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counted for in Europe. Under
secretary Of War Robert p.
Patterson told a news confer
ence there is little doubt that
many of these will turn up
alive.
Of the $4,000 prisoners lib
Grated in Europe. he said, ST.
ST. will be back in this country
by Sunday. He said 400 arriv-
ed at New York and Boston
Tuesday and that an additional
10000 will arrive Sunday. Lib
Grated men are given 60-day
furloughs.
Patterson said the Army will
not lower its discharge age un-
less the Pacific war gets ahead
Of schedule. He said the present
age limit-40-p rovi d e for
the release of "all whom the
Army thinks it safe to dis
charge Some members Of
Continued m Pare Three. Col \
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u. s. Troops
Are Fighting
In Mud, Rain
THREATEN FOE LINE
Five Division Break
Through Crumblins
Hill Defenses

GUAM, Friday, June 1.-UD--
Five American divisions on Oki.
nawa swept across muddy terrain
for major gains in all sectors yes
terday, Selling control of Shuri
and threatening the entire Japa-
nese central defense position. Enc
my killed mounted to 61,519 in the
bloody campaign.
In every division zone Of action,
Marines and Soldiers broke through
crumbling Japanese hill defenses
to slowly tpinch OUT the entire
Shuri position, once the keystone
of the enemy defense line.
The dwindling 32-square mile
pocket was being chopped into
small sectors by southwark drives.
The Japanese were withdrawing
to the south for a new stand as
their defensive positions along the
Naha-Shuri- Y onabaru line were out
flanked.
Announcement that the enemy
has lost 1878, men up to May 30
indicated that 13.416 have been
killed in the last 10 days. The
last count of enemy dead listed
48, 103 killed up to May II. Ameri-
can casualties in the Okinawa CAM
paign up to May Is have been an-
nounced as IS, 116-9, 602 killed and
missing and 25,514 wounded.
AS the; Pacific wars bloodiest
campaign went into the 61st day.
U. S.. Marines and Doughboys were
in control of the main central
fortress of Shuri. Troops were ham
mering through the town from op-
posite directions to within a few
hundred yards Of a junction ate:
taking Shuri castle.
The American positions were inn
proved despite stiff resistance in
some sectors by the remaining
Japanese-es estimated at about 3d.
0OO-who clung to ridge and cave
positions and fought to the death
to- cover the reported withdrawal
of main elements southwark.
Marines on the west coast, push
ing southeast from captured Naha
City, held a line south of Koba-
kura village in their push toward
the Kokuba river. They were with
in 1000 yards of joining 7th In
fantry Division troops smashing
forward from Chan village two
miles south of Shuri.
The '7th Infantry also was fam
ming farther southwark toward
Kamizato village against mounting
resistance.
The First Marine Division which
took Shuri castle poured reinforce
ments through the devastated city.
Those Marines were striking to-
ward the northeastern sector of
the town to join the 77th Infantry
Division. The soldiers broke into
that quarter of the city in a gen.
Continued ON Page Two; Col. u
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Donald King Is Elected
American Legion Chief

Donald C.. King, treasurer of the
Wilmington Iron Works, was elect
ed commander of Wilmington Post
No. 10 OF. the American Legion
last night, succeeding. Norwood S.
Westbrook.
Col. Lawrence L. Simpson, re.
tired U. S. Army engineer. with
drew from the race for commander
at the meeting, and J. J. Davis
was nominated from the floor.
Elected to the posts of first, sec.
ond and third vice commanders
respectively, were o. o. Allsbrook,
Bruce B. Cameron, Veteran of
World War II. and Theo Webb.
The Rev. Sankey Lee Blanton
was elected as chaplain of the post,
and E. H. Divine, World War II
veteran, was chosen as finance Of
ficer w.. K. Rhodes, Jr., also a
veteran of World War II was nam
ed judge advocate, while Harry
Symmes was elected service Off
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LONDON, Friday, June 1.-RA
Britain ordered her troops in the
Middle East yesterday to halt the
explosive French-Syrian fighting in
the Levant, sternly telling France
to silence her guns, and dispatch
from Damascus said British tanks
had drawn up on roads leading to
the Syrian capital. H
London morning papers quoted
the French-controlled Levant radio
at Beyrouth as saying that the
French government had ordered
Gen. Humboldt, it's commander-in
chief in Syria and Lebanon, to
cease firing. There was no confir-
nation of this from any official
source.
In a firmly-worded note Prime
Minister Churchill notified Gen.
Charles de Gaulle that the Brit
ish commander-in-chi in the mid.
east had been ordered to 'inter-
vene" to prevent further blood
shed and to protect Allied COM
lines for the Japanese
war.
He called upon the French leader
Immediately to order French
troops in Syria to cease fire and
withdraw to their barracks Sin
order to avoid collision between
British and French forces"
"Once the firing has ceased and
order has been restored, we shall
be prepared to begin tripartite
here in London"
Churchill said, leaving the obvious
that Britain's interven-
lion would be extended beyond the
shooting period.
A dispatch from Paris said the
sharp note came as stunning
surprise to Gen. de Gaulle, who
quickly called an emergency
meeting of his key ministers to
discuss the situation.
A responsible authority in
Paris said tonight that French
troops definitely have not yet been
to withdraw to their bar
racks. De Gaulle felt his office
for home at $50 p. m. and
government statement was not
tonight.
The note reached Paris at the
very time a French foreign office
spokesman was reiterating at a
press conference that his country
lid not wish British-American
mediation in the Levant dispute.
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
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SENATE APPROVES
LABOR SECRETARY
Action on Clark Deferred;
Anderson Okehed By
Committee

WASHINGTON, May 81 W.H -
President Truman's new cabinet
shakeup passed its first major test
today when the Senate approved
the nomination of Federal Judge
Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Spo-
kane, Wash, to be Secretary OF
Labor.
Confirmation was by unanimous
consent.
Schwellenbach, SO, a former
Senator, succeeds Frances Perkins
who had held the post since the
last President Roosevelt took Of
flee in 1888. He is expected to be
granted much wider powers than
his predecessor when he takes over
the job July. 1.
Another appointment, that OF
Rep. Clinton Anderson, D., N. M,
to be Secretary of Agriculture, was
approved meanwhile by the Senate
Agriculture Committee. It will be
brought to the floor next Monday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
deferred action until June 10 on
the nomination Of Tom G.. Clark
of Texas to be Attorney General.
Acting Chairman Carl A. Hatch,
D., N. NJ, said there will not be
enough members in town until then
for a representative vote: Clark,
assistant attorney general, would
succeed Francis Biddle OF Phlla-
delphia. s. er.,,:s...
The Agriculture Committee
scheduled public hearings to begin
June II on the appointment OF
Claude R. Wickard of Indiana to
be Rural Electrific alton Admins
traitor. He is now Secretary OF Agrl-
culture. , ~
Meanwhile. Chairman. Guy M
Gillette of the Surplus Property
Board, announced that he has SUB
mitted his resignation to Mr.: .Iru-
man. Leaving the White House
after a talk with the President,
he said he had accepted the APP
pointment late last year with the e
understanding that it was temper
arV ---
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PLANES COMPLETE
MISSION IN BURMA

CALCUTTA, May 31.-U.R)-Al]
u j. combat units attached to the
Eastern Air Command were with.
ofaWn from the Burma theatre to-
oay, their mission accomplished,
as ground forces pushing toward
lnalland continued the steady an
limitation of fragmentary japanese
Units.
Maj, Gen. George E. strate-
meyer, in relinquishing his post as
'Alef Of the Anglo-American East
eln AR Command, said that with
ue IAN Of Rangoon no targets ex-
S,eo Tor his air forces.
H., me withdr lwal, coupled with
ut consolidation of service of sup
w and the India-Burma theater
.saoquarters indicates that Ameri-
s salis IN southeast Asia will do no
r r.n fighting unless a Japanese
Adj. .ally Should threatened the Burma
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81, $40 APS REPORTED DEAD
AS TANKS GAIN ON OKINA WA:
BRITISH TROOPS GO TO SYRIA
u. S. War Casualties
Pass 100000 Mark

WASHINGTON, May s1.-W.D
u. S. combat casualties in
this war officially passed the
100000 mark today and now
are nearly four times the
World War 1 total.
The announced total was L.
M,SS7, an increase of 6,79S
during the past week. 1t covers
only those casualties which
have been officially tabu.ated
at the War and Navy depart
ments.
The total includes s90,01s
Army casualties and 112,86s
among Navy, Marine Corps
and Coast Guard Personnel. It
comprises 227,0s7 dead, 6o7, 46s
wounded, 63,455 missing and
lO4,S67 taken prisoner. About
$4,000 prisoners have been lib
Grated in Europe.
The missing total includes
about $4,000 Army men unac-
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ENEMY ATTEMPTS
COUNTER BLOWS
New Trys On Luzon, Min.
danao R exported
Unsuccessful

MANILA, Friday, June 1.-tA-
Japanese forces have attempted
widespread counterattacks against
Filipino guerrillas and American
Infantrymen on Luzon and Min
danao as we'll as against Austral.
ians on New Guinea, but head.
quarters spokesman said today
they were almost uniformly un
successful ~ :
: While the actions were small in
scale, with the Japanese attacking
in company strength or less, they
were persistent and ferocious.
On northern Luzon gerrillas
bloodily repulsed several hundred
Japanese troops attempting to
cross to the west bank of the Ca
gayan river on RATS between Apar.
ri and Tuguegarao. The guerrillas
previously. had pushed the enemy
out of the rugged mountain coun-
try onto the east bank of the river,
and thus maintained control over
the area they had fought to clear.
At the southern entranceWay to
the Cagayan valley, where the last
major Japanese force now is be-
ing compressed by the 25tn and
32nd Divisions, the Yanks cleaned
up 80 unprecedented cave posi-
tons one mile northeast of Sante
Fe.
On Sunday and Monday nights
the Americans fought off a blood
thirsty series of Banzai charges in
hand-to-hand clashes.
Advance American patrols were
reported in frontliae dispatches to
be already in the Cagayan valley,
last major enemy strongpoint in
the Philippines.
On central Lion, the dauntless
18th Division followed up their
conquest of the Wawa dam by
the enemy into the rugged
Sierra Madre mountain peaks to
the south ana east.
Relentless Americans fought
their way UP near the slopes of
Mt. Lamita and Mt. Ayaas, about
one mile east of the dam the Japa-
nese have formed a new strong
point for the broken Shimbu line
atop neighboring Mt. Purro.
: A spokesman said Maj. Gen. Viii
liam c. Chase's veteran outfit
was now within one mile of this OBJ
jective.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com
today said Doughboys on
northern Luzon, with strong air
support, were liquidating japanese
remnants in the Santa Fe sector
and in two areas of Mindanao.
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DAVIES TO TALK
WITH EISENHOWER
To Discuss Allied Control
OF Germany; 9th
ers To Confer

81
LONDON, May 31-Wp)- Joseph
Davies who has been in London on
"a special mission for President
Truman, flew, to Allied headquar-
tiers at Frankfurt-on-Main today
to. confer with Gen.. Dwight D.
Eisenhower on detailed arrange
ments for meeting OF. the, four
power Allied control commission for
Germany. 49,.
Well-informed British quarters
said the joint occupation starts
within a relatively few days with a
commission meeting for the first
time in some German city. They
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PREPARING
WAR CRIMINAL LIST

LONDON, May 31.-*R) The
United Nations war crimes COM
mission was told tonight that the
United States is preparing "a list
of accused criminals for submits.
sion in full with every case
ready for immediate trial"
P. H. B. Kent, British delegate
to the commission, made the dis
closure while telling the commits
sion of difficulties encountered in
dealing with the masses of evil
dence uncovered by the recent
liberation of Allied prisoners of
war. u +E
The American accusations $have
not yet been announced. -s
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Lane Renamed Mayor Of Wilmington,
New Council Discusses City Extension

Following a nomination by May
or Protein Garland S. Currin, the
new city council at its first meet
ing yesterday reelected w. Ronale
Lane, owner and manager of Lane
drug store, as mayor, and re-elect
ed unanimously all other city Of
ficers.
They are Garland S. Currin,
mayor protein; Robert S. LeGwl1,
treasurer; w. B. Campbell, city
attorney; and J. R. Benson, city
clerk. A. c. Nichols was continued
on as city manager.
City Clerk J. R. Benson admin
istered the oath of office to Coun-
cilmen ]. E. L. Wade, w. E. Yopp,
Currin, LeGwin and Lane, shortly
after the group met at noon in
the council chamber. Edgar L.
Vow, who did not seek reelection
and Robert r. Romeo, who did not
request an election run-off be-
tween himself and Currin, retired
from the Council, after a short
business session of the old Council
Immediately prior to the noon
The new council passed a motion
by LeGwin asking for the authori-
cation of the city attorney to start
extensive surveys and collect data
necessary for the calling and hold
ing of an election on extension of
the city limits. According to legis-
lation enacted in the last session
Of the General Assembly it is re-
quired that three months notice be
given from the time the election is
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
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:. to, 3. i'-A -. SIS, ~.
: WEATHER

eastern Standard Time)
:. :tBy IT, S. Weather Bureau)
= Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Y: Temperature
= 1:30 am, TO-; 1880 am, II; 1:30spm S.;
z 80 pm, 80. s ,-
Normal u.s. i.
J Humidity
!. 1:3O am, 95;, '7;so am, "a; 1870 pm, S.;
7:03 pm, S..
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1890 pm,
600 inches.
600 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and, Geodetic Survey
+, High Low
Wilmington -----4-------- LISA s:54a
Masonboro Inlet ------- 11:s2a 5:37a
5:35p
Sunrise, sol; Sunset. 7:1s; Moonrise,
-; Moonset 9:57a. He, ~
. River stage at Fayetteville. 11:25.
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Told
By Churchill
To Withdraw
DE GAULLE WARNED
Frenchmen Hint No Deci-
sion Made; Special
Meeting Held

PARIS, May 81 R, A
hasty meeting called by Gen.
Charles de GauHe too consid-
ed Britain's stern announce
ment of her intervention in the
Syrian dispute broke up tonight
apparently without a decision
on how France was to re-
spOnd.
De Gaulle left his office for
home at $3.50 p. m. and no
statement by the government
was expected tonight.
A responsible authority said
that French troops in Syria
definitely have not yet been
ordered to withdraw to their
barracks although the text
of Prime Minister Churchills
note was issued here as a
communique and probably was
communicated to French COM
manders.
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DRASTIC SUGAR
PLAN ANNOUNCED
OPA Administrator Dis.
closes Four Point Sys-
tenn For Gamers

WASHINGTON. May 81 @ -
The OPA tonight launched dras.
tic program designed to end what
it termed home canning sugar
racket developing in some parts
of the country"
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles announced four point
plan which he said was aimed at
''some chiselers (who) are stoop-
ing to falsifying their applications
in an effort to get sugar they know
they won't use in canning
The Tightening of sugar distribu-
ton followed a boost in the ration
point value of canned tomatoes and
spinach, and lowering of the point
price of tomato juice and vega
table juice combinations.
RALEIGH, May 81. Up The
Raleigh district OPA office said to-
day that an announcement in
Washington referring to certain
changes in the handling Of home
canning sugar rations 's'does not
mean that any changes will be
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. s.
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BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, May 31-(R
"A very large force Of B-29's
struck Osaka today, the goth
Air Force announced tonight.
Congested industrial areas Of
the city, which had not been
under aerial attack by neri-
can planes since March IA,
were the target of today's mid
morning raid.
The force involved was per-
haps as many as 500 planes.
The raiders flew against the
japanese homeland city from
bases in the Marianas. island
June l Japanese time.
Further details will be dis
closed when operational reports
of the mission are received, the
goth Air Force headquarters
said.
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ADM. MURRAY SAYS:

WASHINGTON, May 31-W.D
Seventh War Loan statement
by Vice Adm. G. d. Murray,
commander. of U. s. Pacific
Fleet Air Force:
"The Seventh War Loan Drive
is q barOr eter which meas
ures Americas faith in the
cause for which she fights.
Each Of us can share the grave
responsibility of maintaining
this faith by buying War Bonds.
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FORECAST

a.r,Iv cloudy and continued mild.
+o moderate west and southwest
winds. .
Hien 8s, Low 60.
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JOHN WILLIAM BRAY

John William Bray, 80, was found
dead in bed last Wednesday morning,
January II, at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Arna Simonds, Nethken. w.
Va, near kitZmiller
He was son of the late William
and Adelia Ann Paugh Bray and was
born at Walnut Bottom, Garree coun-
ty, on March 7, 1855. Surviving are a
daughter, Mrs. Simonds; one brother,
Bradley Bray, Swanton; six grand
children; eleven great grandchildren
and one great great grandchild. Ken
meth Bray, Shallmar, is a grandson.
Funeral services were conducted
last Friday afternoon from the Pente-
costal church at Shallmar. Interment
was in cemetery at Nethken Hill.
He spent all but few years of his
life in this county Two of his grand
sons are in the armed forces: Pvt.
Loyal Simonds in England, and Pfc.
Robert Simonds in France.
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WANTED

WANTED-Dressed Hogs War
hicks Meat Market, Oakland,-48-3t
WANTED-Five tons hay, alfalfa
or alfalfa and clover mixed baled or
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WANTED TO BUY or Rent farm
near Oakland, on improved road Ad-
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Oakland.-47-4t.
WANTED - All kinds Raw Furs
for eastern markets, for which l will
pay highest cash market prices H. S.
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WANTED - Trumpet, any good
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WANTED-POTATOES-We are
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duce. Phone II. Oakland.-48-3t
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or older, to work in maple sugar
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1915. Apply to Guy S. Stanton,
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Ration Reminders

SUGAR-Stamp No. "a, in Ration
Book four, good for five pounds, with
20 termination date set. Another SUI
ar stamp will become good on Feb
uary /.
PROCESS SEQ FOODS - Blue
lamps Ks through rs and Az thru
70 in War Ration book 4, each good
tor ten points. Next series of stamps
will be validated February /.
MEATS, FATS, Etc.-Red stamps
40 thru X-5 in Ration Book 4, each
God for ten points. No termination
iates set.
Consumers will get meats-fats
points and A cents for each pound of
waste kitchen fats and greases taken
o meat markets.
SHOES-Airplane stamps l, 2 and
in book each valid for one pair.
antilles may pool coupons of all
members living in the same household.
GASOLINE - Ala coupons good
or four gallons each through March
81.
Motorists must write State regis
tration and license number on the
face of all coupons.
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DIED
HENRY PLATTER

Henry Platter, 70, retired Garrett
county farmer, died Tuesday, January
Is, at his home in Jennings after an
illness of several months.
He was a native and lifelong resi-
dent of Bittinger, son of the late
Henry and Rachel Bittinger Platter
He was lifelong member of the
Maple Grove Church of the Brethren.
Surviving are four sons, Austin and
Fenton, both of Grantsville; Everett,
Jennings; and Foster Platter, Mas
sena, N. Y; four daughters, Mrs.
Victor Minor, Mrs. John Ohler. Mrs
Frank Rodeheaver and Mrs Carrie
Lowery, all of Jennings; two brothers,
Jacob and Thomas Platter, both of
Meyersdale; two sisters, Mrs. Eliza
beth Wilt, Westernport; and Mrs
Joseph Bittinger, Uniontown; and
twenty-one grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon, January 10, at 2:30
o'clock, from the Jennings Lutheran
church. Rev Foster Bittinger, West
ernport, officiated, assisted by Rev
Ross Speicher, Accident. Interment
was in the Bittinger cemetery.
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SANG RUN

Mr.. and Mrs. Junior Carr announce
the birth of a son at Memorial hos
pital Cumberland, on Saturday.
Mrs William Burdette returned to
her home here after spending several
months with her husband, Pvt. VIM.
Burdette, in Oklahoma.
Misses Elva 10 and Susanna De-
Witt, who are employed in Oakland,
spent the weekend here with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dewitt,
and Mr.. and Mrs Parker Dewitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Savage and
family were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Sherman Savage.
Mr.. William Browning, of Oakland,
called on Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown
ing, Sunday
Mr.. Jack Thomas visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Sam Thomas, on
Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Stephen Dewitt, Mrs.
Charles Carr and Mr.. Junior Carr
motored to Cumberland, Sunday, to
visit the latter's wife and infant son,
in Memorial hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Savage and
daughter, Hopwood, Pa, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Sherman Savage, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Dewitt and
family, Miss Dorothy Savage, Mr. and
Mrs Gilbert Dewitt and Loretta De-
Witt were Sunday guests of Mr., and
Mrs. ALIVE Dewitt.
Mr.. and Mrs Stewart Savage and
family. Accident, called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Dewitt and Jennie De-
Witt Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse McCrabie and
family Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith, of
Morgantown, w. Va, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph McCrabie and family were
weekend visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel McCrabie.
Mr.. and Mrs George Dewitt and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Frantz at Kempton on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Russell Shank and
family. Deer Park, and Mrs. Aubrey
Goehringer and two sons, Accident,