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Evening star., 1943-12-18
Wright Agrees to Return
OF First Plane to u. S.

President Roosevelt last night re-
vealed that Orville Wright has con-
sented to having the original Kitty
Hawk plane returned to this coun-
try from the British Museum, where
1t has been kept since 1923.
The announcement. made by the
President in his testimonial mes
sage to Mr.. Wright and read at
the dinner given in honor of the
man who, with his brother Wilbur,
invented the airplane, brings to an
end controversy which has been
going on in this country for nearly
80 years. The Kitty Hawk plane
was sent to England IS years ago
by Orville Wright because of doubts
cast upon his claims by the Smith
sonian Institution.
That quaint and fragile ma
chine" Mr.. Roosevelt said, should
be enshrined in the Smithsonian
Institution for all time, and I am
glad to be able to tell you that
Orville Wright is going to bring
the Kitty Hawk plane back from
CllSldl1d, NllClC Az iido pCcil liA eiiC
British Museum. The Nation will
welcome it back as the outstanding
symbol of American genius
The President did not say whether
the plane would be brought back
before the end of the war.
The controversy which eliminated
in the craft being sent to England
grew out Of test flights made with
plane built by Samuel Pierpont
Langley in 1903 before the Wrights
made their flight at Kitty Hawk,
N. c., on December II Of that year.
The plane was tested in 1914 by
Glenn H. Curtiss, with whom the
Wrishts had had patent disputes,
and it was claimed to have stayed
in the air for five seconds.
Orville Wright showed that GER
tain important changes were made
in the craft to enable it to fly.
Nevertheless, for many years, the
Smithsonian Institution accepted
the Langley plane as the first ma
chine capable" Of sustained flight.
The way was cleared for an end
to the dispute last year when Dr.
C. G.. Abbot. secretary of the Smith
sonian. filed a report in which he
said he regretted certain acts of
former officers of the Smithsonian
and said he hoped the attitude of
the present administration would
persuade Mr.. Wright to bring the
plane back to this country.
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Pedestrian Killed
By Streetcar
D. 6. Traffic Toll
Killed in 1943 .----- 80
Killed in same period in 1912 103
Toll for all of 1912 100

Nick Phillips, about SO, of 946 New
York avenue NV, died in Emer-
gency Hospital early today of in
juries received when he was struck
by a Streetcar at Twelfth street and
New York avenue NV. on Decem-
ber 13.
Police said he was the Oath pedes-
trian killed by streetcars this year
Willis A. Henderson, 43, of 489 H
street NV, was listed by police as
the motorman of the streetcar
which struck Mr.. Phillips. An in
quest will be set later.
In another pedestrian accident
Augustus Jackson, 81, colored, of
1928 Champlain street NV. was
struck by an automobile at Eight
eenth street and Kalorama road
NV. last night. The driver of the
car, police said, was Marion G. Cur
tbs, "a, Of Arlington. Va.
The injured man was taken tc
Emergency Hospital, where his con-
dition was described as fair today
He is suffering from a compound
fracture of the lower right leg and
a possible fracture of the right
shoulder
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Giving Italy Control
OF More Areas Urged
BY Advisory Council
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALGIERS, Dec. 18.-The Allied
Advisory Council for Italy an
nouncsd today it had recommended
to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower that
control of most Of Southern Italy
Sardinia and Sicily be turned over
to the Badoglio government, subject
to Allied control.
Gen. Eisenhower, president Of the
Allied Control Commission, was ex-
pected to act favorably on the rec
ommendation.
The recommendation was voted at
the councils December Is meeting
at Algiers, attended by Robert D.
Murphy for the United States, Rene
Massigli for the French Committee,
Andrei j. Vishinsky for the Soviet
Union and Roger Makins for
Britain.
No Commitments Given.
The Badoglio government would
exercise the same authority through
out the defined territory as it has
been exercising in three provinces in
Southeastern Italy. The new terri
tory would extend to the northern
boundaries of the provinces OF Sa-
lerno, Potenza and Bari. Naples and
regions adjacent to the, front would
remain under direct Allied military
government.
The councils recommendation
was made subject to the following
Stipulations:
/. That administration, central
and local, is carried out by officials
OF proven good faith and Allied
sympathies.
2. That the transfer involves no
commitment to Badoglio's govern
ment after the capture of Rome.
Moscow Declaration Cited.
The council also recommended
that Maj. Gen. Kenyon Joyce, who
as deputy president of the commits
sion supervises it in Italy, be guided
in SO far as military necessity per-
mits by the declaration regarding
Italy made at the Moscow confer
ence
This, the council said, was based
on the fundamental principle that
Fascism and all it's evil influences
and emanations shall be utterly de-
stroyed and that Italian people
shall be given every opportunity to
establish government and other in
stitutions based on democratic prin-
ciples.
Second of the specific measures
set out in the declaration provides
that freedom of speech, religious
worship. political belief of the press
and public meeting shall be restored
in full measure to the italian people,
who shall be entitled to form anti
Fascist political groups"
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Col. Lord Awarded
Legion Of Merit

Col. Royal B. Lord, chief of staff
Services of Supply in the European
theater Of operations, has been
awarded the Legion of Merit for
his preliminary planning of engi-
neering operations of the North
African campaign.
His wife. the former Miss Eliza
beth Richardson. and their son Will
lard live at 3735 Fordham road NV
Col. Lord. graduate of West Point
in the class of 1923, is a native of
Worcester, Mass. In addition to his
training at the Military Academy
he also studied at the University OF
California and at Brown University
He was at one time director of the
Bureau Of Public Relations, War De-
partment, and chief of operations
Board of Economic Welfare. He has
been a magazine writer and is wide
ly known as the inventor of the Lord
portable pillbox and the Lord cable
crossing device.
Col Lord shared in the construc-
ton program for United States
forces in the United Kingdom.
A citation accompanying the
award said the "untiring energy
zeal and initiative displayed by Col
Lord reflect great credit on the
military service"
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Fight 10 Tax Liquor
Aged 4 Years 10 Be
Renewed by Van Nuys
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

The fight to tax liquor in bonded
warehouses after four instead OF
eight years, rejected in the Finance
Committee, II to 2, will be renewed
when the $2,284 100000 tax bill is
taken up in the Senate probably
early in January.
Chairman Van Nuys of the Judi
clary Subcommittee investigating
the liquor shortage said he would
bring up on the floor the proposal
to shorten the tax-free aging period,
and Chairman George of the FL
nance Committee said he would sup
port such move by a colleague.
though as chairman he did not feel
he should take the initiative in pre-
sentlng an issue turned down by his
committee.
Advocates of the plan argue 1t
would discourage alleged black
market operations by inducing the
release OF more liquor through regu-
lar trade channels, and raise the
total of the tax bill, which now
carries only one-fifth of the Treas
urys requested program.
117,0OO,OO0 Gallons.
The Van Nuys committee, which
probably will not resume public
hearings until after the Christmas
holidays. found there are l17,OOO 900
gallons of whisky more than years
old in bonded warehouses, on
which the proposed $9-a-gallon tax
would add another billion dollars to
the revenue bill if the amendment
carried. While most of this revenue
would reach the Treasury eventually
under the eight-year taxfree pc
Rod, Senator George said the con-
tlnuation of shrinkage between the
fourth and eighth years would re-
ouce the tax yield accordingly.
Although the revenue bill will
be ready to be reported to the Sem
ate Tuesday, if leaders succeed in
plans to start holiday recess We'd
nesday, no effort will be made to
debate it in the meantime.
Senator Ferguson, Republican, of
Michigan, member of the Liquor
Investigating Committee, today
blamed the Office of Price Admins
tration for not controlling ade-
quately the prices of new brands of
liquor appearing on the market re-
Gently.
The Van Nuys committee was told
yesterday by War Food Administra-
ton officials that 100000 bushels
of Canadian wheat being held in
storage on Lake Erie under Ameri-
can option is not being priced pend
Ing passage of bill to suspend the
import duty on feed grains, and that
1t will bring Canada a higher price
after the bill passes.
Later William Macarthur, head of
the VIA grain division, told the
committee that I'VE have had the
best of cooperation from the Ca
madam Wheat Board in buying
feed" He said Canada has ad-
vanced the price of its wheat "in
line with our futures market" and
added that their attitude lis the
same as any of us would take in
handling grain for our farmers"
Former Representative Carl G.
Bachman of West Virginia, now on
that States Liquor Control Board,
told the committee statistics indi-
cate the open-sale States have had
more liquor to sell than the II
monopoly States, of which West
Virginia is one. For the first half
of 1943, as compared with the same
period of 1912, he said. consumption
in the II monopoly States declined
81 per cent, as against 109 per cent
in the open States.
In Winnipeg. the Associated Press
was told by George McIvor, chief
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Maryland Candidate Out
To End New Deal Babel
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 1s.-For
the third successive day q candidacy
for nomination for a House seat
from Maryland was filed yesterday
with the Secretary of State.
Mark J. Zeller, 56, of Raspeburp
describing himself as "humani-
tarian-epolutionist," filed his name
for the Democratic party's nomina-
tion to the House from the I'd con-
gressional district.
On the two preceding days State
Senator Wilmer Fell Davis. RepubI-
can, of Caroline and Delegate CAL
vert c. Merriken, Democrat, of
Caroline had filed for their respec-
tive party's nomination for the
House seat from the 1st district.
MIR. Zeller stated in his application
that he was "out to stop the danger
ous progress of the New Deal and
the modern tower of Babel" His
candidacy must be approved by the
Attorney General.
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Kentucky Politician Dies
In Uphold Outbreak

os tlc hsSuClaIeQ fIeSS.
HARRoDsBURG, KY, Dec. 1s.-
John Alexander Samuels, AZ. former
Central Kentucky newspaperman
political leader and former board
OF trade secretary here and in
Richmond, KY, died last night of
typhoid fever.
His death was the second of the
day reported here and the fourth
this week from typhoid, which
health authorities said had reached
the proportions of an epidemic.
Earlier in the day, DR.. ]. L.
Tanner, Mercer County health di-
rector, reported the death OF w. B
Purdom, 43, from typhoid. Two
other deaths were reported Tuesday
Evening star., 1943-12-18

commissioner of the Canadian
Wheat Board, that there is abso-
lutely no basis of fact" in a state
ment that Canada is trying to hold
up the United States on the price
of wheat.
Mr.. McIvor in a telegram to Mr..
Macarthur said:
You are quoted as saying that
the Canadian Wheat Board had re-
fused to sell wheat to the Commod-
ity Credit Corp. pending action by
United States Senate committee on
bill to remove duties. This state
ment is obviously wrong as the board
has been offering to both the Min
neapolis and Portland Offices of the
Commodity Credit Corp. and have
sold considerable quantities of wheat
since December l."
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Continued From First Page.)

shot down and one Allied plane
failed to return.
Spitfres of the coastal command
made a sweep over Albania during
which they shot down four German
interceptors without loss.
. American Warhawk f1ghter-bomb-
ers attacked shipping along the Yu-
goslav coast and during the mission
their escort took on five Messer-
schmitt 109s and shot down three.
The Warhawks strafed a merchant
steamer, which had previously been
attacked and towed into a port on
the Peljesak Peninsula.
In Western Italy American planes
made quick, destructive attack on
Port Anzio, 26 miles south of Rome,
scoring hits on docks, barracks and
warehouses. They topped of the
assault by strafing a convoy of IS
motor trucks.
Two Trains Attacked.
Warhawks and Spitflres were ac-
tive over the battle front, attacking
two trains south of Ancona and de-
stroying three locomotives and dam
aging IA cars.
A few Italian fighter planes made
an attack on German airf1eld at
Podgorica in Yugoslavia. This was
the first time that the italian Air
Force had been announced as in
action on mission of its own, al
though small numbers of italian
planes have flown as escorts previ-
ously.
The afr force announced that dur
ing the Sangro River battle the
Tactical Bomber Force made 1895
sorties in support of the 9th Army.
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Two Trains Attacked.

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Evening star., 1943-12-18
Censors to Hold Purty

Miss Censorship" will be
crowned at an Office of Censorship
Christmas and second birthday
party at the Wardman Park Hotel
at o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1943-12-18

MAXWELL FIELD, Dec. 18 (P.-
A twoton monument will be un-
veiled here December 20 in honor of
Orville Wright. who first used the
land now occupied by Maxwell Field
for aviation purposes.
The white marble shaft will bear
Wright's name and the record of
his flight here March 26. 1910.
Mr.. Wright came here six years
after his Kitty Hawk flight. After
extensive search 300 acres owned by
Frank D. Kohn were selected for
experiments.
Orville Wright's first flight was
from the exact spot of the present
landing field
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Gen. Han|ey Praises
Work Of Wrights
BY the Associated Press.

by I1e ASSOCldteQ fTeSS.
MANTEO, N. c., Dec. 18.-Plans
for celebrating aviation's 40th birth
day at Kitty Hawk, where the
Wright brothers made their first
successful flight, gave way to this
sections worst snowstorm in IS
years, but small ceremony was
conducted on this nearby island.
Before a small audience of Navy
men yesterday gathered at the
Navys auxiliary air station, Maj.
Gen. T. j. Hanley. jr., commanding
officer of the AAF Eastern Flying
Command, praised Orville Wright
the surviving brother, and Wilbur
Wright.
I'm 40 years, Orville Wright has
seen his tiny plane grow to a giant
industry" Gen. Hanley declared.
Unlike many other great men he
has lived to see the rewards and the
honors due him for his vision. Orville
Wright, like all Americans, hates
war. His only consolation is that
men and women on the production
front are building these planes not
for conquest-but for victory"
Evening star., 1943-12-18

Every time you lick a War savings
stamp you help lick the Axis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
4dIerS IRE
Happy in
Janet Eyre
Rr CHARLEs GENTRY

- IN ia NAi'.N IT .f..'f Ar'f.'''' o.
Adler are as thoroughly welded
20 their ps'f, as tine, are to one
another.
The $40 stars who are currently
appearing n Jane Eyre at The
Ca,s Thcs'er Tim, week are both
as cncro>>cd IN their roles as they
were Ar The very start and both
Of them nave formed a deep a.
tschmCnt for the play which j.,
Helen JeromcS adaptation Of the
Charlotte Bronte novel.
luther and had never
thought Of doing a costume
PLAY" sylvia told us Yesterday
n her suite at the Book
Cadillac, hut the story had
always charmed me A. a girl
and once I got into rehearsal
found | was In love with the
character"
Luther explains that he believes
their success IN tins revival is
due 10 the sentimental charm OF
a love story which always bears
re-tellng.
People never seem to tire Of
seeing their iaNorite romantic
characters I'm literature come 10
life on the stage. We had been
looking for a modern play, hut
YOU can't do anything to date
without referring Ia the war,
naturally. and We waqted To get
away from IL, this time.
STILL TO BE WRITTEN
II don't believe that the great
plays of this era. or any other
period of great conflict. are
written as contemporary efforts.
They must he written i'm retro
Spect and with a few exceptions
the great plays about this war
will come alter IL. COnSe-
quently we decided 10 go back
"a hundred years 10 revive n ro-
nance, and we are very happy
that We did"
They plan 10 bring their three
year-old son Jodie, his real name
is Jacob Adler Jr. named after
futhCrS famous father, mere next
week. from their farm IN Connec-
ticut. where the hoy has been
staying with his grandmother
while Sylvia and Luther have
been on tour.
ON TO CHICAGO
After their engagement here.
the whole family Will go on 10
Chicago for a limited run.
When the hoy arrives here he
will have his first opportunity TO
see his famous father and mother
on the stage He's never been
inside a thcater Of any sort until
last week when his grandmother
took HIM TO his first movie.
He saw -SatudoS Amigos" The
Walt Disney Southerican cartoon
feature and was very wen be-
haved until after the film was All
over. Then in Stentorian tones he
demanded. when do my mommy
and my pop come on?
As Sylvia says, It's a fine thing
10 have a son who thinks YOU
ought 10 follow Donald Duck
BACK TO THE FARM
When Jane Eyre closes this
fall. Miss Sidney has no particular
plans She VIII probably return
10 the farm. but Luther has been
offered a chance 10 take the Paul
Mum role in Elmer Rice'S "Coun-
Selor At Law which he IS in
tercSted in doing. although he's
particularly interested in reviNing
the Group Theater. the New York
producing association with which
he was so prominently associated.
In fact il was under the aegiS
Of The Group Thcatcr that Adler
made MS great hat As Golden
Boy the Clifford OdetS' play.
Jane Eyre which has already
played in Boston, Philadelphia
and Washington will play here
for two more weeks before gong
on 10 Chicago. where fac years
ago patrons saw Katharine Hep
burn IN the role.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22

voiced appealing selections.
Cutie Dian Dale is becoming
the ever popular answer 20 a bit
of entertainment while slipping
that afternoon cocktail She is on
hand from > until 7:30, accom-
panying herself on the piano and
presenting an ineNhauStible sup.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22

ply Of songs in answer TO all re-
quests.
Those able maeStroS, Sammy
Dibort and Frank Gagen, are the
baton. wiclderS for headliner
Mayia and Ethel Howe They pre-
sent Incidental music for dancing
in between times. r.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
A RATTLE?

Looks like a battle between
Irving stone and Samuel BfonSlon
II Bronston uses any part Of the
London hfe that figured m Stone 5
"Sailor on Horseback Says Stone
IN 2 letter 10 tins columnlSt: My
book was the best selling non
fiction story OF The year. Metro
Goodwin Mayer offered me SOL
500 for the screen rights ana the
deal fell through because London
daughter insisted upon approving
the script
Jack LondonS family turned
over to me all Of has private
papers. amounting 10 some 1000
items. / spent two years IN re-
search and uncovered basic facts
about Jack London's pareniage
and early background. without
which his life story IS meaning
less BronSton. on the other
hand, CLAIMS TndT CndTHTTd7' LON
dons wife. and his daughter have
given INN permission 10 him inc
story
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
RENINISCING

Spert = delightful hour romi-
risrlnC with Lillian Gl>h on The
set Of The Man of the Family
at LnLeIsal.- NhIc-We were ak
ipC Harry Zect = photographer
al The rival companies tried 80
get n The days ~ F>,snsN came
% and spoke 10 mo We talked
about tho many experiments Nr
made n tho th.r1 dimension Tor
our boss George k Spooi How
long ago va, j. HARRY I asked.
"Thir'y-thrce years ago ho said
"hIi YOU We're gust = kid
Not such "A KID either 7 wa,
lid enough 90 hold down n ION
I'm doing a Sunday Stoe with
Lillian. VINO has grown older so
gracefully Talked with Dcanra
Durbln boz her dressing room and
the girl who went on The lnforn8-
tional around-fhe-World radio with
me when she was 10 has detei-
oped into = charming and beauti-
ful woman
Ths1s al today See YOU to-
noerreW.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
CHATTER IN HOLLYWOOD

Charlie Chaplin and his bride,
Oona ONeill. spent Monday after
noon Al Lou CoStellos bedside
cheering up the invalid. Nothing
could have pleased Lou more lie
has always sand Charlie was the
greatest comedian Of all time,
though they had never met until
Charlie called up out Of the blue
and asked II Lou was well enough
10 receive Visitors.
During the conversation Charlie
said ne had an idea for an Abbott
and Costello comedy with tho
tentative title Abbott and Cos
tello on Mars Lou's doctor says
Chaplns visit was the best med.
cine his patient could have had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
State Aide TO Halp Army

? LANSING, July % OUP)-ghe
state highway department. an.
nounCed today that James {.
GrayS, department soils Inspector.
has been assigned 10 aid L.. s.
army engineers in construction Of
the Alcan Highway IN Alaska,
Gray'S assistance was requested
by Brig. Ludson n. Worsham of
the L.. s. army engineers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
WON HEARTS

Rita Hsyworth won the hearts
OF room filed Hith service men
AZ Hollywood Canteen and this
writer's heart. TOO when she
rushed from work 70 make an
appearance. Gee '' said one SOL
der. she IS even prettcr in real
life We had a wonderful night
Red SHELTON worked for an hour
10 entertain the boys
Tommy Dorsey played his best
Lynn Bar Maurecn O'Hars, Ann
Rutherford. Wallace Beery 'snd
how tho boys cheered him. Pat
Dane Ion McCaliiSter. little Mar.
iorie Rlordsn. Jim and Mildred
Mulcay. fine harmonics players
I'll did their part 20 make Inc
evening a happy one.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22

cIous offers her popular brand Of
old and now iay0r,tcS weaving in
The requests for That Old Black
Magic "As Time Goes By and
There Are Such-ThIngS' among
others Ethel has built mp a roal
following during The months of
ben yl0N.a the Chop House and
many of her loyal fans uc'alwayS
on/hmd 90 clanfor for moro of The
-.n-. Whom She /. slnnInr Lor low
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
TESTED FOR ROLE

Frances Meighan, " dow Of
TlrumN, has been living here
Quietly with her sister. Blanche
Ring. thinking very little Of NOV
les. Frances was a reigning favo-
rite in the days when The College
Widow was A stage hit. But when
she married Tommy she left the
stage 70 devote herself 10 being 4
wife, and she was the guiding star
in Tommy's career.
He never made a move without
her. Today she tested for the
mother of The SulllvanS and if
Frances gets the role IL Will prob
ably start her on a movie career
! am sure Tommy would have
Lived.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
SENTIMENT ATTACHED

There is a great deal Of senti-
ment attached 10 The -BnMerX.I
which Daryl Zanuck produced as
his first movie after he and Joseph
Schenck formed the Twentieth
Century Fox company. Now its
30 he taken out OF It's wrappingS
end converted into a new musical
with the title The Bowery After
Dark" In the original Wallace
Beery. George Raft and Fay Wray
were the stars and in the new
version William BendiX gets the
tough. likahle role Of Chuck Con-
nors that BeeTy created. Walter
Ntnrosco is set to produce. with
Mack Gordon and James Monaco
furnishing the tunes.