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Baby Dies After Sailor
Rushes Home From Pacific
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOUNT OLIVE, ILL.,, July ST.
Sailor John j. Lacys infant daugh-
ter died in Litchfield hospital yes
terday, three days after he arrived
from the Pacific area on an emer-
gency leave which his wife said was
granted after she appealed to Presi-
dent Truman.
Mrs. Margaret Lacy said she ap-
pealed to the President 10 days ago
after other efforts to obtain leave
for her husband failed. A reply said
the sailor would be granted leave at
once to go to the bedside OF Karen
Jean. l5-month-old, critically III OF
brain tumor
Mr.. Lacy. a radsrmsn. 2jc. reached
home Sunday after being flown from
Leyte To Los Angeles to st. Louis.
II was the first time he had seen his
daughter.
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Wounded

Pfc. George n. Kotzalas, 2l-yesr-
old son of Nicholas Kotzslas, lll6
Eighth street NV. was wounded in
action on Luzon April as. He is q
member of tank battalion He
wrote his father ne had three OIL four
bullet wounds in his hip.
Born in Chicago. Pvt. Kotzalas
attended Central High School be-
fore he went into the Army three
years ago. mis- father said He has
been overseas year and a half.
Mr.. Kotzslss is the owner of the
Center Cafe at 1897 Seventh
street NV Mrs. KotZalas is IN
Greece.
Serst. Thomas w. Burke, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Burke, l55
North Carolina avenue, Sc, was
wounded April 70 while with the
27th Infantry on Okinawa, it was
announced today. He now has re-
Evening star., 1945-07-05
FEA Blocks Shipment
OF 100000 Tons Of
Steel Rails 10 Spain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Foreign Economic Admins
tration said yesterday that II nad
turned thumbs down on shipment OF
100 900 tons of steel rails to Spain.
The agency said that last month
private American exporters. whom
it did not name, inquired whether
such shipment could be made 10
Spain, and we're told that an ex-
port license would not be granted.
FEA officials disclosed their action
when a reporter asked for comment
on protest by Philip Murray. pres1-
dent of the CIO. against any such
shipment.
Mr.. Murray made public a l3tter
to War Mobilization Director Vim
son. which said:
MY informa tion is that the Spar
rows Point Md plant Of the Beth
lehem Corp. is rolling or preparing
to roll 100000 tons of steel rails for
shipment to Spain. I am advised
that request has been made by the
Export Traders Co., New York City.
for an export license to ship steel
rails to Spain"
He called this an Outrageous
situation" and said it was made
possible because the War Produc-
ton Board has permitted the sale
Of steel "in the free market"
At Baltimore, S. j. Cort, general
manager of the Sparrows Point
plant. said he had no knowledge OF
any planned shipments.
FEA officials said no steel rails
have been sent to Spain and that
no license has been granted for
such shipments Advised of this. n
aide to Mr.. Murray said: IF that
Is the case, we are naturally
plea sed"
Evening star., 1945-07-05
On the Roll of Honor

going to the Pacflc last March, Mrs.
Oberhouse SAID. He was with the
9Th Division.
He was native of Pemberville,
Ohio, where he was graduated from
high school, Mrs. Oberhouse. nurse
at Garfield Hospital, said. A daugh-
ter, Diane, also survive.
Pfc. John w. Summers, son OF
Harvey w. Summers, 12l South
Pitt street, Alexandra, was killed
in action in the Pacific, the Army
disclosed today.
Frederick EsrimOre Harrison,
pharmacists mate sc, u. S.. N. r.,
also was listed today as killed in
action. The address of his parents.
Mr.. an6 Mrs Edward Smith Har-
riSon, was given as 1929 E street
NV
Evening star., 1945-07-05

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Evening star., 1945-07-05

Army Art Exhibition
Includes Work Of
Two D. {. Area Men

It's an artistic Army as well as a
fighting one.
Proof of this may be seen in 214
examples OF soldier art chosen from
5000 entries in a Nation wide Army
contest which went on display today
at the National Gallery of Art and
will continue through September 4
The first such competition in mil
itarv history, II offers striking
study in variety and influences Two
men from the Washington area were
among those who have entries on
display. They are Mai. Arthur M
Tunick. 1903 Holly street NV, and
T/5 Syd Browne, l55 Belvoir street
Alexa ndria.
Maj. Tunick, who is stationed at
the Army Medical Center here. is
an amateur photographer and has
two photographs exhibited, Mod
ern Design" and Dear as the Blood
Ye Gave"
Sharp Contrast Is Noted.
Modern Design" is study of a
smartly clad woman while the other,
in sharp contrast, shows a mother
and child gazing at row of graves
in military cemetery.
T/5 Brown, who is stationed at
Fort Belvoir, has on exhibit an oil
painting. Winter Night-Fort Bel
voir."
The great majority OF the 1000
original entrants stationed too far
away to attend the opening are not
recognized artists. This was noted
by Bartlett H. Hayes, ir., director
of the Addison Gallery, Phillips
Academy. Andover, Mass. one of
the judges. in making selections
for the display. He called the result
extraordinary.
Serious and Comic Subjects.
CT creative ability was turned
loose in paintings, prints, drawings,
sculpture and photographs. The
subject matter was about equally
divided between military and civil
ian subjects Whether the subject
dealt with military or civilian life,
observers noted, there ran through
them either serious and sad tone
or q strong vein of comedy. First
prize winners in the various cate
gories were awarded War Bonds.
The winners included clerks, den
fists, bartenders, farmers and me-
chanics now in the service.
The contest proved to Secretary
of War Stimson that as Nation
We can take up the sword without
losing the gift and endowments of
peace"
Save every tin can that Is used
In your home, restaurant, hotel, etc.
The United States has virtually no
native tin ore. Our tin mines are in
your kitchen! Save prepared tin
cans in separate containers and
place near garbage bins for eollec-
tion.
Evening star., 1945-07-05

turned TO duty, he wrote his parents
He said he was cut on the face and
was "shot pretty bad"
Overseas three years, the T-year-
old infantryman has been in the
Army about four years. He was born
in Pennsylvania, his mother said
and attended Eastern High School
and a vocational school here.
Sergt. Burke's brother, Pvt. Daniel
Burke, also an infantrymari, was
killed in Italy in February, 1914.
Pfc. Mario ID. Petosa, whose wife
Mrs. Carmela Petoss, formerly lived
at 1880 Nineteenth street NV, was
wounded in action in the PacifiC
theater, 1t was revealed today.
Missing
Sergt. Oren 6. BriscOe, lg-yesr-
old B-29 tail gunner, has been miss
ing in action since May 26 during a
Super Fortress raid on Tokyo. II was
his 20th mission.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Evening star., 1945-07-05

Shop tonite 'tiI 9; Friday 9
AN. TO 6 PM. Closed Sotur.
days during July and August.
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Youth Fined for Tossing
Fhecracker at Churchill
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 5.-A l7-year-old
student was fined So in u London
court today for throwing a fire.
cracker that exploded near Prime
Minister Churchill at political rally
last night.
Il don't know why I did It," the
youth said. Il certainly do not
favor Mr.. Churchill, but had no
intention of hurting him."
Mr.. Churchill was disconnected but
not injured by the explosion. q
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Copt. Lash Appointed
Naval Academy ChopIoin
~ The Associated Press.

ny me AssOtIAIeu FItsb.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 5.-The
Naval Academy announced yester-
day the assignment Of Capt. Frank
H Lash as academy chaplain, re-
lieving Rear Admiral w. N. Thomas,
who has been ordered to Washing
ton as head of the Navy Chaplain
Corps.
Capt Lash. who Is expected to
report to his new post soon, served
as Naval Academy chaplain from
1929 to 1888 and YVES relieved by
Admiral Thomas, then COM
n1andeT.
Evening star., 1945-07-05

C. Briscoe, 20 Sycamore avenue.
Takoma Park, Md, Sergt. Briscoe
has been overseas since last De-
cember. He went into the Army
Air Forces In January, 1914, his
mother said.
A native OF Takoma Park and
former student at Tom Brook High
School in Virginia. Sergt. Briscoe
was listed as missing IN an Army
casualty release today. He was
based with the 2lst AAF in the
Marianas, Mrs. Briscoe said.
The sergeant had a close call dur
ing another raid over Tokyo when
a bullet went through his plane and
lodged in his ammunition. but 1t
didn't explode, his mother said
Liberated
Pvt. Lawrence A. UrsO, son OF Mrs.
Jenny Urso, 81 S street NV, has
been liberated from Imprisonment in
Germany, according to a report from
the Owl TODAY,
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Death March
Continued From First Page.

ton and drug experiment labo-
ratories scattered throughout Bava-
ria and Austria. the authorities
said. Those who died were Gre
mated.
Various Stages Of MalnutritiOn.
Maj. Marvin Linick of New York
City and Capt. Loyal Murphy, Men,
phis, Tenn, who found the Ksuf-
beuren station, reported that 1t
housed 1,578 men, women and chill
dren on June 80, and a branch at
nearby Irsee had another 468-ail
in various stages Of malnutrition.
Among the children found alive was
a 10-year-old boy weighing less
than % pounds.
Those under arrest included DR..
Vslentun Falthauser, SO, charged
with operating the station; Fran
ziska VIII. his secretary food ad-
ministrator. and the head nurse Of
one of the children's wards, a
woman named Worle.
The AMG statement said the
woman confessed to having poi
soned or killed by intramusculsr in
lection at least 21I minors for which
she drew 8 monthly bonus of IS
relchsmarks. about So at the old
United States exchange rate, or
$3.50 at the present United States
military exchange.
Bodies Found In Morgue.
Mai. Linick and Capt, Murphy
said they found in an uncooled
morgue the bodies Of men and wom-
en- who had died from u hours to
3 days earlier as result of the
experiments" Each body weighed
only So to 66 pounds.
The men said the determination
program included injection of chem
icals to produce direct starvation,
intended to kill either within three
months or to take six months or
longer.
At stages of advanced malnutri-
tion everdoses of sedstives were
given, designed to induce pneumonia
or other lung ailments, which were
listed as the cause of death, the
officers said.
More than $50 men, women and
children had been cremated since
last November, the officers said.
other experimental stations in
cluded one at Harthausen near Linz
in Austria. described as q major one,
and snaller ones at Grafeneck,
wuettenbers and Gnensburs Ia
gsvsrie, II wes reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04

Lena Horne-Lena's next movie
will be Sweet Georgia Brown" +"
with an all-Negro cast.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Pacific Battle
Areas Widen
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
Wednesday in attacks on a group of
American ships in the Mindanao
area, between Leyte and Mindanao
in the southern Philippines)
NAGOYA STILL AFIRE
On Japan itself, the big aircraft
center of Nagoya still was smould-
ering from large-scale Superfort-
reSS raid yesterday. Large fires were
started, a Washington communique
said, and bombing results were de-
scribed as good" One B-29 was
lost over the target area and per-
hapS 10 enemy planes shot down.
All Mindoro, strategic Philippine
island just southwest of INVASION
marked LuZon, was expected to be
under American control within a
matter of days as result of new
landings on the east coast Monday
and the west coast Tuesday. There
was no indication that any formid-
able resistance had developed, and
the Americans were expected to
seize the remaining airstrips and
other installations on the island in
quick or6er.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Farm Bureau Sets
Saturday Meet

Alex Meyer, newly elected presi-
dent of the Imperial County Farm
Bureau, will preside for the first
time Saturday at, the January meet
ing at the court house in Ell Centre.
Among matters of paramount i'm
portance to be taken up at the
session will be arrangements for
the regional meeting of the bureau
to be held in Imperial county jan
uary 81. At that time Farm Bureau
officials and members from San
Diego, Orange, Riverside, and San
Bernardino counties will join the
Imperial Bureau in commodity
group meetings in the morning and
the general meeting in the after
noon.
Also at Saturdays meeting Meyer
will announce the committee APP
pointments he has made since his
election last month.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Legion Leaders
Reach County

Edward N. Scheiberling, national
commander of the American Legion,
and Ed Bolt, California commander,
toured the All-American canal and
the Eastside Mesa in Imperial coun-
ty Thursday.
They were in Brawley Thursday
noon for luncheon with the men,
bers of the Brawley American Le-
gion post. More than 40 persons
were present to greet the two COM
manders.
This was the opening phase of
24-hCur visit in Imperial county.
In his address Commander Schei-
berling, among other things, said
that "the legion will be active in
politics in the postwar period" and
he hailed the passage of bill in
the House Wednesday which con-
tinues the "Dies committee" He
credited the legion's influence in
the action of the house.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04

mates but not for crime detection
by law enforcement agencies.
Finance Director James S. Dean
revealed this distinction Thursday
in announcing that requests for
funds for lie detectors for several
state agencies, including the attor-
ney generals office, have been Gurn-
ed down.
However. a request by the State
Adult Authority, which presumably
will use the machine in diagnostie
work, was approved, ana Dean in
further explanation tol6 the follow
ing story which has gained conSid-
cradle circulation recently.
A patient was being questioned
with the aid of a lie detector or
similar device al Langley Porter
Clinic in San Francisco. Asked if
be was Napoleon, he craftily re-
piled, no. But. the machine show
ed he was lying.
Dean aeded that if any depart
ment is to get a lie detector, his
should come first-for use in re-
viewing budget and ether money
requests of state agencies.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
License Plates
Move Rapidly

Motor vehicle license plates of the
coveted w series are going rapidly
at California Highway Patrol head
quarters in El Centre. Captain Mark
Hebblethwaite, head of the patrol,
said Thursday.
"As soon as all the plates We have
in the " series are gone" Captain
Hebblethwaite said, I'VE will start
issuing the 2V series. Some of the
car owners are bound to be left
with the 2V plates. If they don't
like them, they had better be in a
hurry"
Total collections at highway patrol
headquarters at Main and Imperial
avenues, Ell Centre, on Wednesday
were $5435, making total of 1896
since the renewal period open e
Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04

SUES FOR DIVORCE
Suit for divorce was filed in I'M
perial county superior court by Mary
Elizabeth Forsyth against Thomas
Hall Forsyth.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Chaplin Jurors
Fail to Agree

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 4. CUP)-
A jury which had deliberated pa
ternity charges against Charlie
Chaplin for day and half without
changing the opinion CT a single
member, was dismissed Thursday
and Superior Judge Henry M. Willis
declared a mistrial.
The jury took six ballots, and the
vote on every one was seven to five,
for Chaplin, Foreman Ferdinand j.
Gay reported.
Judge Willis said he thought the
jury knew its cwn mind.
Il can't at this moment see any
reason to deliberate further" he
said. Il feel inclined to accept the
opinion of jurors who have calmly
deliberated for several hours that
they cannot reach a verdict"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
OPA HEARINGS SLATED
me. G.. NEXT WEEK

A number of El Centre business
men have been cited to appear at
OPA hearings in El Centre. starting
January 10. 1t was understood 9TH
ers in areas outside El Centro also
have been cited for the hearings
which involve handling of points.
1t was said district OPA officials
from San Diego or Los Angeles will
conduct the inquiries.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04

Ken Murray-Ken lives next door
to Lana Turner and watches her
every time she comes into the house.
But" he says, I'm not quick
enough-she's always one shade
ahead OF me-"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04

Sgt. Eugene Walters, of Mans
field, Ohio, armor crew chief on
a B-24 bomber, knows how bad
ly the services need equipment,
so when he recently got a Is
day furlough from March Field.
Calf, he spent a week of it
riveting engine mounts for the
new Douglas A-26 attack bomb
er, at Westinghouse Electric's
Mansfield, Ohio, plant. Enlist
ing a year before Pearl Harbor,
Sgt. Walters served in the
China a-Burma-India theater and
invasions of North Africa and
Sicily. He has previously spent
his Army leaves working in a
West Coast airplane plant and u
\ steel mill
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued from Page One)
rial Valley. If you don't believe 1t
Just tour the offices and business
establishments and take a cancer
at the new l945 calendars.
wow
Les Rogers is responsible for some
of the most er :. arty ones.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Gonzales Rites
Conducted

Funeral services for Henry Con-
zales, n, Calexico resident and old
time peace officer who died We'd
nesday, were to be held at the Cath
Ollie church in Calexico at p. m.
Thursday with A. r. Hens, morti-
clan in charge.
Rosary was held at the Hens
chapel in Calexico at 8 p. m. We'd
nesday with Father O'Toole officiat-
ing.
Survivors include two sons, Henry
of San Diego and Arthur of Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Yankees Strike
Surprise Blow
Continued from Page one)

t0Outllueu lIOill fdse tfle1
etration of the Bastogne perimeter"
before the l0lSt airborne division
lashed back in sufficient strength
10 contain the threat, the dispatch
said.
Far to the southeast, Lieutenant
General Alexander NJ. Patch's U.
S. Seventh army had checked at
most points the German drive
which pushed his forces out of Ger
many and back across the Lauter
river.
RETAKE STRONGHOLD
In some sectors the troops of the
Seventh bounced back to seize the
initiative, and some lost ground
was regained. The village of Will
oenguth, northwest of ReipertSwil-
Ter, was recapturec, and to the
north a brisk battle for Philips
bourg was in progress.
The main German pressure in the
Hardt mountains was being exerted
i'll the southeastern and southwest
ern corners of the penetration,
where the Nazis were seeking to
break out onto flatland suitable for
tank warfare
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Stote Moy Try
Lie Detectors

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 4. CUP)-
Mechanical lie detectors" have state
finance department approval for
such uses as testing the Napoleonic
complexes of mental hospital in
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
WEATHER FORECAST

Some high, thin cluolds Thurs
day night and Friday, but sunny
days with maximum temperature
around ~ degrees. Continued COO.
at night with local light frosts.
Lowest temperature 81 degrees in
coolest spots.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Like to boss
railroad
cars
around?

Really make EN- move and put 'em
where you want emp And have a
switch engine to do the showing for
you? And work with a good engine
crew and see the war freight and
The troop trains pouring in? Well,
Mister, this is your job if you want
It: Switchman with Southern Pacific
at very good wages. Overtime can
mike it a lot more) No experience
~ start. We train you in a few days,
nay you an allowance while train
Ing make you a full-fledged
r1tlroader. It's very important job,
this. We've got to keep those war
tznins humping. And we've got a
whale of job ahead of us-which
means lots of work ahead for you.
Many other jobs open.
Apply to local SIP. Agent, or S.P.
Employment Office, Room SIS, Pac-
- Electric Building. 9th & Main,
81 Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
NEW COLD WAVE STRIKES
IN MIDWEST AREAS
By UNITED PRESS

A cold wave returned to the mid
Gle west Thursday, while tempera-
lures in the New England and east
ern states rose to give temporary
relief in those sections.
The U. S. weather bureau at Chi
ago predicted continued cold in the
middle west for several days. Tenn
peratures are expected to drop again
in the northeast and east Thursday
night and Friday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-21
SamdIOtter Glane
Fans p BafterS

Parisclean went out of the Class
A running yesterday at North
western. Behind Jack Talbots
five-hit display Auto Club made
use of Parisclean's errors to win,
Ill, although Auto Club earned
only three off Tony Bukovich.
ARTHURS WIN
Arthur's and Ash had the ex-
pected tug-o'-war with Arthur's
better. 2-1, when Tony Fishback
suppressed an uprising in the
ninth after Ash was one shy of
tying the score.
Just one OF Arthur's three hits
off Walter Lacey and Joe RaSydor
figured in the scoring. Ash had
eight off Fishback but he kept
them from being too closely
related.
Pitcher Ed Baranck singled
home two runs an the third 10
give De Saints the verdict over
CLYDE in ID, Al. Clyde's tally
came in on a passed ball. De
SAINTS tied the score the same
way.
Don Wadson hit three triples in
five times up as Finsterwald
eliminated Civi Club in F., AZ
Dearborn Moose followed up win
ming the state title by dodsing the
Cardinals, rs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-21
2 Hits.
Loses

Ted Griggs of Briggs All Stars
has a two-hitter 10 his credit to-
day but no victory. Five errors
behind him gave Hudson 81 de-
cision last night at Mack Park in
major division game of the
Times Softball tournament.
Walter Janik's double, a fielder's
choice and an error in the second
provided a 10 verdict for Bill's s
over East Sports. Roy Murray al
lowed one hit.
johnson Col-Pak's protest OF
last Friday nights game was up
held and the game will be re-
played tonight at Mack Park,
starting at $50. A Johnson run
ner was allowed only one base
on an overthrow instead Of the
two permitted by the ground
rules. Johnson lost a run that
might have altered the result.
MAJOR
Bills I sEastSide Sports n.
Local I54 tHudsonl s. Briggs All stars l.
low Women ! Pepsi Cola lforfeit.
compo }. crovlSy SlAsa Milnsr ,protenedl.
oO"'' % woMTN
Local a46 g. Brewster 1,
Davis "A g, 'RlsEo 4.
eliminated
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-21
Byrd
Saves Crown

MIDLAND, Aug. 2o-Sam Byrd,
pro at Detroits Plum Hollow, has
retained one of the two state
championships that were his at
the start of the season, but he
had to do it the hard way.
Deprived Of the Michigan Open
title when Chuck Kocsis edged
him out recently at Grand Rapids,
Byrd repeated his triumph of a
year ago in the Michigan PEA by
putting on a sensational finish
here yesterday.
He played the second nine OF
the final round in 81, ) under par,
for an 18-hole total of u and an
aggregate of LAP. This gave him
two-stroke margin over the
runner-up, Chick Rutan Of Bir-
mingham Country Club. Chick
merged rounds of "a and 70.
Byrd, who is accustomed to
shooting for big dough, never
worked harder than he did on
yesterdays final nine to win 5000,
ton money in this event.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-21

~You can add Joe Kuhel,"
Russ expla land Doc
Cramer and Eddie Mayo. can't
tell what any one of them will
do. You expect them TO hit one
way and then quickly they
change their stance and hit an
other. They hit 20 all fields"
But, il was quite obvious that
Christopher was doing some think
Ing himself when Cramer came TO
bat in the tenth with Bobby Maier
on third and only one out. All
the Tigers needed TO win the
game was a long fly ball, after
which Maier could have scored.
And, Doc whitfield. And. later
Christopher forced Rudy York TO
ground out feebly TO end what
proved the last big opportunity
for the Tigers TO win the game.
The Christopher saga is a
strange one. His mother wanted
him TO play baseball like Lloyd,
but Russ had no liking for the
sport. Lloyd, two years younger,
had played baseball and got up
10 the New York Yankees.
Basketball was Russ No. !
sport.
But. mother won out and Russ
became a baseball player-a big
league pitcher and a very good
one at that.