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Evening star., 1944-06-30
WorkofTwoD. DC. Men
On Saipan Revealed

Two District Coast Guardsmen
were in the assault waves which in
vaded Saipan Island, Coast Guard
headquarters has revealed.
Chief Boatswain's Mate John D.
Osborne, who formerly lived at 246
Tenth street Sc, was member OF
a beach party assigned to land in
advance of the first assault troops
and set up markers to guide the
landing craft bringing in the first
and subsequent waves of troops
storming the island.
For 70 hours he and his com
panionspwere under continuous NOR.
tar and machine gun fire. So in
tense was the concentration of fire
that they could not even dig fox
holes, he reported.
I'VE just bit the sand and prayed,
he wrote.
Also in the Saipan invasion was
Seaman Sammy Kahn, former Capt.
tai Transit Co. bus driver. who livee
at 4400 Jenifer street NV He i,
the helmsman of an assault barge.
During the attack on Saipan ht
was assigned to ferry wounded from
the combat area to transports lyint
offshore. His barge was under con.
slant mortar fire and suffered sew.
eral hits.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Junior Chamber 10 Honor
De Luce on Radio Toniqht
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 30.-The United
States Junior Chamber of Com
merce in Nationwide radio broad
cast tonight will honor Daniel De
Luce, Associated Press War corre-
spondent and Pulitzer prize winner
for international reporting in l943.
In the Freedom of Opportunity
program to be broadcast over the
Mutual network from 7::30 to 8 pm.
C.W.T., De Luce, now with the
Allied troops on the Italian war
front, will be saluted as "one of
Americas outstanding young men"
and awarded the chambers distin-
guished service medal.
The award-a gold key-will be
presented by Robert Mclean, pres
ident Of the Associated Press and
publisher Of the Philadelphia Bulle-
tin, who will speak from Philadel-
phia. The award will be accepted
in behalf Of De Luce by his father,
Robert De Luce, In a speech from
Los Angeles.
A dramatization of De Luces life
will be given on the program. His
selection for the honor was by q
committee of the junior chamber
which names the Nations outstand-
ing men under SO years of age.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Bible Forecasts Nazi Fall,
Editor Tells Adveniists

This generation Is witnessing
some OF the most amazing fulfill-
ments of Bible prophecies the world
has ever seen, Elder A. s. Maxwell.
editor Of tie Signs of the Times
magazine, declared last night In his
sermon at the Seventh-day Adj
ventist camp grounds In Takoms
Park.
1t was prophesied $500 years ago
that Hitler would fail, he said.
pointing out that the Book of Daniel
stated that efforts would be made
to reunite the broken fragments OF
the Roman empire but they shall
not cleave to one another, even a
iron viii not mix with miry clay"
Delegates to the Potomac Con-
ference yesterday protested the
adoption Of ''the so-called World
Calendar now being urged on the
public to begin with the year 1915" /"
The proposal was characterized n
anti-religious.
The audacious and materislistio
proposal seeks to arbitrarily adjust
q 365A day year to 364 days. re-
quiring blank or zero days, the
resolution said.
Elder Z. r. Koch, WytheviIle. Va.
Will speak at 8 O'Clock tonight.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Experts Win Race to Save Youth
PeriIed by Faulty Iron Lung

Neighbors who throneed the
modest Lewis home had lifted him
out of the iron lung so it could be
turned upside down for repairs.
Around his bed lowered his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Lewis. and their
four other children, including 12-
year-old Bobby Joe, who had recov-
cred from infantile paralysis.
Lewis, former high school ath-
lete. told the family he had noticed
that his breating had been becoming
more labored over a period of two
weeks. He had lived in the ap-
paratus so long-since May, 1943-
that 1T had become a part OF me
and knew something was wrong"
Some one figured that the rented
costs the Lewis family
about $204 per month.
Cheap enough" cracked Troy,
"for 80 days of breathing"
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Won SchIieben, Henneeke
Are Taken to ENGLAND

A BRITISH PORT. June 30 (P).-
Three top-ranking German officers
captured at Cherbourg, 1t. Gen. Carl
Wilhelm Won Schlieben and Maj.
Gen. Robert Stattler and Admiral
Walter Hennecke, we're brought to
England yesterday in a tank land
ing ship.
They were given every courtesy on
the way over, each having his own
cabin and an orderly and freedom
of the ward room.
Gen. Schlieben, given a haircut
by an American CT barber, apollo
gized because he had no money to
pay, asked what he should do, and
wound up signing the soldiers au-
tograph album with Thank you
very much for the haircut-Lt. Gen.
Won Schlieben."
Admiral Hennecke, who speaks
English fairly we'll, remarked wryly,
II was a prisoner of the British for
two years in the last war. Now am
a prisoner of the Americans Who
am I going to be a prisoner of next?
The Japanese perhaps ."
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Soipon Field Renamed
In Honor of Comdr. IseIey
BY the Associatcd Press.

By the Associated Press
The Navy has announced that
Aslito Airf1eld on Saipan Island has
been renamed Iseley Field in honor
OF Comdr. Robert Henry Iseley, "a,
who was shot down by the Japanese
June II while leading a Navy bomb
ing attack on the field before it's
capture by the Americans. Comdr.
1seley was native of Cimarron,
Kans
The change in name was rec
commended by Vice Admiral Mark
A. Mitscher, carrier task force COM
mander, and was made by Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz, commander In
chief of the Pacific Fleet.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
By the Associated Press.

oy lHt hASUGldlcu lCnS
GROESBECK, Tex, June 30
Troy Lewis, 18-year-old paralysis
victim, was glad to be back" in
his iron lung today after hectic
two hours and 81 minutes out of
the respirator.
The apparatus, which had not
been functioning properly for two
weeks, broke down yesterday. A
call for help was made to Park
land Hospital, Dallas, 100 miles
away. and Russell Nye, hospital
sent Technician
Cecil Wren and Nurse Mildred
White to the scene in a State
patrol car.
Near Corsicana a casing on the
speeding machine blew out, but the
l00-mile run was made in less than
two hours. Mr.. Wren discovered
Ave holes at creases in the bellows.
Garageman Joe Lee was rushed to
the Lewis home where he performed
"the fastest job I ever did" In patch
Ing the leaks. Lewis had feared he
would live only a few hours out of
the reSpirator.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Yanks Crush Japs
On Southern Saipan,
Battle Norihward
By the Associated Press.

PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TERS, Pearl Harbor, June 30
American troops, after crushing
the last organized Japanese re-
sistance on the south half OF
Saipan, battled north step by
step today, while enemy broad
casts limited of new American
battleship attacks on Guam,
Tinian and Rota.
Seven hundred miles southwest of
the Marianas invasion scene. Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's bombers sup
ported the Saipan operation BY deal
Ing the Japanese air base of Yap|
its fifth blow in q week during which
more than 50 Jap planes have been
destroyed Of damaged.
In Washington, the Navy Depart
ment said that more than $4,000
Japanese planes have been destroyed
better than one every hours
by American airmen since Pearl
Harbor was attacked. American
losses were 2,726 planes.
On Saipan, pocket Of Japanese
which had been holding out on the
southeast tip since the invasion
began June IA was overwhelmed
Tuesday, Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
announced in a communique yes
terday.
Six miles up the west coast, eau
tious Yanks probled deeper into
shell-shattered Garapan. admins
trative center OF the Marianas. In
the mountainous center of the
island. other small gains were made.
Our advance northward is being
made against severe resistance" the
communique said.
The Yanks underwent another
night OF air attack, during which
antiaircraft guns shot down two
raiders.
The Berlin radio last night broad
cast q Tokyo dispatch saying Japa-
nese naval planes attacked Amer
lean fleet units, which included bat
tleships, OF Guam, Tinian and Rota
yesterday. Those Marianas Islands,
each with enemy air bases, have
been raided by carrier planes and
shelled by warships since Saipan
was invaded.
The Tokyo dispatch was not con-
firmed by of1cial reports but yes
terdays communiQue listed a knock
out blow to the north of Saipan
against Pagan Island. Returning
flyers reported the islands air base
had been bombed out.
The fifth raid on Yap in the
Western Carolines Tuesday stirred
up hornets nest Of Jap fighters
for the third straight day but, de-
spite their efforts, 28 more tons of
bombs we're added to the previous
40 which have cratered the air
drome.
In the, Central Carolins, Truk was
pounded anew by army Liberators
from the Marshans.
Unopposed, Gen. MacArthur's
bombers ranged over the few good
bases still in Japanese hands in
New Guinea, their bombs touching
of explosions at Kokas on MacCluer
Cult which sent debris flying $500
feet high. ,..-.,
In the vicinity Of Wewak, British
New Guinea, where thousands OF
Japanese have concentrated since
they were bypassed, planes and PIT
boats wrecked 20 barges, the means
OF sea supply for the irnperiled
troops.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Missing Army EmpIoye
Is Sought by Police
BY the Associated Press.

.
FORT GEORGE q. MEADE, Md,
June 30.-Nicholas A. Galgay, Nor
ristown, N. j., a civilian agronomist,
who had been working at Fort
Meade for four months and who
disappeared from the Army camp
June 10, was being sought today by
military and civilian police.
Mr.. Galgay, a World War veteran
with the Canadian Army and an
expert in prevention of soil erosion,
vanished after notifying officers he
was going to make a business trip
TO Washington.
Oficials reported his automobile
was missing. His wife in Morris
town, N. j., said she had heard
nothing from him since his dis
appearance.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Hill 500 on Saipan
Taken by Marines 10
Turn Tide Of Battle
BY MORRIE LANDSBERG,


A FORWARD COMMAND POST,
Saipan, June '27 delayed via Navy
RADIO Twice American marines
tried to conquer Hill 500, a gnarled
volcanic peak looking down on
Southern Saipan, and twice they
were thrown back. The third time
they won, despite the hail of Jap
anese fire launched from the crags,
gullies and shrub-covered slope.
Today the battle of Hill 500 is re-
garded as a turning point in the
battle for Saipan. Without it In
American hands the drive from the
beachhead would have been exceed
ingly costly.
The 500-foot precipice, it is ap-
parent now, formed an intregal part
OF the japanese defense for Southern
Saipan. 1t overlooks and commands
both Magicienne Bay and Aslito Air
field (now renamed 1seley Field for
an American hero. Its capture
made possible the current onslaught
against Mount Tapotchau.
Shippers still creep through the
dense underbrush and hide behind
volcanic rock. We learned that in
a visit to the front yesterday when
rifle bullet whizzed near our jeep.
But tactically the area is firmly
held by American troops.
Running through Hill 500 is a
labyrinth of caves and tunnels,
many still heaped high with am
munition and supplies for a. siege.
Smashed enemy field pieces are
on the ridge overlooking approaches
to the hill and in q gulley are
heaped piles of water mines. The
defenses here and elsewhere in the
south plainly indicate the Japanese
expected landings at Magicienne
Bay instead Of q frontal attack on
the western side of the island.
A marine unit made the first
attack on Hill 500 June 10 but was
beaten of. Next day a second con-
tingent tried to storm the slopes
Machtneguns, grenades, mortars and
artillery rained down on them. Land
mines added to the peril.
An ofncer assigned to lead the
third assault was told it was All
impossible job" but that the hill
had to be taken. His men did the
Job in one hour and As minutes.
I'VE lost 80 men but we =
took our objective" he reported.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
BY WALTER McCALLUM,
Star War Correspondent.

WITH UNITED STATES FORCES
IN FRANCE (by MaiD Some guys
are just lucky. Take First 1t. H. B
Degenaar of Schenectady, N. Y, for
example. Instead of lying in grave
somewhere in France, 1t. Degenaar
is carrying on with the parachute
infantry. His story is typical of the
toss of the coin that frequently de-
cides the fate of soldier in the lot
terry that is war.
His regular jump plane in the
parachute echelon was numbered 18
The night the parachutists gathered
in England, knowing their next stop
was France, another officer asked
him If he could use No. 18 plane
Degenaar agreed, and took No. 10.
Thirty minutes later, with the fax
coming up like Roman candles, De-
genaar and his parachute group saw
No 18 hit by fax and blow up in
midair. He doesn't think a man got
out alive, although the pilot can
order them out on emergency, at
once.
Capt. Frank Brown of La Grange
Ga, had a bit of luck with a reverse
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Logan Circle Buildings
Are Taken Over for
Women's S Dormitories

A. the Public Housing Agency took
over four buildings ct Logan Circle,
to be converted into 4 dormitofy for
colored women war workers, Il was
announced that $500 more rooms
will Be needed for both white and
colored workers during August.
The demand arises because the
war agencies are recruiting large
numbers OF women for work here.
according to Oliver G. Winston, PfIA
regional director.
The buildings, ut the southeast
corner Of the intersection Of Thir-
teenth street and Logan Circle, for
merly used for . hotel for colored
persons. win provide accommoda.
tions for about 1876 women. Occu.
pAncy will start in about 30 dAys.
Mr.. winston said.
This will increase to 1905 tina
number Of dormitory accommoda-
tions for colored women war work.
ers provided under the National
Housing Agency's war housing pro-
gram. A total Of 84S accommodations
are provided under the publicly.
financed program in the two tenn.
porary dormitories, Midway and
Wake, at Langston Stadium. and
322 accommodations In Lucy DiRges
Slowe Hall, q permanent building
at Third and U streets N. w, In
addition, accommodations for 2O6
men are provided in George WASH
ington Carver Hall, Second and
Elm streets NV.
Although Thousands of Washing.
ton home owners have provided ac-
commodations for war workers. IL
was emphasized that many moro
are needed.
Families With available rooms are
urged to call the nearest War Hous.
ing Center:-in the District, Execu.
tive 4l60, extension 3001; in Alex.
andria, Temple 1854; in Arlington.
Chestnut 8229.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Shelton Has to Clean
Auditorium After
Giving Army Show
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, June 30.-A
man just back from a visit to
Camp Cooke, Calf, where Red
Skelton Is in Army training, re-
ports that the former Aim and
radio comic was asked to give q
show last Sunday. Mr.. Skelton
did.
Then" he quotes Red as
saying, Il was asked to get up
at S am. Monday to clean. up
the auditorium, where I gave
the show.
That's the first time I ever
laid an egg and had to clean 1t
up. too"
Evening star., 1944-06-30

active In ath- It. ArtAur =. Snes.
letics and In 1887 won the award
Is the best-drilled private In the
school cadets and the following year
was proclaimed the best drilled
corporal. While at Tech he was .
member Of the Chevrons and Boys
Glee Clubs, the library stan, Tech
Patrol and was q Tech Life repre-
sentative. Before entering the
Army, 1t. Snee was employed here
with the w. r. Winslow Co. He
has a brother, Sergt. Ellis E. Snee,
jr., on duty with the Air Force in
England.
Sergt. Joseph Kennedy Lfnkins,
jr, 28. Herndon, Va, was killed in
plane crash in England, his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph K. Link
ins, ST., have been informed by the
War Department.
Sergt. Linkins was attached to q
repair unit of the Army Air Forces,
and, according to the telegram, was
making tests Of instruments on the
plane when the crash occurred on
June 10.
Sergt. Linkins entered the service
In November. 1942, and went over
seas last August. Prior to entering
the service he was employed by the
Federal Home Loan Bank Associa-
ton in Pittsburgh. He was q grad
uate Of Herndon High School and
Benjamin Franklin University here.
He was born In Loudoun County,
but had lived at Herndon nearly
all his life. In addition to his par
ents, he is survived by . brother,
Lytton L. Linkins.
Sergt. william r. Crowell OF 614
L street S.W. was slightly wounded
during the parachute invasion OF
Normandy. according to word re-
/ - ~
Evening star., 1944-06-30

that all 10 men 1t. g. L. Seuthvsrth.
were seen to bail out Of the plane
and it Is hoped they are still alive.
Born in the District and educated
at Eastern High School and George
Washington University, 1t. South
worth was employed by the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.,
prior to entering the service In De-
cember, 1912. Receiving his wings
at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Tex,
he was sent overseas in February.
Sergt James N. Lithgow, 81, son
of Mrs. Beulah Litgow, 3l3 Fourth
street NE, has been missing since
a flight over Germany on May a.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
High Graduate
Appointed to Annapolis

Richard Increase Mather, II, son
OF Navy Capt. and Mrs. Paul L.
Mather, 3002 Ordway street NV,
has won District appointment to
Annapolis and will report July 6.
He is a graduate of Western High
School, where he played football two
years and managed the baseball
team his senior year, His father is
now with the Army Navy Staff Col
lege here
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Cadet Nurse Corps Tops
Quote, Porron Reports

BY the Associated Press
The United States Cadet Nurse
Corps has exceeded its first year
quota Of 5000 recruits by more than
500, Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran of
the Public Health Service reported
today.
The young women of America
have responded magnificiently to
their countrys call" DR.. Parran said
In a report to Paul v. McNutt,
Federal Security Administrator.
Evening star., 1944-06-30

70, co-pllot on
a Flying For
treSs, falied to
return from Z
m / sion over
r o m a ia on
M ay 18, his
m o t h er, MRS.
Leni l.. South
worth, 9l4 Sixth
street NE. has
been informed.
Another member
OF the crew, who
was grounded on
the day of the
fight, WI t e
Evening star., 1944-06-30
WAVES Deoth Accidental

A coroner's jury late yesterday re.
turned verdict Of accidental death
OF Miss Joan Davis, "a, q WAVE.
who died May "a from injuries re-
cetved two days earlier when she
was struck by q streetcar. Police
said the car was operated by Harry
=. Ross, 81, of 316 Sixteenth street,
Sc. Miss Davis lived at 1909 G,
street NV.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
DoIlmunn
Continued From. First Page)

garrison, 1t. Gen. Carl Wilhelm Won
Schlieben, and Maj Gen. Robert
Stattler were captured by American
troops along with Rear Admiral
Walter Hennecke.
Raj divebombers and rocket-fir-
ing Typhoons on Tuesday attacked
a small crossroads hamlet near st.
Sauver-Lendelin in the southern
end of the Cherbour Peninsula.
The bombers moved in first on
small farm house which had been
pointed out as corps headquarters.
Every bomb scored in the target
area. Typhoons then dived into the
smoke firing their rockets. Pilots
reported the house destroyed.
Evening star., 1944-06-30

about $4,000 workers, by estimates
of the WPB steel division. OF a
labor force of 100000, about 10000
men-or 80 per cent of the total
employed-have been inducted into
the armed services. The $4,000
worker shortage remains after all
possible replacements have been
made. the work week heightened
and some $4,000 women employed.
Evening star., 1944-06-30

carried with Him all the time a
lucky penny" sent to him by his
brother David. He graduated from
Jefferson Junior High School, spent
two years at Central High School,
and had been captain Of Squadron
81 Of the Sons Of the American
Legion of Fort Stevens Post.
Sergt. Crowell and his companions
in a daring jump landed too far
from their designated spot, and
fought their way through Germans
back to American lines, In q spec
tacular adventure described recent
ly in = dispatch to The Star from
Clark Lee.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
John Schafe Elected Head
Or Alexandra Chest Drive

The directors OF the Alexandria
Community Chest have elected John
Schafe to head the 1914 community
war fund drive.
Mr. Schafe. who Is assistant su.
perintendent Of mails at the Alexan.
dria Post Once, was vice chairman
OF the 1943 drive and Is president OF
the Family Service Society, one OF
the Chest agencies.
Until his election this week. Mr..
Schafe served as chairman Of the:
CHESTS Budget Committee, but has
resigned that position and his sue.
cesSor will be named shortly.
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Barker Gonqster Dies

SAN FRANCISCO, June 80 (P.-
Phoenix Donald, 48, member of the
rker-Karpis gang convicted OF
kidnapping Edward c. Bremen in st.
Paul, Mimi, in 1886, died in Alca-
traz Prison of a heart attack yes
terday, Warden James A. Johnston
announced.
Evening star., 1944-06-30

ForceS, mas been
a " a r ed the
Legion Of Merit
Medal, 1t W as
announced yes
terday.
Col. Barnes, q
resident of 4l08
T h ir t y = sixth
street, Arlington,
Va, was given
the award on
the recommend
alton of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, supreme
Allie com
anAa. La E.a
Evening star., 1944-06-30

4AO Wao td1l
gunner on q
Flying Fortress.
Former q assistant
to the music
librarian at Sta
tion WMAL, he
was a. graduate
of Fork Union
Military Acad-
emy and had
attended George
and
Ca tho lie Uni
versities. A ma
tive Of Pitts
burgh, he en-
Evening star., 1944-06-30

Third street NE, was included In
today's ofncial list.
1t. Arthur r. 6nee, "A, . para
trooper and the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis Z. Snee Of 14l4 v street Sc,
was killed in action on June 6, the
Evening star., 1944-06-30

CdVeO Dy nlS
parents, Mr.. and
N r 3. FIR q n K
Crowell, fr o m
both their son
and from the
adjutant gem
eraL In Z letter
h e said his
wound was mot
serious as I only
busted up my
knee q little on
the Jump land
Ing" and added
Il am getting
along just nne." "
w. ' -
Evening star., 1944-06-30

Gay OF the tnva-
sion, q according
to word received
h ere yesterday
by his father.
His wife, Mrs.
Jean Snee, Is
living In r ort
Lauderdale, Fla,
with her par.
ents.
1t. Snee was
well known here,
having attended
Mckinley Tech
High 8 c h o oil,
where he was
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Col. Verdi B. Barnes Wins
Legion Of Merit Medal

1t. Col. Verdi B. Barnes of WASH
ington. a field artillery ofncer of
the training and operations Sec
ton of headquarters. Army Ground
Evening star., 1944-06-30

Capt. Frank Brown Of La Grange
Ia, had a bit of luck with a reverse
Evening star., 1944-01-14

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Evening star., 1944-01-14
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Ad-daleel., 1944-09-06

HILLSDALE-Cpl. and Mrs. James O.
Lindwedel are proof that the language of love
does not need the spoken word.
The corporal does not speak Spanish. His
nineteen-year-old wife Clara does not speak
English.
They met in Clara's native city of Man
aqua, Nicaragua. Cpl. Lindwedel, a peace-time
resident of St. Louis, Mo-, was stationed there
at the time. Their trip to the altar was a
war-created journey abetted by the dynamic
attraction known as 'love at first sight" and
an English Spanish dictionary.
They had a three months courtship. After
the marriage Cpl. Lindwedel, anticipating a
transfer, sent his bride to Hillsdale upon in
structions of a buddy who has relatives here.
Cpl. Lindwedel is an orphan.
When asked what kept their affair in pro-
gress, Clara answered, "Es la costumbre hab-
Ter expresivamente con los ojos." ct is the