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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Army Removes Guards
From Daytime Duty on
Philadelphia Vehicles
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-THE
Army removed all guards from the
city's trolleys, buses, subways and
elevated trains early today and an
rounced these vehicles will operate
without guards in the future, except
from pm. until morning" when
guards will be assigned to each.
The latest action marked the first
step toward the eventual restoration
= of the lines to normal operation by
the Philadelphia Transportation Co.
: after the six-day tieup.
> But even as the withdrawal OF
guards began, after midnight an
nouncement from Maj. Gen. Philip
Hayes, the War Departments rep
resentative in the operation of the
lines, a grand jury prepared to hear
additional information from a num-
Der OF important witnesses before re-
cessing later today until Tuesday.
Ebert Due to Testify.
Among the witnesses scheduled to
be called today are Charles E. Ebert
PIC executive vice president. and
DR.. A. A. Mitten, the company's in
dustrial relations chief.
Twelve depot superintendents
were subpoenaed yesterday by the
jury of women and IL men, but
it was not disclosed whether they
would be heard today. They are the
first witnesses to be subpoenaed.
Those who appeared voluntarily
yesterday included Mayor Bernard
Samuel, Director of Public Safety
James F. Malone, Regional Director
Frank L. McNamee of the War Man
power Commission, Regional Direc-
tor G. James Fleming of the Presi-
dents Fair Employment Practices
Committee, Regional Director Syl-
vester Garrett of the War Labor
Board; Joseph Sharfsin, FEPC coun-
sci, and Richard Bishop. War Pro-
duction Board assistant regional
director.
Recess Is Called.
Henry A. Schweinhaut, special
assistant attorney general in charge
of the investigation, said the recess
was called Ito give us time to absorb
the information we are getting"
Mr.. Schweinhaut, who expressed
satisfaction with yesterdays prog
ress, said I'VE are beginning to see
some light and witnesses so far
have more to tell us than We an
ticipated."
Philadelphias State liquor stores
and taprooms, closed since August
! because OF the strike, will reopen
Monday to operate only during day.
light hours from am. to 6 pm.
All restrictions in adjacent Della
ware County were lifted yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
First Strikers Return
To 5 Wright Plants
In New Jersey Area
BY the Ass0cia tied Press.

oy lue hsoOClAt&o FIebb.
Wright Aeronautical Corp. strik-
ers-estimated ut 10000 by their
CLIO union leader and at 1000 by
the company--started back to work
in Paterson, N. j., today after &C
cepting a tentative agreement end
ing four day walkout which cut
production at five plants in this
area.
One of the points in the agree
ment was that layoffs or transfers
Of workers to different jobs would
be halted until August ~.
The Government may "at any
moment" take over in the Midwest
truck drivers strike. In this dis
pute over alleged noncompliance
by the Midwest Operators Associa-
ton with a War Labor Board wage
increase order, the Army estimat ed
rs 900 were idle.
Many States Affected.
The area affected embraced Iowa
Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri
Kansas, North and South Dakota
and Northwestern Wisconsin. In
addition a sympathy walkout" end
ed truck shipments out of Tulsa
Okla. An operators spokesman esti-
mated 5000 were out there, but the
AFL Transfers Union figured 1t at
only about 800.
Many Nebraska communities were
reported using reserve stocks OF
meats and In Omaha an estimated
100 soldiers were picking up war
supplies from idle truck terminals
by rail
A threat to harvest operations in
Nebraska and Western Iowa was re-
lieved when operators Of petroleum
transports agreed to resume opera
tions, which they had suspended as
a safety measure, although their
drivers are not involved In the dis
pute.
approximately 1,40O employees of
the Dubuque Iowa woodworking
plants went on strike today and
union leaders said 1t was in protest
against the delay, OF the War Labor
Board in reaching q decision on is
sues between the union and the
companies.
Another and similar trucking dis
pute ended when TIA AFL drivers in
the York, Harrisburg and Lancaster
area Of Pennsylvania agreed to i'm
mediate resumption of work. after
the Army indicated it would take
control
Mass Meeting in Detroit.
In Detroit the CIO-United Auto
mobile Workers arranged a mass
meeting tonight In an effort to end
a stoppage of 1000 at the General
Motors Chevrolet gear and axle
division. The War Labor Board
after a hearing here yesterday Or
dered the walkout ended immedi-
ately so production Of aircraft en-
gines. tanks and heavy trucks could
proceed.
A new stoppage kept $500 idle at
four plants Of the Warner Gear Co.,
Muncie, Ind. Settlement was an
nounced Of a dispute affecting 47O
at the Spencer Lens Co., Buffalo,
NJ Y.
The status quo continued in more
than score of other disputes. Al
together a total of between $4,000
and $1,000 are reported idle in the
Nation today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
3 GreenbeIt Firemen Get
Merit Training Awards

Nine members of the Greenbelt
FIRE Department have received merit
award certificates after completing =
special firemen's training course
sponsored by the University Of
Maryland. They are: "
AVN E: Allen, John E. Bolton, jr.:
Hlcnard Burke, Bart J. Fisen, James
H. Herbert, Leonard LeMire To-
Lewis, Fred Klippert and william r
Joyce.
Meanwhile, Town Manager jana.
i. Goooel announced that constrlIc-
tlon OF = new elementary school and
an addition to the high school il
under way. Both projects are ex.
pected to be completed by Deem.
Der /.
The new elementary school will
nave II classroms while the high
school addition will contain six class-
rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Dead Sailors
|FHendsSend
| $2,352 to Wife
~ the Associated Press.
AYrVxy v@n~ A..

~ JAG AoetSkAtNu 1Icsbs
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE wife
and 6-month-old son Of q Navy
gunner's mate who was the lone
casualty in q dive bomber attack on
his aircraft carrier June 10 have re-
ceived proof Of the strong ties that
bind Americas Navy men-a check
for $2,352.
The check. inclosed in q registered
letter from the carriers officers and
crew, reached Mrs. June Nicholas
Bridges, a.. Of Queens Tuesday. It
paid tribute to her husband, Alfred
Bridges, q, and asked that the
money. collected from his friends,
be used for whatever purpose you
may choose"
The young widow said:
Il can be sure now of being able
to send the baby through college
and that was one of the things al
wanted most for him. It is 30 fine
to know the wonderful feeling AIS
shipmates had for him. That will
be something to tell his baby when
he Is old enough to understand"
: The baby, Alfred, jr.. was born
several weeks ahead Of schedule
during his fathers last Through be-
fore going on overseas duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Soviets Name Delegates
To Security Conference
BY the Associated Press


MOSCOW, Aug. 1.-THE Soviet
Unions delegation to the tripartite
security conference at Washington
August 81 was announced today.
The Council of Peoples Commits
sars appointed Andrea A. Gromyko,
Soviet Ambassador to Washington,
As chairman. He will be assisted by
Rear Admiral Rodionov and Mai.
Gen. N. V. Alvin, Foreign once ON
Gals A. A. Sobolev and S. K. Tar
apkin and Profs. S. A. Golunsky,
S. B. Krylov and G. G. Goblin.
M. NJ Junin will be the delega-
tons secretary and V. M. Berezk-
hkov, translator.
Authoritative Soviet writer's have
made clear that the Russians be-
lieve the biggest Allies must shoul-
der the biggest responsibility for
maintaining peace, but there is lit
tie backing here for an interna-
tional police force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Surrender UItimatum.
Sent 10 Underground
In Warsaw by Nazis
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Germans
have sent an ultimatum to Gen.
Boris underground troops holding
parts Of Warsaw that they must sur
render or die, the Polish Telegraph
Agency said today.
Gen. Dor announced in a radio
message to the Polish government in
exile in London that unless help ar
rived "our heroic tight must soon
come to disastrous end"
The exiled government isued an
appeal yesterday for arms. ammuni-
ton and artillery support for these
units Of its underground army in
the street battle at the rear OF Ger
man forces opposing Russian siege
lines at the eastern suburbs OF the
Polish capital.
Evacuation Order Issued.
Coupled with the ultimatum to
the underground troops was q Nazi
order for the Polish population to
evacuate Warsaw. All the able
bodied were instructed to enroll for
labor with the Germans, the Polish
Telegraph Agency said.
Six professors In the University of
Warsaw were reported in a Polish
underground broadcast to have been
executed by the Germans as a re-
prisal for the underground uprising
The Germans now control the
three main east-west lines of COM
munication. the patriots are being
shelled constantly, and the "popu-
lation Is discouraged" Gen. Dor said.
Soldiers and civilians vainly scan
the sky in expectation of Allied aid.
All they see are German planes
against smoke in the sky" =
No Gunfire Since August 3.
From the Soviet-German battle
line I'VE have heard no sunfire
since August g." Gen. Dor added.
The Polish Daily" which reflect.
the views Of the London Polish gov.
eminent, asserted last night In an
editorial:
Poland was the first ally of Brit.
ain who pledged to come to our as.
sistance with all she had at her dis
posal. Russia has called and is still
calling the Polish nation to open an
uprising and Warsaw has risen
against the Germans. In spite OF
this Warsaw has been fighting alone
against the Germans for 10 day.
without help from any one"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Methodists 10 Map Plans
For Program in Southeast


ATLANTA, Aug. 1l-Selection of
an executive secretary to devote full
time supervision to the Methodist
Church's program in the Southeast
is planned this month at jurisdic-
tional Methodist council meetings at
Lake Junaluska, N. C.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore announced
he would meet with the $50 district
superintendents Of this area on Au-
gust 1918, and the first meetings of
the lay and clerical representatives
Of the annual conferences will be
held August 1924. The bishop is
general chairman Of the Southeast
ern Jurisoictional Council and re-
Gently was elected president of the
Methodist Board Of Missions and
Church Extension.
Personnel for all church boards
also Will be named at the meetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
WlB Fines Firm S125,0O0
For Violating WAGE Code
BY the Associated Press.

by tne AkS0clAted Press.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 1.-THE re-
gional War Labor Board today is
sued a finding for s125,00 against
Lear Avia, Inc, of Piqua, Ohio.
largest penalty ever levied by the
WLB. for institution of wage scales.
vacation plans and promotion sys-
TENS not authorized under the wage
sterilization code.
o. w. L. Comm, WLB enforce
ment chairman. said the amount
must be disregarded by the COM
pany and the Treasury Department
In computing labor costs under
cost-plus contracts and for income
tax and other purposes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Man Held for Grand jury
On lmpersonution Count

Gaylord Robert Collins II, 81, OF
the 2l00 block of r street NV. was
held Tor grand jury action today
after he pleaded guilty before Unit
ed States Commissioner Needham
G. Turnage to a charge Of illegally
wearing lieutenant commanders
uniform.
Collins. according to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, worked as
a gas station attendant in the day.
time and in the evenings frequented
hotel cocktail lounges in a naval
uniform. He had been an ensign In
the Navy for two years and resigned
in 1913.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
500 Captive kozis Strike
Against Nine.Hour Dov
By the Associated Press.

oy inc ASSOCIATED Press.
STOCKTON. Calf, Aug. ia
sitdown strike by 500 German pris-
oners Of war housed at the Stockton
ordnance depot was started because
they refused to work . nine hour
day. Maj. A. Z. Cook, the public
relations oncer, announced yester-
day.
The rest Of the camp complement
OF 300 war prisoners went to their
normal duties.
The prisoners have been WORKING
an eight day. ACCORDING to
the Geneva Conference, the pris.
oners OF war may be worked Il
hours day.
Camp omcials placed the recall
citrants on reduced rations and con.
fined them to quarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Reds Grant Amnesty
To Polish Citizens


LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Russians
have granted amnesty to all Polish
citizens sentenced for crimes COM
mitted within the Soviet, the Mos
COW radio announced last night.
Exceptions, said the broadcast
which was recorded by the Soviet
monitor, are murder, espionage and
banditry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Sisters
Continued From First paee.)

not have intent to aid Germany
Mr.. Robinson said. TT would look
like a compromise verdict"
United States Attorney Thomas j.
Morrissey's only comment on the
outcome Of Americas third treason
trial Of this war was, The jury has
spoken"
In the other two treason cases,
Max Stephan, naturalized German
of Detroit, was sentenced to hang
for aiding in the escape of a NaZi
flyer informed in Canada. His SEN
tence was committed to life impris-
onment. In the other. three Chicago
couples-relatives and friends Of one
of eight German saboteurs spirited
onto the Atlantic Coast by subma-
rine-were convicted Of treason, but
the verdicts were reversed. In a
retrial, one defendant was convict
ed again.
Accused Of Providing Maps.
In the Denver trial the Govern
ment accused the sisters of furnish
Ing maps, clothing and aid to Helm
rich Haider and Herman August
Loescher in their flight from the
Trinidad (Colo) tnternment camp
last October 10.
The jury deliberatsd 10 hours,
broken once last night by 4 request
for additional instructions, before
announcing it had reached a YER
dict. Judge Symes had instructed
the jury that if 4 decision was
reached during the night. the ver-
dict was to be sealed until court re-
sumed today.
The prosecution charged that the
escape plan was made while the
women and the Germans worked on
the same civilian farm.
Defense counsel had pleaded that
it was not treason. but a foolish
crazy thine-the way OF q man with
maid"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

gagged IN on TINS lSland, 1t was said.
His battalion had been ordered to
clean out an enemy salient in the
valley below it. Japanese were well
entrenched in a palm grove, and
when it became evident his men
we're meeting stiff resistance, Capt.
Miller went alone to the valley to
assist the assault companies In at
tack. the report stated.
Completing his mission Of joining
two companies which had become
separated after the battle began
Capt. Miller was caught in the
crossfire Of two enemy pillboxes
and wounded. A fellow ofIicer
pulled him to safety, the dispatch
added.
Pvt. william J. Chism. %, son of
Mrs. Lucy M. Chism. 1881 Thirty
fifth street NV, was slightly
wounded July n in France, his
mother has been Informed.
Indicted on Armistice Day, 1912,
Pvt Chism arrived in Northern Ire
land on Christmas Day. 1913, and
In France on July of this year. A
native Of Washington. he formerly
was a sheet metal worker in the
Pentagon Building.
Second 1t. Norman L. Sabatani,
81. husband Of Mrs. Elizabeth Saba
TAM, 1920 Seventeenth street NV,
suffered shrapnel wounds in the
chest during infantry fighting July
II in Italy, his wife has learned.
A native Of the District, he at
tended Central High School and
Columbus University, and was en-
ployed in the public relations ONCE
of the Washington Gas Light Co.
before entering service in Septem-
Der, 1941. He trained at Camp
Wheeler, Camp Gordon and Fort
Benning, in Georgia; Camp Gruber,
Okla, and Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
before going overseas in December,
1913. 1t. Sabatani has been award
ed the Infantry Combat Badge.
Sergt. John F. Swart, jr., 10, son
OF j. Frank Swart. Fairfax. Va,
was wounded in France July 7 dur
ing infantry fighting, his father has
learned.
Sergt. Swart, a graduate of Fair
fax High School, was attending
Strayer Business College when he
entered service in August, 1943. He
trained at Camp Rucker, Ala, and
Camp Forrest, Tenn. before going
overseas in March, 1914.
Technical Sergt. Robert C. Par
sons, %, son Of Mrs. Douglas E. Par
sons, $50 Southwich street, Be-
thesda, Nd. suffered arm and leg
injuries from shrapnel July 10 dur
ing the infantry advance on st. 10,
France, his mother has learned.
Sergt. Parsons, q graduate of
Woodrow Wilson High School, was
member of the Maryland National
Guard for q year before entering
service in February, 1912. He served
at Fort Meade, Md; Camp A. P. Hill,
Va; went on maneuvers in South
Carolina and served at Camp Bland
ing, Fla. before going to England
in October. 1912. He remained in
England until D-day.
Pvt. Charles r. Roy, 20, son of
Mrs. Joseph Melia, 8407 Cedar street,
Silver Spring, Nd, was wounded in
France July 10, the War Depart
ment has informed his mother.
He is now in = hospital In Eng
land. A graduate Of st. Michael's
School in Silver Spring, Pvt. Roy
went overseas in May. A brother,
Pvt. Joseph Roy, 81, is stationed in
| South America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Ringing Circus Officials
Held for Superior Court
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HARTFORD. Conn, Aug. IL
Five circus officials charged with
manslaughter in connection with
the death of l67 persons in the
Ringing Bros Barnum g. Bailey
Circus fire July 6, were bound over
to Superior Court by Judge Norman
Yellin in Police Court today.
James A. Haley. vice president,
and George W. Smith, general man
ager, were held in bonds of $4,000
each. Bonds of $4,000 each were
set for Leonard Aylesworth, chief
canvasman; Edward Versteig, chief
electrician, and David Blanchfield.
chief wagonman. The five came here
from Detroit, where the circus Is
showing in the municipal stadium.
Formal pleas of innocent were en-
tered for each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Housing Center Fixes
Hours for information

Persons wanting information on
houses for sale or rent may call the
War Housing Center any day except
Sunday from 1880 .. m. to 7 p. M.
Miss Ellen v. Harper, acting direc.
tor. announced today.
The telephone service-Executivs
4l60, extension 301l-used to extend
through Sunday.
Persons having rooms or houses
to rent also may register with the
center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
First Aid Courses
VIII BEGIN Next Week

First aid courses for beginners
and advanced students will begin
next week under auspices of the
District Red Gross at the American
Women's Voluntary Services, 1920
Twentieth street NV.
Beginners will meet Monday and
Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to
$50 pm, while the advanced course
will be held Tuesdays and Thurs
days at the same hours. The first
course lasts six weeks and the ad-
vanced will require three weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Wounded

Capt. A. b. Calhoon, jr.. %, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Calhoon, Riv-
erdale, Md, was seriously wounded
in France, July 6. according to word
received by his parents. The young
infantry officer, who entered the
service in February, 1912, as a men,
Der of the Maryland National
Guard, had been serving overseas
since April. He is now at station
hospital in England.
A graduate of Hyattsville High
School, Capt. Calhoon was formerly
employed at the Sunshine Biscuit
Co. His wife and 5-year-old son
reside with his parents. A younger
brother, John w. Calhoon, 10, sea-
man, first class, is serving with the
Navy.
Marine Capt. James r. Miller,
Rockville, Nd, former police of1icer
in Montgomery County, was
wounded in action at Saipan re-
Gently, according to a Marine Corps
release.
Capt. Miller was wounded in zone
Iof the bitterest battles marines en-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-03-28

strasna, da bi izbrala raje smrt,
kakor pa da bi Sc podala v pri-
loznost.
Sc nekaj drugega je bilo, kar
il je branilo, da bi sprejela
Frobnovo prijatelj jstvo, a tega
MENU nj povedala. Ali mai
izgubi cvet svojega zivljenia
radi nesrecnega bitja - je mi
slila pri sebi XII bi mu moglo
biti samo prijateljica? Ali mai
Sc odpove druzinski sreci, to-
plim domacim veGerom, ko bo-
do otroci skakljai krog MEGA
in bo mad vse srecen v njihovi
sredi? All, kako velika je bila
ia odpoved. Ona je bila obsoie-
ma ma samoto, ma pusto samo-
to brez druzinske srece in nj
kdar ne bo poljubovala otrok, a
misel, da bi vse to izgubil tudi
on, XII ga je tako ljubila, il nj
dovolila, da bi sprejela njegovo
prijateljstvo.
Dolgo sta re sedela, tho ko
dive senci. Nepremicno sta zrla
V pozno noe. Oci so bile po1ne
solz in srea polna bridkosti.
Dusa je plakala. Bledi mesec Sc
je "a trenutek skril "a crn
oblak, ko da ne bi mogel gle
dat tolike tuge. Listje kostanja
je zalostno sepetalo: '.Za wee
no, Ia vecnow Gozd v blizini jeI
otozno vzdihoval.
Nesrecni bitji sta Sc dvignili
in molce sli proti hisi. Ko dive
prikazni sta izginili Ia stenami
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-03-28

N. c., knows how Red Cross blood
donors are backing up the men in
the front lines.
"It was pretty rough going,"
he recalled when telling how his
outfit went ashore at Bougain-
vile. "The Japs were sinking our
Higgins boats with their 77-mnl.
guns, and after going over the
side we had gotten only about
twenty yards toward the beach
when we were hit. was hit in
the chest but somehow managed
to make the beach. Luckily for
me, one of the doctors arrived
very soon and gave lae some
plasma. felt a lot better!p
Another Bougainville casualty,
Marine Corporal Coral Dwight
Chamberlin of Belle Center, Ohio,
is quite sure that blood plasma
played major part in saving his
life.
Il was wounded three times in
the second days fighting for Bou-
gainyilie, and was in such posi-
tion / could not be removed from
my foxhole until about nine hours
after ! was wounded twice in the
right leg and once in the left, he
related at the East Bay Naval
Hospital. .~'s
Il was pretty weak when they
took me to the rear. They gave
me three pints of blood plasnaa
and it perked me right mp. Take
u from ne, If the pa1ple back here
in our eollltry fully re&aazeg2 tha
vslus Of blood plasnaa. taasv
Wouldrt t hesitats to make their
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-03-28
OdpoDed nesreccne
zene
ROMAN
Po w. Hauffu priredil Franjo Kolenc
ZeI1e
ROMAN

trok! Nimam sorodnikov in sem
bogat. Vse, pray vse ii zapu-
slim.
Jozefa je VISA ganjena polju-
bila staremu gospodu roko in ga
je nazivala "a svojega drugega
oceta. Meme oci so Sc ustavile
ma Frobnu, XII ,je molce priso-
stvoval prizoru.N Nasmehnila Sc
mu je. On je pristopil blizje in
il topic poljubil roko.
V grofiein dom Sc je nase-
lilo veselje, XII pa nj trajalo dol
go. Naslednjega dne je don Pc
dro izjavil, da mora iti ma Por-
tugalsko in Jozefa DO sla z njim.
Frobnu je vztrepetalo srce OBJ
misli ma zopetno locitev. Smeh
nu je izginil 2 obraza. V duso
Sc mu je zajedla zalost. Iskal
je priliko, da hi Jozefo Sc en-
KRAFT govoril ma samem. Tezko
je bilo pri srcu tudi mladi zeni.
Cutila je, da bo to slovo zadnje
- "a vecno. Lociti Sc DO morala
cd MEGA, kateremu je bila po-
svecena vsaka njena misel, vsak
"Trip srca.
Listje je zalostno sumljalo V
vecernem vetru. Z neba je mol
&c gledala bleda luna. Zvezda
in zvezdice so migljale in do
zdevalo sc je, da je nebo posuto