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Evening star., 1944-07-15
Burglar SIu9s COED,
Then Calls Ambulance


PHILADELPHIA, July l5.-A
young burglar shattered . milk
bottle over the head of q l7-year-
old Temple University coed in her
dormitory room today. then sum-
moned her house-mother, friends
and an ambulance and escaped,
leaving her unconscious.
Police said the girl. Mis- Sophie
Davidowitx, Haxleton. Pa. . pre-
medical sophomore, surprised the
youth as he ransacked her room.
She was still unconscious when po-
lice arrived. Hospital physicians
said 10 stitches would be required
to close the cuts.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Tropical Storm Reported
$50 Miles or Florida
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI. Fla, July Is. The
Weather Bureau today reported .
tropical storm $50 miles in the At
lantic due east of Melbourne, Fla.
and advised naval forces to take
precautions in the path of the blow.
The storm warning service said
the disturbance, not of hurricane
intensity. was moving northward
parallel to the coast line, at IL to IA
miles an hour, attended by 40 to 45
mile winds.
Its movement will continue
northward, with further increase in
intensity indicated during this
afternoon and tonight" the bureau
said. 1T will probably curve slowly
to the north-northeast later"
Evening star., 1944-07-15
NewGround ForcesChief
Makes First Inspection

1t. Gen. Ben S. Lear made his first
inspection trip today as command
ing general Of the Army Ground
Forces by flying to Fort Dix, N. J.,
to xisit an infantry division.
The War Department delegation
was headed by Acting Secretary of
War Patterson and Vice Chairman
Charles E. Wilson of the War Pro-
duction Board, who also flew TO Fort
Dix,
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Nozi Chief Reported III
After Defect in Russia

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 15.-A Tass report
from Stockholm today said 1t was
rumored in Berlin that Marshal
Ernest Won Busch was gravely Ill in
Germany following defeat of his
armies in White Russia.
A few days ago it was announced
Marshal Walther Won Model, who
temporarily stemmed the first
large-scale Russian counteroffensive
In 1912. had been placed in COM
mand of the Nazi forces which must
bear the brunt of the Soviet drive
toward East Prussia
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Open Fight Expected
AS South Intensifies
Opposition 10 Wallace
Vice Presidents Droft
Of Endorsement Letter
Is Reported Rejected
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
The Democratic vice presiden-
tial nomination appeared to be
wide open today as Southern op-
position mounted to the renom-
ination of Henry A. Wallace,
although Democratic National
Chairman Robert Hannegan was
reported to be carrying a letter
for the convention expressing
President Roosevelt's preference
for his present teammate.
Meanwhile. as delegates gathered
in Chicago from all over the coun-
try for the convention, which will
open Wednesday, a movement was
growing for an extremely short,
pithy platform with a foreign
policy plank strongly backing inter-
national cooperation.
The White House message was
reported to have been prepared
after Mr.. Wallace himself had
written and the President had re-
jected a suggested draft that was
much more definite in its indorse-
ment of the Vice Presidents ambi-
ton to remain in ofnce.
A drive by Southern Democrats
to consolidate opposition to Mr..
Wallace behind single vice presi-
Dental candidate moved forward
despite President Roosevelt's per-
sonal desire to team up again with
his 1910 running mate.
Want Strong Southerner.
Gessner r. McCorvey, chairman
OF the Alabama State Democratic
Executive Committee, who sought
the support of party chairmen in
IA States below the Mason and
Dixon Line, reported from Mobile
that "a number" of this group
agreed 100 per cent" with his pro-
posal that they unite behind "a
strong Southerner."
Indorsing the idea of consolida-
ton, Virginia's national committee
man E. r. Combs thought lit would
be fine" If Southern States would
get together on a candidate, but not
necessarily Southern man."
Virginia's Gov. Darden. a delegate
at large to the Democratic conven-
ton, said he was ready and open
for suggestions" and Mrs. John
Garland Pollard, national commit
teewoman. said she was sure the
Virginia delegation would welcome
a discussion Of the proposal.
TT won't be Wallace" said Rep
resentative D'Alesandro. jr., of
Maryland, but other delegates in
hotel lobby interviews declared Mr..
Wallace is still very much in the
picture.
Feur Senators Proposed.
With many delegates contending
that Mr.. Wallace cannot win on his
own steam. the list Of those who
nastened to make themselves avail
(See POLTTICS, Page A-79
Evening star., 1944-07-15
$500, 900 Fire in Conodo

ALFRED. Ontario. July Is R.-A
100000 fire early today destroyed
shops Of st. Joseph's Industrial
School for Delinquent Boys and .
church. Windborne sparks for .
time threatened other buildings In
this farming community half way
between Ottawa and Montreal
There were no casualties.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.

James J. Laughlin, ousted de-
tense attorney in the sedition
case, filed in District Court today
a suit, in the name of the United
States Government, asking re-
covery of the salary paid Chief
Justice Edward c. Eicher on the
ground that the presiding Judge
is holding Office illegally because
he is a resident of Virginia and
not the District of Columbia. .
Mr.. Laughlin, whom Justice
Eicher put out Of the sedition trial
after the attorney had filed a petit
ton asking the House to impeach
the chief justice because of his han
ding of the mass trial, alleged in
the suit that the law requires every
Federal judge to reside in the dis
trict where he presides. Justice
Eicher, the complaint said, lives in
Alexandria and has made his home
there ever since he took Office, Feb
ruary 3, 1912.
The court was asked to order the
recovery of $109 ,220 from Justice
Eicher to the United States for sal
ary and punitive damages and pen
alties provided in the statute.
Other Complications.
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeals
considered another phase of the
legal complications growing out OF
the Laughlin custer from the sedi-
ton trial.
Eugene N. Sanctuary. q defend
ant, asked that the mass trial
be suspended until the appellate
court could determine the validity
of the order by Justice Eicher OF
District Court diminishing Mr.. Laugh
lin from the case. The court was
urged to require Justice Echer to
allow Sanctuary to retain Mr.
Laughlin.
Sanctuary was left without coun-
sci when his attorney. Henry H
Klein Of New York withdrew from
the case July 5 without permission
1eee sEDTTION, page A-2)
Evening star., 1944-07-15
U. 5. Troops Drive
To Within d Miles
Of Port Of Leehorn
Most Significant Coins
In Two Weeks Mode
As Resistance Wones
By the Associated PresA.

ROME. July 15.-American
troops have driven to within 3l2
miles of the seaport of Livorno
neghornl, in the wake of sud-
denly melting German resistance,
and have captured the town of
Chianni, IS miles inland from
the west coast, it was announced
today.
The most significant gains In the
last two weeks of heavy fighting,
putting the 5th Army within ar
tillery range of Livorno and miles
from the Arno River, were made
yesterday, with the battered Ger
mans falling back at most points.
The French. who celebrated Bax-
tile Day by seizing Poggihonsi in
a combined flanking move and
direct assault, pursued the enemy
northward.
An Allied spokesman said the
leading elements Of the American
forces on the west coast were within
6 miles of the edge of Livorno late
yesterday. Frontline reports de-
clared by last night. however, that
the doughboys had punched to
within 3la miles of the outskirts at
one point and to within So miles
at another.
Important Heights Occupied.
In broad forward sweep, one
American column passed Ghizzano,
% miles due east of Livorno. and
occupied all the important heights
covering the approach to the Arno
River, 10 miles away.
Another American force captured
Villamagna. Is miles west of Poggi-
bonsi, while still other American
units swept through Chianni and
Belvedere. enemy strongholds guard
the Arno Valley.
Belvedere is 5A miles northeast
Of Chianni.
Americans also captured Peccioh,
another strongpoint in the Era
River Valley, only airline miles
from the rivers junction with the
Arno.
In the coastal sector 1t. Gen
Mark w. Clark's forces moved up
to S miles. Advance elements on
Highway /. main route to Livorno
and Pisa, by midafternoon yester-
day were on line az miles north
of Castiglioncello and still going
strong.
Hard Fighting Near Gabbro.
Four miles inland there was hard
fighting just west of the village Of
Gabbro during the afternoon
In an apparent effort to protect
the withdrawal of other divisions
which suffered heavy losses in re-
cent fighting, the Nazi command
sent the Sd Panzer Grenadier Di-
vision back into the line on the 5th
Army front after a weeks rest.
Prisoners taken by the 5th Army
since it started its offensive May
IL now exceed $4,000, while the 9th
Army reported prisoners were pour
ing into its cages at an average rate
of 160 daily since the offensive be-
gan. This would add a total of more
than 10000.
The possibility was seen that the
Germans plan to fall back on the
Arno River Recent aerial recon-
naissance showed the enemy digging
gun emplacements along the Arno
between Florence and Pisa, and
evidently the Germans intend to
make it the outer edge of the deep
Gothic Line fortifications, extending
back into the Apennine Range.
It was ofdcally announced that
the picturesque town of San Gimig-
nano, which the French captured
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Cherbourg Entered First
By U. S. 18th Division
By the Associated Press

BY the AsSOClated Press.
SUPREME ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TERS. July 15.-The American 10th
Division under Maj. Gen. Ira Wyche
was the first to enter Cherbourg,
with the 4th and 9th Divisions COL
laborating on the flanks, Supreme
Headquarters disclosed today.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Asks Court
To Cut Off Salary
OF Justice Eicher
Demonds Poy Recovery
On Grounds Thot Jurist
Isn't Resident Here
BULLETIN.

Robert Noble, a defendant
in the sedition case, filed in
District Court today a petit
ton for a writ of habeas cor
pus, setting forth that he was
held illegally in District Jail
after his case was severed
from that of the other de-
PENDANTS. Noble also said he
was threatened with return to
California, where he faces five
years each on convictions of
violating the Federal and
State sedition laws, contend
ing that these verdicts were
unconstitutional and he had
been deprived of his rights.
Evening star., 1944-07-15

(See GUAM, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Four Senators Proposed.

With many delegates contending
that Mr.. Wallace cannot win on his
own steam. the list Of those who
i1astened to make themselves avail
(See pOIITTCS, PaRe A-7.)
Evening star., 1944-07-15

An Associoted Press Newspaper
Evening star., 1944-07-15

tSee SORDELETT, Page A-7.)
Evening star., 1944-07-15

The War Department had no i'm
mediate comment on today's report.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

The first the outside world knew
Of the tragedy was at 10 r. NJ, Nov.
q, 1888, when DR. Wynekoop tele-
phoned a friend a neighboring un-
dertaker, Tom Ahern, 10 say that her
daughterin-law had lust died, and
would he please come over and get
the body"
When Undertaken Ahern arrived,
nc was led 10 the office in the base
ment A body lay wrapped in
blanket on the operating table. AheTn
lifted the blanket.
The girls body was entirely nude,
and lay face downward. Ahcrn was
amazed TO see that bullet had been
fired pointblank through the back 10
the heart
There were powder burns on the
naked flesh The girls lbs had teen
hlistcrcd with chloTotOrm; Ahcrn
recognized the odor Rigor morris
had set in a revolver ley wrapped
Enthusiastically in gauZe on an adjoining
table
Put this is murder" the under
taker exclaimed why aren't the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

II this had been believed. he
might have escaped penalty by plead
ing guilty TO involuntary manslauGh
ter. Instead, she was pat on trial for
the murder. convicted in March 1884
md sentenced al ~ age Of 81 70
- years
What may have clinched the case.
in the minds Of the jurors was that,
only three weeks before the killing
She had insured her daughtcrin-law
for $4,000, with the policy made out
TO herself
But what had the police and
prosecution puzzled and leaves the
element of mystery Stili-was why
so intelligent. competent, cold and
able woman could have committed
such a blatant and obvious murder
As she was being sentenced nine
years ago, the defense made the final
plea that Or. Wynckoop was III and
could not live long Prosecutor
Charles Doughcrty, now Judge,
rctortrd,
she will probably outlive most Of
us"
And now with the mystery revived
through the appeal for pardon and
the passionate belief on the part Of
Or. Van loosen, Bishop Hopkins OF
Chicago and other influential people
in Or Wynekoops innocence, Charles
DoughcTty's words seem TO have been
n prophecy.
For since that time death has come
10 Judges David and Miller who sat
in the case; 10 Defense Attorney
Milton b. Smith; 20 Warden David
Moneypcnny who cared for the priS.
oner while she was in the county jaA
and TO Roy Arnold states attorrrj
investigator who assembled much Oh
the evidence
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26
TuSllC

John Siege and his squad arrived.
and were bewildcred Dr W'ync.
Hoops sole contribution was that il
must have been am intruder who
came in TO steal my narcotics sup
ply" Captain Siege didn't believe it,
and as a result Or. Wynekoop was
arrested
Then confusion was piled on confu-
sion 10 an extent that had the police
tearing their hair First Of all. Earle
Wynekoop, with his mother in Jail,
appeared and m ad e voluntary
complete confession" He said he
alone was guilty, and would swear
it, and that his mother knew nothing
of the crime
The police soon discovered he'd
been miles away, and was lying, pre-
sumably TO save his mother. They
told her Of her sons Confession. ="
hut not that they knew IT was phony.
Whercupon, possibly 10 save her son,
she in turn signed confession, which
she later denied.
She said that, in panic, she had
shot the girl who-waS already dead
from Chlorcform as the result OF an
accident. She had hoped 10 blame
the shooting on thief and thus save
her own reputation as a doctor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

A New Effort To Free DIR. WynekoOp
After 8 Years I'm Prison May Reveal
Why and How Her Daughterin-Law
Was on Her Operating Table Chic
reformed and Shot i'm the Heart.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

sion in Chicago?
The ghost of the pale
young bride is walking
again, called back from the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26
Pretty Rheta Nyne-
koop, Victim of
ChiCagO'S Most Fan
taStic Murder.

police here You know
] can't touch this girls
body, much less remove
it for burial
Ahern rushed 10 the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

lAt BllOot VI tllt
young bride is wa
again, called back from
grave by an appeal
made recently 10 the
Illinois pardon board
and governor for the
Iclea Sc Of her
mother in law. Or.
Alice Wynekoop,
Nho has served nine
wears of a 3 year
sentence, following
lcr conviction for
the weird, cruel muir
der.
it was a mysteIi
Gus crime with Gle.
mcnts which have
never been solved.
and now Or. Bertha
Van Hoosen, leading
The appeal for Or
NNynckoop's release,
declares:
She had no part
whatever i'm that
awful murder"
II was a tragedy
" hich m a d g big
news at the time be,
of the prominence OF
principals, the frail b,
of the girl, and the sin
some way she met
Or. Alice Wynekoop
an eminent physician,
tiles and social welfaI
She lived and pra
family home at 3406
with her office in the
Her handsome, SpOi
whom she fanatically J
ried Rheta Gardner, {
indianapolis flour n
bride came to her
house because Earle h
She was a fluffy.
sensitive girl OF 2
fragile, frequently ill.,
was soon playing abe
"sweethearts and ]
absorbed in her son, W
disliked the useless
There were several
relatives i'm the house Z
Schooltcachcr who had
for years. But none
ever suspected, nor "
pOrtanCe as a witness
ON the night of IN
things Or. WynckoOp
even more, the things
and didn't do have re
terry.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02
University Is
For Postwar
In iiIr ,.r Walter Hotel.
Daily Disp"ich bureau.
ICY INSN \ISBEI

Raleigh. Feb. -. a fail Guur-ycm
medical school with It central hu,.
pItdi Of not les than 600 beds {
Chapel HI o. ii.cIy 10 come about a.,
result of recommendations ur Cover
nor Bruughiuu Ia the board vi tru.-
tees of the North Carolina Umiycr-
s:'y this week;
Tn" State nOw has two fun med
zeal schools. Duke and Bowman GRAY
unit OF WaI." Forest. Both these arc
privately controlled. So far as the
State Itself D., concerned the best
c.C!piorc offered was the tvu-ycm.
medical school I'll Chapel Hi. Action
by The board Monday will put thi,
school IA the lour-ycar class.
II L. we'll known that medical
schools must have patients for OK
pcrjmCntatI"n and training. That is
why. through many years. no stand.
ard medical colleges could be main
tanned IN small communities. Whether
ihc idea is generally acceptable or
not, some phase .pi SoCialiICd med
Continued OH Page Six)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02

The VrglnIhu would provide that
taxpayers with annual income below
$4,000 who elect 81 file the Optional
form lDlu-ArCturn. may report only
gross income. credit for dependents.
family status and victory tax and
notify the taxpayer how much was
owning. This could be pad within 10
days.
Robertson said Tn" prIctiCability of
his proposal depended on whether
the internal revenue bureau itself is
sufficiently StaffCd To- compute the
millions of returns.
Robertson said. Last year &c.
OOO.OO returns were filed on lOi0-A.
This year there will be at least H.
900 900 more eligible 10 use the short
form. none Of whom have had pre-
vious experience in the preparation
Of d return.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02
Soldier Vote Bill
Wins First Test In
Amendment Defeat
Roll Call Vote Is 6S tn % Against States Rights
Amendment First Of Series Of Changes Suggested

amcndmCnt-Calling for outright re-
peal of provisions in Il Federal cleo
ton law enacted in 1912 which Spc-
officially waived pOll-taX payments
and local registration as voting re-
QUlrCmcntS. The vote ON this
amendment was 90 To 10.
The real battle on the Grccn-Lu-
CaS bill will come on "comp.o-
mise plan. whipped up through q
combination OF proposals by Scnd-
tors EaStlaud Miss. D.. Ball
AIlnn.. RD and others. II would
retain the Federal ballot plan for
military voters from those states
which fail iu waive local rcgiStra-
tl"n and which tai iu provide q
light weight state ballot.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02
South Shore
Of Gulf In
Red Control
Estonia Liberation
Campaign Pressed
By Russian Troops

Moscow, Feb. 2-(APD--Thc
Red army west of Lcningrad.
pressing Il strong campaign for
liberation of EStonia after SciZ-
ing the border town of krikinO.
made swift progress today
down the broad highway and
railroad which are parallel be-
tween captured KingiScpp and
NarVa.
With In" capture Of KinGiScpp.
the Russians now control the entire
southern shore of the Gult al Fin
land. This gives the Baltic fleet an
opportunity to participate in tho
land campaign as it did i'm helping
lift tho siege Of L.Cninarad.
NHrva would bc one OF the great
est prizes Of the offensive. for il
controls tho eastern shore OF LAX"
PcIpus. along which are numerous
fairly large towns.
Narva with its railroads 10 the
south mad west is key To a vast
highway lead from the Balti"
area. The railroad 10 the south and
coast To Pskov and the line To the
west extends through RcVal (Tal-
ilnn.'
IVY" cnhIhluhica'I"lS ccn'"iS o.
cuhH'o'raDic importance Ii" WcS' @!
M'FNA. icNEG Is " miles away aho!
"pS Is o" hi'icS 10 me WcSi. lrNNc
commands road S@uthW2ri through!
!''c area hTEth "I Like f"'pI,s an"
inc Only connection WIN III"
western Sn"re' y" ra'Ir"ad runs
"''"uRh l''S sector APPS Is n,S
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02
Government Figuring
OF Taxes Is Suggested

washington. Feb. 2.-hP)--
representative Robertson. IVA.
oI' today proposed that the
government itself he required to
'f"rc how much income tax is
""'d by persons earning less
''dh $1,000 a year.
''''"llS"n'S proposal. which would
''.'i approximately 10000. 900 per
,v'''' was submitted TO The House
10y and Means committee as that
"''N began Il search for some method
iurc. Wv "'N''''N ''>
I"Und pr. cticablc. the plan
""''o affect returns OF small tax
,"E,rS due between nov and March
w.. IS intended as Il relief measure
r,V'luIhg general smplification and
S"Vdhilining Of the tax statutes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02
Stocks Are
Slightly Lower

Mex York. Feb. = tNp) go The
stock market drIitcd into slightly
inw"r ground today although - few
SpCCIdIil"S managed iu maintain
!hcir equilibrium or advance mod
CstIy.
Occasional losers included u. s.
Steel. Westinghouse, General E.Icc-
irIc, Southern Railway. Srnudnrd
OF (Ncw JcrScyD and Texas Com
pJnl.
E"md, were steady. Cpumphi-
tics moved narrowly.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02

mattel r,.uttuusnip-
Autonomy %. 'uc rcpubics il ro"-
cI4a affairs would myc the Soviet,
the legal rDgT' ,u ask for multiple
representation 300 such cyuur,!s as
the League o. Nations like mat en-
f''"d by the British Commonwealth
u Nations.
There arc diplomatic authorities
her" Wu" feel the Russian, have
pulled of . brilliant piece of work
IN international diplomacy. no mat
tor what arc the immediate tcvcl-
"pruCnis.
II Is believed that Russia wi,l
seek (" rcaIilc rs much as i,vaii,
possible from the reconstruction,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02

To the west. ON the AnZiu bridge
head. Allied invasion troops threw
back q Strum- German CuuntCraltaCl[
west oiNIttor.I Supported by tanks
and artillery. and advanced IN some
areas.
British troops ulr fighting hard
near CHmpol"uuc only IL miles be-
low Rome, and American units are
1T grips with the enemy near CIs-
irrnu 1t miles northeast of AnZiu.
y headquarters officer declared
the Germans still! are building up
a larger force near the bcachhCad,
and heavy Cuuu,"gattacli may be
expected soon.
Allied rcIu!prccmcnts are pour
!nG int" the nuIchncaU. now II miles
long and eight mics deep ON the
average. W.H, som" prougs running
considerably farther inland.
On the main Firth Army front,
American and French troops arc
fighting side by sdC as the spear
heads Of their attack Join in the
area above the ba,tlon OF Casino.
They advanced mile, scizlns
NOR" heights. and r. s. UNITS now
arc within a mile 4 TcrClIc, some
I've miles r,r'hN.-' Of Casino. 4
BATH" '"W I- ua.r.. ON Mi Mamma
southwest of TrI.'Ic. and German
targets in nearby a.caS arc being
m"ppCd up.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-02

wen lis first Senate test today
WITH defeat of Il States rights
amendment aimed at restoring
l"~.'l registration and pOlltaN
PAYMENTS as voting quaIifica-
tIuns Tor those in uniform.
j., roll call vote WAS 68 tO -
d-H.' tuc amendment. first ul I
i".' d changes projected AZ the
uiH.n.-'rut!ob- backed Grccu-LuCnS
u'.. "Hch would send Uar;oru
Federal ballot To military voters.
the .m"mdmcnt offered by Sran-
To. '.cttpu La.. D.. would .rNc
@t.r. STATE election laws compile I
'"l'n over the validity of the Fed T..
c., ballots.
In" senate test victory 10. TN"
"in.n iratI"n bill came less .han
- hours after the Federal baltic:
pie" '""N a. rebuff in the House
".''" members turned down u roll
"a" vote ON the issue Of Federal
N'. state balloting.
''" minutes later the SCndtr
W.'.''d on - voice vote second
'''''"u amendment which would
'". N"h Inc same CiiCCt-rCStortug
'''.' E"'lnG qualifications
=, 'Ld Republican foes at the
VIE H. Lucas bill IN lis present form
'' l'I'h"'cSS voted against the Dv-
,,'' amendment. indicating that
.' administration bill is yet Ia
N'''r hi" iw&, two proposals wcr"
mT'''. pN"r,'n demanded - r"l'
''i "H third Estates rights