Moscow Denounces Jap Pacl *★*★★★★★★★★★**★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★ U. S., BRITISH UNITS REACH WESER RIVER NAZiS TRY BREAKING TRAP A3 ALLIES PUSH KGRJH MCE· MSTEROA tJSSEl » HENGEU . .RHONE Wâft minoen ISCHEDE^CSMaaUECK-^^ • f Kâ HEfÎFOnO>i* V. ZUTPMEN THE HAG HilOE ;heim DIEIEFEID BOCHOIT ^•MUNSTER WESEL NETH PADEBBO&N ESSEN, VENA. Ο * ASSCI Τ ELDORF GERMANY lOVIVA.N MA$ BRUSSELS! OlOGNE • SIEGEN S1IGSU1G ACHSN p«»smo MONS MAUDEUGE SO MILES GIESSEN COBLENZ I ■ f - ^ * ι £ ι r« A " ■ AS THE BRITISH FORCES WHEELED northward to knock out V-Tîomb bases and completely liberate Holland, Scotch and I-'nglish troops were reported hammering at Osnabrueck (1) and heading fur lîrcmen and the North Sea. At the same time some 150,0110 crack German troops, trapped in the Ruhr, began their lirst co-ordi nated attack to break through and escape corridor. They hit the 1st Army's 9th Division with both tanks an:i infantry seeking to smash a lane between Uadeborn and Sicgen til) but were reunited. I Inter national) Red Points Sold Freely In New York Accusation Is Made By Senator Wheeler Eel ore Food Probe Washington, April ■>. ( ΛΓ')—· Λ report that red i*;i*imι pom:- an· ί>c ing sold freely in New York City lor $(i per thousand was reiayed to Senate lon<| ilive.-.'i4.1I.' : .·. ! (day by Senator Wheeler. Montana lJemu erat. The Montanan aid he hail receiv ed informât on to m effect, but d.d not give on! it> Hirer. He told th·.· agnculi ire con mitre he had turn ed ! he liai.ι inn to ( >P.\ Karlu ■ in the earren' hear.ng, ( 'hai r: 11., η Thoi ι ' >k lal'om . !)<:. oerat. sa:d he had π '•e.vtii re|(or, ■ that ninety pr.Teni ·■ the meal in New York is black market. House food investina'or- alrr dy have an nounce : plans lor an on-the-scene in vi si i :11 :iiii of 1 m ι! 11' reports. K\pre^sing (>«·!ί·Ί that maldistr. butiatl is the bigge.-t difficult}· .is laj' as meat i concrrned, Wheeler declared: ''The reason housewives who try to live lip to tin ι ale.- are not gel ling meat is beea i.-e >f the tremen dous black market." When Senator Hushfield. So.th Dakota Republican. a.^ki'd il Wheeler had any suggestions as t > a remedy for black markets, the Montanan said lu was afraid there would be a black market "as long as we have a shortage and people have plenty ol money." Carl H. Wilken, Sioux City, Iowa, agriculture econ mist, told tin· com mittee he questioned seriously whether there are 82,111111,(10(1 cattle in the United States, as has been re ported by War Food Administration officials. Assuming the figure is cor reet, he added, it is "misleading." Asserting about half are dairy cat tle, he estimated there are no more than about 20,t)0(l,()0l) that can be marketed. Yanks Seize Philippines Sugar Island Manila, April 5.--(AP)—Masbatc, sugar-rich little central Philippine island, was overrun Tuesday by elements of Major General Rapp Urush's -40th division and its capita! <|uicUly liberated, while Philippine ,baaed bombers ravaged Japanese ouci^iicd Hong Kong, across the China sea. Botii actions were announced to day bv General Douglas MacArthur, who declared Japan's lifeline to 1he East Indies was completely sev ered by a chain of American air bases stretching more than 1,000 miles from Luzon in the north to recently-invaded Tawi Tawi at the southern tip of the Sulu archipelago, only 30 miles from Borneo. After seizing Bazbate city, dough (Coiitinued on Page Two.) Kantienber^ Idea On Boundaries Is Likely To Prevail Washington, April ,j.— (ΛΓ) — Senator Yandenberg's proposal that a projected new peace keeping league have power to review the boundary and sim ilar derisions appeared headed today for official American ap proval. The Michigan Republican and other members of this country's delegation ot San l'rancisco be gin daily sessions Sunday in search of a policy agreement on controversial questions like ly to come before the Allied na tions conference April 'J5. Harrison Is Accused Of Higham Death Raleigh. April Γι. -(AΡ)— Pin,.·" brimant formal ch.1r.4rs < > i murder today again-t Harry Harrison, 2(1, a distant cousin, in connection with the diaih oi' Mrs. John Y. Hicham, wealthy widow whose charred body was ioimi early Ka.-.ter Monday in her burned home. Detective. Sergeant W. G. Mad drey said the charges were brought after a watch and expensive jewelry had been found in possession of the ex-Marine. Harrison was being questioned at length today but police -aid he con tended he was not connected with the1 death of Mrs. Higham, who was 71. Young Harrison, a member of a prominent Scotland Neck family, was arrested yesterday driv ing north from Enfield, and charged speci'i caily with the theft of a watch from a friend. Maddrey said the officers found an expensive wrist watch identified as belonging to Mrs. Higham ou Harrison and several piece- of jewelry under the front seat of the car Harrison was driving. Harrison was discharged from the Marine Corps several months ago and came to Raleigh to work with an insurance" firm. The cause of the woman's death has not been fully established. Jn addition to being severely burned, she had a fractured skull when the body was found. Two metal fire tongs on which were strands of hair, and a broken metal candlestick were found in the room where the body was found. Munich, Nuernberg Areas Blasted By American Planes Loudon. April 5. — (AIM — More than 1,200 Fortresses and Liberators attacked two large German ordnance depots, rail targets and airfields in the Munich and Nuernberg areas of south Germany today. The two ordnance depots were at Ingolstadt. 40 miles north east of Munich, and Grafen wohr, 40 miles northeast of Nuernberg. No Cle ancut Surrender Of Nazis Likely End Will Be Through Allied Proclamation, Ei senhower Declares Washington. April — (AI') — iicncial Uwight I'. I isenhower has intormed l'r« sident limisc vrll that a "clcancut military Jiarrpiider" of the Nazis is im probable. in a let!· ' > 1 ! ι c ι ■ ' : ι ο f executive, released 1 >%· tin· Whin· II·..u.st· today, thp suprt it All;· · 1 cm mander hi Europe foresaw <."·;:<·. ,-ive guerrilla wariare. Hi· -.ml he %.·.·.< hopefjgl "I la ι inching rat i. a- at t lie pr iper :,■ ι ■ that '·..·· a) partially prevent t;ui mil ι e Ίΐ! ι ·-I o! any large area 111 11 a.s the .-outuirn mountain bas tion.'' i)ii the I».··:. · past per! ι nuances by German armed forces, Eisenhower said "it is likely that a V-E day will come about · ' by a pr iclaniation • ι oui- part, r ' ;<τ than by ar.y deli ni'.e and dct C 'llapse or surren der ol German resistance. " Such a pr 1 lamation, it it does c. na·, tin· Wh '<· House said, prob \\. ι Li 1 ti in· i.iUed by Eisenhower himself. Lewis Defiant Τ ο ward Whole Coai Industry Washington, April 5.— (AI*) — Solid Fuels Administrator Ickes said today he hoped to receive an order for government seizure of soft coal mines today. Washington, April 5. —(ΛΡ) — John L. Lewis, undeterred by his deadlock with bituminous coal pro ducers left the -aine contract de mands with anthracite operators Ιο ί day, plus some new postwar ob jectives. They include a flat -5 per S cent wage increase for the hard I coal miners. In all, the mine leaders tossed 30 demands at the anthracite producers at t.ie ipeaing ol negotiations in New Y irk yesterday. Hi· made 18 demands on the bituminous opera tors. The New York sessions were re cessed only until Tuesday to permit the operators to study the demanis. One was l'or a ten cents a ton roy alty for medical and "economic pro tection" a request that would add about 55,500,000 to the $60.000,000 the United Mine Workers would re ceive from a soft coal royalty. While absenteeism in soft co il mines declined yesterday, it stil was widespread as Lewis returned to Washington to pick up the fast de I teriorating negotiations with bitum ! inotis operators. Few w <. ι Id predict that it still I was possible to reach agreement on any of the soft coal demands, and many felt that today would be vital I in that respect. Third Army Speeds For Czech Front Ailics Approaching Ha nnover, Leipzig; Weser Is Crossed Paris, April ·">. ( ΛI') Knur American and l.ritish di visions sriiash"(l'u;> to the WV.-rr rivci· to within Γ. ! miles of Han nover today on a si.lid 10 mih front from north of .Minden ti the I'ied I'iper town of Hamlin. Armored spearheads .of ti*» American third army, well out on the Napoleonic battlefields of the Thuriiitfian plains, beat down the last V> miles toward Samony, rail center of I'lauen near ( zechoslovakia. in a drivi to bisect (icrmany and join the Russians. Leipzig was less thai: 70 miles ahead. The battlefields i of Jena were almost in sight. At Hamlin tile ninth ;u ni .\ was \v il)ιϊη 158 mill-· (if Berlin and 58 of the aircraft center of Brunswick. The third arm> was less than 10 from Berlin. The British (ought into the wt-.st ern outskirts o! Minden. !)n mile* si.ulhwist o!' Hamburg. They had | made another breakthrough and swept miles ]j;i.-:t Osnibi'iork ,n , a si: gle day to rc-ach the Wi ser, next ι to last river before Berlin. Only the! Kibe lies between the W'ese and | Berlin. Λ dis)i.atch · : un 1 întιsh s -ι ■'.it : army headqua rte:·, last mu! d said the British eh" enth arm·. red divi sion had crossed the We. or r;vei η 0 Γ t 11 e a s t of ( isnabnu-ek and ι plunged on beyond against light <.|> pesitidn. The -a me corresponde t, ! however, wirelessed today that the : eleventh a. m< . eil tlivisi ··:, \\ inch · cr ssed the Wist r-Kms e. η ·1 yester day alter . apt nr. ι r; three i.,*i>liî··.- in tact, liny. . ι - si .en miles n > r t ' ι .·. est of Minden. Th · Weser cur·, e.· to the northeast at Minden. There was no conlirniation at upreme headejuar-1 tors ol the re,ι irted Wi ei n\or r:\ er cr. .ssi: .g. The ninth army, send in:; :·· ..· of its ini.mti y dι. isions int" a .- ide campaign ti cni.-h in the η n-thern side Ol the I. :. box. wnero ap to lâll.OO'l x.r/.i . .lid pe Fa »l : Marshal AI'·· : ' Kesselran;. are trapped, fought into Oest and battled the ι..St d· ·; en ifi's ( il 11 a m : Γ:. I In last German.· were hoi g beati η out! oi Wuer/el ; md Hed'or-mn by the si venth any. which fought less than 34 miles ir -m Nuernberg. 1 he French fought beyond captured Karlsruhe to within 20 miles of i Stuttgart. The third army mopped up many b ν passed pi 1 ,\ < : -· and en i ι - s 1 > . i be hind in its advances to within ao miles of I .'.cell ι ·Ιο\ akia. Canada Wiîl Play Lesser Part In War Ottawa, Αρη! Γι.- (API Pivne Minister \V. I. Macken/.ie-Kmg, whilst- govi'ni'i «'lit was nearl.v over thrown last November wht'ii H adopted partial conscription loi the ! war again.-'! Oi'rmany, embarked to day on a campaign for reelection, with tho announcement that Canada would sond only volunteers to light >n tho u ar ι gainst Japan. l'ail.ida's Γί Ji:t.'ig ! 11:π s ai tho Pacific war λ ill bo nuau-rically "vory much Ιο»" than tho.-o ι·.μ ployod in l\u: > .«-, King tol.l Par liament lato \ostorday. I Ιο -aid I!.ο Dominion's ei'""K after the defi-at I of Germany w ould "to a co> ,-idcr ablo extent" bo turned to producing loodstufls and war materials and to I work of roc. instruction, relief and . rehab:Iitation. After tho Haropean war :s ended, all Canadian soldiers, ,-ailors and airmen wi'.! have the opportunity ot coming homo, then Canada w.ll ' form her Pacific forces only from men electing to fight against Japan, King sa:d. regrouping them and g.v - itig them specialized training. I Canada, meanwhile, will be "ap I propriately represented" in the Al lied forces occupying Germany, I King announced. HUNGRY GERMANS FSGHT F02 rcOD THE BATTLE H."S PASSED ON, but the e\;i. t ·..]! of v...r 1. avv;· -nark in this photo which shows hungry German civilians fighting for some nf 1hc· f. .1 : it behind by the r^pidly-retr ' ; : -W.zi art: y. Or: :il V. S. Ani.y S -'.liai Corps Itadiouhoto. (lulcn.uiinnal Soionlnlintot Russians Fighting Inside Vienna, With Fall Of Bratislava Ι,··:κΐ :ι. Apr ! Γι. ■( API The Ra - .-ians 11. i. ι · : ι < 11 u ; 11 i ! : ι · » ·>·π :ι'.ί·ι Vi rn: a." the German riy .rî ed t> >:! ι y. and Μ ·. enu ilispatehe.-. .ici Ku.s.sam f( in s were pi urms <>. <-r tin· Danube between .-..ptured Iîratis!a\.1 ..ml the Austrian capital to join in the as f.a'.iit. 1 tie i! were ■ -a! : 1 nji to ci c'irele iiie capita! .1 A tria, winch 11 1 !ur m. . 1 : por. t d i : ; t > ( 1er any in 1 While me l.aei- fna^ht t·· draw lines 1·> the . n:1lie...-.| o; the ■■ipita I, 1 .t her bai 1 le. i 1 1 cr.the nij/i1 <>! rivers ..rid r !» a,v.- and at tack fr 11 the s'Mithwe.st. Air·'adv. ΛΤ·>.- . · saai, tin y had c:ipt'·. <■ I tun .-trond.iry 11 I ie ι . . . ! le few m. !i east of I'aden. ,-n.i t'.e Si ' >τ: .1: Iie!d, jn.-t -. ut!) 1 if \ a-nna. · Us a th; rd, ,iust <·ηι;he;·.·.; ut' tli,· r.'y. \y,,. under lire. G.i..' : \vcre being l'i. .uht η the i f the city. Altir ·η·;'ι · lie Λi · ,·..w 1 icwspapi >· sa id hi : ι X ·/; .· 1 evaeuat in.·.; ' ■ city. 11 · ■.■ ! S a a ' .·. a-es indie., t. i tl.i■ Gel' 1 ... cteterm: ci 1 . I ijjht .n Va . ' hc\ I ... ·: ' : Λ il rally aer ■ - ■ ;ju. W ie:a : ; ver. si m; aea..t Vienna, tiι·■ .-.··>·'■ ιni uni! 1 hiici Ukrainian armies . : Marshals Malinovskv and Tulbukhin l'oufiht sin iil&r t ■ shm;Ider ;nrî tb·■ German !.ne- ;,)>>···χ tin- Lie.-,: s; ri . er. W.i.cil luit» . ι il î : ■ t uM ihl'j.iilgh the city's suburbs, swinging just SC ut ίι £ il ï : : ι ' lu·; ' ■ ! .. 1 dee park. Tank liants v. < :v taking pl a. ι· m si a ■ ι :'! an La, ' α miles 1 r m. lu· center ni \'n-mia 11' Tolbukhm ueeeeded in forcing the Reiche ». ·τ. whii·: ι ι alls ml.» the Lii'.-i κ ι·Μ ' ill: ul the deer park, and then h Lie-in·;, lie wi-okl be in · h la ι inch an a ' a >. up η \'ienn.. r :r : : ic v. est .· ■ : ' -tin· .- a' md east. The Germans said the Rus i.. η s va ri· a . I, : : r St. I 'i n ■ ! lei ι. la aile- .il·· λ »'·" · Y :■ una . (I i.ilt.- t ast 1. a. a : : a >r> cento: : northwestern The I';,.· s r a!,n .d the Rus- at. already had .· ueeoeiu <i η cutting 'he na-Linz ι·(. e η firmed ai t iiher Berlin or M se w reparts. American Wedge On North is Virtually Unopposed So Far (ill..: Λ i Αί' ' Via 1 hi· ( iki'MU . .Ml capita! N..li ι have been slowed by stiffening Jap anese ;v>i-l . .·, while Marine.-- ι .· : ι the tu» l h :·· ·>ί the Αιικί , an Wi tl.Uc v. · r.i ·: ;λ\ ard ! γ ·:ιι 1 · t 1 ■ ι'· '· . ..i· lallj unopp -sed Hea v\ :U* > .-ni mort. r ! : - c I'm :n wi ll ιγ;,ι11i.'ed Japanese un is yesterday ' c brakes η the 24th corps drive toward Naha, lim ite «i fj.iins π Tilt* · mthwestern en ist. 1 I J,IKKi v..! : ml stepped lilt· - \ enth ili1 is "η ι sh ι'η tin· su itheast cnasl aft· r all .ulvat.ee of only .">00 | \ ard The 24th r ■' p.- units were within ' 3,000 yards of Macbinato airstrip and four miles from Naha. The si utb easi (if .ι· re ·> ;ed t he \ ici η: ; ν . Nakagusuku after overrunning Φν 01..11 cntrein irents and f ■ r t lied points M .rino third amphibious corps forces continue·: rapid oxpansii .· of the n. i:, ri , ι ■■ ·-. fur ni : r : es fmm tlmv t· iivt.· miles, then t a briel respite to avoid ovc:·-··.··.:-·η si>>n ot ci'tiiit untcations and supplies. Yank forces now control more tl an 8<' square miles, or one-sixth of the island. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Considerable cloudiness, fol lowed l>> clearing and colder this afternoon. Clear and cooler tonight, with slight frost ill wvst and north central por tions. Friday fair and warm in ; allernoon. ^ S lait V-l Bombs Dctcctn e; Fall Short ()i ( uils A: · :> citizens were y. Iront dis. a'i tnat .Ή p,-rre::! bonibs aimed al 1 e. Liaient, ι :>;·>.· (";.ι;·ι··1.;ιη ·.: V-bomb base mntheus'cni 11 Germans had weapons su ι un America fri Xeti-.L I.,:·.',:. , (ΑΓ, Dii'.iîh i'ed m western "o.iay .,· :-.Λ.·ι,ΐ! the V-1 η on and Al. ·. .; v il to the u:<>i-i!ni y because ol me who captured a Il uze \'ei r :'.ii were : >,<» the .'•d tli.it the. Id be launched ind t dispateil ..ad. I housands Made 1 lomelcss Duc i ο Louisiana Hood1· Now ( >rh\i'ι . !.. Apr I ·~>. - ( Λ Ρ \ crest : ' several lays aw.> :>ι<· l'ani]!,.; eu Hoc i cer. ' mu «· some Mississippi tributary. ha driven thousands of familie.-- fr«>n their homes in Louisiana. Wiii'e : h - η taxed rcln auciK'.c-, . l'y '.ineer- kept a - I hour patrol on all nam line levee ι ol the tloded M s.» -sippi from Cain 111 . to the gul!. With the next few days the en I ginccrs expect to blast open th Morgan/e lloodway to relieve pre. I sure on the lowa ; Mississippi an j divert the w aters through the 1,00(1 I square-mile Atschalaya basin. Til j l'loo.nva\ has never been .sed. Τ I ΊΓ Μ lokyo rails Reverses From War Are Fatal Russians Attack Jap Policy Loi ι (l< ii April 5. ( Λ Ρ ) — I Soviet U ; : ι. ,i> denounce'! ! it.- ι κ-lit i*;-:i*> pact λ it h -lapan. : aci'usiii.L1' i1 'k\ ι ■·'. i! h helping Germany to make war on Rus» i a. Πι- Al<iseow radio announced 1 hat i· n i;· ι ( '<in m i- - a;· Molo i tov had informed the Japanese I ambassador that r..ntinuance of the pact was impossible, since •lapan was fi^litin:;· against Russia's allie . the I nited States and (ire:·! IJrilain. "In - .. ■ : ι ,i ,-i : ..ι 1.. 1li' pact · ■? I ' ill!: . : 111 \ : l' ! λ ft m ,1. ] im , a π ri 1 h" U. S. S. Ii. has lost its meaning,* 1 .Molo!<>\ said. The note was handed l<> Jap anese \mbassador Sali» al .'î p. ni. today in the midst of a new Japanese lai'imt crisis. The part was s i n ii <-(1 in April, if'll. and whether Uu-.sia would dennunee it before the opening of the world security conference at San Francisco \pril 2,"> had been a subject ol speculation. The S'iv ct ii >te emphasized at the ■ 11 ; ; t set that "tiu· pact ol neutrality between the Soviet Union and Japan jv.as concluded on April 13, 10-11 — • : et ttai y ( îer ιτ» >ty ■ ■■ 'he l,'. S S. H., and before the .ti'riak - : v. : 1 ><■'ween Japan, ι:-, 11 ,e ι ,i:o j ι ;. ι I. ., I G real Britain and the United States on the other. "Since thai time, the situation has raJic '.lh chanf;ed." the note -aid. "Germany attacked the I S. s. i; . and Japan—Ger many's aliy—helps the latter in her war agairst the I . S. S. It." The treaty ordinarily would have i: un! : Apr: 1. 1!· Hi. The den-nuicr» eetive April 13, 'just 12 days before the opening of ;, , S:.: ι Fl ; , ι (" in!i i'l'IK'C. i lie Moscow announcement s,i!ί{ .i.ijian s νιιι;>4ι:Ν>><ΐΜ*·ι λ^ιλπ. Vit»» luicî " ρ ! .ι m i ->(· cl to brins the ci ( iaration oï the So\ iet govern ment to ..11 ntion of tlie Japa ir se OV' 1 .llîrllt." T:·»·:■· ··...- '· · .: ; i m in the ·. ·,·· n: ·· !.' :·>ίη'.4 •.ι:··· r< ·'. : * ; 11 · with However, Premiei Marshal ·. .·: lin-d Japan <!\ÏK\I KObO'X ( Μ',ΙΜΤ Î \ί Λ S M ( < 1 s<()lî "Mil 11" I.()P.(i)ii. \pril 5.— ιΛΙ'ι—The Japanese u >i t ruinent of Oneral Kiiiso fi'll toda\ in the midst of the empires t,rave military cri sis. an I I mperor Hiroliilo railed ( ι \i!miral (iaroti Kantaro Su nl.i, 7î->car-oid president of i h.. pri\ \ ι mineil. to form a new cabinet. Tokyo broadcasts an nomiced. I Κ > :;<1 , . : - mister.- popped - : Il ; ii ■ : >.i ii.i. "1 leea list» . i:\ ot î he - 'illation," .i :·>· . · ι · .·, ' *. .· ·· ·· mtainR fury of ■ ·· do: :i.· ' "a :·· ei^lit months : ι \ e r· ached t ho Λ !: : π invasHin at Okinawa, on the doorsteps of the The communique, broadcast In tile 1>. aici ;uMicv. said "a far mo: ■- pow criai administration w :'I lie formed, an I the choice l<!l i n !!" a:;ed Su/uki after tlie eiiiM ror had consulted the elder stati siirn of the empire." S ίητιι in soil 11 - ret t re nient for eight years prior to liii (("<>: ' 'ii..· 1 n Pago Two.) Planes 1 hmt !'<>r ΛιπίΚΜΐ In Sw amp I η ! :ist (Carolina ' I Podc Field, Fort Bragg, April 5. ( Λ Ρ Pi· .· Fa-Id ami· m meed to 1 i.iν ' '. ·- being niacin Ρ .·· W. \rnold, 29, '■ . .·. - : · · ν I t·· have fallen ■ ·· > a C-1" *!·.· ·!· :··,m- port plane Tui'«ia> wii.U- on a photographic • tr. rims >· n al· >u! five miles ; · 'i t ;'t -· ο; K! ' '.aheth City. Λ ■ o;d 1 a- a photographer Just ; how Me I' M the plane was not clear, it \va< explained. The plane 1 was based at Pope Field. The sol - clier's next of kin wa> listed as his e ι w ife, Mrs. Mildred Arnold, Nash I \ i 11e, Tenn.

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