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Associated Press
Annual Meeting 10
Be Mostly by Proxy
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Mar. 24.-The an
nual meeting of the members of the
Associated Press to be held April
%, in the general Offices of the as
sociation, will be primarily by proxy,
because of wartime restrictions on
meetings requiring travel, it was
stated in notices mailed to the
membership yesterday.
In letter to members accom-
panying the notices of the annual
meeting. Robert Mclean, president
Of the Associated Press, said
THE bylaws Of the Associated
Press, article 4, section /. require
the annual meeting to be held on
the Monday preceding the fourt.i
Thursday in April of each year
The bylaws further provide that
the annual meeting shall elect o.
rectors and receive reports of the
board and of the Auditing Com
mittee.
Because of regulations estab-
lished by the Office of Defense
Transportation, application was
made to the War Committee on
Conventions for a permit to hold
the general meeting. 1t was denied
at this time in view Of the neces-
sites which caused the imposition
of the present restrictions on travel.
In view of the legal requirements
Of the bylaws that a meeting be
held, representation thus will of
necessity be by proxy except in the
case of those members or their rep
Iresentatives already in the imme-
diate vicinity Members are, there
fore, urged to file their proxies
promptly.
Should, prior to the annual meet
| ing. decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States be rendered in
the pending litigation which shall
require action by the members, no
tice will be given of the Gate of any
postponed meeting or special meet
| ing called to take such action-if
any-as may be necessary. Under
such circumstances. amended appl-
cation will be filed with the ONCE
of Defense Transportation for con-
sent to meeting to be personally
attended by the members
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service in 1910, received this third
wound five days after the initial
landings on Two Jima. He was
wounded the first time on Guada-
canal in 1912. when japanese small
arms fire caused arm and leg
wounds. and the second time on
Saipan when an ammunition dump
blew up.
Col. Chambers wife and three
children live here at $50 Quebec
place NV. with Mrs Chambers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
SchmutZer.
Describing landings on Two Jima
as rough" Col. Chambers, in mes
sages to his wife. said 20 of 80 off,
GERS in his 4th Marines Battalion
became casualties the first three
hours of fighting in the first land
ings on the island.
A graduate of George Washing
ton Law School, Col. Chambers was
a captain with the 5th Battalion
Of the Marine Reserves, a Washing
ton unit, When 1t was ordered into
active service in 1910 and trained
in Cuba and New River. N. c., prior
to transfer to the Pacific theater
He was born in Huntington, w. Va,
and attended Marshall College
there. He was married to Miss Jo-
hanna Schmutzer in 1882 They
have three children. Patricia, IL;
John, 8, and j. NJ, ir., 2.
Col Chambers holds the Legion
of Merit for his leadership on Sal
pan, when his battalion took Hill 500
one of the strategic points in the
japanese defense of that stubborn
ly contested isle. and the Silver Star
awarded for his service on Guadal-
canal, in addition to the Purple
Heart with cluster.
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Col. Campbell Col. Burgess
son officer with the AAF. He con-
ceived the idea of using petroleum
products in volume dropped from
alrplanes and initiated experiments
which today have developed new
fire bomb being used with remark
able success.
Col. Woodbury. NJ. Burgess of 1877
Glenbrook road, Bethesda, Md, was
awarded the Legion of Merit for
services in the Office of the assistant
chief of air staff, intelligence. from
December %, l94l, to January %,
1945. Gen. Giles presented the medal
yesterday.
He effected the establishment of
the Joint Target Group in conjunc-
ton with the Navy and other Fed
eral agencies. thereby insuring in
tegrated analyses of air targets in
the Asiatic-Paciflc theaters,' the ci-
tation said. As operational deputy
of the air staff, he gathered accurate
air intelligence that contributed to
the successful AAF operations in
world wide battle areas.
Col. Edwin S. Van Deusen of 3l16
Northampton street NV, widely
known as the godfather of the
Army's jeep," has been awarded the
Legion of Merit, it was announced
today. The award was disclosed by
Brig Gen. w. P Boatwright, COM
manding general, Office, Chief of
Ordnance, Detroit, Mich.
A member of the special staff of
that organization, Col. Van Deusen
is Regular Army officer The award
was given for exceptionally meri-
torious conduct in the perform
ance of outstanding services as
Director of Engineering, Motor
Transport Service" He played a
prominent part in the development
of the jeep.
Second 1t. Bernard Lieb, %, whose
wife resides at 1922 Colorado avenue
NV, was awarded the Silver Star
for gallantry in action last Novem-
l q
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Counties Are LEADING
Metropolitan Area
In Red Cross Drive

Arlington and Montgomery
Counties lead the entire Metro
politan Area in contributions to
the American Red Cross, cam
paign leaders announced today.
The total contributed SO far is
81, ,046 900. The quota" is s2.7OO, 300,
but Samuel H. Kaufman, cam
paign chairman, has asked workers
at least to equal the $4,000. 900 con-
tributed by Washington last year.
The true goal, he said, is every cent
the city can dig up for the Red
Cross.
The showing of the county teams,
he said, is particularly good in view
Of the fact that many of the county
residents work in the District and
already have been solicited in their
business Offices Arlington has the
most spectacular record, he said.
oNSiotOSeii iiOlIlS lIH OuOId OU PEI cent
by collecting s55,039 instead of the
s43,400 requested. Montgomery
County has oversubscribed by Is per
cent, gathering S95 800 instead of the
s83 300 requested.
These counties may turn in even
more contributions at residential
day Monday when Basil O'Connor
chairman of the National Red Cross
speaks to reporting solicitors at II sc
pm. at the United States Chamber
of Commerce. Mr.. Kaufman said
The other divisions have made the
following records: Government. 81
per cent of its S1,161 900 quota
business, IS per cent of its s679, ,0OO
quota; residential, SO per cent of its
s290,00o quota: city. 81 per cent of
its s228, 500 quota Alexandria. SO
per cent of its S48, 900 quota: Fairfax
70 per cent of it's S44 300 quota, and
Prince Georges, SIS per cent of its
$40 900 quota.
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Death, Life Sentence
Ordered for Brothers
BY the Associated Press.


SALISBURY, Md, Mar. pa
death sentence and life imprison-
ment were imposed yesterday on
two brothers for the killing of a
Deal Island seafood packer January
IL at the climax of an outbreak
which turned out armed civilians as
well as State police on Maryland's S
lower Eastern Shore.
The three-judge Wicomico County
Circuit Court, which heard the case
without jury, sentenced Weldon
Jones, jr., 18, colored, to be hanged,
and his brother Holbrook, Is, to life
imprisonment in the Maryland Pen
itentiary. The boys lived at Chance,
adjoining Deal Island.
I. Raynor Graham, 80, was shot
and killed and robbed January IL.
The youths also were accused in in
dictmentS of assault with intent to
kill Kenenth Willing, is, of Chance,
and attempted criminal assault on a
s5-year-old girl and a 46-year- old
woman storekeeper.
Associate Judge Levin Claude Bal
ley, in sentencing Weldon with no
recommendation for mercy, said the
court decided that Weldon fired
the fatal shot.
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Strosbourg Museum
VoIuubIes Recovered
BY The A,sociated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WEISSEMBOURG, Mar. 24.-Val-
liable period furniture, books and a
collection of % paintings spirited
from the Strasbourg Museum have
been found safe in a farmhouse
miles west of this city by the civil
affairs team headed by Maj. Grady
Durham and attached to the Seth
CTexas) Division, it was announced
yesterday.
A tip from supreme headquarters
directed the team to the farmhouse
1t. Max Juhtes, French liaison OIL
Ger, who formerlytwas a perfume
manufacturer in i>sw York, found
the collection.
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Three District Officer,
Win Legion Of Merit,
One Gets Silver Star

Col. Thomas D. Campbell, assigned
to Army Air Forces Headquarters,
was awarded the Legion of Merit
for his contributions to the success
of new incendiary bombs now being
used against the enemy. Presenta-
tion of the award was made yester-
day by 1t. Gen. Barney M. Giles,
deputy commander of the AAF.
Prior to entering the Army Col.
Campbell was known throughout the
Northwest for his large farm in
terests near Hardin, Mont, and was
prominent in scientific circles. In
1943 he served in the Middle East,
North Africa, the China Burma
India and European theaters as liai-
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Joined the Army in August, 1914,
and went overseas IN January, l945
A graduate of Maryland Park High
School, he has three children. His
brother, Pfc. Marvin H Vann, is
an infantryman in Germany.
Pfc. Chester Tennyson, %, of 6l0
D street Sc, was slightly wounded
in Germany on February 10, the
War Department notified his
mother, Mrs. Essie Tennyson, of the
ID street address.
Several hours after receiving the
telegram, Mrs. Tennyson received a
letter from her son saying he had
been shot in the arm" and was
feeling pretty good"
Pfc. Tennyson was born and edu-
Gated in Maryland and came to
Washington five years ago and
worked in the Treasury Depart
ment. He was called into the Army
three years ago and went overseas
last. June. Another brother, Pfc,
Roland Tennyson, is in Germany
and sister, Mrs. Doshia Hoffman,
is living with her mother
Staff Sergts Ralph r. Ruggles, jr.,
25, husband of Mrs. Dorothy T..
Ruggles, 1918 Bunker Hill road NE,
received arm and hand injuries in
France on January 16 and is now in
a hospital in England. He had
been overseas about month.
Sergt. Ruggles was born in Adams
County, Pa, and was employed at
the Keystone Milling Co., Littles-
town, Pa, before entering the serv-
ice. Also serving overseas are two
brothers, Corpl. Kenneth E. Rug
giles, a Marine in the Pacific area,
and Donald Ruggles. seaman, first
class. on sea duty with the Navy.
Pfc. William E. Reid, 27, of Boyds,
Md, who was wounded January 20
in Belgium, has returned to active
duty, his mother, Mrs. Mamie Reid
has been Informed.
Entering the service in Septem-
ber. 1912, Pvt. Reid received basic
training at Fort George G.. Meade,
Md. He has been overseas eight
months. Before entering the service
he was farmer in Montgomery
County. He was born in Burdette,
Md.
Pvt. John M. Rains, "a, husband
Of Mrs. Eva Mae Rains, 1927 Six
teenth street NE, was wounded IN
the hand by sniper February 8 in
Germany, and is now hospitalized
in England: He had been overseas
a month before being wounded.
A native of Richmond County,
Va, he came to the District as a
child and attended Eastern High
School. An employe of the Inter
national Business Machines Corp.
he entered the service last August.
His twin brother, William A. Rains.
seaman, first class, is stationed at
Seattle, Wash, with the Navy. He
has 3-year-old son, John, jr His
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Rains, live at 2910 Twelfth street
NE,
, Pfc. Jack Schmitt, 20, son of Mrs.
Sophie Schmitt, 1881 Randolph
street NV, was wounded for the
second time January 19 in Belgium
and is now conyalescing from a
gunshot wound in the right hand at
a hospital in France. He was pre-
viously wounded October l6 in Ger
many.
Overseas since December, l943, he
entered France on D day with the
infantry and served also in Ger
many and Belgium. Born and edu-
Gated Ia Altoona. Pa, he has two
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ing in a Ha-
waiian hospital
fro m C h e S t
wounds inflicted
by a Jap sniper's
bullet on Two
Jima.
C oil. Cham
bers, for m e r
aide to Vice Ad-
miral E m ory
Land, chairman
OF the Maritime
Commission and
personnel man
ager of the com
mission prior to
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trio Illuminating Co. He now is
air officer on the amphibious train
ing staff Of Vice Admiral Daniel E,
Barley, who has control OF the
Nays amphibious operations in the
Pacific.
Col. Dean has been in the South
west Pacific since February, l943,
taking part in the operations that
began in New Guinea and have
now blasted the enemy back to the
Island of LrZon in the Philippines.
Evening star., 1945-03-24
Congress in Brief
y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
House:
Continues debate on 1888 ,000, 900
agriculture appropriation bill.
Veterans Committee hears Gen.
Hines in study Of treatment of vet
Grams.
Senate:
In recess until Monday.
Evening star., 1945-03-24
WuveII Reaches London

LONDON. Mar. "a (R.-Field
Marshal Viscount Wavell, Viceroy
and Governor General of India, ar
rived by alrplane yesterday for a
discussion of India's economic and
administrative problems in the in
tensification of the war against
Japan.
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bCi a III I ! dllCC.
1t. Lieb, who
is with the 7th
A r m y returned
to duty in Janu-
ary having re-
covered from Sc
rious neck and
c h i n wounds
during the action
for which he was
cited. According
to the citation
1t. L i e b ex-
posed h i m S e If
in order to direct
artillery fire on
q German ma
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MISSING

SDoAN AA~A IL,
motor machinist's mate, third class,
of 4l21 Twenty-ninth street, Mount
Rainier, Md, has been listed by the
Navy Department as missing in ac-
ton. His mother, Mrs. Ethel Marie
Glading, said she was notified by
the Navy March 10 that her sons
ship was overdue and presumed to
be lost.
A native Washingtonian, Ma
chinist Glading attended Mckinley
High School and was employed at
the David Taylor Model Basin be-
fore enlisting in September, 1912.
Mrs. Glading said her son was on
his first cruise when reported miss
Jog and that she had last heard
from him September % when he
wrote inclosing a money order for
her Christmas gift. He is the son
of Richard L. Glading and brother
OF Richard Clifton Glading, Junior
engineer with the Merchant Marine.
Capt. Robert Pillow Cowie, "a, who
won the Silver Star Medal for
heroically fighting off numerous
fighter attacks on his plane, is miss
ing in action in Italy, where he was
commander of squadron of P-38s,
his mother Mrs. Mary Pillow Cowie,
l750 Massachusetts, avenue NV, has
learned.
Capt. Cowie received the Silver
Star for action on his first tour of
duty overseas. He completed 54
missions over German occupied Eu-
rope before he came home on a
furlough. Back in action since last
June, he was reported missing three
days ago.
According to the citation, Capt.
Cowie. then second lieutenant, was
attacked by 80 enemy fighters. I'm
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against Japan,
and also with
the way Gen.
Macarthur con-
S j S t e n tly has
outsmarted the
enemy.
Col. Dean Is
the son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Harry
@. Dean OF the
q e n g c o t t
Apartments. In
civilian life he
was superinten-
d e n t of con
struction for the
Cleveland Elec-
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District Blood Donations

Appointments
yesterday 6l0 persons
Appointments broken
yesterday IA persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the Acacia Building. 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV, by calling
District $500 between a m. and
$50 pm. weekdays, and 9 am.
to noon Saturdays.
A broken appointment sac
rificeS time on the part OF
doctors and nurses that cam
not be replaced. 1t may sac
ritfce the life OF q man on q
battlefield.
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Col. Justice Chambers
Receives Third Wound
In Two Fighting

Wounded for the third time In
fighting in the Pacific, 1t. Col. JUS
tice M. Chambers, 81, U. S. M. c.,
of Washington, is reported recover
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the violent engagement that fol-
lowed. alone and unaided, he sue
ceeded in repelling six separate at
tacks, damaging several enemy air.
craft and preventing them from
breaking through the bombers."
Capt. Cowie lived in Washington
during his early childhood and
visited his mother here during his
furlough last May. Mrs. Cowie is
employed in the Navy Department
and has been living in Washington
since early in the war. A brother
Laddie Cowie, electricians mate
second class, is in the Navy.
Sergt. Herbert L. Bibb, rs, has
been missing in action in Germany
since March 4, his wife, Mrs. Clara
Ephlyn Bibb, Its Third street NE,
has been informed. Sergt. Bibb's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Bibb
also live at the Third street address
Born in Richmond, Sergt. Bibb
came to Washington as a child and
attended Mckinley High School
here. He drove taxicab in Wash
ington prior to entering the service
almost three years ago. Sergt. Bibh
was sent overseas with the infantry
last September and was fighting
with Patton's Sd Army when re-
ported missing.
Prisoner
1t. James Wiiloughby Condit,
u. S. N. R., husband of Mrs. Mae
Belle Condit. and son of Roy W
Condit, 35l8 Quesada street NE.
has been listed by the Navy Depart
ment asa prisoner of war. A story
appeareEin in The Star when his fam
lily was notified.
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Back From the Wars

1t. Col Rudolph w. Dean, back in
Washington from the Philippines,
lis impressed with the "lot of water
still to be crossed" in the war
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brothers in the service. Sergt Irving
Schmitt, A.AF., serving in Italy, and
Marine Pvt. Vernon Schmitt, Par
ris Island, S. C.
Sergt. Francis G. Thomas, son of
James H. Thomas, 1905 @ street
NV, has been listed by the War
Department as wounded in action
Pfc. Orlo l.. Day, jr.. son of Mrs.
Jessamine H. Day, 5l2 North Irv-
ing street, Arlington, Va, has been
listed by the War Department as
wounded in action in the European
area.
Roy w. Cross, technician. fifth
grade, brother of Miss Barbara A.
Cross, Route /, Fairfax. Va, was
listed by the War Department as
wounded in action A story ap-
peared in The Star when the next
of kin was notified.
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Wounded

SerEt. Richard H. Gomersall, 2S,
son Of Mr. and Mrs. William Conner
sail, 300 Nineteenth street NV,
was seriously woVaded while serving
with the infantry in Belgium on
February Q and within three weeks
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-26
Hitler Planned Cold Flooded Murder of Millions

NUREMBERG, Nov. 26- P) - Evidence designed to show Ger man leaders melted Japan to make the attack on Pearl Harbor, was placed before the information war crimes tribunal by American prosecutors. The documents added by the tribunal to the mounting pile of Hitler's war plans, which included cold blooded schemes to aSsaSsinate the German envoy in Prague on the pretex for an inva- sion of Czechoslovakia;to overrun Poland and seize the low coun- tries, and to ultimately attack Russia.
 Assistant prosecutor Alderman produced a memorandum signed by German General Thomas, say ing the war with Russia was necessary in order to provide food for the German army. Alderman charged the German commands plan was to systematically starve millions of Russians in the occu- pied area, and denounced it as "one of the most sinister on rec ord"
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-26
Truman Surprises Mother On Her 93rd Birthday

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26-(P)- President Truman and his family stake out a claim for a little pri- vacy sometimes when they go avisiting. The President himself is back in the White House after what began as a secret flight to Grandview, Mo-, and ended last night by landing at the national airport here.
 He made the unheralded trip to visit his mother Mrs. Martha Tru- man on her ninety-third birthday anniversary. Mrs. Truman and their daughter Margaret are visit ing friends in New York. The identities of their hosts is a secret. They plan to attend tonight's opening of the Metropolitan Opera season.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-26
Move For 10th, 5Oth States Launched

JUNEAU, Nov. 26-Proposal to create the forty-ninth and fiftieth States in the Territory of Alaska, was made here by publisher Wood. The move gained support Sunday when residents started the move the have the proposition placed on the general ballet in nineteen forty-six.
 The proposal would divide Alas ka into two states. The first would consist of the southern state from Seward south, and the other would be including Seward to the north. Move was proposed be- cause of the diversity of interests of residents in the southern and northerns parts of Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-26
Japs We're "Hell Bent'' For War

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26-(P)- Hull declared the Japs were Hell bent" on war in November, 1941, and rejected a ten point American note. He said any peace seeking nation would have been delight ed to accept" it.
 The former Secretary of State, testifying before the Senate and House committee Investigating Pearl Harbor, said the November twenty-sixth note he handed the Japs had been "ignorantly mis- represented" Jap propagandists later called it an American "ulti- matum." The Army Pearl Harbor board said in its report, that Hulrs delivery of the note may have started the war.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-26
Gen. Macarthur Orders Stiff Taxes For Japan

TOKYO, Nov. 26-Gen. Mac Arthur in a stern "war does not pay" directive Sunday ordered the Japanese government to tax away war profits of all Jap firms and individuals, and make cap ital levy ranging up to seventy per cent on corporate and private fortunes, including the Imperial household.
 A statement accompanying the directive said it would result in a more equitable distribution of wealth than Japan has ever had"
 In the most strongly worded or der of occupation to date, the Su- preme Commander prohibited all government credit or subsidy ac- tivities, pending a sweeping or ganization of government finan- ceS, and directed the Japs to sub init a complete war profits tax program to the first session of the Diet in 1946.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-26
Negotiate For Release Of U. $. Pliers

SHANGHAI, Nov. 26-An R dispatch Sunday stated that U. S. Third Amphibious Corps officials are engaged in negotiations with Chinese Communists for the re- lease of six American Marine fli- CTS held prisoner by the Commun- ists at a remote village, eighty miles west of Tientsin.
 The dispatch said the fliers were forced down fourteen days ago during flight from Peiping to Tientsin.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-26
British Subdue Jews With Tear Gas

JERUSALEM, Nov 26 6- R) - Police battered with batons and tear gas into the surrounded Jew iSh settlement of Shefayim, one of three localities surrounded yester- day after armed Jews wounded fourteen officers in attacks on Coast Guard stations.
 Curfew prevailed along a large section of the Palestine coast, where the British are trying to stop illegal immigration. British immigration. The British Sixth Airborne division cordoned off Shefayim, Givath, Haim, and Rishbon.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-26
Soldiers Wife And Child, Stowaways

BOSTON, Nov. 26-(P)-Stow- aways aboard a troopship, the English wife of U. S. Army sol dier, and her eight months old son, arrived in America without the knowledge of her husband Pvt. Ralph Maresco, Corona, N. Y.
 Mrs. Winifred Maresco said she and her son Joseph Ralph were smuggled aboard the S.S. New Zealand Victory, and hidden in the emergency generator room by her brother, a British soldier.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-26
Troops Arrive In SOldier-Made
 Transport Ship

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26- The first postwar soldier-made troop transport S.S. Otto Mears, brought five hundred thirty-two servicemen to San Francisco from Manila Sunday.
 The ex-Liberty ship was con- verted last month by soldiers eager to return home. Tn six days hunks and cots were installed in the holds and dispensary and rec reation rooms erected. The ship sailed from Manila October 28.