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Evening star., 1944-07-16

Jery's expression. There was distress and
Illustration, and to-hell with -behind-the
ines-business Then his conscience would KICK
all of that out, and she knew he was telling
himself that if he really belonged on the pres
ent job, that's where he should be.
He looked up at last What did Rand say
when you hit him for job?" There wasn't
much hope in his voice.
He said there simply wasn't anyone to
take your place. Then he began talking about
the waterfront fires. knew he was frightened,
because in some manner. arsonists are getting
past waterfront guards. :"
'WERE all scared stiff. Jerry said. We're
afraid a major disaster will hit us before we
can run down those behind the deal And my
camera hasn't contributed thing - not
damned thing. told Rand had wife at
home who could do as we'll as was doing and
probably better He said he'd met you, and
that you were the cutest little trick he's
ever seen"
''Oh. damn" Edith groaned.
IL
it. darling, but hold that wife who'll help
her husband get into the fight because they
both think it is the thing to do displays the
highest form of courage"
That's sweet of you. Jerry. but refuse to
take credit for courage" she answered. "You
see, I'm being practical. Unless you can get in
there and pitch with the rest of the boys. you
won't be fit to live with for fifty years after
the war. And expect to be living with you"
After he had gone to the Office, Edith
thought, Hes most satisfactory husband.
We had fun from the day we met" She re-
membered their days at the university when
he was trying to solve some crime, and once
she had said, Suppose we put ourselves in
the criminals place and plan to do what he
did? Now. it seems to me that if we planned
the crime and went through the motions to
execute it, our trail might cross the real
criminals. At least it would parallel it,
So they had planned numerous crimes to-
gether. and agreed that it was good thing
for the police that they were honest
'Of course" Edith now reflected, IF |
start kicking this waterfront business around,
I'll be put in my place in hurry. but -
they can't stop me from thinking. =. "
Several days later she called at The
Tribune" Office and asked to see the files on
the recent blazes. Each, she noticed, had
taken place at a different hour of the night
She examined Jerry's file of photographs. He
had covered each fire. The pictures offered
nothing - until she noticed the ships; in
every case they were at the same level with
relation to the wharves. The tide, not the
time, evidently controlled some phase of the
situation. Edith checked with the tide table,
and her theory was confirmed The fires had
always started an hour after the tide began
running out. .
Evening star., 1944-12-03
U.S.. Officer Goes AWOL to Join
Combut Unit and Finish Job

to the I'd Armored Division, writing
of his former experience with the
outfit and adding: II have many
friends and acquaintances among
its present members now engaged
in combat and I feel impelled to
join them to complete the job for
which I entered. the service"
He did not Wait for a reply. He
went AWOL.
He hitch-hiked by air from Naples
to Marseille and then across France,
Belgium and Holland to Germany.
He had no orders and his formal
request for transfer had not ar
rived, but his quick tongue gave
plausibility to his argument with
the division adjutant general, 1t.
Col. r. A. Smell, Atlanta, Ga, for
an assignment. He was given a
company command in his old regi-
ment.
His first action since Tunisia
came on November 16 when the 9th
Army jumped off in an offensive
toward the Roer River. All day
long 1t. Strozier's company was in
the forefront of the fighting and as
the sun went down the young Geor-
gian went about organizing his men
for the night.
From darkened house there was
sharp crack and 1t. Stroziers Job
was finished.
He was dead when his men
reached him.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Victory Believed Sure
For Mackenzie Kinq
BY TIE Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Dec. 2-Canada was
emerging today from her conscrip-
ton crisis, but the political future
of the dominion remained as un-
certain as the duration of the war.
Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie
King has won virtual assurance Of
victory in vote of confidence to be
taken in Parliament next week.
About the future of the Prime
Minister and his Liberal party gov
ernment, however, cabinet ministers
wonder as much as anyone else
The present Parliament expires
next April 16. Mr.. King has declared
himself many times against an ex-
tension of the Parliament, which
would be constitutionally possible
but he always has coupled this with
the statement that he did not want
wartime election.
The Prime Minister would like to
go to the country" Immediately
after the end of the war. when his
supporters feel he could be reelected
easily, and then undertake Canada s
role in the making of the peace.
Although he will be 10 December
II, Mr.. King is in good health and
has given every indication that he
deeply desires to carry on. A bache-
lor, living the life of a recluse with
out the ordinary mans usual circle
of intimates, Mr.. King has been
Prime Minister for 17la years.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Bishop Tours Fronts;;
Urges More Supplies

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Episcopal
Bishop Henry w, Hobson of Gin
cinnati, just arrived in New York
after a two-month tour of the
European war theater, said today it
was essential that we supply at
once more heavy ammunition,
trucks and tanks"
Bishop Hobson, who went aboard
for conferences with Church of
England leaders about postwar
missionary problems and also with
assignments by the General Com
mission on Army and Navy Chap
lains, spoke Of "the huge scope Of
military operations, and the fanatic
resistance offered by the enemy"
Urging home front CO operation
to supply needed equipment and
ammunition to the fighting men,
Bishop Hobson declared in a state
ment issued through the National
Council of the Protestant Episcopal
Church:
ANY delay in meeting this es-
sentlal need will mean prolonged
war and many additional casualties.
We now have in Antwerp the first
port which has been available for
use since D-Day capable of han
ding the huge tonnage require
ments to supply our armies.
This creates an unusual op-
portunity to achieve a speedy vic
tory provided we exert every effort
to meet the full needs of our fight
Ing forces. We dare not miss this
chance 80 I"
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Josef Lhevinne, 50,
Noted Pianist, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2-Josef Lhe-
vinne. 50. concert pianist who ap-
peared throughout the United
States, Europe and Latin America
as a soloist and with his wife, Ro-
sina, died today in his home.
Born in Moscow, he began study
ing the piano at the age of and
made his debut in 1889. His first
American appearance was in New
York in 1906 with the Russian SYM
phony Orchestra, and he toured the
United States annually since 1920
He was a faculty member of the
Juilliard Graduate School,
Besides his widow two children
survive.
The son of an instrumentalist
with the Royal Russian Opera, Mr.
Lhevinne was introduced to the
piano when one was given to the
family by relatives. He showed re-
markable talent as young boy
and at the age Of 10 entered the
Moscow Conservatory as a student
Of the director Of the institution.
He later became pupil of the
Russian master, Anton Rubenstein
| After his American debut Mr.
Lhevinne returned to Europe. He
was interned in Germany during
the World War because of his Rus
sian citizenship. At the end OF
| the uar he retlIrped tn tho TIpitaS
States where he established perma-
nent residence.
Olin Downes, music critic of the
New York Times, once termed his
playing "one miracle of pianistic
artistry after another"
Evening star., 1944-12-03
De GuuIIe
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for the sub-freezing weather in a
long khaki fur-lined coat and heavy
gloves, but his nose and the tips
Of his ears soon redeemed In the
cold as he saluted various persons
in the crowd of diplomats, Russian
generals and foreign office officials
who surrounded him.
1T is an honor to come to Mos
cow" Gen. de Gaulle said via loud
speaker. Il bring you the homage
of France. I come as collaboration
in the final victory and the peace
for the good of all democratic ma
tions that Is to follow"
A company of guardsmen from the
Moscow garrison stood at attention
with fixed bayonets as Gen. de
Gaulle strode down the long car
pet to the exit. Soviet newsreel
cameramen were busy all the while.
outside the station more than S.
900 persons lined the walks
En- route to Moscow Gen. de
Gaulle had stopped in Stalingrad,
where he presented memorial
plaque to the city and spoke before
the tomb of Stalingrad fighters.
Members of Gen. De Gaulle's party
described his visit to Stalingrad as
the high point of his trip before
his arrival in Moscow. They said
he spent two hours in the Red Oc-
tober metal factory and the Stain
grad tractor works and saw steel
furnaces operating in the midst OF
ruins and new tractors coming of
the assembly line.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Arthur Moon 10 Retire;
In u. :. Service 40 Years

Arthur c. Moon, 68, chief of the
death claim section, retirement di-
vision. Civil Service Commission,
will retire at the end of the year
after 40 years of Federal service, it
was announced yesterday.
A native of Illinois and graduate
OF Georgetown University Law
School, Mr. Moon entered Govern
ment service in 1904 when he was
appointed to the Interior Depart
ment's pension agency in Chicago.
Transferred to the Bureau of
Pensions In 1921, he was with the
retirement division in refunds and
service credits until 1924 when he
entered on work in connection with
death claims He was transferred
with the retirement work to the
Veterans Administration in 1890 and
later to the Civil Service Commis-
sion. He has been chief of the death
claim section since its creation in
1886.
Stafi associates honored Mr.. Moon
at dinner Wednesday at the Grace
Dodge Hotel.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
BY IVES GALLAGHER,
Press War Correspondent

SA1sSSteSSA t~So W - WI AAcSbSh3Sis.
PUFFENDORF, Germany, Dec. 2.
He had to 60 AWOL to do it, but
1t. William Walton Stroller, a soft
spoken Georgian, finished his Job in
the Army with his favorite outfit
1t. Stroller of Stovall, Ga, first
was assigned to the 41st Infantry
Regiment, I'd Armored Division. He
missed the original landings in
North Africa, but followed soon
afterward and in February, 1943, he
was transferred to the 1st Armored
Division in Tunisia.
The young Georgian fought
through the rest of the African cam
paign. AS the 1st Armored Division
was not in on the campaign in
Sicily, 1t. Stroller tried to transfer
back to the I'd Division, but was
turned down. His request was held
to be purely personal"
He went on the firing line in
Italy. Then medical board caught
up with his growing deafness and
reclassified him for limited service.
He was assigned desk in Naples.
There are worse places In the
Army than Naples with a warm sun,
swimming and beautiful girls. But
1t. Stroller pestered his medical
board at every opportunity for ac-
tive duty. Finally, after months of
effort, he was reclassified for combat
duty on October 8 of this year.
He Immediately sent a request to
the commanding general for transfer
Evening star., 1944-12-03
New York Officials
Say Strike Will Not
Close City's Schools
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. "A strike of
school custodial employes-firemen
charwomen, handymen and por-
ters-began today, with union
officials claiming that many more
workers are out than is admitted"
by the Board of Education, which
set the number of strikers at 200
out of 5000 employees.
The board, announcing that re-
placements for the strikers already
had been obtained, said schools
will be opened again as usual Mon
day morning" Schools were closed
for the weekend today.
Union officials, however, predicted
that by Monday strikers would be
in the thousands" and the walkout
would affect every school in the
city" They claimed 2l2 of the
city's 785 schools were affected to-
day as against police estimates of
20.
The strike was called by Local II,
School Custodial Workers, an affili-
ate of the United Construction
Workers and the United Mine Work
ers independently, because, union
leaders said, the city turned down
demands that the workers be given
civil service status with its accom-
panying benefits
Meanwhile, all AFL unions in
Greater New York, through the
Central Trades and Labor Council
expressed opposition to the strike
Joseph J. Delaney, president OF
the AFL Operating Engineers
promised to provide immediate re-
placements for strikers.
Mayor F. H. La Guardia. from
Chicago where he is attending the
International Aviation Conference
declared he would invoke all
powers of his Office to see city
schools maintained He asked
Health Commissioner Ernest L
Stebbins to take appropriate ac-
ton" If he believed the strike
would menace children's health.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Social Agency Will Plan
Aid for Elderly Persons

First of a series of conferences on
medical. social and economic prob
lens of older persons, under the
sponsorship of the Council of Social
agencies, will be held from 1890
am. to $3.50 pm. Friday, at the
YWCA. Seventeenth and K streets
NV.
DR.. Marjorie Shearon of the
United States Public Health Service
will preside at the conference, and
speakers will include DR.. Winfred
Overholser. superintendent of ST.
Elizabeth's Hospital, who will dis
cuss personality difficulties of older
people. While it was said a limited
number of reservations can be &C
cepted from the public, the confer
ence was described as being planned
primarily for members of boards
and superintendents of homes for
the aged. Similar sessions are
scheduled to be held during Janu-
ary and February.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Memphis Telephone
Strike Voted; National
Tieup Is Threatened :
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2.-Memphis long
distance operators voted to strike in
support of their wage demands
tonight and ranking union official
asserted If the strike is carried out
1t might lead to a tie-up of telephone
lines throughout the country.
The National Federation of Long
Line Operators functions in 40
States" J. J. Moran of New York,
union president, said, land we like
to support, our people"
Mr.. Moran asserted it was possible
that long line operators in other
cities would take action in SYM
pathy with strike in Memphis or
in Louisville, where strike vote
will be held December II.
That would mean that the Ma
tional Federation OF Telephone
Workers, with 81 affiliate unions
would be bound to lend its support, .
he added. This union, which rep
resents all types of telephone work
ers, and the long line operators have
a pledge of mutual support"
Mr.. Moran said the strike vote
here was 1872 in favor of a strike and
9 opposed. with all but So of the
eligible members casting ballots.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Western Front
Continued From First Page

on American positions at the rate of
one second.
In that vital sector six miles
northwest of the Roer stronghold Of
Duren. the Germans were reported
to have trenches so wide and deep
that enemy tanks moved through
them without being obServed-some-
thing new in trench warfare.
Both sides were pouring on the
heaviest artillery fire since the onset
of Gen. Eisenhower's winter Of
fensive
Mani Casualties Heavy.
A British End Army spokesman
declared the Germans were suffer
ing terrific casualties, greater than
they could replace, all along the
western front and unofhcial eSti-
mates from the 1st Army sector set
total enemy casualties there alone
at nearly 10000 since November 16.
The 3rd Army drive through
Saarlautern carried almost to the
Saar River.
Most of Saarlautern, a city of
$4,000, lies on the west bank of the
river. 1t was the first of Hitler
Saar Basin cities to feel the weight
Of the conquering armies.
The German bridgehead at Stras-
bourg collapsed quickly after the
bulk of the enemy forces withdrew
across the Rhine during the night
and only 81 prisoners were taken.
The Germans blew all three
Rhine bridges at Strasbourg, and
continued to pour artillery fire into
the city.
Patch's Forces Advance.
Meanwhile, the 7th was registering
important gains both north and
south of Strasbourg, as 1t. Gen
Alexander M. Patch exploited his
advantageous positions on the
Rhine Plain.
While some of his troops fought
into Haguenau, Is miles north OF
Strasbourg, other forces swept 1t
miles to the northwest across the
hills to within 10 miles of the Pal
atinate.
Armored units spearing southwark
down the Rhine Valley in gains oi
up to four miles reached Boofzheinl
and Kogenheim, 16 and 10 miles
south of Strasbourg.
The this tanks there were nc
more than 80 miles from the Is,
French Army moving up from the
south around Colmar.
American troops fought their wa,
Evening star., 1944-12-03
|CIO Auto Workers
Plan Rudio Network
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The CIO Automobile Workers filed
application with the Federal Com
munications Commission yesterday
for six FIN radio stations in New
Jersey, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and
California.
The cities are Newark, Detroit,
Flint, Cleveland, Chicago and Los
Angeles
The unions intention to file the
application was announced at the
recent CIO convention in Chicago.
You too can wear wings dreaming
Peace on Earth"-one extra bond
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Two German Positions
In Vicinity Of Faenza
Fall 10 Allied Armies
BY the Associated Press.

ROME, Dec. g. Two positions
north and south of Faenza have
fallen to Allied armies, headquarters
announced today. as the German
withdrawal through the mountains
toward the Po Plain continued in
the face of threats against the
enemy's eastern flank
Indian troops of the British 9th
Army seized strongly defended AL
bereto, village 5 miles northeast
Of Faenza, capturing 100 prisoners
The United States 5th Army,
swinging across the Lamone River
which blocks the approaches to
Faenza, occupied Monte Giornetto,
IL miles west, southwest of the city
This appeared to be dividened of
the German withdrawal from the
Apennines' bulge between Faenza
and Bologna to prevent entrapment
should be the British break across
the Lamone River on the east.
The Germans laid smoke screens
on the west end of the front south
of Massa to conceal movements in
an area where it is believed they
have been withdrawing their troops
to bolster the Bologna a-Faenza line.
Italian Fascist troops have taken
their, places in this area.
The Germans threw in a steady
series of small counterattacks in the
vicinity of Bombiano, Is miles south
west of Bologna. but these were
beaten back. Fifth Army patrols,
feeling out the enemy defenses in
this sector, ran into sharp artillery
and machine fire.
"a German Transocean dis
patch said Bologna had become
an underground city, with tens
of thousands of evacuees and
refugees from the front crowd
ing into deep subterranean shell
terSD
A drizzle of rain fell on the front,
but fighter-bombers, pursuing a
campaign to keep the Brenner Pass
blocked as route of supply,
preached dam, knocked out a
bridge north of Verona and cut the
same line in three other places.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Greek Cabinet Supported
By British in Crisis
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, Dec. 2.-Prime Minister
Churchill announced tonight that
Britain was giving her full support
to the Papandreau government in
Greece, which is beset with political
difficulties.
The announcement from the
Prime Minister'S office gave full
endorsement to the policy of Mai
Gen, Ronald M. Scobie, Allied com
mander in chief in Greece.
Earlier Athens dispatches said a
Greek cabinet crisis over a British
Army proclamation disbandine
guerrillas came to head with the
resignation of all six ministers be-
longing to the leftwing EAM party
Premier Papandreau, expressing
regret at the designations, reiter-
ated his determination to stick to
his task and called the cabinet into
another session tonight.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
bonomi Backs Sforza,
Refutes Dis|oyaIty
Charge by Britain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Dec. 2-Count Carlo
Sforza called on Premier Ivanoe
Bonomi twice today, urging him to
deny that Sforza had worked
against him, as asserted by British
Foreign Minister Anthony Eden.
Premier Bonomi finally issued a
statement tonight suggesting the
whole thing probably was trans
mission error"
Mr.. Eden, explaining yesterday to
the House of Commons why Britain
had turned thumbs down on Sforza
as possible premier or foreign
minister, said Sforza had been work.
ing recently against the Bonomi
government of which he was men,
ber, while Bonomi has given us
loyal support and fulfilled all his
obligations towards u.s.
Bonomi, whose cabinet fell a week
ago and who still is trying to form
q new one, said his ancient friend
Ship for Sforza led him to believe
that Eden had meant Sforza worked
against the former Badoglio regime
and that perhaps there was con-
fusion of "Bonomi" for "Badoglio'
in transmitting the story to the
Italian press.
Bonomi added that except for a
few disagreements on some particu-
lar questions, he had no reason to
believe that Sforza had failed him.
Meanwhile, the Italian political
crisis remained unsolved, and few
persons would predict success for
Bonomi in his efforts to get the
left-wing to participate in new
government.
A Liberal party delegation pledged
him support today, but the Christian
Democrats, regarded by many as a
pivotal group in the old six-party
coalition, issued a noncommittal
statement.
Evening star., 1944-12-03

into Selestat, an important COM
munications town in the Alsace
Plain u miles north Of Colmar
House-to-house fighting was in
progress on the western edges Of
Selestat. Tank-supported German
counterattacks were repulsed.
French 1st Army troops moving up
from the south established a bridge
head on the northern bank Of the
Doller River at Mulhouse and held
it against strong enemy counter
attacks
The 9th Army, rebounding from
yesterdays reverses, recaptured
Roerdorf and Flossdorf and then
fought on north into Linnich.
Ten miles south Of that front 1t
Gen. Courtney H Hodges 1st Army
troops battled to wipe out strong
pocket in the south part of linden
and were dealing with entrenched
forces south of the town.
Four miles west of Duren they
were clearing more of the woods In
an advance from Jungersdorf to-
ward Merode. Stubborn resistance
made progress slow for units closing
in on Gey and Brandenburg, 4 anc
7 miles south of Duren.
In the Gey sector the Germans
threw in two counterblows, sum-
moning crack parachute troops fol
the attack, and one made a deer
penetration before it was contained
American casualties were high
but the Germans were higher. II
was estimated four enemy divisions
had been destroyed and two others
so badly cut up they have had tc
be withdrawn since the offensive
began.
The Germans were fighting well
hoWever-so well that high Amer.
lean staff officer declared it wa.
clear Hitler had retired and wa.
leaving 1t to the skilled Field Mar.
shall Karl Rudolf Gerd Won Rund.
stedt.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
9 Known Dead in Crash
OF BIT in Sioux City, Iowa
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. mime
bodies have been located in the
wreckage of a Bit bomber from the
Sioux City Airbase which crashed In
a residential district here tonight,
although not all of them have been
recovered, Col. Wallace S. Dawson,
airbase commandant, announced.
The plane crashed in a vacant lot
between two houses about pm. and
wing hit one house in which there
were three persons, partially burn
ing 1t.
There were six persons in the
house on the other side of the lot
but none of the civilians were in
jured. Cause of the crash was un-
known.
Evening star., 1944-12-03
Bomber Is Bond Goal

Prince Georges County school
children will sponsor the purchase
of S108, 900 Helldiver scout bomber
in the Sixth War Loan campaign
All bonds sold during November and
December will be credited toward
the school goal.