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_ i Li 111 NAZI GRIP FAILS IN NORTH ITALY LONDON, April 29.— UP) —The Twift, violent uprising of partisans to northern Italy quickly crumb led the German grip and has saved valuable installations from Nazi "scorched earth” plans, the ministry of information reported today. The ministry said all power sta tions were saved in the Maira and Varaita valleys, that nothing was damaged or destroyed except air fields in Lombardy, and that in stallations in Aosta, Liguria and Veneto provinces were saved ex cept for damage to railways in Liquria. The German force in Voghera surrendered last night and pat riots occupied Mantova until the Allies arrived. A force of 300 Germans was in the center of Turin with tanks and armored cars and there were large forces on the western outskirts, the min istry said. -V Manpower Placements Reported High In State RALEIGH, April 29—(A>>—More than 81 per cent of all workers placed in non-agricultural jobs by the U. S. Employment Service in North Carolina during the first three months of 1945 went into war essential or locally needed ac tivities, War Manpower Director Dr. J. S. Dorton said today. During that three months local USES offices made 59,239 place ments, 57,565 within the local of fice areas and 1,728 cleared to oth er local office areas. Of the total placements, 48,098 were in es sential activities. The 11,195 plac ed in less essential activities in cluded veterans of world war two, who have free choice in the jobs they accept. -V MARINE TELLS ‘EM SCAN FRANCISCO, April 29.— OJ.R)—The following pithy command on the transportation crisis here was made by a be-ribboned Marine: “You know,” he said, “Americans will go anywhere but to the rear end of a stretcar” ' \ -V POLICE FIND THE GOODS . LEWISTON, Me., April 29—(U.R)— After unsuccessfully searching three suspects for $132 in stolen i money, police found the cash wedg ed behind the seat cushions of the cruiser in which the men were brought to headquarters. Former Duce Grovels And Begs Lenity (Continued from Page One) many of them members of his cabinet. The bodies of all were brought to Milan, which American Fifth Army troops entered today. A mob of over 5,000 persons immediately set upon corpses marking the final end to Fascism which car ried Italy to its doom. All bodies were strewn about a small area. A few patriot guards tried to hold the crowds back but the guards were shoved back so that they stepped on the bodies. While I was examining the re mains today, the crowd surged forward and almost shoved me atop the body. Partisan guards be gan firing into the air and some semblance of control was regain ed.* Early in the morning, wnen tne bodies were dumped into the square, Mussolini’s head had rest ed on the breast of his dead mis tress. Her body had several bul let holes in the chest. Blood stains showed crimson on her dainty white blouse with lace ruffles, which miraculously had escaped most of the muck and filth which covered the bodies of Mussolini and the others. Her dark, curly hair had been dragged in the wet soil. Mussolini’s face was ashen.gray. His dark jowls hung loosely. He wore a nondescript military jack et and gray riding breeches of the Italian militia, which had a tiny red stripe down the sides. But the air of splendor which once surrounded the blacksmith’s son who rose to become the world’s first dictator was gone. His body, which had been manhandled many times, was covered with grime. He wore high black boots but there was no lustre left in their polish. Civilians spat on the bodies. Oc casionally someone would break from the crowd and run across them, making sure that he tramp ed on II Duce. * The story leading up to Musso lini’s capture and execution was told to me by a partisan leader whose battle name is "Eduardo.” He commanded Italian patriots south of the Po river. “I had heard Mussolini had been arrested and taken to a villa near Dongo,” he said. "I was in com mand of 2,000 men in Milan prov ince and none of us wanted Mus solini to be freed or to escape to Switzerland so I sent ten men with CUl UU4UC1 tu ‘‘Mussolini was in a cottage on a hill outside Dongo with his mis tress. When he saw the Italian officers coming toward him he thought they had-come to free him and he threw arms happily around the woman. “When he was told that he was going to be tried he was shocked. But our men under an officer gave them both a trial and condemned them to death. “When he heard the death sen tence Mussolini cried: “ ‘Let me save my life and I will give you an empire’!” “However, the trial committee —from the 52nd Garibaldi brigade and an officer from the Milan par tisan command — continued their plans for the execution almost im mediately. “Mussolini and Petacci were shot together at the cottage. “When the soldiers Were about to shoot, Mussolini cried ‘No! No!’ Those were his last words. “He did not wear a blindfold. “The jury some hours later ex amined the other Fascists and my men shot them all together in the Dongo town square. Among them was the brother of Mistress Petac ci. When they were led out to be shot, Petacci tried to escape but he was shot down. “These men died well. Musso lini died badly.” Among the men-shot with Mus solini were Alessandro Pavolino; Francesco Barraco; Paolo Zer bino; Fernando Mezzasojna; Rug gero Romano; Augusto Liverani; Goffredo Coppola; Paolo Porta; Luigi Gatti; Ernesto Daquanno; Mario Nudi; and Nicola Bombacci. “Eduardo” said that the last words uttered by Pavolini, former Fascist party secretary, were: “Viva l’ltalia.” Barraco, one of the Fascist leaders during the German occu pation of Rome, wore a gold medal, and his last request to the execution squad was “do not hit the medal.” “Eduardo,” concluding his story, said: “All bodies, including those of Mussolini and his mistress, were loaded into a large closed van, a moving van, and brought to Milan late Saturday night. On the way the truck was repeatedly halted by partisan road blocks. “The driver had to show his doc. uments repeatedly. It was raining and after a while the documents became so wet they could hardly be read. One group of partisans thought my men were Fascists trying to steal Mussolini’s body. T i,y ,linet* my men up against a wall for over an hour and threat ened to shoot them. However, they finally were allowed to continue and arrived in Milan.” --;-V-. swift is the swiftest bird. It has a cruising speed of 75 'miles an hour, and a top speed of 100 miles an hour. I U. S. Legislators View Nazi Horror Camp Senators and representatives are pictured at Buchenwalde, the former ‘Nazi concentration camp, listening as a former prisoner tells of victims hung on hooks and beaten to death with a club. They are (1. to r.): Jtep. Ewing Thomason (obscured), o£ Texas; Rep. James W. Moot, Oregon; Sen. C. Way land Brooks, Illinois; Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska; Sen. Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky; an uniden tified soldier; Rep. Dewev Short, Missouri, and Reo. John M. Vorys, Ohio. Sigpal Corps photo. « , (International Soundphoto) ■ ■ ■ 1 ■ 1 . ” " 1— I Your War- With Ernie Pyle ' OKINAWA—(by Navy radio) .— There is one very small marine who is as nice as he can be, always smiling and making some crack. But the boys say that in battle he doesn’t give a damn for anything. The first afternoon I joined his company he didn’t know who I was and as we passed, he said very respectfully, “Good evening, Col onel.” I had to chuckle to myself. Later he mentioned it and we laughed about it and then he started calling me Ernie. He was Corp. Charles Bradshaw of (526 S. Holmes Ave.,) Indiana polis. He is only 19 but on his third campaign in the Pacific. He’s had three pieces of shrapnel in him at various times and months later they would work out through the skin. Another one is just about to come out his finger now. In the marines Corporal Brad shaw is called “Brady” for short. Before joining the marines he worked on a section gang for the Pennsylvania railroad. He usually wears one of those wide-brimmed green cloth hats instead of the regulation marine cap. He always carries a .45 and It has a slightly curved 25-cent piece imbedded in the handle. As he says, "to make it worth something.” Brady found two huge photograph albums in a cave. The albums are full of snapshots of Japanese girls and Chinese girls and young Japs in uniform and of family poses. He treasured it as though it webe full of people he knew. He studied it for hours and hopes to take it home with him. “Anything for a sou venir,” could be the motto of the marines. Another Indianapolis marine I met on Okinawa was Pfc. Dallas Rhude of (1437 E. Raymond St.) who used to be a newspaperman himself. In fact he worked on our paper there, The Indianapolis Times. He started carrying the Times when he was eight, then got into the edi torial room as a copy boy and kept that job till he joined the marines. He is a replacement; in other words he is in the pool that fills up the gaps made by casualties. But since there have been very few cas ualties he hasn’t replaced anybody yet. Dallas spent 22 months in Pana ma, was home for a little while and now has been over here for four months. He says this Okinawa climate sure beats Panama. Marines may be killers, but they are also just as sentimental as anybody else. There is one pleasant boy in our company that I had talked with but didn’t have any little incident to write about him, so didn’t put his name down. The morning I left the company and was saying good bye all around, I could sense that he wanted to tell me something, so I hung around until it came out. It was about his daughter. This Marine was Corp. Roberl Kingan of (2430 Talbot Ave.) Cuy ahoga Falls, O. He has been s marine for 13 months and over here 11 months. His daughter was borr about six weeks ago. Naturally he has never seen her, but he’s hac a letter from her! It was a V letter written in e childish scrawl and said: “Hello Daddy, I am Karen Louise. I was born Feb. 25 at four minutes afte; nine. I weigh five pounds and eigh ounces. Your daughter, Karen.” And then there was a PS on the bottom which said: ‘Postmaster— Please rush. Mj Daddy doesn’t know I am here.” Bob didn’t know whether it was actually his wife or his mother in-law who wrote the letter. He thinks maybe it as his mother in-law—Mrs. A. H. Morgan—since it had her return address on it. So I put that down and then ask ed Bob what his mother-in-law’: first name was. He looked off inti space for a moment, and the: started laughing. ‘I don’t know what her first nami is,” he said, “I always just callei her Mrs. Morgan!” Today and Tomorrow By WALTER LPTMANN SAN FRANCISCO. M. Molotov has made it plain that he has come to San Francisco on serious business. Some who were at the Crimean conference had the impression that Stalin thought the Dumbarton Oaks plan was important chiefly because Roosevelt wanted it, and that, hav ing fortified itself by a veto, the Soviet Union could go along with Roosevelt in order to make it eas ier for him to maintain the per sonal relationship of the Big Three which had proved so successful in waging wai. The fact that M. Molotov had not originally intend ed to come to San Francisco seem ed to support this impression. But after President Roosevelt’s death, and possibly even before, the Kremlin must have come to the conclusion that Soviet rela tions with the western powers could no longer be the personal relations of three men. So, instead of standing aloof from this confer ence, M. Molotov has shown that he believes the vital interests of his country are very much involved. * • * He left no doubt about this at the first meeting of the steering committee, whi > is to organize the meeting; he confirmed it at his press conference and in his pyblic address. He began by ob jecting to the usual arrangement by which the permanent chairman is the chief delegate of the country in which the international confer ence takes place. He asked, in stead that the office of chairman be filled not by one man, namely, Mr. Stettinius, but by a group of four men, one from each of the sponsor nations, who would act as a corporate body. In Soviet con stitutional practice, such a' group chairmanship is known, I believe, as a presidium. The details of M. Molotov’s proposal are not known to me as I write this dispatch, but I am told that he asked that the chairmanship of all the com mittees should also be vested in a presidium. , . This is a most interesting, and unexpected, development. What ever the settlement,, it shows how intense and how practical is M. Molotov’s interest in the work of the conference. The objection to making Mr. Stettinius the sole permanent chairman is, of course, not a personal matter at all. Nor is it a matter of jealousy and na tional prestige: the Soviets have a very clear idea of how great is the power in our political life of the chairman of a national convention, or of a presiding officer like the Speaker of the House, and they mean to share that power over the work of the conference. • • • They are. of course, quite right in thinking that in our practice the chairman of a convention or a committee is not a mere neutral presiding officer adrrtinistering parliamentary rules. He can ex ercise great influence over the con duct of the business itself: that is why the choice of the chairman is always regarded as very im portant, and in national conven tions and in Congress has been the occasion for many hard-fought political battles. So, when M. Molotov made an issue of the chairmanship, he showed that he is here for serious work and that he means to be in on the ground floor from the beginning. • • * His press conference made it no less clear that the Soviet Union is inside the conference and means to stay inside. On the Polish ques tion, which was the main subject of his interview with the press, M. Molotov dispelled any notion that he was going to let the conference break up over it. On the contrary, he appeared to say that the con ference would not be stalled be cause the Soviets insisted on seat ing the unreconstructed Warsaw government, but that, in recon structing that government, he ex pected the Soviet interpretation of the Yalta decision, rather than that adopted by the British and American Ambassadors in Moscow, to prevail. It would be very useful indeed if the full story of what has hap pened about the Polish govern ment since Yalta could be made known. For it is quite clear that ( the trouble has not been a matter ' of the Anglo-Americans adhering to the Yalta agreement and tho 1 Soviets reneging on it. There have been two interpretations, a patent 1 misunderstanding, and almost cer- 3 tainly on both sides some consid- ' erable pressure to force the inter pretation against the spirit of the Yalta agreement. Stalin had Mol otov appear to have had the Red generals and some Red isolation ists to think about, and the Brit ish and Americans have been un rde-r severe pressure from interests of various kinds, which wish tc prevent the Soviets from extend ing their influence in eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Mid dle East. * * * is little doubt that M. Molotov s active and detailed in terest in the conference arises out of two dominating purposes. One! is to reinforce the guarantie against a renewal of German ag gression, and the other is to se to it that the world organizatio: does not set up a new cordon sani taire against the Soviet Union. I: lis mind, and I would say in an: objective mind in any country these two purposes are compk mentary. For if German aggression is t De ended forever, the United Na lions must renounce any notio that they are setting up an organ ization here to police the Sovie Union. To police the Soviet Unio: they would have to restore Gei many, first as a buffer and the: as a spearhead. The Soviets ar deeply aware of this, and at th bottom of all Soviet policy, o all Soviet suspicion, there is th powerful interests in the wester determination to counteract th world which, thought they do no avow it openly, have this purpos in mind. Copyright, 1945, New York Tribun Inc. -V- • CHICKEN THIEVES RALEIGH, April 29^—UP)—A wav of chicken stealing has broken ou in North Carolina, according to C F. Parrish, director of extensio poultry work at N. ‘C. State Col lege. As many as five or six theft of chickens along one short stretcl of road have been reported, Par rish said. He said that operator, ire apparently spotting large flock of chickens during the day ani then stealing them at night. -V EGG SHORTAGE SEEN RALEIGH, April 29— UP)—C. F Parrish, director of extension poul ;ry work at N. C. State College oday called attention to the smal lumber of early pullets being rais ;d this spring and predicted tha in egg shortage may follow. -V MORE PEANUT OIL' RALEIGH, April 29—UP)—Nortl Carolina peanut growers are prac icing seed treatment on a mucl arger scale this year than eve: lefore in an effort to supply oi Eor the war effort, say count; [gents in reports to the State Cof ege Extension Service. PRE-WAR PRICE LEVELS DOUBTED WASHINGTON, April 29- UP) — Senator Thomas (D-Okla) today expressed doubt "that anyone now living will ever see a return to prewar price levels.” Contending in an interview that prices can be controlled by the volume of money and credit, Thomas said he did not believe the end of this war would see. a repetition of the credit contraction which followed world war one. “We could not do it and carry the government debt,” he declar ed. The Oklahoman said that as best anyone can judge r^ow the post war Federal budget will have to be at least $20,000,000,000 annual ly. "Interest on our war debt, costs of veterans’ care and other neces sary expenses will require a bud get in that neighborhood even if there is no increase in the gen eral expenses of running govern ment dpartments,” he continued. "That budget and the govern ment debt structure cannot be maintained except by maintaining a high level of prices.” -V BUT WAR BONDS AND STAMPS , Ti l l I * * * .". r r . ... ,. Visit Onr Store For * t! Quality X ■ > JEWELRY and GIFTS + : B. CURB, Jeweler i ;' 264 N Front St $ ■11 ii hi.».iH'»W'*****m**h MOTHERS DAY SUNDAY, MAY 13TR GIVE HER YOUR PRESENT LIKENESS ADAMS STUDIO 211 N. 2nd Dial 6318 r Y A LION would make ab uncom fortable bedfellow, and 180 would thoughts of re ■ gret that you didn’t take out adequate automobile insurance before the accident. INSURE NOW, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE • r — I NOTICE I AD Persons Owing Back Taxes are warned ii immediate I payment or satisfactory arrangements are not made prop* ■ erty will be sold to satisfy all tax claims plus cost and I interest. No further notice will be given. B i jv Back Tax Department 1 City and County Tax Office .1 GLASSES REPAIRED LENSES REPLACED cJhe Optical Shop In die Jewel Box 109 N. FRONT ST. Bring Us Tour Motor for Repairs ALL WORK GUARANTEED B & E Electric Motor Repair Co. 230 N. Water St. Phone 2-0122 G. F. Wulff — Harry I. Everett A ii—.— Ti »he Jewel Box GIFT SHOP ^■(Vilmlnrton’i Only Dowmtaira Store I Headqnartera For ■ FINE GIFTS S Come In and Make Tour B Selections! ■ Located Downstairs ■ THE JEWEL BOX S 109 North Front St rWHAT PART OF TWO MILLION DOLLArT' CAN YOU USE PROFITABLY TO FINANCE YOUR HONE? The CAROLINA has this amount to lend immediately Get the facts^before you borrow. h The Three Million Dolls* Carolina Building and Loan Assn, "Member Federal Home Loan Bank" W. A. FONVIELLE. Sec.-Treas. Itoger Moore, Pres. W. D. Jones, Asst. See.-Tfeu Murray G. James, V.-Pres. J. O. Carr, Atty. NOTICE BEER & WINE DEALERS Beer and Wine license expire April 30th, 1945. Before new license can be issued it Is necessary to file application with the undersigned. 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IF YOU EXPECT TO USE COAL S It Is Imperative That You Register Your Requirements With Your Dealer , The supply of coal during the next 12 months will not be ade quate to provide you with as much as you normally burn. ’ Therefore, the Solid Fuels Administration for War has issued t instructions prohibiting us from deliverng coal to any con 1 sumer unless the consumer files with his dealer a— 1 _ i Consumer Declaration 1 | 5 Your coal dealer is now supplied with the necessary form for filing this jj ■ Declaration. The Declaration requires you to state, among other things, ; the number of rooms to be heated, your normal coal requirements, and the amount of coal, you are ordering. ■» . i———— i ‘ Place Your Declaration and Order Now! 1 Only unless you place your Declaration and your order for coal with your dealer is he i required to deliver any coal to you. ’ If you place your order and your Consumer Declaration with your dealer before May 15, he is permitted to deliver you before Octo ber 1, 50% of your normal annual require- . merits if you are ready, willing, and able to take delivery of any usuable solid fuel on terms agreeable to you and the dealer. Generally a dealer is prohibited from de livering, and the consumer is prohibited from receiving, during the period April , 1945 to March 31, 1945, more than 80c: ot the consumer’s normal annual requirements. , Your coal dealer recognizes the probabilities of unforseen dif ficulties arising in carrying out these regulations. He, there fore, asks you to learn the facts—how they apply to you and how they apply to him. Your cooperation is essential. t ■ You Must Go To the Office of Your | I Dealer To File Your Declaration | WILMINGTON COAL MERCHANTS Becker Builders Supply Co. North-Smith Coal Co. Independent Ice Co. Bose Ice and Coal Co. McKee Ice and Coal Co. Springer Coal Co., Inc * » 1872 1945 Wilmington Lodge No. 319. A. F. & A. M. A SPECIAL COMMUNICATION of this Lodge will be holden (THIS) MONDAY, APRIL 30th at 7:30 P. M. for the purpose of conferring the Sublime De gree of Master Mason. All members are urged and all qualified Master Masons are cordially Invited to attend. By Order of the Master. Louis V. Swann, P. M„ Secretary.
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