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Evening star., 1945-02-16
Shoe Dealer BIames 0PA
For Error in Coupon Case

L. E. Massey, shoe dealer, of the
1400 block of F street NV, in an
swer to an OPA charge, stated today
that blame for an alleged violation
of rationing regulations lay with the
OPA itself.
In September, 1943, the answer
said, Mr. Massey submitted a writ
ten report to the OPA outlining his
procedure in remitting ration cou-
pons to shoe manufacturers. In the
spring of 1914, the answer said, the
OPA inspected his records and he
heard nothing further until last De-
cenber when he was advised that
his procedure was not in accordance
with regulations. He Immediately
discontinued the method. the an
swer said. Mr.. Massey is repre-
sented by Attorney Hyman M. Gold
stein,
Evening star., 1945-02-16
I'D. T.. Area Veterans
will Return Home on
GripshoIm Next Week

Two war veterans from the Wash
ington area will return to their fam
lilies next week after the Swedish
ship Gripsholm arrives in New York
with 463 officers and enlisted men
who were prisoners of war in Ger
many and have been exchanged in
Switzerland for Nazi troops.
Other repatriates aboard the Grip
sholm, the War Department an
nounced, are 665 civilians and 78
Canadian military personnel. The
American soldiers aboard all have
been sick or wounded.
Those from the Washington area
are:
Second 1t. Fremont H. Jewell,
Army Air Forces, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry H. Jewell, 204 East
Underwood street, Chevy Chase.
Staff Sergt. Jack l.. Ruehlman,
Army Air Forces, son of Mrs. Fran
ces A. Thornton, 1886 Ames street
NE.
1t. Jewell, 26, was captured after
his Bit was forced down over Ger
many on January 5, 1914. He was
the navigator of the plane. 1t.
Jewell lost his left leg below the
knee and was in a German hospital
six months before being transferred
to a prison camp. His family did
not know of his fate for many
months, but last April received a
letter from him postmarked in
Germany but giving no address.
1t. Jewell volunteered for the Air
Forces in April, 1943, and was called
up the following October. He re-
ceived his wings at Camp Marcos
Tex, and went abroad in November,
l943. He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Minnesota. His family
lived in st. Paul before coming here
three wears ago.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Phone Decision Hits
Living Expense Bonus

A War Labor Board panel which
investigated the Ohio Bell Tele-
phone strike recommended yester-
day that the company stop paying
the living expense bonus to outside
operators transferred to the Dayton
exchange
The public and labor members of
the three-man panel declared the
practice should be terminated not
later than May Is. They said its
continuance has caused unrest, dis
harmony, ineffciency and work
stoppages, all detrimental to the in
terest of the war effort, the public
and the organization" The indus
try members dissented in part.
1t was the bonus system, adopted
by the company to attract more
operators, that led to the six-day
strike at Dayton last November and
caused sympathy walkoutS here and
In other Ohio cities.
Previously, operators at the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.
here had threatened to strike if
bilelr demands 1Or wage increases,
to meet the bonus paid outsiders,
were not met by the company. The
firm agreed to eliminate it's outside
help, except in case of emergency
and then out-of-town operators
would receive cost-of-living bonuses
for not longer than four months.
A WLB panel which considered
the local case recommended that
the company raise wages from $40
TO $24 for beginners and from S33
to $50 for workers with eight years
service or more. 1t denied the re-
quest of the Washington Telephone
Traffic Union for Christmas bonuses
The case has been referred to the
national telephone panel for a final
recommendation which will be SUBJ
nitted to the WLB
Evening star., 1945-02-16
China Paper Says Japs
Face Terms Like Reich
By the Associated Press.

DS the AssOCldteQ freks.
The influential Chunking news
paper, Ia Kung Pao, said editorially
yesterday that Allied terms for ia
pan would parallel those outlined
by the Big Three at the Crimea Con-
ference for Germany, including sep
arate zones of occupation.
The newspapers article, sum-
married by the Chunking radio and
recorded by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission, said the time
and place of the world security con-
ference to be held in San Francisco
April Is indicated that "the jap
anese problem" would be taken UP
there.
The paper told japanese Pre-
mier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso specifi-
cally, Chungking radio said, that
the cost Of Japan's defeat viii be:
Unconditional surrender; separate
zones of occupation of Japan by Al
lied forces: disarming or disband-
ment of all Japanese armed forces:
elimination or control of all jap
anese industries; bringing all war
criminals to justice; reparations in
kind, and removal of all japanese
militarist influences from public of
fees and from the cultural and eco
nomic life of the Japanese people.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Nimifz's S Penned Account
OF Raid Beats Jap Radio

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. ls.-Ad-
m1ral Chester w. Nimitz announced
the mighty task force raid on Tokyo
so promptly he even beat Tokyo
radio.
The raid by carrier planes started
about tbs am. Friday. Tokyo time.
That was 2:15 pm. Thursday, Pa
ciflc war time.
At 4:50 p,m.-Just 2 hours and
80 minutes after the first planes hit
Tokyo-the Associated Press flashed
the admiral's announcement.
Tokyo radio acknowledged the at
tack five minutes later.
Admiral Nimitz was so interested
in the attack that he wrote out the
official communique himself, in long
hand, according to an NBC broad
cast by Robert Mccormick from
Guam.
But the historic communique Is
missing. Whether it is the proper
ty of some souvenir hunter, or was
mistakenly tossed into the waste
basket, no one knows.
Evening star., 1945-02-16

In the Tinian attack 1t. Granier's
platoon was washed up on coral
reef under murderous cross-fre
from Japanese machine guns.
Il tried to stop 1t. Granier," :"
Sergt. Wakefield said, but he
plunged into the water and headed
for the the seawall. 1t was suicide
to go in there, and kept yelling for
him to come back"
But the platoon leader, who had
ordered his men to get down in the
water, kept on through the bullet
splattered sea and forced the Japa-
nese to give away their position,
although it cost him his life. Sergt.
Wakefield then reached a break in
the coral wall and his fire drew the
attention of the enemy from the
marines trapped ON the reef. Then
a marine patrol came down the
beach and wiped out the enemy
positions.
Afterward one of the men who had
been clinging to the reef told Sergt.
Wakefield: IF you ever get to nv
home town. maybe I can make UP
partially for what you did for u.s.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Man Killed, Three Hurt
As Fire Razes She'll Plant
By the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA.

Bs the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Feb. is.
An oil-fed fire which ragged
through most of last night DESTROYED
Columbian Iron Works No. 2 plant.
caused the death of one man and
injuries to three others. The victim
was identified by his charred plant
badge as Aaron H. Moon, a watch
man.
Two workers suffered minor in
juries when they leaped from sec
ond-story windows to escape the
blaze and a fireman was overcome
by smoke.
There was no immediate estimate
of loss.
Assistant Fire Chief Dewey Weaver
quoted an employe as saying the
fire started in waste oil beneath a
leaking pipe. Large quantities of
stored oil added to the intensity of
the fire.
The plant. engaged in making ar
tillery shells, was operating around
the clock. The two-story block long
building was afame its entire length.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Bipartisan Demand
To Retain U. 5. Bases
lis Issued in Senate
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
; A bipartisan senatorial group
challenged the State Department
today to evolve a national policy
for advancing foreign trade and
protecting overseas investments
in air bases and radio stations.
Asserting that this country has
stood too long 'in the shadow of
the British" Senator Chandler,
Democrat, of Kentucky Endorsed the
suggestion of Senator Ferguson, Re
publican, Of Michigan that Its up
to the State Department to take
over"
Agreeing with their view, Senator
Brewster, Republican. of Maine told
reporters the State Department
should come to Congress for any
statutory authority it needs"
The interviews came on the heels
of War Investigating Committee
report by Senators Tunnel, Demo-
crat, of Delaware, and Burton, Re
publican, of Ohio. They reported
the United States virtually has no
postwar rights in radio stations and
air bases it has constructed all over
the globe.
Your committee believes that
never again will the United States
have an opportunity to share in
world trade such as is offered to us
by circumstances prevailing in the
Mediterranean and Middle Eastern
areas" said the Senators, just back
from hearings in those regions.
They pointed out that the United
States has airports and radio sta
tions in which it has no real titles,
and added:
Our commerce may be limited BY
lack of commercial treaties, by an
entire absence of the right to trade
with many of the nations of the
world.
Our airiines do not now have any
commercial rights in most of the
Mediterranean area"
Senator Chandler said 1t is up to
the State Department to lead the
way to resumption of commercial
efforts and proper negotiations for
continuation of the use of Ameri-
can-financed facilities in the area.
I'VE ought to quit winning back
possessions for other nations, then
moving out and going home" he
continued. "All we've done is take
over. abandon and retreat. The
British are always on hand to take
over possession and control"
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Maverick Tells Congressman
They Need SIS, 900 Salaries

Mr.. Maverick, now head Of the
Smaller War Plants Corp, said q
scientific study demonstrates that
the average member Of Congress will
go into the red financially unless he
gets minimum of $4,000 per an
mum. That Is just 5000 more than
the law now allows and 81 900 more
than is suggested In a bill he is
backing.
Ninety per cent Of you are poor
men and getting poorer. fast" he
added.
Mr.. Maverick emphasized that his
estimates did not allow for striped
britches and dress suits or any fancy
clothes" or for sumptuous eating
for the average congressional family
OF four persons.
But, he concluded, "as any work
man is worthy Of his hire, 50 is q
| Congressman"
Evening star., 1945-02-16
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Picturing members Of Congress as
a generally misunderstood group Of
men getting poorer by the year,
Maury Maverick told the lawmakers
today they ought to do something
about it.
Here's what they ought to do,
said the brusque Texan, who for
merly served in the House himself: !:
Hike their salaries to at least
$4,000 year.
Provide themselves with q pension
program to weather the economic
winds OF old age.
Even then, Mr.. Maverick told q
House Judiciary Subcommittee
studying pay-raise legislation, they
won't get rich or live any too well,
Washington living costs being what
they are.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Hometown Papers
To Get Casualty Lists
With Much Less Delay
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The War Department hopes soon
to supply names of casualties to
hometown newspapers within few
days after relatives receive word
that soldier has been killed
wounded, taken prisoner or is
missing
For some time, 1t has been eight
to nine weeks or even longer after
notification of next of kin before
the casualty lists arrived in the
news rooms.
This time lag created lot of con-
fusion. Relatives sometimes got the
idea that a soldier was being re-
ported as casualty second time
Newspaper editors were irked by
the delay.
Disadvantage Recognized.
The War Department recognized
the disadvantages of the system but
increasingly long casualty lists and
heavy turnover of clerical help
stymied attempts to speed it up.
Then a new plan was hit upon.
This eliminated the tipping of long
lists Of names, preparation of STEM
ellis, the time consuming task of
checking the stencils and the re-
production of the stencils.
The new method employs photo
graphic process of reproducing lists
directly from carbon copies of tele-
grams sent to relatives of soldiers
reported as casualties.
Col. Marshall E. Newton, chief of
the press branch in the War De-
partment's Bureau of Public Rela-
tionS, said today the new system
already had cut the time lag to 2lls
weeks and the backlog of names has
been rapidly whitfield down.
Further Cut Expected.
Within short time, Col. Newton
said, the War Department expects
to deliver the lists to newspapers a
week after relatives get word of a
casualty from the sdjutant generals
Office.
A casualty report passes through
q lot Of hands to reach the editors
desk and, at best, it always will take
considerable time. The trail starts
IN the field where the reports are
gathered from the various units.
Machine record cards. punched
with the necessary information, are
hurried to this country by courier.
The cards then are processed in ma
chimes at the Adjutant Generals
Office and the information they con-
tain is transposed to an individual
record card. From this the tele-
grams to relatives are made up.
Carbon copies of the kilograms
go to the casualty branch in the
Bureau of Public Relations. They
arrive in patches and must be sorted
by clerks. They are first grouped
according to theaters-Pacific, Euro
pean, etc.-then broken down fur
ther into groups of those reported
killed, wounded, etc Classification
by States under the various theater
headings comes next Then they
are set up alphabetically under each
State.
A check is made to insure that the
relationship of the next of kin and
the rank of the soldiers is on the
carbon copy. If not. they are added.
Then the new system swings into
high gear.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Instructions Given
For Mail to Luzon

By the Associated Press.
The War Department has issued
instructions for addressing mail to
military personnel and civilians
freed from Japanese prison camps
on Luzon.
Mail should be addressed in this
fashion: Name of person (use serial
number for military personneD
American Red Cross, Civilian War
Affairs Section, APO 442 care post
master, San Francisco, Calf.
Mail will be limited to letters
and postcards.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Moffat Reaches Australia
Week Behind Schedule
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LAPSTONE, Australia, Feb. 16.-
Concern over the whereabouts of
Abbot Low Moffat, leader Of the
American delegation to the UNRRA
conference in Sydney, was relieved
today with his arrival here, safe and
sound, but a week behind schedule.
Nothing had been heard from Mr.
Moffat since Washington announced
his departure by plane en- route to
the conference.
He arrived wearing green mill
tary jungle suit, minus his baggage
and his spectacles. Details of his
journey were not Immediately dis
closed. ...
Mr.. Moffat, who lives in New York
City, served for is years in the New
York State Legislature before re-
signing last year to become an ad-
wiser to the State Department in
liberated areas.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
B. B. WiItrout, District
Man, Died in Crash
In San Francisco Bay

B. B. Wiltrout, 27, of 1900 Var
mum street NE, Navy chief FIRE
controlman, was one of the "a pas
sengers and crewmen who lost their
lives when Navy transport plane
plunged into San Francisco Bay
last Tuesday, the list of victims
reveals.
Mr.. Wiltrout, who had been in
the Navy seven years and was a
veteran of many Pacific battles,
lived here with his wife, Mrs. Lii
liam Wiltrout, at the home of his
sister. Mrs. C. 8. Faller. He was
attending Navy specialist school
here. When the plane crashed he
was returning to Washington from
Grant, Greg, where he had at
tended his fathers funeral.
He is survived by his mother and
two other sisters, who live in Oregon
Others aboard the plane when it
crashed, according to the Navy,
were:
1t. Campbell G. D. Duff, Olathe,
Kans., pilot; Ensign Eugene Mef-
ford, Overland Park, Kans., CO.
pilot; c. E. Nordstrom, seaman tfirst
pilot; c. E. Nordstrom, seaman first
class, Kansas City, fight orderly
Sergt. J. P. Billingsley, San Antonio.
Tex; Pvt. @. E. Feray, Beaumont.
Tex; Corpl. D. T. Poundston,
Berkeley, Calf; R. J. Boylan, fire
controlman second class, Modesto,
Calf: Gus Bernardo, radioman
third class. San Francisco; E. D.
Williams, yeoman first class,
Dallas, Tex: M. r. Barry, machin-
lists mate third class, Buffalo,
N. Y; H. X. Chew, printer first
class. Shelby, Ohio.
Also H. De Moss, signalman. third
class, MooresviIle, Ind.;' 1t. W. c.
Florence, U. S. N, Lakewood, Ohio: (:
H. r.. Greenwald, yeoman, first class,
Montpelier. VT: 1t. D. c. Goodlett,
U. S. NJ. Arlington Heights, ILL.,; T.
E. ODell, machinist's mate, third
class, Charleston, w. Va; 1t. Comdr
E. w. Richardson, Greenville, Pa;
A. j. Sampona, motor machinist' s
mate, second class, Ossining, NJ Y;
Ensign H. E. Schultz, Dowagiac,
Mich; w. w. Skies, aviation chief
machinist's mate, New London, N
c.; E. c. Smith, machinist's mate,
second class, Jacksonville, Fla: En-
sign D. B. Steenburgs, Aurora. Nebr.
and j. P. Unthank, pharmacist &
mate, third class, Long Island, N. Y.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
HunseII Takes Command
Of Flying Training Wing
,y the Associated Prsss

BY lne ASsoclHteu FresS.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. Mex. Feb
16.-Brig. Gen. Haywood S. Hanseu
former commander of the 21st Bonn
bardment Group based on Saipan
yesterday assumed command of the
38th Flying Training Wing Of the
Army Air Forces Western Training
Command with headquarters here,
Kirkland Field announced.
Gen. Hansen succeeds Col. Joseph
Bailey, who has been relieved for
other duties. Gen. Hansen recently
returned from combat in the Gen.
tral Pacific, where he directed nu-
merous bombing attacks on Japan.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
American Prisoners
Make Trips 10 New
Nazi Camps on Foot
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Great numbers of American and
Allied prisoners of war, whom the
Germans are transferring out of
the path of Russian Armies are
making the trip on foot.
Reporting this last night, the
American Red Cross added that
the Geneva Convention permits
prisoners to make maximum daily
marches Of up to 1915 miles unless
longer ones are necessary to reach
food and shelter.
Chairman Basil O'Connor said he
had received a cable from Geneva,
designating FIVE military districts
from which prisoners are being
transferred.
AS Of January. Red Cross maps
show approximately % 900 Americans
were held in camps in those districts.
Six major American Stalags
II B. III B, III C; Stalag Lufts III
and w, and Oflag "a. were known to
be in those areas. along with many
other prisoner of war camps con-
tanning few Americans, and hospitals
for prisoners
Mr.. OConnor said Stalags VIII B
and 344, further east. were previous
ly reported moved. Those camps
had contained So Americans as of
last November.
Until new addresses are received
families are advised by the War
Department to address mail to pre-
viously reported addresses
These movements of prisoners of
war away from active military zones
in accordance with the Geneva
Convention, are estimated to affect
about rs per cent of the American
prisoners of war officially listed as
held by Germany at the beginning of
the year." Mr.. O'Connor asserted in
a statement.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
z Bystanders, 7 Passengers
Hurt in Pennsy Wreck
B, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
ELWOOD. Ind, Feb. 16.-Two by
standersA and two passengers were,
injured yesterday when three cars
of the Pennsylvania Railroads
seven-car Daylight Express were
derailed near the Elwood station.
The bystanders were Mr.. and Mrs.
Byron Gill of Elwood, who were
struck by splinters from railroad
ties. Mrs. Mabel Reed, rs, Whit
tier, Calf, and E. E. Walter,
Chicago, were admitted to Mercy
Hospital.
The train was Cincinnati-bound
from Chicago.
The derailment occurred at a
switch as the train was slowing
down for stop at the station.
Evening star., 1945-02-16

The former 1t. Kennedy
Ambassador to the Court of st.
James and Mrs. Kennedy now are
in New York.
The citation accompanying the
award reads in part, the announce
ment said:
For extreme heroism and cour-
age in aerial flight as pilot of a
United States Liberator bomber on
August IL, 1914.
well knowing the extreme danger
involved and totally unconcerned
for his own safety, 1t. Kennedy
unhesitatingly volunteered to con-
duct an exceptionally hazardous
and special operational mission.
"* He willingly risked his life
In the supreme measure of service,
and by his great personal valor land
fortitude in carrying out a perilous
undertaking, sustained and en-
hanced the finest traditions of the
United States naval service
1t. Kennedy was the eldest child
OF the former Ambassador.
Another son, 1t. John F. Kennedy,
won a similar award for heroism as
the commander of PIT boat in the
Pacific.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
King Receives R. J. THONGS

LONDON, Feb. Is R).-R. j.
Thomas, president of the CIO United
Automobile Workers, was among six
labor leaders at the World Trades
Union Congress who were received
today by the King and Queen.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
District Blood Donations
Appointments
Yesterday

yesterday -- 512 persons
Appointments broken
yesterday - 95 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the Acacia Building, 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV, by calling
District 5000 between 9 am. and
$50 pm. weekdays, and 9 am.
to noon Saturdays.
A broken appointment sac
rifceS time on the part OF
doctors and nurses that cdn-
not be replaced. 1t may sac
rifce the life OF a man on a
battlefield.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
81 D. {. Men Report
To Armed Forces Today

The following 81 Washington men
have been ordered to report for in
duction into the armed forces today,
Selective Service headquarters an
Evening star., 1945-02-16
VFW Names Morgan
Press Officer Here

Ben NJ. Morgan. "a, of 1860 Lanier
place NV. has been appointed
Washington press relations officer
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
it was announced yesterday by Jean
A. Brunner, national commander in
chief of the organization.
Mr.. Morgan, who has been with
the VFW here for some time, is q
former newspaperman and public
relations representative for organ
izations In the Capital. He Is a vet
eran of this war, having served
with the 9th Air Force in England.
Evening star., 1945-02-16

School for Boys, his mother said. He
enlisted in the Army Reserve Corps
during his sophomore years at The
Citadel. He went overseas last Au-
gust.
Sergt Smith holds the Combat In
fantry Badge. His father fought in
the World War with the famous
Rainbow Division.
Pfc. Raymond Weiss was wounded
January 5 while serving with the
infantry in Luxembourg, the War
Department has notified his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Weiss of 813
Sixth street NV. He is now in a
hospital in England recuperating
from shrapnel wounds in his leg.
Pvt. Weiss was inducted into the
Army in June, 1943, and was sent
overseas last spring. He was gradu-
ated from Mckinley High School and
was employed at Union Station as a
ticket agent. He wrote to his parents
that he was sending home his Purple
Heart. &.
Pfc. James E. Parker, %, whose
wife, Mrs. Dorothy l.. Parker, lives
at 6122 Bass street, Capitol Heights,
Md, was slightly wounded in ac-
tion in France on January 10, the
War Department has informed his
wife. The telegram said he is now
in hospital.
Pvt. Parker Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Parker of Upper Marl-
boro. He was born there and at
tended the Upper Marlboro schools.
He entered the Army in March,
1914, and was sent overseas in
September.
Evening star., 1945-02-16

III LulOpc hu-
gust II, was an
n o u n e d last
night by a FAM
lily secretary.
The medal, the
Navy's highest
honor next only
to the Congress
sional Medal of
Honor, will be
presented to his
m o t her some
time next month
in a B os t on
Navy Yard cere-
mony.
The forpo or
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Ii. Kennedy, Killed
In Action, Gets Medal
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Feb. 15.-Posthumous
award of the Navy Cross to Lit.
Joseph P. Kennedy, jr., who died
on a daring voluntary air mission