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S 5 W.F WILEY
RECUPERATES IN FLA.
1.5 Willie F. Wiley, formerly of
Athens, has recently arrived at
welch Convalescent Hospital, the
Army’s reconditioning center in
Daytona Beach, Fla. The carefully
p{;{nnod reconditioning_ program
which includes _educat.lonal and
physical recreation classes, will
speed his convalescence and aid
his quick return to good health.
The son of Willie F. Wlley of
490 S. Lumpkin street, the infantry
soldier entered the service in
April of 1943, and has served 11
months in ¥rance, Belgium and
Luxembourg. He was wounded on
January 13, 1945.
cpL. VIC STEPHENS |
HOME ON FURLOUGH |
Cpl. Victor Stephens, U. 5. Army
Medical Corps, leaves Sunday to
return to duty after spendirg a
fitteen-day furlough with his
family here. |
Corporal Stephens has many
(riends who welcomed him back
for his furlough. He is stationed
on a hospital ship plying between
Europe and the United States and
since Christmas has made five
Crossings. y -
The last time “Vic,” as he is
known to his large circle of
friends, had. a chance to come
home, was on a three-day pass.
He docked in New York, came by
train to Gainesville, had one day
at home and caught the train back
to New York next day.
He has beeh in service over two
vears and before donning a uni
form was chief clerk of the Clarke.
County War Price and Rationing
Board.
CHARLIE HARRIS IS :
WOUNDEDP IN GERMANY |
pvt. Charlie Harris, formerly
employed with Schwob Clothing
store here, was wounded in Ger
many on April 1, according to a‘
recent letter written by his wife
to Howard Sanders, manager of‘
}Suhwnh‘s. He recuperated in a[
hospital in France from April 9
to May 16. 4 |
. Pvt. Harris was among those in
fantrymen assigned to spearhead
the Second Armored drive for the
Rhine. It was during this actionl
that Harris received a leg wound
while on night patrol. Most of the]
small group assigned to this task:
were Kkilled and a . good many
seriously wounded. According to
Pvt. Harris’ report, the only thing
that saved him was the fact that
he kept moving around while the
Germans who had attacked the
patrol unit were firing on them.
The Athenian was employed as
manager of Schwob Clothing store
for eight years and has many
friends in Athens Mrs. Harris is
the former Frances Cummings, of
Columbus. They have two chil
dren, Patricia 5, and “Chuck” 2. |
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WILLIE G. CONNALLY |
REPORTS AT GULFPORT |
GULFPORT 'ARMY AIR FIELD
Miss—lt was announced today
by the commanding officer of
this station that Pfec. Willie G
Connally attended school at Ath
station for combat crew duty
aboard the new large B-29 Sup
erfortress. A
Before entering the Army, Pfc.
Connall yattehded school at Ath
ens High School, and was later
employed by Athens Manufactur
ing Company.
He has been in the Army since
April 5, 1943, and is now serving
as a mechanic. His next of kin
reside at 180 Hillside street, Ath
ens, Ga. When .Pfc Connally’s
crew finishes training at this sta
tion, they will be ready for duty
against the Japanese.
FFC. ALBERT BROOKS ‘
RETURNS TO STATES
Pfe. Albert Brooks (NMI), of
Athens, a member of the Head
auarters staff of General Court
ney [Hodges' First United States
Army, returned to the United
States from Germany for- 30 days
of rest and recuperation before
returning to duty with the Army
that is preparing for operations
in the Pacific theater.
Headquarters personnel of First
Army arrived in New York on
June 3, just three days before the
anniversary. of D-Day, in which
the First Army played a majol
part, being the first onto the
beaches of Normandy. The First
Arimy, which was commanded by
General Omar Bradley for the in
vasion and for the St. Lo break
through, was also first into Paris
first into Germany, first across
the Rhine river, first to meet the
Russiang, and is the first army to
be transferred from the European
theater to the Pacific.
Lt. Col. Sell Visits In
Hitler Berchtesgaden
By VIRGINIA WOODALL
Hitler's mountain retreat, Bug
hof in Berchtesgaden, Germany,
is a spot of interest for G. I. tour
ists in the fallen Reich these
days, according to Lt. Col. Ed-
Wward 8. Sell, jr, who recently
took time out to . visit. that and
other points of interest in Hitler's
former domain.
The Athenian wrote that the re
treat was exceedingly well built
and, though not ornately fur
nished, was well provided. It is a
much larger structure than that
of Goering, which is located near
Bughof. The outstanding feature
of the house is the living room
Which must have been 30 by 5C
feet. On one end was a window
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HERMAN LEO THOMAS
FINISHES B-29 SCHOQOI,
SAN ANTONIO AVIATION
CADET : CENTER, Tex. — 3ee~
ond Lt. Herman Leo Thomas,
{ son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Thom
as, of Danielsville, was among
members of the latest class tc
complete training at the Army
Air Forces Flight Engineer Oi
ficer Training Schog®iaf tie San
Antonio Aviation / £ Center
He graduated as/ F’s’:und lien
tenants in brief ¢ g &onies held
at the Cadet Cen/ % & |
Completion of. e rigorous
four-week cour! & alified the
men to f{ill pos 2 as filght en-l
lgineer officery ¥j¢ B-29 Super-
Ifortresses. Pri & receiving the
administative < Ning, the men
received tec/ % instruction at
AAF schools. .
]MARY' R. BEATENBOUGH
AT PEARL HARBOR
l PEAR HARBOR, T. H — A
{ member of the Fleet Posi Office
|staff here is Mary R. Beaten
bough, mailman, scond class,
WAVES; of Athens, Ga., who has
been attached to this activity for
’two months. Her duties here in-'
vélve sorting mail.
l Miss Beatenbough is the dau
ghter of Mr. C. E. Beatenbough,
.364 Hudson St, Buffalo, N. Y.
Before entering the Naval ser
]vice in January, 1944, she was a
I sales clerk in McLeilan's Stores,
| Athens.
Delivering the mail to the Na-
Ivy men throughout the Pafific
Ocean Area is the hug: task of
[the Fleet Post Office where the
average day’s handling includes‘
l 1,500,000 «pieces of | first class
imail and 3,500 space tons of pa
| pers and parcels.
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!JOHN W. CRAFT ON SHIP
SUNK BY SUICIDE FPI.ANE
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June
—With graphic eye-witness ac
counts of , how their ships fell
prey to the “last ditch” aerial
campaign launcheq by the Japs
in a desperate attempt to main
tain their hold on Okinawa, 23
| Navy men from the Sixth Naval
l District arrived at San Francisco
| California with 4 group of sur
| vivors from U. S. warships sunkl
' by the Japanese. 3 4
I Seaman First Class, Joha W.|
| Craft of Rt. No. 3, Winder, Ga. '
a survivor of the USS, L.CS (L)
(3)-33 was among the returning!
group. |
| The survivors were from three
ships. They wera the USS Man
nert L. Abele, one of the nation’s
. destroyers of the 2250-ton class
| the USS Swallow a mine-sweeper
Iwith’ a long, gallant record in
Pacific warfare, and the LCS (L)
(3)-33, a large support londing
craft. The group of survivorg has
been granted leave before reas
signment. Qs X y
‘ Other ‘than the fact she was
| destroyed .by enemy aerial ac
( tion no information was forth
coming on the fate of the land
| ing craft. Casualties were reper
'ted to have been comparatively
i light. Four members from Geor
gia and North Carolina returned
| with the group of survivers.
% Several hundred survivors
| were yn the group -whieh logged
. in at San Francisco. Others sui-
Ivivors may still be overseas or
. may return to other posis.
[ THOMAS N. DEAN
‘, AT GREAT LAKES
Thomas N. Dean, 18, son of Mr
| and Mrs. C. L. Dean, 735 Little
Oconee, Athens, is receiving his
initial Naval indoctrination at the
U. S. Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, Illinois. :
When his, recruit training is
]completed. the seaman will re
lceive a period of leave. .
PVT, LINDSEY DURHAM
SPENT WEEKEND AT HOME
Pvt. Lindsey G. Durham - of
Camp Blanding, Fla., the son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Durham of
203 S. Finley street, spent the
weekend with his parents He en
|tered the armed forces in February
and will complete his boot train
ing in August.
ILT. NELLL ROBERTSON
| NURSE AT BLANDING
| Lt. Nell C. Robertson, daughter
of Mrs. Rebecca F. Bell of 135
Park avenue, Athens, is an officer
in the Army Nurse Corps, station
jed at the Army Service Forces
{ Regional Hospital, Camp Blanding,
|Fla. She is assigned to duty in the
main hospital.
I Lt. Robertson is a graduate of
Athens High school, and prior to
entering the service was with the
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!
{. M. Ridlehuber Is
Named President
0f Lions Club Here
i C. M. Ridlehuber was elected
| president of the Lions Club at the
|regular meeting Thursday, suc
‘ceedine C. T. Crowe.
Mr. Ridlehuber, who is district
!manager for the Carolina Life In
| surance Company, will take office
4on July 1.
| At the same meeting three vice=
{ presidents were elected. They are
|J. C. Stiles, R. C. Ray and Alex
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during which no enemy bomb scored more than a near miss,
the Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga finally lost its protecting
angel during operations at Iwo Jima on February 21. Although
Small Powers May Ask Revision
0f Charter In 5 To 10 Years
Now Pending
.
In Washington
BY HENRY LEMESNE
ATLANTA, June 15 — (AP ;-
That perinnial extravaganza
“the poll tax; or, the north' vs
the South,” is now playing in
Washington.
The House has passed the
anti-poll tax bill, but the pattern
is too familiar: It will be filibus
tered to death in the senate.
Another curious thing aboul
the show, - many—including a
good many southerners -— will
argue is this: If Congress. re
peals the poll tax tomorrew, it
would have little effect in the
seven poll .tax states.
The reason? In nearly .all of
the one-party south the primary
is the real - election, 'ln most
southern states, Negroes /e barr
ed from the “white” piimary.
True, the U. S. Suprem= Court
has ruled—only last year-—that
Negroes can vote in the Texas
Democrigtic primaries. That
doesn’t necessarily mean the end
of the white primary in the
south, however.
Creates Consternation .
The deaision in the Texas case
created nothing short of conster.
nation in some white primary
states. The South Carolina legis
lature rushed into extra cession
wiped all primary laws oif the
books.
It was figured this could cir
cumvenf the decision. The idca
was to make the Democratic par
ty a sort of private club, beyond
state comtrol, with its own mem
bership rules.
Other political .parties could,
of course, organize and likewise
hold their own primaties, make
their own rules. g
This plan has come in for much
discussion in other whife. prima
ry states. As an alternate. a plan
of somehow raising voting re
quirements hads been propused.
No State The Same
In none of the Southern states
is the law governing poii taxes,
or the whote election and prima
ry machinery, exactly the same
Eight Southern states Liave lit
eracy tests; five have none.
For instance, in Georgia,
rules of the Democratic party
are fixed by the State Democrat
ic Executive Committee This;
too, has been labelled a “private
club.”
. Only this week the Natlional
| Association for the advanecement
of colored people filed suic seek
ing to permit Negroes to vote in
t_Georgia paimaries. Undoubt
edly the case will eventuaily get,
to the Supreme Court.
The court will have to rule on
this ‘(private club” angle. In a
new constitution on which Geoi
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NATIONS MAY GET
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press Diplomatic
News Editor |
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15—(#)
Several small nations resentful of
big power leadership may rally
enough United Nations Conference
votes today to force revision of
the projected World Security
Charter in 5 to- 10 years.
A late afternoon showdown on
this issue, which stems {rom the
now-ended fight over the veto,
appears certain, with preliminary
signs indicating a close battle. .
: Neot Sure of Formula
Behind the scenes the small
nations, are saying they are not
sure the veto voting formula wilk
work. It would give the’Big-Five
full eontrol of Security Council
action; and any one of them could
block an action it did nhot like. .
If five years or more of experi
ence show it unworkable, they
contend they want to change i.
If they can possibly arrange it
they do not want any one of the
big nations to be able to veto the
change. If they can’t have these
things, they say, they want the
right to pull out—a right which
could be used as a club against
the big powers. ’
‘ Surprise Interruptions .
A public commission session had
a surprise interruption yesterday.
‘lt had approved a preamble state
-ment of noble sentiments and was
moving through a declaration of
purposes for the world organiza
tieh, when Egypt objected. Egypt
proposed moving a reference to
“the principles of justice” from
the last part of the start of a
paragraph about maintaining in
ternational peace and security.
Before it was defeated, 21 to 21,
(Jacking a two-thirds wvote) this
amendment provoked about two
hours of debate which prevented
the commission from finishing its
work yesterday, and it carried
over into today.
TOTAL CLARKE BOND SALES AS OF JUNE
9TH ANNOUNCED BY DISTRICT CHAIRMAN
India Independence
To Be Discussed -
By British-Indians
BOMBAY, June 15—(#)—Mo
handas K. Gandhi said today the
freeing of eight imprisoned mem
bers of the Congress Working
Committee was the occasion for
him to step aside as leader and let
them ““take up the thread of in
dependence plans.
Field Marshal Lord Wavell, the
viceroy, announced the liberations
~ (Continved on: Paze Three)
Athens, Ga., Friday, June 15, 1945
she suffered seven direct hits, the gallant carrier made her way
to Puget Sound Navy Yard under her own power. This picture
shows her firefighting créw battling the raging flames folloiwng
the Jap attacks. (1. 8. Navy Photo).
Britain's Parliament
Ends Decade Term;
¥
LONDON, June 15—(#)—Brit
ain’s unique wartime parliament
ended its 10-year tenure today
and Virginia-born Lady Astor
closed her 25~-year career in Com
mons.
The first woman member of
Parliament did not seek re-elec
tion but her son Lt. William Wal
dorf Astor will contintue the family
name in Commons.
Proroguing Parliament, King
George VI said his people’s sacri
fices “will not have been in vain
if they lead to the establishmént
of a new world order based on
justice .and , respect. for human
rights and equipped’ to crush.any
future attempt to disturb the peace
of the world.”
Britain will be without a parlia
ment until the results of the elec~
tion are announced sometime after
July 25. In the interim the country
will be governed by Prime Min
ister Churchill’s “caretaker” ad
ministration, in which the Labor
Party has refused to' be repre
sented.
The united political front which
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Continued partly cloudy, hot
and humid tenight. Showers
probable tonight and Saturday.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued rather hot fo
night and Saturday.
| TEMPERATURE
Highest .. S 8 s faciv.s . 92
MRt = P e TO
MeAn .e L L 80
EMorml. e N T
| RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hows ........ .00
| Total since June ,1 ......... .00
iDeficit since June 1 ........ 1.99
Average June rainfall ..... 3.98
| Total since January 1 ......25.23
| Excess since January 1 .... 1.62
| According to the last report
compiled on War Bond sales in
Athens and Clarke county, a total
of $683,538 worth had been bought
here, R. V. Watterson, district
lchairman of the War Finance
i Committee announced today.
! The figures released by Chair
iman Watterson are sales as of
;June 9th. On June 18th, the gov
‘ernment will permit corporations
{to purchase bonds of ‘the 7th Loan
| and the sales here no doubt will
| mount rapidly. The total quota for
tthis county is $999,000 of which
! $499,000 are “E” bonds. Total sales
iof “E” bonds up Jun 9th was
(Contineved on ?uo Three)
Rains Must Come
Quickly To Save
- 3
state Crops
___ General ,rains are .meeded
quickly in.n ,earé)xal,l.areas of
east and south Georgia to save
crops, the Crop Reporting Ser
vice said today.
Dry weather since mid-May
has caused rapid deterioration
of corn, tobacco, truck crops
and pastures, the Service said.
Early peaches are stunted.
Scattered showers have fallen
over much of the state in the
last few days, but what's need
>d, the farm experts said, is
a general heavy rain.
In northern and west-central
counties crop conditions are
mostly favorable,
Cotton and peanuts have suf
fered in some sections, but not
as much as other crops. The
weather has been favorable for
-harvesting grain and this year’s
wheat production is expected
to be the largest since 1900, the
crop summary said.
For Ll. Aubrey
§t. John Sunday
A memorial service for Lieuten
ant Aubrey H. St. John, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. B: St. John, for
inany years residents of Athens,
now of Atlanta, will be conducted
at First Methodist church Sunday
afterroon at 3:30 o'clock.
Lieut. St. John was killed in
action in the battle of Munich on
April 30, this year. He was serv
ing with General George Patton’s
Third Army at the time of his
death. k !
, Lieut. St. John was a native of
Athens and was outstanding as a
student at Athens High. He was a
member of the Beta Club, honor
ary society, member of the Glee
Club, was on the Thumb Tack
Tribune staff and received the
State Award at the State Scholas
tic Press meeting for the best
feature story of the year. He was
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Rules For Control
Of Rabid Dogs,
Announced Here -
Rules were announced porday by
the City-County Health Depari
ment intended to protect citizens
in the Fowler’s School communi
ty against rabid dogs.
The Health Department said
that “eight persons in one fam
ily are now. taking anti Rabies
treatment after being bilten by
a puppy.”
Dr. H. B. Hddgson, DVM.
Health Inspector, made the fol
lowing ~announcement:
“Kight persons in one family
are now taking Anti-Rabic treat
ment for being bitten by puppy
It wi/ at first thought that he
puppy was only being plaviul
but after the second day they real
ized it was sick. It died the next
night and a Laboratory analysi:
of the brain showed Posilive evi
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A.B.C. Paper - Single Copy, 3¢ — 5¢ Sunday
ARNOLD PROMISES STEPPED-UP
.- L:
“A TERRIBLE PLACE TO LIVE IN"
L
BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor.
Superforts set fire to Osaka in a 3,000-ton incendiary raid today
as General H. H, Arnold promised bombing attacks would be steppgd
up to a rate of 2,000,000 tons a year, making Japan “a terrible place
to live in.”
Rihbentrop Nabbed
g |
Alive In Hamburg;
S
Will Go To Prison
BY DANIEL DE LUCE
FIELD MARSHAL MONT
GOMERY'’S HEADQUARTERS,
Germany, June 14 —(AP;—Nazi
Foreign Minister Joachim Von
Ribbentrop- was 'captured ygster
day as he slept nude in a Ham
burg boarding house, bringing i
a close the most intensive man
hunt in Europe since V- Day.
Von Ribbeniiop, understocd 10
be ‘wanted by the governments
of at least 10 nations to stand
trial for war crimes, was the last
top-ranking Nazi known to be
alive who . had eluded capture.
A metal can of poison was found
strapped to his body, but he sur
rendereq this voluntarily. ?
Friendless
The dandnified formey cham
pagne salesman, became ‘he engi
reer of Hitler's arrogant ioreign
policy, had been hiding in ilam
burg since April 30. The man
who had imposed his diplomatic
will on Burope had not =z friend
in all of Germany's second iarg
est city who would assist him
actively in obtaining a place of
refuge. .
Von Ribbentrop wolunicered
the information that he had la
tended to hide until Britisa feel
ing about . him died down, and
then attempt to save hs Lie iy
a trial. He went to a wine mer
chant friend, he said — a man
who had known him 25 years’
'The merchant shunned him
Von Ribbentrop, using the name
of “Riese,” got lodging witn an
unsuspecting landlady.
The same wine merchant was
brought to British intelligence
headquarters yesterday and there
pointeq out hiserstwhile friend
But idendification was made,
even more certan. |
\
Positive Identification ‘
By keeping the arrest secret
over night, British sleuths whe
had tailed Von Ribbentrop uc"oss‘
much of western Germany man
aged to arrest his sister. Tnday‘
in a tearful and hystericai scene
she identified the foreign mminis
ter.
Ribbentrop first had been trac
ed to an area of northern Ger
many near the Danish frontier
where he was known to have
passéd in disguise. The siory, as
released today, did not bare what
had happened to him between
the time he left Berlin and the
time he arrived in Hambusg, nor
was anything disclosed oi what
he might know about Hitler’
death or survival.
To Go To Prison
A special plane was promisec
today to fly correspondents to
the secret Interrogation Camp
where Ribbentrop is being held
but correspondnts wil] not be
permitted to talk to him. R%bben-‘
(Continued on Pagpe Three)
ANALYST BELIEVES “BIG-THREE”
MEETING DATE WILL BE IN JULY
BY J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
" President Truman’s full sched
ule and other situations seem to
indicate that the Big Three meet
ing will be held between July 5
and 15, but there is at least one
possibility, if only a mere possi
bility, that it could come earlier.
Truman has a tremendous pro
gram before him between now
and July 15.
The mere fact that the United
Nations pact is expected to come
before the Senate within that
period would seem to ‘be enough,
since ‘the President could be ex
pected to play an important role
then.
DeGaulle Conference
But Truman is to confer with
Charles DeGaulle next week be
fore leaving for San Francisco
where the United Nations Ceonfer
ence is expected to close Saturday.
He expects to spend two, days
at home in Independence, Mo., the
following week—perhaps June 27
and 28.
Coupled with the fact that Win
ston Churchill has an election on
his hands July 5, all of this rather
restricts the time in whieh a Big
Three meeting can be held if it
is to fall within the 40-day period
Mr. Truman predicted on June 7,
which also ends July 15.
* A meeting at such a time, tak
(Continued On Fage Two
Japanese ground forces began
to crack up on Okinawa, fled on
Borneo, and withdrew en twc
vital China fronts, but still fought
stubborn delaying actions in the
Philippines.
American military leaders were
quoted in Washington as expect
ing that “either Japan will sur
render within the next 99 days or
the war will be of long duration
—a matter of attrition.” . The
words are those of Rep. Cannon
(D.-Mo.), chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee.
“Utter Destruction” ?
General Arnold, chief of Army
forces on a tour of Superfort
bases in the Marianas, said “we
are just starting with the B-295”
which will wreak “utter destruc
tion” on Japan. 2
In about two weeks; he prom
ised, power of their attacks will
be stepped up to 2,000,000 tons a
year. This means that every twe
weeks the Superforts will let
loose a bomb tonnage equalling
the entire weight of explosives
they have thus far rained on
Japan. '
Already, said B-29 Commander
Major General Curtis LeMay, Su«
perforts have heavily damasé'(‘
the five cities that Arnold said
must be destroyed—Tokyo, Yoko
hama, Nagoya, Kobe and Osaka.
“It is just a matter of time,” Le<
May said, “until we get every
thing of value in Japan.” =
Hit Heavy Industry
Today they got machine tool
chemical, propeller plants and
other war industries in Osaka
and neighboring Amagasaki. The
strike on Japan’s greatest indus
trial city was made by 520 Sup
erforts on the first anniversary of
their initial raid on Nippon.
Clouds obscured results, but To
‘kyo admitted fires were started
in widely separated sections.
From Okinawa, Associated
Press War Correspondent Al Dop
king reported that “all along the
front there were unmistakable
gigns that the Japanese will tc
fight was broken.” 5 ;
Hundreds surrendered. Scores
killed themsleves. Others were
shot in the back by their com
rades as they tried to give up. '
Seize Yaeju Hill -
Three American divisions clos
ed in on the enemy's southern
mountain fortress, led by the
96th Division . which captured
Yaeju Hill, highest point on the
escarpment, and drove toward
the second highest peak. Yaeju is
in the center of the northern
front. A mile and a half to the
southeast the Seventh Infantry
made advances of up to 700 yards
driving into Nakaza town. e
On the western flank the First
Marines widened their ~ hold on
Kunishi ridge in a predawn attack
and fought off a series of day
time counterattacks. The Devil
Dogs were under continuous
heavy fire. iy
Most surrenders and suicides
were reported on this front and
on the west coast's Oroku Penin
sula, where Sixth Division Ma
rines were mopping up. ;
On the China coast, 450 miles
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OPA Announces
Industrial Sugar
Allctments Cut
. WASHINGTON, June 15—(#)—
Cuts iri industrial sugar allotments
to a level generally 37% per cent
under a year-ago were ordered to
day for the July-September quar
ter.
The slash, made by OPA to'
bring use in line with scarce sup
plies, trims_‘t;'? new commercial
quotas by from 23 to 8 per cent
below the current April-June"
ration. 1
Most industrial users, including
ice cream and bottled beverage
producers, take the maximum out
and thus are reduced. to .50 per!®
cent of their 1941 base period use.
Last vear they were receiving 80’
per cent. 5
Such firms as bakers and cereal
manufdcturers are reduced to 60
per cent of base use, or a 20 per
cent cut from the present quarter.’
Pharmaceutical firms go to 110
per cent of base use from 120, an
-8 per cent reduction. . i
Commercial canners of fruit
take an average 20 per cent cut
from the 1944 level. Those firms:
receive so much sugar per unit
of canning, rather than a percent
fge of baseusey - "