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Evening star., 1945-02-24
Turks Role Expected
10 Be in Clearing Of
Mediterranean Isles
Ry the Associated Press.

By tne Associated freSS.
ANKARA, Feb. 24-The military
consequences of Turkeys declara-
ton of war against Germany and
Japan have not yet been made clear
but the belief was being expressed
today that this country may par
ticipate in a campaign to clean up
the Eastern Mediterranean islands.
Approximately $4,000 Germans
still are cnnging to small but
heavily defended corner of the
northwest coast of Crete. The
Greeks now control the rest of that
strategic island.
In the Eastern Aegean the Ger
mans hold Rhodes in considerable
strength, and also Coo, Leros and
most other Dodecanese Islands.
The Germans for the most part
are without adequate arms and am
munition. Cut off from the home
land, they get their food now in
pirate raids against islands they
do not hold,
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Escaped Convict
Linked 10 Two Deaths
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Chief of De-
tectives Walter Storms said yester-
day he had definitely linked" an
escaped long term Michigan convict
with the puzzling, almost identical
deaths of two women whose nude
bodies were found in hotel room
bathtubs in Chicago and New Or
leans eight weeks apart.
The man for whom the police of
the two cities are hunting was
identified by Chief Storms as Joseph
Melley, 43, alias, J. H. Gardner, a
former Chicagoan who was serving
80 to so years for kidnapping and
armed robbery when he escaped
November 27 from the Jackson
(Mich) prison.
The cause of death has not yet
been determined in the case of
either woman. They were Miss
Laura Fischer, %, a New York City
textile worker, whose body was
found in the De Soto Hotel, New
Orleans, on Christmas eve, and Mrs.
Blanche Zimmerman, 38, part
time long distance telephone oper-
ator inn Chicago, found in the At
lantic Hotel here February II.
In each case the room had been
rented by man who checked out
shortly before the bodies were found.
A do not disturb" sign was on the
door in each instance. And in each
case investigators have ruled out
usual natural causes of death and
common poisQns, yet have been un-
able to tell what killed the women.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
italian Ambassador
SeeksFu Pa artnersIip
lin United Nations
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Fress.
Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani,
the new Italian Ambassador, as
serted today that his people have
paid long enough for Muss6linis
crimes and now merit full partner
ship in the United Nations.
Italians want to put an end to
the status of co-belligerency," the
Italian envoy said in an interview
adding:
They are beginning to feel that
Italy has paid heavy penance long
enough for what the Fascists did
and should be invited now into the
family of United Nations"
Mr.. Tarchiani called Mussolini's
war declaration on Britain and the
United States "a criminal disaster
The Italian people, he said, have
sought. to give "every aid" to the
Allies in the war against Germany
and would be grateful" if invited
to the San Francisco United Ma
tions conference April 25.''
Earlier, at a news conference, Mr.
Tarchiani listed Italy's contributions
toward the Allied war effort as the
entire Italian fleet, five divisions oi
troops, of which two are at the front;
100000 soldiers aiding behind the
lines and some $4,000 merchant
seamen ready to man Allied trans
ports.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
La Guardia DELAYS
New York CurfeW

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 24.-The big
towns $100, 100000 entertainment
business today was preparing to
enjoy-evep if briehy-a reprieve
granted them by Mayor F. H. La
Guardia from the Cinderella" cur
few ordered for midnight Monday.
At least four night clubs-Copa-
cabana, Zanzibar, Latin Quarter
and Versailles-rescinded dismissal
notices to 452 employees after Noah
L. Braunstein, attorney for the Cafe
Owners Guild, announced:
1--WE feel that this is reprieve
and we will remain open until pres
ent closing hours a am. weekdays,
3 am. Sundays pending word from
the Mayor"
The Mayor, returning after two
days of conferences in Washington.
said yesterday he would await spe-
cific orders and "all the people op-
Grating may continue the status quo
until l make an official announce
ment in New York City"
Today Mayor La Guardia confers
on the Government-ordered enter
tainment curfew with Mrs. Anna
Rosenberg, regional VINO director
Whether the reprieve was to be
two weeks or two days, no one
possibly not even the Mayor-knew.
His only comment: Nothing has
been received from Washington. If
anything definitely comes through
I will see how much is in
volved and ample notice will be
given
Cafes reported heavy week end
reservations. Attitudes of the own
ers ranged from jubilation over the
Mayors stay-order to hopeful wait
ing.
In Washington, the War Man
power Commission charged with
responsibility for bringing about
compliance with the midnight en-
tertainment shutdown-had no i'm
mediate comment on the situation.
It was indicated, however, that
VINO would issue its promised gen.
eral policy statement before the end
of the day.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Wounded

Pfc. Daniel Thomas, %, brother
of Pfc. John G. Thomas, who was
listed as wounded in The Star yes
terday, was wounded in the hand
in a northern sector of Germany
on November 26, according to word
received by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Thomas, who lives in Colmar Manor,
Md 1t was the second time he
has been wounded, as it was for his
brother, who is recovering in a
hospital in England from a shrapnel
wound in the leg suffered December
in a southern sector in Germany
according to his wife, Mrs. Ruth
Thomas, 5207 G street Sc. The
brothers were inducted in 1912 and
participated in the North Africa
landings and battles in Sicily and
Italy before landing in France.
Pvt. Melvin A. Goodspeed, jr., %,
paratrooper. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Melvin A. Goodspeed, 222 v street
NE, was wounded in action in Bel
GUM on December %.
Pvt. Goodspeed was graduated
from Mckinley High School and
enrolled in the enlisted reserves
while in the ROTC at Maryland
University. Called to active duty
in March, 1943. he was sent overseas
in August. 1943. He fought at Anzio
beachhead, in Northern Italy, in the
parachute invasion of Southern
France and in Belgium
Second 1t. Bernard p. Pitt, 35,
whose wife, Mrs. Ruth E. Pitt, lives
at 1913 Oak street NV, was wound
ed in action in Belgium December
80. He also suffered a broken bone
in his foot, and now is in a hospital
overseas. Before joining the service
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Civil Air Patrol Searches
For 7 Missing D. {. Flyers

Civil Air Patrols were searching
through Central Pennsylvania today
for a yellow Piper Cub airplane in
which two District men have been
missing since Wednesday,
The men, Leonard Shade, "a, 5204
G street, Dillon Park, Md, pilot of
the plane, and George B. Bracket,
35, of 1902 Kansas avenue NV,
Capital Transit Co. bus driver and
student pilot, took off from an air.
port near Altoona, Pa, Wednesday
noon en- route here
Search for the missing plane has
been hampered by high winds which
prevented take-offs in the Altoona
area until today.
Mr.. Shade, pilot at Congress
sional Airport here, is described by
airport officials as "a very skillful
pilot" He resides at Dillon Park
with his wife. Ann, and a 11a-year-
old daughter, Belinda.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Wallace 10 Be Test
or Vote on Williams
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The administration decided today
to test the Senate's temper on the
Henry Wallace nomination before it
tries for confirmation of Aubrey
Williams as head of the Rural Elec-
trification Administration.
The Senate has set March l to
consider Mr.. Wallace's appointment
as Commerce Secretary. Admins
tration leaders expect two days of
discussion, but are certain he will be
confirmed if President Roosevelt,
meanwhile, signs legislation separat-
ing lending agencies from the de-
partment.
With Mr.. Williams it's another
story. His nomination appears un-
likely to clear opposition barriers
in the Agriculture Committee.
Ten of the 20 committee men,
bers told the Associated Press they
intend to vote against reporting
favorably the appointment of the
54-year-old former National Youth
Administrator. Eight members said
they favored confirmation. Two
were undecided. A tie vote brings
an unfavorable report.
Faced with this situation, an ad-
ministration lieutenant said the
Williams nomination will be held
back to concentrate all efforts on
putting Mr.. Wallace across by the
largest possible vote.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Gripsho|m Passengers
Questioned Fourth Day
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-An inten-
sive search for Nazi spies among
civilian passengers brought from
Europe on the exchange liner
Gripsholm continued today at Ellis
Island.
The last of the repatriates had
been taken from the ship late yes
terday after the customs Office had
cleared about 300 Of the 622 civilians.
The remainder were removed to
Ellis Island for fourth day of in
vestigation.
During similar lengthy scruting
of passengers of the exchange ship
Drottningholm in 1912, the FBI un-
masked Nazi agent, posing as a
Jewish refugee.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Vivien Leigh Charges
Coercion by SeIznick
BY the Associated Press.

Ds luc hsoUlIdLeu
LONDON, Feb. 24.-Vivien Leigh,
who faces the possibility of being
drafted into a war factory if she
doesn't act, protested in court yes
terday that Hollywood Producer
David Selznick was attempting to
prevent her from appearing in a
London stage play because she
would not sign another contract
with him.
The 31-year-old Scarlet O'Hara"
of Gone With the Wind" pointed
out that she was subject to British
national service regulations. Her
activities with ENSA-British equiv
alent of the American USO-were
considered in the national interest,
she said.
Mr.. Selznick, through counsel,
likened screen actress such as
Miss Leigh to an exotic plant"
which must be exposed wisely, and
he petitioned for an injunction to
prevent her from appearing in the
play "The Skin of Our Teeth, :"
which her husband, Laurence
Olivier, Is producing next month.
The play. by Thornton Wilder, first
appeared on Broadway starring Tai
slulah Hankhsad.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
| Small Band Of Yanks
Rows Across Roer 10
|0pen Great Offensive
By ROBERT EUNSON.

hSsOClate0 fTeSS WET SOTTe6pODueHE.
WITH THE UNITED STATES
9TH ARMY ON THE ROER, Feb.
24.-This is the story of group
of doughboys who rowed two wooden
boats across the Roer River 80 min
utes before H-hour and secured a
battalion front for assault waves
of a division in the center of the
9th Army attack
The highest rank in the outfit was
silver bar, but on this tiny spear
head of volunteers hung the fate of
1t. Gen. William H. Simpsons great
offensive.
1t. Roy L. (Buck) Rogers, Allen
town, Pa, and his raiders scrambled
up the east banks of the Roer at
3:02 am. yesterday, just % min
utes before the first assault waves
took off. BY H-hour, 1t. Rogers and
his men had cleared 500 yards OF
shore on a 2O0-yard deep perimeter
knocked out machine gun nests
6 automatic weapon positions, killed
IS Germans and captured 8.
NJ AIMS hlIlCu.
And in all this 80 minutes OF
fighting not one American was
killed.
The raid really began in the base
ment of an old German school,
house on the west banks of the
Roer.
Pvt. Milton Fischer, Woodhaven,
Long Island, pulled his lifebelt
tight around him and suggested that
this might be the one we all 60
home on"
Then it was time to 60. 1t
Rogers said good-by just as If he
were going out to play football
again for the University of Mime
sofa.
Buck Rogers raiders ride again,
some one remarked as the men went
away in the darkness.
General Decorates Him.
When 1t. Rogers got back to the
schoolhouse celler and was sitting
on box of K rations, some one
said.
1.-The general wants to see you.
Buck walked over to where his
general was standing among q
group of officers, all beaming like
proud fathers.
II suppose you know our bridge
head is going very smoothly" said
the general.
"I1l pin this 'on-the-spot' Bronze
Star on you now. There will be a
Silver Star coming up later"
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Alexandra Flyer Tells
Of Nuremberg Area Raid

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE U. S. 9Th AIR FORCE,
Feb. 24-Eighth Air Force airmen
reported excellent results in the
bombing of railyards in the Nuern-
berg area yesterday.
Il watched our bombs bursting
with big red flashes in the yards at
Newmarket" said Staff Sergt. Will
liam Rawlings of Alexandria, Va.
They cut diagonally through the
yards, tearing up everything"
Sergt. Rawlings, 10, is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Rawlings of
420 North Alfred street, Alexandria.
A native of Alexandria, Sergt.
Rawlings is graduate of George
Washington High School and was
employed by the Alexandria, Bar
croft & Washington Bus Co. when
he entered the service more than a
year ago. Overseas since October,
he wears the Air Medal
Mr.. Rawlings is an employe of the
Alexandria City government. Three
other sons also are serving overseas.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Murder
Continued From First Page)

course they took. The bullets were
turned over to ballistic experts at
headquarters.
The bodies were at the morgue,
where the unusual night autopsy was
Chrestople Murphy turned over de-
tails of their findings to the police,
but would not make these public. 1t
was not revealed whether there was
evidence of struggle inside the
trailer or whether there were bruises
on the bodies.
Mr. Barker, who was well to do
lived in a Colonial home which he
owned at 1888 Cathedral avenue
NV. His wife told police he had
dinner at home about pm. yester-
day and then left to return to the
parking lot.
Attempt to Rob Barker Indicated.
Mr. Casbarian, who was a close
friend Of Mr.. Barker, lived in the
rooming house he owned at 1910
Fourteenth street, next door to the
parking lot. Mr.. Casbarian was en-
ployed at the Interior Department,
police said.
Both men were widely known here
Mrs Barker's sister, Mrs. Alicia
Whitaker who lives at the Barker
home. said Mr. Barker had drawn
out some money Wednesday for a
business transaction. She said she
knew nothing of a report to police
that Mr.. Barker had deposited
money yesterday.
Mrs. Whitaker said she heard Mrs
Barker say to her husband Wednes-
day, Did you prepare for the holi-
day?" He replied that he had, his
sister-in-law said. Mrs. Barker was
prostrated today and could not be
seen.
Mr.. Barker was born in Washing
ton. Years ago he had a horse and
carriage business on Pennsylvania
avenue.
Casbarian Born In Turkey.
Mr.. Casbarian's brother, Nazar
Casbarian of HOS New Hampshire
avenue NV, said he and his brother
were of American parentage and
were born and reared in Turkey
They came to this country in 1914
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Western Front
Continued From First Page.)

east from the main part
of Holland north of the Rhine
Estuary.
Uedem- GOch Rail Line Cut.
The Canadian 1st Army's offensive
slowed down to consolidation, but
Scots who cut the Uedem-Goch rail
line famed through wooded area
to within a mile of Weeze, the next
German anchor point south of Goch.
Other troops prodded stubborn Ger
man lines near Calcar.
The American 1st Army had a
tougher job than the 9th crossing
the Roer in the Dueren sector, where
it flows higher and faster, but had
gained up to miles in the first day.
American casualties were described
as light, although German opposition
strengthened during the day.
Bridgeheads were consolidated
overnight and engineers threw foot
bridges over the Roer despite heavy
German shelling. Infantrymen
made slow progress through thick
minefields.
Excellent Air SUPPORT.
The magnificent air support in
the opening phase undoubtedly was
responsible for the light to mod
crate resistance first encountered, a
front line reporter said. German
reinforcements hurrying up were
bombed and machine re-
peatedly. The air forces flew more
than 1900 sorties yesterday, mostly
in direct support of the land Of
fensive. Flying weather appeared
much less favorable early today.
United States 9th Air Force flyers
reported a day of tremendous de-
struction of German rolling stock.
Their score alone was given as 1,514
railway cars destroyed and as many
damaged, SO locomotives wrecked
and 33 damaged, BIT trucks de-
stroyed and 414 damaged, and 179
armored vehicles and tanks wrecked
and another 126 damaged.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
had as much as $4,000 in his pocket

had as much as $4,000 in his pocket
book at the close of a days business.
Mr.. Barnes said it was generally
known that Mr.. Barker kept a great
deal of cash in his pocket and it
had even been advertised that the
partners would pay cash for cars.
He said many people knew of the
cash because both partners Gus
tomarily paid from rolls of bills in
their pockets. They had no safe on
the premises. .
Regular In Habits.
Mr.. Barker was q man of regular
habits, his partner said. He Gus
tomarily went home for an early
dinner and returned to relieve the
Office worker, Harry Root, during
the early evening. Mr.. Barnes said
he went home at pm. and Mr..
Barker stayed on duty until 8
pm. Mr.. Barker had not returned
for his night shift when Mr.. Barnes
left last night, the partner said.
Mr.. Barnes said he knew Of no
evening appointments Mr.. Barker
might have made with customers.
He and Mr.. Barker had been part
ners for four years, Mr.. Barnes said.
At the end Of each month they split
the pro1ts en 1 1910 hAsaA b saad.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Half Of Rayon Mills Ordered
Converted 10 Cotton Yarn
ey the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Production Board has
directed the conversion to cotton
yarn production Of at least SO per
cent Of the spinning facilities now
producing spun rayon and similar
yarns.
The increased production, the
agency said, will go to fillink orders
of the Army, Navy, Maritime Com
mission and War Shipping Admins
tration.
The order. issued yesterday. af-
fects all mills operating on the cot
ton system and producing spun
rayon, cotton-rayon, mixed or blend
ed, or mixed fiber yarn, except cot
ton rayon wool, blended or mixed.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Sweden Continues
Neutrality Policy

STOCKHOLM, Feb. "a tPl.-
Swedens policy of neutrality has
been unchanged by the Turkish
declaration of war on the Axis, it
appeared today.
The foreign Office withheld COM
ment, but from other well-informed
sources 1t was understood Sweden
received no deadline notification
to declare war on the Axis as a
prerequisite for participation in the
San Francisco conference.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Wheeler Seeks Rule
On Air Legislation
By the Associated Press.


Senator Wheeler, Democrat, OF
Montana, suggested today that it
is time for the Senate to take
fresh look at its rules. He hopes
such look would help his Inter-
state Commerce Committee get con-
troll of all aviation legislation.
Little by little, he told reporters,
various committees have been al
lowed to encroach on the jurisdic-
tion Of others with q resulting lack
of coordination.
The Montanan is preparing for .
floor battle next week on the ayia.
tion issue.
I'VE handle all measures dealing
with railroads and buses and al
transportation legislation should b
co-ordinated, he said.
The Commerce Committee, headed
by Senator Bailey, Democrat, Of
North Carolina, has been handing
aviation matters and intends to keep
them II It can.
Senator Bailey has filed . motion
to take from Senator Wheeler's CON-
mittee q bill to rewrite the Civil
Aeronautics Act Of 1898. Vice Presi-
dent Truman, who as Senator was
10 member Of the Interstate Com
merce Committee, referred the bill
to that group.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Severe Penalties
In Manpower Bill
To Draw Opposition
BY ]. A. OLEARY.

The penalty features of the re-
vised manpoWer bill are expected to
be the storm center of Senate de-
bate on the measure next week and
may be modified before the bill goes
to conference with the House.
AS the bill now stands, an en-
ployer who violates hiring regula-
tions of the War Manpower Com
mission is subject to double bar
relied penalty.
Could Be Jailed.
First, he may be prosecuted and
punished up to one year in Jail or
$4,000 fine, or both; 2, any wages
paid to an employe hired in viola
ton of labor ceilings would be dis
allowed as an operating expense in
figuring income tax and deducted
from contract payments due him
from the Government.
Farm workers would be subject to
still different penalty-Sl0.000 or
five years-if they left farming after
having been found acceptable to the
Army
When the committee took final
action to report the bill Thursday,
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of
Utah, the chairman, said it was the
consensus of the members that the
employer penalty of $4,000 or one
year did not apply to employees in
industry
Job Denial Probable.
| Under this interpretation, there
are no penalties for industrial en-
ployes, except the possibility that
they may not be able to work at all
if they decline to move from non-
ESSENTIAL to war job. Some law
yer-members of the Senate still were
not sure today that the s10,000-or-
one-year penalty, adopted on mo-
ton of Senator Austin, Republican.
of Vermont, applies to employers
only.
Indications today were the Sen
ate will debate the issue for three
or four days before passing the re-
vised bill. The final terms of the
bill will have to be worked out in
a conference room, where House
spokesmen will make an, effort to
restore the principle of their bill,
which would use selective service
local boards to keep men 18 to As
on esential jobs, or require them to
move to such jobs, subject to the
same penalty the Senate Commit
tee has invoked against farm
! laborers
Senator Capehart, Republican, of
Indiana, who has had experience
as manufacturer, took the position
today that if there is a manpower
shortage it can be solved "the
American way" without legislation.
Sites Remarkable Job.
He said labor and management
have done "a remarkable Job of
production for three years and now
at the tail end of the war the Gov
ernment is asking for q work-or-
fight bill"
The Indiana Senator issued a
statement listing six reasons for
shortage of manpower, if there is a
shortage" namely: Poor manage
ment, poor locations of new war
plants by the Government; boarding
Of labor by employers, particularly
the large employers; showdown or
curtailment of production by agree
ment among employees; unfair wage
ceilings in different factories, and
boarding of labor by the Govern
ment."
Senator Capehart announced,
however, he is opposed to the Senate
manpower control bill on the ground
1T would "pile confusion on con-
fusion" and literally make slaves
| out of farmers