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Evening star., 1944-08-15
|Pinup-1ype Driver,
Fast AhpIane al
|Eisenhower's S Call
BY WALTER McCALLUM,
Just Returned Prom France.

Kay Summersby could be . pinup
gal In any ones Nissen hut, any
time, but she prefers driving the
automobile of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover,
We were laying over for a few
minutes at an airport In England
because the weather over France
had closed In and, although we'd
been over there once. we were not
able to land through the murk.
perhaps aided by the dust which
rose in choking clouds as every
vehicle moved in its own smoke
screen.
Near our C-47 was Gen. Eisen-
hower's airplane, the big ship in
which the Allied commander moves
around this part of the war. 1t was
. luxurious airplane by comparison
with our bucket-seated CAT and
1t moves much faster. 1t looks
better, too, but you don't 90 back
on the C-47s. They're the truck
horses OF this war and although
other airplanes may move faster
and drop more bombs those big
babies deliver the goods, and on
time.
We had just started to move
back toward our own plane when
q low-slung olive-colored car moved
swiftly along the road, making for
the big plane We had been ad-
mlr1ng. Out OF 1t stepped Gen.
Eisenhower, his face, as usual, pleas
ant and grinning. With him was
his British aide and in front, behind
the wheel. was Kay Summersby.
She Is an English girl, born in
Ireland, but has lived most of her
life in England. And she is getting
quite a kick out OF driving Gen.
Eisenhower around.
I asked Kay how she was getting
along with the war and whether
she enjoyed the job OF chaufIerinR
a four general.
Enjoy it," she said, Hit's wonder
full. Gen. Eisenhower Is the most
considerate man and one Of the
incest in the world
The general in whose party we
were going to France posed with
Gen. Eisenhower. West Point
classmate, for some pictures. Both
looked happy.
Keep 'em rolling said Gen.
Eisenhower to his classmate. Mai.
Gen. Henry B. Sayler' of 1909 Ca
thedral avenue.
We will" Gen. Sayler replied
And just then our crew chief
beckoned to us. The weather over
France had cleared ut was only 30
minutes away and the chief
thought we had better get going.
Sometimes those clear spots last
only little while. So we took of
and landed in France. But when
you find a person as pretty as KAY
Summersby you've found something.
She handles that long, low auto
mobile like husky male and the
general doesn't complain. She has
been doing it a long time.
Maj. J. L. Hansen of Cleveland
pilots the Eisenhower airplane.
Other crew members are the navi-
gator, Capt. H. c. Nixon: 1t. r, F..
Underwood, Master Sergt. A. J..
Windham. Technical Sergt. z. j..
Behrens. Master Sergt. w. J. Roma
aosa and Staff Sergt. r. E. Wood.
cannot tell the type of plane
or its equipment. but the inside
Is luxuriously upholstered in blue
leather and 1t is fast. Beside the
generals seat is q telephone. I
asked the major If he could talk
with his ground commanders over
It,. He could if he wanted to-" he
said.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
New Allied Invasion
No Secret at All
To Many Thousands

By the Associated Press,
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, Aug. 15.-The in
vasion of Southern France was
perhaps the worst kept secret of
the war.
- Thousands of Frenchmen and
Americans knew it was coming.
Correspondents in Normandy
and Brittany were constantly
asked about it both by French
men and GIs.
The question was among the
hrst asked by Frenchmen in
towns which had been captured.
The French underground prob
ably was told Of the impending
invasion and they told every
one else.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
|Crockpot Club
Pays Fine for
Hitler 'Cusser'
y the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. Is
Because Adolf Hitler lived up tc
the bad things said about him years
ago Herbert Williamson has his
$875 back in his pocket.
Back in 194l Mr.. Williamson, a
World War veteran, was fined that
amount by Police Judge Edward G
Burleson for swearing at the Fueh-
FER in public place.
Mr.. Williamson recently asked
the judge for refund on the
ground that you've had time to de-
termine everything said about him
was correct" He didn't get his
money back. but yesterday the
Eight-Ball Division of the Grand
Rapids Crackpot Club voted him
the $8.75.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Food and Employment
Rome's Big Problems
AS Bonomi Takes Over
Ey the Associated Press.

ROME, Aug. 15.-Food and EN-.
ployment still posed the most dim.
cult problems in hungry and idle
Rome as the government of Premier
1nvanoe Bonomi moved to assume
nominal jurisdiction in the Rome
region today, with the Allied Con-
troll Commission stepping down te
an advisory capacity.
The food shortage was reflected
most clearly in the infant mortality
rate-300 of every 1000 babies have
been dying before reaching theil
first birthday anniversaries, com.
pared with normal rate of from
100 to $50 per 1000.
An estimated 10000 persons were
still without work.
The high infant mortality rate
reflected the sustained undernour-
ishment of mothers, for many
babies have been dying at birth. Al.
lied authorities say that deaths OF
infants surviving birth are beine
gradually reduced by freezing dis.
tribution Of powdered milk ex-
clusively for their use.
1t was generally agreed that un.
less the general food supply was in
creased in the fall and winter
months, the dietary situation in
Rome would become critical.
In July $3.50 tons of Allied i'm
ported food was distributed in Rome
compared with STOP tons in June
but the increase still failed to meet
minimum requirements laid down
bv the Allied Control Commission.
Imported food has been supple
mented by fruits and vegetables, but
a considerable quantity of these has
spoiled because of the red tape re-
qulred to transfer food from surplus
regions to Rome.
Bonomi in a statement last night
said. THE italian government will
avail itself Of its increased authority
to point out with ever-increasing in
sistence the necessities of its peo-
Pile" but added that miracles could
not be expected.
The statement said the ma ior ef :
feet" Of the transfer of power would
be felt in the field Of sanctions
against FaScists.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Theoter Tokes Punishment

INDIANAPOLIS LP.-A chiller-
diller serial could be written about
events at local theater in the last
l8 months. 1t has been burglarized
at least so times, boys with BIB shots
directed at Aim Williams made "a
holes in the screen, necessitating in
stallation Of a new one. and then
fire destroyed the new screen and
all sound equipment.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Capture Of Gout MncGowon
OfNew York Sun Reported
Correspondent Token
After Shooting in
France. Nozis Soy
BY the Associated Press .

0s the ASsoclAte0 FTese.
LONDON, Aug. is Gault
MacGowan, veteran New York
Sun correspondent, was reported
by the Germans today to have
been captured near Chartres on
the road to Paris.
Apparently, he ventured beyond
the Allied lines once too often.
The Germans said they took Mr..
MacGowan to Paris after q shooting
scrape in which 4 companion was
wounded. Correspondents usually
travel in pairs On the LIST Army front
and it is quite possible that his
companion was another American
correspondent. yet unnamed.
In his recent trip across the Brest
Peninsula, Mr.. MacGowan discussed
reports that virtually no Germans
were defending Paris and said:
Il wonder If 1t Is true that you
can drive into Paris in q taxicab?"
Mr.. MacGowan always was going
to the front lines and beyond in
search of colorful material.
Just five days ago, he made long
trip across the Brest Peninsula to
the outskirts of Lorient with Asso-
ciated Press Correspondent Wes CAL
lagher. Finding he could not get
into the town on foot, Mr.. Mac
Gowan took . flight in 4 Piper Cub
plane with . major noted for his
daring.
They few toward the port city at
treetop height.
The German garrison was dis
turbed and opened up on the little
plane with some heavy batteries.
Nazi 88-millimeter shells burst close
rocking the craft, before the pilot
could drop 1t behind 4 nearby hill.
Mr.. MacGowan had several other
close calls from death or capture in
Africa In search of stories. He often
was seen riding in jeep under shell
fire, particularly in the difncult
winter campaign Of 1923 In North
ern Tunisia around Med djez-el-Bab
The German Transocean News
Agency in 4 Berlin broadcast report
ing capture of the Sun correspond :
ent gave the name rs "Gowen."
Transocean said "Gowen," hear
ing 4 false report that the Allies
had taken Chartres, headed there
with q companion In an amphibian
vehicle, but met 4 German tank on
reconnaissance many miles west of
the city.
The companion fired few shots
and was wounded and then both
were seized, according TO the broad
cast.
Mr.. MacGowans dispatches
have been printed frequently In
The Star as part OF the North
American Newspaper Alliance
Service His latest. filed from
Brittany, appears below
Evening star., 1944-08-15

. 6oAAoAApif III dSe
ti0n while serv-
ing as a para =
trooper in the
invasion. ac-
cording to infor-
nation reaching
his mother. Mrs.
Ruth Payne. IL
West S prin g
street, Alexan-
dria.
1t. PAYNE en-
listed in tn e
Army prior to
the a t t ack on
P e arl Harbor.
and uToe opoono
Evening star., 1944-08-15
l943 Drop in Marriage.
Continues This Yeor
By the Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
The downward trend in the mar.
riase rate, which began in lS43, con
tinued In the first half Of 1914.
The Census Bureau reported to.
day that 260,679 marriage license.
were issued in cities of 100,O 900 OF
more In the FIRST six months OF 1914
compared with 278, ,494 in the same
period last year. a decline OF 81
per cent.
The bureau predicted a declin-
ing marriage rate until men are dis
charged from the armed forces in
considerable numbers.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Mod Major First Yonk
To Liberote QuimperIe
BY GAULT Mcgowan

BRITTANY. Aug. II (By Wire
less) Delayed. - Fighting French
Franc Tireurs" of the French Army
Of the interior have liberated Quinn
per, capital Of Finisterre, 4 depart
ment OF Brittany. but the first
American to liberate the inland port
of Quimperle. midway between
Lorient and Quimper itself. wa,
Maj. Charles Carpenter Of Moline
Iik-a T.>azyy,,,zs,se4,v.,.- -z-sszzesr.,-z
Some soldiers cali him the Mad
Major. others just Lucky Carpenter
To me he is just 4 daredevil soldier
the War Department .pGf iii i: Fiper
Cub instead Of the boots OF 4 para !.
trooper. He rides the skies in hi,
unarmed, slow moving artillery OBJ.
servation plane as though it were 9
Lightning or 4 Thunderbolt. HI
treats Germans like the wrath ol
God. Without guns or bombs h,
seeks them out to train guns or
them. But when they aren't worth
shells he drops hand srenades or
them.
Perhaps his greatest feat va!
when he discovered a German out.
post holding up an armored column
with skillful mortar FIRE that mad,
its few defenders seem like 4 bat
talon. Maj. Carpenter was alof
when he spotted the situation. H,
Immediately alighted and borrowed
tank. Then, mounting himself
and six infantry volunteers, he wen
forward and drove that outpost in
A Frenchman gave us the new
that the Germans had pulled ou
from Quimperle and that Fiehtin,
French Franc Tireurs were movini
in on 1t and would be grateful TO
American support Maj. Carpente
didn't hesitate. He mounted ant
soon We flew again ahead of ou
armor for the river junction tina
makes Quimperle port big enough
for SO0-ton ships to enter. Soor
We crossed the wide, wooded valley
flying just over treetops, and ther.
was the town.
We saw women and children fie,
from farmhouse door when they
heard the hum of our motor. The,
took shelter in a hole dug in under
a woodpile. They thought Mai
Carpenter had come to bomb. They
had never seen an Allied plane or
4 peace mission before.
Maj. Carpenter came low over thu
city. skinned rooftops, few down
city streets, zoomed over the
wharves, waved his hand to thu
gendarmes on traf1e duty. People
tumbled out Of their houses. lie,
Americaines, les Americaines," w
knew thev were saying. They hac
recognized our markings. They
knew we were friends.
AS We circled the town for thu
Evening star., 1944-08-15
u. S. Bombers BIost
Docks at Formosu Port
BY The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press
CHUNGKING, Aug. 15.-Heavy
bombers OF the United States 14th
Air Force have bombed the docks
at Takao on the Japanese colonial
island of Formosa and have sunk
three freighters in the straits be-
tween Formosa and the China coast,
Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's headquar-
ters announced today.
Takso, on the southwestern Goa st
of Formosa, is one of the island S
chief ports and an important base
for japanese military movements in
the China Philippines area.
Evening star., 1944-08-15

the first men from the WASHINGTON
area to be graduated from Onicers'
Candidate School, He received his
commission at Macon, Ga.
1t. Payne has four brothers in
the armed forces. He was sent
overseas year ago. and now is
reported to be at rest station in
England
Evening star., 1944-08-15

February. l943, and was sent over
seas in October, 1943.
His mother. Mrs. Ottie Holland,
and young brother, Harrison, are
living at Montvale. His brother,
Edward. lives at the Lee street ad-
dress, and another brother, Harvey,
is in the Army.
Decorated
Mai Gen. Charles F. Thompson.
deputy commander OF the I'd Army.
has been awarded the Oak Leaf
Cluster to the Distinguished Service
Medal, the War Department has
announced. His wife lives at 3l3a
Connecticut avenue NV.
The award was made to Gen
Thompson for distinguishing him.
self As commanding general of m
important island base In the South
Pacific from October ~. 1912, to
June IT, 1914, the citation stated.
His splendid tntegration of the
Army Ground Forces, Air Force.
and Service Forces with the ac-
tivities Of the naval service and
those Of the resident foreign power
resulted in . smooth drumming and
effective overall command" the
citation read.
Gen. Thompson won the Dis
tinguished Service Medal for service
In the st. Mihiel salient as as
sistant chief of staff OF the lst Army
in the World War.
Col. Edward J. Walsh, 392l Har-
rison street NV, received the Le-
gion Of Merit last week and was
cited for his sound advice and
counsel as chief Of the legislative
branch, Legislative and Liaison Dr.
vision of the War Department, from
June. l942. to May of this year.
He is now with Army forces in
the Pacific area. His older son
Edward, jr., was graduated from
West Point last year, where the
younger son, Robert, is a cadet.
Maj. John Sheridan Fahnestock,
OF the prominent Washington family.
has been decorated with the Legion
Of Merit In the Southwest Pacific
for exceptionally meritorious con-
duct in the performance of out
standing services" it was announced
today.
His mother, Mrs. A. Bruce Fahne-
stock, lives at 5l4 Queen street,
Alexandra. while his wife and q
year-old daughter live at Glen Mary
Farm near Great Mills, Md.
Capt. Warner Marshall, l.. who
was killed in an airplane accident
in the China -Burma-India theater
last December. was awarded post
humously the Legion OF Merit for
his brilliant analysis Of strategical
paans"sas STAFF planner for Air In
tellieence. "
The award was presented his
widow, Mrs., Wilma T. Marshall. 1900
q street NV, by Maj. Gen. l.. S
kuter, assistant chief Of the air
staff. during ceremony at the
War Department.
First 1t. Ralph Payne, 2s. has
been awarded the Silver Star for
Evening star., 1944-08-15

A brother, 1t. John Kennedy, was
the hero Of thrilling escape from
the Japs whom he and his crew
lodged for six days after their PIT
boat had been run down by 4 de-
stroyer.
1t. Willy Is survived by his widow
Mrs. Edna Christine Willy.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Army Hos 'Prixote Civilian

WILLOW LAKE, s. Oak. lP.-It
had to happen, in an Army that has
already discovered "Sergt. Ser.
geants" and "Corpl. Generals" in its
ranks. Now it has q Pvt. Civilian
Pvt. Civilian Forde of Willow Lake
stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
ID. c. Marine Killed on Soipon:
Three Area Men Are Wounded

One District marine has been
killed in action in Saipan. three men
from the Metropolitan Area have
been wounded and two are missing
In action. The War Department
has announced the decoration OF
| four other men from the District
and another from nearby Virginia.
Killed in Action
Pfc. Claude Swanson Moore, r.,
former Western High School stu
dent, was killed in action on Saipan
on June IS. the Navy Department
has notified his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. s. Moore. former District
residents, now living In Richmond,
Calf.
Pvt. Moore, a native of Roanoke,
Va, had completed his junior year
at Western High School before en-
listing in the Marine Corps In No
vember, 1912. He was an active
member of the YMCA here.
Wounded in Action
Pvt. Forest w. Hevener, u, hus-
band of Mrs. Virginia Hevener, 1929
Wisconsin avenue NV. has been
reported ofncially by the Navy De-
partment as wounded in action.
Pvt. Hevener was born in White
Sulphur, Va. but moved to the
District when he was 8 years old.
Prior to entering the service he
worked for his brother at the Serv-
ice Parking Center.
His brother joined the Marines
with him. but since has been given
a medical discharge and now works
for the Star Parking Plaza.
Pvt. Hevener wrote his wife that
ne had been wounded in the right
leg and the left hip during the bat
tie for Saipan.
He has one other brother in the
Army.
His mother. Mrs. Ella Steel, lives
at 4242 Suitland road, Suitland. Md.
Tech. Sergt. Rudolph J. Berdaus,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Berdaus.
l24 Fourth street Sc, was wounded
over Germany. but has returned to
active duty with his 18th Air Force
Marauder group in the Mediter-
ranean theater.
The 32-year-old bombardier at
tended the American Institute of
Banking and worked for the District
government as photo photographer
His wife, Ella. lives at 1869 Colum-
bia road NV.
Corpl. Thomas I. Booze. 20, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Booze. Sun
derland, Md, was wounded July %
while serving with the Quartermas-
ter Corps in France, the War De-
partment has notified his mother.
Corp. Booze attended voca tional
school In Baltimore before entering
service in June, l943 and trained
at Camp Ellis, III. before going
overseas in February.
Missing
Col. John G. Simpson. 80. Of CHEVY
Chase, Nd, was reported missing
over France since July 10, when he
was on a mission to check targets.
the War Department notified his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H.
Simpson, 9305 Kensington parkway.
Col. Simpson, who was wounded
in June and awarded the Purple
Heart, recently was promoted to
wing commander of the 9Th Air
Force.
After graduating from Mckinley
High School and Maryland Univer-
sity, Col. Simpson worked for the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation. He
joined the Air Force in 1898 and won
his wings at Kelly Field, Tex. His
wife and their three-year- son
hive at Olney. Md.
Oscar Lee Holland. boatsvain's
mate second class, 400 South Lee
street, Alexandria, Va. has been
listed as missing in action.
Born and educated in Montyale
Va, Boatswain's Mate Holland
moved to Alexandria in 1910 to work
for the Chesapeake& Potomac Tele-
phone Co. He ioined the Navv in
Evening star., 1944-02-07

ChkM1CAIS
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Glee1koDEs, cARloNS AND sA1IIRIgS
National Carbon Company, Inc.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
BY the AssociatA6 Press

os tne AsSoclAtec Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-They were a
trio who thought they were all pow
erful, but now, In the death house
at Sing Sing, the one time members
of the Murder, Inc" syndicate. turn
to religion as the date approaches
for their execution.
A tall, grave Protestant minister
comes to the death house to call on
Louis Uepke) Buchalter, former
kingpin racketeer.
Buchalter's confederates, Emanuel
(Mendy) Weiss and Louis Capone,
listen attentively to Roman Cath
olic services held in the corridor
outside their cells.
And In their thoughts is March 2
the date set for their execution for
the murder Of Joseph Rosen, Brook
lyn candy shop proprietor.
The portly Buchalter, whom Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, then district at
torney of New York City, referred
to in 1899 as "the most dangerous
industrial criminal in the United
Evening star., 1944-02-07

day which said that the Swiss Min
lister to Japan had handed the
japanese government a note from
the United States protesting against
the treatment Of American, war
prisoners. The broadcast was re-
corded in London by the Associated
Press
The dispatch added that spokes-
man for the japanese government
told the Swiss Minister reply
would be forthcoming "at suitable
time"
Internment Conditions Assailed.
1guchi charged further that Jap
anese internees were confined in
dilapidated tents under adverse
weather conditions at Fort Bliss
Tex, "in utter disregard of their
suffering"
He declared Hatsuki Wakahp, suf-
fering from tuberculosis, and Kota
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Wi|Ikie Reported Ready
To File in Nebraska
ny the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Wendell L.
Willkie will enter the Nebraska pref
erential primary on April II as a
candidate for the Republican NOM
ination for President, the New York
Times said today in a special dis
patch from North Platte, Nebr.
The Times said Mr.. Willkie an
nounced he would file in the pri-
mary during an interview yesterday
in his special car on the train
carrying him on tour of the North
west.
The 1910 Republican presidential
nominee, the Times added, said his
purpose in seeking the support OF
the Is national convention delegates
from Nebraska was to demonstrate
that he had voting strength in the
Middle West.
The name Of former Gov. Harold
E. Stassen Of Minnesota, now Navy
lieutenant commander, is entered
already IN the Nebraska contest.
Evening star., 1944-02-07

Atlanta, Ca, president Of the Philip
pine-American Club, and memorial
Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons Of Pontiac
Mich, president Of the Bataan Re-
lief Organization Of Michigan and OF
the MONS of America.
Interested groups are expected to
be represented from California
Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minne-
sofa. Missouri, Montana, Nebraska
New Mexico, New York, Ohio, South
Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.
Senator Chavez, Democrat, of
New Mexico said that DIR. H. v.
Spensley Of Albuquerque, organizer
of the march on Washington by
members Of the Bataan Relief Or
ganization, was expected here today
or tomorrow.
The Senator added that DR.. Spens-
ley had informed him Of the meet
ing planned here February 10, but
that he knew no details of the pro-
gram planned by the relief organi-
zation here.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
kin Of Bafaan Troops
To March on Capital
Seeking Prisoner Aid
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, Feb. T.
Aroused even before official reports
of japanese atrocities, champions of
the American soldiers who fought
on Bataan and Corregidor march
on the National Capital this week
They go prepared to demand
succor for the captive defenders Of
the Philippines, and hopeful of CO.
ordinating activities of assorted
private agencies into solid Nation
wide front dedicated to that cause.
From New Mexico and 13 other
States, representatives of the Bataan
Relief Organization and associated
groups with a membership said to
approximate 10000 relatives of the
Americans who fought in the Philip
pines Will converge on Washington
for meeting February 10.
Dentist Leads Group.
DR.. H. V. Spensley, a quick, ner-
vous-talking Albuquerque dentist
who lost a son in a Japanese prison
camp, called the meeting. He is
founder and president of the Bataan
Relief Organization.
THE thing for us to determine
is the best way of getting aid tc
the prisoners in the Philippines,
DR.. Spensley said, "and then we
hope to coordinate our efforts
toward that end instead of seeking
different objectives.
What we want is an all-ou,
effort to get our boys home-re-
gardless of what it takes.
We all seem to be of the same
opinion-which is that the only
way to save our men in the Philip
pines Is to go and get them out
ourselves.
We are not strategists, but what
ever Gen. Macarthur asks by way
OF support in the Pacific-that is
good enough for U.s."
Presidents Group to M1et.
The meeting called by DR.
Spensley will be the second of its
nature this week in Washington
The flrst has been set for February
8 by the Presidents War Relief
Control Board and has purposes
closely similar to that of the
Spensley group.
Committee chairmen alrea d y
named by DR.. Spensley are: Ar
rangements, Mrs. Charles Cooke OF