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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-04
German Troops
Ordered Out;
Flee to NorWuV
Army Of 10000 Races for Safety
AS Russ Paratroopers Are
Dropped to Harass Them in Haven

STOCKHOLM, Sept A. (UP)-Finland abandoned the
and her German alliance Monday, surrenderng to
the Soviet Union for the second time in four and onehaf
years.
The firing order sounded at Q2 am,
EWT) along the 45O-me front held by Finnish troops
from ,Saa to the Gulf of Finland and Finnish peace
mission believed already route to Moscow.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-04
Allied Forces Hit
Across Flanders
Brussels Falls as Action Swings
Rapidly Toward Reich Borders;
Netherlands Civ Reported Taken

day and drove eastward toward the Netherlands frontier
where American First Army column already
ported battling Dutch soil
Half of Belgium in Allied hands Sunday night and
the liberation of the entire country only hours away
if, indeed, it had not been accomplished.
BELGIAN CITIES FALL IN RAPID ORDER
Unofficial reports said American troops had reached
Second Army thrust and those cities we'll antwerp
expected to fall quickly All accounts indicated the
Germans offering little resistance.
Brussels fell at pm. Sunday afternoon to British
flying column that left Doua, France, at am, drove
the frontier % miles into Journal and swung As
miles eastward into the capital Belgian troops accompan
led the Tommies into the city. 7~e7~~
The British pushed swiftly north and east of Brus
se striking towards Antwerp, 18 miles to the north,
Louvain, IA miles to the east, and Liege, 55 miles
southeast.
FORGE SPEEDILY AHEAD
TOWARD REICH BORDER
Two armored columns of the American First Army
chopped through southern Belgium in drive along the
valley of the Meuse toward the triangle formed by the
Belgian Dutch and German borders. Front reports said
the Americans took Charleroi, Mons and Namur and
reached the area of Lege and unconfirmed German
broadcast said the Yanks fighting the east side
of the Mas Canal Dutch soil and only about lS miles
from the German Rhineand city of Aachen.
Another uncontirmed report via Stockholm said units
of Lieutenant General George Pattons Third Army had
taken the German village of PERL just inside the Nazi
border above Metz.
PATTON'S TANKS POUND AT MAGINOT LINE
Patons tanks and mechanical infantry operating
der security backOut, pounding through the
undefended Magnot Line Notifications 6O-me front
from the Luxembourg border Nancy and Radio France
at Algers said they captured both Nancy and Metz the
latter barely 20 miles west of Germany
Headquarters said only that Third Army forces
Continued Col
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-04
WEATHER

Maximum Sunday 103, minimum
Monday Z; 5 ain. Mon. 10, humidity
SIS; noon Mon. 81, humidity AZ;
pm. Sunday 100, humidity 20.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
lsWRstioniinq


Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No, 4,
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8 and
AS through RS good indefinite
ly. Each stamp worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps AS
through Z-8 and AS through KS
good indefinitely for 10 points
each.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound. of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80 through
SO valid for 5 pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 40 good for 5
pounds for home canning through
February 2s. 1945.
Gasoline-A-11 coupons good for 3
gallons each through November 8.
B-4, Ca, B-5 and C-5 coupons
good for gallons each. New A
Ration Books good November 8
now available by mail to local
boards. Get applications at serv-
ice stations or Ration Board and
mail in along with back cover of
present A book.
shoes-Airplape stamps and 2 In
. Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each. Stamp
3 will become valid November l.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. and 5 cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1915. Period /,
19A-5 ration. also good for 10
gallons a unit. Consumers In this
area should not have used more
than per cent OF their ration
thus far.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Settlement Believed
Possible in Airport
Dispute

Eventual solution OF the complex
problem of police jurisdiction over
the strip Of territory on the Vir-
ginia side Of the Potomac River
which includes the National Air
port appeared a possibility today.
Oficials of half a dozen law en-
forcement and administrative agen-
cies. including Attorney General
Biddle, were studying the question
that long has cast uncertainty over
the validity of the prosecution Of
persons charged with the commits
sion of crimes in that area.
The cause of the latest effort to
dispel the legal uncertainty is the
necessity Of charging a man who,
police said, has confessed to looting
a safe in the Offices of the Air Term
inal Services. The building is located
on the grounds of the National Air
port.
The man was arrested in down.
town Washington early Sunday by
Detective Sergts. Irving Lubore and
M. o. Myers of the District police.
Capt. Clyde N. Strange, assistant
chief of detectives, declared the man
confessed to opening the safe last
week and taking $1,000 in cash.
Police said he led them to a re-
frigeration room at the airport build
ing and directed them to a cache
where he had secreted the money.
Officials of the Air Terminal Serv-
ices claimed the loss to have been
$2,750, but the accused man insists
that the amount taken was $1,000.
police said.
With an alleged confession of the
crime and the recovered cash in
their hands, police here collided
with the tangle over Jurisdiction.
The Attorney Generals Office said
an opinion on the status of the area
would be forthcoming, but wouldn't t
promise when.
Off1cials Of all agencies and the
district attorneys office said they
hoped to come to a decision some
time today.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Railroad Man Given
1S Years in S|ayinq

Russell Heinle, 33-year-old Stock
town (Pa) railroad fireman yester-
day was sentenced to serve Is years
In the Maryland Penitentry in
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court on a charge of shooting to
death Mrs. Evelyn M. Glazer, SO,
at her Cheverly home August S.
In pronouncing sentence, Judge
Charles c. Marbury declared the
evidence in the case was such that
the jury, which convicted Heinle
Saturday on a charge of second
degree murder, could very well
have brought in verdict of first
degree murder"
Describing the offense as a de
praved crime" Judge Marbury noted
that Heinle presented such a pitt
ful figure" in court that 1t might
have influenced the jury's verdict.
At the same time, however, Judge
Marbury pointed out that there was
nothing in court Ito represent the
pitiful situation created by the crime
in which a 4-year-old girl was left
motherlesS.
Judge Marbury also sentenced
Louis A. Swain, Is, of the 1900 block
OF Fourth street S.W., and George
Caravas, %, Arlington, to serve three
years each in the Maryland House
Of Correction on charges of assault
The men were convicted last
Tuesday on charge Of assaulting
Detective John w. Siddall of the
Prince Georges County police force
August 16.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
-Four Hurt as Truck
Hits Group on Road

Three Washington women and a
College Park (Md.) motorist were in
Leland Memorial Hospital, River
dale, today with injuries received
last night when they were struck by
a truck that left the Baltimore
boulevard in University Park, Prince
Georges County police reported.
Police said the women were stand
ing near small sedan at the cor
ner of Baltimore boulevard and Un-
derwood road when the seven-ton
trailer truck went out of control
and plowed into them.
They were identified by police as
Mrs. Annie Mills, 48, fractured ankle
and knee; Mrs. Alma Gibson, As,
both legs broken, and her daughter,
Miss Ella Gibson, 20, broken leg
and wrist. All live at 5213 Kansas
avenue NV. The motorist, Charles
E. Prince, A, College Park, who
was sitting in his auto, suffered a
brain conclusion, police said. Hos
ptal attendants described their
condition as satisfactory"
Police said the driver of the truck,
Alvin j. Fink, %, of Roanoke, Va,
was charged with reckless driving
and released on $500 bond pending a
Police Court hearing.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Legion Of Merit Award
Given Gen. Georqe HAYS

Brig. Gen. George Hays, artillery
commander with the I'd Infantry
Division who has spent several tours
OF duty in and near Washington,
has been awarded the Legion of
Merit for outstanding service in con-
nection with the capture of Brest
last month, according to an Associ-
ated Press dispatch from Western
Europe.
Born in China in 1892, Gen. Hays
joined the Army as second lieu
tenant in the World War. In 1885
he was an ROTC instructor at Fort
George Meade, Md, and also has
served at Fort Hoyle and Edgewood
Arsenal in Maryland. He was
graduated from the War College
here in June, 1910.
He was on general staff duty at
the War Department here from
July, 1941, to April of the follow
ing year.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Hearing Postponed
On Condemnation Of
Land for Hospital

A hearing in the legal battle over
condemnation of square at Wash
ington Circle, including st. Paul's
Episcopal Church, was postponed
today until next Monday in District
Court.
The Government is attempting to
take the square as site for new
400-bed hospital for George Wash
ington University. The church and
many property owners are fighting
the condemnation proceedings.
Postponement of the hearing fol-
lowed a conference held by Justice
Jesse C. Atkins, in chambers, with
counsel representing the church and
owners.
Later Robert r. Macleod, Justice
attorney, filed q mo-
ton asking the court to hear all
points of law" raised by all parties
to the case. This motion will ask
the court to hear questions Of con-
stitutionanty, he explained.
Protesting counsel had tried un-
to have the constitu-
tionahty issue heard by Justice
Matthew r. MCGUIRE in District
Court, but the jurist said the issue
had no place in an equity court and
referred it back to condemnation
proceedings. He dismissed an in
junction suit by which the church
and others had sought to block con-
Mr.. Mcleod also filed q motion on
behalf of Government officials to
dismiss all motions by property
owners.
Other complainants have until
November 16 to file motions in the
case and tenants
now have until December l to
vacate the square. The block is
bounded by Pennsylvania avenue,
Washington Circle, Twenty-third
street, I street and Twenty-second
street NV.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Warden Helmets, Ideal Gifts
For Children, to Go on Sale

The Treasury Departments Pro-
curement Division today put on sale
an item described as filled with
Christmas promotional value
something to catch the imagination
of children.
They're selling AFRAID warden
helmets-330O00 of them-which
had been stored in warehouses as a
reserve supply to be rushed to the
volunteers in case of air raids.
THE helmets, designed for protec-
ton from wartime hazards" said a
sales piece from the Treasury De-
partment accompanying the an
nouncement, catch the imagination
of children and are ideal for Christ
mas gift-giving."
The sales piece is decorated with
sketches of a girl drum majorette
with warden helmet atop her curls
and a small boy directing trafIic, also
complete with helmet.
I'VE believe they'll be gobbled up,"
a Treasury official said. "The toy
market is short and this makes q
swell Christmas gift"
just put . warden helmet into q
package with wooden baton, he
Evening star., 1944-10-24

suggested, ana you've got q drum
majors outfit for a child. A fife
and drum corps could use the he'll
NETS, too, he added.
For schoolboy patrols, the white
enameled helmets, he said, would be
much more conspicuous than the
belts the boys now use. The sales
piece called attention to the he'll
NETS utilitarian civilian use" for
those working in dangerous environ
ments and as head dress forsmem-
bers" of bands.
The helmets, since the war the
identifying symbol of wardens, are
made of metal with cloth gear"
to prevent the medal from touching
the head "and come complete with
adjustable head and chin strap"
You can't buy helmet for little
joey, however, just by going to the
Treasury Department. They're being
sold only to wholesalers, distributors
and others in the trade groups.
The Treasury thought parents
ultimately could buy the helmets
In stores for about 3l.50-with or
without the drum stick.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
SubwoySeenE Ending Congestion
At Union Station, Dupont Circle
Traffic Chonne|ine Plan Explained
In Survey Prepared by Engineers

This Is one OF series OF
articles describing some OF the
major changes proposed In the
citys transportation and traffic
systems to orerconle congestion
and aid in the solution OF park
ing problems. The operdH plan
Uds prepared for the Commits
sioners by the consulting engi-
neer firms OF J. E. Greiner Co.,
Baltimore, and De Leuw, Gather
& Co., Chicago.
The motorist, the streetcar user
and the pedestrian of tomorrow
would find themselves segregated at
Union Station Plaza and Dupont
Circle instead of in conflict as at
present under the new plans pro-
posed by engineer experts.
II the plans are carried out,
streetcars would be in the Connecti-
cut avenue-G street subway and
automobiles no longer would be
crlss- crossing their way through
them. Pedestrians would no longer
have TO cross Union Station Plaza
with its numerous walk" and don't
walk" signals, for they would be
provided with underground tunnels.
Passengers arriving at the sta
ton by streetcar would 60 to the
waiting room by escalators and en-
frances to the subway station would
also provide underground connec-
tions between Union Station and
two points south of the Plaza.
Traffic Channelizing.
In channelization of traffic at the
Plaza, engineers propose to utilize
existing roadways and islands "for
the most part" Station traffic
would use the outside lane, south Of
the Plaza, while through traffic
could use the roadway adjacent to
the front Of the Plaza, with traf-
fic signals controlling the points at
which the streams cross.
Taxicabs and private automobiles
are provided with platforms In
front of the station and passengers
from cabs or cars using the lane
closest to the station would 20 di-
rectly into the waiting room at
lground level. Passengers alighting
on the other platforms would go
down ramps into the pedestrian
tunnel leading from the subway
station to the escalators emerging in
the waiting room.
Thus, it would be unnecessary for
pedestrians to cross the Plaza. One
of the passageways south of the
Plaza would serve patrons of east
bound buses and there would also be
entrances to the west end of the
subway station on both sides of
Massachusetts avenue, west of the
Plaza. A pedestrian passageway
would lead from the mezzanine level
at the east end of the subway sta
ton to escalators going to the sta
ton.
The platforms in front of the
stations would be protected from the
weather by glazed canopies which
would harmonic artistically with
the Union Station" Persons alight-
ling on the platforms would walk
down ramps at the west end leading
Evening star., 1944-10-24
COP Women Will Hear
Appraisal by Tucker

Ray Tucker, newspaperman, au-
thor and lecturer, just returned
from tour of the Midwest and
New England, will appraise the
political outlook in these States in
an address at ! pm. tomorrow be-
fore the League of Republican
Women in the Congressional room
Of the Statler Hotel.
The luncheon is being held as
part Of the national Double the
Vote for Dewey Day"
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Milwaukee Pastor 10 Serve
METROPOLITAN PRESBYTERIAN

The Rev. Lee Jennings Ferry, pas
tor of the Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Milwaukee, and moderator
Of the Milwaukee Presbytery, has
accepted a call to become minister
of the Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church, Fourth and B streets Sc,
it was announced today.
He succeeds the Rev. DR.. j. Low
rey Fendrick, who resigned several
months ago. The new minister an
nounced he will arrive here in mid
November.
The Rev. Mr.. Ferry, a graduate of
Mccormick Theological Seminary,
began his ministry at the Austin
Manor Church, Chicago. He later
held pastorates at Shawano, Wis,
and in Milwaukee, where he had
served for eight years. He was pas
tor for Army camps in Louisiana,
dean of Presbyterian young people S
camps and twice in seven years was
the speaker at Milwaukee's CITY,
wide Easter sunrise service.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Retreat for D. {. Students
ARRANGED for Next Month

A retreat for Catholic boys and
girls attending junior and senior
high schools in the Washington Met
ropolitan Area will be held Novem-
ber and 10 in several churches
A schedule will be mailed to the stu
dents.
The retreat is being sponsored by
the Confraternity for Christian
Doctrine for this area. Arrange
ments have been made with school
authorities to excuse students from
classes on the written request OF
parents.
Among the retreat masters will be
the Rev. Hubert Gallagher, o. F. M;
the Rev. Thomas A. McCauley. C. II.
r.; the Rev. Joseph Patrick Gal
lagher, S. j.; the Rev. Joseph E.
Gedra, and others from religious
orders here.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Army Officer to Speak
For Jewish Bond Drive

1t. Col. David Hoppock, Army
Ordnance, and Miss Mildred Miggal
chairman of the United Jewish
Youth Conference War Bond drive,
will speak over Station WWDC be-
tween 8 and $50 am. tomorrow in
connection with the conferences
War Bond dance to be given at 8
pm. November at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Col. Hoppock, who has been on
special missions to North Africa
and Italy, will discuss the weasel,
the Army's new cargo carrier which
travels easily over rough terrain and
in the water.
Evening star., 1944-10-24

to the pedestrian passageway. Taxi
cabs would wait for incoming trains
west of the platforms, in the area
used for this purpose at present.
Loading would also take place at the
present place.
The report by consulting en-
gineers proposes notifications in the
plans which have already been
drawn for the Dupont Circle under
pass.
The principal notifications are
that the new plans provide TO, seq
regation Of underground vehicular
traffic from street cars of the Con-
necticut avenue-G street subway
and that they call for a station un-
der the circle. Under plans drawn
by the Highway Department there
would be no segregation of the two
types Of traffic and no station be-
tween r and N streets.
Tandem Portals.
by the device of tandem portals,
a wide grade separation can be built
IN Connecticut avenue at Dupont
Circle without too great reduction
in the width of surface roadways,"
the report stated. Rail and free
wheel traffic will be completely seq
regated, to their mutual advantage.
"A streetcar subway station at Du-
pont Circle will serve the imme-
diate neighborhood and provide
transfer connections for bus lines
passing this point. Pedestrian pas
sageways will make the station ac-
cessible from several directions
without vehicular interference.
THE roadway around Dupont Cir
Gle will be divided by a concentric
center I'm, with openings at only two
points. Credit Is due the director
OF highways Capt. H. C. White
hurst) for having originated this
plan to expedite and safeguard
through traffic on Massachusetts
avenue. This movement will be the
predominant one, after Connecticut
avenue traffic is provided with an
underpass. and is properly spared
AoSoA 1AACCAACIC CllCC dG lOlI secondary
intersections on each side Of the
circle"
Subway Entrance.
The streetcars would enter the
subway, going southbound, between
S and r streets, with one track 90
ing to the west side of the under
ground project and one track going
to the east side. Vehicular ramps
would start by Hnlyer place and
just south of the circle, with the
vehicular tunnel sandwiched between
the east and west street subways.
The subway platforms would be
300 feet in length and there would
be entrances and exits in the circle,
on the east and west side of Massa-
chusetts avenue at the circle and on
the north and south side of Nine
teenth street at Dupont Circle.
Safety islands are proposed at all
streets, as they enter the circle.
At present, the engineers declared
that Dupont Circle was "a serious
bottleneck in both private and pub
lie transportation systems OF Wash
ington.'
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Dinner Ends YMCA Drive

The Washington YMCA member
ship committee last night celebrated
the end of its drive for new members
with q dinner at the Y building at
1875 G street NV. Bill MCGOWAN,
American League baseball umpire,
entertained with anecdotes Of the
recent World Series in st. Louis.
The drive exceeded its goal OF zoos
new members, 1t was announced.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Health Institute 10 Open
Saturday al Bowen School

The Third Annual Health Insti-
tute, sponsored by the Southwest
Health Council and Division 13 Of
the public schools, will begin at 10:45
am. Saturday at the Anthony Bowen
School. Theme of the institute will
be How to Live Better at Home"
The following discussions will take
place at the morning session: Rec
.reation. in the Home" led by Clar-
ence Pendleton, area director, Rec
reation Department; tuberculosis
and It's Prevention DR.. A. B. Coul-
ter, District Health Department;
"Homemaking," DR.. NJ. w. Kirkland;
Contagious Diseases" DR.. H. L. Pel-
ham, medical inspection service:
District Public Schools" and RE
sponsibility of Parents in the Home .
Herman Goldberg, supervisor of pro-
baton, Juvenile Court.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
AWVS Arronees Class
In Clothes Conservation

The American Women's Volun-
tary Services will sponsor a 10-week
course in clothes conservation and
modelling, it was announced today.
The couse will be given in the Cur
tbs Elementary School, Thirty second
and o streets NV, beginning Mon
day.
The Home Economics Department
of the District public schools will
supply a teacher. Individual prob
lens of class members will be con-
sidered. There will be general in
struction in sewing, dressmaking
and care of clothes.
Evening star., 1944-10-24

years. He has arrived in Washington
and will make his residence at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. Carson has been president of
Washington Properties since 1882.
Mr.. Weakly, a native of Shelby
vile, ILL.,, is a, graduate of Chicago
University. He was personnel direc-
tor Of Montgomery Ward & Co. and
later general operating manager of
Halsey, Stuart, until 1888, when he
became vice president. In 1917 he
was labor specialist for the Coun-
Gil of National Defense
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Black Background,
Yellow Numerals on
1945 Auto Plates

District automobile license
plates for the registration year
beginning April l, 1915. will
have bright yellow numerals on
a black background.
The Commissioners announced
today that they had approved
this color scheme which was
submitted to them by William
A. Van Duzer, director of
vehicles. The color arrange
ment reverses the present color
scheme. The present tags have
been on automobiles for three
years. For the last two years
a small white tab has been at
tached to the plates.