II. S. TANKS ARE RACING ACROSS GERMANY
FOURTH RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IS LAUNCHED
Extension Of Month
For Coal Contracts
Is Perkins' Program
I asl-Minute Appeal
By Labor Secretary
Lxpcted ihis Week
Washington, March -Mi.
(Λ I*)—Seenlary nl I,ai>or IVr
kins is expected to tr\ t·· stave
off a possible nationwide >l't
coal strike I>\ appealing ihi
week for a 'îH-day contract ex
tension.
Tne current .tgret \,t cx
pi res S ; 111. ι ' 1. ι \* ni.uhl. ;m.i 11 « ·■ *.. ι -
lions betwec . Ji'iiii I.. Lewis I ' ι. · î t · · ·
Mine Workers and bit iminous < pera
t<>rs. which March 1, h ■
st;i lied.
I.«wis deiiiaie.l lor a tin cent-,
» ton ro\alt\ is 'aid l>\ the op
erators to he a liis obstacle
Adding t>> thr ten.-,;' .-.1 i.ili Ί'
1 111 Id ι : g up as ' : :r r Ml! :.irt '. . ■.. ι . , ι -
tioii date approaches, is a strike vets
an κ ng li:t 4(i(l.(lliil : 'it mean· îrtit.
t ■ iι<·ci.: 11 1 : ι \V it··
\\ < · ild predict that ίί · ■ air:.- w · ;
vote ai tin' negative, v. ;:!·.· I.· wis ·
neg"liatιnt; .i new c m act lor them.
«•scar >. τ 1111 π. man m un·
N'ali'inal l.abnr Krlations Hoard's
lipid clixisioii. said (In- M.CIS is
all set In takp tile χ nip, neces
silalpd by I.pu is' nolicp nn 1-pb
l uar.v !!(> thai .i dispute existed
urdcr the ».ii' labor disputes
act.
S·. crel ι r\ Γι ι : ι . a ! ! h· >ιι;:', . ■ 1, ■ ·
ali' ail h or |> I . ' ι -. ,\ ι"\ μο. 1ι ; Ιιν
bo!h sides to try t< bring about a
ft>tltr.i<■ t rxteiisi in.
The ^ I ii ill ίι I i 11 n block to tliis
appeared t ι bp tlip issue ol' retro
activity. Iduaril K. lïurke, Inad
of the Southern < oal Producers
Vsi ciation. said operators are
opposed to making retroactive
am wase adjustments rcsultm·.;
Ironi a lieu contrai l.
Ill Uio past, ! : .ι -y h.. ι· "| >| ι i
such a sti']i 1·· ο him· :..<·>· ι i
pi i ο inci eases ι· .n't >e a nit' ret
ill t i \t' In ι '11111 j 1111 ■. t ' r ι ■ : any ,.·].!< :
1 ι> η II bui cli us
M illiM s, ι in tin· ■ ! : : ι ι ί . 11 ■ 1. ι -
ber what they ο nsider the loss of
a big slice of retroactive p;> ir.ry
It.· ' 11Η111 tllcy v. · : I'll* it ι ί
111 13.
CHINESE COMMUNIST
DELEGATE TO FRISCO
Chungking. March (ΛΡ)
The Chinese communist leader Tuns
I'i-wu was discln· .· 1 today a,- uni'
nl' the ten Chine .·· (It :··«..:··■ ' ' '<·
v. irlet security cnnlcri'iice at San
1' incisiM, li.; t do.i t wa ι. · -J
\\ hot her the can ran; : \v 1 : ! i !>·
sati-lied with only ma· rep· osent.ι
live. Turn: is tile f. ·: I c, π e m·:.
tative of the Chinese communists in
Chungking.
Moscow Pressure
Μ ; ι \ Force ί )uster
For Mannerlieim
■S' ■ ι 111, ι, Mari .: ._!(!. -(ΛΡ) —
The retirement of aging Field Mar
- ·, . I :i Carl . 11 Manner
!,e l'cident >f the Finmsn
.i'|i ■ is expected >hi»r:ly as the
li.-: -·<·μ i:r reorganization (it thai
c.iu:.:.,v'· government, to conform
move closely with a leftward swing
it-;! ·. v.l . 11 tiio i · ".'i ■ ! it elections.
In all b t. · χ t : ο 111 " racial circles
in K: .nil. Mitnneiheai i- generally
credited with doing an excellent job
in holding the people together dur
ing the difficult «days of the armis
'...·( : .a! : ■ j η - v. :ii Hu.-.-ia and
·,:.·· ab.-equcnt with li .i .'. ai of Fin
land from the war.
But there no denial that, as a
personi I n ation of Finland's here
:·>··,· .· ·· 4ly conservative and
;i 111 i-c< · 11111 un ι1 element.-. Manner
hoi in anything bat ρ ·;>n 1.ιr with
M&seow. He has been attacked sev
eral : ". es by the S.>·. ..·· pre.·, and
Food Probe
Is Started
By Senators
\V:i i il.;! ι. Μ, ι ; "h 12(î - ( ΛI ' ) —
St·!· ι:■ il ft .m! : >day 111 yet the
" ■ Ί1 Λ :. t ι ι·;,·, I · I 1 >|t lia
' ■ · . beginning ,!h tin· me.it <in>rt
Λ ·. p-.'ii.'iii sui»-(··ι ·!·ι··;tloc lias
bCHHi assigned to the investigation,
, ' l.t ! 1 V ····.. Ill' t S. ·■!.,· I Agn
c.ult ire Committee arranged to sit
in ' ! ι the open; 11.4 . e.--i.>·. tu hear
1 it·- ; 1!11"".· ι : ; il 1 inc.it pack
St·· i' if .Stew a I)t"' 'h' 1Ί11, Ten
in -■·!'. 111 \ lied ! hi· packers to bring
along their balanec sheets t·. prove
ι !;ι· : . ι intent mil ' in·,»· 1 ': 11111 < 11. b y
... 1 -1,1 ni'liter 1 . ·· .it .1 prul it
li!ifIfi· exi ting p. : a· ('filings.
Ί η· ϊι. ··-ι ig.it: .11 has four prin
(·,;.·. ;ιιπ 'Γ - tit ;· mint how much
food is mi h.nid : 11 tin· tlitt ion ; where
it is; what are the prospects for in
f 11 a fil 111 iiduc'. mi. and thf prob
able demand.
I.I \ I I I'.KI \KS.
Alrmphis, March '?<>.— ( \IM —
Tu ο \\ «'«-.t Tennessee entities Inst
today I heir fight against flood
waters when a privately-main
tained levee collapsed, with an
estimated 70.0(1!) acres nl rich
farm land to he inundated.
Byrnes Would Be Czar
In New Manpower Bill,
Aimed At Coal Miners
Wellington, March J(i ιΛΙ'ι
( 'inpi iiinis: ii .ui|»r>\er Ift;i>kit: >n.
viewed m some quarters as a potent
anti-strike measure aimed al 4(1(1,1100
suit coal miners, changed the vaca
tion plansetaoi shrdlu cmfwvp 'I'll
today.
i'liey were .-itmiiio ed back <o tin
capital ti begin considering tomor
row the pn duct ι l nice than two
months ot congressional give-and
take. to whkh this preamble was
added;
"Kvery individual not in the
armed forces shall have ail obliga
tion, when called upon, to serve the
nation in an activ ity essential ti the
war el'lort."
One member of tin· Senate-Il use
conference committee which diaited
the compromise, said the preamble
Was written into the bill as a direct
result of the stalemated suit ι·ο il
contract negotiate ns.
As now drawn to adjust sharp dil
ferences between the two chambers,
the manpower bill gives War Mo
bilize!· James F. Byrnes power to:
1. Fix employment ceilings lor any
plant or industry.
2. Control the hiring and job
transferring ol workers.
I'rec/e cm pl'ivcs in their j.ihs.
t. t " : 11 ! up· >m any other go crn
i i :i: . .. ·■!).■> Ill lu·J hun operate the
J »! I l.lji am.
Employers and employes' v iolating
By ι iii's' orders will fact· penalties up
I" ! y ι ·; . r: jail ..ml a line ol S111, -
0(11). I'nlike the original House bin
the i-'gislalion contains no pro. 1 ion
tor induction of lirait jge mea w!i
lease their .i··bor refuse to accept
work in violation of draft board or
ders. lint, unlike the original Senati
measure, it doesn't restrict the pen
alties to employers alor.e.
While some c >nferees inlerpretec
the preamble as merely a pious dec
laration ol policy, others contendec
privately it provides authority loi
work . ;■ i '.il directiv es.
"If Byrnes desires.'' one member ο
the conference committee said, "hi
can issue an order freezing the min
ers 111 their jobs and declaring it i:
essential to the war effort t h a t * t h e;
keep working; if they strike any
how. they would be subjected ti
lines and imprisonment il Iho gov
"ruinent wants to get tough about it.'
Only token opposition was expect
ed 111 the House.
Soviets Aim
At Hitler's
New Hideout
Moscow Says Nazis
Shifted I rc.m Italy
I ο Defend Vienna
Lomi(i).. M;irch 26.·—(ΛΙΜ
Α fourth Russian offensive lias
been launched toward Ger
many's southern mountain re
doubt, Merlin announced today,
ί and Moscow dispatches said lh<
j enemy had shifted div isions
! from Italy and the sagging
western front to defend Vienna
against a not-distant attack
Two Kussian armies already
had overrun four-l'ilths of ilun
fiar\ lii li w the Danube, anil
j their spearhead was within 36
miles of the Austrian border and
77 miles southeast of Vienna.
Γΐι_τ1::ι : . said a new as
sault I u. d rj'-fii j . ι ; 11.14 m.ilii "1 the
■ Danube ni S! ι.. 11. : a. v. hie Marshal
Ivan K>·π . I r.st Ukrainian army
^luij) ( ntima 1 <> grind 111ri 1
the Aluravi . 11 n· >unlai: s leu'lh of
Vienna.
The newest attack, described
in Berlin as an all-nut offensive.
M'as started on th" lower reaches
of the Ilron river in Slovakia at
1 a. m. Sunday, a German broad
cast said, and a bridgehead over
the Ilron was pained at Leva.
!iit\ miles northxvist of Bitda
pest, ai d .7 miles northeast o(
Komaron. on the Danube i"i\ er
itc.v to Bratislava.
ΛΙ ; ι rs 11:11 I >< >dor I Tolbrukhiii's
■ third Ukrainian ..· my linked up with
Hie seciiiirl I 'k ran,ι in army under
Mai .- liai Kodi'in Y. Maliia \ .-.ky in a
j (i: i\ ( t hat t ■ t a It » il 14 a i)')-n. : !e
1 front t h ι· a i.l'.Ii II muary with gains up
I'm Hi mill's.
Severely mauled, the Germans fell
1 κ into v. ι · ■rlil'ied defenses ι ; ι
l ! : . (Ivor an ■ ■ i ill .si" t1 j ■' .ίηΐ«·< I
j 111 I he ,-t ubi " ■ ! ki nd οι ι ppo.sit ion
j lot" ■ 11 l; lielo tiie S »\· 11 ■ t armies
j drl ng close ' I '■ ι';it islava.
! The initial phases of the fresh of
I 1 c 11 :. i \ e along ' '' -out It bank «if tie
I ) ; 111 ; 11 j <_· nor' ·.·«·.· I 1 1 I'atdapest h. d
ι ._"rriecl 2)1 ; - through the tough
liai.ι .ny ι ft \'i rte moisit ; :. ■
; i.nde · « > ·;· that ··.· to rr.i"
i wo: s-e by v. oil ;<tl\ a need ..pi in.;
: thaw.
War Plants Hit
By I . S. Bombers
In South Reich
London, Ma h -'>■ (At1)- Two
oil plants, a m factory and an ar
mored car works in southeastern
Germany w« attacked today by
,'jiitl escorted \.ia-r;can bombers as
the airmen ' 'lied back to stra
tegic targets alter a week-long
bombing prludc 1 the Rhine of
fensive.
The small to ν of heavy bomb
ers split into t\\ ι task forces over
Leipzig. One went for a synthetic
oil plant and a η ônral oil refinery
at Feitz, 20 mill · ith of Leipzig,
while the othet to Plauen, ten
miles from teh ('/ ho~lovak border
and blasted the η war factories.
Many Stocks
Are Weaker
New York. M.i. -(>.— (API —
Leading stocks eon! In >"l t·> back
track 1 radions to mo;'· !han a poinl
! in today's market, ilûio.igh real
press: re was lacking .:i most eases
Dealings, quite actiw tile start,
soon slowed. Few reeo\ e: es were 'ι
ι sight near midday. Prominent los
! ers included U. S. Steel and U. ■»
Rubber. Mild resistance was show:
by Great Northern.
OFFICER CORPS IN
WEHRMACHT OUSTEt
London. March 26 (AP)—Mos
cow radio today broadcast a state
'•nient by the free German commit
> tee there, declaring "the entire of
ficer corps of the Wehrmacht ho
been eliminated and replaced b;
• Himmli r's SS through "intrigues
dismissals, wholesale arrests, suicide
and war casualties."
U.S. PONTOON BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHINE RiVEK
ONE OF A ti^MBER of pr.ntooa bridges spanning the Rhine is pictured ' ·*'%· after U ί3 Am;ν engineers had
Constructed il to replace the railroad bridge that had collapsed at Remagen. Large numbers of men and huge
amounts of equipment are reported to be pouring across these structures as the all-out Allied'drives nain
momentum. This is an ollicial U. S. Siunul Corps photo. (International Soum:; :,oto)
Nagoya War Plants
Wrecked In Bomhing
21 si !'.··! π 1 »< r ('unmand 11. adquarters, .Mardi 26.-- ( Λ i ' ) —
Five of .Japan'.: I>jwar industry plants in Napiva were left
wrecked by Sunday's l!-2!> demolition raiils, headquarter- an
nounced today.
Manila, March 26.- (A1 ')—-I'hilippine-l>a>ed American bond)
ors wrecked the biy hydroelectric plant on Formosa l''riday in
their çontiniu (! poimdinjr of this southern bastion protecting
the Ryukyu i.- lands "oridjit ' to .Japan, headquarters reported
today.
A shift of the fir ι dismounted cavalry division from central
to southern Luzon wa. di.-closed for the first time. The Monday
communique -aid 111e\ were initiating a drive along the main
hÎKhw av s ο η I h ot Santo I otna in li'itan.u'as province. Dough
boys of the 2ô ι h anil .">2nd divisions were fighting for important
Jialate pass of northern Luzon.
Jap s Sa y A m e rica η s
La ηώinglnRyukyus
( .u n». M.m il '>!ί. — · V 1 * ι
.\lllClieull 1 I' < ΜIΡ-.. ΜΙΠ;ϋι ,Μ! Il\
an intensive Ιΐ(>:η1>;ιΐ'<!:'·ΐ"'Ί ! » «>·>ι
a iai'Ki' earTHT-liattlesliiji task
force, ai" "attempt]»!!:" landings
(ill Okinawa group in tin· Kvu
k\lis cha·" ι>ϋ!> 325 miles south
ill' !i s nslih ίιι the .lapane.c
Ipimcl. mil, Domci news agency
reported without confirmation
toil.ι v.
Vii'ia! bombardments of sev -
eral of the Ilyuk.vu islands, in
t 1 ικΙ ϊ 11 u Okinawa itself, ami ol
air bases in all of th<· southern
Japanese home islands of Kyu
shu. shikoku and Ilenshu, pre
ceded the reported landing.
Okinawa, most important <n
the Kyiikyu chain, and an ideal
base for strikes at either Japan
ii' the China coast, probahlv
\\ ι aid be the chief objective in
any amphibious operation i : ι the
central Kyukyus.
Okinawa has several airfields
and i;iiod harbors suitable lor
anchorage of large warships.
Ike Visits Pafton
Λ vir.it· ·γ 1 > 11»· frriit Iûu Ge:
I>\\i£ht I). Eisorhtnver, 1 1,1
Allied t I'mniandor. is show ι -vit
; Lt. Gen («forgo H. Pntton. m -
m;mder nt the Γ. S Third Ainiv
. they entered 1he hitter's he.i<uiu.i;
; ters in Germany. Γ. S Sien;.! Γ rp?
1 T li p..(, intenm'.n . .i
V1AJ.-GEN. RUPERTUS,
OF MARINES, IS DEAC
i W ;i a ins! .mi. Ma : cm 2(> ι ΛI '
! M General \V:1I II Rapi '
>:>. ι'on:mandant oi the Γ S. Ma
ί '.11'ρ> m'IuimIs at (juin itic >. V. ..
:···; the first «Marine . i . i s i ' ι
si :i til I'aci I ic, died lien ■ las! : :, ,11!
Death was due ti> a hr;,:'t
while ho and his wile aril l:vi·-;. ·
■ Id scill were visiting Colonel li I!
ΚiIniartiii. commandai:; ofl'ict · ti :
Marine barrack- at the navy yard.
11last assignment in Hie I'.·« :
war theater «.ι, command* : * ' tin
! Ma: Ht s ill the inx on Pi ii
m the Palau islands.
; Cotton Trend
Is Downward
New Y 11 ' : ν Mar li t i ι Λ Ρ )
Cotton fui lire-- opened imchanfied !
2u certs a bale lower \oon price
were five cents a bale higher to 2
cents lower.
P\ . ( I 'se < )pe
1 Max 22.1)2 22.n
.1 ;!y » . 21.73 21.7
October _i.Hl 210
! December . . 20.1)9 20 9
March 20 8 20.8;:
WPB Enters
Picture Ο η
Curiew Kuie
Priority Penalties
May Be invok"»:! On
Violating Concerns
V. c-i'ing' -η, ΛΙ.ιι ■·:: -'i. -'AIM
The \ *. ' : ι r I'ni · .et. η Ron il 1 to
day ;t would in > .·· |>i .nt> ;·■:)·.
ties against midnight enrfew viola
• .r.-, (inly when ' : κ · Wa Mali ;.i iw ·1.
Commission certifies that an em
s' W PB ρ '
• ι .. ,! the ;ι.-:κ>»ί·. ·Ι1 "f ; ' y
ρ ■: . i.-jr-. a Wl'i'» ; .■ i
Tia * ι r-t -'··> in nii »ιν<> · ι·:;'., '
■ I- the ;·!,|ΐ:»ίΐ:·>η of a
i ..·. ! ., : 11 "\ver ι- l:nn u.V IVMC ιιμ
iffend ;ht e or a
•-n. «'ilins.·· '■ -i ieh would ; ■'· th?
,·ι· · ol I.· ..· no- - by itirl.ii'ldmg
: ι·;η ; ιi· >ν * ·!_·!!; ni v: irker-. 11 ! f ■
· ι.-.'J, W.MC ■ raid
. .·.Tlily !n WI'M.
When a certi: la.ition is reeo:\ed.
idded ' vil! 1
■ . WPIi 1
i.ιr in\ estigati : A hea '.'.'ould
' ·ι· iii-ld, at ,·. . ■ ; the gownum r.i
-,-mid hi- : * ι ■11 . .· I in pro\ ι -
ea ISC 111 ! lie " .-; '·-.·. er . liaiio-i.
DANIELS BECOMES
SECRETARY TO FDF
W.i I' ' M.. , :·(! \P).
ν ai id .1
Ka ι ! v. !·>: ' inn· , : ι ; VC
Mr. Roosevelt's appointments sen
t.iiy. cpla ι Ί : 14 the late Ma'.ι (J.
Kdv U. Wat My .hine
of pi : , ate employment.
WEATHER
roi; \οκ ι ii < \koun χ
!Mostl\ doud> in wi'st. partly
<]<md\ in rasl porti >n. and roii
îiiuiotl warm tuda> and tonight,
beginning in cxtrrmc west t<»
da\. iuosda\ mostl\ t lnad.\ and
mild.
Armies
On
West Front
Over Eighty Miles
Of Lai.t Rhine Held
Firmly By Allies
1 'ari . Λι. ■■< 211. ( Λ Γ) —
'iiii1 A nit 'an ι π -·ι| army
I closed \vi: hii. ix miles of
I rankf .rt-< n- h. -.Main t ο d a y
and sent its tanks pacing
through Hrnki n G. rnian lines
on : lie fiat ['■!,' rai < ô rman
plains u ι' int. _:,o j·:., - ,.f Uns
1 sian linos.
The iiist ann\ to tfu north
exploited another breakthrough
oi deej.vini; German d«*lenses,
compa!· till»· to the \ ictnr.\ at St.
Ia>, advancing three miles nearer
I5erlin overnight. irum Un Ke
magen-l» nm sector. Λ dozen
\ illages tell.
Ti "■ Λ . ι ii. ' ; ι v art
; ! : 11 ; .i\i I ) ^ decpt :.. ι. -, it.-»
lovvet Rhine · πmt t· » at least ten
I The British sec< . d army, with.
! ,·ι 1· .ι.-! >γλ· i.iii,· t .. ! i · 11. s : ι di\ ■
sion. pushed ten miles east of the
I Rhine on the flat Wt stp lalian plains.
Mom» than 80 miles of the cast
Khinr I'ank1» wen lirmi\ in \l
lied bar.(Is. '{hi final campaign
te i l ). , (ieiniain 11.1·: lulling up
ma-sive γ'Π ■ ι-1 i - - .iii the «ay
Item Wesrl l ι I.dim Frankfurt.
bewiliiiTi;d and
.-«.•vnvl.v i - ; \\\ . ai.: a ale 1''
i iici'i··. ! hi .· · : nn ire than
1 .-."li ι.mid · i ·.· , . Ce 'lierai
Γι ι : . ι . : ■ : e Wi λΙ
ern : ι · nt : ■ the ι in:, i battle.
î.t. «.' lierai (ii'iirm· .">. ration's
third ..ι î:·> η.aile new ι rossings
ei lu ■ I ; ; 11 ■ ι liliiue île miH lia«i
sr'.i h liiniicelie.i'.ls. ill· .Main
rivi ι \\ iii· h 11 i\\ s through
i laiiM'.i t, \\.ι·> ι ri -.sed on a
raptured liri(li;e at Aselienliurg
antl ι■■ .. iied at two other points
einhl miles -outburst ol' Frank
lull and ι».ι miles cast of
Mainz.
1: tll.i'l
• . nd
r'.n.m,h> .ni ■ ' lie. ; .· i'.hin 23,'i
C i i Γ ι : : ν· .1· . b.V 1110
tie αι.· . . Ί :-1 ' \ gp'iip ill
Ik and
i -i ; .it·' -sized
G ivest, has
• . e> e ; . : 111.1 μ μ ι | n is'mers.
I Tht total western army bag bulges
. 1 I)-l);iy.
I ■ ■ ■ ι ι.. '1 , . ■; ; he s:ib.irbs of
Duisbuvg i" π rth ol captured Kees.
' ' ·■ ι : ... '· : ' e.u ved by
v's Arncri
' i '. ; : I ill Allied
... 31
: · ι lihiiie
MODEL ÎS WOUNDED
BY BOMB EXPLOSION
l.ondm. March — (ΛΡ)—·
\ (.crm.in underground report
toda\ saici Field Marshal Wal
thcr von Model. commander of
the northern group of armies
on the western front, had heen
wounded l>\ a bomb.
The report said Yon Model's
injurs necessitated the quick
switch ol Field .Marshall Albert
Kessclring from !tal\ to take
charge of the western front
when Yon Kundstcdt was re
moved.
Black Market Gas "Ring"
Unccvcred In Henderson
Italeigh. March 26.—(AP)—
The K.ilciuh district III' \ said
lod.ι* ili.it ίο .licit filling station
operator and State Highway l'a
trnlnian \lbert 1 Taylor, both
ol Ili'iulersoii. had broken "the
crust" on a large black market
counterfeit gasoline rinfi.
OP V is investigating evidence
uncovered b\ Taylor, who was
notified by a filling station op
erator that a N'egro had just
! purchased g. soline from his sta
I « · ι with .ι counterfeit "Λ"
coupon.
\\ idcspread investigation in
Ilenderscn I ouisburg, Kranklin
ton and Durham areas is now
under way.
Pending developments. ΟΡΛ
said tliat further information
could not he released at this
time. However. ΟΡΛ indicated
that the case «as developing into
one of the largest lil^rk market
investigations in some time.