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Evening star., 1945-04-11
Jap Forces Retreating
In Northwest Honan
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, April ll.-Chinese
forces were reported today in hot
pursuit of japanese troops retreat
ing eastward from Changsuichen,
Northwestern Honan Province town
10 miles from the Shensi border
whose capture was announced last
night by the Chinese high command.
In Southwestern Honan, where
another japanese threat to Shensi
Province had been developing, the
Chinese reported their troops ad-
vancing eastward from SichWan. 81
miles from the Shensi border, against
stiffening enemy resistance
Evening star., 1945-04-11
Rites for Col. Leonard Held
In Colorado SPRINGS

Funeral services for 1t. Col. Henry
Leonard, So, OF 303S N street NV.
who died Sunday at Elkhorn Ranch
in Ell Paso County, Colo, were tc
be held today at Grace Episcopal
Church, Colorado Springs, Colo Ar
rangements for burial have not beer
completed.
Col Leonard, who had practiced
law here for many years, was Re-
publican national committeeman
Evening star., 1945-04-11
D. {. Port Security Force
Given Shield Of Honor

Services Of 400 District business
and professional men as members o1
the Washington Volunteer Port Sc
surity Force were praised yesterday
when 1t. Edmund j. Flynn, head
of the local group. received on the
units behalf the Security Shield OF
Honor from Capt. A. C. Marts. CHIEF
of the Coast Guard Volunteer Port
Evening star., 1945-04-11

which has the least information tt
tell the branch with the most in
formation what it should do"
The resolution, if adopted, merely
would be congressional expression
and would not be binding upon the
Government to recognize Italy as an
ally. Congress has no such power
and Mr.. Mundt declared the resolu-
ton is so far-reaching I don't think
1t should be taken up in such hap
hazard toWn-meetinR manner"
Evening star., 1945-04-11

from Colorado and a we1l-known
horseman. He had been q director
of the National Metropolitan Bank
of Washington since 1921 and a
member of the trust departments
Investment Committee.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Ellen
Evening star., 1945-04-11

Warder Leonard, he is survived by
two ,stepdaughters, Mrs. Even Mac
Veagh, New York. and Mrs. Francis
MacVeagh, Cambridge, Mass; .
stepson. Benjamin Thoron, WASH
ington. and a sister, Mrs. Joseph P.
B. Barber, Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1945-04-11
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Some cloud
iness with temperatures in the 70s
this afternoon. Fair with lowest
temperature in the middle SOS to-
night. Cloudy again tomorrow
morning, clearing in the afternoon
and continued warm.
Maryland and Virginia - Fair,
continued warm in the interior;
cloudy and cool near the coast to-
night and tomorrow.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry. Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls.
Evening star., 1945-04-11
OPERATIONS DURING 1914

. In 1914, as in 1943. the operations of tho
C & o were linked closely with the prosecu-
ton Of the war.
All demands of the government for trans
portation were met-where, when and under
the conditions requested, including the move
ment of large numbers Of troops, prisoners
of war, great quantities of military materiel,
ammunition and supplies, and hospitalized
veterans returning from the fronts.
The greatest volume contribution Of the
CO to the conduct of the war was its prin-.
cipal peacetime function - the moving OF
coal from mine to destination.
In 1914, every mine on the & 0 lines
was able to ship its product the day it was
brought above ground. No mineworker lost
a single days work for lack of c & o car
to take his output.
Evening star., 1945-04-11

BOMBED JAP BATTLESHIP-
1t. q. g. William E. Delaney,
naval flyer from Detroit, res
cued from the sea south of
Kyushu, told how his carrier
plane dropped four bombs on
the Jap battleship Yamato,
which was destroyed during
the naval-air battle Saturday.
1t. Delaney said the explosion
resulting from the bombs he
dropped set his plane aflre
and he parachuted into the
water, where he remained
four hours until he was picked
up by a Navy patrol bomber.
-AP WirephOtO.
Evening star., 1945-04-11
REVENUE AND PROFIT

Most of the railroads, in 1914 had year
Of greater traffic volume, larger operating
revenues-and lower profits. C & o operat-
ing revenues were up 3.s5 per cent over 1943
At the same time, operating expenses in
creased 1897 per cent, chiefly because Of
added costs of handling the increased volume
of traffic, higher cost of labor and materials,
Evening star., 1945-04-11

Do you know that you can have
that house or farm in 10 years, and
at IS cents on the dollar, by buying
War Bonds now?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-29

DEBT-\cu England paper
a'2 suii publishing stories ahou.
North Carolina deaauiting On
bonds. Latest TO come to attca-
ton OF state officials is a story
III a New Hampshire paper about
that state owning S30.0O0 ct re
construction periods bonds but
has Ions since given up hope
OF collecting on them. The
bonds Wcrc originally bought by
4 New Hampshire citizen who
Later gave them to the state t,
establish the state university.
they WERE 4 part of bond i~-
>Ut, authorized by reconstruct
tion legislatures and long since
rrpudiated by North Carolina
i course that Was sustained by
federal courts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-29

CLO>ED-Ihe utilize, COM
mission has ordered the bus sta
lIon at haNton closed until il ca2
De put IN more sanitary and adc-
Guate condition for the care Ct
passengers. This is one of haif ,
d0zen or - stations actually
closed during the renovation
camral@n which began ,oan li.rf
VI day. \ ruriber OF other Sta
TORS which mad been "a tie
edge Cf tolerance prosited hy fine
example Of closed places and
Taie necessary announcements
Without force shutdown.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Former Federal EmploYe
Wins Top Art Prizes

Three first prizes of $50 War
Bonds were presented yesterday to
a former employe of the Public
Buildings Administration here and
to a former Rockville commercial
artist at a preview of the Sd Service
Command art show in Baltimore.
T/Sergt. Edward A. Chavez, sta
toned at Newport News, Va, who
had been a muralist in civilian life
under the Section of Fine Arts, Pub
lie Buildings Administration, took
first place in both the oil paintings
and mural design competitions.
Sergt. Chavez, whose address is
listed as Hollywood, Calf, said his
oil painting, "Troopship Passenger"
was made while he was aboard a
troopship.
T/5 Waldo L. Bogart, stationed
at woodrow Wilson General Hos
pital, Staunton, Va, commercial
artist in civilian life, won first prize
in the sketch contest for his draw
ing. "Our Convoy Comes in a Little
Town Below Orbatello."
Corpl. Bogart did a series of
sketches on the italian front, re-
flecting his personal experience as
soldier as well as a pictorial re-
port OF people affected by war.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Home Accidents
Cause ! Death,
94 Injuries

A 9-year-old child whose clothes
caught fire when she stood too near
a stove died of burns April 20, bring
ing the total District home accident
deaths to II this year, the District
Red Cross Accident Prevention Serv-
ice announced yesterday.
A total of 81 injuries were treated
at local hospitals last week-29 falls,
Is burns, 4 accidental poisonings, /
revived gas case, 2 foreign bodies in
the eye and throat, 80 cuts, l con-
fusion and II cases involving mis-
cellaneous injuries.
The falls included those of a
mother and child, who fell down
steps, and a 3-year-old child who
fell into a bucket of hot water, re-
ceiving serious burns. One child
pulled light cord and the reflector
fell and cut the child's face. An
other child swallowed roach powder.
One man slipped on spilled milk
while feeding his cat and sat in the
saucer. He received lacerations.
Another man, moving his icebox,
was injured when it fell on his leg.
A 12-year-old boy was burned while
using a chemistry set and a woman
burned her eyelashes lighting gas.
Other cases included a dog bite, a
finger injured while sewing and a
flshbone lodged in the throat of
an adult.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
z Boys, Man Injured
In Auto Accidents

Two small boys were hurt by au-
tomobiles yesterday when they ran
into the street and man was in
jured when his car collided with
another automobile and bus, police
reported. ....
Larry Lawrenson, 3, of 3302 Sew
enth street NE, was admitted to
Sibley Hospital with injuries to the
left leg and conclusion after he
ran between parked cars into the
street in the 3700 block of Tenth
street NE, and was hit by a car
which police said was driven by
Mrs. Mamye E. Bolt, 81, of 4118
Tenth street NE.
Frederick Robinson, 8, colored,
$50 Division avenue NE, was ad-
mitted to Gallinger Hospital with
a fractured ankle and conclusion
after he was hit by an automobile
police said was driven by Cleveland
Rosemond of Ills Fifty-third ave-
nue., Deanwood, Md. The accident
occurred in the 5000 block of Sher-
if road N. E.
James L. Coakley, "a, of 1920
Kearney street NE. was treated
at Casualty Hospital for lacera-
tions of the forehead and face, after
the truck he was driving was in a
series of collisions. Driving east
on Michigan avenue NE, he COL
lided with car in front of him
also going east and which police
said was driven by James F. Hol-
lingsworth, SO, of 310l Chanine
street NE. Police said his car ther
hit a Capital Transit bus, going
west, driven by Frederick o. Rudy
%, Of 1923 Fort Davis street Sc.
and struck tree on the north curb
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Barney House 10 Hold
MAY Festival This Week

The Barney Neighborhood House
will hold its 43d annual May festival
Friday and Saturday, including its
traditional May Day procession
Saturday afternoon in front of the
house at 470 N street NV.
The program will open at 4::30 pm.
Friday with a Maypole dance and
exhibits of handicrafts by the
nursery school children, Miss Mar
>garet Bell Merrill, head resident,
said. Boys and girls of all ages will
participate in a presentation Of
"The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' at
pm. on both Friday and Saturday.
The Marine Band will open the
Saturday celebration with a concert
at 4:30 pm. A May queen has been
selected, Miss Merrill said, but her
identity will be secret until just be-
fore she is crowned at the start of
the procession at pm. Folk and
Maypole dances will conclude the
procession.
The Women's Club of the house
will serve supper, admission. ST.,
from to 7 pm. Shawls, knitting
bags, bookends and other handi-
crafts, along with candy and cakes
baked by mothers OF the participants
will be sold. Admission on each day
Is 30 cents.
The first May festival was held
the year the house was founded.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Hearing on Liquor
Import Ban Expected
To Develop Fight

The Commissioners have set a
hearing for 10 am. Thursday. May
"a, in the boardroom of the Dis
trict Building, on the recommended
ton of the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board to remove from present
regulations a section which allows
retailers to import liquor. A Wig
orous debate is expected.
Commissioner Guy Mason said the
boards recommendation had his
approval and that the problem was
being considered by the other Com
missioners. Mr.. Mason said the
matter should be aired at a hear
ing
The ABC Board recently met with
wholesalers. who are supporting the
change 1t has been contended
that retailers have brought inferior
brands of liquor into the District.
AS soon as the recommendation of
the board became known, however,
attorneys for retailers requested a
public hearing.
Imports Reach 1O1 900 Gallons.
According to figures of the ABC
Board, sale of tax stamps shows that
wholesalers brought in 254,000 gall
Ions of spirits during March and
retailers 10000 gallons. In Feb
ruary, however, the proportion
brought for retailers was less, with
wholesalers obtaining 265 900 gal
Ions and retailers 63,O00 In Feb
ruary, 1914, wholesalers received
27l 900 gallons and retailers 5000
Present regulations allow the ABC
Board to issue special permits for
importing liquor into the city, when
the board is satisfied that bever-
ages bearing the brand or trade
names (desired are not obtainable"
by the retailers "in such quantity
as reasonably to satisfy the i'm
mediate needs of such retail Ii
censees"
The present proposal is said to be
only the first step in a move to
check quality of liquor. A check
| AAAeaS Wy ollS bOoA VI AllOACdtCS Wld y
Delaware is the only State having
a comparable permit system for al
lowing retailers to import liquor.
Unfair Competition Alleged.
Wholesalers are reported to feel
that it is unfair for them to pay
81 500 year for a license to engage
in a business in which there is a
large investment, and compete with
retailers paying only $3.50 for a
license. 1t is also argued that bet
ter control over liquor would re-
suit if importing were limited to the
some "a wholesalers. The "a whole
salers do not include those limited
to handling beer and light wine.
Retailers, on the other hand, are
reported to feel that while some
inferior grades might be eliminated
by the change, their opportunities
to supplement the reduced wartime
supply with good brands also would
hn o11rfo i1oJ
Evening star., 1945-05-06

The ordinary coach passenger can
look forward to a refinement of
comforts that had begun to appear
before the war stopped further
progress in streamlining. Day.
night coaches will be equipped with
individually adjusted reclining seats,
a few of which have been in service
during the past few years. But
there will also be leg rests which
pull down from the seats ahead to
create chaise lounge effect, cur
tains which can be drawn for pri-
vacy, ash trays and compartments
for cigarettes and compacts, and
individual reading lights.
Even the lowly commuter will get
handsome treatment in the new
era. Comfortable seats will be ar
ranged on the bottom and top tiers
In the front half OF the new three.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

There's bright day ahead for the
harried train traveller who has taken
such beating during the past three
and half war years.
If you want to see what coach
designers have dreamed up for your
postwar comfort, you ought to
browse around the exhibit which is
going to be put on by the Pullman
Standard Car Manufacturing Co. in
the Commerce Department audi
torium beginning Tuesday. The dis
play will be open Tuesday from to
9 pm. and from Wednesday through
Saturday, from 10 am. to pm.
The new trains will have Just
about everything you'd expect to
find on a luxury liner. There will
be movies and dancing and radios
and cocktail bars and telephones
and amplifying systems to keep pas
sengers informed on their progress.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Combines Features Of Nqht Clubs heuters and Hotels

Passengers will get smooth, easy
ride in clean air and cozy, plushy
privacy They'll be able to smoke
anywhere on the train and read
even the smallest type on a time
table.
For the carriage trade, there will
be drawing rooms that have every
thing but a notwithstanding space
for three, hot and cold running
water, clothes closets, full-length
mirrors, movable chairs, two large
windows. The compartment dou-
bic bedrooms and romettes will be
nearly as sumptuous.
Three-decker sleeping cars, which
will cost as little as 81 night above
the regular fare, win be ready after
the war. There will be three or six
berths In each compartment, with
private sanitary facilities.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

Dining rooms are going to be
rearranged with tables set on the
diagonal so that every one will have
two-way elbow room and the waiter
will be able to bend over the table
to serve without knocking a soup
spoon out of some ones hand
across the aisle.
Cars will be designed and fur
nished to pick up the colors and
motifs of the country through
which they pass. A train travelling
through the Southwest, for example,
will have lot Of red and yellow
with patterns, derived from the In
dians In that locale. A train that
runs out Of Washington might have
murals Of Mount Vernon or the
Capitol.
Some Of the more technical Inn,
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decker coach. The middle decks, in
the rear half of the car, will be ar
ranged for lounging, playing cards
and cleaning up before passengers
get to their Offices.
Movies can be shown in the OBJ
servation car simply be reversing
the seats and drawing curtains over
the windows. Radios will be set up
in all the lounge cars. Part of the
cocktail lounge can be cleared for
dancing in the evenings. Passengers
in their compartments will be able
to get in touch with the conductor
by telephone. Or they can call the
dining room and ask that q table
be reserved for them. The train
crew can keep In touch by telephone.
And there will be some one to call
stations and point out scenic points
Of interest via . loudspeaker
system.
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provements which will add to pas
senger comfort and safety include
an automatic hot-box control to sig
nal the conductor and the engineer
before serious trouble occurs, a new
coupling device to prevent jerking
and bouncing, a shock-absorbing
truck for the wheels of the car to
absorb the punishment of an un-
even roadbed and automatic brake
control which diminishes pressure
as the momentum drops OF and
will keep passengers from bashing
their heads against the water cooler
as the train enters q station.
About the only thing keeping
these ideas from being put into full
production Is the obstinacy Of the
Japs. When the day Of final vie
tory comes, the railroads and the
car designers viii b ready.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

proving 100 loans a day, settling
death cases at the rate of 1000 a
day and has been constructing hos
pitals under adverse conditions"
Gen. Hines insisted that the prob
lem in veterans hospitals today was
not beds but personnel. If 100 nurses
could be found, he said, 1000 more
beds could be added. He predicted,
however, that the Veterans Admins
tration soon would be able to get
nurses because the Navy has filled
its nurse quota and the Army will
not need to recruit more nurses
after We Day.
w. M. Floyd, national commander
Of the Regular Veterans Association,
said earlier that his organization
had fought the CT bill from the be-
ginning land we're still fighting. !"
He said every provision of the bill
should be changed 80 We'll get some
advantages for the veterans"
The council held an instruction
session on veterans placement be-
fore the luncheon meeting at the
Hamilton Hotel and toured the
Offices of the Veterans Administra-
ton in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Garages Make Minor Repairs
But Most Dodge Major Jobs

usually involve, brakes, lights, steer
ing apparatus, tenders and bumpers.
Some Ask Extension.
Some persons have asked and OBJ
tanned an extension of the 10 days
usually granted to make the repairs
ordered. But the inspection service
is in touch with repair shops and
finds most of them able to do the
work within reasonable time.
One example of the dearth of
skilled repairers noted by District
government inspectors is in lubri-
cation. Many hydraulic brake sys-
TENS have been found damaged by
leakage from other parts fabricated
clumsily.
A foreman in one rapir shop tells
new employees: When a customer
calls, only two answers are pos
sible. If he has the car, we can't
take it. If we have 1t, it's not
ready"
Evening star., 1945-05-06

Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, admin
istrator of veterans affairs, yester-
day responded to critics of the
Veterans Administration with an
appeal not to destroy the confidence
of servicemen in an organization
built to serve them.
Speaking before the Pre-Dis-
charge Employment Council of the
Regular Veterans Association and
many of its State and post COM
manders. Gen. Hines also admitted
faults" in the CT Bill of Rights, but
cited many good things about the
bill"
ut is not important to me whether
criticism comes to me or not" Gen.
Hines declared, but it is impor-
tant for the morale of the organiza-
ton and for the morale of men in
the service that we should not
destroy confidence in an organiza-
ton that is built to serve the vet
Grams of all the wars"
He said his organization now knew
the weaknesses in the CT bill and
recognized that it would have to be
amended but he pointed out that
the Veterans Administration is ap-
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Volunteer Workers
Needed 10 Wind Up
Clothing Collection

Although the United National
Clothing Collection Campaign is
over, Commissioner John Russell
Young. who served as chairman of
the drive, issued a new appeal yes
terday for volunteer workers to sort
and pack clothing at the central
depot, 469 C street NV.
MIR. Young said depots throughout
the city have been closed and no
further collections will be made
after the final collections now in
progress
I'VE will need scores of volunteers,
both men and women, at the ware
house for the next two weeks to
finish the job" Mr.. Young said.
Beginning tomorrow, we want all
who can help between 9 am. and
5 pm. and from 7 until 10 pm. to
volunteer and report for duty.
There must be no delay in getting
the material contributed by the
people of the District sorted and
packed and on its way to the suffer-
ing millions of people in war
blacked-out lands" Commissioner
Young added.
Horace Walker, executive secre-
tary of the District Salvage Com
mlttee. said that, although depots
were closed, contributions could still
be made through an individual pick
up system BY calling Republic 84s8.
George Matthews, chairman OF
the drive In Montgomery County
reported collections in his district
should reach at least so tons. A
large force of volunteers. he said
is needed for sorting and packing
Jan Oostermeyer, a representative
of American Relief for Holland. re-
Gently returned to this country from
the liberated area of the Neither
lands, was quoted by spokesmen for
the drive as saying scarcity of cloth
ing and soap were responsible for
widespread skin diseases among the
Dutch. Shoes, he said, rank next
to underwear in theest of apparel
most critically needed.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
St. Elizabeth S Gets Extra
Appropriation Of S347 500

President Truman yesterday
signed a supplemental appropria-
ton of $347, 500 for st. Elizabeth's
Hospital to enable it to meet the
high cost of food and other ex-
penses necessary to care for its in
creased number of patients.
The Chief Executive also signed
appropriation bills providing $685.
931 $50 for operating expenses of
the Agriculture Department for the
fiscal year beginning July / and
$685., $50 for the Civil Service Com
mission.