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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23

through members Of Adolf Hitler
headquarters shorthand reporters
staff, transcript of a conference
attended by Hitler last January q
in which Goering, discussing the
removal of 10000 imprisoned Am
erican and British airmen in Sile-
STA, proposed:
Pull off their pants and boots
so they cannot run away in the
snow"
The conference took place at a
time when the Russian drive into
Silesia appeared likely to liberate
the Allied prisoners. An account OF
the conference proceedings is in
the 101st Divisions hands along
with the shorthand reporters staff.
According to the transcript, the
conference discussed routine mill
tary questions, and then Goering
said:
Around Sagan as miles south
east of Cottbus, and about 45 miles
from the old German-Polish from
tier) there are 10000 captured air
force officers. Guard and trans
port facilities are not available.
The proposal is suggested that
prisoners be left for their Russian
ally. They'd get 10000 fiers.''
why haven't they been sent
away earlier? That's carelessness
without comparison" said Hitler.
sThat is the concern Of the COM
lCsztanxed "a Page Ten; Col y
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ARMY PROCEEDS
TOWARD STRIKE
Estimated 100 Vehicle.
Involved In Movement
To Chicago

CHICAGO, May 22-PETroops
headed toward Chicago late to-
day asS Federal Intervention was
expected fy1ofnentari1y in truck
drivsfs strike that has tied up food
and vital materials for nearly q
week.
A detachment of soldiers ap-
preached. the metropolis from the
southeast, through northern Indi-
ana communities. Public relations
officers of the Sixth Service Com
mand in Chicago declined to dis
cuss the movement, where the
troops were bound from and for,
Or the possible purpose of the trip.
In Gary, Ind, reporters estimat-
ed the movement consisted of about
100 vehicles.
Some form Of Federal lnterven-
ton became assured after the Ma
tional War Labor Board referred
the dispute over wages and hours
to Economic Stabilizer William H.
Davis in Washington.
Effects of the walkout Of $500
independent union members were
being felt beyond the metropoli-
tan area.
Some railroad freight was back
ing up for lack of interline trans
fer service, waste paper saved IN
the war salvage campaign was pill
ing up, and over-the-road trucking
was hampered by a shortage OF
loading and unloading facilities.
At least one war plant, the Au-
tomato Electric Company, manu-
facturer of signal and telephone
equipment for the armed forces
was compelled to shut down. Po-
lice labor detail squad cars were
conveying within Chicago trucks
handling war materials, drugs for
hospitals and perishablekfoods.
A suit demanding damages Of
81 ,OOO,O was filed against the
striking independent Ch i c go
Truck Drivers Union by the Kee-
shin Motor Express Co., headed
by John L. Keeshin.
The suit, filed in Federal court,
alleged the concern would be
forced out of business unless the
strikers were ordered to comply
the War Labor Disputes Act. The
suit was the second one filed since
the strike began.
On Saturday, the Motor Express,
Inc, and the Chicago Tunnel
Transport Co., sued for a total
of $1,1OO, 900 on similar grounds.
Referral of the strike, in eff
feet since Midnight Wednesday, to.
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FLENSBURC GROUP
NAMED BY ALLIES
Eisenhower. Party |. In
structed To Work
With. Russians

PARIS, May 22.-(P)EBoth the
Allies and the Russians are dis
patching control parties to
Flensburg near the Danish from
tier to use the German high COM
mand as al. Intermediary in con-
trolling and administering German
forces, Supreme Allied headquar-
tiers announced today.
The Allied delegation, headed by
Maj. Gen. Lowell w. Rocks as
Gen. Eisenhower representative,
has been instructed to work in
close collaboration with the Soviet
group.
A brief announcement that the
control parties were moving in on
the "Flensburg group" of Grand
Admiral Karl Doenitz indicated
that the Allies had decided to de-
mand the utmost assistance from
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The Wilmington Propeller cluD'
meeting at the Cape Fear country
club in celebration of Maritime
Day last night, heard Ralph H. Hal
lett. director, Division of Reguia-
ton. Maritime Commission, pro
nounce the surplus of shipping the
number one problem OF the post
war shipping interests.
Characterizing the job OF keep
ing huge war fleet afloat as
a most important one, Hanett pro
claimed the, u. S. as potentiauy
great maritime, nation. That we
have had our fair share of even our
own water commerce IN the past
is a recognized fact, he said:
Mr.. Hallett deemed it advisable
to lay up certain propor!lon VI
our war-born fleet after this war
under strict regulations forblddlng
it's use except in case Of national
emergency. o..
Terrning large maritime serv-
ice an essential adjunct TO the
NAVY. he emphasized the part play
ed by the Merchant Marine IN our
Naval successes. -
The voyage Of the S. 8. savan,
nah, the first steam-driven Vessei
to cross the Atlantic, May ", 1873
was the beginning of our mechan-
lied conquest of the seas, ne SAID.
It was from this small beginning
that our fleet of thousands OF
ships has developed, he pointed
out.
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men over 30 SET
FOR DEPARTMENTS
Those On Useful Jobs Are
Named In New Blanket
Order

WASHINGTON, May 22.-RE
Indefinite blanket deferment of men
so and over who remain in ''use-
ful' jobs was ordered today by
Selective Service.
This Gberalized policy, effective
at once, results from the narrow
ing of the war to one front, Draft
Director Lewis B. Hershey an
nounced at a news conference.
He disclosed that the draft call
will be cut about Is per cent to
10000 men month beginning in
July.
But Hershey predicted at the
same time that as a result of the
new leniency for older men, it will
be necessary to call an increasing
number of occrpationally deferred
registrants 10 through 30.
The policy change covering older
men affects principally those 30
through 80, who up to now have
been required to be necessary
men regularly engaged" in an es-
sential activity. The change puts
them on the same footing as men
"a through 81, who have'1been re-
quired only to be engaged in es-
sentia1 work.
In the future occupational defer
ments granted to men 80 and over
no longer will be subject to review
every six months. But will be good
for an indefinite period, Hershey
added.
Selective Service instructed local
boards to review the cases Of all
registrants 80 through 81 who are
in la and to defer any who may
qualify under the new more liberal
policy.
Hershey emphasized that draft
boards will have wide discretion IN
determining the essentially OF a
Job land indicated that those en-
gagged in important consumer goods
production will receive considera-
ton in the granting of deferments.
The draft director explained that
while the War Manpower Commits
sion's list of essential activities will
continue to be used as a guide,
local boards "are not in any way
restricted or limited by the list. "
Local boards also were instruct
ed to handle with Sympathetic
consideration the cases OF all
fathers 30 and over, and to resolve
in their favor any decision Wnere
doubt is involved.
Hershey pointed out that 1atners
of three or more children are i'm
mediately entitled to 81 OF the %
points the Army requires Tor dis
charge.
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tacks were scattered and 'aimless,
without military threat, but de-
tailed facts might help the Jap
anese to correct their methods.
There is always the possibility
that unexp1oded bombs may be
found lying in isolated spots or
concealed in wooded areas, the
statement said.
Some may be buried in melt
ing snow. With the coming OF
warm weather and the end OF the
school session it. is desirable that
people and especially children, iv-
ing west Of the Mississippi river,
be warned Of this possible hazard
and cautioned under no circum-
stances to touch or approach any
unfamiliar object"
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LEND LEASE IS SET
UNTIL JAPS LICKED.
PRESIDENT REPORTS

WASHINGTON, May 22.-WD-
President Truman told Congress
today that lend-lease will be con-
tinued until Japan is defeated but
on reduced basis.
In a letter accompanying the
foreign economic administration S
10Th report on lend-lease opera
tons, he said that reductions in
Allied war production and lend
lease will be possible "even as
we and our Allies throw augmented
forces into the decisive offensives
against the Japanese"
But, he added, lend-lease and re-
verse lend-lease must continue on
scale which will bring an "early
and complete end to this terrible
war"
FEA reported that the United
States sent its Allies $38, 971, 797, 1000
in lend-lease during the four years
ending March 81. Now the program
has been adjusted and reduced to
take into account the end of the
European war and the new mill
tary situation"
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sives in isolated localities" it was
stated. But it was emphasized that
the attacks Should not oe viewed
with alarm" .e
The military made the announce
ment as a warning to the public.
Cnexploded bombs may be found
in isolated places and should be
avoided, it stated.
The balloons have been the talk
of the west for months. Until to-
day, however, the office of censor
ship forbade any mention of them
in the press.
Asking the public to keep spe
cific information of the balloons
from the enemy, the war and navy
departments said today the at
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BRITISH ! YANKS
NEARIl / RI Il
Penetrate Deep Into Dis
puted Venezie Ciuia.
Territory

ROME, May 22.-W.H)-British
Eighth Army troops, reinforced by
the powerful United States Second
Corps, have occupied a line run
ming northwards from Trieste to a
ONT five miles east of Gorilla in
a deep penetration into the disput-
ed Venebie Giulia territory, Allied
headquarters announced tonight.
Towns occupied included Monte
Spino and Tarnova in what was
officially described as a further
stage Of forward concentration
into the Italian territory claimed
by Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia.
The Second Corps was command
ed by 1t. Gen. Godfrey Keyes.
ALI day British and American
troops had been moving eastward
into disputed territory, avoiding
areas actually occupied by Tito's
troops, and Field Marshal Sir
Harold Alexander and Maj. Gen.
Alfred M. Gruenther, Fifth Army
chleI OF Sta1r, mad flown to Trieste
for first-hand inspection Of the
area.
(BBC,. heard by NBC, reported
that Gen. Mark Clark, American
commander Of Allied troops in
Italy, arrived in Trieste also.)
The military moves, carefully
mapped to avoid friction with the
Yugoslav troops in the areas, were
made without reported incidents.
AS they were made, reliable
sources reported Allied diplomatic
figures conferred at Caserta on
the Trieste situation.
Rear Adm. Ellery Stone, chair
man Of the Allied commission; Sir
Noel Charles and Alexander Kirk.
British and United States ambas-
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CHINESE DRIVE
INTO JAP LINES
Enemy's Trans-China Sup
ply Corridor Faces
Greatest Threat

CHUNGKING, May 22.-(P)-
Chinese troops, hurting back strong
enemy counter-attacks, have rip
ed % miles into Japanese lines in
the initial blows of China's new
offensive against the south end OF
the broad enemy lifeline to Indo-
China and Burma, the high COM
mand disclosed tonight.
The developing Chinese often
sive in Kwangsi province $50 miles
north Of Indo-China was regarded
by Chungking observers as the
wars most serious Chinese threat
to the west flank of Japan's trans
China supply corridor.
Striking out from the captured
Japanese bastion of Hochih, 800
miles south of Chunking, Chinese
forces were sweeping eastward
along tn e Kwangsi Kweiyang
Kweichow) railroad toward the
vital Japanese-held rail city of
Liuchow.
Liuchow, biggest and most pow
erful Japanese stronghold in south
ern China, lies astride the long
north-south railroad cutting across
China that links Manchuria with
enemy outposts in Indo-China and
Burma.
The Chinese were advancing
along the north and south EN-.
bankments Of the Kwangsi-Kwei-
yang railroad, and the Chinese
command announced that forces
below the railroad had advanced
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WASHINGTON, May 22.-(P)-
Aimless Japanese balloon attacks
have been made on the western
u. S. mainland for several months,
the Army and Navy announced
today. .s....
Carrying a few small bombs,
the unnamed balloons float with
out control, their main purpose
believed to be to set brush and
forest fires. No property damage
has resulted from the enemy's
fantastic effort" the announce
ment said.
The balloons are of gray, white
or greenish-blue paper, about 50
feet in diameter. They are "knowi1
to have landed or dropped explo-
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Yanks Smash Through Yonabaru,
lXalaybalay Captured; Churchill
~ Indicates Election For Great Britain
Last Large Eneny-Held
City On Mindanao Taken

MANILA, Wednesday, May
2S.-W.H-Maj. Gen. Clarence
Martins U. S. 31st Division,
pacing q nine-division assault
on the last major knots of jap
anese resistance In the Philip
pines, has captured the pro-
vincial capital of Malaybalay,
last big enemy-held city on
Mindanao, it was announced
today.
The Americans, In addition
to seizing the capital Of Bukid-
non province, also secured its
nearby airfield against scatter
ed Japanese resistance.
The advance put the 31st Di-
vision within Fl airline miles
of the Americal and 40th Di-
visions driving down into Min
danao from the north. Those
outfits were meeting determin-
ed resistance along the Sayre
highway near the town of
Maluko as the Japanese fought
hard to prevent a junction
which would split Mindanao.
The oath Division, charging
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1000 Vets OF Aerial
War Against Germany
Aniue In U. S. Base

BRADLEY FIELD, Conn.
May 22.-W.D-Sixty-five Flying
Fortress and Liberator bomb
ers glided down on this Con-
necticut airport this afternoon,
bringing home from England
more than 1000 American vet
Grams of the European air war
In which the Luftwaffe was
completely smashed.
After a 30-day furlough, these
pilots and crewmen of the fam
ed Eighth and 18th Air Forces
Will start training in new heavy
bombers which will give Japan
the same treatment that laid
Germany helpless before in
vaSi0n armies.
These were the first men Of
the two air forces to fly back
to the United States in their
own planes, and they grinncd
and shouted at each other as
they climbed from their bomb
ers.
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U. S. WILL REDUCE
MEAT FOR BRITONS

LONDON. May 22-W.D-Britons
s we're notified today that United
s o'ates meat shipments to Britain
Soula cease for the next three
.nohthS and simultaneously they
wei WIRE warned they must 60 on a
. .uu.wartlme diet to feed the lib
e'a'ea countries of Europe.
"A Statement by the Ministry OF
hh ~ said that no meat can
s w. expected from the United States
r raslng the third quarter of this
year year. The statement added that
t sanaaa will attempt to make add.
~, suila a quantities of meat available
w. .Ae Ministry of Agriculture said
A. nfe world faces a meat shortage
Uer nearly 100000 tons but there
were were sufficient wheat and othe.
t s,slns Tor world requirements. al
ID s t'a distribution problems offer.
grave difficulties.'
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ADM. FURLONG SAYS.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-N
"A war bond statement from
Rear Admiral william r. Fur.
long, commandant. Navy Yard.
Pearl Harb0r:
"Our job at Pearl Harbor 70
keeping the ships fit to fight.
Your war bonds purchase the
steel, guns and equipment
with which we repair the bat.
ue-damaged ships and return
them to the fight. The men who
fight and die in these ships
deserve your purchase Of war
bonds until II hurts"
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Quick Action
Is Advocated
PICKERING FLAYED
Expected To Advise King
To Dissolve Parlia-
ment Soon

LONDON, May % -R)- Prime
Minister Churchill, stung by the
labor party's refusal to continue
in his coalition government until
the end of the japanese war, in
effect called today for a quick
general election to end the pres
ent pickering" of the British
cabinet.
In letter to Deputy Prime Min
lister, and Labor Party Leader
Clement Attlee, Churchill mention
ed no date, but he generally was
expected to announce tomorrow or
Thursday that he was advising the
king to dissolve parliament in three
weeks, with an election to be held
July 5.
The labor party, in convention
at Blackpool, rejected yesterday
ChurchiIPs proposal that the war
born coalition stick together until
victory over Japan, yet the party
had desired to postpone an cleo
ton until Autumn.
Churchill, taking the attitude
that, since the coalition would not
work with him until the end, the
issue should be decided at once,
said fatty that a prolonged cleo
pioneering atmosphere until Au-
turnn might soon weaken the
country before the world
Administrative efficiency already
is suffering from this atmosphere,
he sale. ----.----.-.-z=-..---s -.
The Prime Minister'S Letter to
Attlee was made public shortly
after the labor delegates had adopt
ed a 12-point platform aimed at
the ultimate establishment 'of a
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ahead in the Davao area, IS
miles southeast of Malaybalay,
advanced four miles against
moderate opposition and reach
ed the northern outskirts Of
Burnawan, Is miles north
east Of Davao. There, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's COM
munique said the men of Mai.
Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff's Di-
vision were less than two
miles from Licanan airdrome,
the last Jap airfield in the
Davao region, former center
OF Japanese fifth column &C.
tivity In the Philippines.
Malaybalay, an agricultural
town Of $1,000 persons, was
captured Sunday a spokesman
reported.
On Luzon, five other u. S.
divisions maintained steady
pressure on Japanese defenses
In the rugged Sierra Madre
mountains east of Manila,
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Mandate Isle
Plan Blocked
EGYPTIAN AMENDMENT
Nav. Covers Islands Given
To Japan After
World War |

.,N FRANCISCO, May 2.-tR
S Sf;.h Britain and the United
states leading the 1lght. a pro- ;,
o oossl which would have placed
posas strategic Pacific islands
sO. aanatically under international
auI0 in new world organization,
l ,rae blocked today at the United
Nations conference.
Turned down in a committee con-
.;dering trusteeships for dependent
s snd strategic areas of the world,
. a an Egyptian amendment
s "h would have placed man
S S from the last World War
u under supervision of new league
THAT would have covered such
;,l.nds as the Marshalls, Marianas
.nd Carolines, inundated to Japan
.fter the last conflict and snatch
ID from her in this one at the
cost of American lives and blood.
lUot VI
The United States, above all else
IN q trusteeship system, wants to
make sure that she can control
p,cific bases which the Army and
N.vv consider vital to the mainten-
ance of peace in the Pacific.
Tho Fgvptian amendment, which
sot only six affirmative votes,
world have upset the whole trus-
teeshp theory which the commit
te, has been considering-that
areas should be placed under
jurisdiction Of the world organiza-
ton only by consent of the powers
possessing the inundated terri
tories.
Commander Harold E. Stassen,
for the United States, and Lord
Cranborne for the British, argued
vigorously against that.
The ballot, Stassen said. should
clear the way for other points. It
was an important decision affect
ing the core of the trusteeship
system"
He told reporters he was work
ing personally on a compromise
and was discussing the project
with the British and French. He
hopes to report on the plan at a
committee meeting tomorrow.
Put over for further discussion
tomorrow was a Guatemalan
amendment which provides that
twsteeship should not be applied
to territories over which two mem
bers of the world organization are
in dispute.
As Stettinius, official host of the
conference, packed up for a flying
trip to the capital, issues at the
San Francisco world parley stacked
up this way:
l. Zig and little powers are
fusSing about the right the great
nations have cut oft for them.
selves to determine what the new
world organization will do about
enforcing peace. A voting formula
worked out at a Big-Three meeting
at Yalta this spring requires unani-
NIFTY among China, France, Britain,
Russia and America. Any one of
mem could veto peace-keeping &C.
non in the organizations proposed
securlty Council. It may take a
lew days to settle this issue.
l. The Big-Three nations are
agreed, and so are most of the
Aalln American states, on a For
mula which would let groups of
states take collective defensive
measures against an aggressor Tn
Ill the Security Council stepped
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Aimless Balloon Attacks Launched On U. S.,
Government Says No Property Is Damaged

The War Department has start
ed an educational public safety
campaign in cooperation with
schools and civic organizations.
The enemy would be aided great
ly by exact information about time,
locality and effect of the balloons
in helping him to evaluate his eff
forts, it was stated.
Civilians were asked to do as
press and radio have done and re
frain from spreading news Of any
specific balloon incident of which
they may hear"
In asserting that the attacks
should not be viewed with ALARM"
the announcement said.
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.streatment Of Tanks
By Goering Is Reported

BERCHTESGADEN, May 22-(U.Pl
-Reichs Marshal Hermann Goer-
ing told Allied war correspondents
in a recent interview that he al
ways did his best to assure cor
rect treatment Of Allied prison
erS.
He was lying.
A security unit of the U. S. 101st
Airborne Division obtained,
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Surplus Shipping Cited
ByU. S. Maritime Chief

Hallet gave little encouragement
to members of the organization for
an early end to the japanese war.
THAT war will call for all our
efforts to turn out the, necessary
ships and to operate them sue
cessfully', he said. This will be
a long war and a tough one if Two
Continued on Pare Ten; Col. 81
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WEATHER

~, Eastern Standard Time,
Meteoroiyouu. S. Weather Bureau,
enG;ge data for the "a hours
N's ~ ESo p. M. yesterday.
70: T.s a, NJ So; 7:3O a. m. 70: Ian n m
No., ,.SV p. m. p. " LOU = LIZ
Normal ~ 0O' Minimum 65; Mean 70;
Ian HUMIDITY
90; ian M IS; 7:3o a. m. 10; 1 30 D. m.
ro.., PRECIPITATION
5000 o. i,c cpe "a hours ending 7:so D. M,
the m frrJhes' Total since the first Of
Oii'n, 1.4S inches. -
From =. TIDES FOR TODAY
U. me Tide Tables published bv
D. Coast and Geodetic SURVEY ~
Wilmington High Low
--- I:lO am 1855 am
Masonboro ,u,. 7:45 pm 2:19 pm
'''' Inlet - 5:o4 am Ills am
Ali D. NJ o;o5; Sunset. TIP; Moonrise
wave OF river at Fayetteyilie. 11.oa
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FORECAST

r,;r and mild today. Moderate to
fsf so,,therly winds shifting to west
f ire,n northwest. Yesterdays tempera-
tlu High 80, low e'.
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Evening star., 1945-11-25

out Of every people should get vitamns
eras-according Government reports Reasons include
vitamin Deficiencies Of many modern foods also loss of
vtamn mineral values due shipping storing and cooking
Evening star., 1945-11-25

OF course, the whole subject Of vitamins is new.
We learn more about them every day. And to-
day, millions are learning new and better
way to take their extra vitamins-a more mod
ern, more natural way that can do more good.
Discarding earlier methods of taking vitamins
alone, they now take them in fortified food!
For latest evidence shows that vitamins do
not work alone. They work most effectively in
combination with certain other food elements
which are absolutely necessary for best re-
suits
ing to Ovaltine. A specially fortified food, it
contains-besides vitamins-nearly every pre-