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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Variety Of Programs Offered
I onight and tomorrow by USO

Tonight's USO calendar shows a
birthday ball, lawn supper party,
variety show, and six dances, while
tomorrow's program includes a
sightseeing tour OF the Is local USO
clubs, musicales, supper parties, and
other entertainment, headquarters
officials said today.
War workers and uniformed girls
attending dances tonight will wear
formal dress, officials continued.
Dances will be held at the YWCA
at Seventeenth and K streets NV.
and at the YMCA at 1885 G street
NV. Mrs. Sara @. Winsborough
will be introduced at the YMCA
dance as director OF women's activi-
ties for the USO.
Forty convalescing soldiers from
Walter Reed Hospital will be enter
tanned Ut the home a Mrs. Morris
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| Army Editor S Transfer
Not Due 10 Article,
Spokesman Asserts
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Sept. l1.-An Army
spokesman said today that Mai.
Hartzell Spence. editor Of ,Yank,
Army weekly newspaper. had been
transferred to other duties, but that
the transfer was not the result, as
published reports had intimated, OF
recent editorial which discussed
the postwar role of veterans or.
CARNATIONS.
1t. Col Franklin S. Forsbere, of
flcer in charge Of the publication,
said Maj, Spence's removal was a
routine transfer" in line with an
Army policy of not keeping one man
in single post for any great length
OF time, and he added that no one
editorial would have caused the re-
moval.
Published Yesterday.
The editorial, published yesterday,
said many persons joined the Amer
lean Legion to apply pressure to
get things done politically" The
| editorial said that after this war
there would be potential 10, 900 900
men and women capable of apply
ing pressure" 1t went on:
Therefore the veterans of this
war must have the courage to apply
pressure against the greedy and
| selfish elements both within and
outside the armed forces. We must
decide to weigh our every action,
not against the question what's Ia
1t for me?', but against the oues-
ton will 1t serve the best interests
OF our country?'
Since we have made that de.
cision-and it must be made-tfen
we can form our own organization
or join an existing organization to
make sure those interests are
served"
Waring Comments.
Commenting on the editorial, Ma
tlonal Legion Comdr. Roane Warinn
said today:
I've never seen the editorial, but
portions of 1t have been read to me.
I think the portions that were read
to me sound very unfair to the
American Legion. It was very UNI
fortunate they should write an edi.
torial Of that sort, knowing SO little
about 1t. However. I don't suppose
that was the reason he was removed.
That was his opinion, and, unless
It's hbelous. a man has a right to
express his own opinion"
Col. Forsberg said that Mai,
Spence, a resident of Riverside.
Conn, and author of the best-seller,
"One Foot in Heaven was being
replaced temporarily by serzt.
Joseph Mccarthy, a former Boston
newspaperman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Aegean Island Reported
Given Back 10 Greeks
BY the Associated Press.

BY Inc Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Sept. 1.-THE Aegean
Island of Samos, occupied by the
Italians during the first part of the
Greek war, was returned to Greek
sovereignty yesterday, it was re-
ported here yesterday.
The island, Y miles southwest of
the Turkish city. of Izmir, was re-
turned voluntarily after the Italian
armistice, the report said.
Dispatches reaching here from the
Balkans yesterday said the Germans
are carrying out plans made in adj
vance for capturing Italian garrisons
in Albania and Greece.
The Germans were said to have
thrown guard around the italian
barracks in Athens few hours be-
fore the armistice. y
Anti-Fascist officials In Albania
were said to have been arrested.
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Pledge
Continued From First Page.)

of Italy's liberation, was pure con-
lecture, however.
Point Raised Earlier.
This question was raised at a
White House press conference
shortly after Marshal Badoglio had
succeeded Mussolini, prompting
President Roosevelt to reply that
he didn't care whom the Allies
dealt with, so long as it was not a
representative of the Fascist regime
1t might be king. prime minister,
or even the mayor of city, the
President amplified.
The message was more than a
mere statement-it was beamed by
short-Wave radio directly to the
Italian mainland where the British
American forces are at grips with
the Germans. --.
Said the President and Prime
Minister to Badogiio and the Italian
people:
ut has fallen to you in the hour
of your country's agony to take the
first decisive steps to win peace and
freedom for the Italian people and
to win back for Italy an honorable
place in the civilization of Europe.
Mussolini Called Accomplish"
You have already freed YOU
country from Fascist servitude
There remains the even more i'm
portant task of clearing the italian
soil from the German invaders"
One reference was made to Musso.
lini and he was called an accom-.
plice" of Hitler who had brought
Italy to ruin in the sands of Egyp
and the SHOWS of Russia.
The leaders reminded the Italian.
that the Germans have always de.
serted them on the battlefield ane
sacrificed them to cover their owr
retreats. The implication was tina
this could happen again in Ital,
itself unless the Italians step in with
fortnight courage and show wher,
they stand.
1--WE have very strong forces ane
are entering at many points" TIT
statement added. THE German
terror in Italy will not last long
they will be extirpated >" tax,
every chance you can. Strike hare
and strike home = march forward
with your British and American
friends"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Wihkie Flight Engineer
Receives Air Medal
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Tech
Sergt. Victor P. Minkoff, %, of the
Air Transport Command, who was
flight engineer on Wendell Wilkes
28,000-mile world flight last year
and Russian interpreter for Mr.
Willkie and the crew, was decorated
with an Air Medal today at cere-
monies at the Academy of Aero
nautics at La Guardia Field.
Mr.. Willkie, present for the cere-
mony, said of Sergt. Minkoff:
I'VE were over some dangerous
territory on that fight and this
Sergt. Minkoff is really good. He
acted as my interpreter and did a
good Job all around"
The medal was presented by Col.
Harold r. Harris, commander of the
domestic transportation division of
the Air Transport Command.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
U. S. Troops c opture
Another Jop on Attu

By the Associated Press.
ATTU ISLAND, the Aleutians,
Sept. 8 Delayed Another ragged
and nearly starved survivor of
Japan's Aleutian invading force fell
into the hands of American troops
today.
The prisoner, the first taken since
August "a, surrendered after SOL
diers had chased him into a" fox
hole. He had been living in the
rugged, treeless hills for more than
three months. All but handful of
the Attu Japanese were wiped out
by the American amphibious force
which regained the island in May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Ford Grandson Saws
He Knew No Details
Of His Army Transfer
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SELFRIDGE FIELD, Mich. Sept
Lit. Benson Ford, grandson O
Henry Ford, testified today in tn,
cmlrt-martial of Col. William T
Colman that he knew no details O
his transfer from Fort Custer tt
this Army air base.
1t. Ford was a prosecution wit.
ness in the trial of Col. Colman or
charges of effecting fraudulent
transfers and other accusations OF
improper conduct while in COM
mand of the base.
The 23-year-old lieutenant testi-
fled that he was treated the same as
other men at Selfridge Field.
Capt. w. Stanley Dolan, assistant
trial judge advocate, asked 1t. Ford
If he had been assigned to duties
involving his special knowledge" on
aircraft, and the witness answered
"No, sir"
81 Worked in Plane Plant.
1t. Ford, under cross-examina-
tion by the defense, explained that
before enlisting in the Army he had
worked seven months in the aircraft
division of the Ford Motor Co. and
became familiar with super
chargers.
Following 1t. Ford to the stand,
Col. George c. Shank, executive Of
fieer at Fort Custer, said he had a
telephone conversation over a
transfer for 1t. Ford with some
one I did not know then, but realize
now must have been Col. Colman"
Col. Shank said the only way for
the transfer to be effected was by
order of the 9th Service Command.
THE authority from the command
for the transfer of Benson Ford was
Received at Custer" Col. Shank said
"sand I also got letter from Col
Colman in which he made a per-
sonal request for the transfer of Mr.
Ford"
a~ Enlisted at Kalamazoo.
Immediately after his testimony
1t. Ford left to return to duties at
the induction center at Detroit. He
enlisted at Kalamazoo, Mich, Oc-
tober II, 1912, and was transferred
within few days to Selfridge after
Induction at Fort Custer. He re-
eeived his commission at officers
School in Fargo, N. OAK, after
service in San Francisco with the
9TH Bomber Command.
Harry H Bennett, personnel di-
rector of the Ford company, testi-
hed yesterday that he alone had
sought 1t. Ford's transfer from Gus
ter to Selfridge.
So Had Been Rejected.
Mr.. Bennett said that while he
was investigating the possibility of
Officer Candidate School for Benson
Ford, Ben pulled a fast one on us
by going to Fort Custer and enlist
ing" He explained that Benson
Ford had wanted to enter the Army
but was rejected once as volunteer
and again as a selectee.
He testified that he had gone to
the Office of Henry H. Arnold, head
Of the Army Air Forces, to get au-
thority for Col. Colman to make the
transfer. He said he could not
reach Gen. Arnold and talked in
stead with 1t. Col. Thomas G. Lam
phier in Gen. Arnold's Office. He
said that Col. Lanphier suggested
I'VE put in an application in the
regular way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
D. G. ChiIdren's Museum
To Open New Season

The winter season for the Chill
drens Museum of Washington will
begin during the first week of Oc-
tober, it was announced today. The
summer season closed last week.
Clare Tree Majors Children's
Theater of New York will be
brought to a local theater by the
museum for series of six plays
during the winter season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
II Are Killed in Canada
As Train Smushes Bus

BY the Associated Press.
ALDERSHOT, Ontario, Sept. Ii
A fast Canadian National Railways
passenger train smashed into a
stalled bus on the crossing here last
night, killing IL of the IA bus pas
Sengers.
The two others were injured and
were taken to hospital in Hamil-
ton, 8 miles away.
One of the dead, a woman, re-
manned unidentified today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Bus Fares
Continued From First Page.)

and Navy Departments, which are
urging reduction in bus fares to
Government buildings in Arlington,
commented: II can't explain all
these delays to my superiors."
In explaining his decision to re-
sumo the hearing Monday morning,
Commissioner Patterson said it was
"of much public interest to cabinet
officers" adding that I'VE want to
keep the hearing going with as little
delay as possible" Secretary of
Commerce Jones joined yesterday
with Secretary of War Stimson and
the Navy Department in expressing
the hope that reasonable fares"
could be established to certain Gov
eminent areas in Arlington.
Transfer Plan Opposed.
Issuance of special transfers or
passes as means of reducing trans
portation costs for war workers en-
ployed in nearby Virginia was termed
wholly impractical" earlier in the
day by Franklin K. Lane, president
of the Arlington & Fairfax line. War
and Navy Department transporta-
ton consultants advocated such
plan as one means of reducing bus
fares to the Pentagon Building and
other military establishments in Ar
lington.
There is no way that passes could
be issued by two companies, without
one of them being cheated out of a
fair division of the proceeds Mr..
Lane said. He also claimed it would
be impossible" to limit passes to
personnel of the Pentagon Building
or Navy Department Annex Mr..
Lane said that transfers were "un-
desirable" from the operators
standpoint and that 1t would be
practically impossible to prevent
illicit traffic" in transfers.
Need More Buses.
The official said that a 5-cent fare
between washington and, Govern
ment buildings in Arlington will not
compensate for the service supplied.
He said the company was carrying
capacity loads now and that five
times as many buses than are now
in operation are neeGed in rush
hours.
Mr.. Lane commented that the
Pentagon's system of roadways zap
parently was built from an artistic
and not practical standpoint
Each bus trip into that area requires
Ia miles more than if it were di-
rect route, the official said. He added
that "360-degree circles" were much
harder on his equipment.
He also observed that the COM
pany would never have expanded if
we had thought the Government
was to ask for reduction in fares. y
He predicted that reduction in
fares to the Pentagon would be fol-
lowed by a demand for reduction of
fares by passengers using regular
routes into Arlington.
More than two years ago, Mr.
Lane said, he and other transit Off
Gals warned the War Department
that transportation facilities to
Arlington would be difficult to
supply. Several times during his
testimony, Mr.. Lane stressed that
both War and Navy Department
officials had raised no objection to
fares proposed at the time of inaug-
uration of special services to that
area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Lund Succeeds Williams
To Wind Up NYA
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. % NsiS
Chester B. Lund of st. Cloud,
Mimi, took over yesterday as head
of the National Youth Administers
ton, succeeding Aubrey Williams as
its administrator in its closing days.
MIR. Lund, with the NYA for eight
years, has been regional director for
Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota, Iowa and Nebraska.
Mr.. Williams, who has resigned.
sent out orders July for liquida-
ton of the agency, which was
granted 100000 fund by Con-
gress to wind up its affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Judge Advises Umbrella
Against Rainy. Day
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-To defendant
accused of larceny in failing to re-
turn promptly $40 in bills which
fell from a window of a hotel, Spe-
cial Sessions Judge John J. Freschi
gave this advice:
THE next time you see money
raining from the skies open your
umbrella and don't look. Sentence
SUSPENDED"
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SuIerno
Continued From First Page.)

with Italy has been declared. Op-
erations now in progress are to pro-
coed as ordered, but Italian armed
forces, including aircraft, should be
treated as friendly unless they take
hostile action or threaten hostile
action. Plans for the covering fire
on the beaches are to proceed as or
dered, but coastal batteries should
not be engaged unless they open
fire"
There was speculation that per-
haps the troops might get ashore
without having to fight their way
to their detectives. Many officers
foresaw the possibility of the Ger
mans having to retreat quickly to
Northern Italy, with the Italians out
Of the war.
We stood on the dark deck dis
cussing the armistice as the hour
drew near. But then there were
three flashes from the shore and
shells whined across the ship. Two
more passed over and fell astern.
Order the destroyers to return
the fire. snapped the rear admiral
in command of our force
Troops Ordered Ashore.
Our ships came to halt and be-
Ran to lay smoke screen A great
Ere blazed up ahead and there were
Explosions in the city of Salerno.
Dur guns had not yet fired, so obvi-
ptsly the enemy was carrying out
demolitions
Flashes of gunfire rippled along
the coast and sounds of explosions
and gunfire rolled across the water.
Our destroyers moved into position
and began hammering the coastal
batteries. A British monitor moved
IN and hurled steel at the enemy as
RED, green and white flares looped
across the sky.
AT 2:17 am. the rear admiral
sordered his assault boats to "go
eahead with the landings as
splanned" And signal lamps flashes
sthe word to the troop carrying ves-
isels.
The fires in Salerno and south
sof the city blazed up fiercely al
shines, outlining the dark shadows
scf boats in the water.
And then the barrage on the
beaches opened up.
Much Worse Than Sicily.
Never have l witnessed anything
like 1t either in Tunisia or on Sicily
And none of the British officers OF
sAmerican naval men on board hac
Fever seen anything equal to the
seruption of explosives on the beaches
ahead.
1t. Robert M. Wiley of Ballstor
kSpa, N. Y, gazed at the display ir
lave. 'They unloaded hell, deatf
hnd destruction" he said
81 At first it fell on the beach neal
s6alerno, and then it fell on tn,
sbeach to the south. Rocket shell.
fell by the hundreds.
|. Nothing could have lived through
sthat barrage and at $40 am. tn,
first wave of British troops LANDED
ION the northernmost beach ant
waves piled into other barges t.
the south.
II The enemy had left antipersonne
stnines On some Of the beaches an,
machine guns and batteries no
tcaught in the barrage also opene,
fire.
The battle Of the mainland wa
under way.
British Commands and America
Rangers under 1t. Col. Bill Darb
scf Fort Smith, Ark, swarmed ashor
land fought their way to their OBJ
Electives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Captured Axis Weapons
To Aid War Loon Drive
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower adj
vised Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau today that he has shipped
to this country 10000 tons of equip
ment captured in Sicily for display
during the $4,000, 100000 third War
loan drive.
Addressed to War Bonds, U. S. A.,
the booty will be exhibited in a
number of cities, as yet undesig-
mated, to give Americans an idea
OF the kind of Axis weapons their
money is helping destroy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
FLYING Cadet Dies in Crush

MOULTRIE, Ga, Sept. IL (P).-
Aviation Cadet Keith Allen, %,
South Berwick, Me-. was killed yes
terday when his training plane from
Spence Army Air Field near here
crashed, the public relations office
announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Weather Report
the United State

FURNISHED by the United States
Weather Bureau)
District of Notwithstanding
cool this afternoon, tonight and
Sunday morning.
Virginia and MISUNDERSTANDING
ued cool this afternoon, tonight and
Sunday morning.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-11
Reports for Last 81 Hours

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, "A, ) pm. Year ago, 81
Lowest, So, 6:55 am. Year ago, SO.
Record Temperatures This Year.
HIGHEST. 9S, on August 10.
Lowest, 6, on February 10.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
tFronl noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, ~ per cent. at $50 am
Lowest, 46 per cent, at $50 pm
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Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in tn,
Capital Current month to date):
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
would never be able to see.
Our Outside Negro Critics

I have lived in Minneapolis 80
years. l have followed carefully
the progress, customs and habits
of my people. 1t is quite common
for them to find fault and direct
unwarranted criticism toward
those that are doing the commu-
nifty the greatest service.
The writer wishes to make him
self clear. We Negro workers at
the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant do
not desire or ask any advice from
any outsider upon any of our prob
lens, and further, the plant exec
cutive head has taken it upon him
self to place competent, capable
and courageous members of the
race on the staff to safeguard the
Negroes interest and welfare
while they are employed at the
plant.
feel quite sure that all mem
bers of my race engaged in any
occupation whatsoever at the Twin
Cities Ordnance Plant will bear in
mind that all matters, things and
happenings that occur in the con-
fines of the Twin Cities Ordnance
Plant should at all times remain
within the walls of that great in
stitution.
And further, we can say to the
world that the Negro worker at
the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant
has proved beyond a shadow of
doubt that he can make grade
"a" ammunition on par with his
white co-worker, and everyone is
happy at the Twin Cities Ordnance
Plant.
Martin Brown
Minneapolis, MINI.
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dolence by the many ministers
present.-Charles H. Miller.

dolence by the many ministers
present.-Charles H. Miller.
CamphOr Memorial Methodist
Church Notes: '"The Soul That
Sinneth, 1t Shall Die" was the
theme of the sermon by Rev. Clar-
ence T. r. Nelson at the IL a. m.
service last Sunday. Leroy Gard
ner, who has been granted exhort-
er's license, presided at the serv-
ice, after the sermon, in a fine way.
Rev. Nelson had to leave before the
service was concluded to take a
part in the Kelly-Johnson wedding
at the Border Church.
DR.. Miron A. Morrill,, dean of
Hamline University, will preach at
IL a. m, Sunday, for DR.. W. H.
Williams, our district superinten-
dent, at the second quarterly visi-
tation service. A most interesting
program is being arranged for the
Youth Fellowship at $50 p. m.
Four members of the Civilian Pub
lie Service Unit at the University
of Minnesota will have charge of
the program and lead the discus
sion.
The choir, under the direction of
Mr.. John Hickman, Jr., will render
a musical program at 8 p. m. One
of the soloists for the program
will be Zachary T. Monson, we'll
known baritone, who is scheduled
to be at home on furlough from the
U. S. Navy. The Camphor Girls
Chorus, under the direction of Mrs.
Celestine Douglass, will sing and
other soloists will appear on the
program.
Final plans for the Woman's
Day observance on October 3 have
been completed. Mrs. David D.
Turpeau, ST., of Cincinnati, Ohio, is
to be the speaker on Woman's. Day.
Mrs. Turpeau, who is the wife of
Cincinnati's Negro member of the
Ohio State Legislature, will deliver
the sermon'at the II a. m. service
and will address the Woman's Day
Mass meeting at 8 p. m. At 8 p. m.
Mrs. Turpeau will give a special
address to young people and par
ents. Mrs. Roberta Davis and
Mrs. Tessie Sonion are co-chairmen
for the Woman's Day observance.