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X TT V PRE-EASTER TRADI SETS NEW RECORE By The Associated Press Pre-Easter retail business i North Carolina appeared to hav established a new record for voi ume, in spite of the scarcity o many items of merchandise, a the greatest buying sprees i: years. Retail sales were particular! large in areas where war indus tries augmented already larg payrolls of normally operated dc mestic industries. This was especially true in th Charlotte area, where merchant reported that the heavy buyin, has extended over a 30-day per iod. The past week, however, sav the peak of the buying rush. Merchants at Durham reportei the largest volume of retail East • er business in history, but du to war-time scarcity of some com modifies, demands could not b met in some instances. Raleigh’s Merchants’ Associa tion reported a good pre-Easte: volume the largest being done b; florists who stopped taking order; early during the week. _V- W Soviet Tanks Cut Deep Into Austria (Continued from Page One) Bavarian mountain retreat at Ber schtesgaden. They were 11 mile: from the main railroad linking Vi enna with Italy. Tolbukhin’s troops were sweep ing toward Vienna from the south on an 18-mile front from Wiesmatb west to the southwestern shores of the Neusiedled Se (lake). This great defense barrier, outflanked, was being by-passed by the mas give Soviet surge. One mile from the lake shore, the Russians seized in Hungary the village of Kophaza, only three miles southeast of Sopron, the las1 big Hungarian fortress guarding Vi enna’s southeastern approaches. Threaten Sopron Sopron also was threatened from the south and southwest where Toi bukhin’s advancing troops won Nec kenmarky and Ritzing, five and six miles from the fortress city. The swift slash through enemy defenses below the Neusieldler See carried the Russians within 33 miles south of Vienna when they captured Kophaza. While these troops in southern Europe threatened the German Reich’s second greatest city, the First White Russian army of Mar shal Gregory K. Zhukov on the front before Berlin cleaned out the last enemy troops in the Kuestrii: area, 38 miles east of the German capital. They killed or captured 6,170 en emy troops in the old citadel area of Kuestrin in the narrow neck oi land between the Oder and Warthe rivers, Moscow said. A 12-mile Russian advance to ward Bratislava was carved out by Marshal Rodion Y. Molinov sky’s Second Ukranian Army which captured Galanta, 27 miles east of the city and 53 miles easi of Vienna, in an offensive north oi the Danube river. These troops captured more than 80 other towns and villages including Nitra, 4( miles northeast of the Slovak cap ital. In southwestern Hungary, Mos cow said that Marshal Tolbukhin’s troops had captured nearly 9.00C enemy troops, including the com. mander of the Third Hungarian army corps. Tolbukhin’s fast - driving spear heads streaked across the plains and rolling hills of southwestern Hungard and reached the Austrian frontier at captured Szentgottharc in their closest approach to the mountain city of Graz. These forces were only 34 mile: from the vital trunk railroad link ing Vienna with the Italian port 01 Trieste at a point where the line crosses from Austria into Yugo slavia south of Graz. Tolbukhin's troops carved ou their gain of almost a mile-an-houi along the south bank of the curving Raba river. Fifteen miles behinc Szentgotthard, they crossed the river to win the fortified town 01 Kormend, and also won Vasvar another nine miles to the east. Simultaneously, Marshal Stalin’s order of the day announcing the victory, said Bulgarian troops soutl of Lake Balaton had captured the Hungarian town of Csurgo, 14 mile; southeast of the oil center of Nagy kanizsa, in an eight-mile advanc. along the Drava river frontier o Yugoslavia. ^ IT’S NOT ALONE There are approximately 57,000, 000 star systems similar to th Milky Way within the range c modern telescopes, according to a estimate of a prominent astronc mer. __ 1 The S. S. Velma Lykes, 206th vessel to near completion at the yard of the North Carolina Shipbuilding company, was launched yesterdey afternoon under the sponsorship of Miss Sandra Ingalls, of Washington, D. C. Shown are the members of the christening party. They are, left to right, Herbert Satterlee, of Washington, former assistant secretary of the Navy; Miss Evelyn Rogers; P. F. Halsey, vice president and general manager of the company; Miss Margaret McMahon, maid of honor; Mrs. Abbott Ingalls, mother of the sponsor; Miss Frances Chandler; Miss Ingalls; Captain Roger Williams, president of the company; Miss Cynthia Dunn, maid of honor, and Francis Randolph. ~ — ' RATION REVISION PLANNED BY OPA WASHINGTON, March 31. —(U.R) —The Office of Price Administra tion tonight announced a revision of its ration point system whereby blocks of five red and five blue point stamps will become valid on the first of each month. OPA described the step as a move to make it easier for house wives and storekeepers to remem ber what stamps are good. The new system becomes effective to morrow, when red stamps K2, L2, M2, N2 and P2 and blue stamps T2, U2, V2, W2 and X2 become valid. All stamps henceforth will be good during the fourth months fol lowing their validation, OPA said. Thus the two new blocks will be good until July 31. OPA noted that the new system will mean a reduction of six per cent in the actual number of red points civilians will get each month. This cat, however, will be reflected in point values, it said. Under the old system, blocks of five red point stamps were validat ed every four or five weeks. Blue stamps always have been validat ed in blocks of five on the first of D3(»Vi rnfirih AMERICANS SEIZE NEGROS’ CAPITAL (Continued from Page One) nearer Baguio along the Naguilian Baguio road. Bacolod represented a 14-mile ad vance by the Yanks, who landed that distance south of the Negros capital city and pushed both north and south along the coast. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, an nouncing the capture today said Brush’s division crossed two rivers the Magsungay and Lupit—saving all bridges in so doing—as they made a sweeping envelopment to seize Bacolod. The city was prepared by the Japanese for destruction, he said, “but speed of the attack saved it before demolition charges could be exploded.” Three enemy fighter planes were captured intact. Fast mechanized units now are ranging six miles to the north to ward Talisay airfield, representing a gain of 20 miles from the beach head at the mouth of Bago river. A small enemy group inland near Murcia was being reduced, Mac Arthur said in his only mention of fighting in the Bacolod sector. Supporting the ground operation aerial units destroyed many ■ene my trucks and vehicles and large quantities of fuel and supplies, , MacArthur added, i On Cebu, the Americal Division was engaged in cleaning out Jap : anese pockets north of Lahog air field. ■ An enemy attempt to infiltrate E Yank positions at Pardo was re pulsed. -V JAPANESE FACING ; BIG BURMA TRAP 1 (Continued from Page One) attacks on the Meiktila airstrips ‘ and there were signs that the main body was withdrawing northeast ward in the direction of the rail way. Another withdrawal southeast from Kyaukse was being covered by strong rear guards but it ap peared unlikely either force would be able to escape the Allied noose in any strength. —— . Wore Civilian Goods Slated After VE-Day (Continued from Page One) y report to President Roosevelt, :he Senate and House on opera tions of the Office of War Mibili :ation and reconversion. He emphasized, however, that :here still must be “Full steam ahead on war production.’’ Defeat of Japan he said, will be costly in both lives and weapons. Even so, he declared, it has oeen passible to set up and test the machinery for VE-Day recon version. This, in part, is what it will do: 1. Release about $13,000,000,000 worth of “hard goods’’ or metals for production of such things as nails, cars, railroad and farm equipment within nine months of Germany’s collapse. This will double the amount of materials . Reduce total government now available for such purposes, spending for war to a rate of $60,000,000,000 a year. The rate in the present fiscal year is about $90,000,000,000. 3. Free within three months 20 per cent of the resources now us ed for war production, 5 per cent in the next three months, and an other 5 per cent in the following quarter. 4. Retain the economic stabiliza tion program's controls — "they will be needed to protect war pro duction, to safeguard the wage earner against rising living costs, and to maintain the postwar mar ket for goods and services.” 5. Continue and strenthen man power controls. To this end he urged enactment of legislation now pending in the Senate. 6. Cut back construction of war and merchant ships. 7. Make “some increase” in the basic gasoline ration — A-card holders may get an extra gallon for each coupon—and in the al lotment for trucks. While Byrnes asserted that "our economy is stretched to its lim its,” he felt "no real apprehen sion for the future.” "A nation which has found the way to produce for war while de veloping an unexcelled prosperity for its people at home,” he de clared, “can surely “find a way to produce for peace to establish an even higher standard of living at home and to aid in the establish ment of higher standards of living throughout the world. "In this way we will find the jobs for our returned soldiers and for released war workers. In this way we will gain the only benefit to be derived from war, the re alization that as long as we work together, as a people there is al ways a promising future ahead.” Although he said the end of the war in Europe is in sight, Byrnes declined to tell reporters the date that is being assumed and on which reconversion plans are bas ed. He indicated that the recon version machinery will be set in motion whenever General Dwight D. Eisenhower says that Germany has surrendered unconditionally or that organized resistance has ceased. Training Institute To Be Conducted Here • A traini g institute for minis ters, deacons, Sunday school, B. T. U., and missionary workers will be held in Wilmington, April 9-20 under the auspices of the Ex tension department of Shaw uni versity, of Raleigh. Under the Baptist Ministers conference of Wilmington, classes will be held at the Williston In dustrial school, room 8, first floor, from 10:45 to 12:45 a.m. and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. In addition to the regular cours es of instruction, the institute will also conduct inspirational serv ices three nights, Monday, Tues day and Wednesday, rotating among the several Baptist chur ches of the city. The opening night will be at the Central Baptist church, Seventh and Red Crots streets. -V-; A subterranean restaurant is lo cated in the Carlsbad caverns of New Mexico, 750 feet below the earth’s surface. -V BUT WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Pfc. Carl A. Hewlett Prisoner Of Germans Pfc. Carl A. Hewlett, husband of Mrs. Lillie Pepper Hewlett who was reported missing in ac tion in Luxembourg, December 20 1944, is a prisoner of war in Ger many, according to a message re ceived by Mrs. Hewlett recently on a postal card. She also receiv ed a letter from her husband from a German camp. Pfc. Hewlett is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hewlett of Ma sonboro Sound. Entering the service in Novem ber, 1943 he received his basic training at Camp Croft, S. C., and went overseas in September, 1944, he has served in France, Belgium and Germany, being awarded the Purple Heart for wounds re ceived in action in November, 1944. __ _ U. S. And Britain Refuse Reds’ Plea (Continued from Page One) headache developed this way to day: 1—'Tass, Russian news agency, announced that Russia accepted and advocated the demand of the Warsaw Polish government for an invitation to the San Francisco conference. In fact, Moscow said that it had suggested to Washing ton and London some time age that if the proposed new Polish government of national unity could not be set up in time then the Warsaw government should be asked to send a delegation. —In London a British foreigr office spokesman said that the Russian proposition is “out of the question.’’ S—A short time later in Wash ington a state department official otherwise unidentifiable, said thai because of the agreements reach ed at Yalta to set up the national unity government the Unitec States government does not agree to the extension of an invitatior to the present provisional govern ment of Poland. xm, juuv.iiv.au pvuiuuu, u rv a. said by this official, was taken ir view of the current consultations in Moscow respecting formation ol the new unity government. It seemed possible that one Rus sian counter-move would be to fine some excuse for calling off these consultations in order to eliminate that reason for the American re' jection of the Russian demand. This is the second time thai Britain and the United States have been confronted with the questior: of Polish representation at Sar Francisco. Previously it was rais ed with respect to the Polish exil ed government at London wher that regime protested against the treatment it was receiving. The exile government at London i: recognized by both Britain and the United States and is a membei of the United Nations. Today’s developments brough this one immediate question to the tip of many tongues: “What effect will this have or the move to accept Argentina intc the United Nations?” It has been expected that the present government of Argentina soon will be recognized by the American repbulics and that Rus' sia along with the other leading united nations will be asked tc agree to Argentina’s becoming « united nation and being repre sented in some form at San Fran CISCO. Moscow all along has been the most outspoken of the United Na tions on the pro-Axis charges made against the Argentine gov ernment and it has been expected here that the Soviets would prob ably want to veto any suggestion that Argentina be included in the California meetins. It seems certain that this situa tion would become entangled with the Polish issue, assuming that they both reach the stage of ne gotiation among the Allied govern ments. -V NATURAL DEATH NEW YORK, March 31.—(JP)—Dr. B. Morgan Vance, chief assistant medical examiner, said late today that the death of Max Hoffman, Jr., 43-year-old actor found unconscious in his hotel room early this morn ing, was due to natural causes. Superforts Blast Japanese Homeland (Continued from Page One) engine plant. This raid also was by precision instruments. Good results were obtained in the raid, the 20th Air Force said. Japanese fighter opposition rang ed from weak to moderate, while antiaircraft fire in some areas was intense. The B-29s shot down two enemy planes, probably de stroyed three, and damaged eight. Superfort headquarters here re ported that reconnaissance photo graphs of the March 28 attack against the Tachiarai and Oita air fields and the Omura aircraft fac tory showed that the American fli ers left widespread ruin In tar get areas. Eight or nine hangars at Tachiarai were destroyed or damaged. Numerous tiuildings in the machineshop area were hit. Forty-one grounded planes were wrecked and five damaged. Damaged: One destroyer escort, 13 small cargo ships, one medium cargo ship—total 15. Attack Okinawa In addition carrier planes attack ing numerous targets on Okinawa on Friday, destroyed four subma rine pens and two torpedo boats in the submarine base at Unten Bay on the west coast. The Carrier planes, in the Wed nesday - Thursday attacks, shol down 29 Japanese planes and one glider in air battles, destroyed If planes on the ground and damaged or destroyed 42 others aground. In addition they damaged air plane hangars, shops and other in stallations on Tokuno island, 7( miles northeast of Okinawa, oi Yaku island, 40 ipiles south o: Kyushu, and in the southern Kyu shu cities of Kanoya, Kushira, Cri ran, Tojimbara and Ibsuki. Ameri losses were 12 planes and six pilots On Friday fleet battleships, in eluding new 45,000 tonners, steam ed up to Okinawa and shelled shore installations at close range They breached sea walls and ham mered gun positions, airfields anc bridges. Nimitz said the Okinawa attack; by both planes and surface ship; continued through Saturday, tin Ninth successive day of a terrifii bombardment similar to those which preceded invasions of othei Pacific islands, only more intense Tokyo radio said the gigantii fleet had been reinforced and war ships alone numbered 150 including 17 battleships. The enemy said par of the fleet had been reinforced anc warships alone numbered 150, in eluding 17 battleships. The enemy said part of the fleet had approach ed Kume island, 50 miles west o: Okinawa. The enemy said the start of land ings on Okinawa could be only a matter of time and the radio quot ed one Japanese newspaper that “the time for the decisive battle between Japan and America fin ally has come upon us.” i (The London radio said Ameri can planes had laid mines in Ja pan’s inland sea and off southern Kyushh.) Japanese communiques claimed Japanese forces had sunk 30 Ameri can ships, including two carriers and a battleship, and.damaged 20 others. Nimitz announced that surface forces had attacked barracks, ware houses, the radio station, ammuni tion dumps and the airdrome on the island of Minami Daito, 200 miles east of Okinawa and 635 miles west of Iwo. PUBLIC URGED TO V T GREENFIELD Carl Rehder, who for more than 13 years conducted the annual garden contest of the Wilmington Star-News, and who encouraged the city to purchase Greenfield Lake for the purpose of a park more than 20 years ago, yester day viewed the park for the first time this year. He urged every one to visit it today. Mr. Rehder has been ill for more than a year, and on visiting the park, declared that it was more beautiful than ever. He described the fine results of the city’s ef forts in laying out the thousands of azaleas and other colorful flow ers which now are in full bloom at the lake. -,-V HITLER REPORTED READY TO RESIGN (Continued from Page One) Zurich, referring to the same meet ing, said Hitler had faced the fact that the German army could no longer resist. These reports said there were rumors that Goering had committed suicide, that Kes selring had been deprived of his rank and that high Nazis were flee ing with their families to fortresses being prepared in the Bavarian Alps. Swedish reports said the high command told Hitler German troops in the west no longer obeyed their officers; that volkssturm units were capitulating without a fight; that gasoline stocks were exhaust ed and there was not enough food for troops. -V American Armada Moving On Okinawa (Continued from Page One) thick black cloud of smoke cover ed the island. Pilots saw no hu man activity and concluded that the Japanese had taken to the rug ged northern hills to escape the hellish bombardment. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz an nounced that fast carrier task forces battered Kyushu and the Ryukyu islands Wednesday and Thursday. They ran up the following score: Sunk: Two destroyer escorts, one medium cargo ship, ten small cargo ships, four luggers, one mo tor torpedo boat—total 18. Probably sunk: Nine medium cargo ships, five small cargo ships—total 14. -V Hundreds Of Cities Plan Easter Rites (Continued from Page One) Easter sky only in Texas and lo cally in the northern Rocky moun tains following rain today from east Texas to the Atlantic coast. Ris ing temperatures also were pre dicted. Of the traditional Easter foods, - ham was scarce in most parts oi ; the country today and eggs were none too plentiful but there was an abundance of meat and vege , tables and, a War Food Adminis tration spokesman said, “nobody needs go hungry.” New York city, jammed as al ways for the holiday, nevertheless found plane seats for Miami read ily available for the first time since last fall. There were few parts of the world in which American soldiers and sailors did not recess the grirr regiment of war to honor the Prince of Peace. From as far as Italy the Persian gulf and Egypt uniformed visitors ' traveled to Jerusalem’s holy sepul cher. Many had marched in the : traditional via Dolorosa on Good Friday. Rep. Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill >. ; on a tour for the house appropria tions committee, was among the visitors to the Holy city. In sun-drenched Rome, St. Peters great bell and the bells of more Look In Your Clothes Closets! Renry J Kaiser, shipyard magnate, who heads the United Nation al Clothing Collection, exhibits an official poster which herald? open ing of the organization’s drive, April 1, for 150,000,000 pounds of clothes to be sent to needy and destitute civilians of war-devastated nations._ than 40C other churches pealed a joyous welcome to Easter through out Holy Saturday morning. More than 100 chapels, with a variety of roofing that ranged from woven palm fronds to open sky, will house cervices in which Amer ican servicemen join natives of Guam. Special services were ar ranged in ileet hospital wards for Iwo Jima casualties. POPE RECEIVES THOUSANDS ROM®, Mar. 31.—iff)—Thousands of United Nations fighting men were received today by Pope Pius XII in a general audience as the great bell of St. Peter’s and those of 400 other churches in Rome rang out, heralding the eternal city’s most joyous Easter in years and the first since the Germans were driven out. Great numbers of Allied soldiers will attend St. Peter’s tomorrow for the Easter Mass, which will be celebrated by a cardinal. The Pon tiff, as he has for the past three years, will celebrate mass private Jy Unseasonably warm spring sun shine bathed the city as the bells began pealing early in the day and continued until noon in the tradi tional Holy Saturday custom. When the bells began ringing after the conclusion of the Holy Saturday mass, the Pope donned a pair of white cloth slippers which he will wear throughout the next week in accordance with an ancient rite connected with the old liturgical ceremony. -V CANCELLED RALEIGH. March 31—(/P)—The Office of Price Administration to day ordered all tire certificate; and replenishment portions of cer tificates dated prior to December 1, 1944, be cancelled April 1. Theodore S. Johnson, director of the Raleigh district office of OPA, said the drastic curtailment of tire production arising from the reduced supply of available mat erials during April caused the can cellation order -L_V BUY WAR BUNDS AND SI AMI'S Could Cleopatra Drink a Pearl with Stomach Ulcer Pains? An intriguing story of Cleopatra is the one where an admirer praised the beauty of two of her pearls, whereupon she dropped one into a glass of wine and drank it. She would hardly have done this had she suffered after-eating pains. Those who are distressed with stomach or ulcer pains, indigestion, gas pains, heartburn, burning sensation, bloat and other conditions caused by excess acid should try Udga. Get a 25c box of Udga Tablets from your druggist. First dose must convince or return box to us and get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK. Saunders Drug Store and drug stores everywhere. Brins Us xour motor for Repairs ALL WORK GUARANTEED B & E Electric Motor Repair Co. 230 N. Water St. Phone 2-0122 G. F. Wulff — Harry J. Everett ST. JOHN S EPISCOPAL CHURCH ! Third and Red Cross faster Services Holy Communion—7:30 a. m. (Junior Choir) Holy Communion—11:00 a. m. (Adult Choir) I Church School Festival 4:00 P. M. EVENING PRAYER With Junior Choir at 8:00 P. M. Rev. E. W. Halleck, Rector 0 Announcement1 Garland S. CURRIN FOR CITY COUNCILMAN A BUSINESSMAN EXPERIENCED IN CITY GOVERNMENT YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED ~- - ■ -1 ■ ■ ■ STORE HOURS FOR EASTER MONDAY APRIL 2nd In Observance of the Easter Holiday Our Store WILL OPEN AT 9 A. M. AND CLOSE AT 1 P. M. 108 NORTH FRONT STREET ANNOUNCING!! THE OPENING OF THE NEW HONE OF HcKEE ICE AND COAL COMPANY 3rd and Kidder Streets Dial 6327 k. .Wilmington’s Newest and Most Modern Ice Plant ICE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COAL By the Bag or By the Ton ! McKEE ICE AND COAL COMPANY 3rd and Kidder Streets Dial 6327
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