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Evening star., 1944-12-15
Senator's Find Victory
Offers Only Solution
10 Cigarette Shortage
By ths Associated Pres..

BY the Associated Press
Senate investigators are about
convinced that the only way to
end the cigarette shortage Is by
winning the war.
AS long as the war lasts, Senator
Ferguson, Republican, of Michigan,
summed up, there's little that can be
done to bolster civilian stocks, and
the crisis will become more acute.
'It looks as though the smokers
will have to hurry victory along by
putting their money behind the
soldiers and sailors through War
Bond purchases" he told reporter.
Senator Ferguson, Chairman Mead
and other members of the War In
vestigating Committee who con-
Quoted two days of hearings to de-
termine the cause OF 1t all, and the
solution, If any, rested from their
labors today.
Their next step, said Senator
Mead. Is ito digest the testimony"
Admittedly there is little of a di-
gestible nature, from the smokers
viewpoint.
Usually ready with a bill when the
occasion demands, Senators couldn't
think of one that would come up
with more cigarettes promptly.
The problem, about which the
committee will report something in
January, was outlined by witnesses
as follows:
The Army and Navy are getting
the bulk of the cigarettes manufac-
tured, 51h per cent of one popular
brand, and are calling for more
next year.
Those manufacturers who have
enough leaf tobacco on hand to in
crease cigarette production haven't
the machinery or manpower to do
the job.
Those who have the machinery
and workers are already using all
the tobacco they can get.
Growers are planning to increase
their acreage by per cent in 1945.
But this growth will not be salts
factory for cigarette making until
year and a half or two years later.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Mother Of Comptons
Dies al IS in Ohio
By the Associated Press.


WOOSTER, Ohio, Dec. 15.-Mrs.
Otelia Compton, IS, widow, OF DR..
Elias Compton, former Wooster Col
lege president, and mother of three
sons and a daughter who hold total
Of 81 college and university degrees,
died at her home today.
Voted the American Mother of
the Year" in 1899, Mrs. Compton
held an honorary doctor of law de-
gree from Western College for
Women, "for outstanding achieve
ments as the wife and mother of
Comptons."
Her sons, all listed in Who's Who,
are DR.. Wilson NJ. Compton, presi-
dent of Washington State College,
Pullman, Wash, and for Is years
economist and general manager of
the National Lumber Manufacturers
Association: DR.. Karl T. Compton,
president of Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology, and Prof. Arthur H.
Compton Of the University of Chi
cago, winner Of the 1927 Nobel Prize
for physics.
Also surviving Is a daughter, Mrs.
Mary Rice, a Presbyterian mission
ary now on leave and wife of DR.. c.
Herbert Rice, principal of Christian
College, Allhabad, India.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Western Front
Continued From First Page }

center and close by the storfed uni
versity city Of Heidelberg. Lud-
wigshafen G54,000) is a twin city of
lying across the Rhine
in Bavaria. All three threatened
places have become familiar as ia
vored bombing targets.
Gen Patch. indeed, had already
opened his assault on the Siegfried
Line with eight-inch shells and 240-
millimeter howitzers. Allied planes
bombed the West Wall defenses and
rail lines supplying the German
front and funneling in reinforce
ments.
Towns Captured.
Among the towns toppled by the
7th Army were Riedseltz, miles
from Wissembourg; Sambach, q
mile from the frontier corner;
Munchhouse: Schaffhouse; Wintzen-
bach and Neewiller. the last only q
mile from the frontier. The latest
reports of 7th Army progress Jagged
hours behind the action.
The 1st Army finally reduced the
northernmost pocket of German re-
sistance on the Roer front, the Ger
mans In the Mullenack Castle. The
9th Division mopped up the Mari
weller factory area less than q mile
from Duren. The 5th Armored Di-
vision pushed east from Gey for
miles into Kufferath, where bitter
close quarter fighting developed.
The 83d Division in Gurzenich and
Birgel fought of two counterattacks
supported by tanks, of which four
were destroyed.
On the southern section Of the
1st Army front. resistance stiffened
In difficult terrain, thickly mined.
Cannon dispersed a German coun-
terattack at Simmerath. The foe
fought back into Kesternich, but
virtually all the hamlet remained in
American hands. Around Vosse-
mack, Nazi patrols infiltrated Amer
ican lines and gained some ground
The LIST Army took 647 prisoners
yesterday, raising its total to 213,526
Since v day. Gen. Eisenhower s
armies have captured 763,819 prison
ers, more than 77,O00 of them In the
current offensive.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Supreme Court Attorneys
To EuIoqize Sutherland

The bar of the Supreme Court will
hold memorial exercises Monday to
honor Associate Justice George
Sutherland, who died July 18, 1912.
A meeting will be held at the
court at 10 am, at which Justice
Harold M. Stephens of the Court
of Appeals, Col. William Gattron
Rigby and Charles Evans Hughes,
jr., will speak. Resolutions will be
adopted for presentation to the
court at noon by George Wharton
Pepper, chairman of the Resolutions
Committee. Attorney General Bid
die will speak at the noon session.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
WAC Issues Ration Cards
For Sales of Cigarettes

WAC Capt. Barbara Hadley, 23-
year-old boss Of the Army commits
sary store at Fort Belvoir, Va, has
figured out a way to stretch cigar
ette supplies that may serve as a
pattern for all Army conmissaries.
Capt. Hadley drew up a ration
card, had it printed, gave one to
each commissary permit holder and
the plan got under way.
Capt. Hadley's system so far has
allowed each adult in the family
Of commissary permit holder to
buy 10 packs a week. Each time
a purchase is made the. card is
punched. A three-way check in
volving Army identification pre-
vents any possible fraud.
Distribution of cards patterned
after those developed by Capt. Had
ley was started at Fort Myer Mon
day apd the system Is now getting
under way, post authorities said.
Rationing plans which do not use
cards also are In effect at four other
Army commissaries in the military
district of Washington, at Walter
Reed Hospital, Boiling Field, Camp
Springs Army Air Base and the
Army War College.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Draft Call Starts Series
OF Riots in Sicily
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated eress.
ROME, Dec. 15.-A government
decree summoning the classes of
1921 and 1922 to the Italian colors
touched off a series of riots yester-
day in Catania. Sicily, during which
guards were reported to have fired
upon crowd attempting to storm
recruiting headquarters.
Dispatches from Sicily said
number of university students had
taken part in the demonstration and
one had been killed.
The independent daily II TEMPO
said rioters succeeded in setting fire
to the city hall, conscription head
quarters, the court house, Bank of
Sicily Building and the tax collec-
ton Offices They attempted to
storm the Jail. but were driven of.
The government said necessary
measures had been taken to restore
order and large number of arrests
were reported.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Wounded

Corpl. John M. Pugh, whose wife,
Mrs. Mary L. Pugh, lives at 1705
Englewood avenue Hyattsville, Md,
was wounded in action in Germany
on September IA, the War Depart
ment has informed his wife. He is
now in hospital in England. Corpl,
Pugh attended school in Bonneville,
Va, where his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John T. Pugh, live. He was sent
overseas last July. Before going to
Germany he fought in France. He
has one son, Ronald Clayton, who
will be 2 years old on Christmas eve.
Staff Sergt. Walter C. Clark, son
|of Mrs. Mary S. Clark of 1922 C
street Sc, was wounded in action
by German artillery fire on Septem-
Der 13, his mother has been notified
by the War Department.
Sergt. Clark was inducted in Oc-
tober, 1912. He had been over
seas since last July. According to q
letter received by his mother, he was
struck by an artillery shell splinter
while unloading supplies near the
front in France. He was returned
to this country, his mother said, and
is now in an Army hospital at Rich
mond, Va.
Pvt. John Whitmire, 10, infantry,
was slightly wounded November Is
on Leyte, the War Department has
informed his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Whitmtre. 1856 Gales
street NE.
Pvt. Whitmire attended st. Mar
Evening star., 1944-12-15
$50 Flying Forts Raid
Hanover and kasseI
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 15.-More than Csc
Flying Fortresses today hammered
the Western Germany rail and in
dustrial centers of Hanover and
Kassel with more than 1000 tons OF
bombs.
The bomber fleet, from the
Britain based United States 9th Air
Force, was accompanied by 55C
Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters
The raid was timed simultaneously
with another by the United States
18th Air Force, based in Italy, ac-
cording to German radio reports.
Bombardrnent of the Reich's bat
tered and overburdened rail routes
to the western front was resumed
despite cloudy weather, after a as
hour lu1l.
Evening star., 1944-12-15

tins Parochial and Elliott Junior
High Schools. He was cashier at
the Yellow Cab Co. before entering
the service in March, 1943. Overseas
since August, 1943, he also partici-
pated in the Marshall Islands cam
paign.
Pfc. Robert H. Tredway, 80, infan-
try, who was wounded in France
August 8, has been wounded in ac-
ton again, this time seriously, the
War Department has informed his
mother, Mrs. Myrtle Galloway, 1874
South Barton street. Arlington. He
was hit in the right leg November
is in Germany.
Overseas since June, Pvt. Tredway
was first hospitalized in England. A
A rif1eman, he was among the first
to invade Germany, his mother said
She said she has received two letters
from him recently, first from a hos
pital in Belgium. and later from one
in Paris. He wrote that he is re-
covering nicely"
Pfc. Tredway, a graduate of Nc
Kinley High School. was one of the
first employees In the Rural Electri-
fication Administration here. Later
he was transferred to the Navy De-
partment.
Pfc. Tredway entered the Army
two and half years ago and trained
for a year at Camp Van Dorm, Miss
The first day he arrived at the camp
he was in a serious truck accident
He was hospitalized for three months
with skull fracture, broken shoul-
der and other injuries.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Government Seizure
OF Ward Stores Seen
After WLB's Rebuff
By JAMES Y. NEWTON.

The four Detroit stores OF
Montgomery Ward & Co. today
apparently are headed for Gov
ernment seizure, perhaps with
other company properties in
cluded, as a result of the COM
pany's refusal to appear at a
War Labor Board hearing, and
the threat of the CIO union to
spread the strike unless early
settlement of it's grievances is
reached.
The WLB gave the firm until next
Monday night to meet the terms
and conditions" of board orders of
August, 1943, and May, 1914, apply
ing to the Detroit stores, where
workers have been on strike since
Saturday.
Ward officials refused to appear
at hearing yesterday in which it
was to show cause for failing to
comply with WLB orders involving
maintenance of union membership
and wage adjustments A company
telegram stated that Wards position
Chat WLB's orders were advisory
and not binding) was unchanged.
Ready for Showdown.
This action followed the assertion
Of Samuel Wolchok, president of the
Retail Employees Union, that his
group "is ready for a showdown"
with Montgomery Ward in its 500
stores and plants.
Mr.. Wolchok said the union had
majority of Wards estimated 65,-
600 workers over the country, and
declared if the Government is un-
able to get compliance with direc-
tives he was prepared to call en-
ployes in other cities out on strike.
He added the union will call off the
Detroit strike if the company will
recognize the WLB orders.
Although Sewell Avery. Ward
board chairman, refused to send
representatives to yesterdays hear
ing of the Detroit case, WLB Chair
man William H. Davis went ahead
with plans today to air the COM
pany's position in Chicago, Denver,
st. Paul, Portland, Oreg.: San Ra-
fael, Calf, and Jamaica, N. Y. The
company also had failed to heed
board orders involving working con-
ditions of employees in those cities.
Drafting Seizure Papers.
Should the company refuse to
comply with the orders by Monday
night, the WLB will refer the case
to Economic Sterilization Director
Fred M Vinson for action. Mr..
Wilson's only procedure, it was said,
would be to recommend seizure to
President Roosevelt.
WLB attorneys, it was learned, |
already are drafting seizure papers.
Following his customary procedure,
the President would be expected first
to appeal to Ward to comply and
to Detroit strikers to return to work.
Government seizure would follow if
needed.
There is a possibility that Mr..
Davis may ask the White House to
act simultaneously against Mont
gomery Ward in all seven cities
where board orders have been
ignored
The hearing on the Detroit strike
was brief, consisting merely of state
ments of Mr.. Wolchok
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Fire at Smith Forces
50 Out of Dormitory
By the Associated Press.


NORTHAMPTON, Mass, Dec. Is
"A fire swept Dickinson House, one
of Smith Colleges oldest dormitories.
early today, forcing GA students, four
maids and house mother out of the
building In scant attire. No one was
injured.
Acting Fire Chief Oswald Dragon
said damage probably would exceed
$3.50. 900.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Dummy of Avery Is Hanged
By Wards Detroit Strikers
pr+h. asso,;a+a5 pr.s,

By the Associated Press.
DEROIT, Dec. Is. A dummy
bearing a placard with the name
"Avery" on it. was hanged last
night by striking employees of Mont
gonery Ward & Co. stores. Sewen
Avery is chairman of the company
board.
The dummy was carried from a
front entrance of the Grand River
store by two former employees now
members of the United States Mer-
chant Marine, across the street
where the strikers tied a rope around
1t and SUSPENDED it from a tree.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
De GuuIIe Reaches Cuiro

NEW YORK, Dec. Is (R.-Gen.
Charles de Gaulle has arrived by
plane in Cairo on his return trip
from Moscow, the American broad
casting station in Europe reported
last night in broadcast heard by
rfe Blue Network.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
W. c. Fry, Opera Singer, Dies

NEW YORK, Dec. Is R.-Willard
Charles Fry, IS, former Chicago
Opera baritone, died Wednesday in
st. Johns Hospital. He also had
appeared in light opera and on the
concert stage.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Missing

First 1t. Robert r. Hedges, jr., 28,
infantry, has been missing in Ger
many since November 81, the War
Department notified his wife Lucille,
who lives at 2207 Otis street NE.
with their 3-year-old son and infant
daughter. His mother, Mrs. Greta E.
Hedges, lives at 1882 South Thomas
street, Arlington.
A graduate Of Mckinley High
School and Columbus University
School of Law, 1t. Hedges worked at
the Government Printing Office. As
a member of the District National
Guard, he started his Army duty in
February, 1941, when the group was
activated. He was a sergeant in the
military police of the 18th Division
until he received a commission at
Fort Benning in May, 1912. He was
sent overseas last March.
1t. Hedges holds the Purple Heart
for wounds received in Normandy
on July 16. In October, his battalion
won the presidential unit citation
for their work on the siegfried Line.
Pvt. Van Jones, jr., 81, husband
of Mrs. Frances Jones, 913 Kennedy
street NV, and son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Jones, IS Todd place NE, has
been missing since November II in
Germany, his family has been in
formed.
Pvt. Jones, native of Whining
ton, N. c., was graduated from Nc
Kinley High School and worked for
the Highway Engineering g.. Con-
struction Co. before joining the
Army in February, 1912. He had
been overseas two months, and was
with an infantry division.
Second 1t. r. Tench Tilghman, 21,
son Of Mrs. Raymond Tilghman,
1851 c street NE, has been missing
since November "a in Italy, his
parents have learned.
1t. Tilghman left the University
of Maryland after attending two
years and enlisted In December, 1912.
He had been overseas two months
when reported missing. He was
graduated from Eastern High School
and was employed in the circulation
department Of the Times Herald
while attending college. A brother,
Staff Sergt. G. B. Tilghman, is with
the Air Forces in England.
Evening star., 1944-12-15

a daughter, Beverly Ann, S, live at
233 Farragut street NV.
Pvt. Yeargin was a native Of OK
ford, S. c. Before entering the Army
last February he was employed by
Taylors' Service, Georgia avenue and
Upshur street NV. His widow
works at the City Bank on Georgia
avenue.
Pvt. Yeargin is also survived by a
brother, Robert, an Army private
in the Philippines; four other broth
ers and two sisters, all of Oxford
Second 1t. Hollis Harrison, 30,
|armored infantry, former George
Washington University football
player. was killed in action Novem-
ber 81 in Germany, the War De-
partment has notified his wife, Julia,
who is living with her parents and
4-month-old daughter at Buckner,
Va.
1t. Harrison, native of Buffalo,
Ark, played on the high school foot
ball team there and was an all
State star in 1882. He was awarded
a scholarship to George Washington
University and came here about 10
years ago. While working at the
Farm Security Administration he
earned degree in physical educa-
ton and played football at the uni
versity.
He was within eight hours of q
degree In accountancy when he. was
drafted in October, 1941. Serving
in the Pacific for a year, he partici-
pated in the battle for Midway
Island and was promoted to master
sergeant, Later he received COM
mission in the infantry at Fort
Benning, Ga. He transferred to the
Tank Corps and was sent overseas
last October. His wife said ne was
with Gen. Patton's Sd Army.
Pvt. Vincent A. Troiand, 81, who
was first reported missing in action
August 16. was killed on that day,
the War Department announced to-
day. He was the husband of Mrs.
Louise Troiand, $50 Park road NV.
and the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. An
thony Troiand, 1444 Kennedy street
NV.
Pvt. Troiand was a native of
Washington and a graduate of
Sacred Heart Academy. He entered
the Army in September, 1913, and
went overseas with an engineer out
fit last June.
Pvt. James F. Lord, 10, infantry.
was killed in action In Germany
November 20, the War Department
has notified his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James G. Lord, S05 Jeerson
street NV.
Pvt. Lord was born in Washington.
He was graduated from Roosevelt
High School in June, 1943, and COM
pleted the summer course at Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore. He
was member of the Brightwood
Methodist Church senior youth fel-
lowship.
The Star previously carried stories
on the following men soon after the
War Department notified their
families that they had been killed in
action:
Sergt. Frederick r. Phelps, 20l
Spring street, Chevy Chase, Md.
First 1t. Julian /. Columbus, 4227
Ingomar street NV.
Pvt. Arthur p. Brensinger, 1915
Franklin street NE.
Col. William H. Schildroth, 2714
Seventeenth street NE.
Pvt. Edwin w. Warren, f., 502s
Nebraska avenue NV.
Pvt. Woodrow Farr, 100 Elm ave-
nue., Takoma Park, Md.
Pvt. James w. Hudson OF Rockville
and Boyds, Md.
Second 1t. Robert L. Brown, 1916
North Lexington street. Arlington,
Va.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Blood Quote
tFor District, Pentason an

(For District, Pentagon and
Mobile Units.)
District quota per
week ----- 5000 pints
Donations last week 4,070 pints
Donations so far this
week ---- 2,843 pints
Toe days appoint
ments ------4---- 805 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center
in the Acacia Building, 81 LOU
isiana avenue NV, by calling
District $500 between 9 am.
and $50 pm.
Thus far in this war, 1,010
men from the District area have
been reported killed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-10
The St. Louis Conference
These Days S +! sE '5,. e. sotSaskT

Political events are sometimes
organized for their pageantry and
having established the desired ef
feet are expected TO be forgotten.
They set the stage for some pur.
pose and having occurred. they
have completely served their use
fulness. To the politician, most
things OF yesterday are as water
over the dam.
The st. Louis Conference OF Re,
publican Governors appears, in re-
Prospect. TO be more than pageap-
try. IL was more than stage-set-
ting for the Inauguration OF Cover
nor Dewey's campaign against
President Roosevelt. It's very oc-
currence continued the process OF
the reorganization OF the Republi-
can Party and the persistence in
the shift OF the center OF power
In that party from old-time leaders,
particularly Senators, TO newer
leaders. many OF whom are only
local celebrities.
The platform of the Republican
Party was written under the in
iuence OF senators and the elder
statesmen. The chairman Of the
Resolutions Committee was Sena-
tor Taft, the leader OF his party
In the Senate. The ST. Louis Confer.
ence revised, amplihed and restat.
ed that platform In series of
statements on various subjects.
The theory Is that the IS Republi-
can Governors are close to the
people; they represent the most
testable Republican. strength among
the voters. The practice, how
ever, is that the Governors must,
by the character of their once.
limit their activities to state and
local matters; their comments on
federal and international questions
are of the nature of obiter dicta, Of
curbstone personal opinions.
The practice further is FOR the
members OF Congress. the repre-
sentatives and senators. to discuss
and to vote upon these federal and
international questions day by day
in the halls of Congress. Their
discussions and their votes estab-
lish the Republican record. The
people will note the attitudes and
activities of the Republican Party
by their votes. Senators Vanden-
berg and Taft can do more TO
establish the position OF the Re-
publican Party than all the COVER
nors put together, because 1t Is
the votes they lead in the Senate
tina. makes the book.
And Governor Dewey must abide
by their votes. II he denounces
their actions. the New Dealers will
hop upon such denunciations as
examples OF his inability to work
with Congress-, even with his own
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-10
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