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13 No. 30 Evening Journal Found rJ lass Everx Evening Fonnd4 IS71 Evonlna Jonrnal and Every ETeaina CanaoUdated Jan. I. 18.13 Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday, February 3, 1945 14 Pages Price Three Cent s7 a) JV Eve 15) cn 1 1 1 JJ Americans SweeB In On Last Siegfr Tractor-Trailer Wrecked in Overturning on City Bridge ied Barriers U. S.

Airmen Rock Berlin With Bombs To Aid Soviet Push Soviets Uncover Huge Slave Farm Germans Held Russian Women in Reserve For Employers Yanks Pierce First Pillbox Belt of Nazi Western Line Liquor Sales Halted in 4 More Clubs Three Licenses Revoked; Fourth Given Suspension Of 4 Months for Alleged Sale of Drinks on Sunday I nan MOSCOW, Feb. 3 JP). A dispatch1 in the army newspaper Red Star -j-j -v ttv.i i-ii -vr said today Soviet troops who cap-; liUSSiailS DriVC itlllll 1 Vi 31llCS Of tured a baronial estate ln Silesia had discovered a nuge siave farm where Russian women were held in reserve for Nazi employers. A large group of the women, crying and thankful over their libera Germans Throwing In Service Units to Bolster Thinned Out Defenses; Colmar Cleared of All But Few Holdout Pockets The Delaware Liquor Commission today revoked licenses of three Stettin on Baltic in Effort to Open Nazi Capital for Attack From North; Big Battle Rages in Frankfurt Area By Associated Press clubs and suspended the license of tion, told the Red army soldiers that operators of the farm had fled with other Germans to a safer area, the dispatch said. Several thousand girls and women were placed in a large barbed wire enclosure as landowners, fac- By Associated Press LONDON, Feb.

3 Russian attacks on the Oder River havt been repulsed, the German High Command declared today as i PARIS, Feb. 3. Two American divisions burst completely through the first pillbox belt of the double Siegfried Line today and surged across open country two-thirds of the way through He u-Viz-v; ripfpnse svstem. Some 5, a fourth jor a period of four months, effective toaay. Within the pa.t 10 days James L.

Luke, commissioner, has revoked or suspended licenses of six clubs Clubs whose licenses were revoked are: Paul Lawrence Dunbar Lodge, 716 French Street; Roosevelt Democratic League, 207-209 West Fourth Street, and Young Colored Democratic Club, 704 Walnut Street. The license of the Labor Lyceum. 412 North DuPont Street, has been suspended until June 1. In all cases the clubs had licenses from the Delaware Liquor Commission for Sales on and off the prem tory managers and rich housewives American air fleets rocked Berlin with 3.000 tons of bombs in aid ver 40 miles east of the capi- The liberated women said thatj the strongest were taken away to' One Berim broadcast said Marshal Gregory Zhukov's troop work in factories and farms, andj had won but later lost a bridgehead over the Oder near Kustria. 10 d- The Moscow declared one of Zhukov columns had By Pholographrr.

i speared to within 11' 4 miles of Stettin on the Baltic. A piur.se to much three! Going out of control as it approached the west eri-d of Market Street bridge, this tractor-trailer over- troops gamea Iturned. narrowly missing plunging into the Brandywine River, and spilling its cargo of bomb fins all over the miles. larea. The cab burst into flames and the driver was rescued by a naval officer and an inspector of the Wilming- The German High Command Uon Board of Health.

UC A Mt-i-ifkiiirl Stettin would lop off 13.500 square miles of northeastern Germany, I IIlOl CCl ithe Polish Corridor, and the Danzia area. reported lively air activity andj rJZDrivcr Pulled From Fiery Cab Kustrin is on the Oder 40 miles east of Berlin. A huge battl was reported raging farther south, four miles east of Frankfurt on the historic Kundersdorf battlefield, first bloodied in the era of Frederick the Great. ises and locker licenses. The reasons for the revocations I Columns Race Toward Manila Coal Shortage Strikes Many City Families The ram of bombs from more sBerlin Dealt than 1,000 TJ.

S. Flying Fortresses crashed on the refugee-choked and suspension were given by Smiley King, executive secretary of the commission. The Paul Lawrence Dunbar Lodge had knowingly permitted use of its premises by members, non-members, and guests for unlawful purposes, namely conducting of a lottery and a lottery policy writing, Mr. King charged. ovOne of Greatest Philippine Capital, Only 18 Miles Away, Mav Fall capital, which is within sound Without Maior Strueele Ion the western side of the Oder.

iRlmi-c After Truck Upsets on Span Baltimore Man Dragged to Safety as He Collapses At Wheel of Vehicle Loaded With War Materials; Rescue Made by Ensign, Health Inspector A yuclc driver was saved irom deatli early today when waa dragged from the flaming ca'o of his tractOT-traiier, loaded with war materiel, that overturned on upper Market Street bridge and almost plunged into the Brandywine. The driver, Harry Bloom, 31, of Baltimore, is in the Delaware Hospital suffering from a possible fractured skull and severe lacerations of ar Zhukov's drive on Stettin, 74 miles The place was raided by police on: Jan. 26 and on Wednesday one de 50 Calls Taken Daily From Homes Without Any Heat; Emergency Grows GENERAL a A ttt? northeast of Berlin, threatened to; fendant was fined $750, another $500 OT.rv,,,ln, "I cut off great German forces, and. T.frl re- open Berlin for an attack from Record U. Air Attack the north.

i wiii uu wjm-igjs i ocums oniiicuj(-j. i wo rowenui American ar day In; in interest in policy writing. Themored r9ce(, twarri a At least 50 families a The Germans rushed fresti divisions up to the Oder River line. Wilmington and the adjacent county place was known as the "national Aimed at Military And Communications Targets bank-m the policy writing from the north today amid The German military commen- The license of the Roosevelt Demo- strong indications the Philippine area are reporting they are com-j pletely without coal, and nearly 200 itator. Col.

Ernst von Hammer, de- Roer River oermany, amia rising indications of an impending Allied offensive. Field Marshal Von Rundstedt gave this cryptic command to his troops: "Orders for what we have to do have been given. Comrades, now more than ever we must be watchful." The Second Division, some 30 miles southeast of Aachen, and the Ninth Division on it left flank, were pouring through the first breached defense belt and streaming across an open country gap under cover of artillery and mortar first, toward the second and last aone of concrete barriers. Nazis Battle Doggedly The Germans were still giving battle doggedly from their hard-hit line Sen-ice troops and rear echelon soldiers were being thrown in by the Nazis to pad out the thinned defense force Tne American attack had carried throuzh two-thirds of the whole Sierfried belt at one of its widest points. Tne Second Division's Recimerrt smashed to within four miis of Gemund and three miles face.

cratic League was revoked on capital would soon be liberated with- t-i ravtrtinn arm nvcv Ani a lie clared the "western bank of the; LONDON. Feb. 3 More than His life was saved by a Navy! "uiVs I' jonarges oi making saues on faunflayslout a major fight. One U. S.

force itnat they have less than five days and also for violation of other state i was less than 18 air miles away. Delaware Flier Oder has now been mopped up American Flying Fomessej 1 officer. Ensign William A. Day Russian forces" after one spearhead auppiv, -as LUU-'- I'iws mainuirunc eambiinff devices. Rattl.har(fsniH Vim Cavalry William Lewis, an inspector for the.

Despite the increasing seriousness lt waLS explained. cast nearly 3 000 tons of bombs on the heart of Berlin today in the dismounted) Division troops drove: had won a temporary bridgehead near Kustrin. Wilmington Board of Health. of tne local situation ana tne snort-; on Sundays and violation of a new arrow toward Manila Thurs- Kustrin Being shelled g.ci ar o.ow ever cea.t that cap- They puiied him out just as he age oi coal due to recent ireignt istate laws on gamblmg were giver. day by sweeping 57 miles in 24 hours tie-ups caused by severe winter the rounds for the revocation of rinwn the east, flank nf rh antral GI Give Lives; Three Injured fainted and collapsed within the Moscow dispatches said Soviet i ia; teeming with refu-ees cab already on fire ditions, it was said today that noUie license of the Young Colored Luzon plain to Sabang, within 24 artuierymen aireaay cie Tcic reCord attack was aimed i Aire ai.acis was a.rneci The accident happened at 3: 30 j.

office will be open tomorrow to re miles of Manila, and beyond. shells into Kustrin, 40 mies north-; rectly at military and comrnunica-east of Berlin. Kustrin and Frank-; Hons targets in the "center of the Democratic Club. Sundav sales were also eiven as oclock as Bloom was driving south iceive applications for emergency Gen. Douelas MacArtnur said to-'e on the Market Street Bridse day this sensational thrust lorm the last major oarrie.s;CJT menaced by Soviet pletely severed Japanese forces in before Berlin I which the Germans say are only 40 Lieut.

Edward W. RuyterJ The truck, owned by the Cowan 0 i Transportation Company of Balti- JJover, Dies on ord had carried a load of explo- South of Kustrin other Russian miles awav the north and south of Luzon fuel supplies. the grounds for the suspension of During the past week the applica-! tne ucense of the Labor Lyceum, tions were taken in the Office of; In al, cases investigations were Civilian Defense headquarters bv inspectors of the Delaware the Public Building, and today calls Liquor commission, accompanied were switched to William H. Talley, bv rjrv noip Even closer to MacArthur's prime objective were elements of the 37th Division which led the advance vanguards plunged forward from Defenders Confused captured Drossen, 14 miles north-1 More than 400 Liberators stagirg east of Frankfurt and 51 miles due a diversionarv a--ack f-a tlll, to pnuaaeipnia yesterday ana Artilleryman Is billed a careo nf i On Jan. 25 the licenses of the; down central Luzon.

These Yanks east of Berlin. The fall of this com-1 Berlin's defenders no-mrte a maieriaii uiciucung Dtimo iuis. missing' Although police have not A Dover flier reported yet schleiden at the eastern fringe secretary of the Community Committee on Local Distribution, 903 Shipley Street. Householders Busy Frantic householders have con- the final defense belt, and hls tnird mission, is now i questioned Bloom as to the cause, Veterans of Foreign Wars Home, crossed the Angat River to the en- jmunications hub represented the thetic oil plant and ratlvards o- tve Barksdale Road, at Newark, virons of Malolos, important com-; greatest gam yesterday for the Rus-1 outskirts of Magdeburg. 65 sules and the Hellenic Republic Club, 102 i munications center just 17 air miles, sians with a 15-mile plunge straight southwest of Berlin East Fourth Street, were suspended I to the north.

through the heavily reinforced Ger-j The U. S. Eighth Air Fo-ce bomb- Lieut. Arthur Wilson, in charge of known to have been killed in action. rifv rraffir said it amvarp1 to him untii June 1.

man lines. iers were shielded bv more than 90-3 Another casualty learned today islthat, the truck may have beenitactd the Red Cross, police, Wilminsrtnn snldipr who servpd in I travolina- ar. a. hich rat nf snH men and welfare agencies, which pointed at Manila from the south-(See PHILIPPINES Page 3) and that Bloom lost control when switch calls either to the OCD office or. today, to Mr.

Talley. Man Critically Burned the field artillery and was killed it struck the railroad tracks at the Dozens of persons crowd tnese of- were about 28 mues irom i-n? i. communications city of Bonn. In the south. Colmar.

the last great French city to be held by the Germans was cleared except for a few holdout German strongpomts. Allied armor raced to points five miles south of the city, and the whole pocket of the Germans began to collapse. Battle Gains In Fury i ii.mi'o front of the at- north end of the bridge. The As Chemicals Explode Pilots Sink 12 Jap trailer started overturning just as i fices. where they must fill out ap William F.

Weyl, 45. of 107 Ship the cab hit the tracks. in the batte of the Belgian Bulge. Three other Delaware soldiers are reported today as having been wounded in action. The casualty list follows: Killed In Action Second Lieut.

Edward W. Ruyter, Ships, Down Plane The tractor-trailer overturned and crashed into a light standard on the (See TRUCK Page 11) plication ionnb ui pxsun, ouiijcuiiireo in rush hours and standing in line to make their appeals. When investigation of bins in Wilmington made by police, firemen, members of the Water Department, or OCD members reveals that persons are actually without (See COAL CRISIS Page 3) ley Street, was critically burned today, when a vat of synthetic chemicals exploded at the Synvar Corporation, 103 Lombard Street. He is in the Delaware Hospital suffering first, second and third degree burns of the entire body, and deep lacerations of both hands, legs, back, and head. Police said Weyl was emptying a tank of resin into another tank the i 22- son of Mr.

and Mrs. D. Ruyter, tack on the Siefcfned Line Vi412 North Bradford Street. Dover; fighting at some points as de-. Austria scribed as the heaviest jfpSjS 24: son of peak of tne German Rew BeraMU The German radio, which has Mustangs and Thunde-bo'ts ch consistently placed the Russian ad- from Magdeburg to Berlin vance several miles ahead of points a shut-'e cu-announced officially by the Sonet down fighter opposition to High Command, said the Red army 1 bombers was attacking Kustrin and had Raid Lasted 45 Minutes reached the Oder River at new) Tod a a attack lasted aoout 45 points only 38 miles from Berlin in minutes, and the greatest weight of the Frankfurt area.

explosives and incendiaries ever un- Nazis Replenishing Forces loaded on the city of Berlin fell at The midnight Russian war rate cf 66 tons a minute, tin said the Nazis were constantly: An Eighth Air Force staff officer replenishing their shattered forces said targets included important mili-east and northeast of Frankfurt, tary and governmental office build -but despite a stubborn resistance the Armalter. and Potsdamer were losing one position after an- railway stations and Templehof raj other under blows. yards. Another column of Zhukov's "The attack was aimed at disrupt-coiling northwest around Kustrin. ling communications through the reached the Oder River at a point icapital and disorganizing control of 39 miles from Berlin, the Germans military forces within the Reich at announced.

This advance threat-1 'his crucial time." he said. Berlin ened to outflank Kustrin and the hub through which flows x-nal Fire, Explosion Wreck Apartment and Garage OXFORD, Feb. 3 (Special). Araennes break -uirougn. I street on Jan.

14 in Belgium. snnnrmz to tac A fire and explosion yesterday Driver' Licenses Wounded Sergt. John M. Messick. son of Mr.

and Mrs. John M. Messick of attack in some places from tneir concrete bunkers But the Second! WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (). Truly, it was a gre.

day for the Irish. The Navy told today how Lieut. -Comm. Thomas Patrick Mulvilhill of Colombus, and Long Beach. and Lieut.

-Comm. Harold Meade McGaugagy, Macon, 111., and Long Beach, sank 12 Japanese ships and shot down a plane on their first flight from the Philippines. The two pilots, inseparable friends, were assigned to the same Liberator squadron, Mulvihiil as executive officer and McGaugagy as operations officer. On their first operational flight they sank 12 small Jap ships with bombs and bullets and shot out of the sky a Japanese plane which attempted to interfere. with the aid of an electric light Renewed After April 1 house and garage of Ira Gar be WESTERN FRONT Page 3) jSeaford.

on Jan. 13 in France. band of Mrs. Virginia Cooling Cochranville, near here. Police said the explosion occurred in the garage shortly before 5 o'clock and fed by grease and oil, the fire quickly spread to tfie apart- when the accident happened.

The force of the explosion blew two doors off the building and set fire to the room. Other employes of the company rushed in to find Weyl. with some of his clothing ablaze, 10 feet from the vat. He was rushed to the Delaware Hospital in the county ambulance where he was given plasma in an attempt to save his life. 'ment house above.

it from the rear. (See AIR RAIDS Page 3) 'Remember 1918, Germans Told Press and Radio Appeals Sounded to Stiffen Resistance Moscow's communique did not confirm that fighting was in prog- tSee RUSSIAN WAR Page 3) Bazela. 1200 Gilpin Avenue: on Nov. 27 in France. Pfc.

Orlando P. Ellingsworth. 20, husband of Mrs. Helen Parker Ellingsworth of Millsboro; on Jan. 14 in Belgium.

The War Department issued no official casualty list today. John J. Mills Private Mills, a native of Youngs-town. came here to live about four years ago. He was employed by Practically all of the furnishings of the Garbers and their son, Ira, and Mrs.

Paul Althouse, who lived on the third floor, were destroyed, along with an automobile in the garage. Firemen were handicapped by the lack of water and were able to fight the flames only with water from their booster tanks. Wife Sees Soldier-Husband In News Reel of West Front Gen. MacArthur Given Ovation Near Manila WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN PHILIPPINES, Feb. 2 (Delayed) -Pi.

Ringing church bells and flower bedecked villages welcomed Gen. Douglas MacArthur today as he jeeped ahead with his most advanced infantry patrols, which took him had the road been on a hilltop almost within sight of the outskirts of the Manila he left more than three years ago. (See CASUALTIES Page 3) Weeks of closely watching news pictures, magazines, and news reels for "shots" of her soldier husband Rumors of Armistice Throw Cairo Into Uproar LONDON. Jan. 3 (INS).

A Reuter dispatch from Cairo reported today that an avalanche of peace rumors has swept Cairo. Wild speculation to the effect that Germany already has capitulated and signed an armistice with the Allies resulted in delays in the publication of afternoon newspapers, Reuter said. Crowds were reported to have besieged newspaper offices seeking confirmation brother or brother-in-law brought Suddenly one of the soldiers turned toward the camera, full face onward. It was her husband Corp. Theire J.

Peters! Sees Film Three Times Too excited even to speak or cry results the other day for Mrs Jeanne Peters of LONDON. Feb. 3 t. The German press and radio sounded the theme of "remember in appeals today to Germans to stand firm against battlefront setbacks and any Allied calls for surrender. Promising nothing.

German newspapers declared "all enemy aims cannot be achieved if the German people have the firm will not to capitulate." Dispatches from neutral capitals and Allied broadcasts said anti-Hitler posters and slogans were appearing on walls in large German Renewal of auto operators licenses can not be made until after April 1 State Motor Vehicle Division officials said today. Present operators' licenses expire May 31. Many persons applying by mail for renewal of their motor vehicle registration are including the application for renewal of operators' licenses and a single check for both. In such cases the applications and the check must be returned to the applicants Frank L. Reed, manager of the Wilmington motor vehicle division office, said.

No applications for operators' licenses can be received until after April 1. So far only 385 motorists from the 34,435 in the state who have cars with registrations expiring March 31 have secured renewals. Salary Increase Sought For Levy Courtmen LEGISLATIVE HALL, Dover, Feb. 3. Senator Harris B.

McDowell D- Middle town has introduced a bill to increase the annual salary of the New Castle County Levy Court commissioners to $3,000. Current salaries of the commissioners are $2,700 per year. Senator McDowell is Democratic chairman of New Castle County. The Democrats came into control of the court at the November elections. The bill introduced by Senator McDowell followed by a few days Republican-sponsored Senate bills which would grant increases to Kent and Sussex County Levy Court commissioners and other county officers.

The courts in the two lower counties are controlled by Republicans. Iii Today's Paper Total of 103 Bills Introduced In General Assembly to Date By Staff Correspondent jhave decided to adjourn again on next Tuesday until Thursday, thus LEGISLATIVE HALL, DOVER, making Wednesday an idle day as Feb. 3. When the Delaware Legis-it was this week. Whether Wednes-lature adjourned yesterday until i day will continue to be an open day Monday, a total of 103 bills had for the Assembly has not become been introduced a few of which had definite.

passed both branches and arej Yesterday the Senate passed a awaiting the signature of the Gov-jbiU wnich would authorize the Levy ernor to become law. Court of Sussex County to convey Presentation of bills became tne united States Government heavier the last two days of the the to certain lands of the naval out loud, Mrs. Peters sat through the film three times and each time she was more and more positive the WAR NEWS tea 58 Belmont Avenue, Richardson Park. Last Thursday she was seated in the Warner Theatre in Wilmington and as she has been doing for a long time, she watched the news reels with hawk eye 1 -tensity. One of the man was her husband.

Yesterday with a friend. Miss Edna Hurlock, Mrs. Peters returned to the show and Miss Hurlock also recognized the soldier. Lewis S. Black, manager of the Warner Theatre, was told of the interest of Mrs.

Peters and he gave her a strip of film containing her husband's picture. Mrs. Peters now says she is sure Corporal Peters is with a tank destroyer battalion of General Pat-ton's Third Army in Luxembourg. Receives Letter week and although but little ofjairport and landing field near Pag 3 6 12-13 9 10 12 6 12 1 7 4 Georgetown, but not without a live-lv rtphat in which the lecal rieht uuv. waiLcr w.

xaacuii 5 recommended program has been offered, it Amusements Answers to Questions Classified Church News Comics Culbertson on Contract Death Notices Editorials Financial Obituary Radio Real Estate Sports Society Women's Interests State Tax of SI Urged On Wilmington Dogs LEGISLATIVE HALL, DOVER, Feb. 3 Dog-owners in Wilmington would be forced to pay a state tax of one dollar, under the provisions of a bill introduced yesterday by Senator Harvey H. Lawson R-Millsboro). Dog-owners in Wilmington already pay a city tax of $2 or $3. The state tax is levied on all dogs outside of Wilmington.

If enacted, Wilmington owners would be paying a total tax of S3 or $4 per dog, depending upon the sex. cities. Moscow radio said "there is no doubt of panic reigning in many sections of Germany." Berlin was reported in various dispatches as teeming with refugees, with armed guards trying to shuttle them hurriedly from the capitai. One Swiss newspapers Berlin dispatch said the city was threatened with famine due to overcrowding and loss of huge food stocks to the Russians in the east. Munich, it added, is "hourly becoming more and more the capital of the Reich." A Moscow broadcast called for an Allied attack on the western front, and declared weather and terrain should not delay it.

was thought among Republican Levy Court to carry out such leaders that the bulk of it would! a transaction was Questioned bv the scenes showed American 1 -diers herding Democratic minority Corp. Theire J. Peters prisoners along be ready for consideration within the next week or 10 days. Despite the fact that only about one-fifth as many bills have been introduced thus far as were proposed in the 1943 session when a the western fr lire A a Vi a hal raVA The Democrats contended that under legislation passed by the Republicans in the 1941 session, a trusteeship had been created to govern the Levy Court, and that un- (See ASSEMBLY Page 11) rv letter from her husband in Luxem-Stie tnought she saw a familiar face among the tired but happy bourg' dated Jan' wmch he Americans. (See NEWSREEL Paje 3) I total of 502 bills was offered, Republican leaders in both branches.