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Evening star., 1944-06-08


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next assignment. The duty will
not involve any class activity what
ever" and will be under the active
direction" of Mr.. Shirley.
Maj. Smith, Army Reserve officer
on inactive status, has been teaching
his special physical education tech
niques since March at 10 selected
junior and senior high schools. He
was temporarily removed from class
activity Monday by DR.. Holmes,
after a conference with Mr.. Hay
cock, to await consideration of
principals reports by the Personnel
Committee.
Two uniformed cadets, 1t. Col.
James Minnicks of Western High
School, and Pvt. David Ellis of Gen.
trail High School, were sitting with
other spectators in the back of the
boardroom when members discussed
the corps. Asked by C. Melvin
Sharpe and DR.. James A. Cannon to
speak, Col. Minnicks stepped for
ward and declared:
Il personally would hate to see any
revision"
Members Applaud Cadets.
The members asked the officer to
enumerate each drill victory symbol
lied by several bars and buttons on
his tunic. Pvt. Ellis then declared: /:
I'm the corps I have found inter-
esting things to do, when otherwise
I might have been doing-I don't
know what"
Members applauded the cadets
and after the meeting crowded
around them to shake hands. John
H. Wilson, member, revealing he
had been winning company cap
tain years ago, declared:
Il am satisfied with the corps"
The Veterans Rehabilitation Ad-
ministration should be asked to rec
ommend returned veterans to serve
as full-time cadet instructors, DR.
Maurer suggested during the dis
cussion He said trained Army in
Structors had been effective when he
was principal at Central, but stipu-
lated that they be young enough
to understand the cadets. DR.. Gan
non added that tests must be ap-
piled to insure such officers be "tem-
permentally fit" to teach.
Proper Balance"
Besides emphasizing mo change"
at present in drills, uniforms, med
ais or training. the cadet policy stip-
ulated that the compulsory physical
education courses and the voluntary
cadet training be kept lin proper
balance" Principals are still en-
titled to excuse cadets from exercise
classes during the heaviest drill
periods. it was explained
The board also decided to turn the
Patterson School, to be abandoned
In the sfall for larger structure
over to the Commissioners instead
of hiring an extra set of teachers to
maintain it specifically for the chill
dren on the Bellevue Naval Reser-
vation. Capt. Ira Griffin, U. S. N,
of the public works department of
the Navy Department, had asked
that the building be moved several
blocks to the reservation and opened
again by school personnel.
Evening star., 1944-06-08

bomber and fighter planes in action,
graveyards of wrecked Nazi attack
planes, bomb eraters, mud and ruins
of Italy, and crackup of B-24
heavy bomber.
burg" for his skill in using oznaburg
cloth ta camauflage airfields. Mai.
Lavalle served as bomber pilot in
the last war. He has been overseas
Is months camoufiaging Army Air
Forces installations in Tunisia,
Sicily and Italy.
Speaks at Luncheon.
Speaking at a luncheon meeting
of the women's division of the Dis
trict War Finance Committee yes
terday at the Mayflower, Mrs. Earl
o. Horner, chairman of the National
Womens Division, declared that
while we can't match the valor of
the men over there, we can help
pay for the money cost of the war.
Blood, tears, suffering, broken
homes, lonelinessthoSe are what
our boys are paying for she added.
Mr.. Reilly pointed out that there
is tendency among Washington
ans to complain because there are
too many campaigns
The American Way.
IF our boys said there were too
many campaigns when the invasion
began, where would our country be?"
he declared. Selling bonds is the
selling of the American way of life"
Mrs. Howard G. Nichols, chairman
of the District women,s division, who
presided at the luncheon, announced
that on D-day the American Asso-
citation of University Women bought
So, 900 worth of War Bonds.
An Allied Nations bond booth In
the Statler, she reported, will be one
of the special features of the division
in the coming drive. Representa-
tives of the United Nations irfetheir
native costumes will man the booth.
Also new feature will be the estab-
lishment of bond booths in six local
drugstores.
Wounded Veterans to Speak.
Five more local bond rallies are
scheduled for today. Employees of
the Goldenberg Department Store,
Eighth and x streets NV, will
hear wounded veterans from Walter
Reed Hospital at special meeting
at 1880 am.
Members of the Investment Bank
ers and Brokers Group will meet at
$3.50 pm. in the American Security
Building, while the District Bar
Association will hold bond lunch-
con at 1890 pm. at the Mayf1ower
Hotel.
The War Department film, Re
port From the Beachhead," will be
shown to employees of the Brooks
Department Store at a rally at
1l:30 am, while employees of the
Office of Defense Transportation
will hear Joseph L. White, ODT
bond chairman, at noon in the
departmental auditorium.
The opening rally of the campaign
for Alexandria was scheduled for 3
pm. today, with Mrs. Carl A. Spaatz.
wife of 1t. Gen. Spaatz, commander
of the United States Strategic Air
Forces, and James E. Easley, execu-
tive director of the War Finance
Committee for Virginia, guest speak
ers. Alexandria has a bond quota of
81, 100000
In Baltimore, it was announced,
the drive will be launched Monday
with military demonstration of IS
kinds of motorized equipment used
in the invasion of France The
demonstration, which, according to
the Sd Service Command headquar-
ters, heretofore was considered a
military secret, will be one of the
largest of its kind.
Evening star., 1944-06-08
Clafferbuek CIemency Plea
Due Before Darden Monday
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, June 8.-Gov.
Darden will hear plea on Monday
for the communication of the death
sentence of Thomas William Clat-
terbuck of Loudoun County.
Clatterbuck, accused of killing five
persons, was tried and convicted in
the Staying of one of them, Walter
Russell, on farm near Leesburg
Basis Of the plea is a report of
the Governors Advisory Commits
sion on Mental Hygiene, which has
raised question in regard to Clat-
terbucks sanity He was granted
a fourth stay last Thursday, on the
eve OF the date set for his electrocu-
ton.
Evening star., 1944-06-08
Cupitol Women Wins
Home Service Award

Miss Mary E. Turner, director of
the Home Service Bureau of the
Potomac Electric Power Co, is win
ner OF one of the Laura Mccall
awards for home service activity. it
was learned today.
:. A native of Washington. Miss
turner has been directing the Home
Service Bureau at PEPCO since she
organized 1t in 1925. She has served
as co-chairman of the Washington
stage Door Canteen food bar since
It's Inauguration and is also an
executive of the Consumer Nutrition
Committee of the District Civilian
War Services Division.
Evening star., 1944-06-08

the Sky Show"
which opens s
Sunday night at
t h e Monument
Grounds In con-
junction with
the start of the
loan campaign.
The paintings,
drawn by Mai.
j o h n Lavalle,
American artist
ana caInOuIlago
e expert of the
18th Air Force
in Africa a n d
Italy, will in
cl1Isie ScereS of
Evening star., 1944-06-08
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
of old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked UP.
Evening star., 1944-06-08
First Liberty Ship Built
For Chino Is Launched
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 8.-The S
S. Chung Tung, first Liberty ship
built for the Chinese government
was launched yesterday at the
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyards, Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-21

if his gaze followed her out of
the room when her grandmother
took her away.
Bat this was the drama Chaplin
was ready for Knowing that
Carol Ann might be present, he
had Schooled himself 10 maintain
an indifferent face and diSinter-
esied manner.
And perhaps he really was in
different
But Mrs. Barry, the baby's
grandmother, was not.
When Chaplin first walked into
[ the courtroom. her face contorted.
for second. with strain and emo
ton
Then. after a while. she tried
not 10 look AT HIM, Though il was
evident she was listening TO every
word he said; as the baby
obliviOus as a summers day
explored her grandmother's purse
10 find a mirror 10 look in, or a
paper cup(to crumple.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-21
WITHOUT DIRECTION

And Charlie, performing with
out direction, must face the
cameras with an ad,libbed script.
There was other drama in the
courtroom.
Drama in the long participated
meeting between the two princi-
pleS-between Chaplin and the
baby.
A hundred eyes watched TO see
that meeting.
To see whether he would look
at her when she sat near him
on the counsel table TO see
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-21
.PitiIeSS (sriIIinS
Anglers Chaplin
BY MARGARET BUELL. WILDER
(Wel- KnOwn Novelist and Screen Writer, Author o
"Slnce You Went AMaY.')
special "a THE DETROIT TINES

LOS ANGELES Dec 2O-There was ghost in the Chaplin
courtroom yesterday.
A ghost absence became and marked as
the actor stumbled through his lines e.
A ghost who would have shuddered what may well
have been the performance of that life
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-21

The easy way to give the
man in your life the thrill ola
smart new hat is to present
him with AN ADAM GIFT
CERTIFICATE. redeemable at
any time in any Adam
store where he can mako
his own choice of size, color
and shape. Adam Hats are
priced from $3.45 TO $1,000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-21
sTIRs UP HIS ANGER

He hopes TO make him so angry
that the actor will forget 10 act,
and become, merely, a badly ratified
opponent. con the assumption, of
course, that Chaplin is acting
when he denies Miss Barry's
charges, and that the latter are
entirely true :. which IS the only
assumption Joe Scott can have)
Perhaps Giesler could have for
seen and been able 10 forestall the
disintegrating effect of SCOTS
technique upon his former client.
Perhaps, as in that earlier trial,
he might have so soothed and sus-
tanned the emotional defendant
that the prosecutors badgering
would have left the latter I'M
touched-his Achilles heel of tenn
permanent undiscovered and invul-
nerable
But Jerry Gieslef isn't present
at this trial.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-21
DIDN'T SEEM REAL

But this time =.
The smoothly astute direction
behind that earlier performance
was missing.
With almost the same material
and the same actor, the charac-
terization didn't come off the
forgetful little man. didn't
seem real.
OF course there WaS-a differ
ence in prosecutors, then and now.
That had something to do with it.
Joe SCOTS hectofing, shouting
style is not the style of the polite,
soft-spoken Mr.. Carr
Scott seems to introduce a quail
ity of almost personal antagonism
which was completely absent
from the federal prosecutor S
attack.
Scott snaps-he' harrtes-he
goes after his victim like a ter
rier chasing a coon UP a tree.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-21

A ghost named Jerry GieSler.
To those of US who had been at
the earlier trial, the difference
between todsy,s Chaplin and GIGS
ler's Chaplin was so startling that
it seemed almost incredible.
Where was the pathos, the
modesty of that earlier perform
ance?
Was this furious, nearly hys-
terical figure on the stand the
same deferential. harmless SEEM
ing defendant of the last trial?
SKHFULLY DIRECTED
Was this the man whom Giesler
must so Skilfully have directed
that he was able 10 give an al
most flawless performance as
the little mantle harried
artist?
At that other trial Chaplin's
forgetfulneSS had had almost an
endearing quality because he
seemed so apologize about it =. il.
he seemed to be trying so hard to
remember.
And il was never so inconSist-
ent. 10 the point of being ineredi-
BILE. 1t never even oXerstepped the
intangible limits of probability.
From the first moment of testi-
mony then-the moment when he
couldn't remember his house
number-it was clearly estab-
hshed in the jury's minds that
this was no average memory they
had 10 deal with
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-06

-uiu'ur" ii"'huu'iirt. Nlli'd
I >prdit,"uHiN 1"i'r.. .'"ur T.
DNrH the Nlir'd Iiudrur., 80
France were u"stp"u"d . luuis
d'i" in bad weather. It wLs team
ID to-day. IrrN Wri' oiIeinIliN
.,ii,dul"d Irr ,rrtrrdI, mUiuu..
\. the tmr iur thr orIgrlal
- DLN approached. there wJs 4
,irir sk1. hui tltr weather man
warned that 4 st"rm wL. coming
aud GrurriI Eisenhower post
Inu'h ia, operations u huurs.
Although the weather luukcd
bad whru the invasion finally
WIS ordered. the predictions
were lnr clearing skies aud the
cNr"drtiun moved out.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-06

Trr~r, tit,. y. !. June Il -.
t\Tr ihi> one ~ 81 oJudcd
iuIrII,Iu soldier, " hp were
Ini,nmci. Ui W,u ia Germany
,tIi" home TO-DAY uIi the SWcd-
~ iIurT trIpsEulm.
III" sIIp. winch I"Ii here NtN
with sHn German prisoner,
iuh civilians. Lud had olurird
nu; IN tNrhIuC" - EIr'rlouI.
SPAN. iur Nu'ti'.iu. EiIlIrh and
Canadian pII,"i"iS. J. due Late
TO-DAY.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-06
local eEsuus spsx EsssHs
EEsYss ksuassas /As a. b. Id,

TO-. ui.Iu hr Iu iwir'Iti"n 81
low umri, lh" lriii, ~ iir -"
p'. iIr 80 The VA bid hnW
much ll'.' are concerned. asa
II.n EGW much iuiii imrN hhN"
~ dINmi" power md I"hd'r~iIp.
Leader, .,uctdli, called up"h
tlir prorlr Tor IN "utpnnriIiE
tIr Ih.. ui winch had mrNrr be
fore Erru .,rn ~ The com
nuuit'.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-06

hn kc"p,uc with pi'n. mfhr
''''iIl w""i,. ago. li"Ildr' M"r
'huiclr, uTLhr'h tor prayer
'rrNI"rN IL Il ocIurk iiii, after
noon. The uinisti'r ~ ci'h
church !, io lead.
IhiN ScrNicc io!inW~ tue l"II
hnG ni church belt, "NCiN h"ui
on the hour durinG the diN.
One minister observed today
'hit the PRAYER services ~ Ii"
iLui rh,s VI $ -, i"'h llii@ '''"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-06

ii'I.hrt. "a. .iuur Ct VIZ.
secretary 81 State luIi"il iiuiI
..'iH l'HI, liIrl the hllirh ar,uIr,
iin6iu. ~ ITru1r never uu"i.
lruN represented The ,iI,,r al
lrh"jN tId ui mainland.
~t.irlII, iIull, ,'rItI"ulu.
here. declared u q statement.
"v- "outtd'nlirIN Ir"i. iu'wtrd
i"I gr'It historic NIIIrd lI,irI, o."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-06

VIZ .N''' ~ aN''' '-'.''
ruiI, ,IruiS md w,tiuI"I to-
d,,. Niih scattered .htctu""Ii
iIIuudri t.hnNri. i',uilN cloudy
.nh vtiun tonight im",ilN
cloudy viuI scattered tltun'd'i-
,.huNri, Nrdu" .d',.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-06

ICDn'innoI wv ~. IWc0I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Reunion on the Prut
By the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. o.
Twenty-Five persons died early
today in an inferno set by a fire.
bug and more may die from
burns and injuries.
Fire Marshal Frank Kelly said the
fire, which flashed through the New
Amsterdam Hotel in the industrial
district south of Market street, un-
questionabily was started by an in
cendiarist-the last of six incendi-
airy fires of last night and early
morning Five others were reported
Sunday night.
Twenty men and two woman were
dead, and so badly were the bodies
burned that several hours after the
fire only one of the victims was
identified. She was Mrs. Mamie
Pulosky, 43, wife Of a Navy man. She
jumped from the third floor to her
death.
About 80 others were injured.
There were about 100 roomers In
the three-story structure. They
leaped into IghtwellS and persisted
in the flames; they piled into area.
ways and sufiocated and burned
some jumped from windows ane
were injured gravely.
The operator of the hotel, 9
woman, could not be found imme.
diately, and f1remen expressed feal
she might have been among those
killed.
1t. E. j. Glover, in charge of the
district police station, said he rar
to the scene and with other officer.
attempted to enter the door which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
p Die, 80 Injured as Flames
Started by Firebug Sweep Hotel
BIoze Was One Of II Arson Coses Reported
In San Francisco in Lost Two Niqhts

led from the street to the second
floor.
Flames swept down at us and
drove us back" 1t Glover said.
1--WE could not enter. Ny men
turned to giving first aid and rescue
work to the many who dropped
from windows"
Three persons who jumped from
windows landed in life nets spread
by flremen. Many others made
their way to safety on the roof-top
of an adjoining garage from which
f1remen led them down ladders.
One woman was killed when she
jumped from a second-story window
just as the first fire trucks arrived.
Several hours before the hotel
fire police had broadcast "pick-
up" warning on a man who had
been seen in the vicinity of the
earlier fires.
Firemen, with the aid of many
sailor volunteers, brought the New
Amsterdam blaze under control il
about As minutes.
Most of the tenants who escaped
said they were still awake when
they heard the alarm of fire
called through the halls.
ALI of the tenants agreed the
flames apparently started in the
rear of the second floor, but said
1t spread so rapidly few were able
to get to the narrow stairs leading
out of the front of the building.
Two sailors, Seaman (First Class
Jean M. Speed and Seaman First
Class Charles Washer, told police
they saw man run down a fire
escape on an aneyway, leap into 6
car and drive away,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
HungaY's Puppet Council
To Take Anti-Jewish Steps
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 28.-German-
occupied Hungary's puppet council
of ministers will meet today to
adopt anti-Jewish measures and
promulgate other DEGREES designed
to effect radical changes in Hun
gary's home and foreign policy"
the Budapest radio announced.
The broadcast asserted the new
measures were expected to bring
about a liquidation of the destruc-
tive elements which recently have
become bold in attempts to under
mine the home front and Hungary's
alliances"
A dispatch from Istanbul, mean
while, said Premier Nicholas Kallay
of Hungary was reported to have
taken refuge in the Turkish Lega-
ton at Budapest when the Germans
marched in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Churchill Refuses 10 Give
Statement on Casino

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 28.-Prime Min
lister Churchill refused in Commons
today to make a statement "at this
time" on the Casino and other
Italian war fronts.
Edgar Granville, Independent
member, asked:
do you consider it satisfactory
that despite your telegram Ca re-
quest to Allied commanders last
month to tighten censorship in the
Mediterranean critical reports con-
tinue to come in from war CORE
spondents in Italy and at the same
time no authoritative statement is
made by the government in the
House of Commons on the progress
of operations?"
Perhaps" Mr.. Churchill COM
mented, there may not be suf-
ficient progress of operations for
any statement to be made by the
government. ! certainly have not
concealed my disappointment that
progress has not been quicker"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
BY the Associated Press.

| by the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Naples, Mar. 28.-Allied artillery
broke up a German attack north
of Casino and continued to
hammer the two hotel "key
point" areas of the German de-
lenses within the ruined town,
headquarters announced today.
The Nazi attack was broken up
on the road from Terelle, which lies
about miles northwest of Casino.
The Germans replied to the she'll
ing of the Continental and Des
Roses Hotels with a night long bonn
bardment of Allied positions south
of the town.
Announcement of the repulse of
the enemy attack came one day
after two Allied soldier newspapers
conceded failure of attempts to wrest
Casino from its stubborn German
defenders.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed that
three small German attacks of pla-
toon strength on the left side of the
beachhead below Rome were beaten
OIL Sunday afternoon, and the Ger
mans remained on the defensive in
that sector.
Six different patrol clashes were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Japanese Reach Point
81 Miles From |mpha|
In Driiye Into India
Determined Attacks
Made Near UkhruI;
Allies Gain in South
By the Associated Press.

NEW DELHI, Mar. 2S.-Japa-
nese forces pushing through the
Somra Hills inside the. Indian
border are pressing home de-
termined attacks in the vicinity
of Ukhrul, 80 miles northeast of
Imphal, Admiral Lord Louis
Mountbatten's headquarters an
nounced today.
To the south of Imphal. mean
while, Allied troops were reported
continuing operations to clear the
Tiddim-Imphal road, along which
the Japanese have been moving
steadily northWard since crossing
the border from Burma several days
ago.
Jap Attack Repulsed.
Near the Palel-Tamu road. where
the Japanese are pushing on Imphal
from the southeast, a small enemy
party was driven from one position
and an enemy attack was repulsed.
In Northern Burma American
trained Chinese troops stormed and
seized the village of Hkawnglawyang
in the Mogaung Valley, killing a
number of japanese. The Chinese
are astride the upper Mogaung VAL
ley road in contact with the enemy
south Of Hkawnglawyang.
In this same valley area, trops
OF 1t. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell were
wiping out Japanese suicide squads
with bayonets and grenades after
COMPRISING the invaders between
the Hkawnglaw Hka (river) and
Shaduzup.
Japs Suffer Casualties.
Near the western coast on the
Arakan front, Allied operations
went forward east of the Mayu
Range and in the west Tunnel area
between Maungdaw and Buthe-
daung, with the japanese suffering
heavy casualties in abortive coun-
terattacks," the eommunique said
Allied heavy bombers blasted
oAiCAiy supply QulIlpS III Tie Nd
maing area and lighter planes shot
up the main street of Kamaing, AZ
miles northwest of Myitkyina.
Fighter pilots reported a highly
successful" raid on enemy positions
southwest of Buthedaung.
Dive bombers, fighter bombers ano
fighters raided enemy communica-
tons in the Chin Hills Sunday night
scoring three direct hits on the
Hpaungzeik Bridge and heavily dam
aging another bridge over the Mani
pue River. Other bridges were hit
in North Burma.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Allied Artillery RepuIses Attack
North of Cossino, Botters Hotels
Two Service Papers Concede Failure
To Wrest City From Stubborn Nuzis

reported in the beachhead, mainly
in the Cisterna and Carroceto areas.
Gunfire diminished in the lower
Garigliano sector of the main 5th
Army front, but patrols clashed at
several points. The Germans
shelled the Orsogna area of the 9th
Army front, but that sector also was
generally quiet except for patrol
clashes near Tollo and Arielle.
Allied artillery, bearing the brunt
of the battle on the Casino front
for the second straight day, Con
siderably battered" the Continental
and Des Roses Hotels, a military
spokesman said. Bursting shells also
started a fire in German dump
south of Casino.
Allied planes, flying about 1,400
sorties, blasted at railway lines yes
terday, striking targets in Central
Italy, sWarming over the battle area,
and flashing shipping off the Ital-
ian west coast and the Dalmatian
shore. Mosquitoes last night COR
tinued the blows against the Nazi
supply lines.
Strong formations of Boston light
bombers and Invader dive bombers
attacked railway yards, warehouses
and factories at Settle Bagni, on
the northeastern outskirts of Rome,
(See ITALY, Page A-4.)