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Evening star., 1945-06-22

In the face of the gallantry and
heroism of the crew of the bombed
and burned aircraft carrier, Frank
lin, 10000 Navy Yard workers
should find it easy to invest little
more money in War Bonds, the
chaplain-hero Of the Franklin, 1t.
Comdr. Joseph T. O'Callahan, told
a huge bond rally at the yard yes
terday.
II have no compunction in taking
the responsibility of asking you, not
to risk your life or your health, but
only to invest your wealth in a
manner TO enoble yourself" Comdr
IO'Callahan said
Comdr. O'Callahan, who has been
recommended for the Congressional
Medal of Honor and described by
the Franklins captain as "the
bravest man I ever saw" described
the gallantry of one Marine orderly
who refused to leave his post by
the captain on the bridge.
Refuses to Leave.
THE rockets made a noise like
the 'whoosh' of a devil out of hell
and the bridge was the most exposed
place on the ship" Comdr. O'Calla-
han said. But when the captain
told the Marine to take cover, he
replied,
Begging your pardon. sir, I'll
stay at my post
Later Capt. L. E. Genres was look
ing for new gun crew to replace
the dead men around 40-mm. gun
The Marine orderly volunteered
When the captain questioned if h,
could run the gun, the boy replied
Begging your pardon, sir, Ma.
rine can do anything"
He'd never been at a 40-mm. CUR
in his life" Comdr. O'Callahar
said. But for 48 hours he manned
it and once he saved the ship. A
Jap plane got through the protec-
tive fire of the other ships ano
headed straight for us. Shed have
been our end. But that amateur
gunner got her"
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Protest Filed on POW
DIET in Maryland Area
By the Associated Press,

SNOW HILL, Md, June o.
Two members of the editorial staff
of the Democratic Messenger, Snow
Hill weekly newspaper, announced
today that they had wired protests
to Maryland members Of Congress
charging that German war prison.
ers working on farms in that area
were receiving insufficient food.
The kilograms were sent to Sena-
tors Tydings and Radcliffe and
Representative Roe, Democrats, by
Associate Editor Jack Culver and
Bettine Goodall, reporter, who wrote
that certain prisoners of war work
ing from the Berlin (Md) POW
camp are being Systematically
starved to DEATH"
Approximately 500 German pris-
oners are working on farms, in poul-
try dressing plants, and canneries
in the county, due to the Eastern
Shore labor shortage.
For their noon meal one day last
week a group of these prisoners
working on a farm near Berlin were
given three slices of plain bread and
a cup of coffee" Miss Goodal wrote
obviously this Is not sufficient to
sustain a man engaged in manual
labor, especially on a hot day.
There is a great deal of red tape
involved in procuring a copy of the
menu of meals served to the prison.
ers in the camp. We can therefore
cite conditions pertaining only to
the meals that are provided the
prisoners outside OF camp, and we
emphatically charge that this food
is disproportionately scant."
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Hoberdoshey Clerk
Robbed of $197

Jacob Sperling, clerk in a haber-
dashery at 1920 Seventh street NV,
told police a bandit held him up
shortly before II am. today, took
$197 from the cash register and
locked him in a washroom.
Mr.. Sperling was alone when the
bandit entered and thrust blue
steel pistol at him, he told police.
After taking the money and lock-
ing up his victim, the robber seized
an armful Of colored shirts and fled,
police said. A shopkeeper next door
heard Mr.. Spreling shouting for
help and released him.
The victim described the bandit
as q colored man about 23 years
old and feet 8 inches tall, having q
small mustache and wearing q tan
jacket.
Evening star., 1945-06-22

Col. Brown described the life of
the women GIs and went into such
details as the fuzzy wuzzy" hair
dressing parlors, and honeymoon
huts."
Fuzzy Wuzzy Shops.
When there are weddings, she
said, the WACS improvise pretty
bridal gowns and high-ranking OH
GERS gallantly place their quarters
at the disposal Of the newly welded
couples to serve as q honeymoon
hut"
The fuzzy wuzzy" shops are
merely women's barber shops. The
WACS have their own hair dressing
parlors just as the men have their
own barber shops at every post.
Neatness is required by regulations,
she explained.
Col. Brown said the IA WAC de-
tachments are distributed as fol-
lows: One at Brisbane, two In Hol-
landia, two in Oro Bay, New
Guinea; one each in Biak Island,
Leyte, Lac and Finschhaven, New
Guinea, and five in Manila. They
are performing the same kind of
duties they do in the United States.
Col. Brown, Washington born,
practiced law for 10 years here be-
fore joining the WACS. She was
with the Veterans Administration
and studied law concurrently at
George Washington University. She
is the daughter Of Mrs. Agnes r.
Brown Of 1904 Fifteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1945-06-22
lsWRstionmiq
&Reminder6a

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
W., W., X-2, Y-2 and 70 re-
main valid through September
30: stamps E-2 through J-2 good
through June 30; stamps K-2
through P-2 good through July
81. Stamps O. through U-2 valid
through August 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
D-1, Ell, FL, G-1 and HI re-
main valid through September
80; stamps N-2 through So good
through June 30. Stamps T-2
through x-2 good through July 81.
Stamps Y-2, 70, Al, B-1 and
C-1 valid through August 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp No. SO valid for 5
pounds through August 81. Next
stamp valid September /.
Gasoline-B-6, c., B-7, CT, B-8
and C-8 coupons good for S GAL
Ions each. A-16 coupons valid for
s gallons each through September
81. B-6 and C-6 coupons expire
after June 80.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and )
IN Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each. An as-yet-
unnumbered shoe stamp becomes
valid August l.
Fuel Oil-Periods 1, 2, 8, 4 and 5
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. ALI
currently valid coupons, except for
serially- numbered coupons Of def
mite value, will expire August 81.
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Back FromPucific
To Solve Skirt Supply Crisis

1t. Col. Mary Agnes Brown, WASH
ington, WAC staff director in the
Southwest Pacific, was back at the
War Department today to solve an
acute Army supply problem-how to
get more skirts for WACS overseas.
Col. Brown, a former Washington
attorney, who returned after a years
stay overseas, said she hoped to
speed shipments of skirts. She said
Army women in the Pacific are short
Of skirts in almost every region
where skirts can be worn. In the
insect-infested areas, she said,
WACS wear heavy woolen shirts as
projection against insects, and
slacks. This is particularly true of
Manila, where there are no skirts
anyway.
+ In New Guinea, Col. Brown said,
the WACS wear skirts only when
they get married, and that weddings
are frequent.
Shipping Problem.
Because of the critical shipping
difficulties in the Pacific, Col. Brown
said she Is facing a hard task here
in speeding the WAC clothing sup
plies. She disclosed that there are
now 5000 women GIs serving In
that area, and said she expected the
number to increase to 1000 soon.
Col. Brown said no WAC has re-
turned from the Pacific under the
discharge point system. But they
are hopeful, just like the men," she
added. AT least two WACs, each
over 40 years. have applied for dis
charges"
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Duce Threatens to Quit
Unless Kinq Does

Naval review. Very beautiful.
The King praised the Roman step
goose step = " II Duce comments,
I wanted to reply: My good un-
trustworthy and stupid fellow, it
was against you most of all that 1
had to argue to introduce it, 1
handed the japanese Ambassador
= copy Of the Noble document"
June 13-"Il Duce calls me to talk
about Frances visit. He says This
time 1 don't want any interference
as there was with Hitler's visit. If
the King hasn't sense enough to
withdraw, I will. 1t is necessary to
put this paradoxical situation before
the ITALIAN people so they may
choose between me and the King"
June 14-"Il Duce desires that we
define the future program for the
Western Mediterranean with Spain:
Morocco would go completely to
Spain; Tunis and Algeria would go
to us. An agreement with Spain
should insure our permanent outlet
to the Atlantic through Morocco.
Dinner at the French Embassy
with old court danes whose
only business is to gorge themselves
with free food"
June Eff we really want to
carry out a policy that will attract
the Croats,, Slovenes and so forth,
it is necessary to begin by giving
them "a feeling that we are employ
ing an intelligent liberality toward
them. We shall think later of tight
ening the reins."
Ciano's father died Tuesday, June
n, 1899, at the age of 81. For the
next week, the entries are concerned
,,,:,us exclusively with his death and
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Two Pedestrians Hurt
During Thunderstorm

Two pedestrians were injured in
traffic accidents during a thunder
storm which cooled the city last
night.
Mary G. Skwarlo, 27, of SAB Ken.
lucky avenue, was crossing Barney
Circle, Seventeenth street and Penn.
sylvania avenue Sc, with a news.
paper shielding her head from the
ram, police said, when she appar-
emily walked into an automobile
driven by Donald Fusco, II, of 3338
ELY place Sc. She was taken to
Gallinger Hospital.
During the storm, George Foster
46, OF Pittsburgh, guest at the Nav
mower Hotel, was struck at Con-
nectlcut avenue and De Sales street
NV. by a streetcar that police said
was operated by Albert C. Gearhart.
~, OF 1888 G street NE. Mr.. Foster
was taken to Emergency Hospital,
Robert L. Stokes, 31a, was struck
In front of his home, 224 Twelfth
street Sc, by truck which police
SAID was being backed by Charles
Moore, As, of 213 Warren street
NE. The boy was taken to Casualty
Hospital.
Mrs. Helen Lusby, 78, of 134a
Kenyon street NV, was Knocked
down by opening streetcar doors at
Eighth and E streets NV, according
10 police accident report. She was
taken to Casualty Hospital
Evening star., 1945-06-22
II Duce Not Alarmed
BY Bankruptcy Warning

"Guarnieri Qtalian minister for
foreign trade and exchange) speaks
openly of bankruptcy and says that
only a halt in the imperialistic
policies can prevent it. II Duce
says Guarnieris talk is just one of
the usual - Ul Duce's language
is vulgar which express the state
of mind and wishes of certain pluto
cratic circles. In any case, it made
no great impression on him."
June 3-"Il Duce utters a
violent diatribe against the mon
archy. Starace Fascist party Sec
retary who later was killed with
MussolinD is also present. II Duce
declares that the King is small
man, insipid and untrustworthy,
and that the monarchy by its idi-
otic the language again is
coarse)-is preventing the indoc-
trination of the army with Fas-
ciSm.
III Duce says, I am like a cat,
cautious and prudent, but when I
take a jump am sure of landing
where I wish. I am now debating
whether to end it all with the
House of Savoy
THE operation to emasculate
Albania without making the pa
tient scream. The annexation now
is practically complete. Such is
the advantage of cold -blooded and
calculated decisions"
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Elder Ciono Revealed
As II Duce's Choice

July s-"This morning II Duce
handed to me a document my father
had in his possession since Mo-
vember, 1926; letter in which II
Duce nominated him as his Sue
cessor and gave him instructions
in the event of the chiefs disap-
pearance 80.
''The international situation has
become obscured because OF Danzig
I remain calm, thinking it is false
alarm. The fact is the Germans
haven't said a word on the sub
ject - ="
July -"The Greek, Metaxas,
fMinister to Rome) pays a courtesy
visit, but is stunned by my recep-
ton ="
July Like good ambassador
new to his work with the Fascists,
Percy Lorraine makes a great to-do
about delivering in person a mes
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Senate Approves Bill
To Remodel Chamber
AT Cost Of $800,000

Unanimous approval was given
yesterday by the Senate to the An
drews bill authorizing moderniza-
ton of the Senate chamber, includ-
ing better lighting, better acoustics
and a new type ceiling. The bill
now goes to the House, which may
add provisions for remodeling its
own chamber.
When the work will be done, once
the pending resolution is enacted,
will depend on provision of actual
appropriations and when the Senate
or House find it possible to move
into substitute quarters for several
months while work is under way.
Remodeling plans proposed by
David Lynn, Capitol architect, call
for removal of the old skylights and
the temporary steel "rafters'' that
keep the old ceiling from falling
down.
Instead, there would be slightly
domed solid ceiling, with indirect,
artificial lighting and acoustical
treatment that would enable SEN
ators to hear what is being said.
Such work in the Senate is ex-
pected to cost more than $500 900
and similar work in the House
would at least double the total.
Pentagon Land Deal.
The Senate yesterday also passed
and sent to the House a bill by
Chairman Thomas of the Military
Affairs Committee authorizing an
exchange of land between the Gov
ernment and the Rosslyn Connect
ing Railroad Co., a subsidiary of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., in a
windup of deals in connection with
development Of the War Depart
ment Pentagon Building.
When the Pentagon Building was
erected, the railroad relinquished
more than IL acres of land and its
tracks through the area were re-
moved at Government expense. In
exchange, the Government now is
to grant to the railroad a tract of
nearly 5 acres.
Evening star., 1945-06-22
DRY Summer
Here Seen by
Soft Drink Men
Some BottIers Say
Output Will Be 500
Less Than Lost Year

Washington appears to be in for
a long, hot, dry summer, the soft
drink bottlers believe.
Their prediction is based on some
thing more tangible than cumulus
clouds and other signs employed by
weather prophets. The measuring
stick Is that scarce item, sugar.
Going into q three-month period
when Washingtonians normally i'm
bibe so per cent more fountain and
bottle liquids, the bottlers were
scratching their heads over an OPA
order slashing industrial sugar al
lotsments to so per cent of that
used in the third quarter of 1941.
What the sugar shortage means
to the average bother was outlined
by one bottling company official,
who said he anticipates an output
Of some $4,000 cases of soft drinks
for the three months beginning
July l, when the sugar slash be-
comes effective. That Is about 21,-
600 cases less than the firm had
expected on the basis of allotmentS
in the second quarter.
Another bother predicted his
business would be from 40 to so per
cent less than that of last summer.
That would mean from $4,000 to
$4,000 fewer cases for the public,
he said.
Not only was his company plagued
by the sugar squeeze, but the scar
city OF corn sirup and dextrose
handicapped him in the production
Of a root beer, he said.
What the bottlers actually will be
getting is 81 per cent of the amount
Of sugar allowed for the second
quarter of this year. One official
pointed out that the District base
allowance is boosted by the 30 per
cent population increase, but that
this concession far from solves the
problem.
One company warned dealers to
expect at least 30 per cent cut in
orders for the next quarter. The
company will continue to fill orders
on a ration basis with all dealers
taking a proportionate cut. he said
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Sd. {. Merchant Seamen
Awarded Mariners S Medal

Mariners Medals were awarded
posthumously during May to three
District merchant seamen.
Mrs. M. s. Hopkins of 2630 Adams
Mill road NV, mother of Matthew
Smith Hopkins, jr., received his
medal. She said her sons ship, the
S. S. Jacksonville, was torpedoed
and sunk by enemy action of the
coast Of Northern England last Au-
gust. She has another son in the
maritime services, 1t. Bushrop w.
Hopkins, and a son with a B-29 crew
In the Army Air Forces, Staff Sergt.
Samuel E. Hopkins.
Charles Joseph Gorneckis medal
was presented to his sister, Miss
Eleanor Ann Gorneckie, 143 Sheri-
dan street NV.
Miss Florence B. Lamont, 1876
Minnesota avenue NE, received q
medal for her father, Albert D. La
mont.
The Mariners Medal is awarded
to those in the maritime service who
are injured or killed In enemy action.
Evening star., 1945-06-22

tits hard to keep track of the
time of things" Comdr. O'Callahan
said as he described three days of
vicious attacks on the Franklin by
Jap planes.
After the wounded and dead had
been transferred to the Santa Fe
nearby he found six 1,000-pound
bombs, scared with flame but I'M
exploded. The chaplain directed a
hose crew, covered from behind by
another hose crew so they them
selves would not catch fire, to within
six feet of the bombs. The men
sprayed water on the deck to avoid
water pressure directly on the
bombs noses.
Says Quick Prayer.
That's right, father" lad said
calmly from amid the flames. Let's
not take unnecessary chances"
The chaplain said the terrible re-
sponsibility faced by the captain in
deciding to save the Franklin was
rewarded later by the record of no
lives lost in the successful return
Of the ship for repairs. Comdr.
O'Callahan himself tasted some of
this responsibility in leading men
into a flaming turret to heave out
some 50-pound shells.
Il didn't so much mind going in
myself" he said, ''but I felt the re.
sponsibility of asking Bill and Franz
and Joe to come in. I said a quicl
prayer and then asked them, Will
you come in with me, boys?' No
one refused"
Comdr. O'Callahan, introduced b,
Rear Admiral F. L. Reichmuth
commandant Of the Potomac River
Naval Command, as a man among
men as well as a chaplain" con-
cluded that if he could take tn.
responsibility of leading boys into
a h-flled turret, he could easily
request the safe investment OF
twice the amount you intended
In War Bonds"
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Peace Talks Mentioned
As Method of StoIIinq

July 19-"We must prepare it well
(the meeting). In view of the
fact that war plans must be de-
layed as long as possible, he Ul
Duce) could talk to the Fuehrer
about launching an international
peace conference. Either the de-
mocracies will agree to sit around
a table and negotiate and they will
have to end by yielding considerably,
or they will refuse and we shall
have the advantage of having taken
the initiative for peace. At
tolico Ambassador to Berlin) is
very much concerned and indicates
a new and perhaps fatal crisis is
imminent"
July 20-"Attolico says the
Germans are preparing to strike at
Danzig by August IA. For the first
time Caruso from Prague announces
on vast scale. Is it
possible all this should take place
without our knowing it?
"On II Duce's orders I have pre-
sented an ultimatum to Osservatore
Romano (organ of the Vatican)
Either it cease its subtle propaganda
against the Axis or we shall prohibit
its circulation
July 22-"Il Duce has worked out
plan of welcome for the meeting
at Brenner Pass. 1t is based on the
proposal for an international con-
ference. I agree on the use
fulness of our move, which will
spread confusion and dissenSion in
the camp of the enemy where many
voices already are raised against
war ="
July 26-'I talked by telephone
with Magistrate about his conversa-
ton with Ribbentrop. His reaction
was negative to the proposal for an
international conference He will
talk about it to the Fuehrer, but 1t
is easy to see that nothing will come
of it, 1t would seem a good idea to
postpone the meeting -"
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Bill on Kermit Roosevelt
Exchange Lectures Passed
By the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
Congress yesterday approved a
proposal by Maj. Kermit Roosevelt's
family to establish a fund in his
memory for exchange lectures be-
tween West Point and Sandhurst,
the British royal military college.
Senate adoption of House.
passed resolution sent it to the
White House.
Maj. Roosevelt, a son of Theodore
Roosevelt, served in both the British
and American armies in both this
and the World War. He died June 4,
1943, while serving with the United
States Army in Alaska.
The resolution authorizes appoint
ment of board of Army officers to
administer a trust of such funds as
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt may tender
for the project.
Evening star., 1945-06-22
France Is Annoyance
To Spanish official

June 5-"Serrano Suner (Span-
tsh minister of interior arrives
clasps my hands for long
time and repeats words of gratitude
for what Italy has done and how
1t has done it.
"Suner's greatest annoyance is
France. He said that he hates her
because his two brothers were killed
by French bullets and because he is
Spanish and considers France the
eternal enemy of greater Spain =
Spain fears war in the near
future because today she Is at the
end of her resources II she
can have two or three years time,
she can reconstitute herself and
complete her military preparations.
Spain will be at the side of the
Axis A neutral Spain would be
destined to future of poverty and
humiliation.
Frances Spain intends to solve
the problem of Gibraltar. So long
As the British flag flies there Spain
will not be completely free. -
The alliance with italy, is a
fact in our minds. For the moment
it would be premature to put it
in a protocol. The anti-Catho-
lie excesses of the Germans offend
his (Suner's) sensitivities. He
considers it fundamental to Spanish
and Axis policy to remove Portugal
from the British sphere of influence"
June 8-"Chamberlain considers
the pact of April 16, 1898, in full
force and hopes it might be de-
veloped further I received
from Hong Kong a document of the
highest interest, study by Admiral
Noble British China Station COM
mander 1938-40) on the British
naval balance against the Triangle
Germany, Italy, Japan. His out
lcok is pessimistic, particularly
about the Mediterranean"
June 10-"Il Duce would like to
see him (Suner) head of the foreign
ministry. (Suner was appointed
head<in 1941.)
Evening star., 1945-06-22
Two Convicfs Flee Lorfon;
One Caught, Second TraiIed

One of two convicts who escaped
from the District Reformatory at
Lorton, Va, shortly after midnight
was captured early today by guards
who traced him with bloodhounds,
and the officers and dogs are on the
trail Of the other, police said today.
The two are Raymond B. ONeal,
70, serving a three-to-nine-year SEN
tence for HOUSEKEEPING, and George
r. Wilson, serving eight months to
two years for false pretenses. They
broke a screen from a dormitory
window and got away, although q
tower guard fired at them several
times.
O'Neal was caught between Pohick
and Springfield, Va, several hours
later, when the dogs picked up his
trail. Officers believe Wilson is not
far from the same place.
Evening star., 1945-06-22
30 Pairs of Hose,
30 NyIons, Will Go
To High Bond Buyers

Thirty pairs Of nylon hose
and SO pairs of 5l-gauge rayon
hose will be auctioned of to
War Bond purchasers at 1890
am. tomorrow by the Marilyn
Specially Shop, 1874 F street
NV, Mighty Seventh" War
Loan officials announced today.
Mrs. Mary Thomas, manager
of the store, said the nylons
and sheer rayon hose had been
In the stockroom since prewar
days and are being donated to
the drive. Buyers bidding the
highest on bonds will get the
stockings-one pair to each
high bidder-free. The auc-
ton will be held in a bond
caravan" parked in front Of
the store.
Evening star., 1945-06-22
sage by Chamberlain. =

sage by Chamberlain. The
message hadn't any special value, a
sort of minor key accusation about
German pretentions In Danzig. -
II Duce countered, point for point.
Some of his arguments were bril-
liant, such as the one about Poland
being the last country that could
speak about Czechoslovakia since it
was Poland that struck mortal
blow when Czechoslovakia already
was down (seizure of the Teschen
district.
I'll Duce concluded by saying
twice, Tell Chamberlain that if
England is ready to fight in defense
of Poland, Italy will take up arms
on behalf of her ally, Germany.
Percy Lorraine almost never opened
his mouth"
From July 9 to 10 Ciano was in
Spain. The entries resumed on his
return. Mussolini is planning to
meet Hitler August 4