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Evening star., 1944-10-15

Courtney was 70 surprised that he
proposed to me then and there" !" aas
laughs.
As assistant cosnmandant and corl-
mandant of Fort Benring's Infantry
School. and Is chief OF infantry and
commander Of the Army ground forces
replacement and school command,
Hodges had an important part In build
Ing and equipping the American Army
and shaping the policies under which II
operates today. Yet, because Of his re-
firing nature. he was not widely known,
even after he was promoted to lieuten-
ant general in 1943 and given command
OF the Sd Army and the Southern de-
fense command with troops in Texas,
Arizona, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.
There he learned the art Of shifting
masses Of men and transport In the
field which has been one of his remark.
able accomplishment here.
The drive across France was series
OF incredible hooking moves in which
troops were crossing each others supply
lines and the LIST Army seemed to bs
going In all directions at once.
But behind these moves which com.
pletely befuddled the enemy was q cool,
sound Georgian who knew what he was
doing.
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friends and, If he saw the transmission
Of orders take place, to warn the royal
family and alert the country at once.
1T all happened just as the French
ofncer had warned" said Maj schommer
not long ago. The whole scene there
In the bright moonlight might have
been cut bodily from the widest sort of
Hollywood thriller. a.e ss
MY friends and I parked our car,
partially concealed, close to the border
station. We hardly could believe our
eyes. At 1850 exactly. two cars darted
out, one from each side Of the border.
They passed beside each other and
saw an envelope being passed from one
driver to the other. ~..a
'T don't think the whole scene lasted
S seconds. In view of the information
the French oficer had given me, there
could be only one Interpretation"
Maj. Schommer called the palace on
the telephone. This was the first In
formation which had come to Prince
Felix Of the impending invasion. Maj
Schommer hastened to his own home to
gather up his few belongings. AZ soon
as possible. by prearrangement. he met
Prince Felix, the Grand Duchess and
the Dowager Grand Duchess, who were
cruising back and forth near the border.
Evening star., 1944-10-15
BY Don Whitehead,

Asscctsted Press War Corrsspondsnt.
are : democracy and ne .haye demo-,
cratic Army. That Is one Il our great
strong points" He understands or
problems because he once was I or
himself.
He served with occupation forces in
Germany after World War I, returned
home Z lieutenant colonel, but reverted
70 the peacetime rank OF captain. In
1920. he was assigned to duty in the
department OF tactics at the Military
Academy-the frst nongraduate to re-
cciye such distinction In 1888, he went
to the Philippines.
Whenever possible, he left his offices
to 60 hunting there and in Indo-C China.
The general always got his bag be-
fore the rest OF U.s." one of1cer recalled.
He never would shoot until he was
certain Of kill, while the rest of us
were blazing away at impossible ranges"
His wife, now living in Atlanta, is an
excellent shot, too, and teases the gen.
eral by saying he proposed to her be-
cause OF 1t. As she tells it, they were
walking near Langley Field, Va, where
he was stationed from 1926 to 1929.
Hodges handed her rife and she hit
the bull's-eye with the first shot.
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Sketch by Star stan Artist Newman sudduth.
Both the Prince and the Grand
Duchess awaited a fateful moment.
They could not leave Luxembourg soil
while it still was free. That would
mean abandoning their country On the
other hand, they could not remain a
second after the entire land was occu-
pied by the enemy. For the Grand
Duchess Charlotte was Luxembourg.
While she remained at liberty, the little
country's sovereignty would be gym
bolically intact, whatever the Germans
might do.
Prince Felix told Maj Schommer to
cross into France and make arrange
ments for the royal family to dash over
the line without any delay by customs
or immigration authorities. He had no
difficulty in getting promise of un-
impeded passage from the French Army
and returned to the road where the
royal family was waiting.
Meanwhile, the French intelligence
service was in touch with the situation
and agreed to give the alarm through
the nearest gendarmerie when 1t was
apparent that capture Of the Grand
Duchess was imminent.
Word came at 7:30 am. At the last
possible moment the Grand Duchess
and her husband dashed over the border.
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II was then that Maj. Konsbruck
started his breakneck dash into France
which saved the royal children from
capture.
The royal family,s dramatic race for
freedom against the swarming Maxi
hordes had its beginnings several hours
earlier on that fatefM night Of May .,
1910. when Maj. George Schommer. who
was president Of Luxembourgs Juvenile
Court. received message while he was
at his dinner.
A French secret service ofIicer, an old
acquaintance. teephoned Mai. schom-
mer to relay confidential information
over the border at the village Of obsr-
donven to set in motion the Luxembourg
NTH columnists in preparation for the
invasion soon after midnight.
The French ofYlcer was not certain
Of the accuracy Of his information and
he was not in position to investigate.
Judge Schommer undertook to GO i'm
mediately to Oberdonven with two
Evening star., 1944-10-15
BY Harriet Grifhths.

such as the recent War Bond dance at
Turner's Arena
Among the members of the council
are organized recreation groups from
the Agriculture Department, Coast
Guard, General Accounting ONCE, Gov
ernment Printing Once, Interior De-
partment, Library Of Congress, National
Archives, National Gallery of Art, Ma
tional Housing Agency (Off1ce of the
Administrator, Navy Department, Once
OF Strategic Services, ONCE of the CO.
ordinator of American Affairs
(Onlce Of the Personnel Counselor), Pc
troleum Administration for War, Post
Once Department, and State Depart
ment, and the Friendly Club of WASH
ington and the Government Girls.
All these organizations have their
own programs of recreation and enter
tainment for members. Their member
ship In the council is beneficial, not only
In that 1t allows projects Of greater
scope for their participation, but be-
cause 1t affords an opportunity for the
interchange Of ideas and solutions to
difficulties which arise from time to
time In the separate groups.
The Government Girls originated
with the solicitation Of funds among the
Federal agencies to buy . plane for the
Army and one for the Navy last summer.
After the planes had been purchased,
the Representatives from the various de-
partments decided to maintain an or
ganization for the welfare Of Govern
ment employees.
Like other groups with their purpose,
the Government Girls have sponsored
almost weekly events this summer, In
cluding short trips. hay rides. teas and
picnics. They have taken part in work
for such organizations as Russian Relief.
and in the National symphony Fund
drive. Their membership quota is limited
to $50, with new members eligible only
when vacancies occur
Y The Friendly Club was organized for
Government workers whose departments
had no recreational club, or who were
diasatixfied with the one they did have.
Il = supplementary organization. open
TO any Federal worker. 70 join, an en-
ploye must b recommended by ! msn-
-.
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remains that no cause for any Of these
deviations has been found"
Some days cool 5000, 900 years from
now-Phobos may break up and form
= ring Of meteoric dust around Mars
similar to the rings around the planet
Saturn. Demios may break away en-
tirely from the influence Of Mars and
become = minor planet, or asteroid, on
her own hook.
The Law Of gravity says, In plain Eng
lish, that al objects In the universe
attract one another according to their.
weights Unless some outside influence
enters the picture mutually attracted
oAjscts moving through space ars kspt
q nsarly constant distance apart ~
Evening star., 1944-10-15
BY Thomas r. Henry,
Star War Correspondent.

lutely certain that the enemy was In the
country. And he was to cross ct point
other than that chosen by Prince FELIX
and the Grand Duchess, 80 that there
would be q greater possibility Of at least
part Of the royal family escaping.
So Prince John and his two sisters had
been placed In the palace sedan with q
minimum Of travelling baggage and had
been cruising lesiurely along the border
road since am. Every half hour Maj.
Konsbrcck would stop at . border
gendarme station and ask the policeman
in charge to call the palace at Luxem-
bourg City for the latest news. He asked
that the gendarme talk with . 7O-year-
old retainer of the royal family in whom
he had implicit confidence.
Each time the phone was answered by
another palace servant, known as
thoroughly reliable man, who gave as
Evening star., 1944-10-15

Among its many activities is the pub
lication OF monthly newspaper, the
Friendly News, to keep members up to
date on club doings
The Friendly Club and the Govern
ment Girls will present . broadcast en-
titled Battle Of the Bureaus" next Sun.
day over Radio Station WTOP.
Wider Acquaintanceship
Such activities rs these are not only
fun in themselves for the girls, but they
widen the acquaintance with other girls
who are In the city temporarily and who
have essentially the same general IN
terests.
The organizations are now working. on
the sale Of tickets for the operas, the
success of which project viii open the.
door to bigger and better recreational
opportunities for members.
One Of the tentative plans for the fu-
ture by the council, according to Mr.,
Holmes, Is the organization Of basket
ball league. s
The recruiting drives Of the Govern
ment to bring workers from the States
into Warrington to work promise the
girls good pay, good living facilities and
fine recreational and educational OPP
portunities.
To that end, practically Al 0ove1n-
ment departments have employe cosm-
selors who keep the girls informed on
what IL available. to them and what Is
going on In the city for their arnuse-
ment and educational interest.
What the council hopes to do Il to
make possible lsisure-hour activities
which win be not only something to do,
but which will b wide enough In scope,
and also inviting enough, to make the
girls really want to take part In them.
Mr.. Holmes, former newspaperman,
Is an active worker In the Metropolitan
Police Boys Club, and I background Of
varied working experience makes him
well fltted for bis leadership IN recrea-.
tional activities.
Other ofncers Of the council include
J. Leland Acun. nfst vice president:
Don Simpson, second vics president;
Miss Nathalie Msans, recording secre-
tary: Nrs.s Hilda ,. Crav1ord, Ooers-
spondtng secretary. and Nfx Hsisn =.
ukiaA tEsasuRSF.
Evening star., 1944-10-15

q delicate balancing of two forces, the
force Of gravity. which tends to pull
them together, and centrifugal force,
Ssaeh tends 70 keep them apart. -. s-,s..,
Thus the path of satellite, winch
moves through an oval-shaped orbit
around a planet should theoretically
never vary beyond certain limits for
which astronomers can account by va
rious laws.
Mr.. Sharpless says, however, the evi-
dence shows Phobos' orbit is getting
smaller while Demios' is getting bigger.
The deviation amounts only to few
inches year in each case, but astro.
nomically speaking that's a big move.
Ahead of Schedule
In arriving at his finding. Mr.. Sharp
less first considered the calculations OF
their paths made at the time they were
discovered in 1877. Then he studied the
actual observed positions of the satel-
lites. The result:
He finds that at the present time
Phobos is running about 200 miles ahead
Of the point where it should be In the
orbit 1t is now describing around Marsl
The satellites acceleration in its orbit
around Mars, Mr.. Sharpless says, con-
stitutes natures attempt to keep Phobos
from being pulled right into the planet.
He has theory that something in the
atmosphere-possibly meteoric dust
may have tended to upset the balance
of forces between Mars and Phobus.
Deimos is behaving just the opposite
from her sister moon. Her speed Of
revolution around Mars has been slack
ening. She is about 800 miles behind
the point where she should be, and be-
sides, she's edging OF into outer space
at the rate of few inches year.
Evening star., 1944-10-15
Wholesome Fun for Government Girls

One bright spot on the horizon Of the
Government girl who has nothing to do
when she has seen all the current mo-
vies and is developing eyestrain from
too much reading is to be found In the
activities of the Federal Employees Rec
reation Council.
The murder Of 18-year-old Dorothy
Berrum, who came from her home in
Chippewa Falls, Wis, last June to work
for the War Department, brings into
sharp focus the question Of just what in
the way Of 'thealthful" after-hour recre-
alton Warrington offers the vital
youngsters who get tired of looking at
four walls after ONCE hours.
Miss Berrum apparently fell to the
temptation Of making pickup" and
20 doubtless do great many other girls
who, had they recreation opportunities
great enough to occupy their interests
otherwise, might never consider it.
The Federal Employees Recreation
Council, organized in June, 1o43, under
the guidance Of Robert M. Holmes, jr.,
president Of the Library OF Congress
Recreation Association, includes II af-
filiated Federal recreational organixa-
tions and represents approximately
$1,000 Government clerks.
Solution Of Problems
This council concentrates on the de-
velopment Of reasonably priced recrea-
tional activities for its members. The
association Of the various departmental
groups who come together ut its meet
inss has proved invaluable In practical
solution OF problems which arise Ia the
individual groups.
As the first really important project Of
the council 1t Is sponsoring this week the.
presentation Of three operas by the San
Carlo Opera Company 1t Constitution
Hall. They viii include Aida" on Fri
day; Carmen" Saturday, and la
Traviata," Sunday. Fortune Gallo Is
founder and managing director Of the
opera company.
The funds taken IN from this project
viii make possible additional projects in
the councils recreational program.
which now includes two thriving bowl
ing leagues one for women only and
the other for man and woanAn; classes
> Latin Amer1caa dAneo4 ~ events
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surance that everything was absolutely
quiet in the city and that there was no
news whatsoever of any invading Ger
mans. This man had protested against
waking the aged retainer who, he said,
had retired early. complaining Of not
feeling well.
At $3.50, the major himself called the
palace and received the same informa-
ton from the same man.
But when came out Of the gendarm-
down the road at breakneck Speed" he
recounted recently. II caught q fleet
ing glimpse of one of the numbers-743.
I knew this was one Of the palace cars.
That number Is burned in my memory.
I see it in my dreams. knew then that
something was wrong-that government
officials were making their escape.
"Frantically tried to call the palace
again. I could not get through. I rush.
ed out to the car. The sky overhead was
filled with planes Five small planes had
just landed In meadow. and Germans
were getting out Of them with machine
guns. 1 turned the car around and drove
wildly back to the next gendarmerie. I
called Luxembourg again.
Planes Menace Fusitives
ri don't know whom I got on the
phone, but there was no time to- ask
questions. told the person at the other
end to alert France and Belgium at
once-that Luxembourg had been In
vaded and that German troops already
were on the French border.
1.-TWO planes were circling over the
cart seemed only about 100 feet over
head-when came out OF the gendarm-
erie into the moonlight. jumped to the
wheel and turned the car into a mar
row dirt road which followed for about
five miles. The planes followed but did
not fire.
II came to railroad crossing which
marks the boundary between Luxem-
bourg and France. There I saw three
Germans blocking the road with ma
chine pistols. Another was beside the
road with heavy machine gun. The
two planes landed just ahead and
saw Germans getting out OF them"
Evening star., 1944-10-15
How Luxembourg's Royal Family Fled
Nazis Revealed After Four Years

LUXEMBOURG.-It was In the
morning. Moonlight touched the spruce
lined border highway. For two hours q
high-powered car driven by IN Army
major had cruised leisurely back and
forth along this highway. The passen-
gers were . prince and two princesses.
The road was In the territory Of the
Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg, parallel
ing the French border.
The driver, Maj. GULL Konsbruck, had
been intrusted with the perilous duty Of
getting safely out Of the little grand
duchy-but only at the last possible
moment to save them from capture-the
heir to the throne, Prince John, and his
two younger sisters, the Princesses Marie
Gabrielle and Alix. He delayed too long,
due to bad information. Suddenly on
the road ahead there loomed up an
ambuscade of German soldiers with
machine pistols and heavy machine
gun.
Maj. Konsbruck had only split
second to decide. Should he risk the
lives Of the royal children by running
the gauntlet of fire? Should he sur
render them to the enemy? He did not
hesitate. With bullets pinging against
the sides of the car, he dashed through
the barrier at speed Of 95 miles an
hour. He thinks he ran over two or
three Germans. He kept this speed for
q couple of miles beyond the French
border, and narrowly missed turning
over the car when he jerked to stop.
But the heir apparent to the throne OF
Luxembourg, now lieutenant in the
Irish Guards of the British Army, was
safe in friendly territory
Invasion News Comes
The major, aide to Prince Felix, hus-
band Of the Grand Duchess Charlotte,
has just returned to his native land as
member Of the Allied commission. At
dinner recently, he told me for the first
time the full details of that fateful
May morning in 1910 when the Nazis
launched their great drive westward
through the Low Countries. He had
been left in the duchal palace at Luxem-
bourg City the day before with few
servants when the royal family had
moved to the summer palace at Colmar
Berg, where he was to join them a few
weeks later.
Maj Konsbruck was getting ready for
Evening star., 1944-10-15

of the British ARMY.
bed when there was q cautious knock at
his door. There stood Prince Felix. He
had received unconfirmed and not very
reliable reports that German troops
were poised to cross the border.
However improbable, the information
could not be ignored The Grand
Duchess, symbol Of Luxembourgs sover-
eighty, could not be allowed to fall into
the hands of the enemy, where she
might be forced to form an enemy
dictated government. The Prince him
self was preparing to take his wife and
mother-in-law close to the French
border. where they could cross instan-
taneously II the reports were confirmed
Next In Importance was the heir to
the throne. 1t was to be Maj. Kons-
bruck's duty to make sure Of the escape
OF Prince John and his sisters, but he
was not to cross the border until abso-
Evening star., 1944-10-15

When 1t Gen Omar Bradley e) promoted to command
er OF the 18th Army Group the esten 'front.' It.
ney Hodges right succeeded him head of the 1 Army there
oy reversing the situation represented by this picture When the
photograph made Gen. Hodges being succeeded
Bradley as conandant OF the Infantry School at Fort Bennng
Evening star., 1944-10-15
Reason May Be Found

Mr.. Sharpless says the findings do
not necessarily mean that Newton's
theories were cockeyed.
Il will be very much surprised" he
says, 1T q. reason for the deviations is
not found to explain the occurrence
within the rules Of Newton's law. feel
this way not only in regard to the satel-
lites' OF Mars, but also to Encke's comet.
At the present time, however, the fact
Evening star., 1944-10-15
BY Frank Carey,
! sAssoetatsd Press seiancs Editor.

For the second time in the recorded
HISTORY sot science Newtons famed law
Of SraS11Arunxeutlx is being challenged
By . stfxnee Phenomenon Of the heavens
For almost century astronomers
have been unahle to explain why Encke's
comet-the one which Is seen most fire.
quently Of all the celestial fireballs-
deviates regularly from the path 1t
should be following according to New
tons law.
Now they're faced with a new poser
raised by the apparently illegal antics
Of the two known satellites, or moons,
of the planet Mars.
Called Phobos and Demios-or Pear"
and Panic" the chariot horses of the
god of war--these two moons seem to
be hurtling through space slightly on
the tracks which Newton's rules say
they should be on. The discovery has
just been made by B. p. Sharpless, asso-
ciate astronomer ut the Naval Observa-
tory here.
He found that Phobos, the nearer
moon to Mars, Is getting ever closer
to the red planet, while Demios IS tend
Ing to get farther and farther away
from Mars.
Evening star., 1944-10-15
Satellites Odd Behavior
Defies Law of GRAVITY

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-10-05
With all of the campaigns in

With all OF the campaigns In
which Kennewick has participated
intellectually, the one which will
ask for old clothes to send to the
people in Europe, will surely find
continued cooperation here. This
campaign is as necessary as any,
as vital to provide clothing as
food for the liberated countries.
Already it is clear that France is
in need of bedding, clothing and
shoes and this nation has suffered
among the least since its collapse!
Central Europe, we well know is
in want of such goods and to dis
tribute them the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Admin
istration is working night and day
to take care of the distressed.
Clothing is extremely necessary
since winter makes hardships more
difficult to bear. China is going
to need a great deal of relief In
the clothing line as japan has cap
tured most of the cotton splndles
of that country. These old clothes
we offer will not be sold but given
away. 1t is not that the UNRRA
advocates not having these needy
learn to help themselves when
ever possible, but we will attempt
to tide them over until they can
get their own materials. The pur-
chasing of shoes and clothing with
money supplied by government
for the use of UNRRA has been
mostly of irregular and distressed
stock. The securing of durable
quality i'm fabrics has been so diff
ficult. With greater demands on
us for clothing, in order to more
quickly answer the call, we the
people are asked to collect old
clothes. Fall housekeeping should
turn up much in closets, attics and
Easements.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-10-05
.OUTMODED

.OUTMODED
After reading a recent criticism
of the navy uniforms worn by the
enlisted men in that service, a
Kennewick man remarked that it
had not occurred to him before
but when you think about it, we
streamline our ships and keep
them on 1914 lines, yet sailors
wear uniforms that were designed
about 200 years ago. Take the
broad MILDLY collar for instance.
In the zoos the insects were so
thick that they deloused the sailor
by using tar oils on his hair. The
large collar caught the dripping
tar. The bell--bottomed trousers
were for rolling up in order to
scrub the decks. Today they use
dungarees for this work. Imagine
a sailor trying to remove one of
those tight fitting middies while
he is in the deep, attempting to
be free to swim! Any columnist
who can further the cause of the
sailors wardrobe, deserves space,
in spite of a paper shortage.