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Red Cross Donations
Jump TO 100000,
4 Per Cent Of Goal
Navy Secretary Forrestof
Pleads for Drive Support;
Tells of VuIor on Two

Secretary of the Navy For
restal pleaded for success of the
Washington Red Cross cam
paign this afternoon at a meet
ing at which solicitors reported
a total of 5000 ,0OOL22 per cent
|of the $2,700,900 goal contrib
uted during the first week.
During his recent tour of the
South Pacific and his visit to Two
Jima, Secretary Forrestal said, he
found the Red Cross coping with
problems as complex as the military
services and solving them just as
efficiently.
THE complexities are understood
and appreciated by the men who
fight" Mr.. ForreStal said.
The Secretary said the bloody
battle for Two has made unprece-
dented demands on the Red Cross
blood donor service.
II would like to say to any one
who has boy on that island or in
the Navy, Mr.. Forrestal said, that
1t is one of the heartening and sus-
tanning things Of the war to see the
Icare-and the speed of the care
those boys have been receiving"
Pays Tribute to Press.
Turning to Samuel H. Kaufman
campaign chairman, Mr.. Forrestal
said he also wished to pay especial
tribute to the newspapers of the
Nation and to the correspondents on
Two for the extraordinary accuracy
| and speed" Of the invasion coverage.
THE gallantry Of the newspaper
men has been outstanding" he said.
For example, that unforgettable
photograph Of the soldiers placing
the American nag on Mount Surf
bachi.
II want you to remember that
that picture was taken by an As
sociated Press photographer, man
named Joe Rosenthal. A man just
as gallant Mr.. Forrestal added, "as
the men going up that hill"
Mr.. Forrestal emphasized the mill
Itary necessity for taking the "des-
lolate, grim and almost sinister Two.
lstressing that many veterans on the
"red beach" faced the attack with
the valor Of men who keep courage
lin spite Of perfect understanding OF
their danger.
Typical American Boys.
The first four boys he spoke to on
Two beach were typical Americans
with typical American names and
home towns, he sid. They were an
0See RED Cross, Page A-6.)
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rules which previously we thought
essential.
Mr.. Daniels said, however, that
the policy of not announcing the
Presidents travels in advance will
be followed except in special cases
Columnist Westbrook Pegler re-
Gently declared he was going to
defy the security code. and publicize
the Presidents next trip to Hyde
Park.
During the presidential campaign,
Mr.. Roosevelt's trips were blue
printed well in advance, and he
already has announced that he pro-
poses to attend the United Nations
Security Conference which opens
in San Francisco April Is.
The President went to Hyde Park
Saturday night for the first time
since before his fourth-term in
auguration. -
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Shots Fired al Guards
Of Italian General in
New Rome Outbreak
Count Is Held in Clinic
As War Criminal; Bonom
Supported by Cabinet
Ey the Associated Press.


ROME, Mar. 8.-Shots were
fired in the night at Carabinieri
guarding a clinic where 1t. Gen.
Count Francesca Jacomoni is
held on war crimes charges, in
another of the series of demon
strations so far weathered by
Premier Ivanoe Bonomi.
No attempt was made to break
into the hospital.
The escape Sunday of Gen. Mario
Roatta and a protest riot before the
royal palace were previous incidents
of the week.
The cabinet declared its conf
dence in Premier Bonomi late yes
terday. Opposition parties pro-
tested anew against his retention of
control of the government.
Guarded by Carabinieri.
Gen. Jacomoni, brought to court
for continuation of his trial this
morning, was guarded by carabinieri
armed with submachine guns. He
told the newsmen that II heard the
shooting, but I stayed in bed.'
Former Viceroy Of Albania, he
was one of group accused of help
ing Mussolini maintain his dictator
ship. Among acts charged to him
are the assassination of King Alex
ander of Yugoslavia, aggressive in
ternational policies and murder of
the Roselli brothers in France.
(The Federal Communications
Commission quoted the Tirana
radio week ago as announcing
that the Albanian government
had forwarded a request to the
international Committee on War
Criminals in London that Gen.
Jacomoni be handed over for
trial in that country.)
In the incident last night many
shots were fired by an unidentified
person who succeeded in escaping
from two Carabinieri, who fired
back. There were no casualties.
Promises Swift Purge.
The cabinet, sitting in extraordi-
nary session, late yesterday affirmed
confidence in the Premier after he
had promised a swift Fascist purge.
an announcement said the four
party coalition government had
found no reason "for breaking up
the coalition which first planned
and already has begun vast action
for intensifying the war and bet
tering Italy's position in the world. I"
The announcement added that a
commission had been named to re-
organize the commissariat for pun
ishment Of war crimes.
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Marines Exploit Dent,
In Last-Stand Line Of
laps on Northern Two
Enemy. With Books to
Cliffs, Still Show No
Signs Of CoIIopsing
BY the Associated Press.

PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Guam, Mar. 8.-Dents in
the last-Stand line of the Jap
anese on Northern Two, driven
up to 500 yards in close combat
Wednesday, were exploited to-
day by three Marine divisions
striving for a break-through.
In maze of pillboxes and block.
houses, with their backs to the
cliffs, the Japanese still showed ne
sign of a collapse as they met the
all-out Leatherneck drive with in
tense small arms and machinegur
fire.
The latest push opened Tuesday
The fighting all that day netted only
local gains. Yesterday one 500-yarc
salient was won on the west sidt
by Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey's 5tt
Division. Another was pushed inte
the center of the line by Maj. Gen
Graves B. Erskine's Sd Division. A
dent of 200 yards was punched intt
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| Byrd Calls McNutt
| In Probe of u. S.
| Monpower 'Hoordinq'

Charging that the United
States Government itself "is
the greatest hoarder of man.
power in the country" Chair
man Byrd of the Joint Con-
gressional Economy Committee
today summoned War Man
power Chairman McNutt before
the committee next week ito
explain why Federal employees
have not been utilized to the
same extent as other employees
in winning the war"
Senator Byrd said there are
1872, ITO civilian employees of
the Government, including
those overseas. He said this
source of manpower also should
be tapped for war jobs and re-
peated the recommendation he
made year ago that the Gov
ernment payroll could be re-
duced by 100000.
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Reds Il Miles
Past Oder on
Road 10 Berlin
Zhukov's Forces
FIunk kuestrin.
Reach SeeIow
MAP on Page Az.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 8.-The Rus
slams have driven IL miles be-
yond the Oder River to within Is
miles of Berlin, outf1anking the
fortress of Kuestrin and reach
ing Seelow, a Transocean broad
cast from the German capital
said today.
Seelow is directly east of Berlin
and is IL miles west of the Oder. 1t
Is on the main railway skirting the
Oder which connects Stettin and
Frankfurt.
Marshal Gregory Zhukov's mas
sive new offensive, timed with the
Allied drive to the Rhine, also has
reached point % miles from Berlin
northwest of Kuestrin, Berlin re-
ported.
Heavy Fighting Reported.
Iransocean said Seelow was
reached from the Russian bridge
head at Goerlitz, between Kuestrin
and Frankfurt, and said terrific
fighting was taking place in the
area, with many places changing
hands repeatedly.
Heavy attacks are taking place at
Niedcrwutzen, miles southwest of
zehden in loop Of the Oder, Col.
Ernst Won Hammer said in a Berlin
broadcast, and the Russians have
made two breaches in the defenses
OF the fortress of Kuestrin to the
southeast.
Fighting was reported flaming
along a 125-mile front along the
Oder from Stettin Bay to Crossen
after terrific artillery barrage
which began 48 hours ago. The
enemy said the focal point of the
attack was on both sides of Kues-
trim, with the Russians battering
at the northwestern, eastern and
southern sides of the fortress.
Reds 10 Miles from Danzig.
To the northeast, the Germans
said. the Russians have invaded the
old Danzig free state and driven
to within 18 miles of Danzig.
Eighty miles west of Danzig near
the Baltic coast, the Russians cap
tured the railway center of Schlawe.
a town of 5000, the Germans said.
SchlaWe Is % miles northeast of
KoeSlin.
Moscow had not officially con-
trmed German announcements of
the launching of the second great
phase Of Premier Stalin's eastern
offensive, toward Berlin, but corre-
spondentS in the Soviet capital were
permitted to hint that the German
broadcaSts were true.
Zhukov, who drove to the Oder
in the first phase, has been pre-
pairing his forces for the grand as
sault for more than month while
Marshal Ivan Konev on the south
pushed abreast to the Neisse River
and other forces brought the north
ern flank up to the Baltic and the
lower Oder.
New Threat to Stettin.
The latter wing also was develop
ing a front which threatened to
place Stettin, Berlin's chief port
and birthplace of Russia's Catherine
the Great, under attack from south,
east and north.
The Germans said the Russians
had used boats to cross Madue Lake
lSee RUSSIA. Page A-12l
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Roosevelt Asks
|Quick Action on
Best Work Bill
BorkIey Brings Word
As Senute States
Final Action Today
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

Senate Majority Leader Bark
ley returned to the Capitol from
a White House conference today
with word that President Roose-
welt still wants the "best man
power bill possible as soon as
possible, SO that we can get some
men and some power"
AS the Democratic floor leader
made the statement to reporters,
the Senate was entering what may
be the last day of debate, with indi-
cations the voluntary job-control
plan recommended by the Military
Affairs Committee will pass, follow
ing defeat of the compulsory man
power principle, go to %.
The Revercomb substitute, which
applied compulsion only to idlers
and retained the present labor CELL
ing method of inducing workers to
seek essential jobs, also was showed
under. 54 to 27.
These two votes late yesterday en-
couraged Senators who contend no
legislation is necessary to hope they
might block passage of any meas
ure, but it appeared more likely the
Senate will adopt the Military Com
mittee voluntary plan, which merely
gives legislative approval to the job
recruiting program of the War Man.
power Commission.
Fear Stronger Bill in Conference.
Opponents Of all legislation, led by
Senator Chandler, Democrat. of Ken
lucky, fear that passage of the vol
untary bill will leave the door open
for the writing of a stronger bill in
conference with the House, which
lsix weeks ago passed the May-Bailey
measure empowering draft boards to
order men l8 to Is to remain in or
go to essential war jobs.
| The showdown in the Senate yes
terday came on q motion by Senator
} Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina
to put the substance Of the House
compulsory plan into the Rever-
!. comb substitute.
/ Despite q last-minute appeal by
Senator Barkley for compulsory &C
tion, 80 Democrats joined 20 Repub-
licans and Progressive to swamp
the motion. Only II Democrats and
6 Republicans supported it.
Just before the roll was called,
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat, of
Arkansas, supporting the compul-
sorry plan, made the issue one Of
upholding the Commander in Chief
in time of war. He reminded his
colleagues he has not always sup
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First Enlisted Marine to Win
Medal of Honor Killed on Two
Sergt. John BosiIone,
Hero of GuodoIconul,
Died on First Day
BY STAFF SERGT. HENRY
GINGER,

Marine Combat Correspondent,
TWO JIMA (Delayed).-Gun-
merry Sergt. John Basilone, 27, OF
Raritan, N. j., the first enlisted
Marine to receive the Congress
Sional Medal of Honor in this
war. was killed by japanese ar
tillery fire in the first day Of the
battle for Two.
Sergt. Basilone was wounded ia
tally few hours after he hit the
Two beach with an assault unit OF
the 5th Marine Division. He was
about to lead his machine gun pla-
toon forward through heavy bar
rage when he was hit.
A hero Of Guadalcanal, Sergt. Bas-
ilone had requested that he be re-
turned to combat after spending
several months in the United States
after the Guadalcanal campaign.
Manila john" as he was known,
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ported the President, but has tried
to uphold him on the conduct of
the war.
Pepper Proposes Amendment.
A number Of prominent New
Dealers, who usually support presi-
Dental recommendations, lined up
against compulsory work control.
Before casting his vote against the
amendment, Senator Pepper, Demo-
crat, of Florida made an eleventh.
hour. effort to have Senator Bailey
modify the compulsory proposal with
q proviso empowering the War Man.
power Commission to see that work.
ers assigned to specific industries
would have flair labor conditions
and fair compensation" With such
an amendment, he said, he would
support the motion. Without it, he
said, workers might be assigned to
work at substandard wages. His
suggestion was not taken. The man.
power bills do not affect existing
labor protection laws.
The committees voluntary plan,
awaiting action today, follows the
War Manpower Commission sys-
tenn Of trying to induce workers to
move to war jobs by forcing them
out of non-essential industries
through the operation OF labor cell
ings.
The only penalty left in this plan
Is an economic sanction on en-
ployers. It provides that If an
employer hires any one in violation
of VINO ceilings, the wages paid
to such individuals could not be
counted as operating expense for
income tax purposes and would be
deducted from any Government
contract payments due the en-
ployer.
After losing yesterdays battle
Senator Bailey made q prediction
TO reporters that I'VE will have .
{See MANPOWER. Page A-4o
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Comdr. Harold E. Stassen, one
Of the United States delegates tc
the coming United Nations Con-
ference in San Francisco, last
night struck out boldly for
American responsibility for both
political and economic world
peace.
Speaking at the University Of
Minnesota, the former Governor of
Minnesota argued that the produc-
tive capacity of the United States
and its vast credit resources should
be used to help improve the con-
ditions Of the peoples throughout
the world.
I'VE cannot have continued eco
nomic warfare and continued mill
tary peace" Comdr. Stassen said.
Most Dislike Charity.
"This does not mean a Santa
Claus role" he added, declaring
that most Of the nations of the
world do not want charity-they
want to be self-reliant. The policy
he proposed, he said, would mean
long-term investments and REIN
veStments in foreign lands.
Asserting that I'VE should look
upon the San Francisco Conference
as a golden opportunity to win
beachhead in the battle for a Just
and lasting peace" Comdr. Stassen
laid down seven cardinal points of
our future world policy" These
were:
l. That this country join with
the other United Nations to build
a definite continuing organization,
based on justice and law, and in
sured by force.
2. That this country stand ready
to delegate "a limited portion of our
national sovereignty" to the United
Nations organization, so that it may
be effective.
Must Work With Others.
3. That Americans realize the fu-
ture welfare and peace and happiness
of the people of this country Is in
separately intertwined with the well
fare and peace of the peoples of the
world.
4. That this country will use its
productive capacity and capital and
credit to contribute to the gradual
advancement of the standards OF
living Of other peoples.
5. That this country work fol
freedom Of information throughout
the world.
6. That the aggressors in the pres
lent war be stripped of all means tc
make war and kept so, and that this
lcountry remain strong on land, al
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The 9th Armored Division of the
1st Army was declared many hours
ago to be 10 miles southwest of
Bonn and well under 25 miles"
from the Sd Army's 4th Armored
Division.
A bridge crosses the Rhine at
Remagen, 13 miles southeast of
Bonn.
Precisely how close the Sd Army
was to Coblenz, major traffic CEN
ter, was not specified.
The Germans said the 1st Army
had crossed the Abr River, last wa
ter barrier between them and the
Sd Army, and that Gen. Patton's
tanks were advancing through the
Eifels in the Rhine -Moselle tri-
angle"
Trap Nearly Closed.
Both armies had achieved break
throughs and there was reason to
expect that the trap would close
within matter of hours, tearing off
another $500 square miles of the
shrinking Reich.
The terrific break-through of the
4th Armored Division, led by Maj
Gen. Hugh Gaffey of Austin, Tex,
Gen. Patton's former chief of staff,
covered rs miles in So hours and
reached the Rhine at point speci-
fed only as "the area of CobienZ." !"
Another column of this Sd Army
Division spurred southwark from
the Mayen vicinity and last was
reported miles from the Moselle.
Canadians Launch Attacks.
In the Wesel area north of the
Ruhr capital of Dusseldorf, the
Canadian 1st Army launched two
dawn attacks against the 40-square-
mile pocket where 10000 German
troops last were reported fighting
resolutely.
Gen. Eisenhower's seven active
armies all were on the Rhine and
held more of its castled west bank
north of the Alps than did the Ger
mans. The last of the Rhineland
was as good as lost. The Germans
had the west bank only in the Saar
wedge between the Moselle and the
French border north of Strasbourg,
plus disappearing strip between
Bonn and Coblenz, and the Smile
Vessel pocket.
Gen. Eisenhower's armies were
lined up for a crossing of the Rhine.
The Sd Army through left
the German 7th Army and the tag
end of the 18th Army shattered in
one Of the most complete defeats
the enemy yet has suffered in the
west.
Some German divisions still were
trying to fight it out along the Kyll
River. Perhaps these were not yet
aware that their supply lines were
broken and their escape routes cut.
Just north of the 4th Armored
Divisions corridor to the Rhine,
the 11th Armored Division also
smashed the German lines and raced
hallway from the Kyll to Mayen.
Infantry was pouring down both
Evening star., 1945-03-08
SoItonstuII Presented
To Supreme Court

Senator Saltonstall, Republican,
Of Massachusetts, was admitted to-
day to practice before the Supreme
Court.
The former Governor of Massa-
chusetts was presented to the court
by Arthur D. Hill, Boston lawyer.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Late News in The Star

The Evening Star, contain
ing news up to and later than
2 pm, has four times greater
circulation than the COM
bined circulation of the
editions : OF the two other
afternoon newspapers printed
after 2 pm, according to
A. B. G. audit reports.
Yesterdays Circulation
The Evening Ster
We'd, March 7, 1915 4,657
Wed, March 8, 1914 198,25l
Increase 6,406
The circulation, advertising
and news content Of The Star
have necessarily been re-
stricted to conserve newsprint
paper.
Evening star., 1945-03-08

TtDo additional men from
the District area haze been
reported killed in this Uar. See
"On the Honor Roll" Page A-2.
Evening star., 1945-03-08

SERGT. JOHN BASILONE.
said he wanted to spend the rest Of
the war overseas.
He was the first Marine to win
the Nations highest award for valor
(See BASILONE, Page A-40
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7-Point Plan for u. ).
Role in World Peace
Outlined by. Stassen
Former Minnesota
Governor Stresses
Need for Unity
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Partial tert OF address on
editorial puge.)
Evening star., 1945-03-08

tsee WESTERN FRONT, Page A-sJ
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(See sTAsSEN, Page A-ls0
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(See RUSSIA, Page A-12.)
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(See TWO, Page Az.
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ported the President, but has tried
to uphold him on the conduct of
the war.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Guide for Readers

An Assocloted Press Newspop,
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TYPICAL American Boys.

The first four boys he spoke to on
Two beach were typical Americans
with typical American names and
home towns, he sid. They were an
6ee RED CROSS, Page A-65
Evening star., 1945-03-08

(See BASILONE, Page A-4)
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Weather Forecast

Fair; low near 80 tonight; increasing
cloudiness, warmer tomorrow.
Temperatures today-High. a., at 1870
pm; low, IS, at Tam. Yesterday-High
SO, at am; low, 40, at 1859 pm.
=
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-25
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
POSTAL INSPECTION

U. s. Postal Inspector for Alaska, Robert Clifton, made a routine in spection of the Douglas Postoffice yesterday Clifton made his last visit to Douglas in October, l943. Patrons of the Douglas Postoffice are notified that the office has been advanced to third class, effec- tive last July l. from it's past rating as a fourth class office. Hours of business will remain from g o'clock a. m, to l2:30 p. m, and from l p. m, to 5:30 p. m, daily except Sundays and holidays. On Satur- days, the office will close at l2 noon. On Sundays and holidays, however, mail will be put in boxes on one delivery, at l:30 p. m. On weekdays, delivery will con- tinue twice day. Lobby hours will remain the same as in the past.
 In conformity with the new 40- hour postal laws, absolutely no business will be transacted outside the above hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-25
TWO STARLINERS
 FROM ANCHORAGE

Two of Alaska Airlines' planes, Starliners Nome and Juneau, arriv- ed at the Juneau airport yesterday from Anchorage with the following incoming passengers: Sam Styles, Milt Odom, Walter Heisel J W. Leivers, Howard Stabler, Jack Far gher, David King, I. Arbogast, Doris Detring, Arthur Koin, Elsie Koin R. T. Randolph, William F. Fisher A. Anderson, o. A. Sundquist, It. R Ascione, Mrs. Wright MT. Wright Lowell Puckett, Blanche Montgom- cry, F. S. Gratwood Ernest Ven dra, James Grey, SlSgt John Sen escu, Alice Askolloff. Robert Nealy Leu Hudson and M. J. Hass.
 From Gustavus: Edward L. Grif- fin. Scott Donaldson, and TIA Mel win Roe.
 From Cordova MT. and Mrs. King Mir Palm, MT Albasini, Mir Burke MT. Paulson and Mir Anderson.
 Return flights flew the following to Anchorage. Katherine Nordale John Mccormick, James Huston, R " Killerwich, Mrs. Velma Dunham Sgt. F. E. Eriksen, s. s. Womack Sgt M. Roe, Mrs. Art Ozman, Mrs Mary Overstreet, Mrs. L. Fast, J. M Sawyer, Comdr. George Lingo anC Mrs Dorothy Lingo.
 To Yakutat: Anne C. Simons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-25
TOGETHER AGAIN"
 DARING ROMANCE
 NOW AT CAPITOL

Together Again! Starring Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer. with Charles Coburn at the Capitol for the last times tonight! It's their most exciting and hilarious love af- fair!
 Their eyes meet again! Their lips meet again! Their hearts meet again . in the years most glorious [. enchanting . daring romantic comedy. What love! What laugh ter.
 Besides it's brilliant stars, "To- gether Again boasts of cast which features Mona Freeman, Jerome Courtland, Elizabeth Patterson and Charles Dingle.
 Together Again" tells the story of a small-town mayor Urene Dunne) who, through the purchase of giddy hat and the attention of a sophisticated sculptor tCharles Boyer), forgets about her deceased husband for the joys of living
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-25
FOX M0vIET0NE
 NEWS I1 SHOWN
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Now playing at the 20th Century is the latest issue of Fox Movietone News Air Express edition. The cur rent offering shows highlights of the Army B-29's flight from Japan to Washington. An interesting side light of the Marines taking over of Wake Island is the sight of the Japs saluting the flag as Old Glory is hoisted' over the scene of early days of the war Other shots in- clude Eric Johnson accepting his new post of the movies, Rallies the talking bird and other timely events.
 The feature playing today and Wednesday is a mystery drama T Killed That Man" starring Ricardo Cortez and Joan Woodbury. Other
 subjects are added including a Popeye the Sailor Cartoon.