevelt. Prime Min
IStcr Churchill and Premier Mar
shall Stain arc now engaged in
their second historic conference TO
decide the fate Of the world
Opening an international labor
meeting m London. Sir Walter
Citrinc, general secretary Of the
British Trades Union Congress,
apologizcd for the absence of
Churchill. who had been Sched-
uled 10 address the delegates, and
added
since the arrangement was
entered into to have MIR.
Churchill address the congress,
conference was arranged be-
tween the great powers and il
is taking place at this very
moment"
Because he could not or would
not, Sir Walter did not disclose
the actual meeting place of the
Big Three But his statement
whipped British public interest in
the conference TO fever pitch.
II was the first concrete state
ment by any British official con-
corning an event that every man
in the street has been debating al
most 10 the exclusion of every
thing else for days past Sir Wal
ter'S announcement was cleared
by censorship for cabling abroad
only after considerable delay
Speculation now centerS on the
site OF the meeting and the con-
SenSuS in London Is that il Is very
close 10 Russia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07

Work on vitality needed aircraft
parts was halted today at the
Briggs Mack avenue plant when
1900 members Of Local 212. JAW
Go, walked off their Jobs in an
apparent sympathy strike with 10
members of the burr department.
The burr workers left the plant
at 10 Am. after the chairman Of
the union plant committee in
Structed them not 20 do a job as
signed to them, the company state
ment said
They were joined by $50 other
employees IN the burr department
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
1900 Out al Bri SSS.
Halt Aircraft Jobs

Of the aircraft division and later
by 1850 workers in the tank,
press room, inspection and tool
room departments.
The burr workers were making
aluminium parts for aircraft and
the other departments affected by
the Stoppage make plane parts
and other war materials.
The company statement charged
no attempt was made by the union
10 follow grievance procedure as
provided in the contract.
jess FerraZZa, president of Local
2l2. could not be reached for a
statement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
CITY Utilities Tax
Is Declared Illegal

A city ordinance levying a Spe-
Cifc 20 per cent excise tax against
the Detroit Edison Co. and the
Consolidated Gas Co. to
derive about S13,500, 900 annually
for postwar Improvement pur-
poses, was declared unconstitu-
tional today by Circuit Judge Jo-
seph A. Moynihan
Holding that the city had eX-
ceeded its taxing powers IN order
ing the levy Judge Moynihan
issued a decree perpetually re-
Straining city officials rom en-
forcing the ordinance.
When the suit ConteSting the
ordinance was filed. it was under
stood by both plaintiff and defend
ant that regardless of the circuit
court ruling the decision would be
appealed TO higher courts.
TENT OF OPINION
In his opinion, the judge said
in part:
THE power TO levy such taxes
belongs To Congress.
"The court feels that no
amount of quibbling would
change the courts viewpoint
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
Macarthur Doomed
For On 10 Tokyo Role

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 GNS)
Congressional leaders asserted
today that Gen. Macarthur should
continue in command of the AL
lied forces on the march TO Tokyo.
Members of the Senate and
House military and naval commit
tees declared that Macarthur $
brilliant leadership should not end
with his successful return to the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
Hot Tip for Charlie:
Bergen 10 Wed Soon

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. s (INS)-
In case Charlie Mccarthy still is
trying TO find out when his boss,
Edgar Bergen, is planning to wed,
here's a hot tip.
Mrs. Lillian Boyd of Hollywood
said today that she expects her
daughter. Frances Westerman, 10
be married to Bergen within a
month.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07

that this proposed tax Is more
in the manner of a regulatory
measure than the logical desire
for carrying out of an extensive
postwar construction program.
1.-THE defendant (the city, in
sists it possesses the power to
levy such "A tax. On this score
we remind that the junior or
subordinate taxing power must
of necessity flow from senior or
paramount taxing authorities.
IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS
In this respect the federal
and state constitutions have i'm
posed rather rigid restrictions
in the granting of taxing pow
ers TO the other units of gov
eminent"
The judge said he fully under
stood the city was desperately in
need of money for a postwar con-
struction program. This, he said,
could not alter his judgment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
MAY FLANK FRANKFURT

The two new bridgeheadS across
the Oder on the Berlin front-the
one at kienitZ was reported
yesterday-were between Frank
furt and Furstenberg, the military
spokesman said.
They were located as two or
three miles south of Frankfurt,
the last great citadel before Ber-
lin, which will be threatened by
any flanking drive Zhukov is able
to develop from these reported
CROSSINGS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
French Auto ana Air
Race Champion Dead

hour. and again i'm 1880 with an
average of loo miles an hour
Doret set the world auto speed
record for tho 2I-hour course in
1925 and 1927
lie founded Frances biggest
flying school, Aeroclub dc la
Somme. and in 1889 assumed
command Of the pilot training
school at SaumuT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
Map Goodwill Campaign

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 CINS)
Capt. William A. Anderson. ad-
vertiSing director Of the Office
of Co-ordinator of Inter-American
Affairs. disclosed today a record
breaking S16.0oo000 goodwill adj
vertising campaign by L. s,
business in Latin-AmeriCa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07

ABBEVILLE. France. Feb 6
CUPl-rMarcel Dorct, rs. famous
French World War / acc and
later worlds automobile and air
racing record holder, died yes
tcrday.
lie won the world speed fliaht
championship over the 1.OO0-kilo-
meter course In 1924 with an
average speed Of 1873 miles an
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
REPORT CITY CIRCLED

The fall Of Steinau, key city
139 miles southeast of Berlin and
"a northwest of BreSlau. was re-
ported in supplement TO the
German Communlque. issued from
Adolf Hitler'S headquarters
1t indicated that Konev's forces
were welt beyond "Stc1nau- IT IT,
porting that the cIty's garrison
had fought its way through TO the
German lines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
Allies Advance in Burma

HANDY, Ceylon, Feb. 6 (UP)-
Troops of the Fifteenth Army have
cleared Satpangon, on the north
bank of the Irrawaddy west OF
Myinmu, after breaking up stub
born resistance by Jap forces. a
southeast Asia communique said
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07
7 in JdpCdnnp
Tell Kin Here
OF Release
For names Of other Detroitsrs
rescued in Manila, see
Page 2. Column =.
COMPLETE MARKETS
PAGE I5

-
like a voice from the grave.
To one Detroit area family, the
message relayed bv International
News Service and The Detroit
Times meant a sudden change
from despair to rejoicing.
They had just about lost hope
because their brothers name had
not appeared on earlier lists Of
liberated prisoners.
FIRST WORD IN YEAR
To another family, another per-
sonal message from Bilibid Prison
was the first received in more
than a year.
A dispatch from ms tCorre-
spondent Howard Handleman told
how $50 war prisoners and civil
ians were liberated from Bifibid-
adjacent to Santo Tomas Prison
and relayed messages from 1t. AL
bert Sarwold to his brother, Lars,
and from Boatswain's Mate 1/C
A. T. Reynolds to his sister, Mary.
The message to Lars Sarwold.
$500 Steadman, Dearborn, was:
II am free at last, am healthy
and very happy. Please notify ali
my friends. hope to see you all
very soon."
Sarwold was almost too excited
to talk coherently when he re-
ceived the news early today, but
he told how Albert had been cap
tured on Bataar after leaving the
u. S. Public Health Service to be-
come medical officer.
when Albert's name didn't
appear on the list of those lib
Grated from Cabanatuan," he
said, 1--WE thought they'd taken
him into Japan and we'd prob
ably never hear of him. again.
MESSAGE TO SISTER
The other message-to Mrs.
Mary Fisher of 1896 Glenfield-
was terser:
II am well and FREE"
Reynolds had not been able to
send anything except formal
printed cards in more than a year.
He was captured during the Coral
Sea battle. He is 80 and has been
in the navy since his fifteenth
birthday.
Handleman, who accompanied
the liberating forces to the prison,
said that Reynolds and Sarwold
we're tired and unkempt when
they trooped out the gate but
eager to transmit messages to
their families.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-07

The army which gets 10
Berlin first does not win for its
nation the right TO settle Ger
many's future merely because
IL got 10 Berlin first.
40 nations army would
have reached Berlin at all eN-
ccpt for the heroic, common
combat Of all the other nations
armies"
Tho internationally significant
address by the senior Michigan
senator was delivered al the Latin
Quarter. preceded by a turkey
dinner and followed by a floor
show. The members Of this the
atrlcal organization paid $40 each
10 attend and hundreds were
turned away after all tables had
been sold.
For the most part. the senator
followed the direct line laid down
in his recent congressional speech
i'm which he asserted that the
United States now must set forth
is war aims IN cledreSt terms,
notifying the world that H. will
hereafter use force, If ncCeS Sary,
10 preserve peace.