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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
The W ashington Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON ct. Col Robert s. Allen now on active service with the Army.)

WASHINGTON = Only insiders know it, but after the President held his press conference denying he had sent letter to Wendell Willkie, Judge Sam Rosenman and Steve Early rushed up to his desk and demonstrated that he had made a bad mistake. They were afraid FDR had rebuffed the man who had gone down the line for him 100 percent on taxes, foreign policy and the war.
 They caught me little unpre- pared on that one." the President admitted ruefully. However, I tried to tell them it was personal ques- tion. I didn't want to embarrass Willkie by letting people think he and I had a political deal"
 Later, the President repeated to some of his Cabinet that he hadn't expected the question at his news conference. Explaining that he wanted to talk to Willkie about postwar peace plans and foreign policy, not politics, he indicated that he would go ahead with his plans for the talk regardless of what had happened.
 The President was quite irked that news about his letter to the former Presidential candidate had leaked out. Only a few people knew the letter existed. The car- bon copy was not filed with his regular correspondence, and the first draft of the letter had been written in his own handwriting for Grace Fully, his secretary, to copy. Only two people inside the White House were supposed to know about it.
 Despite this, Willkie began to get queries about the letter two weeks after he received it. The news men making the inquiries cited White House sources, said they had the stip from Presidential secretaries
 Dn1o Ec1s~N
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
COMMANDER OF
 GERMAN SEVENTH
 ARMY, WOUNDED

LONDON, Aug. 24. = Col. Gen. Paul Hausser, Commander of the German Seventh Army has been wounded in Normandy, the Berlin radio said.
 Hausser, under the overall com- mand of Field Marshal von Kluge, led the army that was battered heavily in the Falaise pocket and which is now falling back upon the lower Seine, menaced by new en- velopment.
 Berlin said that Hausser. was wounded while fighting in the Dives River area which flows east of Falaise and southeast of Caen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
Peace Plans
 Distussedby
 Hull, DuI|e,
State Secretary, Dewey !! Representative, Confer
 Two, One half Hours

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. - John Foster Dulles, Foreign Affairs ad- wiser of Republican Presidential nominee Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, talked peace plans for two and one half hours yesterday with Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull.
 Dulles later told the newsmen that very considerable progress was made in exploring the possibilities for bipartisan cooperation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
FUNERAL SERVICES TO
 BE HELD FRIDAY MORN
 FOR MRS. MAE MORGAN

Funeral services for Mrs. Mae Sharp Morgan will be held tomor- row morning at o'clock in the Catholic Church of the Nativity with the Rev. w. G. La Vasseur officiating. Interment will be in the Elks' plot of the Evergreen Cemetery.
 Pail bearers will be James Mc- Naughton, Earl Hunter, Major Loy- gren. Dave Ramsey, Kenyon Mac Lean, and James Orme.
 Prayers will be said at 7:3O o'clock this evening in the Chapel of the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
paramushiro Is pou n ded
 By Bombers
Cargo Vessel Sunk, Stor- age Areas Blasted
 by Tanks

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-Amer- ican bombers, pounding again at Paramushiro, in the Kuriles, sank one small cargo vessel offshore there and scored a number of direct hits on storage areas at the enemy's most powerful North Pacific base.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz re- ported the attack was carried out Sunday.
 One of seven Jap fighters was downed. Antiaircraft fire was meag- CT. All American planes returned to their base.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
TRIMMER AND FAMILY
 NOW JUNEAU BOUND

In a postcard received from D. B. Femmer. postmarked Los Angeles. he announces he is having fine time but he and his family will be back in Juneau in September.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
ELEVEN PASSENGERS ARRIVE

Arriving here yesterday, via an incoming Alaska Airliner. were J. P. Wintz, Mrs. M. w. Odom, w. D. Roberts, Mrs. Carl Durand, Charles Durand, George Combest, Gertrude Burman, L. H. Hancock, Missy Cor dette, Agnes Milton, and David Abraham.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
MANDERS TO SPEAK
 ON RADIO TONIGHT

John E. Manders, Republican can- didate for Delegate to Congress. will go on the air over KINY at 8:3O o'clock this evening in a discussion of the question of the aboriginal rights" of natives as they affect the future of Alaska.
 He returned today from flying trip to Sitka and plans to leave for the Westward tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
LATE WAR BULLETINS

NEW YORK-The French radio says the LeBourget Airfield outside of Paris has been liberated.
 LONDON-First American tanks entered Paris through the Alesla gate this afternoon, Vichy dor- eign0 broadcast states.
 LONDON = The Russians have captured Chisinau, Rumania, and Soviet forces are said to be within 120 miles of the PloeSti oil fields.
 MADRID-A radio broadcast says the Germans have set fire to one wing of building in Versailles where the 1918 treaty was signed.
 ROME-A strong force of heavy bombers, probably numbering 750, have attacked the Czechoslovakia oil refineries at Kolin, 40 miles east of Prague, and Paradubice, 90 miles east of Prague.
 WITH THE CANADIAN FIRST ARMY IN FRANCE-The Canadian First Army forces have broken through the German rearguards all along the Toques River.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
RUMANIA
 ATTACKS HUNGARY
March on Pennsylvania Be- gun Last Night Claims
 Bucharest Report

LONDON, Aug 24 = Dispatches from Bucharest report Rumanian troops are marching against Hun gary in a swift succession of Ru- mania's sudden change of sides in the war in an about face that di- rectly threatens Germany through out the Balkans.
 Germany, stunned, called the new Rumanian Government a Com munist Regime" and in reporting rioting in the rich oil and wheat kingdom, appealed to the Ruman- < ian troops to mot take orders from traitor King but remain faithful to the German Ally who sheds her blood in defense of Rumania."
 At 7:l5 o'clock this morning, how ever, the Bucharest dispatch, relayed by Swiss radio, said Rumanian troops started the march on Pennsylvania last night"
 Transylvania is the mountainous Province, half of which Hitler took from Rumania and handed Hun gary in the Vienna treaty in l940. Riimania and Hungary have been at swords points ever since and clashes rave been frequent along the boundary.
 Dictator Flees
 Deposed Rumanian Dictator Mar shal Antonescu is reported to have fled to German sanctuary.
 There are rumors that Hungary, now threatened by Rumania and the Russians, will suddenly change tac- tics. Already, according to advices received late this afternoon, Hun gary has abolished all political par ties, apparently in fear of intrigue that might take her from the war.
 Rumanian King Mihais in pro- clamation has summoned all Ru- manians to the armed sides of the Allies and new Premier Konstantin has pledged a democratic regime"
 Anti-Nazi Peasant leader Juliu Manui, is Minister without port folio in the new Rumanian Gov ernment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
EVELYN OHLSON BACK

Evelyn Ohlson, Commercial Lan- guage teacher in the Juneau High School, has returned to Juneau from the South and is staying at the Cas- tineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
sHUsTER AND STONE HERE

c. w. Shuster and J. R. Stone, of the Seward Air Service, are in town and guests at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
IN FROM GUSTAvUS

Walter Norwalk has come to Ju- neau from Gustavus and is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24
CALIFORNIAN HERE

J. P. Wintz. of Los Angeles, is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-24

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Evening star., 1944-04-19
Court Rules CEILINGS
Do Not Apply 10 Sale
|0f Cab With License

A taxicab and a license for its use
as such have no ceiling price, Justice
Daniel w. O'Donoghue ruled in ef-
feet today in District Court in dis
missing an once of Price Admins
tration action against a dealer
charged with selling 1912 cabs and
licenses for as high as $500.
The $500 price for a cab was
81 900 higher than the price ceiling,
making the license to operate it,
which is unobtainable from the Dis
trict government at present, worth
more than the cab itself.
Justice ODonohue ruled that such
a sale did not come under the Emer-
gency Price Control Act. The ac-
tion was against Herman I. Smith
trading as Victory Cabs. in the 300
block of Georgia avenue NV.
OPA had asked for a permanent
injunction restraining Mr.. Smith
from selling cabs above ceiling
prices and treble damages for such
sales to date. Defense Attorney
William r. Lichtenburg estimated
that the treble damages would have
come to $50, 900.
The taxicabs were sold to colored
drivers on the installment plan.
Justice ODonoghue also dissolved
a temporary injunction against Mr.
Smith handed down by Justice T.
Alan Goldsborough in District
Court sometime ago.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
100 Monkeys Let Out Of Cages
MAKE Monkey Out Of Owner

| A couple OF others had discovered
a wild boar in crate and were
tickling its nose with their tails
while the boar grunted, groaned and
kicked.
Several others had become trapped
in the pipes of a pair of pot-bellied
stoves used to heat the building in
winter.
AS Mr.. Buck and his helpers re-
entered an old monkey with a philo-
sophical look stood just inside the
door, juggling two eggs meditatively.
Mr.. Buck covered his eyes and
charged.
The old-timer held his fire, but
another barrage came from the
apple barrel, now manned by three
of the Simians. They fired till the
last apple, then took to the rafters.
Armed with poles and nets, Mr..
Bucks helpers began the roundup.
They found the last monkey in one
of the stoves where he had fallen
asleep.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
LOST RATION COUPONS.

"a" GAS RATION BOOK. issued 70 Charles
N. andre, 1868 r st. sc. AT. 0933.
BOOKS made out to Clarence H, Helen z;
James A. and Betty-Claire Taylor, sl3
Carroll ave. Takoma Park Nd. Phone
"tf"0 &C" GAS ASH RATION BOOK, issued to Howard
?. Craddock. Seabrook, Nd. Call Bowie
Gas RATION BOOKS a" and B. issued
CAS- RA21oS sars SOCK c Dfm ssaed to
Butler Co, sa1e Georsia ave. Silver
az s?l;";i E.Hios Hs = sosk issued to
GAS Gas HtSs'H kHTIoS HCoTPoNss ~ ISSUED to
Mrs. Mrs & 60 N; zaaI. Parker 42ls Chesapeake st
Gas RxfIoS BOOK "a" issued to Vernon
r. Nichols, 100 sunnyside rd, Silver
RATION BOOKS No. 8, issued to Anne
Adam and Richard Fremsntle. 3316 Reser-
yar,US yo,1 I'd n;S .Sox xc0o 1907 ;. ,.,us,u.
Ssrr; lS38 Sth st. NV. DE. s065. q.
and Roebuck ne. Mont Z. Chandler, $3.50
St. Bernabas I'd. sc.
RATIoN BOOKS Nos. 3 and 4, for JAIME.
Ridslsy; Box 30; Landover. Nd. Call Cap.
itol Heights S04-J-2.
WAR RATION BOOKS NOS. !, 3, 4, issued
TO David 10th and Mrs. David 10th Of 5000
18th st. NV and 1880 18th MI. s565
WAR RATION BOOK NO. 4, issued to Mar,
A. Johnson, S60s Hillandale rd,. CheyS
Chase. Nd. WI. 1922.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
FOUND.

IDENTIFICATION BRACELET, engraved
Anthony None Purcell Owner telenhone
North $500. Apt sos
4 PUHSF. vomans, found near Conn. sys.
pAno Sedgwick st. Gail WO. 464a.
Evening star., 1944-04-19

tinuation Of subsidies on key items
in the cost Of living.
War Food Administrator Marvin
Jones simultaneously told the House
Banking Committee, holding hear
ings on the same subject, that the
stabiliZation Zine has been held
and that the Price Control Act
should be renewed without essential
change.
THE present controls have proved
successful" Mr. Jones testified.
"One of the tests is that of pro-
ouction, sound and practical meas
urement. Our national food pro-
duction last year was 80 per cent
greater than the five-year prewal
average"
Ceilings May Be Extended.
Mr.. Jones said farm wages hav,
increased substantially" and tina
in some areas producers are askin,
about ceilings, adding:
I'VE have put into effect severa
wage ceilings and there may b,
need for extending such measure
this year, in the interest of produc
ton"
Representative Clifford, Republi
can, of Massachusetts, commente,
that he had to pay s13 a day TO
two farm laborers and said SOM
dairy farmers were unable to max
ends meet without boost in prices
Mr.. Jones replied that any increas
would affect other commodities an,
eventually other wage structures.
Evening star., 1944-04-19

Laughlin said he had written th<
defendant. Smythe also said HI
never received a letter from hi
bondsman. His mail evidently hat
been intercepted, he contended.
FBI Always With Him.
"When did you first see the FBI?'
Mr.. Laughlin asked.
Smythe snorted: why, I've never
stopped seeing them. They've always
been with me-"
Smythe said he had q fever o.
102 degrees yesterday, but he was
hot urging this as an excuse fol
failing to appear for trial.
The prisoner identified an FB1
agent seated At the prosecution
table as one Of those who had
trailed him.
Smythe said FBI men and New
York State troopers took him into
custody at the mountain retreat
and held him in hotel room while
they were telepboning Washington
He admitted signing letter read
by Mr.. Laughlin in which the de-
fendant waived a hearing or a re-
moval order.
Smythe said he signed the paper
because he knew he was under in
|dictment in Washington, though he
did not know what the warrant was
all about"
Denies Seeking to Avoid Trial.
Asked II he left New York City
to avoid this trial, Smythe said !:
Absolutely not. Why, I had been
conducting campaign for a Ma
tion-wide day of prayer May 2l,
and was calling on people every day
until the pro- Communists started
smearing me-"
The testimony of Smythe regard
ing his reference to being without
counsel" in his letter to Justice
Eicher was brought up yesterday by
Mr.. Laughhn. At that time, the de-
fenSe attorney explained that
Smythe, at conference here several
months ago, had made a certain
agreement, and, although no part of
the agreed fee had been paid, every
effort had been made to protect
Smythes interests.
Reason for SHINING.
On cross-examination Prosecutor
Burns asked Smythe If the FBI
agents did not tell him at Ausable
Chasm that the warrant was for his
return to Washington for this trial.
Smythe admitted they had, adding:
That's why I signed that state
ment."
And you don't mind being here
for this trial?"
why, this is an honor to me-"
the defendant declared. He said
ne had no objection to the way the
FB1 agents treated him on that
occasion or on the journey to
Washington, but did object Ito the
whole procedure of persecution by
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton"
Smythe is described by the prose
cution as a New York publisher and
writer. He got out a publication
called Our Common Cause and con-
tributed regularly to one known a,
Publicity. according to the Justic.
Department.
Evening star., 1944-04-19

Insure your future security by buy
ing War Bonds and hanging on ia
them.
Evening star., 1944-04-19

JOIN the attack make your
dollars fight buy extra War
BOndst
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Britain Halls Shipping
To Isolate Fire
BY the Associated Press.

Es the AsSoclatec Press.
LONDON, April 10 Britain
adopted new security measures to-
day to isolate neutral Fire as q
potential Axis spy post, suspendine
shipping between Cork and Britain
and curtailing rail traffic between
Northern and Southern Ireland.
Both measures, obviously linked
with Allied preparations for the
forthcoming invasion of Western
Europe, dealt fresh blow to Fires
already hard-hit economy. Sus-
pension of Cork's shipments bottled
up one of Fires main outlets for
livestock and agricultural produce
The British War Ministry de-
clined to divulge the extent of re-
duction in rail service between Fire
and Northern Ireland
The Fire government previously
had ordered a drastic reduction of
train schedules within Southern Ire
land to save fuel Exports of coal
from Britain to Fire we're cut re-
Gently because Of reduction in pro-
duction from mine strikes.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Small Plants Agency
Should Be Retained
After War, Nelson Say,
BY the Associated Press.

Donald M. Nelson, chairman
OF the War Production Board,
proposed today that Congress
continue the Smaller War Plants
Corp. or some similar Govern
ment agency to look out for the
interests of small business after
the war.
Terming 1t highly important"
that small business be safeguarded
in the postwar reconversion period,
the WPB chairman told the Senate
Military Affairs Subcommittee on
Contract Termination:
I'D like to see the Smaller War
Plants Corp. carry on aggressively
after the war. I think small busi-
ness needs some agency that will
keep 1t abreast of new developments
and chronological changes and that
will have some money to loan where
necessary.
II don't think that the Govern
ment should make all the loans to
business after the war, but I do
believe the Smaller War Plants
Corp. should have some money to
loan for reconversion purposes, just
as it has had for war purposes"
Mr. Nelson added that the Nation
needed to keep constantly in front
of us the need for a balanced econ
omy" and that preservation of small
business was essential.
eff reconversion is properly
handled, If contract termination is
clean-cut and expeditions SO that
industry can get working capital
and equipment without delay, I
think there should not be any Sc
rious unemployment problem after
the war;" Mr.. Nelson replied to a
question by Chairman Murray.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
LOST.

ADDRESS BOOK, small, dark. last Thurs;
Sslu.ble 70 me. ,sOI Rswsrd. S.S RX; 4osa. 20:
SO and some Change. also ration tokens,
In front Of New Interior Bldg. Call ME.
COCKER csS ssef sPASIEL, tan, Sunday. vicinity
Russell rd., Alexandria; generous reward
J, Freidin, 42s Argyle dr.. Alex. TIE. $500.
DIAMOND SETTING. lost out Of ring. be
sxssp wsTa salon sss',aa ssa sn0 Fort SsS0f Ne
DIAMOND RING. sentimental value: lost in
fon B. of Ma 0I GE ssS
@ name 3 81 Kerry" s Reward war to- to hndsr. Cal
pREss ps CLIP. shape of bumbleDee, vicinit,
ststier Hotel, Hotel or ,H6S Hosste's Restaurant Re-
II found. contact Mrs. Michael Lockayitch,
US paEk rd Apt ReTsTS
nx T.xsrd sqpdsy Il lsyarnsa APF OK < 7ss tP:ra
FFRsAFERNrFFYH Y FIN, as gold initials; H. E B
on bassi sss6 lost Friday April IA. Phone
GREAT DANE. male. bufr eolored, near An
mandate, Va, Sat. Reward. Garrett Alex
HANDBAG. navy blue allisator calf, vicin.
ity Union Station or in Diamond cab: con.
tanned identifications valuable to owner
i
HOUND DOG, white with brown head and
spot by tail. tas No. 32750: wesley Heights
MAR3unisITE PIN. initials IN. N. M" In
Woodies Ma 3947, Room 2I3.
PIN, pearl circle, between @ st. and Ma
tional Theater, Monday, April Il. Re
ward Phone OR. 3434.
POCKETBOOk, blue, about 3 am. Apri
Is, at Rosslyn station, contains important
papers. Identification Of War Dept. badge
bilfold with small amt. of money. founta II
pen, glasses in case initiated E. M A..
Finder please return to 419 N. Fillmore
Arl., or call Gl. 90S2 Reward.
POINTER DOG. male, white with brown
spots. c. c. Champion, 440o Klnsle st
NV WO. 3134.
PURSE, black alligator. shoulder strap: los
in or near Alexandria, Saturday afternoon
April Is: contains red wallet, about So
2O7; ration books 3 and 4, issued to jaime
Rauen. Reward. TIE. 1855.
SILVER FOX TAIL, lost in taxi between
18th and and Alton pl w, Tues; night
Liberal reward. Robert L. Smith, MA
UMBRELLA, mans, Sat. Sears Roebuci
basement, Arlington. Sentimental value
Reward. CHI $50.
day morning, oct. $3.50. Reward. 90:
WRIST WATCH. womens, gold, with blacl
face. vicinity 31st and M SITS. Cali Mich
lsan 9l51. to 10 Pm.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Butler Visions
Farm Work in
Sunday Clothes

Senator Butler, Republican, Of
Nebraska today pictured farmers
tilling their fields in dress-up clothes
because Of scarcity of overalls and
other working apparel.
His statement was prompted by
testimony Of William Green. presi-
dent OF the American Federation
of Labor, during hearings on price
control extension, that special at
tention should be given to the dis
appearance of low-priced goods
needed by workers. He said the
situation SIS most serious In the
case of work shirts, overalls, chill
dren's clothes. knit underwear and
many outer garments
Committee members disagreed as
Evening star., 1944-04-19

Please keep quiet, Mr.. Smythe. Jus
answer the questions and we will &c
along better"
II hope so," said Smythe. "Thi'
has been q merry-go-round righ
along"
/ Justice Eicher reserved decision or
the question of whether Smyth'
would be readmitted to bond or hele
in Jail, and a midday recess wa.
taken.
From Capitol Hill. meanwhile
came House authorization for House
Clerk South Trimble to appear q.
a witness and to take with him
copies of six letters written in 1913;
and held by the House. The letter.
were part of documentary evidence
gathered 10 years ago by commit
tee on American activities head
ed at that time by Majority Leader
Mccormack.
Authorization to release the let.
ters requested by the Justice De-
partment came with adoption Of g
resolution submitted by Chairman
Summers Of the House Judiciary
Committee. The documents in
cluded several form letters from the
Bund Freunde des Neuen Deutsch-
land and the Friends of New Ger
many.
In denying he was fugitive from
justice, Smythe said he had gone tc
Ausable Chasm, N. Y, to recuperate
from an illness, intending to come
to Washington before Monday.
Smythe, middle-aged, heavy set
man, wearing lumberjack's shirt
was brought into court at the re-
opening Of the trial. along with sew
eral other defendants who are held
in District Jail.
When the clerk called the roll OF
defendants and Smythe's name was
reached he called out: up in Can
ada" He was arrested 40 miles from
the Canadian border.
Prosecutor Burns pointed out that
Smythe had not been arraigned.
Mr.. Laughlin said he had a mo-
tion to present before Smythe was
arraigned. The lawyer said this
was based on the charge that
Smythe had been constantly shad-
owed and his mail interfered with. u
Testifies in Clear Voice.
Justice Eicher allowed Smythe to
testify and he was sworn. He gave
testimony in a clear, loud voice.
TT was my belief" he said, that
this case would not 60 to trial this
week"
Smythe identified letter he wrote
Justice Eicher last week, declaring
he was not represented by counsel
Asked by Mr.. Laughlin why he 50
wrote he replied:
Because I had been unable to
live up to the agreement I made
with you"
Smythe denied he ever received
letter from Mr.. Laughlin warning
him the case was set for Monday
Pressed to say why he thought the
trial was not coming up at this
time, he said:
THE smear columnists in New
YORK and washington said 1t woulc
not. I thought they knew. Ane
the American Newspaper Guild, &
pro- Communist organization, hae
instructed its members to give n,
publicity to this case"
Denies He Signed Bond.
Smythe, asked about interference,
with his mail, exclaimed:
why, that's been going on fol
months"
who did it?"
II presume the FBI. But ",
been Shadowed and prosecuted, no
only by the FBI, but by certain
subversive, pro-Communist organi
cations, which have been workin,
hand in glove with this prosecu
ton"
Smythe denied he ever had ap
peared personally in this court O
had signed bond.
He said he never had received an,
lof the several letters which M,
Evening star., 1944-04-19

to the best remedy. Senators Nc
Clellan Of Arkansas and Bankhead
of Alabama, Democrats. said there
is no shortage Of cotton from which
to produce the material, but Sena-
tor Bankhead suggested price CELL
ings may not be adequate to meet
the cost Of production.