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Evening star., 1944-09-06

Nine. LeScot, wife Of the President
of Haiti, who has wide circle of
friends in Washington where she
lived for several years while her hus-
band was minister from his country,
is a guest at the Haitian Embassy.
Nine. Lescot has been in this coun-
try about fortnight and was &C
companied by her daughter and son,
Mile. Andree Lescot and M. Max
Lescot. Mile. Lescot has entered
school in Canada with her cousins,
the Miles. Micora and Denise Ar
mand. The Miles. Armand and their
mother, Nine. Durcee Armand, ac-
companied Nine. Lescot to this
country and Nine Armand will re-
turn to Haiti with her at the end
of the week. No party has been
planned for her at the Embassy, but
the Ambassador and Nine. LeScot
are having one or two of her old
friends lunch and dine with her
very informally during her stay. She
also will have tea with Mrs. Cordell
Hull, wife of the Secretary Of State.
The Second Secretary of the Min
istery of Agriculture and Commerce
of Panama, Senor Alfonso Tejeira,
also is visiting in Washington,
having come for a tour of agricul-
tural and dairy regions in several
states. Senor Tejeira is specialist
in the chemical analysis of soils. He
is no stranger in this country, having
attended Cornell University where
he was graduated. Also in this
country from, Panama are the
former president. Senor Florencio
Arosemena and Sonora de Arose
mena and their son, Col. Mario
Arosemena, Panamanian representa-
tive on the nter-American Defense
Board. They are spending some
time in New York.
There will be no entertaining at
the Embassy for the visitors as the
Ambassador and Sonora de Jimenez
also are in New York. The Counse-
lor of the Embassy and Sonora de
Morales are entertaining the form
er's brother, Senor Juan R. Morales,
who was accompanied to Washing
ton by Senior Horacio Alfaro. They
are staying at the Carlton while in
Washington. Senor Alfaro Is
brother of the former President OF
Panama, Senor Ricardo Alfaro,, who
has made his home in Washington
since his retirement from the diplo-
matte service. Senor Ricardo Alfaro.
who was minister here for some
time, is in Panama with Sonora de
Alfaro. The latter will return
within fortnight and will be ac-
companied by one of the younger
sons, Senor Ivan Alfaro, who has
lived In the Argentine for some
time. Sonora de Alfaro spent the
early part of the summer in At
lantic City with the Oldest son, Capt.
Victor Alfaro, who is In the medical
oorr,x TT s A. and Mrs AlfarO
Evening star., 1944-09-06
By the Way
BETH BLAINE

Mrs. Ruth Huddleston was one of
the first women in Washington to
take the six-week training course
on the Approach to the Wounded
arranged by the American Theater
Wings Speakers Bureau. That was
way back last fall, almost a year
ago. Now this busy lady, who has
a full daytime job with the Air
Transport Command, is one of the
bureaus most popular speakers.
There are two angles to the
course" Mrs. Huddleston said.
One Is that the Theater Wing has
been working closely with service
organizations and various groups
who 60 into the military hospitals.
The other angle deals with the
home"
mo matter how much the Gov
ernment and the hospitals may do
for our disabled 1t is the soldiers
own family who must have the final
responsibility of his readjustment,"
said Mrs. Huddleston. 1T is the
family who must make him see that
he must have the same courage in
times of peace that he showed In
the heat of battle"
1t was largely because of Mrs.
Huddleston's work with the Air
Transport Command which deals
with the activities concerning the
evacuation Of the wounded that she
became interested in the Theater
Wing courses. She is so enthusiastic
about the work she feels that every
one with any background of war
or social service should sign up for
the course. "The War Department
believes this sort of training not
only useful but necessary" Mrs.
Huddleston says. ''The courses are
open to both men and women-and
many club and business groups have
asked for speakers, also department
store heads, who think it an i'm
portant thing to have their sales
people know something of the proper
attitude toward the disabled vet
eran."
Many OF the USO clubs require
one of these lectures as part Of the
training for young women hostesses.
If you think you'd like to take the
course, but haven't the time-just
listen to what Mrs. Huddleston does.
In addition to her 9-to-5 daily job
she keeps house and does the cook
ing and CLEANING for herself and her
l2-year-old daughter. She found
time to take the course and is find-
ing time to speak several times a
week. You can, too. Try and see.
The Stage Door Canteen will be
glad to furnish you with all details
Of the course.
Evening star., 1944-09-06
RecebfiOn on Sunday

A reception will be held by Kappa
Kappa Gamma Alumnae ASSocia-
ton from pm. to 6 pm. Sunday
at the home of Mrs. Seiforde M.
Stellwagen, 5124 Loughboro road.
Guests of honor will be association
friends who this fall will enter
colleges and universities over the
Nation.
Evening star., 1944-09-06

The former Miss Virginia
Amadon is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick w.
Amddon. Her recent mar
rtage to 1t. FelloUs, 10ho is
the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. H. M.
FelIo1os OF Appleton, Wis, took
place tn the Memorial Chapel
at the Army Medical Center.
Harris G. EUing Photo.
Evening star., 1944-09-06
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G.
WEDNESDAY, SxpIEMSEk s, iSA.

versity Park Woman's Club 1t 2 pm.
Monday at the home Of Mrs. r. o.
Stelzer, 6407 Queens Chapel road.
Evening star., 1944-09-06
Wedding Notices

Detailed descriptions OF toed-
dings must be received by The
Star in ddUunce OF or on the
d0te OF the ceremony and must
Dear a signed authorization.
In ordinary circumstances an
nonncements OF marriages can
not be used If submitted more
than a week after the ceremonu.
Evening star., 1944-09-06
VIII address Club

Martin Dean Wicket, program
director Of WTOP. Columbia Broads
casting System, viii speak at the
first meeting this season Of the Uni
Evening star., 1944-09-06

Extravagant spending Of money
at home results in an extravasant
spending Of blood In battle. Buy
extra War Bonds today to keep our
casualties to = minimum. Let's all
hack the attack.
Evening star., 1944-09-06

The program has been arranged BY
Mrs. A. z. loyal. chairman Of educa-
tion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11

ture committees, now held by
Senators Robert R. (Bob) Rey-
nolds and Ellison D. Cotton Ed
Smith.
Smith was defeated in the South
Carolina Democratic primary
while Reynolds did not seek re-
election.
BY the traditional right Of Sc
niority, Senator Thomas D-Utah)
has the first claim on the Military
committee post, should he decide
to give up Craftsmanship OF the
Education and Labor committee.
If he doesn't, Senator johnson Cd
Colo would take over.
Similarly, the Agriculture chair
manship is available to Senator
Wheeler (D-Mont), If he should
prefer it to his present chairman
ship of the Interstate Commerce
committee. If he doesn't, then 1t
goes to Senator Thomas O-Okla)
Both Thomases were reelected
Tuesday. Wheeler is holdover.
Continued on page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 M
President Roosevelt came back to
Washington and rousing welcome
today and went to work on tough
International problems at the desk
where he'll do business four more
years.
Amid the customary rumors that
some of it's members may be out of
jobs, he called in his cabinet for
its first post-election meeting.
And he saw Herbert Lehman,
who runs the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation program; John
G.. Winant, ambassador to London,
and Averel Hartman, his envoy
| to Moscow.
The dates with diplomats at the
end of the day pointed up again
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
REDS DRIVE WEDGE SANDWICH MURDER
i'm BUDAPEST Line TESTIMONY GIVEN

LONDON. Saturday, Nov. IL
RHRussian troops in a fierce all
day struggle yesterday drove a
wedge between tn e German de-
tenders of Budapest and eastern
Slovakia by cutting the Budapest.
Miskolc railway in t h e area OF
Mezokovesd, IS miles northeast. oil
the besieged Hungarian capital
A midnight Soviet communique
said the Russians killed 700 Ger.
mans and Hungarians, beat off q
series of stubborn coUnterattac ks,
captured Is guns, stores of ammu.
milton and other eqipment, and
destroyed nine German tanks in
action which won a section of the
important railway.
Mezokovesd itself was threaten
ed by the Russians with the cap
ture of Borsodszemere, four miles
to the southwest and two miles
from the railway which skirts tbs
Matra mountains in northeastern
Hungary, and the Red army now
was 20 miles beyond the middle
Tisza river which it crossed sew
eral days ago in the new drive or
Budapest.
On the southern approaches tc
Budapest the enemy constantly is
reinforcing his troops in an effort
to hold that gateway city on the
road to Austria, the Moscow bull
letin said. Elite guard tank and
cavalry divisions were used yes
terday in an effort to hold the rail.
way to Cegled.
The rear of these enemy troops
were imperilled by the drive down
the railway from Miskolc.
The communique announced the
capture of 400 more Hungarians
and Germans during Wednesday
and Thursday, boosting to approx
imately 100000 the number of enc
my troops killed or captured since
Oct. 6 when the invasion of Hun
gary began.
Red army planes dropped leaf
lets carrying an appeal by Col.
Gen. Janos Voeroes, former Hun
garian chief of staff who recently
surrendered voluntarily to the Rus
slams, for the Hungarians to de-
sert the Germans and join the Red
army.
In Yugoslavia Spitfires of the Al
lied Balkan air force, taking off
Continued Oh page Five: Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
Napoleon's Gold Crown
And Watch Are Stolen
From Inualides Chapel

PARIS, Nov. 10.-(R Napo-
: Icons crown and gold watch
have been stolen from Invali-
DIES chapel, police said today,
adding the crowns monetary
value was small.
In gilded silver weighing
three pounds, the crown has
been on. display under a glass
bowl in the building housing
Napoleon's tomb. 1t was made
in 1910 for the emperor as the
gift. of the city of Cherbourg
and inscribed, ''to Napoleon
the Great" Some of its gilded
leaves were stolen in 1870 but
they later. were recovered and
sreplaced, -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
YANK B0MBERS
STRIKE COLOGNE

LONDON, Nov. 1O.-(P)- Am
erican heavy bombers made a
quick change of pace today, at
lacking military targets and in
dustrial plants around Cologne and
Frankfurt in support of the Am
erican First army after bombing
in front of the Third arny's new
offensive yesterday.
About 1,40O American planes
were unopposed from the air as
they swarmed over Cologne, deli
vering the next major goal of 1t.
Gen. Courtney Hodges fighters its
1865 raid of the war.
Despite the is times Cologne
was bombed last month, Nazi an
ti-aircraft batteries hurled dense
cloud of flax into the paths of the
$50 Liberators and Fortresses and
Continued on page Five; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
MANY LAME DUCKS
GO HOME ON JAN. z.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-R-
Some four score senators and
house members - among them
names that in years past have
made headlines - will be missing
from Congress next year.
Those defeated, in the primaries
and general election, n d those
who did not choose to run, will
serve until the new Congress, elect
ed Tuesday, convenes. January 3.
Members who then will depart
from capitol hill include:
Hamilton Fish, New York repub-
lican house member, prewcr non
interventionist; Martin D i e S
O-Tex), chairman of h house
committee investigating unAmeri-
can activities; and Senators Ger
aid. P. Nye R-ND) and John A..
Danaher tR-Conn), whom vice
described as t'isolationfsts.
Senators Bennett Champ Clark
D-Mo); D. Worth Clark Cd Ida
ho); Guy M. Gillette (D-Iowa):
Rufus c. Holman R-Oregon)
Robert R. Reynolds D-NC); Ell
ison D. Smith (D-SC), and Hattie
w. Caraway DARK.
Reps. Day GRID, Calvin John
son (R-IlD, Mas RMinn), Dwey
GRID, Dilweg D-Wis).
Senator Reynolds, who did not
seek reelection, is chairman Of the
Senate Military committee. Smith,
chairman of the Senate Agriculture
committee and bitter N e W Deal
critic, was eliminated in the South
Carolina primary.
Day long had opposed the Pres
ident's policies, both foreign ana
domestic. Dewey held t h e head
lines last summer when he spon-
sored the resolution creating a
special house committee to inves-
tigate the military seizure of Mont
gomery Wards Chicago plant, on
order of the President.
Dilweg is former al1-America
football star at Marquette and his
name ran on the sports pages later
fr.-l:.,,oJ. o>n Do m Txyo. Col QN
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
POSTWAR BUSINESS
PLANS ARE HEARD.
BY THOMAS HAGENBUCH
Press Financial Editor

n Z Il
RYE, N. Y. Nov. 10.-tR-Busi-
nessmen from So nations got to-
gether today for a clinic on post
war trade relations with the good
|neighbor policy as t h predomi-
nant note.
This keynote was sounded by
Eric A. Johnston, president of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce, in a speech before tn e
opening session of the international
business conference (CAP IBC) in
which he told more than 300 bust
nessmen from all over the world:
eve can no longer live alone
and like it. This is truly one world.
This enforced neighborliness can
work in one of two ways, it can
promote good fellowship, better I'm
Outstanding and peaceful relations,
Tor it can produce frictian, qaargels
land inciteff4ents to war. VIII we
be good neighbors or bad neigh
bcrs?"
After the opening session To-Day,
the delegates divided into sections
to discuss various aspects of for.
eign trade along these lines; car
tells, currency relations among ma
tons, industrialization in n e W
areas, transportation and commun-
ications, commercial policy of ma.
tons, encouragement and protec.
ton of investments, private enter
prise and raw materials and food.
stuffs.
In d message to the conference
President Roosevelt said: 1.-THE
businessmen of the United Nations
and the nations associated with
them have done much to assure
the victory of our arms. Now, with
out in any slowing the vast move.
ment of supplies to all the fight
ing fronts, business leaders e
turning their thoughts to the prob.
lens of reestablishing vigorous
postwar trade and business among
nations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
June Rose Will Speak
81 At City Hall Honoring
~ Armistice Day Here

Hfghlighting the Armistice
Day program today, planned
by the American Legion, Will
mington Post No. 10, June H.
Rose, of Greenville, past de-
partment commander, will
speak from the steps of City
hall this morning at II o'clock.
No elaborate program has
been planned because of the
present conflict, and Sheriff
C. David Jones, chairman of
the program committee, said
that aspirations for peace.
rather than the past jubilant
celebrations dedicated to the
peace Of World War l, would
Continued ION page Five; Col. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
Back In White House, Roosevelt Holds
Cabinet Session And Press Conference

press radio conference since the
fourth term victory, the President
was prodded into proving that as
a political prognosticator he isn't
strictly accurate.
Reminded that he had made a
guess on the electoral vote, he be-
gan fishing around in a desk draw
err for slip of yellow paper.
Not too seriously, he asked Sec
rotary Stephen Early whether he
had stolen it. No, Early grinned,
but II wigh I had, now that I'm
suspected" 1t took a Secret Serv-
ice man, Charles Fredericks, to
spot the missing forecast.
And this is what it showed: 1876
Continued on page Five; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
-FOUR CARGO SHIPS
ALSO KNOCKED OUT
Enemy Believed To Have
Brought Forces Back
To First Strength

GENERAL M'ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP
PINES, Nov. 11.--P)-Jap-
anese defenders of Leyte
landed heavy reinforcements
from four 5,000-ton cargo
ships at Ormoc last night,
but lost three of the trans
ports and seven of the Is &C
companying destroyers in the
effort.
Another troop-laden transport of
5000 tons was repeatedly bombed
in Mindoro strait on the western
side Of the Philippines, leaving it
dead in the water and burning.
General MacArthur's daily COM
munique gave no estimate of the
number of enemy troops landed;
but headquarters spokesman
said the number-which, judging
from the size of the ships, could
have been between 5000 and TO-
900 men-was in addition to the
IS, 900 men which the enemy was
estimated to have in action yes
| terday.
The headquarters spokesman es-
timated the new reinforcements
gave the Japanese as many men
on Leyte now as they had when
the American assault on the island
began. The 10000 to $4,000 Japa-
nese are faced. by a known four
American divisions, whose strength
has. never been disclosed.
Appearance of the Japanese con-
voy touched off 4 vicious 24-hour
aerial battle in which American
dive and level bombers sank the
; enemy ships while fighters down.
ed 16 of the defending enemy fight
ers and probably destroyed five
more in the sky-filling dogfights
above the bombers. Four Ameri-
can bombers and four fighters
were lost.
However, the American aircraft
apparently failed to arrive soon
enough to prevent landing OF the
majority of the troops and ma
TERRELL carried by the enemy trans
ports. The spokesman admitted
that a majority of both were prob
ably landed safely.
Associated Press Correspondent
Richard Bergholz, writing from a
Leyte airbase, said a rain squan
came to the aid Of the japanese
convoy, preventing aerial attacks
for several hours after the ships
were discovered.
Later, the Japanese ships threw
up a smoke screen which also pre-
vented high level bombing accu-
racy. Shortly before noon, how
ever, the smoke blew away; and
the American bombers were able
! CONTINUED on page Five: Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
LEAE ESTIMATE =,
PASSES BILLION

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. - Up -
Based on a record national yield
of more than LOCO pounds an acre
the Agriculture department today
raised its 1914 tobacco crop esti-
mate to 1909, 627, 900 pounds.
The 1914 total is 90 per cent
greater than last years 1899, 1885,
600 pounds and still greater than
the 1933-42 average Of 1888, 1867 900.
Though somewhat less than the
departments estimate month
ago, the fue-cured crop estimate
of 1862, AGO. 900 pounds is the sec
ond flue-cured crop in history to
exceed a billion pounds. Produc-
ton in 1943 was 788, 532, 900 pounds.
In spite of a season OF weather
extremes, the Burley crop reached
harvest with a record production
estimated at 4S8, 100000 pounds,
compared with 800, 004,0 900 pounds
in 1913.
Other types estimated as OF Nov.
/. compared with 1943 production
were fire-cured, 65,479, 900 against
81, 800, 900; and cigar types, 1884,
IT'S, 900 against 108, 1884, 900.
Estimated flue-cured production
by areas: Virginia 104, $40, 900;
North Carolina 719, $780, 0C, includ.
ing 374, 100000 in the Eastern
North Carolina belt; South Carroll
Continued on page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. TO-
R-An alleged confession that
slender. 25-year-old Mrs. Roberta
Steiger spread rat poison on a
peanut butter sandwich last July
2 and thus killed a young woman
she dearly loved" was admitted
today, despite defense objections,
as evidence before the Sangamon
county circuit court jury trying
her on a charge of murder.
The friend was Helen Hovey, "a,
a registered nurse who died last
July 8. Mrs. Steiger's attorney said
the defendant would take the stand
to repudiate. the alleged confession
when the trial is resumed Mon
day. +4--= --'-'~
Today a newspaper reporter,
Ethel Zimmerman, testified as to
circumstances under which she
said the Steiger confession was
signed in the office of states at
torney, Alfred H. G-eening.
MRS. Steiger told the states
attorney that the poisoning was an
accident. Later, though, she took
piece of paper and showed how
she said she spread poison on two
sandwiches.
"Sne said she was awfully sorry
she had done it and would be glad
to die for it and wanted to be with
Helen
Another reporter, Richard X.
Goodman, also testifying tor the
state, said:
IT asked Mrs. Steiger what the
strange affection was that she
mentioned as existing between her
and her friend and she hesitated
at first and then said they were
inseparable and couldn't live with
out each other"
Defense counsel contends Mrs.
Steiger maintained her innocence
until long questioning by repre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11

immediate prospect OF solutloil VI
the underlying wage dispute when
set off the walkout of 800 employees
at 4 a. m. :.
The lines involved are the Chi
cago North Shore and Milwaukee,
and Chicago Aurora and Elgln
railroads. Traffic on the fou'es
which serve western and northern
suburbs of Chicago, was halted
completely, company officials sara:
The strikers are members u
two unions the Brotherhood OF
Railroad, Trainmen, and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen. They are
seeking a s-cent hourly increase
and have rejected as5-cent increase
recommended by mediation pa
mel.
Current wages on the two roads
are 90 cents an hour for motor
men and conductors, and ~ cents
for collectors and brakemen.
The dispute has been brewlns
for months. On Sept. IL WalKou
fcort;rued on page Five; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11

the prospects of second Roose-
welt Churchill Stain. meeting to
talk over final plans for crushing
Germany and partial plans for
keeping the world at peace later on.
Mr.. Roosevelt had no news on
such conference: That was what
he told reporters soon after he re-
turned to the capital and tumult-
uous reception by quarter million
Westinghouse standing in a rain.
But he said the big three do want
to meet when they can arrange it.
Nothing has been worked out yet,
he said. and tor security reasons
he wasn't going to announce it
when arrangements were complet-
&C.
| London conjectured that the Pres
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-11
C0UNTERTHRUSTS
ARE THROWN BACK
Battle Has Developed Into
Major Winter
Offensive

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, PARIS,
Saturday, Nov. II. -.@ =
The Third army's winter Of
fensive blazed over a 75-mile
front yesterday and tanks
and infantry, curving around
little more than eight miles
southeast of the great fort
ress of Metz, were within 81
miles of the frontier of the
Saar basin, German industri-
al stronghold.
The Germans struck back at
two places north Of Metz during
the morning, the first counterat-
tacks since the offensive broke
but they were repulsed. At one
point, the Moselle river bridge
head at (Koenigsmacher) the Am
orleans scored a three-mile gain.
Koenigsmacher is six miles from
the nearest German frontier and
10 miles from the Saar border.
"a front dispatch said the sixth
armored division, the second tank
division to join at least six infan-
try divisions in the onslaught, push
ed beyond Buchy, 10 miles south.
east of Metz and was operating
less than nine miles from the fort
ringed city.
At points along a 20-mile front
southeast of Metz, where the big
push appeared to be gaining the
greatest momentum, the Ameri.
cans now were more than eight
miles beyond the starting point OF
fssax.se days ago without striking
really strong resistance.
Deepest points of penetration
were at Tragny, IA miles southeast
of Metz and five miles farther
southeast at Fremery. Fremery
is 81 miles from the Saar border
and roughly 80 miles from Saar-
brucken in the Siegfried line.
The front was ablaze from
north to south with the exception
of the strongly-fortified German
bulge around Metz, an arc with
an average radius of seven miles
and now threatened with encirr14
ment by 1t. Gen. George S. Pat.
toms drive.
Censorship did not permit dis.
closure until late last night that
this was a major offensive, an
operation which was speared by
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