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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-26
SOsnOWski ,
Fears Reds
tSce Pictorial Rcviewl

Russia plans 10 rob Poland Of
her ancient territories and she
will SuCcrcd II Great Britain and
tho. United States stand to one
side and do nothing 10 prevent
the cvmC. former Rep Jonn Is.
Sosnow>ki charged yesterday
Speaking In place of Gov. Kelly
to 1000 Pol>h-AmcIiCanS repre-
>enunC 80 Detroit organizations
m a tribute 20 Poland program
on Cadillac square SoSnoWSkl
demanded American help Tor The
bclcaCuered underground forces
m Warsaw.
Evening star., 1944-12-20
Prompt Action Urged
BY RumI on Business
Tax Relief Proposal

! Congress today was faced with a
demand by Beardsley Ruinl, vice
chairman of the National Planning
that 1t "act promptly"
on a proposal to modify income
and excess profits tax laws affect
ing corporations. -. s....s-.
The tax relief plan, which he
said was aimed at the double talk
Of paying taxes with one hand and
claiming refunds with another"
was submitted at meeting of the
Planning Association at the Statler
Hotel yesterday. 1t has the back
ing of Clinton S. Golden. vice p-e~i-
dent of the CIO United Steel Wori,-
ers Of America and chairman Of
the associations Labor Committee,
and DR.. Theodore w. Schultz, pro-
fessor of agricultural economics at
the University of Chicago and
chairman of the NPA Agriculture
Committee.
Mr.. Ruml, widely known as author
Of the original pay-as-you-go in
come tax plan, explained that the
tax proposal resulted from a study
made by the associations Business
Committee. In anticipation of cut
backs when Germany is defeated,
it contemplates postponed payment
of the portion of taxes due, in an
amount equal to the estimated re-
funds to which firms would be en-
titled under tax law provisions.
Under the plan, its sponsors. said,
small business firms would be pro-
vided with necessary funds for the
day of changeover by giving them
the right to defer payment of taxes
currently by offsetting credits which
will later accrue under the law"
Evening star., 1944-12-20

is supervisor Of reservations at
Union Station.
Pvt. Morton Brodofsky, 10, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brodofsky
1928 M street NV, was wounded in
the arm in Italy September 30 but
is now back on duty, his parents
have been informed His mother
said she had received Purple Heart
from him.
Pvt BrodofSky graduated from
Western High School in 1912. He
worked for the General Accounting
Office before entering the Army in
November, 1943. He went overseas
in April. A brother, Irving, %, was
given medical discharge from the
Army after being hurt on maneuvers
and Is now working for the Mari
time Commission, Mrs. Brodofsky
said.
Pfc. Elmer G. Swift, IS, husband
Of Mrs Euene Swift of 1920 Pow
hatan street north, Arlington, was
wounded by shrapnel September 27
while fighting in Italy but is now
back with his unit, his wife has
been Informed.
Before entering the service in
August, 1943. he was in the con-
tracing business here. He went
overseas in April He has three
brothers in the Army. Eugene. 26;
Patrick, jr., "a, and Kenneth, 38. =
sRvt. Martin J. Concannon, sr.,
30, husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Con-
cannon, l08 Park boulevard, Silver
HILL Md, was wounded in Italy Oc-
tober 2, but has returned to duty
his wife has been Informed by the
War Department. He has. been
awarded the Purple Heart. 3 /
Before entering the Army In Feb
ruary, Pvt. Concannon operated a
service station in Bethesda, Md. He
went overseas last July. He has two
brothers in the Army, Thomas and
Joseph, and brother, Frank, tnsthe
Navy. Pvt. and Mrs. Concannon
have one child, Martin, jr., 8 years
old
Capt. John T. Johnson, 2O29 Con-
necticut avenue NV. has been
wounded in action while fighting
with the infantry in the European
theater, the War Department has
notified his cousin, Mrs. Ada M.
johnson of the Connecticut avenue
address. Capt. Johnson graduated
from Erskine College in Due West,
S. G.
Pfc. Thomas J. Hurley, jr, 26, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j. Hurley.
ST., l410 M street NV, was wounded
in the foot by shrapnel September
Evening star., 1944-12-20
Tokyo Again Attacked
with Ineendiaries by
Three Super FORTS

BY the Associated Press.
Three Marianas-based Super
Fortresses3 dropped incendiary
bombs on Tokyo last night, a dis
patch from Saipan announced
today.
The bombs caused small fires. !"
a German Tarsocean dispatch. in
tercepted by Federal Communica-
tions Commission, said, but they
were quickly extinguished." It
added that damage was slight"
Super Fortresses based in China
bombed docks and engineering
works at Japanese-held Shanghai
and Nanking yesterday with good
to excellent results, a War De-
partment communiqpe reported.
The enemy targets on the Chinese
mainland we're hit while other
B-29s flying from Chinese bases
blasted Omura, site of a huge air.
craft assembly works on the Japa-
nese home island Of Kyushu, for the
fifth time since last July.
Bombs dropped on Omura were
aimed through an overcast with
precision instruments.
The communique said little op-
position was encountered, although
the B-29s shot down five enemy
fighters. probably bagged three
others and damaged an additional
nine.
Evening star., 1944-12-20
William B. Fitzhueh,
Noted Virginian, Dies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAPE CHARLES, Va, Dec. 2o,-
Col. William Bullitt Fitzhugh, 86, q
great-grandson of Patrick Henry
and veteran sergeant at arms of
the Virginia House Of Delegates.
died yesterday at his home, Sylvan
Scene, in Northampton County.
Death came to the colorful Capitol
Hill figure after long illness which
prevented him for the first time in
nearly score of years from serving
at the 1914 session of the General
Assembly last winter.
The ay-mustached "Col. Bull
hit" with his never varying red
necktie and red carnation and ever
present gold-headed cane, was
looked on as fixture of the Capitol.
He served as president of the
Virginia Press Association in 1892.
During the Democratic National
conventions of 1923, 1882 and 1886 he
served as assistant sergeant at arms,
and was sergeant at arms at the 1888
Virginia convention to act on
amending the Federal Constitution.
His father for a time was chief
doorkeeper in the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
! He was a member Of the House
of Delegates in 1910, 1912 and 1918.
Evening star., 1944-12-20

where ne was to be stationed several
weeks before heading home
The Red Cross contacted him and
his superior officers and he started
home One feature of the trip was
an agonizing wait in Iowa, where
his bus was snowbound for II hours.
Pfc. Ross had taken the bus after
he missed his train connection.
Now that Alfred is home I feel
much better" Mrs. Nellis said. I'm
very happy"
Before entering the service Pfc.
Ross was employed at the Red Circle
and the Thompson restaurants here.
He has two sisters, Ethel Bay Ross,
rs. and Mrs. Betty Suggs, %.
| Mrs Nellis Is now married to Ros-
coe Nellis, superintendent of George
| Washington Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-12-20
Mrs. Florence Feathers
Dies After, Iona Illness

Mrs. Florence j. Feathers. II,
widow of Sherman J. Feathers, for
mer landscape, gardener, died yes
terday at her home, 1101 Fifteenth
street NV, after a long illness.
A native Of Pownal. Va, Mrs.
Feathers had been a resident of the
District for the last six months. Her
husband died last March. -.
She is survived by. a daughter,
Miss A. Louise Feathers, Washing
ton. Funeral services and burial
will be held Friday in Troy. N. Y. ~
Evening star., 1944-12-20
Edgar Morris Entertains
Employees al YuIe Party

The Edgar Morris Sales Co. COM
bined a celebration of its 25th ami
versary with its annual employees
Christmas dinner last night at the
Mayf1oWer Hotel. ...-~
Edgar Morris, the president. an
nounced Inauguration of a Fifteen
Year Club. composed of employees
who have been with the company
for Is years or more. Members IN
clude Mr.. Morris, George F. Kindley,
vice president: L. L. Smith, Mrs. N.
K. Lynch, James e. Law, p r.
Ridgen, r. H. Kenney, Mrs. w. 8.
Reed, George Warren and George
Butler.
Each employe was presented with
a statement of the company's pen :
Evening star., 1944-12-20

Is while fighting with the 7th Army
in Southern France, the War De-
partment has announced. He has
received the Purple Heart and Is now
convalescing in hospital in France
he has written his mother.
Pfc. Hurley was a fingerprint
technician with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation here before he en-
tered the Army in November, 1943
He went overseas in April.
Three brothers are in the service
Jerome, %, is with the marines in
the Pacific; James, 27, is with the
Air Forces in Italy, and Dennis, "a
is lieutenant of engineers in Ten
neSsee. Mr.. Hurley, ST., is an ac-
|countant with the Reconstruction
Finance Corp.
First 1t. John w. Paulger, 81, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo H. Paulger,
1886 Chesapeake street NV. execu-
tive officer of an infantry rifle COM
pany, was recently wounded in the
leg while fighting near Schmitt,
Germany, according to report
from the European theater. He has
been awarded the Purple Heart, and
is recovering in a hospital in Eng
land.
Lit. Paulger was commissioned In
September, 1888, and entered active
duty in July. 194l. His wife, Mrs.
Marjorie Paulger, lives in Oak Park,
IL. y '- -
Corpl. El Brookman, Is, of s39
Maryland avenue NE. was recently
wounded when German 88-mm
shell exploded near him as he was
showing a film to troops waiting to
go into battle in the European
heater, according to q report from
that zone. a4. s
Son of Mrs, Bessie Bro6kman of
the Maryland avenue address. he
was a prize figter in civil life and
participated in boxing matches In
the service before going overseas.
He Is now convalescing at a hos
pital in England
Pfc. Fang N. Wong, son of Young
Wong, 938 New York avenue NV.
was wounded in the feet and hands
in the European theater, but has
returned to this country, the War
Department has advised his father
restaurant employe.
Pfc. Wong was born in Canton,
China. and came here 10 years ago
He was educated in New York and
worked in an airplane factory be-
fore entering the Army last summer
Tech. Sergt. Robert ID. Forsberg,
30, Of 2123 1 street NV, was wound
ed September 80 in Italy, the War
Department has advised his sister
1t. q. g. Helen NJ Forsberg, who
Is stationed here. She said he has
now returned to duty.
Sergt. Forsberg was born in New
York and was graduated from figh
school there. Prior to entering the
service in April, 1941, he worked for
an insurance company in Detroit.
He went overseas in March.
Capt. Walter ]. Kerwin, "a. son OF
Mrs. Edna r. Koontz. 1878 Largo
road Sc, was wounded in Italy last
summer and twice before in France
his mother has been informed. He
has been awarded the Bronze Star
for heroic achievement in combat
and has returned to duty in Ger
many.
A graduate of Eastern High
School, he was commissioned in the
infantry on graduation from the
University of Maryland in 1912. He
Evening star., 1944-12-20

Whatever the future holds, this
Christmas will be a happy one for
Mrs. Blanche Nellis of Hyatts-
vile, Md.
Now in Sibley Hospital awaiting a
delicate brain operation, Mrs. Nellis
was reunited yesterday with her
son, Pic. Alfred Ross, U. S. M. c.,
who for q months has been in the
midst of the bloody fighting in the
Pacific.
Last week, when Mrs. Nellis be-
came critically Ill, Navy authorities
were contacted and asked il Alfred
could be given a furlough SO his
mother could see him. BY q coinci-
dence, the young marine already
has landed in San Diego, Calf >.
Evening star., 1944-12-20
Presidents Party Line Stands
Just Little Left of Center

President Roosevelt's party line"
is unchanged-it is still a little left
of center.
That's the way he told it at his
news conference yesterday. when a
reporter commented that some said
the President was swinging right,
and others, that he was going left,
and asked him to define the admin
istration's course.
When the President said he was
continuing down the old line. his
questioner recalled that some time
ago Mr.. Roosevelt said that the old
DIR. New DEAL was being discarded
In favor OF "Dr. -the-war."
That's correct, the President said
Evening star., 1944-12-20
Coal and Fuel Oil Dealers
To Close on Christmas

Householders today were warned
to watch their fuel supply in view of
the fact coal and fuel oil dealers
affiliated in the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association will be
closed all day Christmas and a half
day on New Year Day.
Edward D. Shaw, association Sec
retary. suggested fuel orders be
placed far enough in advance to
permit deliveries before the holiday
week ends.
Mr.. Shaw also announced that
store members of the association
would follow their custom of closing
all day both Christmas and New
Year Day.
Evening star., 1944-12-20

adding that little left of center
includes winning the war.
Asked if the recent State Depart
men nominations conformed to the
administration course, Mr.. Roose-
welt said he had lots of people in
his administration who are on the
left, and lots on the right. and that
on the whole, it worked out pretty
well. You would find the same di-
visions right in that room which was
crowded with participants in the
news conference. he continued.
DO you find them all for you?'
he was asked.
A surprising number are, Mr..
Roosevelt answered.
Evening star., 1944-12-20
One Fined, Three Forfeit
Security in Health Cases

Three restaurant operators for
feited security yesterday in Munich
pal Court and fourth was fined
$50 for violating District health
laws. 49,, $3.50 -
Emil Giokas and John Stamoules.
operators Of restaurant at 22O6
Pennsylvania avenue. forfeited $50
on charges Of having dirty glasses,
and Henry c. Stephenson. restau-
rant operator, charged with having
dirty premises, forfeited S25.
Mrs. Hanna N. Saak, GOT Fourth
street S.W, was fined $50 on charges
OF having q dining room infested
with reaches. ..-.. 60
Evening star., 1944-12-20

went overseas in March, 1943, and
participated in the Africa ....
Italian campaigns and the invasion
OF Southern France His mother Is
a teacher, and stepbrother,
Franklin H. Koontz, is in the Army.
Pvt. James c. Beauchamp, nephew
OF Mrs. E. M. Frey, whose address
was given as 1899 Irving street NV,
has been wounded in action in the
Mediterranean theater, the War De-
partment announced.
The War Department also listed
the following men as wounded in
action. Stories about them were
published in The Star after the next
OF kin were notified:
Corpl. Rodney c Ashby, brother
Of Mrs. Yvonne Alton Thomas, 1915
A street, October II.
Sergt. Robert T. Henritze, hus-
band of Mrs. Nellie G. Henritze, 206
Eleventh street S. E., August g.
Missing
Pfc. Francis L. Burch, 80, of 1910
Seventeenth street Sc. who was re-
ported wounded in the War Depart
ment casualty list released today
now has been listed missing in
France since November 16, accord
ing to the latest information re-
ceived by his wife, Mrs. Alice "
Burch.
Earlier she received a letter from
him saying he had been wounded
October / by the explosion of an
artillery shell but that he had re-
turned to duty after four days
disqualification.
Pfc. Burch was born in Hughs-
vile, Md, and worked here as a
florist before he entered the Army
in April, 1912. He went overseas in
February.
1t. Robert Graham Bradley, %,
whose wife, Mrs. Barbara Bradley,
lives at l217 Clement place, Silver
Spring, Md, is missing in action
aboard the carrier Princeton, the
Navy Department announced. 81
"A native of the District, tt. Brad
lay was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1912. Before entering the
academy he went to the Bulls
School in Silver Spring He has
been on combat duty for 19 months
and had been with the Princeton,
which was sunk October rs, since ii
Was commissioned He. Is the SOD
of Mrs. George Lind Woodruff. 4
Evening star., 1944-12-20
On the Roll Of Honor
Killed

Pfc. Edward L. Doggett, 20. of 216
E street NV, who was listed today
by the War Department as having
been wounded in action in Italy.
died of his wounds, according to
word received by his mother, Mrs.
Odie Doggett. The story on Pfc.
Doggett being wounded appeared
in The Star on November s.
1t. Norman C.. Draper, "a, naval
fighter pilot, was killed in action
in the Pacific early in November
the Navy Department has notified
his father, Earle S. Draper of Be-
thesda, deputy commissioner of the
Federal Housing Administration.
1t. Draper was a native of Char
lotte, N. C, He left Georgia Tech.
where he was studying aeronautical
engineering, in his junior year to
join the Navy. He took part in the
Solomons campaign and on his sec
ond tour of duty was assigned to a
new carrier in the Pacific.
Three brothers are in the armed
forces: Marine Capt. Frederick F.
Draper, in the Southwest Pacific;
Capt. Earle Draper. jr., in the AAF
in France, and Pvt. Charles A.
Draper, who is attached to an air.
borne division.
Pvt. Edward Costigan, jr., 10. who
has been reported killed on Novem-
Der Is while fighting with the 1st
Army in Germany, wrote in his last
letter to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Costigan, $500 Twenty
seventh street NV, that all the
men in his unit were scared, but
none were afraid.
Only towards are afraid" the
infantryman wrote. Good fellow
ship and bravery among the men
on the front is amazing despite
the daily hazards, he added Pvt.
Costigan paid particular tribute,
his father said, to the Red Cross
girls, who show profound kindness.
to our boys"
The War Department informed
the Costigans Thursday that their
son was missing in action. Four
days later they learned of his death.
After graduation from Gonzaga
High School, Pvt Costigan worked
with his father as assistant engi-
neer in road construction with Car
son & Gruman Co.
Evening star., 1944-12-20

sion trust retirement plan, put into
effect last December, T.
Evening star., 1944-12-20
Blood Quote

(For District, Pentason and
Mobile Units)
District quota per
week --.---- 5000 pints
Donations last week $3.50 pints
Donations so far this
week 1,179 pints
Today appoint
ments -- - 693 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center
in the Acacia Building, 81
Louisiana avenue NV, by call
ing District $500 between 9 am.
and $50 pm.
Thus far in this war 1,025 .
men from the District have
been reported killed.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-19
PERMANENT FEpC
FIGHTERS STILL HOPEFUL

WASHINGTON, Sept. 49,
(ANP)-The National Council for
a Permanent FEPC is still "hope-
fuP' that reports on FEPC legis-
lation may reach the floors of both
chambers of congress before the
elections.
In letter to cooperating or
CARNATIONS and individuals, the
council expressed this hope and
urged that pressure be exerted
against those senators and repre-
sentatives running for election this
fall, particularly those who are
members of committees handling
the legislation.
Those who have been in touch
with the house labor committee ex-
press the confidence that the COM
mittee may reconsider it's earlier
determination not to conclude work
on he bill until after election. Sen
Chaves has already talked with
Sen. Thomas of the full education
and labor committee on the possi
bility of getting full committee &C
tion quickly.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-19
ARMY Refuses TO SURRENDER
NEGRO SOLDIERS

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. 10.
(ANP)-The war department has
turned thumbs down on the request
of Solicitor Temple Seibels that
three Negro soldiers who allegedly
attacked a City Lines bus driver on
the night of June "a be turned over
to civil authorities for trial, the So
licitor disclosed Wednesday.
In a letter from the war depart
ment in Washington, Maj. Gen. J.
A. Ulio, adjutant general, told So
licitor Seibels that the matter was
referred to his office Through chan
nels" by Maj. Gen. William 0. But
Ter, commanding general of the
eastern flying command, with the
recommendation that the soldiers
not be released to civil authorities
for prosecution, and that after
studying it thoroughly, the war de-
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-19

JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 49,
Negro students who desire to attend
st. Louis university, which recently
lowered it's color bar, cannot get
their tuition paid by the state, Roy
McKittrick, attorney general, ruled.
The state will pay the tuition at
school in some other state for stu
dents who want to take courses Of
fered at the University of Missouri
but not at Lincoln university. But if
they want to go to a school within
the state for a course which Mis-
souri, offers for white students but
not for Negroes, they must pay their
own way.
The tuition aid fund is admins
tered by the board of curators of
Lincoln university.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-19
I'm NOT SURE MAIzE BUT IINK IT MUST HAVE SOMETHING
TO DO WITH THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE"

partment had concurred in the rec
ommendation.
The soldiers, Pvt. Pontius Flow
ers, Cpl. Raymond Robbins and Pvt.
Joseph Bowman are alleged to have
attacked R. B. Pruitt, City Lines
bus driver, with knives in Wash
ington park bus he was driving, fol-
lowing a disturbance on the bus.
Pruitt was sent to the hospital in
critical condition.
Accompanied by Sheriff Mosley,
Solicitor Seibels called on Col. R. E.
L. Choate, commanding officer of
Maxwell Field at that time. They
discussed the case with Col. Choate
with the view of getting Maxwell
Field to turn the soldiers over to
Sheriff Mosley in order that they
might be tried by civil authorities.
Col. Choate advised the solicitor
that he did not have the final de-
termination of the matter in his
hands and that it "would be refer
red to a higher authority"
"At no time did he mention Gen.
Butler, commanding officer of the
eastern flying command, as the
higher authority" Solicitor Seibels
said. "Not knowing that Gen. Butler
was the higher authority he refer
red to, and not being informed he
was on the post at the time, Sheriff
Mosley and l did not contact with
him relative to the case."
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-19
FILM PROVES NEGROES
IN FRENCH UNDERGROUND

WASHINGTON, Sept. 49,
(ANP)-When one of the local
Negro patronized theaters showed
the film Elaboration in Paris" cred
tied with being an actual photo
graphing Of the action leading to
Paris freedom, audiences cheered
wildly when there flashed on the
screen a black wounded FIJI being
led and carried along the streets
by two white compatriots. The
black wounded Frenchman had
been wounded in the street fights.
From this film, it is evident
many Negroes are taking part in
the underground movement to rid
France of the Nazi tyranny al
though no mention has been made
of such heroic action on the part
of Negroes by the dispatches.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-06
ON BRIDGE

diamond K. pat down the spade K
and led the \ As he hoped. West
discarded on 'hIs. his heart :
Then cuIur thu heart G, which
West refused to cover. and the
spade :, on which West trashed 4
second heart. dummy ruling with
the diamond ; The heart A fur
nlShed a discard Of the last spade.
the heart J was ruifcd by the dls.
Inund a, and Mr Schenken led his
last diamond, messing the dunn
IHy'S 10. the diamond Q making
the final trick
West pointed ont that ne would
have beaten The contract If he had
Iuitc,i the spade a with the dit
Incnd Z That could have obliged
ti!" dummy to ovrr-ru'f with the
~, destroying the 90 tcnd,-
over the J-y and assuming West f
the setting tfI'k later on But M
S'henken only smiled when atteu-
ton was called 10 the mistake
which he had induced ffom lis Op.
ponent.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-06
BY LOGAN CLENDENING. MD.

"REMEMBER that there is a
patient who has the disease as we'll
as a disease which has the patient.
It is just as important to treat one
as the other.'
In no department Of medical
practice is this standard bit of
medical wisdom more constantly