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r Scents I Served By Leased Wires ) ASSOCIATED PRESS EVERYWHERE and the f fan 1 TV hums* UNITED PRESS With Complete Coverage of _______— " ' ' State and National News -- ---WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1945_~ FINAL EDITION ~ U. S. Wms Mile Jp Bridgehead East Of Rhine; Reds Shell Drive Closer To Danzig; End Of Bloody I wo Campaign Appears Near Jap Garrison Slashed Into Three^arts Enemy’s Power To Resist Superiority Of The Ma rines Crumbling By VERN HAUGLAND U. S PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Guam, Sunday, March 11. — CP) — ' Overwhelming American su periority brought “the begin ning of the end” on Iwo Satur day afternoon, with advancing Marines cutting the sharply reduced Japanese garrisons into three parts for the kill. The enemy’s power to resist is crumbling. The largest portion of the foe is in a half mile square area at the island. A communique today reported that the Fourth Marine division which had been held back for days on the right flank, made big gains by 6 p.m.yesterday with patrols rescuing the beach at Tachiwa point, easternmost point of the eight square mile island. That point is almost due east of Motoyama town but well south of points where the Third Marine Division has spilled out onto the northeast beaches. Overruns Village The Fourth apparently overran the village of Higashi just west of Tachiwa point. Higashi is the Jap anese word for east. Below the Japanese half - mile pocket on Kitano point, the Third Marine Division holds or controls about 1,100 yards of the northeast shoreline. Compressed by the fourth divi sion and some Third division troops along the eastern whore is (Continued on Page Seven; Col. B) -V— MEMORIAL RITES PLANNED TODAY Burney To Speak At Serv ices In Honor Of De ceased Veterans Judge John J. Burney will be the principal speaker at the ser vice to be held in memory of de tessed New Hanover county vet wens of World Wars I and II at t o'clock this afternoon at the first Baptist church. Sponsored by Voiture No. 245, forty and ight Society of the American Legion, the exercises v.'1 pay tribute to the memory os '.“parted service men, of which were have been 75 World War World War I report ed during the past year. A spe cmi progrann of music, arranged ■ tJrganist Henri Emurian, will be»n at 3:4 > p. m. stipnr de Gaie w- J- Riley called attenuon to the fact that this • !ce s a city-wide affair and (Ont:no,.,} on Page Two- Col j) REUTHER CLAIMS UNFAIR TACTICS Says Management Has Taken Advantage Of Wo Strike’ Pledge DETROIT, March 10.— </P) —A spokesman for organized labor in the nation's automobile industry charged today that management has taken unfair advantage of the union’s no - strike pledge nd “in too many instances refused to bar gain collectively for the elimina tion of grievances. The statements were made by Walter P. Reuther, vice president of the United Automobile Workers (CIO) in testifying before a senate sub-committee investigating utiliza tion of manpower in the production of war materiel in the Detroit area. Reuther asserted there was much idle equipment in Detroit factories and said “the war labor board has blocked the efficient use of avail able labor by rigid rules which prevent the transfer of men to jobs requiring lower skill while main taining the wage rate of the higher skilled jobs.” The committee also heard furth er testimony from George Romney, managing director of the automo tive council for war production, who charged that unions were “thwarting efforts to get produc tive efficiency” in automotive plants. Senator Ferguson (R.-Mich.) dis closed in questioning Romney that he had made an unheralded visit to some Detroit area war plants yesterday. “I saw a man sleeping on an assembly line yesterday,” he said, “what are industry and labor do ing about this?” “We have attempted to apply dis continued on Page Seven; Col. 1) Japanese Disarm French Soldiers In Indo-China JaDsniKGKING’ ,Marcil 10.— UP — ed Vr se authorities have disarm io - ptr‘' h and native forces in In jovpva lna and arrested the puppet Jeln nV general> Vice Admiral colls hn.e^°UX’ m fear they would collaborate with the Allies, a Chi Ph;“‘lay spokesman said today. Prpn-J,' sources estimated the abom iogoororiofZ “ Ind°-China at said th " ,o£fi.cers and men, but threat t having eliminated its atterrntV,d any Allied invasion oduosHa Japanese still faced underground0111 8 WelI‘ organized (Tl s (vn army of natives, yo .lVI today quoted the Tok seu7,;,„0> which had announced night . Ir‘do - China Friday hoop’s” c(ii*,aying "some French JaDa.,BC ' 11 were resisting t he *SwlnJI31101, where they bar*iC6ded in the Citadel bar-, racks of the capital. .Another broad cast, recorded by the FCC, said DeCoux was held in protective custody at Saigon.) Chinese military authorities said the disarming of Indo - Chinese troops was a part of Japan’s gen eral plan for the defense of the Indo - Chinese and Chinese terri tory it holds against an American landing. It also will facilitate their operations in China, they added. The Chinese press has pointed out that Indo - China would be a likely place for an American inva sionfof the Asiatic mainaland be cause it has good harbors and bet ter interior communications tljan China. (Other Japanese broadcasts re ported by the OWI said full oc (Continued on Page Seven; Col. *) f YANKS CROSS CAPTURED RHINE SPAN AT REMAGEN Foot soldiers and equipment of the Ninth Armored division of tht U. S. First Army move across the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen, Ger many, on March 8 after the capture of the span intact the day before. (AP Wirephoto from Signal Corps Radio) Tokyo Raid Sets New Mark In Destruction 300 PLANES STRIKE Lay Waste To 15 Square Miles Of Industrial Area) Waterfront 21ST BOMBER COMMAND, Guam, Sunday, March 11.—(,P)—At a cost of two bombers, more than 300 Superfortresses laid waste to 15 square miles of Tokyo’s indus trial and waterfront Saturday in a raid described unofficially by some officers as the most devasting single air blow ever dealt any city in the world. The raid “left nothing but twist ed, tumbled-down rubble in its path,” said Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May whose B-29s only recently wiped out 240 city blocks of Tokyo in another devastating attack. Takes Pictures The prepared statement by the 21st Bomber Command leader ad ded that the devastating results were "incontrovertibly established by reconnaissance photographs taken on the afternoon of the strike.” As the full extent of the damage by the more than 300 B-29s, which struck the Japanese capital shortly after midnight Friday (8 a. m. Fri day, Eastern War Time), was be* ing assayed, other Superfortresses lashed out from India at the Japa nese rail supply line in Malay Sat urday. Le May said the photographs con firmed earlier reports from the re turning pilots that the destruction had swept beyond the 10 square mile target area in the heart of the city. (Continued on Page Five; C<fl. 7) -V WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina: Sunday partly cloudy and mild. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 houiw ending 7:30 p.m., yesterday. Temperature 1:30 am, 44; 7:30 am, 45; 1:30 pm, 63; 7:30 pm, 61. Maximum 66; Minimum 43; Mean 54;; Normal 52. ftumidity 1:30 am, 100; 7:30 am, 98; 1:30 pm, 49; 7:30 pm, 51. \ Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 pm, 0.00 inches. , Total since the first of the month, 0.01 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) High Low Wilmington -. 7:40a 2:14a 7:57p 2:47p Masonboro Inlet- 5:24a 11:48a 5:40p Sunrise, 6:28 a.m.; Sunset, 6:16 p.m.; Moonrise, 4:55 a.m.; Moonset, 3:33 p.m. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Jap Leaders Predict Invasion Of Homeland (By the Associated Press) An American landing in the Japanese homeland “in the near luture” was predicted Sat urday by leaders of Nippon less than a day after a record mis sion of some 300 Yank Super fortresses left the heart of Tokyo in flames. Radio Tokyo, which broad cast the prediction, also told of fires sweeping the capital, in cluding the Imperial Palace. Premier Kuniaki Koiso warn ed the people of Japan that “the enemy will no doubt in crease his bombings . . . and is planning for landings on the mainland.’’ % Field Marshal Gen. Sugi yama„ war minister, predicted an American landing in Japan proper “in the near future.’’ -V Stephen Early Visits French Army At Front By The Associated Press Presidential Secretary Stephen Early visited the French First Army sector on the southern end of the western front yesterday, the OWI reported. The dispatch, quoting the French Press Agency, said Early was ac companied by Brig. Gen. Tris tram Tupper, head of the Sixth Army group press headquarters. Early was assigned to General Eisenhower’s headquarters in an undisclosed capasity after attend ing the' Crimea conference with President Roosevelt’s party. BUTNER HOSPITAL TO BE IMPROVED Army To Spend $1,780, 000 To Make It Larg est Of Type In Country DURHAM, March 10. — (/P) —The War Department today announced authorization of the expenditure of $1,780,000 for numerous improve ments at Camp Butner’s General hospital which is destined to make the local institution the largest con valescent center and hospital in the entire country. Construction work on the hosital conversion project, which already is underway, is being supervised by the Savannah, Ga., district of the Army Corps of Engineers. Maj. R. Preston Watts is Post Engi neer at Camp Butner. While the War Department an nouncement said the local work would provide 5.500 beds in the convalescent area, in addition to the 3,200 beds in the hospital, it was intimated tonight that the for mer figure probably would be near er 7,500 and might reach 10,000. Major Watts disclosed that plans call for improvements to aproxi mately 200 buildings, principally barracks, and establishment of recreation center which will fea ture a swimming pool, football fields, baseball diamonds and oth er athletic layouts. , “Nothing will be left undone in providing the very best accommo dations possible for the convales cents,” officials said. The old division headquarters has been remodeled into a receiv ing station with snack bar, rugs, furniture etc., for receiving con valescent patients and 87 barracks for enlisted men and seven for of ficers are being converted into convalescent wards. Interior of the (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 3) Soviets Also Capture Half Of Kuestrin Within Few Miles Of Far mer Free City, Now Under Plane Attack LONDON, Sunday, March 11.—(/P)—Russian troops be gan shelling the great ship ping center of Stettin yester day and drove four armored spearheads close to bombard ed Danzig, while the Germans announced that Red army shock forces had captured half of Kuestrin, key Oder river fortress 38 miles east of im perilled Berlin. in a new invasion of Danzig ;erritory across the Nogat river from East Prussia the Russians irove to within 17 mixes of the former free city. Other columns were 12 miles from their goal on the south, within 10 miles on the southwest, and 15 on the west. Sov iet planes began attacking the city and port installations. A late German broadcast said the Russians had captured the northern half, or new city district, of Kuestrin, last big bridgehead held by the Germans on the east bank of the central Oder. Then the Russians fought their way across the Warthe river into the older section of the town on the south side. “Murderous Battles” “Murderous battles are raging for every single house and everj single floor of every house,” the enemy broadcast said. The Ger mans said the Russians were striving for a quick clean-up o: the Kuestrin area so that thej could shift thousands of troop; northward for the developing siege of Stettin, main port for Berlii 67 miles northeast of the Reicl capital. The Soviet high command ig nored the flaming battle aroune Kuestrin, where by German ac count the Russians also have bridgeheads on the wrest bank o the Oder above and below Kues trin, and are threatening to traj the Nazi garrison on the easterr shore. But in the north the Russian; said their troops had pressed with (Continued on Page Seven; Col. i] ---y INDIANS CONTINUE MANDALAY ATTACK Half Of Important City Re ported In Hands Of Allied Troops SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMANE ADVANCED H E ApQUARTERS March 10.— (P)—Half of the city oi Mandalay, including its northerr and eastern sectors, was in Allied hands today as the 19th Indian Di vision continued its attack on Japa nese defenses in the center of ths town. Resistance increased as the en emy apparently recovered from the surprise achieved by the 19th in its southward plunge from Man daya, but it was unclear whethei the Japanese action was merely a rearguard fight to cover a retreal or whether fhe enemy intends tc make a house-to-house fight for Mandalay. ' Mandalay hill, dominating the city on the east, was completely cleared of Japanese after sharp and bitter fighting. Disorganized parties of Japanese north and east of the city were being annihilated. These groups have been operating as snipers on the flanks of supply columns, but have not been effective in retard ing Allied operations. Northeast of Mandalay, elements af the 36th British division closed in on Mongroit, an important road junction south of the Schweli river, the closest column being five miles from the town. In the Meiktila area south- of Mandalay British troops were pushing out along all roads radia ting from the city. Several Japa lese roadblocks were smashed. Big Nazi Captive Lt. Gen. Edwin Graf von Roth kirch (above) who commanded the German 53rd corps in the encircle ment of Bastogne, Belgium, in the German breakthrough last Decem ber, is now a prisoner—caught by Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Caffey Jr.’s Fourth Armored division of the Third army. He’s shown in this photo after his capture. (AP Wire photo via Signal Corps Radio). Yanks Drive Into Antipolo Strike South Anchor Of Strong Shimbu Line East Of Manila MANILA, Sunday, March 11.— (U.R)—Gen. Douglas MacArthur an : nounced today that elements of the 1st cavalry divisions have driven ' into Antipolo, south anchor of the i heavily - defended Shimbu line east of Manila, but made no mention of American landings on Mindanao [ island where the Japanese said • fierce fighting was in progress. At the north end of the Shimbu ^ line where there is a series of interlocking mountain caves that 1 must be reduced individually, troops of the 6th infantry division advanced southwest of Montalban, some 10 miles from Wawa. In North Central Luzon, the 32nd and 25th division made further ad vances in their twin drives through rugged mountain terrain toward Balete pass,-one of the last escape roads for Japanese forces being driven into the mountainous north ern parts of the capital island. The pass was hit with 247 tons oi bombs. The 158th regimental combal team, working with the 11th air borne division south of Manila tc compress other Japanese-troops in to the southeastern tip of Luzon and further secure the road net .between Lake Taal and B'atangas Bay some 60 miles south of the capital. The 43rd and 38th divisions which are annihilating Japanese remnants in the Zamales mountains north of Bataa discovered 900 enemy bod ies in one locality in the foothills— (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Gains Against Heavy Armor And Infantry German West Bank Bridge* head Opposite Wesel Falls To Yank Force* - SUPREME H E A DQUAR TERS ALLIED EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE, Paris, Sunday, March 11. — (#*) —* American troops gained al most a mile in the Remagen bridgehead east of the Rhine yesterday while collapse of the German west bank bridge head opposite Wesel and the mop-up of trapped pockets in the Eifel region dealt new blows to the apparently fast ebbing German defense which may foreshadow an early end of the war in Europe. The Yanks across the Rhine at Remagen made their advances — deepening and lengthening their already powerful bridgehead — against the desperate opposition of enemy armor and Infantry rush ed there in a frantic effort to pre vent the U. S. First Army forces from rolling up the entire German Rhine line from the rear. On the basis of Associated Pre?s front dispatches from Remagen early today, the Americans ara punching inland and along the riv er. The Germans, beset by bat tered communications and lowered morale, have not yet brought suf ficient strength into the bridgehead area to halt the attackers. Cut escape Koine A dispatch from the U. S. Ninth Army front said that a spearhead regiment of the 35th Infantry Di vision had cut off the last remain ing escape route from Wesel poc ket late last night and had reached the approaches of a railroad bridge which reportedly was blown out. From the Netherlands front cama reports by reconnaissance pilots of extensive eastward movements of German troops north of the Waal Rhine. This may indicate that irs the face of heavy reverses and possible naval attacks on the Dutch coast, the Germans have decided to abandon all of Holland south of the Zuider Zee in order to fall back on the Ijssel river and a bet ter defensive position. Such a withdrawal would mean the abandonment by the enemy oi \ Hollands main cities of Amster dam, Rotterdam, the Hague and Utrecht. The Americans were striking ou| for the commanding hills some shf miles east of the Remagen cross ing as both sides massed men and tanks for the crucial battln at Germany's inner threshhold. Only seven miles east of the rive* (and apparently a mile or lesg from the Americans advance) runs one of Adolf Hitler’s new super highways to Cologne, an ideal ave nue for a northward charge to wards the Ruhr industrial basin. Cross In Boats The Germans said American shock troops were storming acrosi the Rhine in assault boats in n bid to broaden the bridgehead. Siw (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1); Strange Urges Support Of Red Cross Campaign In an appeal to Wilmingtonians yesterday to wholeheartedly sup port the current Red Cross cam paign, Robert Strange, local chair man, said “The Red Cross is our only direct contact with Americans in prisoner of war camps.’’ Citing the work being done for prisoners of war as one of the outstanding services of Red Cross, Mr. Strange said “we know that all phases of the Red Cross pro gram are important, but this par ticular activity is very close to thousands of families. The Red Cross not only supervises the deliv ery of food packages provided by the Government, but furnishes the only means of delivering books, games, musical instruments and other comforts financed through the National War Fund. “The work of Red Cross in behalf of our sons and daughters in serv ice, our homes and our distressed neighbors”, continued Mr. Strange, "provides a common interest. We regard the annual appeal for funds as an opportunity to support the causes of Americanism. Our peo ple will again oversubscribe our goal. We have been asked for $13, 000 more than last year. Our ob jective of $88,000 is a small price to pay for all Red Cross does for all of us”, he added. Mr. Strange reported that nearly all teams and divisions of the cam paign are organized. The larger firms and groups, according to Mr. Strange, will start their activity at intervals, as organization and in struction meetings are held during the week. The Business and Pro (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1)' Berlin Reels Under Big Shower Of Blockbusters By WILLIAM FRYE LONDON, March 10.—{JP)—Berlin reeled under a shower of block busters tonight in a swift followup of heavy .day raids on the Reich and a spectacular air battle that put to flight German dive bombers trying to knock out the Remagen bridge and wreck the Americans’ span across the Rhine. Swift Mosquitos of the RAF bombed command gave Berlin its 19th’ consecutive raid by night and the German radio reported another formation over western Germany as the Mosquitos started home. The aerial battle over the bridge head at Remagen was the high spot in a day of close vigil the eighth and ninth airforces kept ov er that vital artery to the heart of Germany. i The Ninth itself sent out 1,000 medium and light fighter bombers to patrol the bridge and slash at enemy road and rail traffic, par* ticularly along the Third Army Front south of Moselle. Six of 728 fighter bombers failed to return, but no losses were reported among 375 medium light bombers. Marauders, invaders and havoci hit railyards at Lennep, Lippstadt, Niederscheld and Erndtebruck ig the Ruhr and bombed main roads at Altenkirchen and Siegen to snarl the movement of enemy troops to* ward the first army’s bridgehead* Thundeibolts from the Eighth airforce, dropping below a 2,500* foot cloud ceiling over the bridge, spotted six Messerscbmitt 1093 (Continued on Page lire; Col. J|
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