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Evening star., 1944-09-26

uuNo OtIOlc tIleS >"spi' oti'etet
made contact with Allied groune
troops. He has been overseas since
December.
On the same day he was wounded
he told his mother, a school-da,
frlend OF his, Pvt. Charles Butler
who was serving in the same com
panv with him, was killed. The
Star carried the story of Pvt. But.
ler's death on August 7. His moth.
er, Mrs. James Butler, lives at 49ls
Kansas avenue NV.
/ Now in hospital in England
Corpl. Strieter wrote his mother
that he had been wounded in both
legs and does not expect to be fl,
Tor action again. He also told Mrs
Strieter that he expects to be sent
home shortly.
Marine Pfc. Leon B. Hamilton. 10
son of Mrs. Leila E. Baldwin. l44l
K street Sc, was wounded in action
on Saipan on July "a. the Navy De-
partment has notified his mother.
A member of the Marine 4th Divi-
sion, Pfc. Hamilton enlisted in Au-
gust, 1912, while he was a student at
/ Anacostia High School. He had
previously seen action on Tinian
Island in June and was slightly
wounded during that engagement.
Corpl. Fred L. Wilson, "a, and his
brother, Pvt. Malvern H. Wilson. 81
whose mother, Mrs. Clara Wilson
lives at 1855 Rosedale street NE.
have been wounded in action. the
War Department has notified Mrs
Wilson.
Both natives of the District. Fred
was drafted in April. l943. and NAL
vern was drafted about two wears
ago. Malvern was living in Nor
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Britain Plans 10 Build
1000, 900 New Houses
By the p associated Press

EF me PAS0clated Press.
LONDON, Sept. ga govern
ment aim to build some 1000 ,OOC
permanent houses in bomb-ravageo
England within u years after the
construction of homes is generally
resumed was revealed today in the
House Of Commons.
Thomas Johnston. Secretary OF
State for Scotland. also announced
applications were on hand for the
building of more than 221 900 tenn
porary houses.
Mr.. Johnston said the three types
of emergency houses so far ap-
proved-all with standard fittings
and calculated life of at least 10
Nears-Would consist of prefabri-
Gated concrete units, of light steel
frames with asbestos cement walls
and of prefabricated wood covered
with asbestos Sheetinp
Evening star., 1944-09-26
4th Division in Action
With Hodges Isl Army

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE lst ARMY IN GER
MANY, Sept. "a Delayed, The
United States 4th Infantry Division
was one OF 1t. Gen. Courtney H
Hodges LIST Army units which
smashed into the Siegfried Line
after great drive across France
and Belgium.
Censorship permitted identifca-
ton of the division today-a great
f1ghting outfit which landed in
Normandy on D-day and participat- =
ed in the drive to capture Cher
bourg.
Under Maj. Gen. Raymond O
Barton the 4th Division was one of
three units which spearheaded the
breakthrough west of st. Lo and
the division which fought its way
into Paris alongside the I'd French
Armored Division.
With hardly a pause after the
Paris operation the 4th Division
drove on to the east and hammered
a wedge into the Siegfried Line.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Allied Planes Support
Arnhem Sky Troops;
| Mannheim Bombed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 26.--Allied planes
again supported the airborne troops
In the Arnhem area Of Holland to-
dav with rocket and machine-gun
attacks on German troop concen-
trations. .gun emplacements and
other targets along the Eindhoven-
Nijmegen corridor.
British Mosquitoes before dawn
bombed Mannheim on the Rhine
opposite Ludwigshafen, which Amer
lean planes worked over yesterday.
Unescorted Liberators from Ital-
ian fields attacked Greek harbors
for the second straight day yester-
day, bombing Salamis, Skaramanga
and Piraeus.
After all-day attacks on troop
masses and communications in
Northern Italy, medium bombers
struck during the night in Milan,
Verona and south of Bologna, start
ing many fires. The Balkan air
force ripped up roads and rails in
Yugoslavia. Albania and Northern
Greece. Eight planes were lost in
the south.
For hours yesterday in the mist
and low clouds, Spitfres and Ty-
phoons provided air cover for troops
beleaguered at Arnhem, fighting of
more than 200 German craft which
at various times attempted to strafe
the British parachutists.
Twenty-four German planes were
destroyed, six Allied craft were lost.
For the first time the German
airmen engaged the firing
Typhoons More than Is Messer-
schmitts and Focke- -Wulfs dived on
five Typhoons. but after two of the
Nazi craft were destroyed, the others
fed
To the south near Eindhoven. me-
dium bombers attacked trains at.
tempting to bring up armored We
hicles and supplies to German troops
in Holland They encountered 50
Messerschmitts and destroyed four
at the cost of one bomber.
! Beaufighters during the night at
tackled shipping of the Dutch coast.
Thunderbolts few several hundred
sorties in support of American
troops in the Moselle Valley.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Union, Republic Steel Agree
On Hour Cut 10 Spread Jobs

BY the Assoc !ated Press.
CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 26.-Re-
public Steel Corp announced yes
terday a company and union agree
ment on possible reduction of the
48-hour week to 40 hours in a
"spread-the-work movement"
The company said recent cutbacks
in war contracts had resulted in
reduced operations of certain de-
partments and the CIO United
SteelWorkers Union had agreed to a
temporary 40-hour week" providing
an exemption may be obtained from
the War Manpower Commission.
Dave w. Reinhardt, Canton area
VINO director, said he was inclined
to be sympathetic" to the plan for
"a 3O-day period and would consider
the matter as soon as formal re-
quest is made
Unionists at the Massillon Re-
public plants last week requested the
War Production Board to allow the
firm to work on domestic orders to
foreStall cutbacks layoffs.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
CrossIey Poll Shows

In 1910 the Crossley Poll, na-
tionally knopn authority for
sdmpling radio audiences, tore-
cast election results Within l8
percentage points. The first poll
on the forthcoming election is
presented herewith. Another ,Uill
be made in late October. Mean
uhile, The Star pill publish a
series OF II CrosSley articles, t,Co
each Ueek, ,Dith reports on. pref
erences from euery State.
BY ARCHIBALD M. CROSSLEY.
Late September sampling of the
voting public gives President Roose-
welt the edge in a close race. A
Nation wide poll up to September %
indicates Roosevelt 522 per cent
and Dewey 478 per cent. This was
during the westward swing Of the
first Dewey trip. and before the start
Of the Roosevelt campaign speeches
The poll was conducted in nearly
400 cities, towns and rural areas OF
48 States.
This is 4 view OF election ballot
ing as seen from nearly two months
away. 1t specifically excludes those
who express a preference to the poll
takers but consider themselves quite
possibly not voting on November 7
1t includes an estimate of armed
services voting. computed from ci-
villains OF similar age. since polling
Of members of the armed services
is not permitted. The overall civil
ian figure alone is 51l per cent
Interviews we're distributed in &C
cordance with accepted sampline
procedures. and the results are pre-
sented only as an Interpretation OF
the sample.
IL Close in 1940.
In 1910 Mr.. Roosevelt received
IS per cent of the major party vote
622 per cent in 1896, and SOL pei
cent in 1892 In 1910 he received
40 electoral votes out Of a total OF
53l, to be compared with 523 ir
1896 and 472 in 1892. For each OF
his past three terms. therefore. he
has had heavy electoral majority
as only 266 electoral votes are nee
essary to win. In 1910, however. II
States were very close. which ir
themselves totaled 2l1 electoral
votes. They were swung by only
per cent. per cent or fraction OF
l per cent. 1t is not generally real
lied that Mr. Roosevelt carried by
narrow margins such States as Illi-
nois, Minnesota, Missouri. New Jer-
sey, New York. Ohio. and Wiscon-
sin, while Massachusetts. New
Hampshire and wyoming were only
carried by SO per cent. On the 9TH
er hand, Wilkes margins were mar
row in Colorado. Indiana, Iowa
Michigan and even Maine. A shift
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Plane With 3 Aboard
Located in Mexico
By the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSOCIATED Press.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 26-Pan
American Airways Havana Clipper.
missing with % passengers since 1t
was caught in storm Saturday,
has been found in a mountainous
region midway between Vera Cruz
and Mexico City.
The inacceSslbilitv OF the area
prevented an immediate definite re-
port on casualties. The latest word
last night said two were killed and
10 injured, but this information
came from a relief party which tele-
phoned back before reaching the
scene.
First news of the crashed plane
came from the village of Tlanalapa,
to which some Of the passengers
were said to have made their way.
They said lack of gasoline had forced
down the plane, There was no IN
formation on its condition.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Austrolio to Establish
2 ConsuIotes in u. S.
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press.
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 26.-
The Australian cabinet has decided
to stablish consulates at New York
and San Francisco. Informa tion
Minister Arthur Calwell announced
The commonwealth also will ap.
point press attaches to the Aus
tralian Ministers in Washington
and Chungking and to the high
commissioners in Ottawa and New
Delhi.
Our one great problem is to see
that as the Pacific war focus moves
further from Australia" Mr.. Calwell
said. the Australian war effort will
not be overlooked nor minimized."
Evening star., 1944-09-26

folk, Va, at the time he entered the
service and was employed there as
a painter. Fred also was employed
as painter by the Schriber Deco
| rating Co. here.
Fred became a member of the
field artillery and was sent to Eng
land in February. He landed ir
France on D-day and was wounded
July 6. His sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Kaplan, who also lives at the Rose
dale street address, said she has
been notified by the War Depart
ment that Fred has returned to ac-
tive duty. Fred's wife. Mary, anc
their 10-year-old daughter, Eliza
beth. live at 633 Massa chusetts ave-
nue. NE.
Malvern, an air forces grounc
crewman, left in April for duty in
Italy. The convoy he was in was
attacked by enemy planes in the
Mediterranean. Mrs. Kaplan said
and he was wounded by bomb frag-
ments. He was taken to a hospital
in Sicily and later transferred to a
hospital in Italy. where he is now
recuperating. Malvern's wife
Louise, is living in Roanoke, Va.
Pvt. Shannon Ferguson, %, son OF
Mrs. Emma D. Ferguson, Route 3
Vienna, Va. has been wounded in
France. the War Department an
nounced
Pvt. Ferguson was born at White
hall, Md, but had lived in Fairfax
County for several years before en-
tering the service on October 10
1912. He was employed at the post
exchange, Fort Myer, prior to goine
in the army.
Pvt. William H. Platt. 33, was
wounded in both legs on July Is in
Italy. the War Department has
notified his mother, Mrs. Grace F
Platt 4616 Hanna place Sc.
Pvt. Platt, who is now in a hos
pital in Italy, is member of an
armored division. He was born in
St. Paul, but had lived here since
he was years old. He enlisted in
the Army little over year ago
A brother, Pvt. Louis E. Platt, is in
the Army in Alabama.
Pvt. Romeo Stella abotta, 80, son OF
Mrs. Susi Stellabotta, sos Massachu-
fsetts avenue NV, was listed by the
War Department as wounded in &C.
ton. The Star carried a story on
August 6 when Mrs. Stellabotta was
informed that her son had been
wounded while serving in Italy.
1t. Col. John J. Phelan, whose
wife, Mrs. Euniee Phelan, lives at
900 Owens road, Oxon Hill, Md.
was wounded in action while serving
in the Mediterranean area, the War
Department announced.
Missing
Sergt. Paul d. johnson, %, waist
gunner on B-24 bomber and
brother of James L. johnson, $50
North Kentucky street. Arlington
Va, has been missing In the Euro
pean theater since September 9, his
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Chicago Judge UphoIds
Bon on Pupil Transfers
Ey The Associated Pre-

FS the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26-Superior
Court Judge John c. LeWe yester-
day denied an injunction to halt
enforcement of school board
order prohibiting children from
transferring to school district
other than the one in which they
reside
Protesting the order, parents have
kept more than 10000 students out
of school, In the midst of the
controversy bomb exploded at the
home of William H. Johnson. su-
perintendent of Chicago schools.
Judge Lewe ruled that the court
could not prevent an official of the
School Board from using his dis
cretionary powers to enforce its reg
ulationS.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
British Cross Rubicon,
But Nazi Attacks Slow
Allied Drives in Italy
BY the Associated Press.

~ hAie HscoNiatcH TIesbs
ROME. Sept. 26.-The 9th Army
has hammered across the his
toric Rubicon and the Allied
commander in the Mediterra-
mean expressed hope today the
crossing will lead, as with a ia
nous commander in the past, to
a decisive victory" for Allied
forces In Italy.
Crossing of the little stream which
Caesar made famous came after
German counterattacks slowed ad-
vances both of the 5th and 9th
Armies. The Rubicon flows into the
Adriatic just north of Rimini.
The 9th Army captured coastal
Bordonchia, 6 miles north of Rimini
In a night tank and infantry at
tack. The Rubicon was crossed fur
ther inland, several bridgeheads be-
ing won.
5th Army Advances.
Below Bologna, the 5th Army was
driving down several valleys running
In 4 northeasterly direction after
breaking the Gothic Line.
Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Allied Mediterranean commander
congratulated Gen. Sir Harold AL.
exander, ground commander in Italy
on destruction of the Gothic Line
and expressed the hope the Rubicon
crossing would lead to destruction OF
the German Army in Italy.
| The skill and speed with which
the 9th Army regrouped," he said
"once more completely surprised
Marshal Albert KeSselring.'
Sir Henry commended the deter
mined attack of the 5th Arm,
through the mountains which
preached the Gothic Line at Its
strongest place"
Yanks Smash Counterattacks.
Northeast OF Firenzuola, Americans
smashed three counterattacks near
Monte LIE Fine and were reported
fighting the reinforced Germans in
the streets Of Moraduccio. % miles
southwest of the Po valley town of
Ihola.
| On the American right flank
British and Indian troops captured
the road junction towns OF Palaz-
zuolo. 8l2 miles east Of Firenzuola
and Marradi. II miles east. Many
prisoners were taken.
In the Ligurian coastal area, heavy
machinegun and mortar FIRE were
encountered, but an official report
said continued moderate advances
were made by Brazilian troops of the
5th Army and the 92d Infantry
Division and other American ele-
ments."
Losses inflicted on the Germans
in the drive beyond Rimini were
estimated to have boosted Nazi cas-
ualties In opposing the 9th Army :
30-mile drive from the edges of the
Gothic Line in the last month to
Is 900 men. including 8.709 prisoners
Evening star., 1944-09-26
D. {. Heads Delay Hearing
On Building Code Chances

A public hearing on amendments
to the Building Code was postponed
from october 6 to December by
the Commissioners today.
The Commissioners took the step
because of the request of several
organizations interested in the hear
Egs.
At the same time. the city heads
authorized the building inspector
and fire marshal to send represent
atives to meetings of any organiza-
tlon that wished to have the pending
amendments explained.
Evening star., 1944-09-26

College here and
was a t t e n ding
The Citadel in
Charleston. S. c..
when he enlisted
about two years
ago.
Corpl. Strieter
landed with his
paratrooper out
fit in France on
D-day and in a
| e t t er to his
mother said that
t h ey foug h t
against stiff op-
position for four
dn1rc hnfn,.o than
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Two Red Generals Promoted

MOSCOW. Sept. 26 ,P,.-Col. Gen.
Mikhail Nikolaievicf Chritiakov,
one of the heroes of Stalingrad. was
promoted today TO the rank OF mar
shall of artillery and Col. Gen. Sc
mion Feodorovich Zhavoronkov was
promoted TO marshal of aviation on
order of the Presidium of the ST.
preme Soviet.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
REA Postwar Loon Fund
Set at $585,OOO,OOO
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER. Sept. 26.-President
Roosevelt and the Budget Bureau
have recommended the earmarkine
of $685., 900 900 for loan purposes to
to rural electrification associations
over a three-year postwar period
William j. Neal of st. Louis, deputy
administrator for the REA, told a
conference of REA officials yester-
day.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
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Things to Think About
PAINTING

Better 60 about the house painting
right away-and do 1t with Winslow's
Pure House Paint. None better.
For Sale at
Chevy Chase Paint l. Hdw. Co.
Silver Spring Paint 4 Hdw. Co.
Bethesda Paint 4 Hdw. Co.
Takoma Paint & Hdw. Co.
Becker Paint d Glass Co, Georgetown.
Local Paint 4 Hdw. Co., Hyattsville
922 N. Y. Ave. MA. $50
Evening star., 1944-09-26
District Blood Quote
District quota per

DlStflct quota per
week ----------4 1000 pints
Donations last week. 1884 pints
Donations yesterday 27l pints
Todays appointments.
356 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center.
in the Acacia Building, 81
Louisiana avenue NV, pv
calling District 5000 between 3
a m. and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1944-09-26

The pictures of Capt ONn w
Bales and Tech. Sergt. James r
Bale were transposed in the Roll OF
Honor column in The Star Saturday
Capt Bales is the brother of Miss
MAhle Bales, 1922 Nineteenth street
NV, and has been reported missing
in action. Sergt Bale is the son of
Charles R. Bale. 3705 Parkwood
street, Cottage City, Md. and has
been reported a prisoner of war.
Evening star., 1944-09-26

Plans for the electrification Of
railways are being made in South
Africa.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Wounded

Corpl. william L. Strieter, %, son
of Mrs. Lewis F. Strieter, 207 Rock
Greek Church road NV, and Lewis
F. Strieter of Chesterbrook Woods,
Va, was seriously wounded in ac-
ton while serving with his para
trooper company in France July 4,
according to the War Department.
A native Of the District, Corpl.
Strieter is graduate of St. John S
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Killed

Killed
Lee Ray Farrell, hospital appren-
tice, first class, U. S. N, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert P. Ferrell, 5llO
Seventh street NV. was listed by
the Navy Department today as
killed in action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02

ION Minsk-n1ost important COM
munication center of White Rus
STA, of which il is the capital-less
than 20 miles from the Polish
frontier.
The Russian armies. flushed
with success. are now rolling ire
sistibly west and converging on
Minsk in four-prong drive
significantly described by the Ger
man overseas radio as giant
pincers movement-which threat
ems to force the Nazis back for a
possible stand on the Dvinsk-
Vilna-Brest-Litovsk line.
With the invasion of Normandy,
plus the launching of the Russian
offensive, we can see the Allied
master plan for the defeat of Ger
many unfolding. and the grand
pattern for enlightenment of the
Reich taking shape.
NOTE: The opinion ex-
pressed and the assertions made
herein are my ot0n aud are not
TO be construed as official or re-
fecting in any wdy the Uielcs Of
the many department or the
service at large.
When MA xou Last Ruv N Ronds--
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
Fugitive From Prison
Faces Draft Charqe

Lewis Collier, Is. of 1866 Z.
Fort, Saturday was held by fed
eral authorities while they de-
cided whether to prosecute him as
draft dodger OF send him back
TO Pulaski County. Ark. 10 finish
term at the prison there from
which he escaped two years ago.
FBI Chief Robert Guerin said
Collier told him he really wants
to serve in the army, but that
he was afraid to keep in touch
with his board for fear of being
forced to finish his prison term.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
IT, Cdptives in Reich
Receive j. ). Seeds

WASHINGTON. July tUP)-
American soldiers in German
prison camps will harvest beans,
peas. tomatoes and other vegeta-
bles from gardens planted with
$4,000 pounds of seeds from the
United States. the War Food Ad-
ministration reported today.
More than 80 different varieties
of garden vegetable seed were
distributed by the American Red
Cross to u. S. prisoners of war
behind German lines. WA said
that all produce grown from the
seeds will be available for the
prisoners own consumption.
When Did You Last Buy a Bonds--
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
Adm. Woodward Says:
Allied Ring of Steel
'Creeps Around Reich
Adm. Woodward Says:
BY REAR ADM CLARK H. WOODWARD. U. S. NAVY

WASHINGTON, July (INS)-To both the Allies and the
expected Russian offensive against the
which launched June 22thrd anniversary
of Htlers the Unon-maked the beginning
of The final phase of n Europe,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
sNsar buddy

FT,HtS IL a letter 10 Y6UR scryicer1an It's alt
i about his HOME TOWN. the most important
Mace in the world 90 him. Clip this letter today
SIGN your name al the bottom and send n to him.
Wherever he is he wants the news from hont'-
It's up 20 you to mail IT,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02

Marshal Stain picked the day
on which Russians were 10 start
the march TO Berlin. Thus is der
fuehrer's most dreaded specter
changed into a stern reality, for
powerful armies are closing in on
Germany from three sides at once.
The current campaigns in Nor
mandy. Italy and White Russia
are part of the grand strategy
worked out at Teheran.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
PREPARING FOR BLOW


The sudden awakening on the
Russian front followed a perioo
of seeming quiescence between
the winter and summer offensives
during which the Red army was
resting. regrouping its forces, i'm
proving communications and as
Sembling equipment. weapons anc
supplies for the current operation
/ Yet, during nearly three months
of such preparations the Germans
never dared either 10 strike ma
/ lor counterblow or TO move di-
vision from Russia 10 the south
or west.
The Nazis would not take such
a chance. even though there was a
growing demand for extra troops
both in Italy. where the wehr-
macht had met disaster. and in
France, where an invasion was
imminent.
This reluctance was due TO
Russia'S superiority in position.
numbers and initiative.
In the first seven days of the
current campaign four powerful
Red armies drove ahead swiftly,
steam roller fashion. along $50
mile front of the Germans east
ernmost salient white Russian
sector) and completely smashed
the Wanted three-year-old Nazi
"Fatherland Line" VIII ich pro-
tected the approaches to Warsaw
and Berlin.
This was Germany's main de-
Tense line guarding the gateway TO
the Polish plains and the shortest
route to East Prussia and the
Reich. II was strongly fortified
in depth and completely prepared
for attack
In consequence Of its collapse,
however. the Russians now have
only open country before them.
there being no natural defense
lines 10 impede the way.
FASTER THAN BLITZ
This reversed the German blitz
of June l94l, along the Polish
frontier-and moved westward at
twice the Nazis' speed TO the east.
In every sector the demoralized
German armies were outflanked
and encircled in an onrush which
swept westward with speed
never seen before on the Russo
German front. The Russians sent
the enemy Keeling back in disorder