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electricity, fuel, etc There weren't
even any drug stores OF beer joints.
Of the 100000 people that had lived
there at one time, there were Just a
few left and there is still 1000 of
them buried under the debris. The
odor was terrible and in some places
/ nearly gave Coblenz part of my
stomach.
I'VE walked through what used to
be gay streets and what were now
Just rubble piles. All day long | didn't
see one building that was halfway fit
to live in. | could never tell you how
it made me feel. just wish that every
person in the world had a chance to
see what | saw. There wouldn't be any
more wars then.
| got a chance to look at German
people and to see the expressions on
their faces That is something that
will remember, too. They all have a
smile for you when you look their
way, but it is not a truthful smile. 1t
is a smile that is hard to name. They
seem to want to be friends with you
and at the same time kill you. There
is hate in those smiles and fear, too
That fear is the thing that | liked to
see. This time they know that they are
conquered. They can't blame their de-
feat on anything but the fact that we
were better soldiers than they We're
When we went into one Of their houses
(?) and took what we wanted, they
knew that that was the way of con-
Queror. They step aside when you
walk by them. They asked for it, and
ana they. get 1t? We saw so many
bombed buildings that | got tired Of
looking at them,
Il got German and French he'll
met and at one time | had an Italian
helmet foo but if was foo n,cb 70
.1,.., :.
carry, 80 'ilieW 1t away l LOOK h"'
too, that had the Nazl party badge on,
The only worthwhile souvenir that
| managed was little pair of wooden
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let Seese were guests on Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Yost.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Frazee visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Liston at Confu-
ence, Pa, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Georg enter
tanned at dinner on Sunday a number
of friends, among whom were Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Younkin and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Tressler, Mrs.
George Bach, all Of Grantsville; Sgt.
George Bach, of Richmond, Va; Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Bach and daughter
Orpah, Pvt. Owen Bach, of Camp
Storey, Va; Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Tin
kan, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Dennikin
and sons and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Col
lier and son.
Miss Betty Rodeheaver spent Sat
urday in Frostburg.
Mrs. Foster Speicher, of Oakland,
was guest Monday evening of Mrs.
W. A. Speicher
Mrs. Glenn Collier and children
spent Saturday night with relatives
in Belle Vernon, Pa Mrs. Collier was
accompanied by her mother, who is
remaining at Belle Vernon for a more
extended visit.
Farm Bureau discussion group
No, met at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs, Walter Richter Monday night
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son, of Baltimore, were weekend
guests Of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Otto.
Mr. and Mrs A. J. Fresh spent Sun
day in Frostburg with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Fresh.
Farm Discussion Group No. 8 met
on Wednesday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs s. L. Otto. Thirteen
members were present.
Miss Colleen Yoder, Potomac Park,
is spending some time here with her
grandmother, Mrs Althea Beachy.
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Oaklander Tells of Visit
to Coblenz, Germany
T/Sgt. James b. Bell Writes In
teresting Letter About His
Trip Over Germany in a B-24

Trip Over Germany in a B-24
7 Sgt. James B. Bell, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. James B. Bell. Liberty st.,
Oakland, wrote an interesting letter
to his parents on May 6-the day be-
fore Germany's surrcndel-in which
he described trip from England to
Cobcnz, Germany.
Sgt. Bell is an aerial photographer
and has been in England as such for
upwards of a year or more. He was
on board a B-2l plane, which flew over
Belgium and the Ruhr and landed at
Coblenz, on the Rhine. He writes:
Its not quite the same as St. Mar
garct'; on the Thames. The Raj and
The 3S9th have been to Coblenz-(so
had Patton) and the great difference
IN the two places lies in those factors
But let me tell you about it.
My orders read that | was to ac-
company a group of felIows( line
chiefs, mechanics. etc.), who had won
bronze stars for the job that they had
in the air. The Sth AZ Vas giying
-bcm q chance IA SEQ what tbn;,' v,o,I,
had ACCOMPLISHED in tho wav of hon,hs
ON tho ta,pnt Nv iob v..s to naILn
some shots of them that could he
used in releases ia tbai,. homo town
papers.
We were airbornc at seven o'clock
on the 2nd and a. the weather was
until If hogan to b,nal, and tba+ was
mot mill we were weiI oy ,,,' tb ,,'' No,@b
Sea. The first largo town that we few
over was Brussels and from the aIti-
tudc That we were fv;ng co,,Id 500
the pconlr on the strnGt. and fron,
Inc air the citv looked vr,v heautifni
It had been damaged = Iittio bv homh-
ing, but not enouyh so that anvonn
would notice if made some shots Of
the bio buildinps with the acr;al cam
era that I had with me
"From Brussels we went ON to the
CITY of Liopo and from tbrro we made
for Gcrmanv Om. FIRST Ga,nan Town
was Aarhon and il WAS Iovnlnd 10 tho
ground BEFORE actnaIlv saw if hid
fiournd that i was n1,ottv woIl bit
bnt not comnlotnIv dostrovnd As we
flow across tbn C0logno' niain v,o' saw,
how toprh if n,u.t bavn Loon fn,.
Uodop's 9,,mins Tho .Tnrin. had ,,n,,v
,tronp Qualifications and so dawn n,any
zip-zag trenches Thai we owe nm t,,v-
mo +n son tbnn, ali Fvn,.v town, ~,
the pJ2in was lavclnd and the nlacn
looked as if Won coII]dn'+ have walllnd
two frrr without faIIin~ into sn,,,n
,.4 r. - .4
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In planning your home Of tomorrow make the wiring
will be adequate take of the many added for
trcty which you should plan to enjoy.
The new appliances in your postwar home will be your
working servants They will need the full power of cleo
tricity order to work efficiently and economically IT, how
home under-wired these appliances become
jammedup at outlets This lowers voltage and
makes appliances work harder without accomplishing
much.
Plan each room in postwar home for adequate wiring
That plenty of convenience outlets switches, and
cults each served by wires large enough for any load that
your may put upon them.
Discuss plans with your architect your electrical
tractor and with the specialists in this company. The differ
between "skimpy" and adequate wiring very little.
Adequate Wiring will repay you better appliance service,
and help to avoid blown fuses and dmmg lights due to
loaded circuits
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For sll-~esthe' protection seainst sum.
ms' sun and winter snow, your best buy
Is Marietta Porch t. Deck p.int Il,
bviIs to take punishment oil year round.
Choice Of rich eoIon.
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Evening star., 1945-01-07

anchor was hit by an automobile
Pearl Ward, 26, Of 60e r street NV.
received lip cut yesterday as she
was passing a parking lot in the 800
block of E street NV. Treated at
the nearby Hecht clinic, the injured
woman was sent home.
Four cars and q truck were
slightly damaged in freak acci-
dent yesterday In which another
truck escaped damage and no one
was hurt. A truck owned by the
Park Transfer Co., Fifth and v
streets NE, was towing another
truck Of the firm east on Maryland
avenue at Seventh street S.W., when
a steel cable used as towline be-
came entangled in the front wheels
OF the second truck.
The second truck, according to
police. turned sharply and rammed
a parked car owned by Isaac M.
Vest, 1857 Blaine street NE This
car, in turn, struck one owned by
Harry Markowitz, 1884 Taylor street
NV, which hit q parked car owned
by John A. Mullens. 37l2 South
First road, Arlington. Completing
the mishap. the car owned by Mr..
Mullens hit another parked car
owned by William R. Sands, the
only one unchanged, Marlboro, Md,
police said.
Driver OF the first truck was John
j. Turner, 81. colored, of 48 Jack
son place NV, police said, and
operator of the truck being towed
was Daniel D. Taylor, so, colored,
l140 Third street NV.
Truck. Streetcar Collide.
Paul T. Baylor, 80, colored, 1104
Third street Sc, was charged by
police with falling to yield the right
of way yesterday after his post
Office truck was overturned and
slightly damaged in collision with
q streetcar on Independence avenue
at Sixth street 6.W.
Both the streetcar and truck
were travelling east on Independ-
ence avenue, police said, when the
truck attempted to make a left
Evening star., 1945-01-07
Woman Clerk, Struck
|By 5treeicar, Is First
Traffic Fatality Of rs

In the first traffic fatality Of the
year, Mrs. Josephine Clements, 81, a
Commerce Department clerk for II
years. was struck and killed by a
streetcar as she was crossing Four
teenth street between E street and
Constitution avenue NV. yester-
day.
Coroner>A. Magruder Macdonald
said last night an investigation was
continuing, and that an inquest had
not been scheduled.
Operator of the streetcar. accord
ing to police, was Louis j. Herdt, 50.
of 1911 North Taylor street, Arling-
ton, said to have ~ years expert
ence as an operator. He was held
for coroner's action but was re-
leased in custody of attorneys for
the Capital Transit Co.
Taken to Emergency Hospital in a
Health Department ambulance,
Mrs. Clements, a widow who lived at
1923 Thirteenth street NV, was
pronounced dead on arrival.
Was Answering QuestiOner.
The accident occurred while
Mr.. Herdt was answering the
question of passenger, police
quoted him as having said. He did
not see Mrs. Clements, and appar-
emily she had run in front Of the
car, police said he told them.
Six other persons were injured in
traffic accidents yesterday.
Police Pvt. George E. Wood, As, OF
1434 Southern avenue Sc, motor
cycle oncer attached to the trafYic
division, suffered slight bruises to
the left arm and left thigh yester-
day when car driven by q chauf-
feur for Breckenridge Long, former
Assistant Secretary Of State, was
In collision with the motorcycle,
police said. The chauffeur was Ugo
Payerini, Al, who lives at Montpelier
Manor, the Long estate at Laurel,
Md, police said.
The accident occurred In front
of the Municipal Building as Mr..
Paverini pulled away from the curb
while the motorcycle officer was
passing, police said, and Pvt. Wood
was thrown to the street. No charge
was lodged against Mr., Paverini.
Car Jumps Ravine.
Two persons were injured slightly
yesterday when their car skidded,
jumped ravine and hit tree on
the Baltimore boulevard near
Laurel, Md, State police reported.
The car was demolished in the
collision.
Police said Doyle Turner, "a, and
his companion, Herman Webb, both
Of Baltimore, were thrown from the
auto when it went over the ravine.
Mr.. Turner was admitted at Leland
Memorial Hospital, Riverdale, where
attendants said he suffered cuts and
bruises. Mr.. Webb did not require
hospital treatment.
Bess Carr, AZ, of 3640 Sixteenth
street NV. suffered cuts on the
arm and leg when the automobile
she was driving collided with 4
streetcar at Fourteenth street and
Constitution avenue NV. The
streetcar operator was Charles w.
Dwiggins, 80, of Greenbet, Md,
police said. The automobile driver
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Doris Tobin, 8, of 1924 Ninth |
street NV. received a sprained
ankle and knee cuts yesterday when
struck by an automobile at Georgia
avenue and Peabody street NV,
according to police, who said the
driver WAS John J. Mahon, Mclean,
Va. The child was treated at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Crash Ships Gable.
Struck by a steel cable that snap
Evening star., 1945-01-07
PTA to Heur Officer

Capt. walter Bell, U. s. M. g. r..
will speak on Visual Aids Training
In Education" at meeting of the
Charles Barrett Parent Teacher As
sociation at 8 pm. Tuesday at the
school, Parkfairfax, Va.
Evening star., 1945-01-07

turn and was struck by the street
car.
Operator Of the streetcar, accord
ing to police, was Samuel p. Smith
So, of 419 N street NV.
Evening star., 1945-01-07

Speed the day Of peace and
Plenty"-buy an extra War Bond
today.
Evening star., 1945-01-07

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Evening star., 1945-10-23
Hadassah Hits Byrnes
Policy on Palestine
ry the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-Hadassah
women's Zionist national organiza-
ton, yesterday called on President
Truman to see that the United
States lives UP to the promises
of its great leadership and parties
on the question of Jewish immigra-
ton to Palestine.
The group expressed a sense of
shock" at statement by Secretary
OF State ByrneS that this Govern
ment would not support a final de-
clslon which in its opinion would
affect the basic situation in Pal
estine without full consultation with
both Jews and Arabs" The Byrnes
statement ignored" an American
policy of 25 years standing, which
would not make the future of the
Jewish people dependent on the will
OF Arab potentates, a resolution
adopted at the organizations 31st
annual convention said.
The resolution. asserting that the
Arabs were "Surfeited with more
than a million square miles OF
sparsely inhabited territory in the
Middle East" called on President
Truman to see that the United
States stands uncompromising in
its pursuit of justice; that it lives
up to the promises of its great lead
ers and parties, so that the Jewish
people at long last shall be granted
freedom, dignity and security in its
homeland y
Evening star., 1945-10-23
1900 Planes 10 Cover
New York Navy Day
By nc Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-An all
armada of 1900 Navy fighters ane
bombers, the largest group of feet
aircraft ever assembled for review
will fly over the fleet while President
Truman reviews it in the Hudson
River at the Navy Day celebration
Saturday.
The plan was unfolded by the
Navy as the 45,00O-ton battleshir
Missouri approached the New York
Harbor
The Navy said swarms of Hellcats
Corsairs, HelldWiVers, Avengers and
Tigercats would begin flying over the
city at $3.50 pm. Saturday and esti-
mated it would taken an hour for
all to pass over.
The planes will gather in groups
over a dozen other cities for the
flight here. This, the Navy said, was
designed to give millions of Amer
leans in those cities and intervening
communities an opportunity to see
the planes demonstrate their tactics.
Cities designated as rendezvous
points include Bangor, Me; Man
chester, N. M; Burlington, Vt: Al
bany, Rochester and Buffalo, N. Y;
Trenton, N. j.; Philadelphia, Beth
lehem and Harrisburg, Pa: Rich
mond, Danville and Roanoke. Va;
Greensboro and Charlotte, N. c.;
Charleston. Columbia and Spartan
burg, S. c., and Columbus, Cleve-
land and Toledo, Ohio.
The Missouri was expected to dock
at pier 80 at noon today, but the
Navy announced the battleshir
would be delayed several hours by
fog and tide and probably would not
dock before $50 pm.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Venezuela
Continued From First Page)

nlzed as an outstanding advocate
of hemisphere collaboration. He
was reported working closely with
President Betancourt on sweeping
social reforms.
Valmore, gray haired and studious
appearing, volunteered for service in
the American Army in 1915 when he
was l8 years old. He served briefly
in the lSt Infantry Division at Fort
Dix, N. j.; Camp Upton and Fort
Slocum, N Y, before being sent to
Panama He remained six months
in the Canal Zone and became a
sergeant.
He said that when he was ac-
cepted again at Fort Dix for train
ing preparatory to admission to
West Point, 1T was discovered I was
not an American citizen and there
fore I was handed an honorable dis
charge"
1T was through my Army expert
ence I came to like the United
States" Valmore added.
He said in an interview that the
new de facto government would not
take any part in the negotiation of
Venezuela's s oil contracts.
The junta issued a decree last
night freezing the funds of all
public functionaries with wealth
above certain level and forbidding
the sale of their properties. An
other decree forbade the seven
members Of the junta itself from
becoming candidates in the presi-
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Buildings
Continued From First Page.)

to the Pentagon. The Army's esti-
mates, he said, are larger.
Thus, by inference the Veterans
Administration may very well wind
up in what is now proposed as a
new War Department.
Will Restrict Army Space.
The chances of the Army occupy
ing both the Pentagon and all OF
part of the proposed War Building
"a building substantially smaller
than the Pentagon) appeared slim
| If judged by committee reaction to
giving the Army more than the
Pentagon.
Representative Robertson, Repub-
lican, of North Dakota said "the
chances of Congress approving an
other War Department building
after approving the Pentagon are
one in 10000"
Representative McGregor, Repub.
lican, of Ohio said that the Army
had come before the Public Build.
ings and Grounds Committee anc
estimated the Pentagon would cos
$35, 900, 900 and then spent approx.
mately $80,000,000
Thus, it appeared that unless the
proposed extension to the Wal
Building could be justified on some
other ground than Army use, they
would have rough going before the
bill is even reported out.
| Army Takes Much Space.
/ At present, the Army occupies az
much space in Washington outside
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Walker 10 Quit Reds
If They Will Agree
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ORLANDO, Fla, Oct. 23.-Gerald
"Gee-Gee" Walker, outfielder for the
Cincinnati Reds since 1912, says that
he has applied for his unconditional
release.
Walker, who played his first
organized baseball with Fort Smith
in the Western Association in 1923
told newsmen yesterday the Reds
had promised him the release this
fall if he desired it.
Warren Giles, general manager of
the Reds, declined comment on
Walkers remarks until I have re-
ceived word directly from him"
The unpredictable Gee Gee" broke
into major league ball with Detroit
in 1881. and he said yesterday he
would seek a position with some
other club if the Reds give him a
release.
Walker hit his stride with Detroit
IN 1886 with batting average of
.353. He served as a utility outhelder
with the Reds during the past
season.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Unemployment Fears
I0f Wartime Labor
Termed BaseIess

Tension between veterans and
civilians, between white and colored
people, depends to a large extent
on full employment, Charles Stew
art told the Conference on Up
rooted Americans today at the First
Congregational Church. Mr.. Stew
art is chief of the Division of
Standards of the Labor Depart
ment.
He said the solution of unemploy-
ment depends on Government
measures, supplemented by State
and private aids. He added that
fears of unusual unemployment be-
cause of extra wartime workers
are exaggerated, because many OF
those workers will be absorbed into
normal employment.
Will w. Alexander, director of
race relations for the Julius Rosen-
wald Fund, advocated compensa-
ton for Japanese-Americans whose
loyalty was unquestioned and who
were forced out of their homes and
businesses during the war. He also
predicted migration out of the
South by both white and colored
cotton growers, because he does
not believe the area can be indus
trialized rapidly enough to prevent
large-scale unemployment.
Charles H. Houston, member o.
the Presidents Committee on Fail
Employment Practices, was another
speaker at the morning session. In.
dustry is changing from a State tt
national pattern and problem.
must be settled on a Nation wide
basis for that reason, he said.
Among speakers scheduled for thi.
afternoons session were Representa-,
tive Emily Taft Douglas, Democrat
of Illinois; DR.. Joy Elmer Morgan
editor: Francis McPeek of the Wash.
ington Federation of Churches anc
Benson LanGis of the Federal Coun.
Gil of Churches.
Representative Glare Boothe Luce
Republican, of Connecticut will ad
dress dinner meeting at pm. to.
day at the church. Representativ,
Woodhouse, Democrat, of Connect
cut and Representative Margare
Chase Smith, Republican, of Main,
are scheduled to be present.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
50 Aussie Brides
| Of Yunks Return
From u. S. Homes
the Associated Press.

Es lHt aSSOCldlbu fTtSS.
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 23.-
More than so Australian brides of
American servicemen returned from
the United States aboard the Mat
sonia yesterday, some saying they
were simply homesick and others
disappointed because the country
was mot like the movies and maga-
zine advertisements"
Among the women were some
widows, and Divorces and others
who said they were "just fed up
America is likeable, but the
people are dreadful" exclaimed an
other, Mrs. Margaret Macdonald of
Sydney. Every one rushes around
like lightning and after the quiet
life in Australia America is absolute
bedlam."
Mrs. Joan Balboni of Sydney said
Everything in America is fast and
every one is selfish. The pace of
living and playing gets on Aussie
nerves."
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Ban on Sale Of Stroy Dogs
Is Lifted by Commissioners

Washington's stray dogs took a
new lease on life today when the
Commissioners rescinded their ban
on the sale of dogs from the District
Pound.
Poundmaster Frank B. Marks will
now be permitted to sell the strays
for So plus license fees.
The ban on the sale of the pound
inmates was imposed by the city
heads about a year ago, during an
epidemic of the rabies, and this
meant that a large number of un-
claimed animals were put to death
after the 48-hour time limit pro-
vided under District law.
Now that the District is able to
compel vaccination of dogs, MIR.
Marks told the Commissioners that
the people were complying with the
law and he could see no reason for
continuing the ban. Dogs are sold
only after careful check by the
Evening star., 1945-10-23
MIS-. Smith Sentenced
To 20 Years in Death
Of SoIdier-Husband
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARRISONBURG, Va, Oct. 23.-
Mrs. Grace M. Smith yesterday was
found guilty of the murder of her
husband, Frank G. Smith, World
War II veteran, and was sentenced
to 20 years in prison by Judge w. H.
Bertram of Rockingham Circuit
Court.
The court was crowded and spec
tators jammed the doorways when
thec verdict was returned and the
young woman sentenced. Mrs
Smith stood before Judge Bertram
supported by her brother, o. c.
Maxwell of Fishersville, with her
head on his shoulder, to hear the
verdict.
Ralph Garner, former Harrison
burg restaurant manager, also was
indicted for murder in the death OF
Mr.. Smith and will be tried later
The Commonwealth sought tc
prove a love affair between Garner
and Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. Smith maintained that she
knew Garner only Casually" She
testified Saturday that her husband
had been nervous and quarrelsome
since his discharge from the Army
and had quarreled with her about
her friends. She told of an alterca-
ton between them the night of his
death, when she said she slapped
him and there was scuffle in their
bedroom, after which, she said, she
heard him go to the basement. She
said she found blood in the hall
later.
Mrs. Smith testified that hel
husband had threatened to com
nit suicide several times and that
once she had burned rope, after
she found him tying it to rafter in
the basement
Evening star., 1945-10-23
CoIored Group Studies
Two Proposed New Name,

The Association of Oldest Inhab-
itants, Inc, colored, of the District
Of Columbia, took under consider
alton last night two proposed new
names for the organization. It was
decided several months ago to
change the name so as to avoid
conflict with the Association of
Oldest Inhabitants. composed of
white residents, which, it was point
ed out, has prior claim to that title
A committee appointed to suggest