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53 ETrnina Jonmal PnandM ISM Every trulai raadd 1871 Evoainc Jnaraal and Every EnalH CcaaaUdated Jam, 1U Wilmington, Delaware, Friday, March 2, 1945 20 Pace Price Three Cent rn Ti LIYJ A. I Home Edition Knra uburb of Diiesseldlorf Captured in 15-Mile Gain Joins Cahinet American Overrun Edee of City Seeks Trucks for Paper Drive as Collectors Strike Private Owners Asked to Bid on Hourly Rate For Vehicle. With Driver, 3 Other Men; Street Sewer Workers Demand Extra Dollar Per Dav 2,000 Planes Back Allied Land Assault 1,000 R. A. F.

Bombers Jap Captive BelievedDcad After Sinking Georgetown Man Taken On Bataan Presumed To Be Killed; 7 Wounded, One Prisoner From State Trie Street and Sewer Department earnestly appealed today to private truck owners to come to its aid and prevent cancellation of the city-sponsored waste paper collection on Monday because of a strike of ash truckers and collectors. The city officials frankly admitted that the strike is endangering one of the most important wartime salvage programs ever undertaken in Industrial Center of Krefeld Seized As Simpson Pursues Fleeing. Shattered Nazi Forces; Yen to Also Falls; Trier Occupied by Pattoirs Army Wilmington. Cologne Ahead Of U. S.

Firsit Army; Yank Armada Over Germany LONDON, March 2 VP). Fleets of 2,000 heavy bombers barked Allied; armies todav. with a force of i50 I to 1.000 R. A. F.

bombers bombard-'mft Cologne, immediately ahead of i the U. S. First Army, i Two hours later more than 1.200 Flvine Fortresses and Liberators opened their bomb doors over half: a dozen key rail and oil targets in southeastern Germany. At least 5o in an unpreceaentea action ior the clty' contracurs are asked to In an unprecedented action isubmit bids for furnishing 20 small aump uucks witn arivers. ana tu additional men a total oi bu wors- By Associated PARIS.

March 2. The swift and powerful American Ninth Army fought to the Rhine today Duesseldorf, in new spectacular 15 collections and the paper salvage Gen. James A. Ulio, the adjutant drivcs general. The number of the small trucks! The Georgetown soldier is thought required is almost twice as manyjuj have lost his life when a boat y- -r i dllt II il III I I il I I A.

111 TV 7" Jj QfY VOllllll I 551 Damaged by Wreck, I re i a injury The caboose of a standing south Henry A. Wallace Wallace Takes City Firemen, Police Lose All Off Days Temporarily Manpower Shortage Is Blamed for Action By Public Safety Directors; Usual Vacations to Be Permitted This Summer TVio shortage in the Tne manpower snortage in Wie Bureau of Police ana fire nas forced the directors of thei Department of Public Safety to; abolish temporarily the two days' off allotted to each bureau. This is explained in a letter from the directors to the public safety committee of City Council explaining the action and stating that the men will be paid for three days to compensate their loss of days off. All policemen and firemen are given two full days off each month Under a plan worked out by the directors several years ago. The directors will discuss at next Wednesday's meeting when to put the new plan into operation.

The letter was presented to the Council at the meeting last night, by Councilman Harvey Y. Wood, chairman of the public safety committee. No comment was made. The directors of public safety at their meeting Wednesday were informed of the manpower situation by Supt. Andrew J.

Kavanaugh who taid the shortage w-as so acute that unless the allotted days are sus enemy planes were shot down. ruSc ui li.c n.unr. The great American armada; Several miles to the north, TVT I 'streamed across the Reich in a is i ew 1 ost.g; a winced southward. Berliner st ayed tne RUnr steel and rail center of Krefeld 170 The American Third Army captured Tner. olde The American Third Army 000).

captured Trier, oldest workers will be necessary. It is ex-iwas torpedoed and sunk. plained that private owners do not; Sergt. Llovd Pleasanton. 23.

son, nave iargp Sjw trucks like those of; of Mr. and Mrs. William Pleasanton' th? department. 'of Smyrna, was stationed in Hawaii the middle Rhine. All organized their shelters more than an and key to the whole Moselle Valley leading to and bound freight train, on its way iromlfnjnent walked off the Job yes- Two strong forces frainh at Tlrprfpn ilKt.

i ahead of the Red Army, and Chem nitz. also a vital traffic artery to the eastern front Tank Factory Hit i i 1 center oi oo.uuu ceaiea oeiore noon. The 83rd Infantry' Division fought swiftly through the bomb blasted city of Neuss, which lies on the west bank of the river op- u.j nosit.p nnpsselrlorf arimimstrativp rpnter nf ti-io T7iTir 1 I tl 1 To iQi Appoints Commitle Help Small Busine iroiainj; WASHINGTON, 2 I miners nit tne large ivrupp lanSj' factor, at Magdeburg, important A thunderous artillery duel was Isynethetic oil works at Magdeburg being fought across the Rhine as Rositz, soutn oi Leipr.g. Henry A. Wallace officially became; Hundreds of figntr and light secretary- of commerce today with bombers mauled German battle-the ords "You're in" spoken by lines in relays while the heavy bomb-Supreme Court Justic Hugo Black were carrying out their 19th iana somen and an on rennery at Rhine crossings were under cease- jess pairm ana i.iuu ngnters en- corted the R.

A. F. and merican heavy bombers on their missions. scaiuis i. wu kAnuiiic specincaiiy at two aim- iing points one of them within 500 of the Deutz bridge across Meuss ana otner towns on the west bank of the river sur rendered docilely.

Many American shells poured into Duesseldorf, thick with chimnevs of blast furnaces, oil1 plants, munition works and coking; ovens. Venlo Also Captured The 150.000 attacking men of the Ninth Army were in a swift and fruitful Dursuit of Field Marshal Vnn OimHct1 fiumff nrt that rr-d forces Xanks and infantry of I cimnson shorv force i i after Wallace had the oath of office. The former vice-president promptly announced that the Com Wilmington to Cape Charles, was i destroyed by fire when struck in the rear by another southbound freight 100 yards south of the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing at Wyoming. at 4:40 o'clock this morning. The smashed caboose was thrown over onto the northbound track by the impact.

The northbound tracks were blocked by the fire and wreckage for more than three hours. The southbound tracks were cleared shortly after the wreck. The locomotive of the second train and the freight car of the standing train, ahead of the caboose, were damaged. Railroad officials were unable to! Dover Fire Company reported but did not go into action. One Stopped for Freight The advance train, D-3, had halted merce Department will "do its fuilwas direc Troops Western the Ruhr and captured Neuss, suburb of advances overrunmrz th other troops of the Ninth Armv The great citv in Cier- resistance in the stronslv fortifier! tt y-, i i POi lDk nP17P I Jl I 1 4.T"in Cllcl ctll 111 Philippines lianri Gies Americans Domination 0er Foe's Vital Shipping Lanes MANILA, March 2 Veteran sevr Japan's tenuous shipping lanes to her rich, stolen.

East Indies. Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur. an- opposed Wednesday on he fifth i'3'. isidtia (U the Philippines, Puerto the caP- tal and principal harbor, and two nearby airfields midway along the 275-mile east coast.

Maj -Gen. Jens A. Doe's infantrymen moved ashore after cruiser and destroyer bombardment and a two-day aerial pounding Extremely light resistance developed 1 American losses were officiary termed "very light." The town of Puerto Princesa wag blasted and deserted as the Yanks moved in. The harbor was in good condition, however, and landing craft soon were busy unloading their cargoes at the wharves. The air-Pae 4) (See PHILIPPINES- Canned I ruit, 1 Olliato Points to Rise Sunday WASHINGTON.

March 2 INS) Ration values for mixed fruit, peaches, pineapple and pears were scheduled today to be increased 20 points per can. effective Sunday. OPA also boosted canned tomato for purchases of processed looas through June 30. OPA Administrator er Bowles explained the tightened ration policy on canned fruits and tomatoes was due to current short supplies which must be conserved until the new packs reach the jthe Rhine, the other within a half ispurred miIes tne north and1 mile of the Hohenzollern Road andj jj the jtch bastion and rail rln anW mnww withiniiit pended, policemen and firemen will estimate the damage, but said it have to forego their annual vaca-i wouid probably run to several thous-tions which, begin shortly. ands of dollars.

No one was injured. After Chief George T. Morgan of: The Camden-Wyoming Fire Com-the Bureau of Fire and Chief Frank extinguished the blaze. The The 40 regular ash truckers of the i a (jay Their action followed an announcement that garbage collectors of the Board of Health had just returned to their jobs after quitting fo- three days in a wage dispute, and has caused a further refusal of a City Council committee to discuss a proposed pay raise for most ci.y employes. The Street and Sewer Department (See PAPER DRIVE Paje ,4) I i $5,000 Fire Loss Laid to Cigarette Tractor, Trailer, Cargo Burn as Gas Fumes Ignite A t.HMr trailer anH a rarcrn rf ice crearn can lids were dajnaeed extent) of more than $5,000 by fire, blamed on a lighted cig- iarette, at 5:45 o'clock this morning the truck, stopped when he ex-; perienced difficulty with gasoline draining tne gas tann to remove 'dirt, police said, when someone either lighted a cigarette or threw.

a lighted butt into spilled The fire nearly demolished the; t-railer, tires were burned off the tractor and the ice cream can lids destroyed The truck tractor and trailer are owned by the Branch Stage and Transportation Company, Philadel phia. The Goodwill Fire New Castle, and Christiana Fire 16 miles of the Canadian First Army. trol of the westernmost PhiUppme threatening to tran thousands ofiianrf of P'a-an mov. to Germany's finest parachute and tank troops. It was apparent that Duesseldorf, ran diiqkc.

Aim To Block Roads German troops and armor are known to be in Cologne in strength," the Air Ministry said, "and the aim was to block roads with craters and rubble." The bombine was described bombing was described by (See AERIAL Pare 41 1 1 3l(llpr rnonw; TT of the great mdustrial producers; nouncm2 lhe invaslon tociav, Germany, was finished as Amerirans virtually un- jat Wyoming freight when the 'at jeggy inn on tne oiasgow other train, traveling at a slow i Highway, one-half mile north of P- plowed into it. jBear cross roads, There were 55 loaded cars and five! Police said William James Wal- emmies on the movine freight train. iters, of Gwynn Oaks. operator lank IO tome tet will make factory work impos- source of materiel for the Nazi! armies. Whether the i.

Americans), il' IMliU'B UIF lllj "umio sible and harass those remaining of rhp normal nonuiation of 539.000 Town after town in the jampacked western edge of the Ruhr feii. The smash was the greatest Amer ican victory since the Britany break fVirnncrh last. Kiimmer. wttw thv tt vtmth Apvtv tp1-nhon- rnno. jn KetVr! McGee anti-tank platoon head- quarters.

"The voice at the other end- said he was a German and-wanted some- UUU i 1 1 1 tlUU OjUUIC Illlli, Pfc. John E. Adams. 25, son of lur. ana Mrs.

jonn saams 01 Georgetown, who was taken prisoner ftn nataan nnu rnrrtinr tn a tolpcrram from Mai when the Japanese attacked Pearl; Harbor. He is now reported wounded on Feb. 7 in Belgium The son of State Senator and Mrs. John R. Butler of near Mid-dletown, Pfc.

John R. Butler, 27, was wounded Jan. 1 in Luxembourg. A Milford Negro soldier. Corp.

Tech. John W. Fullman, 29, has died from wounds received in action Dec. 29. Four other soldiers have been wounded and another is a prisoner of war in Germany.

They are: Wounded Pfc. Clarence j. Phillips. Jr- 26. husband of Mrs.

Margaret Rust Phillips, Harbeson; Nov. 21 in Ger-j many. Private Joseph J. Monte aimo, 37, husband of Mrs. Mary Montcaimo, 1704 West Ninth Street; Fob.

2 in; Germany. Staff Sergt. Robert M. son of Mr. and Mrs.

Roland Faulk- ner of Kenton; Dec. 17 in France. Pfc. Edward J. Zamorski.

son of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Zamorski. li faycamore street; Dec. 23 in? Germany.

Prisoner of War Private Thomas C. Marando. 19. son of Mrs. Mary Marando of Del-mar.

The War Department today issued two casualty lists, making public the names of 1,538 soldiers wounded in action in the Asiatic, European, and Mediterrai -jg CASCALTIES nean areas. Paire 4) Fowl Typhoid Research to Start U. of D. Alumni Give Money to Study Malady Which Threatens Loss Sypherd, acting nounced today. president, an- Fowl typhoid has existed in this country for at least 50 years, but in ljic of the disease f.

-7' HUWCVCi, lb i LiUUUgllUUl tllC WCi- marva Peninsula in endemic form that is, cases are frequent and prevalent, as opposed to epidemic or sporadic. Because of the density of the poultry population in this area, authorities point out, the potential hazards to the vital poultry industry of Delaware from this disease are greatly increased. Dr. Sypherd pointed out that even though fowl typhoid has existed in New England for 50 years, it has been of less economic importance than several other diseases and has attracted only limited controlled research. Jap Rice Ration Falls Below 2 Meals a Day MANILA, P.

March 1 (Delayed) JP). Tight government rationing reduced rice portions in Japan to less than enough for two meals daily by August, 1944, said a Japanese prisoner who left the homeland at that time. The 42-year-old merchant marine engineer was captured by guerrillas while straggling in the hills. He claimed farmers were required to give all foodstuffs to the Japanese government and surveillance minimized the possibilities of farmers hiding food for resale to the once flourishing black market. Coal is unobtainable and cooking charcoal is sharply limited.

o. iVianoney or tne Jtsureau oi fouce explained to the directors their respective manpower situations, the board decided it would be better to forfeit the allotted days than to suspend the vacations. In his letter to City Council Benjamin N. Brown, president of the safety directors stated: Rv rMson of the short of personnel in both Bureaus of Police and Fire, it will be impossible for mese Bureaus to iunciion ii tne (See SAFETY DEPT. Page 4) Corrcgidor Flics Stars and Stripes MacArthur Orders Flag Hoisted to Pole Used in '42 WITH GENERAL MACARTHUR ON CORREGIDOR.

March 2 iTP). I Simpson's headquarters calied oun.vn ii. A cylinder and the air pump of the. locomotive of the moving train were aamageo. ine wrectc train, on its way from Delmar to Henderson, mh was railPii hark to Wvnmmj to clear the tracks Investigation Planned Investigation will be conducted under directaori of Supt.

L. G. Walker at Cape Charles, Va. As mere were no injuries, rauroaa om-cials said the Interstate Commerce Commission will not investigate. Thomas F.

Hynes, 1206 West Sixth Street, was engineer of the moving train and Clarence B. Palmer, 704 East Twenty-third Street, conductor. The engineer of the standing train was J. H. White, and the conductor, H.

G. Poore, both of Del- time of the accident. The brake i McGee said later. "I thought some-'German 15th Army retreat a rout. one was pulling my leg, and hung Cologne 5 Miles Awar up.

When he called back the second I On the Ninth Army's south time I informed Intelligence and the American First Army fought: they sent a man down to make the with great and growing power less capture. 'than five miles from Cologne, rub- 'The German was using one of Ibled anew after dawn by a thousand, those ielephones like our linemen) British heavy bombers. rout. Numerous new divisions were identified in the Ninth Army assault lines, including the "Hell of Kxrviolc" Second Armored. Two 'other tank divisions were on the use to tape wires." McGee lives in Lebanon.

Pa. TT YY 1 Company extinguished the fire.i Damage to hhe trailer was esti- alumni of the University of mated at to the cargo, tMoJDelaware' prominent poultrymen in and the tractor, $500. stat- have given the univer- The southbound section of $1,690 to be used for research hiehwav wa.c blocked for more than on fowl typhoid. Dr. W.

Owen Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to rnrretririnr todav and ordered the! No one w-as in the caboose at the Rrir-. raiH to f.hp rvak 5LI idi.MTU wrc jrcaR gstaff from which theiman. who normally would have been the cabin car, was out w-ith hisi part to facilitate maximum coop eration betwtn the nation's em ployes, investors, business, agricul ture and government to the end tnat an America, our assets ana our peopie may be busily and profitablj employed. He aonointed a commit tee of busi- nessmen to make suggestions for enabling small business to do its; full share in providing maximum employment atfer the war.

Wallace took the oath in a room packed with cabinet members, sen- tr.rt tmwnmptif ofTiz-ials anH hv; aauenier. jean, stooa nearoy wrnue Justice Black asked if he solemnly swore to support and defend the? Constitution and to well and faith fuiJv discharge his duties. plied "You're in." said the justice and even-body laughed. Names Committee Wallace in a short mimeographed statement asked the business men's committee to give special attention to the problem of making available to small business "adequate supplies (See WALLACE Paire 4) 2,200 War Prisoners Refuse Ohio Camp Work CAMP PERRY, March 2 OP). Some 2.200 onetime members of Hitler's Wehrmacht held at Camp Perry persisted today in a no-work protest against what they described as too strict discipline at the camp.

SThe men were on a bread and water diet. E. C. McCormick, commanding officer of the prison jcamp, announced the prisoners re-! fused to work on assigned tasks yes-jterday and most of them declared jthey would not go to work because Ithey believed camp discipline too 'rigid. Complaints that the stockade officer was too exacting in his orders ialso were made, McCormick re- ported.

The trouble started Wednesday at General Hospital, near Cleveland, the Camp Perry commanding officer said, when 189 German 'prisoners assigned to duties around the hospital grounds refused to work. They were immediately returned to Camp Perry and placed in solitary confinement on a bread and water diet. The work refusal spread to the other German prisoners yesterday. All of Arabia Excepting Shrines Area Joins War WASHINGTON, March 2 All of Saudi Arabia except the zone ot the holy shrines has joined the fight against Japan and Germany. Notifying President Roosevelt yesterday of the war declaration by the middle eastern kingdom, King Ibn Saud said "We exclude the holy shrines.

Because of their sanctuary we should preserve complete neutrality for them." Presumably this zone embraces the cities of Mecca and Jidda. JiepairmS rieirigeraior; oose. Prisoners clogeed cages; Uie Everett Weiss. 23. of 202 West Hf1 between the Rhine and the of the fla Jananese tore ir.

ago. ps- Also present were 11 members of i his staff who left the island with.Coffins in Berlin Area him aboard a PT boat three years' i tt ago. almost to the day Seized, Sweden Hears His officers surrounded him asj STOCKHOLM, March 2 OP). he presided at a brief, impressive The German government has con- OUU XliCLAli Oil. lilt i ceived treatment at the Delaware Hospital and were released.

Police said the motor caught on fire while they were repairing it. Firemen were summoned to the store but there was no damage. Maas. in tnis piain is tne section oi values 10 points for all popular tiie Ruhr which spills over west ot sizes but reduced canned apple-the Rhine. sauce rations 10 blue points.

The Ruhr, far and away Ger- simultaneously. OPA validated many's greatest concentration ofjQve bJue starnpiSN2 ps. Q2. R2 (See WESTERN FRONT Page 4) (and S2 each good for 10 points fiscated all available coffins in the Berlin area and none is available to civilians except by special permit, the Berlin correspondent of the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter said today. flag raising ceremony as a color guard of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment stood at attention.

Turning to Col. George Jones of Memphis, commanding officer of the paratroopers, Mac-Arthur said: "Have your troops hoist the colors' to its peak and let no enemy ever haul them down." It was the same flagpole on the topside parade grounds where the Japanese tore down Old Glory, and trod and ripped the colors to shreds. Navajo Attacks Policy Ice Follies to Be Staged in City For Benefit of the State Guard Wilmington will have its first bi-1 The reserved seats will be $2.40 time ice follies show, scheduled forjand and general admission, the State Armory at Tenth and DuPont Streets, from March 14 to General admission to the chil- Pole Charge Dropped for Most Rural Phones Along Highways an hour. Soviet Military Mission visns American rroni WITH THE U. S.

NINTH ARMY, March 2 (JP). The first important Russian military mission to tour the western front reached the Ninth Army area Feb. 23, it can now be related. Maj. -Gens.

V. Dragoun and I. Suslaporov showed great interest in th American method of traffic control in exploiting a breakthrough. They also asked to see American tanks and armor in action. approximately 37 per cent of the farms in its territory now have telephones.

This compares with 53 per cent of the families in cities and towns who have telephones and is an all- rime high figure 80 Per Cent Gain in 10 Years Since 1935. the number ofx telephones in the rural areas has increased 80 per cent. Under the new tariffs the company will provide service, along pubiic highways without charge, for building the line for any applicant who lives within 2,640 feet half a mile of an existing telephone line. This is an increase from the present 1,600 foot limit. Charges (See POLE CHARGE Page 4) mif nn r.l11-,at;nn!temtor' served rry tne uiamona Ij.

on mutdiiuii iLtate Telephone Company to secure Tariff changes will become effective April 15. enabling 87 per cent of the families living in the rural telephone service along a public highway without charges for pole line construction. This was announced today by Donald M. Huber, manager of the company, who said, however, that any program of rural development l-must wait until manpower and equipment again become available. More than a year ago, the company began to reexamine very carefully the rural telephone problem, progress on which had been temporarily curtailed by the war.

As a result of studies throughout the state, the company announced that March 18. inclusive, with a special matinee for children and a general matinee included. The show, Hollywood Ice Revels of 1945, will be staged for the benefit of the Delaware State Guard's battalion fund and the arrangements for the show are being handled by Paul R. Rinard, adjutant general of Delaware. He announced today that there will be reserved seats at all performances except for the children's matinee on March 17.

Mail Orders Taken Announcement will be made later as to where tickets may be purchased, but mail orders are now being received or phone orders can be made by calling 4-7587. In Today's Paper Pag WAR NEWS 4-5 Amusements 14 Answers to Questions 8 Classified 18-19 Comics 16 Culbertson on Contract 10 Death Notices li Editorials Financial 17 Obituary 17 Radio 16 Sports 15 Society 12 Women's Interests 10 Citv Collection Next Monday matinee will be B0 cents and reserved seats $1.80 and $1.20. General Rinard. explaining the purposes of the battalion fund, saidj it takes care of the needs of the members of the State Guard overj and above what its allotted by the state. I The revue "stage" will be made on the floor of the Armory and about 20,000 pounds of ice will be made by a special apparatus that will bej backed up to the Armory door.

Topflight Artists The show, as presented by Ray Schulte, for years identified with the best in the skating world, boasts of a company of 72 with a dozen (See ICE FOLLIES--Page 4) of It WASHINGTON, March 2 JP). A Navajo's plaint to Congress is that! his Uncle Sam's educational policy Is "backwards." "Instead of teaching us to be bet ter Americans, they (the govern ment's Indian Bureau) are teaching us to tw rietter Indians." Deschna CI ii Cheschiiiige told the Senate Indian Affairs Committee yesterday. He was one of many Indians testifying in opposition to President Roosevelt's nomination of William A. Brophy of Albuquerque to be Indian commissioner. Some said an Indian should be given the job.

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