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Evening star., 1944-08-15
Doorman Seeks 10 Void
Summons in Duke Divorce
BY the Associated Press.

By Ihe ASSOCIATED Ffesa.
NEW YORK, Aug. l5.-Supreme
Court Justice Thomas A. Aurelio
today will hear arguments on . mo-
ton Of Frank Caldwell, Fifth ave
nue. doorman, to vacate = subpoena
obtained by counsel for Doris Duke
Cromwell to take q deposition in
connection with her Nevada di-
vorce action.
Mr.. Cadwells attorney yesterday
cited the decision of the Chancery
Court Of New Jersey last June that
the divorce from James H. r. Crom-
we'll, former Minister to Canada,
was void because of residential
defect.
At Reno, Mrs. Cromwelrs attorney
said that 4 hearing to amend her
divorce proceedings In An effort to
establish their legality may be de-
layed until August ~ to await l07
depositions from New York, Hawaii
New Jersey and Nevada witnesses
Among these are Mr.. Cromwell, Mrs
e. T. Stotesbury, former Gov. Charlie.
Edison of New Jersey and Duke
kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer.
The tobacco heiress declared hel
husband did not bring his New
jersey proceedings for the bona fide
purpose of obtaining 4 divorce, but
in order to obtain money from the
plaintiff"
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Gurney Hits Roosevelt
Stdtement on Guam
kv the Associated Press.


The record of Congress on the
matter of fortifying Guam before
the war is clear and President
Roosevelt never recommended that
the Pacific island be fortified. Sen
ator Gurney. Republican. of South
Dakota, declared yesterday In a
statement which expressed amaze
ment over the Presidents recent
statement that we weren't allowed
to fortify Guam"
Il think the Presidents state
ment was a plain inference that
Congress opposed him in such a pro-
gram, and the record does not bear
him out" Senator Gurney said in a
sta tement.
Certainly if there is any fault to
be found, or responsibility placed as
to why Pacific island outposts were
not fortiled-and 1 am thinking
especially OF Guam-then that re-
sponsibility lies definitely with the
administrati ton and is at complete
variance with the Presidents state
ment. ;"
Senator Gurney said that at
Senate committee hearings in 1899
Admiral william D. Leahy. the Pres
ident's chief and staff and then
chief of naval opera tions, was asked
what it would cost to fortify Guam
His reply was that it would take
around s20Oo00,OOO. and further
more. that such a proposition was
not in the mind of the Navy De-
partment at that time-that only
harbor Improvements were contem-
plated which were to cost around
100000" Senator Gurney said.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
1t. Kennedy Killed as Plane
Exploded on Flight in Europe
Ex-Ambossodor's Son
Had Been Flying on
Submarine PutroIs

1t. Joseph p. Kennedy. jr., U. s.
N. r., 29-year-old son of the former
Ambassador to Great Britain. was
killed In action August II, with a
companion. 1t. Willford j. Willy.
Fort Worth, Tex, when their plane
exploded in an operational flight in
the European theater, the family
was advised at their summer home
on Cape Cod yesterday.
The Navy Department reported
the two flyers were missing, but a
telegram to the father announced
1t. Kennedy's death, the Associated
Press reported from Boston.
A dispatch from London said 1t.
Kennedy had been flying on anti
submarine patrols in the Bay of
Biscay for. six months, and that
word OF his death came Just when
the U-boat menace was at end.
1t. Kennedy, one of nine chill
dren, was graduated cum laude
from Harvard in 1898 and served
as private secretary in American
Embassies in London and Paris in
1852. He had returned to Her-
ward to attend law school when he
was appointed 4 naval cadet In
October. 194l.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Police and Firemen Save
Baby by Respiration

A grateful mother wrote The Star
today requesting that the Police and
Fire Departments be thanked pub
liclv for saving the life of her year
old baby by artificial respiration.
Mrs. S. L. Lewis, wife OF a Navy
lieutenant, who lives at ASIA Liv-
ingston road Sc. said the child
Mary Lee Lewis, suffered paralytic
stroke August II and for a time
stopped breathing. Police were the
first to respond to the call for help
and with the child's father admin
lstered artificial respiration.
Additional calls brought rescue
squad No. l and help was admin
iStered with a pulmotor. The child
responded to the artificial breathing
machine and was taken to Children's
Hospital, where her condition was
still said to be serious.
Mrs. Lewis said physicians attend
Ing the child told fner that without
the help of the police and firemen
the child would have died. Mrs.
Lewis said the exact nature of the
illness has not been determined. but
that infantile paralysis has been
ruled out by hospital officials.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Showboat Liquor Appeal
Denied by District Court

Justice Matthew r. MCGUIRE of
District Court yesterday denied q
temporary injunction sought to re-
strain the District Commissioners
from enforcing an Alcoholic Bever-
age Control Board order revoking A
license to sell alcoholic drinks at
the Showboat, 1900 block of H street
NV. Justice MCGUIRE also dissolved
restraining order issued July %
by Justice James w. Morris.
The suit for temporary Injunction
had been brought by Harry Lambros
and George Sachlis. whose license to
sell at the H street establishment
had been ordered revoked. effective
midnight July 70. The suit asked
the court to enjoin the Commits
sioners until the facts in the case
have been found and heard by the
full Board of Commissioners.
The ABC revocation order had
been issued on grounds that drinks
allegedly had been sold to two
minors at the Showboat.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Senators Act 10 Ease
Book Ban for Soldiers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Elections Committee
today unanimously approved amend
ments to the soldier vote law modi-
flying restrictions against distribu-
ton of political propaganda to
troops.
Chairman Green said the proposed
revision would insure members OF
the armed forces access to any news
paper. magazine, book or motion
picture OF general circulation in the
United States-within the limits oi
available transportation.
Senator Green said she proposed
revision also would allow the broad.
casting OF political speeches to over.
seas troops. and require that candi-
dates and parties be allowed equal
time.
Senator Green added that he
would seek immediate consideration
OF the amendments by the Senate
They had been agreed on at q con.
ference of Senator Green, Senator
Taft, Republican. of Ohio, sponsor ol
the original antipropaganda section
Of the Soldier Vote Act. and Army
and Navy representatives.
Earlier, Senator Ferguson. Repub.
lican, OF Michigan said he believee
the restriction Congress imposed or
sending political propaganda u
troops had been deliberately inter.
preted by the Army and Navy in 8
way to make it look ridiculous to the
public"
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Southern France May Be Taken
Without Too Heavy Allied Cost
Ry the Associated Press

bF me Associated Press.
There are reasons to hope that
Southern France can be wrested
from the Germans without too costly
campaign
German troops in the area. where
Partisan resistance has famed
strong and fierce. already were
threatened with virtual isola ton by
the Allied drives from Normandy
and Brittany to the heart of France
and it was considered unlikely that
Hitler would have left any strong
forces to be cut of so far from the
Reich.
Bearing out this supposition were
reports from the French-Spanish
frontier soon after the Americans
broke out of Normandy that the
Nazis were pulling out of South
western France.
Even before the Normandy inya.
sion, it was generally believed that
Southern France was not so heavily
garrisoned as the northern sections,
which are much closer to Berlin
After the Normandy landings Hitler
pulled several divisions from the
south in the futile effort to halt the
Allied drives.
German Weakness Cited.
As an indication of German
weakness in the southwestern area,
for instance, several hundred Ma
quis raided Bayonne, once one of
the strongest garrisons in the region,
and dynamited bridge.
Last part of France to come under
Nazi occupation, southern provinces
have been Partisan hotbeds, and
they were counted on to aid. from
the interior, the landings in the
south.
Principal cities on the French
Mediterranean coast are Nice,
Cannes, Toulon, Marseille, Avignon.
Mines, Montpelier. Cette, Bez.ers,
Narbonne and Perpignan.
Until November, 1912, the south
ern coast of France was the softest
part Of the "underbelly" of Europe,
but when the Allies landed in Az
rica Hitler moved In and presum-
ably fortified the coast, although
certainly not TO the extent Of North
ern France, where fortihca tions
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Army to Probe Sales
Of Free Cigarettes
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The Army Service Forces have
promised to investigate reports that
servicemen were charged for ciga-
rettes that were donated for free
distribution, Senator Wiley, Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin announced yes
terday.
He said he asked the inquiry after
being informed that troops at an
unspecified Army base had been
compelled to buy cigarettes "from
ship captains at the price OF $3.50
per carton, which cigarettes were
stamped Donated by General Mo-
tors Corp"
Senator Wiley said service forces
ofncisk had told him the incident
may have resulted from an error in
handling OF particular cigarette
shipments. but that he was assured
II any srafters we're doing this kind
Of business they would be severely
punished.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
French MESSAGE
Text of Gen. Wilson, s
Statement to PEOPLE

The message OF Gen. Sir Henry
Maitland Wilson. supreme Allied
commander in the Mediterran-
ean theater, to the French peo-
pie tollo,Os::
The armies of the United Nations
have landed in the south Of France
Their objective is to drive out the
Germans and join up with the AL
lied armies advancing from Nor
mandy.
French troops are participating In
their operations side by side with
their comrades in arms, by sea, land
and air. The army OF France Is in
being again, fighting on its own soil
for the liberation Of its country with
all its traditions of victory behind
it. Remember 1918!
All Frenchmen-civilians as well
as military-have their part to play
in the campaign In the south. Your
duty will be made clear to you.
Listen to the Allied radio, read no
tees and leaflets, pass on, all In
structions from one man and woman
to another.
Let US end the struggle as quickly
as possible so that all France may
resume again her free life under
conditions Of peace and security
Victory Is certain. Long live the
spirit OF France and all that 1t
stands for.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Fof Washington Offered
For Federal Bureau $ Use

Historic Fort Washington. Nd.
which has guarded the river ap-
proach to the Capital for 1873 years.
has outlived its usefulness as a mill
tary post.
With its Adjutant Generals
School closing today to reopen again
at San Antonio. Tex, the old post
20 miles below the Capital is being
onered by the War Department to
any Government department that
can utilize it.
The fort was manned bv various
infantry units until 1899 when the
18th Infantry Regiment moved out
and the land was decided to the
Interior Department. Again. in 1912,
1t was taken over by the War De-
partment, this time for use as an
adjutant generals school.
Fort Washington forms the Mary
land link of the Capital-encircling
Fort drive, connecting more than a
score of old Civil War fortificat tions.
The buildings and the old fort.
hallowed by a long and eventful
history. still stand in a remarkable
state of preservation.
After the war, it is expected to
be made into a historic park by the
Interior Department. as was intend
ed in 1899.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Photo Finishers Needed
By Army in England

Experienced commercial photo
finishers are need at once to serve
In England, according to the Army
Service Forces.
There are many thousands OF
rolls Of Aim waiting to be developed
in England. They belong to service
men who have taken pictures
throughout the European theater
the Army Service Forces announced
Experienced finishers will be
signed on . one-year contract basis
with pay in excess of $3.50 q month
In addition to the regular salary
those employed will receive pay for
subsistence. quarters allowance
travel pay and return transportation
from Europe. Those signed will be
sent overseas rs soon rs possible
the announcement said.
The work will be done in nom
combatant areas, officials said.
Applicants should report to 1904
Connecticut avenue NV, before
August 10. The ONCE will remain
open between . am. and 7p.m., the
ASF declared.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Barbara Hutton Reported
tstranqed From Grant
BY the Associated Prose-

q! lhe Assoc .ated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. l5.-A mari
tai rift has occurred in the home of
Cary Grant and his heiress wife.
Barbara Hutton Grant, and rs q re =
suit the actor left home for two
days, Perry Lieber. \ spokesman for
the R-K-O film studio. said today.
Mr.. Lieber first announced that
the couple had separated but later
added that he understood thai. Mr.
Grant returned home last night.
The trouble still has not been
patched up Mr.. Lieber asserted
so far as L.knoW they are In the
same house. but the house is SO
big they could both be there and
still be separated"
No comment was availa BILE i'm
mediately from either Mr.. Grant
or his wife.
They were married July Q. ls42
at Lake Arrowhead in the San Ber-
nardino Mountains Mrs. Grant was
wed previously to Alexis MDivani
Georgian prince and Court Haue-
witz = Reventlow, former Danish
uobleman
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Martin Halls Move
By COP Member 10
|Reorganize House
Ry the AssociAted Press.

Ry the AssoeiAted Press.
Minority Leader Martin appeared
today to have headed OF a one-man
plan within his party to reoreanize
the House. .....
Mr.. Martin, after conference
with the author OF the plan, Rep
resentative Rowe OF Ohio, said he
told his colleague that he and the
other key figures among House Re-
publicans are against 1t and that
any such move would fail.
Mr.. Rowe. who had announced
plans to introduce q reorganiza-
tion resolution as a protest against
what he termed delaying tactics
by the Democrats, later said he
would not 60 against the wishes OF
his associates despite his belief that
Mr.. Martin could be elected Speaker
In place of Representative Rayburn
Of Texas.
The present House lineup is ZIG
Democrats, 2l2 Republicans, 4 mi
nority party members and vacan-
cies.
The Ohioan had said he was not
too confident that his resolution
would be adopted, but explained:
1T at least will call attention OF
the membership to one important
fact. The members OF the House
are supposed to represent their dis
tricts and the Nation. There ha,
been situation here where the SO.
called majority party does not hold
a majority, having only 2ls votes
THE House has 435 members) That
majority -. That is not trut
representative government"
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Funeral for Mrs. Colbert
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Mae Colbert, 81, wife of Capt. Will
liam C. Colbert, U. s. N. and former
resident of Washington, will be
held at pm. tomorrow In the Fort
Myer Chapel with burial in Airing
ton Cemetery. Mrs. Colbert died
July 81 in Oakland, Calf.
Mrs. Colbert was born and edu-
Gated in Philadelphia. She and
Capt. Colbert were married in April,
1911. and had lived in Washington
several times while he was stationed
here. Capt. Colbert's last tour Of
duty In this city was in 1928, when
he was stationed In the Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts.
Capt Colbert, who was on duty in
the Central Pacific at the time OF
his wife's death. was granted emer-
sency leave to return to this country.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Colbert
leaves two daughters, Mrs H. M.
Heming. wife Of Comdr Heming,
Annapolis, Nd. and Miss Elizabeth
NJ. Colbert, Oakland.
Evening star., 1944-08-15

third time, we saw the woman and
her kids come from under the wood
pile. We knew then the word had
flashed around. We heard after
ward one of those kids under the
woodpile had known from the first
that we were friends but his Nom
was playing safety first. The fearful
child said. ITS the Americans, Nom
really it Is. They're bringing us
chocolate"
The crowds in the streets clspped
their hands-we saw them, we
couldn't hear-they raised their
hands overhead like the v sign
They blew kisses. Those Quimper-
lians did everything but throw
flowers at US. They went frantic
with joy, mad like the ma jor. Its
swell to 60 mad for . minute. We
alighted safely. The enthusiastic
French brought US cider, eggs, big
baskets of pears. anything they could
find in q hurry We gave them
thank-we carried no candy.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Recipient Of 100000
Legacy 10 Seek New Job
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. l5.-Frank +.
Sturtevant, who appeared stunned
when he learned that his employer
for 23 years had left him 500 900.
isn't going to retire. He's going to
look for a new job.
Mr.. Sturtevant, who is At, Quit his
job as a bell captain at the Uni
versity Club in 1921 to become
chauffeur for william Clifford
Smith, retired wholesale dealer in
hides. He remained as chauffeur
and secretary until Mr.. Smiths
death Sunday at "A.
Mr.. Smiths will. filed for probate
yesterday. described Mr.. Sturtevant
as "one of my best friends and a
trusted employe" Four other en-
ployes were named in the will.
which disposes Of an estate esti-
mated at $250.00O. and received
amounts ranging from $1,000 to
$4,000.
Evening star., 1944-08-15

proved much less formidable than
pictured by German propaganda.
100 Miles From Berlin
1t is more than TOO airline miles
from the Mediterranean coast of
France to Berlin and if the Allies
are forced to fight all along the way,
the route would be difficult.
Almost the only natural avenue
for an invasion from the south is
the narrow, easily defended Rhone
valley between the rugged Cevennes
Mountains on the west and the LOFTY
Alps on the east. The route leads
about $50 miles to the nt-th before
turning eastward toward Berlin,
Such a route would have to contend
with the one-time French Maeinot
Line which may have been con-
verted by now into a German de-
tense wall.
Another river valley leads to the
Bav OF Biscay This is the Valley
OF the Garonne which rises in A
valley about so miles from the
Mediterranean and empties into the
Atlantic near Bordeaux.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Efforts 10 End Coal Strike
Pledged by Union Leaders

By the Associated Press
Leaders of the United Mine Work.
ers pledged yesterday to try to end
six-week-old unauthorized strike
OF more than 1000 Pennsylvania an
thracite miners, with the prospect
that If they fail the Government
Will seize the strike-affected COL
leries within q week.
DR.. c. J. Potter. deputy chief ad-
ministrator OF the Solid Fuels Ad-
ministration, said the strike in the
Shenandoah and Mahanoy City PA. }
areas already has cost the Nation
well over 400, 900 tons Of hard co6l.
The miners are employees of the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal L.
Iron Co.
The men walked out in protest
over the way wages for Sat-
urday work are paid under the new
contract between the union and the
anthracite operators.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Macarthur Announce,
HaImahera Defenses
Almost NeutraIized
" the Associa ted Press.


GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Aug. 15.-Al-
lied bombers, striking swiftly and
with devastating accuracy, have
practically neutralized" Halma-
hera, the last major island block
to the Philippines.
They accomplished the task In
the record time Of slightly more
than two weeks, and with the record
economy Of only three major at
tacks upon airdromes, Halmahera,
200 miles west of New Guinea. is
about 800 miles south of Mindanao.
Our air attacks upon Halmahera
were continued, causing great fires
and explosions, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur announced today. (Air
raids on enemy targets from Timor
to Bougainville also were an
nounced.)
Troops Immebilized.
"The enemy's alrflelds at Halma-
hera and at contiguous intermediate
bases are practically neutralized, his
maritime forces largely interdicted
and his ground troops immobilized
in their present positions.
The flexibility of this great base
Is now gone"
A bomb-inflicted creeping paral-
ysis, induced with the conquest of
Saipan, Tinian and Guam In the
southern Marianas, thus has struck
all along Japan's island defense line
Gen. Macarthur announced lust q
week ago that Yap, once I'M porta nj
enemy naval and air base in the
western Carolines, appears to have
been neutralized." Yap Is about
500 miles southwest OF Guam. COZ
miles northeast of Halmahera.
In the first ma Jor raid on Halma- :
hera, on July n. IS enemy planes
were destroyed. A week later Il
more were knocked out, and las,
Sunday the destruction or damaRine
OF Al additional planes was an.
nounced.
More Punches 10 Come.
In additional strikes against ship.
ping in the Halmahera area during
August, IA japanese freighters, Il
coastal vessels. % bsrges and .
number OF small craft have been
sunk Or seriously damaged.
Gen. MacArthur's announcement
today added this warning of deeper
punches to come:
Should the enemy fail to retrieve
his weakness on Halmahera, the
main line OF defense for his con.
quered empire in the Southwest
Pacific, extending through the Hal
maheras and the Philippines, i.
threatened" Earlier the general
had said, should this line 20. all
OF his conquests south of China will
be imperiled and in grave danger
OF flank development"