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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-18
AMERICAN DAY.
| IS PROCLAIMED

Wilrnington's citizens Will haV
1e opportunity to rededicate them
elves to the principles Of Ame-l
3 anism on II Am An American
)ay'' set by proclamation Of Pres
lent Roosevelt for Sunday, Ma.
%.
# Letters have been sent to man.
organizations by Colonel Lawrence
impson, chairman of the Il An
n American Day" committee, IN
luding churches, schools ane
the- organizations.
Colonel Simpson pointed out tina
81 was time for sober examina
4 on of what being citizen OF this
\ alton means to US, what it woule
ave meant to US if we had los
H.ais war, not only as to our rights
nd privileges but our duties as
81ell."
4 Stating that we as nation have
slunged into the greatest war In
istory to preserve these liberties
1T terrible sacrifice, he pronounc'
ID 1t the duty of every citizen to
hare in the work and sacrifice
aat have made this country pos
IDLE.
George Washington, Thomas JET
erson, Patrick Henry and other
ayiots, have risked all in the
ace Of defeat which would have
'rmaght a traitors death, he said.
tfers have fought, and gradually
ne. American Way" has evolved,
E said.
These rights are ours, he said.
We may think, write and speak
,ithout fear. We may vote, we
lay improve our lots, we have
quail rights in the courts, we
ave free education, freedom OF
,orship, we have the right to life,
berty and the pursuit Of happi-
ess, he said.
Special programs have been held
i the schools during the current
,eek and 81 churches, 81 white
nd 81 colo-ed, in this vicinity,
ave been asked to hold special
ervices to bring to the public a
ealization of what American citi-
enship means.
At the American Legion home, a
pecial program will be held at
1hich Judge John J. Burney will
e. the principal speaker.
Beginning at p. m. Sunday, the
vocation will be pronounced by
ne Rev. Edwin F. Keever, past
tate and post chaplain. After the
inging of "America" and remarks
y Col. Simpson, the address of
Judge Burney will be heard.
God Bless America" will be
ung and the program will be
losed by the benediction deliver
ID by the Rev. ]. L. Davis, post
haplain. The post commander.
Norwood S. Westbrook, will act as
Master of ceremonies.
Participating in the program
,ill be the American Legion Aux
tiary, the Spanish American War
reterans, The Board of Educa-
ion, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Teterans of Foreign Wars Auxil-
airy, United Daughters of the
,onfederacy, Daughters of the
american Revolution, Colonial
Danes, the Honorable Mayor W.
ronald Lane, Mr.. Addison Hewlett,
hartman, Board of County Com
nissioners, and any persons be-
oming naturalized citizens of this
ountry in the past year.
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brother, J. G. Arnold, of Shallotte;

brother, J. G. Arnold, Of Sha1lotte;
and q grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be Ell.
mer Long, Ennis Long, Elwood
Clemmons, Harry Robinson, Raj
eigh Dixon, Delmas Hewett, Sid
ney Hewett and Alvin Milliken
Honorary pallbearers will be DR..
]. w. Hayes, A. L. Dixon, Jr.,
Julius Hewett, CASTOR Hewett,
Capt. J. B. Church, Charles Sause,
Sam Bennett, S. B. Frink, Capt.
Jim Arnold and Hobson Kirhep.
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MRS. E. B. CARR

WALLACE, May 17.-Mrs. E. B.
Carr, wife of the Rev. E. B. Carr,
of Wallace, died at 4:10 p. m. Wed
nesday, following a short illness.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from Rockfish Presbyterian
church at II a. m. Friday by the
Rev. F. M. Balm, pastor. Burial
will be in the Rockfish cemetery.
Besides her husband, surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. J. D.
Williams, of Zebulon, Mrs. W. N.
Cox, Richmond, Va, and Mrs. ].
F. Marshburn, of the home; and
five sons. Marcus E. Carr, Green's
boro, E. B. Carr, Jr., Wilmington;
Jacob L. Carr, Tomahawk; Cpl.
Leon W. Carr, U. S. Army, over
seas, and Sgt. Monroe G. Carr,
Millville. N. ].
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Total cash income on the sales
Of milk products in the United
States last year amounted to ST..
$50, 1851 900.
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A. H. STONE

ROWLAND, May II. A. H
Stone, So, died yesterday after a
long illness. Funeral services will
be held at 4 p. m. tomorrow at the
Rowland Baptist church. Burial
will be at Raynham Baptist church
cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Bertha Hall, of McDon-
aid; seven children, Cpl. Howard
B., with the Marines in California.
Seaman &c Albert L., somewhere
at sea, and Pvt. George Stone,
with the Army in Belgium; two
brothers, w. and T. L. Stone,
of Mcdonald; and a sister, Mrs.
j. F. Scott, of. Rowland.
MRS. JESSIE d. ROBINSON
SUPPLY, May 17.-Mrs. Jessie
D. Robinson died at her home at
1880 p. m. today.
Funeral services will be held
at p. m. tomorrow at the Sharon
Methodist church with the Rev.
c. N. Phillips and the Rev. Lowe,
officiating. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband; eight
daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Greenlee,
Mrs. J. M. Shytle, Of Wilmington,
Mrs. Clarence Varniev, Of Nor
gan City, La, Mrs. Dorsey Will
hams, of Shallotte, Mrs. w. M.
Sermons, Mrs. Willie Caison. Mrs.
G. V. Tompkins and Mrs. N. X.
Taylor, of Supply; and three sons,
n. 5. Robinson, Of Shallotte, Will
lie B. Robinson and J. c. Robinson,
Dotn OF Supply; two sisters. Mrs.
DUNBAR Clemmons, OF Bolivia, and
Mrs. Carrie Davis, of Nakina:
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The Curtiss BF2C-1 wa,
1lrst plane used for the dual r VI.
poses OF bombing and fightjno puf'
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]. w. WILLIAMS

Funeral services Tor John Wes-
ley Williams, 70, Of the Ervins
Crossroad section, who died in
a Kinston hospital Thursday
night from injuries received in a
fall from a wagon, were held from
Gamers Funeral home in Kinston
Saturday. Burial was in the family
cemetery near Richards.
He was a prominent farmer and
Mason and a member of the Pres
byterian church at Blackstone,
Va, his original home.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary Horne Williams, formerly of
Wilmington, and two sisters, Mrs.
Katie Jones and Mrs. Lou Jones,
both of Blackstone.
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Obituaries
MRS. II. C.. ELLIS

Funeral services for Mrs. U. C.
Ellis. who died at TAO p. m. Tues
day at her home, 203 Church street
were held yesterday from the
chapel of Andrews mortuary by
the Rev. E. w. Halleck, rector Of
St. Johns Episcopal church.
Burial was in Belleview cemetery
terry.
She is survived by three sons,
L. L. Ellis, New Orleans, La, U.
C. Ellis, Chicago and D. G. Ellis,
Norfolk; and two daughters. Mrs.
Carl Gunnerson, of New Bern, and
Mrs. o. H. Young, of Wilmington;
one sister, Mrs. w. B. Berry OF
Wilmington; and a brother, M. D.
Tyndall of Gastonia.
Honorary pallbearers wer e
Charles F. Jones, Aubrey Pons,
ALI S. Gunnersen, Stanley Gun
nersen.
Active pallbearers were w. B.
Beery, c. H. Berry, Harry King,
E. C.. Moore, Jr., Ernest S. Thomas
and Gilmer White.
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land and Denmark are available to
Allied navies.
Allied bombers flying through rain
and snow dropped another 1900
tons OF food and other supplies
over Holland today, raising the total
delivered in seven days to about
$3.50 tons. -Four hundred American
Flying Fortresses dropped 800 tons
near Schiphol, Alkmaar, Utrecht
and Hilversum, and Raj Lancasters
delivered 400 tons in the areas of
Rotterdam, the Hague, Leiden and
Gouda.
The German homeland itself was
completely overrun. It's cities lay in
ruins. Its Fuehrer, who said he
would shape the fate of Europe for
thousand years, was missing-per-
haps dead by his own hand in the
rubble of his capital.
| With a swift series of dramatic
developments, the war whirled into
its final hours.
| Gen. Eisenhower announced that
the last remnants of the German
9th and 18th Armies surrendered in
the final pocket in Germany proper
to a single division of the United
States 9th Army-the 102d Division.
The United States 7th Army cap
tured $4,000 prisoners yesterday as
it hacked Austria in two.
The whole 18th German Panzer
Division surrendered on the Czech
border to the Goth Division of Gen.
Patton's Sd Army. Pilots back from
missions over Czechoslovakia said
droves OF civilians were in fight
from Prague, which the Germans
have declared hospital city. Ap-
parently they were Germans, fleeing
toward American lines from the
advancing Russians.
Gen. Eisenhower, calling for the
final surrender Of Germany, said any
further slaughter of the German
Army would be the result of their
own stupidity or that of the German
government"
Associated Press Correspondent
De Luce said that German military
and naval commanders in Norway
have reached a tentative agreement
with Swedish government oficials",
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for a bloodless conclusion of the &C.
cupation of Norway. He said the
Germans had no intention of any
organized resistance there.
With the British now in position
to move up to the tip of Northern
Jutland, Mr.. De Luce pointed out,
the German garrison in Norway
might shelve plans for Swedish in
ternment and invite quick entry of
ofncials from Supreme Allied Head
quarters. Meanwhile, in Bohemia,
he said, there was good reason to
believe the Germans will accomplish
the evacuation Of large numbers of
troops to American-occupied ter
ritory."
A Stockholm dispatch which
quoted usually reliable sources, said
Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler,
commander of the German Home
Army, was in Denmark, and that he
might be in company with Admiral
Doenitz, new German fuehrer, and
other German officials.
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Australians Drive
Slowed on Tarakan;
Yanks Enter Dayao
BY the Associated Press.


MANILA, May 5.-Burrowing Jap
anese troops who survived a MUIR
derous artillery barrage held Aus
tralians to moderate gains Thursday
at Tarakan, Borneo oil center. How
ever, an American column slashed
through Davao City, a prewar Japa-
nese settlement on Mindanao in the
Southern Philippines, without much
of a fight.
Covered by guns of the United
States 7th Fleet and by planes of
the 18th American Air Force and
the Australian Air Force, Australian
ground troops seized the military
barracks in Tarakan City, headquar-
tiers here announced. Field dis
patches, however, said they were
stopped when they tried to take a
hill overlooking the town.
Fighting Is Bitter.
Spencer Davis, Associated Press
correspondent on Tarakan, reported
the Aussies broke into the western
portion of the town after some of
the most bitter fighting in the
Southwest Pacific. They secured
about Is per cent of the rich oil wells
in that vicinity.
japanese defenders fired from the
tops of derricks as the Aussies adj
vanced. One contingent assaulted
the hill position dominating the
center of the town, but was repulsed.
After a naval bombardment and a
liberal sprinkling of antipersonnel
bombs by supporting Mitchell bomb
ers. the Australians tried again, but
were held up by machine-gun fire
from the tunnels. Later, 25-pound-
ers were brought up in an effort to
silence the japanese while the Aus
tralians consolidated their positions
in the western part of the town.
The japanese were blowing up
the oil wells with remote controlled
explosive charges, Mr.. Davis said.
Japs Flee Davao.
Yanks of the Oath Division, who
had been expecting a stiff fight
as they advanced on Davao, reached
the outskirts of the city and found
indications that the main japanese
force had fled. AS they entered the
town, however, enemy snipers and
suicide squads forced a house-to-
house fight. The Yanks went on
through, to the northern outskirts.
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters said
the fighting was not severe.
The 31st Division, marching
through Central Mindanao, ad-
vanced IA miles to reach the road
junction at Kibawe, IS miles north
of Kabakan.
Guerrilla forces cleared the Japa-
nese out of Surigao Province, on
the northeast coast of Mindanao.
On Luzon Island, American troops
finished the hopping up of the
Baguio area and liberated three
small nearby towns.
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prisoners, since the Germans first
must supply information on mine
fields, obstacles, rations and sup
plies.
In Austria, American Sd Army
troops were but a few miles from
Linz and 60 niles or less from Rus
slams moving westward toward Linz
In gains today of up to Is miles
along a 50-mile front between Salz-
burg and Linz, Gen. Patton's mer
crossed the Traun River at Wels
and Lambach, and captured both
towns, 16 and Is miles southwest Of
Linz. -Four German lieutenant gen.
erals were made prisoner.
(The Flensburg Germany
radio, quoting German COM
munique, today said that Ameri-
can troops had captured Linz.
(The broadcast said the British
had occupied Kiel.)
Other Sd Army units were up
to or across the entire western border
of Czechosiovakia, but apparently
were not neutrality-suspicious. indi-
cation that a surrender move may
be under way. Russians in the
east fought in the mountains OF
Moravia before announcement of the
new surrender.
In the south, the United States
7th Army seized Berchtesgaden,
virtually completing occupation of
Bavaria. Americans went through
the Bremen Pass yesterday and
met United States 5th Army troops
In Italy.
Allied airmen few more than 900
sorties yesterday. concentrating on
trafnc in Austria and Czechoslovakia
and escape ships In the Baltic.
Allies Gain Great Ports.
Surrender Of German garrisons
at Helgoland and the Tristan Island
OF Borkum, both heavily fortified,
permits Allied minesweepers to move
quickly to open such ports as Ham
burg, Bremen and Emden. The
great naval bases and ports In Hol-
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Nozi Collapse
Continued From First Page.)

Italy and Western Austria. The
western Allies since D day had
taken well over 1000 900 prisoners
half of them in the last four days.
The Russians have killed or cap
tured millions more German SOL
diers.
BY the best available estimate. 10
per cent or less of the German
army's peak total of around $780,
600 men remained under arms to-
day. These remnants were in Nor
way, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Yugo-
slavia, Latvia and the holdout
channel ports and islands.
(The Norwegian government In
London estimated that total Ger
man fighting forces in Norway
numbered nearly 100000, apart
from any reinforcements which
may have reached there in the
last few days. Exceeding most
other estimates, it listed 10000
in the army, $4,000 in the navy
and $4,000 in the air force.
(The German Air Force is be-
lieved to have between 400 and
500 planes in Norway, the exiled
government said, and the Ger
man naval force there is believed
to consist of from 200 to 300 sub
marines, few destroyers, armed
trawlers, minesweepers and other
light craft and a considerable
number of one-man torpedo
boats)
The two-day bag OF prisoners in
Denmark, Holland and Northwest
Germany was the greatest mass
surrender of this war.
"Hostilities ceased at $500 hours.
British double summer time, today"
on the 21st Army Group front, de-
clared the 392d communiuue from
Supreme Allied Headquarters. "All
German armed forces in Northwest
Germany, Holland and Denmark,
including the garrison on Helgo-
land and the Tristan Islands, have
surrendered Internationally to Al
lied forces"
The misunderstanding the Third
Reich one of the most completely
shattered powers which ever lost q
war-was negotiated by Field Mar
shall Sir Bernard L. Montgomery,
who fatty rejected a German offer
to surrender also to him three Ger
man armies facing the Russians.
From 10000 to 100000 Germans
surrendered in Holland-which was
invaded by Hitler's legions on May
10, 1910, just five days short of
I'VE years ago.
In Holland, Canadian and German
troops kept to their own lines as
this zero hour of peace came and
passed. A front dispatch said It
might be SO hours before the Cana
dams moved forward to occupy sur
rendered sectors and take their
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into the Dumbarton Oaks charter.
The United States, Britain and
China also reached an accord on
such regional defense arrangements
as Russia's mutual assistance pact
with France and the inter-Ameri-
can defense system set up at Mex
leo City early this year. The pro-
posal is that eventually all these
should be brought under the World
Security Council, which presumably
could authorize automatic emer-
gency defense action on a regional
basis.
Again Mr.. Molotov accepted the
principle, but again asked for time
to consider the specific amendment.
The 24-hour request led to the gen.
eral assumption that he wanted to
refer both propositions to Moscow
for advice, just as Secretary Stet-
tinius frequently consults President
Truman by telephone.
Reach Accord.
Aside from the two Soviet reser-
vations, the Big -Four reached COM
plete accord on all other amend
ments which they will jointly sponsor
in the conference. Chief among
these are:
Inclusion in the Dumbarton Oaks
charter of the four freedoms of the
Atlantic Charter, protection of hui
man rights and development of in
ternational law as objectives of the
international organization.
A declaration that justice must be
the guiding rule of the organization
Provision for the member nations
to call another conference in future
which, in the light of experience
might undertake revision of the
leagues constitution.
The Big -Four also agreed to lei
France in later on future discus
sions of conference procedure
France thus will become almost, but
not quite, one of the conference
sponsors.
Trusteeship Agreement.
For the time being, there was nc
oSA CSAAACAlt VII tllC SyoOcIl VI lllG6I-
national trusteeships to be set up
under the League. Chief American
concern here is for a system that
would allow exclusive United States
control of key island bases captured
from Japan.
Since the Dumbarton Oaks plan
has no trusteeship provision, the
midnight deadline for filing amend
ments had no bearing on this
matter.
Even though the Big Four agrees
fully on what to do about regional
defense pacts, there appears to be
no assurance at the moment that
this will not produce one of the
hottest controversies of the con.
ference.
Several of the Latin American
nations already have introduced
amendments to exempt the inter-
American system in varying degrees
from the control of the Security
Council Australia, which has a
pact with New Zealand, and several
other nations also are deeply inter-
ested in the subject.
The situation goes back to the
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Eisenhower Recognizes
Danish Resistance Chief
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated PresS.
Gen. Eisenhower issued an order
today recognizing 1t. Gen. Ebbe
Goertz as commander of the Danish
resistance movement and calling on
Danish patriots to obey him and
avoid clashes with the Germans
until the arrival of Allied troops.
The order, as broadcast by the
London radio, said leach and every
one Of you must help in keeping
public order and must await quietly
the arrival of Allied troops"
1.-The hour of liberation for which
you have waited so long has struck
it said. Together with the armed
forces of all nations which are united
in the fight for freedom, you have
helped in the defeat of the common
enemy, Germany"
Gen. Goertz is under his direct
Command, Gen. Eisenhower said.
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original language of the Dumbarton
Oaks plan. This says the regional
should be encouraged
to settle local disputes "but no en-
forcement action should be taken
under regional arrangements or by
regional agencies without the au-
thorization of the Security Council"
Tied in with this fact that the
Security Council could not reach
an affirmative decision on such an
issue if one of the big powers voted
no" That is the so-called big
power veto. Delegations from several
of the smaller countries have ex-
pressed fear that their countries
might be overrun by an enemy while
the council debated what to do, or il
one of the big powers, for some rea-
son, vetoed action.
Their general argument is for au-
tomato assistance in case of emer-
gency This is provided for the
American states in the wartime "Act
of Chapultepec," written at the
Mexico City conference.
Russian officials have expressed
similar concern because of the pos
sibility of resurgent Germany, and
France also has voiced the opinion
that the states around Germany
should be allowed to protect them
selves from future aggression by
mutual defense pacts as we'll as by
joining in the general world organ
ization.
Russia had argued that a special
treatment be given in the League
charter for mutual defense pacts
against Germany. But Mr.. Molotov
was told last night, it was said.
that changing conditions under the
new world order might make it
possible for such treaties eventually
to be brought within the authority
of the international organization
without impairing the right to take
emergency defense measures.
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BiddIe Opposes Plan
For Only One Air Line
From Yesterdau,s Last Edition :,

(Fr0m Yesterdays Last EdtttOn.)
Attorney General Biddle today
opposed proposals to confine Amer.
ica's participation in international
aviation to one air line on grounds
it would create a monopoly.
In a letter to the Senate Com
merce Committee, Mr.. Biddle con.
tended that If the United States
adopts a single-line policy it will
encourage formation of an inter-
national cartel in aviation.
He said this would remove incen-
tives to technical progress.
With reading of Mr.. Biddle's let
ter by Chairman Bailey, the COM
mittee closed its hearings on the
one accompany legislation sponsored
by Senator McCarran, Democrat, OF
Nevada.
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Red Delegate SHES
As Woman Tries to
Measure His Pants
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May s.
"A Russian delegate to the
United Nations Conference, &C
companied by his Interpreter,
walked into a store to buy a
pair of trousers. No, he didn't
know the size.
The woman clerk produced a
tape measure and started to put
her arms around him.
The delegate backed away
with loud Russian noises of pro-
test. His interpreter assured
him 1t was local custom.
He stood still to be measured,
but he was visibly shaken.