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VOL. 78.—NO. 190._ _ WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1945 ESTABLISHED 1867
Rejuvenated
Delegations
Attack Task
NEW HARMONY EXISTS
Conference Members As
sured Of Freedom Of Dis
cussion Before Council
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8—CU.R)—
The United Nations Conference re
juvenated by new harmony among
| Big Five, was reassured to
‘iL that its members would have
freedom of discussion before the
Lposed World Security Council
'veil though the major powers will
insist upon the right to veto any
real action on disputes.
The long-awaited Big Five inter
pretation o f the Yalta voting for
mula was presented to the confer
ence today, less than a day after
the Russian delegation, at the be
hes* of Premier Josef Stalin, had
yielded on the veto controversy
which had deadlocked conference
progress for a week. The “break”
itt conference officials off on a
pew rush for adjournment with
June 16th tentatively as the ad
journment date. But there was
considerable doubt that the parley
could be completed by then.
Russia had insisted that even the
discussion stage of disputes be sub
ject to the veto power which the
Big Five as permanent council
members would possess But
Stalin- at the request of U. S. of
ficials. instructed the Soviet dele
gation to yield in the interests of
unanimity to the other powers’
view that the veto should begin
with the second, or investigative
siage of disputes.
ims lie W uiiamiiiitj w*'
toughest problem that had faced
the Conference was highlighted in
the memorandum presented to a
sub-committee of the committee on
structures and procedures of the
Security Council Commission.
It emphasized principally the
right of a permanent member of
the council to veto virtually all de
cisions or actions of the council.
But of greater interest to the
smaller nations --which have a
general fear of the veto power—
was its guarantee of the freedom
of hearing and discussion of dis
putes.
Only the four sponsoring govern
ments—the United States, Russia,
Britain and China—submitted the
statement. But France, which did
not participate in the Yalta or
Dumbarton Oaks conferences, an
nounced that she had associated
herself “completely with this state
ment.”
Settlement of the veto issue in
jected new life into the conference
of 50 united nations almost, immed
iately. Lethargic from the inability
to progress toward completion et
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IT
IMS CHEST PLANS
ANNUAL HEARINGS
Decision was reached at a meet
ing of the Budget committee of the
Wilmington Community War Chest
yesterday afternoon to conduct an
nual hearings on the 1946 budget of
the Chest and member agencies,
according to L. D. Latta, chairman
of the committee. These hearings
"ill get underway immediately af
ter July 1.
Routine matters involving minor
adjustments for certain agencies,
occupied the major portion o£ the
meeting time, Mr. Latta said.
Estimates of probable income
and expenses are now being pre
pared by the various agencies to
he presented for approval fo their
respective boards of directors be
fore the end of June.
, The audit of all agency accounts
>s also under way, Mr. Latta said,
and is being conducted by the
three leading firms of public ac
countants in Wilmington.
Following meetings between the
representatives of the various
agencies and the sub-committee
p the Budget committee assigned
‘o those agencies, which will take
Place during June and July, bud
Re‘» will be reviewed by the com
mittee as a whole during the
month of August. It is expected
pat final recommendations regard
P? the 1946 budgets will be ready
p present to the Community War
est board of directors by Sep
tember 1.
WEATHER
J>sterday’s temperatures:
73, Low 66.
Temperature
e.,„ 68; 7:3C am, 69; 1:30 pm, 71:
pm, 72.
Minimum 66; Mean 72;
Humidity
7 v, am- 700; 7:30 am, 91; 1:30 pm, 100;
•"l Pm, 39.
T„,., , Precipitation
O.Oo '-he 24 hours ending 7:30 pm,
Oar dl ,sillce the first of the month,
Jr inches.
Ij. Tides For Today
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boast and Geodetic Survey)
Or:, High LOW
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9.36p 3:57p
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Admitting that Okinawa had been reduced to an isolated island, the Japanese radio warned its
people of imminent invasion of the homeland island s, while Gen. of the Army MacArthur stated that in
vasion was inevitable. The map (left, above) shows distances from Okinawa to key “targets-for-tomor
row,” while map at right shows the last vital moves in the bloody campaign for Okinawa itself: (1)
the new landing of Marines that attacked Naha airfield, and (2) clearance of the eastern coast.
(International)
U. S. Circuit Court Of Appeals
Upholds FDR In Ruling Ward Case
N. Y. E )N
INC! PROAR
Judge Goldstein, Demo
crat, Is Nominated By
Republicans
NEW YORK. June 8 — (Ji — The
naming of a Democrat as the Re
publicans’ candidate for mayor o!
New York city today produced a
political uproar that gave promise
of resulting in a three-way free
for all fight.
These were the principal develop
ments a few hours after the city’s
five Republican leaders endorsed
Judge Jonah H. Goldstein, Demo
crat, to head their city ticket:
1. Newbold Morris, named by the
Republicans for renomination as
City Council president, turned it
down and said he was willing to
make a primary, fight against
Goldstein on a “good government’’
ticket.
2. Samuel Seabury, leader of
three successful fusion campaigns
for Mayor F. H. La Guardia, said
neither Goldstein nor Brooklyn dis
trict Attorney William O'Dwyer
the Democratic leaders’ choice for
mayor, was “worthy of support.”
Seabury declared:
‘I think there is a sufficient re
generative force in the community
to form some party which will
nominate worthy candidates upon
which it can make a successful
appeal to the people of the city o!
New York.”
Morris had fusion support when
he was elected four years ago and
almost certainly would get? tho
party’s for the higher office unless
La Guardia, now completing his
third term, changed his mind and
sought re-election.
Referring to his endorsement by
the republican leaders, Morris said:
“I made no effort to obtain any
nomination Everyone knew my
first choice was la' Guardia. I
never gave up hoping he would run
and I haven’t yet given up that
hope.”
Morris said the Goldstein slate
would become known as the "yellow
dog ticket.” Seabury said it meant
that “we now have two tammany
hall tickets in the field.” Informed
of Morris’ withdrawal. Goldstein
said: "It will mean the selection
of a far superior candidate.”
In naming Goldstein and Morris,
as well as endorsing controller
Joseph D. McGoldrick for reelect
ion, the Republican chairmen
specified they must “not accept the
nomination or support of the Com
munist-controlled American labor
party.”
The state chairman of the ALP
is Sidney Hillman, who also heads
the CIO political action committee.
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CHICAGO, June 8 —(U.R)— The
U. S. Circuit Court of appeals ruled
today that Montgomery Ward and
Co. is an essential industry and
that the late President Roosevelt
acted legally under the war powers
conderred upon him when he order
ed the Army to seize certain of
the mail order firm’s properties.
By a vote of 2 to 1 the judges
overruled the decision of Federal
District Judge Philip Sullivan who
had held last January that the seiz
ure was illegal and that "the gov
ernment be given the relief it
sought.”
“Considering the nature of the
act (The War Labor Disputes Act),
its purposes and the background
therefore.” the judges said, ‘we
conclude that... wre must and do
hold that the act applies to Ward's.
"We would go further and say
that the thousands of boys and
girls who gather waste paper are
engaged in production work within
the meaning of this statute. Also
the thousands of bond salesmen and
women engaged in selling United
States War Bonds...
'Any other conclusion would
ignore the entire congressional plan
for the conduct of this war, which
includes participation, scarifices
and contributions by all citizens.”
The judges said that in all its
applications for priority, Wards ‘‘re
lied upon the fact that its goods
were to be used in vital war areas.
‘‘It is hardly consistent for
Ward’s to deny it was engaged in
production after securing priorities
on the bases of the fact that its
‘merchandise is to be shipped di
rectly from hte producer to men
engaged in local defense plants’
and a demand for ‘merchandise in
various types of repair shops in a
community which is a bital defense
area.’”
Wards refusal to abide by the
directives of the War Labor Board
threatened to have a ‘catasthroph
ic effect” on the war effort, the
judges said.
‘‘Possible interruption of product
ion by any group of seventy thous
and employes is serious.” they de
clared. ‘‘It matters not whether this
group is actually engaged im mak
ing articles needful in the war or
in distributing such articles among
those engaged in essential war in
dustry.”
The majority opion was written
Otto Kerner. Judge William M.
Sparks filed a dissenting opion. It
was only four limes long and cited
no laws or decisions.
Attorneys for the company were
expected to appeal to the U. S.
Supreme Court. Sewell Avery,
chairman of Wards’ board of di
rectors, has siad that Wards plans
to make the controversy a test case
to determine the legality of the
president’s powers of seizure.
J. Albert Woll, U. S. district at
torney expressed satisfaction with
the decision.
“We are more than pleased,”
he said. “We always felt that the
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Over 800 High Students
To Work During^ Summer
Although New Hanover County
High Shool automatically closed
for the Summer vacation only yes
terday, some 800 of the students
have already lined up jobs for the
Summer vacation period, accord
ing to a statement by school of
ficials.
Of this number, between 450 and
500 girls and boys were certified
for jobs directly by the Placement
Bureau of the school, while over
300 have found jobs for themselv
es, Superintendent of Education H.
M. Roland said. This is considered
as a reallv great record in view
of the fact that of the total en
rollment at New Hanover High
School, approximately 1100 are in
the etygible work group.
The record of some 800 job find
[ ing students is perhaps all the more
remarkable, Mr. Roland pointed
out, in view of the fact that there
are a large number of pupils whose
parents are adverse to having their
children work during vacation pe
riods, and there is also a minimun
group who do not care to work,
although they are eligible to do so
From the Placement Bureau,
which is tfirected by George Will
ard, it was learned that New Han
over county employers have come
to know that applicants for work
who are certified by the Bureau
can generally be depended upon to
do good work and stick on their
jobs, a trait that is a credit to
the student body of the school.
Speaking for the Placement
Bureau, an attache said that dur
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LUCAS CONDEMNS
TAFT AMENDMENT
Illinois Senator Says
Prof it-Assuring Would
Destroy OPA
WASHINGTON, June 8-The
Senate, in its third day of debat:
on price control extension, heard
argument today that proposed
profit-assuring amendments would
destroy OPA.
Shaking his finger at his col
leagues, Senator Lucas (D.-I1H told
them “you can kiss price control
good-bye if you adopt either the
Taft or Thomas amendments.’’
Similarly, Sen. Ellender (D.-La '
declared that if either amendment
is adopted “you had just as well
reDeal the law ”
Their arguments were echoed at
OPA where Price Adminstrator
Chester Bowles told a news con
ference that enactment of the pro
posals advanced by Senators
Thomas (D.-Akla.) and Taft (R.
Ohio.) “would mean the end of ef
fective price control and would in
evitably result in a general infla
tion.”
Thomas proposes to prohibit any
price ceiling which does not allow
a processor of agricultural pro
ducts a margin covering all costs
and a “reasonable profit.” Extend
ing much the same principle to all
manufacturers, Taft’s would re
quire that ceilings allow "not less
than the same dollar margin over
costs” that was received in 1941.
Administration leaders asserted
that they had the votes to defeat
both proposals, but elected to post
pone a showdown until next week
in the expectation that some ab
sent members will return over the
week-end.
Both Thomas and Taft disputed
the interpretations placed on their
amendments by Senate opponents
and by Bowles.
Taft contended “it is only fair
on the face of it” to allow profit
margins equal to 1941. Thomas
contended a “reasonable profit” on
processing of agricultural products
is necessary to get production. To
the argument that OPA’s present
pricing system is fair, Thomas re
torted that OPA had changed its
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Capt Murray Awarded
Congressional Medal
Within two years and nine months
after he was inducted into the
armed services, word was receiv
ed here Thursday that Capt.
Charles P. Murray, Jr., (pictures
on Page 3) had won the Congres
sional Medal of Honor, the nation’s
highest military decoration and
he thus becomes the first. Wilming
tonian to achieve that honor.
Following induction at Fort
Bragg, the 23-year-old infantry of
ficer won his OCS commission in
seven months and has served with
distinction at home and abroad
ever since.
Announcement of the award to
Capt. Murray was received over
the wires of the Associated Press
and earmarked for publication
yesterday.
Here’s how he won the
medal;
Single-handedly dispersed a
group of 200 Germans, armed
with mortars, bazookas, ma
chine guns and small arms,
and broke up a counter -attack
they had planned near Kayser
berg, France, last December
16.
With rifle fire, Captain Mur
ray, then a first lieutenant
company commander in the
30th Regiment, Third Infantry
Division, killed 20 of the Elite
SS troops, captured ten others
in fox holes and “destroyed
many others with mortar fire.
Although seriously wounded by
en enemy hand grenade, he
continued forward until the
route of the enemy was com
plete.”
News of the award was a
complete surprise to his fath
er, who lives at Castle Hayne,
and the officer’s pretty bru
nette wife, Mrs. Anniemae
King Murray, of 914 Princess
street.
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock, the Associated Press
teletypes started writing out
the advance story in their
measured, prosaic way. It took
ten minutes for all of it to c»me
through and when it was com
pleted, a Star-Newsman ripped
it off, hurried to the telephone
and called Mr. Murray, at the
Cape Fear barber shop which
he manages. *
“Mr. Murray, I’ve some good
news about your son. He’s been
awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor. I suppose
you know that’s the highest
they come,” he said.
“Well, well, that’s a mighty
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AMERICAN TANKS, INFANTRY CUT
JAP OKINA WA GARRISON; NIMITZ
PLACES ENEMY PLANE LOSS A T 67
—--* -
Hopkins Set
For Truman
Visjt Soon
GOOD NEWS HINTED
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, Diplomats In Washington
Speculate On Polish
Stalemate
WASHINGTON, June 8. — (U.R) —
Diplomatic quarters speculated to
night that Presidential Emissary
Harry L. Hopkins may be return
ing from Moscow with good news
.about the Polish stalemate — The
Big Three’s biggest diplomatic
headache.
Acting Secretary of State Joseph
C. Grew hinted that Hopkins, may
have found a kej' to the dispufs
during his 13 days of conferences
with Premier Josef Stalin and other
high Soviet officials.
The White House confidante is
not expected here before Sunday or
Monday. He will report directly -o
President Truman on his talks with
Stalin.
VJricw oaiu uiat wnui -»■
reports, he could not answer a
question regarding the status of
this government’s effort to get full
details from Moscow about the Red
Army’s arrest of 16 Polish leaders.
Britain and the United States
shelved their attempt to agree with
Russia on a broadened Polish gov
ernment nearly a month ago when
they demanded a full explanation
of the arrest. So far, the requested
information has not been received
here.
While the Polish problem top
ped Hopkins’ Agenda, it appeared
almost certain that he obtained
from Stalin approval of final ar
rangements for the Big Three
meeting. Mr. Truman, said Thurs
day that the parley will be held
in the next four days.
Hopkins also was commissioned
to talk with Stalin about several
other problems affecting American
Russian relations, including differ
ences over German and Austrian
occupation plans.
Grew told his news conference
that the Big Three and France still
were short of agreement on plans
for joint control of Austria and
that negotiations still were under
way. He declined to confirm or
deny a London report that Rus
sia differs with the other three
powers on how much of the Vienna
area is to be taken form Russian
control and placed under four-pow
er rule.
Hopkins, report to the President
will complete Mr. Truman’s effort
to lay groundwork for his first
meeting with Stalin and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill.
Former Ambassador Joseph E.
Davies, who went to Lctidon as the
President's Emissary while Hop
kins visited the Kremlin, already
has reported on his discussions with
Churchill.
200,000 Japs Isolated
By Chinese Offensive
CHUNGKING, June 8—UP)—A Chinese army spokesman said to
day that approximately 200,000 Japanese troops have been isolated in
Southeast Asia as the Chinese offensive rolled into the northern sub
urbs of the vital Kwangsi province air base city of Liuchow.
The spokesman said it was quite possible that Liuchow and
Kweilin, 90 miles to the northeast, would fall to the Chinese. Both
cities were base sits tor tne u. s.
14th Air Force, and their recapture
would aid American air power in
Southern China.
A battle for Liuchow apparently
was taking shape. The Chines 2 |
said the enemy, which has occu
pied the city for seven months, had
strongly fortified the area and con
centrated a large number of troops
there.
The route by which the Chinese
reached Liuchow’s northern ' su
burbs was not disclosed. It ap- J
peared likely, however, that the :
Chinese moved around the city f
from the south. 1
By shattering the southern link 1
in the Japanese land corridor ex- 1
tending from Korea through China 1
to French Indo-China, the Chinese
isolated Japanese troops in Burma, '
Thailand, Indo-China and Malaya.
The swelling Chinese offensive
further threatened the Japanese
forces in the stronghold of Ishan.
43 miles west of Liuchow'.
Chinese units have taken Tatang
on the Indo - China highway 21
miles southwest of Liuchow, and
appear now to be in position to
cut the Kweiyang - Kwangsi rail
road west of Liuchow. This rail
road is the main escape route for
the Japanese at Ishan.
American officers said other
Chinese forces moving against
Ishan along the railroad were
within six to 12 miles of the town
from the west.
It was disclosed that the occupa
tion of Mengshan, 75 miles east of
threatened Liuchow, did not result
from a long sweep by part of the
Chinese forces in the Liuchow area
but was carried out by local Chi
nese militia. The communications
town was lightly fortified by the
Japanese and apparently was
abandoned as part of the enemy’s
contraction plan in the south.
Northeast of the corridor battle
area Chinese formations which
opened a 105-mile stretch of the
Fukien province coast above liber
ated Foochow continued their as
saults on the town of Futing.
In that area the Chinese were
less than 10 miles from the border
of Chekiang province and were de
ployed along the coast in a pos
sible American invasion region 150
miles west of Okinawa. Futing, 55
miles below Wenchow, covers the
southern approaches to that major
Chekiang province port.
Declaring that operations in the
China theater were not divorced
from those in the Pacific, the Chi
nese spokesman said: “The
Chinese pressure against the now
liberated towns of Yungning (Nan
ning) and Foochow was related to
the general strategy of the war
and was part of the Allied plans
against the Japanese.”
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Combat Casualties
For Forces Of U. S.
Set At 1,012,049
WASHINGTON, June 8.—(A1)—
Combat casualties for the arm
ed forces during World W'ar
II rose today to 1,012,049, in
cluding 895,834 for the army in
all theaters through V-E Day.
The aggregate, an increase of
9,162 over last week’s report,
included 230,173 killed, 613,611
wounded, 57,452 missing and
110,813 taken prisoner.
The Navy accounted for 116.
215 of the total and for 3,347
of the week’s increase, reflect
ing the heavier fighting in
which the Navy has been en
gaged in the Pacific.
YANKS ADVANCING
IN CAGAYAN AREA
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Seven Miles Gained; Bgy> ;
ombong Captured;
Little Resistance
United Press War Correspondent
MANILA, Saturday, June 9.—(U.R;
—Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beig
ler’s 37th Division has hammered
seven miles deeper into the Caga
yan Valley and captured the Jap
anese headquarters city of Bayom
bong, in the enemy-held area of
northeastern Luzon, it was an
nounced today.
Bayombong, which had a pre
war population of 12,000, was taken
virtually intact by the swift Amer
ican drive. It was only recently
abandoned as Japanese headquar
ters point for defense of the Cara
ballo mountain approaches to, the
Cagayan Valley.
The Doughboys who took Bayom
bong are within sight of their next
objective, Solano, which lies two
and a half miles northeast and had
a pre - war population of 17,000.
Bayombong was the first sizeable
town taken by Beightler’s Dough
boys since they broke through Ba
lete Pass.
Thursday’s drive that overran
Bayombong accounted for two Jap
anese flame-throwing tanks, which
are believed to be the first ever en
countered in the Pacific war. One
hundred nineteen Japanese soldiers
were killed.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s Air
force continued to blast the enemy
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CHURCHILL CAN SAVE
HIM, PETAIN STATES
PARIS, June 8. —(A*)— Eighty
nine year old Marshal Philippe
Petain declared in effect today
that Prime Minister Churchill or
the British government could say
the word that would place his
whole course as head of the Vichy
State in its proper perspective and
save him from the treason charge
which he is to be tried this month.
Speaking with the force and
eloquence on which the High Court
Commissioners already have com.
mented, he told them that at the
very moment of his first meeting
with Hitler he was negotiating
with . Churchill ' a secret treaty
which guided his future actions.
Both Churchill and the British
foreign office have said no such
pact was concluded. Petain today
avoided saying that it had been,
but he told the Court Commission,
ers that he “gave instruction” for
its negotiation and that it was “be
ing negotiated” at the time he met
Hitler at Montoire.
He told the High Court Commis
sion. which is questioning him at
Montroug^ Fortress preliminary to
his trial, that he could not disclose
the details of the pact even in his
own defense unless Britain con
sented.
•"Official British quarters in
London admitted that Churchill
was in communication with Petain
at the time specified- by the Mar
shal. trying to learn anything he
could about the Vichy government,
but added that “any suggestion
that any undertaking or treaty w’as
signed is untrue.”)
Japs Say U. S. Planes
Hit Southern Kyushu
WASHINGTON, June 8.— (U.R) —
Japanese broadcasts, raising the
possibility that Adm. William F.
Halsey’s Third Fleet carrier task
forcees again were on the rampage
in .the Pacific, said that about 200
carrier - based warplanes attacked
Japanese suicide plane bases in
southern Kyushu today.
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
has not reported the Third Fleet in
action since June 3, when it com
pleted a two-day assault on the
Kyushu suicide plane bases.
The enemy broadcasts, recorded
by the FCC, said that the raiders
attacked in waves of 30 to 40
planes shortly after noon, and that
‘almost no”’ damage was done.
Kanoya air base, east of Kago
shima Bay, was among those at
tacked, the enemy^aid.
It was the third time in as many
days that Tokyo had reported
American planes over southern
Kyushu.
The enemy ‘'believed” that the
planes attacking Kyushu Wednes
day and Thursday were based on
Okinawa. A United Press Guam
dispatch said that Army Thunder
bolts based on Okinawa attacked
enemy airfields and anti - aircraft
positions on southern Kyushu
Wednesday and destroyed a Japa
dese plane with rockets as Ameri.
can search planes hit shipping
lines around Japan.
Tokyo said that on Thursday
about 40 American fighter planes
led by two B-29 Superfortresses
flew over southern Kyushu, drop
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Fanatic Air
Attacks Are
Beaten Down
COAST AREA SEIZED
jrenade-Throwing Women
Aid Enemy In Defense Of
Jaeju-Duke Platean
GUAM, Saturday, June &—(U.B—
American tanks and. Infantry,
iplitting the Japanese Okinawa
[arrison into three shrinking poc
:ets, closed in on the enemy's west
oast stronghold of Homan today
md Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an-,
rounced the Japanese lost 67 planes
n two days of fanatic air attacks
m U. S. land and sea forces.
The Japanese, using soldiers,
jailors, and grenade-throwing wo
men, battled desperately to hold
he Americans off the Yaeju-Dake
ulateau east of Itoman. Apparcnt
y, the enemy had picked the pla
;eau for his last stand on Okinawa.
Nimitz announced that Maj. Gen.
Pedro Del Valle's 1st Marine Di
vision had seized a “substantial
area of the Okinawa west coast
lorth of Itoman town and also fan
ned out 1,600 yards to the south
:o take Zawa town and occupy
;he north bank of the Mikue river
jast of Itoman.
Nimitz said that the remainder
if the enemy garrison was cut
into two parts by the seizure of
coastal areas above Itoman. Front
dispatches disclosed that a third
pocket, probably small and per
laps by now wiped out, had been
formed against the southeastern
coast by 7th Infantry troops which
seized the village of Gushichan.
The Japanese air force tried to
check the advancing troops and
cut their supply lines by “numer
ous” attacks on land and sea
forces Wednesday and Thursday
in clearing weather.
Two small ships were damaged
Wednesday—and 47 enemy air
craft were destroyed, 25 by planes
of the Tactical Air Force. The next
day, 20 more were shot down.
Nimitz said that the 10th Army
was “making slow progress”
against well-defended Japanese
position in other areas of the is
land. The strongest of these de
fenses was strung along the rocky
cliffs protecting the Yaeju-Daka
plateau, and American officials
freely predicted that the fight to
get the enemy out would be a tough
one.
The last Japanese forces have
been split in half—one portion in
the Oroku Peninsula area being
pinned between the First and Sixth
Marines; the other part in the
southern tip of the island. But the
southern area has been almost
split and the Japanese are waging
♦heir last stand from three pockets
under assault by overwhelming
American strength.
U. S. planes, artillery and naval
gunfire hammered the enemy de
fenses and the 7th Infantry Divi
sion harked out vains of several
hundred yards to the outskirts of
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GOP ECONOMY BLOCK
SCORES HOUSE COUP
WASHINGTON, June 8— GP) —
Republicans scored a major vic
tory tonight in a drive to slash
funds of war-created agencies by
cutting $17,000,000 from the 1948
fiscal year allotment for the Of
fice of War Information.
The 138 to 128 roll-call vote that
left OWI with only $18,000,000 for
its operations—unless the Senate
restores the House reduction—cli
maxed a G.O.P.-powered campaign
to withhold any funds for the Of
fice of Economic Stabilization and
the Office of Inter-American Af
fairs and to curb the allotment
of the War Relocation Authority.
The economy drive against OES,
WRA and the Office of Inter-Am
erican affairs bogged down.
All the agencies were included
in a $752,764,850 measure financ
ing fifteen war agencies for the
year starting July 1. The bill waa
passed, 251 to 2, and sent to the
Senate. Only the OWI fund was
reduced. None was increased.
No funds were provided for the
Office of §rice Administration, the
Foreign Economic Administration
or the Fair Employment Practices
Committee. The Appropriations
Committee withheld new money
for that trio of agencies because
legislation affecting all of them
is pending in Congress.
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