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jumped to another building where more COL
lege and high-school people from good homes
were working for nothing in the midst of the
worst kind of slums.
stopped beside a young, nice-looking bru-
nette. She was dressed in the usual Stacks
and working shirt. On her they looked good.
First time out?" asked
Sure. Can't you tell?" she answered.
1T looks okay to me. How do you like the
work."
Il like it fine" she said, seriously. 81 feel
as though I'm really doing something to help
these people" She went back to patching up
more holes in the plaster.
Some of the tenants are rough characters.
''The rent collector of this place. said
Disappointing to a three-story, furnished
room structure, ''has been slugged so
often he carries a gun when he goes in.
But we never have any trouble
One Friday night Richie went into a home
to talk about repairs to be made the follow
ing day. A paint job was scheduled, but Dave
pointed to good-sized hole in the plaster.
We'll have to fix that before we do any
painting, he said
The man of the house had been sitting sui
lenly in corner. Dave turned to the mans
wife, said, Nov if your husband would only
give us hand. -
He will, said the wife grimly.
Next morning Dave and the still-sullen
tenant got up on ladders, went to work. The
plaster began to shower around them. They
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started kidding each other about it. A few
minutes later they were both laughing. Re-
suit: The job was finished as the paint crew
walked in the door.
few years ago the Campers were notified
that row of eight houses in Germantown
lacked running water. Work was being post
poned indefinitely because the plumber could
mt find any unskilled labor to dig the bitches.
Best - and Worst
lHE Campers dug the bitches, helped install
sinks and lay pipes With pneumatic drills
they bored through rock for $50 feet so that
two other houses could have water, too
Week End Work Camps were started by
Richie. "A shot in the dark" he said. But the
idea caught on. Campers have come back for
more and brought their friends
refugee attended one of the camps When
she returned to England recently, she wrote
to her best friend in America: MY happiest
moments were spent in the Week End Work
Camps, because there saw life in the United
States - at its best and its worst"
Once the Campers start on job, they STAY
with it until it's finished. That frequently
means working nights. But when they get
back to headquarters, they're in line for
good dinner. Dawes wife, Mary = an attrac-
tive brunette-has charge of that department
The Campers are proud of their work.
But they realize that it's only beginning.
Just one step in the direction of better living
conditions for everybody. The End
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by more than 600 workers - over half of
whom have returned for more than one camp.
Head of the Camps is David S. Richie, secre-
tary of the Friends Social Order Committee.
typical week end starts on Friday night
when the work gang meets at headquarters
The Campers spend the night on Army cots.
They have breakfast at 7:30, Richie quickly
outlines plans for the day, and they're all set
Usually no more than two or three Camp
ers are sent to particular apartment
IF the tenants see too many workers in
one place" Richie explained to me, they
think they don't have to help
After the workers have been started on
their jobs, Richie races from one group to
another, checking on their progress bringing
additional paint and ladders, maybe changing
a worker from one job to another. Dave was
an All-American soccer star at Haverford
College, and at 81 he still gets around plenty
fast tried to keep up with him.
Girls Slap it On
Our first stop was a small, broken-down
tenement house. We went through dark halls,
up shaking staIrWays into thlrd-fioor rear
room. Two girls were up on ladders, Shaping
on fresh white paint.
How are you coming?" Dave asked
"Swell!' they grinned at him.
On the other side of the room a white
haired old man - he was the tenant - was
scraping off the old paint, sort of dirty red.
Everything was moving on schedule, so we
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These ambitious youngsters
are showing the world how
to beat bad housing

ME millworker and his wife were discour-
IL aged. Their rundown apartment just
wasn't worth keeping in shape They stayed
away from the place as much as possible.
lhelr nine youngsters saw nothing to respect
IN the crumbling plaster, the rotting floor
boards. So they let themselves go.
And what nine kids can do to tenement
apartment is something for the books. Furni-
ture was smashed, windows broken. Holes
were hammered into the walls and floors.
The place would still be wreck if it weren't
for the group of high-school and college STU
dents who arrived to help repair the damage.
They were members of Volunteer Week End
Work Camps = boys and girls who for five
years have been going into the poorest and
toughest sections of Philadelphia and working
for nothing to make life little better for
residents of a sum-ridden territory.
Once the work was under way, the Camp
ers got some help. The kids watched.the holes
being patched, saw the paint Frightening up
the walls. They were fascinated.
NJ Wanna Help"
LET me help said the Oldest, a 14-year-
old boy. He did and so did the others. And
the combined efforts Of the Campers and their
helpers paid off in lvable quarters.
But that's typical of the work being done
by these hustling Campers. They make no
charge for their labor. All they ask is that the
landlord pay for the materials and the tenant
help with the work. Their aim is to educate
tenants and landlords to the need for
adequate housing, make them demand
it after the war.
The Camps are sponsored by the Society
of Friends, or Quakers, but the workers them
selves are of every religious and racial back
ground. They meet each week end from late
fall to early spring. with dozen or more
workers on hand for each session. In five
years there have been 129 meetings, attended
Evening star., 1945-10-07

Mrs. zerelda Mcconnell will be
hostess in her home on Wolfe street
Tuesday afternoon from $3.50 until
6 o'clock when the Bishop Gibson
Chapter Of the Womans Auxiliary
of st. Paul's Church will give q
silver tea to raise funds for it's share
in the annual program of work
undertaken by the auxiliary.
Mrs. Thomas Frazer, wife of the
Rev. Frazer, and Mrs. Albert Mol
legen, wife of the Rev. Mollegen,
will alternate at the tea table, and
others who will assist the hostess
In the spacious rooms of her attrac-
tive home are Mrs. Charles HenrS
Smith, who will return from her
vacation tomorrow; Mrs. Urban
Lambert, Mrs. Ferguson B. Bryan,
Mrs. Harrison Emhardt, Mrs. An
drew Pickens, Mrs. Malcolm West
colt Hill, Mrs. George Carter, Mrs.
George Evans, Mrs. Herbert Bryant,
Mrs. Arthur Parsons, Mrs. Carlos
Campbell, Miss Rose Petty and Miss
Marjorie Hall.
DR.. and Mrs. r. H. Skilton. with
their children and Mrs. Skiltons
mother. Mrs. Singleton Neisser, have
returned from a vacation in Ocean
City, N. j., and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Purnell are en-
route to Durham. N. c., to make
their home, after visiting the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j.
Cottrell. Mr.. and Mrs. Purnell were
internees in the Philippines.
Mrs. Julian A. Newlander and her
son Burton have returned from
visits in Chicago and Cleveland. 1t.
Col. Newlander has cablad his ar
rival In Manila.
Mrs. Paul Barrett and her sons,
Paul, Peter and Noel, have returned
from Philadelphia. where they spent
the summer with Capt. Barrett,
U. S. N. Before returning they
visited in New London, Conn.
Mrs. Irwin Matthew is in charge
Of arrangements for the tea, at which
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and their two young sons have re-
turned from a trip to Norfolk and
Williamsburg.
Mrs. H. NJ. Carr Of Gadsden, Ala,
Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. s,
Patterson, and her granddaughter,
Ellen (Pinkie) Wilson. =
1t. and Mrs. william Smallwood
have returned from st. Paul and
now are en- route to Fort Worth,
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where they will spend several weeks.
Capt. and Mrs. Anthony L. Milnar
have returned from Waterloo, Ind,
where they were the guests OF Mrs.
Mary Bachtel. Mrs. Milnar is a
junior grade lieutenant in the Unit
ed States Navy.
Mrs. Harry Schafier of Philadel-
phia is visiting Capt. and Mrs. John
S. MinnS.
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an additional feature will be q sale
of plants and herbs, handmade
articles and homemade jellies,
cookies, pickles, cakes and other
delectables suitable for gifts as well
as for home use.
1t. and Mrs. George Mosse Nor
ton will entertain for their son,
George Mosse, jr., Wednesday, his
birthday anniversary.
Col George A. Patterson has ar
rived in Paris, where he will be on
special duty for two months
Col. George Schunior has left for
special duty in Tokyo.
1t. and Mrs. Avon L. NeWcomb
Evening star., 1945-10-07
SHper Weddiue
An11iUersarv

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Aue were
hosts at reception last evening
from until 10 o'clock in their home
at 1922 South Dakota avenue in
celebration of their silver wedding
anniversary.
Before her marriage Mrs. Aue was
Miss Dorothy B. Eckhardt, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Cornelius Eckhardt and
the late Mr.. Eckhardt, who for
many years was the auditor of The
Evening Star.
Mr.. Auer is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred L. Auer, who have cele-
brated their 57th wedding anniver-
sary.
The hosts last evening were as
sisted by their daughter, Miss Marie
Gertrude Aue, who is their only
child.
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SYMBOL OF A

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emblem Of free life symbol of lasting peoce! Your
home is personal oitode your haven of security and
inspiration where your children 90 sleep in
confidence awake with eoeerness-where you and yours
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mahogany frome hair filled and Of steel spring con-
struetion with muslin undercove The outside covered
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with gold beading and gold shell decoration at base.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Dr.Mordecai Johnson,
Mrs. Mary Bethune
Going 10 Conference

DR.. Mordecai Johnson, president
Of Howard University, is going to
the San Francisco United Nations
parley and Mrs. Mary M. Bethune,
member of Asbury Methodist
Church, is to attend the gathering
as consultant for the State De-
partment, the Rev. r. M. Williams,
pastof of Asbury Methodist Church,
announced at a meeting of Method
iSt ministers at the church, Eleventh
and K streets NV, yesterday.
Others to attend the meeting as
State Department consultants are
Walter White, secretary of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, and DR.. w.
E. B. Du Bois, professor at Atlanta
(Ga) University, it also was an
nounced.
The meeting, called to formulate
plans for a permanent interracial
Methodist ministers of Washington
organization, directed a committee
to draw up plans to be presented at
future gathering The Rev. DR..
R. K. hewitt, pastor of Brightwood
Park Methodist Church, was chair
man of the meeting.
Judge William H. Hastie, dean of
the Law School of Howard Univer-
sity, declared the question of inter-
racial relationships may be resolved
down to the fundamental ideas of
the equality of dignity and value of
human personality in whatever in
dividual it may be found and in the
recognition of the brotherhood of
man. He asserted there is need for
bringing the belief in religion into
line with its practice in race rela-
tions.
An appeal for funds for private
colored colleges was made to the
meeting by Mrs Marion C. Hope,
executive secretary of the Washing
ton office of the United Negro Col
lege Fund. Mrs. Hope said the cur
rent drive, ending Sunday, aims at
local quota of $4,000 and asked
ministers to urge their congrega-
tiOnS to aid.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Overchurqe Costs $50

Charging she paid SIT above the
ceiling price for vacuum cleaner
Mrs. Rosalie E. Wilson, 1916 Irving
street NV, yesterday won $50
judgment in Small Claims Court
against Stanley E. and Jack Sha-
mosh. trading as the Best Brands
Co., 805 Eleventh street NV. The
suit, charging a violation of the
Emergency Price Control Act,
claimed Mrs. Wilson paid to the
company SAL for the cleaner.
Evening star., 1945-04-24

Sturdy oIunninum tube frome
with plump, deep roll-type cush-
ion. Cotton .soileloth covering
in green, blue or orange.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
Mazi Transports Blasted
ByRAFMDutchCo Coast

LONDON, April 23.-P)-British
planes today pelted bombs and
rockets into troop laden enemy
ships sneaking out from the FRS
ian islands off the Dutch coast,
and set fire to at least two.
Second tactical air force Ty.
phoons and Spitfires also attacked
German air bases near the Danish
border, destroying so parked planes
and shooting down two, while 9TH
er groups caught fleet Of German
aircraft fueled and loaded TO- a
take-off from the Eggebek air
field, exploding II of them on
the ground and damaging 10 9TH
ers.. 800
Still other units raked German
troops -etreating north from En-
den,s and bombed and knocked out
% locomotives and 100 railway
cars in another Gripping blow at
enemy transportation. --
Rocket-firing Raj Beaufighters
guarded by Mustangs sank med
ium sized German freighter anG
damaged two escorting flax ships
in the Sogne ford on the Nor
wegian coast, diving between cliffs
5000 feet high to reach their tar
gets:
Despite bad weather the Ninth
Air Force flew $50 fighterbomber
trips in late afternoon, destroying
II enerny planes on an airfield and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
Germans Say
Hitler Leads
Nali Defense
Foe Counterattacks Vainly
AS Capital Almost
Is Encircled

LONDON, Tuesday,, April "a
GF-With the guns of Nazi SIS fanat-
les at their backs German Army
troops counterattacked vainly in
Berlin today, but the Russians
swarmed over one-third Of the city
and German reports indicated saw
age fighting was swirling through
nearly one-half of the wrecked
German capital.
Southwest Of the burning city,
Red Army tanks surged to the Elbe
river within 20 miles of American
forces awaiting a link-up, and a
three-poWer announcement that the
western and eastern Allies had
joined was expected momentarily.
Berlin was almost enclrcled, ard
a supplement to the Soviet COM
munique said early today that two
Russian armies, attacking after a
massive artillery barrage, had
hurled the Germans back into the
inner built-up area of Berlin.
The Germans said that Adolf
Hitler in person was directong the
defense.
The Soviet war bulletin said that
Russian tanks had burst across
the belt railroad protecting the
inner city and had captured the
Metropolitan gas works, only eight
blocks from Alexander PLATTE one
of Berlin's major commercial CEN
tiers. Several blocks in the area
were seized after heavy German
counterattacks were repealed.
But the German counterattacks
were, being launched apparently
only because the guns. of SIS troop
ers were at the backs of German
Army officers.
Moscow said that German COM
manders had asked permission to
retreat but the orders came back:
Hold out at any event-whoever
retreats will be shot" German ar
tillery had been ordered by radio
to fire on retreating German sol<
diers, Moscow said,
Marshal Stain disclosed that on
ly a 16-mile gap, remained to be
sealed on the west. The Germans
admitted it had been narrowed to
10 miles and the Luxembourg ra-
dio broadcast, an unconfirmed re-
port that the city which Hitler had
planned to be capital of the world
for 1000 years was caught in a
steel ring.
Southwest Of Berlin's shoulder
ing and debris Uttered streets So
Wet forces, climaxing a dramatic
l00-mile sweep in seven days,
reached the Elbe at Nuremberg
northwest Of Dresden and ap-
preached the river on a 3s-mile
front.
The defenders Of the sprawling
center of German "Kultur" were
fighting a losing battle. Waves of
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
.S00NC CONFERS
WITH BIG THREE
Chinese Official Meets
With Eden, Molotov,
Stettinius

WASHINGTON, April o. @ -
The Chinese foreign minister, T.
v. Soong went into conference to-
night with the foreign ministers
of the Big Three nations apparent
ly broadening the meeting to one
of worldwide scope. -
Soong had been waiting outside
in another office since Secretary
Stettinius and British Foreign Sec
-etary Anthony Eden and V. M.
Molotov, Russian foreign commits
sar began their night session at 9
p. m. Eastern War Time. -,
He entered the meeting at 9:4S
p. m. ~. -
AS has been the case in previous
sessions involving only the British,
American and Russian conferees,
there was no announcement Of the
specific matter under discussion.
However, it. is only in very re.
cent weeks and especially since de.
nunciation of the non-aggression
pact with Japan that top ranking
Russian diplomats have shown any
inclination to confer officially with
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
Military, Diplomatic
High Command Gathers
For Talk With Truman

WASHINGTON, April % Up -
President Truman held an hour
long conference with his military
and diplomatic high command to-
day as the war in Europe rushed
toward a climax.
The fact that the Russian and
American armies are so close to
each other had led to some specu-
lation that an announcement OF
their junction might be near, but
the conferees left the meeting
without disclosing what was dis
cussed.
Conferees were Secretary OF
State Stettinius, Secretary OF War
Stimson, Secretary of the Navy
Forresta1, Admiral William D.
Leahy, the Presidents military
adviser; Gen. George c. Marshall,
Army chief of staff; and Admiral
Ernest ]. King, chief of Naval
OperationS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24

u1TSCtlllS 1IOlll Tile IL oAI AllC.
Tonight, a station broadcasting
on the wavelength used by the
underground WereWolves changed
this to say Hitler was not in the
city but that Goebbels, 1.-The
Fuhrer's trusted friend, is direct
ing the Berlin Volgssturm."
This late broadcast did not say
where Hitler was but added that
"the Werewolves have been in
formed the Fuehrer has issued an
historic order for the German
troops from the west to march
upon Berlin"
"These tested units" it continu-
ed, 'ehave been ordered to inter-
vene in the battle for Berlin and
the first Of them has already reach
ed the capital periphery. There is
no doubt a few days, perhaps a
few hours will decide this battle"
The German radio quoted Hit
ler's message to Mussolini as say
ing:
1.-The struggle for our very ex-
istence has reached its climax.
Employing vast masses of mate
rial, Bolshevism and the troops
of Jewry are stalking all with the
object of combining their destruc-
tive forces in Germany to preci-
plate our continent into chaos"
The Werewolf broadcast on fight
ing among Germans inside Berlin
said TRAITORS" were firing at Ger
man troops from several blocks
Of buildings.
when the traitors in blocks of
flats in a northern Berlin district
opened fire on German troops"
the station said, "a Werewolf
commando unit was detached to
the traitors nest. After
a fierce battle the Werewolves
stormed the building and brought
out" the surviving traitors. They
were shot in the streets"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24

plastering scattered rail and road
targets ahead of the Third Army.
The tactical air force said its
Tristan island operation climaxed
week in which it made success
ful'' attacks on 60 enemy ships and
nearly 100 barges in that general
area, apparently evacuating troops
from the Zuyder Zee who were
threatened with being cut OFT by
Canadian troops.
With targets in Germany becom-
ing fewer as the Allied armies ad-
vanced across the stricken Reich,
it was revealed today that Berlin
has afforded Allied bombers their
greatest single target of the war.
A review of air force records
shows that the Raj has dz~>ed
more than $1,000 tons of bombs in
282 night raids on Berlin, while
U. S. Eighth Air Force heavies de-
livered nearly $4,000 tons of 10 day
light raids, making a British
American total of 1900 tons let
loose in 301 missions over Hitler's
first city.
Some bomb cavities here cover
whole square blocks. Normal llv-
ing conditions ceased to exist in
the German capital months ago.
Hundreds of acres Of the city have
been devastated. Casualties and
run into hundreds Of
thousands. i
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
M0L0T0V, TRUMAN
MEET FOR TALK
Soviet Foreign Minister
Spends u Minutes. In
White House

WASHINGTON, April 23--R'
Russia's Foreign Comnissar Molo-
TOW arrived at the White House
at 5:33 pm. today to call on Presl-
dent Truman.
There was no immediate indi-
cation of the purpose Of the Soviet
officials visit, although it was
conjectured that they might fur
Their discuss the Polish situation.
Molotov was accompanied by An
drei Gromyko, the Russian am
bassador, and M. v. Molotov, his
interpreter.
He drove over from the Blair
Lee House, preceded by motor
cycle police.
George Summerlin, chief of the
State Department division Of pro-
local, arrived Is minutes in ad-
vance of the foreign commissar
to arrange for his reception.
Molotov proceeded Immediately
into President Truman's executive
offices.
The conference between the
President and Molotov lasted u
minutes.
When the Soviet foreign com
missar left the White House he
tipped his hat to waiting news
papermen but gave no informa-
ton as to the nature Of the con-
ference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
AMERICANS DOWN
20 JAP PLANES
Yanks Fighting To Retake
Kakazu; Lines Be-
come Scrambled

GUAM, Tuesday, April 2ER-
American. infantrymen still were
deadlocked in the fiery battle for
southern Okinawa yesterday. Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz' communique to-
day said no information was
available on progress in the fifth
day Of the about push.
U. S. Pacific fleet carrier planes
meantime, destroyed 20 Japanese
planes at Miyaka Island in tie
southern Ryrkyus Sunday. Fifteen
were wiped out on She ground and
five in combat: Four other enemy
planes were shot down at Ishigali
island nearby
Nirnitz' orlv reference to the
bitter southern Okinawa fighting
vas that Naval guns and CAREER
aircraft continued to supper
troops of the oath Army corps at
lacking the enemy's fortified line"
Field reports said me larks
were fighting to retake Kakazc
town after losing it to infiltrating
Japanese in battling so close and
fierce that sections of the front
line sometimes were scrambled.
The 9th Division was forced to
withdraw from Kakazu town by a
Japanese counterattack after a
heavy night infiltration.
Associated Press Correspondent
Jim Lindsey reported that Japa-
nese troops, striking from a cave
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