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Evening star., 1944-06-28
W.&0. D. Plan 10 Buy Line
Opposed by Mrs. Fletcher

A brief opposing a request by tn.
Washington g. Old Dominion Rail.
road to purchase the Alexandria-to
Bluemont Junction line from thu
Southern Railway Co., has been Alec
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by Mrs. Nellie c. Fletcher
who has been one OF the chief sup
porters of renewed passenger service
on the Northern Virginia line.
Mrs. Fletcher, who said she rep
resents property owners along the
w. 81 o. D. tracks, took exception
to a report by ICC Examiner Robert
Romero in which he recommended
that the purchase request be turned
down as contrary to the public
interest" Her brief also takes ex-
ceptions to an answering brief filed
by the railroad.
Mrs. Fletcher's brief holds that
the examiner erred in basing his
report on the financial status of
the railroad, rather than taking
into account the "deteriorating pas
senger service" She contends that
passenger service would be reduced
further. or entirely discontinued
after the war II the purchase is
allowed.
The w. & o. D. proposed to pur.
chase the As miles OF railway from
Alexandria to Bluemont Junction at
q cost Of $4,000.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
8 Maryland Graduates
WHO Served Overseas
Guests Of Alumni

Eight University of Maryland
graduates who have seen service in
the armed forces overseas were
guests of honor at an alumni dinner
attended by approximately 900 per-
sons last night in the university
dining hall.
The affair preceded graduation ex-
ercises to be held this morning when
l55 seniors are to receive degrees.
Rojer j. Whiteford, Washington at
torney, Is scheduled to deliver the
commencement address with DR..
H. c. Byrd, university president,
awarding diplomas to the graduates,
who include A from the Baltimore
branch Of the university.
Four Former Grid Stars.
The eight men, four Of whom were
former football stars at the uni
vcrSity, were:
Capt. Neal Edwards, who COM
pleted so missions over China and
Burma and who was rescued by
Chinese Guerrillas after being shot
down; 1t. Col. John ]. Ghormley,
who participated in the battle of
Tarawa; Lit. Col. Joseph Burger, an
aide to Gen. Vandergrift, Marine
Corps commandant; 1t. Merle
DuVall, paratrooper, who partici-
pated in the Sicilian campaign. ]
Col. Joseph Caldara, pilot of the
first Flying Fortress to land on
Guadalcanal: Capt. Raymond Good
hart. who fought with tank corps
in North Africa; Capt. James H.
Wharton, who fought in North AZ
rica, Sicily and Italy, and 1t. Elmer
Freemire, . veteran of the Italian
campaign.
Need More Letters.
Col. Burger, 1t. Col. Ghormlsy,
1t. Du Vail and Capt. wharton
played on university football teams.
Col. Burger told those attending
the dinner that while morale in
the South Pacific is extremely
high" letters from home are need
ed to help keep up that morale" !"
Others attending the dinner in
cluded 1t. Col. Gary Eppley, former
dean of men and director of ath-
ktics; 1t. Thomas Mont, star on
the 1912 and 1913 football teams;
comdr. IAck Jenkius, former head
Evening star., 1944-06-28
|MoryIondsrs Reminded
Fireworks Are Bonned
sy thu Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, June 28.-All fire.
works are forbidden unless approval
for their display has been obtained
from the insurance department
State Insurance Commissioner Law
renee E. Ensor reminded the public
yesterday
No section of the State is exempt
from operation OF the law and the
term fireworks" includes firework.
of every description he said.
Possession and discharge of fire.
Evening star., 1944-06-28

of the Psychology Department, and
Capt. ]. E. Faber, former lacrosse
coach.
Judge William c. Cole. chairman
Of the Board of Regents of the uni
versity. expressed hope that after
the war I'VE will sit by and let these
men in uniform tell US how to stop
future wars"
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Grows 10 Inches to s Feet

PRESCOTT, Ariz. tR.-A boa con-
strictor. 10 inches long when it
was found on a bunch Of bananas
q decade ago, grey to 6h feet before
It's death hare recently. The snake
served as an attraction at . liquor
store.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Hail Too Prompt

HAVILAND, Kans. (P.--Groyer
Meisel took out hail insurance on
his wheat field one morning re-
Gently, That afternoon hail struck
his place, destroying his 400 acres
of wheat. Lucky? Hardly! The
storm struck "a hours before the
NEW insurance took effect.
Evening star., 1944-06-28

works II psnaishahle By Ans ef not !
more than $50. The sale Of are
works In violation Of the act Is pun
ishable for each onenss by fine OF
mot more than 1900.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Charles E. Bedoux Kills Self
AfterLeorning of TreosonProbe
Friend of Windsors,
Held in Miami,
Took Sleeping Pills

The Justice Department an
nounced today that Charles E.
BedauX, in whose French chateau
the Duke of Windsor married
! Wallis Warfield, killed himself in
Miami by an overdose of sleeping
tablets taken shortly after he
was informed officially last Mon
day that the Federal Govern
ment intended to seek to have
him indicted on charges of trea-
son and communicating with the
enemy.
BedauX. So, French immigrant
Hudson River sandhog, rose to
wealth through his "Bedaux indus
trial speedup SYSTEM" left a note
for his secretary revealing he had
accumulated enough sleeping tablets
to make lethal dose by boarding
pills allotted him by medical authori-
ties. He died last night after a
three-day coma.
His attorney found him uncon-
SClouS on MS DeQ at the lmmlgra-
ton Service detention quarters in
Miami Tuesday, Attorney General
Biddle said. He was rushed by am
bulance to Jackson Hospital, where
pneumonia and other complications
set in. He died without regaining
consciousness.
Informed by Officials.
Bedaux had been informed by
two special assistants to the Attor-
ney General on Monday that a
board of special inquiry of the I'M
migration and Naturalization Serv-
ice had concluded its hearings and
would determine that he was a
citizen of the United States and
would order his admission into the
United States as soon as certain
minor formalities" had been COM
piled with. 1t was a question when
Bedaux was arrested in Algiers
whether his long residence abroad
would cause his eXpatriation.
A military guard brought Bedaux
to Miami on December % from
North Africa, where he had been ar
rested in November, 1912, on sus-
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Niqht Raid on London
By $50 Nazi Planes
Causes Heavy Toll
Searching Parties Dig
For Victims; Damage
Greatest in Yeur
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 19.-German
heavy and medium bombers,
striking in double the strength
of any recent raid, hit London
in three waves last night and
left fires, smashed homes and
apartments and casualties in
their wake.
1t was the heaviest raid on the
British capital since the sustained
assaults of 1940-41.
The best unofficial estimates were
that about $50 of the night raiders
attacked the capital area. Although
not all of them penetrated the ter
rife antiaircraft fire. the damage
was the most widespread of any at
tack of the last year and casualties
were left in half a dozen districts.
Fires still glowed red against the
dawn skies today as searching
parties dug through the wreckage
for victims.
Twelve persons were known to
have died and number of others
were injured when high explosives
struck preserve factory and homes
in the working class districts. Three
persons were still trapped under the
ruins of the factory.
Ten other persons were believed
to have been killed when a bomb
struck one sector which had already
received three direct hits during
previous raids. and an unknown
number was killed when home for
the aged received a direct hit.
Supplies in the district headquar-
terS of the British Red Cross were
destroyed by flames started by In
cendiarieS.
The Berlin radio said Hundreds
of planes participated in the raid
and acknowledged the loss of seven
bombers, but announced later that
two of them had limped back to
emergency fields.
Guards said the barrage of anti
aircraft fire was the heaviest ever
thrown at enemy raiders.
Fighter Planes Chase Invaders.
Fighter planes rose to chase the
invaders. At least two were shot
down by patrols over the raiding
bases in Belgium and Northern
France, but there was no report i'm
mediately of the number bagged
over England.
Only few hours before the raid.
the first since February 13, it was
announced that in a recent raid
German firebombs showered around
the Houses of Parliament and West
minister Hall in the heart of Lon
don. A fire broke out in Westmin-
ster Hall, but the historic govern
ment buildings had IAN amazing
escape" the announcement said.
This historic group of buildings
had been free from raids since May
10, 194l. At that time Westminster
Abbey was set ablaze, Big Ben was
hit, and the House of Commons
chamber was heavily damaged.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
HasseH Is Appointed
Presidential Secretary

William D. Hassett, for several
years member of the White House
staff and long in newspaper service
here and abroad, today was ap-
pointed secretary to the President
succeeding the late Marvin H. Nc
Intyre. .
The appointment came as a sur
prise to Mr.. Hassett, who was sum-
moned into the Office of President
Roosevelt and given his commission
in the presence of members of the
White House Office force, reporters
and photographers.
Mr.. Hassett, who has been assist
ant to Secretary Stephen T. Early,
is 63 and a native of North Field,
VT. His newspaper work here in
cluded service with the Associated
Press and the Washington Post
He served in London for A. P. and
the old Philadelphia Ledger.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Separate Peace Bids
Futile, Red Paper Says
By the Associateo prasr

by the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. Feb. l9.-Failure of
German efforts to make a separate
peace with any of the Allies was
predicted today by the Soviet trade
union journal, War and the. Working
Glass.
Without referring directly to
Pravda's recent Cairo rumor of
Anglo-German separate peace talks,
the magazine said Germany has
been widely employing unofficial
diplomacy and underhanded
methods in a classic maneuver to
escape the full burden of inevitable
defeat.
Naming Franz Won Papen. German
Ambassador to Turkey and DR..
Hjalmar Schacht, Reichsminister
without portfolio. as the main
agents, the journal remarked:
"Ot course, we cannot doubt that
the number of such peace ambassa-
dors is much greater, but it's most
likely that the other participants in
such intrigues are remaining in the
dark for various reasons"
The magazine termed any un-
easiness in the democratic countries
over Russia's growing strength as the
work of enemy agents.
The Red Army's successes, it said.
arouse understandable eommotion
among the open and camouflaged
agents and assistants of the enemy
In democratic countries. These peo-
pie are doing their utmost to spread
doubt and suspicion of the Soviet
Union and cause baseless worries
In the face of its growing strength. +"
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Poles Reported Accepting
Curzon Line Temporarily
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb 19.-The Polish
government-in-exile, in an attempt
to settle differences with Russia for
the duration of the war, was re-
ported unofficially today to be will
ing to accept the Soviets' Curzon
Line boundary offer, subject to ne
gotiation after the defeat of Ger
many
A usually well-informed source,
who holds no official status, said the
Poles had submitted plan to Prime
Minister Churchill and Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden under which
they would not object to temporary
Russian administration of liberated
areas east of the Curzon Line
These areas, however, would be re-
garded as legally and formally in
dispute until after the war.
The report lacked any official con-
frmation.
Evening star., 1944-02-19

picion of treason at the order OF
Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower
Bedaux admitted to Justice De-
partment officials, Attorney General
Biddle said, that he had close
friendship with Nazis Joachim Won
Ribbentrop, Hjalmar Schacht. Otto
Abetz and Capt. Fritz Wiedeman
and had advised the German gov
ernment how to protect oil refineries
on the Persian Gulf in case the AZ
rican drive of Marshal Erwin Rom
mel carried the Axis armies that
far.
John L. Burling, one of the spe-
cial assistants who interviewed
Bedaux Monday, said in Miami:
"Bedaux was further advised at
that time, however, that a grand
jury would be convened to inquire
into his relations with high officials
of the German government and of
the Vichy French government, and
Evening star., 1944-02-19
| Foxworth's S Death
In Crash Recalled
By Bedoux Suicide

Percy E. Foxworth, assistant
director of the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation. was on his way
to Algiers to investigate Charles
E. Bedaux when he was killed
January Is, 1943, in the crash of
any Army transport plane over
Dutch Guiana, it was disclosed
today by the Justice Depart
ment.
Maj. Eric Knight, the author,
and Special Agent Harold D.
Habereld of the FBI also were
killed in the crash. 1t was
speculated at the time that the
FBI agents were on their way
to Casablanca to protect Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who was meet
ing there with Prime Minister
Churchill.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Red Armies Prepare
Assault on Kherson
And Krivoi Rog
Northern Bottle Line
Neors Pskov FOLLOWING
Fall Of Storoyo Russo
MAP on Pace A-2.)
MAP on Page Az
BY the Associated Press,

BF the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Feb. 19.-Red Army
forces struck vigorously into the
scattered ranks of Nazi Field
Marshal Fritz Won Mannstein's
troops in the Dnieper Bend to-
day while on the northern front
the battle drew hourly nearer
the key rail city of Pskov, fol-
lowing the capture of Staraya
Russa below Lake linen, 100
miles to the east.
The next objective before the
Ukrainian armies of Gems. Konev,
Vatutin and Malinovsky, which ap-
parently are now joined, are the
cities of Krivoi Rog, great iron ore
center in the Southeastern Ukraine
and Kherson, 80 miles south of
krivoi Rog at the mouth of the
Dnieper River
Krlvol Rog already has been out
f1anked and dispatches said that the
position of the German garrison
there is eXtremel1 critical.
Reds Massing Near Kherson.
At Kherson, Russian forces al
ready are reported to be massing
on the banks of the Dnieper oppo-
site the city ready for the command
to launch an all-out attack.
Capture of Staraya Russa and the
railroad town of Shimsk, 80 miles
to the northwest, together with the
towns and villages in between, gave
the Red Army three armed op-
GRAFTON against Pskov. Russian
troops as a result are now able to
drive on the "key to the Battles"
from the east, northeast and north,
If the Red Army in the north
follows the usual Russian tactics
its units will fan out over the vast
countryside and before long ski
troopers will be threatening Ger
man positions in the area from the
south.
Drive Across Isthmus Threatened.
Already the German garrison at
Pskov is running the risk of a Rus
sian drive across the narrow isthmus
between Lake Peipus and Lake Pskov
to cut the trunk railway connecting
Pskov and Riga, Latvian capital l65
miles to the southwest on the shores
OF the Gulf of Riga.
The sector between Staraya Russa
and the Russian-held territory north
OF Novosokolniki comprises one of
the worst areas in the Soviet Union
for battle operations. 1t is composed
almost entirely of swamps, forests,
rivers, creeks and streams, all diff
cult obstacles for extensive ma
neuvering.
The battle for Staraya Russa was
especially fierce, Russian COM
last night said, and cost
the Germans heavily in men and
material.
More than 40 other towns and vii
lagos were captured in the days ad-
vance, including LoSsytina, II miles
south Of Staraya Russa on the main
highway to Kholm and Svyatogor.
ska, said the Moscow bulletin, re-
corded in London by the Soviet
monitor.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
IS Jap Ships Sunk
In Three-Day Allied
Attack on CONVOY
Only Two Merchantmen
Escape Roin Of Bombs
Northwest of New IreIun

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Feb. 19.-Twelve japanese mer-
chantmen rushing oil and sup
plies to bolster such bases as
Rabaul and Kavieng were wiped
out, along with an escorting de-
|stroyer and two corvettes, during
a three-day attack by Allied
bombers northwest of New Ire
land, Allied headquarters an
nounced today.
At most, only two merchantmen
'eluded the explosives of Catalinas
Liberators and Mitchells which from
Monday night until Wednesday
morning destroyed 36,5OO tons OF
merchant shipping in the attack
and exacted heavy toll of Japa-
nese aboard the vessels.
Bound south from Truk, the con-
voy was spotted off Mussau Island
Monday night. BY midday Tues
day, half of it had been destroyed
Wednesday morning Mitchell bomb
ers few as low as the top of the
masts to blast seven more ships
within an hour near New Hanover
One corvette blew up. Five 1000
ton cargo ships went down with all
their personnel.
A 7,500-ton tanker was quickly
transformed into a mere spot of
burning oil on the water. An 5000
ton tanker also was sunk.
The destroyer was eliminated
early in the attack. Other ships
wiped out included 6,0OO-ton
transport (the type of this vessel in
dicates it was carrying troops, three
1,500-ton cargo ships and a 5OO-ton
freighter.
No loss among the attacking
planes was reported.
Rabaul and Kavieng, among the
bases which were to have
been supplied by the convoy, did not
send up a single interceptor to op-
pose the latest in an almost daily
series Of air poundings they are re-
ceiving.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Baruch Report Hit
By George as Plan 10
Sidestep Congress
Senator Sees Proposal
To Settle Problems by
Executive DEGREES ONLY

A sharp difference of opinion
between Congress and the ad-
ministration over postwar plan
ming developed today when
Chairman George of the Senate
Postwar Committee charged that
| the board report raises the ques-
ton of whether the economic
destiny of the country is to be
settled by executive orders or
general policies laid down by
Congress.
That issue is so basic that the
two viewpoints can never be recon-
clled,' Senator George said.
! The George Committee has drafted
comprehensive program for post
war reconversion of industry that
parallels in many respects the re-
port made yesterday by Bernard M
Baruch.
Senator George said a bill en-
oodylng the provisions of his com
mlttee's report will be introduced in
the Senate early next week.
THE newspaper accounts of the
Baruch report" the Georgian said,
indicate that it deals with a num-
Der OF administrative problems that
the Senate Postwar Committee re-
port left for the director of de-
mobilization to work out, but the
only real difference between the two
reports is basic one.
The Baruch report would do the
whole job by executive order under
Justice Byrnes. The Senate Postwar
Committee would do the Job through
an agency created by the Congress
which would be accountable to the
executive, but would be required bv
Congress to carry out the broad gen.
eral policies laid down by it.
The two reports sharply outline
the question of whether the eco
nomic destiny of the country is to
be settled by executive directives or
by general policies established bv
the elected representatives of the
people"
Evening star., 1944-02-19
District Area College,
To Get Off Lightly as
Army Ends Training
Catholic University
May Lose 20 Per Cent
Of Its Enrolment

Most universities in the Wash
ington area will not be seriously
affected by the Army's decision
to abandon by April l its college
training program except for ad-
vanced courses in medicine,
dentistry and engineering, it ap-
peared today.
Probably hardest hit of the local
schools will be Catholic University
which may lose more than 20 per
cent of its total enrolment. Mai.
Edward Quinn. in charge of the
ASTP at Catholic University, said
approximately 500 soldiers are in
training there. most of whom are in
basic engineering or other courses
not exempt. The university's en-
rollment, including those in military
courses, is approximately 1900
The order to restrict college train
ing of Army men was issued by the
War Department to help make up
the shortage of soldiers ready to be
assigned to combat areas, it was
said. Selective service, according to
the War Department, provided 2O0,-
600 fewer men than are needed
BY April /, it was announced, no.
600 men will have been Withdrawn
from colleges throughout the coun-
try. Approximately $4,000 will be
permitted to remain in school. in
cluding about 5000 preinduction
studest.
G. w. Not Affected.
Neither George Washington nor
American University has any stu
dents in the ASTP. GEORGETOWN
University has an extensive pro-
gram, but an official there said
today the order won't hit us too
hard since many of the students
are studying medicine, dentistry
and advanced engineering.
Approximately half of the 1000
students at the University of Mary
land are ASTP students, according
to DR.. Harry c. Byrd, president, but
the majority of them are studying
medicine and dentistry, therefore
are exempt.
About 500 of Howard University s
$500 students are in the ASTP, but
270 OF these are taking the exempted
courses, d school official said.
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president
OF George Washington University
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Eight Parafroopers Drown
In Carolina Drill jump
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMP MACKALL. N. c., Feb. 10
The public relations Office an
nounced today that eight paratroop-
ers drowned Wednesday night "in-
cident to training flight and jump
No details were released.
The dead were:
Pfc. Kenneth D. McGrotty, Med
ford, Oreg.; Pvt. Zolle Ramsey, Hill
ham, Tenn; Pfc. Shelly Ferguson
Athens, Ala Technician John F
Hoffman, Pierce, Nebr.;; Sergt. Ben.
jamin Preciotti, Brooklyn, N. Y;
Pvt. Ishmael H. Petty, Coalwood
w. Va; Pfc. Norval L. Reed, Clarks-
burg, w. Va, and Pvt. John L. Waf.
ford, st. Stephen, S. c.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
II Army Flyers Die
In Bomber Collision
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 19.-Seven-
teen Army flyers and crewmen were
killed yesterday after two B-24
bombers on a training mission
locked wings and then crashed on
the rugged salt river India Reserva-
ton, 20 miles northeast of Phoenix,
the public relations Office at nearby
Williams Field reported.
Not man aboard the two big
Liberators, based at Davis -Monthan
Field, Tucson, escaped.
Seven men were aboard one plane
and 10 in the other. Their names
were withheld,
Evening star., 1944-02-19
New York Legislator
To Run Against Fish
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SPRING VALLEY, N. Y. Feb. 1e.
-Assemblyman Robert WaImsley
of Pearl River will oppose Hamil-
ton Fish for the Republican nomi-
nation for Representative of the
new 29th congressional district.
Mr.. Walmsley, 40, retired banker
and lawyer, announced his candi-
dacy last night at a meeting of the
Rockland County Republican Com
mittee. Mr.. Fish also attended.
The committee defeated by a vote
OF 56 to As resolution designating
Mr.. Walmsley as its choice for the
House seat.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
British Heavy Bombers
Set Fires in Manda|ay
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 1s.-Britisf
heavy bombers made a very sue
cessful' attack on Mandalay ir
Central Burma last night, blasting
railway yards and other targets ane
leaving fires which returning pilot.
said were visible so miles away, an
Allied communiQue said today.
RAF medium bombers were out
In force Thursday night against the
He'll airf1eld and the town of My
ingyan, 60 miles southeast of Man.
dalay on the Irrawaddy River.
American medium and fighter
bombers, meanwhile, continued
their attacks on japanese troops
supply depots and communication
lines throughout Northern Burma
destroying rolling stock and start
ing fires over a wide area.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Two Rumoniun Leaders
Opposing War Arrested
BY the Associatec Press.

hSSUCIHIes FTeSS.
ISTHNBUL, Feb. 19-Juliu Manu-
and George Bratianu, Rumanian
Liberal leaders, have been placed
under house arrest, the Budapest
correspondent of the newspaper
Aksham said yesterday in a dis
patch from the Rumanian capital.
Both men long have favored a
settlement with Russia and Ru-
mania's withdrawal from the war.