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Evening star., 1945-06-10
Arlington Moves
To Incorporate
AS Glass I.City
County Boord Asks
Judge to Appoint
Charter Committee

The Arlington County Board yes
terday took the first step toward
incorporation of the county as q
city of the first class.
1t unanimously adopted q reso-
luton asking Circuit Court judge
Walter T. Mccarthy to appoint q
commission to draft q tentative
charter. The tentative draft would
be presented at the next General
Assembly session for an enabling
act to authorize a referendum on
the proposal.
The resolution directs that public
hearings be held before the tenta-
tive charter is drafted. The charter
commission is to consist of not
fewer than five qualified county
voters.
Board Member Edmund D. Camp
bell, sponsor of the action, said he
did not think I'VE can safely post
pone any longer the consideration
of this vital question"
4 Referendum in Year.
Personally" he continued, Il
believe that Arlington must have a
city charter soon If its government
is to meet its responsibilities to the
people in the immediate postwar
period"
Mr.. Campbell emphasized that
the resolution does not seek to COM
nit either the Board or the people
to any action other than a full
consideration Of the subject.
Emphasizing the need for action
now, he said it will be at least q
year before a referendum can bs
had, but if Charter Commission
is not set up before the next Gen.
eral Assembly, it will be at least
three years before the necessary leg
islation could become effective.
That, in my opinion" he as
serted, would be too long to wait"
In other actions the County
Board awarded a contract for BIZ
luminous paving materials to the
Arlington Asphalt Co. on a low bid
of $35 ,692.50, which was 5000 un-
der the amount provided in the
budget.
Approve Five-Foot Walk.
At the request OF County Engi-
neer C. L. Kinnier, the Board also
approved an appropriation OF $4,024
for a flve-foot sidewalk, curb and
gutter on the south side of North
Hartford street from the end Of
the present sidewalk in front of
the Clarendon Baptist Church.
Another appropriation. not to ex-
ceed $500, was approved to allow the
extension of North Harrison stree,
from Eighteenth street North tc
North Twenty-first street to give
residents passageway in and out.
4 The board took under advisemen,
. the request Of the Arlington Anima
lWeEare League that it contract TO
the collection and disposition o
stray dogs.
= Lack Authority.
i Commonwealth ATTORNEY Law
: renee w. Douglas declared that tn
e board would not have the authorit
/ to enter binding contract with an
e private organization giving to tina
e organization the right to use county
owned land for private purposes
;. even though the organization IN
} tends to devote the land - /,
l public purposes ="
The board received a recommend
i. alton Of the Organized wome,
, Voters that Mrs. Dora M. Ihle b.
: reappointed and Mrs. Dorothy Dun,
appointed to the county Welfar,
Board. Mrs. Dunn would replac,
James D. Simmonds.
), The organization also requested
the widening of the intersection a
Glebe road and North Sixteenth
street to permit buses to enter, thu
:; permitting bus routes to be estab.
lished to serve Arlington Hospital.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
Other graduates we're:
Victory Ship, Honoring
Hood College, Launched
~ the Associated Press,

by the Assoclated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 9.-The Hood
Victory, named for Hood College at
Frederick and the third vessel to
honor people and institutions of
that town, was launched today at
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyards, Inc.
Mrs. Henry I. Stahr, wife of the
Hood College president, christened
the ship, which was presented a
library, plaque and an album of
photographs by the college.
First of the ships built at the
yard to be named for Frederick was
the Barbara Fritchie, launched in
November. 1913. The Frederick
County was launched last Septem-
be9.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
D. c. Attorney to Speak

George E. c. Hayes, Washington
attorney and member of the District
Board of Education, will be princi-
pal speaker at meeting of the
Fairfax County Branch. National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, at pm. Wednes-
day at Galloway Church, Falls
Church.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
NAVY Band to PIuy

An all-American program will be
played by the Navy Band at the
east front OF the Capitol at 8 pm.
tomorrow. 1t. Charles Brendler IS
the leader OF the band.
Evening star., 1945-06-10

Hill, Susanne
Howard, Anne
Irwin. Sandra M.
Jennings, Nancy
Johnson, Lay. A.
kahler, Irene z.
kimmel, Vivyan :
Kline. Anne l..
Rooms, Grace S.
Latlmer. Eleanor !
Leverton, Lillian +.
Lilly, Miriam D.
Lloyd, Myrtle E.
LoZupone. Gloria A.
Lund, Jean Marie
Macmillan, Helen ].
McKelthen. E. j.
Miller, Carol c,
Moore, Jean
Moran, Mary K.
Morrison, Frances A.
Nasuti, Mary j.
Neidig. Barbara A.
Newcomb, M. E.
Norris, Mary Stuart
Notion, Leonora F.
Owens, Dorothy A.
Painter, Margaret
Palmer. Katherine !
Phillips, Barbara T
Roberts. Aida L.
Rowe, Shirleyann
Schrader. Joan B.
Shade, Lindsay P.
Simpson, Barbara
SQuires, Mary D.
Stevens, Frances J.
Stewart, Eleanor F
Stewart, Marian B.
Stilwell. Shirley J.
Thulman. Mary D.
Untiedt. Ruth A.
UtZ. Sara Ann
Young, Barbara A.
Anthony, Hope S.
Ash. Mary Elizabeth
Bailey, Patti
Bauer. Barbara Jeal
Conner, Flora Anne
Copeland, Mary jar
Creger, Sa rah v.
D'Alessandro Mary !
Edwards, Mary E.
Ellars, Gloria Anne
Flack, Betty
Flora, Gloria Irene
Garner, Margaret r
Gordon, Agnes M.
Holtmann, Charlotte
Ludt, Martha Ann
Lung. Charlotte l..
Myers, Ruth E., jr.
Norton, Margaret l.
Oden, Camille C.
Pitt. Marie e.
Rabuck, Arlene ].
yReed. Elizabeth L.
Rhodes, Christine I
Rounds, Charlotte
Rush, Jane Ella
Seller, Alice v.
Severe. Doris w.
Shoemaker, D. L.
Simmons, Sylvia r.
Sipes. Gloria Mae
Smith, Elizabeth A
Sparks, Margaret 4
Storck, Dorothy de
TeaZe. Karen M.
Tolson, Naomi, Jea
Turner, Sherrell A
Watson, Shirley j.
Willett, Evelyn B.
Wright, Hattie Mari
Cappell. Irene M.
Hunt, Estelle e.
MertZ, Frona Louis,
Robertson. Mabel M
Sullivan. Marion A
Trogstad, Lillian NJ
Trogstad, Connie L.
Walther, Gloria Ann
White, Diana Pear
Evening star., 1945-06-10
1877 Will Receive
Diplomas in Exercises
Tuesday al Bethesda

DR.. Earl T Hawkins, assistant
State superintendent of schools, will
be the principal speaker at gradua-
ton exercises for 1877 Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School students
at S:l5 pm. Tuesday at Leland
Junior High School.
Evening star., 1945-06-10

Benson. Charles H.
Brown, Robert S.
Buck, Philip E. ir.
Clark, David Julian
Curtis, Thomas c.
DAILY, Charles de B.
Fleming. ]. r.. jr.
Foster, George z.
Cuttings, T. M. jr.
Godfrey. T. N. X.
Hastings, David S.
Horton, Richard z.
Huber. Charles H.
Huffman, r. E.
Hughes, c. D., jr.
Hurley. Karl c.
| Johnson, M. P.
Knight, David P.
March, Thomas S.
Metcalf, Boyd H.
Metzel, william S.
Mccall. C. H., jr.
Mcmillan, Russell A
McNinch. Robert G
Mizell, William D.
Nasuti. John A.
Olds, John Daniel
Parkinson, X. w.
Pitton. Albert r.
Plank, John M, jr.
Quible, Frank r.
Sabine. John B.
Scheckel, William H
Shively, John r.
Spencer, Roger H.
Stevenson, C. M. il
Sutton, H. G., jr.
Thomas, William !
Walker. John c.
Wallace. Carl G.
Wallace. j. c.. III.
Wood, James A., il
Wray. William N.
Yount. r. s., jr.
Bennett, Frank l..
Breyere, E. D., jr.
Carlin, Blair
Chappell, C.
: Crupper, James S.
Currin, John L.
Deebo. John J.
Dumont. Robert F.
Evans, w. D.. jr. ,
Grimm, Francis j.
Keebler, John Kent
Kuehnle, Eugene 2
Layman, H. A., jr.
Lekson, Lewis H.
Lightbown. c. S.. il
. Lochte, James E.
Matchett, E. j.. il
McCarty, Terence
Pettengill, R. B.
Radhe, James G.
: Rehlaende-, r. N.
. Schiavone, NJ. A., il
Sherbert, John Ler
Smith, Andrew B.
Stevens, Robert G.
Swink, H. H.. jr.
Titcomb, Arthur, il
: Weaver, o. S.. jr.
j Adams, Patricia A.
Alexander, M. r.
, Allin, Thelma 3.
Balsam, Grace C..
Bart, Katherine J.
Beard, Elizabeth l..
Bladen, Dorothy A.
; Blum, Jeanne Marie
!. Book, Phyllis j.
: Bopp, Ruth Miriam
Bowie, Lois Virginia
i Brombacher. M. Lev
Chaffin, Ruth I.
Cheney, Eugenia A.
Copenhaver, Lois c.
= CurtiSs, Jeanne M.
Dangoisse, Nancy l..
u Dasher, Beverly A.
Dossett, Elizabeth A
Duke, Norma Grace
French. Betty Gull
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Evening star., 1945-06-10
81 Presented Diplomas
At Episcopal High School

Diplomas were presented to 81
seniors in simple graduation exer-
cises yesterday at Episcopal High
School, Alexandra.
Graduating cum laude were: John
Moncure Daniel. jr., Alexandria
Robert Edward Lee DeButts, Alex
andria; John Gummere, New Haven
Conn; John Worth Kern, III
Washington; Richard Laidley Ruff
ner, jr., Alexandria, and David Hop
ktns Semmes. Washington.
Evening star., 1945-06-10

The list of graduates follows:
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Japanese Forces Trapped
By British in Burma
Ey the Associated Press.
CAT

Es the AssOclated Press,
CALCUTTA, Mar. British
l4th Army troops driving south In
Central Burma have captured Kv-
sukse and established contact with
forces heading north from the
Meiktila area. trapping japanese
forces hemmed in between that area
and Allied positions along the r.
raWaddy River to the west.
The japanese were compressed
into an ever-narrowing pocket.
Strong enemy rearguard units bat
tied savagely southeast of Kyaukse
to cover the main body's withdrawal
from the city, which is "a miles
south of Mandalay on the main
trunk road and railway, the South
east Asia Command communiaue
announced.
The hnkup of the two British
forces was established at a point
10 miles northeast of Meiktila. The
town of Mahlaing, 20 miles north
west of Meiktila, was entered early
yesterday. Several more enemy gun
positions in the Meiktila area were
overrun.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Ryukyus
Continued From First Page

week against Admiral Spruance'
feet, which includes Vice Admiral
Marc A. Mitscher's carrier force.
An earlier NimitZ communique
reported that four motor tor
pedo boats and II planes were
destroyed in similar attack on
the American warShips Wednes-
day night and Thursday. The previ-
Gus day, the admiral said, a sim
liar onslaught was repelled. He
made no mention of any damage to
American ships in either raid.
Tokyo's report of the new torpedo
boat attack-it might be likened
to waterbug attacking a launch
placed the Spruance-Mitscher force
off the Ryukyus, presumably con-
tinuing its aerial bombing and ships
shelling onslaught for the ninth
consecutive day. Earlier, Admiral
Mitscher's carrier planes had
bombed, rocketed and strafed
Southern Honshu, Shikoku and
Kyushu in the Japanese homeland.
While warships poured thousands
of shells and carrier planes dropped
many tons of bombs onto Ryukyus
targets, Gen. Macarthur announced
that both Army and Navy land
based planes attacked Formosa.
Gen. Macarthur said Navy and
5th Army Air Force Liberators ham
mered Formosa targets and in one
remarkable air action, single B-24
attacked four trains, destroying all
locomotives and derailing many cars.
Many small ships were sunk off For
moSa.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Increased Activities
Strain UNRRA Funds,
Supply Chairman Says

Activities OF the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Admins
tration have been accelerated to
such degree that its financial re-
sources may be exhausted by Octo-
Der. This was admitted yesterday
by Canadian Ambassador L. B..
Pearson, who is chairman of
UNRRA's Committee on supplies.
AS to what will happen to
UNRRA's treasury after next fan.
member governments will have to
decide what to do next, MIR. Pear
son said.
The official told press conference
that UNRRA still is collecting
money from a number of the par
ticipating nations. The United
States has not yet made full pay
ment on its 81, 100, 10000, and other
countries behind include Brazil and
South Africa, Mr.. Pearson said. He
added, however, that officials ex-
pected to receive all of the $780,
100000 pledged by the United
Nations.
Questioned on whether Canada
was considering a return to meat
rationing in the light of shortages.
Mr.. Pearson replied that he had
read something about it; then he
added that last year Canadians ate
8 pounds less meat per capita than
civilians in this country.
He disclosed that Canada has con-
tributed 5000 900 pounds of canned
meat to UNRRA and that up to
this time that was all the organiza-
ton had received despite stated re-
quirements. of 400 200, 900 pounds.
Officials hope that the United
States, South America, South Africa
and Canada will help make up this
deficit.
Mr.. Pearson estimated that by the
end of June at least 100000 tons
OF UNRRA supplies will have been
received in liberated areas of Europe.
Already 10000 tons have been
shipped or loaded on ships, another
10000 tons will be loaded during
April and it is expected that 39o, 900
additional tons will be delivered dur
ing April, May and June.
Continued success of UNRRA,s
program depends on the availability
OF Shipping and "the full and un-
equiyocal support" of the countries
which have pledged supplies, Mr..
Pearson emphasized.
uNRRA has concluded agree
ments with Czechoslovakia. Greece.
Iugoslavia and Italy concerning the
basis of its relief operations in those
countries and has set the stage
Tor discussions with authorities Of
Albania. Mr. Pearson reported.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Transit Officials Ask
Employees 10 Give Up
Any Outside Jobs

Efforts by the Capital Transit
Co. to persuade it's employees to
limit their overtime work to the
company, rather than take outside
part-time jobs, were revealed today.
While the company has not
searched its files to seek out DOS
sible outside part time workers. a
company spokesman said, some men
have been called in and told the
company won't continue to ask de-
ferments for them unless they de-
vote their full energies" to the
transit service.
A District Selective Service spekes-
man said the national service did
not set up work week, but that
local boards could consider 48 hours
a minimum and that man should
put In all his time on the Job for
which he was deferred. If Capital
Transit did withdraw deferment
requests and boards took the posi-
tion that the man should devote all
his energy to his transit job, the
District draft spokesman said, the
man might wind up in la.
There is no such thing as free
time now" the draft official said.
IF man is willing to work over
time and refuses to. put in that
overtime on essential work, we think
the employer could conclude the
employe was not one for whom
deferment should be requested. {"
A Capital Transit spokesman said
the company took this position:
"A number of men who have been
deferred on the basis of their jobs are
not putting in full work week or,
where they have the opportunity to
make overtime, are not taking ad-
vantage of it. They are doing less
than full days work and then
spending the rest of their time in
less essential work.
Because of the Tightening of draft
regulations, the number of men who
can be deferred is limited. There
fore, If we are going to ask defer
ments, we want to know they are
truly transit employees"
The transit official said it wasn't
fair to the public to have men ex-
pending their energies on nom
essential jobs and reporting for work
tired out. He said there was no way
OF checking on how much rest the
operators were getting when they
took part-time jobs on the outside
without the company's knowledge.
Because of the manpower short
age, he added, the men can put in
overtime for the company up to the
limits of reasonable physical en-
tlllrance
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Stray Dog That Bit Boy, 8.
on Hand Declared Rabid

Al stray dog that bit an s-year-
old boy on the hand Wednesday
has been found rabid, the Health
Department announced yesterday.
This makes the 23d person bitten
this year and the Seth rabid dog.
Ronald Spears, 6615 Eighth street
NV, listed by the department as
the boy bitten, has been advised to
take Pasteur treatments,
Meanwhile, the Health Depart
ment ruled against treatment of
three children scratched by a rabid
dog last Saturday while in the 900
block of Quincy street NE. The
dog died Thursday at the pound,
although the owner said it had been
vaccinated against rabies less than
five months ago.
The animal was muzzled, the de-
partment said. and unless saliva
containing rabies had fallen on his
paws the scratches would not en-
danger the children.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
special Easter Rites
Planned al Capital
Military Posts

Service men and women through
out the military district of WASH
ington will climax. Holy Week OBJ
servances tomorrow with Easter
Day services at all Army posts in
the Metropolitan Area.
MAJ. Gen. William r. Arnold
chief of chaplains, will conduct a
low mass at 8 am. at Fort Myer
with a military solemn high mass
being celebrated by Chaplain
Thomas j. Hanifin, post chaplain.
at 8 am. Seminarians from Holy
Cross College. Washington, will as
slst Chaplain Hanif1n. A 2O-voice
choir Will sing. A special mass for
servicemen performing duties dur
ing the morning will be said at
1918 pm.
Protestant obseryances at Fort
Myer will begin with holy COM
munion (EpiscopaD at an 8 am.
service at the side chapel under
the direction of Chaplain w. H. B.
Bierck, with a general morning
worship at 10:45 O'Clock. An Easter
Meditation on the Resurrection" will
be led by Chaplain Wilbur N. Pike.
Miss Annie Laurie Fielder will lead
choir and Mrs. Betty Bishop will
serve as organist at the service.
At South Post of oFrt Myer, Chap
lain Stephen A. Janto will conduct
masses at z, 8 and II am. and at
noon. Episcopal holy communion
services will be held at GAS am.
Army Air Forces personnel at
Gravelly Point will have masses said
at and 1880 am. and a general
Protestant service at 1890 am.
Boiling Field servicemen will Join
in a general sunrise service before
the Officers Club at 7 am.
Protestant services will be held at
noon tomorrow in the War Depart
ment Theater at the Pentagon
Building under the direction of |
Army Chaplain Herman H. Heuer.
Catholic services will be led by Army
Chaplain Carl L. W1lberding at |
12:45 pm.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
assembly og vas ot0 request fR
three votes merely m indication 81
opDOeitiOn to the Russian ren,Jest9

assembly o. vas oti4 REQUEST fdg
three votes merely m Indication o6
opposition to the Russian request7
28 Some of the Latin American
countries are unions of states like
the United States. Would not the
American countries by the same
token be entitled to three votes in
assembly
20. In the discussions between the
United States and the Latin Ameri-
can countries. the United States as
|sured them that the organization
would be built on the principal OF
equality and sovereignty of all
states. Does not this secret agree
ment negate those American as
surances?
Permanent Seat for Brazil.
80. Is it true that at Yalta, as has
been reported, the three powers
agree to give one Latin American
country, presumably Brazil, per-
manent seat on the Council?
81. Was it also agreed to give the
inter-American system the right to
settle disputes in this hemisphere?
80. Mr.. Secretary, this is a matter
that perhaps has no relationship to
the questions at hand, but is the
autonomous status of the White
Russian Republic and Ukraine such
that we could exchange Ambassa-
dors, just as we exchanged Ambassa-
oors with Canada and other
dominions?
80. I wonder If you would deal
with the assumption that the State
Department regards the British gov
ernment as say controlling the votes
of Canada and Australia?
Evening star., 1945-03-31

ed to ask for more votes than Ell
Salvador, Liberia and Saudi
Arabia?
II. Do we consider that three
votes for France are provided
through Syrian and Lebanese
representation?
Is. Were France and China ad-
vised Of the secret Yalta agreement? I?
When?
"a, Were any of the other coun-
tries advised of it?
Is. Were the members of the
United States delegation advised of
the secret agreement and II SO,
when?
Who Decided on Secrecy?
Is. Whose decision was it to keep
the agreement secret?
II. Does the secret Yalta agree
iment on the assembly in effect
amend the Dumbarton Oaks plan
so far as the Big Three are con-
cerned?
18. Does 1t also nullify principle
No. ] in chapter of the Dumbarton
Oaks proposals which say that the
basis of the organization shall be
the sovereign equality of all nations
10. How will the principal of SOW
ereign equality be expressed now
that at least two nations want an
unequal distribution of votes in the
assembly?
20. One of the main arguments
against the charge that the Big
Three will dominate the new or
ganization has been the equal posi-
ton OF all nations in the assembly
What will be the new United States
Zine" on this point?
Proportional Representation.
81. Has any consideration been
given to the possibility of proper
tional representation on the as
sembly in view of this development;
%. The United States is now
committed by the President to sup.
port the Russian proposal at Sar
Francisco. Can you tell us to what
length the United States Is pre-.
pared to go to fulfill that commit.
ment?
%. In the absence of any explarla
ton 1t is assumed that the Russian
move is prompted by a desire fol
a closer parity with the British EN-.
pire in the assembly Do you wisf
to let that Interpretation stand un-
challenged?
"a. If that Interpretation Is moi
correct. why wouldn't the United
Kingdom also demand three votes
Is. Doesn't the fact that she has
not asked for parity with the Soviet
Union and the United States sup
port the theory that she already has
a block of at least sympathetic
votes in the dominions?
How Will Votes Be Cast?
&c. How would the United States
votes be cast? Would one man cast
all three or would there be sepa-
rate representatives for such terri
tories as Alaska. Hawaii, etc, such
as the Russians contemplate?
27. Do We really want any nation
to have more than one vote in the
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Rationing Board Office
Is Entered by Thieves

An ATTEMPTED robbery at head
quarters of Ration Board No. 81,
Twenty-ninth and Calvert streets
NV. was reported TODAY to District
Office of Price Administration Off
cials. Nothing of value was missing,
the report said. Entry was believed
gained by a skeleton key and small
cabient was forced open.
No rationing currency had been
kept at local boards for sometime,
1t was pointed out. All such currency
now is kept under 24-hour guard at
a central point in the city and safes
in the local Offices generally are left
open so that would-be robbers will
not be tempted to break them open
in the hope Of finding something of
value.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Road 10 Berlin Open,
Captured Nazi Says
sy the Associated Press.

% Inc aSSOClaLeQ FreSS.
WITH THE UNITED STATES Sd
ARMY IN GERMANY, Mar. %
Delayed "A high-ranking German
officer who was captured by 1t.
Gen. George S. Patton's Sd Army
troops said today that there is. not
any organized line of defense be-
tween you and Berlin"
There is not any organized sys-
TEN of government left in Ger
many" the officer declared. when
you reach Berlin the whole situa-
ton will quickly dissolve"
Censorship did not permit dis
closure of the officers identity
and % words at the start of the
dispatch were censored.)
The captured officer said only
hastily organized areas of defense
such as the one he set up-and
which proved futile-remained be-
fore the onrushing Americans.
Lines of defenses had been PLAN
ned" he said, but you advanced
so fast they could not be fulfilled"
His remarks to staff officers and
newsmen were translated by 1t.
Alfred Maui of Milwaukee. The
officer was captured by a company
commanded by 1t. Irwin Kinney,
Cornelia. Ga