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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
DRIVE ON LENINGRAD
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after fierce battle, the com.
munique said.
Other Gains
Gains were also made Ill south
ern White Russia where seven
communities we're taken as the
forces of Gen. Konstantine Ro'
kossovsky reached out from cap
turned Kalinkovichi through the
Pripet Marshes.
The Leningrad fighting saw the
days greatest advances as Gen.
Leonid A. Govorov's forces cap
tured Komolovo and Zaitsevo, both
six miles northwest of Krasnog-
vardeisk.
In the north, after capturing
Mga, FRIDAY, the Russians open
ed the railway from Leningrad
to Moscow via Mga, Volkhov,
Vologda and Yaroslavl. BY yes
terday's gains the. Russians
cleared the Leningrad to Moscow
line via Mga, Kurishi and OWN
ishche, which is shorter.
However, the Russians we're
now driving for the double-track-
edmainline through Kolpino-Tos-
no and Kalinin the most efficient
route between the Soviet Union S
two largest cities. Swinging in
from the east, where Mga was
captured, Red Army troops were
only IL miles northeast of Tosno
with the capture of Voskresens-
koye.
l. Seizes Key
With the fall of the long-held
Nazi stronghold of Mga the Red
Army seized the key to the Ger
man Notifications southeast of
Leningrad and raced ahead to
wipe out Nazi troops still holding
60-mile stretch of the rail line
linking the old czarist and new
Soviet capitals.
+ The Nazi-held portion runs from
the vicinity of Kolpino. IS miles
southeast of Leningrad, to Volk-
hovo. Liberation of the railway
would rovide a powerful supply
backbone for the Russians, and
once again unite the efforts OF
the two greatest cities of the Sow
let Union.
From the southern shores oil
Lake linen, below toppled Nov
gorod, northward to the Baltic
coast, the German army was try
ing to avert major military dis
aster.
In many sectors their dead
were being counted by the thou
sands and in liberated Leningrad
long lines of prisoners already
were moving through the streets,
it was disclosed in Soviet dis
patches to Moscow.
1t appeared certain that the Ger
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
DIR. JAMES X. HANSEN

DR.. James K. Hansen, 70, prom
inent druggist, died suddenly al
his home. 1913 South 4th street,
Saturday afternoon at o'clock as
the result of a heart attack
DR.. Hansen has been operating
drug store in Wilmington for
the past Sc years. He was grad
unated from the University OF
Maryland in 1901. At the time of
his death he was operating the
store at Fourth and Meares
streets.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
J. X. Hansen of Wilmington, a
daughter. Miss Marie Hansen, of
Wilmington. two sons, DR.. 1.
Rivers Hansen of Salisbury, Md,
and James K Hansen, Jr., of Will
mington
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
MISS LOTTIE SMITH

Funeral services for Miss Lot
tie Low Smith will be conducted
from the chapel Of Andrews NOR
tuary at II o'clock Monday morn
ing by the Rev. ]. F. Herbert,
pastor of Grace Methodist church.
Interment will follow in Oakdale
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be J. Ludie
Groom, W. A. McGirt, E. z. King,
c. ]. Plaster, R. S. Bell, and
F. A. Tatum.
Miss Smith is survived by two
sisters, Misses Ada Costin Smith
and Alice Smith. She was the
daughter OF the late Mr.. and Mrs.
jeff Smith.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
R((MMEL IS NAMED
TO new POSITION
theoretically He Becomes
Naz;s' Supreme Anti
Invasion Chief

LONDON. Jan o. (R Adolf
ui+1er was reported today by the
nai1v Express to have appointed
his twice-beaten former "deserr
+ov Marshal Erwin Rommel, as
;rsnector-general for defense Of
Europe.
RommeI theoretically becomes
cernany's supreme anti-invasior
chief.
Actually. however, an inspector
general in the German army sci.
Sono gives orders to field com.
wander and it is believed fielc
Marshal Karl Won Rundstet will
rcr1ain in active charge of defend
inc Eitlcrs Atlantic wall.
The express quoted neutral re.
ports saying Won Rundstedt, who
more than once has shown oper
scorn for Nazism and has beer
quoted as referring to Hitler as
an inflated lance corporal" has
been moved to southeastern Eur.
ore where he will be in CHARGE Of
the areas at the rear of field Mar.
shall Fritz Won Mannstein retreat.
inc from Russia.
According to the best infora-
ton available in London, this is
likely to prove a temporary shift.
Il is believed Won Rundstedt has
been ass gned to a special task to
prepare the ground for Won Mann
STEMS retreating armies and then
will return to his post as anti
invasion field commander in the
west.
Rommel's appointment as in
spector- general was interpreted
here as a new move by Hitler to
tighten the Nazi hold on the Ger
man army against a possible re-
volt by generals of the high COM
mand.
Won Rundstedt known as the
high priest" sof German strategy.
never has been entirely trusted by
Hitler. but the dictator never has
been able to find a substitute for
his genius in the ranks of dyed-in-
the wool Nazis. For this reason it
is understood here that Hitler Or
dered Rommel to treat Won Rund-
stedt with kid gloves for fear Won
Rmdstedt would resign again as
he did in 1871, or exploit his In
fluence among German army OF
ficers to stage a revolt
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
Obituaries
MRS. JOHN BUTTELMAN

A message has been received
here through the Red Cross con-
corning the death of Mrs. John
Buttelman, "A, of Appeln, Ger
many, on July 8, 1913.
Mrs. Buttelman is survived by
several sons and daughters in Ger.
many, and one son Chris Buttel
man of Wilmington; also surviv.
ing are four sisters, Mrs. C. B
Bellois, Mrs. j. H. Brunjes Of
Wilmington, Mrs. Katie Leydecke1
and Mrs. H. Dohrman of Eas1
Orange, N. J.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
MRS. AMANDA E. BERNHEIM

Mrs. Amanda E. Bernheim, SO,
died recently in Asneboro, N c.,
where she had made her home
for the past several years. Mrs.
Bernheim was the widow of DR..
G. D Bernheim, prominent Luth-
ern minister and converted Jew
who served as pastor of St. Paul S
Lutheran church and St. Mathew S
Lutheran church, of Wilmington.
A native of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Bernheim came to Wilmington in
1897 during the time that her
husband, DR.. Bernheim, was pas
tor of St. Matthew'S church. She
resided here until 1904.
The spirit of philanthropy was
the motivating influence in Mrs.
Bernheim's life. Years ago she
gave the bulk of her fortune to
the various boards and agencies
Of the Lutheran church. She con-
tributed magnificently to the
Board of American Missions, the
Board of Foreign Missions, the
Synod of Illinois, Gettysburg Col
lege, the Lutheran Orphan Home
Of the South at Salem, Va, and
Trinity church. Pasadena, Calf
She assisted financially in the
establishment of every Lutheran
mission built in North Carolina
during the past ten years.
Following funeral services in
Albemarle Mrs. Bernheim was
buried in Magnolia cemetery,
Charleston, South Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
Sunday, January g. 1914 SUNDAY STAR-NEWS-7

lot, with pernissive use of state
ballots, as an amendment to the
state ballot bill.
Under the new senate bill SER
vice men and women would be
given a short ballot on which to
mark their choices for president,
vice-president and members of
congress in the November cleo
ton, but state and local election
officials would have the final au-
thority to decide which ballots are
valid and countable.
| The latter provision was intend
ed to allay fears of some southern
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
CHARLES E. WARN

JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 22.-R)--
Charles E. Warn, SO, former may
or of Jacksonville, died unexpect-
edly yesterday at his home here.
He had begun his duties as coun-
ty tax collector Thursday, after
resigning Jan. 3 in the middle OF
his fourth term as mayor.
A native of Canada, Warn came
here when he was 10 years old
and was engaged in the lumber
business for SO years. His funer-
al was held today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
E. w. SEARS

E. w. Sears, SIS, chief clerk in
the Division Freight and Passen-
ger office, Seaboard Air Line rail
way, died after a heart attack
here early Saturday morning. Mr..
Sears has been connected with
the Seaboard for the past % years,
previously stationed at Tampa and
Jacksonville, Fla. He came to
Wilmington six months ago.
He is survived by his widow,
and one daughter, Mrs. G. R.
Sprinkle, of West Dearborn, Mich.
The body is being sent to Jack
sonville where funeral services
will be held Monday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
C. J. JOSENHANS

Funeral services for c. J. Josen-
hans, 60, superintendent of Wrights-
boro Baptist church and veteran
civil engineer, who died at 7:30
o'clock Friday night in Bullock
hospital after long illness, will
be held from the home at II o'clock
Monday morning. Services will be
conducted by the Rev. H. S.
Strickland of Wriahtshnra Rantist
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
VOTE BILL DRIVE
GAINS MOMENTUM
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servicemen and women might be
delayed seriously if the armed
forces are required to give travel
priority to state balloting mate
The secretary's comment was
made in a letter to Rep. Worley
(D-Tex). The Texan, chairman OF
the House Elections committee,
said, nevertheless, he would offer
his bill for uniform federal bal
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
church and the Rev. j. L. Jones,
MI1rfreeSboro RantiSt church.

church and the Rev. J. L. Jones,
Murfreesboro Baptist church.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Violet Sweet Josenhans; four
daughters, Mrs. John w. Demp-
sey, Mrs. Lawrence Davis, Mrs.
Roger Geddes, and Mrs. Claud
O'Shields; one sister, Mrs. Frank
Kibler, of Charleston, S. c.; a
brother, Leonard Jpsenhans, OF
Beaufort, and eight grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be George
Chadwick, Adolph Rogers, S. S.
Cash, Herbert Pittman, Heide
lrask and Wesley Blake.
Honorary pallbearers will be l..
J. Hewitt, Paul M. Smell, Julius
Rudolph, T. R. Cobb, H. V. Comfy,
Fl. E. Hicks, and DR.. w. c. Me-
bene.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23

Democratic senators and northern
Republicans that a federal ballot
commission might try to usurp
state election control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
lFPefer Pain twists your muscles into a
Stiff Neck. Rub in BEN-GAY.. Quick!
Amazingly FAST relief
and here's why:

sScience, for many years, has depended
on two pain-relieving agents - methyl
sallcylate and menthol. Every doctor
knows these two precious ingredients.
And Ben-Gay contains up to IN
Tunes as much of both than five other
widely offered rub-ins. Actual labora-
tory tests prove this. So insist on the
genuine Ben-Gay next time Peter Pain
strikes! Get Ben-Gay's fast relief!
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
CARL A. DE GERSDORFF

NEW YORK, Jan. 22-(R-Carl
A. De Gersdorff, 70, an attorney
and a director of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad and the Chem
ical Bank and Trust company,
died last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-23
WAR BOND DRIVE
SETS GOOD PACE

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David Murchison and Mrs. John
T. Hoggard, co-chairmen; and
Mrs. Ranald Stewart, city chair
man,
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Carmen Beach Freed
From Jail on Bond

Carmen Beach whose District
Court conviction on a Mann Act
charge of transporting a woman
within the District for immoral pur-
poses was set aside last Monday by
the United States Court of Appeals
late yesterday was released under
a total of $500 in bonds, pending
any further procedure in that case
and in two other indictments on
which trial is pending.
Last Thursday, the Government
filed a motion in the Court of Ap-
peals asking for a rehearing in that
tribunal in the case reversed by 1t
In reversing the District Court con.
viction. the appellate court ruled
that the Mann Act does not apply
to transportation within the District
OF the total bond, $500 was re-
quired for the woman's release
pending any further action on the
case in which the Court of Ap-
peals rendered its decision. Bond
of $1,000 also was required for hel
release on each of two other pend
ing indictments.
In one of the other indictments
she is charged with transporting a
woman from New York to Washing.
ton and in the other with transport.
ing from the District to Maryland
and also within the District.
The conviction which the appel
late court set aside involved opl,
transportation within the District
Evening star., 1944-07-30

knots and. rode for the most part
under clear skies with sun, moor
and >stars visible for navigationaI
sights. Too. he could get cross
checks from radio beams as they
passed land stations which also
were emergency landing points.
A direct course across the revolv.
ing circles would mean bucking side
winds, cold fronts and possible icing
conditions-always a North Atlantic
threat.
One of Capt. Halls most valuable
aids in tracking favorable winds was
the old air-pressure altimeter. by
which pilots used to estimate their
distance from the surface.
This gauge. operated along with
an absolute altimeter, showed what
course he was flying with relation
to storm centers.
Other Refinements Expected.
Capt. Hall believes that further
reflnements in instruments and
weather maps will bring pressure
tracking into general use on United
States transcontinental routes.
For almost year now he has
peen cutting about an hours flying
time OH the average of transports
which buck the weather on more
olrect routes. His system is being
ADOPTED by other captains in his
outnt, and the transport equipped
with special instruments has served
10 train pilots flying regular cargo
runs
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Maj. LoyeIand , Retired
Patent Lawyer, Dies

Maj. John Winthrop Loveland. 73.
retired patent lawyer and Army off,
Ger, died Friday at his residence at
Wardman Park Hotel after an ILL
ness of several years.
Maj. Loveland, who had lived here
for more than 20 years, was native
Of West Pittston, Pa. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at the family burial
ground at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
A graduate of Pennsylvania Mill
tary College, he served in Puerto
Rico during the Spanish american
War and was sent to the Mexican
border in 1915. During the World
War he was attached to the 18th
Division.
He came to Washington as a pat
ent lawyer in the Justice Depart
ment and retired from Government
service in 1888
His widow, formerly Miss Anita
B. Gaburri, is a native of Washing
| ton.
Maj. Lovelands hobbies included
marine painting and ship modelling
and miniature reproduction of his
own sloop, the Ariel" is in the
Smithsonian Institution. He spent
years perfecting the model of the
yacht he used to sail each year at
his summer home in Nantucket.
| He was a member of the Army
and Navy Club.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Transatlantic Pilots Learn
To Hook Rides on Tail Winds
Follow Air Currents
Around Danger Spots
To Assure Colin Trips
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.,
Aviation Editor. The Star

Air transports which will ride
storms at sea instead of bucking
them probably will open two-way
winter traffic to England this year
across the North Atlantic.
A system for tracking tail winds
along the revolving outer edges of
high and low pressure areas has
been worked out by Washington
Air Transport Command captain
after more than 100 round trips
overseas.
Fair skies and favorable winds
have sped the transocean flights of
Capt. Howard E. Hall and his crew
because, his fellow pilots say, he
sought them out and went with
them as long as they we're going
in his direction. For months he
flew weather laboratory run.
Capt. Hall, whose friends still call
him Sonny Boy" after Is years and
$4,000 hours flying transports for
Transcontinental e. Western Air,
Inc. was one of the first domestic
pilots to fly overseas for the Air
Transport Command. In February,
1912. he began taking TWA StXato-
liners across by the southern route.
Currents Follow Patterns.
His interest in making the weather
work for him on long over-water
flights led to his assignment to a
four-engined Douglas cargo ship
equipped with instruments to help
him find the best paths through the
shifting currents of the sky.
He found that currents fell into
regular patterns with relation to
high or low pressure centers, espe-
cialiy over the ocean whose tenn
perature is fairly constant.
The typical North Atlantic wealth.
er map always contains several pres
sure areas, drifting from west to
east, and predictable we'll in ad-
vance. Air currents move around
them in circles with diameters up to
400 or 500 miles. counter -clockwise
In low pressure areas. and clockwise
in high. The gales, clouds, fog and
sleet are in the centers.
Variance on Long Trips.
Since point-to-point time is more
important than mileage covered,
and the earth's curvature allows
latitude of direction on long hops,
transport captain usually can pick
his own storms and circle them with
the prevailing winds.
Often this course took Capt. Halls
transport we'll up toward Greenland
and Iceland, above the great circle
route, or south in the direction of
the Azores.
He picked up tail winds up to 40
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Funeral Services Held
For Calvin H. zieoIer

Funeral services for Calvin H.
ziegler, 66, of 4705 Hunt avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md, who died at SUBJ
urban Hospital, Bethesda, Wednes-
day after long illness, were held
yesterday from the funeral home of
w. Reuben Humphrey, Bethesda.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. M. Virgil Cosby. pastor of River
Road Presbyterian Church. Burial
was in Rockville Union Cemetery.
Mr.. Ziegler is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary E. Ziegler; two
daughters, Mrs. Helen A. Travis and
Mrs. Marian Seitzinger, both of
Washington: son, DR.. Edwin E.
ziegler, Bethlehem, Pa, and a
brother, DR.. Edwin A. Ziegler, WASH
ington. Before coming to Montgom-
cry County seven years ago, he lived
in Washington about Is years. He
was an employe of the Interstate
Commerce Commission for many
years.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Mrs. Hagan 10 Be Buried
In South Carolina Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Matte
g. Hagan, 73, for Is years resident
of the District until her death last
Thursday at Sibley Hospital after
two-year illness, will be held at 2
pm. today at the Presbyterian
Church of Greenwood, S. C. Burial
will be in the Greenville Cemetery.
Mrs. Hagan, who lived at 1921
Hamline street NE, came to Wash
ington seven years after the death
Of her husband, William E. Hagari,
in 1922.
She is survived by 4 sons, 8
daughters, % grandchildren and 7
great-grandchildren. One son, Way
man O. Hagan. lives at Union, S. C.,
and three live in the District. They
are John D., James w. and william
H. Hagan, all associated in the
baking business at 1912 Fourth
street NE. The daughters are Mrs.
Bessie e. Kellam, Mrs. Lila Berry
and Mrs. Ollie Pratt, all of
Washington.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Judge John J. Freschi Dies;
Opened Lonerqan Trial
BY the Associated p,.sx

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 29.-General
Sessions Judge John ]. Freschi, g.
who presided at the opening of
the Wayne Lonergan murder trial
last winter, died today. He was
born in Manhattan.
He had been operated on for a
ruptured appendix after collapsine
in his chambers July 20.
Judge Freschi disqualified him.
self in the Lonergan case after re-
peated hare-ups with Defense
Counsel Edward v. Broderick. Judge
James G. Wallace took over the
bench for the remainder of the
trial of the RCAF aircraftsman who
was convicted of Staying his heiress
wife, Patricia Burton Lonergan.
Lonergan was sentenced to IS
years to life Imprisonment.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Henry
Continued From First Page.) J

the Conqueror's army. 1t also has
the site of miracles.
The cathedral is built around q
sacred well. water from which re-
putedly has miraculous healing
powers. Belief in the Virgin of the
Well had a big revival among
wounded men at the end of the last
war after nearly five centuries OF
oblivion.
Site Of former Druid temple
where Roman fort was built in
the 3rd century, the first simple
church was built there by Saint
Ereptiole, apostle of Normandy, in
the middle of the 5th century. II
was ravaged by the Norsemen and
later rebuilt in the Roman style in
the 11th century by Bishop Godfrey
OF Montbray, companion of Will
liam the Conqueror.
Later the Gothic dome and towers
were added, making a harmonious
whole, called one of the miracles
OF cathedral architecture. Fear for
safety of the cathedral was one OF
the great worries of the aerial
bombing of nearby German lines
Artillery fire was withheld but
bombs wrecked the seminary and
the bishops house and the cloister
The cathedral, Father LIE Boucher
says, contains the relics of the first
six bishops of Co,tances, all canon
lied. including Saint Lo, for whom
the nearby city is named. Between
the sacred well and the Sacred
Heart alter are buried the remains
OF Sister Marie des Vallees. uncan-
onized, but to whom Normandy at
tributed miracles.
Occupations of the cathedral
heights assured a road to safety of
great colums of American tanks and
infantry moving southwark through
the city after the orderly retreat
ing Germans.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Georgetown U. Plan,
Broad Program for
Postwar Students

IN readiness Tor a possible early
European peace, Georgetown Uni
versity announced last night that its
School of Foreign Service was FORM
ulating broad program Of postwar
training for the tasks Of reconstruc-
ton which will face the American
Government and people at the end
Of the war.
Events of the past few weeks in
Germany indicate that no time
should be lost If education is to re-
convert its equipment and avoid be-
ing caught mapping as America was
after the 1918 armistice," said DR..
Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., regent of
the school.
The Georgetown educator, who
was the first in this country to in
troduce specialized university train
ing for foreign service and COM
merce. In the uncertain months
after the World War, disclosed some
Of the highlights Of the new postwar
program.
They include an Institute OF
World Polity, accelerated foreign
language and area studies. and new
courses dealing with the problems OF
air transportation, the Merchant
Marine and international trade
Starting in October, he said. they
will gradually expand as developed
during the Winter term.
The most striking adaptation in
the foreign service school, DR.
Walsh said, will be in the teaching
of foreign languages and of courses
about those aeras of the world in
which the United States will be
deeply and permanently interested
hereafter Announcing that language
studies will be stepped up in Oc-
tober from 10 hours to Is hours a
week, with an additional hours
week devoted to area studies, he
said.
The Georgetown school will COM
bine with its postwar program its
standard courses in foreign service
business and public administration.
Satisfied with its initial expert
ment in admitting women to foreign
language courses and in some cases
to the regular foreign service cur
riculum, DR.. Walsh announced that
this policy would be continued.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Democrats Must Unite
Farmers and Labor
To Win, Wallace Says
By the Associated Press,

6y the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, July 29.-Continu-
ing his avowed fight for a Liberal,
constructive Democratic party" Vice
President Wallace said today the
farmer and the worker must be
brought together to insure a Demo-
cratic victory at the polls In No
vember.
Democrats, he said in an address
to the State Democratic Platform
Convention, OF which he was per-
manent chairman, must tell the
farmers: "a
Your income from hogs, butter,
eggs and cattle goes up and down
precisely with the total pay rolls
Of labor. The moment labor gets
into trouble you get into trouble
also. You must have a sympathetic
understanding of labor's problems II
you are to understand your own"
First Speech Since Defeat.
Making his first public appearance
since he failed of denomination at
the National Convention last week,
Mr.. Wallace said the Democratic
party must be made vital con-
tinuously functioning organization
through which farmers, workers and
small town business and professional
men can come to agreement and
make their wants known"
The Republican party" he con-
tinued, "and its organs OF publicity
always have tried to separate the
farmer and the worker. The Demo-
cratic party can succeed only if it
brings the farmer and the worker
together on liberal, constructive
platform. Those Democrats who
fight such program are Repub-
licans wearing false faces"
West Owes South a Lot"
Commenting on what he termed
my Southern friends" Mr.. Wallace