GreatPowersReady for Nazi Collapse, Churchill Declares Polish Décision Not Basis Of W ar, Commons Is Told Londt n, F( h. '27.- (ΛΡ) I '·" îtlC M ' Il 1 - · ( ·)· ( Il I I II t'IaiVtl fodilV !!;:· ι·'! · ;,< powers were π inpli'tcly pripand l'or t lie collapse ol' ( Îrrniany, a -rrt i'<: the |)!·"|>·ι.<«·ιΙ I '< ! I i -: : frontier would "not sow the sinls ol' luture wars," and j^;i\. hi.·, ριτ soiial assurant'" of liiiss a'.; fjootl faith in plans for peace. I he lir 11.· ι » ■ i< t tanal· d a v« !i · I < ntκ!'ίγ·" ; ( " ■ ru ins ο" ('ri■:,l ι ρ' in.· !■ ·Γ a |h-i ol'ul rid. ( · ! I : ι ' " ί L' : ! : ; ] r* ■ ι · il ly this'.: who had en : i'·:," (I the !' li-àt dt'ci .·' Il s. It'· pr 'tu ii lir.iftii· and effective ■ '('11 ; In ' 1 ■ ill' 111 1, II . \ ( .1(1 in,·) by Germany . Π ιί ! y - ; 11, ■ ι ·1 ! ■: ■ I'm· gen erations to enta?," and called on Ger many ,i.;am |·ι ai : endi ··. ( I iK hill s.iid tin· I nitrd Sialics uiiuld plav ,i "vitally im pi rtant part in a new, far stronger world s('Mirit.\ Iraioi'·." ν, hie Ii will mit shrink from establishing its «ill avails', tli" evil duel '' In lore:· of arms. Ci.vintt ;i rst pa' a a- util by ι n,. ,.r ' a- ι incipa!.-. a! tat " iri"n II a (': nl'i ··<■·, ···.», · · termed •!a ι i!'m ■ · a I'u', iali Μ11 nia rv "'the : aire a ; >11 whit·':ι can : c ir idf la ; ·. :····, raiina ii s." Marshal sa ,';t) aiven ' ■! ■' ■ >-t -iilemn dcrlarrtio that Pt land's sovereignty ; 11.111 κ ·.: a· ndcncf v.· ni i bp in. in tanird," I·.· -aid. a",I ''.·.. drcis on Ins now been joined in both by Great Fir.' in and th · Γ· ?·*1 St it·.·:.' Dr. Meadows' Audit StiH Before Court. (./· ·' ι ' < . !·'· L'7. (. \ ί V !» - ft .· \ 'ïit' r Fraia. !'. Wall, ..I Κ.ί leisjh. e »\ t· ι ed 1 < >day ai ·,< ·li t ; ΊI . »1 lia1 π< 'i ι: in (.ne o! I u .1 m:,,nur;in du. ! ι b« >!;> int : · (I- ici i i in I lie trial ο I >r. I. Ί: Ιί. Μ ι r{; )\v -, ; nncr pre.· I it "it " y\ ( ' ■ ! Τ· \Ι<·:!. I>; C 1 i( il I 1 »":·.!'· i with l*m i»( /:/U ment and ! a!a,· \π !ens;·. Il·· ' ί : ί I it"' disallow ι singl,» item ι:, menu.» l>i «»k one, but said that one Λ.νι item had hoc « η;. r<-d through CP or. I Il.cl I ldc< I ! I! hi. ; 11 I ( AC" fl ! ! OMIS w ( ■ ι, ' three 11 · t a 1 i î ι - ·. · I .· which he said Meadows t* I ; ι i : ! · d had 'be.m pa d in cash to the late F. (î. Flannagan in' ! < >'i ν cars o! ceo m t, a 1 k r.ed ly used aî the ci'lna·. Kl"\ en th. τ • I< ί '■ !:»!·*fI S.'î.lîdi). Ά Ilieli allegedly bad : <·, Il paid t- Ί. W. C'laik for paving at the . (>1 le_a 'J h defense pre.·1 ·»!( d check tu').·; in an ο Γ l"t l't to h.i up Meadows' ι ( ι·< nis. 1 -ocal ι · tcrcst in t Ik* I r a I had du indled considerably, and atti-nd ance -ot'lurthan c" rt attache.·, lau yei and newspaper mer. · :i«-d toda\ from six t. > 121. Attack laicnn Convoy. I., ndon, Feb. i?7. (AIM ! ί Λ F Ci astal Càmma:·! aircraft, c· ii-nii iii;' their x ilî.i I against enemy hip ping in th(> Skagerrak, allai■ .· d a et nvoy of nine cargo vessels S indav nieht and prabably destroyed a! I a t three. 20 Die In Klast. Paris, Feb. 26.—(AP)—The French news agency repeated tonight that a munitions dump explosion "in West ern France" had killed persons and injured 3Π. ίι ..aid spark.- from a truck caused the blast. May Win New Post Λ". ' .ιηΓ> Minister (il the Navy, A ' ' 1 Te: s. ire ( above), i.- tnen I;>··!· "1 ci:s;;:itch( s Ir< 11 1 lue is A ; "■ - s line of the men who may ] t i n t ' head a tu w « ·ν: η- ; •· · · !'· .t η : : ι y be I. irmecl - ·,η. ( π <ί'\ .-itivo c:rck·.· belie ·. e. h<-w any rati: al change in the r, -, en I mn t \v;ii î uni.I the I;··" Amerii· C'niil'i renee ha.- been concluded. ( (International.) jrt, r therry Asks Fcjf Passage Hospital Act ( aulionr>, However, Against Menace To leather Pay Plan Raleigh, Feb. i~.—( \P)— R«?c ■ iniiii iniim; lavorahlc action on the "general |)iim ip!( >" ol lin ing hospital nit medical can· : ill which hit the legislature Ι' ΙΜ' ·γ li t i l··lit. (iovernor < ί (".r> tcdav. iit a message to .joint session ol tin* (icnerai i^stmhly. eauti'in· I that "notli II· should !>e (fon·· that might in any way .jciipanli/c the pay erait (if emergency 1 alary in i ' i'.is[':i to teach; rs and State < niploy r ΐ ί ι lit . *! A-mi Ί y In.· been • I·;· . .!ik·· Wit!» I e ■ ι in UM'st ; I! in 1 ! ι ·ι·- Ill it have bel. re yuii. In.' y« .. have «ivei : · "Jar r n.-.iii rati π I11 financial . t<> tii · η·· k«..: · it · s' le i . . r ami ·. ; 11 π .ι I >n lanced I ·::·.' ; id tii·.· U"vt mur. "Thai i.s , t ■ . .·. \ ai ha . ι· m · 11 c il I ■ »i isl.v l'ii • , ,1 In .a ill r m. eut ·· ·|" lldi ι lur ΐ!ιι» ι a- · ί ; ί'ΐι ilium : :ι ι ; ι h ·ι : ι J e 11 ι ι · Π vellU.es ι like j κ ra h I. i 111 · ι. 11 au 1 b iness, and 1 heartily commend you! \·ι ,n ι* ι ii' ί i ι ι ' i lv I ι 111 a i ι il .ι ι ii • a ].' ii'eipU·." hi atliled. ! ni ■ m a- sa ι,ci the siat" budget is substantially balanced at this f 11 ii ι ; In approaching hi, rec'inimvii il.ilintis lor favorable action on the hospital care Ml'. In- called U '· II1 i I Ml to tin· contingent ap prcpriation lor ciiierKcneiis, teachers' salaries ami lor State employ es. I;i arriving ;;t niv conclusion. il lui- uppermost in my mind that 1 liai! d<> nothing; t > break faith ι' ■ ι tln'sr faithful public servants, ι .itcrially increase the ci ntingcn alfei t ; 111 » tliis appropriation, fi r their benetit," lu· said. Trend Lower For Cotton New York, Feb. 27. 'AIM Cot ton lutures opened unchanged to 2.> ''eut-, a bale higher. Noon prices were lu cents a bale lower to 2~> cents higher. March 22.11, May 22.(14, July 21.73. Pv. Close Opeh March 22.08 22.118 May 22.U4 22.07 July 21.75 21.77 October 21.11 21.16 December 21.03 21.08 WEATHER FOR ΝΟΚΊΊΙ ( ΛΗΟΙ.ΙΝΛ. Kain and colder north and west: showers and mild south east portion today, followed by rain and eolder tonight. Wed nesday continued cold. with rain over south and west por tions. Watches Land in ^ ! nod t ι the WitMK'itlar·. w.iu· ·· Ma:in<· assault troops hit the beach at Iwo Jirna. The Navy Secretary, accompanici the 11.1 ! ι :, ■ ' ;:ic ''inphibion force le; i;,.· .■· ,t tlie pi· ncipal island r>: ' : s■;ιη. > Kroup less than 750 miles from Tokyo. Marine Corps photo. (International Sound photo). Scviets Are Danois; And Gdynia Will Be S.ohucd By Russian Drives I.o:::lon. I .·>». ;T. — (AIM — Kusshin troops. in a breakthro ugh in romcrania. have reached Buhli!/. only ÎS miles from the Baltic roast between l)an/.in and St '(tin, the German high com mand said today. Ί ; : ! ι ,. i ι η ■ ■ ■ I Γ rut t ins off Gdynia and Danzig, also thrust to Rumroclsb rg, farther east, 3(5 miles Γ i'.;iIII ■. the broadcast bul letin a·1 led. (icniKiii broadcast reports of hea\\ tank battles all alinm the <- S'cissc rivers. faciiiK Ber lin. suggested that the veteran first While itussian and first I kraine aimies. meanwhile, ν, ere u'jnpins: off in a linal of fensi\e for li e K'iih. r; :· ι ; κ . dared In what wa sector. L; f|lll', nil'· report ed I'm.·- la. que s: •is.se i Id -ev le-rlm, but i.c ■ :epi'Iled. iii, however, of nit this ν,la 1 ι el commnni te.-i in weeks, a:1! ii m in Kasl I 1'ri' iau. el Coupled Mi'.ii reports of light ing at Berlin's approaches was a (jerm..:i announcement that the Kilv.ians h.i;l drixen to within ί.'! miles ol Mettin in the north, ronterani.ii' c.ipital and Bailie P".i!. at the mouth ol the Oder. By (bin,a: sian and m ■: '1 y forces War : ; ··,:!_· line extending ir · the c hier, till ί !■· lin, sonthwai.1 :·. : ··· (.! oer I i tz, Si a - : . ι mile.- ( ast ol lia de ()iie mile ga η in I capture of I i ve '· e ι i ι ' announced in the S 1 f)lie, winch said : h . on both sides ol Km death during the day 2,DUO Ciernians. Η ι is— irmored ai a lOO-inile Κ .estrin, elaimc i Manila today the ca; ital til restored civil government in the 1 Philippines, even as rifle fire against the last Japanese die-hards echoed over the war-ravaged city. While he spoke at a moving cere mony at a shell-scarred Malacanan palace, his soldiers, in a new island invasion 70 miles south ol Man la, pried open the shortest sea route through which to rush supplies from the United States and revive the stricken city. More than 15,000 ol the enemy have been killed within Manila, and today MacArthur reported an in complete count of 3,056 dead on t'orregis'or at the entrance ol the bay. The Verdi Island invasion, effect cd such surprise, headquarters re ported. that 1111 ! j ρ s went .i-iim'i· with practically no .loss." The small Νipponel the tadpole shaped C'orregidoi, 903 rd regiment paratroopers have reached a small prewar airstrip, leaving a little over a m le of the island's four-mile length to be reconquered. Explosions continued to rock the i-lan s interior as Japanese died by their own hands in its tunnels rather than surrender. More than ten miles southeast of Manila, the sixth and first cavalry divisions ran into stiff enemy resis tance, but earlier threw back three counter attacks. Americans In Outer Defenses Of Cologne; Fail tîf ïwo Jima Near, Marine General Asserts Half (H iwc ïs Now Held By Oar Units Southern Airciromc Already In Use By Small Yank Planes I . S. I'acifi. Fleet Headquar ter.-·., (Juam, lYb. 27.— (ΛΡ) — ( 'apture of i u ■> .] ima "in a few more days" was predicted to day by Lt. den. Holland M. < 11 ο w 1 i 11 f- Mad) Smith after his Marines won a critically impor tant liil! in t!i<' central plateau during a l<>t>-yard advance through the heavit t fire of the bitter earn laijni. \s \niei i<·.·!i i;l iiic-. flow from Inn's main airfield lui· the lirsl tilt:··. 1 in· (up .tla'ine ( ommander in ili(. Pacific ί newsmen (hat beav\ linhtii]urin<- ccmniandcr reporte:! tl:e Vaults were "be coming more battle wise and cas ualties are relatively smaller ci'di da v." M Γ>. hr ο·. inr s third 1 a r i ι i < . η the ' Ί'1 r ■■ ι! 1 he A ; ι : ι il' all '1 a ί ' ' i 11 re, ι a [J red Mil! 3J,;» ia-1 a I ι.! tira central airlicld, fi.r a a a lit a ■ ν 11 linpliant as .· i« il'i eenl as lia· ι a her sci/.Ulv «if Ml. Suribaelii a' t: a- south tip 'd tile little island. Legislature May Stay To Greet Spring !' V I Y \ \ M S IS I T Dailv iiispatrh Bureau IIf .uii, I·· ·. 27. As I.,.· !!»!·'· General Λ·. <· ιi11 y move·.·. ;vt !l .ut·» it- ninth wick. .vilh major iiir.inee and regulatory bills yet to be con sidered, all hooes of adjournment before March 15 have been abandon·· I'd by most <>: the leader.-. Λ lew pessimist!!· ub.-t rvers think .-ine die adjournment a ly not come belore the last day- i>: March. One Kabigh newspaper man, not assigned to loi: slaiice coverage ο familiar with procedure, has pasted a ten dollar !>··t that the General Assembly wll be in session to y reel arrival ot Spring on the 22nd. The tinanee committee completed its work on the major revenue act last Tluirsday, but the bill *\iv.not be reported to the House until it . printe i. Although it was given AA I priority at the print shop, Tuesday or Wednesday ..ere lixed as earliest possible date- for delivery. House leaders hope t<> avoid necessity <·! going into o't nittee of the whale to consider and are pointing to adoption without serious contest on any provisions Kven so it will take .-i\ day . three in each branch, to enact it. The insurance tax bill will loi! . ■.·. and that also '...II require si\ day Most optimi-tic members 11 χ Wed nesday of next week as earliest pos sible date for tinal pasasge o! thai measure, and the pessimist tlnnk it will be Kr; y or Saturday. The joint education comm.ittei is working hard to report out the bill setting tip ei'.;ht education distrais as required by trie 1!H4 con.stituti 'li ai amendment, and committee chair man hopt it will not be torn U> ! pieces and pas.-ed back and forw ard between the house and senate by ί amendments transferring counties. I However, recalling experiences with congressional and senatorial dis j tricts, some members do not share ] the optimism of the education com mitteemen. Controversy on that bill I with probable necessity for confer | ence committees may prolong the session two or three days. ! Other ve: y important matter.-, I such as election of trustees ot the . "v Creak University, disposi;. ·η tin I:<|u«>i" referendum, mid handling of tin' medical school bill, will not : r,τ ..o ily take much time.·. Λ hiR.. iy eoiitruversial question is involved In proposed, reorganization ol ti.e Slate Board of Contrlo for mental hospitals, there being open conllVi between the medical profession : hi.· mess management groups 1 ■ > r : ! >it ·! ι i;i i\v. Λ similar eonfliet in t'.e public school field resulted la-' week in committee approval lor the controller idea, which was a distnict vicliay for the business man lac tion. One of the principal I'aeto's af tecting adjournment will be attitude of the presiding officers toward purely local legislation. Then· are known to be more than a hundrel local bills written but no! vet in troduced. despite urging to get them in early. It takes as much 1 : ; η e to enact a bill authorizing a three cents tax levy in Podunk township a- to enact the overall revenue bill. Λ I flock of locals calling for tax levies, thus requiring six days for passage ' on roll call vote, will necessitate much longer sessions of the house and senate, thus leaving less tune for committee hearings Presiding offi cers have steered clear of predic (Continued on Page Two.) 'ϋ 7 · Army In 4 Miles Ruhr Basin Thin German Lines Splitting At Seam; Breakthrough Made l' tl is I cli ·'*.— ι,ΜΊ—Λιιι «•liran links ind truck-riding 11) I -ι 1111" \ tiiiikc through German defense·. in the Khinr valley ci>mplciel\ luii.iv in ι racing cig ht - mile advance into Konig shoven 15 miles southwest of Dusseldorl and a ban· mil·· from the l ist river. l'an.-. Ici». 27. ( Λ I' I Ki r -1 army tanks Inn·.-, into the out lying 'it'll π-1 ni ( ' lojjne today as lica\y arti11·■r shi-lled the îireat cathedral ciiy. while just 'o the north, tin ninth army advanced nearly four miles t > vit h in five of the factory packi il I ν u ! 11" lia.· in. ' 'anai!ian to 1 he nort h ad vaiu-.'d 11 vi m : l>·.·. ' ajit urine· t he s! rati y :c road center of I 'edom, a ι'd ri ached'out er del euses of t he. llochvald deteiise lines yuard iiiK northwest corner of the Kulir, k > than fifteen miles away. I Λ ( ι1 η. ( i ι . S. Pat t.· >n's mighty third army captured high I ground overlooking the Kyll river, moved t o within a nil ο of stratégie i..itriuu?g., <ι ά ■·■ ' ·' "i1 ino Inwns to the Κ île J.s ah :ι χ a 30-mile front, , ii i i.i'< N"d two riiii' > u'.'« per t >wa» d 11κ· middle Rhine ηη<ί ( '< >l.)Vn/. Mi .ilonc the '!()'/ mil·* assault fronl from ί mmrrirh, on th«* Jo** ι ι Khine, to t î ι » · now solid bridgehead across (h< Saar river, s'\ mi 1rs rust of > rhuru. the tbii?l\ spread (ierman defenses were splitting at the seams. Spnke'-nwn for both the ninth wnd third armies expressed the belief tl'at rlea»ieiit break throughs li.'d been achieved. ι m ι* em-nary ·· ·· ·· ι · · 1 ■ °Πι< t til since D-Day approached 5)30,1)00, and yet only .1 fraction ol General Eisenhow • ■ 7!) ki ■ , ι : · η.-, had hoe1 " . ■ " n; ι Til· 1 ι * * .... ι ' hatt le of an nihilation iu clear all Germany west ports hours behind the last pace ii.'·' ; ·. I i.'. (Jen. ( m I t - ii. Hodges' men were looking at . ci ci.nr.vv .ι i ; re.-, ten and l! m.le- cilu ad ic ninth army captured six ι.-, including Venrath, five miles Muenchen Gladbach, western ■ ι ; > - ι 'in· Ιίιι'ι.. Ί 1 c place i ί niles from Dusseldorf, adminis . eenti r ··! tin- Rulr'. and only ι..Ii■ : : un Xi ii -, which lies : · 1 Dusseldorf. .ιι r ι c irneri I·> m 22 miles 1.1 Duisburg, world's ai lc ■ 1 t.Iet which m 1942 cradled . German war 27 Prisoners Arc At Lar^e in Area Of West (Carolina Whitticr. lcli. — ι.MM — louiteen Ions term prisoners cs c.iped last niulit from a Stale prison camp near Inn· near the (.irai Smok> Mountains Nation al I'ark. The II who drilled their way In freedom through the hriek wall ol their cell block made a total ol' i'i Slate prisoners l>e ίηκ si.uyht in .in evtensive man h ii ii t in ilie mountain area of tile stale. Sinula\ niurlit II escaped from a camp at < raRfi\. near \slir ville. hut one was recaptured yesterday. Some Stocks Range Higher New Υ :Ί".. Feb. 27. (ΛΡ)—As d sorted stocks reached for recoveries ο 1 in today's market, although many leaders -till lacked rising color. Ί "Favored were Genera! Motors, e Sears Roebuck and American Dis tilling. Occasional losers included is u. S. Steel and Great Northern* ' Numerous issues were unchange^. YANKS TAKE JAPS TO OWN LI^ES iâe, ,W· * <"» *·*■·«■ :'·$ . -i. COVERED BY YANK SOLDIERS' riili (i.'i Japu'ip. '.' officers uxu1 men march through American lines to safetj in .. tl.e Sa;.!» 'foinus internment camp in Manila. The Japs held 2im Λ: λ: : . Ιι '· ;es in the c; P, and made a deal for a safe conduct in ομ Ιιιο.'.γ f< r thcte Amti .can lives. The negotiations were carried ο .t by Krn< ,-t Stanley, a mission ary. who is shown in white shirt at right, (international Huundpltoto) Japs Heavy Losers From Attacks Made By Carrier Planes 7.33 Enemy Flancs Destroyed, Damaged Near Hachijo Jima ! S. I'acilir licet Headquar ters, Guam, Ici». '7.— (ΛΡ) — ( ai rier an ; , al t c»i Vice \dmiral Mark Λ. Mitseher's ior; rs heav ily dam.tied I wo Japanese air craft factories, destroyed or damaged plane-. and sank live -mi!! enemy vessels in strikes ai the Japanese capital in liaehi.jo Jrma 1 7 f> miles to the siiiiiis. Sinuia.N and Mondas ι ci ι ions, the - aie planes anc il.· to two o: lllliîs W: ι : it he action, Ad •1 ,\/ a;ni·» .t: -t i downed plane ( I : ; · ; · t ; ί 11 c > ί tin ; : " . . . : · · ■ ·· )0 t«> 1 .(>()(). Primary targets ot the Tokyo strike were the Nakajima air cr.i it p'ants a' Ota, 50 miles northwest of I'okyo. and Kai /.umi. time miles .l'Aav, I'he Ota plant ha> heen Τ"> percent de stroyed as a result of this at tack. In the B-'ίΜ raids. Νunit/, reported, fifteen percent of the remainder was damaged. Λ lota] >: enemy planes wort des:rover 1. 37 - ιΊ !ι m tiie <ι r ;mc 75 da ; ; .. _icd s ink o·· ,;.· —;ed. Tw·· train u ere destroyed . : ι lia· Toky.» area Tiie two aircal't lactones con stante an extremely i·ι,i><.>rtaiit par Japan's airp! me indnsti v. Am the da nage ut tered should be : severe blow to Nipponese productive capacity. Work-Fight Bill Plods Toward Vote W'a.-h ington. Feb. -7. ι ΛΡ) - I manpower i >i I ! alnn ! «"body u ml bounced abo. t ιti rough waters t> 'day a.- tin Sen.Jc -leered an errat course toward the ' rst of a serif of votes on its provisions. C'rit.ri/.ed !>y Senator Georg Denioerat, Georgia, as a "weal feeble gesture" toward war .job col trills, the mea> ire i> tip for a >eioti day ο debate that may extend in1 next week. George told a reporter he doesn think the bill- put together by tv military affairs eo:i. n:ttee as a sul I >t.tate for the House bill—amoun to much. 'Old Glory' Returns ί y.■ A BRAViNG THE FIRE of Jap snipers, paratroopers Pic. Clj'de I. Bates, ni K\ ansville, Wise., and T/5 I'rank (.}. Arrige, of East Chicago, Ind., c-1 iη.t» the highest pole left intact on Cnr rrr.idor to raise the American flag over the historic bastion. U. S. Sig nal Corps photo. {international)