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Evening star., 1945-04-10
Americans Push Jap,
Slowly Back Toward
Capital Of 0kinawa
Foe Resists FierceIy
Along Bottle Line
4 Miles From Nuhu
Ey the Associated Press.

GUAM, April 10.-Well-armed
Japanese defenders of Southern
OkinaWa. hurting bayonet-wield-
ing squads at the Americans in
futile counterattacks, gave
ground slowly today amidst the
heaviest artillery duel of the
Pacific war.
Infantrymen of Maj. Gen. John
R. Hodges Oath Army Corps were
limited to small local gains against
savage resistance along battle line
within 4 miles of the capital city OF
Naha, but to the north Maj. Gen
Roy S. Geiger's Sd Marine Amphib-
ious Corps swept ahead virtually un-
checked.
The Marines. scoring gains up to
1000 yards, cut off the big Motobu
Peninsula and, tanning westward
occupied about half of it yesterday
They pverran the western shore OF
Katena Ko, onetime site of Japa-
nese submarine pens.
Bulk of Japs in South.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz's COM
munique today said the Marines still
found only scattered and ineffec-
tive opposition.
But it was a different story or
Southern Okinawa, where the en-
emy has concentrated the bulk of a
defense garrison estimated at more
than 10000 troops.
The Japanese may be using more
and heavier artillery than they have
mustered before, but still it was nc
match for the American batteries
massing their fire in a furious all
out slugging match.
Battleships and cruisers also
turned their heavy guns on the
japanese artillery, destroying a
number of gun emplacements in the
rugged terrain we'll suited to de-
fensive tactics.
Two counterattacks were thrown
back yesterday and third still was
being fought off last night in a
fierce engagement.
Red Hill Recaptured.
The 7th Divisions 184th Regiment
recaptured Red Hill yesterday after
concentrating artillery fire on it
during the night. The hill was
seized from the Yanks earlier in a
bitter, close-range counterattack
fought with tanks, bazookas, small
arms and grenades.
Associated Press Correspondent
Robin Coons. with the oath Corps
on Okinawa, predicted it may take
two to three months to capture the
island. Two Jima, the toughest sin
gle conquest of the Pacific war, took
26 days.
1t was likely the southern battle
lSoa nKIM A III De- - y
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Woman Found on Lot,
Wound in Head

With deep laceration in the back
Of her head, Mrs. Murial Leonard,
43, who gave her address as 1408
Eighth street NV, was found lying
in a vacant lot in the 1900 block
of Vermont avenue NV, this morn
ing, and was rushed to Emergency
Hospital. where her condition was
undetermined. She was to be
treated, and admitted either to
Emergency or Gallinger Hospital.
Police said she might have been
hit on the head by a. blunt instru-
ment, or have suffered the injury
by q fall. She refused to talk about
how she met with the injury.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
New Overseas Edition
Will Be Out Tomorrow

A new issue of The Stars
Overseas Edition will be ready
tomorrow. Free copies, with
envelopes for mailing, may be
obtained at The Stars busi-
ness counter and the Victory
Bond booth in LanSburgh's
Department Store.
The edition is strictly linn
tied. Please do not waste a
single copy.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Churchill Implies
He Will See That Fire
| Bans War Criminals
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 10.-Prime
Minister Churchill implied to-
day that he would see to it
that no war criminals found
sanctuary in neutral Fire.
The question arose in Com
mons when DR.. James Little,
Presbyterian minister from
Belfast, asked the Prime Min
lister whether he would take
steps to make sure that no war
criminals find sanctuary in any
country embraced within the
British Commonwealth OF
Nations"
The written reply from Mr..
Churchill was: Eyes, sir"
Evening star., 1945-04-10
5OOLiberutedNe Goettingen
Tell of March From Poland
1000 Starving Allied Prisoners Driven
West Through Snow as Reds Advanced
By THOMAS r. HENRY,

WITH UNITED STATES FORCES IN GERMANY, April 9 (De-
ayedTh the terrible march from Poland forced
upon suffering Allied prisoners by their Na
captors given today when ep driver and arrived at
Duderstad 20 miles beyond Goetngen
Five hundred Americans British and Frenchmen fell upon us
kissing hands reached the
They horribly haggard little than skin and
crawling with lice and covered with We
Evening star., 1945-04-10
9Th Army120 Miles From Berlin;
Russian Capture Of Vienna Near
British Infantry,
Tanks Begin Race
For Hamburg
BULLETIN.

PARIS lP].-The American
9th Army today entered
Hanover and cut the Berlin
superhighway midway be-
tween that city and Brunswick
at a point 100 miles from the
German capital North of
Hanover, British tanks and
infantry cut a 20-mile cash
in paper-thin German de-
fenSes and started race for
Hamburg. Hamburg was 60
miles away in that sector, but
only so miles distant in the
area of besieged Bremen.
WITH UNITED STATES 1St
ARMY CP).-FirSt Army tanks
today drove "a miles to within
go miles of the Elbe River. The
Germans apparently are at
tempting to evacuate the
Ru.ir by plane at night.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Rt. Rev. J. W. Atwood, ,
Episcopal Bishop, Dies

The Right Rev. Julius w. Atwood.
IS, former Episcopal Bishop Of
Arizona who later served as Bishop
of Connecticut and Western Massa-
chusetts, died today at Garfield Hos
pital. His daughter, Mrs. Stephen B.
Ives, lives in Arlington.
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SeUen additional men from
the District area haze been re-
ported killed in this Uar. See
"On the Honor Roll," Page Az.
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(See FOOD, Page A-5D
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See PRODUCTION, Page A-5.)
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Gee WESTERN FRONT, Page At
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(See SH1PPEN, Page A.2)
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(See MOVES. Page A-5D
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Guide for Readers

An Associoted Press Newspaper
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(See BURKE, Page A-5)
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(See HENRY, Page A-5D
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(See OKINAWA, Page A-4J
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(See We DAY, Page A.;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14
4 Soldiers Lost
 For Every 10000
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ines accounted for 40 of the U. S. ships listed.
 Merchant ship losses listed by the two navies included United States 538; British 2,570; other Allies l. 172; and neutral 490. The statistics on Army personnel losses at sea were released by Major General c. P. Gross, army chief of | transportation. He disclosed that of the total number of U. s. soldiers embarked from this country, only 1,094, or 0.o24 per cent, were lost at sea while outward bound from American ports.
 The higher overall loss percentage of GOA is due to the fact that the bulk of the U. s. soldiers had to make at least. two sea trips. from this country to Britain, and from Britain to France or to the Med iterranean.
 The second largest loss of Army personnel was aboard the British. controlled Belgian troopship Leo poldville, torpedoed December "A 1944, en route from Southampton tt Cherbourg. Of 2,237 U. s. soldier! aboard, 764 were lost.
 The largest loss on an American vessel occurred April 20, 1944, whei the Liberty ship Paul Hamilton wa sunk by an aerial torpedo off Al giers. The toll was 504 Army officer and men.
 The oldest incident occurred when the Army troopship Urugua, was rammed by the Navy Oiler Sa lomonie. On February 12, 1943, nea Bermuda. The impact lifted sailo from the sick bay of the Urugua. and deposited him unharmed ol the tanker's deck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14
Marshall To Retain Post

Washington, June IA. (UP)-Sec- retary of War Henry L. Stimson said today that Gen. George c. Marshall will remain as Army chief of staff.
 Stimson said emphatically that Marshall will not resign or retire now that the war with Germany is over.
 Stimson confirmed reports from overseas that the Third and Seventh U. s. Armies have been designated as the European force of occupa- tion in place of the 18th Army, pre- viously designated for that assign ment.
 He did not reveal the new assign ment of the 18th Army.
 He said Gen. George S. Patton will return shortly to his command of the Third Army in Europe and Gen. Mark w. Clark to his com- mand of American forces in the Mediterranean.
 Stimson said vigorously that he resented rumors about Marshau's $ retirenlhent.
 "ou can ask all the questions you like about my resignation he told reporters at his press conference, but when you ask about Marshall I'll react. He's not going to resign or retire. Let's not have any more rumors to that effect"
 Stimson explained that selection of the Third and Seventh Armies as the occupation forces referred only to the headquarters of those armies, comprising slightly more than 1000 officers and men each, and did not necessarily mean that the corps and divisions in those armies would re- main.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14

(Continued from Page D bond to hold Allies together after the fighting ceased.
 The Exchange Telegraph Agency relayed an unconfrmed report from Copenhagen that Premier Stalin had proposed the Danish capital for his conference with President Tru- man and Prime Minister Churchill
 A Paris broadcast heard by the London Daily Mail said the meet ing would be held in Vienna next month.
 But British sources clung to the belief that occupied Germany al- ready had been agreed upon by the three principals. They cited these reasons for the choice.
 1. It would lend new emphasis to the Allied victory over Germany.
 2. Military censorship still pre- vails in Germany, but might be more difficult to exercise elsewhere now that the European war is over
 3. Stalin was known to be reluc- 'tant to venture far from Russia.
 There appeared a good possibility that MT. Truma nmight stoj off ir London for visit either en route tt or from the conference. Presiden Roosevelt had intended to visit Lon don this summer, but death inter rupted his plans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14
FinaI Bottle Against Veto
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(Continued from Page D voting formula-was settled yester- day. After beating down an Austral- ian test amendment to modify the Yalta formula, the full committee voted 30 to 1 (Cuba casting the lone dissent) to accept the Yalta form ula as is.
 The little nations said they would approve the formula if the Big Five would give them a chance to change the charter within specl- fled number of years.
 The Big Five, however. will stand as adamantly opposed to giving up their veto over amendments as they did over changing the Yalta form ula. The U. s. delegation, for ex- ample, contends that it would Jeop- ardize senate ratification of the charter to remove the United States privilege of vetoing objectionable amendments.
 The Soviet delegation threw a | minor bombshell into a subcom- mittee yesterday by advocating in clusion of a clause granting the right of withdrawal. The other members of the Big Five fear that such an amendment at this time would have bad psychological ef- feet on world opinion and contend that the right of withdrawal of a member is implicit.
 In other committees the Big Five came out about even with the little powers on specific issues. The great nations succeeded in taking out of the assembly section clause which would have given that body the right to approve or disapprove reports by the Security Council as we'll as to make recommendations on them. It now gives the assem- bly, only the right to receive and consider such reports.
 The little nations, however, beat the Big Five on the question O. deputy secretaries general. Int Big Five wanted a provision fol four or five deputies and Russia had insisted upon the conference steering committee sending the sec retariat section back to committee for reconsideration.
 Last night the committee votet against including a recommenda tion for either four or five deputie and adopted the Dumbarton Oak language which makes no mention of them. The final vote was 40 t. | to, But Soviet Russia served notice that she considered the issue O. such importance that she woule again bring it up in the commission sessions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14

ship Rohna sank in darkness and bad weather after 30-mlnute enemy air attack on Nov. 26, l943, off Djidjelli, Algeria.
 Of 1881 U. s. Navy personnel aboard the Rohna, 1915 were loSt. In Jnly nine other cases reported by the War Department did the loss of life exceed 50 each.
 Data on the loss of U. s. mer- chant ships was supplied by Vice Admiral Emory s. Land, chairman of the Maritime Commission ana War Shipping Administrator.
 Of the 1854 ships lost, 57O of 5431,456 deadweight tons were the victims of direct war causes. The other 984, totaling only 845,621 tons, were lost in mishaps resulting from convoy operations, reduced aids to navigation, blackouts, and other war conditions. By far the greatest percentage of the 570 U. s. merchant ships lost from war causes was sunk Dy German and Italian submarines planes and mines, Land said. Only 68 were sunk in Japanese areas For American vessels the north At lartic, marauding grounds of U-boat wolf packs, was the most dangerous body of water in the world.
 U. s. merchant ship losses by water areas up to the end Of 1944 were:
 North Atlantic, 219; Pacific, A; south Atlantic, AZ; Mediterranean and Black seas, 39; Gulf of Mexico 24; Red Sea and Indian ocean, N; approaches to the Mediterranean 18; other areas, '.
 Also counted in the total were 27 over-age or damaged ships sunk to form artificial harbors of Nor mandy and 2 additional vessels lost from Jan. 1 to May 8 thli year.
 Starting with the mine-sinkine of the City of Krayville, Nov. 8 1940, seven UMS. merchantmen wert sunk before Pearl Harbor. By tht end of December, 1941, eight more had been sunk. The peak wa! reached in 1942 with a loss of 31t vessels.
 In that dark year the Allies seem. ed to have no answer to the U-boat In the five months from Marcf through July, 204 American mer' chant ships went down - an aver age of more than one day. IT June, 1942, the enemy scored hi greatest successes of the war, sink ing 48 U. S. ships in 30 days.
 In 1943 merchant ship losses fel to 129. Last year the enemy sanl only 59.
 Simultaneously with Lands report the U. s. Navy and British admir- alty reported the grand total los of 4,770 Allied and neutral mer chant ships of 21,140,000 gross ton from Sept. 3. 1889, to May 8, 1s4k
 This report showed only 538 U. { merchant vessels lost from wa causes, but it did not include thos sunk off Normandy. Moreover, included in the neutral column [ s. merchant ships sunk before Pear Harbor.
 U-Boats Deadly The deadliest enemy weapons il order of effectiveness, this repor showed, were U-boats, airplanes lmines, and surface craft. Submar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14
Courtships
 PerpIexing
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of this feeling he is apt to attempt to take the matter entirely in his hands and deal the cards whatever way he feels.
 However it seems reasonable to assume that he wiN take care of his own party members where any preference is to be shown. In fact one wonders if it wasn't ill-timed, at this time, on the Governors part to announce his anticipated divorce rom the public scene-unless pres sure was being brought to bear by ais party to determine his inten- ;ions.
 AS reported here previously the Governor was named by Cong. Clare Boothe Luce (R) recently as he party's logical choice for U. $, Senator next year. Named as sue eessor for the gubernatorial post was Cong. Joseph E. Talbot (R- Naug.) aforementioned candidate, eould have had the latter nomina- lion of his party last year if Gov. Baldwin had decided not to run.
 The premature announcement Of the Governor perhaps may prove a yource of embarrassment to Cong. Talbot who now may find, between now and the time for the next par ty nomination, that the list of party candidates will have grown.
 The Congressman is not the only one seeking the post. that is gen. orally known Former State Sen ator Joseph R. Neil (R-WatertoWn) is known to be openly favorable to- ward the nomination and as re- ported here last year, was accept able to the nomination for Lieut. Governor as running mate to GOV Baldwin.
 should the chief executive been In a position to withhold the an nouncement until shortly before nominations were scheduled Cong Talbot would likely have moved III ,s the choice with little or nor dl1- ficulty. With the announcement now coming so early it is posslolt he may find the party split oS pressure brought by numerous ln' dividuals seeking the nomination.
 That the congressman has beer considered the party's top vote-get' ter in the fifth district may no have too much bearing at the tlm' of nominations depending upon th' state political and national sltua ton at the time.
 By the time the next state cleo tions roll around the political scen' may be changed as thousands of th' states soldiers return home as vot CTS. Former vote-getting abilities O. individuals may have little author ity on the future scene Also to bt remembered is the possibility of al unemployment factor facing th' state at the time of the coming election.
 Labor has gone on record in op pocition to Gong. Talbot and would undoubtedly, oppose him as a gub ernatorial candidate. However, Jus how much would mean Is no known now inasmuch as Governo Baldwin 'ast year succeeded ln de feating the Democratic candldat former Governor Hurley despite la boys backing of Hurley ana desplt tho political presence of the lat President Roosevelt on the scene.
 It is all conjecture at this tim and what will come forth can onl be determined by time, is the gen eral opinion of most observers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14
FBI Exposes
 Beer Racket

New Haven, Conn, June 14-(UP) Federal agents held six men to- day, charging they were involved in a beer stealing racket.
 In custody awaiting arraignment before a U. s. Commissioner were Charles V. Hagen, 34, George w. Miller, 30. and Louis J. zelenski, 30. New Haven truck drivers; John M. Ball, 39, Greenwich; Daniel Stramiello, 33, Port Chester, N. Y.. and Ben Scolla, 23, Newark, N. J.
 Scolla, employed at Newark brewery, was reported to have loaded trucks with additional 40 or 50 cases of beer, which did not appear on way bills, and arrange ments allegedly were made with the drivers to stop the trucks at Green wich and transfed the extra cases to private cars. Seals on the trucks were said to have been so arranged that they could be removed and replaced without showing evidence of being tempered with.
 Hazen was the first to be picked up. after FBI agents trailed his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14

(Continued from Page D appeared to have fled along the coast to the southwest, during oil well and tanks as they withdrew. Flames from the burning oil were visible 40 miles at sea.
 The lightness of enemy opposi- tion was shown by disclosure that only 61 Japanese were killed and one captured in the initial land- ings Sunday.
 Aussies who moved up the Bru- nei river in boats Tuesday and landed east of Brunei also report ed almost non-existent opposition They advanced swiftly inland and captured high ground overlooking the city's waterfront area. On Labuan Island in the mouth of Brunei Bay, other Ninth Division troops cleared the southeastern hall of the island and chased the re- rnaining Japanese into the north western hinterlands. The Aussies were within two miles of Timbala airfield.
 Australian WarhawkS and Beau fighters supported the ground opera tons with bombing and strafin( raids. They also sank two coasta vessels at Samarinda.
 On Luzon, Americans of the 37tf Division blasted their way through strongly-held Orioung Pass sever miles northeast of Bagabag ant pressed on to the north along th' Cagayan Valley road
 The Japanese had made strong stand in the past with artillery mortars and machine-guns em placed in two high cliffs almos overhanging the highway.
 Northwest of Bagabag, other 37ti Division troops destroyed or cap tured six Japanese tanks, includ ing three American grants probabl. seized by the Japanese on Bataal in 1942.
 American planes flew more thai 250 sorties and dropped 313 ton of bombs in support of the 37tl Division, mostly on enemy trucl conveys between Bagabag and San tiago.
 Allied patrol planes blockadint the Japanese-occupied Asiatic coas wrecked three coastal vessels of Malaya, destroyed or damaged si' small vessels off Canton and 1ndo China and bombed Kiangwan air drome at Shanghai.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14
Tokyo Fears New Attacks
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patches said. Supplies were dropped by parachute to units in the hot test zones of action.
 Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Arnoldi veteran Seventh division seized tha southeastern edge of the plateau il an 8O0-yard advance through Azat village against strong enemy resist ance.
 The Seventh killed at least 2S enemy troops in beating off fur ious pre- dawn counter-attack. I'm Japanese charged forward with DO tato-masher grenad des, satche charges, mortars, rifles and ma chine-guns after an hour-long ar tillery bombardment.
 The 96th division, at the center of the American line, won the northeast corner of the plateau and knifed into Ozato town at the base of the escarpment.
 Marines of the First division un- der Mai. Gen. Pedro Del Valle at the western end of the line slowly were expanding their hold on Kun ishi ridge, an extension of YaeJu- Dake escarpment, under heavy en- emy fire.
 Sherman tanks dashed back and forth between the ridge and read positions, bringing up achievements and supplies. Other supplies were parachuted from planes.
 Marines also advanced around the nose of Kunishi ridge into the strongly-defended MeZado village area, less than three miles from the southern tip of Okinawa. Rocket firing landing craft stood offshore pouring a blazing barrage into en- emy strong points.
 Sixth division marines broke thl last organized resistance in the only other enemy pocket, on the soutf shore of Naha harbor, yesterday after killing $500 Japanese in nine day battle. Isolated enemy troops were being mopped up.
 During the final cleanup, the Marines overran a hospital contain. ing 150 dead Japanese, who prob ably had committed suicide.