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Evening star., 1945-07-23
Ousted From Post
As Foreign Minister

February Sat 4:30 in the after
noon II Duce calls me. From the
moment of my entrance, am aware
that he is embarrassed.
Il understand what he is pre-
pared to tell me. What are you
going to do now?' he begins, and
adds in a low voice that he has
changed his entire cabinet 70 of IL
ministers were dismissed.
Il understand the reasons.
share them, and I do not intend to
raise the least objection. Among
the various appointments he sug-
gests, refuse the governorship of
Albania.
There would become the shoot
er and hanger of people to whom ]
promised brotherhood and equality
Il choose to be ambassador to the
Holy See. 1t is place of rest that
may afford many possibilities for
the future.
And the future, as never before
is in the hands of God.
ut is a hard and sad blow to
leave the ministry of foreign affairs,
where for seven years, and what
years they were, have given my
best. l have lived too much within
these walls not to feel the anguish
of physical removal. ="
February 6-"Il Duce telephoned
quite early in the morning to have
my nomination as ambassador to
the Holy See postponed. They
will say you have been kicked up
stairs, and you are too young to be
kicked upstairs
Il had foreseen MusSolinis uncer-
tainty, and already had sent Am
bassador Guariglia to ask the papal
secretariat for my acceptance.
"Acquarone minister to the royal
house, says the King knew nothing
of my dismissal when he saw me
Thursday 1.-TWO DAYS earlier). The
King is happy about my going to
the Vatican. ."
February 8.-"InstructionS to the
minister (Bastianini, who became
secretary of state for foreign affairs
Mussolini became foreign minister)
Then to see II Duce. He
tells me: You must consider that
you are going to have a period OF
rest. Your turn will come. Your
future Is in my hands, and you need
not worry. I" -
II they had given us three
years time we might have beer
able to wage war on different terms
or 1t might not have been necessary
| at all
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Flying Boxcor' Soon to Shuttle
myEquipment Across Pacific

pany to build the "boxcar" for haul
ing freight.
The C-82 can carry SO per cent
of the load of a railroad boxcar.
The fuselage is suspended between
two large booms and can be opened
at the rear to permit large trucks to
back right up to the loading area
of the plane This development
makes 1t possible to load and un-
load by the accepted methods of
handling freight.
Richard S. Boutelle, general man
ager of Fairchild Aircraft, sees a
promising postwar career for the
plane in handling commercial
freight. He figures that the actual
cost of handling material will be
less than cents ton-mile for
trips of 500 miles or less and about
81 cents for trips up to 1000 miles.
These charges would not include
the cost of loading or unloading
however.
Horsemen See Solution.
Race horse owners, faced with
the ban on the use of rail and bus
carriers to transport horses from
one track to another, thought they
saw a solution to their troubles in
the big planes. They appealed to
the Fairchild company to turn out,
not a flying boxer. but flying box
stall. After all, 1t was pointed out,
isn't the company's trade mark the
figure of Pegasus, the NEUROLOGICAL
flying horse?
Company engineers said 1t could
be done, all right. But horse-carry-
ing cargo planes could not be made
available to owners of racing stables
in time to offset the effects of the
recent Office of Defense Transporta-
ton ban on the use of other carriers.
For military purposes, the C-82
can also be used effectively as a
paratroop transport. 1t can ac-
commodate AZ fully equipped men
who can Jump through two doors
cut into the tail of the fuSelage
At the same time, supplementary
equipment can be released auto
matically through the floor by
pressing button.
Some Technical Data.
Here is some technical data on the
flying boxcar":
Two Pratt g. Whitney 2,100-horse-
power engines, tricycle. landing gear
aluminium alloy construction, cruis-
ing speed over 200 miles per hour
service ceiling at $4,000 feet, maxi
mum range 1000 miles. empty weight
of IA tons and gross weight of q
tons
The first packet was completed ir
May and turned over to the Army
last month. The second ship built
has been accepted by the Army anc
is just about ready to be delivered
just as. soon as the engineers finc
out why that engine was over
! heating.
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Breton Woods Is Cheap
Peace Price, 1ydings Says
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, July Ex-senator
Tydings. Democrat, of Maryland
said yesterday that if participating
nations seek only to accept bene-
fits of the Breton Woods proposal
and attempt to avoid its restric-
tions. the plan can fail.
ITO be truthful about It," the
Senator said in a radio talk, many
Senators who supported this propo-
sition, while hopeful that it will
work, did so with misgivings"
Some supporters held that tr
any event this expenditure to keep
the peace is but an infiniteSimal
part of the expenditure necessary
to wage war and that, If it works
reasonably well. it may be one OF
the chief instruments in avoiding
another great worldwide conflict,
Senator Tydings declared.
The United States was the first
nation to ratify the Breton Woods
agreement which seeks to establish
fair trade rules and practices and
to furnish credit for production, the
Senator explained.
1t was, he said, an effort to end
international trade warfare that
usually takes place during peace
time, adding that many students
of government feel that financial
warfare is but curtain-rais to
the business of real war"
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Ready With Proof
OF Nozi Treochery

He asked me if I had all the
documents in order.
"'Yes,' I said. I have them all in
order. and when hard times come,
as they certainly will, can docu-
ment all the treachery of the Ger
mans toward us, from the original
plans for war, to the attack on
Russia about which we learned when
the Germans already had crossed
the border.
If you need them, can fur
nish details. Better yet, can write
in "a hours the speech 1 have had
in mind for three years. I shall
burst if I don't give it.
I'll Duce listened in silence, and
almost agreed. He was worried.
"The retreat on the Eastern
Front continues to be almost a
rout. He has invited me to see him
often-'even every day.
Our leave-taking was cordial, of
which I am glad, because I like
Mussolini very much. Most of all
I shall miss my contact with him. y
Evening star., 1945-07-23

His leave-taking was calm enough.
BY December he used the phrase
shameful cowardice" to describe
Mussolini's attitude toward the Ger
mans.
Like detective story that sup
plies all the clues, Ciano's diary pro-
vides the key for what happened in
the future.
The steady Allied advance, the
overthrow of Mussolini, II Duce's
insane rage at the men who "be-
trayed him." Ciano's resignation
as Ambassador and grand councillor,
his imprisonment, trial and exc
cution January IL, 1914, all are
forecast or suggested.
So is the wrath of a people that
trampled and spat on the bodies OF
Mussolini and his mistress in a
Milan square as defeat overwhelmed
the Axis.
(THE END)
Evening star., 1945-07-23
QuarreIs Lead 10 Death
OF Two Over Week End

Two colored persons are dead,
while one man is held by police to-
day and another is sought over
what police said were weekend
brawls.
Willis Mckinley Herndon. %, of
the 1900 block of Seventeenth street
NV, died yesterday at Freedmen's
Hospital from bullet wounds. Police
said they were inflicted in a quar-
rel in house in the 1900 block of
Riggs street NV. Ebert S. Brooks,
So, of the 1900 block of Riggs street
NV, is held by police pending ac-
ton of coroner's jury.
Police still are seeking William G..
Brisco. IS, of the 1900 block of Fiji
teenth street NV, after an alter
cation in which police said his
common-law wife, Martha Lee Pol
lard, rs, of the same address, was
hacked to death with meat cleaver
Evening star., 1945-07-23
REA AIIofs S289,OOO
For Maryland Co:ops
To Build Rural Lines

The Rural Electrification Admins
tration has allotted $289, 900 in loan
funds for rural power extensions, DR..
T. B. Symons, director of the State
Extension Service, announced today.
Two co-operatives, the Southern
Maryland Tri-County Cooperative
and the Choptank Cooperative, Inc.
on the Eastern Shore, will share In
the fund, DR.. Symons said.
DR.. Symons said he has been in
formed that these funds will be used
to finance 200 miles of power lines,
which will make available electric
service to $40 farm families and
other rural consumers. The new
lines are to be constructed as rapidly
as materials are obtained.
Meanwhile, REA officials urged
all farmers and other consumers
wanting electricity to sign up with
out delay, pointing out that the
number of signed members is i'm
portant in determining which lines
are to be built first.
A farmer who wants electricity,
whether or not he lives adjacent
to a REA-finapced line, should go
to his nearest cooperative office
and apply for membership, officials
said. The membership fee, usually
IS. will entitle him to receive serv-
ice at the co-operative's established
rates, which are based on the actual
cost of service. If he does not
receive service within three years,
his membership fee will be returned.
Up to July l the REA has al
lotted $3,500,000 in loans to rural
electric co-operatives in Maryland,
it was said The co-operatives, in
turn, have built nearly 1,700 miles
of lines and have brought electricity
to 5000 farm families and other
rural consumers
Evening star., 1945-07-23
BY NORMAN A. KAHL.
Sta- Staff Correspondent.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. July 23.-
The Army soon will be shutting
supplies and equipment across the
Pacific in one of the strangest-look-
ing contraptions to take wings since
the dodo bird became extinct.
Not by any stretch of the
imagination can you call the Fly
ing Boxcar" thing of beauty. 1t
exactly reverses the accepted trend
of modern aircraft toward sleeker
and trimmer lines. It's fat and cum
bersome, and the wonder of it is
that it gets off the ground at all.
1t does, though-with an amaZ-
ingly short takeoff of only 800 feet
when it's fully loaded and crosses
2I tons. That's not bad for even
a little two-place job, as any flyer
will tell you.
Doggone Practical.
This winged boxcar is built up
here by Fairchild Aircraft and goes
officially under the name of the
Packet" or the C-82. The Fair
child people don't pretend it's the
most sophisticated plane ever built.
A railroad freight car isn't espe-
cially pretty either. But it's dog
gone practical That's what the
C-82 is supposed to be.
The Fairchild company, with
the blessing of the Army. invited
vau,er,a y>ar rx,r;tarS ta poy11a I'm here
and look over the Flying Boxcar, "
pat its sides and take little ride,
The ride didn't come off because OF
one of those things that sometimes
happen in the aviation industry. 1t
seems one of the two engines was
overheating when Chief Test Pilot
Richard Henson took the ship up
for a demonstration run. The en-
gineers didn't know exactly why,
and until they found out they de-
cided it wouldn't be good idea to
take the ship up again.
The C-82 wasn't conceived as o
military plane at all A few years
ago, when the United States threw
the German aircraft companies ou'
of South America, we were embar-
rassed to discover we didn't have
a plane that could land and take
off in the restricted landing space
down there. So it was necessary
to continue using the German
equipment.
FairchiId Tackles Job.
Fairchild decided to tackle thu
problem and set Armand J. THE.
blot, chief engineer, to work or
designs. He began whipping up {
model that could not only handl,
fair-sized freight load but coult
get in and. out of tight fields. Th'
plane never had a chance to tr,
the South American trade. Th'
Army Air Forces liked the idea 81
well they commissioned the com
Evening star., 1945-07-23
New Warning Issued
That Pacific War Will
Cut Fuel Oil Supply

Householders had fresh warning
on next winters problems of supply
and distribution of home heating
oil as the Petroleum Industry War
Council reported civilians will feel
the pinch of the Pacific war in
their Oil tanks rather than their
automobile gasoline tanks.
The council, created by the
Petroleum Administration for War,
and composed by representative of
the oil industry, declared in a re-
port from its Committee on Petro-
leum Economics that from now
on this is largely fuel oil war"
THE moderate decrease in gaso-
line requirements is more than off,
set by increased requirements for
Diesel and residual fuel, and hence
the total demand for crude oil and
its products is greater than before
We day."
The supply and distribution of
home heating oil for the coming
winter present real problems, par
ticularly on the East Coast and in
the Midwest, the council said in
statement.
Earlier Navy Diesel fuel pro-
grams" it added, have resulted In
substantial losses of normal produc-
ton of burning oils for this winter"
The increased mileage between
the United States and Pacific battle
areas was cited by the council as
one of the factors requiring more
fuel oil.
1t is $500 miles from San Fran
cisco to Okinawa, and 1000 miles
between the Gulf Coast refinery
area and the Philippines. compared
with the 5000 miles between New
York and the United Kingdom, when
the war against Germany was being
fought.
Evening star., 1945-07-23
FenWick Will Carry Wise,
Clerk Of Court Declares
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WISE, Va, July 23.-Support Of
the majority of the electorate in
Wise County of the campaign OF
1t. Col. Charles R. Fenwick. Ar
lington, for the Democratic nomi-
nation of lieutenant governor of
Virginia in the August primary
election, was announced here yes
terday by j. A. Gardner, clerk of
the Wise County Circuit Court.
In letter to Col Fenwick, Mr.
Gardner said it was definitely as
certained that Wise County would
support the Arlington candidate
Mr.. Gardner also added that ii
appeared that Col Fenwick would
swing" Lee, Dickinson and Bu-
chanan Counties.
At Richmond, William E. Cohoon
State campaign manager for Col
Fenwick, said the candidate wa.
starting a tour of the northern par
of the State, visiting Augusts
County and Harrisonburg toda!
and having broadcast scheduled
from Harrisonburg tonight.
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Committee Named 10 Study
Virginia Assembly Pay
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, July 23.-Ap-
pointment of an eight-man COM
mittee to study compensation OF
members of the General Assembly
was announced yesterday by ths
Virginia Advisory Legislative Coun-
Gil.
C. O'Connor Goolrick, Fredericks-
burg, was named chairman of the
committee, which was authorized a.
the special session of the General
Assembly in March. The commit
tee will report to the council which
has been directed to present it,
recommendations on compensation
of General Assembly members a.
least go days before the Legislature
convenes in January.
Other committee members are
Overton D. Dennis, Richmond; DR..
Raymond B. Pinchbeck, dean OF
Richmond College: DR.. Robert H.
Tucker of Washington and Lee
University, Lexington; H. A. Ford.
Martinsville; Arthur Davidson,
Strasburg, editor of the Northern
Virginia Daily. and Samuel c..
Northern, Norfolk, vice president O.:
/ the National Bank of Commerce,
Evening star., 1945-07-23
II Duee Suspicious
of His Son-in-Low

January 15-"Mussolini tele-
phones, wanting to know if 1 at
tended a dinner in the home of
Farinacci (former party secretary
1t is true, but nothing could
be more Insignificant. Some
one is trying to plant suspicion in
the mind of the chief. 1 am sorry
he could fall for it, even for a
homent."
January 16--"Among our inter-
ceptions there is a telegram sum-
marizing conversation between
the German Gen. Won Thoma and
Montgomery British field mar
shall). If it is accurate, it is Sc
ricus.
won Thoma said the Germans
are convinced they have lost the
war, and that the army is anti-Nazi
Evening star., 1945-07-23
By the Associated Press,

BY the ASSOCIATED FreSs.
BALTIMORE, July ga self
described phantom burglar" tele-
phoned the Boltimore Sun yesterday
to report that he had cracked a
safe "in the 400 block of North
Charles street" and netted $4,000,
but police couldn't corroborate it.
Today, a janitor did.
The phantom" was right about
everything but the amount he got,
said Bowen g. Kings opticians. The
firm reported that $1,823 and an
undetermined amount of gold for
spectacle frames had been taken.
1t was 1905 pm. yesterday when
the burglars call came through to
the Sun city desk.
This is the phantom burglar, ="
he said.
"Who?" asked the suspicious city
editor.
"The phantom burglar repeated
the voice. IT want to tell you that
I have Just robbed q place in the
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Recapping Of Defective
Scrap Tires Is CHARGED

Evidence uncovered recently indi-
Gates that some wholesalers buy
used tires from scrap piles, repair
and recap them improperly and sell
them to unsuspecting motorists, Ray
Grimshaw, president Of the Ma
tional Association of Independent
Tire Dealers, Washington, an
nounced yesterday.
BLACK marketeers seek to take
advantage of shortages" Mr.. Grim
shaw said. "but none are as dam
gerous as the man who knowingly
Evening star., 1945-07-23
0'Conor Grants Paroles
To II Men and 7 Women
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 23.-Gov.
O'Conor granted paroles today to II
prisoners including two women, one
convicted of second degree murder,
the other of forgery.
The women were Mary Greek, COL
ored, sentenced to seven years in
women's prison by the Baltimore
City Criminal Court on the frs;
charge, and Mildred C. Massey,
sentenced by the same court to 2!
months in women'S prison for forg-
cry.
Others paroled included:
Carl r. zirkle, of near Derwooc,
who was convicted in Montgomery
County Circuit Court last Novem.
Der for the attempted murder G:
his wife and was sentenced to 13
months in the House of Correction.
James w. Johnson, Hillside, SEN
fenced in May, 1943, by the Prince
Georges County Circuit Court to
six years in the penitentiary for
second-degree murder.
Louis Adkins, Allentown road,
sentenced by the Prince Georges
County Circuit Court in April, 1874
to three years in the penitentiary
for robbery.
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Mistress Becomes
'RevoItinq' to Duce

princess Gangi, who had cor
dial friendship with II Duce, opened
her heart today about the Petacci
CMussolini's mistress) affair.
According to her, Mussolini has
had enough of Claretta. her brother,
her sister, and all of them, but he
can't get rid of them because they
are evil people, ready to blackmail
and create scandal.
Speaking with Princess Gangi,
II Duce is supposed to have said
that he once loved this girl Pe-
taccD but that now she was re-
voting to him.
How much Is truth, and how
much is dormant feminine jealousy?
The princess blameS the Petaccis for
everything that is going wrong in
Italy, including II Duce's ailments
1t seems bit exaggerated to me-"
December 3O-"A good point about
the bombing of Rome. From de-
coded telegram we learn that the
Americans have said no to Edens
draconian request chat the entire
BUNCI LlIlCIlG NC luUfCuJS uCSLdlAli6
that they do not intend to bomb the
city of st. Peter, because more dis
advantages than advantages would
accrue for the Allies. 1t seems the
matter may be tabled
(Actually an aH-American
bomber force raided Rome June
10, 1943.)
January 2-"The holy father has
said he believes now that the
danger of bombing of Rome has
been averted."
January Al have been thinking
about gifts for Goering on his 50th
birthday II Duce is giving him
gold sword, carved by Messini, which
originally was meant for Franco
Spanish DICTATOR. Times have
changed!
Il will give Goering star of San
Maurizio (emblem of the Order of
st. Maurice and st. LaZaruS) done In
diamonds. meant originally for zog
Hormer king of Albania, who was
forced into exile by the Italians in
l940), and kept in the safe all this
time"
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Dorden to Seek Legal Means
Of Stopping Snake Cult Rites

religious freedom involved" he said.
1.-THE use of poison snakes has re-
suited in the deaths of two people
and two now are desperately Ill as a
result of it.
"I see no reason why practices so
dangerous to human life should be
permitted to continue under the
guise of religious freedom" he
added.
The Governor said the two VIC
Tins were bitten last summer, and
there have been several others who
died in previous years from bites at
the services.
Evening star., 1945-07-23

and holds Hitler entirely respon-
sible."
January 1S-"A telegram comes
from Tirana Capital of Albania)
during the night, in which the
police inspector raises the alarm
A government can't be formed. The
rebellion is growing. Even in
Albania We get the reflection of
events on the larger checkerboard.
And these events are not good"
January 19-"The Germans have
informed us they no longer can
send the armored forces they prom
iSed to Tunisia. Antonescu
Rumaniain dictator)- is anticipat-
ing the necessity of making con-
tact with the Allies to provide a
defense against the Bolshevization
of Europe. Let us not bandage
our heads before they are broken. "
Evening star., 1945-07-23

Italy was beaten in war, and rot
ten internally.
II Duce was i'll. His family scan-
dals alone would have overthrown
any normal government.
Italy,s people were restless, weary
bitterly disillusioned. Fascism's first
great experiment had brought about
its own complete destruction.
To the end Ciano never under
stood this. Italy's worst crime in
his own eyes was poor judgment in
linking It's future with the Germans.
Ciano wrote:
December 26-"Horia Sima, head
of the Romanian Iron Guard, has
arrived in Italy. Since he fed Ger
many with a false passport, Hmm
Ter (Gestapo chief demands his
extradition. All things
considered there will be one less
crook.
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Seaman Finds Sister,
Then Doesn't Know Her

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER.-Lt. Pete H. Alexander
26, of the merchant marine, was
quietly drinking in Denver bar
when he saw a familiar looking
woman sitting with an Army cap
tain
= He stared at her and she at him
He walked over and introduced
himself, saying he could swear he
had met her before.
That's very interesting" she said
"I'm Mrs. Dan Sharp, your sister
from Livingston, Mont This Is my
husband, Capt. Sharp
They hadn't seen each other fol
nine wears.
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Bolt Kills
Woman al Leesburq
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, July 23.-Mrs.
Minnie j. Marshall, so, wife of
James E. Marshall, was killed in
stantly when struck by lightning
about pm. yesterday. Mrs. Mar
shall was putting her turkeys up
during storm when struck.
Her husband, who was with her at
the time, was knocked down and
stunned by the bolt, but was other
wise uninjured.
DR.. G.. H. Musgrave of LeeSburg,
who was summoned, said Mrs. Mar
shall was killed instantly. The Mar
shalls live on Coon Skin Farm,
about 5 miles from Leesburg.
She is survived by her husband
and five stepchildren.