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Evening star., 1944-09-14
Russians Fight Way Into Progo
Warsaw Industrial Suburb
Frontal Assault Mode; Other Red
Troops Believed Across Czech Border

stormed through the Seeker corner
of Pennsylvania, territory disputed
between Romania and Hungary.
The whole picture of enlivened
activity all along the eastern front
prompted Moscow reporters to cable
that there were indications that
Premier Stain had resumed his all
out offensive toward Germany itself.
Berlin's announcement that
Russian troops were fighting in the
streets of Praga meant that
Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky' s
tanks. artillery and infantry finally
had gained the ascendancy in an
embittered battle of attrition which
has ragged for many weeks within
gunshot of Poland's leading city.
Southeast of Warsaw. fighting
reached new climax in ferocity
and amount of materiel used by the
Russians on Wednesday" Berlin
broadcast said. Paying no atten-
ton to losses in men and materiel
the Moscow high command sent
fresh formations into the battle SO
that the Soviet Russians finally
were able, after a fierce ding dong
fCno nrTCcYA 49,
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Stimson Admits trouble
AT Camp Claiborne, La.
Hy the Assoeia,e5 press

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of War Stimson said
today there had been a disturbance"
at Camp Claiborne, La, and that
"the matter is now in the process of
investigation sand punishment"
He made this statement in reply
to news conference question re-
garding published article which
called on him to say whether sew
eral thousand colored troops had
mutinied at the camp last month.
Mr.. Stimson said the number Of
troops involved in the disturbance
was nothing like" the figures men,
toned in the article. He gave no
further details.
The Secretary added in connec-
ton with an implication in the
article, that there has been no
intervention in the matter by the
administration"
Evening star., 1944-09-14
. (See UAW. Page A-4.)
ICoI. Jock Whitney
Escapes From Nozis
By the Associated Press.

0y tue ASSUCIGleu FIeSJs
ROME. Sept. 14.-Col. John H
(Jocb Whitney of New York, cap
tured by the Germans in Southern
France August 81, has escaped and
returned to the Mediterranean All
Force.
This was announced tonight by
the United States Army Air Force
Col. Whitney, . member of one o1
the leading American turf families
is the husband of the former Betsy
Gushing Roosevelt, first wife ol
James Roosevelt,
Evening star., 1944-09-14
YANKS TEAR GAP IN SIEGFRIED OUTPOSTS
Hinmler's Grip
ightens After
Report Of Riots
D. the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept. l4.-Heinrict
Himmler, German dictator oil
the home front, frightened the
lid on bomb blasted Berlin with
a reshuffied police command to-
night a few hours after the
French radio had reported peace
riots there in which SIS troops
fred on the demonstrators.
Himmler named Kurt Goehrum
an SIS group leader and lieutenan,
general of police, as supreme police
commandant for Berlin.
The Moscow radio said thousands
Of foreign workers were escaping
from German and Austrian wal
plants seeking to reach Yugoslavia
and cross the Swiss border in re-
sponse to Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hower's advice to quit their war ma
chimes.
The radio of the French Forces of
the Interior at Lyon first reported
the peace clashes in Berlin.
The broadcast did not indicate
the source Of the report, and there
was no information from other
quarters concerning any such q
A similar report. however. was
broadcast later by the French Ma
tional Radio at Lyon, the Ministry
Of Information said.
Evening star., 1944-09-14
An Overall View
OF Tomorrow's City

Washington is on the
threshold of the greatest ex-
pansion and development pro-
gram in its history. Scores
of important projects have
been planned by the District
and Federal governments for
the postwar Capital. These
are outlined in the Sunday
feature section of The Star,
illustrated by a map present.,
ing for the first time a CON-
plete picture of the city's
development.
In this same section Sun
day will appear the second of
The Sunday Stars political
reviews picturing the trend
i'm the presidential race
throughout the country, pre-
pared by men who in the past
have forecast results with
remarkable accuracy.
Be sure to see these fea-
lures Sunday in
Chr sunhay Star
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Aachen Passed
As 1st Army
.P|unges Ahead
Potton's Forces
Forge Iron Clamp
Around Nancy
MAP on Page abb
BY the Associated Press.

by lne ASeDClAteC fIcSb.
LONDON. Sept. 14.-American
doughboys ripped open the first
belt Of the Siegfried Line de-
fenses below Aachen today and
smashed 2 miles deep into the
line on 4-mile front in the
Luxembourg area.
Between the two deep penetrations
1St Army units tore 8 miles into
outer defenses toward the major bas.
ton of Prum, 10 miles inside Ger
many.
To the south. German broadcasts
said, the Sd Army forged an l8-mile
salient across the Moselle which
fashioned an iron pincers on the
Moselle stronghold of Nancy.
All along front of $50 miles the
Americans were hammering home a
powerful series of offensives, with
doughboy teams riding tanks under
cover of fierce artillery fire.
Aachen Is Passed.
Aachen was passed IN the plunging
drive below that hub at the corner
of the German. Belgian and Nether-
lands borderlands as 1t. Gen. Court
ney H. Hodges 1st Army bit deep
into the Siegfried Line.
With the first line of defenses
ripped open, the Americans plowed
on toward the second belt of fortifi-
cations, an A. P. dispatch from the
front said.
Forty miles to the south. just OPP
posite the northern tip of Luxem-
bourg, other 1st Army units rolled
miles toward Prum. That often
sive was said to be proceeding all
along wide, broken front.
Still farther south, along the Luz
embourg sector where the Ameri-
cans had been shelling the Germans
across the Our River, the doughboys
smashed forward into Germany and
miles into the Siegfried Line.
1t Gen. George S. Patton's Sd
Army was said in German accounts
to be forging an iron clamp on
Nancy in operations across the Mo-
selle both to the north and south Of
that stronghold. Berlin asserted the
Americans had driven to Chateau
Salins, l8 miles beyond the Moselle
at Pont-a- -Mousson, ID miles north
east of Nancy and "a miles south
east of Metz.
Patton at LuneviIle.
South of Nancy, other broadcasts
from Berlin said Gen. Patton's war
riors had reached the outer rim Of
Luneville, IA miles southeast of
Nancy and Is miles northeast OF
Charmes.
A general advance of about 8
miles was scored in the Aachen-
Prum sectors.
At Aachen the back of the Sieg-
fried Line of concrete bunkers and
thick earthen forts was believed
broken, and dispatches characterized
the day as one of measured but
great success"
Opposite Luxembourg the Ameri-
cans ran into nothing but rife and
machine guns thinlS manned, but
these few Nazis, defending their
homeland for the first time, fought
like fanatics and the Americans had
to rip open their bunkers and pill
boxes one by one with fierce artil-
lery and bazooka fire.
The attack jumped off at noon
from Luxembourg while mists still
| (See WESTERN FRONT. Pp A-1a)
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Dealers 10 Suspend Liquor
Deliveries When Nazis Fall

Members Of the Wholesale Liquor
Dealers OF Washington have or
dered all their trucks to stop de-
liveries and return to warehouses
when the war ends with Germany,
Milford r. Schwartz, general coun-
sci Of the organization. announced
today. This plan also will be fol-
lowed when Japan surrenders.
It also was announced that men,
bers would close their places OF
business on the day following the
peace announcement.
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Nelson and Chiunq Confer

CHUNGK1NG, Sept. IA (P.-
Donald M. Nelson, War Production
Board chairman who is here on a
mission for President Roosevelt,
conferred today with Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek.
Evening star., 1944-09-14
.29 Die, IS Hurt
In Train Crash
NearTerreHaute
Air Force Veterans
Chief Victims in
Heod-On Collision
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept
1.-two fast Chicago Il Eastern
Illinois passenger trains collidec
headon in a heavy fog 3 miles
north Of here early today. killing
20 persons and injuring approx
mately IS others. Many OF the
victims were overseas Air Force
veterans wearing Purple Heart
decorations.
Army authorities and Coroner d
M. Ferguson said they could moi
say how many of the dead were SOL
diers, but a check of funeral home.
disclosed they had bodies of 81 sol.
diers. one member of the Women's
Army Corps. one civilian and three
persons about whom they were un-
certain.
Involved in the collision were the
14-coach Dixie Flyer, bound from
Chicago to Florida. and an express
train bound for Chicago and carry
ing no passengers. They crashed at
2:20 am. on a single main- line
track 3 miles from the nearest sid
ing.
One Pullman Split Open.
The Dixie Flyers locomotive, ten
der. two baggage cars and three
Pullman cars loaded with soldiers
hurtled from the tracks and piled
up in a twisted heap along the
roadbed.
One Pullman car split wide open
Some OF the soldiers were pinned
to their seats. Others were tossed
beside the tracks and some were
caught beneath other cars. Purple
Heart decorations, air medals, bag.
gage and personal belongings were
strewn for 100 yards.
One of the passengers. an Army
major suffering from shock and
who refused to give his name, sale
the soldiers were overseas veterans
who had just completed 30-day fur.
loughs and were en- route to 9
redistribution center. He said there
were 80 soldiers in the demolished
first car.
Army Withholds Names.
The Army refused to release q
full list OF the soldier dead anc
injured until the next of kin ha.
been notified, but told newsmer
that 80 soldiers-the same number
as was riding in the first car-were
either dead or injured.
Eyewitnesses said the scene OF
the wreck was one OF confusion ane
horror. Heavy fog hung close t.
the ground and it was difficult fol
rescuers, carrying flares, to locate
the cries of some of the injured.
Passengers in cars which remained
upright gave first aid and genera
assistance. Few OF the persons ir
the upright coaches suffered an,
more than shock or bruises. Mos
OF them were sleeping and were
jolted against the top of their berth.
or onto the floor.
A Catholic priest hurried to the
wreck and then returned to st. An.
thony and Union Hospitals. admin.
istering last rites to all victims.
At dawn, when the fog turned tt
slight drizzle, the uninjured civil.
ian passengers were taken to nearby
Clinton for breakfast and the un.
hurt soldiers were brought to the
armory here. Later all Of them were
put aboard another train and re-
sumed their trip southwark.
Evening star., 1944-09-14
HilIman Exhorts Labor
To Toll Day and Night
For Republican Defeai
Tells JAW Its Members
Have Power to Decide
Issue in Many Stotes
BULLETIN.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. up.
United Automobile Workers
.>tCIO) convention delegates
rejected a proposal to reaffirm
the unions wartime no-strike
pledge by an apparently mar,
row margin today and shunt-
ed the issue back into COM
mittee.
The unoff1cial count was:
To reaff1rm the pledge, 4,699;
opposing the resolution, 5,075.
~ the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Sept,
14-Urging greater participation
by labor in election campaigns,
Sidney Hillman, chairman Of the
CIO Political Action Committee
declared today, There is only one
way to get what you want, and
that is to work for it-day and
night-from now until Novem-
ber T."
''In many States you can be the
decisive factor in the election" he
told delegates to the United Auto.
mobile Workers (CIO) national con.
vention. If you do the same kind
of job in political action that you
have done in war production, VIC
tory Is sure and it will be your VIC
tory"
The real fight for freedom will
just be beginning when a military
victory in the war is won. Mr.. Hill
man said. The fight for freedom
does not end with the surrender OF
Germany and Japan. 1t begins
there"
Social progress in this country
came to a full stop during the
Harding. Coolidge and Hoover ad-
ministrations, Mr. Hillman said
adding that the Federal Govern
ment assumed no responsibility fol-
employment. working conditions
unemployment insurance and the
general welfare of the population. ,
To-day" he continued, 1.-The Re-
pubicans can no longer challenge
these social gains on the grounds of
constitutionality. Instead, they seek
to undermine them under the slogan
of protecting States rights"
On the subject of reconversion of
industry to peace time production
Mr.. Hillman said. "If we are to be-
lieve the Republican platform, the
Old Guard proposes. before turning
over the problem to business leader
ship, to do thoroughgoing job OF
creating anarchy and disorder"
Dictation by "Old Guard"
A Republican controlled foreign
policy would mean "once more trying
to flood the world with our goods
while at the same time denying tc
the world the means of paying fol
them" the PAC chairman asserted
Mr.. Hillman said that no matter
how hard Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
may try to make it appear as il
there had never been any basic
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Hurricane Roors Past
Virginia Copes; Blow
Due to Miss Capitol
Air Line ConceIs All
Flights Between Here
And Norfolk

Washington will escape the At
lantic hurricane with only rain
and winds between 20 and SO
miles an hour. the Weather Bu-
reau reported this afternoon.
Center of the disturbance was
expected to pass more than 100
miles east of here around 4 pm.
A 20-mile wind was reported at
the National Airport at 3 pm.
Earlier, Pennsylvania Central Air
Lines announced it had Cancelled all
flights between here and Norfolk,
and the Norfolk e. Washington
Steamboat Co. Cancelled the sailing
of the steamer District Of Columbia
from Norfolk tonight. The ship
will leave the Virginia city on its
regular schedule Saturday, oficials
here said.
Policemen of duty remained on
alert following a standby call from
Police Supt. Edward ]. Kelly, but
with Washington escaping the brunt
OF the gale. it was not anticipated
they would be called in.
Academy Boats Moved.
Ferry service between Sandy Point
above Annapolis and Matapeake on
the Eastern Shore of Maryland will
be Cancelled if winds exceed IS miles.
reports from Annapolis said. Naval
Academy authorities have moved
their small boats to safer anchor
ages, and local Red Cross units at
Annapolis were alerted.
In Salisbury. Md, officials or
dered the draining of lakes furnish
ing the local water supply. Col.
Henry S. Barrett, Maryland civilian
defense director, announced he had
advised local directors in Wicomico
Somerset and Worcester Counties to
set up emergency shelter, canteen
and rescue services. State troopers
were warning residents along the
coastal areas Of the Eastern Shore to
move to higher ground.
The Baltimore Weather Bureau
forecast winds later today from IS
TO IS miles an hour in the lower
Chesapeake Bay area and from 80
to As miles in the upper bay. Coast
Guard, units We're given standby
orders.
Besides Pea, four other airlines
had Cancelled total of eight flights
because of bad flying weather north
and west of here. The lines were
standing by to stop all flights later
today should weather conditions
warrant a shutdown of the airport,
Meanwhile, the Red Cross area
headquarters at Alexandria, Va. an
nounced it had sent IL disaster rep-
reSentatives to the Virginia Capes
and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Paul Hyer. Maryland general field
representative, was assigned to the
Patuxent River area: J. N. Wenrick.
to Cape Charles; James Daniels.
Virginia State liaison representa-
tive. to Northumberland and Lam
caster Counties; Alma Trainor and
Mrs. Willard Garrett to Mobjack
Bay area; Julian Brooks, assistant
regional director, to Newport News,
and Mrs. Bessie Nance. Virginia field
representative, to Norfolk and Cape
Henry.
They will assist in preparing to
meet any emergency. If the need
arises local chapters and disaster
workers will evacuate residents from
danger zones; provide temporary
feeding, housing, clothing and med
lcal care. Joseph L. Carter is the
eastern area disaster director.
The forecaster said tomorrow
would be clearing with continued
warm weather. Since rain began
early Tuesday, a total of 2.91 inches
had fallen here This brings the
l. IL
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, Sept. IA (P.-
Stocks lower; downward trend
continues. Bonds irregularly
lower; rails in supply. Cotton
mixed; hedge selling and mill
buying.
CHICAGO.-Wheat weak: lack
OF demand. Rye weak; same as
wheat. Hogs active and fully
steady. Top, $l4.75. Cattle
steady.
Evening star., 1944-09-14
National I,earue-

National League.
Northey. Philadelphia, I'd innin,
Hofierth. Boston. 7th inning.
Mueller. Cincinnati. I'd inning.
lombard New York. 9Th inning.
Durrett, Brooklyn, 9th inning.
Evening star., 1944-09-14
BY the Associated Press.

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. A.
Howling northward, the Atlantic
hurricane passed of the Virginia
Capes early this afternoon, lash
ing the Virginia coastal area
with winds up to IS miles pei
hour and heavy rains.
The Norfolk Weather Bureau re-
ported that the peak of the storms
fury had passed, so far as the Hamp-
ton Roads area was concerned, but
added that winds up to 60 miles per
hour could be expected to continue
for several hours.
The hurricane, covering an esti-
mated area of 500 miles, moved
north-northeast at a speed OF about
20 miles per hour from near Cape
Hatteras this morning. 1t appar-
emily picked up speed to reach the
Virginia Capes early this afternoon
and to head for the New England
coast where it was expected to pass
late tonight.
OcHcfal EFaCuatlOn.
The storm center passed some 80
miles OF the Virginia Capes shortly
before l o'clock, the weather sta
ton here reported. Three and a
half inches of rain fell here.
One gust of wind attained a We
locity of 80 miles an hour at the
Norfolk Airport, meteorologists there
reported. In Norfolk it blew steadily
at go miles per hour, with gusts up
to rs. -,
There was no general evacuation
Of residents from beach resorts near
Norfolk. although some families
from Virginia Beach, Ocean View
and other seashore areas did seek
shelter in this city.
Fragmentary reports indicated
that property damage here was not
heavy, but full report awaited res
toration of telephone communica-
tions disrupted by the storm. Eliza
beth City, N. c.. was temporarily cut
off from Norfolk and Charlotte
when all telephone circuits, COM
mercial and Coast Guard, we're
broken.
Period Of Low Tides.
Waters of the Elizabeth River
flooded low-lying streets of the Nor
folk water front. Damage from
high waters was reduced because the
storm passed Norfolk at a period
Of low tides.
The Weather Bureau at Washing
ton reported the hurricane centered
at 2 pm. about so miles northeast
Of Norfolk and moving in north
east direction at about IS miles an
hour. This would place it over the
southern portions of New England
before midnight. the bureau said.
Gales swept the coastal area OF
North Carolina, exceeding 60 miles
per hour at Morehead City. near the
big Marine Corps base at Cherry
Point
Army and Marine installations
north of Wilmington felt only the
fringe of the storm. Camp Davis
escaped unscathed and the Cherry
Point Air Station and Camp lie.
jeune. biggest Marine base on the
East Coast, reported no damage.
Area headquarters of the Red
Cross at Alexandria. Va, reported at
noon that the Sd Service Com
mand had ordered an evacuation of
all personnel in Army camps in
coastal areas, and the relief agency
was preparing to evacuate civilians
from Virginia Beach and Cape
Charles.
Morehead City, N. c., reported
heavy property damage and COM
munication lines down in the area
according to the Red Cross. The
-(See HTTRRTCANE page A-l1
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Mojor League Comes
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York 1T Philadelphia-s p.m,
(Only Game Scheduled.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.


At New York-First Game
Philadelphia O10 900 OoO-1 II
New York 200 01s olx-12 Is ]
Batteries-Sehanx, Karl. Kennedy
SchEman and Peacock; Voiselle ana IeG
bardi.
At New York-Secsnd Game
Philadelphia. A.
New York.
Batteries-Lee and Finley; Allen anI
At Brooklyn-First Game
Boston 900 900 400 10
Brooklyn 0O3 600 Ol1-5l1l
Batteries--Javery, Hutehings. Hutehin
son; Barrett and Honerth: Wells, WsSbeI
At Brooklyn-Second Game
Boston 90
Brooklyn %
Batteries-Tebin and Mast: zaeAsr,
and Andrews.
At Chicago-First Game
Cincinnati = ole 900 % -
Chicago 90 O0o 90 -
Batteris.-neusser and llaeller, Eriek
son and Gillespie.
(Only Games Scheduled.)
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Coastal Areas Lushed
By Winds as High
As IS Miles an Hour
BULLETIN.

SALISBURY, Md. P.-First
Sergt. J. r. Duckworth of the
State police, mesSaged by
portable radio from Ocean
City to Salisbury, "A miles in
land, that virtually every one
was leaving the resort on the
basis of q United States
Weather Bureau warning that
a tidal wave was due to sweep
the city by 10 pm.
Evening star., 1944-09-14
German Evacuation
Of Rhodes Reported
By the Associated Press,

BY tne Associated PreSs,
ISTANBUL, Sept. l4.-Reports
reaching here today indicated the
Germans were evacuating the island
of Rhodes, largest in the Dodec-
anese. The Nazis were estimated to
have more than a division on the
island.
Greek patriots have taken over
the administration" of the island
of Khios, north of Rhodes, the Brit
ish radio reported.
The broadcast also said Greek
Premier George Papandreou and
his finance minister have had a
long meeting with the Allied su-
preme commander in the Mediter-
ranean, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland
Wilson. They discussed cooperation
between Britain and Greece in the
immediate future"
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Bulletin

L0ughHn Case Rested
BALTIMORE, Sept. IA
The Government rested its
case against James ]. Laugh
lin, Washington attorney, at
3:45 pm. today.
early Story on Page B-1.)
Evening star., 1944-09-14

(See QUEBEC, Page Ala
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Todoy's Home Runs

tOnly Games Scheduled
Evening star., 1944-09-14

tSee RUSSIA. Page A-4.
Evening star., 1944-09-14

(see WESTERN FRONT, Pg. A.
Evening star., 1944-09-14

(See HURRICANE, Page A-4
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-19
Sapphire Club In
Anniversary Tea

All present and former members
OF the Sapphire club of Business
and Professional Women OF the
Lucy Thurman Branch Y.W.CA.
are invited 10 participate in the
clubs 18th anniversary celebration
on Sunday. Feb. 20 at the WV,
from 4 10 6 o'clock.
Highlight OF the program Is to
be talk by Miss Mabel L. Whiting
OF Cleveland. Ohio. who was the
first executive secretary of the
branch organized in 1918 by the
National WV CA. and named the
st. Aubin center Later it became
the ST Aubin Branch Of the Detroit
Y.W.C.A. later the Lucy Thurman
branch.
Sapphire club was originally or
ganized by group of former Girl
Reserves and has had cumulative
enrolment OF approximately 800
members through the years. Many
OF the members are now outstand-
ing women in the community such
as Mrs. Geraldine Sneed. Mrs. Irene
Graves, Mrs. Susan Houston Gomez
and Mrs Grace Walker.
The club has always limited its
active membership to 30 members.
AT present there are only two &C.
tive charter members-two sisters.
one school teacher and the other
an industrial worker, Mrs. Thelma
Parker and Mrs. Vivian Booth.
One OF the war service activities
OF the group is serving as senior
hostesses at the USO once a month.
All inactive members are urged