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Evening star., 1945-12-20
81, 900 School Children
Plan Christmas Parties

More than $1,000 public schoo,
children planned Christmas parties
today and tomorrow in preparation
for the holiday, beginning tomorrow
Glasses resume January 2.
Meanwhile, the National Com
munity Christmas Tree Committee
announced that the tree on the
south lawn of the White House
will be trimmed with decorations
and lights tomorrow morning.
President Truman will light the
tree and give greetings to the Ma
ton at 5 pm. Christmas eve. The
south lawn will be open to the
public during the ceremony.
Evening star., 1945-12-20
Mrs. Mansfield, Fount
Guilty in Staying,
Faces Sanity Hearing
BY the Associated Press.

tIit ASSOCldltu fIeSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.-Mrs
Annie Irene Mansfeldt, socialitt
charged with the Staying of Vada
Martin, was convicted of man.
slaughter last night by Superior
Court jury which deliberated hours
and 80 minutes.
Next Wednesday the same jury oi
six men and six women will con-
vene again to determine If the As.
year-old San Francisco matron was
sane when she shot the pretty, &c.
year-old Baltimore nurse october 4
Mrs. Mansfeldt, widow of wealthy
DR.. John H. Mansfeldt, who com.
mitted suicide few hours after the
tragedy, pleaded innocent and in
nocent by reason of insanity. Un-
der California law, she now must
stand trial on the second half OF
the plea.
Two Courses Planned.
If found sane, she automatically
will be sentenced to to 10 years on
the manslaughter conviction. If
found insane she will be committed
to an institution.
Vincent Hallinan, chief defense
counsel, said last night he plans two
courses of action. He will appeal
the manslaughter verdict on grounds
that a wrong alternate juror was
chosen when one of the jurors be-
came i'll. And he will move to
obtain Mrs Mansfeldt's release. if
she is found innocent of the crime
by reason of insanity. on the con-
tention she has recovered her sanity
since the shooting.
Apparently stunned by the ver-
dict, the defendant appeared near
collapse as she was led from the
courtroom. $50.
Later in her county Jail cell she
said her chief concern was for her
three children.
Has No Sense Of Guilt.
Il haven't any sense of guilt, but
II I have debt to society I an
willing to pay it in the right spirit,
she remarked.
Reading of the verdict was marked
by the same drama which charac-
terized the entire trial.
Eight policemen were stationed
throughout the courtroom to quel
any possible disturbance.
Mrs. Mansfeldt, former Fresno
beauty queen, admitted she shot
Mrs. Martin while attempting to get
an admission from the nurse she
had been intimate with DR.. Mans
feldt.
Evening star., 1945-12-20

o + g a n lZaLlOn S
annual meeting
in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Bastian, a
lifelong resident
of the District,
was born in 1891.
He attended the
p u b lie schools
in Washington,
took his law
d e gre e fro m
q e o r &c t o W n
U n / v e r S ity in
1918 and was ad-
mitted to the
bar that year.
A first, 1ie,lten-
Evening star., 1945-12-20
Coincidence Gets Divorce

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.-Hattie
Mcdaniel, colored comedian, OBJ
tanned a divorce yesterday from
James Lloyd Crawford. She testified
that he once threatened to kill her
that he was jealous of her film sue
cess and that he thought that, being
married to her, he didn't have tc
work Married four years ago, they
separated last April.
Evening star., 1945-12-20
UNRRA OfficioI to Return

BELGRADE, Dec 20 -(P).-Michael
Sergeichic, chief of the Yugoslav
UNRRA mission. is scheduled to
leave for Washington tomorrow to
ask for additional aid to enable
Yugoslavia to stand on her own
feet" He will be accompanied by
George Perazich, director of the
Industrial Rehabilitation Division.
Evening star., 1945-12-20

Payments on your home are
made easy by renting a room.
Renting a room is made easy
by advertising in The Star.
Call National 5000. Open 8
am. to II pm.
Evening star., 1945-12-20
American Bar Group
Elects Walter Bastian
TO Treasurer Post

Walter M. Bastian, former presi-
dent of the District Bar Association,
was elected treasurer of the Amer
lean Bar Association today at the
Evening star., 1945-12-20

( Remember the war casualties.
Victory Bond dollars will help train
Ithe partially disabled to be self
Sustaining. ~ s4}.3>}s
Evening star., 1945-12-20

Back the attack on imitation with
Victory Bonds. .
Evening star., 1945-12-20

Freedom from want is yours for
the purchase of Victory Loan Bonds.
Evening star., 1945-12-20

Ideal for organizations that
give turkeys for Christmas
This is an ideal opportunity to
obtain turkeys wrapped in cel-
lophane and packed in indi-
Wdunl cartons, as gifts.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-05
FORMER entertainer
VOLUNTEERS FOR
HAZARDOUS MISSION

WITH U. S. SUPPLY FORCES
IN BELGIUM-With a small ar
senal in the vehicle he was driving.
Private Walter E. Estell, SIS Mead
Street, Dayton, Ohio. of the 524
ON Car Company, led a convoy to
the front to evacuate personnel
and equipment from United
States Army General Hospital.
Acting as security patrol for the
convoy, Estell preceded the main
group, driving in the inky dark
ness under total blackout. Tanks
moving back and forth on the she'll
pocked roads made the travelling
difficult. Within sound of the big
guns, Estell took up a position to
cover his comrades as they assisted
in the evacuation of the hospital.
All of the men from the car COM
pany volunteered for the assign
ment, when the call for assistance
was received by their commanding
officer. Estell was one of party
who volunteered to load ammuni-
ton on trucks that took it to the
front just before the st. Lo break
through.
A former night club singer and
entertainer, Estell, at the coaxing
of his buddies, has turned to box
ing. In the two bouts he has fought
at Advance Section, Communica-
tions Zone, he won by KOS.
Estell was inducted into the army
February Is, 1912, at Ft. Thomas,
KY. He is the son of Mrs. Lillian
Estelle, of the Mead street address.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-05

age and who has not previously
had a volume Of verse published is
eligible, Archibald MacLeish, edi-
tor of the contest, said.
The formal of the series calls for
a volume of from 48 to GA pages,
with a maximum of 40 lines to
page, MacLeish asserted. The title
page should bear the authors full
name and address in the upper
right-hand corner on typewriter
manuscripts that contain title
page and table of contents. Other
rules of the contest are % pages
should be numbered consecutively
from beginning to end; (2) one
poem to a page and (3) enclose ad-
dressed envelope with manuscript.
The best manuscript submitted
in each competition is, if recon-
mended by the editor, published at
the expense of the Yale University
Press. The author will receive a
500 prize and the usual 10 per
cent royalty on all copies of the
book sold in the United States.
Final decisions on winners will
not be given until around June
MacLeisch said All manuscripts
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-05
GEORGIA MOVES TO
POLL TAx-FREE COLUMN
BY CLIFF MACKAY

ATLANTA, Feb. 5.-The state
of Georgia has deserted the un-
pleasant company of seven sister
poll tax states when the state house
of representatives voted al to 81
to abolish payment of a 81 poll tax
as prerequisite to voting.
The state senate only the week
before had placed it's approval on
the measure sending it to the house
for action. The bill now awaits only
the signature of the states liberal
governor, Ellis Arnall, before the
evil of poll taxes are banned in
Georgia.
The governor the week before in
a joint session of the general as
sembly had warned the legislators
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-05
YALE university PRESS
OPENS YOUNG POETS CONTEST

NEW HAVEN, CONN.,, Feb. 2
(ANP) - The Yale University
Press has announced the opening
of the annual contest in the Yale
Series of Younger poets. Any
American poet under 80 years of
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-02-05

should be sent to the editor before
March Is and should be addressed
to Editor, Yale Series of Younger
Poets, Yale University Press, New
Haven Z, Conn.,"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16
Traffic
Audit Gets
GO-Ahead

Traffic Judge John D. Watts
today gave Auditor General Ben
c. Tohin authority 10 conduct a
spot check OF the traffic court
files. Tobin's request springs from
the fact that SOS in fines was
misapproprsted by a form r
empioye.
Senior Traffic Judge George T.
Murphy, however. while not un-
favorable 20 TobinS request, asked
him 10 consult with the corpora
tion counsel before he starts an
audit.
IL am for anything that will
act for the protection of the
public" Murphy wrote. at the
same time I have a duty To pro-
tert the court. Before YOU
undertake to make this audit
would suggest that YOU get an
opir from the corporation
COT a. Go its legality"
" = expressed himself strong
~ IN favor OF the audit which he
DECLARED = only good business
practice
81 believe IL would be n good
plan 10 make a regular bi-yearly
check Of saw every 25 cases.
Such check would reveal any
errors or Irregularities" Watts
wrote Tobin.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16
Ford Gifts
Swell Fund

4 $500 .O29.74 Red Cross contri-
button was made today by the
Ford Motor Co. and It's employees.
The huge donation included
S236s5ls3S from hourly rated
employees and SSS.5ll.36 from ex-
cCutive ana Saiaried employees. A
SITS 600 Ford foundation gift was
included in the total, although
previously announced.
Hourly rated. employe dons-
tons. which helped boost the
overall Red Cross fund TO s., l90,-
00l94 came from persons asSo-
ciated with the UAW-CIO. Fore
mems Association OF America,
the Laboratory Union and the
plant protection association from
the Ford River Rouge, Willow
Run. Highland Park. Lincoln and
Hydron plants.
Earlier donations included $780,
265; 40 from UAW-CIO Local 49.
Sl4 500 from UAW-CIO Local ia.
$4,000 from the Bethlehem Steel
Co. and $500 from Mr.. and Mrs.
Emory Ford.
Proceeds from a concert by the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra to-
night al the Masonic Temple will
be donated 10 the fund. Karl
Kruger viii conduct and Robert
Casadesus. French pianist, will be
the SoloiSt.
Contributions Of $500 or more
follow.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16
Senator Bishops Bob
Clipped i'm Legislature

LANSING. March 15-Gray
haired Otto w. Bishop. diCnified
Republican senator from Alpena
was 'cfIPpedH today IN the Senate
he had hoped 10 put through
an amendment 10 the Michigan
cosmetology act which would
allow beauty operators 10 cut hair.
But the Senate made short work
of his propoSal
Referring 10 the bill as a great
measure" Senator NanderWcrp of
Fremont said.
II am assured nv cosmetOl-
ogistS who so ardently desire
this bill that they viii honor
the sponsor by creating a
Bishop bob"
The Senate howlcd with laugh
ter. Embarrassed, Bishop tried 10
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16

answer Vanderwerp. but Senator
Higgins (R) Of Ferndale moved
the previous question, shutting off
further debate
a roll call failed to produce a
single aye vote. Bishop. caught
off guard, failed TO vote. He tried
again. But the second attempt
produced only IS ayes and the
bill was pronounced dead because
il failed 10 get the necessary II
votes for passage
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16
Boqarf Divorce Near

HOLLYWOOD, March l5 luP)
Her attorneys said today that
Mayo Methot will leave for Ne
vada within a few days 10
divorce screen star Humphrey
BoGaTi.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16
Takes Overdose of DRUG

Mrs. Ida Smullin, 81, of 2702
Surtevant was critically i'll today
In Providence Hospital after she
took an overdose of a sedative.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16

t-C THE DETROIT TINES
INV March e. I945
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16

terminates quickly to pro-
duce a vigorous and last
ing turf.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-01
Anchorage Mother
 Learns About Son
 Through AP New,

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June l- Mrs. Martha Jean Buresh learned for the first time the whereabouts of her l2-year-old son, Robert, yes terday when shown an Associated Press story that he was without funds in Seattle after running away from home to see his father i'll Los Angeles.
 The boy spent his last cent for train fare between Anchorage and Seward then slowed away on a ship to Seattle.
 The mother, who works at local airbase, said she would send for him, since his father was unable to care for him.
 Robert has always been discon- tented here" Mrs. Buresh said He's small for his age and unable to find job for the summer.
 We came north on the same steamer he slowed away on and he knew every likely spot for slowing away" she added.
 The boy had been the object of a police search here but officials were able to trace his move ments as far as Seward before losing the trail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-01
Gi Bill of Rights Is
 Given Scoring; Vets
 Discouraged, Report

WASHINGTON, June 1-Veter- ans seeking to go into business are encountering, in the opinion of Maury Maverick, Smaller War Plants Corporation head, "bureau- cratic detours and blind alleys"
 Maverick suggested to the House Appropriations Committee in tes- timony made public today that his agency should be authorized to handle business loans for these veterans, and also furnish advice on establishing businesses. A $250,- 900 fund, he said, could be well spent in developing such a pro- gram.
 Maverick told the committeeman there are many flaws in the GI Bill of Rights, adding:
 Not a day goes by but that men in uniform come to us for some assistance. Frequently they come to us as a last resort after running the gantlet of dozen bureaus in Washington or over the country.
 They go away discouraged, sick at heart-they have lost their first battle of civilian independence both because of the inadequacy of the CT Bill and because of the numerous barracades and obstruc- tions of rules, regulations and bu- reaucratic detours and blind alleys
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-01
FARMER50F MATANUSkA
 SERVE FEED
Fresh Valley Steer Barbe. lued Served 10 500 An-
 lhordge Residents

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June l. Four hundred pounds of fresh Matanuska Valley steer were bar bequed here yesterday to feature free dinner served by Federal Farm Project farmers to 500 An chorage residents.
 It was the tenth annual project dinner in return for free dinners served colonists in May, 1855, when they arrived in Anchorage enroute to new homes in the Valley
 During the program. the colonists displayed what they termed their biggest crop" parading more than 100 children under banners indi- eating birth years.
 The Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperative Association also dis closed farm products grossed $l,- 235,000 during l944-the projects biggest year.
 An example of the projects de- velopment are the ll5 privately owned tractors. Only five govern ment owned tractors were in the Valley 10 years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-01
10000 MORE FREED TANKS
 H0kEB0UND

WASHINGTON, June 1.-UndeI Secretary of War Patterson said that an additional 10000 American sol diers freed from German prison camps will reach the United States by Sunday night.
 He told news conference that these arrivals will boost to 37,57l the umber of liberated prisoners brought back to this country by ships and airplanes. The number represents, he said, more than one third of the 90,0O0 former prisoners of war in Europe. who have been returned to American lines, who are in the hands of Allied forces, or in the process of being returned to American control.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-01
CEASE FIRING ON SyRlANS
 ORDER GIVEN
Near Solution of Crisis in !. Leyant Looms . Con-
 ference Scheduled
tBy Assoe,ated rress)

The French agreed officially to- day to cease firing on the Syrians and British Foreign Office spokesman said that France had been invited to participate with Britain and the United States in conference looking toward a solu- tion of the crisis in the Levant.
 The French cease fire agreement came after talk between the commanders in chief of the British and French forces in the Levant.
 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Commons that the French commander in Syria had been or dered by Paris not to oppose British efforts to restore order in Syria and Lebanon. He added:
 We have confidence that we can now rely on all concerned to CO., operate in the complete restoration of law and order which is indeed an essential step to solution of this complex problem"
 A Paris dispatch pictured Gen. de Gaulle as surprised by Prime Minister Churchill's stern note yes- terday notifying the French leader that British troops in the Middle East were intervening in the Le- want crisis to prevent further blood shed.
 Damascus, the Syrian capital, was quiet but tense last night. Dr. Ahmet Kadry, Director General of Public Health there, said that during brief truces his ambulances had picked up 400 dead and 500 wounded
 The British Foreign Office spokesman said that Syria would not be invited to take part in the initial discussions between France Britain and the United States, but was expected to participate in the later talks
 The French have insisted that the dispute with the Syrians is solely their own affair. While Soviet commentators maintained silence on the situation, the Rus sian press and radio carried lengthy news accounts of developments in the Leyant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-01
Japanese- -Ameri(ans Face Violence When
 Seeking Relocation

WASHINGTON, June Threat ened violence against Japanese Americans was described today as a major problem facing the War Relocation Authority tWRA) in it's effort to restore them to normal life.
 Dillon s. Myer, WRA Director, told a House Appropriations sub-commit- tee in testimony made public today that the agency expects to close its eight remaining relocation centers for Japanese Americans by the end of the year.
 This will require moving about 53,000 persons to communities they select and aiding them to re-estab- fish themselves, Myer said.
 Our major problem" Myer told the subcommittee, concerns the re- luctance, particularly on the part of tthe old people in the Centers, to be relocated because of a feeling of insecurity
 Tn certain areas, particularly on the (wesD coast, during the last three months, we have had some occurrences such as shooting into dwellings, boycotts and other atro- cities on the part of misguided un- American patriots and a small group of people who have an economic in terest in opposing the returne of cvacuees.'
 Secretary of Interior Ickes has reported that 20 shootings have oc- cured at the homes of Japanese Americans in California since Jan- llary 2
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-01
Greatest Industrial Center of Japan Hit Second
 Time in } Days
JAPANESE TRO0p5 ARE
 PUSHED BACK, FRONTS
Americans Are Throwing Double Ring About
 Shuri on 0kindwa
By Leonard Milliman Associated Press War Edi-.<


 Roaring fires lighted in u day. light raid by 500 Superforts and cscorting fighters swept Osaka, greatest industrial city in Japan. today while ground forces pushed back Japanese troops on every front.
 Five American divisions closed a double ring around Shuri. last remnant of the enemy's defense line on Okinawa, where 61.000 Japanese have been killed in the -month-old campaign. Between 10000 to 25.00o surviving Japanese : were pressed so hard through rain and lightning storms they were un- able to establish a second defense line.
 Attacks Beaten Back
 Small but vicious Japanese coun- terattaclSs we're beaten back by ads vancing Filipino GuerrilIas. Ameri- can Infantrymen and Australians in the Philippines and on New Guinea.
 Today's raid on Osaka started great fires which sent smoke bil- lowing four miles into the sky It was the second daylight incendiary strike within three days by more than 450 Superforts under Mustang fighter escort on major enemy port cities.
 Waves Of Supers
 Waves of B-29's bombed for two hours through light haze after 150 fighters from Two lima swept over the city. Clusters of fire bombs were concentrated in war indus : tries. shipyards and the port area of the city, where more than eight square miles were burned out in a previous fire raid two months ago.
 Jap broadcasts conceded fires were so great they were only grad ually being brought under control. The enemy claimed 24 B-29's were shot down and 30 others damaged, but returning pilots described Japa- nese interception as meager.
 Greater Air Blows
 Greater air blows against Japan were promised, particularly from Superforts which have raincd co., 900 tons of bombs on it's industrial cities in three months. The War Department announced that B-29s would be added to It. Gen. James Doolittle's Eighth Air Force which is being transferred from England, and that American air forces were moving out of the India Burma theatre to get crack at Japan.
 Japanese propagandists conceded B-29 fire raids were burning up s100.000,00 0worth of property over- night but claimed their own suicide forces have sunk 20 U. s. warships and transports and damaged Al others in attacks on the Okinawa area.
 Lightning And Rain
 Lightning and rain kept them away from Okinawa yesterday as U. S. ground forces made break throughs ranging up to 200 yards which Adm Nimitz said threatened the "enemy's whole central island position"
 The double American ring was drawn around Shuri town, into which strong forces of the First Marine Division poured from cap tured Shuri Castle. The Seventy Seventh Infantry reached the northeastern boundaries of the town after half mile advance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-01
REIGN OF TERROR IN
 ARGENTINA
Correspondent Tells What Is Doing in Viola
 lion of Pacts

NEW YORK, June 1.-The New York Times said today in a dis patch from it's Buenos Aires cor respondent, Arnaldo Cortesi, that the Argentine Government had nc sooner declared war on Germany and Japan and signed the final acts of the Mexico City Conference than it deprived the Argentine people of what small remains o1 freedom they still possessed"
 The delayed dispatch, filed We'd nesday from Buenos Aires. saic that since experience has shown there is no hope of getting the truth past the Argentine censors this dispatch is being sent by chan nels other than the normal ones.
 Cortesi said the time had come to say that things have happened in Buenos Aires recently that ex- ceed anything that this correspond ent can remember in his IT years experience in Fascist Italy"
 He (this correspondent has seen whole sections of the city oc- cupied by the army in full wal kit; he has seen peaceful citizens searched for arms in the streets he has seen policemen directing traffic with revolvers in theil hands" Cortesi wrote.
 He knows that at least one in- nccent man was machine-gunnec while entering a subway station He knows that reputable citizens have been arrested ano others :. have been spirited away; that still others have had te choose between exile and imprison- ment.