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Evening star., 1945-07-20
BY HERMAN r. SCHADEN.

Next Halloween, when Melvin
Harry Sinquefield turns 10, he will
register for the draft as the law re-
quires.
Nevertheless, he Is the same lad
who enlisted in the Army Air Forces
II days after his 18th birthday an
niversary and stuck it out through
so combat missions during which he
shot down three enemy planes, rolled
up 264 combat hours In less than six
months and survived two doses OF
Nazi fax without a whimper.
Until last Sunday, when he was
honorahly discharged from Fort Dix
with 103 points, he was S/Sergt.
Sinquefield to the Army and Jun
ior" to his crewmates of the BIZ
bomber Crazy House.
Plain Harry to Mother.
Today he is plain Harry to an
idolizing mother at 1889 Euclid
street NV.
1t was November II, 1912, that a
youngster of about feet 8 inches
and 100 pounds appeared at the
local recruiting station.
I'VE had moved here only short
time before from Fort Lauderdale
(Fla.) and I didn't know anybody"
Harry explained. II associated with
older fellows back home and most
of them had joined the Navy. /
didn't want to go to school"
The recruiting officers who accept
ed Harry's age as the ID years he
called himself, should see him today.
Junior" stands feet / inch, weighs
155 pounds and is a living adver-
tisement for the Army Builds Men"
posters.
"Of course it was a shock to me,
Mrs. Sinquefield said today, but
who can deny it made man OF
him? Why he seems so much older,
and he has a great deal more con-
sideration for other people"
Sets His Course.
Harry has changed in others ways,
too. The Army set his course for a
vocation and he means to make use
Evening star., 1945-07-20

bombings of Italy's northern cities
to the reports of the American
messenger.
"'This buffoon,' II Duce says, went
back to America to say the Italians
are on their last leg, and that one
or two heavy blows would defeat
them. He learned these things
from the Holy See, where informa-
ton comes by way of the parish
priests
He wanted me to let the Vatican
know that 'Concordat or no Con-
coIdat, Myron Taylor will be hand
cuffed if he tries TO return to
Italy"
October 27 - LEY CNazi labor
front leader has come here to head
the Nazi mission for the Goth an
niversary of the march on Rome
(by the Fascists). Ley is yul-
gar, both in appearance and
thol1oht
Evening star., 1945-07-20
Fairfax Group TO Discuss
School Improvement Ballot

An open meeting to discuss polit-
ical action to improve county schools
will be held at 8:15 o'clock tonight
in the Madison School auditorium
Falls Church. by the Fairfax County
School Improvement Association.
The principal speaker will be
Edwin Lynch of Annandale, candi-
date for the Virginia House OF
Delegates in the Democratic pri.
mary, August 7.
The aim of the association is tc
supplement county PTA work fol
improved schools by encouraging
use of the ballot.
Evening star., 1945-07-20
lie Compile, Resignine
As State Game Chief,
To Take Little Rest
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, July 20.-Seventy-
year-old e. Lee LIE Compte of Cam
bridge, whose resignation will end
on August 81 his career as Mary
lands first and only State game
warden, declared yesterday that
"after % years a mans entitled to
a little rest"
The Game and Inland Fish Com
mission yesterday announced ac-
ceptance of the resignation of MIR.
LIE Compile, who fostered the de-
partment from two-man office and
SSH cash on hand in 1916 to a
strong and independent branch of
the State government.
Mr.. LIE Compte was appointed to
the then newly created position of
State game warden June l, 1916,
by Gov. Harrington.
Since June 4, when Mr. LIE Compile
submitted his resignation to the
commission. the agency sought to
prevail on him to reconsider. In a
resolution announcing the accept
ance of his resignation the commits
sion extended to him "its grateful
thanks for his many years of con-
scientious service"
His successor will be chosen from
among five candidates rating highest
in a qualifying examination to be
held by the State Employment Com
mission. No date for the examina-
ton has been set.
He was instrumental in the en-
actment of the hunting and fishing
license law passed by the 1918 Gen.
eral Assembly. Funds vital to the
existence of the new department de-
pended on revenues derived from
license sales.
The enactment of the 1918 law,
the conservation of bob white quail
and the attainment of complete in
dependence in 1899 by the commits
sion rank high in the list of Mr.
LIE Complies achievements.
Evening star., 1945-07-20
Closing Arguments
In Laurel Water Case
Delayed Until Aug. Z;

Final arguments in an injunction
suit by the Laurel Mayor and City
Council against the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission will
be heard August % in Prince
Georges County Circuit Court al
Upper Marlboro.
Testimony in the case, which has
been in progress for five days before
Judge Charles c. Marbury, was COM
pleted yesterday. Presentation OF
closing arguments was delayed un-
til next month to give attorneys on
both sides an opportunity to review
the voluminouS record and to pre-
pare any necessary briefs. 1,z s
z In their suits the Mayor anc
council are seeking to prohibit the
commission from diScharging sludgt
and waste water from it's Will.
School filtration plant at Laure
into Walker Branch and the Patux.
ent River.
Tests Questioned.
Virtually all of yesterdays ses.
sion was devoted to cross-examina.
ton of Dr. Abel Wolman. Baltimore
sanitary engineer, who was the
principal witness for the commission
: Charles C. G.. Evans, Baltimore
attorney for the municipality, at.
tempted to show that meteorological.
examination made by commission
employees of water in Walker Branch
and the Patuxent had not beer
made properly and that charts CIV
ing results of the examinations were
consequently erroneous.
Mr.. Evans brought out that ac-
cording to standards of procedure
the samples must be shaken thor
oughly at least Is times. He re-
called that a commission witness
had testified the samples were
shaken only slightly two or three
times.
Offensive Odor Claimed.
He also attempted to prove thai
Mr.. Wolman's estimate of thu
amount and weight of solid matter
in sludge deposited in the filtration
plant settling basin was incorrect
DR.. Wolman had testified that tht
sludge consisted on an average o1
IS per cent water and Is per CEN
solid material.
At previous sessions DR.. Wolmar
testified that waste water leaving
the filtration plant was relatively
clear" and was superior to watel
in Walker Branch. He also hao
testified that on a recent inspection
of the branch from the filtration
plant to its confluence with tht
Pat. kent he did not notice an!
peculiar .odor, nor did he see an!
unusual" amount of mud or sludge
Witnesses for the Mayor and Cit.
Council had testified that the dump
ing of sludge and waste water int
the branch resulted in an offensive
Odor.
Evening star., 1945-07-20
Montgomery
Adds $4,000
10 Health Funds
Commissioners Also
Pledge Hearings on
All Bond Proposals

Appropriation of $10,7O0 as ar
addition to the l945-46 Health De-
partment budget was approved to-
day by the Montgomery County
Commissioners at special meeting
at the Rockville Court House.
The money which will be used to
support essential health functions
will be taken from the S145 900 in
unallocated funds in the current
budget.
The board also adopted resolu-
ton assuring county residents that
any requests for ALLEGATION of funds
from the s5,0OO,000 bond issue ap-
proved at the last session of the
State Legislature would receive
most complete public discussion
and consideration by the people OF
the county and by representative
groups of citizens, including the
County Postwar Planning and Gen.
eral Planning Committee.
Policy on Bonds Stated.
The commissioners declared that
they plan to issue the smallest pos
sible amount of bonds that will
meet both the actual needs of the
county as well as its planned growth
and development
Most of the additional appropria-
tion, which had been requested by
DR.. v. l.. Ellicott, county health of :
ficer, will be used for salaries. They
include $4,000 for Howard Derrick,
county sanitary inspector assigned
to rodent control; $4,000 for A. j.
Boyd, sanitary inspector reinStated
last February after returning from
service in the armed forces; $4,000
as part of nurses salaries to replace
portions OF contributions by the
County tuberculosis Association and
s4,l00 to carry on salary increases
granted during the past year.
Already Had S89,777.
In addition $500 will go toward
the operation of a county automo-
bile used by Mr.. Derrick in his
work, S700 for travel allowance for
Mr.. Boyd and 5000 to supplement
the rat control program
In urging adoption of the resolu-
tion providing for the additional
appropriation. Commissioner Will
liam H. Prescott said recent talks
with DR.. Ellicott had convinced him
that the supplementary funds were
necessary to carry on the health
departments work The health de-
partment appropriation provided in
the current budget totals $89,777.
Evening star., 1945-07-20
7 New Spotted Fever Cases
Reported in Alexandra

TWO new cases of Rocky Mountain
spotted fever we're reported In Alex
sndria today by DR.. Theodore r.
Shrop, city health officer. Both
cases are being treated In the home
and are not considered dangerous.
Dr. Shrop listed the patients as
Mrs Dora H. Wells, 308 Commerce
street, widow. of George E. Wells,
and Patricia Wade. 7, of the Chin
quapin Village defense housing
project.
The health officer said he has
been notified of a third suspected
case. Diagnosis has not been com.
pleted, he said.
Evening star., 1945-07-20

of the second-class radio operators
license he carries.
II know what an education means
now" he said. First, I want to
get a job as radio control operator.
Then I'm going to some private
school at night to get the rest of
my high school credits. After that
I'll go to the University of Florida
and study radio engineering"
Yet it is difficult to picture this
modest, brown-eyed youth in the
ball turret of a Bit, his .50-caliber
gun blazing away at enemy fighters.
He was with the 18th Air Force
based at Foggia, Italy.
"Oh, I was scared, all right
scared all the time. Sometimes !
thought of telling the truth about
Evening star., 1945-07-20
Inquiry Opens
On Army Job
Redistribution
Civilian Workers
Protest That System
Reduces Their Pay
BY JOSEPH YOUNG.

The War Department has started
an investigation of complaints that
large numbers of its civilian en-
ployes have had their salaries
slashed through indiscriminate job
reclassifications by agency heads, it
was learned today.
The War Department took the
action after numerous complaints
were received from Federal workers
throughout the country. Many
workers have asserted that the
salary increases granted them under
the recently enacted Federal pay
bill have been nullified because their
positions have been down-graded by
their supervisors.
Called Overclassified.
Many of the complaints have been
received from clerks and custodial
workers earning less than $50 a
week. The positions they filled were
considered overclassified by agency
heads and the employees salaries
were cut accordingly, the employees
contended.
A War Department spokesman
said today that 1t was the depart
ment's policy to continually review
all job classifications in accordance
with the intent of the Federal Class
ification Act. However. he said that
many agency heads hestitated to
reclassify jobs during the past few
years since Government employees
generally had not received any wage
boosts and 1t was felt that down.
grading of positions would work
financial hardship on the employees.
However, since passage of the
Federal pay bill, many agency heads
have ordered complete review of
existing jobs under their supervision
to determine whether persons are
receiving salary rates out of pro-
portion to the jobs they fill.
The department is investigating
the situation to determine whether
some agency heads have been over
jealous in their job classification
review, lie official said.
,Un.cn Enters Protest.
A sharp protest has been regis
tered by the United Federal Work.
ers of America (CIO). The union
contended that the wholesale wage
cutting program of the War De-
partment" will nullify for thousands
of employees the effect of the Fed
eral pay raise.
Eleanor Nelson, president Of the
UFWA, in a letter to Undersecre-
tary of War Patterson, said the de-
partment's action was contrary to
the intent of Congress when 1t
passed the pay bill. In the bill Con-
gress provided that all workers in
the Federal service should receive
pay raises of not less than $500.
Wholesale job reclassification will
result In lower living standards for
thousands of Government employees,
who are playing a vital part in the
war effort. Miss Nelson declared.
Evening star., 1945-07-20

The Allied convoy was spotted
Nov. 4 and the Italian general staf1
guessed its correct destination. The
Germans, Ciano said, expected the
landings Immediately behind Rom
mePs positions in Tripolitania, or a
new effort to relieve the Mediter-
ranean island fortress of Malta.
II Duce was worried by an anoeba
which one of Italy's foremost physi-
clans said he had discovered and by
gossip of his affair with Claretta
Petacci. He took refuge in Renals-
sance history when, he said. every one
had a lover No cne had the tight
to Judge him, Mussolini declared.
Ciano wrote:
September 26-"1 receive a letter
from Edda which disturbs me Q
great deal. -
"'Dear Gallo: - My father Is
not well-stomach pains, irritability
depressions, etc.-mother paints a
rather dark picture of tin my
opinion it's the old ulcer again.
They made X-ray pictures OF every
kind, all negative, but doctor was
never called. So far the only
measures have been tears and curses.
=
Though it was a beautiful day
I had a sense of suffocation and OF
fear. Maybe because I am tired and
fo.l ooiearoed TnT1iont haven I
slept wink because, as the song
saws. "all through the night with
candle in hand I hunted the horrid,
ugly beast in vain" Hundreds OF
mosquitoes attacked my unprotected
bed. That's Capri for you. l
embrace you affectionately, Edoa. "
September 27-"Il Duce realizes
that military events, particularly the
resistance at Stalingrad, have bitten
deeply into the morale OF the popu-
lation.
Evening star., 1945-07-20
Axis Situoticn Grows
More Serious in Libyo

November 3-"A new and more
violent British attack makes our
situation more serious in Libya
where our forces are wearing out,
and supplies are arriving by eye
dropper. We seem to be damned
to fight wars overseas"
November 4-"Rommel wanted to
begin his withdrawal two days ago
but Hitler nailed him to the spot
with an order to show the troops
the way to victory or death. Mus
solini did the same for the Italians.
The battle is in full swing"
From Gibraltar we learn that
great convoy is assembling. .
1t suggests landing attempt in
Morocco"
November 5-''The Libyan front
collapses. ." II Duce is pale. His
face is drawn. He is tired.
From some time now a sense of
uncontained pessimism has gripped
the Italians"
November 6-"The Lbyan retreat
is assuming the character Of a
rout. We know nothing of our
10th Army Corps, cut off by the
British. Even the detachments that
are withdrawing are massacred by
aerial bombings. II Duce thinks
Libya may be captured and adds
quickly that from some viewpoints
this would be an advantage because
already it has cost us our merchant
marine and we can concentrate
better on defense of Italy itself.
A convoy of exceptional pro-
portions is advancing from the west.
"Mussolini has asked If / was
keeping my diary up to date. I
told him yes. and he said it would
serve to document how the Ger
mans always acted without our
knowledge in the military and po-
litical fields"
November 7-"What win Rommel
do or, better still, what will the
conveys do that have left Gibraltar
and are moving east? There are
various interpretations: To resupply
Malta or to land in Tripolitania in
Rommel's rear, according to the
Germans; to occupy French bases
in North Africa, according to ouI
general staff.
I'll Duce shares this opinion and
believes the Americans will meet
almost no resistance from the
French. North Africa is ready
to hoist the De Gaullist flag. All
this is exceptionally serious for us.
November Sat $50 this morning
Won Ribbentrop telephoned to in
form me of American landings in
Algerian and Moroccan ports. He
was nervous and wanted to know
what we planned to do. must con-
Tess / was unaware, and too sleepy
TO give a very satisfactory reply.
I'll Duce's reaction is immediate
He speaks Of landings in Corsica
and Of occupying France. But where
are forces to undertake these things
/ have learned nothing off,
cially from the Germans. But
know from Anna Maria Bismarck
(wife of the Nazi minister) that they
are terrified at the German en-
bassy at the heavy and absolutely
unexpected blow.
During the evening 1 see Gen
Arne thead of military intelligence)
There is still resistance. ne says
in the cities, but pressure from the
De Gaullists and the Americans soon
will overcome it. Within a
week the Allies will hold the col
onies. Within two weeks they will
be able to attack Libya. Italy will
become the center Of the Allied
offensive against the Axis"
fTon0rr0D-L1p0l Sells Out
France Cou1 1,IeteIu
Evening star., 1945-07-20
9th Army Launches
Its Victory Drive

October 24-"The British have at
tackled in Libya. (This was the be-
ginning of the 9th Army's victor
ious march to Tunis) Won
Stumme, the overall commander
taking RommeRs place, is dead.
Genoa and Milan are bombed
heavily again"
October 25-"Nothing new politi-
cally, except a short letter from
Alfieri, who speaks of the lead
weight, physically and psychoIogi-
cal that hangs over the capital of
the Reich"
g October 26-"I saw II Duce today
for the first time in Is days. He
has lost a great deal of weight, but
his eyes are clear, and his voice
Arm. -.
SA "Mussolini was irritated with My
ron Taylor president ROOSEVELT g
special representative and the
Vatican. He attributes the heavy
Evening star., 1945-07-20
CANNING Center Aids in Solving Food Problem

A man ana his Vile WdlACu INV
a building on Wisconsin avenue yes
terday. They we're short of points,
but hankering for some nice canned
fruit, and had heard you could buy
canned goods there without points
They couldn't buy them. But two
hours later, after a quick trip to a
nearby market, they walked out the
building, smiling, with dozen cans
of cherries to take home. The
cherries took no points, and cost less
than they'd have paid in a grocery
store.
No, there's no black market con-
nectioa.
The Wisconsin avenue building
l640 Wisconsin avenue N.W.-is the
District Community Canning Center.
It's been operating for two years
and opened two weeks ago for its
third season. So far this summer
almost 100 persons-housewives and
Government workers, husbands and
wives, mothers and sweethearts OF
men overseas, victory gardeners and
apartment dwellers-have used it to
can their own fruits and vegetables
10000 Cans Produced.
Last summer, 10000 cans Of pro-
duce were put up there, according
to r. M. Gardner, supervisor.
Here's the way the center operates
Mrs. Jones lives In a small apart
ment. She has a Government jot
and little time for housework. Her
kitchen is tiny, her supply OF pots
and pans small. She's heard other
housewives talk of the delicious
canned goods they put up, and she
too would like to save on points
But she's also heard how canning
steams up your house, takes hours
of hard work, and lot of skill
She knows nothing about canning
Well, some Friday night after
work (the center is open Friday
nights. and later on will be open
Thursday nights as weld, Mrs. Jones
buys a bushel Of peaches at the
market, takes them to the center
where she has made an appoint
ment, and two hours later she
walks out, her peaches canned and
ready to eat.
Doesn't Take Long.
During those two hours, she cam
ned her peaches, under the SUPER
vision of experienced center en-
ployes, who did all the hot and
heavy part of the work for her
She is shown where and how to
wash the fruit, and is given a
table and large pan, where she can
peel them.
The peeling doesn't take long. be-
cause first the center employe
blanched them for her tblanching
is heating process which makes the
skins slip OF easily. She pits
them, lets them stand a minute
salted, washes them again. places
them in the cans she buys there fol
8 cents piece and her part of the
work Is over. Center employees make
the sirup from the sugar she gives
them tand she tells them how
thick she likes it), puts it through
the heating or exhausting process
seals the tops of the cans on Gust
as they would be done by any can
ming factory, cools them-and Mrs,
Evening star., 1945-07-20
Count cionos Diory-No. 2s
NAZIS WERE SURPRISED
BY LANDINGS IN AFRICA
Expected Blow Directly Behind RommeI
Or New Effort to Relieve MuItu
(copyrEht. 1s45, BY Chicago Daily News Inc
rights Including Of transaton
September 26-November g.. 1912.

.,
sleepy Ciano heard the FIRST OF Allied landings in North
Foreign Minister Rbbentrop whose military
experts expected something quite different when the mighty
Allied convoy steamed east from Gibraltar according to the diary
of Count Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law.
Disaster followed disaster for the Axis Only three days be-
fore the Algerian landings of November Ciano
recorded that the lines Naz Field Marshal Romme had
collapsed British 9th drive and day later that
the AxiSd defeat had
Evening star., 1945-07-20
Condy for Children

Chocolates given by Marshal Stain
to Prime Minister Churchill were
distributed among bombed-out chill
dren in a small town in England
by Mrs. Churchill.