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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-10-12
CAPT. E. WAYNE
FITZWATER DIES
in PACIFIC AREA
Son OF Mr.. and Mrs. William +.
Fitzwater, Swanton, Had Been
In Marines Since May, 1871

Captain Earl Wayne Fitzwa-
ter, United States Marine Corps,
was killed in action in the per
Torrance of his duty and service
OF his country, at Peleliu Island,
Palau Islands, his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. E. Fitzwater, of
SWanton, have been informed
officially in a telegram from the
War Department. The message
was received by the parents on
last Saturday.
The action occurred on Sep
TENDER 16, 1914.
Captain Fitzwatcr, 81, was commits
stoned as a second lieutenant at Guam
tico, Va, in May, 1871, when he was
graduated from an officers candidate
school, and was one of a group of Of
ticcrS who were to remain on active
duty with the Marine Corps during
the period Of the emergency. This was
several months before Pearl Harbor
Captain FitzWater, prior to entering
The Marine Corps Reserve, attended
the University Of Maryland, gradual
ing with Bachelor of Science degree
in June of 1889. He was a graduate Of
Oakland High in 1882 and during his
tour years here was considered an
outstanding student in the vocational
agriculture department. He won the
Statewide FFA public speaking con-
test during this time
Captain Fitzwatcr has a wife and
Young son, living in St. Adams, N. Y.
He sailed for the South Pacific area
Just a few weeks after the child was
born.
Also surviving are four sisters and
one brother, Ruth Fitzwater, Ashland,
Va; Lorcna Fitzwater, Washington,
d, c.; Evelyn Fitzwatcr, Bculah Fitz-
water and William Fitzwatcr, Jr., at
home.
Other Casualties
- DSN' hdIludll v. MARTIN was SeGI~
cuSly wounded in action in Germany
on September %. He is son of Carl
A, Martin, of Oakland.
Pfc, Josie f. Teets was slightly
wounded in Holland while in action
on September 16, his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Josie f. Tects, of Deer Park,
have been informed by the War De
partmcnt. Pfc, Tects is now in hos
pital in England
Mr. and Mrs. Ray burst, of Swan
ton, have been advised by the War
Department that their son, Pfc. How
ard r. burst, had been slightly
wounded in an action in Italy on Sep
tcmbcr 49,
Alonzo W. Broadwater, private first
class, was wounded in action in the
European area, according to War
Department report made public Sun
day. He is the husband of Mrs. Betty
E, Broadwatcr, Of Grantsvillc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-10-12
Advisory Committee Is
Appointed For Vets

Forty-four new members of the Ad-
visory Committees for - Maryland
counties were appointed by Governor
O'Conor. The committees work with
the Statewide Veterans committee
in aiding discharged service personnel.
Those appointed for Garrett county
included Irwin r. Rudy, Grover c.
StemplC, Franklin E. Rathbun, Bcr-
nard |. Gender Oakland; Albert
Shaffcr, Ktzmiler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-10-12
Wounded Soldier Returns

S/Sgt, Carl j. Ilaenftling, son of
Mr., and Mrs, John Haenftling, of the
Accident community, who was scri-
ousIy wounded in France on June 7,
has been returned to the States.
He arrived on September "a, land
ing at a port in South Carolina, and is
now in an army hospital at Martins
burg, West Virginia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-10-12
Returns to Duty

Mrs. Mabel Brock. Mt. Lake Park.
has been informed that her son. Pvt.
Alvin c. Brock who was wounded on
September 9, while in action with an
infantry anti-tank unit in France, re-
turned to duty September II.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-10-12

EMOCRACT is based upon the idea that the opinion Of tn
majority Of the public shall prevail The designers Of tn
democracy did not insist upon the rights of free speec
Evening star., 1944-11-02

France. the witness related, because
of difficulties with Gestapo agents
who filtered into Italy.
He said he furnished some of the
information on which the Govern
ment's bill of particulars in the sedi-
ton case was based. He was asked
If Chief Prosecutor O. John Rugge
ever told him that his prosecution
had been ordered by President
Roosevelt
mo, he did not"
Ben Lindas, attorney for George
Sylvester Viereck, elected from tAe
witness that he was in Berlin when
the Nazis burned books they con-
sidered unfriendly to their cause.
Did you know they burned Mr.
Viereck's books?"
Many were burned" said the
witness. Il don't recall the particu-
lars"
Don't you know that Mr.. Vier-
eck's books were destroyed because
they were anti-NaZi?"
Il don't recall"
Evening star., 1944-11-02
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
Q. How many veterans of the
last World War are still living?-
C. I. H.
A. The Veterans Administration
says that the estimated number OF
living veterans of the First Worlc
World on January !, 1914, was
$500. los. The estimated number
dying per day is IT.
@. How high are the cliffs OF
Dover?-W. r. G.
A. The chalk cliffs rise to height
of 375 feet above the sea at the
point where Dover Castle stands.
@. Are any of the Dionne quin-
tuplets left-handed?-E L. H.
A. Emile is the only one who is
left-handed.
@. Where is the heart of Chopin
| buried?-J. D.
A. The heart of the composer
was enShrined in an urn in the Holy
Cross Church, Warsaw. Recently
word has been received of the burn
ing Of this church during the fight
ing between Polish partisans and
Germans. 1t is reported that the
urn was destroyed.
Q. Where was Mrs. Thomas Dewey
born?-M A. C.
| A. Mrs. Dewey Frances Eileen
Hutt was born in Sherman. Tex.
but at the age of II moved with her
parents to Sapulpa, Okla.
Q. Will servicemen with children
be released from the Army sooner
than those without children?-O. M.
A. According to the text of the
War Department demobilization
plan, four factors Will determine
priority of separation of men from
the Army, one of which is parent
hood credit which gives credit for
each dependent child under l8
years up to limit of three children
@. What were the earliest titles
of nobility?-F. j. w.
A. At first the only titles were
count and duke. Count comes from
the Latin comes which means a
companion to king Duke comes
from the Latin word "dux, leader
Q. BY whom and when were the
words Thy need is greater than
mine useo?-F. C. M.
A. AS Sir Philip Sidney was car
ried from the battlefield of Zut-
phen in 1886. severely wounded, he
asked for water. Then, seeing a
wounded soldier look longingly al
it, Sir Philip ordered the water given
to him with the words, Thy need
IS greater than mine"
@. When did hotels adopt the
American and European plans of
servlce?-M. c. F..
/ A. The American plan of hotel
operation goes back to early Colonial
days when the guests at the inn ate
whatever the landlord and his fam
lily happened to have. The European
plan originated in France and was
introduced into America about 1885
or little before.
Evening star., 1944-11-02
Sedition Trial Witness
Denies Printed Report
|0f His Execution
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

DR.. Robert M. w. Kempner. former
Berlin judge, whose testimony as an
expert witness for the Government
at the sedition trial continued today
explained, under cross examination
that some of the newspaper reports
OF his activities after he broke with
the Nazis were not entirely accurate
He was asked, tor example, about
this item which was published in
French, Swiss, Dutch and English
newspapers under Geneva dateline
in 1885:
DIR. Robert Kempner, ex-legal
adviser Of the pre- Hitler Prussian
state police administration, was
executed by firing squad of the
Nazi secret police tGestapo) as an
enemy of the Hitler regime"
Albert w. Dilling, a defense at
torney, brought cut that such an
account was printed widely.
But 1t was not true" said Dr..
Kempner.
Questioned by HimmIer.
Dr. kempner denied he ever was
in a German concentration camp,
though he admitted he was ques-
toned daily by Heinrich Himmler
and Gestapo officials for three
weeks. He was released then by
order of Goering, the witness said.
Did you convince them you were
a good Nazi?" Mr.. Dilling asked.
No"
Did you ever consider yourself a
good NaZi?"
Il was never a Na2i at ALL
Were you good Fascist when
you went to Italy in 1882"
Il never was. Maybe some Com
munlsts called me a Fascist
DR.. kempner said he opened a
school at Florence When Hitler
visited Italy in 1888, the witness
added the school was closed, and he
was one of about so persons held as
hostages because they were Germans
and did not belong to the foreign
organization of the Nazi party.
The Gestapo had that done" DR..
kempner explained. When Hitler
finished his visit to MuSSoini We
were released, and the Italians were
glad to have me reopen the school. ;"
But he later moved it to Nice,
Evening star., 1944-11-02

pressions OF Latin America during
tour sponsored by the State De-
partment.
Sister Mary Frederick will speak
at 8 pm. in Curley Hall. on the
campus. She is living in Washing
ton while writing survey of Latin
American civilization for high school
students.
Evening star., 1944-11-02
On the Other Hand
Soldiers Vote Could Be Decisive
If Election Race Is Close, Saws Writer

secretary of state. That's all the
Army records will show. however.
In the case of State absentee
ballots, as distinct from the Federal
ballots, the Army will have no
records. That is a matter wholly
between the soldier and his home
election board.
Evening star., 1944-11-02
Sister Mary Frederick
To Speak at Catholic U.

The Institute of Ibero- o-American
studies of Catholic University will
have as a speaker tomorrow Sister
Mary Frederick, Order of st. Francis
of Assist, who will discuss her i'm
Evening star., 1944-11-02

wondering n o t
only what new
German town or
what new Pacific
island is being
t a X e n by our
troops, but what
States they are
helping to carry
in the election.
T h e soldiers
vote has become
very important.
If the contest is
c | Sc the SOL
diers' vote may
be decisive. That
will he trl1e onlv
Evening star., 1944-11-02
BY LotceH MeHen

Engaged up to the hilt in the
greatest war in history, we are en-
gagged at the same time in a bitter
political battle. We find ourselves
Evening star., 1944-11-02

ter" at 8 o'clock tonight in the
YMCA Building, 1886 G street NV.
A film on Belgium, Know Your
Allies will be shown at pm.
tomorrow in the YMCA lounge.
Evening star., 1944-11-02
Huycock to Speak

Robert L. Haycock, superintend-
erh of schools, will address the
Junior Police and Citizens Corps
at pm. tomorrow in Carver Hall
Second and Elm streets NV.
Evening star., 1944-11-02


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Evening star., 1944-11-02
Warren Will Speak

Robert Penn Warren, author of
Night Rider" and consultant of
the Library of Congress. will dis
cuss Novels of the Summer Quar-
Evening star., 1944-11-02
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau, 3lR /
street NE Washington 2, D C Please
inclose 3 cents for return postage
Evening star., 1944-01-31

What's "X-Appeo|?" . It's the allure todoy's
deft designers give dress when they TX" sone-
thing out! :. When they cut necklines elonnor-
ousIy low when they chop off sleeves to dis
play pretty arms H.. when they enchont your
public with dresses With the new delightfully."-
daring "bore" look. That's "X-ApPeol" :. and
that is what The Hecht Co. Dress Shops bring you
:. in this exciting collection Of X-Posure frocks
=. Inspired by the Femme fotoIe" fashions
made famous by the court-beouties Of his
torc centuries past, they've 1914 XAPPeoI
plus {. with pIunging neckIines, q silhouette full
of dangerous curves ahead" fIirtotious whiffs
of sleeves and provocative, peek-o-boo fogottng
Dress Shobs Third Floor of Fashions The Hecht Co.
Evening star., 1944-01-31

The Fosotted x-Posure Dress
The provocative peek-o-
boo charm Of fogotting on
on X-oppeoI dress with self
bows. Royon sheer in blue or
grey; sizes II to Is in the
group E2.9.'
Better Dresses, Third Fioo'
Evening star., 1944-01-31

The Linseries x-Posure Dress
q low, pIuneing neokIine
and short sleeves accented with
fooming white lingerie friIIs.
Black or navy royon sheer, sizes
II to Is in the group $500
Better Dresses, Third Floor
Evening star., 1944-02-03

MEDAL WINNERS H. H. Arnold wife of the commander
OF the Army Air Forces shown presenting Daughters of the
American Revolution Good Citizenship Angelo
dmos 49, Of 612 Second street NW and Sylvia Lachman
Gght Of 933 street NV, at Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Junior High School yesterday Looking econd from ef
Mrs F. Creighton Of the National Defense Board
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Maj. Roberto. Walker
Wounded in Pacific

Maj. Robert G. Walker, U. 8. M
c.. whose wife lives at 1884 Seven.
teenth street NV, has been wound.
ed In the South Pacific, the Navy
Department revealed today in an.
nouncing 145 naval casualties.
Maj. Walker, who has been in the
Pacific two years, has written his
wife that he has recovered and is
back in action. He commanded q
communications unit which was
charged with establishing contacts
during the marine landing under
fire at Bougainville. A marine
reservist for 10 years, he was with
the Washington Gas Light Co
before going on active duty ir
November, 1910.
The son Of Mrs. Robert H. Walker
OF Kensington, Nd, Maj. Walker
has two brothers in the service, 1t
q. g. Samuel H. Walker, U. s. N.
and Richard Walker, recently in
Quoted into the Army.
The casualties announced today
brought the total since December 7
1s41, to 1888 for the Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard. OF these
1884 were killed, 8,205 were wound
ed. s,1eS missing and 4,346 are pris-
oners of war.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Chavez Asks Hull, Stimson
For Hope on Prisoners
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Chavez, Democrat, of New
Mexico, has followed up his recent
remarks in the Senate about the
horrible conditions suffered by
American boys in the wake OF
Bataan and Corregidor" by writing
Secretaries Knox and Stimson In
criticism of the complete absence
Of the faintest note OF encourage
ment."
my reason for communicating
with you at this time is to urge that
your department issue some
kind of statement which wnl to
some extent, allow the penetration
Of a ray Of hope into the dark night
which is beclouding the heart OF
every American mother, father,
brother and sister of a man now In
japanese hands," Senator Chavez
wrote yesterday.
IT plead with you to assure the
American people that something is
being done and will be done be-
yond the efforts which have here
tofore been expended on the Pa
ciflc battle line he added.
Referring to last Fridays state
ments disclosing Jap atrocities, Sem
ator Chavez said he would CON
tinue to insist that the War and
Navy Departments should go further
than issuing a release as pregnant
with despair as it is devoid of hope" ."
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Anti-PoHsh official
Relieved BY Reds

MOSCOW, Feb. 3 R.-A. E. Kor-
neichuk, vice commissar of foreign
affairs and husband of Wanda
Vassilevskaya, president of the
Union of Polish Patriots, has been
relieved of his official duties at his
own request, the Soviet press said
today.
Korneichuk, 38-year-old native of
the Ukraine. is one of Russia S
best known political writers and
dramatists.
The German agency DNB said in
a broadcast that Berlin political
circles believed Korneichuks resig-
nation was connected with the i'm
pending delegation of foreign affairs
autonomy to the separate republics
OF the Soviet Union and that he
would become head of the new for
eign commissariat of the Ukraine.
Under the proposed setup it is
likely that the conduct of some
OF Russia's most important foreign
relations will be intrusted to the
Ukraine, those with Poland, Ru-
mania, Czechoslovakia and possibly
the Balkan states.
Korneichuk has been prominent
in opposing Poland's claims to her
prewar eastern frontier. In an ar
ticle published by the Russian EN-
bassy Information bulletin in Wash
ington on February 2e, 1s43. he
Evening star., 1944-02-03
23,407 U. 5. Casualties
Listed in Italy CAMPAIGN

Since initial landings in italy Sep
tember 8, Undersecretary Of Wal
Patterson said today, American ele-
ments of the 5th Army have suffered
49, ,407 casualties, including 1884
killed, 14,879 wounded and 5,l44
missing.
The figures, MIR. Patterson said
include all casualties sustained in
Southern Italy and in the current
operations south Of Rome.
Allied Air Forces and antiaircrafj
units have shot down 180 German
aircraft since last Thursday and
destroyed a great many more or
the ground, he said, adding, 1--WE
lost only 26 planes during thi.
week."
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Time for Portal Pay
Below Real Average,
Committee Reports

A national weighted average"
of $500 minutes daily Is con-
sumed by coal miners in under
ground travel-as compared with
the As minutes for which allow
ance is made in the wage con-
tract which the Government ne
gotiated with the United Mine
Workers to settle the coal strikes,
a special committee, headed by
Morris L. Cooke, today advised
President Roosevelt in a pre-
liminary report.
The study was ordered by the
President in view Of the controversy
over the portal-to-portal issue aris-
ing out Of the operators contention
that the As minutes arbitrarily fixed
was far below actual travel time in
many instances and that production
was correspondingly reduced.
Wide Time Variation.
That argument is borne out by the
report which was signed by Mr.
Cooke, R. L. Ireland, jr., for the
operators, and Thomas Kennedy
secretary Of the UNIV.
Travel time for individuals
ranges from below five minutes to
3 hours and minutes" the COM
mittee said, adding that it appears
probable that our final figure will
be somewhat higher" than that
given.
The report was based on returns
covering 14l,000 miners in 1000
mines producing approximately So
per cent Of the underground mine
bituminous coal. Latest returns
seem to be running somewhat ahead
Of the average and returns from
many of the older and larger mines
still are to be received, the COM
mittee said.
Time Has Been Reduced.
The group recalled that the Presi-
dent has asked about the possibility
Of reducing travel time and said
1t has been reduced in recent
months.
"The proposal to measure it and
the possibility of having it paid for
IN wages appears to operate auto
|matically to reduce it," the COM
mittee observed.
I'm Connection with the portal
to-portal pay dispute" the commit
tee said, I'VE have secured data
about travel time before entering
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Gen. Montgomery
| Sees End of
| War This Year
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A SOUTHEAST ENGLAND
TOWN, Feb. Seen. Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery told his troops yes
terday they could finish the war in
Europe this year "and we will
The commander OF British ground
forces In the invasion command
added:
This war began a long while ago
am getting fed up with the thing
think it is nearly time we finished
1t. We could not see at the begin.
ming how it would end. That is moi
so today. Definitely not"
To-day we can see how this busi.
ness is going to end. The only thing
we cannot see is exactly when. Bu
I would say we must make a grea
effort to finish it off this year. We
can do so-and we will"
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Republics
Continued From First Page.)

United States, the success Of the
Moscow and Teheran conferences
characterize the expansion Of the
international connections OF our
state" Red Fleet said.
Growing Needs Stressed.
I'm these relations a single all
union representation abroad cannot
fully guarantee the growing, mani
fold and specific economic and cul-
tural needs of the republics"
1zvestia, official government organ,
adopted the same tone, and every
leading editorial in today's Soviet
press stressed the theory that a
single Soviet ambassador in each
country no longer can adequately
handle the affairs of the Soviet
Unions Is republics.
United States Ambassador w.
Averell Hartman had nothing to
say on the subject, indicating any
comment must come from Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Museum to Exhibit
Acheson Paintings

A special exhibition Of paint.
ings by Alice Stanley Acheson, wife
OF Assistant Secretary of State Dean
Acheson; her mother, the late Jane
c. Stanley, and her grandfather
the late John Mix Stanley, will open
tomorrow at the Natural History
Building of the National Museum
It will remain open through Feb
ruary 81 from 80 to 4:30 pm. Mon
days and from am. to 4:30 pm
other days.
Evening star., 1944-02-03

vehemently rejected Poland's claims
and declared "only a hopeless fool
can believe that Lwow and the
population Of the western regions of
the Ukraine are waiting for return
ing to Polish rule"
The Union of Polish Patriots was
organized in Moscow. There has
been much speculation that it might
assume a role in rivalry to that
OF the Polish government In exile
in London In the event the Russians
came to the conclusion that Lon
don administration would not be
|reorganized to exclude elements
which Moscow regards as anti
Soviet.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Soviet Public Shocked
BY Jap Brutality 10
American Prisoners
By the Associated Press,

MOSCOW, Feb. 3.-Russians. who
nave grown more or less accustomed
TO accounts Of brutality as the result
OF NaN occupation Of Soviet ter
r1tory, nevertheless were greatly
shocked at the United States report
OF Japanese atrocities against pris-
oners in the Philippines.
The story was given full play
yesterday on the back-foreign-
page Of the newspapers Izvestia
Pravda and Red Star and also was
repeated several times on the Mos
COW radio.
It was credited to the ofIicial
Russian news agency, Tass, under q
washington dateline and carried
the headline Report of War in
Japanese Camps"
The Russian version gave all the
details, including the death
march," sun treatment, beatings
and killings.
There was no editorial comment,
but the publication caused much
head shaking and mutterings
among individual Russians as they
pored through the vivid account
given by the American officers.
The same issue of the papers
carried Tass story from Toxic
describing report by the Minister
OF Interior Affairs on how the jap
anese plan to evacuate large cen
ters which cannot be given ade-
quate antiaircraft defense.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Marcel Lufont Dies;
BruziIiun Air Pioneer
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 3.-Mar-
eel Bouilloux Lafont, f1nancier and
a pioneer in the development OF
commercial aviation in Brazil, died
here yesterday at the age of 76.
Lafont was a founder of the Bra
lillian branch Of the Compagnie
Latecoere, first airline linking Eu-
rope and South America, which
later was absorbed by the Com
pagnie Aeropostale.
A native. Of France, he had lived
In Brazil for more than 80 years.
Evening star., 1944-02-03

the portal at the beginning Of the
working day and after leaving the
portal at the end Of working day.
"At the mines where there is
such travel time 1t is rather limited.
Even If taken into consideration
1T would not appreciably affect the
total national weighted average
travel time"
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Lions Club to Heur BIueoe

Ossie Bluege, manager of the
Washington baseball team, will ad-
dress the Uptown Washington Lions
Club at 1915 pm. tomorrow at the
Broadmoor. 1901 Connecticut ave-
nue.. All Lions in the District are
invited.