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Evening star., 1945-01-06
Wheeler Drops Plan
To Seek Place on
Senate Foreign Unit
Posts Moy Be Filled
By Hill, Hatch, Lucas,
New Deal StuIwurts
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, OF
Montana, today pulled out OF
the race for a place on the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee
amid indications that the ad-
ministration will fill three vacan-
cies with staunch supporters OF
President Roosevelt.
Senator Wheeler, longtime as
sailant of the Presidents foreign
policies, told a reporter that after
studying the situation he is mot In
terested" in one of the vacancies.
The administration had made
elaborate plans to oppose his selec-
ton when the Democratic Steering
Committee meets next week, in the
belief that he would cite his seniority
over other prospective appointees.
Senator Wheeler's decision not tt
fight for a seat on the committee
which will conduct hearings anC
make recommendations on the pros
pective international security organ.
ization and peace treaties, apparent
ly cleared the way for three pro.
administration men.
Hill, Hatch, Lucas Mentioned.
If Senator McKellar, Democrat, o,
Tennessee, the new president pr,
tempore, decides not to exercise hi.
seniority, the positions probably vii
go to Senators Hill, Democrat, o1
Alabama, the majority whip: Hatch
Democrat, of New Mexico, ant
Lucas, Democrat, of Illinois.
All three have been listed as sup
porters of a proposed internationa
peace organization. Their appoint,
ment would solidify the Democrat,
majority of Is on the committe,
with members all publicly committet
to back the Presidents moves TO
such an organization.
The minority's nine, however, in
cludes such critics of Mr.. Roosevelt
foreign policies as Senators John
son, Republican, Of California; Il
Toilette, Progressive, of Wisconsin
]Shipstead, Republican, Of Mime
sofa, and Wiley, Republican, of Wis
cOnSin.
Senator Wheeler emphasized tina
his decision will have no effect o.
his plans to discuss foreign policy a
length In the Senate.
/ "I want to be free to speak M
mind about international affairs q
l see them and there might be time
when. as q committee member,
would be bound not to divulge in
formation I had received there" h
said.
Wheeler Confers With Lewis.
The Montana Senator conferre
at length yesterday with John
Lewis, United Mine Workers presi
dent, q critic Of President Roose
Ivelt's foreign policies. They talke
mostly Of international affairs, Sen
ator Wheeler said.
Later Senator Wheeler went d
the radio with . proposal for
| United Nations political council It
tsee that the present series Of dis
! (See WHEELER, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1945-01-06
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AStoctated PreSS.
President Roosevelt today urged
Congress to provide for induction
Of nurses into the armed forces by
amending the Selective Service Act
More nurses Is lone Of the most
urgent immediate requirements" he
said in his state Of the Nation mes
sage.
Since volunteering has not pro-
duced the number Of nurses re-
quired, urge that the Selective
Service Act Be amended to provide
for the induction Of nurses into thu
armed forces. The need = too press-
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Thieves With Truck
Steal Enough Food
To Set Up Business

Thieves, who backed a truck
up to jewelers. Market, 1904
Fourteenth street NV, early
today made of with enough
commodities to start themselves
in business, police reported.
Pending an inventory, the
loss was described as unknown,
but considerable" Included in
the loot was large amount
Of beef" several whole lambs,
IS hams and other meats, and
between SO and rs cases OF
whisky.
The thieves drove their truck
into the alley and broke open
the back door, police said.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
German Tanks, Planes
Fight FiereeIy 10 Aid
Budapest Garrison
Fighting Roees in Zone
30 Miles Northwest Of
Hungarian Capitol y
Ey the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Jan. 6.-Fierce tank
artillery and air battles ragged
northwest of Budapest today as
the Germans made a supreme
bid to break through to their
garrison isolated in the Hunga-
'rian capital.
The fighting has reached such a
pitch that neither side has given
any clear indication of how far the
German penetration has gone to-
ward the city from the Komarom
area.
At last report, the Russians held
a zone possibly 80 miles deep, but
dispatches said the whole sector
south of the Danube bend now is
most fluid and places are changing
hands several times daily.
A Russian communique said the
Germans threw 300 tanks into the
patIle yesterday.
Nazis Bring Up Tanks.
The Germans were said to have
brought up numerous King Tigers
from the Vienna area. These met
a strong foe in the Red Army's new
T-34 tanks. The Germans also
poured great numbers of other mo-
bile weapons into the area in the
last two days.
Strong forces of German aircraft
lin greater number than have been
seen on the Eastern front for months
are providing steady support fol
the enemy ground attack.
Although the Russians are tight
Tipped about the way the fighting Is
going northwest of Budapest, dis
patches said one thing is certain
no units of the Budapest garrison
have been able to break through to-
ward their would-be rescuers.
Escape Highways Blocked.
The Germans hold several i'm.
portant heights in Northwestern
Budapest and are firing with telling
effect, but the Russians have kept
them from two important escape
highways-one to the west and an.
other leading directly northwest tt
the new battle area.
The Budapest garrison itself is be.
ing whitfield down every hour, FROM
reports said, and especially so ir
the eastern NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
the Red Army is believed very clos
to the Danube at several points.
Germans taken prisoner said tn,
garrison has been informed that tn.
family Of any soldier abandoning
his post would be killed.
A Red Star dispatch told of re.
peated German counterattacks from
within the CITY, It said they wer,
contained with high loss to tn,
enemy.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
By JAMES Y. NEWTON.

War Mobilization Director
Byrnes has cracked down on an
old American institution-con-
ventions-and his request that
all big meetings be Cancelled
after February unless approved
by the Government met with
favorable though reluctant re-
sponse over the Nation today.
In move designed to relieve over
crowded trains and !, hotels, Mr.
Byrnes appealed to all organizations
to cancel or refrain from holding all
meetings to be attended by more
than so persons and not directly
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Nation Responds FovorobIy
To Byrnes Convention Ban
War Mobilization Head Expects Cooperation
But Is Prepared to Use Enforcement Powers

necessary to the war effort. He
established committee, headed by
Director j. Monroe johnson of the
ONCE Of Defense Transportation, te
pass Judgment on applications 70,
conventions.
Mr.. Byrnes particularly appealed
to hotel management to decline res
ervations for unapproved grouT
meetings and trade shows"
Expects Fun Cooperation.
While Mr.. Byrnes said he was GER
tain his appeal would receive such
immediate general cooperation" a,
to make enforcement procedures I'm
necessary, 1t was understood he was
Evening star., 1945-01-06
President, Concerned
Over Poland, Greece,
Urges Allied Unity
U. S. Will Not Shirk
Responsibilities After
War, Message Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt, admitting
concern over the Greek and
Polish situations, declared today
the United States will not shrink
from the political responsibilities
which follow in the wake Of
battle" :r
In his message to Congress the
Chief Executive issued a call for
Allied unity at this most critical
phase of the war;" warned against
"perfectionism" in judging interna-
tional politics and promised to
strive for the principles Of the At
lantic Charter.
The Allies, he said, seek q "peo-
pies peace" and the United States
wants to see the people of Europe
live together as good neighbors''
1--WE shall not hesitate" he said,
ito use our influence-andt to use it
now-to secure so far as is humanity
possible the fulfillment of the prin.
ciples of the Atlantic Charter.
Halls Revived France.
"We have not shrunk from thu
military responsibilities brought or
by this war. We cannot and viii
not shrink from the political re.
sponsibilities which follow in tn,
wake of battle"
On other foreign policy points, tn,
President:
l. Gave no direct hint of his plan.
for his early February meeting will
Premier Stain and Prime Minister
Churchill.
2. Hailed the return of France I,
q place Of world leadership ans
disclosed that I'VE are now abou
to equip large new French force
with the most modern weapons TO
combat duty"
3. Declared that Eve have house
cleaning of our own to do" in build
ing free world trade and commerce
4. Predicted adoption of the Dunn
barton Oaks plan of world organiza
ton.
y. SdllCu 4OI luuIQdl ul1OCl SUdIlQ
ing among peoples to safeguar'
peace, stating his purpose to us
chronological advances in communi
cation "for the common advantag
of the world"
While laying down the principle
he would apply to liberated Europe
the Chief Executive refrained fron
saying in what way he would appl
them. That is one Of the problem
he hopes to work out in conferenc
with Mr.. Churchill and Mr.. Stain
Achievement Gradual.
The United States and her Allies
he said. have a duty ito use on
influence to the end that no tenn
porary or provisional authorities il
the liberated countries block tn
eventual exercise of the peoples
right freely to choose the govern
ment and institutions under which
as free men, they are to i've"
Mr.. Roosevelt urged that Allie
differences not be permitted, througl
"perfectionisn" in this country. t
prevent American participation Il
organized world affairs.
In our disillusion after the las
war;" he said, I'VE preferred inter
national anarchy to internationa
(See FOREIGN POLICY, Pg. Az.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Tunnel and Burton
Arrive in Italy
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Jan. 6.-Senators Tunnel,
Democrat, of Delaware and Burton
Republican, of Ohio, comprising a
subcommittee of the Mead War In
vestigating Committee, arrived In
Italy today.
They will conduct q three-day in
quiry into salvageable American war
materiel and will visit the Middle
East before returning to Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Lute Bulletins
Thworted HoIdup Man
Abducts 14-Yeor-OId Girl

Arlington County police re-
ported that Grace Walling-
ton, IA, of 6610 Lee highway
was forced at pistol point by q
masked hold-up man to ac-
company him as he fled in an
automobile after an unsuc-
cessful attempt to rob the East
Falls Church branch of the
Falls Church Bank this after
noon. The robbery was
thwarted when A. HI. Barbor,
Is, manager Of the bank,
grabbed the bandits pistol
and slammed the bank door in
his face.
Streetcor Kills Woman
A woman, said to be about
IS years old and an emplOye
of the Commerce Department
Bureau Of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce, was struck and
killed at 12::4O pm. today by
= strectcar on Fourteenth
street between E street and
Constitution avenue NV. She
Was tentatively identified Is !
Mrs. or Miss Clemens.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Admiral Listed as Dead

LONDON, Jan. 6 R.-Vice Ad-
miral Sir A. E. Evans, go, head Of
the naval technical mission in OF
tawa since 1910, missing for some
time on q transatlantic plane
flight. was listed on oficial records
today Is presumed to have been
killed.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Germans Threaten Strosbourq;
New Drive Reported B|unted,
But |mperiIs 30-MiIe Salient
Allied Offensive
In Belgian Bulge
Virtually Stopped
BULLETIN.

WITH AMERICAN FORCES
IN BELGIUM R).-The Ger
mans today threw back the
Allies as much as 1000 yards
at the western point of the
German bulge in the Marche-
Rochefort sector.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Fire President to Retire

DUBLIN, Jan. 6 tP)-Dr. Douglas
Hyde, 84-year-old President of Fire,
has advised Prime Minister Eamon
| de Valera he would not seek re-
election next June when his seven
year term expires.
Evening star., 1945-01-06

Three additional men from
the District area haDe been re-
ported killed in this iour. See
"On the Honor RoH," Page Az.
Evening star., 1945-01-06

(see WESTERN FRONT. P. A-3.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Weather Forecast

Cloudy, colder; low tonight near 90:
light rain tomorrow.
Evening star., 1945-01-06

Temperatures today Highest, 80, at
l2:ci am; lowest, %, at 7:50 am; 81
at noon. Yesterday Highest, 42, at
$3.50 pm; lowest, 20, at 9:20 am.
Evening star., 1945-01-06

(see CONVENTIONS. Page A-4J
Evening star., 1945-01-06

s(See PHILIPPINES, Page
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25
Results of The
Council Primaries

In Tuesdays municipal primaries,
at which only about 10 per cent of
the citys registered voters cast their
ballots, tho Democrat incumbents,
Claude M. Potterfield Ward q and
Earl P. Wolfe Ward 81, won over
whelming victories over their OPP
ponents On the Republican side,
Albert M. Long Ward q and
Charles H. Spigler Ward 81 were
easy winners in their contests. These
were the only contests.
Detailed results are as follows:
Ward 2
(Democrat) Claude M. Potterfield
400; Harry T. Fridinger 1874; E.
Fiske Elgin, "a.
Republican, Albert M. Long l76;
Harry " Smith 10.
Ward 3
(Democrat) Earl P. Wolfe 437;
Vernon M. Miller 70; Albert r. He'd
den 8.
Ward
(Republican) Charles H. Spigler
289, William S. HotchlSiss 40.
The results of the primaries puts
the following candidates in the field
for the city eection on march, 81:
For Mayor
Richard H. Sweeney, Democrat
incumbent, and John d. Dunn, Re-
publican.
For Council
Ward il. G. Hellane, Republic
can, no opposition.
Ward 2-C1aude M. Potterfield
(D) and Albert NJ. Long (R).
Ward 3-Earl p. Wolfe Cd and
Clarence G. Keedy (R).
Ward f. J. Frank Elliott (D) and
Harry r. Munday (R).
Ward ST. Aubrey Kemp ID
and Charles H. Spigler (R).
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25
ID. A. r. Conference
Has Been Cancelled

Mrs Mark E. Reed, Regent of the
Conocheague d. A. r. Chapter, re-
ports that at the January meeting
of the Maryland State Board of the
Daughters of the American Revol-
ution, held in the Belvedere Hotel,
Baltimore, it was voted to cancel
the annual State conference which
was to have been held in Baltimore
March l and 2.
This action was taken because it
was felt that the OAR. should lead
the way in complying with the war
mobilization directors request that
all conventions be discontinued in
the interest of the war effort and
with the spirit of conservation.
Thirty-Swo chapter regents and
eleven officers attended the meet
ing, which was presided over by
Mrs. George C. Vietheer, State
Regent.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25

Lawrence |. Everling, nationally
known advertising executive, we'll
known after dinner speaker and
head of the Lawrence /. Everling
Advertising Agency, Philadelphia,
Pa, will be the guest speaker at the
luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis
Club, at the Hotel Alexander,
Thursday, February l. His subject
will be, Advertising, Current and
Postwar.
Mr.. Everling. author of several
books on advertising, is member
of the Philadelphia poor Richard
Club and the Philadelphia Fine Arts
Academy. He has made compre-
hensive study of the postwar era,
as it affects advertising, and his adj
dress is being looked forward to
with a great amount of interest.
The address will be given immed-
lately following the luncheon and
members of the other Service Clubs
have been invited to hear the
speaker.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25
Preaching Mission
To Begin On Feb. A

The annual Pre-Lenten Preaching
Mission will be conducted each
evening from February 4th to Feb
ruary 9th, inclusive, under the
auspices of the Washington County
Ministerial Association and the
Washington County Council Of
Churches. The mass meetings will
be held in st. Johns Lutheran Sun
day School auditorium at 7:45 p. m.
The General Committee has been
very fortunate in securing three
speakers of outstanding prominence
and ability. DR.. Peter Marshall,
minister of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Washington,
D. c., will address the mass meeting
on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
evenings. DR.. Ralph w. Sockman,
minister of Christ Methodist Church
New Yory City, will speak at the
mass meetings on Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday evenings. DR..
Raymond M. Web, of Harrisburg,
Pa, editor of 1.-THE Evangelical
Crusader" will address the Wash
ington County Youth Rally at First
Christian Church on Sunday even
ing, February 4th, at 6:15.
The chairmen of the committees
for the Preaching Mission are as
follows: General committee, the
Rev. Paul NJ. Robinson; Program
committee, the Rev. DR.. F. Berry
Plummer; Publicity committee, the
Rev. Dr. William NJ. Norment; Ush-
ers committee, E. E. Bradley; FL
nance committee, R. Paul Smith;
Music committee, the Rev. Raymond
M. Miller; Service Clubs committee,
the Rev. G, Aubrey Young; and the
School Assemblies committee, John
D. Zentmyer. The Rev. DR.. Wilson
P. Ard will have charge of the an
and offerings. The
Rev. DR.. H. A. Fesperman is the
Secretary of the General committee.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25
Pittrnan Lecture
Has Been P Postponed

Due to the serious illness of Hob
son Pittman of Philadelphia, widely
known American artist and teacher,
the Washington County Museum of
Fine Arts was unable to present his
lecture, What to See in Paintings" "
on the scheduled date of January
18th. Mr.. Pittman, who will act as
one-man jury for the Cumberland
Valley Exhibition which opens on
February LIST. will visit the local
art Museum on January 9th.
He will deliver his lecture in the
Museums auditorium on the even
ing of that day at $50. A cordial
invitation to attend is hereby ex-
tended to all county residents.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25
More Food Stamps
Valid Next Week

The OPA has announced that, due
to the fact that the next ration per-
iod for meats, fats and dairy pro-
ducts win be from January %
through March 3 Ga period of five
weeks instead of the customary four
weeks, six red stamps will be-
come valid on January % and, with
the stamps already in use, win re-
main good indefinitely. The new
Red Stamps lin Book A. are VS., rs,
Az, BE-, CO and DE-.
Five new blue stamps (also in
Book A will become valid ON Feb
ruary /, for the purchase Of canned
goods. These new stamps HI, J2,
K2, LIZ and M, with the blue
stamps already in use, will also re-
main valid indefinitely.
A new sugar stamp, No. IS in
Book 4, also becomes valid on Feb
ruary !, and, with stamp "a, re-
mains valid indefinitely.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25
Volunteer Firernen
Honor Gene Raney

At the annual dinner of the Ken
sington Fire Department, held in
Kensington on January 6, Eugene j..
G. Raney, owner of Raney's Coli
scum and The Mapleway Bowling
Alleys, Hagerstown, was presented
with an engraved silver platter,
commemorating his quarter cent
ury's service to the department. The
presentation was made by Phil
Ryan, president of the Maryland
State Firemen's Association.
Mr.. Raney, in addition to having
held every Office of the Kensington
Co., is a former president of the
State Association, and is now serv-
ing that body as a member of the
Board Of Trustees.
Guests of honor at The dinner, in
addition to Mr. Ryan, were: J. Mil
lard Tawes, State comptroller, 1t.
Comdr. Thomas Elmo Jones, Secre-
tary of State for Maryland; Senator
]. Harold Sothoron, Hyattsville;
Clyde c. Hall, deputy county clerk
from Allegany County; William A.
Wilson, member of the State Ex-
ecutive committee from Midland,
Maryland; Stephen T. Porter, CHIEF
of the District of Columbia Fire
Department; Herbert A. Friede, SUI
perintendent of the fire alarm sys-
TENS for the Metropolitan area Of
Washington, and Chief Joseph A.
Giammatteo of Glen Echo.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25
GIVE Done My Share"

editorial the January issue
FAD the bweey paper published by and for employees
Farchid Aircraft Division in Hagerstown.
The editorial which submitted anonymously by of
the employees will be found editorial column four
and strongly only to read it, but having done
to cut it out and pass it on to someone else
submitting the editorial publishers Auxiliary"
Chicago Editorial
hope that the writer will reveal his her identity, that
full credit may be given.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25

Flight Officer Benjamin Blake
Dutton, son of DR.. and Mrs. M. Viii
liam Dutton, 1893 Hamilton boule-
ward, and husband of the former
Miss Georgina Anderson, of Santa
Anna, Calf, was killed January 20
when his twin-engined fighter plane
crashed on combat training man.
euvers Is miles north of Santa
Maria, Calf.
Flight Officer Dutton, who was 81,
was stationed at an air base near
Santa Marie for fighter pilot train
ing.
A graduate of Hagerstown High
School, he entered the Army in Feb
ruary, 1943. After receiving train
ing at Miami, Fla, Santa Anna, Cal,
and Chandler, Ariz.. he was sta
toned at a number of bases in
Washington and California for
further training.
He received his wings on June %,
1914, and was married one month
later.
A member of st. Pauls Methodist
Church, Flight officer Dutton was
employed in the experimental de-
partmentof Fairchild Aircraft here
before entering the Service.
Surviving, besides his widow ana
parents is one brother, Ensign Mark
William Dutton, Oahu, Hawaii.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-25
To Ask Retention
Of Juvenile Court

Robert H. Tenney. chairman of
the Washington County Delegation,
has announced that the Delegation,
believing it to be in the best inter
ests of Hagerstown and Washington
County that the Juvenile Court be
retained here, will ask that Wash
ington County be exempted from
the provisions of a proposed state
wide bill, which would abolish Ju-
venile Courts and place jurisdiction
in juvenile cases throughout the
state in the Circuit Court.
Mr.. Tenney has also announced
that the Delegation is sponsoring
five new bills (already in the hop
peri, aimed at strengthening and
bringing up-to-date the law govern
ing the function of the Juvenile
Court here.
The first bill proposes to give the
right of appeal to the Circuit Court
within ten days, from any Juvenile
Court decision.
The second bill proposes to cover
a minor technicality in the present
law, with regard to the status of
adults in Juvenile Court cases.
Bill number three proposes to al
low the Juvenile Court to be con-
Quoted in in informal manner, in
stead of having to follow regular
court procedure.
Bill number four proposes to COW
er a minor technicality in the pres
ent law, with regard to the impos-
ing of fines and punishment.
The fifth bill is aimed at bringing
the Juvenile Court laws, Gas they
affect the local COURT up-to-date
and also proposes to give the court
the authority needed to properly
handle the cases that come before it.
7 The bill provides: (1) to empower
the Juvenile Court to set the amount
of payments to be made and also
empowers the magistrate to direct
that such payments be made
through the Juvenile Court.
(2) To give the Circuit Court pow
er to transfer the payments and dis
bursements of alimony and separate
maintenance to the Juvenile Court.
CD To empower the Juvenile
Court to retain three per cent of all
fees collected (the percentage to be
taken into account when payments
are assessed by the COURT. The
proposed bill also directs that this
percentage shall be deposited in
separate Juvenile Court bank ac-
count and disbursed as follows:
A sum, not to exceed $1,000 per
year, may be used for the purpose
of setting up the necessary account
ing system to deal with funds han
died by the court and to provide
whatever help is necessary.
All funds left in this account at
the end of each year are to be
turned over to the city and county
in the following proportions: One
third to the Mayor and Council OF
Hagerstown and two-thirds to the
Washington County Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, for the generaI
fund of the city and county respect
lively.