FOUR U. S. ARMIES MAKE BREAKTHROU
CHURCHILL REALIZES DREAM AS HE CROSSES RHINE
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ESCAPES DEATH ΕΥ NARROW MARGIN Pr: ο Minister Winston Churchill in military enp and minus hii
famed cigar, is shown un a landing craft on the Rhine River en route to visit the 9th Army troops on the east
bank of the waterway. With him are (1. to r.): Maj. Gen. John Anderson, commander υί the 16th Corps; Lt.
Con. Will ι: H. S : :. . >n. ci utnU·: ol i. : 9:h An. y; Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery; Churchill;
and M... Ccn. I .cl;.!,· t I i. cu: nil:, ι' ί·τ of t! ;'h Divi.-ion, talk ins to the Prime Minister. While touring
the 9th An· v's 1·ι·;»Ιμι·1'.«:Ί ea.-t of !:.■.· Klrno, Chun-hill narrowly escapcd death or injury by a narrow
mariun \\ hen a German shell exploded some liftv yards away. Signal Corps Radieuhoto. il liter national)
Peace Charier For Labor
Ami Manaiieiiienl Devised
w, · .· M · ι Λ Ρ
Λ ·> .Μ·, , : , ·.· · t
in.m.iijc ■ *, *
inriu.-iι .al ■ ' .ι 1.1 <"ι ' ■ 1. ;
economy contracts tu .1 peaceti
basis, was annimncpd I iriay.
AFL President William G'n
CIO Chairman Philip Murray
Hi c .Toi 111 - Inn, ; 1; 1
ni Stales ('!. . <
joined in " a.< ι·.:
The t . 1.1 :" 1 ·: Ί
of "p It υ I
11) d < ·
( < 11111 » !:1i\ ι ι . ' ;
The due .mi l : ei
lu t em right . 11. i
iiuin.iScnit'til 1.1 '
1 >f an cntl'i ρr < " In «·"> '. ,
Sors said, a pledge by the labor Ie
ι ■ - not t ι attempt to l'iu'i ' ». » f ■ ! ι poll
lu1· οι ι·; ; : ι ' i \ · · ot nuiuaitenien t.
counter I>;lInη< ι■. Hie ell.li -
ter pledges support of the right of I
: ■ ' ■ ι >: nan /c . ι : id enn.ir.e m c i- !
le ' ; ι· 1 ''ι.■ ning Th: u a ιιι'ι r- !
I·. ··!(··) '·■ a man a:;em<'iit pledge to
d - ■ ι ιϊι· a iiv it to up', at "wniotl
li ;-.tinU" in the Ρ '.'l'.vai' perio.i οί a
tabor ivi r- apply.
All ·I'lllC llg t:i'· eh.'irter Jit . ne Λ· i
■ ι'tice he] ι . '; tahor and i· i
ι lei , dee!a >· ! they u » ild
■ · .··· 1 national : t lee a ade
.. · . a κ h-; " ■ ι ■ :. a . ou mi' ■ 'lid
iiii/.at .ι '
' ' I ··; Il on '■ Illicit ' a; ialg
■ ; i \' : ι pa I ' H Ί ' ; " arp ί .M a'L' ' ; til: '
rade of principle. ' ί
.Mm .π \v. Λ i ; t r. ί ι I Λ Ι' » A umnanian « ! i ; >1< - tti;t > «ή γ « » 111 ·. ■
11 ' > 11 μ ■ from Ί '< ' k \ ο .ι. μτΙιι! t<fi|«-!,v lluit i Ιι<· Japan'·*»· !irmi\ >ι c-t
Adolf IlitltT. 11 < · i ί 11 · i ι · 11 ΙΙιιπιμ;. : .ίιΊ I ί · · n i t < » Λ1 u s -- < > ] i · · > in .-.irk
Π'ϊιι^ν in Japan aim·· M any t i η ι < . nmv that (I imam's canst'
- ■ ι ι in- 11<>ιu·Κ >>■
Coal Miners
Are Voting
Upon Strike
Washington, Marcn zn - «.w »— .
Four huiiiii od 'i. ..iI - >:: .
minors aero.·..* til·· na:: ·:: i! ·"· I
to lay on whetlu· to -tri·:·· : ■ ·.' .1 ■
J. Lew is' ci in'. .ι· ' de: na : l.ls. : ι ■' . !
iny a St»().(»)l),Ol'U , year mi: :i roy
ally.
As the miner.- \nteil. 0:1 their own
time, at mine- .»!ht·:· central
places, the government so ·Λίf·t to
avert a .nine -until >.' nv speed
ing a new contract before Saturday
midnight, the expira:: χι ί: ·ογ. or
by extending ti.e present ,._.*··· ι eat
until May 1.
Tabulation ol the e<ults, cxpcct
cd to be ι iv er vv h el ; m : : 14. ν ,n la, '
of striking, probably v. :i! in· com
pleted by tomorrow morning.
HUGE NAZI AIRFIELD
TAKEN BY AMERICANS
With the Third Arim in (icr
many, .March :JS.— (AIM—<ier
man.v's second largest airport,
the former Zeppelin l»asc five
miles south ol Frankfurt is in
American hands. I nit- of the
sixth armored division which
captured the field found it rins
ed with skeletons of fifty burn
ed Nazi planes
ing them for a long time." said tir.»
11 iJ>I": 1 Vil le |- 1 xillesco. . ; ('.>··_
DUT ! I ! l 'inbt'r ill t!lf Κ Ίΐκιηί · ! 1 Clll
.-ι.,ι, in Τ· Ί,\ ■ ·. v.iii lia., just
.. ι ι ;\ oil ι ; .Mu» uw.
lie said the Japanese did not ap
| >< ■. ι ; ■ pari i t · n I : ι r I \* pjr.i-ed ; 11>< » ι : t giv
ing .-heller tu N...· ami Fa-cist l"ad
< : s. Ιι·. ring that it :: ,.v only make
llîe liai del' I .r thi·. · than :t .i 1 ■ early
is. Guetxtileseo, who traveled
through Manchuria ι n his way ht re,
.-..id he had found an unmistakable
.-pint >!' deteat prevailing every
where among th«· Japanese Al
though the press and radio are car
:.ving mi an exli u-:\e campaign In
ι n\ inre tin· pi pile they will win
lia war, hi· said no single average
.Japanese with whom he hail talked
ι eluding some army officers—
really helieves this.
IP· added emphatically, however,
I / :. ι ! ; ;>y ne win· thinks the -J a pa
ne.-·' ii·· going t.· quit is gravely
mistaken
The h'· leanian attributed the spirit
ol deteat partly to recent American
aii raid-, which hi· declared had
wiped out entire blocks ol Toky ·
and reduced the standard ol living
there to little better than a bare
existence level.
Food is so scarce i'i Tokyo, he de
clared, that no rest.ι irants are open,
,.ρΗ the entire population is under
weight.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and slightly warmer in
west portion today and tonight:
Thursday partly cloudy and
continued warm. ^
Foreign Demands
Will Mount; Probe
Of Supplies Begun
Washington. March ■»«.—(AIM
—Λ fresh admonition that for
eign food demands will mount
dropped into the racing con
troverse over shortages today
as a n«\\ step of congressional
in\ estimators prepared to branch
oui from Washington.
War Food Administrator Marvin
.T 'tics aid ci . .!, πι can make still
.11'·! ;■;(·(' ,1 . lie till i II radio
audience thai military lend-lease
. ; 1 ' !<·.■:. : : « : -ill on America's
lu-rl larders will i;rii\v.
l>i! : «rci .'.ι i: ant a>ch! sho Id
■ ιrl« ··.· ·,■ mn«»t pos
: : ly ; : 11 t i I !,i trie : in \ em sim
: · · J ' 11 » : « > (·,<·!:'.; remark ;
·· · · <clt-t; ■■ ·· ι· i.· ·.·.·, I ! oe inquir
ed.
Λ :)·· .ν Ί« ·■! «pment in the for
eigri : Kid < : came last night with
ann · incemi ' >»: tin- arrival in
W.i·! iujtoM ϊλο M it i s h cabinet
11 μ ι ι te!'.· ! ι ·.: "the whole com
plex jji'i»!>!t· ■ /.<»:ad i«».id produc
tion, di>: ; ' , .nid t -t j ; ι i t a 1 ) I e al
ia.m est American
. ii· i^itors are Pro
(1 . ■ ·: « » : ι Μ 'ι ι r . < r I .y tt lobai
. 111 * 1 !· ι,Ι ·- .1 .1. Llewellyn.
Tin- 11".. nu m m \\ h ι le. not eon
in\ est nation of the
ti >e η a tor.-, \oted a
dy »t W li by 11 vote of 292
te V. Des:u: ' I chairman of a spe
c ai .-even- .ne-er ■·· >mmittee, Re
presentative Aarler-on, Democrat,
New Mexie I he intends to take
the lî ; ι nip · "a nber < »f cities t<
view actual iitiuii-, with a spe
cial lookout ! black markets.
tea : i« »n
11Î ί a » : ' i t
lit t«» |i
irid si tu?
New M a η power
Bill Strikes
Each Citizen
Washington, March 28.—(ΛΡ)—
E\ r: y Ailier.eau :. ■' in uniform
Comes under tenu- manpower leg
is':ition. headed lo: .is final hurdle
today in the S ο 11 : ι : <
The compromise η easinv, approv
ed by the Hou>e .-pecifies tha
"every individual η >· η the arme
forces shall ha\ e .,.1 obligation
when ailed upon. I : ve the na
tion in an activity essential to th(
war effort."'
To enforce thai · .! Ration, th(
bill sets up a blueprint mder which
War Mobilize)· Byrnes or some oth
er agency designated by him
I could:
1 Fi\ employment ceilings (thi
I number ol men and women worker
I permitted) in designated plants ο
■ localities.
2. Prohibit or regulate the hiring
re-hiring, solicitation or lecruitmen
of new workers by employers.
3. Prohibit or regulate acceptant'
ι of new jobs by workers.
4. Freeze workers in their presen
I or new jobs by forbidding them t
i ip it.
Wilful violator.- would be subjec
upon conviction in Federal cour
. !o a fine up to $10.000 and a ja
I term up to one year. In additior
Japs Burning
U. S. Troops
In Suburbs
Of Big City
Demolition Started
By Enemy Prior To
I heir Own Retreat
Manila, March 28.—(AP)—
American a s s a u ! I troups,
swarming ashore un < VI μ ι is la ι'.J
Monday against elaborate beach
defenses, swept almost to the
outskirts of (Vbu City, head
(|iiarters reported today, but
that busy second city of the
Philippines already was aflame
and exploding from Japanese
demolitions.
Sli<.11!> after >ia.jor General
William II. Arnold's American
(livisii.n hit the beaches. the first
his; lire appeared in the heart of
the city. Then came thunder
ous explosions and sheets of
flame as the ,Iapan"se demoli
tion crews went to work as they
diil in .Manila.
In. ; 111 ; 11 i < > η s at : he modern air
drome just north.· est ni the city,
j the area of the municipal electric
plant and the huge eocoanut refinery
I just acr >>.·· the harbor on Mactau
island—the largest refinery in the
Philippine, --all were burred and
! 'ni: sled as the Yanks probed into the
s· aithern outskirts.
I he landing, under cover of
an efficient air and naval hom
bardim'iit. was made near Tali
say. ahout five miles south of
Cehu < it.v. This is about mid
way along: the east coast of the
big stringbeaii-shaped island,
which lie> between .lapanese
beld Negros and American-cap
tured I.cyt" in the center of the
a rcbipelago.
Grni ral Douglas MacA i t hur'.
communique today said the Japanese
defenders had been caught "oft
guard." hut It ait di> patche made
clear that lia- i.r iches were w· pie
pan
ι 11 ■ ι1111 'in i η vasiiai.
lie priU'-ipal I iuht was <··<;ii'rted
C'ebu City ils< l!. Mo : ,! that
city of I ."in.iliiu
ι·ι ι lanut ι·· ■ t. ι
smoke of (iemu
ml : : 1. w, ι s cnvtTcd .Vila the
Steps Are I aken
For Argentine To
Return Into bold
Washington, Miwch 2!l ι .VP) -
! Representatives of the American re- |
publics ι' ft today to pu |' mil;
concrete step.·* Inward reun ί:ιϊ Ar
' gentina with the rest of the west
ern Hemisphere.
Ambassadors oi" the go vernments, !
exeept Argentina, arranged t ι gath- ι
er at 11:30 a. m. EWT. with Assis- '
tant Secretary (if State X e I son I
Rockefeller Presumably :·;.·> will -
ι decide when and where Argentina i
! will he permitted to sign recent
AlexiCo City resolution. Th '-e guar
a η tee continental force to put down
Ν aggressors and specify elaborate de-|
I fense measures for the hemisphere
When the .· ignature is arranged,
probably in Mexico City, the g. ·. -
I ernments will consult on rec .uu - ι
I ing Argentina. Final action ι ex
■ pected within a week.
! !
Fresh Raid
On Kyushu
Is Reported
Guam. March 28.— (APi . · y .
radio reported today American car
rier planes raided Kyushu id. ,
at the southern end of Japan, this
afternoon in a quick follow- ip of
two Superfortress raids within 12
hours.
Tokyo said about 90 .-e.ioorne
; planes raided the southernmost
' shores of Kyushu, last assaulted by
carrier aircraft March 19.
Neither report was confirm.ίί by
' the American command, whir!1, an
nounced battleships and swarms of
, ! carrier planes continued their aerial
and naval bombardments of the
( Ryukyu islands, stepping stones '.>
t Kyushu, which they began attacking
j last Friday.
. wages paid to workers hired illegally
' j could not he listed as a business ex
, ί pense for income tax purpose-.
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TANKS OF THE NON-STOP 4th DIVISION of Con. Pattern's spectacular jug
gernaut having broken loose oast of the Rhine aie s:.ashing thr· .g'.i the
Frankfort area (1) and thUï ;naking the situation in southwest Get·.: any
most precarious for the ene:. v, .Not only can this beco.r.c a flanking : 1
run" through one of Germany's most populous areas, but a definite drive
on Berlin as well. Meanwhile the invaders beyond Remagen continue
bridgehead expansion but attention . centered on the "short-ι at-to
Berlin" smash of the 25th Army group s ward the open We. ; hr. an
plain beyond Wcsel, north o£ the Ruiir i3). (International)
Four Russian Armies Hit
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German Mayor ( )l
Aachcn I ndcr I . S.,
Is Assassmtcd
Willi tho I S. first \rm.v,
IMarrli :!S.— (ΛΡ)—Iran/ Op
lienhnf. tI-year-old biirRomeis
tor of Aachen. and I'irst mayor
appointed b\ the Allied mili
tary Government in a major
German city, was assassinated
Sunday night. it was announced
today.
Opper.hof «as shot through
tin· temple at II :.'!(! p. in., as
lie stood 011 I lie back porch ol
his home on the outskirts of the
city.
Military intelligence officers
investigating the case said ti /
motive had not yet been estab
lished. and that it had not >et
been established officialb
Avhethcr the mayor was killed
by Nazis because he had assuin
ed the post of burgomeistcr u 11 -
lier the Americans.
Berlin And
Hannover Are
Again Blasted
London, March -i!—("AIM- A
fleet of approximately 950 Flying
Fortress··*, with 85(1 Mustang fight
ers in escort, attacked Berlin I
Hanover today as a German : >:. · , -
cast .-aid the Reich capital \\ iuld
be evacuated of all unneeded per
sons.
Similar plans have been repu'ted
by the Japane.-e ! ι · Toky.
thus Allied air power was 1 i.v.ng
further emergency measures n the
last two remaining major Am- cap
itals.
Armament plants in Be. iin . d
Hanover were the targets 1 >r today's
raiders.
Buying Lifts
Stock Prices
New York, March 28. — ( AIM - The
stock market retrieved some ot its
îecent losses today under more con
fident buying nnnv.g the leaders,
many of which advanced fractions
to a point.
Prominent among the gainers near
I midday wi re Chrysler and American
ι Telephone.
Huge Pincers A>e
C1 os i in; Ο η Vi en η a
Λ-ui C/.ecnoslovakia
I ondon, March *iS. — ( \ i'
I <>ι;ι Russian armies hammered
III I llUKC pill!CIS (111 ( /CcllO
s|o\.iki;i ami \ ienna toda\. and
ISerlin declared one thrust thro
ugh western Hungary within .'>S
miles til Vienna had now rolled
up to the central Riiba river.
KiiardiiiK Austria.
Λ (iff : -.ill : 1 Ϊ ,1.»: dei'! :. ed I -
Soviet · cd a net
I tin- ( Hier tun ': .'. e '
Kne-irin, . le.- η*..;.. I!.· Λ
Mum d. ·, -.tc. reported t..■ Rti-"
,^i\e ι'.ί this iront c loses I t> tJço
Other Ktissian units were
eleaniiiK out Dan/i?, where the
opcnini; shots of this war were
tile:!, and ti^htin^ into nearliN
(.(hnia. I he iierinan hi fill com
lnand reported fierce street
eotnhat in both cities.
I'lie t) : . y
In·! ..v till* I ).■1..i <· ' ■ w.t: m t'A enty
!i,u-- ι·' An·· ι ..·κ{ m' Vieil!m
y est erd.'i.V, .ill ι ' iie German ι ' ;^h
r mim ni.I said Mars ...i I-'e...lor Tol
i j .. ici ii i 11 ' - me: had now thr.t.<t into
the central H.ida river. south »«: their
closest approach to Vienna.
Ukrainian armies were lunging thro
._;!i Cierman and Γ >! !" S ... -. . · .
ward Czi'vhosl .·. .ikia, hittmu to tM"
Moravian gap to Prague and V" enna.
This ρ ι- : ; (:·>:· S; !esia o:i .:. I'.ll
i ie I ron: had -t ."aek ;,i within 14
mile.- Al·· .i\:i>!\.i Os!ra. ι. ('zee:' -
Slovakia's third citv. IVspatehes
ft·..!:: S ι :d the lied force
was a:di;:^ th>· tremendous Htissiati
drives on a scale seldom, ;t ever,
he! ire ei|ii.i!!ed :>\ S ·ν et planes.
Te! was taken yesterday by Tol
ing Vienna ' '
Three Units
join Forces
In Germany
Germans .Say Allies
Are Driveϋ Out Of
Gemunden Lovirons
l'ai i <. ΛI .s ivh -■· ■ ( Λ Ρ ) —
Tin· (énnan I.e.· a .·. 'nniand -aid
today '.hat tl::rd army tanks
had crashed into Gemunden, 218
milts southwest ·.· il· rlin. but
had been dri\ι·η < : ι τ. !"in enemy
assi·! t in·! ranif \\ 1 ;i> four of
( ii lierai i .: :.:. .· : - armies
were sui'triii;· ι ! > r« ■ ij/h wide
breakthroughs in disintegrating
(iernian lines.
! In- lirst . 11 : ι \ ; eai iied the
Gii M !i .ill : H i mil· - nom the
capital.
I lie sr\ fiilli nil) dri ve ϋ'ΐ
miles !.*·> . 1111 [he Rhine reached
the : i\ ι ι !. in and lormcd \*nh
th<· thiid .■' ! lie unties a si>ii I
IimiiI it] tie· ii.iiiim t.ι·;k. inuti
tr.< ni in lier (jcnti.tin
c t
. \V( ' . . , UU'.·
inu MaGlMer. H- capital.
The ninçj ip
•la .·.< ■■■ ' · .·■ ! :; I : nm
pletelv mill l:a:l.ed :.v lt.v lir.st army
ι t h e ι u t ii, a ι ' ■ ' ;cd by
the IJril i>:. ή 1 ■: : : . ' ; . ( ' . Madman
bur.-! till) the .· ·:· rn t. .tslarts ot!
the Rhine bastion oi Emmerich.
i In- (; -rmaii-, s.iid (.cinundcn
I was i t ached \istctdav in a
1)1 in lit* suine el 1 ! (.an. («citric
S. 1'attiin's tores )."> mill's east
m totterini; i-'ratiklurt. and 110
miles front t /ochi.'slo'. akia.
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Richardson Sees
Lxtra Session Of
I lie i.e^ishiture
( oluinhia. >. < . March 18.—
(Ai')—Speaker O. i. Riehard
son, ol the North ( arolina
House ol licpre^entatives, told
the South ( arolina House today
in a briel talk that "i believe
the governor of North ( arolina
will have to «. all a special leg
islative session" to deal with a
postwar tuiihiing program lor
Norih (arolina il the war ends
soon."
fiiehardson complimented the
South ( arolina Hou>»· on initiât -
ing an S-S. i00 (Mm· college and a
S I. l .'u.(MM) charitable institutions
postwar expansion program.
Cotton Higher
Near Midday
(
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; Mi.y
("!■·: e Open
: 22.00
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(icrma.ii Uclreal ( .criaiii
lu Itaiv, Gen. ( lark Savs
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Run e. Μ..: .·!ι l'îï. - ί ΛΡ > General
λ I ; ι r k W ι. ! . . t.ii Allied e.nnman
der m Italy. declared today that .1
German retreat northward in Italy
was inevitable Mumer or later, and
ordered patriots to stand by ti strike
at a moment's notice to hamper the
withdrawal.
"The Germans ine\ itably will re
treat sooner or later, leaving Fascist
troops to eover their rear." Clark
sa d. Hi declared it was ce: tain that
patriots η the central Apennines
ci tea would be ''culled upon to bp
··! ι -" ' my army
shortly."
The entire Italian front was quiet,
as Clark br >adea.-t his On
ly 'ι lew patrol sk : aiishes broke
the monotony of a M a.-eh drizzle.
It) tht· centra .-ector patrols re
port eel that Gi'iaians had cleared
out of several localities where there
had ieen sharp clashes in recent
weeks.