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orange, texas, thursday, may 3, 1945
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BRITISH ENTER RANGOON; YANKS
DRIVE HUE IN OKINAWA AND
AUSTRALIANS GAIN IN BORNEO
OUT OF GERMAN ARMY NO*
«fc
By Leonard Milljmciu,. Associated
Press War Editor
British soldiers smashed into
Rangoon, supposedly defended l)y
30,000 trapped Japanese, in - the
climatic fight of the Burma cam-
paign and the outstanding de-
velopment in the Pacific war.
In other actions British and
French Warships bombarded Is-
lands lying between Rangoon and
Singapore for the third successive
day; Superrforls blasted airfields
in southern Japan for the 13th
time in five weeks; tank - led
American infantry inert drove a
mile deep wedge into Okinawa
defenses1 325 miles south of Ja-
pan; picked Australians opening
the Borneo campaign pushed from
oil - soaked beaches into domi-
nating jungle - covered^ ridges;
and the most - decorated Yanks
• in the Pacific reached the gates
of Japanese - 'held Davao in the
Southern Philippines without" .a,
long anticipated buttle. '
The breakthrough into Rangoon
came in a quick follow-up of a
double landing b,y parachute and
amphibious troops south of the
Burmese capital while ah armor-
ed column ihi,shed down- from the
north.
Fall of Rangoon, which in Bur-
mese means "end of "the. war",
would signify the virtual finish
of the Burma campaign. Nippon-
ese to the north tiave either been
encircled or are in flight across
jungle trails to Thailand. Capture
of Pegu, P.vawbwc and entrance
of troops into l'rome ail north
of Rangoon — were reported to-
day.
Rangoon, fqmed for its bejew-
elled Buddhist temples, is a po-
tential staging base for a British
drive to recapture their great Sin-
gapore naval base, now within
range of Allied bombers frohi
Borneo. Along the route to Sin-
gapore, the East Indies fleet con-
tinued its bombardment of Port
Blair yesterday.
Press dispatches from Tarakan,
oil producing island off the north-
east coast of Borneo, reported that
the first day of the Australian in-
vasion insured quick development'
of an air base there. Gen. Doug-
las MacArthur said this would
complete the chain of airfields in
the southwest Pacific". Thai
would put them within range of
Singapore, heretofore attacked
only by B-2! s.
Today's Supcrfort raid by 50 to
100 B-29s pounded six airdromes
on Kyushu island from which the
Japanese have bfeen lending sui-
cide planes agai/ist American for-
ces at Okinawa. Simultaneously
Tokyo reported suicide submar-
ines had gone into action in the
area sinking threo U. S. ships.
Two battle - weary and de-
pleted American divisions were
tfilieyed or/ the Okinawa front
while the 7fli. bu riling and
crunching/ its way ahead with
flame throwers and tanks, cut a
mile dee|i hole in the enemy's
east coas*t defenses.
CYPRESS STREET
USO SCHEDULE
OF ACTIVITIES
Thursday, 2:30 p. m., Service-
men's Wives Club, Reading Room.
Wives of serviceman invited. 7:30
p. m., Dancing Instructions.
Friday. B:00 p. m., Dance, Social
Room, informal; Servicemen -
Serviccwomen — GSO Junior
Hostesses.
Saturday, 7:30 p. m., Informal
Activities, Social Room. 8:00 p.
m., Movies; Servicemen, War
Workers and families especially
invited.
Sunday, 11:00 a. m., Go to the
Church of your choice. 12:45 p.
m., shulfleooard, ping pong—
games. 2:00 p. m., Movies in the
Lobby. '3:00 p. in., Talk a Letter i
Tlomc — Recordings made at!
afternoon in reading room.. 4:30-
6:00 p. m„ Social with refresh- \
ments, Social room reserved for
Servicemen. Serviccwomen, GSO
Girls. Movies will be shown in
the Lobby throughout the week.
Free long distance calls given
to Servicemen or Servicewomcn
on Surprise Nights — listen for
announcement. .,
THREE German women army prisoners, taken by the Seventh Army
in its advance-into Germfc-iy. sit on ammunition boxes as they await
transportation to quarters.
Organ Concert
And Book Review
Monday Afternoon
"The Emperor's PhyslciaVi " by
Dr. J. R. Perkins, to be reviewed
at the First Methodist church in
Orange Moliday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock by Mrs. J. J. Wheat of
Beaumont, is a stirring and ex-
citing story of social and political
condition^ in the Holy land in
New Testament times. The au-
thor, a congregational minister,
gives a powerful reaffirmation
that faith taught in the New
Testament is valid todny. The
story is based on life of St. Luke.
In connection with the review,
which is sponsored by the Wo-
man's Society Of Christian Ser-
vice of the church, there will be
an -organ concert by Mrs. O. N.
Cloud of Beaumont, well known
musician.
The program opens with the
<£ organ concert and the public is
invited. Admission will be sev-
enty five cents and tickets may be
purchased from any member of
the organization. ...
The church nursery will be
open lor the ut« of mothers who
desire' to leave their children
while attending the program.
LETS DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT IT!
««« ♦ «♦♦♦ •>> ♦>«>>>««•
OF MORE IMPORTANCE NOW
than ever is tho proposition of
preparing for return of those
who have been In service through
the present war. It must be rc-
i membcred that there have been
f ten to one sent into service dur-
i in# world war No. 2 than in
! world war No. 1, which makes
\ the task of aiding them a ten to !
one greater task\than 27' years!
ago. There will be a greater per-
ccntagc of boys who will fail to j
return home and likewise a
greater number will be maimed j
than respited from the first world
war.
MEET TEXAS AT ORANGE is
another slogan that might well be
displayed on literature advertising
the place, also on the highways
that enter from the east. Orange
has a particular advantage over
any border /City in / the entire
state. At no point on the border
of the great statu of Texas arc the
advantages of attracting attention
of those entering, or leaving |he
state. 4s for that matter, quit*; so
' great as is Orange. It is a Well
j known fact too that Texas/ the
| largest state In the union, Ys at-
} tracking nation-wide, as well as.
i world-wide attention.
! / .
REAL DEBT OF GRATITUDE
| is I due the) Orange City-County
i health department for the e.xcel-
1 lent job of protecting the city a- j
J gainst, disease outbreak which
! could have easily taken place as |
| a; result of the unsanitary condl- .
' tions that) might have resulted
i fi-o'm the high Water over a large
i area of Riverside. Quick and ef- I
! ficient work done by all depart- !
f ments of the health set-up hast
j given the locality assurance of I
• continued good health. -
MRS. M. HESLEP
DIES TODAY IN
GALVESTON
Mrs. Edna Reese lleslep. 00,
died at John Scaly hospital in
Galveston at 5 o'clock this morn-
ing. She had been ill lor several
months but her death *va« unex-
pected. She underwent a major
operation this week.
Mrs. Hexlcp was born at Jas-
per, was the Widow of the late
Max Hcslcp and had lived An Or-
ange for 54 years. She was a
member of the First Christian
church and the Rebekahs.
Funeral services will be held at
3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at
the Fuller funeral home
with Rev. John Oiscpte, pastor ot
the First Christian church offici-
ating, 'burial to be in Ihe Depwc
cemetery under direction of the
Fuller Funeral home.
' Surviving are one soft. Harold
Hcslcp: two daughter .. Mrs.1 Em-
ory Padgett, and Mrs. Henry Wil-;
son; lb red sisters, Mrs. Bennie j
Williams, Mrs. Hunter Beaty and I
Mrs. Charles Walston, all of Or- [
aiige; two brothers. Alvis and j
Grover Reese1, both of .Saty An-*
tonid; one httlf - brother, Jomt li. 1
Fuller of Beaumont. seven grand- !
children artel two great - grand- !
children. /
(International Soundphoto)
I,
Volunteer Red
Cross Workers Do
Flood Relief Job
Four thousand eight hundred
cups of coffee were nrfade and
i served by the Canteen Corps * of
' the Orange County Chapter of lite
American Red Cross to workers
during the recent flood It* Orantfe,
The corps also made 2,925 sand-
wiches, served .5,580 cookies and
; cooked forty-eight hot lunches.
•The food was prepared by the
j volunteer workers in the kitchen
| of the Orange. County Chapter
! house under (he direction of Mrs.
j Charles Cottle, temporary corps
J .chairman. She was assisted by
! Mesdames B. A. G\mn, P. M.
j Blue, C.. P. Smith, Meade Graves,
Lovelace Schricbcr Sam Mauley,
Joe Pevcto, Allan Capps, C. M.
i Tilley, Sam McGcc, Homer Sim-
! mon's, Q. A. Wilson, A. J. Mc-
BERLIN'S FALL
HERALDS END
OF WAR SOON
London, May 3. (AP) — Berlin,
the Nazi capital and fourth lar-
gest city of tile world, surrender-
ed yesterdcy to troops of two
Russian armies, and 70.000 of the
city's defenders gave up the fight
which had raged for' 12 deadly
i days through streets and subways.
The city fell at 3 p. m. to troops
of the First White Russian and
First Ukrainian armies, Premier
Marshal Stalin announced in an
der of the day. lie disclosed
alW that Russian forces Had de-
stroyed the German Ninth army,
! trapped southeast of Berlin, kill-
ing B0,oh() men and Rapturing
120,0110. arid had overrun the last
of Germany's big Baltic ports.
Rostock and Warnemucnde.
In - Moscow, (lie fall of
was celebrated \vitli an
Salute of 24 salvoes from 324
cannon, The lqng - tiwaltcd vic-
tory was hailed by RussHans hi
i the streets with danciiis;, .shouting
| and general hilarity. Moseow\lis-
; patches said belief was evident
i everywhere in the capital that the
| end of the war could be expected
1 at any time. 1 _
, , The victorious Russian armies,
headed by Marshals G. K. Zhn-
kov and Ivan S. Konev. entered
Berlin on-April 21, after jumping
I across the Oder. They swarmed
~1:
HERE FILLS 2'
BIG BUILDINGS
Two large buildings jammed
with hundreds of boxes of used
doming of all descriptions attest
to the success of the United Na-
tional Clothing Collection just
completed in Orange county un-
der the, sponsorship of the Or-
ange Lions Club. No estimate has
been made of the total tonnage
collected, but the amount will run
to several freight car loads, it was
stated.
Volunteer workers have begun
the task of sorting and packing j
the clothing, in final preparation
for Hhipment~artd a need for ad- j
ditlontil volunteers lor this huge j
task has arisen, according to Gene j
Bet'lhv Saxon, chairman of the Llhns |
official | club committee in charge of the f
drive. Has on requested that all!
persons who could help with the J
work come to the Salvation Army j
Wuilding where Ihe work Is be-
ing performed any evening this j
week.
O. 1). Butler, Lions club presi-
dent, hus expressed his approcla-
tion to all workers in the drive
for the effort put forth and to
the public for Its response to the
drive. Thousands of unfortunate
persons among our Kuropean Al-
lies will be made more comfort-
able and given a new feeling of
into the 341-square-mile city, al-
' ready battered from American and i decency as a result of the drive
I British air raids, and laid it low
\ in 12 days of some of the bitterest
street fighting in history.
The collapse of Berlin, symbol
of German power, came two years
and three months after the tide
J of battle was turned * at Stalin-
grad. And Russian troops who
swarmed over the German capital
found that most of the city's mon-
j omental buildings were largely
destroyed from 77,000 tons of
bombs rained on it in 301 Ameri-
can and British air assaults.
Dance To Benefit
Swim Pool Fund
Set For Saturday
First in a scries of benefit dan-
ces for the Orange Swimming
Pool Fund conducted by the Ju-
Jessc I ilior Chamber of Commerce
Ken/ie, Robert Payne, A. Garrett,
Pete Lawson, J If. David, Jesse I nlor Chamber of Commerce will
Parish, Lovelace MeKinley.' E. S, 1 be held Saturday nlgjrt at the
I Barber, George Mastersun, fieije ! Navy Town Hall. .Walter La-
Saxon. W. E. Harding, E. L. Bar- j Forge and his All-Girl Orchestra ,
will provide the music for the | Blaekman was aeconipaiued a
from ! P'ono by Tommy Camp, and
Navy ■ "n-v' wa's accompanied by Mrs.
the
here, lie pointed out, aiid Orange
county has maintained its great
record fbr lull participation in all
phases of the war cllort.
500 Attend 7th \
Variety Show
Billy Lyons, with persuasive
voice and a charming manner,
curried the 7th Variety Show to
a successful climax al tho River?
side Assembly" IJall Tuesday
night. The show played to an
audience of approximately 500.
The Riverside Youth Associa-
tion, which, with USO, sponsors
this event, offered two cash
prizes; one for adults and one
for children. Winner in the ad-
ult group was Miss Betty , Jo
Blackmail who did a boogie-
woogie tap dance. Tiny, four-
year-old Hoy I Jordan captured
first place in the children's divi-
sion for singing a song. , Miss
Camp And Hospital
Committee Meets
Tuesday Morning
The Davy. Crockett Can)# and
Hospital Committee will meet on
Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock
at.Pinehurst, the. home of Mr, and
Mrs. E, W. Brown, Jr.,. with com-
mittee members from 'Galveston,
Port Arthur, Houston, Beaumont,
Ellington Field, Liberty, Hemp-
stead rind Orange in attendance.
Luncheon will be served at one
o'clock-by the canteen corps of
the Orange County Chapter of
the lied Cross. Members of the
Orange County Camp and Hospi-
tal Committee are Mrs. J. 15, Al-
exander, chairman; Mrs. J. B.
Sanders, vice chairman; -Mr*.' C.
E. Phillips, Mis. George Jones,
Mrs, Frank Smith and Mrs. Frank
Malloy.
PILOT CLUB
FUND PASSES
$2500 MARK
The Pllot/XMub .fund to' provide
hospitalization to Norma Lee Sax-
on, who is undergoing skin graft-
ing operations*'in a1 Galveston hos-
pital which may save her life,
climbed over the $2500 marls .to-
daywith a grand total to date re-
ported as $2.500.31.
Still short of the goto the fund
is continuing to grow at a most
satisfactory rate and members of
the Pilot Club ate confident that
they Will be able to provide the
necessary money for the oper-
ations. • Donors whose names have
not be.cn .previously Jjstod .include;
Mr. ami Mrs. G. C. Strickland
$10.00; Mi', and Mrs, Tom Wil-
liams $10.00; Mrs. William Croc-
kett, Sr., $5.00; Mrs. Leon B.
Smith. $100; L. J. Kerr $2.00: Mrs.
G. T.'Godwin $2.50: Mr. and Mrs,
Charles P. Smith $10.00; E. W.
Brown Jr.. $25.00; Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Barron $3.00.
NAZI HOLDING
SPLIT INTO
FEW POCKETS
kcr, Fred Jones, E. Franks, T. O.
Woolcy. Martin K- Thomcn, E. T.
Drake, Frank J. Malloy, W. B.
Terry, llal Carter, I.,. Bowman
and Miss F.li/.aHctli Mac Mlllan,
Miss Polly Manfev and Miss Mar-
ian Johnson.
Members of the Motor Corps
tinder the supervision of Mrs.
11, /S. Peterson worked ity three
shifts making deliveries , at 10
a. m., 2 p. m.,1 10 p
and 2 a. m., < t^>
provide the music
dance, which is scheduled
li:30 until midnight. The
Town# Council is sponsoring
dance and admission Is 110 cents
per person.
An attractive floor show will
be presented by several talented
performers. Madge Anderson v ill
be, featured, with some accordion
mbers; P.uth Ratclilf will/ ppe-
rn. j s^nt a native "hoola dance"; Ber-
all i pice Salbador. popular young vo- '
Two Local Highway
Projects Advanced
Austin,, Tex., May 3, (APi —
Low bidders on improvement pro-
jects now under consideration of !
the highway commission which |
soon may issue work orders in- j
elude;
Orange 1.1 miles concrete,
base repairs and asphaltic con- j
crete surface from Sabine river
bridge to • 15th street in Orange
city on U. S. 90, Tulsa Rig Reel
; and Mfc. Co. and Drake Construe- i
tion Co., Muskogee, Okla., $19,-
323. * .
Jasper, Newton and Orange — ■
12.04 miles soil cement base with
seal coat and mixed — (n - place
bituminous concrete pavement
from Buna to Maurtcevlllc |n '
-cctions on highway 62, East Tex- j
as Construction Co,, Liberty,
$111 926.
Home Decorations
Breakfast Club
Discussion Topic
The Breakfast Club, is having a
series of discussions on ijiohies arid
home ; decoration at ills regular
meetiij'ig in the Lounge of the
Adult/ Building, 132 TUrret Road,
evpry Friday mornlitg; at 0:30
o'ilrt(/k. Mrs. Orvalcrje P. Rh|lid-
er, Home Counsellor, who leads
the discussion will have as her
topic this week "The Friendly
Background of Your Home s
This will include the treatment of
floors, walls, mid ceilings, ,
May Day Field
Day Is Tomorrow
May Day will be celebrated'at
the .Navy Town Playground Sat-
urday with - attractive field
day arranged for boys and girls,
the festival'stai'tinR at 9:30 o'clock
and continuing until' earlj^ after-
noon. Ribbons will be awarded
in various contests. Boys and
girls who wish, to participate
should register with either Miss
Marian Johnson or -Miss Blllie
Whittakcr of the ORC staff, (it
the Navy Town Playground, 0th
and Knox street, befoft 9:30
o'clock Saturday morning.
places where workmen were
■watching the flood ureas. Mem
bcrs of the Corps making deliver
ies in addi'ion to Mrs. Petersoi,. :
wei'e'Mrs. Leland Bowman. Mi.v/s time
calist, will sing; and
jorie Anderson of tin
ing staff will present her folk and
square dance pupils in the old-
dances.
K. F. Lucas.
Others taking part in'the show
were: Tommy Sonic. Pat Nig-
Icr, 'Penile Itulhvin, Hoby Keeg- ! hi'twccu
an. M'iiiiiic Louise Green. Azalee ! casualties
Keegan, Charles Head. Ralph ' Road Ahead.
McChiiu, Robert, Joiinson, Mod-
ciiia Jones. Pete Pulley, Claudia
Poutra, Elaine' Hoffpaulr, Mrs.
Gerald Loving, Louisa Brokering,
Mrs, Mar- | Marjorle Anderson, Jackie Sic-
USO-hous- l)'l0ns' Jerry Stephens. Mary. Lou
New Red Cross
Radio Program
Every Wednesday
The first program in a new ro-
dio series sponsored by the Amer-
ican Red Cross, the Army and
Navy was heard Wednesday
night from n until 11:30 p. in. over
KFDM, The series, which will
be a regular half hour prog rout
to promote better understanding
civilians and returning
of war is called, "The
Mary Ellen Bennett, Miss Elizd- Tire Swimming Pool Fund is
. beth Dees, Mrs. George Craft, | slowly but surely reaching the
Mrs. H. M. Hargrove, (Jr.,. Mrs, goal of $20,000, Not much pub-
Mary Lloyd, M)ss Ar)nj La . V« , j ilplty, advertising ahd soliciting
Mrs. H. E. Mcnefee iMJrs. Genjlry | of. money has been done in the"
Parrish, Mis. M. A. Si|nar. Mrs. | past few weeks because the swun-
Hciiry Staiifield and Mrs. C..I F. i ming pool committee of the .lay-
Raleigh. Where it was possible j cces is awaiting (ins^l decision on
for the Motor Ciji'^js to / gel ) the application for ( priorities to
through With their station wagon j construct the pool, j The applita-
deJi\/eries were made I by a njem- j tiqn |has been in tilt! mill of the
her of the Coast Guard in' a Coast | War Production Board at Houston
Guard truck. for the last month and Is now bc-
Slalf Assistance Corps members j fore the final and most important
were on duty days tjnd nights | committee — the Production. Ur-
answering telephones and sending j geney Committee.
messiuscs from the chapter houije.. j if the application is passed up-.
Those- working we're Mrs. W. L. I on favorable action will begin in
The Road Ahead", according
tji Information received by the
Orange Qoiihty /Cliapter of /the
American Itcil Cross, from ' Basil
O'Connor, , national ch a inn an of
the Amerlcun Red Cross, has been
Wad low, Hilda Bell Wade. Louct- t 8 year/in i.reparatlon, "In it* wi-
la Binlord, Adie Lou Humrtc, dci' aripects, the plan gives prom-
Mai tha Barley, Barbara Scott, I ''iC "t Pluylng a vital part in .the
Fay Currrion Hrown, Aim Rrilocv, i liM'Uldolion of what is proving
arid Sybil Alliens. ' i «W!«c#t psychologi-
cal problems created by the pjes-
r> . . ■ eiu "conflict", said Mr, O'Connor
Betty Jean Cooper
Ulcher, corps chairman, Mrs. E.
T. Drake, Mrs. 11. T. Cassldy, Mrs.
F. J. Lackey, Mrs. L, LaForge and
Mrs, M. White,
Wurscs's Aides, during the last
week assisted with the giving of
preventive shots for typhoid at
earnest to raise $30,000, • about
Wins Radio Spot
Mrs. Bet'y Jean Cooper, a tal-
ented singer and a student at
Texas State College for Women
ajl Deijitjon. won in uncontest for
"College t'apcrs"^?ith her rendi-
tion of "Together"', It was learn-
ed here today by her mother,
Mrs. Bryan Burton.
As a result of winning the con-
test at T. S. C. W„ Mrs, Cooper
will be presented"in- a broadcast
over Radio StatioA WFAA In Dal-
las on Friday afternoon, May 1U,
cut ha
mm
to ipr.
one - fourth of which has been „t 3:30 0.cl0ck. and wi,| bc pa|d
secured already >red Haiucom, . #100 00 ,or hcr J>CI.formiillcc. Dur.
Juyeec president, Is chalrmmi. of | ,„tf hcr thra(. day tay ,n
she will be at the White Plaza
the Swimming Pool Fund com-
D. Evahn. Curtis Beaty, Ellis C'ar-
thc Orange City - County Health | ter, Jack Roe, Irving Scely and
Unit. Volunteer nurses were /Mrs. j William K. Amo. There is no
Hal Carter, R. N.. and Miss Eliz-
abeth McMillan,* R. N. ' Nurse's
Aides on duty were>Mrs; A. J.
Hojjgic, corps captains "and Miss
Nancy Price,
Mrs. E, W. Brown.. Jr., sccond
vice president and chairman of
volunteer services of the Orange
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross, arranged the working • pool,
program for all volunteer women
doubt In any one's mind but that
Orfinge is badly in need of u
public swimming pool and the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
has taken hold of the drive as
one of its civic projects. When
the $20,000 is raised, it will be
turned over to the city for down
payment on the spacious $83,000
Hotel with nil expenses paid., If
' she wins, at Dallas she will go on
a three wooks tour.
COURT HOUSE
AND CITV HALL
BRIEFS
uorker*.
Fire Alarm
A rpn wa* made Wednesday by
members of the city fire depart-("playoff will bc ^eld tonight at
ment U> Riverside addition as a 7:30 in the clubroom of the Riv
result of a car fire. cr«ide No I Asvambiy Hair .
Supreme Headquarters Allied
A while man wanted for a
crime in Lake Village, Arkansas,
was arrested Wednesday by Or-
ange police. He was turned over
to the county to oe held pending
The long -awaited Orange Ta-
ble Tennis League championship
Expeditionary Forces. Paris, May arrival of Arkansas officers with
3, (AP) — The Allied armies authority to return him to that
captured more than 1,500,000 prlr# state.
oners In April, Including 150 gen- One person was held for drunk-
orals and admirals, supreme head- ennes* by the police ^department
quarters announced1 today. Thursday morning
ng Crosby and Bob Hope are
to icrve (is co-chairman of the
Hollywood program committee
fpif the project, and will appear
personally oii the series, as condi-
tions permit.
ilospitil I octillions will Je se-
lected in "t'onKullution with the
staffs of Major General Norman
T. Kirk and Vice Admiral Ross
T. Mclntyre, surgeons generut of
the Army and Navy.
Two Softball
Games Tonight
Two Orange Industrial League
Softball games are on tap tonight
at West End Park, Lcvingston
Shipbuilding Co. muking its debut
against the undefeated U. S. Navy
Receiving Station ul 7 o'clock and
the nightcap bringing together
the last place clubs, the t. B. E.
W. ten and the Machinists.
Wednesday night the Navy de-
feated Orange High School, 5-4.
I In an exhibition game/ There is
u possibility thut the high school,
aggregation may enter the cir-
cuit under the banner of a local
merchant. Andy Pel ham has
been named by Chief Petty Of-
ficer Kni^ge to hurt for tho Sail-
ors tonight. Manager' Tommy
Walter of Levlngslon has not
yet named i starting pitched. Ten
Paris. May X (AP) —British
troops entered Hamburg at I p.
m.. today, the grant port's radio
announced shortly uftor pro-
claiming Ihe metropolis an open
city.
As tho war in Europe drew
near toward a close with Den-
mark and Norway isolated by a
British - Russian junction on the
Baltic, the Hamburg radio soid
also that' Prague — largest Ger-
man held ecntor in the south—had
been declared a "hospital city."
That indicated the Czechoslovak
capital would not be defended.
Hamburg. Europe's largest port
and Gcrmuny's second city of
. 1,0112,220 had been outflanked
I nnd^bejdeg'd for several weeks,
ill-was largely in ruins because
bombers hint made it a frequent
target. .
"Hamburg is an open city," the
radio tliure — one of the lust in
German hands "proclaimed. "Brit-
ish occupation troops are now en-
! teijrijg the city,"
The northern German holdings
were split into several untenable
pockets and the southern section
was shrunk by the surrender In
Italy ot nearly 1,000,000 German
combat and service troops. The
i Alpine "redoubt" was virtually
wiped out under terms of the sur-
j render. The Germans still held
Bohemia and Moravia, eastern
1 Austria and the mountainous re-
! gions of northwest Yugoslavia.
Even this southern section was
about, to be split by a junction of
Gen., Palton's Third army and the
Russians around the Austrian city
of I,In*. .
The British and Russians join-
ed forces on the Baltic above
Captured Berlin and east ot fal-
len Luebcck. It was more of a
mopup than u campaign. What
Germans remained were beaten;
many had fled to the doubtful rc-
fu'gc of Denmark. s'l
With jthe loss of Berlin, Ham-
burg, Luebcck and Rostock, tho
only large German cities remain-
ing under the swastika were
Hrcslau, Dresden. Chemnitz and
Kiel. At Luebcck, the British
were $8 mllos from Kiel and 85
from the Danish frontier. Schwer-
In (45.000) Wlsmur and Witten-
berge (both 25,000) toppled tn
the north. 1
The I'anubian fortress of Pas-
. sau (25,000), guardian city to
} Llnz, fell to l'atton's troops in the
i south,
Under terms of the Italian sur-
J'fendtr, the Austrian provinces of
tho Tyrol. Voralbcrg and Salz-
burg all were surrendered. In-
cluded in these regious were the
,cities of lnssbruck and Salzburg.
The surrendered region stretches
to within artillery range ot Bereh-
tcsgadeu. ilKl
The general German yracivup
' was accelerated. Supreme bead-
. quarter* llsled the capture ot
Field Marshal Baron maximillsrt
! von Welchs, former German com-
mander in the Balkans, along
i With Field Marshal Von Rund-
; stedt. Freihur, Von Sperrlc and
; 18- generals. Some 93,707 Ger-
mans surrendered yesterday, j. I m
The Gejrman*Jn the north sur-
i eiidci ed In wholcsolc lots. 1 i
1 ■ - -f-1 m
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Minneapolis. (AP) — Back In
October. 1034, Mrs; Marie M.
Morgan. 44, told County Judge
j Levi M. Hall, she drove her hus-
' band downtown to bc certain he
got to work on his first job in
more than six years. -'Xcpgfl
Bui he- never came home that
t night and she hasn't seen him
slncc, Mrs. Morgan testified In
winning a divorce from Walter It.
Morgan, 43, of Chicago.
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