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JAPAN'S LARGEST BATTLESHIP IS SUNK -L + + + + + + * ★ * ★ * * :* Warships, 391 Planes Destroyed Baltic Fought Only 50 Milrs From Japan; U. S. L.osâ Moderate (iiuim, April 7.— ( ΛI' ) Six Japanese war.-hips, includin.n heir larjre<t π-maininj.·; hattle hip. flu· 1 Γ>,( )(>< )-l < ,n Yanr.ito, and > ; » ! (I" my pian. ; were de stroyed in a two-day battle be \\ i ι ii planes and serviee units .i!' the two fit is yesP'rday and today, only fifty mile.- from •Japan, Admiral Chester \Y. Ximitz announced. Three I'nited States destrov < rs were sunk, and several oth ers and some smaller era It dim aged. Sewn planes were lust. Japanese ileet hisses in addi tion to the battleship were an Agar.» class light cruiser, one : ther light cruiser and three de stroyers. I'he lattr. opened I·'rid iy afin*- ! :inon win· heavy unis ni Japanese i ,)1 ano.< Hacked United St.it - -hips ; nd shore inst ;i 11 at i< >ns in :'ie vicin tv of Okinawa. Three destroyers were sunk or damaged. ;.:id 110 ol the attacking planes were shot down. No larger 11. et units were hit. Karlv today navy .-.'a.eh aircral't sighted an e: eniy suriae,· force at a ρ lint au ut lilt.v miles southwest ( I Kyushu. southernmost .I.ipanese is land. Vice Admiral Marc A. Mit scnei \ a. Ι ι 11 ι i <■ : - In; re steamed! toward the enemy and during the; middle ol the day bruiight the enemy under aerial attack. No opposition ι was met, but heavy anti-aircraft fire greeted Mitschcr's airmen as they oorcd into the attack. Vinson Takes Over Duties \V i.-inm.·.! . Λ ι >ri ! 7 ( ΛI * ) Ι·'ι ed ι λΐ. \" : ι·. · ·ιι w. .· 11 rii in today J director of the Office of War Mobil- | i/atioii and II·, c 'liver. H'li, succeeding J a 11 es 1·'. I >y ι ne . The oath wa. administered by Clue! .1 u.-t '.· ■ I ). I. ι en ce (îroner, ol ' . I'. S c" ■ .it ·.· \ppcals, in Vin sot \s new office in the east win'? of the While II" Vinson, I ο » ■ .or ei 'iinmi.' ·' i.ili/alion director, an il meed in- head attorney in tlTM ■ illict·. lùlward I'r:tehard. would be come his general counsel in the new i" I'ri rlianl icceods lieniainin V. C' hen, who π -il; ed with '.v.nes. Three Men As Highway Head Are Gossiped BY I.VNN NISBET Oailv Dispatch Bureau I ΐ ; 11 < · i U1 s, Api il 7.·—Denizens of C'apitol S(| laiv ! ve by politics — nul it isn't an ea-y way to make a living—h they ..π· always eager to outguess the g'ovenmr on appoint ments. With the boards of educa tion and hospital control out of the way, major attention is being given to the highway commission. Terms of present members expire at mid night April 30, and Governor Cher ry has indicated he will announce new appointees by that time—but there is small chance it will be much ahead of the last day. Here'. the way the gossip runs as of this week-end: CHAIRMAN' Chairmanship will go t ι W. P. Horton. James H. Clark oi Charles Ros.». Horton can have it if he wants it; chances are he coesn't and Clark is best bet. Rihs doesn't want it. but is a good sol die: and a good highwayman, H-tv ing been with the outfit since be ■ sinning of t h e good roads program, and will stand by an acting chair I man if the governor desires. DIVISIONS -Originally the State was divided ilit ι districts that were subdi\ ided into ■ division-:. Some voars ago that was changed and the ten commissioners now renrescnt a ! division each, and the divisions are • subdivided into districts. Capitol Square g issipers (without benefit I if a word from the board as basis (Con'inued on Page Three.} YI'GOSI.AVIA ACCEPTS. Warhirgton. April 7.— (AP)—The 'state Department today anounced that Yugoslavia has accented an in vitation to the United Nations con I 't lence at San Francisco opening ' April 25. NEW INVASIONS ADD TO JAP CPJSIS HAINAN C> "I^Tsopp, ιινΠ SOUTH f fA ο x ■ PHILIPPINES « OUANGNGAI CHINA ^EA ~ MANILA r A - sjf LtJn JUST AS THE JAP CABINET staged its sensational mass resignation, seizure by American troops o£ the Tawitawi Islands (1) and landings on Mas bate (-) were declared by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to "isolate the entire Dutch East Indies." The Tawitawi Islands lie just oil the coast of Borneo and become a vitally strategic point from which to hamper all move ments οί troops and supplies in the southern area. Black arrows show how the one-time Jap shipping lanes arc now blocked. (Internatwfial) Operators Appeal For WLB's Help I alks With Miners Collapse As Strikes Show Critical Turn W · .11. ' M. Λ : ■ Γ : 1 7 ι Λ Ρ )- Ι'ι- i tumr : is opcl atm . ,ιρ) it-it 1 ■ il 1>> tin· ; λ\ ..ι· I..·;>< ι' Hoard today ι ·γ help in wrilin:; a new contract as talks with 1 tin it 11 i< in collapsed, and wildcat rik<-s in "capthe mines" became ι I itif.il. ! γ. ii ici·!' . wii ι s.iul yesterday tiiey \\n.ild nut attend this morn i 11 ehi'duled meeting with .John L. Lewis and the United All e Workers ( oinmittee, deeided In In· present, I hill added "it doesn't mean any- j thin};.·· Lew ι rail· d in his 25<>-member , pulley committee meeting Monday, v.lien he will report oil the various ρ; ·ρι s a L offered today. The presence of the policy com mittee usually presages a major de \ elopme'it. The WLii will hear the operators' report al 3:311 p. in. today that a stalemate exists after five weeks of fruitless negotiations. Presumably Lewis will make a different report t ' the board. Stock Leaders Some Higher New York, April 7.—(AP)—-Load ing .slocks, with scattered exceptions, made further recovery headway m today's market. Best prices were recorded at a moderately active opening. While dealings slowed near the final hour, selected rails, steels, utilities and as sorted industrials retained fractional advances. Ahead at a moderately active opening were American Can and υ. S. Steel. Western Carolina Has Heavy Frost Damage I ncertain Charlotte, Apr:! 7.—(AP)—Tem perature·! ranging to as low as 20 degrees spread a heavy frost over parts of Western North Carolina last night. Asheville reported a kill ing frost, but information on the crop situation in the surrounding mountains was not imme" lately i'\ liable. The temperature dropped to :!8 ,ti Asheville and 20 in some places in the vicinity Prospects were lor warmer today. New Jap Premier mmm Admiral Baron Kanlar ι Su/, iki (above) !· reported .-ummoned by Kmperor lliroliito :·> I <:·.«. a η,n\ cabinet in .v.icco<sion to that ot for mer Premier Koiso, \\:< » resigned with all ministers as Japan lace,I a war crisis. Aged 77 and regarded as moderate in politics, S ;/nki has been serving .-nice last August a^ president of the Imperial Privy Council. (International). New Phase In Air War Upon Japan Begun Guam. April 7.— (ΛΙΊ— Λ lieu phase in tin· aerial war against the Japanese homeland opened today as the war's greatest B-29 foree attacked Tokyo and Nagoya. protected for the first time by land-based fighter planes. Two of the Γ-51 Mustang fighters from newly-captured Iwo .lima were lost as they shepherded the more than 300 Superforts delivering demoli tion bombs on two large air craft factories. The fighter pilots were credited with shoot ing down 21 enemy intercep tors, probably downing six oth ers and damaging two. Λ flight of 1.500 miles was made by the Mustangs in tlie round trip from Iwo to Tokjo. Suburbs Hannover Early Fall Of Northern Cities Seen Eight To 35 Miles Gainerl By American And British Forces ï'aris. April 7.— (AD — American tanks struck to with in ten miles <>!' Hannover today in a breakout from their Wescr :>ridjrehcad, and Iïritish armor fought less than 12 miles from ihe great port of lîremen. Hot h Allied advances bearing low η on the great northern Ger mancities were going strong this afternoon. The United St. :< - lashed out !·· .· Hamlin o:i ' e Wescr river and ; rei ned eight m'.lts Toward llani'" ,i Ti:. Bi h plungi· carried 3Γ> ·. I'jnKim.·. Bremen and hitting within 60 miles ot Hamburg, Ger many's third city. The German i ;uh c ommand de . hired .ι lit·:·, ι· battle v..ι.· raging ill ho Γι -led S: it« t:. I'd ;iimy terri tory east "Γ Muehlhausen and within J 3d ι 1 > s it ! Bc'i'l la. This is neai tin Kislt'ben area m which the Germans yesterday had announced airborne operations with ΠΙ 90 ii: les "Γ Μι,in.. (1 irrespund cnts with the third army said they \vi ' >. · ι η t i ! ί nr deny the Eislenen area operations. The IÎ: ta: ks flanked the great We.-e: river |,. rt of Bremen .lid .struck tu within (i'i miles of II. ο mi the Elbe. Λ spec:aeular · le . I. .·■. e : iv : he Elat i.-h seventh :«·· :i. ι a di yet ι miles .;· c ' ι 11:1'lueil, a I runt dis patch said, and ako toppled the cross— : ' · . :. Si·:.v. arse κ : dell, 22 ι · the city til 342, (100. ( .1 nil:..r■ · · ■ .·, shot tins through 11 ι I . yt-ii to within m e miles ni' the las', rail escape line for Ger :. the g π 'at western I )u'eh cit t s. and within 10 miles of the Zu tier Zee. 1 >: it:..!·» tanks ;ii twin drives charged Diepholz, 35 miles southwest ot Bremen, in a beeline toward Ham burg, Germany's third city of 1,682, • ·>·= Am ι·· ι i." ii ai unide: .1 ii led point a scant dozen miles from Βιβ ή en. and also Buecken, 22 miles northwest oi the trans-Atlantic port. (·. ·' :'e a : : t.l a hall' from . We.-e.· : \er and sixty from Ii : burg. at lite iii"Uth «if the Elbe. Still iartniT s · ith, American first ν ·.. . · 11 s 1111 > li t " : another seven : v. · : ■■ ■.: ι ·,· t we I ·. e m i les east Κ - .·!. a: d ther 11rst and ninth ·.·. !y e ι : 1111 : essed the 1 L't ι>(io ι · !âu.iMMJ Germans trapped : η the Ruhr. Hitler Tells Party Chiefs To Quit Post London, April 7.— (ΛΡ)—The Ger > m;.:i r.idi · announced today a Hitler ι«·ι·:·> >· 1 .-.le. .lit; Nazi party district I ν : . i ■ : ■ - t ' l::\c η their jobs in local j «jovernments. Ai! |k*ï .-.inal uni· ·ιι between tlie I officers of state and the Nazi party 1< ■ ■ t Ί :t ι ; i.' tin· decree s.< id. !".le ira-on !·.,· the decree is that t!i I. .1 : he ι >.·. rty are mainly tu r ' ·>· p.^illation, a'd in these I difficult times when quick decisions, and soin ; ι ι·.- movts, have t*· be carried out in a moment's notice, it lis ii"t thought suitable that a party ' I should be burdened with the I: >ks ι 1 ι a I administration and vice versa. "Il will η · longer be possible to combine the office of kreisleiter ( dis— rrvt <v c mty der) and county (•"iinselloi .>i' ' rd mayor, and no di.s tr ft leadei can h Id the same office in two ι more districts at the same t ime. "In the future, no village or town party leader can combine this office with that of mayor." The order added that "close co operation between the narty and state will, however, still be safe guarded." North Sea NETH STETT tzutDER zeeLr « z wou Hf NO 11(5* fcuTRECHT****«« «■·« ·*~ A R Ν Η Ε Ml OSNABRUK MUNSTIR POLAND NIJMECEN! POTSDAM MAG ;1 ? fcURG1 RUHR HAMM paderborn COLOGNE t KASSEL BONN GORLITZ RHINE R BRESLAU COBLE NZ FRANKFURT •AORAVSKA OSTRAVA FRANCE "\V—' CZECHOSLOVAKIA KARlSRUHl STUTTGART 4DANUBE R BRNO STRASBOURG GERMANY AUGSBURG BEIFORT AUSTRIA SWITZ BERCHTESGADEN 100 MILES ALLIES D21VE TO SEVER REsCH AS KNOCKOUT NEAKS JUDAPESTj litre is ;i comprehensive, all-purp >se map gn As the lerritte drives to ttt-1 i\ t r the knock-nut with the changi Bombers H il Tokyo As Suzuki Ministry lakes Over Control San Francisco. April 7.— ( XI*) —Japan's third war cabinet was formed toda> amid the roar ol demolition bombs bursting; in Tokyo from the greatest land based air raids ever mounted auainst Japan. The Japanese I) .··! ne ν - agene.\ 5a r m Κ an ta ro S izu ci api >o nte 1 ! . . : sel Γ ! >:vi Li'î : -U·. an ; Gre; * ·'! ! ' Ί·:·ίΠΐ P ».-ls y. ι *!,e cabinet. Admirai >Utsuanasa Vouai was retained as nav\ minister, although under his administra tion the imperial nav> suffered two disastrous defeats in Philip pine waters and lost more than ten admirals. General Korcehika An a mi, re ir.nv a\ aîi m he - iqUa/U rs. u ι pp anted v. ..· ■. a . Γ» »ih V ι nu 1 Alla.'tli aad \a· b'e-a.a ■ heir ser\'iees. vey non-military posts recalled spe •ulation that wit η h s ol::t a ne re rotation as a moderate he η jay have • eeπ selected to lead efforts to ■·' ;ve at a negot a ted peace. The cab not positions he .·.< pt lor hanse!" re the one- :· :,· u aid be involved in any peace .·!ioiimvo. 44 Nazi Planes Arc Shot Down In American Attack l.i-ndon. \in il 7.— ( \ 1*)—\l least II (ierman planes were shot dow n today as the V t/is pressed Iraiitic attacks against Ι,.'ίΟΟ Anieriean heav> bombers and 850 lighters making t sweep ol air lields. ammunition (lumps and rail yards ahead ol \!lied armies rolling across ni rlhcrn (Scrmany. 1 he number ol (ierman planes destroyed was expected to mount considerably. as (lie 44 repre s< nted planes from only a small part ol the lighter croup and none from the bombers, a I . S. air force stall officer said. Heavy combat occurred within .">0 miles of Hamburg, in the dis trict where several of today's targets were located. At the same time. Italian based planes of the 15th air force attacked rail li j^s and other communications in north ern Italv for the third straight day. I. iiilo . Ai 7. -(AI')- liu. .m wterans 1 γι >π ι ■' ' ι ! : 11 ν, ι ai ! ami I ; ,ι !a pcst, inching ahead against the hasti ly reiiilorcrd u · : ι ncu ■ ι - wl Ya battered their way today to withia lour miK·.·. ol S: S'.cpaan :■ r!m , ::i tin· nuddlt ·: city. Muscmv ami· ι a ed til .1 ! . ( \ r ma. s lint I'lilj were lighting l'or e\ r: y I at"tory a ι ν I . Inlle lia ι !M ο l; ; u i also had thn ivn in a number of counter attacks, which were repelled by Kusm ·η .. it. iri · 11 - m bi: ;< r I i.nlilni-;. Si \ a 1 I ■ ■ r.·ι■. rap', urod four suburbs ..n in; Hit· city lyin;! clear to lhe ι .I!ι ι. t ae bank <■ 1 the Danube river east ol Vienna in a 10-milc ad\ a - a al rearhrd the 0ora\ a river : > ι. : . r ·>!·'.·■( Μ 11 ig the Austrian cani >.· -tern ap )ι"ι aches on .i !e I. >i it. The b11· aim alt ι ol\ and :ηκ center ol - -hat and tin· tin ee suburban ι . m ad jaccnt t · » Vienna's southern boundary were taken by Mai.~ίι 1 Γ ikliin's third Ukrainian army. Advancing swiltiy from Brack in the Bratislava gap, | Λ! ,i ι :. . ; \1. >y s troll U L I. r.i ■ 11 c : ι .il.;. ■ . . ι· into twin in . ι. . :··\\.. .nu 13 ιιιιΚλ i.mitn l. .- ι■ tin· .ι . Vienna. Λ ι. .·.» ··. . li<>:u t' e: e :'ι Κ·>·. ii·! ai !ΐϊίι · ,.. .·> nvui'Mi ^ ι·η the .-••ΙΙΙΙΐι·.. Ii I'll ■ ι m S I·» V.l'l I M, ι. qui·:. rev ι a led. The Russians have loryed a iiii-mili· . .ι· c hall'-enrircled Vi 111 .· m . .,1 iv.iehed ι a] j— ]Muai-iii;i Nil· uiiiern and μ»:ι;ιι i.. ·π ■ i.. ... . :..ι· l'ity un a five it I ■ λ /.i-contrulled Vi i na l'ni.'· . :.nier was les:, than a mile ail' ad Ol the Russians. Ί ι γ, h ι in :. l'l i oiled j ;.-t be 1111 11 ! l.i ' 111 'lilt Ulat VI ''ill1, si ι I'll ., ί 1.1 ι i'i 'ken nut in tin· ril ν ι ι . : : .1 ItUss.an Imi .ny Uiiii.i' .ι., j n' ι·-I rated tin· rnih'-aii dfli η.··ι· I:·.,. . ..m the nvi ieipal b' .ini ι y. !i:·. . μ: ri al'tilli i > \·. lu ard ιι : ι background nl l ie In·:·; ilcasl. Air Operations Stealing Show in The Philippines Ships, Airfields And Planes Are Wrecked By American Blows Manila, April 7.-4AF) -A:r op» uiiit. mis arc sien ling the show in the Philippine.-, thea". re. This late-·: one-day rcn :ii lor plain s \\a> reported in C iι·ιu·: ai Douglas MaeAiihar's e miiiaiiai ι today: lli ;ι\ i 1 >' a: ' l.ed 11' n:; K. ···, .. third consecutive day, wrecking three lnerch... : ,-.hips with direct mis I and starting tiemendoiis lire-, a 1··ιιι; ; the uaterlι nt. Loosed tons ni fragmentation bombs un T'iyohara airdrome. ror i mi sa, Iirmg many pal ked plane . I Sank or damaged three sizable I tankers .11 the Pescad ·ιν-, w ι st u: I Formosa. Sank 17 siii.ill Japanese cargo sh:ps south '1 11 1 g Kong. Started Lam- lire s in Tarakan, oil storage area "ti northern Borneo. ' And. mi st sensational becanse o> its bearing, :r ops of the eleventh airborne ιϊ.» ·ιι wore ferried 2 υ mil l'.~ in ; ι in one-passenger cub, pin i's t ι ιjiture Lucena. capital 01 Ί ai a va.· |ί·ι·\ ι: .·« "ii southern Lu/m», . iui L ,·,·!:..·> airfields. Tin ! lu ι : ι : itîack was th.· sirann-| a.- : vi l ai : :. · ■ ■ . ; .· est I '.a i : ic \\.. r Ί ho laiv 1 i. ι.1111 pianos which il n n ally aiv ni '■ r ■ hurt one-j•.a.-.-on {>«·.· il |>s ' r lui' reeonnai.-sa ce I lights, i a l'ii a ; mail force ni the ' ilevonth a riinrne division tu ma-p ρ. -.< <i landi'm· on the tw.i Luaeiia airstrips. (Iinuiid t · -rris had advanced ta w thin IS η .'.os ι ! laicena l'uni the north. Another Philippines provin cial laniial, bagged in Abra pr wince ι : northern Luzon, fell to guerrillas, .ait: tν ι aa'Iii'lds w ι !'.■ si i/i'ci t * ma o a total of four dromes for the l i a \ . WtÂTHER 1(11! ΝΟΗΤΗ ( \UOM\.V Fair and a little warmer to da>. tonight and Sunday.
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