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Evening star., 1945-04-21
Dewey Asked TO Help
La Guardia Win 4th Term
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 21.-Forty- five
prominent Republicans have asked
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and other
State and city Republican leaders
to back New York City Mayor r. H.
La Guardia for fourth term.
Failure to renominate La Guardia
in the Republican primary neN
July 81, they said yesterday in a
letter to Gov. Dewey and II others.
would have the inevitable result OF
reviving Tammany and fastening
the Tigers claws on the vitals of the
city in critical period"
This public appeal for support. un-
precedented in Mayor La Guardias
previous campaigns, was announced
by Samuel Seabury, Fusion party
founder and former Court of Ap-
peals justice whose Investigation of
local affairs eliminated in the resis-
nation of former Mayor James j.
Walker.
Signers included Park Commis-
sioner Robert Moses, the Right Rev
William T. Manning, Bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New
York; Representative Baldwin, Re-
publican, Of New York; DR., Harry
Woodburn Chase, chancellor Of New
York University, and Charles Evans
Hughes, jr.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Axis Soldiers Staying
Prisoners Held Liable
To Full Crime Penalty

The German or Jap soldier who
massacres unarmed and surrendered
Allied prisoners of war is as guilty
Of war crime as the officers who
ordered the massacres, 1t. Comdr.
James J. Robinson, U. s. N. R.,
chairman of the criminal law sec
tion of the American Bar Associa-
ton, declared last night.
Comdr. Robinson, attached to the
office OF the Judge Advocate Cen
eral of the Navy. told a joint meet
ing OF the military and naval law
committees OF the American and
Federal Bar Associations that or
ders from superior officer are not
a defense for such atrocities.
The common soldier, he explained.
is charged with the knowledge thab
such orders are illegal
Contending that under interna-
tional conceptions of the laws of
war the United Nations can legally
punish those who kill, starve or tor
ture Allied prisoners, Comdr. Rob-
inson urged against "resorting to
lynch law" Under international
common law. he said, those who
commit these atrocities can be con-
victed.
He advocated simple murder trial
in which the slain may be listed
and the criminals sentenced for
murder
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Truman, Secretary Perkins
Discuss Labor Department
By the Associated Press.

By the Associste ted Press.
Secretary Of Labor Perkins. who
once was President Truman's boss"
disclosed yesterday she had dis
cussed her department with the new
Executive, but declined to talk about
her future.
Miss Perkins told a news confer
ence that the President had headed
the Missouri Employment Service in
1884, at the depth of the depres-
sion, when the job placement agency
was part of her department.
I'VE wanted to bring him to
Washington, We regarded him as a
very good man." she said. Mr.. Tru-
man, instead, ran for the Senate.
She admitted she had expressed
surprise to learn that she was los
ing his services.
rs that our Mr.. Truman?" she
told reporters she had asked when
informed that the Missourian was a
candidate for Senate seat, which
eventually led to the White House.
"It was quite blow to me to lose
him." she added, praising his serv-
ices in the important employment
role. She said Mr.. Truman knows
the Labor Department very we'll"
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Cabinet
Continued From First PaseN

the Senate in overriding the Pred.
dents disapproval, u to IA.
In recommending Senator 0eoree
for the post, friends cited his long ex.
perience on the tax-writing Finance
Committee. He now is chairman.
The 67-year-old Southerner ID 10
intensely interested In Government
fiscal matters that several years ago
he passed up a glittering prize
Craftsmanship of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee-to retain the
finance post.
While a bid to the presidential
cabinet is regarded rs virtually
command, the men who know Sen
ator George best feel certain he
would accept only II assured Of q
free hand in dealing with the COM
plex financing problems growing out
OF the war. He has decided, though
BY no means unorthodox ideas, on
balancing the budget and trimming
tax rates.
Senator George Is paying no at
tention to the reports he may be
In line for the Nations No. 1 nnan-
cial post. Two members OF his com.
mittee. however, strolled down to
his front-row Senate seat yesterday
and-in tones clearly audible In the
gallery smilingly addressed him a.
Mr.. Secretary" Senator George
trst smiled. ,
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Settlement Averts
Phone Strike Threat
BY the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 21.-A 50
weekly wage increase and a revision
of the wage progression schedule
were announced today as the main
points of an agreement which has
ended the threat of a strike among
$4,000 New York City telephone op-
orators.
Operators had asked a week
increase but settled for the smaller
amount when offered a new progress
sion schedule that will enable them
to reach the maximum pay bracket
in fewer years of service. union
spokesman said.
The agreement. reached yesterday
in Washington, still is subject to
approval by union membership.
Henry Mayer, counsel for the Fed
Grafton of Long Line Telephone
Workers. said the wage increase
would total nearly s2.700.000 an
nually and that the other adjust
ments would net the operators
around $2,00O,000.
The operators present wage scale
goes from s24 to $37 a week, depend
ing upon length of service
Evening star., 1945-04-21
German
Continued From First Page,

narrowing corridor to his retreat,
for the road lies through Dresden
and the Russians are only 18 miles
away.
Eloquent testimony that Hitler no
longer counts as the head of the
German state was the lack of con-
gratulatory kilograms from neutral
countries, which even last year felt
that protocol required some kind of
greeting.
His ally, Japan, congratulated
Hitler in q left-handed manner.
The Tokyo radio quoted a Japanese
general by the name of Sabada as
extending greetings to Hitler, but
apparently the Emperor and Pre-
mier Suzuki did not bother.
The only birthday telegram read
on the German radio was a tele-
gram from DR.. Emil Hacha. Nazi
puppet leader Of Slovakia, but there
was no indication where Hacha was
since he had to pull out ahead of
the Russians some time ago.
Evening star., 1945-04-21

apparently cut of from their outfit
and out of communication with it.
they struck back with small arms
fire every time our men went in to
take them. The sound of their
rifles and burpguns could be heard
clearly across the valley. They had
been strafed heavily in the morning,
and periodically during the after
noon our artillery and mortars sent
shells crashing into their positions.
but each time the firing let up and
our men moved in they came up
fighting again.
Later In the afternoon I stood by
the road up which our traffic was
moving through dust so thick they
had their lights on in broad day.
light, and talked with the typical
hero Of this affair, an infantryman
who had made all this possible by
pounding across mountains faster
than anybody had believed 1t could
be done. He had some water in his
helmet and was washing his tired
feet.
He asked me what the news was
and said all I knew was that it
looked as If the 10th Mountain
Division was out of the mountains.
Yeah" he said, "and I'm damned
glad they are
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Mellon S Daughter Given
Divorce From Col. Bruce
By the Associated Press.

PALM BEACH. Fla, April 21.-
Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce, daughter
of the late Andrew w. Mellon, for
mer Secretary of the Treasury OBJ
tanned divorce yesterday from Col.
David K. E. Bruce in West Palm
Beach Circuit Court.
Mrs. Bruce charged desertion and
mental cruelty. She said she had
been separated from her husband
since October. l943. They were
married May Is, 1926, in Washing
ton
Judge Joseph E. White. who
granted the divorce, awarded Mrs.
Bruce sole custody of an 1l-year-
old daughter.
No alimony was sought, but a
property agreement was entered
into, according to court records.
+, Mrs. Bruce purchased a home
here last fall and has occupied it
since October.
Evening star., 1945-04-21

the service last July. He has been
overseas since January. He is the
son of Mrs. Elizabeth Dwyer of the
Eleventh street address, and has two
children. Joseph Paul, 2, and Irene
Julia, 3 months.
SfSerst. Peter J. McKenna, jr., 20,
whose parents live at 603 South Ca
rolina avenue Sc. was wounded in
action April in Germany. accord
ing to information received by his
parents He is now reported to be
in hospital i'll France.
Sergt. McKenna was born in
Washington and was graduated
from st. Johns Academy. where he
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Record Is Set by Raj
In 6 Raids on Berlin
On a Single Night
Py the Associated Press. -

Py the Associated Press
LONDON, April 2l.-RAF Mos
ouitos set a record for bombing
Berlin last night, hitting the
besieged Reich capital six times
as the climax of a day-long blitz
on German railways by more
than 5000 planes.
Three times were the most Berlin
ever had been raided In one night
before. Last nights attacks, made
without loss of single aircraft,
brought to rs the number of raids
on Berlin in the last So nights.
More than 800 American Flying
Fortressess Yesterday slammed 1000
tons of bombs on seven key outposts
In the city's defense perimeter.
Heavy Tonnage Dropped.
United States 9th Air Force head
quarters announced its planes had
dropped Sl.385, $50 pounds of high
explosives within Berlin's limits in
l9 attacks since March 4, 1914.
American bombers were back over
Germany today for the ninth sue
cessive day.
Probably more than 1000 of the
fast twin-engined Mosquitoes par
ticipated in the six Berlin raids.
Each plane carries a 2,0OO-pound
block-buster bomb with virtually as
big an explosive charge as German
flying bomb.
While British raiders were ham,
mering the western and central
parts OF the besieged capital. Rus
sian bombers were mauling defense
lines on the eastern outskirts by the
light of flares and artillery flashes.
liz Planes Destroyed.
Allied pilots dealt the Nazi air
force another heavy blow yesterday
in destroying more than ll2 planes
"a on the ground and % in aerial
combat-and boosting to 3.l66 the
number knocked out in the last II
days.
United States 9th Air Force pilots
led in the number of kills, with II
on the ground and five in the air.
RAF pilots downed Is in the Ham
burg Bremen area.
The days fighter scores also in
cluded over 100 freight cars and 400
motor vehicles destroyed or dam
aged.
Canadian Typhoon pilots reported
sinking 3,000-ton German ship and
damaging light cruiser in the
Wilhelmshayen Harbor.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Nine Kyushu Airstrips
Bombed by Big Force
OF Super Fortresses
BY the Associated Press.

GUAM, April 2l.-A very large
force of Super FortreSseS. eSti-
mated at between 200 and 800,
usually bombed nine Kyushu
airfieldS this morning in their
thiro bombing strike in five days
to neutralize bases from which
the Japanese have been attack
ing American forces at Okinawa.
The Super Forts unloaded demo-
lition bombs from medium altitude
in a strike lasting an hour and a
hall.
The last B-29 strikes directly sup
porting the Okinawa operations in
an effort to check japanese air at
tacks were made Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Apparently they have achieved
naturalization. because no strong
japanese raids have been made on
Okinawa since Monday.
Dividing into nine separate task
forces today. the Super Forts
pounded fields ranging the length
and breadth of Kyushu, from Ka-
noya in the south-only 325 miles
north of Okinawa-to Usa in the
north
The 2ist Bomber Command re-
ported opposition apparently was
negligible.
Target airfields were Nitta gahara,
Kushira, Kanoya and Kanoya East.
Izumi, Kokobu, Tachiarai, Usa and
Oita.
Kanoya and Kushira are two of
the most important and largest in
the empire.
Japan's Domei news agency said
approximately 200 Super Forts ma de
the raids, spread over four hours
from 6 am until 10 am Japanese
time; 5 pm. until 9 pm. Friday,
Eastern war time. 1t said damage
uaS peolioihle
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Churchill
Continued From First Page.

tCOnblnueO from F1TSt rage
is so far complete that every one
may cheer
I'VE have the japanese to. finish,
and we stand absolutely with our
great American ally, paying of at
the other end of the world debts as
heavy as ever we're inflicted on us.
Il shall have to ask you, or who
ever stands in my place-and, Who
ever it may be. l shall support him
we shall have to ask you for a
new leap forward. for a new lifting
of the soul and body so that this
second war shall also be brought
to a conclusion altogether free from
any doubt
1t was four years ago today that
Mr.. Churchill last came to this
port city. Then he arrived imme-
diately after heavy bombing,
bringing to Bristol's resolute people
single sentence message: Garry
On and all will be we'll"
Now he came to receive the free
dom of the city and to help honor
two of his colleagues. the First Lord
of the Admiralty, H. v. Alexander,
and Labor Minister Ernest Bevin,
who are to receive degrees of doctor
of law from the university
Concerning the five past years,
which saw Britain rise from the fear
of invasion to the heights of near
victory in Europe, Mr.. Churchill said
simply:
II had an absolutely united ma
ton behind me and had the sup
port of colleagues as loyal as any
government in Britain has ever
had"
He paid particular tribute to Mr..
Bevin-the man who perhaps will
oppose him when Britain holds its
first general election in 10 years.
In Mr.. Bevin," he said, Il have
found colleague who has handled
the most intricate and difficult prob
lens in maintenance, not only of our
armies but of our factories, and who
has laid heavy, but in many cases
not an unwelcome, hand upon every
human being in the kingdom
The Prime Minister added:
Il never could have gotten
through this business if I had not
had with me a powerful band of
men representative of the nation
bound together by loyalty which
rose far above party politics.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Body Of Chevy Chase Man
Found in Woods by Youths

The body of George H. Van Wag-
ner, A, former Agriculture Depart
ment employe, OF 47o6 De Russey
parkway. Chevy Chase, Md, was
discovered yesterday in a wooded
area at the extreme end of the park
way by three youths, Montgomery
County police reported today.
Police said DR.. F. j. Broschart,
county medical examiner, reported
an autopsy revealed death was due
to natural causes.
Police said Mr.. Van Wagner had
been missing from his home for four
days. They said he had retired
some time ago" from Government
service because of i'll health.
The body was discovered, police
said, by Roger Van Slyke, is, of
4705 Hunt avenue; Laurence N.
Peake, IA, Of 4616 Hunt avenue, and
Thomas r. Stout, Is, of 47O4 Lang
drum lane, all Of Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Hardware Store Fire
Damages Supplies

Hardware supplies stored in the
basement Of q three-story building
at TOT Seventh street NV, partly
occupied by the Morris Hardware
Co., were damaged last night in a
two-larm fire, police said.
The IRE, Of undetermined origin,
snarled traflc in the area for half
an hour. No one was reported in
jured and damage was not imr11e-
diately estimated.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Todoy's Casualty Lists
Killed

Pvt. Norman Abelman, rs, was
killed in action March on Two
Jima where he was fighting with
the 4th Marine Division, the Navy
has informed his wife, Mrs. Anne
Abelman. 701 Allison street NV.
Pvt. Abelman entered the Marine
Corps last June and was killed in
his first battle.
A native Of Washington, Pvt. Abel
man was graduated from Eastern
High School where he played bas-
ketball, football and was a men,
ber Of the track team. He also
attended Benjamin Franklin Uni
versity and Hart School here. Before
entering the service, Pvt. Abelman
was employed in Baltimore ship
yard. He has a 3-year-old son
John. Pvt Abelman was the only
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Abelman
1900 G street Sc.
Pfc. BENJAMIN r. Rodill, son of
Mrs. Viola c. Rodill, 1902 Thirty
third street NV, has been listed
by the War Department today as
killed in action in the European
area. A story appeared earlier in
The Star when his family was noti-
ned.
Wounded
Pfc. Joseph c. Dwyer. Is, whose
wife. Mrs. Irene z. Dwyer, lives at
327 Eleventh street NE, was hit
in the back and stomach by shell
fragments April l in Germany
He has written Mrs. Dwyer that he
expects to be placed on limited
service shortly.
A native of Washington and grad
uate of the Abbot Voca tional School
he was employed at E. P. Hinckel
e. Co., rug cleaners, before entering
Evening star., 1945-04-21
High German General
Killed for Shooting Yonk
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
WITH THE UNITED STATES
1ST ARMY IN GERMANY, April
21.-American tankmen shot q high
ranking German general to death
yesterday in the Ruhr pocket when
he and his men ran from . house
and killed q United States soldier
with . machine pistol.
The Americans were making q
routine patrol south Of Schmallen-
berg when eight Germans burst out
Of the house and fired on them. A
tankman opened nre with 4 machine
gun. Besides the American and the
German general. two Of the gem
erals fleeing men were killed and
two others wounded. Three escaped
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Army Paper vetoes Idea
Of 6I al Conference
By the Associated Press.


PARIS, April 21.-The Army
newspaper Stars and Stripes today
vetoed suggestion by Senator
Magnuson, Democrat, of Washing
ton that it select q combat soldier
to represent the GI's at the World
Security Conference in San Fran
cisco.
THE typical CT would be a
two-headed calf at a world con-
ference for dignif1ed study of a con-
fusing situation" the newspaper
said, adding that the soldier would
be wined, dined and fiattered but
would be completely bewildered by
the complexity Of the problems to
be examined"
Evening star., 1945-04-21

That will be the quickest way to get
back to the Russian armies. We
work In the kitchen, anything you
want"
Capt. Wohlbach said it couldn't be
done. Army regulations don't pro-
vide for mascots, even working mas
cots. Ivan Ivanovich and his COM
rades nodded sadly that they under
stood, and Capt. Wohlbach left the
kitchen. But when he came back
the four 1vans were all hard at work
peeling potatoes
It's been like that ever since.
On the first stop after attaching
themselves to the company they
stayed the same place a week, bill
letting themselves In the basement
of German house. They showed
up regularly at 6 am. every morn
ing and worked until 10 pm. At
the end of the week the division was
ordered to move and Capt Wohl-
bach told the Ivans fatty that this
must stop. he couldn't possibly take
them forward.
Ivans Say Goodbye.
The four Ivans nodded sadly and
said goodbye. This was at 10 pm.
and the division moved that night.
At 6 o'clock the next morning the
four Ivans were back on the job,
hauling tubs of hot water, cleaning
pots and pans, peeling potatoes,
opening ration boxes They hitch
hiked rides sandwiched between
dufflebags on a supply train truck.
At the next move they were fired
again more vigorously and hitch
hised to the new position on ammu-
milton trucks.
In such a way, they have come
more than 200 miles and made
themselves the best-liked soldiers in
the whole company-and the fact
that the rest of the company escapes
lots of KIP because of their help
has nothing to do with it.
The four Ivans have gradually
taken over the job of dishing out
chow, standing guard at each big
can and ladling out soup. corned
beef, etc, to the men. And their
ideas of quantity are inflexible. Any
complaints and demands for bigger
portions get the same shrug of the
shoulders and the Russian equiva-
lent Of i don't understand"
Men Work Hard.
But they understand plenty when
asked to do work. The kitchen staff
has only to point to the work to be
done, and the four Ivans tackle it
with grin and yo-heave-ho which
lacks only the Volga boatmen song
to make the picture complete.
Matter of fact" says Capt. Wohl-
bach, they're the best workers
we've got. But I'm going to have
to fire them" He calls Sergt. Ivan
Ivanovich.
Nov look, Ivan," he says, you're
going to have to get out Of here.
Understand" +
Sure, sure, okay," says Ivan Ivan
oyich meekly. I'VE just finish peel
ing potatoes
And he goes on with the job.
Now ask you.' says Capt. Wohl-
bach. How are YOU going to get
rid Of guys like that? Shoot thema''
Evening star., 1945-04-21
On the Roll of Honor

was 4 lieutenant of cadets and a
member Of the Sabre Club. He was
employed by the Army's Chemical
Warfare Service before entering the
service in November, 1912 A brother,
Joseph. entered the Navy last De-
cember and is at a naval air tech
nical training center.
TfSergt. James f. Carter, IS, re-
ported as wounded on today's cas-
ualty report, suffered his injuries on
April l in Germany, his father,
Ernest r. J. Carter. Sligo Mill
road, Takoma Park, has been no.
titled.
Sergt. Carter was born in Takoma
Park and is a graduate of Mckinley
High School. He entered the service
when his unit Of the National Guard
was activated late in 1910, and was
sent overseas last October. His
father is employed at Soldiers
Home.
/. S/Sergt. Chester r. Bigss, rs, son
OF Mrs. Bessie M. Thompson, Blue
Plains. Washington, has been
wounded in action. His brother
Pvt. Stanley Biggs. was wounded
October "a in France and now is at a
veterans hospital in Cleveland
Ohio.
Mrs. Thompson said her son was
wounded in the arm on April 3 soor
after crossing the Ruhr and is hos
pitalized in England. He was pre-
viously wounded last summer in
France and was out of action for
about a month. Sergt. Biggs was
born in Camp Springs, Md. and at
tended military school in Loch
Raven, Md. Before his enlistment
IN the Army he was on the mainte-
nance staff at the Home for the
Aged and Infirm at Blue Plains.
Prisoner
Serst. Wilbur T. Damron, 10, who
was reported missing at Bourheim
Germany, on November rs, has beer
listed by the War Department as g
prisoner Of the Germans. He is the
son of Mrs. Alpha Damron, 47lt
Homer avenue Sc, who is EN-.
ployed in the Surgeon General.
Once Of the Army.
Overseas since March, 1914, Sergt
Damron entered Europe with an in
fantry division on D day. He wa
born in Roanoke, Va. and entered
the service in August, 1943, afte,
graduation from Fishburne Militar,
School, where he was on the foot
ball team.
Sergt. James d. Davis, jr., q
whose wife, the former Miss Eleano
Dove, lives at $50 Emerson stree
NV, is a prisoner of war in Ger
many, according to the War De
partment
Sergt. Davis, a native of Black
stone, Va, was reported missing il
action in Luxembourg on Decembe
20 while serving with the Sd Army
He has written his wife that he i
In good health. He entered thl
Army five years ago and shipped
overseas last May. The couple hav,
7-month-old son. James D III,
Pfc. Michael J. Toro, "a, son O.
Frank Toro of ZIG Eleventh stree
S.W., has been listed by the War De.
partment as a prisoner of the Ger.
mans. He was reported missins
January is In France.
His father, an employe of thu
Federal Works Agency, received {
card March n written by his sor
from the prison camp. He received
official notification several week.
later. Pvt. Toro was born in At.
lantic City, N. j., and received hi.
education there. He entered the
service in 1912 and has been over.
seas since October.