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Evening star., 1945-11-11
1898 900 Contract LET
For Federal Heating Plant

Taking another step toward fur
nishing more heat for Government
buildings downtown, the Public
Buildings Administration has let a
$685., 900 contract to S. E. Dockstader
Inc, of this city for additional steam
distribution facilities at the incom-
pleted West Central Heating Plant
The plant, at Rock Creek and the
c. & o. Canal in Georgetown, was
partly completed before shortage
of critical materials halted con-
struction. A request to increase the
cost of the plant Is now pending
before Congress.
The additional distribution facili.
ties will include a tunnel along
Virginia avenue NV. from its
present terminus at Twenty sixth
street to the plant. Two 20-inct
steam lines will be installed from
this terminus to the plant, as vel
as an extension Of one 20-inch line
through the old tunnel along Vir.
ginia avenue and G street NV.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
D. {. Nurses Groups Open
2-Day Meeting tomorrow

The Districts Graduate Nurses
Association and League of Nursing
Education will hold their AID an
nual meeting tomorrow and Tues
day at the District Medical So
ciety headquarters, 17l8 M street
NV.
Maj. Gen. Paul r. Hawley, acting
surgeon general of the Veterans
Administration, will take part in a
panel discussion at pm. tomorrow
on opportunities in nursing.
DR.. John w. Cronin, in charge of
the United States Public Health
Dispensary, will speak on "The
Nurse as Factor in the Com
munity'' at the closing banquet in
the Statler Hotel at 7:3o pm. Tues
day.
Business sessions will start the
meeting at 1:30 pm. tomorrow. The
demobilization of Army and Navy
nurses will be discussed by 1t
Comdr. Nellie J. De Witt and Col
Florence A. Blanchfield at 2 pm
Tuesday. Katherine ]. Densford
president of the American Nurses
Association, will describe its pro-
fessional counseling and placement
service.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
American Ideals Group
Plans Thanks Service

Sponsored by the American Ideals
Committee of the Washington
Board of Trade and the Washington
Federation of Churches, a city-wide
Service of Thanks" will be held in
Washington Cathedral at pm. No
vember Is.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder
chairman of the Committee on Rel-
gious Life and member of the
Cathedral Council. An address will
be made by distinguished layman
whose name will be announced
Music will sbe furnished by the Ca
thedral choir of men and boys.
Arrangements for the service are
being made by committee consist
ing of William G. Jones, jr., chair
man of the American Ideals Com
mittee, and James A. Gearon, chair
man of the Subcommittee on Pa
triotic Activities, representing the
Board of Trade; the Very Rev. John
Wallace Suter and Canon w. Curtis
Draper, jr., representing the cathe-
dral, and the Rev. Frederick e. Refs
sig, representing the Federation OF
Churches,
Evening star., 1945-11-11
D. {. Navy Separation Uni
Releases 5000 Officers

A total of 5000 officers have been
released to inactive duty since the
Navy's Officer Personnel Separation
Center, 1920 G street NV, opened
August 81, the Navy Department
has announced.
The peak day was November 2,
when 209 officers reported and 1913
were cleared to inactive duty.
The Navy said physical examina-
tions and interviews are in process
while pay is computed and health
records are brought up to date.
Civil readjustment officers are
available to inform officers of their
status while on leave, their rights to
government hospital facilities and
how to record honorable discharge
papers. Insurance. education and
legal officers also are on hand for
consultation,
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Chino
Continued From First Page.)

strengthened" the defense of Paotow
against Communist attacks, the
dispatch said, thus giving the first
indication that Reds actually were
attacking this Nationalist strong
hold. -..
From all accounts, Kweisui still
was in the hands of its outnum-
beled government garrison. which
Ireportedly had beaten off steady
succession of strong Red attacks.
All the inland action involved the
few transportation routes which
Nationalists would take to reach
North China, Inner Mongolia and
Manchuria.
Trustworthy reports here indi-
Gated the Communists were trying
to establish in Inner Mongolia anc
Manchuria north of the Great Wall
a base area" to provide them with
supplies and troops for a long war
hoping thus to obtain far greater
concessions in any negotiations with
Chungking.
heuS Rely on Mlttlla.
Observers who have visited the
zone recently report that Commu-
nists, in event of a full-scale civi
war. would count greatly on sup.
port of their peoples militia" al
indoctrinated but poorly equipped
army of country folk which helpet
them in guerrilla battling agains
the Japanese.
These militiamen, the observer
say, were impressed by the socia
and other reforms introduced b,
the Communists - particularly b,
enforced reduction of rents-ant
would be willing to fight for tn,
Reds again, just as they did agains
the Japanese.
Evening star., 1945-11-11

and oil industries still were hanging
fire, remarked, Somebody has got
to settle something" He said in
dustry could not stand such a situa-
ton If we are to have full produc-
ton and employment.
Most of the labor and manage
ment delegates to the conference
returned to their homes for the
three-day holiday. The controver-
sial issue OF wages, for which the
CIO demands place on the parley
agenda, will be taken up once more
by the Executive Committee or
Tuesday. The working committee
of the conference, which it is hoped
will chart a course to industrial
peace, reported considerable prog.
ress" on union jurisdictional prob.
lens, conciliation methods and col.
lective bargaining machinery.
The CIO-United Auto Worker
last night granted its units in plant,
of the big three" in Detroit full
power of determining future actor
in support of wage demands.
The executive board of the UAv
authorized action as they see fit
by negotiating committees in fac
tories of each of the three producer
General Motors, Chrysler ant
Ford.
Thus the individual units appar
emily would be in position to dea
alone should a counter propose
appear that is attractive. Worker
in all three plants have voted heavil,
in favor of striking to back thei
demands for a 80 per cent wag
increase.
The demands will be discusse,
next Thursday by a strategy com
mittee headed by UAW Presiden
r. j. Thomas and the unions vie
l presidents.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Education Week TuIks
Scheduled Over WMAL

Education to Promote the Gen.
eral Welfare" will be the topic of a
radio discussion Tuesday cemmem-
Grating the 25th anniversary OF
American Education Week. The
program. to be heard at 10 pm
over station WMAL, is sponsored by
the High School Teachers .Associ.
alton.
DR.. Chester w. Holmes, assistant
superintendent of District schools
DR.. James H. Fox, dean of George
Washington University's school Of
education, and DR.. Mildred Fenner
associate editor of the Journal o.
the National Education Association
will take part In the discussion.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
De GauIIe's S Election
As French President
Is Held in Doubt
sy the Associated Press.

6s Inc hSsOC1dteQ RreSS,
PARIS, Nov. 10.-Election of Gen.
Charles de Gaulle as Frances in
terim President was said in official
circles today to be mot at all Ger
tain" as result of party wrangIing
over the Communist Socialist re-
form program made public earlier
this week.
The Communists want to pledge
the President, whose election is set
for next Tuesday, to support the
entire left-wing program, some parts
OF which are being opposed by the
Popular Republican Movement
(MRP), third largest party in the
constituent assembly.
De Gaulle Wants Free Rein.
Gen. de Gaulle, according to a
government source, will accept the
presidency only If he is given q
free rein. The former head of the
provisional government, it was ex-
planned, feels that the program is
too extensive in scope to be handled
during the seven-m month life of the
NlllIll d1oO WILL NC bQoy
writing new constitution.
The program calls for nationaliza-
tion of such key enterprises as the
Bank of France. merchant marine
and gas and electric utilities, and
for diplomatic rupture with Spain,
French remuneration of territorial
expansion, and suppression Of all
subsidies "direct or indirect" for
religious education.
The latter issue is one Of the
points of discord. The MRP has
agreed to the ban on state SUBJ
sides, but balks at what it de-
scribes as further Communist de-
mands forbidding even private do
nations for religious education.
De Gaulle in Seclusion.
One result was that France was
technically without a government
over the Armistice Day week end,
Gen. de Gaulle, officially not a
candidate for the interim presi-
dency, went into seclusion.
A government spokesman termed
the situation "a serious political
crisis"
Meanwhile, Gen. de Gaulle was
in the comfortable position OF
knowing there were no other can
didates for the presidency.
"The deadlock Is complicated ,
the spokesman said, because nc
one wants the presidency, but at
the same time this favors De
Gaulle because it will tend to force
the parties to accept his conditions
tions."
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Stocking-Feet Donce

A dance at which the partici-
pants will check their shoes at the
door and dance in their socks will
be held at the YWCA, Seventeenth
and K streets NV, at $50 pm
Friday. The event is sponsored by
the Girl Reserve department of the
YWCA and the boys department
OF the YMCA.
Evening star., 1945-11-11

date includes great quantities of ma
terial from many sources, hereto
fore unpublished and confidential
including White House records and
the papers Of President Roosevelt -
Verbal fitting Continues.
Meanwhile, the verbal fitting be-
tween committee members went on
yesterday. Senator Lucas, Demo-
crat, of Illinois took cognizance of
the recent floor debates by observ-
ing:
THE only mistake the committee
seems to have made is that it did
not employ Senator Ferguson, the
one-man investigator from Michi-
gan, as its general counsel. 1t ap-
parently is his view that no other
committee member, the general
counsel, no one In the War or Navy
Departments and none of those who
have charge of the late President
Roosevelt's files can be trusted"
Informed of Senator Lucas re-
marks, Senator Ferguson replied: II
expected that from Scott. His sar-
casm is not going to deter me. All
I want is chance to help the COM
mittee make a vigorous investiga-
ton. I don't think it is right for
the committee to sit back and wait
for the departments to produce
what evidence they want to produce
After all, I can't find anything in
the files that doesn't exist. If there
is nothing there of disturbing ma
ture. why are they objecting to my
looking?"
Senator Lucas said he thought
Republicans will be greatly sur
prised" when they see the files ol
correspondence between the late
President Roosevelt and former
Prime Minister Churchill.
To Confer With FBI Head.
On the House side, Representative,
Keefe of Wisconsin and Gearhar'
of California and Republican mem
bers of the joint committee, sale
they expected to confer early thi'
week with FBI director, j. Edga
Hoover. Mr.. Keefe previously hae
said he thought the COMMITTEES
should obtain any information th'
FBI may have on events leading vi
to the Pearl Harbor attack.
The other witnesses on the com
mittee's tentative list are Admira
John r. Beardall, Admiral P. N. L
Bellinger, Col. George w. Bicknell
Admiral Claude c. Bloch, Col. Ruff
Bratton, Gen. Howard G. Davidson
Col. Carlisle Clyde Dusenbury, Col
Randall j. Fielder, Col. Edward F
French, Gen. Leonard T. Gerow
Gen. Charles D. Heron, Admira
Royal Ingersoll, Capt. Alvin Z
Kramer, Capt. Edward T. Layton
Gen. F. L. Martin, Admiral Irwin
4 H. Mayfield, Capt. Arthur H. Nc
1 Collum, Gen. Sherman Miles, Co
Walter C. Phillips, Col. Carroll A
4 Powell, Comdr. Joseph j. Roche
i fort, COL Otis K. Sadtler, Capt. L. T
Stafford, Admiral r. E. Schuirmanr
Comdr. william E. Taylor, Admire
Richmond K. Turner, Admiral r.
Wilkinson, Robert L. Shivers, Mis-
| Grace Tully, the late President
secretary and now custodian of tn
Roosevelt files, and Admiral Leig
Moves.
The statement gave the followin
as having been added to the frs
preliminary list: Admiral William !
Halsey, jr., Admiral William S. Py'
Admiral Charles H. McMorris
Capt. John M. Leitwieler, Cap
Ellis M. Zacharias, Col. Henry {
Clausen and various monitorin
and radar witnesses. The list ais
contained an Admiral Smith, who's
first name was not immediatel
available at the Navy Department
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Civic Group to Elect

The Kingman Park Civic Associa.
ton will elect officers at its monthly
meeting in the Langston Terrace
recreation room, 2209 H street NE.
at 8 pm. Tuesday.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
AIumnoe PIun Dinner

The Penn State Alumnae Club
will hold a dinner at the Dodge
Hotel at 6:45 pm. Wednesday. Res
ervations may be obtained by calling
Shepherd 1874.
Evening star., 1945-11-11

Victory Bond money will buy arti-
fetal limbs for the legless and arm
less. Get your money into this
worthy cause.
Evening star., 1945-11-11

Mr.. Fairless of an early decision In
the steel industry's request for price
increases.
Another Federal labor official
calling attention. to the fact that
wage disputes of long standing in
the vital steel, automobile, rubber
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Labor

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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
Injured by Land Mine

Somebody asked Tony how he
happened 70 ff0Se r11S teE and what
he thought Of when he realized
he was badly hlt
Il got II in Holland" he said.
II stepped on q land mine. 1t
WAS near Ihecat. on clear,
moonlight night. myself and two
other guys were doing guard
duty. | was with an anti-air-
craft outfit and We were protect
ing our gun which was set up in
a field.
The engineers had gone
through the field before we got
II and IL was supposed 10 be free
Of mines. But those Germans are
tricky. They laid one that the
engineers didn't notice and
stepped on il"
Ross said he heard a loud noise
and then found himself lying or
his face.
"My eyes hurt at FIRST" he
said, "and l grabbed at them.
Then ] was seized with a ter
rife pain. II seemed % be all
over my body"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
BY BOB MURPHY

Among the spectators al Friday
nights fight at the Olympia was
Tony Ross Jr, once one Of De-
troltS most promising lightweight
boxers Clad IN the uniform of
the United States army he SAT
with TWO crutChes across his lap
ar q watched Phil Terranova
punch out a decision over Leroy
Willis. Tony lost his left leg while
fighting with the Ninth Army IN
Holland
II guess YOU are wishing YOU
could be in there now" sand a
nearby spectator 10 the tall,
dark-eyed Ross.
Tony shifted his CrutCheS
"Oh." he said IL wanted To
he a hghter and I'm sort of
sorry that can't achieve my
ambition. But. i'm a way, / have
been pretty lucky. I'm here.
and / can remember lot of
guys who aren't. Resides"
Tony looked at his left leg
Il got hit pretty good for n
guy who Was going Ia lose his
Ieg. You will notice that I have
good bit of the leg left be-
now the knee. That will make
IL easy 10 fit me with an arti-
fetal leg. One more opera
tiOn-"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
Western Wins
Rifle Honors
Detroit Schools Make
Excellent Showings

Western High of Detroit is
winner of the l945 Sixth Service
Command rifle shoot, eXcelling
over 63 rival teams entered from
IROTC units in Michigan, Illinois
and Wisconsin.
The Western team, coached by
Sgt. Samuel Piluras, scored 1858
out of a possible 1000. Members
of the team were Harold Boone.
captain: Steve Bajnai, Lee Work
man. James Turck, Will ! m
Squires, Alex Drabkowski, Dave
Loeffler, Edwin Lombardo, George
Patton and John Kondoff.
Thirteen Detroit schools which
entered the competition made a
remarkable showing, all finishing
among the first % places.
ChadSey was second with 1857 ;
Southeastern. 1857, fifth; DENLY,
3571, sixth; Redford. 1854, ninth +;
N or h western. 3492, eleventh
Cass Tech, 34SS. twelfth; Cooley,
1869, fourteenth; Northern, 3437,
seventeenth; Central, 342S, eigh-
teenth; Eastern, 3425. ninteenth;
Southwestern, 3400, twentieth,
and Mackenzie, twenty-third.
Much credit for the excellent
Detroit showing belongs TO Major
Russell Burns, commanding officer
of Detroit ROTC units, and his
two aides, Major Arthur r. Phan-
nenschmidt and Major Martin S.
/ RYAN.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
Soccer Teams
Play Cup Match

st. Clair Soccer Club. put out
Of the National Amateur compe-
tttion last Sunday by German
United will have chance to
square things this Sunday when
they meet at Mack Park at 2:30
p. m. in a challenge cup match.
Dougal Nelson. whose goal
minding made Chrysler one of the
best soccer outfits ever organized
here two years ago, will be in the
nets for ST. Clair. Ugo Maffioline
of the Italian Service Club also
will add strength to the ST. Clair
club. Mark Molly. John Lenard
and Joe Carneli have been added
by the Germans.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

Of a play on the Mexican and
Cuban tracks. but look for an up
surge when Canadian racing starts
with almost 90 days of the sport
around Montreal.
In Toronto, however, they don I
need horses to get quick action.
The boys who like TO specu-
late are in the thick OF the gold
mine stock frenzy. which is re-
flected in the pages OF ads on
Yellowknife and all the other min
ing sensations in the Toronto
papers.
The stocks skyrocket and drop
so fast an ordinary worker was
caught short for $4,000 recently
when he went short of Quemont
at Is cents. The brokerage
house had TO absorb the loss when
he was unable 10 cover.
A horse park plunger from
Montreal, who rated his horses by
speed figures, thought $50 was
too high for the same stock and
was nicked for $4,000.
IT'S A HARD LIFE: King
Lehr. the Detroit race track man,
doesn't appear 10 be worrying
about the outcome OF the race
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

but one was disqualified. winch
cost him $25, 1000 D.. Couldn't take
it off income tax, either,
HOCKEY MADNESS DEPT.i
If you think some Detroit fans
were glum when the Wings blew
those first two games TO the
Bruins, you should see the pic
lures OF the Montreal fans, who
witnessed the unbelievable sight
of their world champions losing
two straight on Montreal ice to
the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Saddest of all were the most
rabid French rooters who sit in
the rush seats at what is known
as Millionaires' End in the Forum.
II was at that end that Ted
Kennedy of Toronto scored the
winning goal in the 10 opener.
When Toronto photographers
snapped pictures OF the long-faced
Montreal notables and club stock
holders sitting behind the Cana.
diens' bench in the second game.
one irate mama started swinging
her handbag.
Break that do d-gasted
camera" she cried.
Only, according 10 Toronto re-
porters, she did not say dod-
gaSted.
When the Red Wings were in
those heated series AT Montreal
years back, the Detroit hockey
writer's had a hard time getting
their copy on the wire Angered
fans reached up and tore il out
Of the machines about as fast as
il was produced
HEAVE HO DEPARTMENT:
Bert Hedges is not being given
any Stanley Cup refereeing as
signment. King Clancy and Bill
Chadwick are dividing all assign
ments.
Bill Tobin, president OF Sbe
. Chicago Black Hawks, Know y
/ future is secure Accordir., 70
the terms of Mai Frederic Nc
Laughlin, he is 10 direct the club
until the majors son, now Is. be-
comes 30 years old -. That setup
has ended reports that Arthur
/ Wirtz, Of the Norris interests,
might buy the Hawks.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
Cornell Rises
To oB|o(kU..M.
Team 10 Beat
in NCAA Swim
BY GEORGE Y. VAN

ANN ARBOR, March 24-Uni-
versity of Michigan is figured 10
win the National intercollegiate
team swimming title here next
Friday and Saturday with Cornell,
strangely enough. rated as the
team 10 beat.
The eastern school has never
won the NCAA crown-or even
come close The present outfit,
however, has won II dual swim
ming meets and is undefeated
since early in 1912.
In the dozen entries, that of
Paul Murray looks like the boy
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
Lessons Helpful

Just about that tirue Tony real
lied that ms leg was gone. He
also realized that there was a good
chance of his bleeding 10 death
He considered the situation.
Your mother il going TO be
terribly disappointed II YOU don't
come back" he told himself.
you'd better do something"
So he took off his belt. made a
tOurniquet Of II and put IL around
the bleeding stump OF his left leg
The army had taught him 10 Do
that in such situations early in his
training period. Some hours later
the mediCs came out and PICKED
him up He soon was on his way
10 hospital. He is now stationed
in a hospital al Atlantic City.
Sitting next 10 Ross as he told
his story was Heartily Anderson
coach Of the Chicago Bears. pro,
feSSional football club. They were
introduced and shook handi
warmly. Just then the fight ended
and Anderson left with the res
Of the crowd.
~ have always wanted to
meet Hunk Anderson" SAID
R0eS. remember that story
they tell about him when he
was at Notre Dame. Rpmem-
ber" The one that said George
Gipp refused 10 play hockey
because he wouldn't participate
IN my game in which Hunk
Anderson Was permitted 10
carry a stick"
Tony laughed and slapped hi
right leg Then he picked UP hi
crutches and prepared 10 leave.
'Must have been tough
guy, that Anderson" he grinned.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
Two Texans Paired
In Australian Bout

Two TeXans-Buck Foster and
Tex Reilly-will team against the
roughhouSe duo of Ali Aliaba and
Rufus Jones in the Australian
team match Tuesday night at
Fairview Gardens. Al Williams,
recently returned from the ill
fated US0 wrestling jaunt
camps in Europe, will appear
against Walter RoXey, Ham
tramck's recreation director. in
the two in three falls Semifinal.
Sgt. Frank Manaici, para
trooper, opposes Dutch Schultz in
the one-fall match.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
i. OF D. BasebdlIers
0pen Drills Monday

With three weeks remaining
before the opening game of the
University of Detroit baseball
season, Coach Lloyd Brazil will
begin intensive outdoor training
Monday on the u. of D. diamond.
Eddie Barbour, intramural direc-
tor and tennis coach has been ap-
pointed assistant baseball coach.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

to his man Friday Sam Eichner,
the group gets so cents piece for
the skins, which pays incidental
expenses around the hunting
camp.
It's just fun for Lehr. but it's
a much surer cash proposition
than a famous parlay he almost
put over once at Hot Springs.
He had four horses going on an
open parlay (no limit to the pay
Off All four cot home first.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

Players seeking tryouts with
Gem, Class A DBF team, report
to Manager Frank Cortese, Sun
day, l p. m, at Southfeld and
Dix, Lincoln Park
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

I r a c X lnJunc-
tion suit
He's spending
I h c winter in
the woods, re-
Gently has been
trapping musk
r a [ $ w / I h
friends over in
Canada, bagged
140 in one day.
He supplies
people who like
10 eat h Q m
and according