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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-08

theoretical advantage, at least, If
the suspension of the rival reporter
had been allowed to stand. But 1t
was Kennedy who waged the hard
est battle on behalf of the suspend
ed newsman, and who helped win
a concession for review, by Gen.
Mcclure, of the principle involved.
I know lot about that episode. I
was the suspended reporter, working
at that time for another service.
Despite his mild manners and
equally mild voice, Kennedy fought
what he regarded as unjust CEN
sorship throughout the war. When
an AP dispatch by Joseph Morton
on Marshal Tito's Yugoslav Parti-
sans was held up in Algiers, Ken
nedy carried the fight to Field Mar
shall Sir Henry Maitland Wilson,
then supreme Allied commander in
the Mathematician won.
Work in France Earns Suspension.
Kennedy's most spectacular jour-
nalistic feat prior to the German
surrender scoop got him suspended,
just as the surrender story did.
Shortly after the Allied invasion
of the French Riviera last August,
some reporters felt certain United
States Army commanders were too
reticent to give full credit for the
tremendous work of the French I'M
derground forces.
To dramatic the effectiveness of
the job done by these "Maquis,"
Kennedy, four other newsmen and
Pvt Douglas Hooey of Sussex, N. j..
drove a jeep through a 7th Army
road block north of Grenoble and
continued for $50 miles through Of
fetal no mans land to the outskirts
of Geneva on the Franco-Swiss
frontier.
Theer, Thomas F. Hawkins, chief
of the AP staff in Switzerland, met
the party and drove back to Bern to
file the news and beat Kennedy on
his own story.
Spurred on by their discovery Of
the stable portions of France
cleared of Germans entirely by the
gallant efforts Of the Maquis, the
group-by then known as Task
Force Kennedy"-decided to at
tempt a trip through the heart Of
France to make contact with Gen.
Eisenhower's armies in the north.
Starting north from Montpelier,
near the Mediterranean, Task
Force Kennedy" guided by the
French underground, drove in zig
gag fashion through nearly 1000
miles of no mans land still inhab-
tied by elements of five German di-
visions and made contact with ele-
ments of Gen. George S. Patton
Sd Army at Nantes.
Always Legitimate Newsman.
From there the group went on to
Paris, where they were suspended
for going from one theater Of oper-
ations into another without per-
mission. know about that one, too,
for I was fortunate enough to be
member Of Task Force Ken
nedy."
How Kennedy obtained the news
of the German surrender at Rheims
has not yet been divulged. But all
who know him will readily testify
that he operated in legitimate fash
ion. He always does.
When Mr.. Kennedy came back
here for a brief visit in June, 1s43,
he visited the city room of The
Star, where he was a member of
the editorial staff from 1928 to 1890.
A graduate of Carnegie Tech. Mr..
Kennedy joined the Associated Press
staff in 1882 and went abroad after
three years on the Washington staff
Now 80, he has been a reporter for
20 years.
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the Undersecretary Of the Navy
was wounded recently in Europe.
His family formerly lived at 1924
Piney Branch road, Takoma Park
Md. They now live in New York
A brother, I'd 1t. William Brad
Norris, was wounded last winter.
Pvt. Justice Long, 90, son of Mrs
Blanche j. Long, 1909 Bashford
lane, Alexandria, Va, was wounded
April IS in Germany.
Pvt. Long entered the Army in
January, 1913, and went overseas
in January, 1914. Before going into
the service he was employed as a
welder in Wharton, Pa.
Mrs. Long received letter from
her son last week in which she
learned he is improving in an Army
hospital in England.
IT'S Francis F. Phelps, %, son OF
Mr.. aid Mrs. Lawrence Phelps, 1922
Fourth street NV, was wounded
April in Germany. He is a men,
Der of an air-borne unit.
He was born in the District and
attended Roosevelt High School. He
entered the Army in October, 1912
and has been overseas 81 months
having served in the invasion of
both Italy and France. Before he
went into the service he was a
civilian employee of the Army War
College. His brother, Corpl. Lawrence
G. Phelps, 81, is on duty in the
Central Pacific.
Pvt. Carroll A. Scale, 26, whose
wife, Mrs. Sarah M. Scale, lives in
Culpeper, Va, was wounded April
Is in Germany. Pvt. Scale was born
in Culpeper, where he attended the
public schools. He was employed by
Culpeper undertaken when he en-
tered the Army May 20, 1914, and
has been overseas since last De-
cember. He and Mrs. Scale have
three children, Carol Anne, 4; Eliza
beth Bennett, 3, and Frank Alan, O.
Mrs. Scale received a letter from
her husband last week in which he
told her he is recovering from his
~-Sergt~ -Nfyron..F Harmon, 40, son
Of Mrs Blythe-H. Harmon of 1864
Thirty-hfth~ street NV, received
shrsphef wounds in his leg April
IA in Germany
Born and educated in Colorado
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Mexican NotubIes Help
,Luunch Victory Ship
BY thc Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Calf, May 8-High
Mexican notables participated in the
launching of the 705th ship, the
Northeastern Victory, named for
Northeastern University in Boston
from the ways of the Kaiser yards
here last night.
Sponsor of the new Victory ship
was Mrs. Maria Guadalupe C. Pa
dilla, wife of the Mexican secretary
of foreign affairs. "Triggerman'
operating the launching mechanism
was DIR. Francisco Castillo Najera
Ambassador to the United States
Mrs. Guadalupe Tello, wife of Man.
uel Tello, undersecretary of foreign
affairs, was matron of honor.
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3 Boys, 2 Girls, Under Is,
Held in False Alarms

Three boys and two girls, ranging
in age from 9 to II, were taken into
custody by police last night on
charges of turning in false fire
alarms.
The children, who are now being
held by police. were to be remanded
to Juvenile Court today for action
on the charges.
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BY GRAHAM HOVEY,
ASsncia ted Presx Gfa6 Writar


His spectacular beat" on Ger
many's surrender brought a soft
voiced, Brooklyn-born Irishman the
worldwide professional recognition
he merited-but deliberately Stunned
for years.
For Edward Kennedy is one of the
most selfless war correspondents In
the business. He also Is one of the
best.
Those are personal opinions, based
on an association which lasted for
two and a half years and from AL
giers to Rome to Paris. But they
are opinions shared by many wal
correspondents of several nations
who have known Kennedy overseas
Ed Kennedy fought hard during
this war for soldiers; for his staff
for competing newSmen, and par
ticularly for enlightened military
censorship-but to date has never
fought for his own aggrandizement
He probably saw more Of the war
against Germany than any other
American reporter, but he consist
entity refused to capitalize on that
background.
For example, when he returned to
the United States, for the first time
in six years, following the Tunisiar
campaign, he was besieged with book
and lecture tour offers. He actually
tried to shut himself up in a New
York hotel room and write book.
Couldn't Stay Away From War.
But the invasion of Sicily came
along and Ed could stand it nc
longer. He returned a handsome
advance to the would-be publishers
of his book; threw away his manu-
script, and raced back to the Medi-
Iterranean. AS a colleague remarked
Kennedy was simply too indigo
nous" to the war to stay away.
AS chief of Associated Press CORE
spondents successfully in the Middle
East, Tunisia, Italy and France
Kennedy often passed along ideas to
members of his staff which resulted
in outstanding war stories. Then he
saw to it that the recipient of the
idea was also the recipient of the
credit.
| George Tucker, a member of Ken
nedy's staff, once paid his chief g
remarkable tribute by saying no AZ
staffer in the Mediterranean ever
turned out war story that Ed coule
not have handled at least as vel
| himself.
When the fall of Rome became
imminent in late May last year, /
was decided that Kennedy shouls
take over one of the front-line as
signments and help cover the fal
of the italian capital since he hat
worked there before the war. Yet
when Kennedy came to the front
he spent the better part of thu
morning telling Sid FEEDER he fell
like a heel" for making the trans.
fer.
Can you beat that?" asked FEEDER
'He speaks Italian-I don't. He
knows Rome-I've never seen the
place. Yet, he apologies for taking
my place at the front to cover the
Rome story" That was the Ken
nedy selflessneSs at work.
Battled for Newsmen's Rights.
Another example of it occurred
in Algiers when the correspondent
of rival press association was sus.
pended for 10 days, merely on the
basis of story he had filed through
Army censorship in the routine wa!
and was refused a hearing BY
Brig. Gen. Robert A Mcclure, chic
of information and censorship fol
Gen. Eisenhower.
It would have given the Ap stat
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Wounded

LIST 1t. Warren C. Eastman, "A,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren S.
Eastman, 2o29 North Taylor street,
Arlington, Va, was wounded last
month in Germany.
A native of Virginia, he attend
ed the Strayer College of Ac-
countancy here before entering the
Army. He was a member of the Ma
tional Guard of the District before
it was absorbed by the Army. His
wife, Mrs. Ann B. Eastman, and
their 18-month- son now live
in Nashville, Tenn.
I'd 1t. Clarence E. Thornley,, %,
whose wife, Mrs Willedra M. Thorn
ley, lives at 1918 Gallatin street
NV, was wounded April on
Okinawa.
1t. Thornley, was graduated from
Oklahoma A. and M. College in
i943 and entered the Army soon
afterwards. He has been overseas
since April, 1914, with an infantry
unit. Mrs. Thornley, is employed
here by the Agriculture Depart
tnent.
Pfc. Rudolf P. May, %, son of Mr..
and Mrs. August May, 2413 Third
street NE, was wounded April ID
IN Germany.
Born in Germany, he came to
Washington when he was 4 years
old. Pvt. May was attending Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute when he
entered the Army May 6, 1943. He
went overseas last January.
rs William A. Hubbard, 80, son
pf Comdr. William E. Hubbard, 1912
Kenyon street NV, was wounded
April Is in Germany.
!. He was employed in Tulsa, Okla,
when he joined the Army in 1941
according to his father, he has had
~ months of combat duty in Sicily
Italy, France and Germany. Comdr
Hubbard is on duty with the Navy
Bureau of Ships here.
Pfc. Leonard A. Becraft, q, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r. Be-
Graft, 1884 Twenty-ninth street
NV, was wounded April Is in
Italy while on duty with an engi-
ueering unit of the 5th Army.
Pvt. Becraft was born in the
District and attended Gordon Jun
ior High School. He was employed
by the Safeway Stores, Inc, wher
be entered the Army in 1912. Hi
has been overseas for 20 months.
Pvt. Benjamin F. Written, Is, sor
Of Mrs. Sarah E. Sandidge, 1925 E
CT yyy@ft1lnI Anvil
IN Germany.
Pvt. Written was born in Rich.
mond County, N. c., where he at.
tended high school. He never livee
here. He entered the service il
April, 1914, and went overseas las
December. A brother, Machinist'
Mate Eugene Written, q, is SERVING
with the Navy in the Southwes
Pacific.
Pfc. Robert L. Utz, "a, whose wife
Mrs. Doris L. Utz, lives at 81
street NE, was wounded April l.
In Germany.
Born in the District. he ATTENDED
Eastern High School. He has beer
IN the Army since October, 1913.
Pvt. Jack B. Sullivan, %, who's,
mother, Mrs. Aimee Sullivan, is ;
nurse at Emergency Hospital, wa
wounded April 10 in Germany.
"A native of the District, he at:
tended Hine Junior High School
He entered the Army in January
1913, and went overseas with
3 Signal Corps unit the following
January. An Army chaplain writin,
fsom a hospital in England has In
formed his mother he is recov
ering.
list 1t. John G. Norris. son o
Earl G. Norris, special assistant =
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Congress in Brief
~ the Associated Press

BY The Associated Press.
Senate.
In recess until noon Thursday.
Secretary of Commerce Wallace
testifies before Small Business Sub
committee on postwar construction
War Investigating Committee con-
tinues hearing on carbon black
shortage.
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District Blood Donations
Appointments
yesterday 349 persons
Amendments broken

Appointments broken
yesterday ---- 1874 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the Acacia Building, 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV, by calling
District 5000 between 9 a m. and
$50 pm. weekdays, and 9 am.
to noon Saturdays.
Volunteer women are needed
as daytime drivers in the Mo-
tor Corps, which transports 80
per cent of the blood donors.
Call Republic $500, Branch 1877.
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Todoy's Casualty Lists
Killed

Killed
Pvt. Winston L. Tommy" Jones
80, died April 16 in Germany OF
wounds received in action, the War
Department has notified his wife,
Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Jones, 2111
Eighteenth street NV. Pvt. Jones
was serving with the Quartermaster
Corps in the Sd Army.
Prior to entering the Army, Pvt
Jones served 10 months in China
as a maintenance man with the
American Volunteer Group at
tached to the Flying Tigers. A ma
tive of Norfolk, he came to Wash
ington about Is years ago and was
employed here at an automobile
repair shop. He entered the Army
in October, 1912, and had been in
the European Theater about is
months. Pvt. Jones leaves two chill
dren, Betty Carol, 10, and Winston
L., jr., Is.
Corpl. Merle r. Fletcher. Is, whose
wife, Mrs. Betty Fletcher, lives at
1920 Georgia avenue NV, has been
listed as killed in action in France
last August Is, after having been
listed as missing, it was announced
today by the War Department.
Mrs. Fletcher, native of Penn
sylvania, as was Corpl. Fletcher, is
employed by the Army Signal Corps.
Corpl, Fletcher never resided in the
District
Pfc. julius B. Hanahan, whose
next of kin is listed as Mrs. Cath-
crime B. Willingham, 1855 Peabody
street NV, was killed in action,
according to the official casualty list
of the War Department today. A
story was carried in The Star
May 5.
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BY the Associated Press

Thirty-first road south, Airing
ton, Va.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
. What? No Strikes Today?

A Seven-point Charter that is hailed by it's creators as a "precedent-shattering agreement" has been entered into by the American Federation of Labor and the CIO, and the United States Chamber of Commerce, the most powerful and re- SponSible national organizations of labor and business in our country. The seven- point charter is explained by the organ izations as aimed at full employment at high wage levels, recognition of the rights of private property on the one hand, and labor'S right to organize and bargain col lectively on the other. It also pledges support to the establishment of social security, and proclaims that an expand ing economy at home requires vastly in- creased foreign trade.
 The coal miners, a few thousand fac tory workers, and some meat packing plants in different parts of the country failed to fall in line with the announce ment proclaimed by William Green of the AF'L and Eric Josnston of the U. s. Chamber of Commerce. But maybe they'll learn better than to stir up fresh ram pages that would weaken this fine start by American management and labor. Nevertheless Green threw his okay in the
 
 the John L. Lewis unions. Across the waters where management and labor have worked together so nobly there have been number of strikes in Eng land-as high as 30 thousand employees in aircraft plants going on strikes for higher wages and bonuses.
 In our country some of the largest national industries employ as high as 450,O00 workers at high wages; and when they pay taxes and dividends they wind up at the end of the year with between three and four per cent profits. That's wartime. Then how can private indus tries employ millions of workers unless their machinery and the institutions run without unnecessary shutdowns caused by strikes, and other avoidable causes? It will be long, long ways forward in the common interests of America if the joint Encouragement Charter works suc- cessfully so that daily news at some early date will frequently read: "Yes, no strikes today"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19

seen military service in war. They have made good, bad and indifferent Presi- dents, so there is no apparent correlation between soldering and stateSmanship. But it should be noted that President Truman's military record is good, marked by consideration as well as ability. It is known that the men whom he command ed held him in high regard
 President Truman suffered some of the economic distresSes that were the lot of many returned soldiers after the last war It may safely be assumed that, with such an experience, the consideration and con- cern which he showed for his men in bat tie will mark his efforts toward seeing that the veterans of this war are provided for more worthily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
A Soldier President

Today, after more than 26 years, vet eran of the first World War holds the country's highest office Harry s. Tru- man, major of artillery and veteran of St. Mihiel and the Argonne, now occupies the White House as the first soldier President since Theodore Roosevelt left office in March of 1909.
 It is rather out of key with our past history that more than quarter of century should pass before veteran of one of our major wars was elevated to the Presidency Soldiers of the Revolution, the War Of 1912, the Mexican and Civil and Spanish-A American Wars have all held the office, most of them not many years after they had laid aside their uniforms.
 h all, IA of our 32 Presidents have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
Norway's Plight

The people of occupied Norway and Denmark must have found comfort in President Roosevelt's assurance, in a mes sage marking the fifth anniversary of tEeir countries invasion, that the day of liberation is near. But it would not be surprising if that feeling were over-- ShadoWed by the more immediate emo tionS of impatience and anxiety.
 It is evident now that the NaZi, like the rat, becomes more vicious the more tightly he is cornered. Norway especial ly fears Nazi vengeance as was evident in her recent urgent appeal to Sweden to come into the war and rescue Nor way from the invader.
 There is strong possibility, Norweg- ians feel, that the Germans may wreck Norways factories, hydro-electric plants, dock facilities, ships and other industrial assets At the moment there seems lit tie that the conquering but hard fight ing Allied armies can do. It is pity that the Swedish government has not seen fit to climb aboard the bandwagon, as Turkey did.
 The Swedish people have long shown that their sympathies are overwhelm- ingly anti-Nazi. Freed by their govern ment, they might well be glad to trans late their sympathies into telling blow for freedom and for the future prosperity of Sweden's long-suffering Scandinavian nei0hhOrS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
New Ways to See the City

Postwar traffic modernization plans for Detroit call for complete reshuffling of transit lines with electric trackless trol- leyS selected to serve several of the most vital routes into the heart of the city, according to comprehensive survey submitted to the Mayor by w. Earle An drews, city planning expert, and asSo- ciateS.
 The proposals, which have just been made public, call for four electric track less trolley routes radiating from the cen- ter of the city like spokes in wheel; two trunk streets car routes bisecting these angles; a crosstoWn rapid transit route, and two express bus routes. These routes would serve as the backbone of the syS- tenn, interconnected with a network of busses. The report explains that: Gas oline or diesel busses have been specified for few routes which would be recom- mended for trolley bus operation in almost any other city but Detroit. Detroit is the world center of the automobile industry. We believe that it is plain com mon sense to choose busses over any other type of vehicle when the selection can be made without material compromise"
 Of the people in downtown Detroit on an average weekday recently, more than 73 per cent had entered the area in pub lie carriers Furthermore, the Detroiter averages 217 rides year on the local transit system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
Msgr. Valdambrini

The death last night of Rt. Rev Msgr Joseph Valdambrini is loss to our entire community as well as to his beloved parishioners. A vital personality he brought to all his efforts balanced sense of judgment which has left it's impress on the city.
 He did not confine his unSelfish inter eStS to the problems of his parish alone, but functioned in the belief that the vel fare of the entire community was his responsibility, because his parish was an integral part of that community. A cos mopolite in every sense, lover of the arts, keen student of human nature, kindly judge of his fellowmen and their frailtieS, Father Val", as he was so affectionately known, was an honor to his vocation as clergyman and an example of our highest type citizen.
 Since coming to Waterbury in 1912 he has directed the responsibilities of his parish with keen wisdom. Many of his pariShioners in those early days were Italian immigrants who naturally en- countered the many bewilderments of a new country such as America, and who turned to Father Val for guidance. His warm, kindly understanding of their spiritual and material problems today constitutes a tremendous factor in the exemplary standing in our community of the people of Italian extraction. The gallant actions of many boys of Italian families now serving with our armed forces were nourished by the firm and kindly wisdom of the late pastor.
 His elevation in 1889 to rank of Mon- signor was befitting of his many years of faithful adherence to his duties as priest and citizen. We have lost one of the outstanding men of our community who has left to his parishioners and the community heritage of meritorious Wortl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
Ernie Pyle

: Brave Men" was the title that Ernie Pyle gave his last book. Now he IS enrolled forever among them, the brave, ordinary, unWarlike men who went forth from Americas farms and villages and cities to do the worlds most horrible job in the worlds noblest cause.
 Ernie Pyle was one of them from the day he joined them He lived with them, laughed and griped and suffered with them, and died with them.
 Few soldiers had seen more of battle and death than he. Death had been near him in England and North Africa. He had felt the brush of it's wing at AnzlO and again in France. He endured the nearness of death until the shatterlng effect of it's imminence drove him away from the front to rest.
 But Ernie Pyle went back. He didn't want to- He feared that the law of aver ages was against him. He did not want to die and was honest enough to- say so.
 And he didn't have to go back. No com- manding officer ordered him forward. But he went back because he was brave man and because he had a job to do, the important job of telling the parents and families and friends of millions of Ameri- can boys in uniform what they wanted to know. He told them what the boys were doing and how they were doing it. He shared their pride and their sorrow as If he were one of the millions of families for whom he wrote
 l z It is as a dear and intimate friend of those families that he will be mOurned. Americans loved Ernie Pyle as they loved Will Rogers, and for the same reasons.
 A veteran newspaperman who never pontificated, an unpretentious Kooser who never lost his small-toWn outlook, Ernie Pyle became not only the most famous writer of this war but one of the most beloved men of his time. He richly deserved both the fame and the affection. 1 That he could not have lived to enjoy ! both is another of the unnumbered 1 tragedies of war.