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Evening star., 1944-07-15
Marines Wife Gets 20 Years
On ChiId-SteoIinq Chorqe
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf. July 15.-Mrs
Helen McDermott Kreger. %, OF
Vancouver, Wash. yesterday was
sentenced by Superior Judge Gordon
Thompson to Tehachapi prison for
women for not more than 20 years
on a child-stealing charge.
Mrs. kreger was arrested June q
on a charge of taking Rita Mae
Lucero. 2, from the side OF her
mother in downtown clothing
store, and representing the child
to her husband. Sergt. Harold
kreger, as their own.
She told authorities that the ma
rine. just back from overseas, had
not been informed of the death of
their own daughter after his de-
parture for combat.
The judge passed sentence after
Mrs. Kreger. who had pleaded
guilty. withdrew her application for
probation at hearing Thursday
She told the court she wished to be
sentenced to the California State
Prison for Women in the hope that
the mental Quirk" which caused
her troubles might be cured there.
Mrs. Kreger testified that she
had been married seven times in
the last seven years without final
divorce action separating her from
any of her husbands. Previously
she had told FBI agents she was
married six times-to five service
men and one civilian.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
New Job for Knudsen
Reported Under Study
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
A thorough reorganization Of pro-
curement and service functions OF
the Army Air Forces, centralizing
them in a new command, to be
headed by 1t. Gen. William s.
Knudsen, is reported under prep
aration by the Air Staff.
Gen. Knudsen, former president
of General Motors Corp. who has
been a trouble-shooting supervisor
Of production for Undersecretary of
War Patterson. would become a kind
of general manager Of all Air Forces
production and service functions
probably with headquarters in Day.
ton, Ohio, II the plans are put into
effect.
Authoritative quarters said the
proposal would put under Gen.
Knudsen the Materiel Command,
headed by Maj. Gen. B. E. Myers, at
Wright Field. Ohio. and the Air
Service Command, headed by Mai.
Gen. W. H. Frank. at Patterson
Field, Ohio. The Materiel Com
mand is responsible for all expert
mental research. aircraft design,
fight tests and procurement of
planes. The Service Command is a
maintenance and supply organiza- =
ton,
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Individual Quota Plan
Still Delaying Action
Al Monetary Farley
BY the Associated Press.

0S tne ASSociAteQ freSS.
BRETON WOODS, N. H., July
15.-Four days from adjournment,
these United Nations Monetary Con-
ference still struggled today for
q decision on the all-important
question of how much postwar
financial cooperation will cost each
country.
In reality, only one phase of the
discussions here hinged immedi-
ately on outcome OF the dispute.
However, agreement on membership
quotas In projected $4,000, ,000,-
O00-plus monetary fund is expected
to clear the way for later settlements
Of the same point in drafting plans
for a $4,000, ,000, 900 world bank.
The lending agency still is in a
preliminary stage of proposals and
counterproposals, but the conference
was reported officially in virtually
unanimous agreement on every issue
of the stabilization fund plan ex-
cept that of quotas and the related
point of Executive Board member
ship.
Dobil CoIlIlilucu W hWdlt reply
from the Soviet Union as to how
much gold she is willing to put up
along with her rubles. The matter
was referred to Moscow after a mis-
understanding developed over Rus
sian proposals that she and other
war-torn countries should receive
special concessions.
Quotas-the amounts each coun-
try would subscribe-would deter
mine not only voting power, but the
amounts Of foreign exchange that
might be obtained from the stabili-
zation fund to nay short-te term trade
debts and the degree of liability for
loans and guarantees made by the
bank.
Evening star., 1944-07-15

A member of Francis W. Hill, jr.
an old Maryland family. Mr.. Hill
was born in Upper Marlboro. He
was elected a delegate to the State
Republican Primary Convention in
May and has been named a presi-
dental elector for the 9Th Maryland
District.
Mr.. Hill is past president of the
District Bar Association and is a
member of Selective Service Board
No. 3, Montgomery County.
Besides the new chairman and
Mr.. Hilland, other members of the
Republican State Central Commit
tee are Walter w. Dawson, who is
now in the armed forces; Nathan
Duvall. Ira C. Whitacre, De Witt
Zook and George C. Esworthy.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Chicago Stadium
Given New Tone
For Democrats
3y the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, July 15.-The Chicago
Stadium. scene of the Republican
National Convention last month, is
getting few bright touches for the
Democratic sessions opening next
wednesday.
Fifty-six huge illuminated "V" for
victory signs, pictures of the IA
Democratic Presidents and two live
donkeys are the principal changes
in the stadium scene for the Demo-
Gratis. The donkeys will be allowed
to Craze outside the stadium until
convention time.
Meanwhile. j. G. Grouzard, con-
cessionaire manager, expressed hope
that he has not overestimated the
eating habits of the Democrats. He
had $4,000 hot dogs prepared for the
Republicans, but there were 10000
unsold. He will have a similar num-
Der Of the sandwiches ready for the
Democrats, as well as l25,00 soft
drink items and $1,000 bottles of
beer.
Evening star., 1944-07-15

Originating ideas for Victory
has earned $l,570 to date for Dayton
R. Ludwig, a Washington employe
of the War Departments Transpor-
tation Corps. with estimated savings
Iof $l,500,000 year to the Govern
ment.
His fifth award. a $3.50 prize, was
presented to him yesterday by Brig
Gen. Robert H. Wylie, assistant
chief of transportation. 1t was for
suggesting a stamping process for
marking explosives for overseas
shipment instead of the longer paint
and stencil method. For shipment
to one country alone this will save
S36 900 a year in labor costs.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Connecticut Governor
will Seek Third Term

From Yesterdays Last Edition.
BY the Associated Press.
HARTFORD, Conn, July A.
Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin an
nounced today that he would be 9
candidate for reelection for one
more term" because. he said. sc
many had urged him to Go so that
he felt compelled TO believe that ii
is my duty to offer my services"
The Republican chief executive
now in his second two-year term
announced his decision to a subcom-
mittee of the Republican State Gen.
tral Committee "a hours after l:ieh
party sources reported that he had
been asked by Gov. Thomas E
Dewey the presidential nominee, to
reconsider his first decision not to
run again.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Professor
Continued From First Page,

said he was divorced in 1887 and
declared legally dead in 1898.
I can remember being At the
university. and, then, my mind
leaves me perfectly blank he told
the Times. MY next recollections
were during my stay at q mental in
stltution out West. I don't know
how l got there. or what 1t was
all about, but I got out fast, YOU
might say. under my own loco
motion.
Il always liked farming, and. so,
being afraid and uncertain of what
l bad done, I sought work on a
farm In the Southwest, rather than
60 back and face my family until I
could figure things out for myself.
Then there were some accidents.
I really can't remember much about
them. I was gored by a bull on one
farm. I must have drifted. NV first
responsible position was with the
Williams Tugboat Co. In New York
Harbor. I worked there for some
time.
Finally I came to Hartford and
got this job. have been working
here about q year now"
Evening star., 1944-07-15

place arthur j.
Hilland of Be-
thesda, who re-
signed. it was
announced yes
terday.
Mr.. HI Ill a n d
will retain his
m e m bership on
the com mittee.
Chairman t O +
almost two years,
he said today he
will continue to
take an active
part in Repub-
lican politics.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Harry ". Farmer 10 Head
Kentuckyv Veterans Hospital

Harry w. Farmer, chief Of per-
sonnel relations in the Veterans
Administrators training and place
ment division here, has been named
to succeed the late Silas B. Dishman
as manager Of the Veterans Admin
istration hospital at Lexington, KY,
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Veterans
Administrator. announced yesterday.
The appointment Is effective Mon
day.
Mr.. Farmer. who lives at 705 Elm
street, Chevy Chase, Nd. has been
with the Veterans Administration
since 1927. He began as a training
assistant and held numerous other
posts, among them one as chief of
investigation for the administration.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
BY the Associates Press.

PHILADELPHIA July l5.-Mourn-
ers for John Walter Licznerski, for
mer Army sergeant. whose body was
claimed by both his widow and his
mother. gathered at funeral home
today.
Neither OF the weeping women
would consent to It's being buried
from the home of the other.
They compromised on the funeral
home late yesterday after Common
Pleas Judge Vincent A. Carroll said
from the bench that their court fight
was proclamation of this dead SOL
dier's body"
Sergt. Licznerski. ~, died last
Monday, having left the Castle
Point, N. Y. Government hospital.
to which doctors recommended him
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Coal Shortage Estimate
HoIved, Ickes Suvs
le Associated Press.

bS TIC ASSOtldLtd PfeSs.
Forecasts of a 10000 ,000- ton
bitumlnous coal shortage, made
early this year, have now been cut
to 10000 900 tons. Solid Fuels Ad-
ministrator Ickes said yesterday.
Mr.. Ickes reported that a survey
Of the first quarter of the coal year"
which started April showed def
mite progress" in improving the fuel
supply, but said the Nation still
faces "a critical coal problem.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
{ EeyptoIoeist Now Citizen

lFrom Yesterdays Last Edition.)
LOS ANGELES, July II R.-Dr.
George Steindorff, SO, widely known
Esyptologist and former dean Of
the University Of Leipzig, was ad-
mitted to United States citizenship
today together with his wife Elisa,
30. A lecturer at Harvard and
Princeton and the New York Met
ropolitan Museum, DR.. Steindor1
came to this country five years ago.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Poll Of Negro PorIey
Gives Dewey Preference
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASsOclated Press.
CHICAGO, July 15.-A poll yes
terday of 22O delegates to the war
time conference of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People showed 1872 favoring
Gov. Dewey for President and SO for
President Roosevelt, Edgar G
Brown, director of the National
Negro Council, who took the poll
announced.
Mr.. Brown said a recent poll he
took among Negroes in % States
showed about the same trend.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
SordeIett
Continued From First Page. y

about enough for one NOR hour of
flying.
Flying by compass, he hit sasebo
almost on the nose. and then swuna
south southeast to Nagasaki, and re-
turned to the China coast only &c
miles south Of his coastal check
point.
One Of his most important duties
on the mission was to make weather
reportings every 5 minutes, a kind
Of meteorological trail-blazing.
His photographs showed such
things as an aircraft carrier anc
submarines at their moorings, anc
. wealth Of other detail easily reac
by photo-interpretation experts. He
crossed the East China Sea At about
1000 feet, and took his pictures q,
$4,000.
Naturally I got a big kick out OF
realizing that I was over two of the
most vital spots Of Japan" Capt
Sordelett said, in an interview last
March when he told the nrst-hand
story of his historic flight, but he
gave the impression Of counting II
A. pretty much In the days work.
Capt. Sordelett and his airborne
cameras had reconnoitered many
another Japanese stronghold before
that.
He has never been fred on, but
knows how 1t Is to see Zeros strug-
Cling to reach him at 10000 feet.
"Once you get used to 1t, It's fun
to watch enemy planes climbing
after you," he said. There isn't
much they can do, 50 long as you
have altitude advantage. BY nos
Ing down . little you can run away
from them. We don't carry guns.
He sat In the narrow cockpit Of his
P-38 from $50 am. until 3:50 pm.
on the mission. His only nourish-
ment was some chocolate and water
Heating In the cockpit permitted
him to remove his gloves when he
operated the camera.
Big prints from the negatives he
took are among Capt. Sofdelett's
pfoudest possessions.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Beer Vonishes After Crosh

PHILADELPHIA R.-The mer-
curry stood at 81 when q beer truck
turned over. Before . police guard
was established. two-thirds Of the
trucks load Of 10 cases had disap-
peared.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Woman, D, Booked
in kidnapping. Of Baby
From n. Y. Hospital
~ the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July 15.-Mrs. Joan
Schlutter, 20, q dark-haired, one
time shipyard welder, was under
arrest today charged with kidnapping
6-month-old Barbara Anne Goggin
from New York Founding Hospital
because OF her desire for q baby,
The woman, who said she came
from Elmira, N. Y. was booked on
kidnapping and abduction charges
yesterday after, police said. she ad-
mitted taking the child from her
crib early Thursday.
Barbara Anne, found with Mrs.
Schlutter In a West Side rooming
house, was returned to the hospital
in good health.
Police said they were led to the
rooming house by a tip from a
Coast Guardsman who suspected
that baby Mrs. Schlutter had
shown him was the child he had
read about In the newspapers.
The infant was placed in the hos
pital July 6 because her mother had
to undergo serious operation, which
was performed Thursday. Mrs. Cog
gin has not been told of her daugh-
ter's disappearance and return.
Police quoted Mrs. Schlutter as
saying she was unable to have chill
dren Of her own. and suddenly de-
cided she would get one, If she had
to steal it.
She climbed the high iron fence
around the hospital, police contin-
ued, entered a room where several
children were sleeping and picked
up Barbara Anne.
She wrapped the baby in a blan-
ket, climbed back over the fence and
took the baby home. She later told
her Coast Guardsman friend it was
her own child and that she had been
boarding with "a family on Long
Island" police said.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Francis ". Hill Named
County COP Chief

Francis w. Hill, jr.. OF Kenwood
has been named chairman of the
Republican State Central Commit
tee of Montgomery County to re-
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Fortress Crew Of Ten
Found Dead in Maine
Dy the Associated Presa

~ the ASSociAted FresA
RANoELEY, Me-, July 15.-Ths
entire l0-man crew was found dead
yesterday ut the wreckage Of . Bit
bomber which crashed between Deer
Mountain and Big Buck MountatD
near the RAngeley Lakes.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Saipan victors Laud
Marine Lieutenant
|As '0ne.Man Army
D. sERGT. Bull DyoRAK,

~ cH0As DILL DvO1sAA,
Marine cosDs Combat Correspondent.
distributed b. the Associated PressJ
sAIPAN, Marianas Islands (De-
layed) Acclaimed by his men and
fellow officers Of the 4th Marine Di-
vision - "the one-mAn army" Of
this invasion, Marine Second 1t.
Fred Barton Harvey, IT,, Baltimore.
packed more excitement into sim
gle day on Saipan than in his entire
brilliant athletic career at Harvard.
Captain Of the Crimson's baseball
team In 1912, football halfback and
member Of the wrestling squad, he
was "our triple threat man against
everything the Japs could throw at
him." said First 1t. John Middleton,
Louisville, KY.
In hand-to-hand combat, through
shellflre, In the face Of grenades and
against machine gun and rife fire.
1t. Harvey led his men from the
beach to the first days objective.
He was crdited generally with being
the first ofncer to reach this objec-
tive.
Many Casualties.
He started out with nearly 200
men, but only 81 were with him at
the days end. Many were casual
ties; more became separated by
enemy fire.
1T was the darndest thing you ever
saw" said 1t. Middleton. "He
brought his OUTFIT ashore under a
barrage Of Jap shells. He'd been on
the beach only a minute or two
when a crazy Jap officer rused at
him with sword He was out in
front OF his men all the way, and his
unit certainly was always in the
thick of the fighting"
The remainder of the story was
told by enlisted members of the lieu
tenants command. They included
Pvt. August G.. Waring, %. Yonkers.
N. Y, platoon runner who fought
side by side with Harvey; Pfc. Carl
CaVaiuzzi, Il, Brooklyn. and Corpl.
Max L. MUIR, 81. Norfolk, Va.
We were crouched down." said
Pvt. Cavaluzzi. Il spotted three
Japs In foxhole hardly 20 yards
away. I signaled the Lieutenant and
he instructed myself and a buddy
to break out couple of grenades.
we each tossed one, but they didn't
knock out the Japs.
Rife Jammed.
Next thing I knew 1t. Haryev
hao grabbed one of his mems rifles,
1t must have jammed when he tried
to fire it because with bayonet
fixed he rushed at the Jap foxhole
and got in couple of good slashes
We saw a Jap grenade tossed
out OF the foxhole and the lieutenant
hit the deck as it exploded. knocking
on his helmet and putting several
holes in it
We then threw two more gre
nades and opened up with rifles to
clean out that Jap nest"
1T was hell all the way-seyeral
times we were under mortar and
artillery fire-and when we finally
reached our objective 1 was ex-
hausted." said Corpl. MUIR. But
the Lieutenant was tireless. We
neeoed water, so the lieutenant
calmly escorted man all the way
TO the beach under a lot of sniper
nre and returned to us after dark
with water.
Next daybreak We were antici.
pating a counterattack and before
dawn 1t. Harvey made a recon-
naissance trip up ahead of our own
lines to observe the situation. He
was always out in front"
Evening star., 1944-07-15

Join the attack make your
dollars fight buy extra War
Bonds!
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
SPAATZ SEES END
OF GERMANY'S AIR
FORCE BY SUMMER
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air force can be pretty well
knocked out given reasonable
weather."
In connection with his dis
closure that only weather now
limited the missions of the Am
erican air force, it was learned
reliably that there now are
nearly two crews for every
bomber here.
Commenting on his shift
from his former Mediterranean
air post to his new command,
Gen. Spaatz said, sit is essen
tial that in interchange of ex-
perience be provided for air
forces from Italy and the Uni
ted Kingdom"
This interchange of person.
mel, he added, is particularly
necessary when conditions
may require crews taking off
from one area to land in the
other.
Gen. Spaatz said the main
tenance of facilities in Italy
key factor in shuttle bonn
bing-is being carried out with
completeness comparable to
that done in England and add
ed that the job is keeping well
ahead of the arrival of addi-
tiOnal forces.
Regarding the possibility of
American bombing attacks
against Berlin, he said, emo
part of Germany is beyond the
range of our planes. Any part
can be expected to be attack
ed"
He reiterated the recent an
nouncement by U. S. Eighth
Air Force chiefs that bombing
raids on the Schweinfurt ball
bearing works and Nazi air.
plane plants had reduced PLAN
ned German fighter produce
ton. by 40 per cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
ENROLMENT MARK
MADE BY SCHOOLS
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ing units have opened up, war
workers and military personnel
have brought their families to the
city.
From the standpoint of morale
equipment. and teaching person
mel, the local system is in excel.
lent condition, Roland commented.
AS yet, no teachers have been EN-.
ployed who are less than college
graduates, and who are not pro-
fessionally equipped for their jobs.
1884 enrolment Through Jan
uary 13) is as follows:
New Hanover High, 2,2O8; Hem.
enway, 1853; Tileston, 1927 Chest
nut street, 889 Cornelius Harnett,
81 William Hooper, 544 Sunset
Park, 802; Washington Catlett,
$50; Lake Forest, 900 Wrights-
boro, 1888 Forest Hills, 425 Winter
Park, 657 Bradley Creek, 800;
Carolina Beach, 405.
Williston Industrial, 726; Pea.
body, 945; Willis primary,
1904 East Wilmington, 1877;
Wrightsboro, IA Castle Hayne, IS;
Acorn Branch, 80 Kirkland, So
Middle Sound, 81, Wrightsville, 80;
Masonboro, So; Oak Hill, SO Maj
fit Village, 1863.
Two new school buildings are in
process of construction, white
elementary school and a Negro
elementary school at Maffitt Vii
LACE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23

mans could not escape losing
many more than the 10000 kill
ed and 1000 captured already tai
lied by the Russians, for the Red
army had taken a strangle hold
on too many chunks of the vital
rail network below Leningrad and
was swiftly closing in on the re-
mainder.
Use Winter Equipment
Photographs reaching Moscow
from Leningrad showed German
captives in special winter equip
ment. Associated Press CORES
pondent Eddy Gilmore observed
that this was the first such equip
ment he had known to be used
by the Germans in three winters
in Russia. The soldiers, further
more, were tall strapping men
totally unlike the typical SILVER
ing winter fritz frequently the
subject of Russian cartoons.
This indicated that the Soviet
power drive was smashing
through the best defense the Ger
mans could offer.
The Soviet army newspaper Red
Star said that the Russians were
in great strength in the area of
Mga and reported that the town
was evacuated by the Germans
because of this, and despite the
fact the garrison was large and
in strong defensive positions.
Soviet dispatches said the Ger
mans were falling back into
strongly fortified basic points
along the east-west railway be-
tween Mga and Ulyanovka, where
it crosses the Acknowledgement
line.
Southwest of Leningrad, below
Krasnoye Selo, Red army units
dealt smashing defeat to a
strong German group. and those
not killed were captured or flee
ing, abandoning all heavy equip
ment, according to a dispatch
from the front to the government
newspaper Izvestia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
TWO RAIDS STAGED
ON .PARAMUSHIRO
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not observed, either because Of
customarily foggy conditions there
or because of need for returning
promptly to American bases.
The new series of attacks start
ed December 81. The Navy report
today likewise contained no mo-
ton of the results of the two latest
raids possibly because they were
made at night when it was impos-
sible to observe effect of bomb hits.
In the first of the two raids bomb
ers encountered only ineffective
antiaircraft fire and one enemy
fighter plane over the southern
part of Paramushiro. The second
group of raiders, striking at the
northern shores, met no opposi-
ton. All the planes returned safely.
-V
Pepper once was used as cur.
rency by the citizens Of the Dutch
East Indies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
1T. H. C. HOUSTON

Full military honors will be ex.
tended by unit from the Whining.
ton Air Base during funeral serv'
ices for 1t. Herbert c. Houston,
81, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hous
ton, SIS So. Fourth street, from
the home at o'clock Monday at.
ternoon. 1t. Houston was an in.
structor at Shaw Field, S. c., where
he was killed in an airplane crash
Friday. Services will be conduct
ed by the Rev. J. o. Walter and
the Rev. Sankey Lee Blanton.
1t. Houston graduated from New
Hanover High school in 1910. Dur.
ing his high school career he was
active in many sports, including
football,~ basketball and boxing.
Before he joined the air forces, he
was employed by Foy Roe com
pany here. The flyer studied prel.
iminary training at Bennettsville
S. c., basic training at Shaw Field
graduating with top honors, anc
studied advanced courses at Spence
Field, Moultrie, Ga. 1t. Houston
then returned to Shaw Field.
Listed among survivors are three
brothers, Sam Houston, L. H. Hous
ton and Clarence William Houston
all of Wilmington, and one sister
Mrs. T. S. Williams of Miami
Fla.
Pallbearers will be Arthur Oar
by, R. A. Burnett, John Eakins,
Jack Williams, Rudy Giescheu
Clayton McFayden, Newton Kelly
Dan Meyers, Bob Robinson, Mike
Sawyer, Harold Lee Sandlin, Da'
vid Sandlin.
Honorary pallbearers will be T.
T. Hamilton, DR.. B. B. Sloan, DR..
James F. Robertson, DR.. David R.
Murchison, Ben Jones, Joe Curtis
N. L. Foy, J. c. Roe, B. R. Dry
nan, and L. L. Wood.
Interment will take place at
Oakdale cemetery.