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Evening star., 1945-12-29
Is Dead, I Hurt in Fire
After Philadelphia
ck-TroIIey Crash
py the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.--With
six persons known to have been
killed and seven others injured in
the flame-swept crash Of a trolley
car and oil truck in nearby Essing-
ton, Acting Coroner Charles Drewes
of Delaware County said today the
death toll may reach eight.
Although the coroner said none of
the dead had been identified, Mrs.
Howard Ray, Lester, Pa, one of the
injured, told officials that her s.
year-old daughter Peggy died in the
blazing wreckage.
II heard my child screaming,
Mrs. Ray said. 1T was too late for
anybody to save her."
The tragedy occurred last night.
The two vehicles, wedged together
by the collision, burst into flames as
gasoline from the smashed oil truck
showered the area.
Charred Bodies Removed.
Elmer McCausland, Delaware
Countys deputy coroner, said police
had removed four charred bodies
from the trolley wreckage and a
body, believed to be that of the
driver, was taken from the cab of
the Oil truck. He reported that bod
les of the victims had been dis
membered and it was difficult at
this time to establish the exact
death toll.
County officials said a second vic.
tim had been identified as Abraham
BenowitZ of Philadelphia, a 24-year-
old Navy discharge.
Coroner Drewes said only those
trolley passengers who were able
to rush to the rear entrance of the
vehicle escaped with their lives
Two bodies. both badly charged
were found hanging partly out of a
window near the fornt of the troll.
ley, indicating they were trying tc
escape when the fire trapped them
Police said there were three blasts
after the crash as the main gasoline
tank and two auxiliary tanks ex-
ploded The $500 gallons of fuel
oil in the tanker did not burn, they
said
The condition of the bodies was
such that it might take hours for
Identification. Police from Phila-
delphia and five nearby townships
were attempting to trace families of
those who might have been occu-
pants Of the car, he said.
Motorman Injured.
Among the injured was j. j.
O'Kane, 4 Philadelphia. identified
by offlcic of the Philadelphia
Transport on Co. as motorman of
the trolley
A spokesman for the Philadelphia
Transit Co. said the accident was
one of the worst the line had ever
had.
Norman Walls. chief of the near
by Tinicum township police, said the
bodies of the victims were so badly
burned it was impossible to tell
whether they were men, women or
children. The toll would have been
! higher, he said. but for the fact
IldL some passengers naC JUST
changed to another car.
Fire companies from Philadelphia
and surrounding townships respond
ed to calls put in by passing motor
lists who first arrived on the scene.
Police Chief Walls said the truck
was owned by the Leaman Trans
portation Co., Downingtown, Pa.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Nieewander, Jail Escapee
Held for Tennessee Jury

Paul A. Nicewander, 81, who led
q District Jail break November "a
and who was arrested by FBI
agents in Knoxville, Tenn, three
weeks later, was bound over yester-
day to a Knox County grand jury
under $4,000 bond, the Associated
Press reported. While in the Dis
trict Nicewander used the alias
James Robert Harding.
Nicewander waived a hearing in
Knoxville City Court on two charges
of highway robbery.
Chief of Police Joe Kimsey said
Nicewander, a resident of Beckley
w. Va. had been charged in con-
nection with two robberies of the
Knoxville Savings g. Loan Corp
The first took place last July and
the second this month after Nice
wander's escape from District Jail
with four other prisoners.
Nicewander was picked up Decem-
ber Is in Knoxville drugstore a
few hours after he had registered at
one of Knoxville's leading hotels.
Knoxville authorities indicated
after the convict's arrest they would
fight the Federal Governments in
tention to return him to the Dis
trict,
Evening star., 1945-12-29
US. Guards Brutality Trial:
Adjourned Despite Protest
By the Associated Press.

bs tAe asSOGldteQ FTeSS-
LONDON, Dec. 29-An American q;
court-martial trying guards onil
charges of brutality against soldier 70
prisoners at the Lichfield Replace =.
ment Depot adjourned today until
January 2 over the protest of Mai.
Herbert w. Bluhm, former inspect.
ing officer at the depot. =,
Il would like to get my testimony m
over" said Maj. Bluhm, who was'ti
brought back from Chicago to tes-'-
tify at the trial of Sergt. Judson H
Smith, Cumberland, KY, the first of g
IL guards brought before the court. ~
All this is too much of a strain ona
me-"
Maj. Bluhm has denied know
ledge of beatings, shootings and un- I
usual punishments described by a.
succession of soldier witnesses. He.
described himself as "the eyes andN
ears" of the depot commander. -
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Palestine Police Jail
38 as Participants in
Violence Fatal 10 10
BY the Associate Press.

! bs Inc hsSOCldteu FreSs.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 29.-Thirty-
eight persons suspected of par
ticipating in shootings and
bombings Thursday night which
resulted in 10 deaths in Jerusa-
lem and Tel Aviv were under
arrest today, the initial result of
police and military dragnet
which rounded up nearly 2,70O
persons for questioning.
The 38 were arrested in Ramth
Gan, a village near the Jewish
town of Tel Aviv where 682 persons
were questioned. The remainder
rounded up in Palestines biggest
manhunt were seized in Jerusalem
In addition 80 persons said there
is evidence that some of those
engaged in the outrages had taken
refuge" in Ramth Gan.
All in Hotel Arrested.
| The suspects seized in Jerusalem
were lodged in detention barracks
after being picked up throughout
the day yesterday. Every male urf-
der so, including the entire guest
list of the Eden Hotel, was arrested
in the Bezalel section of Jerusalem
The curfew was lifted in Tel Avis
today, but remained in effect in
Jerusalem Private telephones still
were not operating in large parts OF
the city because of security regula
tionS.
British Tommies in full battle
dress patrolled in Jerusalem ano
Tel Aviv..
Squads of workmen dug through
wreckage at the police headquarters
building in Jerusalem, where
desperadoes who carried guns anc
bomb-filled haversacks caused 6
series of heavy explosions.
Simultaneous attacks were made
on the district police headquarter:
at Tel Aviv and on the British mill
tary camp at Levant Fair, Tel Aviv
/ A British statement blamed Jews
for the attack at the military camp
and said the attackers wore "stee
liClIICto, ol itLSil UdlGlS ulCSS vi
khaki shirts"
British Soldier Shot.
The attack was launched by shoot.
ing an unarmed British soldier sir
cold blood" the statement said, ano
"the Jews then' lobbed a grenade
through the window of a room ir
which a number of men were asleep.
The attackers were finally re.
pulsed by a lance corporal, whit
single -handedly routed them with +,
tommy gun, inf1icting some casul.
ties, the statement said
A sizable amount of arms, ammu.
milton and explosives-including two
land mines and % antipersonne
bombs-were found and confis'
Gated in Palestine, police said.
Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, higf
commissioner for Palestine. con
ferred yesterday with David Ben
Gurion, chairman of the Jewish
agency's Executive Committee, ant
Moses Shertok, director of tn,
agency's political department.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Church Delays Wedding
Of Actress Jeanne Grain
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 29.-Movie
Actress Jeanne Grain, 20, and Paul
F. Brinkman, 27-year-old radio
manufacturer, planned to be mar
ried today in the Catholic Church,
but the ceremony had to be post
poned pending a dispensation by the
Catholic chancellory.
The wartime provision permitting
marriage banns to be published in
three succeeding masses on the
same day expired last Thursday,
church authorities said. Miss Grain
and Mr.. Brinkman had obtained
the marriage license. but from the
brides church they learned they
would have to wait for the three
week publications of banns.
If special dispensation is grant,
led the ceremony may be performed
in about 10 days.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Juno Site Selection
Narrows 10 I Areas
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 2s.-Selection of a
site for permanent headquarters of
the United Nations Organization
was narrowed still further today by
a spokesman for the Interim Com
mittee. who said it probably" would
be in the general areas of either
Boston or New York.
The spokesman, who asked that
his name be withheld, said last night
that the subcommittee to visit pro-
posed sites would leave for the
United States January 3 or 4 to
visit at least IS places and probably
more"
The Interim Committee had pre-
viouSly issued statement saying
the subcommittee had been in
structed to consider possible sites
within an area so to go miles around
Boston and within an area east of
the Hudson River in New York State
and Connecticut between 25 to 80
miles from New York City"
However, the spokesman said this
announcement did not rule out
other communities and specifically
said Princeton, N, j., was still under
consideration.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
VandaIs Attack Minister ,
Set Fire 10 Church Altar
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
DETROIT, Dec. 29.-Police today
sought vandals who slugged the as
sistant pastor and set fire to the
altar of Trinity Methodist Church
in suburban Highland Park shortly
after noon yesterday.
Detective Sergt. George Richard:
of Highland Park said the assail-
ants also damaged paintings, a eros,
and other church equipment. HI
estimated the loss at well ovel
$4,000" ~
DR.. Ross Weston, assistant pastor
told police he heard noises in1 tn,
main church shortly after he en-.
tered his office. AS he walked
through a doorway into the church
proper, he was slugged into uncon,
Sciousness.
When he regained consciousness
DR.. Weston saw the altar of tn,
side chapel was ablaze and he callee
firemen. The fire was set IL
Christmas decorations on the altar
police said.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Mother .C.Morine
Lost on Corregidor
Hears From Comrude

Mrs. Annie B. Castle, 1888.
Twenty-fourth street NV,
mother of a Marine captain
listed as missing in action on
Corregidor three and one-half
years ago, today had a letter
of consolation from an Army
sergeant who remembered to
write after long months in a
japanese prison camp.
Staff Sergt. Broda R. Ray
born of Filler, Idaho. told Mrs.
Castle he had fought beside
her son, Capt. Noel o. Castle.
He inclosed poem written by
a Pat Patterson of the 4th
Marines" lauding Capt. Castles
bravery-"the sentiment of the
men who served with him.
A native of Washington and
a graduate of Central High
School and the University of
Maryland, Capt. Castle was
listed as missing in action June
"a, 1912.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Nazi IndustriaIists
'Pampered'' by u. 5,
Ak6 Official Charge.
BY the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Dec. 29.-Russell A
Nixon, deputy director of the di-
vision of investigation of cartels
and external assets of the Amer
lean Military Government, as
serted today that military au-
thoritieS in the American. zone
were "pampering" German in.
dustrialiStS.
Mr.. Nixon, former instructor ir
the economics department at Har.
ward University and later CIC
Washington representative for thu
United Electrical Workers, declared
in an interview that German indus
tries were not being destroyed anS
that industrialists were not being
arrested as he believed they shoult
under directive of the Joint Chief
of Staff.
He also declared that pressure
forced his division to release from
Jail number of leaders of the I. G
Farbenindustrie. gigantic German
chemical trust, after they had beer
interrogated
Ten Still in Custody.
1t. Gen. Lucian D. Clay, deputy
military governor of Germany, said
Il found out about the release o1
these Farben leaders only the other
day. If any pressure was brought
for their release, it certainly did moi
come from this Office. We still have
10 in custody, however
Col. E. 8. Pillsbury, control officer
for Farben, informed Mr.. Nixon
that IF and when this Office OBJ
tains information which provides a
basis for substantive charges against
these officials or any of them, such
charges will be presented promptly
to the war crimes authority or tc
the counterintelligence department
according to the nature of the ac-
cusation."
UNLESS and until such informa
ton is obtained Col. Pillsbury said
this office will require the full -timt
services of these officials in thu
preparation of reports needed fo
the accomplishment of objective
of seizure of Farben property"
Among the Farben czars Mr. Nixo,
said his department was required t,
release were Carl Krauch. Chairman
of the Board of Directors and forme
director of the division controlling
all nitrogen products. synthetic fue
| plants, coal mines and later tn
responsible official under Hermann
Goering for the development ant
production of all of Germany,s sub
stitute materials; Paul eHaef1iger
general director of sales of metals
Paul Dencker, director of the ac.
counting division; j. H. Anderhub
president of the Kalle Co., who'll,
owned Farben subsidiary; Guenrhel
Frank Fable, chief of the centra
finance Office of Zefi. which was the
main intelligence unit for Farben
Karl Won Heider, general director O.
sales for dyestuffs in the Unitee
States, Canada and Britain; Prokur.
ist Bachem, director of the financia
secretariat: Kurt Kruger, legal ad.
wiser for the central finance Office
Herbert Stein, legal advisor for the
chemical and dyestuffs division.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Two Policemen Retire
On Service Disability

Police today clarified circum-
stances under which two of its MEM
bers are being separated from the
Iservice-Pvt. Milton B. Groves, SO,
of the fourth precinct, and Pvt.
Charles B. Macdonald, Al, of the
18th precinct. Both are being placed
on the retired list, rather than re-
signing, due to physical disability
incurred in the line of duty.
Pvt. Macdonald has been with the
force for more than Is years and
has spent practically all his service
in the same area of the city-that
covered by the present 1911 precinct
cat Ninth and U streets NV.
Pvt. Groves has been with the
police department since 1918 and
has also had more than a quarter
lof century service.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Robbers Beot Up Man
In Alley and SteuI $40

Norman B. Stansbury, A, Of 1905
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. was as
saulted and robbed of his billfold
containing between $40 and $50 early
today while walking in an alley be-
tween Seventh and Eighth streets
NE, near I street.
He told police four or five young
men had grabbed him from behind
struck his head and face, knocked
him to the ground, kicked him in
the face and then had stolen the
billfold. Mr.. Stansbury said the men
had tried to pull ring from his left
hand, but that it was too tight to
be removed.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Van Nook, British Leaders
Confer on Peace Plan

LONDON, Dec. % tP).-Acting
Governor General Hubertus j. van
Nook of the Netherlands Indies an
nounced yesterday that he had a
plan to bring peace to Java, and
declared L feel sure the Indonesians
will accept the offer"
DR.. van Nook, speaking after a
conference with British leaders,
would not give details, but said
full independence for IndoneSia now
would not solve the islands prob
lens.
The unrecognized Indonesian gov
ernment of Premier Sultan Sjahrir
had been insisting on complete in
dependence.
A British Foreign Office state
ment, issued after conferences by
DR.. van Nook and Dutch Premier
William Schermerhorn with Prime
Minister Clement Attlee, said the
British and Dutch governments had
agreed on "a policy of promoting an
understanding between leaders of
the National movement and the
Netherlands authorities"
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Slayer Of Schoolgirl
Hanged in West Virqiniu
3y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOUNDSVILLE, w. Va, Dec. 20
William Turner, bidding so long,
fellows" just as the trapwas sprung,
was hanged last night on the gal
lows at the West Virginia State Pen
itentiary for the Staying OF a young
Newburg high school girl.
The 29-year-old prisoner was put
to death for the fatal shooting OF
Darla Dean Pratt, Is, outside he1
parents tavern near Newburg last
July 81, after she had advised a girl
friend against keeping company with
him, Investigating of,icials said.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
.39 Vessels Arrivinq
AT East, West Coasts
With 10000 Veterans
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
About 10000 veterans from Euro
pean and Pacific war theaters were
arriving at East and West Coast
ports today aboard 80 troopships.
Ships and units arriving:
New York-Rockhill Victory, with
1,543 troops including Cannon Com
pany. Headquarters and Headquar-
terS Company, Sd Battalion, and
Companies G, H. I, K and L of the
1O4th Infantry Regiment; Antitank
Company and Cannon Company
328th Infantry Regiment
Andrew Moore, with 553 troops in
cluding Company L, 357th Infantry
Regiment; Service Company and
Antitank Company, 358th Infantry
Regiment.
Kokomo Victory, with l ,5l2 troops
including l28th Antiaircraft Artil-
lery Gun Battalion.
Sea Porpoise, with 1886 miscella-
neous troops.
Ambrose Burnside, with 619 troops
INCLUDING 990th Quartermaster Serv-
ice Company; 3s02d, 390sth, 443d
Quartermaster Truck Companies;
all Negro troops.
Charles Goodyear, with 573 troops
including the 18th Evacuation Hos
pital and the 859th Antiaircraft Ar
tillery Air Warning Battalion.
Miscellaneous troops on the fol.
lowing: George Pendleton, 3, ane
Jared 1ngersoll, 2.
Boston-No ships scheduled.
Newport News-U. S. A. T. Cristo-
bal, with 1895 troops, including
Headquarters and Headquarter:
Company, End Battalion, 101st In
fantry Regiment; Service Company
1Olst Infantry Regiment, and the
following units of the 104th Infantry
Regiment: Service Company, Anti.
tank Company, Medical Detach'
ment, Headquarters Company, Is
Battalion; Companies A. B, c, D ane
Headquarters Company, I'd Bat
talon, and Companies E, F and M.
Norway Victory. with 1884 troops
including 93d Quartermaster Reno.
yation Company, 228th Chemica
Base Depot Company, 18th Field Ar
tillery Observation Battalion, 68tf
Tank Battalion and "a miscellaneou:
troops.
Felix Grundy, with 542 troops, in
cluding 9th Tactical Air Command
SQUADRON and 724th Air Mat Squad.
ron.
Bardstown Victory, with 1,51f
troops, including the following unit:
of the 101st Infantry Regiment
Companies E, G and N, and Sd Bat
talon.
John Milledge, with 575 men, in
cluding the following units of the 2c
Battalion: 358th Infantry Regiment
Companies E, G and I.
Clarence Peck, with 38 men, in.
cluding members of Detachment c
Headquarters and Headquarter'
Battery, 33d Field Artillery Group
Bartholomew Gosnold, with q
miscellaneous troops.
w. K. Kamaka, no information
given on number of troops or units
aboard.
Portland, Oreg.-No ships sched.
uled.
Los Observation-Disclosures troops
on the following: Lander, 1919 men
from Guam; Grimes, with 2,091
from Saipan. Green Bay Victory
with IL, from Cristobal.
San observation-disclosures troops
on the following Destroyer escort
Petit, 76; LSV Montauk. with S976
LSMs 312, %, 81. 81, 181, 210. 216
226, 235, 24o, 247, 273, 291, 1913 and 80
with total Of 80 Navy and Marine
personnel,
San FranciAo-Misce ! a n eou:
troops on the following: Briareus
with 876 men; Pasquetank, with 10
Ocone, with S, all from Pearl Har.
Dor.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Army Reported Building
pGI Brides Comp
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 29.-The London
Daily Mail last night said the Army
has started building a "GI brides
camp" in Southwest England to
house thousands of American SOL
diers' wives and children while they
go through the formalities prelim-
mary to sailing for the United States
"The United States Army will pro-
vide food, medical attention and
even entertainment during the stay
there" the newspaper said, adding
that "the stay may not be longer
than two weeks"
The Army is expected to begin
shipping brides in January, with
thousands leaving in February and
March.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
British Launch Drive
To End Resistance
In Western Java
By the Associated Press.

NAN~S~'E-NS~
BATAVIA, Dec. 29.-British
troops took over telephone ex-
changes and police stations in
Buitenzorg and Batavia today
and launched a drive throughout
Western Java to wipe out resist
ance in native settlements.
,Sniper fire was met by troops who
occupied a power station at Buiten-
zorg. No resistance was encoun-
tered, however, by paratroopers who
marched into the telephone and
police buildings in Batavia
Aneta, Dutch news agency, said
the British also took over the electric
power station and water supply sys-
not placed under supervision was
the railways.
Police Force Disbanded.
The British reported minor oppo-
sition in the Semarang area during
a search Of native settlements for
weapons.
After occupying Batavian police
stations, the British diSbanded the
Indonesian police force and replaced
1t by composite force of British,
Indonesian and Dutch personnel.
The new policemen will wear khaki
uniforms with black armbands and
will carry pistols.
The former Indonesian police
men were disarmed and held in
temporary custody at their head
quarters.
Under new plans, British and In
dian military police will patrol Ba-
tavian districts of mixed national
tiles, while Indonesians will patrol
the native quarters and the Dutch
will be responsible for especially
assigned areas.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Greek OfficiuI Leaves.
To Seek British Loon
BY the Associated Press.

/. ATHENS, Dec 29.-Vice Premier
Emmanuel Tsouderos left for Lon
don to seek financial aid today as a
growing wave of strikes swept Greece
in protest against high living costs.
His departure was marked by a
24-hour token strike by telegraph
clerks. a work stoppage by bus driv-
ers in Athens and nearby Piraeus,
and by announcement of a general
strike Of bus and autocars fedora
ton employees to start tomorrow
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Two Ships in Collision
Near New York lowed In
By the Associated Press.

6y tne ASSOClaleu FreSS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2e.-The 12,437-
ton British merchant ship Waipawa
and the 4,600-ton American ship
George N. Seger, badly damaged in
a. collision a mile northeast Of Am
brose Light, were nosed safely into
harbor today, their emergency
pumps working full speed.
Both. ships are badly stove in
and water is running in fast, bnI
pumps are removing the water DIS
fast as it pours in," said a spokes-
man for the Dalzell Towing Co.
whose tugs brought the boats to
piers after the collision late last
night.
No casualties were. reported The
WaipaWa, operated by the Furness-
Witty Co., was coming to New York
from Clyde, Scotland. The Seger
operated by the R. A. Nicol Steam
ship Co, had just left New York for
Antwerp. The bow of each ship was
smashed. Neither vessel carried
troops, but "a civilian passengers
were aboard the Waipawa.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
$3.50 Donated in Drive
For ChiIdren's HOSPITAL

Contributions totaling $3.50 have
been received toward a drive for
slooo,0o0 to replace the 70-year-old
main building of Children's Hos
pltal, w street between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets NV, Charles D.
Drayton, president of the hospital
Board OF Directors. said today.
First announcement of the drive
was made in newspapers last Sun
day. The campaign will not open
officially, however, until March.
The hospital proposes to construct
a modern. flreproof building on the
site