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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
pEFENsES CRACKING

But there was every indication
the enemy defenscs in this area
were being cracked and the con-
slant shipment of fuel and other
supplies 10 all three Allied armies
closing in around Germany in a
gigantic arc indicated that final
great assaults which viii decide
the fate Of Germany may not be
long in developing.
Despite fierce German counter
attacks. two American bridge
heads across the MoSelle were held
firmly during the night. and some
American armor is now well es-
tabliShcd on the cast bank of the
river Temperance Of the Ger
man air force in attacks against
American positions failed to alter
the situation.
Gen. Dempsey's troops in the
north reached to a point only y
miles OF the Netherlands border
by taking the town of 3ourg
Leopold.
Headquarters affirmed that
Allied troops had crossed into
Holland. although no details we're
given regarding location and
strength
The capture of Bourg Leopold
put Gen. Montgomery's forces
within % miles of the German
frontier.
British forces driving through
Belgium liberated Ypres, scene of
bloody battles during. the first
World War and swept on TO cap
ture .Roulers while another col
umn drove to a point 10 miles
northwest of Ypres
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
Shoe Ration TO Stick

WASHINGTON, Sept S up
Shoe rationinE Is not expected 10
be lifted soon, largely because OF
shortage Of hides and feathers,
the WPB said today
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LONDON. Sept. s 1NSl The
German radio declared today that
Russian troops had famed across
Bulgaria TO re &C h the area of
Dimotlka. IS miles inside Greece
az a point on the Turkish border
and that other Red forces had
ouflankcd Warsaw on the north
by forcing the Narew River only
- miles from East Prussia
The latest Soviet Coumunlque,
as broadcast from Moscow, did
not confirm the reported Russian
invsSianS of Greece and Hugo-
slaN1a. II merely announced cap
ture Of four additional Romanian
towns and of six localities IN
northern Poland, where the Soviet
wedge between Warsaw AND East
Prussia was broadened and deep
ened.
Moscow said 5000 more Ger
mans had been captured IN Ro-
mania and reported three Nazl
generals were included.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
NdziisCdughf
In Greek Trap
Surprise Allied Move
Battles 200. 900 Troops
rHt pifRNy NMIt'
Sept. 1914

CAIRO. Sept s GNS)-The
swift Allied surprise blows in the
Balkans have driven the cork
firmly into the Greek bottle,
Tapping some 100000 German
troops. well-informed observers IN
Cairo declared today.
The Nazis, IN the opinion OF
these sources. have two altcrna-
ives. 10 stage a brave. but prob
ably futile. drive 10 break through
The Allied line which now reaches
from coast 70 coast north OF
Greece. or to lanCush in British,
American or Russian prison
camps.
Late reports indicate the Ger
mans arc carving out a partial
Withdraw al from The Aegean and
DodecaneSe Islands. as well as
from southern Greece The gar
rISon OF Rhodes especially has
been reduced In strength. these
sources asserted. although there
are no signs OF similar move on
Crete.
Earlier, Cairo radio reported
that the Russians and Marshal
Tilo'S YugoSlav armies had joined
forces.
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Armies
Race East

Continued from Page 0ne)
mcntS of the First American
Army had gained considerable
ground on both sides OF the
Mouse al Namur.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
CONDUCTS SCHOOL

And late IN 1889 the Universal
company conducted a school for
81 technical representatives OF
JapancSc firms IN aviation fuel
production proceSSes-he- said
Universal halted the instruction.
Martin reported when tho state
dopr 0cnt on Dec. 20, 1889, de-
clar, "a moral embargo against
giving certain countries rights for
information about aviation gas
production.
The American firm also SuS-
pended further steps IN carrying
out the 1888 agreement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
IT'S PINCERS MOVE

("Thry seem To have pushed
two armorcd wedges into the
area north and south of Liege,
ScrtOrIuS SAID.
("ThiS move indicates pin
GERS operation against the for
trcsS. The whole weight Of the
battle in the west il centercd
i'm this area. aiming at "A break
through into the Aachen basin
through north Brabant and
NNmwegen.o
Gen. Patton'S forces were en-
gagged in fiery attacks and coun
along a 50-mile front
One, reverse was suffered when
German assault nullified MoSell'
River crossing and another came
when the NaziS re ook Name.
after having abandoned II,
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Give Jobs
---DeWey
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Board most critical of all var
agencies, fall apart before your
eyes in the final crisis of the war.
With II, he warned, went the
chance of the American worker
and veteran for Jobs after the war.
For the New Dealers have
moved in" he added, land their
handiwork. their promise for
America, is not jobs-but the
dole"
Dewey removed his gloves in
laShinG out AZ the Roosevelt adj
miniStration. which ne described
-aS tired exhausted, quarrellng
and pickering
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09

Pearl HarbOr, he SAID.
James s. Martin, chief Of the
Justice departments economic
warfare section, told a Senate
military affairs subcommittee
that in the decade before Pearl
Harbor "a constant stream OF in
formation flowed 10 Japan through
commercial transactions wit n
American firms.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
FERRET OUT FACTS

Iri,e-Iaps -t-ietHifted- Technical m
formation and economic data 'oi
the utmost Importance 10 Japan 5
armed forces, Martin said.
The japanese devoted their at
tentIon 10 ferreting out through
business transactions, facts about
oil. aircraft and parts and
machinery and tools, he told the
committee.
As late as 1885 with state,
army and navy departments in
formed and not ohieCtInG the
Universal OIL Products Co. OF
Riverside, H., a research COM
pany. sold the japanese oil Co.
for 100000 rights 70 processes
for blending nuld uscd-TU- pro-
ductlon of 100 octane gasoline,
Martin asserted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
LONG SERVICE SEEN

He based his charge that the
present administration plans pro-
longcd army service for millions
when peace comes upon a state
mCnt by the director OF Selective
service that II is As economical 10
keep the armed forces IN service
as 10 create an agency for them
when they arc out.
"NOw II il out In the OPEN"
Gov Dewey said They are
afraid of peace. They are afraid
of a continuance Of their own
failures TO eetthiS- country go
ing again. They are afraid of
America.
THAT is why they say IL IL
cheaper 90 keep men IN the
army than 10 let them come
home"
Dewey indicated that the i've
-rou7TUTTg Speeches on his West
Coast tour 10 be delivered n
Seattle Portland ore san Fran
cisco and Los Angeles and one
N Oklahoma City gll be devoted
20 tax policies. regulatory policies.
labor policies. opportunities iHr
small business. and the bureaur-
r7rlcs which attempting ~
regulate every detail Of the Ives
of our people
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Dawson Urges Race
To Continue StruqoIe

Representative Dawson, Demo-
crat, of Illinois last night told of the
power of the Negro church and press
and called on his race to continue
its fight for liberation" In address
ing the annual conference of the
Board of Bishops of the A. M. E.
Zion Church at Galbraith Church
Sixth and L streets NV.
The session, which opened Tues
day morning with holy communion
and worship, is attended by eight
bishops. Bishop w. w. Matthews, 9
Logan Circle NV, was elected
chairman and Bishop w. j. Walls,
Chicago, secretary.
Reports from general officers and
the completion of the agenda for the
general convention in Detroit in
May were heard, and continuation
|of these matters is in order for to-
day.
Principal speakers on tonight,s
program will be w. j. Trent, presi-
dent Of Livingstone College; Dean
William H. Hastin of Howard Uni
versity and Mrs. ]. H. Kyles of the
Washington Federation of Churches.
The conference will continue
through Friday night.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
OPA Announces Top Prices
For Fruits and Vegetables

Maximum prices on fresh fruits
and vegetables, in the District of
Columbia for the week ending next
Wednesday, estimated by the price
division OF the District OPA, are as
follows:
Apples, pounds, 81 cents: cab
bage, 2 pounds, 11-13 cents: carrots
Clipped tops. 8 cents; carrots (tops
on. SIS cents; grapes California
table,, 17-19 cents; grapefruit (Flor-
ida INTERIOR, 6-8 cents; grapefruit
(Texas pink and Indian River). 7-9
cents: lemons California;, 1915
cents; lettuce California icebere)
9-13 cents; oranges FLORIDA juice)
5-8 cents; onions GU. S. No. y reg },
pounds, 1921 cents; potatoes ida
ho), S pounds. 1923 cents; potatoes
GU. S. No. l white), S pounds, 1924
cents; spinach (TeXas), 10-14 cents:
string beans (flat), 1922 cents:
string beans (round), 1927 cents;
tomatoes 1-pound cellophane
boxes), $3.50 cents, and tomatoes
frepacked looSe), 21-30 cents.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Navy's Penici||in
Saves Woman S Life

A special supply of penicillin, OBJ.
tanned from the Navy, was credited
today by a Washington physician
with saving the life of one of his
patients, a young woman who, he
said, was near death following ar
operation for ruptured appendix.
The patient, Miss Anna Yatcyhin-
sin, 1400 block of Park Road NV. is
in Washington Sanitarium, where
her physician, DR.. Edward M
Knecht, said she was recovering.
The supply of penicillin was OBJ
tanned from the Navy through a spe-
cial appeal presented by the young
woman's sister, 1t. q. g. Helen
Yatchinsin Of the Navy Nurse Corps,
stationed at Philadelphia, according
to DR.. Knecht.
At the Navy Department. it was
said the case had been submitted as
an emergency, had been so con-
sidered and the supply of the drug
had been made available for a civil
ian. Virtually all of the penicillin is
being allocated to the armed forces,
Evening star., 1944-01-13
d. {. Airman Killed
In Crash Of Bomber

Sergt. Frank T. Coleman. 90 Of
7l05 Chatham road, Chevy Chase.
MO, was one Of four Army airmen
killed last night when their bomber
crashed and burned near the Sioux
City Gowa) air base, according to an
Associated Press dispatch. Two men
were injured in the crash and the
seventh member of the crew escaped
with minor bruises.
The son of Mrs. MARITIME w. Cole
man of the Chatham road address.
Sergt. Coleman, graduate of
Bethesda-C Chevy Chase High School.
was sophomore at Colgate Univer-
sity when he entered the Army Air
Forces a year ago.
The young sergeant, who served
as gunner and radioman aboard the
bomber, won his silver wings last
summer in Salt Lake City.
Besides his mother, he is survived
by his father, Lawrence B. Coleman
of New York, director of the Amer.
lean Museums Association, and two
brothers, Ensign Kenyon Coleman,
"a, Navy pilot stationed in San
Diego, Calf, and Richard p. Cole.
man, l6, student at Bethesda.
Chevy Chase High School
The body is being sent to the
Pumphrey funeral home in Rock
vile. Md. No date has been set yet
for the funeral service. Burial will
be private.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Rotary President Sees
Threat in Soviet Economy

CommuniStic economy may prove
more of a threat to the democracies
after the war than National So
cialist or Fascist economy has done
in the past, Charles L. Wheeler ot
San Francisco, president of Rotary
International, told the Washington
Rotary Club yesterday in the Hotel
Willard.
Mr.. Wheeler, vice president OF
the Mccormick Steamship Co. and
its timber subsidiaries, said Russia
recently shipped 10000, 900 feet OF
lumber to Buenos Aires in exchange
for meat and grain.
I'VE had been shipping lumber
steadily to Buenos Aires" he said
but we couldn't move foot OF
lumber there until that 10000, ,O0o
feet of Russian lumber was used up. >
Premier Stain gave the demcc-
racies another chance" Mr.. Wheeler
said, when he withdrew the Third
International. "They were ahead OF
u.s." he said. "At least it was nip
and tuck"
The situation got so bad in Cali
fornia," he said, that a Governor
was elected with Communist support
and ship could not sail from San
Francisco harbor without Harry
Bridges permission"
Evening star., 1944-01-13
3 Farmers Injured
When Lard ExpIodes

Fred Saegmuller, IS, co-owner of
the Saegmuller farm at 5115 Little
Falls road, Arlington, and two hired
men were injured today when a stove
exploded in a blacksmith shop where
they were rendering lard.
Mr.. Saegmuller suffered a frac-
tured leg and shock. The other
men were identified as Byrd Jones
40. and George Jeffries, 43. All were
taken to Georgetown Hospital by the
Clarendon rescue squad.
Attending physicians said Mr..
Jones suffered compound fracture
OF the left leg and an amputation
was necessary. His right leg was
fractured. Mr.. Jeffries suffered a
fractured leg.
Arlington County police said the
explosion shattered windows and
damaged the floor. They said the
men were standing around the
stove at the time.
Physicians said Mr.. Saegmuller
onered two possible explanations OF
the explosion.
He said lard had been rendered
IN the shop yesterday and grease
drippings, through some chemical
action overnight. may have formed
an explosive.
Inc other explanation, he said
was that the grease may have boiled
over on the fire. causing the blast
The explosion was OF such force
that neighbors living a half a mile
away reported hearing the explosion
The farm is owned jointly by Fred
George M. and j. Lee Saegmuller.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Grand Jury 10 Resume
Hopkins Letter Case
Hearing Tomorrow
Sparks to Testify
Aeoin on Alleged
Boost for WiIIkie

A grand jury inquiry into the
authorship Of a letter allegedly
written by Harry Hopkins to DR..
Umphrey Lee. president of South
ern Methodist University of Dallas,
Tex, predicting Wendell WILKES
nomination for President, is to be
resumed at 1:30 pm. tomorrow.
After questioning DR.. Lee and C.
Nelson Sparks, former Akron (Ohio)
Mayor and the grand jury recessed
late yesterday to hear Mr.. Sparks
again tomorrow. Mr.. Sparks told
reporters before his initial grand
jury examination that he believes
Mr.. Hopkins wrote the letter. Mr..
Hopkins has denounced it as q
forgery.
DR.. Lee said he did not know Mr..
Hopkins or Mr.. Sparks, adding he
has been a Methodist minister for
the past 20 years and had never
taken part in political matters. Mr..
Sparks remained in the grand jury
room for an hour and DR.. Lee for
20 minutes. Both witnesses came
to Washington yesterday under sub
poena.
Denies Receiving Letter.
DR.. Lee publicly stated before his
arrival here that he had not re-
ceived the alleged letter. Henry
Schwienhaut and G. Maynard
Smith, special assistants to the At
torney General, indicated to re-
porters that the inquiry might be
directed into other channels, to
ascertain who sent the alleged Hop
kins' letter. -
Mr.. Hopkins, now a patient in
Bethesda Naval Hospital, will not
be subpenoed, ofhcials said, for two
reasons: First, he is Ill, and, sec
ondly, Federal officials are invited,
not summoned, to appear before
grand juries. Mr.. Schwienhaut said
he was certain Mr.. Hopkins would
appear later, since he requested the
Department of Justice to make an
investigation.
Mystery Unsolved.
Thus, the mystery of who penned
the disputed letter on White House
stationery, under date of Aug. IT,
1943, remained unsolved today.
Mr.. Sparks turned the letter over
to the investigating authorities. He
declined to tell reporters how it
came into his possession. His mo-
tive in making the letter public
in book he wrote, he said, was to
show the Republican party that
WILKES theology doesn't differ
from that of the New Deal, and
that he should not be nominated
| in 1914"
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Red Cross Gets $2o Gift
In Advance of Drive

American Red Cross efforts to
find his family in Greece have in
spired George Destis to anticipate
the Red Cross War Fund campaign
in March by donating $3.50, the
receipts for food sold Tuesday at
his restaurant at 3418 Eleventh
street NV, to the organization.
Mr.. Destis' wife, Katina, and
7-year-old daughter Ajenija are
somewhere in Greece. He has tried
unsuccessfully to learn their where
ahouts ever since the German in
vasion. About a year ago he went
to the Red Cross for help. Though
the organization has been unable to
find his family, Mr.. Destis said its
efforts have earned his gratitude.
The contribution Is one Of others
he hopes 10 make In the future, he
added.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Alderman Allowed Bond
On Conspiracy CHARGE

Garland L. Alderman of Detroit,
one of 80 persons indicted by a
grand jury here January 3 on
charges Of conspiracy to aid in the
establishment Of Nazi form of
government IN the United States,
today was arraigned before Chief
Justice Edward c. Eicher of District
Court. He pleaded not guilty and
was held under $500 bond.
Mr.. Alderman, identified by the
Justice Department as an officer of
the National Workers League, which
published the Nationalist News
letter" was given until January 20
to file any motions before the court.
Dates for trial Of the sedition cases
have not been ret.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Immediate Hearing
On Capital Transit
Rates Demanded
Petitioners for Sharp
Fare Cut Should Be Heurs
By PUG, Honkin Says

A demand that petitioners seek
ing a reduction in Capital Transit
Co. rates be given an immediate
hearing by the Public Utilities Com
mission was made yesterday by
Gregory Hankin, commission men,
ber.
A request by the Maryland and
District Industrial Union Council
and the Washington Industrial
Union Council that public hearings
be held on the rates of the transit
company and to reduce fares to four
tokens for 30 cents and a weekly
pass for 81 is now before the COM
mission.
Hankin Files Motion.
Declaring that he had filed a
motion with the commission Janu-
ary 4 asking that the matter be
set for immediate hearing. since
some of the petitions had been filed
more than a year ago, Mr.. Hankin
said
There is no room for any po-
sition other than that prescribed
by law, and the law must be law
fully applied. Since the petitions
are by no means frivolous, the law
full application of the law requires
that the petitioners be given a
hearing-not some day in TIN dis
tant future, but now, whefi@ they
claim they are being overcharged.
He also contended that "the COM
mission should not engage in fanci-
full, protracted Investigations when
our own chief accountant computes
that the allegations are equivalent
to claim that the public is being
overcharged at the rate of $685.
600 per year, which is over $1,000
per day.
Other Groups Join in Demand.
IF there is any reason for de-
lay" Mr.. Hankin pointed out, "the
petitioners have been and are en-
titled to an opportunity for an i'm
mediate hearing on the necessity TO,
this delay"
Among labor groups joining the
industrial union councils in the re-
quest for a hearing are the United
Federal Workers of America, the
OH Workers International Union
the National Lawyers Guild Qocal
chapter) and the United Cafeteria
and Restaurant Workers.
Under an order of last June, the
PUG has been investigating depre-
clatlon charges, determination OF
their value and fair rate of return
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Vatican Office Here
Clears 345,398 War
Messages in Year

The Apostolic Delegation in
Washington, which operates q unit
Of the Vatican Information ONCE
for War Prisoners, has cleared 345,-
39s messages during the first year
Of its existence, the Most Rev. Am
leto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic
delegate TO the United States, dis
closed yesterday on the first ami
versary of the service here.
OF these, 104,981 were cleared
through the Vatican, which had re-
ceived them from Catholic chaplains
in occupied countries, for distribution
In the United States or transmission
to other countries. Messages for war
prisoners and others In occupied
countries which were dispatched by
the delegation here totaled 240,417,
November was the record month
with approximately $1,000 messages
being handled.
Despite the German occupation
OF Rome, communications with the
Vatican and the delegation here
continue and messages from war
prisoners and their families con-
tinue to get through, although with
some irregularity," Archbishop Ci-
|cognani told a press conference.
Mail Points Listed.
Pointing out that many countries
are engaged in the war prisoners
information service, he said tina,
the most recent consignment of mai
from Vatican City included mes.
sages originating in Greece, Ru.
mania, Rhodes, France, Bulgaria
Slovakia, East Africa, Egypt, Syria
and Italy. Other countries figuring
IN the service during the past year
were Germany, Turkey, Norway,
Hungary and Albania.
1T Is very uncertain if messages
to American prisoners of war in
japan are eventually delivered
although 1t is known that some have
reached the addresses" he declared
The time for a message to make a
round trip varies and often requires
six months or more, he said.
Service Available to All.
Many German and Italian prison.
ers In this country are taking ad-
vantage Of the service which is
available to all races and religions
Archbishop Cicognani said. The
most recent shipment of messages
from the Vatican contained many
replies from American prisoners te
their families and responses tc
Italian prisoners from their homes
abroad.
Following the press conference
Archbishop Cicognani conducted re-
porters to a basement room where
a group OF six Holy Cross seminar
ians each devote eight hours a week
to assembling, cataloging and pre-
pairing messages to and from the
Vatican.
Both the addressee and inquirer OF
a message are limited to Is words
which must be devoted to news OF
a strictly family nature. One of the
priests showed reporters a basket
full OF snapshots taken from mes
sages. No attachments are per-
mftted on the letters.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
FSteuart Injunction Move
10 Be Argued Tomorrow

Arguments on the motion of L. p
Steuart Il Bro, Inc, Washington
fuel oil dealers, for a preliminary
Injunction restraining the OPA from
enforcing an order limiting it to the
customers served during the wear
before October %, 1912, when fuel
oil rationing began, will be heard at
10 a m. tomorrow in District Court.
The order was issued by Talbot
Smith, former OPA hearing admin
lstrator, who declared that the
Steuart company had violated the
fuel oil rationing regulations 'in
every important respect" after argu-
ments on an appeal from a decision
by an OPA hearing attorney.
Fleming James, jr., chief of the
litigation section of the OPA: John
L. Laskey, District OPA enforce
ment attorney, and Carl w. Berueffy
his assistant, will represent the OPA
Renah F. Camalier will represent
the Steuart COMPANY.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
British Press
IOfficiuI Here Resions

David Wills, director of informa-
ton for the British Supply Council,
who recently became an American
citizen, has resigned to return to
newspaper work.
The council today accepted his
resignation with regret and an
nounced the appointment OF william
E. Chace as acting director of in
formation until the appointment of
permanent successor is made.