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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
CABINET CHANGES
SEEN IN CAPITAL
Ex-Senators Jackson And
Schwellenb a ok Are
Talked In Rumors

WASHINGTON, April q NR-
The capital buzzed again tonight
with reports of possible cabinet
shakeup after President Truman
played host to two former Senate
associates.
The chief executive talked with
ex-senator Samuel D. Jackson of
Indiana at the White House and
had former Senator Lewis B. Sch
wellenback of Washington to break
fast and lunch at the Blair House.
Jackson, permanent chairman
of the 1914 Democratic convention,
has been mentioned as possibility
for various posts, including that OF
attorney general.
Schwellenbach was reported in
Confessional circles to have been
asked to come to Washington. His
name has figured in speculation
on possible choices for both At
torney General and Secretary OF
Labor. He IS now a Federal dis
trict judge in his home state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
AMERICANS SIGHT
DAVA0.0BJECTlVE
Yanks On Northern Luzon
Seize Positions Over
Balete Pass

MANILA, Saturday, April o.
RIYank forces have advanced to
within sight of Davao gulf, on Min
danao island, and on northern Lu-
ION island have seized command
ing positions overlooking Important
Balete pass, a strong point in the
Japanese defenses, Gen. Douglas
Macarthur reported today.
U. S. Air Forces, working close
ly with ground troops, hit the enc
my in the Cagayan valley, beyond
Balete pass, with an unusually
large cargo of bombs, 100 tons,
and with strafing tactics.
They also attacked Basco air.
field in the Bataan islands north
of Luzon, one of the Guardians of
the north Luzon shore.
Although the communicate did
not mention it, American assault
units landed on southern Negros
island Thursday in a move to
wipe out long-existing Japanese
pocket. This was the second inva-
sion thrust at Negros, in the cen
trail Philippines.
Medium and attack bombers
again struck Formosa, aiming
their missiles at the Taito, Koshun
and Heito industrial areas and the
western coastal plain. Patrol
planes harassed Taihoku airdrome
on Formosa and sank five enemy
off the Nansei RyukyD islands,
between Formosa and Okinawa.
The advance on Mindanao by
the oath Division carried through
the rugged APO mountains to a
point overlooking Digos, on Davao
gulf. Davao city, largest and most
on the big island, lies
about Is miles north of Dogos.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
U. S. Troop
Are rs Miles
From Munich
Pattons Third Army Drives
Toward Birthplace OF ,
Nazism

PARIS, Saturday, April 28.-P
tank columns invaded
Austria yesterday, advanced rs
miles west of the Nazi citadel of
Munich, and crashed into the west
ern end of Hitler's Alpine redoubt.
While the U. S. Third Army,
blowing unopposed into Austria,
made radio contact with Russian
southern Armies less than IS miles
to the southeast, two U. S. Seventh
Army Armored Divisions went on
a tear farther west.
The Tenth Armored Division sent
one column spearing % miles east
into Landsberg, only rs miles east
of Munich, birthplace of Nazism
and now considered the northern
outpost for the final death stand.
Another column raced IA miles
straight south into the Bavarian
Alps, driving 10 miles or so into
what is probably Hitler's inner
fortress, and reached Kempten, IL
miles from the Austrian frontier.
This push threatened to cut in
behind any Germans in the redoubt
concentrated around the area of
Lake Constance, some 80 miles to
the west. The tank crews here
were IS miles from the northern
mountain border of Italy.
The 18th Armored Division like
wise was racing east close on the
north flank of the 10th Armored
Division and, after hurdling the
Wurtach river, was about 80 miles
west of Munich
Both columns, with the endless
lines of infantry swinging up pom
derously from behind, expected to
meet savage resistance in Hitler's
old home town of Munich.
The Third Army, crossing the
Danube repeatedly, also was
marching on Munich from the
North and last was reported SO
miles away.
While these blows made the for
and well-defended south
ern pocket tremble, the battle
against the northern pocket was
rising in fury.
A field dispatch from the Cana
Continued m PAGE Three. Col ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28

WASHINGTON, April 81 -P-
Edwin W. Pauley resigned as
treasurer Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee today and accept
ed appointment by President Tru-
man as American member OF the
Allied reparations commission.
The 42-year-old California OIL
man also will be Mr.. Truman S
personal representative in repara-
tons dealings with other "interes-
ted nations His assignment now
is to the commission dealing with
restitution from Germany, but
Parley said it will carry over to
whatever group deals with repara-
tons from Japan. He will have
the rank of ambassador.
Pauley will take the place OF
Isador Lubin, commissioner OF Ia
Dor statistics, who was appointed
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
Yanks, Soviets. Join Forces On Elbe River
Four-P Power SECRETARIES Named Co-Chairmen
u. S. hvades Austria; Second Junction Seen
Tanks Seize Genoa,
Drive 7owQrdA Aims
Free Milan Radio Reports German Com
manders Attempt To Negotiate
General Surrender

ROME, April 27-R-American
Fifth Army troops smashed into
the great port Of Genoa today, a
special Allied headquarters COM
munique announced, as the free
Milan radio declared German
commanders we're trying to ne
gotiate a general surrender of
their hopelessly trapped forces in
northern Italy.
Allied headquarters did not con-
firm the surrender report, but con-
coded that American and other Al
lied armored columns slashing
across the final miles of the Alps
were meeting only generally weak
and disorganized' resistance.
An unidentified spokesman of the
Italian socialist party in Milan
and the Italian patriot newspaper
La Liberia said Benito Mussolni,
yellow with fury and fear,' had
been arrested as he attempted to
cross the Swiss frontier. The news
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28


whooped it up and formed firm
friendships despite the handicaps
of language. It was enough that
they were Allies and had whipped
the enemy.
The stocky smiling Russians,
looking very young and very tough,
were ecstatic. They ceremonious-
ly saluted and shook hands with
everyone they met. They crushed
your hand until you wondered how
many handshakes you could stand.
They. were filled with spontaneous
gaiety.
Almost every Russian had TOM
mygun slung across his shoulder.
Revolvers were in their hightopped
boots and their belts were festoon-
ed with grenades and knives. Most
OF them wore medals on their thick
chests. All around there was the
sound of shooting as the Russians
worked off excess enegry and ex-
element.
1t was a celebration unlike any
thing seen before in this war-one
great party, with doughboys and
Russians singing, laughing and
dancing and trying to talk to each
other in sign language. A few
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
.Soviiets Move.
Past Berlin
Three-Fourths OF City Con-
quered; L ast Air.
drome Captured

LONDON, Saturday, April %
R-Russian armies, conquering
three-quarters of dying Berlin and
Selling it's last airdrome, left the
German capital to dust-choked
storm troops yesterday and struck
west in twin offensives toward a
second link-rp with American
forces and the isolation of Ger
many's last Baltic ports.
Berlin, writing in its final
death throes, was a wilderness OF
crunnbled stone and steel swept
by flame-tinged winds and, though
its defenders resisted fanaticaliy
in a vain struggle. its inner and
outer defenses were cracking fast.
Potsdam, cradle of Prussianism
on the city's southwestern limits,
fell and. with it went the great
western suburb of Spandau and
the city districts of Schmargen-
dorf, Steglitz, Nerkoelln and Tenn
pelhof. The great Tempelhof air
drome. the last air escape and
supply route, was overrun.
Enemy broadcasts admitted
that the situation was critical
as the Soviets battered out ad-
vances OF mile and more around
the blasted inner core of the CAPT
tai. The Germans insisted that
Adolf Hitler still was there, pre-
pared to die a martyrs death in
battle which Germany'S fading
radios said would decide the war.
With Germany split by juno
ton of Russian and American first
Army forces along the Elbe north
west of Dresden, the Red Army
rushed toward a second imminent
link-up - this time with the U. S..
Ninth Army on the middle Elbe
due west of Berlin.
Premier Stain, in one of four
orders of the day, an
nounced that Marshal Gregory K:
Zhukov's First White Russian
Army had captured Rathenow, 33
rifles west of Berlin, in drive
that by-passed the great city of
Brandenburg.
Zn1kov's sweep, in 22-rlile ad-
vance from Nauen, CO rried these
CONTINUED on Page Three: Col, ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
Gen. Dittn,ar; Mazi War
Expert; Paddles Across

the surrender of number of Ger
man troops who were terrified by
the approach of the Russians.
The quality of German resist
ance since last summer was mini
mixed by the slight, shriveled
man, generally known as the voice
Of the German army and the
Wehrmacht's most in f o m
spokesman. Patting his balding
head nervously, he insisted that
the war was bound to end in a
few days and asserted three had
been no Wehrma chit strategy for
the past six months.
Correspondents had asked him
his opinion Of Allieo tactics.
We've made it easy for yor
since July he replied.
Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
Truman Assigns Pauley
To Reparations Meeting

American member of the commits
sion March IL by Secretary of
State Stettinius. Lubin was chosen
by Mr.. Truman today as Pauley's
associate with the personal rank
of minister.
The President called a special
news conference to announce the
appointments. He made no expla-
nation why Pauley is su2planting
Lubin, who long had been doing
economic studies for the late Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Lubin had been engaged on rep
arations preliminary studies since
he returned to the United States
March 4 from a study of labor and
general economic problems in
France, Holland, Belgium and Ger
many.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
900 Nazi Prisoners
Reported To Have Died
In Concentration Camp

LONDON, April 27.-tF- Lord
Wright, chairman of the United
Nations War Crimes Commission,
and II other commissioner return
ed today from an inspection Of
Buchenwald, German concentra-
ton camp, reporting they had au-
thentic information that 81 900 pris-
oners persisted there since 1887.
Wright said the delegation had
found evidence of atrocities COM
mitted by the Germans which have
no counterpart in history.
He said U. S. military authori-
ties have exhibited remarkable ef-
liciency in correcting the appalling
conditions they found in the camp,
and have reduced it's death rate
from 800 day to 20 TO 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
War Department Makes
Mistake Of Four Hours
In Rely Junction

WASHINGTON, April II. -R-
The War Department made four
hour mistake today in reporting
the time Of the junction Of Ameri-
can and Russian forces in Ger.
many.
A statement late today said an
error in computing time differ
ences resulted in the announcement
by officials here that the patrols
made contact at 2:40 pm. Eastern
War Time, on April Is and that
the link-up in force was made the
following day at 2 pm. EWT. \
The correct time Of the meeting
Of the patrols was 10:40 am, EWT, !
April 25, and the junction Of the
two armies took place at 10 am.
EWT, April 20. :.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28

WITH THE y. S. NINTH ARMY
IN GERMANY, April 25.-(Delay-
ed)- Up -Fox-faced, wasp-Waisted
1t. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, most wide
ly quoted strategist of the Ger
man high command, surrendered
today and told American officers
that the Reich lost the war mill
tarily when it failed to stop the
Normandy invasion and lost it po-
litically when Hitler escaped as
sassination last July.
Dittmar, whose shrewd COM
mentaries on German military
movements were quoted by Allied
press and radio for five years,
gave up to U. S. Ninth Army
troops guarding the Elbe. Cross
ing the river in rowboat under
a white flag, the nervous little ex-
pert said he wanted to negotiate
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
''oh'lnued on Page Three; Col. A.
Stettlnius Has Direct
Wire To Hospital Room
VI ormer Secretary

-s SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.-p
secretary of State stettinius has
T. ureet Wire from San Francisco
WI w the hospital room of former Sec
tSo OF State Cordell Hull at
IN t,e Bethesda, Md, Naval hospi-
er iaull' senior adviser to the Am
t,1 IIah n. delegation, is being kept
erly informed of conference devel-
c rlien,s and is being consulted on
critical questions.
Old 'ose associates of the 73-year-
va va secretary said there still is q
f 49, chance he may come to San
t;oa a!iclsco before the United Ma.
''NS conference adjourns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28

paper said Roberto Farinacci,
former secretary Of the Fascist
party, also was arrested.
Crushing pockets of resistance,
the American Fifth and British
Eighth armies sliced across the
Adige river at "many points, the
communique said, and on the
British Eighth Army front the enc
my was pressed so closely he had
no opportunity to reorganize his
scattered and demoralized forces.
A task force consisting of Amer
lean 473rd and 442nd Infantry and
elements of the 92nd Infantry d.
vision made the Genoa entry.
Italian partisans had previously
captured large part of the city
and facilitated the entry of our
troops into the city," the communi-
que reported. The condition OF
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
Allies Meet
ON 2O0-Mile
River Front t.
Pockets OF Nazis Re-
In Northern And Soutft-
ern Retreats -
BY JAMES M. LONG

PARIS, Saturday, April 27.-P
American and Russian armies
from half world apart have met
in the heart of Hitler's once-proud
Reich, leaving Germany crushed
and virtually overrun from east
and west.
The meeting Of the men Of Gen
Eisenhower and the men of Mar.
shall Stain south of Berun left only
pockets Of Nazis in Hitler's north-
ern and southern redoubts to be
stamped out before Europe's war
is declared officially at an end.
Supreme headquarters, official
ly pessimistic, says organized war.
fare can last for several months.
Front line commanders believe all
will be over in matter Of weeks,
at the most.
1t. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, widely.
quoted Nazi military eommenta.
tor, surrendered to the Americana
Wednesday, it was disclosed yes
terday, and declared that Hitler
was in Berlin and would die there.
when Berlin falls 1t will be ov.
er" he said, predicting the fall
within a few days. He said the
southern redoubt was 4 myth and
asserted that Hermann Goering,
fallen Reich air marshal, prob.
ably had been executed.
The juncture brought to 4 COM
parative standstill two Of the great-
est military machines Of history
and today they faced each other
along 200 miles Of the E,be river,
where the U. S. First and Ninth
armies drew up to 4 halt seven
days ago.
The Russians and the Americans
met in late Wednesday afternoon
on the U. S. First Army front, and
if other meetings have not already
taken place they will In q few
days.
The Americans, three enlist 81
men and a lieutenant Of the 273rd
regiment of the U. S. First Army's
69th Infantry Division, met patrols
of the 58th Soviet guard division OF
Marshal Ivan S. Konev's First
Ukrainian army group at $40 pm.
Wednesday.
The place was near Torgau, on
the Elbe river IS miles south Of
Berlin.
In two years two Allies had ira.
veled 5000 miles to make this
historic junction-the Americans
$500 miles from the great ports
Of America and 700 miles across
Europe; the Russians 1,400 bloody
miles from the ruins Of Stalingrad
where they broke the German Sixth
Army and turned the whole tide Of
the war.
Now there no longer was an
eastern or a western front. There
were instead. north and south
fronts-more properly two pockets,
for Hitler's once feared armies
were left incapable OF fighting AZ
integrated units.
The Allies had fought over the
breadth Of Europe - 2,l00 miles
from Stalingrad to the beaches Of
Normandy.
And when they met on the green
Elbee plain they shared equally
the honor of smashing the most
formidable fortress and one Of the
mightiest fighting forces on earth.
The Americans had come one
third Of the hard, difficult way In
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
Peace Farley
Appoints U. S.:
Member Chief.
Dumbarton Oaks Plan To
Be Agenda For Secur-
ity Conference

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.-F)
THE United Nations put their
polisb. Russian and leadership
rous behind them today and strobe
forward together on the road they
mean to build toward a durable
peace.
without ripple of dissension
which had boiled up earlier be-
tween Russia on one side and the
limited States and Britain on the
other the World Security confer
ence voted to:
/. Make the foreign secretaries
of the four sponsoring powers
The United States Britain, Russia
and China-co-equal chairmen OF
the conference. They will preside
in turn and consult regularly
among themselves on a conference
program.
2 Hand the craftsmanship OF the
all-important steering and execu-
tive committees to Secretary OF
State Stettinius. These are the
agencies which will do most OF
the conference work. They will
draft policies and recommends
tons which the full conference will
forge into peace-keeping macnin-
cry.
g. Grant representation in a gen.
eral assembly of a projected
world organization to the Ukraine
and White Russia. Since the Soviet
Union itself will have an assem-
bly, vote, this will mean a total OF
three for Russia.
4. Put IA members on the con-
ference executive committee.
5. Make the Dumbarton Oaks
peace plan, engineered in Wash
ington by the four sponsors, the
agenda for the conference.
For Russia, the days develop
ments added up to victory on the
three assembly votes, a compro-
mise on conference leadership, and
a setback on seating the present
Polish regime in Warsaw at this
conference table. China. Britain
and America are expected to line
up against Russia on the Polish
isSue.)
For the world. they meant that
the conference finally had achiev-
ed enough harmony so it could
buckle down to work.
The fight over issues had been
restricted to the steering COM
mlttee. 1t found solutions without
too much trouble today and unani-
nous votes of the full conference
quickly sealed the agreements.
On Observation-Disclosures and on
the Polish question. delegates had
pretty well called the shots in ad-
vance.
But 24-hour tug of war over
leadership ended only when Soviet
Foreign Commissar M o l o o v
agreed to four chairmen and the
appointments for Stettinius - a
compromise &C. the Russian previous
" had spurned.
inns is the language on that
punt ratified by the full confer
ence:
The meeting recommends that
mere be four presidents, who will
preside in rotation at the plenary
sessions. These four may meet
from time to time, with Mr.. Stet-
sillus presiding over these meet
il'gs and Mr.. Stettinius to be chair
man Of the executive and steering
eoli.linlttees, the three others dele
ssa'hg null powers to Mr.. Stettinius
!os conducting the business Of the
conference"
(C0ntlnued IN De-. u,l ~ a,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
Tanks; Reds Jubilant
Over Meeting At Elbe
BY DON WHITEHEAD AND HAL BOYLE

TROGAU Germany, April 26-(delayed) Americans and
Russians the sunshine today
drinking champagne from beer pounding other
toastng meeting
singing dancing troops
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-28
FORECAST

Fair and cooler today.
Yesterdays temperature:
High 81 Low, IS.
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MORE ABOUT
ELKS

Continued from Page y
couldn't believe that such a bril-
liant affair had come to an end.
1t was not the end for these
prominent visitors. They were to
dine in the beautiful home of
Brother and Daughter w. e. Vroo-
man. The floral-decorated dining
room and the elaborate repast of
fried chicken. plus all the ele-
CANT trimmings was something
that you don't forget and some
thing that stuck with you.
The guest list was composed
of: Bro. James Stuart, Los An
geles, California, 9TH Regional Di-
rector of Education; Miss Dory-
thea Cooley, contestant and win
ner of scholarship; Mrs. B. M.
Cooley, Fresno, California, moth
er of the contest winner; Pro-
fessor w. A. Payne, Principal of
Douglas High School, Ell Centre,
California; Mrs. Ella S. White,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-07-18

Hawaii Temple, Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, Past State President and
State Director of Education for
Southern California; Mr.. Eugene
Walton, Broadway High School.
Seattle, Washington, contestant;
Mrs. Della McDuff, Daughter
Ruler Of Hope Temple, Santa
Monica, California, also a state
elected officer of education; Mrs.
Luyenia Gibson, Daughter Ruler
of Ell Centre Temple. Ell Centric.
California; Bro. E. L. Dawson,
Oakland, California, Past State
President and State Director of
Education for Northern Califor-
mia; Daughter Ruler Helen Sny-
der, Evergreen Temple, Seattle,
Washington; Bro. E. R. Chainey.
Exalted Ruler of Puget Sound
Lodge, Seattle, Washington; Bro.
John w. Copeland, East Madison
Y. M. c. A. Seattle, Washington,
sponsor of local contestant; Miss
Vivian Meade, Seattle, Washing
ton, local contest winner of 1914;
Daughter and Bro. John H. Steel;
Daughter E. r. Chainey; Mrs. w.
B. Foster; Bro. w. E. Vrooman,
timekeeper and host; Daughter
w. E. Vrooman, hostess.
The committee on arrangements
was comprised of Bro. Jay Chavis,
T. D., Bro. Charles M. Stokes, M.
c., and yours truly, w, B. Foster.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Gen. Hobbs Awarded
.DSM in Germany;
Others Decorated

Maj. Gen. Leland s. Hobbs of 140l
Sheridan street NV, commanding
general Of the 30th Infantry Divi.
sion, was presented the Disting.
uished Service Medal by 1t. Gen
William H. Simpson, commander Of
the 9th Army in Germany, it was
announced today. The decoration
was given for "meritoriouS service
in a duty of great responsibility
during the period from June 13 tc
October %, 1914, In France, Belgium
Holland and Germany
The citation said Gen. Hobbs lee
his division swiftly and expertly
into front-line positions, and dis
played sound judgment and lead
ership" Gen. Hobbs was q class.
mate of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
at West Point in the class Of 1915
He went overseas in January, 1914
and has been in combat, according
to his wife. since June IA.
Capt. Ralph Clonts Alexander
U. s. NJ, Al, of 2430 Tracy place NV.
has been presented the Navy Cross
for extraordinary heroism in op.
Evening star., 1945-04-26

August in France while guiding In
infantry patrol in a surprise attack
on q German gun battery, was
awarded a Silver Star posthumously
yesterday. Maj. Gen. c. F. Thomp-
son. commanding general Of the
military district Of Washington, pre-
sented the medal to the sergeant's s
widow, Mrs. Martha j. Pett, Of 4405
Taylor street, Suitland, Md, in the
Pentagon.
Sergt. Pett was the. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nicholas j. Pett of Oxon Hill
Md, and the father of a 2-year-old
daughter. Donna Lynn. A native
of the District area, he attended
Eastern High School and was en-
ployed as a construction worker
prior to entering the Army in 1941
He went overseas in December. 1943
1t. Col John b. Goodell, VIII
liams lane, Chevy Chase, Md. has
been awarded the Legion Of Merit
according to an announcement from
France. The decoration was given
for work in the organization of am
munition supply following the
United States entry into the war
For two years Col. Goodell served
as chief of the Ammunition Supply
Evening star., 1945-04-26

Division In the ONCE Of the chief
ordnance oficer Of the European
theater OF operations.
1t. Col. John C. Hayden, member
of the 5th Corps Artillery, has been
awarded the Croix de Guerre with
Palm by the French provisional gov
ernment. His wife resides at 1543
Foxhall road NV
1st 1t. William Maynadier Miley,
jr, OF the 11th Air-borne Division,
has been awarded the Silver Star for
running through heavy machine gun
fire to pull wounded soldier to
safety. He is the son of Maj. Gen.
Miley, commander of the 18th Air
borne Division. and the grandson of
Mrs. John D. Miley. of Ill Del Ray
avenue. Bethesda. Md.