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Evening star., 1945-07-03
D. {. Bank Deposits Hit
Record S974,778,688

Soaring TO new alltime peak
aggregate deposits in the Capitals
WI banks reached $974,278, ,688 on
June 80, o striking increase of $l04,-
] 074 ,30l in the last three months, 1t
was learned today following con-
dition call issued by Controller of
the Currency Preston Delano.
The banks reported very heavy
War Bond accounts in connection
with the Seventh Drive now at its
lclimax. These funds are retained
Jas bank deposits until withdrawn
fby the Treasury, playing vital part
in the second quarter rise. Normal
Wartime business accounted for the
remainder of the advances.
"Details in Financial Section.)
Evening star., 1945-07-03

bandits, after $4,000 of the bank loot
was found in a car there belonging
to a member of the gang.
Policeman Longo, Mr.. Ford said
risked death by actually livirg with
the bandits for one week, and daily
reported his contacts with them to
Inspector Robert j. Barrett, chief OF
detectives.
Mr.. Longo, 27, has been on the
force since April l6. l943 and was
tried in absentia, with the agree
ment of the prosecution and de-
fense. He was on hand when the
trial started, but was excused early
to appear as a witness in court
case.
During the hearing. Assistant
(See POLICE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1945-07-03
Charles Town Results

FIRST RACE-Purse, 5000: 3-year-old.
and up: claiming; 61a furlongs
Quatredom (Palumbo) $50 24C
Real Boy tEdens) 40
Time, 1.27.
Rockheim. Grandma C.
SECOND RACE-Purse $500; 3-year
Gradea lColderCl $500 1920 $40
Over Gold (Wafters) 90 so 10 %
Incentor tCarriliol $3.50
Time 1.273s
Also ran--Golden Babe. Royal Marlboro
Break Me Down, Miss Economy, Dedham.
tDaily Double paid $6s.)
Evening star., 1945-07-03
New Overseas Star
Is Available Today

Because of the holiday
tomorrow, this weeks Over
seas Edition of The Star was
printed a day earlier than
usual. Free copies, with en-
velopes for mailing, are avail
able today at both The Stars
business Office and the Victory
Bond Booth in Lansburgh's
Department Store.
Next week the regular pub
hcation day will be resumed.
Evening star., 1945-07-03
u. ). Tankmen
Enter Berlin
For First Time
Indian Leeds Way
As German Women
Weep With Joy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 3.-The veteran
I'd Armored (Hell on Wheels,
Division of the American Army
deployed in the suburbs and the
first American soldier entered
the RuSSian-held center of Ber-
lin today as a member of thu
army of occupation.
A red-skinned hero of the Unitet
States Army jeeped down Unter del
Linden and women wept with jo.
at the sight Of the American.
Pfc. Harvey Watchers of the Ut
Indian Reservation, who wears
Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple
Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, wa
the first American soldier to ente
the center of the capital.
Main Force in Suburbs.
The main force of the division
was deployed in suburban Zhlen
dorf to the south.
Exchange Telegraph, in dis
patch to London, said the British
occupation force of about $1,000,
was expected to arrive in the
main part of the city tonight,
while the main British force
would arrive tomorrow
(The American delegation of
the Allied Control Council
reached headquarters of the
councils newly created district
in Berlin, an NBC broadcast
said.
The delegation started for
Berlin at dawn from Halle, an
Elbe River city. Russian patrols
halted the group several times
for checks, since the exact de-
marcation line had. not yet been
fixed.
(American officers we're quoted
as saying the Russians were
extremely cooperative" in this
first Allied move into territory
once controlled completely by the
Russians.
"a CHS correspondent said:
CIT was a businesSlike entry
for us-no parading, no bands,
Just the clatter and the rumble
of the heavy tanks and the wheels
through puddles and ruts in the
road There will be formal
parade in a day or two.")
Sees Ruins of City.
After rounding a shell-scarred vic.
tory monument in the Tiergarten
taking a smart salute from Rec
Army woman traffic cop, and started
for the remains of the Kaiser'S
palace, a lot happened to Matches
in a few minutes:
A Berliner on bicycle asked the
American from Utah to look up his
brother. Pvt. William Schwellbeck
somewhere with the American forces
in France.
Margaret Titze, who said she was
born in Sheepshead Bay, N. Y,
pleaded for a ride to Potsdam.
Registering the distance on his
speedometer, Matches went 8 miles
through Berlin without seeing one
block of buildings that was intact
1T took quite beating" he COM
mented.
He saw girls in freshly ironec
frocks working in chain lines re-
moving bricks from mammoth pile!
of wreckage. He saw women ano
children and old men queued uI
by the hundreds in front of breac
stores.
Boulevard Still Decorated.
He noted a red flag on a poll
outside headquarters of the Ger
man Communist Party"
Tie east-west Axis boulevard
through the blasted Tiergarten wa
still decorated with colossal por
traits of Premier Stain, Presiden
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill, which had been raiset
for the previous Red Army cele'
bration.
Scattered over the city were post
ers stuck up by the Russians telling
Germans of the unity of the United
Nations.
Evening star., 1945-07-03
No Late Editions
Tomorrow

The Star will observe In
dependence Day tomorrow by
eliminating the late afternoon
editions. Subscribers to the
Night Final Edition will re-
ceive the Regular Home
Edition.
Evening star., 1945-07-03

One additional man from
the District area has been re-
ported killed in this War. See
"On the Honor Roll" Page Az.
Evening star., 1945-07-03

(See FEPC, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1945-07-03

(See CIVIL SERVICE. Page A-4.
Evening star., 1945-07-03

(See HOPKINS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1945-07-03

(See BYRNES, Page A-49
Evening star., 1945-07-03

Cool today; high near 80. Fair, mod
crate temperature tonight, tomorrow.
Temperatures today-High, rs, at noon;
low, 65, at 6 am. Yesterday
High SO, at sos PM; low, 10. at ll:5o
pm.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28

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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28
The Heats On
March 10 TO 80 Degrees
Warmer Than Normal

In case you didn't know il be-
fore, here are some figures from
the weather bureau to prove it's
been awlully warm for March.
AS of yesterday, the departure
from the normal temperature
since Jan. ] was listed as plus 22l
degrees. This, in itself, does not
mean much until we find that, at
the end Of February, the depar-
ture was minus 1l6 degrees.
During March temperatures
have averaged from 10 to 30 de-
grees above normal On March
IA the reading got into the plus
bracket at 6. The following three
DAYS in succession broke records.
on March - 1t was 20, on
March IS it was ~ and on March
II the mercury scared TO 75. Then
last Sunday came new high
at Is.
But il still isn't as warm as It
was in 1888. That year, the de-
parture from normal temperature
from Jan. 10 the end of March
was plus AIS or So per cent above
normal.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28

WASHINGTON, March 27
GNS)-Rep. O'Tooir tDl of New
York today appealed TO President
Roosevelt to urge Sister Elizabeth
Kenny to remain in this country
pending a House investigation Of
alleged intimidation practiced
upon her by the medical profess
sion
OToole asked the President 90
restrain the famed Iu1antll q
paralysis expert from leaving the
United States because: No man
in our time has done so much as
Yourself TO alleviate the plight Of
polio sufferers
~ feel that a word from YOU
would give new faith and hope
to Sister Kenny, and would in
sure her remaining in this coun-
try To continue her splendid
work." OTooir wrote MIR
Roosevelt.
At the same time. the congress
man planned 10 confer with
Speaker RaybuTn lD) OF Texas on
any procedure by which ne might
have his investigation proposal re-
ceive House consideration.
O'Toole said he would take such
action in an attempt 10 gain con-
Sideration of his proposal, before
tho ITyltg4 d o. rr r - IFS ltl-nIN
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28
Tavern Robber Gets
Iona Prison Term

Joseph Mellinger, 26, OF 2651 +.
Willis. was given a Z to l5-year
sentence on his guilty plea 10
breaking and entering by Judge
John Maher in recorders court
today.
He was charged with breaking
into a tavern at 1920 +. Warren
with two companions on Jan. 30,
taking S35 from a music box and
bowling machine.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28
List CurfeW
Penalties
international Photo

WASHINGTON, March y
GNS) "A spokesman said today
that the WPB was ready TO en-
force the midnight curfew by
withdrawing materials, power.
fuel and light from violators who
defy the VINO
The spokesman explained that
VINO is the main enforcing agent
for the curfew and that ViDlatorS
first will be given zero labor cell
Ings-that Is, will lose their en-
ployes
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28
Asks FHDHe Plea
To Sister Kenny

the Kenny Institute, asking that
a member be sent TO Washington
TO confer with him regarding
Of the investigation.
Meanwhile, the congressman
disclosed that his office is being
flooded with mail on the Kenny
case. To date, he has received
800 letters and all but one has
been in favor Of Sister Kenny.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28
7 Building Projects
Approved by b. 5.

The war department today an
nounced authorization of two con-
struction projects in Detroit at a
cost of one million dollars.
Half of the allotment will go 10
the conversion of four Murray
Corp. buildings, AT Clay and Au-
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28
Shop Owners Warned
On Tool, Die Wages

A warning TO shop owners pay
ing more than the legal maxi
mum wage rate TO tool and die
workers was issued today by the
tool and die commission of the
regional WLB.
one firm, Kurt Anderson, COM
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28
Asks Fish Seizure

Assistant L. s. Atty. John c.
Ray today instituted proceedings
in federal court for the seizure of
10 pounds of fish, shipped here
from Pittsburgh in an allegedly
dccOmpOSed state.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28

bin, for use by the Detroit Trans
mission plant, and the other $500
900 for additional test cells for
increased tank engine capacity at
the Lincoln plant of the Ford
Motor Co.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28
Faces Gun Charge

Harry NJ. Walker Of Port HUI
ron today awaited arraignment
on charges of flourishing an army
pistol in a Michigan avenue bar.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-28

mission chairman. said, classified
every employe as a leader in or
der to pay him 10 cents extra an
| hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
GUSHING QUAlLS
BEFORE ACCUSERS

OSLO, Aug. %. -W.H)- Vidkun
Quisling quailed today as two Nor
wegian Jews told the court which
is trying the Nazi puppet premier
horros they had suffered at the
hands of his German masters.
The witnesses were DR.. Leo Ell
finger and Asriel Hirsch, two of IL
survivors of q contingent of 1000
Jews deported from Norway to the
Nazi determination camps in Pc.
land. While they related in mono.
tones the now-familiar tale of fore.
ed labor, torture, starvation and ex
ecution, the Norwegian traitor star.
ed straight ahead unblingkingly, at
times passing his hand over his
eyes as if to blot out the pictures
the words evoked. He had paled
when the IL survivors filed into the
courtroom.
Eitinger told the court that all
the women and children in his
group of 1853 deportees were sent
to the gas chambers at Auschwitz,
Poland. When he finished speaking
Defense Attorney Henrik Bergh
turned to Quisling and asked.
s'When did you first hear about
the gas chamber"
Quisling did not move a muscle.
Presiding Justice Erik Solem
| Continued on Pare Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
Communist Forces Report
ed Massing For About
Offensive
BY SPENCER MOosA

CHUNGKING, Aug. %. -R)-
More than 100000 japanese
troops are to be surrendered to the
forces Of Generalissnio Chang
Kai-Shek, it was disclosed today,
coincident with report that the
Communists in North and Central
China had gathered their strength
for an about offensive
Word Of the new Communist &C.
ton, bearing the threat of civil
war, was only one of several prob.
lens confronting Chinese leader.
ship. Others included the question
of whether British or Chinese
troops would occupy Hong Kong,
the relative position of Russian and
Chinese forces in Manchur:a, and
the future role of the Chinese in
French Indo-China.
The 100000 figure was disclosed
in battle order delivered by Nip
ponese ENJOYS at Chihkiang to Gen.
Ho Yingchin, commander of the
Chinese forces. 1t was estimated
that they represented one-half OF
the total Japanese military
strength on the Asiatic mainland.
The Communist New China Daily
News, published in Chungking, re.
ported the gathering of strength
by the Communists, and said that
Communist troops were approach.
ing Wanping and Nanyuan, close
to the ancient Chinese capital OF
Peiping.
The newspaper said also that
other Communist forces had bat.
tied their way into the West rail.
road station at Tientsin, and that
"street fighting is in progress. ,"
Still other Communist troops were
reported to have surrounded Using
tao, famous Shantung seaport on
the Yellow Sea, while those in Aim.
wei Province were said to have
entered WuhI, on the Yangtze Sc
miles upstream from Marking.
"a Tokyo broadcast said Japa.
nese Army. authorities in North
China had protested to Communist
army officials against what the
Japanese said were plans for ''un.
lawful occupation" of North China
cities, and warned that the Japa.
nese would take Inappropriate
measures" to meet any such move.
(The broadcast said the Com.
munists were contemplating ''un.
lawful occupation" of Peir!ng,
Tientsin and Tsingtac, and had
ordered their troops to occupy all
the national railway routes extend
ing from the Hankow-P eiping line
in the North.)
The Communist News Agency
said that two prominent Commun-
list. Lin Tso-han and Gen. Chou
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. b
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
CITY OPTICAL TEAM
DOWNS GREENSBORO
IN STATE TOURNEY

GREENSBORO, Aug. %: - A
home run by Neil Cockerham with
the bases loaded in the first in
ming, and another four-bagger by
Oliver Smith, in the fourth stanza,
provided the City Optical softball
team of Wilmington a Sd victory
over the Greensboro Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., of Greensboro, last
night in the State Championship
tournament.
Approximately 5000 roaring fans
watched Cockerham blast the
longest hit ball on Memoria
Stadium diamond since the park!
construction in 1918. Tonight the
City Optical ten will 60 into the
semi-finals of the tournament a:
they encounter Moore Genera
Hospital.
On the mound for the Generals
will be 1t. Allen Zimmerman, whit
hurled Orles, Kla., to the Wo-lt
Softball Series victory in 1912. HI
also was the world champion soft
ball pitcher in 1942-43.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
BIG THREE WILL
HALT CIVIL WAR

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-REThe
New York Times in a Washington
dispatch said today that the United
States, Great Britain and Russia
would undertake joint political &C.
ton to halt an incipient civil war
in China.
The dispatch, by Hanson W. Bald.
win, also said authoritative Wash.
ington sources had stated the three
great powers planned joint &C.
cupation of Korea.
The recent agreement reached at
Moscow by Premier T. V. Soong OF
China included plans for eventual
Chinese sovereignty over Man
churia and Inner Mongolia, the
Times said. Manchuria and Inner
Mongolia now are occupied in
whole or part by Russian forces.
The dispatch also said the agree.
ment included Russian control OF
so per cent of the Chinese Eastern
and South Manchurian railways:
designation of Port Arthur as a
Russian naval and military base,
and probable reservation of half the
docks and commercial facilities OF
Dairen for Russian commercial.
The Times said the Chungking-
Yenin controversy was probably the
most pressing immediate problem
in the Orient and authorities in
Washington were well aware that
it must be prevented from develop.
ing into civil war, if possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
GREEKS WILL LAY
CHURCH CORNERSTONE
NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT

Church, state, county and city
dignitaries, including Gov. R.
Gregg Cherry, are expected to
be in Wilmington next Friday,
August 81, for the cornerstone
laying ceremony of the 1850, 000
Green Orthodox church at Second
and Orange streets.
Archbishop Athenago ras of New
York, or Bishop Nissis Germanos,
of Charlotte, will be in charge OF
the service beginning with YES
pers at 7 p. m, local Greek
churchmen have announced.
The Rev. E. B. Papazisis, first
full-time pastor of the church built
by local contributions, is busy
completing the program for the
laying of the cornerstone.
Senators Josiah W. Bailey ano
Clyde Hoey and national and state
lawmakers have been invited tt
the ceremony.
A banquet will be held at the
Plantation club following the se-
vices at the church, with Council
man J. E. L. Wade as POSTMASTER
The brick church building wa:
completed about a year ago, loca
Greek citizens contributing thu
$4,000 it cost. The Rev. Papazi
sis became pastor on July l, com
Continued on Page Three: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
Air Bloms On Jap Cities
Kill 26Q, 900 Tokyo Says
BY The ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY The ASSOCIATED PRESS
Air blows on the Japanese home
islands killed 100000 persons and
injured $4,000 - including 10000
killed and 100000 wounded by two
atomic bombs-and ''almost com
pletely wiped OUT the people of a
cities, a Tokyo broadcast said yes
terday.
The broadcast, possibly intended
to incite sympathy for crushed
and defeated nation, said 5000, 0O(
persons were left homeless, bring
ing the total affected by strikes by
land and carrier-based aircraft to
nearly 10000, 1000, or about one-sixtt
of Japan's home population.
"Out of 206 cities in Japan, the
people of A have been almost com
pletely wiped out, while 81 others
including Tokyo lost over 80 pei
cent of their built-up areas" sale
the broadcast, recorded by the AS
ISOLATED Press.
The casualty figures, covering
the whole period of the war ane
compiled by the air defense gen
eral headquarters, ARE still in
complete and are likely to noun
as further investigations arr
made" the broadcast said.
BY contrast with the Japanes
figures of 100000 killed and Az,
900 wounded, Britain by the lates
available estimate had lost 60,58
killed and 86,175 persons injure
in air attacks during five years Q
war. Uncounted thousands of Brj
tons lost their homes.
The Tokyo broadcast said 2,210,
kContinued on Page Three; Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
Soviet Guns
Salute End
Of Jap War
STAIN ORDERS SALVO
Generalissimo Announces
Occupation OF Paramu-
shire Naval Base
BY BRUCE w. MUM


United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Aug. 23.-W.p)- Rus.
sian troops have occupied the great
Japanese air and naval base Of
Paramushiro in the Kurile islands,
south of the Russian Kamchatka
Peninsula, Generalissimo josef
Stain disclosed today In a triumph.
ant order of the day summing up
the lightning war in Manchuria.
Stain also disclosed that the en-
tire Japanese Kwantung Army has
surrendered Internationally and
that the Monaghan Army of Mar.
shall Chat Bol-San joined with Rus
sian Far Eastern Armies in crush
ing the Japanese.
For these ,ictories Stain ordered
a victory salute of "a salvos from
1924 guns-7,776 rounds-to be fired
from the guns of Moscow, which
have roared in celebration of every
major Soviet -'ictory Of the Euro
pean war.
The salute was ordered to be fir
ed at 10 PHI tonight Moscow time,
and probably will mark the last
crashing of victory guns in the Rus
sian capital.
Stalin's victory order disclosed
that the major triumphs of the two
week Manchurian war were won
I,v tho froopc If Morcb,J poJ;oy "
Malinovsky' Trans-Baikal Army
and Marshal Chat Bol-San's Mon
golian Army smashing in from the
west.
Together these forces advanced
575 miles and captured the major
Manchurian centers of Tsitsihar,
Mukden, Dairen and Port Arthur
as well as the Manchurian capital
of Hsinking and the ancient capital
of the Manchus at Jehol in Jehol
Province.
Stain paid special tribute to their
accomplishment in br e k in G
through the Japanese Notifications
in the west, scaling the 8,000-foot
peaks of the Khingan range and
crossing the deserts of Mongolia
in their drive to the bay of Korea.
He also disclosed the special role
of Army Gen. Maxim Purkayev's
Second Red Banner Army, which
not only forced the Amur river in
northern Manchuria but also cap.
Continued on PAGE Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
Potts., Pans
10 Sell At
AZ Rates
WASHERS IN GROUP
Sugar Rationing To Remain
For Balance OF Year
OPA Declares
BY STERLING F. GREEN

BY STERLING F. GREEN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-(Pj-
The government gave Americans
a strong double shove toward nor
NAL living today.
President Truman wants us back
On pre-war time fast. He said he
will recommend action on this
when Congress returns in Septem
Der.
OPA Boss Chester Bowles said
consumer durable goods - like
washing machines and aluminium
pots and pans which have been
out of production during the war
must sell at or near 1912 price
levels.
And-the President ordered all
government workers back on a 40
hour week, starting Sept. 9. They
are now working A and 43.
Mr.. Truman also told them to
take all their regular holidays;
Just as before the war.
In its drive toward the good
things-as well as the perils-oi
peace, the government also:
l Set out to clinch the job rights
of veterans-rights which Congress
forgot to protect fully.
2. Turned loose 252 war plants.
They'll make civilians goods and
employment-if industry will buy
them.
3. Warned that the 20 per cent
wartime cut in coal for homes
must stay-for a while, at least.
4. Ruled out any increase in
sugar rations this year. They'll
stay at five pounds for four
months.
5. Talked of plans to help the
small wage-earner get a new
home, the man who can pay only
go to $40 a month.
6. Said you could buy eletcric
ranges and fans by December,
washing machines by January.
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
Federal Work Delaying
Police Alarm System

Installation of new police alarm
and radio control system for the
Wilmington Police Department will
be started ss soon as there is a
let-up on Government contracts,
and the Gamewell Co., of Newton
Upper Falls, Mass, can secure the
necessary equipment, an official Of
the company announced yesterday.
Charles Berst, the company's re-
preventative in Atlanta, Ca, said
yesterday afternoon that although
there have been many cancel
lations of Government contracts,
almost an equal number of new
ones have been coming in.
One of the latest contracts to be
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-24
CL STRIFE
EARMCHZNA
acertainty Ended
Ickes Will Stay On

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-(R
President Truman said today
that Harold L. Ickes, Secretary
of the Interior, will continue
In his cabinet.
The President told a news
conference he had discussed
the matter with Ickes. sole
remaining member of the
original Roosevelt cabinet still
on the job, and that Ickes
will serve in the official family
as long as he wants to stay.
They discussed Ickes' future
yesterday, the Prs> ident said.
The President added he be-
ieved Ickes is satisfied to re-
main.
He said the Secretary will 20
to London soon to renegotiate
the Anglo-American oil treaty.