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Evening star., 1944-11-27
BY THOBURN WANT,
Press War Correspondent

| WITH THE UNITED STATES 7th
ARMY, France, Nov. 27.-German
officers commanding troops unsuc-
lcessfully opposing 1t. Gen. Alexan-
der M. Patch's 7th Army now are
SO desperate they are threatening
to kill families of soldiers who sur
render. This fact was disclosed Of
ficially yesterday after Interrogation
of several thousand prisoners taken
since the offensive began Novem-
Der IL.
/ Some Germans refused to follow
demolition orders at st. Die, one
Of the many towns destroyed with
out military reason by the with
drawing enemy. The prisoners said
that as a result of this rebellion a
few soldiers were singled out at
random from each unit and were
shot.
Questioning disclosed that the
average German soldier does not
know what is happening outside his
immediate sector. Most prisoner.
complained about their lack of tanks
and artillery. A few weeks ago they
were bitter about a lack OF planes,
but now they have given up hope for
air support. Many, realizing they
probably were stranded west of the
Rhine, said thousands of others
would be willing to surrender if they
could do so gracefully"
German desertions are increasing
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Howard U. Gets S150,000
In NEGRO COLLEGE Drive

The United Negro College Fund
campaign raised 1901 ,8l2, including
$11 ,907 from the District of Column
bia, it was announced today by Wal
ter Hoving, national chairman OF
the fund, from his New York head
quarters.
In statement made public here
it was pointed out that $150,000
went directly to the participating
colleges, which include Howard Uni
versity here.
The campaign in the District of
Columbia was conducted by COM
mittee consisting of w. L. Clayton
honorary chairman; Harold G.
Moulton, chairman; Howard H
Long, Melvin D. Hildreth and Mrs
Clifford Pinchot, vice chairmen, and
Joshua Evans, jr., treasurer.
"One of the most interesting facts
about this whole movement" said
Mr.. Hoving, lis that it was con-
ceived by he~Negro president OF
Tuskegee Institute, DR.. F. D. Pat
terson. in order to meet a growing
financial crisis. The Spon.
taneous support that came from al
over the country, from all groups ir
the population, including labor or.
CARNATIONS, is most significant
He estimated that about II. .00(
persons contributed to colored edu.
cation through the fund.
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Graves Resigns Revenue Post
For Radio Position in Seattle
Assistant Chief
Of Bureau to End
36 Years With u. S.

Harold N. Graves, assistant COM
missioner of internal revenue and
widely known throughout the Gov
ernment. where he had served sc
years, resigned today, effective De-
cember Is.
Mr.. Graves is to be associated with
the Queen City Broadcasting Co.
Seattle, Wash, in an executive ca
pacity.
Mr.. Graves entered Government
employment as 4 school teacher in
the Philippines in 1903. He served
in the old Bureau of Efficiency, the
old Personnel Classification Board
and was Assistant Secretary OF
Commerce under Herbert Hoover
assistant to former Postmasters
General Walter F. Brown and James
A. Farley, and before taking his
present post on July l, l943. was
assistant to Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau.
Mr.. Graves also was acting COM
missioner of internal revenue after
Robert E. Hannegan resigned.
The White House disclosed an
exchange Of letters between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Mr.. Graves. In
Evening star., 1944-11-27
$1,000, 900 Fund Sought
To Tell Negro Part in War

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27.-Plans
for raising million dollar func
among Negroes of the United States
to tell through the press, radio anc
films their part in the war were
announced yesterday by Edgar G
Brown, director OF the National
Negro Council.
The plan is to tell the Negro's
story, using a million-dollar funo
to buy radio time, newspaper ad-
vertising space and in the making
OF films for a better screen presen-
tation of the Negro's contribution
on the military 'front.'" he told .
meeting of Negroes.
The money would be sought pri-
marily, he said, in dollar contribu-
tions from the homes of each oi
the million Negroes in the armec
services of the Nation. and "wil
be used to bring about broader
understanding of interracial rela.
tionS."
His announcement was made al
a meeting called to obtain sigma
lures for a petition to President
Roosevelt asking a new trial fol
so Negro sailors convicted of mu
tiny week ago after they refused
to handle ammunition following tn.
Port Chicago (CalifJ munitions ex
plosion.
Mr.. Brown said 100000 signature
to the petition would be sought IL
California and a million Throughout
| the Nation
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Plone Carrying at Least 4
Missing Since Saturday
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, Nov. 27.-A CAT
transport plane carrying at least
four men and bound from Chicago
for the twin cities of Minneapolis
and st. Paul has been missing in
this area since late Saturday night,
Army officials revealed last night.
The ship left Chicago at $40 pm.
and search for it was begun by pilots
from TruaX Field almost immedi-
ately after it had failed to make
contact with an Army station a few
miles outside the city at about II
pm. Saturday.
The ship, due to stop in Min
neapols, belonged to a group OF
ferrying planes operating out Of
Great Falls, Mont, an Army spokes-
man revealed. The CATS have q
minimum crew Of four, but usually
carry more, he added
Evening star., 1944-11-27
New Fighter Plane
Reported by Japs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
japanese propagandists an
nounced that another new combat
plane, the Toryuu dragon Slayer
had taken off its mask" and was
putting cold fear in the enemys
heart"
Only last week the japanese an
nounced they had put a new navy
Zero fighter, the Raiden Light
ning) into action in the Philip
pines.
Tokyo radio, in a domestic broad
cast recorded by the Federal Com
munications Commission, claimed
that the new aircraft, piloted by
our divine-wind wild eagles" was
maintaining mastery of the air
over Leyte."
Evening star., 1944-11-27
German Officers ! threaten
To Kill Deserters' Families

During the past three days, whole
units gave up.
Some of the prisoners were only
II years old. They were thrown
into the front lines with guns and
told to keep shooting.
The Allied western front often
sives have made the Germans act
like jackrabbits. When the 3rd
Army attacked November 8, some
enemy units were shifted northward
from the this front. When the
7th attacked November IL, other
units we're shifted from northern
areas to this front. The THIS Rhine
drive has left the Germans more
jumpy than ever. They do not know
when or whether a Rhine crossing
will be attempted.
Gen. Patch issued a statement
yesterday, praising the 44th Divi-
sion, which liberated Sarrebourg ano
reduced other German defenses al
the western mouth of the Saverne
Gap.
Evening star., 1944-11-27

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Evening star., 1944-11-27
Hospital Bourd to Meet

A meeting of the Silver Spring
Hospital Construction Board ol
Trustees has been called for 8 pm
Wednesday in the hearing room o.
the Liquor Control Board Building
to review the Embarrassing cam.
paign. Fred L. Lutes, president o.
the Silver Spring Hospital Associa.
ton, which is sponsoring a drive
to raise 100000 to build hospital
will preside.
Evening star., 1944-11-27
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Evening star., 1944-11-27
Rhine Valley Centers
Again Attacked by
American Bombers
1y the Associated Press.


LONDON, Nov. 27.-Nearly 1900
American heavy bombers and fight
ers got into the front-line battle
for Germany again today with raids
on railway yards at Offenburg and
Bingen and widespread straflng
sweeps over the northwestern cor
ner of the Reich.
Headquarters Of United States
Strategic Air Forces in Europe said
500 Fortresses and Liberators
bombed the rail yards at Offenburg,
10 miles southeast of Strasbourg,
and at Bingen, Is miles west of
Mainz.
Both Rhine Valley rail centers
are vital to German forces battling
the American Sd and 7th and the
French 1st Armies on the southern
sector of the western front.
Others Range Over Rhur.
More than $50 Mustangs escorted
the bombers, and 500 other Mus
tangs and Thunderbolts ranged over
the Ruhr with machine guns blazing
The American attacks followed a
predawn assault by Raj Lancasters
on Munich, and a big air battle
yesterday in which approximately 450
German fighters rose to fight of
1900 American bombers and fight
ers assaulting the Nazi natural oil
refinery at Misburg in campaign
which has showered nearly 1000
tons of bombs on German oil facil-
tiles in 48 hours.
Latest reports today said 1872 of
the enemy planes were shot down,
including 16 by bomber gunners.
Thirty-six bombers and six Amer
lean fighters were lost in the Sum-
day fight. First reports said so
were lost, but one bomber and 7
fighters later turned up safe at
friendly bases.
Fires Over Wide Area.
The Air Ministry said the l5-min-
ute attack on Munich this morning
resulted in fires over a wide area.
One of the British bombers was lost.
1t. J. S. Daniel, Birmingham,
Ala, became an ace in a day when
he downed five planes yesterday
during the Misburg attack
Triple combat kills were scored
by Capt. Donald johnson, Terrell.
Tex; 1t. Lester C. Marsh, Los
Angeles, and Flight Officer Frank
r. Masters, Newcastle, Pa.
Evening star., 1944-11-27

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10 them.
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Thomas T.. 0'Connor,
Stone Mason Here
For s. Years, Dies

Thomas C. O'Connor, II, a stone
mason who worked on the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier, the Lin
coin Memorial, the Washington
Cathedral, the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition and many monuments and
public buildings during his SIS years
in the trade here, died yesterday
at his home, 205 Sheridan street
NV. He had been i'll for a year.
One of five brothers, all stone
masons, Mr.. O'Connor was born in
Washington, the son of Catherine
and John OConnor, a stone sawyer
in Ireland before coming here more
than 10 years ago, and who cut
stone for the Capitol.
Mr.. OConnor, a member of the
Stone Masons Union, Local No. 2,
first learned the rudiments of the
trade from his father One of his
first jobs, lasting approximately a
year, was to cut and set Connecticut
broWnStone in the construction of
Henderson Castle at Sixteenth street
and Florida avenue NV. more than
go years ago. The structure, Dis
trict landmark, was erected for
Senator Henderson of Missouri and
is now a rooming house.
Three years ago, Mr.. O'Connor
and his wife, Mrs. Julia Phelps
|O'Connor, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary with a mass
at the Little Sisters of the Poor. 228
H street NE, where funeral serv-
ices will be held at 8 am. Wednes-
day. Burial will be in Mount Oil
vet Cemetery. A daughter, Sister
Mary Madeleine of the Little Sisters
of the Poor, is now at ST. Etienne,
France.
Besides his wife and daughter, Mr..
O'Connor is survived by two sons,
George C. and James O'Connor; five
other daughters, Mrs Genevieve
Roche, Mrs. Mary Murray, Mrs
Anna Lewis, Mrs. Vera Fitzgerald
and Mrs. Alice Boyce: one sister
Miss Mary O'Connor, and one
brother, Fred C. O'Connor,t all of
Washington. and a nephew, the
Rev. Aloysius O'Connor, OF ST.
Clements Catholic Church, Rose
dale, Md.
Evening star., 1944-11-27

accepting the resignation the Presi-
dent told him Il wish to COM
mend you for the" excellent service
you have rendered in the many inn
portant positions you have held ir
the Government service and for youl
outstanding achievements as as
sistant commissioner of interna.
revenue"
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Health Meeting Scheduled

The semi-annual meeting of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Public
Health Lay Committee will be held
at 8 pm. Friday at the Suburban
Hospital in Bethesda. DR.. V. L.
Ellicott, county health officer, and
others will give reports. Interested
persons are urged to attend. Re-
freshments will be served.
Evening star., 1944-11-27
FOUND

CAT, black female. half grown. 8 toes on
each foot. IL 1855.
WRIST WATCH, sentleman1, goId. Nova
&c, Sunday. the 18th. Conn. ave. and L.
"a. 1855.
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Evening star., 1944-11-27
Cord Benefit PIonned

The Sodality Of st. Agnes Church,
Cherrydale, Va, will hold a card
party after novena services tomorrow
evening in the church auditorium
to raise money for erection of a
parochial school, Mrs. J. w. Wize-
man and Mrs. M. r. Germ will be
the hoSteSSeS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-03
 CAPTURE
 CHINA PORT
Enemy Radio Says Imper- iaI Troops Now in March
 Down East Coast
(By Associated Press)

A Japanese communique said Japanese forces had landed on the east coast of China, northeast of Foochow.
 On Friday Tokyo radio reports said a move had been made to block Amtrican plans to invade China from the Pacific and to sever our communications with. the southern region"
 The Tokyo broadcasts said Im- perial troops had captured Lien kong in the advance to Foochow, the last major port on the east coast still in Chinese hands, so rapidly that the enemy appears to be in great confusion"
 Foochow is across the Formosa Strait. From the northern end of Japanese-held Formosa it is about 50 miles away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-03
BRiCKER STATES TRUMAN REVEALED
 DEMO WEAKNESS
Says Falts Stated in 1942 American Magazine
 Article by Truman

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky Oct. 3-Gov John w. Bricker as- serted today that the Democrats nominee for president had said the Roosevelt Administration was responsible for an inadequate overall planning delay in determin- ing the basic policies" of the war program.
 Bricker, opening four-week western campaign which will carry him to the Pacific Coast, quoted speeches, writings and official re- ports he said were made by Sen- ator Harry s. Truman, yet, Bricker asserted, Truman would have the American people believe that the welfare of this nation as well as the future peace of the whole world, depend upon another four years of Roosevelt and the New Deal"
 Bricker remarked that Truman obtained the facts as chairman of the Senate committee that invesi- gated the war effort "so we may be confident that he was revealing the painful truth"
 Truman, he said, wrote in the American Magazine, in, 1942 that the reason for the waste and con- fusion the committee found every where was the lack of courageous unified leadership and centralized direction at the top"
 Gov. Bricker proposes a thorough house cleaning" in Washington and also asserted the Federal Govern ment payroll here has been ex- banded under the present Admin istration from 65,0OO employees to the staggering total of almost three and one half million"
 The Governor also asserted that as steadily as tides, the bureau- crats have grown larger and larger, revealing peculiar vigor during the months immediately preceding elec- ton, following the New Deal axiom that every additional individual added to the Federal payroll is equivalent to four additional votes for the fourth term aspirations of MT. Roosevelt"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-03
NEW HOURS FOR
 COCKTAIL BARS

At a special meeting of the City Council last night in the City Hall the emergency liquor ordinance of l943 was repealed and bars may now stay open from a. m. until 4 a. m. on week-d days, and from p. m. on Sundays.
 The 1943 law was passed origin ally at the request of the military authorities
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-03
BIOLOGISTS
 p0I50NEDBY
 BEAR MEAT

CORDOVA, Alaska, Oct. 3.-Trag- edy struck for the second time a United States Geological Survey party working near here when E. M. Spieker, party leader and head of the Geological Department at the Ohio State University, and Matt Walton, Geologist, were stricken with trichinosis from the rare meat of bear killed by the party.
 Three other members are unaf- fected. They are Norman Handlin, Seattle; Donald Nichols, Washing ton, D. O., and Chuck Kirschner, Seattle.
 Spieder and Walton were taken to the town of Anchorage for hos utilization there in an attempt to save their lives.
 This survey party was the victim of a misshap last July when Harold Brewer, youthful member, drowned while the group was working.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-03

Army ambulance.
 Dr. w. P. Blanton, who was wait- ing on the road, said young Peter did not look too bad for the ordeal. He said the child had a swollen foot and appeared to be feverish.
 Rescuers said Peter agreed to leave his dad when promised drink of milk when he arrived at the hospital. Schneider was made as comfortable as possible on the mountainside, bonfire had been built and rescuers drove into town to get rope and Stokes stretcher. Rescuers sait; he appeared to be in good condition although completely exhausted.
 Mrs. Schnoeker's Story
 Mrs. Schneider. who is suffering from shock and multiple cuts and bruises, was able, after a nights disqualification, to give her version of the nightmare experience.
 we started out about Il o'clock on Sunday morning" she reported, and decided to explore the moun- tain in the vicinity of Evergreen Bowl. We first crossed the pipeline bridge and followed trail until it came to a dead end at small deserted mine shaft. We then turned back until we came to an empty stream bed and followed 1t to a point where water was cours- ing over the rocks. We picked our way along the edge until the creek branched off; then we began climb ing up the mountain,
 After a short time we sat down to rest for a moment and decided to eat a sandwich and drink some coffee; the last food I was to see for over 30 hours.
 Husband Gets Lost
 "Resuming our climb, we travelled on up the mountain until we were almost out of the timberline. My husband decided to go on up to see if the top was yet in sight, while I and my little boy waited for him. After a long time had passed I realized he must have lost his way. Unable to manage both the lunch and little Peter, I left our food under a tree and began climbing out of the timber line.
 After what seemed like hours, I heard my husband calling and when he finally made his way to us I could see that he must have fallen. His trousers were torn to shreds and his glasses without which he can see only a few feet ahead), were gone.
 Darkness Settles Down
 By that time 1t was too dark to travel further, so we braced our selves against a tree and prepared to wait for morning. was wearing slicker and held Peter under it close to my body My husband dozed off, but l knew l must keep awake or else our precarious foot ing might give way and we would roll down the mountainside.
 Wet And Cold
 Tt soon began to rain and we were terribly wet and cold. By morning (Monday we were so cramped we could scarcely move. I called for help, because knew Mrs. Knudsen (owner of the apart ments in which the Schnoekers make their honfe) would have re- ported our absence when we failed to return the night before.
 T didn't see how we could find the strength to go down the noun tain. had to take the lead be-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-03
NIMITz ASKS
 HOME FRONT. FOR MATERIEL.
With Capture of PdIdus Road 10 Philippines
 Is Now Open

UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Oct. 3-With the American forces well on the way to the Phil ippines after securing a strong foothold in the Palau Islands, Ad- miral Chester w. Nimitz wants production on the home front step- ped up to meet the needs of the Pacific campaigns to come.
 More than 10000 Japanese sol- diers have been killed in the South ern Palaus where the American forces now control Peleliu, Angaur, Ngesebus and Konhauru and five smaller islets. These are just 515 miles east of the Philippines
 The communique disclosed that Marine Corsairs had bombed the airstrip on Babeltahup Island, the largest of the Palaus, on September 13. They met heavy anti-aircraft fire.
 Thirty-seven tons of bombs were dumped on Truk in the Caroline Islands by Seventh AAF Liberators while Iojima in the Volcano Is- lands was hit September 13. One Liberator was downed and two others damaged by eight "aggres- sive" Japanese interceptors.
 Admiral Nimitz termed Hawaii and the West Coast the forward echelon Of Americas arsenal of democracy" and Hawaii is the place where ships and planes are re- paired and where supplies are kept moving to the battle field ill steady streams.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-03
IS COMPLETELY
 DESTROYED
Polish Patriots Give Up 63-Day Battle Wrest
 Within City

LONDON, Oct. 3-Polish Patriots gave up a 63-day battle in battered and besieged Warsaw against the Germans last night.
 An escaped Polish officer told Moscow papers that thousand in- surgents crossed the Vistula to the Russian lines. Warsaw is as greatly destroyed as Leningrad and there is no longer any resistance in any part of the city," the officer was quoted by Moscow as saying.
 Polish Army headquarters in London confirmed earlier the Moscow and Berlin dispatches, say- ing that Lieut.. Gen. Bor, the new exiled Polish Commander, had given up the fight.
 A German communique said that Warsaw was almost completely destroyed"
 Before the Polish "insurrection' collapsed, Russian forces were in Praga, industrial eastern suburb of Warsaw, separated from the main city by the broad, swift Vistula.
 The battle inside Warsaw began when the Patriots could hear the Russian guns laundering at the approaches of the city late in July.
 The official Russian communique, meanwhile, reported that no note worthy action had occurred since yesterday anywhere on the eastern front, but Berlin declared this morning that Red Army troops had landed on the Island of Hiiu, off the coast of Estonia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-03
ELECT FOR PLEA MADE
 BY TRUMAN
Declares Experience, Lead ership Has Been Prov
 en in Present War

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-For the biggest job in the world" United States Senator Harry s. Truman of Missouri, Democratic nominee for Vice-P President, recommends Presi- dent Roosevelt as the man of ex- perience and proven leadership, for another term.
 In a radio address here, Senator Truman said: We would not be fighting a winning war if it were not from Roosevelt's experience in big jobs"
 Senator Truman said further "this has been the best managed of all wars"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-03
CHICAGO COUPLE, LITTLE SON, BRUISED SUFFERING EXPOSURE, FOUND. TAKEN
 10 ST. ANN'S HOSPITAL

Lost on the snarIed, thick, almost unpenetrable prickly underbrush of the treacherOus cliffs of Mount Juneau, Mir. and Mrs. M. Schneider and three year-oId son Peter are today in St. Ann's Hospital suffering from cuts bruises, and exposure and one more chapter has been added to the of persons attempting to scale the sloping sides of one of Juneau's mountains
 Mrs. Schneider was missing, lost for "A hours, until she fell a cliff and dragged herself to a little creek in which she fell and water revived her sufficiently so with her waning strength she cried for help and was finally rescued late last night and taken to St. Anns Hospital.
 The little boy was found by the searchers on cliff and tenderly carried to St. Anns at 10 o'clock this morning. bruised but otherwise uninjured but suffering from exposure
 Schneider was brought down the steep slopes on a sretcher, weak and thoroughly exhausted, and rushed by Army ambulance to St. Ann's Hospital shortly before noon today, lost for nearly AS hours He is suffering from bruises and exhaustion.