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THE WAR TODAY DEWTTT MACKENZIE-" i the mighty Kussian bnt- again surging forward the strategy to follow junction of Muscovites western Allies becomes the question of the day. The Reich is slashed in two -what then? Well, we remain in much the same position forecast by General Eisenhower and his com ma ndors it hi the last few days. That ts to say, there still are a lol of isolated pockets of GeVmans to clear up. Tn short no calendar and say: ''This is (he man can put his finger on the a of V-E Day." That's keen disappointment to a lot of home-front folk who jumped to the conclusion, from the speed of the Allied tank columns, a the war was over. However, we shall do well to swallow this strong a and make up our minds a there's still some distance Of.

course, if II i i should suddenly change his mind and decide to surrender as head of government, a a would end all German resistance. However, up to now he every sign i i to the cml and there is no other body of Germans who could speak for the many pockets of resistance in the matter of surrender. So we must continue cleaning house. With the enemy divided into two zones the southern theater will comprise Hitler's fortress in the Bavarian Alps near his Derch- lesgaden home, and the northern i be made up of large pockets along the coast clear to Norway. We must i Hitler's last stand in the Alps with Hint of.

the Ger' man army which is i i in Northern Italy. The Allied forces on the peninsula are now in the swing of an offensive to annihilate the Hitlerites. However, the latter have strong some 25 German divisions and about i I a i a divisions -and the advantage of terrain which is cut by numerous rivers. 1 should say we a here the prospects of a tough and bloody battle. Now as to the German stand in the far north: There is no rloubt that the Nazis intend to defend the capital so long as possible not an eviable task in view of the way the Allies arc closing in on both sides and are threatening to cut the German corridor previously mentioned.

When the capital succumbs, the defenders will do their best to retreat to one of the pockets on north coast. The measure of Iheir success is highly problcmat- ical, because the Russians arc i i hard to cut the German line above Berlin and thus surround the forces holding the Organization Open To II Nations Promised Bristol, a April Minister Churchill declared a "a world organization which we must build and shall build will be free and open to all the nations of the world." Speaking only a few days before the opening of the world se- curity conference at San Francisco, i asserted that "nations must live in peace nnd justice with one another," thus envisaging the ultimate inclusion of even present enemy a i in a world peace organization. 'There must be always the necessary- force to restrain lie said. QffitfalI Stale Tribute to Mr. Roosevelt I April 21-M'J-Ar- a a paid i i a i to a i D.

Roosevelt yesterday in a ceremony on the steps of the Capitol. Governor I.aney. i a Supreme Court i Jus' i i i i a ministers nil a i eulogized the departed leader. Governor I.aney said. His deeds i always be remembered md his achievements arc a chal- to us to dn our best," THE PUBUC INTEREST IS THE FIRST CONCERN OF THIS NEWSPAPER Local Forecast-- Fi.ycUeville a i i i ami i and Associated Press Leased Wire Service Associated Press Feature Service VOIUME 83, NUMBER 230 FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRll 21, 194S PRICE FIVE CENTS U.

S. and Soviet Troops Near Union Prisoners Burned And Killed Before Town Falls German Guards Responsible For Atrocity Bodies Sprayed With Flaming Acetone And Set On Fire By HAI, BOYLE Thekla, Germany, April 20- charred bodies of 220 polilical prisoners who were sprayed with flaming ace- lone and burned and shot to death before American troops cap- Hired this Leipzig suburb still were sprawled today in postures of agony. Some lay in Ihe i of the concentralion camp barracks. Olh- ers were caught on Ihe shan spikes of barbed wire enclosing Ihe camp. Of 324 Polish, Russian, Czech Yugoslav, French and llalian po- lilical prisoners in Ihe camp only about BO survived.

A Czech barbe who managed lo short circuit thi electrically charged barbed, wir enclosure led them to safety. This atrocity took place in plant No. 3 of Ihc Erla works, which made Messerschmitt a i a parts. The camp, in Ihe middle of Ihe; factory buildings, was a division of the notorious Buchenwald "murder factory" near Weimar, From here the Germans were marching prisoners by the hundreds to points a cast until last Saturday. When guards learned the United States Ninth Armored Division had swung around east of Leipzig they decided to deslroy a 324 left on Iheir hands.

Toms Is Back, His Funeral Big Mistake Greensboro, N. April 21-W)- Tom, 13-year-old feline favor- te could talk, he'd probably pull he Mark Twain gag about news of lis death being exaggerated. When he failed to appear and the Benjamin Harrels found a carcass in a storm sewer that like Tom, he was buried in garden, with floral wreath and all. But Tom came back. Jlc'd jeen locked in a neighbor's cellar.

Center of Berlin Under Big Guns of Advancing Russians Capital Being Asch Captured By Forces Of I i Is Married A former Conference football nnd basketball a at the i i Ensign Howard Hickey. and Miss Ccilia i a of a i were a ried in a i a the Associated Press reports. Ilk-key was a star end on the 1938, '39 and elevens a played stirtrd on the basketball team the same years. THE WEATHER A a a Considerable cloudiness i scattered showers extreme west portion this afternoon and in west and south portions tonight and a not much change in temperatures. Missouri: Showers and thur.der- i and tomorrow.

ami rain snrf Some Escape "All were scheduled lo be killed that said the Czech barber, Carl Tykal. "But for some reason the guards decided to wait i the next day. i the i 30 men managed to climb over the fence. Most of them liid in holes and corners of the factory. "To get them out of hiding the guards went around the next day carrying big steaming cans ol potato soup and shouting that a i who came out would be fed.

Most of those i i were so hungry they fell for this trap. "There were almost 300 men ii the barracks. The guards saw tha soup was served to all and then while they were eating quickly nuns; blankets up outside the windows. Other SS men ran into two doors, threw cans of i a a acetone over the prisoners, and then set the i i fire. Shot As They Leave "It went up i a i box.

1 could hear my friends screaming and a i as the flames seared them and they tried lo run through the doors and climb through the windows. "The SS guards and one Gesl a man were ready. They fired i both doors and every i I walked over to the ruins of this 40 by 150 foot i i and snw the charred skeletons, more than 25 at each door. They had burned into a mingled mass of bones. Two miles away young German mothers were i habies a along A i a a trolled streets.

The barber continued: "So a prisoners managed lo run out of the building with i clothes a i a the guards i began to throw in a grenades I Some prisoners managed to craw out on hands and knees and burned lo death blindly on rolls of wire," 1 walked over and four i burned bodies resting on a spikes. One man had bitten his i in a in his agony. Another, whose i were erased by a bullet through his head, and stuffed the end of a i cloth into hi: mouth. Blood from his head had run down and put out the. llames.

Role Educators To Play After War Stressed Representative Of A.E.A. Speaks At District Session "Education--Its Role In the Future" was the theme of a dis- conference ot the Arkansas Congress of Parents nnd Teachers, here yesterday. There were 11 registered delegates from Washington 10 of the county's units were represented. Educators will have more responsibility after the war, Carl Parker xf Little Rock, representa- of the Arkansas Education Association, told the group. a organizations will foe concerned with material things a the war; it is up to educators and groups likes the P.T.A.

to emphasize the importance ot ideas and ideals, he declared. A panel discussion on oppor- i i of the P.T.A. in postwar planning for led by K. Root, also emphasized the role of the P.T.A. in promoting ideas and ideals.

Participating on the panel were Mrs. Henry Cochran, county Council president; Mrs. Harrison Hale, organizer of the first Arkansas P.T.A,; J. U. Kennan, county superintendent; and Virgil Blossom, superintendent of Fayetteville public schools.

Appointment Approved Local units of the association from Wcstsicle and Washington schools gave i P.T.A, meetings, including a model meeting with Roy Guinn, president of the High School P. T.A., presiding. A resolution expressing approval of the a i of Dean Virginia Gildcrslecve as delegate to the i Nations conference at San Francisco was adopted. It vill be sent to President a Dean Gildersleeve, Sen. J.

W. Pulbright, Rep. J. W. Trimble and all delegates to the conference.

A a were given to i in the county at a luncheon at the Washington Superior rating awards for iccomplishments i the a year went to Fayetteville High School, Jefferson, Leverett and Washington schools in Fayetteville, a i and the high school in Springdaie. Excellent rating awards were won by Wcstsidc school, Fayetteville, and West Fork. i Lincoln, Prairie Grove ami Oak Grove received honorable mention. The awards were presented by Mrs. R.

D. Stevens. Musical numbers were i by the Fayetteville High School trio, I girls 1 sextet anci Glee State officers present for the conference included the president, Mrs. Elston Leonard; Ircnsurer, Mrs. Edgar F.

Difcon; parliamentarian, Mr. Root, i vice president and director of a i Mr. Rlossom; and i i director of District One, Mrs. Nolan Rllter. Train Delayed The south-bound Frisco passenger train, due here at 14 this morning, has been delayed seven hours, officials at the passenger depot here said i morning.

Apparently high water resulting in the a i i of freight a i Enveloped By Red Forces Suburbs Of City Are Entered As Battle To North Rages London, April 21-W-Thc Germans said today that massive Russian forces were enveloping Berlin through suburbs on the east, and southwest, and were shelling the Potsdamer Platz in Ihe center of the doomed city. Soviet forces, by enemy account, had fought their way into Berlin suburbs at five places-Bernau, Strausbcrg, Fuerslen- walde, Koenigs-Wuslerhausen and Zossen. The Russian drive to Bernau, three miles from the city limits, was announced by the German High command. i action constituted part of the northern envelopment move against Berlin. In a i penetration of Nazi defenses below the capital, other Russian forces advanced to positions southwest of the capital, the German Transocean agency announced.

In this sweep the Russians reached the vicinity Beelitz and Treucnbrietzen, respectively 12 and 22 miles southwest of Berlin's great southwestern suburb of Potsdam, Truman Names Three to Official Posts ird Army President Truman has named these three men to I a posts. Matthew J. Connelly, led, ot Massachusetts, Truman's secretary when lie was vice president, was named presidential secretary in charge of appointments, John W. Snydcr, center, St. Louis banker, was named head of the Federal Lonn Administration.

J. Leonard Rcinsch of 'Illinois, who handled radio arrangements for the Democratic National Committee las! fall, was named to act as press and radio secretary with the title of adminis- a i assistant, to the president. The three arc shown leaving the White House, (International) The German hig'a command communique announced a 35-mile break-through by Marshal Konev's First a i i a Army had reached Juetcrborg, 27 miles south of Berlin. To Ihc north tho First While Russian Army, a i a a assault on Berlin, was a i Nazi defenders of the capital along the Fuerstenberg Strausberg Bernau line, the German high command said. Still a north other Russian forces were declared, lo have forced two bridgeheads over the Oder between Schwedt and Stettin, guarding the northern approaches to Berlin.

15 U. S. Ships Sunk in Month Guam, April on Southern i a a raged fiercely today as Japanese troops fought HERE AND THERE Btf THE OBSERVER Band Meet Opens With Marching Contest At Harmon Field; Parade at Stadium One explanation for the rusty, dirty water that comes out of some water pipes in city homes is that there has been so much a i that we are practically using rain water in our city 1 pipes. This is much softer water a ordinarily we in FayeLtcvJlle have water system, and this soft water breaks loose particles of rust in the i mains and in hoi water heaters and so forth. Thus, when the faucets are turned on and the a starts circulating at a rapid rate, it snips a ticles of and this "muddies" the It seems that soft, water will do this where a harder water wil! not.

At any rate, ing out the hot a tanks and mains helps temporarily. But vuwuj un --o- soon along comes some more of a stubborn defense action aghinst that very water a more of three American divisions driving the same i of a a color toward a a the island's capital. Admiral Nitnitz' communique yesterday said 15 American ships of all types were lost during i a a operations between March 18 and April 18. The Japanese Sost 100 vessels, among them the 45,000 ton battleship Yamata, Added to this total in son.land- air a a were 2,569 blasted Japanese planes. American losses included five; destroyers, a destroyer-transport, two i a a gunboat, four landing craft and two a i i vessels.

Fire Damages Home Fire a i from a short circuit in the nlectrical i i resulted in some a a lo the Roderick home at 231 South Locust about 5 o'clock yesterday a noon, Firemen who ex li ng uishcd the blaze sriul a i a hole was burned through the and a one wall was damaged. becomes evident. Since we a bad a a much more a a as much a i as we generally get in a whole year, and i is still the a part of weather i cators of the a a type are forecasting some very hot weather ahead this summer. Looks like a bad year for crops i the way 'round, is the way Victory gardeners hear it. have hat! little or no chance get out so a Siloam Springs may hr.ve a new telephone a i i A i company, the i i Telephone Company, tr.vns the 1 a i the He! System operating i a lines i i i a i most of us i of Ihc.

telephone i ns one gi a a there i I independent companies Opening at 7:30 this a marching hand contest at larmon Field, first a a jand meet of the Northwest Arkansas Conference got under way with bands and three orches- ras representing i high schools on hand. In a i i to the band meet yearly track meet with the as host was to bo off i the afternoon. Five ligh schools, Fayetteville, Springdale, Van Burcn, Alma and Rogers were to take part in the track and field events. i the morning, from i 11:20 the band concert contests were hold, i in another a of the i i solos and i instruments were scheduled 8:40 i 11 o'clock. The a meet this a was to open at 1 o'clock with a a a of all a in Ilazorback a i A a consisting of ribbons for i i i a winners and certificates for bands and orchestr; II be given, high 'school i cials said.

The awards will be sLmerior, excellent and good. Welcomers Named A Chamber of Commerce comm i to welcome two representatives of the National Geographi' magazine to i part of thi country has been a i Dr C. G. Tvlclton is a i a and J. K.

Gregory ami Sam Gearhar arc members of the i An associate editor and a photographer of the magazine are ir Arkansas i on materia for a story i pictures. Independents in i a of th stale i exchanges at Harrison, Green Forrest, Berry villc, i and a i big power responsibility which to be i i the world org a i a i itself the i i ncar'TJebannon," caused the I a on fimil (legions the a i delay. i nations should al all limes Changes in Dumbarton Oaks Proposals af Conference Predicted Lt. Epperly, War iero, Dies In lane Crash T.ieut. L.

K. Epperly, 20, war Lero son of Mr. and Mrs. G. of Fayctluvitlc, has been tilled near Swcclwatcr, Texas the crash of a a plan vhicrh took the lives of 11 i ind 14 enlisted men.

His hotly will JR to a i Tor iLirial. i a Epperly was hack in he United States from service against tho enemy. He as Bombardier in a I1-2-J Liberator i a a group which took in more a 120 missions combat and won a i cita- lion. He was the holder of an Air Medal awarded for his courage. He participated in i attacks against such key Nazi strongholds as i Vienna, Linz nnd Budapest.

He was home on leave, a his the war the atcr. i a Eppcrly had been in the A Air Forces since hi-' i December 15, 1942. He was commissioned at Victor Gal. A member or a i church, lie is i by his parents; bis paternal a Silas M. hi.s a a grandparents, Mr- and Mrs.

George W. Stout of one brother, Darnel Lee a two i I ami Mrs. Lloyd Leashor, the 1 alter of a a City. a a a the i i nf Moore's a Chapel, aye incomplete. Siin Francisco, April Thc big-four a i i the San Francisco security con- 'ire expected by i a here to keep a i control over a lo the a Oaks proposals for a i zation.

But a changes are due to be made the agree- of the i The conference i next Wednesday i see the i work-ins out of (he i i of Thus il appears i a the i Slates, i i i Soviet or Chinese a i a i i a i to develop a themselves i i i i i nr-gniia- lions they have i i i sorr.e of their First I i a i i i of hope R-r i in c'i'ealinEj a i dominates those who arc i a a here or ON i Soviet Foreign Molotov wa.s to a i today for a biii i i i i i i i Units Fight Toward Nazi Redoubt; But 70 Miles Munich A i 21 United States Thinl A troops, smashing into Czechoslovakia, captured Asch today in a i toward the i i cities o( Pilsen and Prague. Moscow dispatches declared Soviet and American wit- riders but 25 miles a a south of i The word at Suprema Headquarters the two forces i i 40 to 45 miles of a linkup. Three A i nrmiea the French First and the United States Seventh and Third hammered southward toward the Nazis' a a i a Austrian red and fought i i 70 miles o' Munich and 30 from Lake Constance. Asch, just inside the old Czech border, to Third Army i i i tr cut off the redoubt rom Czechoslovak war factories. 60 from Pilsen.

Gen. ral Pntlon's troops farther south Grafenworh were 58 mllej rom Pilsen nnd 125 from Prague. tu.sslan Guns Heard Red army dispatches laid Uissian nnd United States patrols verc as close ns 25 miles south nf Berlin, and a i on the Elbe 75 miles soulh of the German capital was believed imini- Jt was clear that the two forces now coulrl meet almost at will, perhaps within the next 24 to 48 hours, A British correspondent with the United Slates Ninth Army rlp- clarcd the thunder of Russian gunn could be heard. Two (Ninth Array divisions opened a a attack this morn' ing west of Wittcnberge, about midway between Berlin and Hamburg, and halfway through, Gnrtowcr forest. The 84th Infantry, In a seven-mile gain, cleared Prezclle, 15 miles west of Wittcnbergo.

The Fifth Armored Division gained up to three miles. Drive on Ports British Iroops wore a mile from suburbs of Hamburg, second city oT Germany, and now dominated 20 miles of the Eibe southeast of the cily. The a a i a First Army in- i i a drive on the naval porti of Emden and Wilhelmshaven against bitter opposition. Polish tanks captured AschendorJ on the railway to Emdcn, and patrolled into Papcnbvirg, 20 south of Emden, Germans deepened flood a ers along their Grebbe line in Holland a i the great cities of Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Hague, and Rotterdam, but a a i a i i the flood pushed to i i a mile of Am- crsfoorl, 12 miles east of Utrecht. Other a a i a units were i i three miles of Delfzijl, port on the Ems estuary opposite Kmden.

Nuernberg was firmly American-ruled today. Sixth A headquarters announced the Seventh Army had killed or wounded 5,000 Germans and captured 5,000 more in Ihe bitter a a for the city. I i a i meeting open in in -San Francisco Wednesday. Toughest and gravest questio the list of problems to discussed by Molotov, Secretary of Stcttinius and British Foreign Secretary is Allied i i nn a There was some hope thai the i a would hack down on their tvrice-pi'cscntcd a I the present provisional in a a be invited to S.m Francisco. A i a diplo- I a were prepared to stand i i in their a to a i the Warsaw roup, until it is reorganized jjlnr.s lines a i down Yalta.

Tin Can Pickup lo Move into West Side of Cily The cnn i drive i stnrk'd Monday the cast side ot and moved west a the railroad i be cnm- pleterl cast of the a a Mayor George th'S i Starting a the crews will move i the western a o( the cits'. The a asked a all residents i i WM! o( Ihc tracks have their cans nn the in wooden boxes or Monday. Local Sailor Reports Loss Of Savings Kenneth W. Harper of Foyetle- villc, Route 5. ho told police ha a a i en route home after ii a at i'tia.

reported to officers at Birmingham. a he lost his year's a i S525 i a i a Birmingham picture He also lost his leave A i to an Associated Press repurt the had in- Icncicd i a ot the money In ijuy a motorcycle on which lo i his i to Postmaster Selection At Fort Smith Delayed Washington, April Ic-ction of a postmaster lor Fort will he delayed about six as a of an ap- I by one of the uncertified a i a for the position, Ilep- i a i Cravens (D-Ark) announced. James K. Joseph A. Schnilzcr, and I'aul M.

Lynch were certified to the Post i Department by the United States Civil Service Commission ai eligible the job. The uncertified applicant claimed he did not receive the Grower.