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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Two Soldiers in Pacific
Three Years Bring New
VFW Rotation Plea

Complaints that two Washington
soldiers have been on duty in the
Pacific for three years without a
furlough home were disclosed by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars today il,
renewing plea for rotation of
Army personnel to assure home
leaves to those who have served
more than 10 months overseas.
VFW headquarters said Mrs. Louis
B. Bayly, l448 Park road NV, re-
ported that her husband. Corpl.
Bayly of the 35th Infantry Regi-
ment, had not returned to the
United States since he was first as
signed to the Hawaiian department
in 1912, and now is fighting in the
Philippines.
A similar complaint came from
relatives of Pfc Robert l.. Muzzy.
3516 Park place NV, another SOL
dier Of the 35th Infantry, the VFW
said. He was reported to have been
in the Pacific three years and two
months.
In letter to Secretary of War
Stimson, Omar B. Ketchum, VFW
national legislative representative.
said it was recognized that rotation
of troops is difficult in wartime but
that 1T appears almost unreason-
able to exact such sacrifices from
the few"
Surely there are enough replace
ments and transportation" he
added, ito grant relief to personnel
who have been in continuous serv-
ice, and much of it combat, for three
years or more"
He noted with appreciation that
the War Department has made
some progress on rotation fur
loughs, but said I'VE feel there is
much to be desired in the handling
Of this problem" and expressed
doubt that the present system would
work to the advantage of personnel
who have already had extraordinary
periods of overseas duty"
The War Department said any re-
ply from Mr.. Stimson would have
to be made public by the VFW.
A department spokesman said the
rotation policy is administered solely
by the various theater commanders.
who determine who and how many
soldiers are to be returned. General
ly, three factors govern the number:
Availability of shipping. availability
of requirements and the condition
OF the men themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Owner Sued for $500
For Rent Violations

A total of $500 is asked in suits
filed in the Municipal Court of Small
Claims by five tenants at 1855 East
ern avenue NV against Walter
White, l0l I street NV. apartment
operator, charging violations of the
Emergency Rent Control Act. The
case will be heard March 26.
John KokoSki. one of the tenants.
claims he paid $50 month for four
months beginning last October 20
for an apartment on which the CELL
ing rent is S25. In another $50 suit.
he charged failure to furnish suffi-
Gent heat and hot water.
-Four other tenants filed $50 suits
on the heat and hot-water charge.
They are c. w. Hosea. A. r. john
son. L. E. Lee and A. w. Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Economic Committee
Urqes Breton Woods
Loan Plan Change
BY JOSEPH. BAIRD.

Changes in the Breton Woods
monetary plan to give the proposed
International Bank for Reconstruc-
ton clear authority to make both
long and Short-term sterilization
loans have been urged on Congress
by the Research Committee of the
Committee for Economic Develop
ment, composed of large and rep
resentatiVe group of American
businessmen.
The committees qualified in
dorsement of the Breton Woods
plan, now before Congress, was
given at press conference late
yesterday by Ralph E. Flanders,
chairman of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston and chief of the
research group.
He made public a report of the
research specialists which will be
included in a comprehensive study
of foreign trade problems to be pub
lished later.
Fears Freezing of Fund.
Mr.. Flanders pointed out that as
the Breton Woods proposals now
stand. there is danger that the In
ternational Monetary Fund. designed
only TO smooth out Short-term fiuc-
tuations in international currency
may be misused for long term sta
blllzatlon loans. The result. the
committee held, might be a "freez-
ing of the fund. which would de-
stroy its usefulness.
After approving the International
Bank for reconstruction, with in
creased lending powers-which pre-
Sumably would mean also raise in
its 100000 900 capitalize COM
mlttee report concluded:
Unless the bank is strengthened.
or unless there are weighty political
or diplomatic considerations. we
would recommend that certain func-
lions of the fund be carried on by
the bank and that the establish
ment of the fund be postponed"
Last Ditch" Not Reached.
Pressed as TO whether the Gel
Research Committee opposed the
Breton Woods plan without the
recommended changes in the bank
structure, MI. Flanders declined te
be pinned down He said he felt
that was last ditch" decision anc
that the last ditch had not beer
reached.
He added that he didn't agree
that any changes in the Breton
Woods plan would require a new
international conference.
Mr.. Flanders explained that nc
provision had been made in the
Breton Woods plan for one type
of loan-that required for the sta
bilization of industry in war-torr
countries which might need either
capital loans for plant equipment
or working capital to purchase raw
materials. He described this type
of loan as IAN orphan with no place
to 60
AS a result, he said the commit
tee feared the misuse of the none
tary fund for this type of loans and
thought clear authority should be
given to the bank to extend them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Meat Price Quotations
Asked for D. {. Hospitals

Requests for informal price QUOTA
tons on meat for District hospitals
and institutions have been sent to
more than a dozen meat suppliers,
Roland M. Brennan, District pur-
chasing officer, said yesterday
Mr. Brennan said as many as 10
dealers might be obtained in this
way, adding that the dealers are
being asked to furnish quotations
for one to four weeks supply in
April. He said he was dealing on a
hand basis, explaining
that procurement division contracts
could furnish only a third of hte
Districts needs and the dealers
themselves are uncertain about sup
plies.
Veal and beef have been assured
for this week, but pork products are
in doubt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20

was ordered to blow 1t up two weeks
ago by Berlin.
l believe this may be the first
underground factory captured in
tact inside the Reich. It explains
how German war production keeps
up despite the intensive bombing
of industrial centers. The fuel
pumps are very complicated. They
require use of the most delicate pre-
cision instruments. which the skilled
operators never lost sight of day
or night for fear of sabotage by
the slave laborers.
AS the Americans crossed the
Rhine 1900 refugees from Rhine
towns sought shelter in the great
factory cave, which runs 400 yards
Into the mountain with an entrance
so camoufiaged as to fool ANYBODY
100 feet away.
Such cave with rs feet of noun
tain on top is invulnerable from the
air unless lucky bomb should eX-
plode at the entrance. But for the
last two weeks, according to skilled
woman worker, this cave has been
the nearest thing to hell on earth
One OF the 18th Divisions VIC
tories of the week end should presage
further triumph of our arms over the
enemy, according to the Siegfriec
legend. American troops, sdvancing
with fixed bayonets, captured the
ancient ruins of Drachenfels on 6
1,000-foot rugged mountain towerins
over the Rhine.
1t was here, according to a chap
ter of the Nibelungenlied, that
Slegfried, the Teutonic Archilles
slew the dragon Fafuer in a vasl
cavern in the mountain. He Their
bathed in the beasts blood and thus
became invulnerable.
Drachenfels is bounded by rocky
cliffs on three sides. The same men
who on the following day captured
the factory-cave, attacked Drachen-
fels by clambering up the vulnerable
rear slope. They took the SUNNI,
after two hours of stiff fighting.
The Germans gave up quickly after
the arrival of the Americans ator
the crag. The garrison and the
whole mountain had taken a terrific
artillery pounding for two DAYS be-
fore the attack and the defenders
nerves were shattered. The noun
tain afforded the best observation
post for miles around.
L fell in with the troops the
day after this exploit. They had
slept overnight in the castles ruins
| asked Pvt. Leslie Wright of
Fenton, Mich, one of the first men
to Chamber over the ancient walls.
If he knew the Siegfried legend.
He said, I'm too damn tired to
be bothered about dragons
1t. Col. Charles McKennev. for
mer assistant circulation manager
OF The Star and now operations
ofncer of the 18th, told me that
captures over the week end had
brought the divisions record for
communities occupied to rs towns
Maj. Gen. Edwin Parker of Wythes-
vile, Va, is commander of the
division which has one of the best
records of the many participating
in Gen. EiSenhower's great offensive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Research Staff Report
Revives Old Disputes
On SIum Clearance

Old disputes regarding the fields
private enterprise" and public
housing" should have in District
slum-clearance programs were re-
vived today following publication
by New York research group of its
summation of six months of public
hearings held here last year on the
problem.
The research report came from
the National Industrial Conference
Board, which had been asked to
make an impartial study of the
lengthy hearings before the Burton
subcommittee of the Senate District
Committee year ago.
summary of the national re-
search agency's report, made public
last night, opened with the declara-
ton:
Private enterprise can build and
maintain housing developments for
the lowest-income groups at lower
cost than the Government agency
charged with slum clearance in
Washington tthe National Capital
Housing Authority, provided the
government assists in obtaining
sites and gives assurance of a clear
field"
Reply to Report.
That word brought conflicting
statements from local interests.
James C. Wilkes, counsel to the
Metropolitan Home Builders Asso-
citation, commented: That strikes
our position right on the nose"
John Ihlder, executive officer of
the NCHA. whose agency would
be abolished under the redevelop-
ment plan sponsored by private
builders. said:
We question whether private
builders can build cheaper than a
public agency-the evidence before
the Burton subcommittee did not
subStantiate that claim, if private
interests build according to the
same standards as to land occu-
pancy, room size and the number
of bedrooms.
And as TO construction costs. il
should be remembered that as a
public agency the NCHA, under the
law. pays the prevailing wage
scales"
To Be Added to Record.
The National Industrial Confer
ence Boards comments now will be
added to the printed record of hear
Ings on the Districts slum prob
lens, but some months ago the Bur-
ton subcommittee passed into his
tory. With the coming of a new
Congress the old bills died and new
but similar ones were offered. and
more hearings were held by an.
other Senate District Subcommittee,
headed by Senator McCarran,
Democrat, of Nevada Recon-
mendations now are awaited from
the McCarran subcommittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Bohoi Center Proqrum

Allen B. Mcdaniel, architect. of
Waterford, Va, and Prof. w. Ken
meth Christian, Greenville, N. c..
will speak at o'clock tonight at the
Bahai Center, 1903 I street. NV, in
celebration of the Bahai New Year
and the 101st anniversary of the
founding of the faith, which con-
siders the year to begin on the
spring equinox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Seven Allied Supply Ships
Sunk, Nuzis Claim

By the Associated Press
LONDON, Mar. 20-The German
high command declared in a broad
cast communique today that Nazi
E-boats had sunk seven Allied sup
ply ships totaling 24,500 tons and
damaged destroyer and two mo-
tor torpedo boats in an attack on a
convoy off the east coast of England
The claim was not confirmed by
Allied sources.
Evening star., 1945-10-28
Doug was back, and he looked
the same. But his heart held
a secret he couldn't explain >.
A Short Story

Il could hear all the joyful preparations
going on downstairs His mother and grand
mother were calling back and forth, their
voices high with excitement They'd sent
Dad out to get something at the last minute
- ice cream, no doubt. Doug, standing by
the window, could see him rolling up the back
walk on his old bicycle, one hand on the
handlebars, the other clutching a brown
paper sack.
81 got it," Doug heard him call out through
the screen door. Fresh strawberryr
Doug left the window and went over and
sat on the bed. From the old days, his feet
remembered that Jeff, his beloved English
setter, would be lying on the thick, braided
rug at the bedside, and he gave him the half
irritated half affectionate kick that he
always had Get over, you big lunk."
In A few minutes they would be calling him
down to supper. He was supposed to be wash
ing up now, getting off the stains of travel.
and the stains of war. The war was over now
and he was through with it; he'd had more
than two years of it - nobody could say he
hadn't done his share. His parents and Gran
and Marjorie were all proud and thankful
that he'd come out so well. The bad leg
wouldn't hinder him much in civilian life;
there was his old job waiting, and he and
Marjorie could get married right away. He
wasn't twenty-three yet, and had his whole
life before him. That's what they were pre-
pairing to celebrate downstairs. They thought
he'd come home - whole.
There was knock on the door and he said,
Come in" 1t was his father, a look of guilty
delight on his face. He was holding bottle
with about two inches of whisky in it. Look
what I've been saving" he said. Il thought
we might have a nip right here, while the
women are dishing up. No use raising fuss" ;"
Sure. Swell. Come in, Dad"
HIS father brought two thick tumblers
from the bathroom. He poured the whisky
out, two thirds in Doug's glass, one third for
himself. Then he sat down on the bed, swing
ing his foot companionably His thin, grooved
face was deeply flushed with pleasure: WELL
Doug, it's great. 1t sure is great"
Yeah. It's pretty good - being back"
Il suppose you and Marjoriell name the
day any time now. No need for waiting"
That's right
Il saw Mr.. Harmon the other day. Says
he wants you back soon as you can make it.
Said if you're tired and want a rest before you
get back into harness, that's all right, too.
But - shucks - you're not tired. You look
fits fiddle"
mo, I'm not tired" He wasn't tired, only
peacefully dead. He just didn't give a damn.
His father gazed thoughtfully at his glass.
Il suppose you went through things it FL take
you long time to forget - on Two. guess
you'll wake up nights and think about it for
many months to come"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-13
SPECIAL SERVICE

The Twin City Creamery viii make deliveries every
other day and milk tickets may be obtained from the
Twin City Creamery office or from the drivers
special service offered is that if you run out of
tickets and need them Immediately, or if your milk
is not delivered just call 131 or III and your tickets
or milk will be sent to you by special delivery. To
start delivery service to your home simply call
the Twin City Creamery, Kemnewick 131 or III or
call at their office.
MORE AND BETTER SERVICE is the working
slogan of the Twin City Creamery.
Evening star., 1945-02-22
Two From District HELPED
In Arranging Transfer

Miss Mary Rose Ryan, 1701 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV, assistant
to the director Of military and naval
welfare in charge Of hospital service
at national headquarters of the Red
Cross, helped to arrange the ex-
change Of prisoners who returned
on the Gripsholm yesterday.
Associated with Miss Ryan in
working out details Of the transfer
from an ONCE In Switzerland were
Miss Martha v. Ellesor, 3133 Con.
necticut avenue NV, and Mrs. Anr
w. Aldrich, Rome. N. 2, both at.
tached to headquarters Of the Amer
lean Red Cross.
Miss Ryan has done social service
work at Walter Reed Hospital and
at the general hospital at Fort Dox,
N. J. She also has seen duty on
Army hospital ships returning to
this country with wounded men
from overseas. Her family lives In
Richmond, Va.
Miss Ellesor, who lived In WASH
ington for some time before receiv-
ing her overseas assignment, was in
charge Of procuring clothing and
supplies for the civilians brought
to this country on the Gripsholm.
Evening star., 1945-02-22
Friendship Citizens Urge
Change in Bus Stop

The Friendship Citizens Associa-
ton last night requested the Capital
Transit Co. to change the present
Tenley Circle bus stop to a differ
ent location.
Passengers object to alighting "in
the mud" at the Yuma street inter-
section, the association said, and
prefer stop at the Nebraska ave-
nue intersection, where a stop al
ready has been provided for the MA
bus-line.
Action by the Burleith Citizens
Association calling for an amend
ment to the constitution of the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations was
approved. The amendment would
provide that one member from any
association may serve on the Execu-
tive Committee.
Other actions included indorse-
ment Of teacher salary increases and
the Sumners-Capper bill for Dis.
trict suffrage.
Vice President B. ]. Lloyd pre-
sided. The meeting was held In the
Janney School, Albemarle street anc
Wisconsin avenue NV.
Evening star., 1945-02-22
Britain Decorates American
For Saving Life Of Girl

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-Flight Capt.
Gilman Benedict Warne of Mont
clair, N. j., and Miami, Fla, today
received Britain's silver medal
MBE (Member of the Order of the
British Empire), for heroism in the
rescue last August 13 of, an Amer
ican girl pupil from a blazing train
ing plane.
The decoration was pinned on
Capt. Warne's dark blue uniform of
the Byitish Air Transport Auxiliary
(ferrying command), for which he
volunteered in 1941, by Capt. Alan
Lennox-Boyd, member of Parlia-
ment and secretary to the Ministry
Of Aircraft Production.
The rescue took place when q
Hudson trainer caught fire shortly
after, . take-on. Capt. Warne
landed the ship, escaped, and then
returned when he realized the pupil
Miss Jane Plant Of Baltimore, had
failed to get out. He found her un-
conscious and pulled her from the
blazing machine, himself suffering
severe burns.
Evening star., 1945-02-22
Two
Continued From First Page.)

Gen. Clifton B. Gates, who captured
the three-rumway bomber base, Mo-
toyama Airheld No. Tuesday, did
succeed In inching north yesterday
afternoon up the slopes of q plateau
toward the fighter base, Motoyama
No. 2.
On the southwest coast, the 5th
Division Marines Of Maj. Gen. Kel-
Ter E. Rockey are striving to flank
the fighter base, the only airfield
still in enemy hands.
Admiral Nimitz referred In an
earlier communique to bitter re-
sistance" by Japanese defending the
two-runway field.
Everywhere the Japs are stand
ing until death rather than yield"
Correspondent Waite reported.
Battle Against Terrain.
1t was battle against terrain as
well as fierce enemy opposition.
Deep volcanic sands impeded and
at times stalled the heavy equip
ment, which includes mobile guns,
tank destroyers and tanks.
An encouraging note was the dim
mutton of enemy mortar fire on the
beaches, where all-important sup
plies are being landed. Earlier the
supply men were as much "up front"
as the most advanced outpost from
the standpoint of taking it."
Yesterday, for the seventh straight
day the 16 and II inch guns of the
newest type American battleships
joined with the guns Of heavy
cruisers in shelling all sectors Of
Iwo's square miles.
Carier-based Hellcats, Helldivers
and Avengers gave the marines close
support.
Admiral Nimitz, In his first official
reference to enemy casualties, said
$50 japanese dead have been
counted and added that the in
formation "is incomplete"
Obviously during SO terrific q
battle, going on day and night since
the marines landed at 9 am. Mon
day, no accurate count of the foes
dead is possible Many have died in
caves In areas still to be cleared.
Associated Press Correspondent
Morrie Landsberg. studying casualty
reports aboard the expeditionary
flagship Of Vice Admiral Richmond
Kelly Turner, said 3,o63 wounded
"were carried out often under fire
and always under difficult beach
conditions.
"A Navy hospital ship moved close
to the shore to facilitate the trans
fer Of the wounded"
A high marine ofncer told Mr..
Landsberg the japanese may hold
on to Mount Suribachi for cnnsid-
erable time as 1t is believed to be
"a maze of tunnels" The Japs even
had machine-gu gun emplacements on
the crater's rim. Navy dive bomberS
attacked them.
OF the fight generally Mr.. IAnds-
berg reported: :
1T was case Of taking each one
Of countless pillboxes, frequently
with the air Of flame -throwers, and
facing exposure to enemy ire IN
open country" a
Evening star., 1945-02-22

could not count the wages paid to
such q person as an operating ex-
pense for income tax purposes. The
amount Of the wages also could have
been deducted by the Government
from his war contract.
Senator Chandler said the Austin
penalty provision would have been
beaten bad not the committee pre-
viously adopted the Tydings farm
.deferment clause, which some Sen
ators felt had no place in the work
control bill.
Senator Chandler added that he
thinks the bill is now so confused
by the amendments that Senators
would be justified In voting against
the whole substitute"
Evening star., 1945-02-22
Chevy Chase Citizens
Back District Suffrage

The Sumners-C -Capper resolution
for District suffrage was indorsed
last night by the Chevy Chase Cit
izens' Association. Marine Capt
Donald Carpenter spoke In behalf
|of the measure.
The group also voted to back an
increase In teachers' pay to q min
imum Of $4,000 year and DR.
George O. Ruhlands plan to curb
rabies In the District.
Members were urged to support
the paper and tin can salvage drives
Mrs. Richard b. Roberts Of the
Voteless District League Of Women
Voters outlined the Dllmbarton Oak
security plan. Harry N. Fowler
presided. The meeting was held
at the Lafayette School, North
|ampton street and Broad Branch
road NV.
Evening star., 1945-02-22
Munpower
Continued From First PaRe.)

reservation was said to account for
the vote Of IL to 4. after an tnfor-
NAL poll last night indicated the
committee almost evenly divided
over reporting the revised draft.
Sponsored by Austin.
The new penalty on employers
was adopted on motion Of Senator
Austin, leading advocate Of broad
national service legislation for
men and women. It was added
to a section which previously had
provided only that an employer who
hired any one In violation OF rules