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Marshall Told Short to Watch
For Air Raids, Letters Reveal
Probers Get Files for February October, l941
Chief of Stoff Also Sow Sabotage as Peril

discourage an enemy against the
hazard of an attack.
"The risk of sabotage and the risk
involved in surprise raid by all
and by submarine, constitute the
real perils of the situation. Frankly
I do not see any landing threat in
the Hawaiian Islands so long as we
have air superiority"
Gen. Marshall added that "the
fullest protection for the feet is the
("the" underscored) rather than q
Ca underscored major considera.
ton for u.s." :
Gen. Marshall also advised thai
he understood from Admiral Harolc
r. Stark, chief of naval opera.
tions, that Rear Admiral Husband
E. Kimmel, new fleet commander
was sometimes "brusque and un.
diplomatic" but at heart very
kindly man."
Gen. Marshall hoped that Gen
Short would always make it clearly
apparent" to Admiral Kimmel thai
the Army's mission was to protect
the Navy base. He said he &C.
(See DOCUMENTS, Page A-25.)
Evening star., 1945-12-06
BY JOSEPH YOUNG.

A statistical survey, "The Sad
Story of a Government Worker ~
was presented to the Senate to-
day by Chairman Downey of the
Senate Civil Service Committee
In it figures showed that after
paying for the necessities of life
the average Federal employe has
but so cents a month left for
medical expenses, movies, news
papers, laundry, insurance and
other items.
Copies of THE Sad Story" were
distributed to each member shortly
before the Senate was scheduled to
take up the Downey bill to increase
salaries of Government employees by
20 per. cent.
In his report, Senator Downey
said rs per cent of all Government
Evening star., 1945-12-06
Hurley Charges
Acheson Ruined
Policy in Iran
General Clashes With
ConnoIIy Over Use
Of Stute Documents
By JOSEPH H. BAIRD.

Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley
today charged Undersecretary of
State Dean AcheSon with taking
a leading part" in "defeating'
Americas Near Eastern policy as
laid down by the late President
Roosevelt and former Secretary
OF State Stettinius.
Testifying at another stormy
hearing before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, the former
Ambassador to China also accused
Mr. Acheson of destroying" Ameri-
cas- policy in Iran and interfering
with his work while Gen. Hurley
was on special mission to that
Near Eastern country. He would
not supply details, but said he had
them.
Chairman Connally adjourned the
hearing at :05 pm. and announced
that Secretary of State Byrnes
would appear as a witness tomorrow
morning. Meanwhile. he asked Gen.
Hurley to hold himself in readiness
to be recalled.
Gen. Hurley's statement concern
ing Undersecretary Acheson was
prompted by question from Chair
man Connally as to whether State
Department career men" had ever
sought to undermine his work in
any country except China.
RridpeS JnterruntS
The witness started to introduce
specific evidence concerning his
statement regarding Mr.. Acheson.
At this. point Senator Bridges, Re-
publican, of New Hampshire began
asking questions about Gen. Hur-
ley's experiences in China.
When the questioning finally re-
turned to Mr.. Acheson again, the
general said that in view of his
regard for American foreign policy
he would not introduce details to
support his charge.
The committee session today, like
that of yesterday, was marked by
frequent verbal clashes between
Gen. Hurley and Chairman Con-
nally.
Chairman Connally opened the
hearing by asking if Gen. Hurley
approved of Secretary of State
Byrnes' statement of foreign policy.
Gen. Hurley answered affirmatively.
Negotiations Stopped.
The Texas Senator then asked
if there had been any change in
department policy after a letter
written by George Atcheson, for
merly with the Chungking Embassy,
suggesting that lease-lend arms be
given to the Chinese Communists.
After that, Gen Hurley said, he
received a message telling him to
stop negotiations to bring the Gov
ernment into accord with the Com
munists.
The State Department, he said
assured him there was no change in
policy, but that the career men,
continued to oppose him.
Senator Connally then asked the
general if he had served in Java.
YES" he answered.
"Were there any career men
there"
None but Army and Navy
officers"
Did the career men interfere with
you?"
Il had the complete support OF
the President" Gen. Hurley an
swered.
Senator Connally then questioned
Gen. Hurley about his service in
New Zealand. He said that the only
trouble was that the State Depart
ment kept sending him messages
Evening star., 1945-12-06

HOUSE COMMITTEE to meet to-
morrow to decide on strike curb
bill. Page B-5
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Dec. 6.-Hopes for
settlement of the General Mo-
tors strike were raised today as
the corporation and the CIO
United Auto Workers headed to-
ward their first wage negotia-
tions in the 16 days of the walk
out.
Neither side offered a formal
statement, but definite signs of opti-
mism were appearing for the first
time. One report said there might
be peace within 10 days.
Today's bargaining session, called
for 2 pm, was arranged at yester-
days meeting of union and General
Motors officials at Pittsburgh, which
was attended by Philip Murray, CIO
president.
The session came one day after the
disclosure of a new Government
wage-price policy in Washington.
| A citizens committee invited by
the UAW-CIO to study the dispute
said in its report today that the
full possibilities of collective bar
gaining had not been exhausted.
The 14-member group, which
studied the transcript of the GM-
UAW negotiations, said that if Pres
ident Truman and his advisers had
had access to this record I'VE believe
they would have been in a position
| to insist more firmly on the full
use of the collective bargaining
process before suggesting interven-
tion by the Government.
| All Points to Be Discussed.
Mr.. Murray said "all points in dis
pute" would be considered at to-
days UAW-GM meeting and Walter
I P. Reuther, UAW vice president, de-
clared GIN had agree there would
be no strings attached this time"
General Motors previously had re-
fused to negotiate other issues un-
til what it termed illegal picketing"
had been stopped. Such a practice.
the management contended, pre-
vented about 10000 Office workers,
in addition to l75,000 strikers, from
entering the struck plants.
On what terms settlement might
be reached remained the big ques-
ton, especially in view of the unions
demand for the 80 per cent increase
above present wage levels and
within the present price structure
The new Government policy, an.
/ nounced by Sterilization Admin.
istrator John c. Collet, permits
manufacturers to seek price in
creases to Offset wage boosts up to
4 80 per cent above the levels of
January, 1941. 1t does not guaran-
tee, however, that the OPA would
grant such increases. (See story on
Page A-3)
Per Cent Higher Figure.
This figure is per cent higher
than the previous one and, if added
to an offer General Motors made
the union before the strike was
called, would boost it to an average
OF about 13 per cent-still less than
half the union demand.
Corporation officials have declined
comment on President Truman's
proposed appointment of a fact
finding board to study the GIN strike,
but both they and the union wers
reported anxious to reach a settle
ment before the board gets into
operation.
Mr.. Reuther, speaking at strikers
rally at Buffalo last night, said he
was happy to report" that ne
| lSee CENE,p AL NOT0DS o6
Evening star., 1945-12-06
u. s., Britain Sign
Loan Agreement for
More Than 4 Billions
Interest Rate of z Pct.
Is Due to Begin in 81;
Repayment in so Years
BY the Associated Press.


Representatives of the United
States and British governments
today signed loan agreement
for American financial assistance
to Britain reported to total
81, 400, 100000.
The amount of the loan was pub
lished in the British press. In
Washington, all official information
was withheld for the present.
The signing today, with Secretary
of the Treasury Vinson representing
the United States and Ambassador
Lord Halifax representing Britain
was not officially announced and
the State Department declined COM
Evening star., 1945-12-06

Sleet storms in West Virginia and
Western Maryland disrupted tele-
graph communication today between
Washington and Charls Town,
w. Va. AS result no race results
were available. The Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. said their
lines through the storm area we're
undamaged thus far.
Evening star., 1945-12-06

the Allied lists. He said he had no
information on how many persons
the occupation authorities intended
to indict or try.
Kyooo news agency said Shide-
hara's cabinet had received seri-
GUS blow when it failed to obtain an
Allied reprive for Prince Morimasa
Nashimoto, who was named as a
war crimes suspect several days ago.
Rumors are circulating that the
(See ARRESTS, Page Al
Evening star., 1945-12-06

President Truman's weekly news
conference, originally scheduled for
4 pm. today, will be held at the
same hour tomorrow instead, the
White House announced.
Evening star., 1945-12-06
Lute Bulletin
28 Die in Iran Outbreaks

TEHERAN R.-Official ra-
dio reports from Tabriz late
today said % persons had been
killed in new outbreaks in
Russian occupied Azerbaijan
Province.
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Truman Sees Press Tomorrow

Continued on Page AS. Column 2,
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|GM Settlement
|n10DaysHinted
|AsTa|ksResunne
Negotiations Slated
In Light Of New U. S.
Poy-Price Policy

HOUSE COMMITTEE to meet to-
morrow to decide on strike curb
Dill. Page B-5
Evening star., 1945-12-06

(See PAY BILL, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1945-12-06
Telegraph Wires Down

(See GENERAL MOTORS,
Evening star., 1945-05-31

war Rivals or Allies!" discussed on this 10Th i
anniversary program.
WRc, $3.50 - Alan ladd helps close the
Opera HOUSE" for the summer.
WRC. 9:00-Subsiiiuie Host Frank Morgan
welcomes Rise Stevens 10 the Hall.
| VOL. 9:30-Jan Peeree. lieia AIbanese and
Evening star., 1945-05-31
ON THE AIR TONIGHT

On the AIR I0Nl6hI
VOL. 7:45-Round table discussion on The
National Stadium with Senator Bilbo and Russ
Hodges participating
WT0p, 8:00-RonsId toImsn in Summer
Heal" story Of an artist whose death is foreioId
WMAl, 800 America and Runis-posi.
Evening star., 1945-05-31

Francisco Valentine in the last Treasure Hour
Of SOM" until fall.
VOL. t0:00-Arth 0boIsf presents Triple
Feature" comedy, melodrsma and tragedy.
WhAl. 10:30-Sr Alexander Fleming, dis.
toveref Of pentiin, discusses present and tu.
ture uses Of the drug Correspondent Gilbert
Can't describes naval warfare in the Pacific.
Evening star., 1945-05-31

radio programs some
times reach The Star too
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-23
LECWIN PLANNING
FOR REELECTION

Robert S. LeGwin, 812 Chestnut
street, member of the City
Council since Wilmington adop-
ton of the City Manager form Of
government, is the first current
Councilman to file candidacy for
reelection. He entered his name
yesterday, according to H. G. Car
ney of the Municipal Board OF
Elections.
Whether or not any other mem
bers of the present City Council
will run again was still in doubt
last night, except in the case OF
Edgar L. Vow, who reiterated his
previously announced intention not
to run.
The first two entries to file were
Kingsley Lee King, OF 705 South
Fourth street, and George H.
Brinson, retired postal employe,
of 406 North Fifth street.
The advanced filing date this
year for the third primaries to be
held in Wilmington under election
for the third-primaries to be held
in Wilmington under election plar
ID" is expected to bring out a
larger vote than either former
run-of.
Candidates may file for the
municipal election through Aprl
10.
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Assembly Appropriated
$3,060,544 For State
Agricultural Program

RALEIGH, March %. - up -
The 1945 General Assembly ap-
propriated $1,000. 544 for the deve]-
opment of agriculture in North
Carolina during the biennium 1945.
At.
OF the total funds, 1882, 26s
were set aside for the Department
of Agriculture to be used for the
development Of marketing facili'
ties, to improve laboratories, car
ry out a program for improvement
Of the poultry industry, control
poulty diseases and to assist with
research projects.
The Agricultural Experiment
Station received $6l0.983 for the
biennium. The funds will be used
especially for food processing and
nutrition and for tobacco inves.
legations and research. Extension
service funds total $8l7, 292 foI
1945-47 In this field, increased
appropriations will be used fol-
educational services.
Mexico City was rebuilt In 1921
bv the SnaniSh
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Mexico City was rebuilt In 1872
by the Spanish.
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Italian Front Activity
Limited To Patrol Work

ROME, March 22-WD-Activity
on the Italian battlefront was lin
tied today, for the ninth straight
day, to patrol clashes and inter-
nnittent artillery duels, 1t was an
nounced.
A small-scale enemy raid was
repulsed on the central sector of
the Fifth Army front. A number
of prisoners were taken.
On the Eighth Army front, enc
my raids on strong point south
east of Alfonsine were beaten off.
German raids directed against San
Polito and San Severe likewise
were repulsed.
Tactical Air Force fighters and
fighter-bombers concentrated their
attacks on communications, sup
MY dumps and enemy-held build
ings in the immediate battle area.
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ALLIED PLANES
BATTER REICH
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great fires burning in the enemy
troop equipment centers.
British Lancasters and HallfaXss
sin great strength" some Of them
packing 11-ton volcano" bombs,
Joined with attacks on three COM
mand posts north and east OF We
sci. the industrial and railway town
of Hildesheim and two big rail-
way bridges leasing from the Ruhr.
Low-level medium and fighter
bombers racked enemy positions
mercilessly. The entire German
communications network north OF
the Ruhr was said to be tangle
of wrecked freight yards and sta
tons and shattered bridges which
made the movement of reinforce
ments virtually impossible.
Today the tactical planes con-
centrated on 10 small German will
ages in a blazing rectangle west OF
Vessel. They loosed bombs, rockets
and machine gun fire on the will
ages, belle we'd CO nvert edi tho
ages, believed converted into
strongpoints, ammunition depots,
signal posts and transport points.
Farther south, the lighter war
planes took a terrible toll of Ger
man troops still west of the Rhine.
Anti aircraft fire was intense
over many targets. The LuftWatte
offered soma resistance, but most
of the Nazi planes were beaten
off before they could fire a shot
at the American bombers. The
Mustangs shot down 13 German
planes in combat, including three
jets, and nine more were destroy
ed on the ground for total of %.
Most spectacular were the Amer
lean assaults on the German COM
mand posts, described as directed
against the immediate rear" of
the enemy and patterned on the
recent raids on supreme Wehr-
macht headquarters at Zossen and
the north Germany army posts
in Holland.
These headquarters targets and
concentration centers were located
in the towns of Mulheim, Bottrop,
Glad5eck, Barmingholten, Dorsen,
and Geresheim. The Raj Halifaxes
and Lancasters hit other advance
bases in the cities of Bocholt, DORIS
ten and Dulmen.
The five enemy airfields attack
ed were located at Kitzengen, Gil
ebelstadt, Rhein-Main, Schwabish-
Hal and Ahlhorn. Today's attack
brought to Is the total number of
Luftwaffe bases blasted in the two
days of attacks in coordination
with the ground forces.
Some of the escorting Mustangs
flew past Berlin to attack for
nation of 15-Focke-Wulfs, carrying
bombs, and heading for the Rus
sian front. The American fighters
shot down nine of the Nazi planes.
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All Major Resistance
West OfRhi11e Ended

er's path in total disregard for ar
my boundaries In a mop-up that
was netting more prisoners in large
numbers.
Fighter bombers speeded the
cleanup by catching a concentra-
ton of enemy vehicles trying to
pull out beyond the Rhine and
destroyed 200 of them.
1t was this kind of beating from
air and ground that had destroyed
$50 tanks, 200 heavy guns and
more than 5000 vehicles on the
Third Army front alone since Pat
ton broke across the Moselle river
into the rear of the Saarland and
the Palatinate.
Mechanical cavalry cleared a
six-mile stretch of the Rhine bend
between Mainz and Bingen, and
the Fifth Infantry and Fourth Ar
mored Divisions closed up to the
river bank on a seven-mile stretch
six to 10 miles south of Mainz.
Patton's forces took 1900 pris-
oners Wednesday and late front
dispatch said the Germans still
were surrendering "in droves."
Indicative Of the close teamwork
OF Patch and Patton, the Third Ar
r1y's 65th Division and the Sew
enth Army's 63rd Division cleared
Neunkirch, northeast of Saarbruec-
ken.
Patch's Sixth Armored Division,
% miles beyond last reported po-
sitions, was in the vicinity of Cru.
enstadt, 10 miles west of Worms,
after passing through Kaiserslau-
tern in the Third Army lines.
Right behind came the Seventh's
45th Division, which also sped
through Kaiserslautern and on four
miles north into Otterburg. This
division alone took 1,400 prisoners
Wednesday.
Farther east, however, Patch s
troops were smuggling it out with
crack enemy units determined tc
hold the small segment Of the
Siegfried Line long enough to per.
NIT further Withdrawals across the
Rhine.
| W
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EDEN SELECTION
BRINGS PROTEST
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Churchill defended his choice Of
delegates by saying that Eden
was leader because he was For
eign Secretary. He said that Att
he had agreed to the arrange
ment and praised Attlee for al
ways trying to play the game
and do the best he can in the cir.
cumstanceS."
He charged that ShinWel was
trying his hardest to break up the
coalition government.
"Any fair minded man would
say that the Labor party have hao
fair representation" he added.
mot from you'll" shouted Shin
well.
IT am the persons responsible
for nominating this delegation
Churchill said, land the Labor
party have had fair representation
in it."
Amid Interruptions from the La
Dor side. Churchill continued:
II must say I think it is
churlish manner IN winch TO re-
ceive a statement Of this kind
All my colleagues are in full
agreement. I do not mean with
what I have said just now, but
with my statement on the delega
ton"
Churchill commented half-jok
ingly that the coalition govern
ment must continue until after
the San Francisco Conference Ap
ril Is. Actually, it has been agreed
to hold an election after the wal
ends in Europe.
Three members Of the Sar
Francisco delegation are Labor
Attlee, Tomlinson and Miss Viii
kinson, Eden and Miss Horsbrugh
are Conservative. Foot and Ma
bane are liberals. However, Lords
Halifax and Cranborne are con
servative peers.
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EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUAR-

EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUAR-
TIERS. Leyte, P. l., March 22.-tP
Eighth Army forces which have
been doing what military mer
term mop up" on Leyte, now
figure there aren't more than two
or three hundred Japanese left
on the entire island.
During the first 81 days from
the initial invasion until last De
cember 26 when the Sixth Army
turned the job over to 1t. Gen
Robert Eichelberger's Eighth Ar.
my, by actual count. japanese
dead totaled 1874. These buria.
figures ignored estimates Of 9th.
ers probably killed or wounded
1t does not attempt to figure in
probable enemy losses when con.
voys were sunk off Leyte's west
coast.
When Eichelberger took over
from 1t. Gen. Walter Kruger Of
the Sixth Army December 26,
1914, the backbone of the Japa.
nese organized resistance had been
broken.
The job ahead was hopping up
all right, but to Doughboys slug
ging it out with the fanatica1 en-
envy in the mountains of western
Leyte it was mopping up on a
large scale.
From December Is to March 10,
1945, Eighth Army troops killed
and counted 21,774 Nipponese -
about as many as were killed on
Two Jima.
Before Eichelberger took over,
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one column slashing eight miles
southeast through the Phalzerwald
forest, where it severed the enc.
my's last good east-west road and
railway by capturing Annweiler,
six miles west of Pivotal Landau.
Westward, other armored col
umns drove south to the vicinity
of Muncheweiler, only five miles
north of Seventh Army forces bat
ting against the Germans logged
ly holding a 35-mile stretch of the
Siegfried Line from near Pirmas-
ems eastward to the Rhine.
After capturing Annweiler, the
Tenth drove two miles east to near
AlbersWeiler, three miles west OF
Landau. There the Third Army
was seven miles north of the Sew
enth my fighting in the Siegfried
line at Dorrenbach, II miles west
of Karlsruhe.
West of Pirmasens, 1t. Gen.
Alexander M. Patch's Seventh and
Patton's Third Armies were mesh
ing together, crisscrossing each 9TH
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Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
.SIeepless Nights

Doctors say your Kidneys contain Is miles
of tiny tubes or filters which help to purify the
blood and keep you healthy. When they get
tired and don't work right in the daytime.
many people have to get UP nights. Frequent
or scanty passages with smarting and burning
sometimes shows there IL something wrong
with your kidneys or bladder. Don't neglect
this condition and lose valuable, restful sleep.
When disorder Of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it
may also cause nAgging backache, rheumatic
swelling, puf6ness under the eyes, headaches
and dizziness.
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years. They give happy relief and viii help
the Is 1piles Of Kidney tubes aush ont poison
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Yanks Figure About 300
japanese Left On Leyte

375 Japanese prisoners were TAX
en-. His troops have captured 373
more. Most of the Japanese not
killed preferred to starve in their
hopeless mountain and jungle iso.
lation.
Occasionally there were Japanese
counterattacks. On January IS, a
battalion made a well coordinated
infantry-artillery attack near Bill
laba, on the west coast. They were
in good condition, well trained and
apparently unhurt in previous COM
bat on Leyte.
The attack carried through the
Yank lines briefly but like most
others petered out and ended in
bitter defeat.
More than $50 japanese dead
were counted after the battle and
77th Division Doughboys who met
the attacks took an exceedingly
dim view Of the phrase "mopp4ng
up"
However, attacks like this were
infreouent. Most of the work Was
done by patrols probing far into
the mountains and occasionally
making concentrated drives when
the target merited it.
Some days as many as 40 pa
trolls would be out.
Now the Doughboys can rest.
If only a hundred disorganized
Japanese are left the Yanks can
turn the job over to the First Fill
pino Regiments fighting unit
comprising American and Filipino
volunteers and draftees.