RATION GUIDI Blue Stamps—H2 through G-1. . Red Stamps—- Y-4 through U-2. Sugar—Stamps 35 and 36. Gasoline — A15 coupons expire June 21—B-6, C-6, B-7, C-7 good for 5 gallons each. ©jc ^aUn Airoatice VOLUME XXXV—NO. 112. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1945. Russian Allies Raise Flag in Elizabeth City Cuba Asks Increase in Size Council San Francisco, May 10—(TP)— The United Nations conference faced its first big test today on a small nation bid for greater voice in the proposed peace-en forcing security council. A Cuban proposal to enlarge the council from 11 to 14 or 15 nations was put forward in the conference committee charged with ship vote day. working' out council member- and some members said a probably would be taken to- As the council plan now stands, it would include the Big Five powers, plus six smaller ones. American delegates sought meanwhile for a formula for fit ting a Pan American security system into a world organization without splitting this organization into regional blocs. Regional Control a Problem They recognized this problem of regional versus world security control as one of the most critical facing the -conference. It is especially acute for the United States delegation. Its mem bers are divided on the issue, which is: Shall the American re publics be oh their own, or shall they be under control of the world organization, when they feel they must use force to suppress ag gression in the western hemis phere? Latin Americans want the au thority to act in the western hem isphere without waiting for world organization orders. To counter this, it appeared likely that advo cates of regionalism in other areas would call thority for other Amendment A conference proved last night to the Dumbarton for similar zones. Approved committee au- ap- an amendment Oaks plan that Yielding to impulse when the sirens sounded announcing the unconditional surrender of Germany early this week, four young Russian Naval Aviators, engaged in ferry aircraft between here and Mos cow, asked with sign language if they might have a hand in raising the American Flag on Main street. Here they are seen with the flag—one of them explained in intelligible English that it was now their flag, too—in front of I). Walter Harris store. Mr. Harris is just visible in the rear left. the proposed assembly of nations should have power 'to probe trou ble spots in world affairs. The big-powers had approved the change after Foreign Commissar Molotov of Russia succeeded in striking out any specific reference to reviewing treaties. He had ar gued that would play into the hands of German propagandists after this war. A committee on structures and WEATHER Cloudy and mild, scattered show ers becoming rain tonight. Clear and cooler Friday. High yesterday 75 Low last night 57 Sunrise 6:03 — Sunset 7:59 6 PAGES—5 CENTS Over 400 Superforts Blast Jap Oil Stores Americans Invade Samal Unopposed procedures of the general assem bly decided last night jT let each country have aS many as five re- but presentatives in the assembly only one vote. These other developments tracted top interest: Five Other Issues 1. A Big-Five committee on at- in- Kesselring Sure Hitler Is Dead; Respected Allies Saalfelden, Austria, May 10— UP)—Field Marshal Albert Kessel ing, the last commander of the German armies in the west, is ‘most surprised” that Hitler did not lead his Nazis into a planned hold out in the fortified under- g.ound tunnels of the Salzburg- Be ehtesgaden area, Kesselring, found by U. S. troops aboard his special train in the Tyrolean Alps and awaiting completion of arrangements for h ; s formal surrender, said he was “absolutely certain” Hitler dead. ”I was most surprised,” he Anerican war correspondents night “at the decision of der is told last fue- brer at the last moment to fight with his soldiers in Berlin.” Kesselring said he saw Hitler about the middle of April in Ber- H'. Ke health,” “It Fas appeared in excellent the Field Marshal added, two or three days before the Russian attack.” “I had an opportunity to speak with the chief of staff of the rixth air army today, and he was at the chancellery until two days before Berlin fell,” the shal said. “He said dead.” Kesselring declared Field Mar- Hitler he did know how Hitler had died. was not but Lone Nazi Raider Strikes Last Blow off Roanoke; Coast Guard Rescues 14 Guam, May 10—(TP)--Japan’s dwindling homeland oil supplies were blasted for the first time today by a record fleet of more than 400 B-29s. Smoke columns rose 15,000 feet from wreckage of oil storage and fuel manufacturing centers on Honshu, main Japanese island, and returning Superfortress crew men reported results “excellent." The big bombers also struck at airfields ■ on Shikoku and Kyushu islands, from where Japan sends suicide planes into the battle for Russians Paid High Price for Victory By MATTHEW HALTON Berlin, May 9—(Delayed)—(TP) I heard today from a source who certainly should know an es- Manila, May 10—(TP)—Unoppos ed American invasion of Samal Island, just off captured Davao city, was announced today as bit ter fighting raged on the Minda nao mainland, where doughboys sought to outflank a .Japanese force which has virtually isolated a Yank battalion. Meanwhile the Australian-Dutch campaign on Tarakan Island, off Borneo, neared completion. The Allies held all of Tarakan city, seized strategic Api Hill, and clos ed in on the Djoeata oil field. They ternational trusteeships is report ed to have reached agreement “in principle” on what sort of ma chinery to set up for governing the ex-enemy territories of thi^ world war and the previous one. 2. Senators Vandenberg and Connally (D-Tex) made clear in public statements that they and other American delegates are timate of what it cost the Rus-1 sians to save their county and come at last to this triumph in already have the big Pamoesian Oiknawa. Fulfilling W. Nimitz’s Fleet Adm. Chester promise of greater and greater air attacks on Ja pan, today's " formation of sky giants carried a total bomb ton nage equivalent to the maximum loads of more than 1,000 Liberator bombers. Bombs were dropped visually and accuurately in a daylight strike at the Tokuyama and Otake fuel storage and manufac turing centers on the island sea, a major source of Japan’s avi ation fuel. The big Tokuyama naval fuel ing station and a nearby synthe tic fuel factory which is the lead ing fueling center for the Japa nese army were plastered as a single target. On Inland Sea Tokuyama is 48 miles south- west of Kure on the Inland Sea. The O'take oil refinery—one of Japan's largest—27 miles north- east of Tokuyama, was hit. An ¬ Berlin—between 12,000,000 and 15,000,000 dead, of whom about half were soldiers and half civi lians. “There were times,” said a Rus sian general, “when we had to lose half a million men at a time to save the army itself.” Science to Create Millions of Jobs Chapel Hill, May 10-(TP)—The creation by science, in order to win the peace of millions of new jobs that were never dreamed of before was proposed today at the University of North Carolina’s sesquicentennial celebration by Dr. William A. Lazier, director of the Southern Research Institute of Birmingham. After World War I, he said, millions of new jobs were cre- ated in the United States by re ¬ oil field. Tokyo radio reported American Negro troops were fighting on Tarakan. There has been no indi cation from Allied sources of Am ericans participating in the cam paign. Protects Flank Elements of Maj. Gen. Roscoe Woodruff’s 24th Infantry Division invaded Samal Island Tuesday to I protect the American flank in the I drive up the Davao Gulf coast. There were few, if any, Japanese believed to be on the island, which is 22 miles long and 10 miles wide. Other units of the 24th Division established a bridgehead across the Talomo River, west of Davao city, in a flanking move to liqui date the Japanese force which, in a counterattack Monday, almost ringed a U. S. battalion. The 31st Division under Maj. Gen. Clarence Martin advanced seven miles eastward from Kiba- we, in central Mindanao; while ated in the United States by re- another column moved northward search. In the. present war science , and engaged a Japanese force other target was the storage area, largest proper. Oshima is a small west of the north tip Oshima oil in Japan' island just of Kyushu. Good weather permitted visual bombing for the Superfort crews in a continuation of their stra- (See JAPS page 2) * has done far more than ever be fore to aid victory and has gone ahead at a faster pace. This pace, he declared, can be maintained in new science crea tions for the needs of peace and in adapting war’s discoveries to peaceful pursuits. Peanuts and Tobacco Dr. Lazier enumerated many (See SCIENCE page 2) near the southern airstrip of Maramag airdrome. the BROOKS TO LEAD The Rev. D. P. Brooks, pastor of Salem Baptist Church, will lead the Men’s Christian Federa tion meeting Friday morning. Battle Vets To Get Guard Duty in Area Atlanta, Ga., May 10- Battle veterans, returned from theaters of war, will be used in the south- east as guards and in.administra tive duties over German prisoners Committee Approves Gilliam Nomination Washington, May 10—(TP)—The nomination of Don Gilliam of Tar boro, to be Federal District; Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina was approved today by a Senate Judiciary subcommittee. The committee had called a of war. Major General Frederick j hearing today but no witnesses commanding general,! appeared in opposition to the E. Uhl, Fourth Service Command, day. Especially will this be American soldiers, both said to-, nomination. Previously. Ira Baker. true of, Mount, N. C., had indicated officers, Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich) that and enlisted men, who have, them- wished to testify. selves, been prisoners of war, After Giving Away Two Hospitals Here is the U. S. Coast Guard’s first and only four-star admiral sr-id he had “the absolute convic tion der fuehrer was unwilling to fall into Russian hands alive.” Kesselring was asked if he thought the Germany army could have fought better without Hit ler’s “intuitive” leadership. “To give justice to der fuehrer,” he said, “I must say he was a genius in operations sense and conception. Sometimes, however, th- ideas of genius are misunder- ! stood. Hitler Overburdened “I only regret that der fuehrer had to direct Germany's military, political and economic was overtaxed by the his burdens.” Discussing the war Kesselring declined to life. He weight of in general offer any specific criticism of Allied stra tegy. -.He singled out Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, Gen. , "forge S. Patton and Air Chief marshal Sir Artrur Tedder among die Allied commanders who had when he stopped briefly here enr visit to the Outer Banks, during Alpheus W. Drinkwater, two Coas ty. Left to right they are Capt. E ficer of the Coast Guard, Admir and Commander Stanley Linholm, City Air Sea Rescue Task force. oute hack to Washington after a which time he tendered, through t Guard Infirmaries in Dare Ooun- Ilis Reed-Hill, public relations of- al R. R. Waesche, commandant, commandant of the Elizabeth Army Says 85 Points Required f^r Discharge Washington, May 10—(TP)—The War Department announced today w 1. his respect and admiration. • . «. --x-y - —UZ^V Hti referred to the Field Marsh-pi that' a point score of 8a h; as! ’'Monty.” Me assorted the Germans “nev- er did entertain the gas.” He remarked, "I extreme increase in idea of using have seen an the ability of American and English sodiers in combat. We have always spoken I of our aggressors with the great est esteem.” constantly concerned with what the United States Senate may or may not be willing to accept, by two-thirds vote, in the way of a security league. 3. In Washington, the House Britain Planning To Push Attacks On the Japanese London. May 10—(TP)—Prosecu- . Ition of the war against Japan passea—and sent to the Senate—- t ^ ed the tasks facing Britain a resolution calling for a consti-1 nation settled down today after a joyous celebration of V-E tutional amendment to require treaty ratification by a majority vote of both branches of Congress. Prospects for success looked bleak. 4. The Russians finally won a partial victory in their fight to get a world trade union congress spokesman to the conference even though Foreign Minister Molotov left yesterday. The conference committee on a world economic (See CUBA page 2) Fourteen Killed As Mine Explodes Sunnyside, Utah, May 10—(TP)— Fourteen miners were known to have been killed in an explosion in the Utah Fuel Company's No. 1 mine here yesterday and.' rescue workers were combing the nels today for the bodies of possible victims. Seven injured, three in tun- more criti ¬ cal condition, were taken to hos pitals. Deadly carbon fumes which spread through the mine follow ing the explosion three miles un derground hampered rescue oper ations and removal of bodies. Citizens Make Or Break Peace Efforts McMillan Tells Blackwell Group [ “The failure of the League of : Nations following World War I i was not Woodtow Wilson's fail- ure and the failure of the. world I dream of peace now being imple- Rocky : mented at San Francisco will not to be Stalin’s failure or Churchill’s he failure, but your failure and Sen. Bailey- (D-NC) told the General Uhl has advised comman- committee “Gilliam’s whole life is ding officers of posts and camps way above any possibility of at- in this command. Before taking,tack. He can stand any amount mine,” R. L. McMillan of Ral eigh told the Brotherhood of cisco. “Ours has been called the tragic era of the failure of distribution. We have developed a lopsided civ ilization. We have learned much about physics and chemistry and we have learned to produce en ormously; but we have neglected decided on as the minimu been quired for discharge of ground, air and service forces enlisted at this time. Men with this total will be sidered eligible for release men con- and will start moving next week for separation centers. Separate critical scores' for each of the services will be established in about six weeks. About 1,300,000 men are to be released in the next 12 months un der the point system. Four Factors Count The points for each of four fac tors for discharge are as follows: Service credit—One point for each month of army service since September 16, 1940. This is the same as 12 points per year. (More Dunkerque Returns To Allied Hands London, May 10-(TP)—The al lied controlled Luxembourg radio declared today that the German holdout garrison in the French channel port of Dunkerque has surrendered. Dunkerque was the last pocket of German resistance in France to surrender to the allies. Aluminum, Copper And Steel Going To Be Released up their duties, the officers and ! of examination: I think we got the . men who will handle the prisoners ' will be given a thorough training as to disciplinary measures to be taken as well as provisions of the Geneva Convention. best man.” The full judiciary committee is expected to send the nomination to the Senate/for action, probably early next week. Blackwell Memorial nual banquet in the Wednesday night. "I salute you as of public opinion in at their an- church annex the moulders this free land of ours. What we think, we are; and in groups like this will be decided the fate of world confer ences like the one at San Fran- the We not study of the social sciences, have learned how to get, but how to distribute. A Tragic Picture “All of us recall that in the depression there was no market for wheat and farmers used it for fuel. At the same time breadlines of hungry people were forming in our great cities. (See CITIZENS page 2). Day and shouldered its share of the tremendous problems connect- tion of liberated continental coun- ed with the care and rehabilita- tries and the occupation of van quished Germany. With the war in Europe fin ished, it is expected that British fighting men and equipment will be transferred as rapidly as pos sible to the Far East, where oth er British' land, sea and air forces already are in action. The government is rushing to completion plans for support of UNRRA work in feeding and shel tering the European continent’s war-stricken millions. Organiza tion of the commission which will control the British-occupied por tion of Germany is already nearly complete. It has been speculated in London that either Field Mar shal Sir Harold Alexander or Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery may head the British commission. Prepares Postwar Program Britain also is prepared to start a post-war program at home to aid thousands of bombed-out fam ilies. Approximately 30,000 Amer ican made pre-fabricated houses are among those that will be erected for civilian war victims. Government and business lead ers already have started making plans to recapture Britain's share of world trade and a keen race with American businessmen for! world markets is foreseen. . While his government was get ting ready to grapple with these problems, the average Britisher returned to work and his normal routine after a double V-E celebration. Day Benes Back in Prague After Seven Years London, May 10—(TP)—President Edward Benes has returned to Prague, the Czechoslovakia capi tal which he left in 1938, after Munich, the Prague radio announ ced today. The Prague radio said German than 15 days will be a full month.) Overseas credit—1 each month overseas tember 16, 1940. Combat credit—5 each award of combat counted as point since points for Sep- for decorations since September 16, 1940. Parenthood credit—12 points for each child under 18 years of age with a limit of three children. Those who attain the required score will be released unless mili tary necessity dictates their re tention until replacements can be obtained. 44 Points for Women Washington, May 10—(TP)—The Government has decided to open up steel, copper and aluminum supplies to civilian goods manu facturers July 1. This decision, reported today by officials in a position to know, is scheduled for early announce ment by the War Production Board. It follows the shift from two—to one— point warfare. It was learned also that most of the remaining restrictions on production of consumer “hard goods” such as radios, washing machines and vacuum' cleaners. will be lifted shortly. Only those covering such products as auto- A temporary score of 44 points has been set for members of the ’ mobiles, trucks and stoves will be Women’s Army Corps. retained for a time until material The combat credits are based | supplies are moving more free- on awards of the Distinguishel | ly. Service Cross, Legion of Merit, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying I Cross, Soldiers’ Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart and Bronze Service Stars (Battle Par ticipation Stars.) Credit also will be given for the following naval decorations to Ar my personnel: Navy Cross. Dis-’ tinguished Service Medal. Legion of Merit, Silver Star MedqJ, Dis tinguished Flying Cross, Navy and Marine Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal and Purple Heart Medal. (See ARMY page 2) Edenton Aviator Gets Second Award A second Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal has been awarded to Sergeant James M. Bond, 21, Edenton for “meritorious achieve ment” while participating in bombing attacks upon military and industrial targets in Germany in conjunction with advances by Al lied Armies. Sgt. Bond is the tail gunner of an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress in the 385th Bombard ment Group commanded by Col onel George Y. Jumper, Natoma, California. So’s of Mrs. M. F. .Bond, 107 planes again were bombing the ] West Church street, he was em- big concentration camp at Tere-1 ployed as an apprentice electrician zin (Theresienstadt), 53 milesiby Norfolk Navy Yard, prior to entering the Army Air Force in March, 1943. He received his aerial gunnery wings at Las Vagas Field, Nev ada, in July, 1944, northeast of Prague, where thou sands of Jews still were held. The camp was among places bombed yesterday, Czech broadcasts re ported. Control Orders Be Amended Even in the case of these items, Forty miles due east of Roa noke Island a German submarine struck the dying Third Reich’s final desperate blow in continental waters of the United States at 2:50 p.m. Monday, April 23rd. Cruising off shore a PBM from the Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Sea Rescue Task Force inter cepted a radio message from the master of the Norwegian tanker “Katy” saying that he was aban doning ship. He gave his location 40 miles off shore. Relayed to the Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station, the message brought instant action from, the crew of the Coast Guard Rescue boat temporarily on duty there while the station's regular crash boat was undergoing overhaul here in Elizabeth City. With Chief Boatswain's Mate Lippincott call ing the course, the boat streaked out through Oregon Inlet. Fourteen Rescued ’ With every ounce of its power- poured into its propellor shaft the rescue boat cut through the wa ter, making the fifty miles from Oregon Inlet to the scene of the torpedoing in 75 minutes, arriving there at 4.20 p.m. Two hours and fifty minutes later it was back at its dock with 14 men who were transferred to the Naval Auxil iary Air Station a,t Manteo for hospitalization and the treatment of wounds received when the tor pedo crashed into the tanker. Even as it flashed the message to Oregon Inlet the Air-Sea Res cue PBM continued eastward to the bearing given by the tanker’s skipper. It was joined by two oth er PBM’s and by Navy aircraft, including dirigibles The crew had taken to their boats, the sea was calm and. the men were in no dan ger, except from wounds. Unarmed, the Air Sea. rescue craft were intent upon rescue. The Navy searched for the submarine, believed to have been the one which sank a ship off the Mary land coast above Hampton Roads l ive days before and to ba Co bee:, the same which torpedoed another vessel off the New ®nf;land coast several days later. Other Sinkings Announcement of this sinking and others farther up the coast and one off the coast of South America in this last gasp of Gel man under sea power was made through the Associated Press to- day. News of it had spread by word of mouth, sometimes multi plied in the telling, until it was common knowledge all over the Albemarle. The Navy made the matter public at headquarters of Fifth Naval District in Norfolk Wednesday night. » Surviving members of the crews brought into Norfolk were allowed to tell the newspapers about the (See NAZI page 2) Riddick Admits Liability For Crop Upon admission oy the defend ant Henry Riddick in the case in which tire Virginia Carolina Chem ical Company was plaintiff that he had disposed of mortaged property involved in the suits Sup erior Court Judge Richard Dixon immediately ordered a. mistrial and directed an order placing fun burden of payment of ’claims in the two actions brought by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Cor poration upon Riddick and ad journed the term of civil court- Riddick, by ordci of the judge and under an agreement approv- however, control orders will be ed by counsel of both parties, was amended to permit some produc- placed under a $500 bond for ap- tl0n /c pearance in recorder's court on (See ALUMINUM page 2) (See RIDDICK page 2) Matchless Shooting Wins Acclaim Here for Expert; Fish Fry Follows Meeting If he could shoot half as well conference arranged by Ue FBI when he was a youngster as he I for law enforcement offkials in does now it must have been a this area, under the supervision of happy day for the jack rabbits when Daniel A. Hruska grew up and moved out of the state of Texas., In a matchless exhibition of plain and fancy shooting at the Coast Guard pistol range Wed nesday afternoon the man from the Lone Star State who is now an instructor in the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia, riddled tar get after target for a near per fect score. Firing at a. silhouette of a man all of his bullets save one landed in a vital area and that one went into the arm of the make-believe criminal. This was in.the course of shooting inat started from the 60 foot mark and ended at the 25 foot mark. A strong cross wind made the shooting more difficult and it was considered remarkable that the expert was able to make such a score under this condition. Mr. Hruska’s appearance here was in connection with a special Edward Scheldt, special agent in charge of the Charlotte office. He was assisted by Special Agent T. D Easterling and Chief of Police Walter W Spence of Elizabeth City who arranged a fish fry for the visiting law enforcement off cials and guests at ’his camp on the Pasquotank Riser following the shooting exhibition. Meeting Opens at Two The meeting opened shortly aft er two o’clock at Hotel Virginia Dare with Mr Scheldt presiding He told of the law enforcement conferences which have been held in this area and voiced the opin ion these were largely reponsible for the total absence of foreign inspired sabotage in thjs. coastal defense area since Pearl Harbor. He complimented local law en forcement officials upon their co- operation, efficiency and friendli- 11CSS (See SHOOTING page 21