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Evening star., 1944-03-06
Liberation Committee
Begins Testimony
Against Pucheu
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ALGIERS, Mar. 6.-The French
National Committee of Liberation
began presenting testimony today
against Pierre Pucheu. former Vichy
Interior Minister, charged with
treason.
Bernard Grenier, Communist men,
Der of the old Chamber of Depu-
ties and now a delegate in the
Consultative Assembly who was
the prosecutions first witness,
charged Pucheu with putting the
finger" on French hostages for
execution, but he failed on cross
examination to give the military
tribunal definite facts substantiating
his accusation.
Falters on Giving Proof.
Grenier asserted Pucheu had given
the Germans list of so prisoners
to be executed after the Staying of
the German commander of Nantes
and declared the French Industrial
lst picked out union and Com
munist leaders for death ''in order
to deal hard blow to the French
working class"
The defense demanded proof of
this statement and one of the gen.
erals on the bench asked for de-
tails. Grenier faltered.
The Gestapo couldn't have known
who to take. Only the French
police under Pucheu could have
known" Grenier replied.
Pucheu replied he had struggled
to save hostages both at Nantes
and Bordeaux and pointed out the
French police in the occupied zone
had been under German orders for
a year before he entered Marshal
Petains cabinet.
Communist Role Discussed.
The testimony evoked considerable
discussion on the role of French
Communists before June, 194l, as
Grenier charged Pucheu with ar
resting six party leaders who sub
sequently were executed and assailed
Pucheu for establishing a special
branch of the police to chase Com
munists.
Grenier said Pucheu established
special courts for sabotage cases
including one at Clermont Ferrand
in the unoccupied zone which con-
demned three union leaders to
death. He also charged that French
police handed the patriots over to
the Gestapo and otherwise collab-
Grated with the Germans unneces-
sarily.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Maryland Assembly
|Convenes 10 Enact
Soldier Vote Law
By the Associated press.


ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 6.-Marylands
first special legislative session since
1887, called to liberalize soldier-vot-
ing laws and to extend the school
teacher bonus for another 10
months, will convene tonight.
Gov. O'Conor's administration
hopes to reach adjournment by Fri
day, despite an additional legislative
program outlined by State and city
officials.
The Governor said that in addi-
ton to the soldier vote and teacher
bonus measures, he would ask the
Assembly to consider 4 second war
time bonus for State employees of
$120, to be paid In several INSTALL
ments, compared with the 5000
granted by the 1s43 Legislature.
However, the $120 payment is the
same as the sum the State proposes
to contribute to the school teacher
bonus. The State employe bonus
would be limited to those whose
salaries do not exceed 5000. Those
who received increases of $500 or
more since June 80 and those who
are fully maintained by the State
would be excluded.
Soldier-Vste Bill Ready.
The soldier-vote bill already has
been approved by the legislative
council and will be offered to the
assembly in printed form ready for
immediate action.
Administration leaders planned
to introduce the bill in both houses
simultaneously SO that hearings
might be held at the same time in =
both branches.
Baltimore City sought Assembly
approval of bills to legalize the
Municipal Aviation Commission. to
condemn certain Anne Arundel
County land for an airport, and to
seek public approval of a $4,000, 900
loan for the project.
The State Roads Commission met
with city oficials today to decide
whether authorization of the special
session would be necessary for a
bond issue to finance proposed Bal
timore highway Improvements.
Voting Law AsSailed.
The Maryland and District Of Co.
lumbia CIO Industrial Union Coun-
Gil meanwhile urged Gov. OConor's
support to repeal the Maryland
Declaration of Intentions Act. A
telegram signed by President Ulisse
de Dominicis and Secretary Treas
urer Sidney r. Katz asked that
Gov. O'Conor urge the Legislature
to repeal that pernicious law that
deprives 100000 Americans of the
right to vote"
! County commissioners groups also
have indicated that the session
might be asked to modify the State
welfare law to give the counties ad-
ditional home rule.
Caucuses Scheduled.
Party caucuses were scheduled
for o'clock tonight, the Republi-
cans meeting at Carvel Hall and
the Democrats in the State House.
Republicans were expected to
name Senator Wilmer Fell Davis
Of Caroline and Delegate j. Milton
Dick of Allegany, as Senate and
House minority leaders.
Senator James j. Lindsay, jr.,
Democrat, of Baltimore, was the
probable choice for Senate presi-
dent to succeed Arthur H. Brice,
Kent County, who resigned a year
ago to return to the Public Service
Commission. Delegate John S.
White, Democrat, Of Prince Georges,
was the leading candidate for
Speaker to succeed the late Thomas
e, ConlOn of Baltimore
Evening star., 1944-03-06
loretto Young Expects
Child in August
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 6.-Loretta
Young. the film actress, is preparing
for motherhood.
Miss Young, 81. wife of Col. Tom
Lewis, said yesterday they expect
their first child in August.
She and Col. Lewis, former radio
advertising executive, are vacation
ing at Palm Springs. Miss Young,
former wife Of Actor Grant Withers,
has an adopted daughter, judy, 8,
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Fascist Troops Wipe Out
Italian Partisan Trio
Py the Associated Press.

Ey tne Assoclatec FreSs,
BERN. Switzerland, Mar. 6.-The
Three Musketeers," a trio of Italian
Partisans who for weeks have been
killing Italian and German soldiers
in Northern Italy, were cornered at
last by italian troops last Saturday,
but killed a number of their attack
ers before they themselves were
wiped out. it was reported yesterday
The newspaper Pomeriggio said
the men had been operating in the
Udine area of Italy, using rifles and
hand grenades in their three-man
offensive.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Fire Loss Is $4,000
In Arlington Apartment

Fire yesterday caused damage
estimated at $4,000 in an apart
ment building owned by Paul Gof1
at 1922 North Seventh street, Ar
lington.
Four County fire departments
were called. Fire Chief A. C. Shef-
fel said four apartments were dam
aged
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Congress in Brief

BY the Associated Press.
Senate:
In recess.
Agriculture Subcommittee consid-
ers question Of dropping contempt
proceedings against Jonathan Dan
iels
House:
Routine session.
Evening star., 1944-03-06

Tie AlHy iaSJ
November, has
written a book
on postwar eco
nomic readjust-
ment, his pub
II S h ers an .
nounced today.
The e book.
"Mobilizing for
Abund a n c e"
W as W 1T t e n
while Mr.. Ma
I n a n was IN
w a tier Reed
Hospital, su =
ferinp from the
Sciatica which
Evening star., 1944-03-06
On Time As Yeurs

PHILADELPHIA LP).-The records
show that Harry C. Pass, pattern
maker in a shipyard, hasn't been
late for work in 46 years. He has
four years to go, however, to equal
the record Of his father, also a ship
yard worker.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Dogs. Cot, Hen in Well

KANSAS CITY (R.-Dr. S. s. Hill
called firemen to investigate a
strange racket under the front porch
OF his recently purchased home.
From an old dry cistern, 20 feet
deep, Capt. D. L. Kennaley carried ::
One Chow dog, one Boston bulldog,
one white Angora cat, one red hen.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Nathan Writes Book
On Postwar PLANNING

Robert r. Nathan, former chair
man of the War Production Boards
Planning Committee, who was
given a disability discharge from
Evening star., 1944-03-06

Red Cross accounts are audited by
the War Department Of the United
States.
Evening star., 1944-01-21

auders teamed up to attack the air
field and railroad yards at Viterbo,
40 miles northwest of Rome, while
ghter-bombers and light bombers,
escorted by hundreds of fighters
supported the 5th Army attack.
Leghorn Rail Line.
RAF Wellingtons bombed the rail
line at Leghorn heavily at night.
American Mitchels raided the rail-
way and highway near Carson, 81
miles east of Rome.
Over the Adriatic Raj Kittyhawks
left two German ships ablaze of
the Yugoslav coast.
The lack of enemy fighter opposi-
ton was illustrated by the fact that
Capt. Harold L. Busenbarger of Os-
born, Ohio, operations officer for an
ABS Invader squadron, was cerdited
with shooting down the only Ger
man plane seen during 80 minutes
of attacks on military targets in the
Rome area.
Two Allied planes were lost yes
terday, compared with five of the
enemy.
The Navy communique said little
opposition was encountered in the
shelling Of Appian Way objectives
although one of the warships was
damaged slightly.
Allied destroyers also shelled the
harbor of Korcula on the island of
the same name off the Yugoslav
coast Tuesday night.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Justice 10 Protest
Witch-Hunt' Label

The Justice Department said to-
day it would protest to the Once Of
War Information a slip in the off,
cial speech clearance machinery
that permitted publication of a ref
erence to political witch hunts of
the antitrust variety"
The words were those Of Charles
E. Wilson, executive vice chairman
OF the War Production Board. He
wrote them into a speech for deliv-
cry before the Army Ordnance Asso-
citation in New York Wednesday
night. but never uttered them.
Before the speech was delivered.
Owl. in order to avert inter-depart-
mental conflict, sent copies to the
interested agencies. The Justice
Department objected to the witch
hunts" sentence.
Mr.. Wilson agreed to delete the
words of the antitrust variety" and
did so in the copy read in New York.
The mimeographed copies distrib-
uted by owl here also were correct.
But Mr.. Wilson apparently forgot
to correct a carbon given to the As
sociated Press in New York, and so
the Objectionable words were widely
circulated.
Witch hunts were mentioned by
Mr.. Wilson in connection with his
outline OF a postwar preparedness
plan for industry. He said industry
should not be hampered by them or
by merchants of death" label,
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Russia
Continued From First Page. J

indicated, were shaping a trap for
approximately 250,00O Germans
fighting southeast of Leningrad.
The Soviet war bulletin said spear
heads of Gorovov's forces were less
than nine miles from Krasnogvar
deisk, rail junction directly south
of Leningrad, through which most
of the threatened enemy troops
would be forced to withdraw to-
ward Estonia in order to escape
capture.
Pursuing Fleeing Garrison.
= Govorov sealed off the Strela cor
ridor at a point 20 miles southwest
of Leningrad after seizing the town
of Strelna itself, five miles south
east of Peterhof and 10 miles across
the bay from Leningrad, the Rus
sian communique said.
MeretSkov's troops were pushing
westward from Novgorod in pur-
suit OF the fleeing garrison and
latest reports placed them more
than 10 miles along the roads to
Estonia. Of this victory, the Mos
cow radio said:
Failing back hastily they (the
Germans cannot hope to stem the
of our troops, nor stand
up to the deluge of artillery fire
rained upon their heads"
In addition to the 10000 Germans
which the Russians said they had
slain, 1000 more were reported cap
tured. Govorov's men accounted
for 25, 1000 of the slain enemy troops,
the other $4,000 dying in the storm
ing of Novgorod by Meretskov's
troops on the Volkhov front.
Many Guns Captured.
The Russians reported the cap
ture of 265 guns on the Leningrad
sector since January IA, when their
offensive was launched, including
IS heavy seige guns which had been
shelling the city. Other material
taken included 80 tanks, l59 NOR
tars, 274 machine guns and 18 am
munition dumps.
During the same period Meret-
skov's troops on the Volkhov front
captured 1872 guns, 120 mortars, 635
machine guns, 263 trucks, 81 tra actors
and Is dumps. They destroyed 178
guns, IS tanks, 110 mortars, 365 ma
chine guns and $50 trucks, the COM
munique asserted.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Baltimore
Continued From First Page.),

in Front Royal January 13, Capt
Cooney reported. Before that. the
detective captain said, she had lived
at a Baltimore convalescent home
for about year.
Mr.. Green also said he and his
wife. who is Mrs. Williams sister.
had a card from her only a few
days ago, Capt. Cooney reported.
The Baltimore Evening Sun re-
ported that Mrs. Mary Burrus, op-
orator of the Front Royal nursing
home, told the newspapers Mrs. Will
liams hadn't been away from the
home "one minute for a week
Reported on Good Terms.
Capt. Cooney said Capt. Green
told him Mrs. Williams and her hus-
band were divorced many years
ago. but remained on good terms.
Mr. Williams contributed to her
support, and visited her several
times, on a few occasions bringing
his, second wife. Mr.. Green told the
detective captain
Mrs. Williams lived with Mr.. and
Mrs Green for about a year before
entering the Baltimore nursing
home, Mr.. Green said, and before
that had an apartment in Balti-
more.
Mrs. Williams has one son, Frank
Star Williams, jr. a coast guards
man stationed at Falls Cape, Va.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
CunoI
countered which undoubtedly ran up
Continued From First Page.

countered which undoubtedly ran up
the cost.
Better Contract Sought.
The Army now Is discussing a
better contract with the Canadian
government and the Imperial Oil
Co., which owns the fields at Norman
Wells. The United States has no
postwar rights to the oil in the cur
rent agreement. fact which drew
fire from the Truman Committee.
officials are now confident, how
ever, better deal will be arranged
soon.
Any further exploratory work, or
"wildcatting," for which the Army
has about 100000 left, has been
halted and will not be resumed until
an improved contract is completed.
This is the only portion of the prof.
ect which has been stopped.
Wells with a production potential
of $500 barrels of oil day already
have been drilled. The pipe line
will transport only about 5000 bar
rels a day of this, and there is no
other means of getting the oil out.
The refinery, too, can only handle
approximately 5000 barrels daily.
officials declined to say whether a
new line and enlarged refinery might
be built, but said a supplementary
line could be constructed at a small
fraction of the cost of the original.
The best guess regarding DISPOSE
ton of much of the oil at Norman
Wells is that the new contract will
give the United States some post
war rights, and that the oil will be
kept in the ground as q reserve for
possible military emergency.
The size OF Oil pools already
found is estimated by the Army at
$4,000, 900 to 00,000, 900 barrels, and
officials believe much more may be
discovered. A large portion of the
oil is not accessible since 1T is be-
meath the swift-flowing Mackenzie
River. New drilling methods, how
ever, officials said, will permit the
drawing on of oil from 900 feet out
from both sides of the river.
Wit hregard ~ the Truman Com.
Evening star., 1944-01-21

VINSON PORTRAIT acknowledgement
tive Vinson, Democrat Of Georgia. stands be-
side his portrait which was unveiled In the
House once Building yesterday in recognition
of his 27 years service with the House Naval
Affairs Committee. With him Qeft to right
are Admiral Ernest J. King, chief OF naval oper-
ations; 1t. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift. COM
mandant OF the Marine Corps, and Represen-
tative Margaret Chase Smith. Republican, Of
Maine. only woman member of the Naval AZ
fairs Committee. The picture was painted by
Laurence A. Powers OF New York and Pitts
burgh. A p Photo
Evening star., 1944-01-21
|Shipstead Asks Action
On Bill 10 Tax Land G
Taken by Government

Senator Shipstead, Republican, Of
Minnesota urged today that public
hearings be held on his measure to
require the United States to pay
State and local taxes on real estate
the Federal Government acquires for
temporary Government use.
He declared he believed the meas
ure, which has been referred to the
Senate Finance Committee, should
be applied to Federal property hold
ings in the District as well as In the
States. Action on the measure again
centers attention on the fiscal rela-
tions between the District and Fed
|eral Governments, and when asked
about this. question today, Senator
Shipstead said the present lump
sum payment was an arbitrary" de-
cision on the size of the Federal pay
ment toward District expenses. He
continued. This sum may be ade-
quate or it may not be-"
Senator Shipstead declared the
tremendous areas the United States
has acquired for permanent or tenn
porary use, taking them out of State
and local taxation, Is having
"ruinous" effect on tax revenues. His
bill would require that any real
property taken for temporary Gov
eminent use shall be acquired by
lease and that any such properties
acquired by the Government after
January l, 1910, as we'll as the i'm
provements on the areas at the
time of Government acquisition.
should be subjected to taxation by
the States and their subdivisions.
The recent report by the Byrd
Economy Committee showed that
the United States held about Is per
cent of the acreage in the District
as OF June 80, 1910. Considerable
additional properties have been
leased or purchased here since then.
The present $4,000 lump pay
ment by the United States toward
the Capital costs would amount to
less than 10 per cent of the Dis
trict budget proposed for the next
fiscal year.
The Shipstead bill carries a pro-
vision that the measure would not
apply to any property owned by the
United States with respect to
which contributions in lieu OF taxes
are authorized to be paid to the
States or political subdivisions
thereof in which the property is
situated"
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Desmond Agrees 10 Face
Fraud Hearing Here
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Jan. 2l.-David E. Des-
mond, 56, waived a Federal Court
nearing today and agreed to 60 to
Washington for arraignment on an
indictment charging him and a
group of others, including Repre-
sentative Curley. Democrat, of Mas
sachusetts, with conspiring to use
the mails to defraud.
Mr.. Desmond, who described him.
self as a brokerage promoter. fur
nished $2.500 bail ordered by United
States Commissioner William C.
Rogers.
He was alleged to have been A
salesman for Engineers Group, Inc,
a firm which Mr.. Curley and several
others indicted in the same case all
legedly were connected. ~
Mr.. Curley and the others pleaded
innocent to the charges In Washing
ton last week.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Fuel Oil
Continued From First Page.)

value of outstanding coupons. This,
in turn, would have the effect Of
penalizing the frugal, who have hus-
banded their supplies patriotically
and even, in some cases, built up
a small reserve as cushion against
emergency. This is the last thing we
would want to do"
At present, it was said, there are
an average of about 200 households
reporting themselves out of oil in
each of the Districts War Price
and Rationing Boards.
The OPA official expressed cor
Germ over the attitudes of some oi
those who have exhausted their
supplies. Il have had them sit
here and tell me right to my face,
when I've suggested supplementlrg
their fuel oil by installing wood or
coal-burning space heaters, that
they could not do so because it
would spoil the appearance of their
livings rooms. Others have said
fatty that they would not 20 to
the trouble of tending any coal
burner"
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Eastman Explains
Army Rail Rule al
Economic Meetinq

Praising the war record Of pri-
vately owned and operated forms Of
transportation. Joseph B. Eastman,
director of the Office of Defense
Transportation. today said Govern
ment operation should not be re-
sorted to unless it is the only re-
course, "as we found in the World
War"
Addressing joint luncheon meet
ing OF the American Economic Asso-
ciation and the American Political
Science Association at the Statler
Hotel. Mr.. Eastman said private
ownership has responded wonder
fully we'll" and shown it is capable
OF rising fully to the needs of a
grave emergency"
1t Is always a good rule, the ODT
director said, not to change what is
working well, adding this has been
the sound rule to follow with re-
spect to domestic transportation"
Explains Rail Case.
The fact that railroads recently
were in the hands of the Army was
not an abandonment of the policy of
continuing private operation, but to
insure continued operation of the
railroads in the face of a threatened
strike" he emphasized.
1T Is now more than two years
since Pearl Harbor, but our war pro-
duction began long before" Mr..
Eastman said. Railroad traffic in
creased steadily and rapidly in both
1910 and 194l. Profiting by expe-
rience in the last war, the railroads
and the great shipping agencies of
the Government. particularly the
Army. were prepared They were
well organized and knew what to do
and what to avoid"
Mr.. Eastman, commenting on the
division of war powers among many
agencies, said matters such as criti-
cal materials. wages, prices and
manpower are of such general i'm
portance over the whole range of
the war they cannot wisely be left
to individual treatment by commodi-
ties or services"
Henderson to Speak.
Conceding overlapping Of author
lty has resulted. the ODT chief felt
agencies will shake down to a situ.
alton where responsibility will be
more clearly defined, with a greater
degree of mutual understanding and
confidence, and less need for fire.
quent resort to conferences and
joint committees.
Yet the great and important fact
is that. Notwithstanding these de-
fects, the war work is being done.
and my guess is that history will say
1t is being done better, notwith-
standing its immensity, than in any
OF our previous wars"
Leon Henderson, former OPA
chief, was to discuss "Changinp
Contours of Government and Busi-
ness" at dinner meeting at 6pm.
today at the Statler. The confer
ence will continue through Sunday,
with hundreds of students of ma
tional and international affairs in
attendance.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Williams
Continued From First Page

advanced by an investigating officer.
Police Commissioner James P, ALL
man said the department rs doing
Its best to solve this crime" and he
assigned ace investigators to the
case.
Woman Seen Fleeing.
Mrs. Williams death climaxed a
day of many developments in the
mysterious shooting. Two witnesses.
guests at the fashionable Lake Front
drive hotel, gave police a descrip-
tion OF woman they had seen flee
ing from Mrs. Williams eighth floor
suite. Their description of the wom-
an tailed with that given to police
by Mrs. Williams and her daughter.
Mrs. Patricia Goodbody, %, who her
self had been fired on.
DR.. Thomas j. Coogan, hotel phy-
slclan. said there were powder burns
on Mrs. Williams face, chest and
left hand, the last indicating she
had raised her hand as a shield
when she was shot at close range.
Police 1t. John Quinn said there
also was a powder burn on a LETT
foref1nger of Mrs. Goodbody. He
concluded she, too, had been near
the assailant.
Police reported they had learned
that Mrs. Williams had cocktails
with an attractive, dark-haired
woman few hours before she was
shot. They began a search for the
woman. who was reported to have
met Mrs. Williams just before she
went to a hairdresser.
Members of the Williams family.
police said, have expressed astonish-
ment over the shooting and were un-
able to advance any motives. These
included her husband, who for many
years was commercial attache at the
United States Embassy in Toxic. Mr..
Williams, now in the State Depart
ment in Washington, said he was
certain there was no Jap angle" to
the shooting He confirmed a report,
however, that his wife had written
an 800-page manuscript of her ex-
periences in Toxic.
First Assistant States Attorney
Wilbur F. Crowley, who advanced
the theory of revenge" asserted 1T
is fairly well established that Mrs.
Williams had some enemies"
Coroner A. L. Brodie ordered an
inquest at noon today and he or
dered Mr.. Williams, the victims two
daughters, Mrs. Goodbody and Miss
Elizabeth Born, and her first hus-
band. Edgar r. Born, clothing COM
pany EXECUTIVE. to attend.