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Evening star., 1945-07-17
Workers Jam
Capital Transit
Penfagon Buses
Other Virginia Lines
Report Big Drop
In Passengers

Workers travelling to the Pentagon
and other nearby Virginia destina-
tions packed Capital Transit Co.
buses yesterday and today In order
to save an extra fare, while at least
one Virginia bus line noted sub
stantial decrease in its passenger
load on buses making the same
trips.
The new fare arrangement, ordered
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in January, 1914, and upheld
by the Supreme Court May %, pro-
vides that riders may transfer, or
use their passes, to buses going to
the Pentagon, the Arlington Navy
Annex Building, the Army Air Forces
Annex at Gravelly Point, the Ma
tional Airport and intermediate
points without additional charge.
The order went into effect Sunday.
This morning long lines of work.
ers stood in the rain at Nineteenth
street and Virginia avenue NV.
seeking to take advantage of the
new fare system by taking Capt.
tai Transit buses to the Pentagon.
Long Line at AM.
At few minutes after 8 am.
today the line of persons waiting
for the buses, two abreast, stretched
along Nineteenth street to G street,
along G street to Virginia avenue
and back on Virginia avenue toward
Nineteenth street.
Though some persons waiting In
line said the loading of buses earlier
was slow, the starter was moving
the lines along at steady pace
into waiting buses by 8 am. The
crowd was orderly and, with a few
exceptions, took the situation in
stride.
Samuel Emmons, Capital Transit's
transportation manager, said per-
sons waiting yesterday were about
10 per cent more than normal and
estimated that today's crowd was
in about the same proportion.
II District riders take the Virginia
buslines, 1t will cost them an addi-
tional fare. This will vary in amount
from penny and a fraction up to
5 cents, depending on what combi-
nation of ticket purchase is made.
No additional fare is needed to ride
Capital Transit buses.
The new fare system enables riders
to buy interline tickets in books of
IL one-way rides. They cost $1.60.
The tickets are good on Capital
Transit Co. streetcars and buses and
on the following Virginia lines:
Alexandria, Bancroft g. Washington
Transportation Co., the Arlington 81
Fairfax Motor Transportation Co.
and the Washington, Virginia g.
Maryland Coach Co. tArnold Lines)
The tickets are not interchangeable
on the Virginia lines.
Riders may also purchase three
tickets for Is cents to Virginia des-
tinations on Virginia lines.
Mr.. Emmons also said the Capital
Transit Co. only can run its usual
number Of buses. He said additional
buses cannot be put on to take care
of any extra riders, pointing out
that between the Capital Transit
and Virginia company buses there
is ample transportation" He said
the fare differential apparently has
thrown a large portion of the traffic
onto the local company as riders
seek to save the extra money
charged on the Virginia lines.
Virginia line bus officials said to-
day 1t was too early to tell what the
final effect of the new fare arrange
ment will be.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
AIexondrion Injured
AS Cor Skids on Rood

James w. Love, 927 Duke street,
Alexandra, Va, was injured early
today when his car skidded on a
wet road and crashed at the Old
Stone House near Bull Run on Route
211 in Prince William County, Vir-
ginia State police reported.
Police said Mr.. Love, who was
alone in the car, was admitted to
the Warrenton Hospital with in
juries described as painful, but not
serious" r.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
One Spotted Fever, 7 Polio
Cases Found in Arlington

Two polio and one spotted fever
cases were reported today by the Ar
lington County Health Department.
The two polio cases are 2-year-
old girl Of the 400 block of South
Thirty-sixth street, and 4-year-
old girl Of the 4500 block of North
Thirty-second road. The 2-year-old
girl was taken to Walter Reed Hos
pital yesterday and was discharged
the same day. Her mother is giving
her hot packs at home, according to
Health Department authorities.
The other girl was taken to Chill
dren's Hospital.
The spotted fever case, the second
in the county recently, Is william
Rupert, 4, Of 4642-A South Thirty
sixth street. He has been taken to
Children'S Hospital.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Montgomery Policeman
Fined for Reckless DRIVING

Raymond J. Hedquist, "a, Takoma
Park, a member of the Montgomery
County police force, was fined $75
on charge of reckless driving In
Hyattsville Police Court yesterday
He was acquitted of a drunken driv-
ing charge.
Prince Georges County police tes.
titled that Hedquist's car struck the
rear of an automobile driven by Mis-.
Oma Carr, Muirkirk, on the Balti.
more boulevard at Berwyn last De.
cember. Six persons were injured
in the collision, police said.
Although Mrs. Myrtle Carr, a pas.
senger in her daughters automobile
told Trial Magistrate Alan Bowl,
that Mr.. Hedquist appeared drunk
Immediately after the accident, thu
defendant said he had had only on.
bottle of beer several hours before
He also said there were no light
on the Carr automobile.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Winter Months in Russia
Bear Heavily on Hitler

April 29-"Arrival at Salzburg
Hitler, Ribbentrop, the usual
people. the usual ceremony. We are
housed at the Klessheim castle
1t is very luxurious: Furniture
hangings, carpets, all stuff which
comes from France. They should
not have paid too much for it
Hitler looks tired, is determined
and talkative. The winter
months in Russia have borne heavily
upon him. I see for the first time
that he has many gray hairs.
What does the future hold?
Ribbentrop is less explicit. Offen-
sive against the Russians in the
south, with the oil wells as politi-
cal-military objectives. When Rus
sia's sources of oil are exhausted,
her knees will bend. Then the Brit
ish conservatives, and why not
Churchill himself. who is a sensible
man, will bow to save what re-
mains of their mauled empire. I"
What If the British, who are
stubborn, choose to continue? Air.
planes and submarines, says Rib
bentrop. We go back to the 1910
formula. But it didn't give results
then, and was discarded. Now they
pull it our again. *"'
America is big bluff. This
slogan is repeated by every one, large
and small, in the chambers and
ante-chambers. It's my belief that
the thought of what the Americans
can and will do disturbs them all
The Germans close their eyes In
order not to see.
For France, they feel more diff
dence than friendship. Laval is un-
convincing. The true spirit of the
French is expressed more clearly
by the typesetter who risked his
life so the paper appeared with the
name of Petain changed to Putair
(Streetws1kerl
Evening star., 1945-07-17
The Peoples
Clearing House

The little want Ads" in The
Star serve as a clearing house
for the wants Of the people.
The results are evidently
prompt and satisfactory as
the number Of advertisements
has increased 20 per cent and
more from last year.
These little "Ads" are
printed in the least possible
space at minimum cost to the
advertisers.
All of these advertisements
are voluntary with no annoy
ance to the general public
from solicitations
Evening star., 1945-07-17
8, ,94o Foirfox Children
Use Play Areas in Week

Robert w. Mavity, managing die
rector of the Fairfax County sum-
mer playground program, announces
that 3,949 boys and girls visited the
2S play centers in the county last
week.
Largest attendances were re-
corded at Fair Haven, Falls Church
and Fairfax. Motion pictures will
be shown this week and during the
remainder Of the season.
The program is sponsored by the
Fairfax County Recreation Associa-
tion with communicates funds,
supplemented by contributions from
the County Community Chest. E
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Potocci Family Accused
OF MeddIinq and Stealing

March 29-"Gastaldi, the former
federal secretary in Turin, comes to
me with a story Of his arguments
with a partner. Up to this point
there is nothing bad, but as usual
the Petacci family is concerned, and
people gossip about it.
"The Petacci family NEEDLES on
one hand, gives political protection
on the other, threatens from above
intrigues from below, and steals in
all four directions. This scan
dial will spread and will involve Il
Duce. But what can one do to warn
him, especially since two of his most
intimate collaborators are making
loads of money!
April III Duce has learned from
an industrialist that this saying is
current in Germany: I'm two
months we shall win the war against
Russia, in four months against Eng
land, and in four days against Italy.
April 5-"Del Drago returns from
Paris. In Berlin there is nothing
new on the surface. In some Ger
man circles he was told that after
the offensive on the eastern front
which practically will liquidate the
Russians, they are hoping for a
compromise peace with the Anglo
SaxonS."
April 6-"When Goering was in
Rome we spoke of the possibility of
returning certain italian paintings
now in France, particularly those
belonging to Jews which were Sc
questered by the Germans.
among the names mentioned was
that of Rothschild who owned MANY
Boldinis. Today Goering sent me a
Boldini as a gift, and his letter be-
gan as follows: Unfortunately
there was nothing left in the Roths-
child home If this letter is
found some day, it will appear that
1t was I who instigated him to sack
the homes of the Jews and that he
suoS snryu he had arrival tno Ia re .
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Citizens Group Elects Beord

Eugene N. Beard has been elected
president of the newly organized
Columbia Pike Association, citi-
zens' group representing the Column
bia pike area north to Lee boulevard,
Arlington County, Other officers in
lclude B. M. Smith, vice president;
w. w. Shelton, secretary, and L. L.
TubbS. treasurer.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Victim Beats Bondits

When two masked men entered
the butcher shop of 74-year-old
Robert Peake in Belfast. Northern
Ireland, the aged man grabbed a
bacon knife. struck a pointed re-
volver out of one bandits hands
land put the pair to flight. +
Evening star., 1945-07-17
PIon Field Doy

The Father Burgess Council, Inc.
of the Federated Colored Catholics,
will hold its annual field day at
Cars Beach near Annapolis, Md,
at $3.50 pm. Sunday. A bathing
beauty contest and band concert
! will be held. 4
Evening star., 1945-07-17
English Courses PIunned

English will be the principal lam
guage in foreign language courses
by radio being prepared for school
children in Stockholm, Sweden. y
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Count ciuno's Dior-No Is
II. S. ONLY BIG BLUFF
NAZIS SAID, HOPEFULLY
Family of MussoIini's Mistress
Involved in Graft and Scandal

fOr a o
Italy blundered collapse family
Muson mistress Caretta Petacci emerged and
sinister selfish theving influence totterng
cety it plain from the diary Mussoni nlaw and for
minister, Count Ciano.
MuSonis sister, the elderly Donna Edvge became
alarmed point determined
the privacy of his records that the family
badh hecom a
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
GAS PLANTS GET
COAL PMENTS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1-tAACoal
shipments consigned to eastern
steel mills were ordered diverted
to gas utility plants tonight be-
cause of spreading coal mine
strikes.
The Solid Fue1s Administration
took the action, reporting at night
fall that 100 mines producing $780,
900 tons of bituminous coal a day
were closed as a result of the fire
mems strike.
Gas companies have only a 13-
day reserve of coal, an STA Of
fetal said.
Although stockpiles Of steel mills
are little if any greater, he ex-
planned that gas pressure must
be kept steady for reasons Of safe
ty.
"Gss is used for cooking and
people must eat" he added.
The mine tieup also was report
ed threatening the railroad fuel
supply. Two railroads, Chesa-
peake g. Ohio and Norfolk & West
ern, have only 15-day reserve, STA
said.
Reports showed that the strike
is spreading in the Southern Ap-
palachian region. The number OF
mines shut down in District Eight
increased from 80 this morning to
So by tonight, the STA reported.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
Cooked A Fine Dinner;
Then Threw It To Dos

One lady recently stated that she
used to throw her own dinner to
t, dog most of the time. It made
her sick just to look at anything
to eat. She was swollen with gas,
full of bloat, had headaches, felt
worn out and was badly constipat-
ed, Finally she got INNER-A1D
and says she now eats everything
in sight and digests it perfectly.
Bowels are regular and normal.
She is enjoying life once more and
feels like 'some other woman.
INNER-AID contains IL Great
Herbs: they cleanse bowels, clear
gas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable peo-
pie soon feel rifferent all over. So,
don't go on suffering! Get INNER
A1D-sold by all drug stores here
in Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
HELD AFTER
CAR CRASHES GUARD
RAIL ALONG BRIDGE

Joseph Frank William, Negro,
of 6O8 Fosters Alley, was arrested
ed yesterday afternoon after Q
chase which ended when the car
in which he was riding plunged
through the guard rail on the New
Hanover county side of the North
east river bridge on Highway 1T,
according to A. T. U. Agent c.
H. Gray.
Officer Gray said that William
was arrested and charged with
possessing, concealing and remov'
ing non-tax paid whiskey after six
gallons of the contraband liquor
was found in his automobile.
The 1896 Ford, in which William
and another Negro who escaped
were riding, crashed some dis.
lance into the swampy territory
near the end of the bridge, Gray
said, but both of the occupants
apparently escaped injury.
Both Negroes fled into tn
swamp but William later made his
way back to the road where he
was captured, Gray stated.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
Local Tractor Company
Files For incorporation

A certificate of incorporation has
been filed with the Secretary Of
State in Raleigh it was learned
yesterday, by the Truck Tractor
Sales Co. Of Wilmington organized
by ]. Irving Corbett and Raeford
IS. Trask for the sale Of trucks and
farming equipment.
The new company, which will
probably be located somewhere on
the Castle Haynes road, Corbett
said, will sell White Motor COM
pany trucks and tractors, quick
freeze ice boxes, and parts and
accessories for trucks.
Authorized capital stock for the
corporation has been set at $780,
600, with $4,000 in stock already
subscribed by Corbett and Trask.
Corbett will be the president and
general manager; Trask, vice
president and treasurer.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
BITUMINOUS OUTPUT
SET BACK 323,74O
TONS BY STRIKES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-R-
Strikes of supervisors at l5e mines
caused an estimated loss today Of
323, TAO tons Of bituminous coal
production. the Solid Fuels AID
ministration reported.
A total of 60,1 men are now
affected by the walh-outs, the
agency said.
Last week, the report said L..
1926. 218 tons of bituminous coal
were lost due to strikes. There
were Ill new strikes, including So
foremen's strikes. No anthracite
mine strikes occurred during the
week, according to STA reports.
For the month of September,
STA officials estimted total loss
Of 1854, 341 tons of bituminous coal
and 58,323 tons of anthracite.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
WEE TASK FORCE
0UTBLUFFS JAPS
BY RICHARD w. JOHNSTON

ny NlCdAhD w. JOdNSION
United Press Staff Correspondent
SHANGHAI, Oct. 1.-WH- The
smallest American task force in
history, a tiny stream launch with
five Navy men aboard, today out.
bluffed and captured a Japanese
flotilla of six heavily-armed sea-
going junks, preparing to sail for
the homeland with nearly 100 en-
envy troops.
The launch, commanded by 1t.
Edward B. Martin, San Diego,
Calf, and manned by a U. S. En-.
sign, three enlisted men and a cou-
pie of coolies, came upon the junks
at the confluence of the Whangpoo
and Yangtze rivers off Shanghai.
They were waiting for the tide to
turn so they could put out to sea.
Martin had been told that a
group of Japanese soldiers, pos.
sibly including war criminals,
were preparing to escape from
China. His tiny craft bounced down
the Whangpoo from Shanghai
against the strong tidal current
just at dawn and spotted the junks.
The American lieutenant signal
led to the lead junk he was COM
ing aboard. The Japanese replied
by manning pair of 75mm deck
guns which could have blown thu
launch into bits. The enemy waved
the launch to turn away.
Martin, with the poise of John
Paul Jones, ordered his crew to
ignore the signals and bring the
launch alongside the junk. He loos.
ened the holster flap over his As
caliber revolver and said to his
men:
This may be rough. I'm going
aboard. Don't fire unless do. But
if don't come back, see that none
Of them do either"
On board the junk, Martin en-
countered Japanese Major who
ordered him to get off the boat
Immediately. The lieutenant de-
clared he was there to stay and
headed toward the hold of the ship.
Five Japanese soldiers, their bay
onets fixed, closed in on him.
He ignored the soldiers and en-
tered the hold. There he found
more than 400 hand grenades and
stocks Of ammunition and rifles.
Returning to deck, he announced:
Il am Selling these junks in the
name of the United States govern.
ment."
There was a moment Of silence.
Then the Japanese majors spirit
broke. He bowed and asked permits
sion to wait two hours before re.
turning to Shanghai.
But Martin spotted the trick i'm
mediately. In two hours the tide
would change and the junks could
speed away. He ordered the Japa-
nese to bring the other junks along
side.
An hour later the jaunty little
launch, the Stars and Stripes flap
ping briskly, came back up the
Whangpoo river with the Japanes :
trailing behind. Ninety-three enemy
soldiers were turned owe: to the
Chinese.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
$4,000 Packing Plant
Set For Spartanbura

SPARTANBURG, S. c., Oct. T.
tR)-What is believed to be the
largest peach packing house in
South Carolina is scheduled to be
built about the first of the year for
Phillip Caruso Of Orlando, Fla,
Otto NARROW, who represents the
builder, has announced.
The two-story, $50 by 100-foot
plant, and its six-acre site will cost
approximately $40, 900, NARROW said
and peaches will be carried by con-
tinuous conveyors from the time
baskets are placed on the front
platform until they are packed in
refrigerator cars. The plant will
pack about 80 cars daily.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
Lloyd W. Moore Reioins
Moore-F onvielle Aqenc,

Lloyd W. Moore, vice president
OF Moore-Fonvielle Realty Com
pany, who has been on a leave OF
absence from this company since
July, 1912, during which time he
served as an officer in the USNR,
has received his honorable dis.
charge from the United States
Navy and as Of October / again
takes up his duties with the
agency.
During Mr.. Moore's absence he
served as commanding officer Of
amphibious craft and ships in the
Aleutian and Gilbert Islands, and
also was an instructor in the
Amphibious school at Norfolk,
Virginia. His many friends will
be delighted to know that he has
been released and has returned
home.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
Youth Held In Jail
Over Shotgun Staying

KINSTON, Oct. 1.-P)-Sherift
Sam R.. Churchill said today he
had jailed Hudell Whaley, II, OF
Contentnea township, in connec.
ton with the Sunday afternoon
shotgun Staying of James Heber
Williams, IS.
The sheriff said Whaley was
being held without bond pending
a coroner's inquest later in the
week.
Williams, who died Of shotgun
wound in the chest suffered at the
Whaley home, was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. M. Williams Of the
Contentnea section.
Whaley is the son Of Owen
Whaley.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
Congress Works On Old
Time; Clocks Catch Up

WASHINGTON, Oct. L. R -
Congress, which ordered the ma
tons clocks set back an hour ef-
fective yesterday, found its own
timepieces still running on wartime
today.
A crew from the communications
company which operates the capitol
clocks was turning them back this
morning. But at II a. M, Standard
Time "a hours after the changeover
was ordered, all clocks in the
House wing said noon, the normal
meeting time.
Members ignored the clocks and
worked on the new schedule.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
British Say Premier
Ha, Answered Truman

LONDON, Oct. 1.-R-The gov
eminent announced tonight thai
Prime Minister Attlee has replied
to President Truman's letter urging
Great Britain to admit German
Jews into Palestine. :~
The nature Of the reply was moi
disclosed. ~
The Ministry of Information said
Attlee replied on Sept. is to Mr.
Truman's letter Of Aug. 81, con
trary to Washington reports that
the Prime Minister had failed te
answer.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
Biddle, Parker Sail
For War Grimes Trials

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-R-
Francis Biddle, former Attorney
General, sailed aboard the British
liner Queen Mary today, en- route
to Germany where he will be a
United States member of the
Military Tribunal to try top Ger
man war criminals.
Biddle was one of 1863 civilian
passengers aboard the vessel.
With Biddle was U. S. Circuit
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
GOODRICH BRINGS
OUT HEAVY TIRE

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-R-B. F
Goodrich Co. unveiled today what
it called the first postwar synthe
tic passenger automobile tire ane
reported it might be able to "out'
wear prewar naturals."
The company said it was IN
definite at this time when the
new tire would be available in
quantity to eligible motorists but
added distribution would go TAR
ward as fast as possible.
John L. Collyer, president said
'.general-purpose synthetic rubber
now seems destined to take per-
manent role in American automo'
bile tires and added that, for
certain elements in a tire, 1t was
highly possible Synthetic rubber
may be developed that is marked.
~ preferable to natural rubber. y
Officials said the new tire had
been tested extensively in actual
service on a number Of police
patrol cars and on taxicabs in
Philadelphia, Cincinnti and Louis
vile.
They added a test fleet also
tried out the tires under severe
overlooking plus high-speed and
high-temperature conditions IN
Texas during the past three
months with more than 10, 100000
test miles run in all.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
RFC Offers Ammonia
Plants For Sale, Lease

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-R-
The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration announced today that
eight government-owned chemical
plants that have been producing
synthetic ammonia are being Of
fered for sale or lease.
The plants include:
Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc.
Lake Charles, Louisiana; Dixie
Ordnance Works, Sterlington,
Louisiana; Morgantown Ordance
Works, Morgantown, West Vir-
qinia.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02

Court Judge John J. Parker ii
North Carolina who will be an al,
ternate member of the Tribunal.
They said they would go first to
Berlin and then to Nuremburg.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02
Committee Approves
Postwar Roads Program

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. -R)-
Authority to begin a 1878, $50, 900
Federal postwar roads program
won unanimous approval today
from the Senate Post Office and
Post Roads committee.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02

The Chinese annual population
growth sometimes is estimated as
high as 5000, 1000 a year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02

Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. is
known as ethe Forbidden City,
because it was closed to European
travellers in the 18th century.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-02

Poplars are called the 'whis-
pering trees" because as one leaf
hits against another it makes a
whispering sound.