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MARCH SETS MARK FOR DRY SEASON Local weatherman Paul Hess yesterday revealed that the total rainfall for the past month was ]eSj than any previous March since the establishment of the Weather Bureau here in 1871. The average precipitation was 0.26 of an inch, the next driest March on record having .78 of an inch of precipitation. Farmers have expressed concern nver the slow progress of their crops because of the lack of rain, may not have much to look for ward to this month, Hess added, April usually is the second driest month of the year. Hess also said that last month was the second warmest March since 1871 with a mean tempera ture of 62.6 degrees; March, 1921, being the warmest on record with , mean temperature of 63 degrees. The wind was on the prowl again yesterday as people chased their hats and one motorist had la run up Chestnut street to re trieve his radiator hood after it had been blown off by a south west wind that reach 40 miles an hour about 3tl5 p.m. ROOSEVELT HELD OUT ON ELEANOR WASHINGTON, April 2— <£>) — p-esident Roosevelt did not tell the First Lady about the secret vote agreement at Yalta. But Mrs. Roosevelt said today that was all right with her, and she thinks it should be all right with the rest of the country also. "You have to trust people a lit tle bit and not immediately decide they are trying to fool you,” she told’ her news conference. "I don't think everything, can be told to everybody right away, but it doesn’t mean it is being kept from you for a curious and strange reason.” Mrs. Pmosevelt had reference to the agreement whereby the Unit ed States would back Russia's re quest for three votes in the assem bly of the proposed world organi zation, provided it gets three votes itself. The President's wife disclaimed any knowledge of why 47 days passed before the agreement was disclosed, but she said: "I have faith enough in all three representatives at Yalta to be quite sure there will be a per fectly reasonable explanation. II doesn’t worry me.” Z Visit Our Store For 4 T Quality 7 I JEWELRY and GIFTS | | B. GURR, Jeweler | 3 264 N Front St.. J Capitol Hill Surprised By Byrnes ’ Resignation WASHINGTON, April 2.— UP) — Mobilizer James F. Byrnes’ unex pected resignation, and the ap pointment of Fred M. Vinson to succeed him, stirred up a variety of comment today on Capitol Hill. Nobody seemed to have any idea who will succeed Vinson as Federal Loan Administrator, be cause, one Senator explained, “we haven’t even had any time to speculate.’’ Chairman George (D-Ga) of the Senate Finance Committee, who led the fight for the separation of the loan agency from the Depart ment of Commerce before former Vice President Wallace was con firmed as Commerce Secretary told reporters: ‘‘I regret that Mr. Byrnes is leaving his post there at this time, or before the end of the war with Germany. “Mr. Vinson will be confirmed without opposition, in my opinion.... He's an excellent man and well qualified for the job. “I hope the President finds an equally good man for the RFC setup.’’ Byrnes’ resignation surprised every one on the Hill, including Vice Presdent Trumain, who got his first word from reporters. All had thought Byrnes would remain at his post until VE Day. Senator Hatch (D-N.M.) added his regret at the decision of xhe former senator and former Su preme Court justice, but said he was “gratified” at Vinson’s selec tion to replace him. Majority Leader Barkley (KY) told the Senate that he knew' of no man whose departure from public life "would create a great ter vacuum in the public service than Justice Byrnes.” ‘ I feel I speak the unanimous sentiment of the Senate and of the country in expressing deep regret over the departure of Justice Byres from this position, and. as far as we know, from public life,” Barkley continued. Barkley added that public disap pointment would be assuaged somewhat by the appointment of Vinson as Byrnes’ successor. He and Minority Leader White (Me) paid tribute to Byrnes after the reading clerk read the ex change of letters between Byrnes and the President. Senator McKellar (D-Tenn) told the Senate he never laiew “a more lovable, delightful charac ter” than Byrnes. In on?, of his rare participations in Senate discussion. Truman tcld the Senate he simply w'anted to “endorse” what Barkley and the others had to say. Senator Maybank (D-S.C.) said the country was fortunate that Byrnes had been persuaded to stay on as long as he did. Senator Downey (D-Calif) called Byrnes’ departure from Govern ment “a profound loss to our country.” » Presbyterian Women To Open Talks Today The Rev. Dan T. Caldwell, . D., of Richmond. Va., will be the principal speaker at the 57th an nual meeting of the Woman's Auxi liary of Wilmington Presbytery at 2 p.m. today at St. Andrew’s-Cov enant Presbyterian church. He will talk on “The Homecoming of Serv ice Men and Women.” The session twill be presided over by Mrs. New I ton Robinson. Reports from officers and vari ous committee chairmen also are scheduled to be heard. The evening session will con vene at 7:30 p.m. Miss Sue Hall and the Rev. C. R. Blain, D. D. will speak. A.communion medita tion will be 'given by the Rev. Frederick W. Lewis. The chorus rhoir of St. Andrew’s-Covenant church will sing an anthem and Arthur John will offer Negro spirit uals. The session Wednesday morning will begin at 9:30 o’clock with an address by the president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Synod, Mrs. George V. Baucom. She will talk On “Now, Proving Your Love.” Mrs. L. G. Calhoun, of Wilmington and Brazil, also will speak on “Our Church at Work in Brazil.” The Wednesday afternoon session will begin at 2:15 o’clock. Follow ing various annual reports, Miss Mary B. Crawford will speak on • Jesus Christ and the Congo.” At the conclusion of this ses sion, luncheon will be served by the women of the Wilmington auxi liary. It was pointed out that these ses sions are open to the general pub lic. -V— Nazis Reported Moving ‘V’ Weapons Eastward WITH THE CANADIAN FIRST ARMY IN HOLLAND, April 2.—UP) —With the Canadian forces on the loose east of Arnhem, the Ger mans have begun to remove their ‘ V” weapons from the Hague area and haul them back eastward. The weapons are some of those which have been bombarding Southern England. The Canadians also are approach ing sites from which V-bombs have been launched against the rear areas of Allied armies since last October. BARUCH WARNED BY WEREWOLVES (Continued from Page One) join Allied-controlled administra tions. British observers saw « Nazi trick in the claim that the organ ization was not directed by state and party authorities. Firstly, the claim was believed designed to protect the party and SS officials in occupied areas against precautionary or reprisal measures. Secondly it would leave "wer wolves” free to continue their cam paign of murder in the event of official German capitulation. Propagandist Dr. Otto Kriegk on the German radio exhorted Ger mans to resist through the mili gravate and captialize on the A1 lies’ political difficulties.” After de feats, he demanded that the Ge: mans fight through the Werewolf The terrorists’ underground ra dio said ‘even if Germany is de feated we will get the satisfaction Ol causing iidvut diuuug tion authorities and chaos in the heart of Europe.’* "Now we have our hands fres for the struggle for Germany—act comrades,”' the radio said. "The wolf trap is your sign. Scribble it on every tank truck and gun of the hated enemy. Paint it on every wall or ruin of house left stand ing.” ‘We have acted already. In Hei delberg acts of terror were com mitted against Americans and the prepetrators — members of the Werewolf — escaped unnoticed. In Frankfurt Americans had turned machine guns against the popula tion. Next morning three high rank ing American officers had disap peared.” -V George Washington, great gener al that he was, lost more military battles than he won. Britain Fears Air Raids By ‘Vengeance’ Weapons LONDON, April 2.—UP)—As Bri tain marked the longest lull in the line months of German V-bomb attacks with fervent prayers that the end of the vengeance-warfare was near, measures were authori tatively reported under way today tor defense against a possible new revenge assault—a final desperate blitz with dynamite-packed obso lete bombers. Stripped of all non - essential equipment and carrying only enough fuel for a one-way flight, old Junkers 88 bombers could car ry several tons of high explosive, which could serve as remotely controlled flying bombs. The British public was warned to tajce a cautious view of reports that the Germans were evacuating rocket sites in Holland. But Lon doners hopefully turned the Easter Monday holiday into a celebration of what many believed was the be ginning of the end of the. Nazis’ ruthless ’’vergeltungswaffen” (re venge weapons). The more optim istic believed it was more than mere coincidence that not a single V-bomb had fallen on Britain since the start of the Easter holidays Friday. Late reports from supreme head quarters reflected the belief that manv Herman V-wpnnnn .Pi'PUK were making a dash to get out of northern Holland before it is seal ed off by Sield Marshal Mont gomery. A dispatch from Associated Press correspondent Nedville Nord ness on the Canadian First Army front said that the V-l and V-2 dan ger to Brussels, Antwerp and Southern England was lessening hourly, and that the advancing Canadians had found evidence that the Nazis were abandoning their robot and rocket bomb sites in wes tern Holland. Some newly con structed flying bomb bases in Hol iand have been overrun by the Canadians. The London Evening News de clared there were reasons to be lieve that the supply of rockets and flying bombs at Dutch Launch ing points had been exhausted. The constant bombing of supply routes, this account pointed out, made it impossible for holdout sites to be replenished. One report from British Sec ond Tactical Air Force headquar ters said a new spitfires had comb ed the rocket-firing areas late to day and found virtually no Ger man transport on the highways. There remained—-besides the dy namite-loaded plane device—one other possibility that Southern England would feel the sting of German vengeance weapons again. This was in the launching of ro bot bombs from planes which sneak out of Germany by night. LEGASPI HARBOR j TAKEN BY YANKS (Continued from Page One) ! ’esisted the drive toward Baguio, i Philippines summer capital. i Aircraft swept the east coast of lAizon, destroying or damaging mmerous c-nemy barges concen ;rated near Infata. Elsewhere, the 40th Infantry Di vision on Negros and the Americal >n Cebu are continuing their ex ploitation, MacArthurs commui ipe said. The magnitude of the disaster Tapan has suffered in her ill-fated Philippines campaign grows larg er almost daily as American for ces liquidate additional Nipponese soldiers on battlefields or in mountain hideouts. Gen. JVIacArthur’s Monday com munique added 10,971 to the num ber of Japanese dead, boosting the grand total to around 307.000 Nip pon fatalities alone now stand at about 10 to 1 when compared, with total American casualties of around 30,000 killed, wounded and missing. American liberation forces made new gains on all Philippines fronts, especially on Luzon, Ne gros and Cebu Islands, while Yank fliers based in the archipelago swept local areas and ranged afar to strike across the China Sea, at - Formosa and at targets in the south, including Borneo. Engineers’ Club Plans Program By Ethyl-Dom A program sponsored by the Eth (•1-Dow Co., will be presented to he Wilmington Engineers club at ts monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. :omorrow in the assembly room of :he Friendly cafeteria, it was an nounced yesterday by H. E. Hicks, secretary and treasurer. High octane gasoline will be ex plained, a motion picture on the development of the automobile entitled “The Long Road’’, will be presented, and the Ethyl - Dow singers will entertain. NAZIS SMOTHERED BY RECORD RAIDS (Continued from Page One) Russian troops fighting their way toward the Austrian capital. Med ium bombers hammered at the Brenner Pass and other tactical planes attacked targets in Yugo slavia and Austria. U. S. Ninth Air Force Mustangs, supporting the racing American armored columns in the Goiba Erfurt-Weimar area, destroyed 17 enemy planes and damaged five others without loss to themselves in three dogfights with 150 Ger man fighters. Lt. Bruce Carr of Union Springs, N. Y.. shot down five out of a formation of 60 ME 109s and F\V-190s 25 miles north east of Weimar. More than 70 other fighter bombers, scourging the Autobahn leading northeast from Chemnitz to Dresden and east of Weimar, tackled convoys of trucks carry ing troops and shot up 38 vehicles. Second Tactical Air Force planes combed rocket-firing zones in Hol land but failed to sight any con tinuing withdrawal movements. A Spitfire formation leader said “we patrolled for a considerable dis tance inland, but there wasn't the faintest sigh of any German mili tary traffic.” Figures released today of bomb tonnage dropped on Germany in March included 106,500 tons releas ed by the American Eighth and Ninth Air Forces and 82.880 tons poured down by the RAF operat ing from England and Western Eu rope. ' The official RAF summary show ed Berlin was attacked by Mos quitos for 29 consecutive nights, stoking fires with more than 2,000 tons of bombs. The RAF reported stepped up bombings of oil tar gets and introduction of the 22, 000 pound volcano bomb for pre cision bombing of viaducts and concrete U-boat shelters. It an nounced the loss of 256 British based planes during the month. -V Bananas, which are perennial plants, will grow well in most tropical climates. On Rhine Front FUU OF CONFIDENCE, Supreme Al lied Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower pauses during a tour of thie front to chat with an officer of the 30th Division at the U. S. Ninth Army headquarters in Germany. Signal Corps photo. (International) ‘DOC SUNSHINE’ "Doc Sunshine’’ they call this friendly dog who goes from bunk to bunk visiting/ the wounded veterans being returned on a Coast Guard transport. His own berth is a K-ration box beside Coast Guardsman Leonard J. Smith, of Peekskill, New York. --—--- . Out! Say—isn’t that some foun tain pen! The enemy thinks our G.T.s would like It for a souvenir so they’ve at tached a little dynamite, making it a deadly Booby Trap. But G.I.s know bet ter—they’ve been taught it’s “hands off’’ anything that looks like a good . souvenir. Watch Out! A leaky radiator can be the ruination of your engine. Shell Dealer* know this and check yours every time they give vour car a Shellubrica tion job. They make sure it a not clogged, that all hose and connections are right. PLAY SAFE...Get a Safety Shellubrication Today Shellubrication Is a scien tific answer to the effects of Wartime Stop-and-Go driv ing on your car. It’s a 35-point Inspection and maintenance system developed by Shell En gineers— performed by spe cially trained Shell Dealers. Shellubrication requires the use of nine different types of lubricating equipment — ' six different testing devices— fourteen kinds of maintenance tools, eighteen different, spe cialized Shell lubricants! In giving your car a Shel lubrication job your Shell Dealer inspects the danger spots-checks 35 “break-up” points os he works! And fi nally he gives you a record of service and a written guar antee covering both work \ianship and materials! i _ /Wa/e a ahfe /or [^jjH E LLU B RIC ATI 0 N J 7oc/ay/ NAVY NURSE, Ensign Lucille Gem me, Stockton, Mass., makes, a pretty picture beneath the palm trees of an island in the Marianas group as she goes for a swim on a section of the beach that was un damaged during our bombardment. Navy photo. (International) Oversea Fashion % $Aoo Several hundred dresses have been gathered together and put on the racks to be sold for this one low price in keeping with our annual after-Easter custom. Every one of these dresses were previously sold for much much more. Many were sold for as high as $24.98. This is your opportunity to secure that extra dress or two that you always wanted at a frac tion of the regular prioe. CREPES . . . WOOLS COTTONS. . . 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