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Evening star., 1945-05-24
Army Increases
.W0nzen's SkIls,
Colonel Declares
By Catherine X. Hamblev.

by L GfHeffne n. HdmbIep.
How Army life has increased the
usefulness of its women in uniform
was discussed yesterday by 1t. Col
Westray B. Boyce, former WAC
staff director, North African theater
of operations, in an address at the
final program meeting of the Sorop-
timist Club at the Willard Hotel.
She asserted that while WACS
will come back with greater self
assurance and increased efficiency
they have not lost the feminine
touch or their individuality as those
opposing regimentation of women
once predicted. That feminism has
triumphed despite Army routine was
illustrated by the colonel, whose
fragile appearance would have been
an even better model for a crinoline
skirt than the summer khaki she
wore.
"WACS will return to civilian
status with broadened horizons and
mere able to meet problems of a
complicated postwar world" the
WAC colonel declared They have
acquired new skills and found other
aptitudes."
The speaker described the five
separation centers where WACS will
be demobiliZed after the war, pro-
Viding the women are in fine n}1v-
slcal condition. If they fail ply
steals" WACS must remain for
treatment. On arriving at centers,
the WAC's papers are quickly
checked, following which she is
given the physical" Then a coun-
selor points out civilian counter
parts to her military skills, en-
abling her to seek employment She
is given an overall picture of wage
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Free Lance Writers
To Elect Officers

The annual election of officers of
the Washington Society Of Free
Lance Writers will be held at the
final meeting at o'clock tonight at
1920 Twenty-second street NV. The
slate is being prepared by Charles
Grunwell, John Keller and Mrs
Margaret Pillow. Nominations may
be made from the floor Committee
reports also will be given.
Because so few manuscripts were
turned in for the one-act play con-
test, the membership has voted tc
extend the contest until the first
meeting in October.
Members are urged to bring all
Cancelled envelopes and rejection
slips to the meeting as a consolation
prize will be won by the member
showing the most slips.
Evening star., 1945-05-24

and labor conditions In the country
as well as benefits to which she Is
entitled, her priority for civil serv-
Ice rating, etc.
In retrospect, Col. Boyce declared
the outstanding feature of the 2e5
pioneer WACS stationed first in
North Africa and Of. WACS every
where has been their spirit, adding
that WACS now perform some 23s
types of work. They serve as radio
operators with ship crews, have
guided hospital ships to their desti.
nations. A WAC radio operator has
been serving in Bit bomber al
training field. Another, a former
coed at the University of Illinois
directs fleet of taxis in Paris.
Stressing the fact that WACS re.
alize the capitulation of Germany
does not conclude struggle bott
hard and bitter, Col. Boyce recalled
how the first WACS in New Guinea
were nicknamed guinea pigs" Late,
when they started island hopping
north to Manila, they were dubbed
"Leaping Lenas."
Among a host of distinguished
guests were: Comdr. Tova P. Wiley
assistant director, Womens Reserve
U. S. N; Col. Florence Blanchfield
superintendent of the Army Nurse
Corps since 1913; Capt. Dorothy C
Stratton, director, Womens Reserve
United States Coast Guard Reserve
Representative Rogers, Republican
of Massachusetts, and mother of the
bill creating the WAC; Capt. Sue
S. Dauser, superintendent, Navy
Nurse Corps; Col. Ruth Streeter
director, Marine Corps Women's Re.
serve, and Ellen Raedy, judge oi
Municipal Court.
Guests were introduced by Miss
Mary Judge. Mrs. Florence Meara
retiring president, presided.
Evening star., 1945-05-24

Miss Ethel T. Fuller OF this
city announces the marriage
OF her sister, Miss Marie
Eleanor Fuller, w. A. c., to
Sergt. Edward Thomas RAM
seq of Wilmington, Del. The
ceremony took place in St.
James Spanish Place Church
in London, 10here the bride is
on duty. The bride is a grad
uate OF Central High School
and formerly 10as employed
NTH the Social Security Board.
Sergt. Ramsey is Nth the
Parachute Infantry overseas.
Evening star., 1945-05-24
a Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. vesper
are making their home with Mrs
Vesper's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Harold Brannon, since returning
from the trip which followed their
marriage April 7 in st. Francis
xavier's Church. The Rev Ray
mond Moriarty officiated at the
ceremony
Mrs. Vesper is the former Miss
Betty Lois Brannon and Mr.. Vespel
is the son of Mrs. George Martir
and the late Mr.. Charles Vesper.
Evening star., 1945-05-24
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. ~ B-3


of Central High School frefn $50
to $50 pm Boys and girls be-
tween the ages Of 16 and 20 are
eligible. Addition application blanks
may be obtained from the principals
of the public schools in Washington,
nearby MARYLAND and Virginia.
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Mrs. Truman Guest of Honor
1t TW0 Fetes Yesterday
BY Betty MiHiken

Yesterday definitely madys
for gay spring costumes particularly the
now In vogue and gardens too
that hosteses
con ana tea parties in abundance
- -
MIS- Harry Truman began
afternoon with her attendance
Sehe Tor france at 1o street She arrived
was with cosage of paenk flowers which
Evening star., 1945-05-24
W0men's Auxiliary

The Women's Auxiliary of the
Izaak Walton League will meet at
$50 pm. tomorrow at the home of
Mrs. Fred Orsinger, 56o7 First street
NE.
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Geograbhers to Meet

Members of the Society of Woman
Geographers will meet for dinner at
$50 o'clock tonight in the Zoo Park
Restaurant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
ATTEMPT TO GET HITLER AT HOME
 CHALET E MADE
RAF Lanlasters Make Raid on Heavily Guarded
 Mountain Refuge

LONDON, Apri. 25.--Royal Ali Force Lancasters today bombed Hit ler's chalet at Berchtesgaden as g possible attempt on his life.
 Both the Chalet and heavily guarded installations and grounds in the mountain retreat were bomb ed.
 The barracks of the Storm Troop CTS of Hitler's Alpine refuge atop Kehlstein Mountain, five miles from the chalet were among the targets.
 Attacks were made between g and 10 o'clock by two separate forces of heavy Lancasters and 12.000 pound earthquake bombs and an assorted types of explosives were dropped
 Both U. s. Air Force and RAF Fighters escorted the Lancasters.
 The first announcement by the Air Ministry said two bombers were missing
 No official suggestion is made why the attack was carried out, but pre- sumably it was to catch Hitler at his fortress home.
 German broadcasts insist. Hitler is staying in Berlin as a martyr to a lost cause. but such reports are dis counted in Allied Headquarters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
C00TE MAY COME BACK TO ALASKA TO FINISH WORK House Appropriations Committee Passes on
 NorthIdnd Funds

WASHINGTON, April 25-Robert K. Coote, of the General Land Office, has done such a good job of locating agricultural opportuni- ties in Alaska, the House Appro- priations. Committee thinks he should spend another summer there, and turned down request from the Interior Department for $1,- O72 ,000 for a more formal and more extensive investigation of Alaskan resources.
 In their report the committee expressed the opinion the work done by Coote and his two assist ants, accomplished more toward location of lands feasible for agri- cultural purposes than would be possible under the original or pend- ing expensive program, and it is hoped the department will find it possible to permit MT. Coote to repeat his work of the past summer"
 The Appripriations Committee al- lowed the Indian Bureau $844,00 for medical relief in Alaska, an in- crease of $22.000. The committee commented that the increase would provide additional personnel at points of greatest urgency, in- creased disqualification for natives at private institutions, and the purchase of equipment.
 An increase of $57,000 for total of $593,000 was allowed the Alaska Fisheries, while Sl38,170 was al- lowed for the Game Law enforce ment, a decrease of $40,000 from the 1945 appropriations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
HOUSE 0k0F
 SENATE BAN
 LOCKED FOR
May Lining Up Body Be. hind Restriction on Con-
 bd flor 18-Yedr -0Ids

WASHINGTON, April 25-House members swung rapidly into line to- day behind a move to accept the Senate's restriction on the use of 18-year- old draftees.
 Chairman May, of the House Mill itary Affairs Committee, said his present inclination is to ask the House to concur to the Senate
 amendment to legislation extending the draft act beyond it's present ex- piration date, May 15. May cited
 the changed picture along the war fronts and said he probably would iSeek House action tomorrow. By 50 to 25 vote, the Senate yes- terday approved the amendment to the House passed legislation. The restriction would prohibit the as- signment of 18-year-olds to combat duty until they have had at least six months of military training. It would not apply to Navy assign
 ments to combat ships, for train- ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
BOMBS DROPPING
 NEAR FORTRESS
 BERCHTE E5GADEN
HitIer's Private Rail Line Hit-Sk0da Plant Is
 Attacked

LONDON, Apr. zJ--More than l050 British based American bomb- CTS bombed one of Hitler's private rail lines, only 10 miles from Berch- |tesgaden, and also attacked the mammoth Skoda works at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.
 In addition, the bombers hit three other rail targets in a 25- mile radius of Hitlers fortress headquarters.
 The attack on the Skoda plant came two hours after slave laborers were warned by an Allied broadcast over the Luxembourg radio to flee to safety in the country.
 Liberators attacked railway tar gets at Hallein, 10 miles northeast of Berchtesgaden; Salzburg, IS miles north; Trainstein. 20 miles northwest, and Bad Reichenhall, IS miles northwest of Berchtesgaden
 Stockholm's Tidningen, quoting what it said is an authoritative source, said the German Govern ment is now located at Salzburg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
Heavy-Thinkers af World Conferences
 Also Enjoy Playing
fSecond of tiDo articles on hoa0 an inteynationa c0nference 1CCrkSJ.
By Flora Lewis

WASHINGTON, April 25-Diplo- mats rooms at an international conference may not be so smoke filled or bottle filtered as politicians at a convention, but the diplomats do try to get in round of play like anyone else.
 There were couple of large elegant parties in Mexico City. At one, in the spacious, oper-air-mili- Itary casino, sumptuous cold sup per was laid out at long tables but guests stood at their places and ate. There were no chairs--a Mexican custom, it seems.
 Even though U. s. Secretary of State Stettinius has turned thumbs down on festivities at San Fran cisco, there are bound to be a few. Some diplomats delight in formal champagne receptions and feel of fended if this trapping is omitted.
 Others consider them a boresome necessity but reacted to Stettinius' edict by saying He meant official parties, of course"
 
 The unofficial parties usually consist of dinner at restaurant handy to conference headquarters and hotels or quick lunch after the morning meetings-but often more is accomplished there than in the regular sessions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
COL. R. 5. ALLEN
 WOUNDED; L05E
 PART, RIGHT ARM

WASHINGTON, April 25 - The War Department said wounds suf- fered by Col. Robert S. Allen, CO., author with Drew Pearson of the syndicated Washington Merry-Go- Round" column. has necessitated amputation of the lower part of his right arm.
 Allen was taken prisoner by the Nazis on April 2, but was freed three days later. He entered the Army in 1942.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
SUSPECT IN CHILD SHAVING E UNDER
 ARREST, SEATTLE
Francisco.

SEATTLE, April 25-Prosecutor Shorett filed first-degree murder charge against Joe Bill 29-year-old Alaska Indian. accusing him of the sex staying of five-year-old Irma Irene McGough, at the salvage center headquarters Sunday.
 The Indian has been hanger on at the St. Vincent DePaul Sal- wage Depot, where the child's bruised body was found hidden in a storage bin of old mattresses.
 Joe Bill is described as weighing 1855 pounds, is five feet, eight inches tall, and medium dark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
DIVORCE FILED

Rose Makinen has filed an action lin divorce here with the Clerk |of the U. s. District Court, against
 John Makinen. The plaintiff seeks Icustody of three minor children of |the couple, who are now in her |care. There is no property at issue. The complaint charges incom-
 patibility, cruelty and non-support.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
Alaska Judges 10 Get Retirement
 Privileges Now

IU years.
 WASHINGTON, April 25 = The Senate has passed and sent to the
 House a bill extending retirement
 privileges to Federal District Judges in all Alaska, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and the Canal Zone. by which a judge may retire on a certain portion of his regular pay, lat the age of 70 If he has served
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25

LONDON. April 25--Soviet troops have reached the Elbe River on q 20-mile front northwest of Dresden and all but completed encirclement iof Berlin. slicing the last escape Trail line west, the German high command says.
 Moscow announced Monday the Russians had reached the Elbe northwest of Dresden. | At last reports. the Americans stood on the Mulde River, east of Dresden, 20 miles from the Elbe
 The German communique said the Russians reached the Elbe be- tween Riesa, 25 miles northwest of Dresden, and Torgau, another point. g miles farther northwest
 Beat Down Barricadcs
 Half of Berlin is today held by Soviet troops. who are beating down German barricades of stone and iron. knocking back German tanks and fighting Nazis who have popped out of subways behind the Russian lines.
 Berlin is described as wreckage of stone jungles, scene of roar ing, bitter battle.
 The First White Russian Army has cut nine miles southward west of Berlin to Ketzin, IA miles due west of the Reich's Capital City. all but encircling Berlin.
 Isolation Is Near
 The German communique said complete isolation of the city is near.
 German defenders, both old and young, are fighting stubbornly in Berlin, once one of the worlds greatest cities, which is being re- duced to a heap of blasted masonry and ashes.
 The First White Russian Army. driving from the north, and tho First Ukrainian Army. advancing from the south. joined forces yes- terday in southeastern Berlin. cut ting off large forces of Germans to the southeast.
 Propaganda Minister Goebbels, in a statement broadcast over the Hamburg ,radio. told the Berlin defenders That help is near and appealed to the garrison to hold out as important forces to relieve the defenders of Berlin are being brought up,' he said. and added: No white flags will be shown in the capital, which is fighting for its life"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25

PARIS, April 25--The American Third Army reached the Danube and moved to within 82 miles of Berchtesgaden, while two other armies assaulting Hitler's final Alpine redoubt, crashed forward in a great manepver to encircle Munich, the greatest Of South German cities.
 The British Army in the north !stormed Bremen. while armies in the center are awaiting a junction with the Russians.
 The American Seventh and French First Armies are exploiting their Danube bridgeheads in drives on the Swiss and Austrian borders, with the encirclement of Munich shaping up steadily Associated Press Correspondent A. K. Gold berg reported from Gen. Deyers' Sixth Army Group Headquarters.
 The vaguely defined redoubt in the south has perhaps been invaded already by Devers' troops, which outflanked Lake Constance on it's western limits.
 Oberbalxheim Captured
 The Tenth Armored Division cap- tured Oberbalzhein1, 67 miles north west of Munich and 97 miles from the Brenner Pass into Italy, while other Seventh Army troops are but 46 miles from Munich.
 North of Munich, all three armies are rolling with unchecked power through the foothills of the Alps, through terrain 1000 or more feet high. Gen. Patton's Third Army reached Regen, 32 miles from Aus tria and 123 miles from the Rus sian lines in the St. Polten area west of Vienna. Both armies are in the Danube Valley, which is good tank country
 A junction of these forces would encircle all the unconquered Bo- hemian and Moravian portions of CzechosTovakia, which Bismarck said was the key to control of Europe
 Siege On Hamburg
 In the north, the British stormed Bremen, frightened their siege on Hamburg and bombed troop trains pulling into Denmark.
 The American Russian junction in the center of Germany is ex- pected today, if indeed it has not already occurred, as many corre- spondents at Supreme Headquarters believe.
 Tanks Capture Nazi Generals
 American Armies captured at least l2 German Generals yester- day, and a Supreme Headquarters statement said: '"The German Army has ceased to exist as an integrated fighting force.'
 Gen. Omar Bradley's Twelfth Army Group Headquarters said that in two significant instances, Ger man officers recently told their troops, from now on it is every man for himself"
 In the narrow corridor east of Leipzig, between the Russians and Bradley's troops, many Germans came voluntarily to surrender, 1,500 of them in one place alone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
Inferior Depf. Men
 May Purchase Public Lands and Homesiies

WASHINGTON, April 25 = The Senate has passed and sent to the House bill to permit Interior De- partment employees in Alaska to purchase public lands and home sites.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
IS
 NOW NEARLY
 EN(IR(LED
Defenders, Popping Up from Subwdys, Beat
 en Down by Reds

BULLETIN--LONDON, April 25-Stalin announced tonight complete encircIement of Berlin, and the Hamburg radio also admitted the Russians havc reached the heart of the city.
 Announcement of the en- circlement came in an Order of the Day directed to Mar shals Zhukov and Konev. and said the troops of the First White Russian and First Ukrainian Armies have linked up northwest of Potsdam. StaIin also said the juncturc has cut all roads leading out of the capital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25-With one chair for Poland dramatically empty, 46 victorious nations of World War 1T assembled for the first historic political conference to try to blueprint machinery foI preventing World War III.
 This day, for which millions oi people over the the earth have waited and worked through years of fighting, dawned bright, with expressions of hope for lasting peace, yet darkened by one cloud the Anglo American dispute with Russia over Poland.
 Barring some dramatic move by Premier Josef Stalin, the dispute or Polish representation at the Con- ference is as dead-locked today as ever, splitting the ranks of the Allied powers in the moment they are striving for unity.
 Close Coordination
 Otherwise, there is evidence of close Big Power cooperation, which members of the American group interpret to mean that Russia, de- termined to help the Conference succeed, is already making conces- sions for that purpose.
 The Conference city is abustle with activity. with the American delegation scheduled to hold pre- conference caucus with Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius; Rus sian members met with Foreign Conmissar Molotov, who arrived yesterday afternoon, and the British delegates are in conference with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden who arrived in San Francisco early today. for the Conference which opens at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon
 Highlights
 Highlights scheduled for the half-hour program to be broad cast around the world aare speech by President Harry s. Truman from Washington, after Stettinius raps the session to order and de- livers the initial address, introduc- ing President Truman. Following the Presidents speech, the program calls for addresses u Gov. Earl Warren of California, and Mayor Roger D. Lapham, of San Fran cisco.
 President Truman began work on his address last night after talking with Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull. whose hopes for the meeting in San Francisco are high
 First Break
 The first real break on amend ments to the Dumbarton Oaks Plan came yesterday when Secretary o1 State Stettinius told press con- ference Russia had joined the United States and Britain in ac- cepting the Chinese proposal tc write specific guarantees of justice legality into the proposed world organization charter.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
GODDARD HERE

E. M. Goddard, of Sitka, has arr rived in Juneau to attend the CAB meeting today. of which he is a member He is guest at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April 25 = Closing quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine stock today is T, American Can 98, Anaconda 34A. Bethlehem Steel 78B, Curtiss- Wright 5A, Interna- tional Harvester 86. Kennecott 39%, New York Central 26A. Northern Pacific 26, U.. s. Steel 67h. Pound S4.04.
 Dow. Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, l63.9l; rails, 56.56; utilities, 3015.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
JEFFERSON HERE

Glen Jefferson. affiliated with the Weather Bureau Office in An- chorage. has arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
THIRDARMY ON DANUBE,
 MOVING ON
En(ireIemeni of Munich Is Maneuyer-Armies Ron-
 ing 10 Alps Foothills

BULLETIN-PARIS, April 25 American Third Army tanks tonight clattered to within IS miles of the Austrian border, carrying them within 79 miles of Berchtesgaden and sealing off Czechoslovakia in great new trap.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
BATTLES RAGE IN
 5UBWAY5
Ndzis Using Berlin Under ground System 10 Ai-
 taek Russians in Rear

MOSCOW. April 25-A fantastic battle surged through the subways under Berlin's rubble-strewn streets today as Russian forces sought to crush fanatical Maxi troops using
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
PERRY STOPPING OVER

Richard R, Perry, of Wrangell. is stopping over in Juneau before
 going to Sitka, where he will take
 his Army physical, He is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
MRS. JUCHA HERE

Mrs. Frances Jucha, of Anchorage, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
WORLD WAR HI FEDS ALREADY PLANTED

ActaalIy the seeds have already been planted but the roots are not deep and they can be torn up. l The seeds have been planted by groups in England, the United States and Russia who already have begun playing the type of power politics which can only end in eventual war between the two strongest nations emerging from the present conflict-the U. S. A. iand the U. s. s. R.
 Already certain groups inside the State Department and the British Foreign Office have begun jockeying to build up Germany after the war as bulwark against Russia. AL ready U. s. Admirals have focused the attention of the entire world on the island bases we are taking from Japan, so that Russia is be-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-25
BIG SESSION OF NATIONS
 ASSEMBLED
Blueprint of Machinery for Preventing World War
 Three 10 Be Made

BULLETIN - SAN FRAN CISCO, April 25-The Big Four" chiefs gathered in last minute review of plans in hopes of making the United Nations Conference a worlds guaran- tee for peace. Stettinius, Eden, Molotov and Chinese Minister Soong. met early this afternoon in a hotel room.