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Evening star., 1945-05-06
BY THOBURN WANT,

/ LINZ, Austria, May 5.-Civilians
who outtalked Nazi SIS troops en-
abled the l1th Armored Division tC
take Linz without firing shot.
For more than a week the Wehr-
macht, literally sprinkled with SIS
men, stiffly resisted the division s
laborious advances over Western
Austria's steep mountains and deer
valleys, through snow and mud.
But when the division, COM
manded by Brig. Gen. Holmes S
Dagger of Union. N. j., stabbed
within artillery range of Linz. Aus
trias third city whose peacetime
population was 10000, the civilians
took charge. Seizing two bridges
across the Danube and holding them
intact.
j.. Linz was the last big city before
all 11th Armored linkup with the Sd
! Ukranian Army.
| Thousands OF Germans, caught
| between the two Allied forces, were
Surrendering en-maSSe.
| Two days ago. the German COM
mander of LintZ sent word to Brig
Gen. Willard A. Holbrook, jr.. of
| Washington. d. c., leader of a
combat command, that he wished
to declare Linz an open city SO the
Germans could withdraw to fight
! the Russians driving from the east
Citizens Offer to Surrender.
Gen. Holbrook refused to recos-
niZe Linz as anything but target
! for his tanks.
Yesterday, Linz police lieu
( tenant representing the Burgo-
meister, came into Gen. Holbrook,, S
lines, saying the civilians wanted to
surrender the city without a fight
and that most German soldiers had
been persuaded to leave.
Gen. Holbrook was somewhat
Skeptical, because at that very time.
German shells were exploding
nearby about every two minutes.
But he encouraged the police lieu
tenant, promising peaceful entry.
if the civilians kept the remaining
soldiers in hand.
The lieutenant returned this
morning. reiterating that the two
bridges were held intact and that
the main force of the Germans had
pulled out.
Meanwhile, the 26th Infantry,
commanded by Maj. Gen. Willard
S Paul of Massachusetts. probed
into the suburb of Urfahr. on the
north bank of the Danube. across
from Linz, and found the place
quiet as cemetery.
A task force of armored cavalry.
led by 1t. Col John r. Wingard of
Lexington. S c.. then took off with
Gen. Holbrook near the front of
the cavalry column.
Hitler Educated There.
Probably the greatest blot on the
citys history is the fact that Adolf
Hitler attended school there.
Doughboys stood aside watching
the tanks, jeeps and armored cars
roll up to the two bridges, intact as
the police lieutenant had promised
In one cluster were 1t. Charles
M. Arlington, Charlotte, N. c.. and
Corpl. William Vincen of Dallas.
Tex
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Washington Officer Takes Linz
Without a Shot; S. Out-toIked

At the Linz end of the bridges,
the task force found policemen be-
side white flags.
The assistant burgomeister led
Gen. Holbrook through streets lined
with cheering civilians to Adolf Hit
Ter Plaza. The generals jeep was
filled with flowers before he had
gone more than a dozen blocks.
Hitler Plaza resembled the New
Orleans Mardi Gras. Civilians were
ordered time and again to return to
their homes. but they refused to
leave. They wanted to celebrate the
end Of the war for Linz. and they
did.
They handed bottles of wine to
CTS. They played accordions and
they sang.
Completing the scene were nearly
100 German soldiers huddled around
statue waiting for someone to
march them to priSoner-of-War
cage. They seemed happy. too.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
May Fair to Be Held
At SidweII School

The May Fair OF the Sidwell
Friends School, proceeds of which
will go to the building fund of the
school, will be held Thursday after
noon beginning at 2::30 pm. There
will be games, exhibits and articles
for sale. A buffet supper will be
served.
Edwin C. Zavitz, headmaster, is
chairman of the special gifts COM
mlttee, and Miss S. Elizabeth Haw-
thorne is general chairman of the
fair. Among the patrons serving as
committee chairmen are Mrs. Har-
vey B, Bolton, Mrs Lewis Henderson
Gordon, Mrs. Horace F.. Stokes, Mrs
Norman L. Myers, Mrs. Corneal j
Mack, Mrs. Leslie V. Smith. Mrs
Karl F. Kellerman, jr., and Mrs.
Stanley Wohl.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Mortar Bourd initiates
Six Goods at @. w. u.

Six George Washington Univer-
sity co-eds were initiated into Nor
tar Board, national college women's
honor society, at the annual break
fast yesterday morning.
Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, trustee
of the university, was made an hon.
orary member.
The students named to member
ship We're: Margaret Lynn, Strong
Hall, Twenty-first and G streets
NV; Jane Lingo, 1871 Lanier place
NV; Felicia Miller, 2918 Eighteenth
street NV; Dorothy Snyder, 3710
Garfield street NV; Ann Thaler,
6240 Eastern avenue NV, and
Elizabeth Wells, 5000 Ridge drive,
Broadmont, Md.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Hopkins Visits Truman
For Second Time in I DAYS

Harry L. Hopkins saw President
Truman yesterday for the second
time in two days. and later told
newsmen he expected to talk to the
Chief Executive again.
1t was assumed that Mr.. Hopkins
was giving the President the back
ground on matters he had handled
for the late President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Hopkins still is listed as a
special assistant to the President.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
wv Chapters to Attend
Luncheon Meetinq

The Chapter Council of the
YWCA, Seventeenth and K streets
NV, will be hostess to members of
the seven chapters of the Washing
ton YWCA at an open meeting and
luncheon beginning at II am.
Tuesday
The meeting will include reports
on chapter activities and the In
PRODUCTION of the new YWCA gen.
eral secretary, Miss Mabel R. Cook
Miss Cook will speak on "Oppor-
tunities Facing Us in Chapter
Work.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
George Cary, Architect, Dies

BUFFALO, N. Y, May S (P.-
George Cary, 86, nationally known
architect and former president of
the American Institute of Archi-
tects, died today after an illness
OF a week. Born in Buffalo, he was
the founder of the Beau Arts In
stitute Of Design in New York City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
Gerdes Is RenamedHead
OfWilmington Red Cross

was received with approximately
1000 in pledges to be collected.
The goal was $4,000. Of this 68
per cent will go to the national
organization and the remainder
stayin this area,
Robert Strange, chairman of the
War Fund drive was presented a
certificate of honor for his work.
In expressing his feeling he said
that he ''was' more indebted to the
Red Cross than the Red Cross was
to him.
The type of work to be carried
out by the American Red Cross al
Camp Davis was outlined by Field
Director Harold Arnoff.
Arnoff, who is stationed at
Camp Davis, told the group that
the primary job to be done there
by the Red Cross was one OF sup
plying the men with recreation. In
this respect he pointed out that
there were men at the camp rep
presenting all theaters of war, IN
dicating that the work is one OF re-
Mobilization.
At present the Red Cross has
a staff of IA workers at the camp,
the field director said, and it is
hoped that staff of so profession
al workers can be secured. Forty
five of this number may be girls,
he added.
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26

At the annual meeting of the
Wilmington chapter of the Amari-
can Red Cross yesterday, Chair
man J. Henry Gerdes wa s re-
elected for the following year.
Other selected were E. A. Laney,
vice-chairman; Mrs. J. B. Sudbury,
secretary; L. D. Latta, treasur-
er; and Mrs. Harriss Newman, as
sistant treasurer.
Directors elected to serve three
years were Paul Wilson, Mrs. Har-
riss Newman, ]. Henry Gerdes,
Mrs. j. K. Wise, Mrs. J. B. Sid
bury, Mrs. Lawrence Sprunt, L. A.
Raney, E. A. Laney, c. Med.
Davis, Bishop Thomas c. Darst
and Charles D. Parmele.
Elected to serve two years fill
ing the unexpired term of B. B.
Cameron was Mrs. Graham Ke-
nan. Members at large chosen
were Mrs. W. A. Dick, Mrs. J. D.
Freeman, Mrs. George L. Mitchell,
Walker Taylor, Robert Strange.
Paul Wilson, Alex Sprunt and H.
Edmund Rodgers.
It was recommended and ap-
proved that the chair1nen of Home
Service, Volunteer Special Serv-
ices and Junior Red Cross serve
on the Executive Committee by
virtue of their positions. Bylaws
were amended to permit this.
Gerdes revealed that during the
past War Fund Drive $127, 1904. IS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
PROpERTY-0WNER
BODY IS FORMED
Organization Named For
Protection And Better
ment OF City

Al meeting of property owners
vi South Third street between Mar
1el and Castle streets, at st.
lanes Parish house last night,
WIS Walter R. Marvin was I'M
slllmously elected president of a
.n;eWly-lormed permanent organiza-
.on Tor the protection and bet
tefment' Of that section of the
community.
o'her officers and directors also
UNANIMOUSLY elected were Col.
lawrence Simpson, U. S. Army
nAsineers (Ret.), Vice President
.no Emple Latimer, secretary and
treasurer.
l, from Market to Castle, the
sioeks are numbered from one to
ok With Robert Strange, St.
.ames, and Mrs. Walter William
e sull colonial Danes, Directors for
wy raoeA l; for Block 2, Ernipe Lati-
w American Legion home, and
~. n' DICKSON; for Block 3, H.
ds u.liuho Rodgers and Mrs. E. Jor.
os;' lof Block 4, Mrs. David Muir
v H.soh and Mrs. Walter R. Mar.
. WI. Block S, Mrs. Isabel Scott
fou a m MISS Emma Woodward; and
III bloYck s Waddell Waters and
-1 W., Murrell, it was reported.
4o w. Simpson, chairman of the
IN 4'porary organizing committee
n 81 outlining the aims of the or
niSs.,izanon, said that four maisl
Wv, rsn. were necessary to prevent :
'epeVl'lon Of the Chestnut stree
N0h"nued on Page Three; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
German Officer Appeals
Over Luxembourg Radio
For Nazis To Surrender

LONDON, April 25.A- (P) 1t.
Gen. Heinrich Kirchheim in 4
Luxembourg Radio broadcast to-
night appealed to the German
high command to make the
Fuehrer cease fighting at once"
Because "the war is irrevocably
lost" He was the first nigh rank
ing German officer captured by
the Americans to make such an ap-
peal.
Directing his remarks to chief Of
staff field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel,
but privately admitting he thought
the effect every doubtful" Kirch-
helm said:
'You, Field Marshal Keitel, are
the Fuehrer's highest military adj
wiser. 1t is your duty to stop this
senseless slaughter of our youth
and destruction of our last cities.
You must succeed in making rea.
son conquer against military ANA.
teurs and make the Fuehrer cease
fighting at once. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
III. s. Troops Yanks Within
Hit Mantova, rs Miles OF
Nearing Alps Nazi Retreat
Seventh Breaks Enemy
Positions, Is As Miles
From Munich

PARIS, Thursday, April 26.-tR
u. S. Third Army tanks punch
ed within Is miles of the German
Austrian border last night as other
American and French forces raced
almost unchecked across southern
Germany, threatening Munich and
Hitler's Berchtesgaden retreat,
which the Raj attacked yesterday
with 10000 pound Earthquake"
bombs.
The Third Army spearhead, al
ready east of Berlin although $50
miles to the south, cut the last
direct route to the Nazis' so-called
national redoubt by hopping up the
rail and highway center of Regen
and then drove straight for the
frontier of Austria at Passau. This
column was rs miles north Of
Berchtesgaden.
To the west the American Sew
enth Army broke through German
positions and famed out on an 80
mile front along OR across the
Danube river within As miles Of
Munich and the French First Army
completely smashed Germany's
veteran 10Th Army IN the Black
| Forest.
The Allied armies-estimated at
nearly 100000 men and thousands
of tanks-were charging into the
Alpine foothills along a 200-mile
front in a determined effort to
crush any 1ast-ditch Nazi stand in
the southern redoubt before it
could get started.
Resistance at most points was
extremely light, bearing out an
official announcement from Gen.
Eisenhower headquarters that
'the German Army has ceased to
exist as an integrated fighting
force" i.
An Associated Pres field dispatch
declared that the enlightenment oil
Munich, birthplace of the MAJ
party, was shaping up swiftly.
Leading the rapid surge of Allied
forces today was the 18th armored
division of Gen. George S. Pat
tons Third Army, which stabbed
10 miles southeast beyond captur-
ed Regen to a point only Is miles
from the Austrian border and 76
miles due north Of Berchtesg aden.
Striking ahead of the advanc'
ing armies, two waves OF British
Lancasters escorted by fighters
deluged the entire Berchtesgaden
area with six-ton bombs, many OF
whose fuses were set to explode
at great depth in underground
,emplacements. One was seen to
score a direct hit on Hitler's cha
let.
There was no official suggestion
that the bombing was a direct at
tempt on Hitler's life, but unoffl.
cially an allied spokesman pointed
| III
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
46 Nations
Open Talks
On Security
President Addresses Dele
yates AT San Francisco
By Radio
GAN FRANCISCO, April 25-LR)

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25-LR'
president Truman opened a con-
ference of statesmen of As United
Nations today and solemnly dedi-
Gated them to the task OF forg-
inc permanent peace, to becom-
imp the architects of better
world.
In single, succinct sentence
the President brought sharply into
focus the challenging opportunity
confronting them:
1--WE still have choice between
The continuation of international
chaos-or the establishment OF a
world organization for the enforce
ment Of peace"
Into an impressive stone build
ing, whose flag flew at half staff
in honor of the late President
Roosevelt, the voice of his success
sor was brought from Washington
to launch one of history's great
International meetings.
Other voices were raised in ex-
pressions Of confidence and hope
the hope o. world scourged for
years by bursting steel - that
delegates from many lands will
weld their polyglot tongues into
one mighty voice for enduring
tranquility among nations.
The delegates themselves in San
Franeiscos War Memorial Opera
House appeared grimly determin-
ed to succeed.
Prospects for success seemed
bright-save for serious Anglo
American differences with Russia
over new Polish government and
giving it representation here in
United Nations councils. And there
were the inevitable comments
when an April sun was lost be-
hind rain clouds as early corners
reached the Opera House.
Perhaps in indirect recognition
of the Polish threat to unity at
the very beginning of the confer
ence, Mr.. Truman declared:
Differences between men, ano
between nations, will always re-
main. In fact, if held within rea-
sonable limits, such disagreements
are actually wholesome.
All progress begins with diff
ferences of opinion and moves on.
ward as the differences are ad-
lusted through reason and mutual
understandings"
The sole objective at San Fran
cisco, the President said, is to
construct the delegate machinery
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
Giant Aircraft Carrier,
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Will Be Launched Sunday

WASHINGTON, April 25.-R-
"A giant aircraft carrier to be
launched at the New York Navy
yard Sunday has been renamed
the Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "
The 100000 ton vessel. sister ship
of the Midway launched last month
at Newport News, Va, will be
sponsored by Mrs. Roosevelt.
In an unprecedented move the
Navy assigned the name of the late
President to the carrier as a token
of honor for his long and intimate
association with the Naval service.
It will be the first carrier to
bear the name of an Individual
The vessel originally was as
signed the name of Coral Sea, "
in recognition of the battle which
occurred in that area ii. May,
1910
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
Soviet Units
Have Ciircled
Nazi Capital
100000 German Troops
Reported Trapped In
Wrecked City

LONDON, Thursday, April 3D.
P)-Doomed Berlin was complete.
ly encircled by, two mighty Soviet
armies and as the Russians fought
through subWays and streets to-
ward the city's blazing heart,
Red Army spearheads to the south.
west swarmed across the Elbe
river toward an imminent ink-up
with American forces.
Perhaps 500,00 Nazi troops were
trapped in the historic encircle-
ment of the wrecked capital, and
late German broadcasts reported
that massed waves of Soviet armor
had smashed through jungles Of
twisted steel and stone and had
reached the center" Of the half
conquered city.
There was possibility that
Adolf Hitler and Nazi Propaganda
Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels had
been caught in the Red Army trap
at Berlin. Throughout last night
the Hamburg radio-principal Nazi
station still operating-began ev-
cry report with the slogan: 1.-THE
Fuehrer is in Berlin"
No less momentous than Pre-
mier Stalin's triumphant announce
ment of Berlin's enlightenment
three years and 10 months after
Hitler's legions invaded the So
Wet Union June %, 1941-was the
Soviet high commands disclosure
that Red Army forces were pour
ing across the Elbe.
There, in the narrowing waist Of
Hitler's Fortress Europe, Mar
shall Ivan S. Konev's First Ukrain-
ian Army .surged across the water
barrier and captured the west
bank fortress of Reisa, % miles
northwest Of the Saxony capital Of
Dresden. These forces were q
miles west Of American positions
on the Nude river - but only Is
miles from German-reported AM
erican bridgeheads across the
Nude.
German broadcasts said that
Konev's troops had reached the
Elbe on a 24-mile front between
Reisa and Torgau and indicated
that Russian engineers were pour
ing men across the Elbe along the
entire sector at points less than
II miles from the Americans.
On top of these victories on the
central front, Marshal Alexander
tVasilenvsky' Third White Russian
Army captured the East Prussian
port of Pillau and cleared the east
Prussian mainland of the last Ger
man hold-out troops.
Far to the south, Marshal Rodion
Y. Malinovsky's Second Ukrainian
Army was fighting in the outskirts
of the Czechoslovak arsenal city
of Bruenn (Brno), one of Hitler's
last war production centers, after
capturing the suburbs of Lisen,
Cernovice and Prizrenice on the
east and south.
The Moscow radio, meanwhile,
announced that nearly 1000, 600
German troops had been killed or
captured on the Eastern Front
since January l, raising to more
than II, 1000, 600 the vast toll of Ger
man casualties announced by the
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
U. S. COMPLETING
MINDANA0 DRIVE
Yanks Push Within 1000
Yards OF Shattered
Summer Capital

MANILA, Thursday, April 90
R)-Mindanao, last large Philip
pine island in Japanese hands, is
passing swiftly into American
control. Maj. Gen. r. B. Wood
rufus Oath Division veterans rolled
to within 81 road miles of Davao
Tuesday.
By far the toughest of many
fights in the islands was thai
around Raguio, where the Yanks
were pushing down highway No
9 from the northwest to within
1000 yards of the center of the
shattered summer pit a or
north LuZon.
Grerrillas on northern Luxor
have captured the good port o.
Vigan, it's adjacent airfield anc
the city of Bantay Nearoy, arc
are clearing the entire province
of Ilocos Sur of Japanese, Gen
Douglas Macarthur reported to-
day.
Vigan was one of the original
japanese invasion points in 1912.
Far to the south on Mindanac
island, meantime, Oath Division
Doughboys, with strong air sup
port, advanced 16 miles along q
fair highway to within As miles
of Davao, one of the major ports
OF the Philippines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26

.deatn raLlO was ABOUT 10 l. Inc
Japanese count on OkinaWa cov-
cred nearly three days more fight
ing than did the American toll.
Yanks of Maj. Gen. John R.
Hodges oath. Army corps, which
included the Seventh, 9th and Goth
Divisions, captured the village OF
Kakazu in the center of the stub
bornly-held line on southern Okin
ava and seized an important strong
point at hill 1853 on the east coast:
Japanese defenses around the
town and airfield of Yonabaru on
the east coast were being reduc-
ed by Naval gunfire and low-level
plane raids as the infantrymen adj
vanced.
Nimitz in his summary Of enc
my casualties on OkinaWa, where
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
MILITARY CHIEFS
PRESIDENT MEET
Truman Bee mes First
President To Visit Pen
tagon Building

WASHINGTON, April 25.- R -
President Truman made mys-
ferrous and unprecedented visit
to the Pentagon building today te
confer with his top military Lead
ership.
There was nothing but silence
from the high command partlcl
pants in the one hour, 48-mlnute
conference, but the imminence OF
a junction of American and Sow
let forces in Hitler's Reich gave
rise to much speculation.
The elaborate communication!
system in the huge war depart
ment building, across the Potomac
from Washington, would make 1
possible to bring into the confer
ence General Eisenhower or vlr
tually any other commander II
the field.
The. White House and the Wal
fCort;r,od nm pa 90 Seven: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26

The City Council yesterday
abolished the employe merit-rat-
ing system it authorized in 1943
on the theory that it was the wrong
grading method.
At the same time, the municipal
body followed through on the rec
ommendation by Councilman ROD
ert S. LeGwin that new type OF
system, evolved by himself and
Robert R. Romeo, be presented at
the groups next meeting for econ
sideration and action"
The committee was named to
consider a new method of grading
the efficiency Of City employees
shortly after the Council forward
ed a recommendation for promo
ton of two firemen to the City
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26

LONDON, April 25-R-Portly
Edouard Herriot, three times pre-
mier of France who was thrown
into a German conc entration camp
in 1912 after criticizing Marshal
Petain's collaboration policies,
has been liberated by the Russians,
the Soviet communique announced
tonight.
No details were given Of the
liberation of the To- year old
Frenchman who was serving as
president of the Chamber of Depu-
ties in the Vichy government when
his blunt protest at decree by
Pierre Laval was followed by an
nouncement of his arrest.
Three times he was reported
dead-once by the German news
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
Yank Fifth Army Reaches
Area Is Miles From
Foothills

ROME, April 25.-P)-U. S. Fifth
Army troops today reached the
area of Mantova (Mantua), q
miles from the foothills Of the
Alps, taking thousands OF prisoners
as the routed Germans fled pell-
nell towards Hitler's mountainous
retreat.
The First French army mean.
while drove a wedge two miles
wide and five miles deep into Italy
in the Maritime Alps Is miles
north Of Nice.
Both the Fifth and the, British
Eighth Army were pushing swiftly
northward from the Pc river. Man
tova is seven and one-half miles
north Of the Pc and So miles north
of Modena.
A special Allied communicate an
nouncing the pursuit, saids
every road is damned with the
retreating enemy, who is using
not only horses but oxen, cows and
human beings to draw his trans
port. The desert air force reports
seeing 300 enemy vehicles set on
fire by the Germans south of the
Pc. Thousands of prisoners Of war
and vast quantities Of every tyrg
of equipment continue to be taken
by our forces"
(Swiss press reports relayed by
the U. S. Office Of War 1nforma
ton said the Germans had aban
doned Milan, that Italian patriots
had occupied part of Genoa, anc
that Benito Mussolini had fled his
Villa east of Milan after telling
his staff that the war was lost
that it was only question "of days.
perhaps weeks, but it is lost.")
The Eighth Army, whose New
Zealand infantry and third battalion
OF grenadier guards were the frs
to cross the Pc, reported capture
of 1t. Gen. Graf Won SchWerin
commander of the 18th Panzel
Corps, along with his staff, by the
British 9th Lancers.
The Fifth Army's 18th Division
led by Maj. Gen. Paul w. Ken
dali Of Palo Alto, Calf, captured
Maj. Gen. Schellwitz, commander
of the German 305th Division.
Allied planes steadily strafed ano
bombed the fleeing Germans while
tank forces eliminated trapped
pockets of the enemy.
Substantial gains up the ives
coast of Italy were reported by
American troops moving TOWARD
the big port of Genoa, 50 airline
miles beyond captured La Spezia
A security blackout still prevent
ed disclosure of where the two
Allied armies crossed the Pc ou
they were known to have beer
massed along the south bank Of the
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