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r F0RECAST | * 4 v gtfit ♦ rr w ^M m. 1——I ifitlmtniitmt fuiTnmuj f^tar 31s; £nf"~7S.—NO. 195. —---*---• ^----- WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1945 ESTABLISHED 1861 Chinese Now Pressing On Ningpo City MAKE 17-MILE gain 14th Air Force Has Big gest Day In Over Month CHUNGKING, June 26.—(U.R>— Chinese forces, in a new 17-mile advance along the East China coast, have reached the port of Linhai (Taichow) only 70 miles south of the Hangchow bay metro polis of Ningpo, a Chinese com munique revealed tonight. The Chinese battling rear guards for Linhai as the main enemy coastal force continued to jail back on the Ningpo-Hangchow Shanghai defense triangle around the bay, the communique disclos ed. The new advance covered 17 miles in four days from Hwangyen. The Chinese apparently had crossed the Taichow river on the Korth bank of which Linhai lies. More than 800 miles to the Southwest, two new Chinese col umns forced Liuchow’s river de fenses on the North and Northwest and left the Japanese garrison of that Kwangsi province air base city with only one road and one railway of escape to the North Cdol A Chinese High Command com munique revealed that six col umns were now pressing on Liu chow following crossings of the Liu river three miles Northwest of the city and the Tributary Yueng nine miles North of it. In the Yueng crossing the Chinese captured Tapuchen and cut the highway leading due north from Liuchow to Changteh in Hun an Province, leaving the Liuchow garrison of around 1,000 men on the road and rail route to Kweilin. A second column advancing on the city from the North reached the western suburbs of Liucheng, 10 miles above Liuchow, where it was engaging light enemy forces. Liucheng lies mostly on the east ern bank of the Liu and the river apparently had not been crossed at that point. Another Chinese column was ad vancing on Liuchow from the West via the Iishan Railroad while two columns were now driving in eche lon on the city from the South and Southwest. The latter forces were attacking the main Liuchow air field three miles Southwest of the city limits. The U. S. 14th Air Force had its biggest day in a month across China’s skies, destroying or dam aging 65 Japanese locomotives and 90 river craft in the course of operations extending from Kalgan North of the great wall to Samshui in extreme South China. _v_ INGUSH mss TEA TO HEAR CHURCHILL LONDON, June 26—(U.R)—“We are living very largely on the bounty of the United States, who are lend ing us an enormous sum of money without interest and in the shape of goods and food we need,” Prime Minister Winston Churchill said to day in an election speech at Hud dersfield. “We have to get out of that Position," he continued, “because i am sure you will feel with me that we do not want to be de pendent upon anyone—not even on our best friends and comrades. We want to stand on our own feet and be able to look anyone in the face.” Sixty thousand Huddersfieldians *oo probably would have insisted On having their tea during an air naid missed it for Churchill be ' cause he was late. One even missed bis tea to heckle. When Churchill asked the country to trust his government, the Heck ler retorted “We can’t.” At Leeds tonight Churchill said that the Big Three powers were now masters in Europe and that they would meet next month in Berlin. "They have only to agree to make a better Europe,” he said. v_ WEATHER (Eastern Standard Time) <B U. S. Weather Bureau) TEMPERATURE 1;30 a. m. 7o- 7:30 a. m 71; 1:30 p. m. \,7:20 p. m. 84. Maximum 91; Minimum 67; Mean <9: Normal 78. , HUMIDITY 1-0 a. m. 81; 7:30 a. m. 71; 1:30 p. m. 7:30 p. m. 69. PRECIPITATION Total lor 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m.— inches. Total since the first of the month— *t-70 inches. TIDES for today (From the Tide Tables published bj u- S. Coast and Geodedtc Survey) High Low Wilmington _ 1103a.m. 6:13a.m 11:33p.m. 6:00p.m ”a*onboro Inlet _ 8:44a.m. 2:58a.m 9:15p.m. 2:51p.m Sunrise 5:02; Sunset 7:27; Moonrisi Moonset 6:31a. POLISH CABINET CALLED ILLEGAL Exile Government In Lon don Condemns Action At Moscow Penley LONDON, June 26.— (U.R) —The London Polish Government as serted today in a message to the United Nations that the new Pol ish “Government ot National Unity ’ formed by agreement at Moscow is illegal and charged that the Crimea Conference had deprieved the Polish nation of its freedom to decide its own fate. The government of Premier Tomasz Arciszewski said it would “hand over its authority solely to a government which has been formed on free Polish soil and which reflects the will of the peo ple as expressed in free elec tions.” It asserted that free elec tions would be possible in Poland only when Red Army troops are withdrawn from Polish soil. Britain and the United States have not yet formally recognized the new Polish Government as formed at Moscow. But significant of their attitude toward the Lon don Polish Government, which they have recognized up to now, was the statement of a British Foreign Office commentator. He said it was “most unlikely” that a new ambassador will be appointed to the London Polish Government to replace Sir Owen O Malley, who has been assigned to Portugal. A message issued by the London Polish Government tonight ac knowledged the prospect of a with drawal of recognition by those governments presently maintain ing diplomatic relations with the Arciszewski regime. It said that even when powers cease to recognize the London government “it will not cease to be lawful government of Poland . . . it is the lawful government not because it is recognized by other powers but because it ex presses the will of the Polish peo ple ...” Text of the Arciszewski Govern ment’s statement was released through its Polish Telegraph Agency. It was delivered to the United Nations governments, in cluding the United States and Great Britain, yesterday. The London PoBawp-ZsPhsPP The London PoPlish Government insisted that it and 16 Polish un derground leaders recently ar rested by the Russians and tried in Moscow were the only groups qualified to represent Poland un til “genuinely free elections are held ” “Despite Poland’s enormous sacrifice, the three great powers at Yalta took decisions pertaining to the territorial integrity of the Po lish state, and deprived the Polish nation of its free will to decide its own fate, its own form of govern ment, and its relations with foreign states,” the statement said. It charged that “contrary to a declaration solemnly signed by the United Nations...A committee com posed of the foreign minister of the country that has annexed near ly half of the whole territory of Poland, and the Ambassadors of Great Britain and the United States has been authorized to sanction the v’seurio-government imposed on the Polish nation.” Despite the feelings of the Lon don Poles. Moscow dispatches dis closed that preparations for setting up a new Polish administration were proceeding apace. -V Jaycees Seek Record Waste Paoer Tonnage Cy Johnson, chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce scrap paper drive announced last night that the Jaycees were out to break the 100,000 pound mark in their paper drive sla+ed for July 8. With headquarters at the YMCA, Publicity Chairman J. M. Simmons announced that the club would try to exceed their previous high of 96,000. Other drives in the past have variously netted, 57, 82 and 84 thousand pounds of the vital war material. Truman Greeted By Stettinius President Truman( left), arriving in San Francisco for the final session of the United Nations conference, is greeted at nearby Hamil ton Field by Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (right). The Presi dent flew in from Portland, Ore., and was given a great ovation at the airport by conference delegates. (AP Wirephoto) Coast Guard Officers Praise Local Auxiliary WLB TAKES STEPS TO HALT STRIKE Glass Workers Represen tatives Called To Hear ing Thursday BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The War Labor Board took steps yesterday to end one of nearly a score of strikes responsible for idleness of 86,000 persons through, out the nation. Representatives of 15,000 CIO Glass workers on strike in 11 cities were called to a hearing in Wash ington Thursday to tell why the six-day stoppage had not ended. The strike was over contract ne gotiations with the Pitsburgh Plate Glass Company and the Libbey Owens-Ford Glass company, cen tering on the closed shop and wage demands. Previous WLB orders to return to work have gone unheeded. Cities wnere the glass stnKe is in progress are Toledo, O., Mt. Vernon, O., Rossford, O., Ford Ci ty, Pa., Tarentum, Pa., Otawa, 111., Clarksburg, W. Va. Charles ton W. Va., Henrieta Okla., Shreveport, La., and Festus, Mos. Thousands remained away from war plant jobs in Detroit but a threat that the figure there might mount dissolved when the CIO tabled a proposal to call a strike of maintenance men in a juris dictional struggle with the AFL. While the general strike did not materialize, current walkouts of maintenance workers spread to the Ford Motor Company and shoved the number of Detroit idle beyond the 50,000 mark. In the Ford maintenance dispute 8,0b0 were idle at the Rouge Plant, 481 at Highland Park, 221 at Willow Run. In the rolling mills dispute at Ford’s Rouge Plant 400 re mained idle but 1,000 were back at work. The controversy involving main tenance workers accounted for 38, 347 of Detroit’s idle, including 22, 000 at Packard Motor Car company. Other strikes included 7,500 at Budd Wheel Company, 975 at Stinson Air craft, 700 at five lumber com (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) Capt. Chester Jones Main Speaker At Shield Presentation Members of Cape Fear division of the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary heard Capt. Chester H. Jones, National Director of the service branch express his appreciation and the thanks of Admiral R. R. Wasesche, Coast Guard command ant. for the fine and willing spirit in which members had volunteer ed for emergency service last night at Hansons lodge in Bruns wick county. As a mark of the Coast Guard’s recognition of the work of the local unit, he present ed them with the Coast Guard Se curity Shield of Honor. The recognition is accorded to all local units of the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve who have con tributed beyond the ordinary re quirements of duty to safeguard ing the vital port installations of the United States and of upholding at all times firm vigilance against any enemy sabotage or espionage. Terming the local units the "sinking fund of the Coast Gurad,” he said that the situation was des parate at the time that local peo ple took care of the situation in their areas. “There were no major (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) T7 STORM JOURNEYS TO NEW ENGLAND New York City Girds For Heavy Rains In Wake Of Blow NEW YORK, June 26— UP!—Show ers will hit New York City tonight in the wake of a tropical storm which skirted the town on 30 to 40 mile-an-hour winds this after moon, the Weather Bureau said. The storm, traveling about 22 miles an hour in a Northeasterly direction, may hit the extreme Southeast end of Massachusetts with 35 to 40 mile an hour winds, according to Benjamin Parry, Me teorologist in charge of the U. S. Weather Bureau. Parry said winds, which rose to a 38 mile an hour intensity at 4 p.m. in New York, had diminished to 20 miles an hour by 5:30 p.m. The temperatures dropped to 72 degrees, about 20 degrees lower than at the same time yesterday. The storm center was about 150 miles South of Nantucket Island, Mass., and was moving about 25 miles an hour, attended by gales up to 60 to 70 miles per hour, within 100 miles of the center, a storm warning from Washington said. Storm warnings were displayed from Cape Charles, Va., to At lantic City until 6 p.m. (EWT). Small craft warnings were posted from Atlantic City to Block Island and Northeast storm warnings from Block Island to Portsmouth, N. H. WARNINGS HOISTED ALONG NEW ENGLAND COAST BOSTON, June 26. —CU.R)— Storm warnings were .hoisted along coast (Continued on Page Two; Col 6) Real Estate Men Urge General Rent Increase In a statement issued by the Wil mington Real Estate board yester day, William M. Hill, president, called for a general increase in rents in the Wilmington area. Mr. Hill averred that the move was the only means by which property owners in this section who have' been discriminated against under the rent control act may receive justice. The move is in line with action taken by the National Association of Real Estate Boards, of which the Wilmington organization is a member, in asking Congress to allow a general rental increase throughout the nation. “While typical family income has gone up 44 per cent over the level of 1942, rentals are exactly the same,” said Mr. Hill. “Most of the 8,000,000 property owners who own the small properties in rent controlled areas depend for a large share of their income on the rental from the house they have rented out. These people are unorganized and cannot speak for themselves. They are the landlords of 69.4 per cent of all American tenants, yet their gross income from rents is less than $30 per month each. Out of this they pay a large part of the costs of education, health and safe ty of all the people. “Since 1939, food has gone up 44.8 per cent; clothing 41 per cent; house furnishings 39.2 per cent; weekly wages 75.2 per cent build I (Continued on Page Two; Col 6) b President Lauds Parley Work By Fifty Nations; Oil Refineries Damaged _w -x. 23 More Jap Ships Blown Up In Raids LANDINGS PREDICTED Tokyo Reports Allied Fleet Threatens Eastern Borneo (By United Press) Allied Air Power battered Japan for the 21st consecutive day Tuesday when B-29’s hit a large oil refinery on Honshu and other Warplanes sank or damaged 23 more enemy ves sels. Japan predicted new American landings in the North ern Ryukyus, reported an in vasion in the Moluccas and said an Allied fleet still threatened Eastern Borneo. Less than 50 B-29’s struck the Utsube oil refinery near Yokkai cha, southwest of Nagoya, in the second B-29 raid within 14 hours. The assault ran to 11 the number of enemy industrial targets pin pointed with bombs in the on£ two aerial punch. Tokyo said Amami and Kikai islands, 180 miles South of Kyushu, had been chosen as the next ob jective for America’s drive on Japan. The enemy speculated that more “stepping-stone” bases would be required before the ‘‘cer tain’ U. S.’ invasion of the home islands. Japan’s powerful Totitariarv Party voiced the first open criti cism of Premier Kantaro Suzuki’s home defense policies while other Tokyo broadcasts told of a land ing on Ternate island off Halma hera in the Moluccas and said an 80-ship invasion Armada threaten ed Balikpapan on Eastern Borneo. On Okinawa slow mopping up operations proceeded while the conquered island rapidly develop ed into a formidable base. An additional 802 Japanese prisoners boosted enemy losses to 111,531— 101,852 k'lled and 9,498 captured. Small enemy air raids were re ported again but no damage was caused and the Japanese lost 12 planes. American troops on Luzon drove from both ends of the Cagayan Valley and the liquidation of the last enemy stronghold in the Philip pines “is approaching” Gen Douglas MacArthur announced. The U. S. forces were within 20 miles of a junction. Japanese in the valley were be ing swept from the main road into the hills on both sides under the relethless U. S. advantage. MacArthur also reported heavy air strikes against Borneo and the Celebes but made no reference to Balikpapan. Tokyo insisted that the Allied armada off the coast had landed supplies there but that there had been no troop landings The Japanese did not explain how cargo could be moved ashore be fore an invasion began. Ternate Island off the Western coast of Halmahera 750 miles east of Borneo, was invaded by 300 troops, Tokyo said. There was no Allied confirmation. The island is seven miles long and about three miles wide. Chinese troops expanding their hold on the East China coast in preparation for possible Allied landings, advanced 17 miles North, ward and reached the Port of Linhai (Taichow). -V Two More Divisions Coming Home To U. S. PARIS, June 26—(U.R)— Two more divisions—the 28th Infantry and the 10th Armored—are scheduled to leave for the United States some time in July, it was announced to day. The 28th is due to arrive at Camp Pittsburgh in the Rheims Assem bly Area Command July 5 and the 10th arrives at Camp Oklahoma City, July 8, bringing to 13 the number of divisons to be coming home. The announcement did not say whether the two divisions would be sent to the Pacific eventually. Other developments in the rede ployment schedule included: The 4th Division, now assembled at Le Havre, will embark for the United States July 1; the 44th, at Camp Pittsburgh, is preparing to move to the Le Havre staging area for embarkation July 3; the 87th, moving from Camp Oklahoma City to Le Havre, to leave June 28. Highlights Of Truman Speech At Conference SAN FRANCISCO, June 26. —(U.R)—Highlights of President Truman’s address to the clos ing session of the United Na tions Security Conference: You assembled in San Fran cisco nine weeks ago with the high hope and confidence of peace-loving people the world over. Their confidence in you has been justified. Their hope for your success has been fulfilled. It was the hope of such a Charter that helped sustain the courage of stricken peo ple through the darkest days of the war. For it is a declara tion of great faith by the na tions of the earth—faith that war is not inevitable; faith that peace can be maintained. If we had had this Charter a few years ago—and above all, the will to use it—millions now dead would be alive. If we should falter in the future in our will to use it, millions now living will surely die. This Charter, like our own Constitution, will be expanded and improved as time goes on. We have tested the principle of cooperation in this war and have found that it works. Unit ed strength forced Germany to surrender. United strength will force Japan to surrender. You have created a great in strument for peace and se curity and human progress in the world. The world must now use it. If we fail to use it, we shall betray all those who have died in order that we might meet here in free dom and safety to create it. Out of this conflict have come powerful military na tions, now fully trained and equipped for war. But they have no right to dominate the world. It is rather the duty of these powerful nations to as sume the responsibility for leadership toward a world of peace. There is a time for making plans—and there is a time for action. The time for action is now. Let. us, therefore, each in his own nation and accord ing to its own way, seek im mediate approval of this Char ter—and make it a living thing. I shall send this Charter to the United States Senate at once. I am sure that the over whelming sentiment of the people of my country and their representatives in the Senate is in favor of immediate rati fication. With this Charter the world can begin to look forward to the time when all worthy human beings may be permit ted to live decently as free people. Health Engineers Toss OPA Men From Cooler FEPC BILL RISES IRE OF MEMBERS Keefe Of Wisconsin Ac cuses Democrats Of ‘Un holy Alliance” WASHINGTON, June 26. — (U.R) — Tempers flared on the House floor today as Rep. Frank B. Keefe, R., Wis., accused Democrats of trying to kill the controversial Fair Em ployment Practices Committee. Chairman Mary T. Norton, D., N. J., of the House Labor Committee, sponsor of a bill to create a per manent FEPC, said Keefe had shown there was “an unholy al liance between the Appropriation Committee and the Rules Com mittee” to keep an FEPC ap pmnriation bill off he floor. The debate stemmed from a dispute over the intent of a res solution approved by the Ap propriations committee—whether a recommendation to give FEPC $125,000 for the coming fiscal year was designed to keep it alive or to provide funds for its liquidation. FEPC will die July 1 unless money is appropriated before then. Appropriations Committee Chair man Clarence Cannon, D., Mo., said his g'-oup favored PEPC and intended that the money be used to keep it alive for three months, pending further Congressional ac tion. Keefe than read the resolution, emphasizing language that the money was provided for the “ter mination” of the agency. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 8) Claims Investigators Were Operating Without City Cards POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., June 26. —(/P)—The right of OPA investiga tors to handle foods in private re frigerated lockers without benefit of health cards is headed for a showdown in Missouri. Claude Murray, city health en gineer here, ordered two investiga tors out of a frozen food locker establishment today with a warning that they “Might get a chance to inspect the city jail if they at tempt to re-enter the plant with out health certificates.” The two men, Marcus H. Solo mon and Douglas Cox, ceased their inspections pending arrival tomor row of W. Francis Murrell, OPA food inforcement attorney at St. Louis. Murray tonignt quoted Murrell as saying “I’ll be down there myself at 10 o’clock in the morning to go into the lockers.” Earlier Murrell said he had not decided whether he would advise the men to obtain health cards or whether he would seek a court or der in their behalf. Police Chief Will Sims said the men will be arrested immediately if they attempt to handle the foods without health papers. The investigators had opened three or four packages of meat, Murray said, were handling &>d weighing it piece by piece when he ordered them out of the plant with the explanation that both city and state laws forbid such opera tions without health certificates. “Every employe in the locker es tablishment who handles the foods, including a 12-year-old boy, is re (Continued on Page Three; Col. 7) Mountains, Deserts Fail To Halt Lonely Pup PARKIN, Ark., June 26.—(U.R)— Bosco, a small Spitz-toy Collie dog, was back among his loved ones today, still weak from the ravages of an amazing 2300-mile long trek from California to Knoxville, Tenn , in seven months. Bosco’s owners—Mrs. S. C. Flan igan and her three children— related the story of their pet’s de votion for the first time today Most details were missing, but they knew that the two-year-old dog had somehow crossed the Rocky Moun tains, the Great Plains and the Mississippi River to return to his home in Knoxville. His story began last June when Bosco was shipped to Glendale, Calif., to visit his young master, | Paul Flanigan, 17. Mrs. Flanigan I and the two other children—Carl, 13, and Patricia, 8—followed their pet, but he arrived- in California before tnem. When they called at the express office to pick up the dog they found a big hole gnawed in the top of his crate. Bosco was gone. A fran tic search followed, ads were run in the paper, a reward was of fered—but Bosco could not be found. After a month’s search, the sad family gave up hope and returned to Knoxville, and to a new address. Mrs. Flanigan rode past her former home in March and there, sitting on the steps, was a dirty, sooty skeleton of a dog, so weak (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) f Official Is Cheered By Delegates SPEECH ENDS PARLEY Chief Executive Says Con ference Produced Fine Instrument BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO, June 26. — (U.R) —President Truman’s private plane took off from San Francisco tonight at 6:24 o’clock for an unannounced stop-over enroute to his home town, Independence, Mo. SAN FRANCISCO, June 26— (/P)—United Nations statesmen signed today the Charter of a New World Organization and President Truman closed one of the great assemblies of his tory with an assurance that “you have created a great in strument for peace.” “The world must now use it!” Mr. Truman said. Addressing the final plenary ses sion of the United Nations Confer ence, the Chief Executive appealed to delegates of 50 nations to make the Charter “a living thing,” to seek its immediate ratification. He promised: “I shall send this Charter to the United States Senate at once. I am sure that the overwhelming sentiment of the people of my country and of their representa tives in the Senate is in favor of immediate ratification.” Mr. Truman was given a ^ ,j'.g ovation. He smiled and, extending his arms outward, declared, “oh, what a great day this can be in history.” Facing him as he spoke were the men and women who met here two months and a day ago to draft a master plan for peace. Behind him was a bright blue background, with the flags of all the United Na tions silhouetted against it, inter spersed between four austere, golden columns. Overhead a brilliant chandelier, looking like a splash of molten silver, tried futilely to compete with even more brilliant floodlights. Speaking with a trace of Missouri tang, Mr. Truman told dignitaries gathered from the world over they had justified the confidence and hope of peace-loving people. Secretary of State Stettinius in troduced Mr. Truman by saying simply, “fellow delegates, the President of the United States.” As Mr. Truman spoke there were frequent outbursts of applause. Members of the Army, Navy and. the Marine services, including Wacs, Waves and Spars, stood at rigid attention in a semicircle be hind the President. “With this Charter,” the Presi dent said, “the world can begin to look forward to the time when all worthy human beings may be permitted to live decently as free people. . . . “If we should falter in the fu (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) -v___ TAFT PREDICTS OPA BILL AGREEMENT WASHINGTON, June 26 — (U.R) — Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., said tonight that Senate-House con ferees may reach agreement by tomorrow afternoon on a bill to extend the Office of Price Admin istration for another year. The conferees recessed until to morrow morning without acting on any of the numerous amendments approved by the House and Senate. They spent the day in closed sessions with War Mobilization Di rector Fred M. Vinson, Economic Stabilization Director William H. Davis and incoming Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson. Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott, R., Mich., told reporters that Vinson and Davis discussed particularly a House Amendment to set up the Secretary of Agriculture as a virtual food czar with final veto power over food regulations of other agencies. Congressional sources believed the administration would accept that amendment but would fight all other restrictions on OPA Amendments in the House and Sen ate versions would make OPA prices subject to court review, guarantee farm processors a pro fit, and force separate consider** tion of beef, lamb and pork pricej, %
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