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Evening star., 1945-09-22
Trials Set for ; Men
In Rotion Coupons Theft

Trial dates were set yesterday in
Alexandria and Stafford County for
three men charged with theft of
coupons from the Stafford County
Ration Board and attempted theft
from the Alexandria Ration Board.
Bonds of $4,000 each were set for
the men, Peter Silvio Cavanna, 35,
of New York; Dominic Anthony
Luciano. "a. and Benjamin Gau-
diosi, 80, of Newark. They have
been held in Jail at Fredericksburg
following their indictment on Sep
tember 10 for the Stafford County
theft on August 9. They are to
appear in Stafford County on Oc-
tober "a.
The men were returned to Alex
andria yesterday and placed under
$4,000 bond each pending trial Oc-
tober 8 in Alexandria Corporation
Court on charges of attempt tt
enter the Alexandria Ration BOARD
on the night of August 10, and Of
possessing burglary tools.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Honor Medal Winner
HOPES for Film Career
gy the Associateipre

BY the ASsoclatei Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 22.-Ret-
icent, freckle-faced and hopeful
hero Audie L. Murphy, 20-year-old
Army lieutenant from Farmerville
Tex, arrived last night in the film
capital, where, with Actor Jimmy
Cagney's aid, he hopes to crash the
tickle gates of filmdom.
1t. Murphy, holder of the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor and prac-
tically every other American decora-
ton for valor, stepped from an air.
liner to be greeted by Mr.. Cagney
in whose home he'll be a guest.
Blushing when autograph hunters
requested his signature, 1t. Murphy
said he expects to be discharged
from the service shortly
What about his plans for movie
career? 1t. Murphy just smiled and
said he didn't know. But Mr.. Gag
ney was not so reticent.
Il saw his picture in the papers,
said the tough guy of the screen
land knew he had something. Per-
sonality-and more! So, without
telling any one, 1 got in touch with
him, and here he is"
Evening star., 1945-09-22
BeIIbottoms Will Become Pusse,
But New Style Is Still Undecided

When the choice has been narrowed
down to one or two. feet command
ers will get chance to have their
say on the subject.
The public will also get a look at
the proposed garb.
At the same time, officers uni
forms will be considered for changes
although it is possible no change
will be made.
The move attracted attention on
Capitol Hill also. The House Naval
Affairs Committee yesterday heard
Rear Admiral William J. Carter
chief of the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts, and after the meeting il
was said the Navy had promised to
order no more bellbottom trousers.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Little War Continues
Al Night in Warsaw
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
WARSAW, Sept. 22.-The war Is
over, but the shooting continues in
this phantomlike shell of Polands
once proud capital. Indiscriminate
gunf1re nightly takes a toll of dead
and wounded in the debris-strewn
streets of WarsaWs
1t is not safe to go out alone after
nightfall. Even diplomats of the
American, British, Swedish, Luxem-
bourg, Danish and Belgian Embas-
sizes and Legations quartered in the
Polonia Hotel on the city's' main
thoroughfare, Aleje Jerozolimskie
street, venture forth only in groups
Thousands of Polish and Russian
soldiers and many Russians !r
Polish uniforms, as we'll as hefty
blond girls of the Polish police, with
rifles and submachine guns swung
from their shoulders, jostle throngs
of men, women and children in the
darkened streets and the ruins o1
dynamited and fire-gutted buildings
Not long after nightfall the shoot
ing usually starts. One hears thu
explosions of rifles or pistols, fol
lowed by groans anC screams. Sew
eral times there has been shooting
outside the windows of the room!
of United States Ambassador ane
Mrs. Arthur Bliss Lane.
No one seems to know who doe:
the shooting and who gets shot.
Besides the shooting, there some.
times comes the crashing of fire.
ravaged buildings or the explosion
of mines.
But the Poles take it calmly. BY
the thousands. they jam the three
legitimate theaters and two movie
houses hastily but together in the
shadow of shelltorn walls, ap.
parently needless that these wall.
might collapse at any moment.
Restaurants and night spots are
appearing amid the ruins and al
are crowded.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Draft Law Revision
|SheIved in Favor Of
Bill 10 Spur Enlistment
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Revision of the draft law was on
the shelf in the Senate Military AZ
fairs Committee today to wait while
measures aimed to induce Army
Navy enlistments get a trial.
The committee yesterday put aside
bill by Chairman Thomas of Utah
embracing changes in the selective
service law and voted to report in
stead the House-approved bill.
The House measure contains these
major provisions:
/. Mastering out pay for men now
In the Army who enlist.
2. Five cents mile travel allow
ance for those granted furloughs on
re-enlistment.
3. An optional monetary allowance
In lieu of quarters for dependents.
Retirement Made Easier.
A. All benefits under the CT Bill
Of Rights for those who enlist be-
fore next May IS, when the selective
service law expires.
S. Optional retirement on part
pay after 20 years service, instead
of the present 80 years.
The Senate Committee made only
one change. 1t increased to le
months an optional one-year en-
listment period approved by the
House for men who have served
six months or more in the Army.
| Senator Thomas said the War De-
pertinent had suggested this altera
ton. Senator Revercomb, Repub-
lican of West Virginia, served notice
ne will try, on the Senate floor, tc
cut it back to one year.
Wants Limited Draft.
Enlistments for two years or three
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Philadelphia Leader Found
Dead With Throat S|ashed
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. pa
man identified as John B. Thayer,
Sd, so, member of a widely known
Philadelphia family and financial
vice president of the University Of
Pennsylvania, was found dead yes
terday in a parked automobile, his
throat and wrists slashed.
Identification was made by a
brother, Frederick, and former 1t.
Gov. John c. Bell, lifetime friend.
He has been suffering from a nerv-
GUS breakdown during the last two
weeks" Mr.. Bell said, due, I believe,
to worrying about the death of his
son who was killed in service"
Coroner j. Allen Bertoiet said
he believed the death a suicide.
The son, one of two who entered
the military service, was 1t. Edward
c. Thayer, a., killed in the South
west Pacific.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Shortage Of Telephones
May Ease by January

Supplies of telephone instruments
should be sufficient by the end Of
the year to take them out Of the
bottleneck class, according to the
War Production Boards Telephone
Operations Industry Advisory Com
mjttee.
Applications for new phones held
up after the first of the year will
be due to shortages of central office
equipment and cable plants, the
industry informed the agency yes
terday.
1t may even be possible to grant
some applications after that time
for telephone extensions in homes,
the committee reported.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Sampson Replaces Mcvey
As Mayor Of Brentwood

James E. Sampson, councilman
from the fourth ward Of Brentwood,
Md, will replace Mayor Warren C.
McVey, whose resignation became
effective today.
Mr.. Sampson, in community pol
itics since 1922, has held the Office
before, as we'll as the post of chief
OF the volunteer fire department.
The term expires July, 1947.
DR.. McVey, an industrial special
ist in WPBs chemical bureau, plans
to join packing firm in Madison,
Wis.
Originally from Kansas, DR.. Nc
Vey moved to Maryland in 1882.
He plans to leave for Wisconsin
with his wife and two sons by Oc-
tober l. The McVeys live at 4402
Fortieth street, Brentwood. Mr..
Sampson lives at $500 Taylor street
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Death Penalty Asked
By State for Epes as
Case Nears Jury
by, the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 22.-The
prosecution in a final, inpassioned
plea asked today for the life of 1t.
Samuel c. Epes, handsome young
Army officer charged with Staying
his wife for the love of 19-year-old
Louisiana blond.
Solicitor T. Pou Taylor asked the
jury to send the son of the wealthy
Virginia industralist to the electric
chair, which, he said was made for
rich and poor, black and white"
alike.
In his summation he urged the
jury to return a simple murder con-
viction. A murder conviction auto
matically carries the death penalty.
If the jury recommends mercy, the
sentence is life imprisonment.
Defense Argument Opened.
State Senator Edgar A. Brown,
noted South Carolina lawyer en-
ployed by the Epes family to defend
their son, began the final defense
argument shortly before noon.
Arguments began yesterday, on
the fifth day of the trial, after the
defense decided not to put the i'm
passive 27-year-old officer or any
of his witnesses on the stand.
The lawyers painted two pictures
of Epes before the jury:
The prosecution portrayed him as
q cunning wife-slayer who planned
and executed nearly perfect crime,
even to burying his 98-pound wife,
Mary Lee Epes, in an abandoned
foxhole, so he could love the blond
war worker he met on maneuvers
in Louisiana.
The defense pictured him as de-
voted but sometimes philandering
husband whose only offense was to
lose his head when his wife died of
an overdose Of a sedative.
He may have acted like crazy
maniac" said Defense Attorney
Richard E. Broome, but he did not
kill her"
Saying the State has produced no
actual evidence beyond Epes' own
admission to officers that he secretly
buried his wife, the lawyer pointed
out this is not the offense for which
Epes is on trial.
Clint Graydon, criminal lawyer
who is special prosecutor, told the
jury that Epes buried his wife in
an abandoned foXhole and stuck a
marker over the grave possibly while
his wife was in a deep anesthesia,
but still alive.
His two-hour summation dWelt at
length on the States evidence link
ing Epes with "the other woman" I"
Nelson Kingsland of Lake Charles,
La.
States Case Ridiculed.
Epes has admitted spending a
"platonic" week end with Miss
Kingsland in New Orleans hotel,
and SO endearing letters he wrote
her in AZ days were entered as evi-
dence in the trial record.
Leith Bremner, Richmond, Va, a
defense attorney who is a friend of
Epes' father, industrialist Travis
Epes, ridiculed the States refer
ences to premeditated murder and
a nearly perfect crime.
He said Epes could have found a
more effective drug than sodium
seconal if he had wanted to kill his
wife, and that he would have dis
posed of the box of capsules and
other evidence.
Epes parents and 16-year -old sister
sat directly behind him.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Sergt. Beverly Griffir
Wins Silver Star for
IWiping Out Patrol

Sergt. Beverly M. Griffin, Is, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. David B. Griffin
1906 East-West Highway, Chevy
Chase, Md, received the Silver Star
Medal September for gallantry in
action with the 7th Army near
Runtzenheim, France, last January,
his parents have learned.
Sergt Griffin beat off a German
patrol. He set up his machine gun
atop pillbox, in full view of the
enemy, and killed four men and
forced the remaining 16 to sur
render.
A native Of Memphis, Tenn, Sergt.
Griffin was employed with the Fed
eral Housing Administration here
prior to entering the Army in Janu-
ary, 1912. His wife, Mrs. Jewell
Griffin, and a 5-year-old son, Hay
ward, live in Chevy Chase.
Five Marines Decorated.
Four Marine officers and an en-
listed man now on duty here were
decorated recently by Gen. A. A.
Vandegrift, Marine Corps comman-
dant, in ceremonies at Marine head
quarters.
Bronze Star medals were present.
ed to S/Sergt. James F. Moser, jr..
Star reporter on military leave, of
Culpeper, Va, for meritorious
achievement as a combat corre-
spondent on Guam, and Col. James
c. Murray, jr, Of Seville, Ohio, now
living at 483l Thirty sixth street
NV, for heroism as commanding
officer of a Marine infantry bat
talon on Okinawa
Air Medals were awarded to 1t.
Col. M. K. Peyton of Camel City,
KY, now living at $500 Franklin
street NE, for meritorious achieve
ment as commanding oficer of a
Marine fighter squadron in the SOL
onions; Maj. Frederick NJ Rauschen-
bach Of New York City, now living
at 1914 Gunston road, Parkfairfax,
Alexandria, and lst 1t. Thomas w.
Hardy of Columbus, Miss, now living
at 1888 Emerson street NV, for five
combat missions. Maj. Rauschen-
bach received two Gold Stars in lieu
of second and third Air Medal for
Is missions in the Ryukyus.
Holds Purple Heart.
Sergt. Moser, now stationed at
the Marine recruiting Office here,
also holds the Purple Heart and the
Asiatic-Pacific Medal with two bat
tile stars He Is a veteran of the
Okinawa campaign with the 1st Ma
rine Division.
At Guam, serving as combat
correspondent with the Sd Marine
Division, Sergt. Moser was painfully
wounded by mortar shell fragments
and rendered deaf" He refused
evacuation and, after receiving first
aid, continued to cover the actions
Of his regiment at the front lines.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Soldier SIashed
rCapitoI;; Mani Hurt
Saving Two Others

Mrs. Dorothy Lindner, %, wife OF
a serviceman, suffered serious
wounds early today when attacked
by colored man near Union Sta
ton Plaza, and Harry Rush, 20, of
$50 Delaf1eld place NV, also was
cut in trying to aid two other wom-
en- whom the colored man had at
tempted to molest, police reported.
Mrs. Lindner, who is a ticket seller
in the station and lives at 229 F
street NE, was admitted to Cas-
ualty Hospital. Her condition today
was described as bordering on seri-
Gus. She was given blood plasma
She suffered cuts on her face, neck
and arms, and plastic surgeon has
been called in to treat her, the
police said.
Two Women AccOsted.
A short time before Mrs. Lindner
was attacked, police said the colored
man accosted Miss Emma Dietz, 20
and Mrs. John Dietz, 10, as they
were walking from the station along
the 400 block of First street NE
They are said to have arrived from
out of town to visit Mrs. Dietz's
husband, Pfc. John Dietz, 81, who is
at Walter Reed Hospital.
Mr.. Rush hastened to help the
women when the colored man threw
one of them down. He was slashed
on the wrists, according to police
He was treated at Casualty Hospital
and released. Neither of the two
women was injured.
Mrs. Lindner, who is from Cum
berland, Md, said she was on her
way home when the attack occurred.
She said the colored man was
wearing light felt hat, gray coat
or jacket, green trousers and white
shirt, and that he weighed about 180
pounds. Her description was corro-
borated by the other women. The
colored man, police said, was last
seen fleeing through the railroad
yard at Second and F streets NE.
Struck With Suitcase.
Miss Dietz told police that she and
Mrs. Dietz were walking along First
street NE, about 1885 am. and
that the colored man. came toward
them as they reached the park in
front Of the Senate Hotel. He
threw his arms around both of us,
then pushed my sister-in-law to
the ground" she said.
Il screamed" Miss Dietz con-
tinued, "and then hit him on the
back with my suitcase. A man was
coming towards us and the Negro
got up to run. The man went after
him but he was much too small to
tussle with the Negro, who pulled
something out of his pocket which
looked like a knife"
Policemen of the homicide squad,
and Capt. Clyde N. Strange, acting
chief Of District detectives, are
investigating.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Two Cafes Forfeit $50
In Sanitation Cases

Olmsted,s Restaurant, 1886 G
street NV, through its president,
Leo Schlosberg, forfeited $50 yester-
day in Municipal Court on charge
of having insanitary conditions in
violation of District health regula-
tions.
Forfeiting $50 on a similar charge
was Paul Reznek, proprietor OF a
restaurant at 1108 Sixteenth street
NV.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Disti||ing Of Bourbon
Nav Start Next Month
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
Distillers may be able to resume
making bourbon whisky in October
The Agriculture Department says
it may spare 100000 bushels OF
corn for distilling then.
Use of corn for alcoholic spirits
has been prohibited because of
livestock feed shortage Latest re-
ports promise plentiful feed sup
plies.
Evening star., 1945-09-22

The Navy has decided to put bell
bottom trousers into mothballs, but
1t will be some time" before sailors
don new uniforms.
The Navy has in stock enough
bellbottoms to outfit 100000 sali-
ors, but sailors being demobilized
are drawing so heavily on the sup
plies that the stockpile is expected
to be exhausted in year.
The final decision on what the
well-dressed sailor will wear will
come, the Navy said, well in ad-
vance" of exhaustion of the pres
ent stock of blues.
A number Of proposed uniforms
are now under study, the Navy said.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Failure to Use Ships
Criticized by Curron
Gy the Associated Press.

Gy the Associated Press.
LIE HAVRE, France, Sept. 22.-
Joseph Curran, president of the Ma
tional Maritime Union (CIO), said
today that American shipping which
would cause mo trouble in man
ming" for use in redeployment was
being left idle and unassigned.
Landing here as a delegate to the
World Trade Union Conference in
Paris. Mr.. Curran said 300 Liberty
ships were tied up on the James
River and many Victory ships were
unassigned because of a lack Of
planning"
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Weather Report

District Of Columbia: Sunny and
pleasant this afternoon with highest
temperature in the upper 7Os. Clear
and cool with lowest temperature In
the middle SOS tonight. Mostly fair
tomorrow but increasing cloudiness
in the afternoon.
Virginia: Clear and cool tonight.
Increasing cloudiness with moderate
temperature tomorrow. Showers
likely in southwest portion in after
noon.
Maryland: Clear and cool to-
night. Increasing cloudiness with
moderate temperature tomorrow.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
DooIitf|e's By Sets
HaWaii-fo-D. T.. Record

1t. Gen. James H. Doolittles per-
sonal B-29 holds the nonstop
Hawaii to Washington record-16
hours and 38 minutes.
The plane landed at National Air
port late yesterday, piloted by Maj.
j. Lawrence Smith, of Fresno, Calf
1t has been completely around the
world since July 6, when it set a
Observation-Disclosures record of IL
hours and Is minutes.
The plane started from Two Jima
after having been held there as a
replacement for the Japan-to-
Washington fight if needed.
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Man Accidentally Shot
while Cleaning Rifle

Robert G. Gingell, 20, of 10101
Brunett avenue, Silver Spring,
suffered gunshot wound to his left
leg yesterday when a % caliber rifle
he was cleaning was accidently dis
charged, according to Montgomery
County police.
Mr.. Gingell was treated at Subur-
ban Hospital, Bethesda, and re-
leased. The accident occurred in
the attic of home in the first block
|of Knowles avenue, Kensington,
where he had been visiting, police
said
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Body Of Missing Man
Found in Anucostio Rive

The body of colored man recov-
cred by police yesterday from the
Anacostia River near the Eleventh
Street Bridge was identified today
as Daniel E. Smallwood, 81, of the
l400 block Bangor street NE, police
reported
Identification was made at the
District Morgue by his wife. Ruth.
Her husband, she said, had been
missing since September 18. Police
said the body had been in the water
for about four daYs
Evening star., 1945-09-22
years also Is authorized by the

years also h authorized by the
measure.
Senator Thomas bill included vir-
tually all provisions of the House
measure. In addition it would set
two-year limit on service by future
draftees and forbid drafting men
over 26.
Before the committee meeting, he
told reporters he would try to limit
the draft to the alas age group.
But after the committee session,
he indicated that he had accepted
majority view there that I'VE
ought to meet one problem at
time"
Evening star., 1945-09-22
Hookon in Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN, Sept. % Dr.
King Haakon of Norway arrived here
today to visit his brother, King
Christian of Denmark, whom he has
not seen in six years. King Christian
will celebrate his 18th birthday next
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1945-09-22

South Africa is to have a $4,000,
900 chain of hotels.
Evening star., 1945-09-22

Enlistments for two years or thre
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AMERICANS LAND
ON LUZON ISLAND
CONTINUED txo,o Page One)

OI1I1IluG1 AO10 rage SINGJ
cludes the city of Lingayen.
U. S. Naval filters, slashing at
Japan's sea-air strength within
the Luzon defense orbit, sank or
damaged 70 ships and destroyed
or damaged 262 planes in a three
days sweep over the Luzon-For-
mosa-O kinawa area.
American tanks c1ashed with
German armor in a battle that
ragged all day yesterday in a blind
ing blizzard as Field Marshal Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery's two
army team whitfield another mile
off the northern side of the Bel
gian bulge and closed within
three-fourths of mile of the i'm
portant communications hub of
LaRoche.
The U. S. third army, which had
been forced to give ground late
yesterday under repeated coun-
ter-attacks on the southern side
of the salient, roared back today
with gains up to a half-mile at
several points despite the worst
weather of the winter and con-
tinued fierce enemy resistance.
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Letters And Morale

There is something pathetic to us about
the old ballad, "No Letter Today" And
am wondering if many men in service
may not have their spirits lifted by let
ter from a friend or relative
Of course, we are all busy and do not
have time to write to many Of our acquain-
tances, but if we have to leave any of them
off, let's try to remember those in service.
Many times things that seem trivial to us,
may be just the news that they need to
give them feeling of cheer and encourag-
ment.
This week, the West Jefferson Method
list church started plan for selecting one
particular service man-of- the-week for the
members to write to. The first man-of-
the-week is Chaplain Hoyt Wood, former
pastor and we are sure that Hoyt will be
happy to receive letters from his former
church members. We like this suggestion
and hope it will be carried on, not only by
the West Jefferson Methodist church, but
by others as well.
Our suggestion to everyone this year is
that when you have some extra time or
even if you do not, make little extra eff
fort to write to men in service.
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ASHE BOY MAKING
A RECORD OVERSEAS
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through south of pulverized ST..
Lo, on July Is, battered open a
passage through the hedgerow
country allowing American arm
or to fan out over France and
drove the Germans back across
the Wire River. Those battles in
the hedgerow country were real
smuggling matches, every foot of
advance being skillfully and
stubbornly contested and they
were complicated by rough and
frequent counter-attacks Other
battles were against the Ger
mans to free Evreux and Lou
viers, and then on into Belgium.
They were the first infantry di-
vision to enter Belgium.
More than 1900 battle decora-
tons have been awarded officers
and men of the 30th Division.
T-Sgt. Porter, who was wound
ed in July, spent several weeks
in a hospital in England, but is
now back with his division.