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Evening star., 1945-05-20
Veterans Complete
DAv Service Traininq

A class of % veterans of this
war, all with service-connected dis
abilities, will graduate from Amer
ican University today as national
service officers of the Disabled
American Veterans.
Graduation exercises for the class
second to complete the five-month
course sponsored jointly by the Vet
Grams Administration and DAV, will
be held in the Metropolitan Me.
mortal Methodist Church, Nebraska
and New Mexico avenues NV.
Representative Thorn, Democrat
OF Ohio will deliver the commence
ment address. John A. Farrell
Bayonne, N. j., who lost leg while
serving with the Army in the South
Pacific, will give the valedictory.
After a graduation breakfast al
the Willard Hotel tomorrow morn
ing, the new service officers will
spend five days at DAV national
headquarters in Cincinnati before
beginning 18 months of on-the-j jot
training at veterans facilities
throughout the country.
The need for trained service of.
ficers to assist returning veterans
particularly those suffering some
disability, is so great, according te
Millard w. Rice, DAV national
service director, that DAV plans te
continue its training program until
approximately 400 service officers
are employed,
Evening star., 1945-05-20

The British radio said four French
admirals of the Vichy regime were
to be tried for high treason" in
connection with the scuttling of the
French fleet at Toulon in Novem-
ber, 1912 The broadcast identified
Evening star., 1945-05-20
| Navy Ordnance Show
Gives Public View Of
Bombsight, AA Guns

What the Navy is hurting at the
.Japs and how it's done is shown at
an ordnance display which opened
yesterday in the Commerce Depart
ment auditorium.
The missiles range from a 80
caliber bullet up to a 2,240-pound
16-inch shell and include bombs
torpedoes, rockets and depth charges
Among the machines to guide
them to their targets is the famed
Norden bombsight, which Washing
tonians had their first chance to
operate at the exhibit yesterday
Consisting Of more than 5000 parts
1t is operated by two small knobs tc
sight the target, the bombsight does
all the computation automatically
One of the feature attractions is
training device for antiaircraft
machine gunners. The trainee aims
light, mounted on the gun car
riage, at planes shown on a motion
picture screen, learning to keep the
carrect lead and follow a planes
course. To accustom trainees tc
battle noises, the film has a sound
track that adds the sound Of motors
and machine guns.
Navy personnel is on hand to ex-
plain the various weapons. The
public is permitted to operate the
Norden bomhsight and try its skill
at knocking down Jap planes with
the training gun"
The display will be open from
noon to 8 pm. daily including Sum
days until June 9, the Navy Depart
ment announced.
Evening star., 1945-05-20

SIS to defend Berlin. They are not
SIS at all. Just stragglers. Where
are they? There are no more than
400 men in the barracks"
Calls General Liar.
Yesterday Steiner (SS generaD
told me two divisions would attack
go on the offensive north of Ber-
lin. He lied. Nothing came of it,
The TRADE ended with Hitler
standing before the group hardly
recognizable. Herrgesell described
him:
Though he normally stood erect,
Hitler was now hunched into an
exaggerated stoop. His face was
bloated and puffy. His eyes had a
burning, CLASSY stare. His left hand,
held close to his waist, shook con-
vulsively, uncontrolably. You could
almost see him age by the minute.
His hair was noticeably grayer and
seemed thicker. Wisps which Or
dinarily dropped over his eye were
gone and his hair was combed
straight back.
'Dr. Morrell, his personal ply
sician, had given him some tablets
which he carried in his coat pocket
He kept sucking and munching them
Frequently he stopped and slipped q
cup Of tea which had gone cold"
The tongue flashing temporarily
bolstered Keitels courage, for he
told Hitler: II am not going to
leave. They'll say I am a traitor
I could not face my family"
Reminded of Recorder.
Hitler reminded him that record
ers were there and Everything is
written" but Keitel argued: mo one
can get out now. The records will
be destroyed"
Hitler thought a moment. then
told me to pack my things and take
the records and leave Berlin" Herr
gesell said. Il was to fly to Berch-
tesgaden. 1t was about 8 pm. I
heard Hitler tell Bormann he must
go south to make a new government
under Goering-that 'Goering will
negotiate and I left to start pack
ing.
Herrgesell said he saw Eva Braun
80 minutes later. She and Hitler
were talking in a small foyer.
1T was the first time had ever
seen her." he said. She was al
ways at Berchtesgaden. She asked
me to deliver a letter and package
to Berchtesgaden.
Goebbels' Children Arrive.
"A few minutes later Hitler took
the six Goebbels children into DR..
MorrelPs room. None of them was
over 10 years old. Hitler had told
Goebbels to have them come. The
last saw, Lorenz-the press repre-
sentative-brought Hitler some dis
patches. He placed them on a
table, put on his glasses and stopped
over to read. 1t was about 10 pm.
when left with DR.. Morrell, who
was sick man. We caught plane
at Gatow Airfield at 1:45 am,
April %.
1T seemed quiet then. I could
hear artillery in the distance, but
the skies were dark. 1t was raining.
There were no fires on the horizon.
The next day the radio announced
that Goebbels had decided to stay
with his family and fall with Hitler.
Radio communication .betwsen the
chancellery and Gen. Winters
headquarters was maintained until
May /. I know because 1t was then
we learned of Hitler's DEATH"
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Youth Held for Jury
In ALTERING U. S. Bonds

James Edward House, 18, colored
634 w street NV, was held in 81, 600
bond for the grand jury by United
States Commissioner Needham C.
Turnage yesterday on charge OF
altering three Government bonds.
According to Secret Service agents
House, employed as a mail distribu-
tor at the Navy Department, took
the bonds from the desk of another
Navy employe and attempted to re-
move the owners name. The erasure
was a bad job, however, and House
put the bonds in another desk,
where they were found by Interior
Department detectives, the Secret
Service said.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Stefan Leaves 10 Attend
Security Conference

Representative Stefan, Republican
of Nebraska, who twas touring Eu-
rope in 1899 when the Nazi Army
invaded Poland and who supplied
the State Department with reports
on German plans, left Washington
last night for San Francisco to at
tend the United Nations Conference
He is one of three members of
Congress invited by the State De-
partment to attend the security
conference as advisors. The others
are Senator McCarran, Democrat
of Nevada, already in San Francisco
and Representative Rabaut, Demo
crat, Of Michigan, who is to leave
soon.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
|Convict Returns
| After ,Breokout;;
'TooOId>' Says
b. the Associated Press.

D. t1t hsooClAtcu FIcSS.
LANSING, Kans., May 19.-Wil-
liam Latrasse, 63-year-old convicted
murderer and train robber, who
escaped over the walls of the Kansas
State penitentiary three days ago
returned voluntarily to the prison
today.
I'm too old, it's not worth it,
the hfe-termer told Deputy Warden
Charles E. Edmonson. Latrasse
said he had been hiding in nearby
weeds the entire three days.
Latrasse, serving q life sentence
for double Staying in Parsons in
1912. previously had served terms
for train robbery and holding up a
Chicago tourist bureau.
In 1916 he escaped to Europe and
fought with the French Foreign
Legion, receiving a decoration for
Valor.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
AWVS Seeks Volunteers
For Work in Z Canteens

The American Women's Volun-
tary Services, Inc, is appealing for
volunteers to work in its two can
teens.
The canteens are the outdoor
Park Lunch Bar at Twenty first
street and Constitution avenue
NV, which serves lunch six days a
week to service people and Govern
ment personnel, and the AWVS
Headquarters Canteen at 1920 Twen-
ty-second street NV, which serves
lunch five days a week to service
people and Government workers.
Further information may be OBJ
tanned by telephoning Dupont 1478.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Red Army Establishes
Trade, Profit System
To Halt Reich Famine
BY the Associated Press,

MOSCOW, May 10. - The Red
Army command in Russian-occu-
pied Germany today re-established
free trade and the profit system and
encouraged peasants to sell or bar
ter their surplus produce on the
open market in move to combat
the serious threat Of famine in the
cities.
The new DEGREES, together with
establishment of a food ration in
Berlin and Dresden greater than
that the Germans had under Hit
Ter in the last days of the war, was
reported to have made a deep i'm
preston on the German people.
The new measures were announced
by the Russian commissar of for
eign trade, Anastas I. Mikoyan,
who told Pravda correspondent
the Russians went into action after
reports of near-famine in Berlin and
Dresden.
Red Regulations Followed.
The DEGREES were ordered as a
means of getting devastated terri
tory quickly working again. They
follow pretty much the regulations
in the Soviet Union, where peas
ants are allowed to sell their sur
pluses for private profit and where,
in some liberated areas, the Rus
slams have allowed free trade for
profit.
What form of taxation the Rus
sian command plans to impose on
private traderS-or whether taxa
ton will be suspended or credits
given for 1t until Germany is func-
tioning well enough to combat the
threat of famine-was not an
nounced.
Today's new DEGREES and previous
announcements that German burgo-
meisters were being employed in
Russian-occupied cities revealed
that the Soviets were making a
serious effort to win the friendship
of the Germans and counter Nazi
propaganda concerning the Dol
shevik menace"
Starvation Rampant.
Mikoyan said there were shocking
scenes of starvation in and around
Berlin, with thousands of men,
women and children constantly beg
ging for bread scraps from Russian
officers and soldiers.
He quoted letters from Red Army
soldiers saying that Berliners were
devouring grass from the parks and
bark from the trees in their great
hunger.
AL these conditions" he said.
forced our command to take meas
ures to improve the German food
situation"
But that is not the only rea-
son." Mikoyan said after returning
from visit to Berlin and Dresden
The morals and traditions of the
Soviet people prescribe that we hu-
namely treat the peaceful inhab-
itants of conquered lands"
Mikoyan pointed out, however,
that the measures were only for
peaceful inhabitants and not for
Nazis or ardent supporters of Ma
tional Socialism.
Mikoyan did not define what ra-
ton the Germans were receiving
from the Russians.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Confusion al Farley
And Leaders Exodus
DepIored by Smuts
BY the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1s.-Field
Marshal Jan Christian Smuts oil
South Africa protested tonight
against the confusion and special
pressures he said are afflicting the
United Nations Conference. He also
deplored the exodus Of top states
men.
Anthony Eden of Great Britain
Georges Bidault of France and "
M. Molotov of Russia have all left
and the South African Prime Min
lister said their departure makes the
position awkward for their col
leagues who remain"
The slight, goateed premier who
attended the Paris Peace Confer
ence after the World War said that
leaving this conference with only
q rump of its membership" might
imperil the peace charters ratifica-
ton later on.
In a broadcast beamed to Canada
Britain, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia, Mr.. Smuts sharply
complained that the conference has
been cluttered up with irrelevant
and explosive issues which have
tangled consideration of its main
problem-"security against war"
"The plain fact" he said. "is that
some people are not satisfied with
wrestling with the almost insoluble
problem of world security against
the dreadful scourge of war. They
have a passion for reforming the
world in general and are prepared
to push forward at full blast along
all fronts"
Mr.. Smuts pointed to such issues
as regional arrangements, trustee
ships and colonies, economic and
social matters, which he thought
should be dealt with in specific
conferences or left over to be han.
died by world organization wher
it is set up.
Nevertheless, he said, I'VE have
made fair progress during the
month we have been at the job"
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Secretary
Continued From First Page)

saw him telling them off one by
one, leaders of the Luftwaffe, the
Wehrmacht, even the SIS.
Hermann Goering got it first.
Hitler told him that for the last
year and half the Luftwaffe was
responsible for Germany's reverses,'
Helling said. 'Goering did not an
swer-just shrugged his shoulders
and looked down"
This outburst came at an April 2C
meeting in Berlin and before ii
broke up, Helling added, Goering
with the attitude of a whipped pup
announced: It don't see much reason
for me staying here. I'm going
south"
As he shook hands with Hitler
Bormann-who had developed a mu.
tual feud with the Reichsmarshal-
asked sarcastically: How are you
going to get OUT?
The Russians at the time were ir
the suburbs of the Nazi capital.
Il can" Goering replied. "Il
make 1t by car, all right"
There was a strained silenc,
when Goering left the room. I
was broken by Hitler-staring at {
map showing the advance of tn,
Red Army-who said grimly: well
if we do 60 down, one thing il
certain-it is not the wish of tn.
English"
The fact that it was Hitler
birthday did not ease the tension
at meeting attended by Keitel
Bormann, Jodl, Gen. Krebs, Naz
named Burgodorffe and Gen. Win
ter. These decisions were made
Jodl was to take command in tn,
north, Winter in the south and ths
headquarters staff in Berlin was tt
be stripped to essential personnel
"All women were ordered Il
leave" Krieger said. "'And only
two recorders were to remain
Herrgesell and one other"
Events of the next two days were
supplied by Herrgesell-a cold
sharp-eyed man who told of wha
he described as the dramatic hour'
I'M the headquarters hundreds o.
feet below the bomb and shell.
pocked pavement of the Wilhelm.
strasse.
Even the explosions of the 10-tor
RAF bombs could not be heard" h
said.
Doenitz Leaves.
Grand Admiral Doenitz and hi
staff left on April 81, but night cam
without any clear-cut announcement
from Hitler on his plan-whethe
he intended to remain in Berlin.
"Goebbels came in at noon," Herr
gesell related, "and said he ha,
just received a phone call. Tn
Russians were in Breslauer Alice
just a 20-minute walk from tn
Reichschancelery. He told Hitle
they had the city surrounded.
Hitler went on studying the ma,
as If he did not notice. Goebbel
hesitated and left the room.
At 1890 o'clock Hitler met witt
Keitel, Jodl, Bormann, Krebs an
Goebbels for an hour. Detailed re
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Two D. 6. Men Get Bors

Two Washington men are amonf
the $50 newly commissioned seconc
lieutenants at the Camp Lee (Va.)
Quartermaster School. They are
Rowland K. Speer, ST., 511 Franklin
street NE. and Walter c. Drury, jr
1919 Benton street NV.
Evening star., 1945-05-20

time prefect Of Toulon; Admiral
Jean Marie Charles Abrial, former
commander in chief of the Vichy
naval forces, and Admiral Gabriel
Adrien Joseph Paul Auphan, for
mer Vichy secretary of state for
marine.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Labor Peace Farley
I0ff 10 Bad Start
with Snub 10 Lewis
Nv JAMES v NEWTON

Planning of President Truman's
labor management conference ap-
parently is off to a bad start be-
cause of the failure of officials to
invite John l.. Lewis to take part
in setting up the meeting.
Mr.. Lewis refused comment, al
though obviously he was miffed by
the slight. A spokesman for the
United Mine Workers, K. C. Adams
however, said it was apparent the
conference had died a-borning."
A committee of labor. industry
and public representatives are busily
engaged this week making arrange
ments for the conference which
Will be held here beginning October
% or November S. Among other
things the group will decide i'm
portant questions of representation
and agenda for the meeting which
is supposed to work out formula
for industrial peace.
Douglas Heads Committee.
Maj. Paul Douglas, Marine hero
of Okinawa and other Pacific bat
ties and former professor of eco
Monies at University of Chicago
heads the committee. Maj. Douglas
however, was appointed only few
days ago and had nothing to do with
leaving the fiery Mr.. Lewis out of
early meetings.
Regarding the naming of Mai
Douglas to head the Arrangements
Committee, Mr. Adams commented: ::
If labor is sick of anything these
days, they are sick of professors ar
ranging agenda for their meetings"
Secretary of Labor Schwellen-
bach was selected by Mr.. Truman
to set up the conference, in CO.
operation with Secretary of Com
merce Wallace.
Mr.. Schwellenbach has got him
self breeding a monumental failure,
said Mr.. Adams. 1T appears to me
the boys are planning something
they have already choked to death
by their own handling"
Mr.. Adams said the conference
idea was conceived by Senator Van
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Rubber PIonts Studied

able him to receive q maximum
$500 monthly.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Order Awaited Dropping
10 Ration Boards Here

District OPA Is awaiting for
NAL order abolishing 10 of IA local
War Price and Rationing Boards
by January /. after recommending
that this action be taken by the
New York regional headquarters, it
was revealed today.
Monday. Leo F. Gentner, acting
OPA administrator for region =,
said $40 boards in the region will
be reduced to 1874, and that the Dis
trict's boards will be reduced to
four.
Ninety-two of the 2l3 local en-
ployes received 30-day dismissal
notices August ! due to reduc-
ton of duties with the recent end
ing of gasoline, fuel oil and proc
essed food rationing. There prob
ably will be further reductions in
personnel when the number of
boards is reduced, it was said.
Consolidation of rationing boards
in Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties was announced today by
the Maryland Office of Price Ad-
ministration.
Consolidation of war price and
rationing boards in Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties was
announced today by the Maryland
Office of Price Administra tion.
In Montgomery County, the Sill
yer Spring and Bethesda Offices will
be eliminated. leaving only the
Rockville board. The Upper Marl-
boro Office will be eliminated in
Prince Georges County, with the
Hyattsville board remaining as
county headquarters.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Report for Last ~ Hours.
Record for Last 21 Hours

Record for Last III Hours
Prom noon Yesterday TO noon todarl
Highest. s5, l,2S pm. Year ago. "A
Lowest, Sc. 40 am. Year ago. s3
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 80. on July l.
Lowest, IL. on January 25.
River Report.
Potomac River clear, Shenandoah cloudy
at Harpers Ferry. Potomac clear at Great
Falls
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Georgetown u. Hospital
Fund Reaches $4,000

The Georgetown University cam
paign to raise s750OO for it's new
hospital passed the $4,000 mark
today. The university must raise
$4,000 more by next week.
James E. Collifiower, head of the
campaign, told workers at their
eighth meeting at the university
last night that s7O5, 900 in pledges
and cash had been received. I'M
mediately after the meeting another
check for $4,000 was received.
Mr.. Collifiower praised the judg-
ment of the Rev. Lawrence C. Cor
man. university president, for his
organization of the campaign and
declared that the Rev. Paul Nc
Nally, faculty representative. was
the spark plug" of the campaign.
More than so per cent of the total
collected is cash.
Evening star., 1945-09-12

denberg, Republican, of Michigan
and the big automobile manufac-
turers Of his State in an attempt to
avoid trouble in the industry.
But the only thing we know
about the meeting up here is what
few newspapermen tell us and
what we read in the papers" Mr..
Adams said.
Government labor officials ad-
mitted it was a serious blunder
leaving out the influential Mr.. Lewis
from conference planning. They
point out that Mr.. Lewis not only
represents a half million coal miners
and some 100000 of varied crafts
in his District so. but still carries
much weight with large segments
of the CIO and AFL. especially
on questions directly affecting labor
The officials we're sure Mr.. Lewis
would be invited to send delegate
to the conference. but neither the
mine leader nor Mr.. Adams would
say whether an invitation would
be accepted.
Evening star., 1945-09-12

by 10 per cent, others by smaller
percentages.
The veteran who has lost both
hands or both feet or one hand and
one foot will receive 5000. monthly
instead of $3.50. The pension of one
who has lost two extremities and is
unable, because of the severity of the
amputations to use artificial arms or
legs, is increased from SITS to $235
Payments for amputations with other
specified complications are raised
from 5000 to $265. Disabilities under
conditions emitting the veteran to
two or more of the rates provided
In each section of the bill would en-
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Disability Pension Bill
Sent 10 White House

Legislation increasing pensions OF
veterans with certain disabilities was
sent to the White House today after
the House yesterday approved Sen
ate amendments increasing some Of
the rates.
Veterans with double amputa tions,
blindness and other complicated dis
abilities are affected by the bill.
Some OF the pensions are increased
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Report

District of Columbia - Pleasant.
sunny weather this afternoon, with
moderate temperature, highest in
upper 70s. Clear and cool again
tonight. low near 60 Fair tomor-
row morning, becoming cloudy in
afternoon, followed by rain at night
Maryland and Virginia-Fair and
cool tonight. Increasing cloudiness
tomorrow, followed by rain in west
portion in afternoon and in east
portion by night.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
The Sun and Moon.

Rises Sets
Sun. today Ga 7:2C
Sun. tomorrow 64S 5:9n
Moon. today 1920 pm lO.42 m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haf hour after sunset.
Prsriptation.
Mont MY precipitation in inches in the
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Tide Tables.

Furnished by United States Coast and
Iendetic SnrNey
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Aroentinu Aids Sports

Argentina plans to support sports
or cultural institutions to the extent
of $1,000 900, in their plans for stadia
or other construction intended to
encourage physical or cultural edu-
cation.
Evening star., 1945-09-12

Experts from India are In the
United States to study synthetic
rubber.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

Use a rough towel TO dry,
too, and be sure TO dry
thoroughly, especially be-
tween the toes. Any damp
ness left on your feet not
only makes walking uncom-
Portable but may encourage
those infections which APP
pear as foot nuisances.
Leg grooming, however,
does not stop with the
thorough seruhbing. Next,
use a depilatory and remove
straggly, dark and unbe-
coming hair from them.
Then the toenails need
grooming. Push back
never cut-the cuticle. File
the nails not 10 i point or
an oval shape-but straight
=aeEess=te-aTsia-f4aH f4aHFHH4is.
And apply polish 10 match
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

Everything takes on rosy hue
under the influence OF big bowl of
milk. fruit, and Wheaties. famous
Breakfast OF Champions. Grade
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

nnurishrnent in those -his, whole
wheat fakes. And 'A-plus' flavor.
Report for yoHv WhediieS tomorrow
and every morning.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

and bang the
leg hard on
the fl o r.
first the right
leg and then
the left. A
good exercise
for the thighs,
should they
need extra at
tention, is 10
stand against
a wall and
bump tn a [
ard against il
walk on legs
nd 10 own.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

high 10 change the How
of f1f0oci.- fzie b;TCk on your
bed with your feet propped
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

ere too heavy for
shapely legs, do a slapping
TO break down the
tissues. Sit on the floor,
bend your knees: then slide
your foot in front of you