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was built. Temporary family dwell
inss were erected at an over AL
cost Of about $4,000 each, including
sites and utilities, and consumed less
than one ton Of critical war mate
ial per unit. He said this repre-
sented q savings up to 30 per cent
in such materials as compared to
prewar, permanent house construc-
ton.
On the whole, he said, there is
about 5000 ,000, 900 invested in war
housing In the Nation, Of which
about $4,000, 000, 900 is being car
ried ION by private capital and the
remainder representing public funds.
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given by the District Department
|of Civilian nefanSa and IN. cite

given by the District Department
|of Civilian Defense, and the cita.
ton said, in part, ITO recognize the
maintenance Of q superior standard
OF protection and security, effective
Joint efforts to safeguard life and
property
The air wardenD.Af each house
received the certificates. The houses
recognized are those at 27O1 Con-
necticut avenue, $500 Woodley road
the Cathedral Mansions, North
South and Center, Cathedral and
Connecticut avenues; the Woodley
Park Towers, 2737 Devonshire place
the Kennedy Warren. 1888 Connec-
ticut avenue. and the Broadmoor,
1901 Connecticut avenue.
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4,742 Housing Units
Are Completed Here
by National Agency

Approximately $4,000 housing units
have been built or scheduled for war
workers and their families in the
Washington Metropolitan Area un-
der the war housing campaign, it
was announced today by John B.
Blandford, IT,. administrator of the
National Housing Agency.
Because of limited supplies of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22

Extravagant spending Of money
1T home results In an extravagant
spending Of blood In battle. Buy
extra War Bonds today TO keep oul
casualties to \ minimum. Let's oil
back the attack,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22

critical materials. this housing was
designed to meet only the needs OF
incoming war workers and those
workers evicted from their homes
through no fault of their own, Mr..
Blandford said. He added that the
figures include only housing built
under wartime priority control.
54,742 Units Completed.
As Of July 81, 1914, 54,742 units
had been completed while 3.o59 were
under construction, with work yet
to be started on several thousand
additional units. The war housing
program for the area includes 81 POI
family dwellings, of which "a, 293 are
being privately financed. Over 3d.
900 additional units were constructed
by private builders. without priority
assistance, during the earlier period
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of the defense effort, the figures
indicated.
Publicly financed construction In
cludes l6,908 family quarters. 1l,176
accommodations for single workers
In dormitories or residence halls,
and "a trailers which are used as
stop-gap shelter. In addition lot
trailers and 400 mobile units re-
Gently have been added to the stop
gap program.
Included in the war housing pro-
gram are 10,326 accommodations for
Negro war workers. Private financ-
ing is providing 5,425 units Of this
total and public financing will
furnish 1901.
Cites Big Saving.
Mr.. Blandford said that where
private enterprise could noh meet
the need, publicly financed housing
Evening star., 1944-08-27

fusion. The town was turned over
to, the Maquis and the Americans
went their way. -,
The same sort of capture by ne
gotiation was effected by 1t. Pid-
dington's troops at Chateau Arnoux,
where 200 Germans thought it over
a while and then surrendered with
out firing shot.
In some instances. of course, the
flying column had to fight. Seven
hundred Germans who surrendered
at Digne did so only after an all
day street fight in which Capt. John
Woods troop required the help of
some of the flying columns infantry
Gen. Shuberth Captured.
1t was there that Brig. Gen. Hans
Shuberth, civil affairs administra-
tor of the Bases Alps region, was
captured with his staff.
The column was engaged in an
other fight at Draguignan within a
couple of hours Of the jumpof1 on
the first day. Here, as reconnais-
sance troops commanded by Capt
William B. Nugent, Petersburg, Va.
had strong infantry support in cap
turing German corps headquar-
ters and $50 prisoners. the corps
commander surrendered to 1t. Jo-
seph Simmons, Elizabeth, N. J.
The German command, which
exhibits every symptom of total be-
wilderment, doesn't know if. when
and where flying column *" will
strike again. They won't find out
either. Allied headquarters, treat
iEg this flying column as the valu-
able secret weapon it already has
proved itself, Is jealousy boarding
all information concerning it which
would be Of value to the enemy.
It's a good thing for those of Us
who travel with the flying column
that they do.
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when some Germans took refuge ir
the Majestic Hotel and two nearby
buildings.
While women stood by and
cheered them .on, French infantry
and machine-gun crews charged.
Mani Radio Changes Tune.
The German radios, which hal
been denying news of surrender oi
the French capital. changed theil
tune later today. The Berlin ra-
dio introduced q war correspondent,
as zone of the last who left town
obeying orders OF, the, German high
command.
radio France at Algiers said
that all political prisoners" in
Paris had been freed on Gen.
De Gaulle's orders and families
OF workers deported to Germany
would receive immediate support.
The broadcast to French areas
was recorded by the Federal
Communications Commission.)
The captdre of VINO Choltitz was
considered particular military tri-
umph since he had commanded the
S4th German Corps which Allied
troops had battled all the way from
Cherbourg TO Paris. He took COM
mand of the Paris garrison IA days
ago.
Won Choltitz denied there had been
an armistice with patriot forces, as
serting there was nothing but an
arrangement" whereby the Germans
would move troops in and out of the
city in return for permission for the
French to bring food into the city.
This was at variance with the pa
triots' statement that an armistice
had been violated by the Germans
who sought it.
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Puriis
Continued From First Page.)

NO1lIAiluCO rIOI1l TlISJ Fdkc.J
ern France after his triumphal visit
to Paris)
Dozen Newspapers Reappear.
The first 5000 tons of food ar.
rived in Paris in Allied convoys
and French authorities began organ.
izing to feed the population tn com.
munal restaurants.
A dozen different newspapers re-
peared. including such well-knowr
prewar names as Figaro, Oeuvre and
Populaire.
(French forces of the Interior
were heard broadcasting over the
Vichy radio that they had nber-
ated that seat of French puppet
government and food was on the
way, the Federal Communica-
tions Commission reported)
Even as the final shots of liberia.
ton echoed through the city last
night, Paris threw itself into q
carnival Of celebration that equaled
any in its long and often gay, often
turbulent history. -
Hundreds of thousands of Paris
ians, enjoying their first night OF
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Henry
Continued From First Page. }

House, expecting to enter the city
at once. There was, delay after de-
lay as the armor met pockets Of
opposition and American troops
worked their way into the city,
southwark and eastward. Actually,
1t was only yesterday that the first
Americans were in Versailles, de-
spite many reports to the contrary.
Members OF a motor cavalry
squadron left behind on details
thought their outfit was in Paris
and started in to find it. They
drove eight jeeps into the city the
Germans had left q few hours be-
fore. French forces of the interior
were just taking over when the
Yanks came cutting through their
column. When the news spread,
mob Of excited women assailed
the cars. The soldiers were smoth-
cred with kisses and flowers and
deluged with champagne.
They made . road block across
Evening star., 1944-08-27

the street so they could stop and
kiss US Charles Stevens, Dandy,
VT, said.
The women tried to pull us out
Of the cars" Elmer Raby, Knox
vile, Tenn, said. I'VE were strong
men. None of them succeeded"
I've been kissed more than ever
before in my life" Charles Veach,
Holdenville, Okla. reported.
Il think they were the loveliest
girls I ever saw in my life, but it's
a long time since I saw any" Larry
Hanson, Minneapolis, declared.
This has Hollywood beat all to
hell, John Prendergast, Dover, N.
H., commented.
If this is Paris get me there
quick" is common remark.
Jeeps were festooned with fiow-
lers. Soldiers drank champagne
saved from the Germans. Great
stores of rifles were seized by French
soldiers from an arms factory
which the Germans left at 2 am.
Friday. The soldiers were told
by the Fkench that the gardens of
Versailles were kept in good order
and the great hall of mirrors was
undamaged.
Evening star., 1944-08-27

brigaded with the 3rd French Army,
came into play at Montdidier in
their first major campaign. They
took ITO prisoners and consolidated
the position at Cantigny. On June
II they advanced on Belleau Wood
and took 300 prisoners.
Clemenceau Stood Firm.
In the French capital Clemenceau
had said:
"We shall never surrender. shall
fight before Paris, 1 shall fight in
Paris, I shall fight behind Paris" 4"
And from Germany. Ludendord
sensed IAN unreasonable" feeling of
gloom. He decided to strike on two
sides for Rheims 1t was July Is, at
night, and Paris heard the guns.
Ludendorff hadn't reckoned on
Foch. Allied troops gave little ground
and, on July 10, Foch struck back.
Here's what Ludendorf said Of the
blow that started Germany on the
road to complete defeat:
After a short and sharp artillery
preparation and a smoke screen, he
(Foch attacked with massed in
fantry and a stronger force of tanks
than ever before had been concen-
trated in one place. CThis was in
the forest of Villers- Cotterets, and
the American 1St and End and the
Moroccan Divisions formed the
spearhead of attack
Foch Makes Breakthrough.
For the first time small, low,
fast tanks that allowed the use of
machine guns above the corn were
used; our machine guns were him
dered by it, except when they were
mounted on tripods $50. Tanks were
also observed which were used sole
ly sfoEsthe transport of men, These
passed throngn4 Our hhes. put, doW1i,
their passengers with machine guns
behind them and then promptly, re.
tufmeus for fefYrfUrcenferfts." '4s''''ss
a. Thus Foch accomplished the BREAK
through, although the Germans
threw in three divisions.
Ludendorf faced. a crisis. His
communications were cut. His
troops were forced back across the
Marne. The offensive passed to the
Allies. 1t was August, and soon it
was to be November.
Once again the Allies are look
ing across the Marne toward Ger
many.
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liberty in more than four years
surged into the streets.
National Anthem Resounds.

liberty in more than four years,
surged into the streets.
National Anthem Resounds.
The Marseillaise. the fighting ma :
tional anthem, resounded along the
Place de la Concorde and out
through the radiat ting streets.
Shots sounded in every quarter.
Some were from guns blazing at
Germans who ignoped the orders of
their own commander to surrender.
but mostly they were fired into the
air In sheer JOY of freedom.
Then Paris aWoke this morning
and went to work at the job of re-
habilitation and to erase the scars
!, OF war, which despite the savagery
Of the last days of fighting were
not so severe as first feared.
Black pillars of smoke lowered
on the west, where wing of the
Versailles Palace still burned. and
In all other directions around the
edge of the city where the military
forts blazed after being put to the
torch by Germans who realized that
their days in the capital were done.
The greatest damage was to
buildings in the Luxembourg Gar
dens, where the Germans made
their final main stand yesterday.
The Senate building was badly
blasted, and some German bodies
still lay in the streets.
But workmen were tearing down
the cobblestone and sandbag bar
ricades and clearing the streets Of
the debris of street battles.
Chamber Of Deputies Hit.
Bullet holes SCARED the facade
of the Chamber of Deputies, where
for an hour yesterday afternoon
400 Germans barricaded themselves
and made the last important stand
In Paris until flushed by French
tanks. Cannon had torn breaches
in the walls of the President Pal
ace.
The fighting spared the Invalides,
where Napoleon's tomb Is located
and where Adolf Hitler came in his
hour of triumph in 1910 to gaze at
the shrine Of the Corsican he sought
to initiate.
The American Embassy also was
undamaged and the Stars and
Stripes floated from the Eiffel Tow
ers tip alongside the Tricolor and
the Union Jack.
American-made military vehicles,
tanks and jeeps, were parked in
the streets and crowds who knew
Of them only by radio reports came
to stare.
The final order of unconditional
surrender was signed at 6 pm. yes
terday in the baggage masters Of
flce of the Montparnasse railroad
station.
Elite Troops Left Early.
Gen. Dietrich Won Choltitz, COM
mander of the German garrison in
Paris, faced Gen. LIE Clerc and
signed the order of surrender. 1t
was taken to German officers
throughout the city under escort of
American, British and French OH
GERS in jeeps.
One German colonel said all the
SIS (Elite) troops had pulled out
OF Paris two weeks ago, leaving the
regular army garrison to face the
music Of rampaging population
and Allied armor.
There was some fighting late yes
terday near the Arc de Triomphe,
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Colorado Storm Loss
Nears Million Mark
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER. Aug. 26.-Unoncial
estimates Of damage caused by vio-
lent hailstorms which battered parts
of Colorado today mounted toward
the million-d dollar mark tonight.
In the wake of the storms, truck
crops, fruit. greenhouses and gardens
were left badly damaged; green
houses and windows were smashed;
damage to roofs in Denver, Pueblo
and Colorado Springs was extern
sive.
In Denver, hailstones drifted eight
inches deep, and the heavy rainfall
blocked traffic in lower portions of
the city.
Hail damage was severe in the
Pixies Peak region. Apples, plums
and garden crops were hard hit at
Fountain. Woodland Park reported
four inches of hailstones caused
heavy damage to roofs
At Pueblo, hailstones drifted two
| feet deep in places.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Noyes
Continued From First Page

have been consolidated and our
troops raced north to capture Gre
noble.
The dramatic operation conducted
by this column. which captured
its weight in Germans and almost
overnight astronomically expanded
the Allied "beachhead" was an un-
Qualified success, accomplished with
virtually no loss of personnel. We
counted heavily on the enemys be-
Wilderment and contributed heavily
to it.
The operation depended on the
TACT that at no time did the en-
emy know what our force was,
where it had come from or where
1t was going. Security was perfect.
everywhere we showed up the en-
emy was taken completely by sur
prise.
1t can now be revealed that the
flying column, comprising armored
forces and infantry, was small. In
Structions were to create the i'm
preston that this was large
formation. We did it.
1t appears probable the idea be-
hind this operation terminated at
Anzlo, where our landing forces
were hemmed in by the reacting
enemy as they paused to group and
organize. In the first stages of in
vasion it is impossible to exploit
rapidly with an entire force. This
time they seem to have been deter
mined to exploit as far and fast as
possible with a force small enough
to be maintained and supported
IN the field beyond the beachhead
area.
Key to Swift Advance.
This lightning exploitation by q
small force is one of the two KEYS to
the phenomenal first weeks success
of the Southern France invasion
The second key, of course, is the
help we have had all the way from
the French Forces of the Interior.
i They helped us in four ways:
l. Almost all the territory "liber-
ated' by us, with the exception OF
the large towns garrisoned by Ger
mans and few of the principaI
roads, already was controlled BY
them.
2. In several engagements result.
ing in the capture of German held
towns and their garrisons, FIJI
groups acted as additional infantry
supporting our columns.
3. All along the way we received
valuable information as to the
strength, disposition and movement
OF the German troops, with the re-
suit that while we often were
worried it was always because we
knew the situation, whereas the
Germans always were worried be-
cause they didn't know the situation
4. AS We advanced, the FIJI took
over the job of guarding our lines
OF communication and supply between
the time the flying column moved
on until the main body Of our troops
arrived from the rear.
Paralleled Mani Thrust.
1t is interesting to note that the
wars closest parallel to the Job
accomplished here by the flying COL
| umn Is prohah1 the Wea1rmacht's
aRmoFed exp3ot6stion IA Poland end
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Heavy Rains Bring
Floods to Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Aug 26 lP, .-Heav
rains brought unprecedented Augus
floods to Kansas, fed by six day
of rainfall climaxed by downpour3
ranging up to more than five inches
went on rampage, spilling into
lowlands and blocking roads.
General rains broke prolonged
dry spell in Oklahoma. and in Mis-
souri, the Missouri River, fed b.
heavy rains. was expected to reach
flood stage Of % feet by TUESDAY
morning.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Alexandra Boys Club
To Sponsor Festival

A six-day festival featuring :.
circus will be held in AlexandI.
from Tuesday through Labor daI
except Sunday. under sponsorship
of the St. Mary's Boys Club.
The show will take place on the
circus grounds at st. Asaph and
Montgomery streets. 1t will open
daily at pm. and continue to mid
night. An al-day show will be held
Labor Day.
Evening star., 1944-08-27

France in the early days of the war
This is, the first time in this war
that Germany has looked really
bad, They've been beaten repeat
edly, but in Russia, Africa, Italy
and even in Normandy it had al
ways to be admitted they made the
best of bad situation selling
ground dearly through brilliant de-
laying action and always managing
to extricate themselves from i'm
pending catastrophe. Here for the
first time we see Germans utterly
unable to cope with situation. OBJ
viously radled and aware they're
hopelessly outclassed.
This truth is perfectly reflected
in the columns recording figures
showing the large number of prison.
ers captured. 1t must be under
stood that none of the German gar
risons encountered on the trip gave
themselves up because they were
faced by superior numbers. The col
umn never acted as an entity march
ing up to town In full strength.
As a matter of fact most of the
capturing of garrisons was done by
q reconnaissance squadron, COM
manded by 1t. Col. Charles j. Hodge,
Maplewood, N. j., operating in front
of the rest of the flying column.
100 Germans Surrender.
Capt. Omer Brown, Dunellen,
N. j., had a typical experience. As
commander of the reconnaissance
squadron's artillery troop he drove
into a town with only the driver of
his jeep for company and accepted
the surrender of hundred sur
prised Germans who hadn't known
an American was around.
A thousand Germans garrisoning
the town of Gap were equally sur
prised when one reconnaissance
troop pulled upon the outskirts of
the town. Capt. Thomas Pidding-
ton, Plainield, N. j., walked into
their barracks to negotiate the sur
render and Capt. Brown came along,
too. because he spoke some German.
The surrender of this garrison was
somewhat delayed by the fact that
just as the terms were almost ar
ranged the Maquis, holding the
hills around the town, opened fire,
soaring the Germans into continu-
ing sporadic resistance in a few
buildings for an hour or so. In the
end, however, all surrendered except
few who were killed.
Bluff Plays Part.
The Gap operation shows the part
which bluff and surprise played in
the flying columns success. The
town was held that night by less
than 400 Americans, plus perhaps
an equal number of Maquis irreg-
ulars. The Americans had q thou
sand prisoners on their hands and
not the least of their troubles was
how to protect the prisoners from
the Maquis. With things in this
state, word came that a force
estimated at 1,500 was advancing
on the town from the north.
Reconnaissance vehicles were de-
ployed at strategic points by Col.
Bayard, guarding the approach to
the town, and q few additional
tanks and tank destroyers were
called up from the rear. The lib
orators awaited the arrival Of the
superior German force understand
ably with some trepidation. But
the Germans apparently thought
they were coming only to reinforce
the late lamented German garrison,
for when the defenders opened IRE
they Withdrew in haste and con.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-12

ington, which wired that "the
name of your nephew, Robert Au-
try, has been mentioned in an enc
my broadcast as a prisoner in
German hands. The purpose of
such broadcasts is to gain listen
ers for the enemy propaganda
which they contain, but the Army
is checking the accuracy of this
information and will advise you as
soon as possible"
Autry, technician fifth grade,
Field Artillery, was taken pris-
oner of war on March 4, 1943,
while participating in the North
African campaign. The 23-year-old
soldier went overseas in August,
1912. He has been in the service
four years, living here 10 years
prior to that time and attending
New Hanover High school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-12
y DIVORCE CASES
To Be HEARD HERE

Tventy-seven divorce cases are
.,.+ed for the attention of Judge
" C.. Harriss, who will preside
.,or the civil term of Superior
,o,,r+ which opens here Monday
morning.
heard on the opening day.
scheduled for hearing are the
..soe Of Lucia Kirby Britain VS..
william Gordon Britain; Flora
uands VS.. Grover Hands; Preston
Washington VS.. Daisy Washing
.on. Lavonne E. Futch VS.. Harry
r. Futch; Alice Mccoy VS.. John
W. Mccoy; Retha Strickland STAN
low low vs. John M. Stanley; Lillian
" " Pittrnan VS.. William M. Pitt
man: Mary Logan Bracey VS..
Richard Bracey; Thomas R. Tu-
ten vs.. Carrie Tuten;
Martha Frances Lewis VS.. Ed
win Creed Lewis; Willie A. Ad-
olson VS.. Susie R. Addison; Flor
erce Sharpless Smith VS.. Ernest
lee Smith; Dominick Ventura VS..
katherine Marie Ventura; Ottal-
lee Page Roberts VS.. Robert P.
Roberts: Eddie Lee Foster VS.. Mil
dred K. Foster; James Henry
Johnson VS.. Nancy S. Johnson;
Willie V. Davis VS.. Annie M.
Davis: Booker T. Jones VS.. Bea-
trice Jones; Eliza B. Redd VS..
Gruly Redd; Georgia Hands VS..
lanes Hands; William Mclean VS..
Eloise Mclean; Irene B. Stanley
VS.. Lawrence Paul Stanley, ST.;
Louise Moready VS.. Alva c. Mo-
ready; Ben H. Gray VS.. Betty W.
Gray; Retha B. Phillips VS.. Oscar
A. Phillips; Laura Estelle Curry
VS.. Raymond Curry; Ann D. De-
Forest vs.. Stanley C. DeForrest.
Other cases scheduled: E. Den
mis- Blake ct al, VS.. Atlantic Coast
Line railroad; Mary E. Bell VS..
B D. Walker; Housing Authority
Of City of Wilmington VS.. James
Moore; George B. Davis and wife
VS.. V. P. Lofts g. company; Will
mington Oil and Fertilizer COM
pany VS.. Hoover Sellers; Kathleen
Thompson by next friend VS.. Rob-
ert Lee Batson; John P. Ward VS..
Tide Water Power company; R.
". Fountain VS.. Margaret Foun.
tan. John R. Flora VS.. Edward
c. Flora and wife; Edwin Clark
vs.. la Beatrice Clark; C. L. Free.
man VS.. Queen City Coach COM
pany; Ralph j. Mcconnell VS.. At
lantic Greyhound corporation; A.
G. Lawing VS.. R. H. Stanley; Kar-
al T. Brockington ct al, VS.. Jane
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-12
Col. Carlson Predicts
Lengthy Pacific War

NEW YORK, March 11.-R-
Lieut. Col. Evans Carlson, COM
mander of the Marine unit which
became known as "Carlson's Raid
ers'' after a 1912 attack on Maxim
island. predicted today the war in
the Pacific will continue for mini
mum of two years or more.
we've just punctured the outer
bulwark," he told press confer
ence. you've got the cream of
the Japanese army in Manchuria
and China"