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Evening star., 1944-07-24
Plane Built for 80 HuuIs g.
sc Babies and Three Nurses

Somebody whistled-30 passengers
would have been a full load.
The pilot spoke again.
"Sixty-six of them are babies, the
rest are nurses"
The waiting officers broke for the
plane The babies were there-they
could count them. There were
babies on the seats, babies on the
floor, babies in baskets, babies in
arms. There were sleeping babies
crying babies, laughing babies and
babies staring in blank amazement
at the excitement they we're pro-
voking
The ambulance backed up to the
plane and the young pilot carefully
supervised the transfer of his cargo
self-satisfaction spread all over his
grinning face.
They are the best passengers
have ever had" he said. "Once
got off the ground they all went tc
sleep. There wasn't a whisper aftel
that"
That was all he said about get.
ting of the ground" The pickup
had been top secret special
operation-one of a number carried
out to assist the Yugoslav Partisans
orphaned by the struggle In theil
homeland. The babies had been col
lected under the very noses of the
Germans and were taken to a hidden
airport.
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Clarence F. Uffer 10 Head
Boy Scouts Of D. T.. Area

Clarence F. Urffer. deputy regional
executive of Region 8, has been
appointed scout executive of the
National Capital Area Council, Boy
Scouts of America, the highest
scouting Office In the District. He
will supervise the Boy Scout pro-
gram for Is counties in Maryland
and Virginia, as well as Washington.
His appointment was announced
by Capt. Chester Wells, president of
the council who said Mr.. Urffer's
selection had been approved unan-
imously by the Executive Board. He
succeeds Linn C. Drake, who is re-
firing September l after 26 years of
service here, 81 OF them as Scout
executive.
Mr.. UrfIer entered scouting in
1917 and became q charter member
of Troop 6, Pottstown, Pa, the next
year. He later served as assistant
scoutmaster and troop committee
man in the same city.
Following graduation from the
first National Training School for
Scout Executives, he became assist
ant executive In Baltimore In 1926;
assistant executive in Wilmington,
Dali, in 1880, and scout executive
IN Reading, Pa, In 1887.
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Missing in Action

Staff Sergt. Maurice M. Williams,
25, of Fairfax County, Va, has been
missing in action in France since
June 6, the War Department has in
formed his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Williams.
Sergt. williams entered the armed
forces May 7, 194l, and trained at
Fort Meade and the A. P. Hill reser.
vation. He left for overseas in Aug
ust, 1912.
Before entering the service he
was employed as a special police
officer at Fort Belvoir. He was
member of the Fairfax Volunteer
Fire Department for eight years. He
took an interest in sports.
Sergt. Williams was awarded a
plaque for pitching with a baseball
team representing his outfit. which
won the championship of England
last year.
A brother, Virgil Williams. petty
officer, first class, is now on duty in
the South Pacific.
Pvt. Stuart ID. Saffelle, 81; of 2629
Duke street extended, Alexandria,
also was reported missing the first
day of the French invasion, his
mother, Mrs. A. v. Saffelle, was no.
titled by the War Department.
Pvt. Saffene entered the service
last July and received his training
at Camp Kroft, S. c. Attached to
an infantry unit, he went overseas
In January. He attended George
Washington High School, Alexan.
dria, and Mount Vernon High
School, Fairfax County.
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AN ALLIED AIRPORT IN EAST
ERN ITALY, July 8 Delayed -
The hour hand on the lieutenant's
watch had moved past midnight and
was coming up on l o'clock when he
saw the red light.
Start rolling" he said.
He started off across the taxi
strip, f1oodlighted by rich three
quarter moon. 49,.
From the shadows on the far side
two ambulances moved out. A staff
car followed, then two jeeps Except
for the noise of their motors, the
airport, bustling by day, was as 81
lent as the grave 1t was a good
night for supersecret cloak-and-dag-
ger gentry to be at work.
The red light grew larger and
soon began to give off a faint hum
that mounted in pitch and became
in few moments the drone of two
synchronized engines. The red light
circled the field and settled slowly.
Then in a great cloud of dust q
troop carrier plane in war paint
rolled down the runway.
The cabin door popped open,
pushed by youthful American
pilot, a wide smile stretching from
ear to ear. Then he made his an
lnouncement.
Sixty mine passengers"
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1t. Robert r. Case. ing to headouar-
tiers of the First Air Force.
He was flying in a formation Of
PATS when the pilot OF another
plane in the formation radioed 1t.
Case that the tail Of his plane was
on fire, Army officials said. The
Army said he either hit his head on
the cowling or the tail assembly in
bailing out His parachute did not
open until the automatic release
apparently opened it just before he
landed
1t. Case lived here with his aunt,
Mrs. Irene Case. who was visiting
him in Richmond. She was with
him at the hospital when he died
at am. yesterday.
1t. Case was a reporter for the
Washington Post, where he had been
employed since 1888.
He was born in Oregon July 20.
1918, and had come to the District
to live with his aunt 10 years ago.
He attended Langdon School and
George Washington University.
1t. Case enlisted in the Army
May, 194l, and was assigned to the
Signal Corps He was transferred
to the Air Forces in 1912 He was
awarded his wings at Aloe Field,
Ala, March IL of this year.
Besides his aunt, he is survived by
his mother and stepfather, now
living in California.
Funeral services have been tenta-
lively set for tomorrow but plans
will not be made pending the return
Of his aunt to the District this after
noon.
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Curtin Says Australia
Has Not Accepted Plan

CANBERRA, Australian, July "a
cPJ:-Prime Minister John Curtin
said today the Australian govern
ment had neither accepted nor re-
Jected results of the International
Monetary Conference at Breton
Woods, N. H. He added that public
from the United
States giving what he said we're
impressions that an agreement was
being entered into were misleading,
The leader of the Australian dele
cation, Mr.. Curtin said. signed a
certificate that the record of the
conference proceedings was accurate
The conference proposal will be
placed before Parliament and. Mr..
Curtin added, he is prepared to give
it the most sympathetic considera-
ton
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|Bricker and Dewey
To Discuss Campaign
Roles Wednesday
By the Assoc ..sted Press.

ALBANY, N. ", July 24.-Gov
Thomas E. Dewey Of New York and
his running-mate. Gov. John W.
Bricker of Ohio, will discuss Wednes-
day the campaigning responsible
ties of each in their drive to unseat
the Democratic national admins
tration.
The COP vice presidential candi-
date, accompanied by Mrs. Bricker
will arrive Wednesday morning and
be guests at the executive mansion
1t will be Gov. Bricker's first meet
ing with Gov Dewey since the COP
convention. The Brickers will visit
National Committee headquarters
In New York Thursday.
WMl Confer on Issues.
Gov. Bricker and I will spend the
day and evening Wednesday confer
ring on campaign issues and some
problems we will be discussing dur
ing the campaign" Gov. Dewey
said.
Gov. Bricker who made an ex-
tensive tour of the country in his
preconvention fight for the presi-
dental nomination, is expected to
wage vigorous speaking campaign
Nominated nearly month ago
Gov. Dewey has devoted his time
mainly to conferences with party
leaders and campaign planning
saying little on controversial SUBJ
jects pending the Democratic con-
vention developments.
Prepares for Conference.
Returning to Albany today after
a week end at. his farm near Pawl-
ing. the Governor continued to pre-
pare for the conference of Repub-
lican Governors in st. Louis August
2 and 3, This conference is expected
to throw more light on the Repub-
lican campaign trend.
Gov. Dewey will spend the next
week end at Pawling and leave New
York Sunday night for ST Louis. He
will stop in Pittsburgh the next day
for conferences on reconversion Of
industry to peacetime basis. Asked
if he would talk with John l.. Lewis,
head of the United Mine Workers,
in Pittsburgh. the Governor replied ::
Il don't know who I will see; the
schedule has not been arranged"
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Germans Believed Usinu
Robot Bases in BeIqium
Ey the Associated Press

Ey The Associated Press.
LONDON. July 24.-As the robot
attacks on Britain continued for the
4Oth day military experts today, ex-
pressed belief that the Germans
were using number of new flying
bomb bases, including some in Bel
GUM
London, as well as areas in the
southern counties, suffered casual
ties and damage during the night,
when the Nazis self a fairly large
number of the flying bombs hurting
across the Channel. There were few
interludes in the assaults over the
week end.
1t was disclosed, meanwhile, that
more than 100000 mothers and
babies and $4,000 school children
have been evacuated from London
under government auspices.
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wife, Mrs. Catherine M. Belmont,
has been informed.
Sergt. Belmont Is regular Army
man and had been stationed at
Fort Myer with the Cavalry. He
transferred to the Rangers, receiv-
ing his invasion training in Florida.
He has been overseas about a year.
The couple have one daughter, Su-
san, 3 years old.
Pvt. Thomas f. Hill, whose par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs David w. Hill,
live at 4422 Macarthur boulevard
NV, was wounded in Italy June 2
Evening star., 1944-07-24
BrowneII Sees Letters
Revealing COP SWING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July Herbert
Brownell. jr., chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee. said
yesterday an analysis of mail re-
ceived by him and the party's nomi-
nees for President and Vice Presi-
dent disclosed increasing evidence
of the great swing of normally
Democratic voters to the Repubn
can SIDE
Thousands Of letters from "old
school Democrats" and other voters
are arriving daily at national head
quarters here and at the Offices of
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in Albany
and Gov. John w. Bricker In
Columbus, Mr.. Brownell said in a
statement, adding:
These letters are heart warm
ing to the candidates and to those
of us who have had the privilege of
reading them. Their sincerity and
their zeal for Republican success
cannot fail to be rewarded"
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Higgins Firm Delivers
10, ,000th Wartime Boat
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
NEW ORLEANS, July 24-Rear
Admiral E. l.. Cochrane. chief of
the Navy's Bureau of Ships, yester-
day accepted delivery of the 10,OO0th
wartime boat built by Higgins In
dustries, Inc, and said The sue
cesses which our amphibious forces
have been achieving against the
strongholds of the enemy on both
sides of the globe could not have
been won without the contribution
of the men and women of Higgins. u
The admiral. who arrived by plane
from Washington, was guest of
honor at demonstration in which
troops from Camp Shelby, Miss,
"stormed' the seawall near Bayou
ST. John.
Guests included Vice Admiral
Othon P. Blanco, undersecretary of
navy for Mexico.
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By the Associated Press.

SPOKANE, Wash. July 24.-A
crowd of 100000 people, too stunned
to make outcry, watched two attack
bombers collide yesterday during a
war show and fall in flames, killing
four men.
The ships, the Army counterpart
of the Navy's Helldivers, were part
of the Spokane Air Service Com
mand "stay-on-the-job" war show.
An announcer had just told the
biggest crowd in Spokane's history
that the ships were capable of 400
miles an hour, when three of the
ships peeled of in formation to dive
on the bowl, They veered in one
direction, then banked away from
the crowd toward the center of a
natural ampnitheater.
Stacked up in turning, one of the
ships slid into another. Wreckage
showered out from them and they
fell the few hundred feet to the
bottom of the bowl in flames.
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at the request of the Government.
Over the week end, Attorney Laugh
lin had in some surreptitious way
got hold of transcript of that hear
ing and made it a matter of record
in the Court Of Appeals"
Attorney Requested Hearing.
Smythes present attorney M. Ed
ward Buckley. had asked for such
a hearing, the prosecutor explained,
and since it involved a serious
charge against Smythe's present
counsel, Mr. Laughlin. the Govern
ment felt it should not be held in
public, Mr.. Laughlin's conduct at
the trial, Mr.. Rogge added, already
had brought him two fines for con-
tempt and had forced the court to
exclude the defense attorney from
taking part in the trial.
The transcript showed Smythe
charged that the reason he did not
appear when the trial began April
II was that Mr.. Laughlin had
written him falsely that the case
was postponed Smythe's bond was
forfeited, he was arrested and held
In jail in lieu of $4,000 bond until
July 10, when he was released on
81 900 bond. He was unable to pro-
duce the letter, the record showed
but he also testified that his ram
bunctious' conduct early in the trial
was on advice of his attorney.
I'VE didn't feel" MI Rogge said,
that charges Of that possibly Sc
rious nature should be made pub
lie at that time"
Eicher Offers No Comment.
Justice Eicher made no comment
on the prosecutors statement.
| Another side issue aired as the
mass trial was resumed involved Eu-
gene N. Sanctuary, a defendant
VINO has objected to proceeding
without his counsel. Henry H Klein
New York attorney. Mr.. Klein
arrest has been ordered on a con-
tempt of court charge because he
quit the trial without permission
of the court.
Sanctuary charged that the at
torney appointed by the court to de-
feno him, Marvin Bischoff. had
worked against him" Mr.. Bischof1
denied this.
Justice Eicher. refusing to hear
further from Sanctuary, said he was
convinced there was no foundation
for the defendants charge. Sane
tuary has refused to confer with his
new attorney and has demanded Mr.
Laughlin in lieu of Mr.. Klein.
Fascist" Platform introduced.
Among the documents admitted
professionally by the court-sub-
ject to later connection with the
alleged conspiracy-was a pamphlet
containing the platform of the
American Nationalist Confederation,
which advertised itself as "a Fascist
party" The confederation was
headed by George E. Deatherage, a
defendant.
Lawrence Dennis, a defendant,
was reported seriously i'll in a hos
pital at Pittsfield, Mass.
Maximilian ST. George. a defense
counsel, read telegram in which
Dennis asked that the trial be post
poned until he could return. perhaps
10 days hence Justice Eicher said
the trial would 60 on unless and
until he received medical evidence
indicating Dennis was unable to be
present
Evening star., 1944-07-24

from BROOKLYN Pvt. J, r. Fersuson' 'r,
when Mai. Ferguson was placed
in charge of Henderson Hall in
May, 1943. Her husband is with
the civilian branch of the Allied
Military Government at an undis-
closed station. Another son, EN-
NETT, 20, is midshipman in the
Navy's BIZ program and is sta
toned at Cornell University
Maj Ferguson said her son John
had participated in the invasion of
the Marshall Islands He received
his boot training at Paris Island,
after which he was stationed at
Pendleton, Greg He is with the 4th
Marine Division, and left for the
battle zones in January of this year.
Pvt. Alvin H. Simmons, 81. whose
wife, Mrs. Ann E. Simmons, and
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Veterans Send Army
Protest on CoddIing'
|0f Italian Prisoners
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 24.-The lOlst In
fantry Veterans Association, AEF,
has sent resolution to the War
Department criticizing Army au-
thorities and private citizens for
what it terms "pampering and cod
ding" Italian war prisoners.
Thomas Barry of Boston, State
commander of the Allied Veterans
OF World War II, announced that
his organization, which he said num-
bered $4,000 members, was in accord
with the resolution and declared
that the Italian prisoners should
be restricted.
The l0lst Infantry Veterans re-
solution contended that the war
prisoners should receive "only such
rights and courtesies as are pro-
vided under international law. Some
of them killed and manned our
soldiers. Their Axis partners have
murdered and tortured their pris-
oners of war. They have received
courtesies almost equal to those
rendered dignitaries of friendly ma
tions. Could these conditions exist
in Germany or Italy? They have
been coddled and pampered by citi-
zens as well as Army authorities. "
While the resolution was being
prepared, a group of italian war
prisoners from Camp Mckay, In
the Dorchester district of Boston
were guests of a club in suburban
Somerville which entertained them
with picnic and a ball game.
Mr.. Barry declared that the Ital.
ians were prisoners Of war because
our forces overwhelmed them" and
he added that some Italian factions
even now were aligned with the
Nazis and ''are shooting our boys. "
A veteran Of both wars, Mr.. Barry
said that American boys received no
such entertainment as prisoners in
Italian and Nazi camps.
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Action on World BanI
Likely 10 Be Delayed
For New Congress
y the Associated Press.

BRETON WOODS, N. H., July
24.-Congressional action on the
proposed International Monetary
Fund and World Bank for Recon-
Struction and Development is likely
to be delayed until the new Con-
gress meets next January, an in
formed source said today.
AS the last of the delegates to
the United Nations Monetary Con-
ference departed from this White
Mountain resort, it was pointed out
that although quick action on the
two plans is desirable, it will be
virtually impossible to bring the
matter before the present Congress.
Although the lawmakers are
scheduled to reconvene in August,
they are expected to be in recess
most of the time because of the po-
litical campaign. Furthermore. COM
mlttee action on the monetary plans
would require many weeks of work
so that the question could not be
brought before the two houses in
time to have the proposals given
proper consideration.
The capital for the World Bank
for Reconstruction and Development
was given $300.0O0.OO0 boost late
Saturday night when Secretary of
the Treasury Morgenthau. at the
final conference dinner. announced
the Soviet Union had raised its quota
from S900,000,0O0 to 81 ,2OO. 900 900,
bringing the banks capitalization to
SO ,l000 100000.
The United States will contribute
S3, 100000 to the bank whose
principal purpose is to make re-
construction and development loans
after the war and to guarantee sim
liar loans of private investors.
The monetary fund, designed to
provide foreign exchange to ma
tions whose trade balance are tenn
porarily on the minus side has been
Set at CO am mn mn
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Hull Halls Money PorIey
As Forwarding Security

Hailing the International None
tary Conference as success, Sec
retary of State Hull said today it
demonstrated that nations which
love peace are working together -
He praised particularly the Coop
Grafton of Soviet Russia, which at
the last moment raised its quota
for the world bank to 81 200 900 900.
The successful completion of the
important conference at Breton
Woods is another step toward the
goal OF the United Nations and ma
tions associated with them in the
war for peaceful, secure and happy
world in which all peace loving ma
tons will cooperate for their
mutual benefit" he said
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Thanksgiving Service
Held in Rome by Jews
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, July 24-Four thousand
Jews and many ranking military au-
thorltles participated today in the
first Jewish Thanksgiving service in
captured Rome
The service was in the Grand
Synagogue, on the banks of the I'll
Der. Capt. Aaron Paperman of Bal
timore, Jewish chaplain of the 5th
Army. said:
Centuries ago. pagan Rome tolled
the death knell of the Jewish people
Today, Christian Rome, first capital
of Europe to be liberated. sounds a
tone OF hope and courage for the
survival of the Jewish people"
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and is now In
a hospital there.
A native OF
w a S h / n g t on,
Pvt. Hill attend
ed Western High
School here and
was employed in
a gasoline sta
ton prior to his
induction, June
%. l943. Ac-
cording to his
mother he has
not been home
since last No
Vember. He has
t wo brothers,
Evening star., 1944-07-24

His induction in September, 1943
he was employed here as a buyer
with the Palais Royal department
store. His mother, Mrs. F. A.
Wyatt. lives in Richmond
Pfc. Davis A. Hall, son of Mrs
Edna I. Hall of Box 80, Laurel Md.
has been reported wounded in ac-
ton
Staff Sergt. Fay r. Murphy
brother of Lee v. Murphy of 194l
Second street NE, has beer
wounded in action
Staff Sergt. Gail H. Belmont. IS
of q Anacostia road NE, is back
in action after having been wounded
during the Normandy invasion. his
Evening star., 1944-07-24

les ece v e d
when he was
forced to bail
out of his burn
ing PAT Thun-
derbolt airplane
near Appomat-
tox, Va.
1t. Case was
on a ou t | n e
combat training
mission out of
Richmond which
was his la S t
scheduled flight
before goin g
overseas. accord.
Evening star., 1944-07-24

is m en- t, serst. l.. 7. Button.
Sergt Button was employed here
as route supervisor for the Pioneer
Laundry. He is a native of lion,
N. Y, where he attended school. The
family have lived here since 1888.
He has one brother, George F. But
ton, jr.. "a, who is due to be in
Quoted in August.
Pvt. Julian E. Timberlake, jr., vet
eran of the Tunisian and Sicilian
campaigns, was wounded in action
in Normandy, his parents, Mr.. and
Evening star., 1944-07-24

JnIee udyS dlUcI
the beginning of
the invasion.
According to
WORD received by
his parents he
is convalescing
from a number
of wounds re-
ceived when a
mortar shell ex-
ploded at h i S
feet. He was at
tached to the
Fifth r a n g e r
Battalion.
Prior to his
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Prisoner of War
1t has been officially disclosed that

@ u n t er Ezra
Fowler, c h e f
spec. U S N r
was captured by
German para =
troopers W h e n
they raided the
Y ugo osl ov ian
mountain camp
of Marshal Tito
May 25. His
wife. Mrs. Irene
Katherine FoW-
Ter and daugh-
ter, Arlene, IA,
live at 13 North
Hillside road ,
Greenbelt, Md.
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High School. Alexandria, and took
an accountancy course at Benjamin
Franklin School here.
He is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
c. Fairfax of 307 E. Clifford avenue,
Alexandria, and has two brothers,
Douglas, of Berwyn, Md, and Car
roll, of Alexandria.
Staff Sergt. Leroy T. Button, %.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George F.
Button, ITS Lanier place NV, was
wounded in action in Normandy
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Wounded in Action
Pvt. John F. FerKuS,

Pvt. John r. Ferguson. jr.. l8. son
Of Maj. Martrese T. Ferguson, COM
manding officer of the Second Head
quarters Battalion. Marine Corps
Women's Reserve, Henderson Hall.
Arlington. was reported to have
been wounded in action on Saipan.
Maj. Ferguson said her son enlisted
Evening star., 1944-07-24
New YorkerU Urges Return
Of BUTTERFLIES Lunches

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July pa return
Of BUTTERFLIES lunches in New York
was suggested yesterday by Paul
Henkel, president of the Society of
Restaurateurs, who said 100000
pounds could be saved each day If
sll the city's restaurants co nper-
Ated.
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their son War;
rem. 81 months.
live at 36 Far
r a 6 u t p a c e
NV, has re-
turned to duty
a t ter b e in &
wounded in the
invasion of Nor
mandy.
A native Of
Richmond. Va,
P v t. Simmons
was W ou n d e d
during the cap
ture of Rome.
He Is a machine
gunner. Prior to
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lOSL an arm III
the Normandy
invasion and Is
now in a hos
pital at Mitchell
Field, Long Is
land.
A native OF
Alexandria, Va,
Pfc. Fairfax en-
listed in the In
fantry in June,
l94l. He was
last in WASH
ington in Janu-
ary of this year.
He a t t e n d e d
Mount Vernon
Evening star., 1944-07-24

Mrs. J. E. Tim
b e r | a ke. 1925
Quincy sire e t
NV, r e cR ntly
learned.
A native OF
w a S h i n 2 t on,
Pvt. Timberlake,
25. holds the
combat 1nfan-
tEyman Badge.
He has served
overseas for IT
months, and is
now in a hos
pital in England.
He a I t ended