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X TT V/ Jamboree to be STAGED APRIL 22 The first edition of the 1945 Jamborees will be presented next Sunday afternoon at Thalian Hall, the management announced last night, with emphasis on Hill-Bil , lies, featuring “Ole Shep” end his Carolina Playboys. Highlighting the show will be music consisting of special ar rangements by the Playboys. Appearing on the ahow will be Victor Loman, formerly with the Blue Sky Boys, heard on many re cent programs over the radio net works. He will play several spe cial arrangements on his five atring banjo. Also on the program will be the Blue Ridge Mountaineers; and the two Dixie Belles, two lovely girls having last appeared on Sta tion WIS, Columbia, S. C. Curley Hinson, with his guitar and western songs, also will have a part, as well as Ed Lowhorne, with his electric instruments, A fuU twif-hour sho has been planned for Sunday, and other acts ill be announced later. Three shows will be given, the first at 3:15 p.m., the second at 5:15 p.m., and the third at 8:30 p.m. , Advance sale of tickets will be rtn tomorrow. MOLOTOV COMING i 0 ALLIED MEET (Continued from Page One) tend the inference gives it ad<Jed importance. Forty-eight hours ag<3 President Roosevelt’s death made It questionable whether the con ference would even be held. Now, with Prsident Truman pledged to carry on Mr. Roosevelt s objective of a durable peace and with Eden already here, the conference’s chances of success seemed much improved. Text of the White House state ment: ‘ The President yesterday direct ed Ambassador Harriman, who has been conferring with Marshal Sta lin on plans for the San Francisco conference, to assure the Marshal that the coming of Foreign Secre tary Molotov to the conference at San Francisco would be welcomed as an expression of earnest co operation in carrying forward plans for formulating the new interna tional organization is laid down by President Roosevelt and confirm ed by the Yalta conference “The President stated he would look forward with pleasure to a visit by Mr. Molotov to Washing ton. “Today the President was ad vised by Marshal Stalin that For eign Secretary Molotov would at tend the San Francisco confer ence.” When the Big Three met at Yalta in February it was understood and thought then that all the foreign ministers oi tne nig powers wouic head their respective delegations at the San Francisco conferencs on April 25. After most of them had signifiec their intention to attend, Stalii startled the rest of the world bj announcing that Gromyko woul( head the Russian delegation. Ther< was no explanation, and there was a tendency in many quarters t< believe it reflected a lack of in terest in Russia in the conference couia Aaam me with Stomach Ulcer Pains? The biblical story of Adam eating a raw apple might never have come to pass had he suffered after-eating pains. Don’t ignore your sufferings. Try Udga for relief of ulcer and stomach pains, in digestion. gas pains, for heartburn, burning sensation, bloat and other con ditions caused by excess acid. 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 and drug stores everywhere._ l VON PAPEN, FORMER NAZI ENVOY, TAKEN (CsMkMtd from ©■•) chuted into Scotland, were: 1st Lt. Thomas McKinley, Lexington, Ky • Sgts. Stephen Witchko, Mc Kee’s Rock, Pa.; Hugh Frederick, Adamsville, Ala.; Herbert Steuben (21-15 North Sawyer Ave.), Chica go; Waldo Elder, Burlington, Iowa; and Privates First Class Jess Leonard, Lexington, N. C.; Den ver Terrill, Bunker, Mo.; and Pvt. Anthony Giuinto (1855 South Kedzie Ave.), Chicago. Von Papen wore knickerbocker's and a tyrolean hat when he was taken at the hunting lodge, owned by his son-in-law. Although the announcement made here said he Was taken on April 11, a front dis patch said the capture 'was made Tuesday, at the eastern end of the now almost crumbled Ruhr pock et inside which 150,000 Nazi troops were surrounded. The men who took Papen were members of the 194th glider regi ment of the 17th Airborne Division, part of the 1st Allied Airborne Division fighting with the Ninth Army in mopping up the Ruhr pocket. The Americans first captured his son, Franz, Jr., a captain in the German Army. His American ac cent betrayed him—he was educa cated at Georgetown University— and the Yanks became suspicious and upon questioning, learned his identity. “We approached the hunting lodee from the rear.’’ said Set. Frederick, one of the captors. “Yeah,” added Pfc. Leonard, “there was some character sitting on the little front porch who had a gun and there was no point in taking chances.” The “character” turned out to be Papen’s son-in-law, Max Von Stockhausen, after whose family the town where the diplomat was seized apparently was named. The soldiers entered the lodge and found Papen eating dinner. “There are no German soldiers here,” Papen said. He admitted his identity to Lieut. McKinley, leader of the squad, and added “but I can’t imagtne what you Americans want with an old man of 66 years.” Th«y ex plained to him that it was neces sary to take him. Papen was taken 10 days after American 1st and 9th Army troops snapped shut the trap around the Ruhr pocket by making a junction along its eastern edge. Papen was the most prominenl Nazi official bagged to date by the Allied armies. He was the firsl Nazi “big wig” to fall into Alliec hand since Rudolf Hess, formei No. 2 Nazi, parachuted into Scot land shortly before Germany at tacked Russia in the summer ?: Papen’s last official post wa: ambassador to Turkey. He lef Turkey for Germany early it August when Turkey broke rela tions, and there had been report! he had retired. His presence in th( Ruhr at the time Allied force! were closing in was not explainec immediately. Capital Pays Final Homage To Roaxvelt (Contimied from P*ie One) malady which struck the Presi dent down in his prime but couldn’t keep him down. Bishop Dun was more than a clergyman for he occe warded off at attack of infantile paralysis and like Mr. Roosevelt counted Harvard — the divinity school—as his alma ma ter. Only • small fraction of t he huge crowds of the morning fun eral procession remained outside but they were the faithful who refused to depart, standing across the street in silent ribute. After the services, the body rested before a guard of honor of enlisted men chosen from each branch of the armed forces that Mr. Roosevelt helped develop to such great magnitude. A special train stood by to car ry the body tonight at 10 o’clock for interment in the garden of Mr. Roosevelt’s beloved Hyde Park, N. Y., estate. Mrs. Wilson Present Mrs. Roosevelt was stoically dry-eyed through the prayers and hymns her husband liked so much but there was many a damp cheek through the room. There, too, sat Mrs. Woodrow Wilson who endur ed the same grief a score of j^ars ago. The women were in black, Mrs Roosevelt wore the broach that was her wedding gift from her husband. Harry Hopkins, closest presi dential adviser for years, clung to a chair for support, pale and shaken. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger wept. Crown Princess Martha of Norway dabbed at her eyes fre quently. Bishop Dunn led prayer and then recalled that Mr. Roosevelt 12 years ago voiced his own deep faith that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” And as that was his first word as president, the bishop said. ”1 am sure he. would wish it to be his last and that we should go forward into the future as those without fear of the future, with out fear of our allies and friends, and without fear of our owm in sufficiencies.” A vested choir led in a hymn that reflected Mr. Roosevelt’s love of the sea: ‘‘Eternal Father, Strong to Save.” Another hymn was “Faith to Our Fathers.” The bishop prayed: Remember thy servant, Franklin Delano, O Lord, accord ing to the favor wdiich Thou bear est unto Thy people and grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of Thee, he may go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service in Thy heaven ly kingdom through Jesus Christ our L,ora. “Oh God, from wham every good gift cometh, we thank Thee for the qualities of heart and mind for this, Thy servant, brought to the service of our nation and our world.” The Hev. John G. Magee of St. John’s Washington, read the 46th and 121st Psalsm. The lessons, Romans VIII, 14 and St. John XIV. 1, were read by The Rev. Howard S. Wilkinson, rector ol St. Thomas’, Washington, the “President’s church” which Mr. Roosevelt attended. Mrs. Roosevelt was first to leave the room when the service ! ended at 4:23 p.m., and the oth ers filed out slowly, including British Foreign Minister Anthony 1 Lord Halifax. Dewey Attends Emir Faisal, son of King Ibo ' I Saud of Arabia, wearing the tra ditional burnoose, was the only - man with covered head. Governor Thomas Z. Dewey of New York; the Zarl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada, and many oth er distinguished visitors were there. At the same time, the British 1 colony in Washington conducted similar services on the lawn of the Embassy, before an improvis ed altar covered with the Union Jack. Prayers at both rites besought ; guidance and strength for Presi- i dent Truman to carry on. Throughout the nation, 4 p.m., ■ was the signal for silent prayer. The Army and Navy set aside • five minutes of meditation, here and abroad where war conditions permitted. There will be memori al services tomorrow, the war per mitting, wherever American for ces are deployed and American ships sail. “ The sun shone down brightly all through the historic day except for a brief shower at 3:10 p.m. Hundreds of thousands, lining the way from the Union station to the White House—the route of in augural parades — saw the flag draped casket drawn by six white horses with a seventh for guide, wend slowly through the streets. Police estimated the crowd was the biggest in Washington history— between 300,000 and 400,000. Many wept, unashamed. Overhead, big bombers and fighter planes roared back and for symbol of the armed might Mr. Roosevelt worked to develop to such great magnitude. Men and women of the armed forces marched in slow, measur ed cadence ahead of the cataflaque and service bands played the dirge of a commander in chief fallen in war. Symbolic of the unfaltering stride of the nation at war the mil itary escort marched straight ahead down historic Pennsylvania Avenue when the caisson turned aside into the White House gruuiius. „ The family and old friends, of ‘The Chief’ rode in the « cortege, in shocked sorrow. Their automo biles followed the caisson into the executive mansion grounds. In the procession too was Presi dent Truman, overnight successor to the man who fought off infan tile paralysis, battled from a wheel chair to the greatest political tri umphs in the nation’s history, then was stricken down at the age of 63 by a cerebral hemorrhage Thursday afternoon in his Georgia mountain cottage. The long cortege left the railroad station at 9:58 a.m. and the mo torcycle police in the van arrived at the White House grounds at 10:45. o .u!_ _:n. i:_j _K. ed the way, six feet apart. One of them fainted and gashed his chin. Thousands across Pennsylvania Avenue from the grounds jammed Lafayette Park but they were so silent that the rustling of squirrels and the chirping of birds near the stately white - columned mansion could be heard distinctly. The caisson entered the north west gate of the grounds at 11:14. Then the automobile bearing President Truman swung out of line and around to the executive offices. Mr. Truman strode through the side entrance, grave and preoccupied as though harking bgck to Mr. Roosevelt's final un delivered speech in which he left this heritage for Americans: To work for a peace not only to end war but to end the “be ginnings of all wars—yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thor oughly impractical method of set tling differences between govern ments.” This was the President’s view in a speech he had prepared for the annual Jefferson Day dinners of the democratic party which were to have been held last night. It was a speech in which Mr. Roosevelt said he was addressing democrats and he meant “demo crats with a small ‘d’.” It was made public aboard the funeral train en route here.’ -V SUrtKrUKlo MARI HUGE TOKYO FIRES (Continued from Page One) It made no mention of damage to the Japanese imperial palace.) Tokyo said in a communique that buildings within the imperial pal ace; the adjoining Omiya palace, residence of the empress dowager; and the Akasaha detached palace were set afire and that the main buildings and sanctuary of the Meiji shrine, one of the greatest Shinto shrines in Japan, had been razed. A later Japanese broadcast said that Suzuki visited the imperial palace to offer “profound apolo gies” to Emperor Hirohito. The broadcast said that Suzuki said he was determined to crush the en emy who dared to “defile” such shrines. Some Japanese fighter planes rose against the B-29’s, returning crewmen said, and late waves of Superfortresses found heavy an ti-aircraft fire thrown up against them. The Japanese claimed that 41 Superfortresses were shot down. -V Joan of Arc, the French patriot, was bom on January 6, 1442, in the countryside of Domremy. AMERICANS WITHIN 85 MILES OF REDS (Continued from V*gt One) 50,000 German trops cut off there iad been captured. On the Ninth Army’* western lank, the British Second Army irove 36 miles out of its Celle cridgehead and reached Uelzen, i miies from the Elbe river and L2 miles southeast of the«great jort city of Hamburg. The battle for northern Holland vas all but won by the Canadian rirst Army, which drove into the Dutch communications center of Droeningen near the North Sea ind to the east were within 10 niles of the sea on the apprr - ches 0 the port of Emden. Canadians farther south captur 'd Arnhem, where heroic British parachute trops met defeat last September, and drove into Apel loorn, 16 miles to the north, where Kaiser Wilhelm spent his exile. One the southern end of the Eront, the French First Army in 1 13-mile drive captured Kehl, ;ast bank Rhine city opposite Strasbourg, erasing the threat to that city. More than 50 towns were captured. The U. S. Seventh Army opened a concerted push on the ancient city of Nuernberg, which Hitler turned into a Nazi rallying ground, and joined the Third Army in hack ing into the mountain redoubt. The 45th Division, after captur ing Bamberg, 30 miles to the north, began pushing south, with the veteran Third Infantry Divi sion and the 14th Armored Divi sion on the flanks. The Fourth Armored Division of Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army was battering at the ap proaches of the communications city of Chemnitz, 33 miles west of Dresden. When last reported it had driven six miles beyond the Mulde river in twin advances and was in the vicinity of Meinsdorf, seven miles west of Chemnitz, and Hoherstein, nine miles to the southwest. There was no late news from the Sixth Armored Division, which last was reported near Lindenberg, 22 miles southeast of Leipzig. The 90th Infantry in a 10-mile advance was nearing Lichtenberg, 18 miles from the Czech border. The Eleventh Armored Division swung 15 miles southeast into Bayreuth, home of the Wagner music festivals and at' the north ern edge of mountainous south Germany where the Nazis finally will be brought to bay. The Eleventh Armored Division also battled to the vicinity of Un tersteinach, where it was 25 miles from the border of Czechoslovakia. Infantry was crowding in close behind the armored spearheads, clearing town after town. The 76th Infantry cleared Zeitz, 20 miles southwest of Leipzig, against moderate resistance while the 80th Infantry captured Gera, city of 82,000 population 33 miles southwest of Leipzig. While attacking in front of Leip zig, Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' U. S. First Army likewise was by passing it on the south. Following over a route churn ed by the treads of U. S. Third Army tanks headed for Dresden, the First Army’s Ninth Armored Division reached the Pleisse riv er at Bergisdorf 15 miles south west of Leipzig. AMERICANS SEIZE ISLES OFF LUZON (Continued from Page One) toll of Japan’s meager reserves on Cebu where enemy hill posi tions rapidly ar being out-flank ed and enveloped, the communi que said • Heavy bombers struck at Da vao, on Mindanao, starting large fires, and patrol planes bombed and strafed the west coast of For mosa. On the China coast, ail units maintained their blockade wrecking six small freighters and sweeping rail facilities in Indo China. Enemy shipping was attackec in the Gulf of Bone in the Cele bse. Two medium sized freighter; and 20 schooners were sunk oj seriously damaged. MacArthur announced earlie. that Americans on Luzon had cap tured an enemy order in whicl a Japanese ground commandei Clothing Drive Information Call J-2M6 ‘‘What Can You Spare That They Can Wear?'1 told his men to "kill Ameriti* troops cruelly.’’ "Do not kill them with strike," said the order. "Shoot guerrillas. 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