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Evening star., 1944-11-10
|Iwo-Way Radio SET
Put in Operation 10
End Transit Tie-Ups

A two-Way radio set was put In
operation by the Capital Transit Co.
today as the second step to cut to
q minimum the time lost by tie-ups
in the Washington streetcar and
bus system
The radio will be used to notify
scout cars and emergency trucks of
delays as soon as they are recorded
on the headway machine.
When delay is recorded, the
message will be sent out over the
station. Both transmitting and re-
ceiving sets are tuned to the same
frequency so that all members of
the force will hear both sides of
conservations on the air, and the
scout car or emergency truck near
est the delay can be sent to the
scene Immediately.
Station controls have been set up
at the company's central dispatch
er's ONCE, 1922 M street NV. and
the transmitter is located at an
outlying location. Permission to
construct the station was granted
by the Federal Communications
Commission last August, and con-
struction began soon after.
Total cost of the station was over
$4,000. About $50 employees OF the
company have been licensed by the
FEC to handle the mobile sets.
Several months ago the company
installed q headway recorder ma
chine, which automatically records
any delay In a streetcar line, BY q
process OF electrical checkers set
up at 40 strategic points Throughout
the carline system. Use of the re-
corder has shortened tie-ups.
In recognition of "outstandinp
maintenance efficiency performance
during 1914" the transit company
was awarded an me" (for mainte-
nance efficiency certificate and
pennant by Carl Stocks, editor Of
Bus Transportation, q transit pub
lication. last night at q dinner It
the Willard Hotel for supervisory
employees Of the company's mechan-
ical department. This Is the second
consecutive year the company has
been cited for top maintenance
methods. A. r McDoueald, equip
n1ent superintendent, received the
pennAnt for the company.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
10000 Government
Girl Employees in D. {.
Found 10 Be Under Il

Approximately 10000 girls work.
ing for the Federal Government ir
Washington-one out of every sew.
en- Of the total number of womer
Government employees here - ar.
under Il. These girls. for the mos,
part, are doing the simple clerica
jobs. and make an average salary
Of 81, ,75o year.
This data was released today in
answer to q request made by The
Star to the Civil Service Commits
sion several weeks ago. The re-
quest was made after the murder
Of l8-year-old Dorothy Berrum, War
Department employe. and during
the public discussion as to whether
all the teen-age Government girls
should be sent home.
Several prominent Washington
ians cor1tended they should; others
including Civil Service Commits
sion onicials-argued that they were
vital to the war effort and, should
not. The Star reqdested definite
information about the group in an
effort to determine how vitaIly need
ed they are in Government work
here.
From a spot check of several Gov
ernment agencies, 1t was estimated
that the group under 81 numbered
around 10000. Most of the grour
are 18 or over, however, the check
showed, although "a handful are
Is and II.
According to the information re.
leased, the great percentage Of them
have jobs rs typists. stenographers
ONCE machine operators, messengers
and telephone operators. The Star
requested information about their
attendance records and efficiency
ratings, but this could not be OBJ
tanned.
A Government official commented
with the issuance Of the data: III
Is our opinion that the discussion
should be dropped. It is definitely
bad for the war effort. Over SO per
cent Of these girls work in war
agencies, and they are needed vital
", II we are to win this war as
speedily as possible"
No girls except two friends of Miss
Berrum have gone home as q result
OF the murder and the discussion
SO far as the Government knows, he
said. He said that the Government
does not contemplate any action
about the teen-age girls, and that
they definitely will not be sent
home"
Evening star., 1944-11-10
DC. School Teacher
Begin Observance
OF Education Week

Three thousand District teachers
begin q two-day observance of
American Education Week this
Afternoon. Eighty-seven thousand
school children were scheduled to
be excused from classes at 1890
o'clock so their teachers could at
tend the opening educational lee
turs At 2 O'Clock at Mckinley High
School.
Observance Of the week was
officially begun last night when
Robert L. Haycock, superintendent
of schools, made a radio address
declaring that passage of the pro-
posed higher salary act Is necessary
If District teachers are to fill the
educational particularly the voca-
tioraI--needs Of Washington stu
dents after the war.
The observance will continue to-
morrow at the Mayfiower Hotel,
where Thomas r. Henry, war cor
respondent Of The Star, will address
a luncheon meeting at 1890 pm.
on the topic, 1.-THE American Sol
der as the War Correspondent Sees
Him.
This afternoons meeting was
scheduled to be addressed by DR.. L.
Thomas Hopkins of Columbia Uni
versity, on Improving Human Re-
lationShips."
Higher salariessare essential for
the progress OF the schools after
the war" MI. Haycock said In his
radio address.
The superintendent emphasized
that District teachers now are paid
according to salary schedule ap-
proved 20 years ago. Hundreds OF
trained teachers drawn away from
the schools into war jobs never viii
return," he said.
Substitutes are often persons not
particularly well trained for the In
creased responsibility Of training
students for new industries and the
broadening fields Of technical and
scientific Developments Mr.. Hay
cock said. He asked for support for
the new salary schedule, nearly
ready for submission to Congress
aftSr Is months Of study BY the
9o1xd ~ Education, IS an essential
step ~ maintain the high standard
OF abhc school teaching here.
\
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Foil Ounce Postponed

The Australian War Supply Mis-
sion fall dance scheduled for /
o'clock tonight III the Statler Hote]
has been postponed until next ri
day. George M. Jess, Dance Commit
tee member, announced tnday.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Prof. Tupper TO Speok

B Prof. r. S. npper of George
Washington University win address
the Shakespeare Society Of WASH
ington At 3 pm Monday at All
Soulk Unitarian Church, Sixteenth
and Harvard streets NV. 4e viii
speak on aFruspero and Falsta6 !.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
District Bar 10 Honor
Departed Members

The District Bar Association will
honor members who died within the
last year at memorial services at II
an. tomorrow in the Court Of Ap-
peals. All judges Of District courts
will appear in judicial robes and
next of kin of departed members
will be special guests.
Leo A. Rover, former United
States attorney for the District, will
give the memorial address, and John
j. Carmody, president of the bar
association, will present to the Dis
trict Court a portrait OF the late
Judge Joseph w. Cox Of District
Court.
Justice James M. Proctor will ac-
cept the portrait on behalf of the
court, and Godfrey L. Munter, for
mer president of the bar association
and chairman Of the Memorial Com
mittee, will preside.
Deceased members of the associa-
ton who will be honored are:
Evening star., 1944-11-10
John Marshall PLATO Meet

The Parent-Teacher Association
OF the John Marshall School, Arling-
ton, will meet at 8 pm. Monday.
1t. Margaret Willis, WAVE, will
speak on visual Education"
Evening star., 1944-11-10

Either Of these little scamps
would make plenty Of laughs
IN = comic strip. But when
you put the two Of them to-
gether-well, they just natu-
rally add up to twice Is much
fun.
This new daily comic, "Dou-
BILE Trouble" starts Monday,
November Is, in
uhr Fnfni,,P Star
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Quits
WpB Position
Cites Differences
on Reconversion

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-(R
The White House today an
nouncel the resignation of
Charles E. Wilson as executive
vice chairman of the War Pro-
duction Board.
In q letter Of resignation to the
President, Wilson said differ
ences among subordinates on the
War Production Board had re-
suited in unfair attacks upon
him. Stories that he is opposed
to reconversion, Wilson said.
were lin my opinion inspired by
subordinate officials of the
board connected with the per-
sonal staff of Mr.. Nelson"
The reference was to Donald
M. Nelson, WPB chairman, who
conferred at length with Presi-
dent Roosevelt about two hours
before Wilson's resignation was
announced.
Wilson said he has encoun-
tered unfair attacks and criti-
cisms."
MIR. Nelson has disclaimed
any responsibility for these at
tacks," Wilson's letter of resig-
nation continued, asserting that
See WILSON-Page 2
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Troops Menace
Hungary in
Sudden Shift
Romonions Fight
Germons in Wake
of Surrender

LONDON, Aug. "a - up -
Bucharest dispatches today re-
ported Romanian troops march
ing against Hungary in swift
succession to Romania's sudden
change of sides in the war in an
about-face which direly threat
ened Germany throughout the
Balkans.
Germany, stunned, called the
new Romanian government
Communist Regime" reported
rioting in the rich oil and wheat
kingdom and appealed to Ro-
manian troops mot to take or
ders from the traitor king /"
but to remain faithful to the
German ally who sheds her
blood for the defense of Roman
ia" ~.
At 7:55 a. m, however, q
Bucharest dispatch relayed by
the Swiss radio said Romanian
troops started march into
Pennsylvania last night" Tran
sylvania is the mountainous
province, half of which, Hitler
took from Romania and handed
to Hungary in the Vienna die
tate of 1910.
Romania and Hungary have
been at swords edge ever since
with large proportions Of their
armed forces drawn up at the
Hitlerian boundary Of 1910. Ere
quent border clashes have been
reported. Diplomats of both
the Balkan countries have utter
ed inflammatory remarks, even
the deposed Romanian dictator,
Marshal Antonescu, who was re-
ported to have fled to a Ger
man sanctuary.
OUTLAW POLITICS
Hungary, occupied by Ger
many and gravely threatened
by the Romanian capitulation
allowing Rursian troops to
reach her frontiers, abolished all
political parties, apparently in
fear of intrigue which might
take that German-occupied
country from the war.
Peac, tremors likeWiSt were
felt in Finland, wavering Ger
man ally to the north. The Fin
nish ambassador to Sweden took
his second plane trip to Hclsinki
in two weeks on mission obvi-
ously connected with peace
moves.
Bucharest broadcasts sa II d
Romania in fact had turned CO.
belligerent and there were re-
ports of spreading fighting in
the rich oil and wheat kingdom
between Romanian and German
troops.
Bulgaria, already outflanked
See ROMANIA-Page 2
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zanger Trial
Opens Monday
Court Denies
PIeo for Deloy

The long-delayed trial of Fred
(Blackie) Zanger, 47-year-old
ex-convict charged with pos
session of burglary tools, today
appeared virtually certain to
begin before Circuit Judge Al
ton II. Noe on Monday despite
a new plea by defense counsel
for postponement of the case.
Judge Noe, on Tuesday, fatty
rejected an informal plea by
Ivan A. Johnston. attorney for
Zanger, that the scheduled trial
be again delayed. Johnston had
set forth that his client Ii nov
in custody Of Flint officers,
charged with another erimA
and that ~ Go seeking 70 obtain
bond thGgA ~
Macomb S6Gi(y Sberifrs dapu-
ties on Feb. "a. lo4s. = ~ ond'
two companions alleged)y >cIo
caught In the oct a. e 80
kit OF burglary -
ditch on 13.Mile -
in the parsphernoN
Undersheriff Harle& n
said he feH was hidden
See DLACklE--fses . (.
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the interior, 1t. Gen. Joseph
Pierre Koenig, had announced
early yesterday that the capital
was liberated and their state
ments were hailed by govern.
mental leaders the world over.
.ARMISTICE IGNORED
French underground leaders,
after four days Of street fighting
in Paris. negotiated an ''armis-
tice" with the German garrison,
presumably on the terms that
the Nazis were to leave the city,
Supreme Headquarters of the
Allied Expeditionary Force said.
The Germans apparently repudi-
ated the agreement and kept ON
fighting and the underground
called on the Allies for help.
THEATRE DESTRUCTION
The Germans were said 70
have threatened widespread
destruction to public buildings
and installations. A French un-
foreground leader who came to
London from Paris month ago
said the Germans then had at
least 10000 regular troops in
See PARIS-Page 8
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SAMPLE CITIZENS THINKING
Test Public Opinion

To determine public opinion
on issues which the next Con-
gress will have to act, the Mt.
Clemens League of Women
Voters today began a poll of
representative citizens.
The issues covered by the
QUESTIONABLE being circulated,
are foreign policy issues, post
war employment and price con-
troll. On foreign policy the per-
sons interviewed will be asked
whether they think we have a
better chance TO keep the peace
if We JOIN some kind of union
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Bail BOndSInlan
Faces Court

John Mitchell, 47-year-old
Warren township bail bond
agency proprietor, who was
charged August l with disor-
derby conduct, was due to appear
in Justice court this afternoon
for trial, before Justice of the
Peace Donald Parent.
The charge against Mitchell
developed from minor traffic
crash in which his car and that
driven by a Selfridge Field
WAC were involved on Tuesday
evening, August /. His trial was
first set for Tuesday, August 8,
but was adjourned because his
lawyer was out of town and was
unable TO appear as counsel. He
is out on bond furnished by his
own agency.
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Report Bulgaria
Seeking Terms

NEW YORK, Aug. 24-R)-
The British Radio quoted the
diplomatic correspondent of the
London Times today as saying
the Bulgarian government Off
cially has asked the British AM
bassador in Turkey "for condi-
tons determined by the Allies
which would permit Bulgaria to
cease participating in the war"
The broadcast was recorded
here by CHS.
Naturally, the Russian gov
eminent was completely inform
ed of the progress of the discus
sions. II is expected that now
that Romania has ceased to
fight, Bulgaria will do the same
shortly" the Times correspond
cnt was quoted as saying.
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Yonk Column Drives
to Swiss Frontier

The attempted German flight
from lie Havre conceded with
advances all around the Seine
corner which hourly were chok-
ing off German escape routes.
The Germans were retreating
all along the front from Lisieux
to the sea.
1t. Gen. Alexander M.
Patch's u. S. Seventh Army
reached the Swiss frontier after
a drive Of 200 miles in 10 days
through the French Alps from
the Mediterranean.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton's
u. S. Third Army had pushed
Is miles beyond Sens, 81 miles
southeast of Paris, toward the
German frontier, $50 miles
away.
The two forces apparently
were less than 200 miles from
a junction isolating all southern
France - but already much Of
southern France is free.
An Algiers broadcast said
Bordeaux, big French port on
the south Atlantic coast, had
been captured by a combined
force of Americans driving
south from the Loire and
French maquis who had march
ed north from the Spanish bor-
Ger.
Patch's Seventh Army, con-
tinuing its lightning pace north
See ADVANCE-Page Q
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Cor-o-Night
Joy-Ridins
Gang Nobbed

A joy-riding rampage based
on theft quota Of car-a-night
has been ended, according to 3
sheriff's report, with the arrest
of ring-leaders of youthful
Warren Township gang which
found its thrills in using stolen
cars until the gasoline tanks
ran dry.
Three of the youths - one
repeatedly AWOL from the
army and another already
sworn in for Navy duty = are
held in the county Jail, where
See THEFTS-Page 9
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LONDON, Aug. "a R) "A
vast aramada of $500 American
planes smashed a dozen targets
in Germany and on the Czech
border today while the Raj
bombed and strafed Nazi
"Dunkerque" attempt from the
great port of lie Havre at the
mouth of the Seine, only a few
miles beyond advancing Allied
lines.
The attacks in Germany by
1900 heavy bombers and 1000
fighters constituted one of the
greatest assaults ever mounted
by United States air forces.
Targets included synthetic oil
plants at Merseberg, Misburg
and Rutland in Germany and
Brux on the CZecho-Slovak bor-
der. Also bombed were an oil
refinery at Freital near Dresden;
two airplane plants at Bruins
wick; German air force stations
at Kolleda near Merseberg and
Langenhagen near Hanover; a
radio factory at Miemar and
other industrial targets at kiel.
AS American armor slashed rs
miles down the Seine in new
lightning advances, the harried
Germans put out a big fleet of
light service warships and other
vessels from the threatened port
on the Seine estuary.
For eight solid hours, Raj
coastal command planes in re-
lays bombarded the flotilla,
sinking and damaging an un-
determined number of ships.
Many were set afire.
The air forces announced late
today that so German warplanes
were destroyed in operations
from British and French bases
yesterday and that in the first
70 days of the invasion, 3,64l
German planes had been de-
stroyed in the air and on the
ground. In the same period 2,959
Allied craft were lost. The fig
ures included strategic bombing
attacks on Germany itself.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-24
SCOUTS TO SCOUR COMMUNITY
City Wasfepoper Drive Sunday

Persons who object to Sunday
work will -patronize publ c
places gas stations, boat liveries
and other places and thereby
encourage people TO work on
that day, and
IL necessary Sunday work
Is being performed by the armed
forces in all parts of the world,
the nation cannot inform its
fighting men that IL will only
support them six days a week.
However. Titus pointed out,
every effort will be made 10
See PAPER-Page 2
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Peoce-Time
Draft Ok'd
in Committee

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-(F
I'm agreement that compulsory
training of all able-bodied
youths must be the keystone of
a sound peacetime military pro-
gram, leaders of the House Post
war Military Policy committee
sought accord today on the best
time to toss that controversial
subject into Congress lap.
A poll of committeeman dis
closed almost general fear that
delay in consideration of COM
pulsory peacetime draft legisla-
See DRAFT-Page 8
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program today answered criti-
cism in some quarters regarding
the collection being held on a
Sunday:
Paper may be bundled on Fri
day and Saturday and placed on
porches prior to Sunday, or may
be placed at the curb il covered
TO protect the bundles from rain;
Manpower and truck short
age during the week makes
weekday collection difficult;
Many communities have been
forced to adopt the Sunday pick
up schedule;
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Teachers 10 Get Pay
on 12-Monih Basis
Income to Be Spread
Over Full Yeor Period

A new method of payroll dis
tribution was agreed upon by
the Mount Clemens Board OF
Education at a meeting held on
Wednesday.
The revised plan involves dis
tribution of checks over a L.
month period, one check being
issued in mid-September and
another on October first. There
after payments will be made at
monthly intervals.
This practise has been recon-
mended due to income tax de-
auctions. Supt. of Schools l..
Wade Fast stated that the board
would try the plan for at least
year and "see how it goes"
Linda Matthews was employ
ed TO teach the first grade at
Grant school for the coming
year.
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Plans were complete today for
a citywide collection of urgent
ly-needed wastepaper to be held
on Sunday, commencing at 10
am.
City trucks will meet Boy
Scout troops at schools in each
precinct at 10 am, that day,
and prior to the collection Air
Raid Wardens in each precinct
will conduct a door-to-door soli-
citation urging householders to
help the war effort.
Charles V. Titus. city chair
man Of the Salvage-For-Victory
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Coast Guord
Acts to STOP
WiId-Bootinq

Action to guard against repe-
tition of recent boat accidents
on Lake st. Clair and the Clin-
ton River has been taken by u.
S. Coast Guard officials in this
area, and speedy legal action in
Federal Court is threatened all
reckless boat operators.
One Detroitcr, recently found
plotting his boat in a dangerous
manner in Anchor Bay, has APP
peared in Federal Court and his
case is now pending.
In an official statement is
See PATROL-Page 9
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of nations, or If we rely only
on our own strength. And
whether they think any nation
which starts war anywhere
should be dealt with by the
country attacked, or by the joint
use of the armies and navies of
the world, acting whenever a
union of nations finds it neces-
sary.
' AIRED ISSUES
Voters will be asked also to
decide whether there is a better
chance of Jobs for everyone Il
See TREND-Page 2
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LONDON, Aug. "a - (P) -
American troops slashing north
from the Riviera reached the
border of Switzerland today,
and Hitler's hold on France was
slipping rapidly away.
Bordeaux, last Ger m a n
stronghold in southwes e n
France, was reported to have
been captured by American
troops with the aid of French
maquiS.
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Stiff Strange Story
of Gongsfer Threats

Sheriff's Investigators toda
delved into the startling story
of a self-confessed associate of
the once-notorious Pretty Boy"
Floyd gang who has sought
protective custody behind bars
because of death threats - in
an effort to separate fact from
fiction and determine whether
the incident is a grim hoax or
a fortunate break which may
clear up many unsolved crimes.
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Allied Troops
Fight.WaY Into
Frent|l Capital
Deco IIs Report
Premature, Supreme \
Headquarters Rsvsols

LONDON, Aug. a. R -
Gen. Eisenhower's headquar.
tiers disclosed today that Allied
troops were fighting their way
into Paris, large sections q
which are held by the French
forces Of the interior.
Fall of the city IL expected
momentarily. but 20 far q Al.
lied headquarters Is concerned =
has not yet been liberated. Gen.
Charles De Gaulle and the come
mander Of the French torcQe r.
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LONDON, Aug. 3l--@ $3.50
The German radio said -
night that some sections @
Paris had suffered heavy
damage" in fighting against
French patriots and that the
Nazis still controlled the capi.
tai. 4
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The confession of a Warren
Township war plant worker,
Lawrence Castor, 35, of 1882
Continental, that he participated
in a series of Michigan crimes
Is years ago in a gang led by
the then Public Enemy No. 1,
Charles Floyd, was precipitated,
the informer said, by fears of
gang vengeance.
An ex-convict who allegedly
participated in burglaries. hold
ups and at least one kidnapping
has threatened his life. Castor
said. Sleepless nights. constant
fear of darkness and sudden
death have made him a nervous
wreck.
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R0MANlAN COL LAPSE STUNS GERMANY
Raj FOils German
Effort to Escape

LONDON Aug. "a lP9 Swift Mosquito bombers made
vast ramada If 400 American attack
- 1919, . -. ..u.,.s logne last night