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Evening star., 1944-09-21
Legion Calls for Peace
with Teeth in II and
Universal Training
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2l.--The Ameri-
can Legion began new year of
activity today with a program top
ped by demand for Army and
Navy training for the Nations young
men and determination to seek a
peace with teeth In It,"
The new national commander,
Edward N. Scheiberling of Albany,
N. y, asserted at the close of the
organizations convention late yes
terday that the major legislative
objective would be the immediate
enactment OF law providing peace
time universal military training.
I'VE want a peace with teeth in
it-a peace that can and will be
enforced" he stated in a radio ad-
dress. 1T cannot be enforced un-
less there is practical basis of
agreement among peace loving ma
lions, both great and small"
Sees Opportunity for Service.
He reported the members would
strive to protect the rights and well
1are OF veterans Of this war, and
called for administration Of the "GI
bill OF rights" with maximum Ell
cheney and minimum of DELAYS
and red tape"
He also expressed the belief the
Legionnaires could render a great
service after the war by leading the
way Ito return to the fundamental
Americanism on which America
grew SO great
Mr.. Scheiberling, a husky attorney
VINO won captains rank while
serving overseas in 1918, was elected
national commander by acclamation
after partial roll call at the sue-
gestion OF John Stelle of McLeans-
ooro. III. Mr.. Stelle and j. Fred
johnson OF Florence, Ala, were the
only others placed In nomination.
Labor Organiza tions Commended.
Several resolutions were adopted
shortly before the convention ad-
1ourned. One commended labor
organizations which adhered to the
no-strike pledge and denounced
that small percentage Of unpatriotic
citizens who have wilfully impeded
war production"
Voted down were proposals to lift
the ban on immediate enrolment of
men now serving in the armed
forces.
Enlargement and improvement of
the national headquarters in In
dlanapolis and the branch head
quarters in Washington was author
lied by the delegates. The Executive
Committee was authorized to spend
not more than $4,000 on the Wash
lngton headquarters and to negoti-
ate for the eventual purchase or
erection of a Legion building in the
Capital.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
BY the Associated Press.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Sept. al
Two Army airmen. landing a B-24
Liberator bomber in the James
River as an experiment designed to
provide improved safety for flyers
in emergency water landings by
land-based aircraft, had a close
brush with death yesterday when
their plane broke almost in two as
it struck the water.
The flyers. who escaped with q
severe shaking-up, are Maj. Julian
A. Harvey of the Proving Ground
Command, the pilot, and Col. Carl
F.. Greene, liaison officer at Langley
Field between the Army Air Forces
and the National Advisory Commit
tee for Aeronautics, co-pilot.
More than 100 observers, includ-
ing representatives of the Army.
Navy, Coast Guard and Royal Air
Force, watched from the decks of a
half dozen surface craft as the big
bomber, carrying several structural
notifications, touched the water at
a speed Of approximately 100 miles
an hour, bounced qpce, and struck
again tail first.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Declaration and Constitution
To Be on View Again October I

The original engrossed documents
of the Declaration of independence
and the Constitution of the United
States have been returned from their
wartime hiding place and will be
on view again in the Library of Con-
gress on october l, Archibald Mac
Leish, the librarian of Congress, an
nounced today
Mr.. MacLeish said the return of
the documents had the approval of
the War Department and the Joint
chiefs of staff.
Also back in the library are the
Lincoln Cathedral copy of the Magma
Charta, deposited in the library for
safekeeping by the British govern
ment; the Gutenberg Bible, the
manuscript of Lincoln's second in
augural address, the two drafts Of
the Gettysburg Address, the Articles
Of Confederation and other ire
placeable books and manuscripts.
Except for one brief excursion, the
Declaration and the Constitution
nave repOSed IN hermetlcally sealed,
waterproof bronze container, speci-
ally prepared for the purpose, the
librarian disclosed.
The two documents were removed
from the shrine of the library, where
they had been exhibited since 1924.
on December 26, 194l. Under the
protection of the armed forces, they
were taken TO location of very
great security" Mr.. MacLeish said
The Declaration of independence.
comprising five leaves of parchment,
was brought back in l943 in connec-
ton with the Jefferson Bicentennia
Celebration. After ceremonies at the
Library of Congress, it was moved
to the Jefferson Memorial. where it
was exhibited for a week under
Evening star., 1944-09-21
President Plans 10 Make
1OSpeeches, Dirksen Hears
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Representative Dirksen. Repub-
lican, of Illinois, attributing his in
formation to a report of a White
House intimate" said last night in
radio talk that President Roose-
welt is planning to make 10 cam
paign speeches because the fourth
term promoters" have the jitters."
Recalling that the President had
said he would not campaign in the
usual sense Mr.. Dirksen asserted
there had been sudden change of
strategy as result of the Maine
election and political polls showing
increasing Republican strength.
The President so far has an
nounced only two addresses.
Mr.. DirkSen also charged that
Prime Minister Churchill's Quebec
declaration of friendship for the
President was "a fourth term
speech"
The people of this country" Mr..
Dirksen said. ARE quite capable of
running their own affairs. and Sc
lecting their President without out
side advice
Evening star., 1944-09-21
| Pearl Harbor Inquiry
Promised BY Brieker
II He Ever Has Power
BY the Associated Press.

6y iAe AssOctAteo FIesB.
BALTIMORE, Sept 2l-Gov.
John w. Bricker declared today he
would expose the facts of the Pearl
Harbor disaster as quickly as pos
sible IF ever 1t is in my power"
The Republican candidate for vice
president, who has been demanding
a speedy disclosure of circumstances
Involving the surprise attack by the
japanese, elaborated on his position
In press conference after coming
to Baltimore from a two-day tour
of Pennsylvania.
A neWspaperman asked:
If you are elected vice president,
will you expose the Pearl Harbor
facts as soon as possible?"
Gov Bricker replied:
IT ever 1t is in my power, 1 would
do So" .-..
The Ohio Governor, who has ac-
cused the administration of with
holding details of events preceding
the attack, declared there was MOTH
ing In them now which would injure
the war effort.
Withholding the facts" he re-
marked, "B injuring the war effort"
Gov. Bricker asserted the facts
are known by the administration If
they come clean" and added that
the full story obviously 'is being
withheld for political reasons.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
indispensable : Man.
Issue Originated by
COP, Truman Says
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-The 'in-
dispensable man proposition was
originated by the Republicans, 4"
Senator Truman, Democratic vice
presidential nominee. declares.
I'VE never said there was an in
dispenable man. We say we believe
there should be man Of experience
in the White House at this time"
Senator Truman said yesterday in a
statement during press conference
at Democratic National Committee
headquarters when asked for COM
ment on Republican Presidential
Candidate Thomas E. Dewey's
charge at Portland, Greg, Tuesday
night that President Roosevelt con-
sidered himself indispensable to
the entire world"
Asked if he had used words quoted
by Gov. Dewey that the very future
OF the peace and prosperity of the
world depends upon his CRoose-
velt's) reelection in November, 4"
Senator Truman said he had, add
ing, Il think that is true"
Commenting in a formal state
ment On Gov. Dewey's speech, Sem
ator Truman declared:
so far we have had not one con-
structive policy suggested by the
minority party's candidate. He
recites stories of alleged evils but
offers no plan or correction or
remedy.
In short his arguments boil down
to this-I concur in the admins
tration's foreign and domestic
policies in detail but I could do
better with ahem than Franklin D.
Roosevelt
"A candidate should stay within
the limits of veracity-or at least
within shooting distance of prob
ability"
Gov. Dewey has dream of him
self in the White House, with a
Senate and House of Representa-
tives all Republican" Senator Tru-
man said, adding that this was an
impossibility.
He said he had not planned to
confer with Sidney Hillman, chair
man of the CIO Political Action
Committee, which supports Presi-
dent Roosevelt, but added, IF Hill
man wants to see me, I'll see him.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Bricker 10 Make Bid
For Maryland Vote
In Baltimore Tonight
Ey. the Associated Press.
nAY rYNr~r-

BY. the Associated Press.
! BALTIMORE, Sept. 81. Gov
John w. Bricker turned his atten-
zion to Maryland today after two
day tour of Pennsylvania that raised
tis hopes of Republican victory in
Che Keystone State
Z Il am convinced" the Republican
candidate for Vice President told
Hewspapermen. that the Repub-
3icans will carry Pennsylvania I say
this because of the enthusiasm of
1he people for our cause and because
bf what party leaders have told me"
= The crowd which heard him last
hight at Wilkes-Barre was the larg-
Sst Gov. Bricker has drawn in his
campaign. Maj. William A. Clark
pf the State police estimated 1t at
10000 persons.
Hits at indispensable Man."
/. The Ohio Governor, who will speak
here tonight following an inspection
Of ship yards, concluded his Pennsyl-
vania visit with a statement that
the issues of the current political
campaign were being ''purposely con-
fused by the New Deal"
= To do this, he told his Wilkes
Barre audience, "the Washington
administration is spending hundreds
Of millions of dollars of the tax
payers hard-earned money to prop
agandize the taxpayers themselves
to promote the idea of an indis-
pensible man and a commander in
chief"
. He expressed belief that there
would be no doubt of a Republican
victory in the election if the cam
paign were based On the real issues.
These, he said, include State social
Ism and government" central
1zed power and the Federal system,
deficit financing and Government
economy.
Gov, Edward Martin of PennSyl-
Vania accompanied Gov. Bricker
throughout his tou1 of the pivotal
State.
Campaign Of Threats"
Criticizing the armed guards" at
the international food conference
at Hot Springs, Va, and the closed
meetings at Dumbarton Oaks on a
blueprint for peace, Gov Bricker
asserted we want to be assured that
Americas interests are upheld in
those meetings
The Ohio Governor then turned
TO what he called "a campaign of
threats and intimidation on the part
of the New Dealers" and said it had
been conducted recently under the
leadership Of Attorney General
Blddle.
Mr.. Biddle, he said, brought an
indictment against Western rail-
roads without the facts" and this,
Gov. Bricker contended, was IAN
intimidation and threat"
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Greeks With 9Th Army
Battle 10 Within
1000 Yards Of Rimini
By the Assoe.at Prese.

Oy2the AsSoShAbc0 Eiest.
ROME, Sept. 21.-Greek troops
of the 9th Army fought to with
in 1000 yards of Rimini on the
Italian Adriatic coast yesterday,
but rain slowed down the 5th
Army's offensive after American
forces had captured heights
dominating Firenzuola, an i'm
portant junction on the road to
Bologna.
Headquarters described fighting
on both ends Of the front as in
tense and declared the Germans
were "clinging desperately" to their
defensive positions.
The enemy's hold on Rimini, gate
way to the Pc Valley, was jeop-
ardized by the Canadians, who broke
through German defenses south
west of the port and advanced to
San Lorenzo, less than 2 miles
southwest of Rimini.
Flanking Drive Possible.
AS a result Of this breaEshrough
the Canadians were in position to
outf1ank Rimini on the west and
isolate its defenders. They were
within a mile of the Marecchia
River which flows into TIE Adriatic
at Rimini and only 3 miles from
the coast northwest of the city.
A mile behind the farthest point
OF the Canadian advance a large
enemy force still was waging a des-
perate battle on San Marino Ridge.
Meanwhile, American troops, be-
ginning their drive down the north
ern slopes OF the last mountain bar
rier guarding the plains of Northern
Italy, drove the Germans of the
heights OF Monte Montale, Monte
Acute. Monte Frena and Barco.
They were rs miles northeast of
Florence and only miles southeast
OF Firenzuola, which is a junction
OF roads extending northward
through the remaining Nazi de-
fenses.
5th Army Gains.
The doughboys also fought their
way toward the key town of Santa
Lucia, which is part of the Futa
Pass defenses Of the Gothic Line.
In the Ligurian coastal sector 5th
Army troops. approached the out
skirts Of Pietrasanta. 10 miles north
northwest of Pisa. in a steady ad-
vance which reached the foothills
at the western extremity of the
Northern Apennines.
The 5th Army's British forces
took Valdicrioto and other hill
masses on the right Of the Amer
icap line of advance.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Nonleother Shoes Go
OFF Rution List Mondov
By the AssociateSrrexs

Ey the Associated" "Fress
Nonleather shoes made with rub
Der soles will become ration free
next Monday, the Office of Price
Administration announced today,
while shoes containing leather re-
main on the rationed list, regardless
of whether the soles are made of
rubber
Nonrationed shoes include those
with uppers of canvas or other
fabrics. Heretofore these shoes
could not have rubber soles. The
easing of the rubber supply situa-
ton, OPA said, made the change
possible.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
On the Roll of Honor

tural attache with the State De-
partment.
Maj. John A. Norcross, "a, whose
wife, Mrs. Cecilia b. Norcross, lives
at 92l1 Georgia avenue, Silver
Spring, Nd, was wounded in Eng.
land July l6, according to War
Department listing. His wife has
heard that Maj Norcross was
wounded when a robot bomb hit
nearby. sending splinters of glass
into his face, arms and legs. He
has now returned to duty, and Is
with the Army in France. Mai.
Norcross, who is a doctor with the
Medical Corps, joined the Army ir
February, l941, and was sent over
seas in February, 1912. His pa
rents, DR.. and Mrs Alfred C. Nor
cross, live at 1914 Sheridan street
NV. Maj. Norcross practiced med,
icine in Washington before joining
the Army. He is graduate of
Dickinson College. Carlisle. Pa.
and George Washington University
Medical School. He was awarded
the Purple Heart.
First 1t. Ebert p. Epperson, "a
infantry, was wounded in action in
France on August 8, his sister, Mrs
Roy E. James, 1910 South Barton
street, Arlington, Va, has been
informed.
Mrs. James said her brother was
hit by shrapnel in the right shoulder
and hip and suffered a conclusion
which has temporarily blinded him
He is recovering in a British hos
pital
A native of Salt Lake City, Utah
where his parents ~now live, 1t.
Epperson attended the University of
Utah before coming to George
Washington University here for a
year. He was graduated from West
Point in January, l943, and was
married last october to the former
Jeanne Merryday Clark, who at
tended National Cathedral School
for Girls.
A brother, Lawrence L. Epperson,
employe of the War Department,
lives at the Bancroft Apartments,
Arlington
COrpl. James Garfield DuvaI, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Garfield Duvall
Of Mount Vernon. Va, was seriously
wounded in France on August IS,
the War Department has notified
his parents.
His parents have received letter
from him, stating that he is now
recovering at an English hospital,
and has been awarded the Purple
Heart.
Corpl. Duvall entered the service
in January, 1943. and went overseas
last January,
He is graduate of Mount Yer
non High School, where he was
active in baseball and football. Prior
to going in the Army he was en-
ployed at the Fort Belvoir Post
Office His father, veteran of the
World War, is employed at the
Mount Vernon estate.
Pvt. Leonard Lisicki, whose wife,
Mrs. Ruth E. Lisicki, lives at 472
H street S.W., was wounded in ac-
tion in France July is, according to
the War Department. A letter to
his wife from hospital in Eng
land said he was getting along fine.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Before joining the Army in Decem-
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Sniper's Bullet Killed
Brio. Gen. Wharton

Brig. Gen. James E. Wharton, for
mer chief of the officers branch OF
the War Department General Staff
Personnel Division here, was killed
by German sniper at the front
August IL while commanding an in
fantry division, the Associated Press
reported today from Paris.
A story Of Gen Wharton,s death
appeared in The Star August 18, but
it was not disclosed how he had been
killed. His widow and two sons, Ed
ward B.. is, and Robert H., is. live
in Staunton. Va. He formerly lived
at 44l3 Window place NV.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Navy HeNcots'
Strofing Sinks ;
Jap Destroyers
~ the Associated Press,


Destruction of three Japanese
destroyers by machinegun fire from
Navy Hellcat fighter planes was re-
ported by the Navy yesterday.
Two of the enemy warships were
sunk of Chici Jima only 600 miles
from Toxic on August by carrier
based fighter planes. The third
was blown up in an explosion after
strafing southwest Of the Marianas
on July Is.
"Hellcats have effectively strafed
enemy shipping for long time"
the Navy said. Their ability, now
proven, to destroy merchant vessels
and warships up to and including
those of destroyer size and armor
makes them even more valuable to
the fleet"
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Honnegon Warns Porty
Against Overconfidence
81 the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21.-Demo-
cratic National Chairman Robert
E. Hannegan says Gov Thomas E.
Dewey is 'reverting to type as a
prosecutor and trying to cover all
subjects and Understanding the
American people as a jury"
Il find people in California are
laughing at the mistakes Dewey is
making Mr.. Hannegan said. He
said the Republican presidential
candidate had been making "inaccu-
rate statements.
Mr.. Hannegan warned Demo-
cratic party leaders against over
confidence and said many Demo-
Gratis would have to be urged to reg
lister and vote.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Trumon's Mother
Is 81, but Proves
Real Compoiqner
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. al
Mrs. Martina e. Truman, o.
year-old mother of the Demo-
cratic vice presidential nominee,
isn't too old to do a little CAM
paigning.
Mrs. Truman served as chair
man yesterday of a county
group meeting for women party
workers-and was the first to
pledge that she would assist in
the registration campaign by
telephoning her neighbors and
war workers who have moved
into the community.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Compulsory Troinine
Planned for Brituin
the Associated Eresa


LONDON, Sept. 21.-Britain al
ready is drafting plans for a peace
time army and navy which would
require one year Of military training
for all youths reaching the age
of l8. The program also contem-
plates increased pay for both
branches of the service to make
them more attractive.
General pay increases are expected
to be announced at the end Of the
European war under a length-of- :
service provision. with the possibility
of extra allotments for men in the
Far East.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Man Disappears
| With Mrs. Dewey's
Costume Pearls
By the Associated Press.


PORTLAND, Greg. Sept. 81.
Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey, fresh
from a train wreck and a near
automobile crash, reported still
another mishap here yesterday.
AS she climbed from the car
that brought her from the
train wreck scene, her costume
pearls fell of. A man, whom
she took for member of the
Dewey encourage, retrieved
them, swung them in the air
with a friendly look what I've
got" and started to carry them
in to the hotel for her.
But when the Republican
nominees wife reached the ho-
tel the man was gone-and so
were the pearls.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
U. S. Destroyer Routs
Nozi Ships OFF ItoIy
By the Associated Press.

ROME, Sept. 2l.-The U. S. S
Hilary P. Jones was disclosed to-
day to have wiped out a fleet of
small vessels which had been carry
ing German supplies along the Ital-
ian Riviera coast.
In an attack Monday on fortified
Porto Maurizio, eight small craft
were sunk or damaged. an ammuni-
ton dump was hit and exploded and
an oil storage tank was set on fire, -
the Allied naval command an
nounced. An enemy battery was
also silenced."
Porto Maurizio is II miles east OF
Safl Reno
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senate:
May wind up work until after
election with consideration of free
press resolution
War Investigating Committee
hears Mayor LaGuardia of New
York and others on surplus prop
erty disposal
Foreign Relations Subcommittee
considers free press resolution.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Wallace Speaks Tonight
At Rally in New York
By the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 21.-Vice
President Wallace will make his
first address of the election cam
paign tonight when he speaks in
Madison Square Garden in behalf
of President Roosevelt and Senator
Truman.
The Independent Voters Commit
tee of the Arts and Sciences for
Roosevelt, which is sponsoring the
rally, said more than 10000 tickets
had been sold. Z
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Killed

sNsssSS
Pvt. william Ralph Mazur, %, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph j. Mazur
of -Four Corners, Md, died in
France August 9 as a result of
wounds received in action, accord
ing to information received by his
parents from the War Department.
Pvt. Mazur joined the Army in
December. 1912, and was sent over
seas year ago. He was with the
invasion forces on the Normandy
beachhead on D-day. A graduate
of Silver Spring High School, he
worked with his father at the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission for two years, before
entering the service
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by one brother, Joseph Mazur,
carpenters mate, second class, U. S.
N. r., and one sister, Mary Anne
Mazur, Justice Department en-
ploye.
Pfc. John Franklin Walter, 90,
was killed in action on Guam on
July 26, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
George c. Walter of Rockville, Md,
have been informed by the Navy
Department.
Pfc Walter enlisted in the Ma
rine Corps July 18, 1912. He had
served in the South Pacific for
nearly two years and was a veteran
of the Bougainville battle. Before
enlisting he was a student at St.
Martins School at Gaithersburg, Md
Wounded
Pvt. Edward P. Brill, jr., 20. son
of Mrs Alice M. Brill, 1918 Tenth
street NV, was wounded on Saipan
June is, according to release from
the War Department. Pvt. Brill,
who was 20 Saturday, is now in a
Pacific war theater hospital, and a
letter to his mother last week said
he was recovering rapidly. He re-
ceived slight wound in the left
arm. A graduate of Central High
School, he attended Catholic Uni
versity and worked with the Gen.
eral Accounting ONCE before en-
tering the Army in May, 1943 He
was sent overseas in January of this
year.
Capt. George d. Rehkopf, "a,
whose wife, Mrs. Helene Nye Reh-
kopf, lives in Franklin Park, East
Falls Church, Va, was wounded in
action in France July l, according
to the War Department. Capt.
Rehkopf is now in a hospital in
England, and writes that he is get
ting along nicely He was seriously
wounded in both legs. his shoulder.
and his side. His wife is now in
Walter Reed Hospital where
daughter was born a week ago. A
graduate of West Point in the class
of 1912, Capt. Rehkopf was sent
overseas last spring His parents,
Col. and Mrs. Ned B. Rehkopf, live
in Franklin Park, Va.
First 1t. Bentley B. Mackay, jr.,
son of Bentley B. Mackay, ST., for
merly with the Agriculture Depart
ment here, was wounded in action
in France, according to a War De-
partment listing. 1t. Mackays
home is in Baton Rouge, La, where
his father now is. His father leaves
soon to 80 to Brazil as an agricul-
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Antorctico High Continent

The continent of Antartica is the
highest in the world, rising to an
approximate mean altitude OF 5000
feet.