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Evening star., 1945-10-21

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SOLDIERS WIDOW and mother, having
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ne. Or NV: 500 limit. NO. 6952, . I'm.
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MONTANA couple desires apt; pref, pvt.
hons: husband former Navy ofacer. now
Phone Mr. CASEY, 81. $3.50.
Evening star., 1945-02-23

records to associate with these peo-
pie" Mr.. Rankin replied.
Mr.. Hook then shouted his epithet
and the fight was on.
Representative Cox snatched of
his glasses and rushed between the
two battlers, trying to separate
them. Finally, James Griffin, Re-
publican attendant employed in the
House, got into the fracas and took
Mr.. Rankin away from Mr.. Hook.
There wasn't one good, solid blow
landed, but Mr. Rankin managed to
get in several short jabs at Mr..
Hooks flushed face before the fight
was broken up.
As soon as the combat was over,
members started discussing what
disciplinary action should be taken.
Representative Ramspeck, Democrat,
of Georgia, who was in the Speak
er's chair, soon adjourned the House.
Mr.. Rankin long. ago acquired a
reputation as a "scrappy" legislator.
1t was recalled that he once hurled
an ink well, during a committee
hearing, at the late Frank j. Hogan,
prominent Washington attorney.
The incident occurred while a
House Judiciary Subcommittee on
1926 was investigating Frederick A.
Evening star., 1945-02-23
TwoD DC. Men Missinq
On Flight 10 Capital

A Washington pilot and his pas
senger have been reported missing
en- route from Tyrone PaD air.
port to the Congressional Airport
here, officials at the Maryland air
port revealed today.
Airport officials said Leonard
Shade, pilot at Congressional Air
port, and G. L. Bracket, a Capita,
Transit Co. bus driver, have not
been heard from since they left the
Pennsylvania airport at IL am
Wednesday.
officials said the two men flew to
Tyrone Tuesday and were returning
the following morning. They de-
scribed Mr. Shade as an excellent
pilot" and said the pair probably
had been forced down by weather
and were out of reach of communi-
cation lines.
Airport officials said planes from
both the Congressional Airport anC
the Tyrone Airport were searching
the mountain country for signs of 6
forced landing. They said Mary
land and Pennsylvania State Police
have entered the search for the two
men, and the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority has sent messages to al
civilian planes to be on the look
out.
Congressional Airport officials said
the plane was owned by Mr.
Bracket.
Evening star., 1945-02-23
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. - A
a3- FRIDAY,
Contract Is Awarded
For 440 Housing Units

A $2,16o,758 contract for construc-
ton Of 440 dwelling units for Negro
occupancy at Fifth street and WASH
ington place NE, has been let to
T. Calvin Owens of Washington, the
National Capital Housing Authority
ANNOUNCED today.
The proposed buildings, to be
known as Lincoln Heights Dwellings,
Iare to be of masonry construction,
faced with brick.
Ninety-two of them will be one
family group houses, two to four in
a group, two stories high, each con-
tanning living room, kitchen and
bath and from three to four bed
rooms; 248 units will be in three
story apartment buildings, each
apartment containing living room,
kitchen and bath and from one to
three bedrooms
The scheduled rents will be S35 or
less. The contractor is to complete
ITO dwellings within 1870 days, 220'
within 240 days and the remainder
within 270 days.
Evening star., 1945-02-23
Currie Visits Swiss City
Bombed by u. 5. Planes

By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News Foreign Service.
BERN, Feb. 23-Laughlin Currie,
President Roosevelt's special envoy
to the Bern Economic Conference,
has issued a formal statement prom
ising to consult the President in an
effort to avoid future bombings by
Allied aircraft of neutral Swiss ter
ritory.
Mr.. Currie was welcomed cordially
to the border town of Schaffhausen
yesterday on a chance visit there
just after the city had been the VIC
tim of bombs dropped by a second
wave of Flying Fortresses engaged
in massive bombardments of South
German communication lines and
factories. Socialist Mayor Bringolf
requested that the American dele
gate. use his influence to prevent
such bombings in the future.
The small town of Rheinfelden
half of which lies in. Switzerland
was one of yesterdays targets. Nine.
teen Swiss were killed and 80
wounded in the raids. according tc
the latest official communicates, and
serious damage caused to workers
quarters, farms and railroad lines
The train running between Neuen-
kirch and Schaffhause was ma
chine-gunned !.
(copyrisht, 1s45. BY Chicago Daily News
Evening star., 1945-02-23
Black Market Trial Draws
Plea for Sweeping Inquiry
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb. % (P.-A sweeping
investigation of all factors lying
behind the looting and black mar
ket operations of certain Army sup
ply troops in France, regardless OF
how far and how high it may
reach was urged yesterday by the
court-martial prosecutor in closing
the case against Maj. Walter H
Marlin.
This case" Prosecutor 1t. Col
Carmon C. Harris told the court
has shown neglect of duty from
Camp Stoneham, Calf, to Ver-
sailles."
Referring to defense testimony to
the effect that Maj. Marlin was in
capable of commanding battalion
of 300 men and had never been
given a chance to learn how, Col.
Harris said:
Some one passed him for a
majors commission, some one in
spected and passed his battalion for
overseas duty. Unfortunately they
are not on trial here today. It may
be hard to pin the blame because
of the maze of red tape between
here and there.
But suggest that one of these
days there will be a cleanup. Let
the Army show itais big enough to
correct its own mistakes"
Evening star., 1945-02-23
Maryland CeIanese Plant
Is Tied Up by Strike

By the Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND, Md, Feb. 23.-
The Celanese Corp. of Americas
Cumberland plant was idle today
after an estimated 10000 persons
walked out yesterday in protest
against the discharge Of a union
committeeman.
William E. Meagher, newly elected
president of Local 1874, Textile
Workers Union of America, said that
both local and national union Of
ficials had declared the stoppage
unauthorized and that the local had
ordered all workers to report on
their regular Shifts.
Company and union officials said
the walkout was called to force re-
instatement of an employe who,
company spokesmen said, was dis
charged yesterday for misconduct,
including insubordination, threats
and a physical attack on a foreman.
The stoppage began in the spin
ming department, later spreading to
other units of the plant, which en-
ploys 1000 to $4,000 persons, union
officials said
Evening star., 1945-02-23


Sprnge Orrn
Evening star., 1945-02-23

Fenning, District Commissioner
whom Mr.. Hogan was representing
The attorney characterized one OF
Mr.. Rankin's statements as "unde-
niably false"
No sooner had the words been
uttered than the Representative, sit
ting five feet away, threw the ink
bottle. The missile hit a liable
ricocheted and struck Mr.. Hogan
squarely in the face, shattering his
glasses. Mr.. Rankin later apologized
Both Mr.. Rankin and Mr.. Hook
are veterans Of the House. Mr.
Rankin has served continuously in
that body since 1921. Mr.. Hook was
first elected to the House in 1885
and served through 1912 He was
defeated for the Seventy eighth
Congress, but last November was
elected to the Seventy-ninth.
Evening star., 1945-02-23
DR.. Fitzsimmons Dies;
Started Philippine Mint
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TECUMSEH. Nebr., Feb. 23.-Dr
Albert Pope Fitzsimmons, IA, who
as first treasurer of the Philippine
Islands from 1868 established the
first United States mint outside the
country and changed the islands
coinage laws from a silver to gold
basis, died last night after stroke
A 'horse-and-buggy" doctor in
Nebraska before leaving for the
Philippines in 1898, DR.. Fitzsimmons
also had served as chairman of the
Finance, Schools and Welfare Com
mittee for Manila from 1914 to 1916
In 1918 he helped establish the
Philippines first tuberculosis hos
pital. then the, largest in the world.
He also served five years as di-
rector of finance of the Philippine
government railroad.
Evening star., 1945-02-23
Ey the Associated Press.

! Es lue ASoOCldttu FIess.
The civilian experience of Maj
Walter H. Marlin, acquitted of neg
lect of duty by court-martial in
Paris, yesterday fully warranted
his command of railway battalion
a military railway officer here says
Maj. Marlin was accused of neg
lect of duty as result of widespread
pilfering operations in the 716th
Railway Battalion which he for
merly commanded. A witness at his
trial, Col. E. H Qualls, testified that
Maj Marlin had been locomotive
engineer before his entry into the
Army and that he was not qualified
to command 800 men.
Maj. Marlin had testified he en-
tered the Army after offering his
services in letter and being notified
by return mail that he would be
commissioned a major. He said he
was never interviewed as to his
officer qualifications.
1t. Col. j. Richard Baldwin, chief
of the Military Railway Branch in
the Army's Rail Division, said here
that it was inaccurate to describe
Maj. Marlin simply as locomotive
engineer because his experience
covered SO years of railroading, in
cluding several years in supervisory
jobs.
Records on Maj. Marlin, former
employe of Southern Pacific Rail-
way, showed that he served year
as division road foreman of engi-
neers, two years as district road
foreman of engineers and three
years as superintendent of the Los
Angeles division of the Southern
Pacific In these jobs, Col. Baldwin
said, Maj. Marlin had charge Of
from 1900 to 1000 men.
Col Baldwin said Maj. Marlin ap-
piled for a commission on Septem-
ber 81, 1912, and was appointed a
major several months later after he
had been recommended for that
rank by L. D. Mcdonald, vice presi-
dent of the Southern Pacific. The
Southern Pacific as sponsor for the
716th, Col. Baldwin explained, sup
piled most of the battalion's officers
from its ranks of qualified employees.
All of the railway battalions were
Evening star., 1945-02-23
Little Steel
Continued From First Page J

dents formulation of future wage
policy, so it was indicated there will
be no general revision of wage rates
until final victory in the war is in
sight.
Within 10 days there will be sepa-
rate analyses of the wage situation
from labor and industry members
OF the tri-partite board Industry
members expressed general salts
faction with the public groups find
ings.
AS postwar insurance against seri-
Gus wage deflation, the report rec
commended that Congress raise SUBJ
stantially the present statutory
minimum of 40 cents an hour and
fix in the legislation minimum rates
IN each industry for limited num-
Der of key occupations above the
minimum starting rate.
General Conference Sought.
The board asked for a general
lndustry-labor conference to deal
with economic problems of the re-
conversion and postwar periods SIM
liar to the meeting following the
Pearl Harbor attack in which both
groups pledged full cooperation in
the war effort.
While stating that a vast ma jority
Of workers have been well taken
care of with regard to wages. the
report made strong plea for con-
tinuation of the so-called fringe
adjustment policy as means of help
ing those whose pay has not been
adjusted fairly under the Little
Steel Formula.
WLB has been drawn into a still
unsettled battle with Economic
Sterilization Director Vinson over
the fringe" issues. Mr.. Vinson con-
tends that such grants should not
be approved If necessitating price
increases. He now has under con-
sideration board decisions allow
ing boosts in substandard pay, shift
differentials, correction of plant in.
cqualities and other concessions te
textile and meat packing workers.
BEST Measuring Rod"
Public members used as "the best
measuring rod to gauge what ha.
happened in the wartime economy
TO hourly wage standards" average
straight-time hourly earnings, com.
puted by the Labor Department, ane
adjusted to exclude overtime prem.
iums and movement of workers int
higher paid war industries.
BY such yardstick, the report said
wages of manufacturing workers tt
october, 1914, have risen 36.7 PEI
cent since January, 1941. base perio1
Of the Little Steel formula. The for.
mula allows for Is per cent highel
pay than in January, 1941, to cove
living cost increases up to May, 1912
The report accepted an earlier
finding of the Presidents Cost-of.
Living Committee that living ex
penses rose 29.4 per cent between
January, 1941, and October of las
year.
For the reasons stated - tn,
public members of the War Labor
Boar0 do not recommend presen
change in the Little Steel formula,
the President was told, as necessar,
to eliminate any overall inequity IL
the wartime stabilization program
Nor can we now recommend Suci
a change, taken as q single step OF
one sector of the economic front
toward solution Of the problem o
reconversion."
Evening star., 1945-02-23
Fight
CONTINUED From First page


gies as ending the incident and
that plans for public censure by the
Speaker, discussed yesterday, would
be dropped.
Mr.. Hook called the Mississippian
who had been taunting him about
his alleged connections with Com
munists, dirty liar" That, at
least, was the phrase heard by
the press gallery. The official
House stenographer recorded the
phrase ''goddamned liar" which
later was stricken from the record
after Mr. Hook denied saying it.
Respected "Old Age
Fists swinging, the diminutiye
Mississippian rushed to the vel
shouting, II don't take those
words" and grappled with the
195-pound Michigander, who once
was a professional wrestler Mr.
Hook did not return the blows, but
sought to hold Mr.. Rankin of.
II respect old age" Mr.. Hook said
later. Il wouldn't hit him."
The clash occurred while Repre-
sentative Hoffman, Republican, Of
Michigan was delivering a speech
denouncing the CIO Political Action
Committee.
Mr.. Hook took the floor to praise
some of the men connected with the
PAC and Mr.. Rankin attempted to
interrupt. Mr.. Hook cut him of by
saying he would do better to get
acquainted with "some of the good
men in the CIO" and stop his con-
tinual ranting and raving."
Attendant Separates Pair.
THAT will be when I get down to
the level OF the gentleman from
Michigan who Is shown in the
Evening star., 1945-02-23
Major Acquitted in Paris Trial
Was Well Qualified, Army Says

sponsored by railway companies and
no officer was named without cer-
tificatipn from an executive of the
company that he was qualified, Col
Baldwin said.
In addition, Maj. Martins appli-
cation for commission was re-
viewed and approved in customary
Army channels, including the Officer
Procurement Board and the Secre-
tary of Wars Personnel Board. Maj
Marlin was given several weeks mill
tary training, five months of tech
nical training and Immediately be-
fore going overseas received supe-
rior efficiency rating, the highest
in the Army.
Evening star., 1945-02-23

They were captured when Bataan
fell. For two and La half years, they
watched their fellow-Americans die
by the thousand of disease and star
vation in Japanese prison camps.
Then, when their prison-ship was
torpedoed on its way to Japan, they
fought their way ashore-battling the
sea through a hail of machine-gun
fire that cut down many of their
companions.
In this weeks Golfers, out today,
these three Army officers begin a
three-part recountal Of the bitter past
in 1--WE LIVED TO TELL.D
Evening star., 1945-02-23
Sfimson Denies Allies
Plan Terror Bombing
OF German People
1y the Associated Press.

- S~NS HocOIiAtcu FIeHS.
Secretary of War Stimson yes
terday expressed belief that an "ex-
cusable but incorrect interpretation
OF remarks by briefing officer had
led to reports that the Allies had
decided on terror bombing of the
German civilian population.
Our policy has never been to
hf1ict terror bombing on civilian
populations" Mr.. Stimson replied to
news conference question as to
whether this indicated a change in
our air policy.
II have investigated that report"
the Secretary said, "and find that it
arose from what I consider an ex-
cusable but incorrect Interpretation
OF some remarks by a briefing off,
Ger at supreme Allied headquarters
"Basic Policy" Unchanged.
"As a matter of fact, the basic
policy of the Army Air Forces has
not been changed. Our efforts are
still confined to the attack of enemy
military objectives. Communication
centers which we attack become our
objective in that they feed the front
on which our Allied armies are now
engaging the German forces.
From the beginning of their op-
erations, the mission of the United
States Strategic Air Force in Europe
has been to destroy Germany's abil-
1ty to wage war.
This means the destruction of
her aircraft factories, her oil re-
flneries, the war manufacturing
plants and transportation facilities
that provide materiel with which
to make war"
An Associated Press dispatch
from Paris February II said:
The Allied air bosses have made
the long-awaited decision to adopt
deliberate terror bombing of the
great German population centers as
ruthless expedient to hasten Hit
ler's doom.
Raids to Create Confusion.
More such raids as the British
and American heavy bombers car
ried out recently on the residential
section of Berlin, Dresden, Chem
nitz and CottbuS are in store for
the Reich and their avowed purpose
will be creating more confusion in
the German traffic tangle and sap
ping German morale. = 3"
The dispatch was written by
Howard Cowan of the Associated
Press Paris staff and was passed
by Allied supreme headquarters CEN
sorship. Two other members of the
Associated Press Paris staff attend
ed the "briefing session" at which
Mr.. Cowan obtained material for his
dispatch and supported his version.
This apparently was the briefing
to which Mr.. Stimson referred.
Evening star., 1945-02-23
Camp Springs AirfieId
Is Named for Andrews

The name of the Camp Springs
Army Air Field in Prince Georges
County, Md, has been changed to
Andrews Field in honor of 1t. Gen
Frank M. Andrews, who was killed
in an airplane crash in Iceland May
3, l943, the War Department an
nounced yesterday.
Eleven miles southeast of the Dis
trict, the field was established in
November. 1912, to provide fighter
plane protection for Washington
Later the field, named originally for
a nearby village, was designated to
give advanced fighter pilot training
and was made headquarters for the
newly activated Continental Air
Forces.
"Wishful thinking won't win the
war-buying bonds will do much
v,.nrav
Evening star., 1945-02-23
/ Trude Unions Plan
September Convention
BY the Associated Press,

by EHe AhbuElHleu FItsBs
LONDON, Feb. 23.-The World
Trade Union Conference Committee
of As announced last night that a
convention would be held in Paris
In September to set up new in
ternational organization represent
ing union labor in all free countries.
The committee announced its de-
termination to share in all phases
Of peacemaking and postwar settle
ments, beginning with the San Fran
cisco Conference opening April Is.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
IN LIGHTER VEIN.

pm, Beta Alpha Chapter, 212s o
street NV.
Greensboro College Alumnae Asso-
citation, Washington Chapter-To-
day, 3 pm. to pm. with Mrs.
G. Cooper Grizzard, 1896 Window
place NV; speaker. Miss Wini-
fred Willard, What Time Is It?"
Sweet Briar College Alumnae Club
Today, 4.pm.. Stoneleigh Court
Apartments, with Miss Margaret
S. Banister.
WCTU-North Capitol Onion: To-
morrow, with Mrs. Helena Briggs,
1925 Sixteenth street NV;
speaker, Mrs. Caroline Coates.
Central Iota Sigma WCTU, Tues
day. 7:45 pm, 522 Sixth street
NV.
Democratic Women's National
Council Tomorrow $50 pm
Mayfiower Hotel; speaker, Repre-
sentative Orville Zimmerman
Postwar Planning"
Junior Women's Welsh Club of
Washington Tuesday, 8 pm.
with Miss Betty Fenton, 3725 Ma
comb street NV: business meet
ing and Choral Club rehearsal.
The Housekeepers' Alliance-Tues-
day, 2 pm, with Mrs. Harvey w
Wiley, 2345 Ashmead place NV.
Womens American ORT, Washing.
ton Chapter - Tomorrow, 1876
pm, Jewish Community Center
Guardianship Training Project
Day; speaker, Mrs. Kathleen
Louchheim.
Young Married Women's Club
Wednesday. 1890 pm. YWCA
luncheon.
Wanderlust Travel Club-Tuesday
Bpm, with Mrs. william L. Bow
ers, 1920 Sargent road NE; speak
er, w. A. N. Schmitzer, Postwar
Holland"
District Daughters of the American
Observation-Disclosures, 1890 am.
Red Cross Committee, OAR Chap
ter House; speaker, 1t. Dorothy
Evening star., 1945-11-18
attorney General
Guest Speaker for
Je1Uisb Societv

Attorney General Tom G. Clark
will be guest speaker at the annual
donor luncheon of the Washington
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish Con-
sumptives' Relief Society to be held
at 1890 pm. Wednesday at the
Mayflower Hotel.
A musical program will be fea-
tured with Citta Rapoch Kaplan,
dramatic soprano Of Washington, as
guest soloist. Mrs. Kaplan, who was
educated in Vienna and is a pupil
of Rosa Papier, has sung in most of
the leading cities of Europe. She
will be accompanied by Allison San
derford, pianist and coach connected
with Catholic University. Mrs.
Sanderford will also entertain with
several piano solos.
the opening prayer will be offered
by Mrs. Louis Dinowitz who has long
worked for the organization. Sena-
tor Edwin c. johnson of Colorado
where the society has its headquar-
tiers, will be among the honoreo
guests.
Proceeds of the luncheon will be
allocated to the sanitarium in Den.
yer to further its tight against tuber-
culosis.
Mrs. Louis Mintz is president oi
the local chapter. Mrs. Harry Os.
trow may be called for further in.
formation at Columbia 2877.