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Judge Bumey Commends
New Hanover Grand Jury

City departments responsible for
the execution of recommendations
made by the Grand jury for this
and all future terms. Such writ
ten report to be handed to the
Grand jury not later than the next
term of court following such rec
ommendation.'
Judge Burney congratulated the
jury upon the "short time consum-
ed'' during this term. Its report
was made at 1890 pm. todsJJ
During the one and one-nalf
DAYS it was in session, the jury
men returned rs true bills, exam
med 60 witnesses and rendered
two presentments.
It found that six justices of the
peace had not furnished reports,
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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TrumQn's Classnate
Is Sworn In Office
As Press Secretary


WASHINGTON, May 15.-(P)-
Charles C. Ross, high school class
mate of President Truman, took
the oath today as presidential press
secretary.
Ross kissed the Bible used when
Mr.. Truman was sworn in as
President, then turned and KISSED
Mrs. Ross.
The White House ceremony, wit
messed by newspapermen with
whom Ross worked as contribut-
ing editor of the st. Louis Post
Dispatch, was conducted by JUS
tice Wiley Rutledge of the supreme
court. Ross is on leave from the
newspaper.
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357 JAP PLANES DESTROYED
OR DAMAGED IN AIR ATTACK;
MlNDANAO Is NEARLY FREED
Allies Take Control
OfD0enitz' Regime

LONDON, Wednesday, May
-W.H-An Allied military mission
now has taken control of the
Government" of Adm. Karl Dozen.
itz at Flensburg, an official source
in Reims disclosed today, apparent
ly ending bitter criticism here that
the Doenitz regime had been toll
Grated despite the unconditional
German surrender.
The allied source said that the
Mission now has matters we'll in
hand' and that number of Ger
man agencies, including a Wehr.
macht ministry commanding all
armed forces, had been disbanded
and their personnel placed under
custody until it is decided What
elements, if any, can be used il
the civil administration of the de-
feated Reich.
A permanent Allied staff has
been established at Flensburg ano
the radio station taken over las
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$50 German Vessels,
Including Two Liners,
Found In Enemy Ports

PARIS, May 15-P)-Supreme
Allied headquarters in a prelimi-
nary report today said at least 480
German ships, including the pas.
senger liners Europa and Bremen
and two cruisers, had been found
in ports surrendered to the Allies
and that perhaps half of them were
sunk, scuttled or damaged.
The report said 10 warships,
ranging from destroyers to gun
boats and minesweepers were
found in fairly good shape, along
with IS merchant ships of various
size.
The 49,746-ton Europa was in
relatively good shape except for
silt but the 81, 731-ton Bremen was
a total loss.
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JAPS SQUEEZED
| in SMALL AREA
FIGHTING IN HILLS
Latest R eports Estimate
$4,000 Japanese
Troops Remain

! MANILA, Wednesday, May 10
LR-Mindanao, second largest OF
the Philippine islands, has been
80 per cent liberated by his forces,
Gen. Douglas Macarthur reported
in today's communicate.
He also announced that IS per
cent of Mindanao's population -
in recently freed Davao City ana
which was concentrated chiefly
earlier conquered Zamboanga-had
been liberated.
Mindanao has 36,9O6 square
miles, which means that remain
ing Japanese garrisons are squeez-
ed into 5000 square mile area.
Macarthur said these enemy forces
have "been largely reduced to the
hill masses along the central IN
terror" That would place them
chiefly in Bukidnon province, east
and south of the 40th Infantry Dl-
visions recent landing in Macal
/ jar bay and pincered between the
40th and 31st Infantry Divisions
Another pocket is west and north
of Davao City, pursued into the
hill country by the oath Division
| Latest available reports est
mated there still were $4,000 Japa'
lnese troops on Mindanao. MacAr-
1 thurs communique indicated the
bulk of these were pincered If
Bukidnon province by the 40th and
31st Divisions.
! The communique said from the
north, south and east our forces
continue to close in on the enemy.
/ Our northern column (40th Divi
sion) has contacted an enemy
force in the Mangima river area
east of Del Monte airdrome anc
I is pressing the attack. The BIS
Division, moving up from the
south, secured the airfield one
mile north Of Maramag. To the
east (west of Davao City, the oath
division repulsed heavy counter
attack and continued the assault
on the enemy's defenses between
the Talomo and Davao rivers"
! On Luzon, the 43rd Division
captured positions on the Anga
river overlooking Ipo dam, source
of Manila's diminishing wate1
supply. Closing the pincer on 1p'
from the south, were elements o:
the 14th Army Corps. Three day!
}. ago, the two American columns
were only four miles apart. Thu
| ground action was supported by
Naval bombardment and by air
craft, which dropped 200 tons O
bombs.
\ Australian and Dutch forces OF
oil-rich Tarakan, Borneo, attack
!: ed Japanese entrenched above ;
road east of the Pamoesian OF
fields. Aircraft attacked airfields
Bivouac and supply areas at San
dakan, Tawao and Brunei bay il
supporting operations. OF h
. planes swept Borneo coastlines
sinking five freighters, two lug
gers and several small craft.
Two more freighters, river
steamer and tug were sunk by
heavy bombers raiding the China
sea. Highways and railroad bridges
were targets for a 90-bomb raie
on the French Indo-China coast
In the East Indies, heav. bomb
ers struck Boeoedowang airdrome
near Makassar and Bra shipyards
Other planes ranged over the Cele
hes coastal area destroying several
Japanese planes and attacking
cna Sfa1 SHINING
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Sunday in which the station pre-
scented Nazi-slanted news, suggest
ing conflict between the Rus
slams and the Western Allies, it
was said.
The fate of Doenitz was not dis
closed. But the statement that the
German officials had been put on a
tseize and freeze" basis indicated
that the successor to Adolf Hitler
might now be under arrest.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed that
Police 1t. Gen. Ernst Kaltenbrun
ner, the Nazi blamed for the
slaughter by gas of 100000 Euro
peans, was reported to have beer
Seized by U. S. Troops in Austria
His arrest and the Allied action
at Flensburg were expected tc
quiet mounting criticism of the
liberation of German war crimi
nails.
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Democrats Begin Work
On Reelection Drive
Is Months In Advance

WASHINGTON, May 15.-R)-
Congressional Democrats made ar
rangements today to start working
Immediately on their 1945 re-elec-
ton campaigns.
Because they figure that the
Presidential election of 1913, in
which they will miss the personal
touch of the late President Roose-
welt, may hang in the balance, the
Democrats swung into action 10
months ahead Of the next congress.
sional election.
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Former Naval Officer
Faces Death Penalty
On Espionage Charge

NEW YORK, May 15.-lR-Lau-
rent H. J. Brackx, 81 year. old for
mer U. S. Navy reserve lieutenant
was convicted in Federal court to-
day on charges of engaging in war
time espionage and violation OF
the censorship code.
Brackx was accused of conspir-
ing with Axis agents in Italy. The
government contended that he had
told Commander Max Ponzo, chief
of Italian Naval intelligence, that
he would try to get information
about radar and airplane construc-
ton when he returned to this coun-
try in 1871. ~
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Government Of Italy
Is Expected To Quit

15-GRePremier Ivanhoe Bonornis government is
resign shortly learned today that Allied
Washington and London that
also observe
a truce of Monarchy.
Resignation government with
after ministers
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Tide Water Building
Is Sold For 500, 600

building the southwest of
Frederick We prominent
reao disclosed yesterday afternoon in transaction
papers filed the office of Register of Deeds.
acquired from syndicate composed of the
Realty Raymond Holland
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WEATHER

Eastern Standard Time>
by U. S. Weather Bureau)
ennire o ~ data for the "a hours
's LOU p. M, yesterday.
Ion Temperature
Is: '' T., a. NJ 68; 7:3o a. m. So; 1870 p. m.
mum GU ss p, m. II. Maximum 10; mini.
00' mean u; normal II.
Ian Humidity
''' 1880 p. m. SO. 49, 90 ''' r. ILL
To,,, Precipitation
Is i ino,d Tor "a hours ending 7:so D. M
month lNes 20 Total since the first of the
tFror a., Tides For Today
U. s ' I'm. me Tide Tables published b,
N0aSI and Geodedtc Survey
Wilmington High Low
-------------- 1:13a 8:31s
Masonboro ~, 1892 $780,
'l0 Inlet ---- 1o:4la 4:2s;
ss sanrse $40 sunset 7o oioSp moo 4ssI
Ss OF river at Fayetteville: 1902.
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considerable cloudiness ana eooier'
probable showers today.
temperatures yesterday:
High rs, low IS.
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Continued on Page Three; Col. q
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25
Seizure In Peace

President Trumaus s~eiziIe Of he
Illinois Central railroad in aHder Il
aver. q strike may be something new
us 1t Deacetime venture in capital
labor relasiars. but il is NOT the .irs'
time q president has interviewed in
such d dispute. Theodore Roosevelt,
stepped into a coal strike mess some
forty years ago and effected a aolu-
t-on ut. tn difficulty.
The present action serves as q
basis. however, Tor speculation as to
whether or not this is to be perman-
n government policy. Only a few
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25

A proposed automobile trailer will
be so built that it can be converted
instantly irto a cabin cruiser. Won't
solve the family squabble, though
half the folks will want to go for a
spin while the others will insist on a
boat ride.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25

News that the new insecticide
DOT also kills birds opens the way
for some inventor who can create a
small enough gas mask.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25
Horoscope for Sunday.

You are modest, tactful, depend
able and are capable Of excellent
achievements in whatever field you
choose, provided you learn concern
tration. You are interested in litera-
ture and art. You have a pleasant
disposition. You may spend some
time in the clustered walls of your
church today, bat you need not close
the windows of your mind to new
ideas. Read, or study, so that ever
widening horizons may enlighten
you both spiritually and mentally.
One-Minute Test Answers.
|. Gen. William Rufus Shafter.
=. Wyoming, in 1869.
3. After, 1t was coded by Spain
in 1918.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25

BRING YOUR LAWN MOWERS TO
OVerton'S Lawn Mower Shop, Kit
treII, n. c. for guaranteed shar-
pentng and repairs. Also saw
sharpening. Ten years experience.
4-M-W-S-l2-ti
ATTENTION CAR OWNERS: IF
you have a certificate TO buy new
tires. be sure to buy the Atlas
t.re-the tire that is guaranteed
for twelve months Internationally
against all road hazards, Bon Ton
ESQ Service and Harris and
Daniel ESQ Service. 20-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25
TOBACCO FARMERS - TO-

TOBACCO FARMERS - TO-
bacco will sell high again this
year. Protect your years
work with sound insurance on
your pack barns and tobacco,
and save anticipated 20 per-
cent on your premiums. +, +,
Pinnell Insurance Agency,
telephones 1921 and 2o2.
lift
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25

AND ROOF
cr's helpers. Apply in person. Tan
ner Roofing Company, Corner
Wyche and Winder Streets.
23-3ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25

LOST: TWELVE KEYS ON RING.
Probably lost on William or
Wyche streets. Reward. J. y.
DuGd. Phone $40 2+-2t!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25

GROCERIES, FRESH MEATS AND
vegetables. Everything for your
table. We deliver and save you
gas and time. Phone 439. Always
ready to serve you. Herbert's Vel
low Front. 25-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25

framed pictures for the home or
office, non-breakable and wash
able. Something entirely new and
different. See them on display at
Affords Printing & Office Supply
Company. 30-tt
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25

SUPPLIES. PRE- wa"
pencils, ledger binders and sneaS
numbering machines, typeansr:
papers. ribbons and CARBON prder,
Rubber stamps made 10 pook
School supplies. Henderson 1o.d
Co. Establishod 1884.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-25

WANT ADS
Get Results
MONUMENTS
TOMBSTONES MARErpe
From The
9o""H Largest Monument Factor,
w. w. LANGSTOV "''
2l9 Young St, Phone Il.
l6-lt.
SEE YOUR COAL DEALER vor
and he may be able to aaln wv,
keep warm this winter. Cal an you
ii. q. FaIkner md Son. Phone 2s0
3-tt
WANTED IMMEDIATELY -n0vs
OF 5.rlS over l8 yeal. ., ,l
Splendid opportunity .or ..,r '7y'
teres'ed in cosmetics. W59.m5'
2l-3u
PROTECT YOUR TABLE IOp
new glass cut any size for .ahr,
tops. Edges beveled and uolis9oS
Auto glass plain or safety, emf ana
pnunp zoo garage,
D''oIIe 'oo' ST..
seat NJ from I94 81 65yn y ING
coach parked on Wycal Stree.
IourSa'I, August %, return the
r1IN and ' wa 7 nc,to, r" 'E1 phone
2l-2I
ANY MAKE RADIO CAN BE pr
paired at Upchurch x D,aIa
Two experienced radio servl%a.
men and a complete stock OF radio
Set 10 ir6c j|' = ~ n. n-ans your
pick M S~eryice call 96t-r g. 'ot
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FOR SALE. KEYSTONE rf Mn
ITmctCr moving picture Dr.fa,,1,
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ed. CAL lI+7. 81.
NlIA-NAR NIIA-LUN, THE EN-
difihg white enamel. Stays white,
d!Iea quickly, one coat covers,
Gloss. EgsshcIl. Fiat. Nav no.
Corner Wyche and W.naer .s
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framed pictures Tor the nome or
ONCE, hoh-DreaNaple n wash
aDIe. oometAlng entirely new and
Affords Printing & Office Supply
company 3o-a
FOR SALE DRY PINE WOOD
sawed stove length and delivered
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va foOR OK fiEE HQDM
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mouth, Vjrgjnia, 2I-eod3;.
suite, living room suite. bedroom
furniture, stoves and Other mis-
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%, , p. M, at Christian parsonage
IN front of Liberty charea al
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
10 Virginia Counties
Back Plan 10 Set Up
DeIinquents' School
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LURAY, Va, Dec. 2l-Oficials of
10 Northern Virginia counties yes
terday approved a plan to establish
q vocational school for delinquent
children, which the counties and
four cities of that area would use
jointly, and instructed I. r. Dovell,
Commonwealth attorney of Page,
to appoint a committee to meet
with State officials for advice on the
project.
Commemorative attorneys, men,
bers of boards of supervisors, May
ors, welfare superintendent and
others of 10 northern counties at
tended the meeting at Luray, and
representatives of nine other coun-
ties, unable to attend because Of
the weather, wrote their endorse
ment of the plan.
Mr.. Doyell's committee is to go
to Richmond to confer with heads
of the State Departments of Educa-
ton, Welfare and Corrections. Mr..
Dovell has written the State officials
asking for an appointment for the
committee.
The Northern Virginia school has
long been proposed by Trial Justice
John H. Booton, of Page County
Juvenile Court, and the plan was
recently presented by Mr.. Dovell to
the Page Board of Supervisors, who
unanimously approved it.
Alexandria, Charlottesville, VIM
chester, Harrisonburg and Staunton
are the cities that would use the
school. Counties approving the plan
are Frederick. Loudoun, Clark, Ar
lington, Fairfax, Orange, Prince
William, Culpeper, Shenandoah,
Rappahannock, Warren, Addison,
Greene, Albemarle, Augusta, High
land, Rockingham, Page and Fau-
quier, Mr.. Dovell said.
Mr.. Dovell said he had asked
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Dabney S. Lancaster,
Commissioner May o. Hawkins of
the Department Of Welfare, and
Mai. Rice M. Youell, commissioner
of the State Department Of Correc-
lions, for an appointment to meet
with his committee on or before
January 10,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
SeapIane 10 Enforce
Fishing Law Studied

The Maryland State Underwater
Fisheries Commission may take to
the air in a Grammar "Widgeon,"
amphibious plane, in an effort to
catch law violators, Gov. O'ConoI
has announced.
AS early as 1941, the commission
considered obtaining a plane for
patrol work because ,violators in fast
boats, using power dredges on oyster
beds, outstripped the States pursuit
craft.
- - David H. Wallace, administrative
assistant to the commission, in a
&9aport to the Governor on the SUBJ
ject, saidNthat there was consider
able increase" in illegal dredging
during the war. He further report
ed that in 10 experimental flights
made under commission supervision
violators were observed. Land planes
used, however, made it impossible
to identify the fishermen, he said.
The "Widgeon" is two-engine
400-horsepower plane and has g
cruising speed of 100 miles an hour
carrying four passengers and pilot
1t consumes one gallon of gasoline
for eight miles in fight. Some OF
these planes are available from Fed.
eral agencies at approximately $18,-
600, it was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
New Printing Firm PIons
Fuirfux County Paper

: The State Corporation Commits
sion has issued a charter to the
Fairfax Standard Publishing Co.,
Inc, to publish a weekly newspaper
and enter into the commercial
printing business in Fairfax County,
it was announced today.
w. Alvord Sherman, Mclean, is
listed as president of the corpora
ton, which is authorized to issue a
maximum of $25 1000 in common
stocks. Other officers include John
A. K. Donovan, Falls Church, vice
president; James w. Biggers, jr.
Alexandria, vice president and gen.
eral manager; Edwin Lynch, An
Mandate, secretary, and Clarence r
Rothenburg, Vienna, treasurer.
In addition to the officers, men,
bers of the Board of Directors were
listed as o. L. Hirst, Annandale, and
John G. Turnbull, Falls Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
Brentwood Restaurant
Suffers $500 Fire Loss

Fire damaged a restaurant at 400
Rhode Island avenue, Brentwood,
Md, early today causing loss esti-
mated at $4,000 by c. L. Lampkin,
the owner.
The fire, which apparently started
in the basement was fought for more
than three hours by the Brentwood
Volunteer Fire Department. In
cluded in the loss was a 50 900 stock
of liquor in the basement. The
bottles exploded when the cold water
hit them, firemen said.
The basement of the one-story
building was burned out and the
main dining room badly damaged,
firemen said.
A terrier belonging to Mr.. Lamp
kin was rescued after being over
come by smoke. Deputy Fire Chief
j. C. Reeves cut his hands and was
treated at the scene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
College Park Chemist
At New York Purley

Leslie E. Bopst, Maryland State
chemist of College Park, is one of a
committee of seven State college
chemists meeting in New York City
with representatives of the Ameri-
can Plant Food Council to draft a
model fertilizer bill aimed at CO.
ordinating State regulations Of the
fertilizer industry.
The aim Of the committee ses-
sions, which started Tuesday, is to
bring order out Of conflicting State
regulations Of fertilizer merchandise
ing, which require manufacturers
to handle variety of packages.
labels and other diverse units to
satisfy local laws. Simplification
of the rules, like those for foodstuffS,
should provide farmers better serv-
ice at lower cost and reduce ham
ding costs of the industry, Mr.
Bopst believes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
{. |. UsiIton Heads
Arlington Group

E. L. Usilton has been elected
chairman of the Arlington YMCA
Management Committee, it was an
nounced today.
Other officers are Judge Hugh E.
Reid, DIR. Victor Meyers and Law
renee Michael, vice chairmen; DON
aid Heyne, treasurer; Mrs. Florence
Arnheim, secretary, and Frank Ball,
jr., counsel. Mr.. Usilton also was
elected county representative on the
Metropolitan Board of the Washing
ton ".Y."
Paul D. Brown and Mrs. r. w
Ehrman were elected to three-year
terms on the Management Commit
tee. Those elected to two-year terms
are H. G. Bauserman, the Rev. T. G
Betschler, Charles Cobbins, Mrs
Mabel Davis, w. X. Handy, Paul A.
HILL. Ashton C. Jones, ST.; Carroll
Shreve and william Watts.
One-year members are w. Glen
Bixler, C.. F. Hamilton. Donald r.
Locke, William MacMahon, Mrs
Willard Mcdonald, William D. Med
ley, Maj. Frank Sherwood, John
Stewart, Harry Thomas and Jacob
H. White.
L. T. Goodman, executive secre-
tary, in a report on the years activ-
tiles, said 10 clubs and groups had
been formed in the county with an
enrolment of 400 members. At
tendance was listed as 4,071 in 27s
sessions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
I Finchom Sons
Spend First YuIe
AtHome Since al

Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Fincham. 1914
Second avenue, Silver Spring, Md,
will have all seven OF their sons
home from the service for Christ
mas for the first time since the war
began.
Lester. Navy petty officer, ar
rived from San Diego with his dis
charge last night. The only one
who has not received his discharge
is William, an electricians mate
second class In the Coast Guard. but
he is home on furlough and expects
to be out of the service in February.
Besides William, there were four
others in the Coast Guard-Alyin.
Leonard and Edwin, who also were
electricians mates second class, and
Weldon, seaman first class.
The seventh, Louis M. Fincham.
was discharged recently from the
Army as warrant officer after
three years overseas.
In addition to the seven who were
In the service, the Finchams have
another son, Charles, attending
Blair High School, and two daugh-
tiers.