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I 7 Four Joiirnal-Every Evening, Wilmington, Delaware, Friday, April 6, 1 945 Stale Casual lies Memorial Chinese Open 3-I'roiig j8tll Air ForCC Drive Toward snensi- rington. There were only 65 survivors among the crew of 300. He entered the Navy Aug. 28. 1943 and went overseas in March, 1944 Mi ners, Coal Operators Hold 'Last Chance' Meeting Today rvr Hits Kail Hubs CHUNGKING.

April 6 JP). Chi- new forces unleashed a Urge scale three pronged counter offensive against Japanese troops striking to-; ward Shensi province, guarding thejUalle, Failure of Negotiators to Come to Terms Will Send Case iVirJ i wioV, twr a Jit tended Milford High School. A vet-1 Before entering the service he at- eran of the New Guinea he visited his family on a 10-day leave ibou ui miri nn kutc, itr war, transferred to the Atlantic and was on his first trip in that theatre fVari Via VtiippiiariA nipiirrfirl In addition to his mother, he is i i r-. (Contlnaed Frim rata One) lorm which might be of help in his writing. A great deal of it was secured in England or Europe.

Mr. Ward's family have added to -n-n t.f0'"0" Pf'VLJ hU iaf ibook. published in 1941. and his A companion volume to the book, death completed Just before his will not be published To WLB, With Government Seizure This Week-End Seen Definite Possibility seaman first claw stationed in correspondence concerning! seaman nrsi ciass, suuonra in me i John L. Lewis and soft coal operators WASHINGTON, April 6 (P).

came UP today to their "last chance" untUjest 01 on tne Honan-: alter the war. Military Mim Pacific. Also surviving are five sLs ters, Eleanor, employed by The Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, and Norma, Charlotte, Patricia and Janet at home. Raymond L.

Tucker Sergeant Tucker was tail-gunner on a Domocr wn cn nas or-rn Government seizure of the pits this week-end loomed as a definite possibility. If the negotiators fail to come to terms, the War Labor Board will take over the case tomorrow and decide the mine leader wage demands. A spokesman for Lewis asserted The individual ensemble jitiuay asiiiim a the nonnem approacr.es tnina capital, the high command announced today. The Chinese command said Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-slieks forces pouring out of southwestern Honan Tnan k.tt.unn arH anmnuata a Japanese Dattaiion ana encircled a number or Ftrongnoids 6'ill! The Chinese counter-offensive was Nippon arive aeep inw v.nma hui.uik oi; miles from the Sliensi border which preceded the counter-offensive, more than 1.000 Invaders were annihilated and nine enemy destroyed. Oki I 'Contlnaed From Pate One) vade tiny Yabuchi Island off the east coast.

The Marines still were finding only scattered resistance. In five days the Yanks have overrun more than 100 square miles, or about one-fifth of Okinawa. The Associated Press Correspon dent James Lindsley reported in field dispatch that tne Marines naa portea josi over Australia, ne nao, been in the Army three years and Photostat copies, had been in the South Pacific about! offlc Uls are particu-a ar ilarly interested in the collection Before entering the Army he because they believe lit gives not only f.ther nn their clear picture of the versatility of advanced 8,000 yards northeast Reich during daylight hours. the istnmus. He tney were, Nazj pianes Destroyed capturing and, if necessary, killing: Fighter-bombers had another big Okinawans organized by the Japa- day "shooting up Nazi planes on the nese into home guardsmen and! ground, destroying at least 84 and equipped with sticks, knives tied to damaging 50 more.

Eighteen enemy poles and similar makeshift weapons. aircraft were shot down in combat. Observers suggested that the Jap-More than half the German piares anese may have abandoned the en- aTedced on a dozen different tire northern section of Okinawa WPre je. propelled, because of a shortage of troops, as! Tempest pilots foiu.d a big con-they did the eight Kerama islands centratjon of German motor trans-15 to 25 miles to the west which port anci 20 tanks waiting to be en-were seized by the 77th Division trained west of Rotenburg. They before the Okinawa invasion.

(strafed the area five times, and Admiral Nimitz reported thatitne radioed for fizhter-bombers to anti-aircraft guns and fighters de-iCDme in complete destruction stroyed 65 Japanese planes raiding 0j the tanks. American shipping and ground posi- tions in the first five clays. One es- ftn nnn cort carrier was attacked for nearly Allies L.Ot an hour by six At Luzon, Japs Claim planes which repeatedly were turned 1 i back by ack-ack. Five or the planes SAN FRANCISCO. April 6 were shot down.

The carrier was The wholly unsubstanriaed claim not damaged. Enemy submarines' that 100,000 Australian, Filipino and were active. One torpedo missed a United States troops had been today that the miners' union had not inspired a single work stoppage in soft coal mines. He predicted full production by Monday. K.

C. Adams, editor of the United Mine Workers i no work stoppage in any aiine has been inspired by the U. M. W. wherever the operators and management have agreed to meet the terms and conditions of the extended agreement.

We are not responsible for differences which arise locally and become aggravated be- jtweeii management and men." These further developments aris ing from the stalemated contract talks came yesterday: 1. The WLB informed Lewis that unless work stoppages in some 200 bituminous mines end promptly "the government will have no alternative but to seize and operate the mines on strike." 2. Interior Secretary Ickes urged quick government seizure to avert "a serious interruption in the production of steel." 3. U. M.

W. A. officials in western Penns; lvania decided at a meeting to make new attempts to return miners in their area to the pits. 4. CLeary reiterated his assertion that superintendents in some southern mines are preventing men from returning to work in order to avoid payment of any retroactive wage increase.

5. Reports from the coal fields indicated at least 40,000 miners still were idle. In a te'egram to Lewis WLB Chairman George W. Taylor said mine strikes are hampering pro-j duction or steel and other war materials. Ickes, speaking as Solid Fuels Administrator, reported that 13 U.

S. Steel Corporation blast furnaces have shut down and 20 more will start cooling off at noon today. Government seizure requires certification from the WLB to the White House and an order from the President. Western Front (Continued Fran Pare One) a point 23 miles southeast of Gotha and 58 northwest of the Czechoslovak border. At that position it was within 32 miles of Saxony and 50 of the big rail center of Plauen, the capture of whicn would cut Germany in two.

Canadians Near North Sea A thunderbolt of Canadian armor struck 25 miles north of the captured Dutch linen center of Almelo to within 44 miles of the North Sea and 12 miles of the Zwolle-Groen-ingen Railroad, last railway escape road for Field Marshal Johannes Blaskowitz's Army Group in Hol land, once numbered at 90,000 men. A team of the Third Infantry and transport ship and exploded on reef. Domei Reports Yanks Qearinc ISaval Base SAN FRANCISCO. April 6 P. A Japanese uuiuri u- patch reported today that American iBay.a omTer Nipponese naval ftU tr I anchorage on trie soutneast coast oiipo.it.ons Domel have Okinawa.

killed more than 520 enemy troops American ships could use Naka-i gusuku Bay to supply Tenth Army;" 64 aire. IVipzijr, Traffic Point on Yank -Soviet Link-Up Houte Blasted IlN'DflV Anri! 8 A 650 American heavy rnberj escorted by more than 600 nhrs today bom be! ay yard Halle and Leipzig, two main American and R-ossian a-micj, A E-2vh Air Fcrce announce ment said the main railway station at Leipzig, one of the largest in Germany, was one of the prime objectives. Other Target Hit Other targets in Germany not Immediately identified in Allied announcements also were attacked by Flying Fortresses ar.d Liberators in their fourth straight daylight assault on the Reich. The German radio indicated these targets were in the Magdeburg, Dessau and Chemnitz There were no major raids rm Germany last night due to bad Ye.erday, however, more tnan 2.000 Allied planes hammered killed cr wounded since tne Jan. a landings on Luzon was advanced by a Japanese Domei News Agency broadcast today.

Japanese losses were about 3.000 men killed, the dispatch the FCC said. In a recorded bv ddition. 120 and 2Q heavy and 105 captured. JPan VT 71 2fi flTP ll TH rlO.H Hr 1 jj Reaffirms Humane iare oi iazi apuves WASHINGTON, April 6 (VP. The Army intends to stick to provisions I ers wno naa Deen given iiii.e jo eat 'ard were clothed.

Generally, the Geneva Conven- tion provides that prisoners receive Quantity and quality of ood served to troops in base camps: LONDON, April 6 Southern l) STETSOX Shining oven straw makes this pert little bumper that's young and carefree as Spring itself Wear it for added zing with your prints, from now on into summer $7.95 advertised in mademoiselle I AS 0ces on Okinawa and later to stage further mows against Japan. Domei said the task force was bombarding Japanese positions on the Island in support of the southward push by the 24th Corps. Domei said the Yanks were ad vancing "under cover of naval gun-!" n.u-fire and strongly supported by pZ war Prisoners tanks." The agency said 200 tanks; reports of Ll treatment of Amer-supported 5.000 Seventh Division prisoners in Germany, fantrymen moving down the shores! News stories from Germany have of Nakagusuku Bay. jtold of liberated American prison- in Italy in West Surprise Puh North Of Azzana Captures Some Important Territory ROME, April 6 (TP). American Fifth Army troops.

attackin through the mountains near the Italian west coast, have gained almost two miles in a swift advance north of Azzana, headquarters announced today. The announcement said the drive began yesterday and heavy fighting was continuing as the Germans met the onslaught with strong mortar fire. Near Porta American elements which thrust forward from Strettoia uric uiicu uata uy iiau tuuiiwri- attack. Initial official accounts failed to Indicate whether the American attack was on a major scale. The surprise advance enabled the Americans to capture some important terrain features.

From Strettoia. two and a half miles inland and 19 miles southeast of La Spezia, one American stab made limited initial gains until it ran-into the German counter-thrust near Porta, a mile beyond Strettoia. From Azzana. six miles inland in the same neighborhood, a gain northwestward outranked OOO-foot Monte Folgorito. On the opposite end of the Italian front British Eighth Army troops swept enemy remnants off the nar row spit cf land separating the Valli Di Comacohia lagoon from the Adn tic.

as far north as the Valetta Canal adjacent to Porto Garibaldi the seaport for Ferrara. In night landings Eighth Army units also seized four small islands near the center of the lagoon. Allied planes flew more than 3.000 sorties from Italian bases yesterday. Clothing (Continued From Fae One) will divide the contributions according to types and age groups. Mr.

Wood explained the organisation of the national committee, whose head is Henry J. Kaiser, appointed by President Roosevelt at the request of Herbert H. Lehman, director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, to conduct this nationwide drive for clothing for war victims in Europe and the Philippines. 'Wilmington has always been liberal and that is known throughout the country." Mr. Wood told the group.

"Frankly we expect double from Wilmington what we ara asking of most cities. There will be no pro-rata business in this drive; we want everyone to give what he can, but to give generously. Will Cut Expense "We all know that our government will take care of the unfortunate victims of war," he added, "But this is certainly one way to cut down on the expense. It is one of the greatest opportunities that have ever been offered for unity on a common-sense basis, actually clothing the naked and innocent victims of catastrophe." Cotton garments should be washed before being given to tne collection, but wartime cleaning problems make it impossible to ask contributors to have other clothes cleaned, Mr. Wood said.

Full instructions to what Is required will be issued as soon as possible. Mr. Wood pointed out that shoes and women's purses possibly fitted out with a lipstick or comb may be included. Committee members decided that It may be necessary to ask as many persons as can to take their garments to collection centers in bags or cartons, because or tne snortage of such material. Suburban interest in the drive has been so great that those attending the meeting agreed that nearby communities should be included.

Representatives of the A. W. V. S. offered the services of that organization at least one day a week in taking garments from collection points to the central depot.

Mr. Wood said the drive is considered so important that extra gasoline would be granted to them for this work. Since city trucks will pick up the garments at the city collection points and take them to the main depot, officials of the Street and Sewer Department declared that in view of the need, they will be permitted to go outside the city limits if necessary. Groups to Cooperate Mayor James emphasized today that those attending the meeting were invited as individuals or as representatives of organizations which have ajready expressed an Intention to cooperate in the collection. Others will be added in the future.

Mr. Koester will soon announce committees on publicity, churches, schools, special event tto include all service clubs. Boy and Girl Scouts, and any other interested civic organizations), collection, stor age, and sorting, packing and shipping. All instructions and information will be issued through the mayor's office to the publicity committee. Meeting Attendance Those attending the meeting today included: Mrs.

Austin Porter. A. W. V. 8.: Mrs.

Peirescu, New Century Club; Morris Levenberg. men's chapter, and Mrs. Edward Berj, women's chapter, B'nai nth: Gituwiy. chairman. State Council of Defense: J.

Paul Green, vice-commander. American Legion; L. W. Ricards, Veterans cf Foreign Wars: Dr. Zcnas R.

Clark, Board of Education: the Rev. John Herrick president, Wilmington Council of Churches; Henry Claus, News-Journal Company: James M. Shorts, Del-Mar-Va Council. Boy Scouts: Miss Maxine Goran eh. Girl rcours; Clarence Fuimer.

Kiwa-Bis Club: Robert H. Worth, Lions Ciub: Ben V. Codor. Jewish Federation of Delaware; Mrs. Samuel Dillon, chairman.

Women War Bond Committee; Thoma Donaldson, president. Chamber of Commerce: J. Gorman Walsh, manager, WDEL, Mas Anne Gaventa. Wilmington Branch, Alumnae of women College, University of Delaware; Harry Mayer, president, Wii-tmngton Junmr Chamber of Commerce: Mrs. George Cox.

Mrs William N. Cann. City Federation of Women Ciubs; Frank J. Pappa. Censral Labor Union: the Rev.

Joseph Sweeney representing Bishop Ed-tnond J. for Catholic churches; Isadore Sollod, and Y. W. A Harry L. Ma.er.

Street and Sewer Department: W. Murray Metten, Rotary Club: Ben P. Cohen. Avoda Club; Wiliiam Clover. Men'a Club; Robert Hackett.

V. 8 Mrs Maude Spencer. Pilot, Club: W. w. Richard.

Dm Pont Company: E. B. Dulmage. Pears-Roebuck and Compinv. Robert Forjis.

Publie and Andrew Kavanaugh. superintendent of the Department of Public Safety. Yanks Gain Saraievo Caiiturecl SarajOO apiuntl By Yugoslav Troops By Associated Press fiarafevo. the scene of the assassi meeting to agree on a new contract. Jap Cabinet List Delavcd Admiral Suzuki Plans To Take Up Naming Of Candidates Tomorrow SAN FRANCISCO.

April 6 (Pi. Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki failed today to name a list of ministers to ttie cabinet Emperor Hiro-hito called upon him to form after the fall of former Premier Kuniaki Koiso's government yesterday. A Dome! dispatch recorded by the Federal Communications Commission said Suzuki had "succeeded in obtaining the cooperation of the Army and" Navy" in his first day as premier-designate and expects to take up naming of candidates for the war and navy portfolios and other ministries tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Japanese press and radio called on the new leader to form a "strong war cabinet." The Domei news agency said that the fall of Koiso's government yesterday gave the military and the people an opportunity to "really unite and create a solid, strong wartime cabinet that is equal to the fierce war situation." "Real unity" was the persistent demand of crit ics of Koiso's government. Japanese propagandists insisted the downfall of Koiso's cabinet did not mean a change in the nation's basic war" policies.

However, authorities in the United States familiar with Japan have suggested that selection of Suzuki, a moderate, to head the new government may mean that Japan is prepared to put out peace feelers in the hope of negotiating an end to the war. Pacific Plans (Continued From Para One) Navy Departments, decided that turning the full offensive power of the United States on Japan was a job to be directed by two men. Accordingly they announced last night that: 1 MacArthur will command all Army forces in the Pacific theatre. 2 Nimitz will command all naval forces. 3 Strategic direction (the broad plans for the war) will be retained by the joint chiefs of staff.

The nature of a specific operation (whether essentially sea or land) will determine which man directs it. Force Redeployed The command assignments came in an announcement that spoke of "the large forces to be redeployed from Europe" and the "rapid ad vances" up through the southwest In the southwest Pacific, where MacArthur had been supreme Allied commander, naval forces were un- under the field command of Mac Arthur. Hitler Symbol Disclosure of Marshall's views on the end of serious resistance in Ger- nany came irom two senators declined to be quoted by name. They said the general contended that Hitler, as a symbol if not the man. is the chief inspiration for the fanatical resistance about which Gen.

Dwight Eisenhower spoke in a letter to President Roosevelt. A reduction in the fighting to the status of guerrilla warfare, however, would release substantial portions of Allied troops. It is then that most legislators believe the Soviets will drive on the Japanese. Peace Bid Seen Likely Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) foresaw the closing on an Allied pincers on Japan, with the possibility the Russian announcement might push the new Japanese government relatively compared with its nredecessors toward a peace bid that might bring a speedier end to hostilities in the Pacific than in Eu rope. Sharing the belief that Mr.

Roose velt extracted a twin promise from Stalin at Yalta, administration supporters advanced this as a probable reason why the President promised, among other things, to back a So viet demand for three votes in tne nroDosed world peace league as sembly. It would explain, they said, the highly conciliatory attitude this government appears to have taken on nearly ail sucn proposals tne Russians have advanced. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich). a San Francisco delegate, observed that the Russian action "is un doubtedly a preview of vitally im portant things to come. 32-Letter Decoration Concocted by Germans LONDON, April 6 (TP).

The Ger man High Command announced today a new decoration the 32-letter i liegervernichtungsabzeichen" meaning. "Decoration for the bringing down of low flying aircraft." The award obviously was designed to encourage German troops to fire back at Allied aircraft. Give a share in America, ouy War Bonds and Stamps! Pfc Irving deShong Died of wounds Robert G. Kern Lost in storm Pfc. Howard O.

Parsona Killed Stephen J. Lewicki Wounded Casualties (Continued From Pate One) 28. son of Raymond A. Tucker of near Ellendale: over Australia. Wounded Staff Sergt.

Wallace P. Wootten, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wootten of Magnolia; March 1 in Germany. Stephen J.

Lewicki, coxswain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lewicki. 1215 Lancaster Avenue; June 16 in France. Prisoner of the Germans Pfc.

Raymond S. Sharp. 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sharp of 15C West Seventh Street.

The War Department today announced 4,709 casualties including 1.725 killed; 2.310 wounded and 664 prisoners of war. The Navy Department issued no official casualty list today. Howard O. Parsons Private Parsons had previously been reported missing in action on the date he was later reported killed. A letter from his captain to Mrs.

Parsons said that he had been buried with military honors in an American cemetery in eastern France. He had served with the Seventh Army. Before his induction in February, 1944. he had been employed by the George W. Helm Company of York-lyn.

The soldier, his wife, and their two children, Ruth Ann, 7, and Richard, 4, formerly lived in York-lyn. Private Parsons received training at Camp Blanding, before going overseas in August, 1944. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Heg Parsons of Obids, N.

four sisters, Inez and Vivien at home with their parents, Violet and Ruth in Washington, D. and three brothers in the armed service. Pfc. Irvin Parsons in France, Pfc. Jones Parsons in England, and" Fulton Parsons, yeoman first class, in Norfolk.

A memorial service for Private Parsons will be held at the 11 o'clock service at the Hockessin Methodist Church on Sunday. Joseph M. Lentlnl Sereeant Lentini served with the Mountain Infantry of the Fifth Army in Italy. He went in the Army in July, 1941, and had basic training at Camp Croft, S. C.

Later he served on the personnel staff of the parachute school at Fort Benning, Ga. He was sent to the replacement center at Fort George Meade, Md and transferred to the Infantry before going overseas in July, 1944. Before going into the service. Sergeant Lentini had been a barber, associated with his father. Frank Lentini.

of 307 East Fourth Street. Surviving axe his wife, his parents, a brother, Pfc. Michael J. Lentini, stationed at Fort Sam Houston and two sisters. Jean Lentini and Mrs.

Don Fleischauer. John E. Johnson In addition to his wife. Private Johnson is survived by six children, living at Ellendale. They formerly resided near Milton.

He had been in the Army for two years but had only been overseas five weeks when he was reported killed. Before entering the Army Private Johnson drove a truck for A. H. Bee be of Ellendale. Irving deShong- In a letter written on Feb.

19, Private deShong had said that the town where he was quartered was "quiet" and that he was looking forward to going to the movies the next night. He died of wounds two days later. Mrs. deShong has re ceived no details concerning his death. Before going into the Army In November, 1943, Private deShong was employed by the Associated Transportation Company in Bal timore.

He had training at Camp Shelby, before going overseas in July. 1944. The soldier served with the 29th Division of the Ninth Army. Private and Mrs. deShong have a 26-months-old daughter.

Shirley Ann. Also surviving are his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar deShong of near Middletown, two brothers.

William and Oscar deShong, and four sisters, Lena, Jeannette. Cora Mae and Virginia. Three brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law of the soldier are serv ing with the armed forces. They are Mike Synczyszyn. water tender second class, serving in toe Pacific; Walter, seaman first class, stationed in California: Charles, seaman first class, in Bainbridge, and Helen, seaman first class in the WAVES, stationed in Jacksonville, Fla.

An other brother-in-law, John, has received a medical discharge from the Army. 1 Robert Gustave Kern Petty Officer Kern had previously been reported missing. This week the Navy Department lists him of ficially as dead. He served aboard the destroyer Warrington which went down In a hurricane off the East Coast last September. He was believed to have been the only Del aware man serving aboard the War-, includes several maps, showing loca- Hons of armies during the eany continent some are Mr.

Ward, but also his development j35 we nrst wrote parodies oi current fiction, culminating in a satirical novel, "One Little Man." Then he combined his writing talent with his interest in history, the evolution clearly pictured in the books assembled at the university. Much of the collection is source material for the early history of this jstete, "Dutch and Swedes on the ueia ware. mere is a larse snu extensive group of volumes dealing western travels in America in the early nineteenth century, Includ ing many personal journals and accounts basis of the book "Strange Adventures of Jonathan Drew." Revolutionary War Data The largest part of the collection is that devoted to the Revolutionary War period, source material for "Delaware Continentals," generally considered by authorities to be Mr. Ward's masterpiece. This is a definitive study of Delaware's contribution to the American Revolution.

Mr. Ward's collection was such that he never had to look elsewhere for data of information. Everything ithat he wanted or needed was there, and the collection was so complete and varied that every fact or point of interest could be found or verified without leaving his study. It is this completeness and diversity of the collection that make it so valuable to tthe university. To the knowledge of Jhe faculty at the University of Delaware, the collection is unique in this country.

Russian War (Continued From Pace One) Bruck, 12 miles southeast of Vienna, after hurdling the Leitha River hrooHnfr f-a rf Vi Tiro tic- breaking the defenses of the BratiS' lava Gap. Malinovsky's units on the north bank pushed within three miles of the meeting point of the two rivers by taking Lamac, four miles northwest of captured Bratislava. Railroad Link Severed While Tolbukhin's forces cut the high-speed highway linking Vienna with Linz and Munich, Malinovsky's troops severed a nine-mile stretch of the railroad along the Morava River's east bank linking the Austrian capital with Moravska-Ostrava, Czecho-Slovakia 's third city, and Bruenn (Brno), 50 miles northwest of Soviet spearheads. The railroad was severed at Malacky and Zohor, 22 and 27 miles northeast of Vienna. Elsewhere along the eastern front Soviet troops partially flattened a German bulge that had extended deep into eastern Slovakia, captured industrial Zywiec in southwestern Poland and seized Dolnja-Lendava, 56 miles north-northeast of the Croatian puppet capital of Zagreb in northern Yugoslavia.

Capturing ,500 prisoners in Yugoslavia, the Russians jumped to 68,500 the number of enemy troops taken in that sector and in southwestern Hungary in the past five days. Liquor Bills (Cont.nued From Pate One) stocks for direct sale to the con- sumer. With whiskey scarce, the retailers claim it has been doubly hard for them to supply regular customers with favorite brands when the wholesalers do not release adequate supplies to them. See Supply Aided If the law regarding direct sales to consumers is changed, the retailers claim, there will be more of a supply for the public than recently. The text of the bills follows: "An act to amend Section 16 of Chapter 176 of the revised code of Delaware of 1935, relating to alcoholic liquor, wines and beers by providing that the sale and delivery thereof shall not be made to certain persons by a manufacturer or im porter.

"Nothing in the chapter would be co -strued to empower a manufac turer or an importer nor authorize or empower the liquor commission by regulation or otherwise to au thorize a manufacturer or an im porter to sell, transport or deliver alcoholic liquor to any individual holder of a license, authorizing him or her to purchase a stock of alco holic liquor for personal use, under provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 176, or to any individual who may purchase spirits or wine, or beer. without license from the 'commiS' sion, as provided by law. "The provisions of the bill would become effective July 1 providing they are passed by the General As sembly." A Wilmington wholesaler said the competition claimed by the retailers is not as big as pictured as the wholesalers only set aside 5 per cent of their stocks for direct sale to consumers. Finland Government Has Resigned, Paris Says LONDON. April 6 Paris radio said today Finland government had resigned.

Broadcasts by the Finnish radio recorded in London made no such report, and there was no substantiation for it elsewhere. The need for used fat is atin critical. Best estimates Indicate that IT. S. production of fats and oils In the crop ear 1944-45 will be 1.3 billion pounds under that ef the current year.

Housewives are nrjed to save and turn In every drop oi used cooking fat. nation that touched off World War; must always be "humanely treated I has been "stormed and arid protected." and be lodged in by troops of the Yugoslav Army of 'buildings affording all possible guar-' National Liberation, the Free Yugo-antees for health and hygeine. slav telegraph agency said today, 14th Armored Divisions of the and central Pacific "which have Seventh Army gained nine miles in brought us into close proximity with south Germany reaching Hammel- the Japanese homeland and the burg, 16 miles northwest of the ball China coast." bearing center of Schweinf urt. where one effect of the directive appar-the U. S.

Eighth Air Force suffered 'ently was to remove the Navy from its first heavy casualties of Flying MacArthur's sphere of command. farm. He received his training at airfields in Texas. A sister, Mrs Catherine Jester, lives near Ellendale. Wallace P.

Wootten Three days after he had been wounded for the first time on Jan 21, Wallace P. Wootten was promoted to staff sergeant. He was hospitalized in Paris for about a month and then reloined his unit. He was hit by shrapnel on March 1. Now he wears the Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster as well as his exnert combat infantryman's badge Sereeant Wootten attended Mil- ford High School.

He attended the University of Florida, graduating under the Army special training program. He received training at Camp McCain, before going overseas in August, 1944. Stephen Joseph Lewicki The first word tnat their son, Coxswain Lewicki. had been wounded during the early days of the Normandy invasion was learned by his parents when announcement was made by the Navy Department that he had been awarded the Purple Heart. In a letter to his parents, which enclosed his award Of the Purple Heart, he said that his wound had been slight and he nad not written about it because he did not want to worry his family.

He explained that he received some shrapnel in his left leg on June 16 in the Bay of the Seine and had been treated aboard ship. Coxswain Lewicki entered the Navy in December 1942 and was two years overseas on April 3. He took part in the invasion of North Africa and Sicily and then returned to England previous to the invasion of Normandy. He had attended St. Hedwig's and the Thomas F.

Bayard School and had beeen employed at the Pusey and Jones Corporation when he enlisted in the Navy. Raymond S. Sharp Private Sharp had been reported missing in action since Dec. 21. Yesterday his par ents received a card from the soldier say ing that he is prisoner of the oermaiis.

He was a member of the 106 (Lion) Division which was caught by the German counter-attack in the Ardennes forest in mid December. Private Sharp entered the Army in January 1943. He received training Pvt. Raymond S. Sharp at Camp Croft.

S. C. and Camp At-terbury, before going overseas last October. He had been employed at the New Castle Defense plant before his induction. A brother.

Private Benjamin Sharp, is also in the Army. V. F. W. (Continued From Fate One) structed in the intricacies of rehabilitation rules and job location, is prepared to put the veteran seeking aid directly into a hospital, training school, or job, whichever is needed.

The danger of a huge floating population of "veteran gypsies" being created in the United States, discharged soldiers going from place to place in search of work, was mentioned by the speaker who emphasized the need of producing jobs for the 13,000,000 returning men. "Tiie caring of veterans should be piaced in trie hands of organizations that are experienced and know the problems of the veterans," Mr. Brunner said. Col. A.

W. Foreman, director of selective service for Delaware, de scribed his position as veterans' as sistance coordinating administrator for Dr. H. V. Holloway, superintend ent.

State Department of Public In struction. said, organization for the education of veterans returning to ueiaware is now being completed and a list of courses for instruction in both high schools and colleges win De announced soon. Provisions include night study and correspond ence courses. Donald R. Morton, honorary aide de camp of the national commander and vice-president of the Masonic Club, presented Mr.

Brunner. Mr. Brunner was accompanied to the meeting by Capt. Jerry A. Freeman, director of public relations of the V.

F. who served more than two years with the Engineer Corps in Europe. Commander Brunner visited the Prisoners of War Camp at Fort Du-Pont this morning. To Talk on Radio At 7:30 o'clock tonight Commander Brunner will speak over WDEL on the Junior Chamber of Commerce program, on "Army Day 1945." He will be the principal speaker at a rally of V. F.

W. members from all parts of the state at 8 o'clock tonight in the New Century Club. Mr. Jackson will open the meet ing and Mr. Morton will preside.

The invocation will be by the Rev. J. Edward Layton, pastor of the Minquadale Methodist Church. Following Commander Brunner's address, the Rev. J.

Francis Tucker. O. S. F. pastor of St.

Anthony's Catholic Church, will conduct a brief memorial service. The Rev. Dr. William C. Munds, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, will give the benediction.

i The Yugoslav dispatch was p3rs CPvpn ported by the FCC. 1 ases 3eCl Archduke Ferdinand of Austria; BombleSS IVinllts in Row was assassinated Sarajevo on: June 28, 1914. an act that precipi- Fortresses. Fresh Breakthrough A drizzle sopped the north Hol- tated the World War of 1914-1918. England and the London area Sarajevo is an important indus-' passed another bombless night last trial and communications center of; night the seventh in a row with-Bosnia.

'out a sign of German air activity. land flatlands, but the Canadian his Jurisdiction. Nimitz now ap-Fourth Armored Division In a fresh pears to have direct command of all breakthrough with the 12th Mani-that is afloat, including such Allied toba Dragoons raced up the diked! sea forces as British naval, units road network to the outskirts of in the Pacific. Coervorden and reached the point Gen. H.

H. Arnold retains txclu-closest the final Zwolle-Groeningen sive control of his 20th Air Force, escape route. joperating agency of the growing Except for boat traffic under trieiB-29 fleets. The other units of Ar-watchful eve and ready bombs of air forces, however, are left For young sparkle I tr i Allied planes, all of Bxaskowitz troops left in the Amsterdam-Rot-terdam-The Hague end of Holland have lost their last chance of The Canadians who mopped up i a good section of the old buzz-bomb coast of France had brought the battered London area near the end of its long trial by V-2 rockets. The Germans have fired a few or none in the last few days, but are believed to have a tailend stock of rockets on hand.

The rested tank and infantry divisions of Courtney H. Hodges' First Army drove both east and west. Columns striking eastward from Paderborn reached Bruchhausen, four m.les west of the upper Weser and 164 miles from Berlin. Drive Into Ruhr Trap Hodges troops which moved in the opposite direction drove into the Ruhr trap on a 70-mile front, seeking elimination of up to 150.000 Germans sealed off in the industrial basin for annihilation. The First Army advanced nine miles west into the Ruhr trap beyond Winterberg, where the 21 trapped enemy divisions were offering their most violent resistance.

Fatton Consolidating Gains Farther south, othex routed enemy troops were beating a retreat into Czecho-Slovakia before George S. Patton's Third Army. Only 58 miles separated this army from Czecho-Slovakia and a complete severance of north and south Germany. Patton's troops, extended three-fourths across Germany to within 70 miles of Leipzig, concentrated on consolidating gains and strengthening supply lines, mopping up such by-passed strongholds as Meiningen. reported defended by 8,000 Nazi tank and Hungarian troops.

Prized cities fell including Bielefeld (pop: historic old Min- den 28,000) on the Weser, venerable Muelhausen (36,000) on the ap proaches to Berlin and Leipzig: and the Dutch linen center of Almelo (35.621). Also taken were Herford Detmold Bad Oeynhausen (8,000) and Neheim Canadians Enter Arnheim Canadian patrols crossed the Neder Rhine into the Dutch city of Arnheim, where Allied hopes for an early victory were dashed, last fall Ml.