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Evening star., 1945-06-03
Customs Collector Post
Open at Alexandria

Applications for the position of
deputy collector of customs in Alex
andria will be accepted until Sat-
urday at the Alexandria Office of
the fourth civil service region, Room
315 in the post Office building. The
post, which is part-time one, will
pay $1,150 year.
Applicants must have had at least
two years of experience with busi-
ness methods and records and an
additional one year of experience in
personal contact with the public.
Evening star., 1945-06-03
BY JAMES BIRCHFIELD.

The electrically operated elevator
aboard the especially designed
Douglas C-54 Skymaster that flew
the late President Roosevelt to the
Yalta Conference was installed pri-
marily for security reasons, it was
revealed here yesterday.
This fact was made known dur
ing an inspection of the luxury
plane, affectionately known to her
crew as The Sacred Cow" in her
special hangar at the Army Ali
Transport Command terminal at
the National Airport.
The plane is the one that flew
Mrs. Martha Truman, the Presi-
dents 92-year-old mother, here from
Kansas City to spend Mothers Day
with her son, and will be used to
fly the President to San Francisco
when he addresses the closing ses-
sion of the International Security
Conference.
Demonstrating the elevator, which
is located just aft of the main pas
senger loading door, ATC officials
said in the past it was pretty hard
to keep secret the chief passenger
identity-thus the elevator.
At the Teheran and Casablanca
conferences, officials said, huge
ramps had to be constructed for the
Chief Executive. ANY person with
even a moderate imagination coulc
| figure out who was coming in" they
said.
Used BY Mrs. Truman.
incidentally. the battery-operatee
elevator, which hoists its passenger
from group ramp to a corridor il
the passenger section, has been usee
only by the late President and by
President Truman's mother. Aftel
President Roosevelt's death the ATC
first decided to remove the hoist, bu
latter decided to leave it.
There is a second story about tht
elevator, which involves a S. bet wor
by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, command
er of the Army Air Forces.
The apparatus is so cleverly con.
cealed, that the general once made
bet with Navy officer friene
that the Navy man couldn't find it
The Navy officer paid off after &
half hours diligent, but futile search
1t. Col. Henry T. Myers of Triton
Ga, who has been with the plane
as pilot since it was commissioned
about a year ago, explained that h,
had "butted his nose" on nearly
every rivet in the huge ship during
her construction at the Dougla!
plant at Santa Monica, Calf.
Just two of the innovations bull
into the plane at his suggestion, Col
Myers said, are special devices tt
change air in the gasoline tank com
partment, thus cutting down tn,
danger from collecting gas fumes
and special gadget on the auto
matte pilot which allows part o.
the controls to be operated man
ually.
"A plane will fly all right on au
tomato pilot" Col. Myers explained
when you can keep your passenger
still. In my business that's prett.
hard to do, and every time a pas
senger walks from the front to tn,
back of the plane she starts t,
climb.
With this gadget I can keep he
rudder controls on the automatic
pilot and still control the elevators
thus keeping her level when pas
sengers shift"
Visited "A Nations.
Explaining the flags of A nation
which have been painted on the sid
of the ship, just beneath the pilot
cabin, Col. Myers said they repre-
Evening star., 1945-06-03
Engineer of Crack Train
Drops Dead at Throttle
1h Associated PreSs

..
BUFFALO, N. Y, June q
Stricken with heart attack, Engi-
neer James Kennedy, SO, Buffalo
died at the throttle of the New
York Central's Empire State express
this afternoon shortly after the pas
senger train left Batavia.
A travelling engineer, James
Kendall, took over and brought the
train to Buffalo.
Evening star., 1945-07-24

corwin's New York. Tapestry for Radio"
Whkl. 9.30-HollyWood Commentator Rads
Harris moves 10 . new iims Joe e. Brown
visits.
VOL, 9:30-" How Can We Solve the Trou-
bIes Of the Far Eas!' debated by Sir WiIlmott
Lewis, Louis lipsky, Ssloum Mokaris Of leb.
Evening star., 1945-07-24

anon and French Diplomat Leon BrsNeur.
W0p. 9:30-Glenn Ford stars.
WT0p. t0:30-Sensior Ebert Thomas dis
eusses "Reeonversion and Labor"
VOL. :30-6eorga Gibbs and Ray Mid.
dIeton present q preview Of new AAF show
starting next tuesday.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
ON the AIR I0hl6hI.

ON the AIR TONIGHT.
WRC, 7.30-Dik Haynes and Helen Forrest
turn
wv, 8;30-Duo-pidnisis Viiya Bronsky
and N.'r Babin in q recital from the Rath'
msninoft ~ -'iysi al DUNBAR. oaks.
WT0P, 9:0u nfson w>ies nandies Norman
Evening star., 1945-07-18
Fire Is Independent,
De Valera Tells Dali
Py the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, July 18.-Prime Minister
Eamon de Valera yesterday told the
Dali (Parliament) that Fire Is an
independent republic associated as
a matter of her external policy with
the states of the British Common
wealth"
Explaining Fires constitutional
position after promising last week
to elaborate on a cryptic assertion
that Fire was a republic, Mr.. de
Valera cited five constitutional ar
ticles, including one declaring the
state to be sovereign, independent
and democratic.
"We are an independent republic
since December 10, 1887, the day our
new constitution came into opera
tion," he asserted.
Replying to Opposition Leader
James Dillon's question of last week
Are we or are we not a member OF
the British Commonwealth" the
Prime Minister said:
This is a question for which the
material necessary for a conclusive
answer is not fully available.
Statesmen of the commonwealth
have, I think, adopted the view of
Joseph Demaistre that in all sys-
TENS there are relationships which
it is wiser to leave underlined
Evening star., 1945-07-18
Maj. Gen. W. {. R. CoveII
Awarded Oak Leaf Cluster

Maj. Gen. William E. R. Covell,
5000 Thirty ninth street NV, has
been awarded an Oaf Leaf Cluster
to the Distinguished Service Medal
for distinguished service as COM
manding general, Services of Sup
ply, in the ndia-Burma theater of
operations from November, 1943, to
May, 1945, it was reported by the
Army.
According the citation, che was
responsible for the expeditions and
efficient manner in which many
complicated construction and sup
ply problems were solved. Under
his guidance the obstacles of made
quate transportation systems and
limited port facilities were sur
mounted and the flow of supplies in
support of combat operations in
China and Burma were steadily inr
creased" Also, he supervised the
construction of the worlds longest
military pipeline and the reopening
of the land route to China.
His leadership 80 contributed in
large measure to the success of
supply operations in the india
Burma area" the citation concludes.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
Lakes Liner a She'll
After 100000 Fire
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SARNIA, Ontario, Jnly 18-The
burned cruise ship Harmonic smol-
dered at the edge of the st. Clair
River today while salvagers made
examinations to determine what
might be saved of the blackened
hulk.
A career of years of Great Lakes
sailing possibly ended, the 360-foot
passenger-freight ship lay useless
from the blaze that swept her yes
terday and sent $50 passengers and
crewmen clambering down her sides
to safety.
Only a shell remained of the
5,265-ton Hamonic, which was op-
Grated by the Canada Steamship
Lines. Her superstructure was
twisted like a pretzel. The remains
of the top deck lay fat on the next
deck down.
Unofficial estimates of total dam
age from the fire, which destroyed
80 freight cars and other prop
erty of the Canadian National Rail-
way along the river front, ranged
from 100000 to 100000.
Thirteen persons were treated for
serious injuries at Sarnia General
Hospital. In all, 103 persons re-
ceived treatment.
Argentina has enlarged its indus
trial exhibition in Buenos Aires.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
EIIender Demands Probe
OF ChennauIt Retirement

From Yesterdays Last Edition.
BY the Associated Press.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, o.
Alabama demanded today an in,
vestigation of the circumstances o.
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's re.
tirement from the Army Air Force.
in China.
Senator Ellender, asserting tn,
explanation for replacing Gen
Chennault "is clothed in secrecy,
told the Senate it must have beer
a great disappointment" to the
founder of the Flying Tigers"
"He was not graduate of West
Point and 1t is well known that
they look down on Reserve officers,
Senator Ellender said. Genius and
heroism can't be taught. There may
have been great injustice done
here to a great general"
In a resolution Senator Ellender
asked the Military Affairs Commit
tee to make an inquiry.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
House Measure Proposes
Dental Institute Here

Construction In the District of a
81, 100000 building to house a ma
tional institute of dental research
is proposed in bill introduced yes
terday by Representative Priest,
Democrat, of Tennessee.
The Priest measure, companion
bill to that offered in the Senate in
January by Senator Murray, Demo-
crat, of Montana also would au-
thorize an annual appropriation of
$3.50, 900 for operation of the pro-
posed institute.
The institute, devoted to promo
ton of dental science, would be di-
rected by six-man council of
which the surgeon general of the
United States Public Health Service
would be chairman.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
Mrs. Colt Named Director
I0f Volunteer Services

Mrs. S. Sloan Colt of New York
City, who served from November
l943, until recently as deputy COM
missioner for the American Red
Evening star., 1945-07-18
Spain Is Preparing
To Become Monarchy
Again, Franco Says
BY the Associated Press.

MADRID, July l8.-General-
issimo Francisco Franco last
night proclaimed that he is only
acting as head of the Spanish
government pending return to q
monarchy which would perpetu-
ate Falange ideals and the ma.
tional Syndicalist state.
In 35-minute speech to member,
of the Falange National Council
Franco said Spain was entering the
preparatory period for return of o
monarchy, but he did not say when
the changeover would be made. He
declared the monarchy must guar
antee the essentials" of the Falange
movement.
I'm Washington diplomats re-
garded Frances statement as
move designed to maintain him.
self in power and at the same
time ride out criticism from the
Allied world. and particularly
Russia. They said 1t was ques-
ton whether this storm would be
stirred - possibly by Premier .
Stain at the current Big Three
meeting at Potsdem-to a point
where Franco would be blown out
of power)
Offer to Don Juan.
Frances speech apparently con-
stituted an offer to Don Juan, 80,
son of Alfonso XIII, to accept the
throne. Should Don Juan-now in
Switzerland-refuse, the Duke of
Madrid might be a candidate. The
Duke claims to be Carlos VIII"
Franco, in declaring that the ma
tion was heading toward the ira
ditional form of Spanish political
government, said "the institution
we are to forge must prove stronger
than the mistakes which may be
made by individual rulers. The
best law will be of no avail If the
Falangist spirit weakens."
Franco said, 1--WE must fix my sue
cession in accord with the majority
Of Spaniards. I must declare that
there is no room for option In the
regime to be chosen, which Is the
traditional regime and which de-
Tended repeatedly.
Aware of Dangers.
II always said that we were
going by steps toward it. I am not
ignorant of the dangers of this
step, but I am certain that this
monarchy must have all the guar
antees to incarnate our greatest
monarchs."
The generalissimo, discussing out
side attacks on Spain, said they
stemmed from the so-called "lib-
eral democracy of France and
Communism generally
Communism is the negation of
everything in Spain's national life
which is Catholic, proud, intelli-
gent and based on individual lib
erty," he declared.
Franco asserted the Spanish re-
gime maintained an independent
policy throughout the war" and
said that President Roosevelt and
the British government had paid
tribute to Spain's nonbelligerency.
Evening star., 1945-07-18

during the present war, it is now re-
vealed that she has been most ac-
tive.
She was badly blasted at Pearl
Harbor, but after repairs at Puget
Sound returned to the feet in time
to take part in the reconquest of
the Aleutians in May, 1943. She
later was ref1tted at the Norfolk
Navy Yard and arrived in European
waters in April, 1914, as one of the
three American battleships support
ing the invasion of France.
Between D day, June 6, and June
Is she was constantly in action sup
porting the Normandy invasion
She then sailed into the Mediter-
ranean to shell Toulon and Mar
seille during the landing in Southern
France.
Late last year the Nevada re-
turned to the Pacific again after
reconditioning at Norfolk and hit
some lusty blows against the Japs
at Two Jima.
Next year the Nevada will cele-
brate her 30th birthday.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
Nevada
CONTINUED From First PageD

with formidable shore battery.
The Japs fired "a shells, 5 of which
registered, during the f8-minute
duel. The battleship lost 2 men, and
16 of her crew were injured, seri-
ously.
During the brief exchange, how
ever, the Nevada laid down II shells
from her 14-inch batteries on the
Jap installations. When the fight
was over the silenced Jap shore
positions, according to the Navy,
''resembled a gravel quarry after
a weeks blasting"
The ships damage was repaired
overnight and the next morning
she was back on the firing line, join
ing with the other feet units in lay
ing down the deadly barrage which
played big part in the final re-
duction of the Japanese stronghold.
Although. for reasons of security,
little has been said by the Navy
about the Nevada's battle history
Evening star., 1945-07-18
$500, ,000, 900 Saved
By Salvage Squadron
Since Pearl Horbor

Ships and cargo valued at
$500, 900, 900 were saved by the
Pacific Fleet Salvage Squadron
between Pearl Harbor and May
/ Of this year, Capt. Lebbeus
Curtis, Buffalo, N. Y, Pacific
Fleet salvage officer, said here
today. Capt. Curtis has just
returned to Washington after
completing salvage operations
off Okinawa.
Capt. Curtis sal dthe Okinawa
campaign was one of the tough
est Jobs faced by the unit under
his command. During a 57-day
period, starting six days before
the invasion, assistance was
given 1913 vessels.
Evening star., 1945-07-18

Chairman Basil O'Connor, who
paid tribute to Mrs. Bissell's war
time service, pointing out that un-
der her direction Red Cross volun-
teers produced more than a billion
surgical dressings.
Mrs. Colt, a member Of the or
ganization's Central Committee, has
been active in Red Cross service
since the World War. She became
assistant national director of Amer
lean Red Cross Volunteer Special
Services in charge of the Produc-
ton Corps in January, 1912.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
D. C.-Rehoboth Flights.
Sturt Again Tomorrow
pv A. ,Associated prsss

BY the Associated Press.
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del, July
18.-Air service between Washing
ton and this Delaware resort will be
restored tomorrow with stopovers
scheduled at Easton, Md, and
Georgetown, Del.
Rehoboth Air Service officials said
the restoration was made possible
by sale of the airfield here to Air
crafters, Inc, of Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
Virginia Boy, 10, Shot
Accidentally IybyNeiqhbor

Richard Dellenger, Is, of Fairfax
Va. was shot accidentally in the
abdomen yesterday while standing
on the front porch of his home
police reported today. He was re-
ported in an undetermined condi-
tion at Emergency Hospital where
he was taken after the shooting.
Police said young Dellenger was
hit by q stray bullet from a rifle
being used by Garland Robey, 16,
who lives nearby. Police said the
Robey boy was shooting at target
about 100 yards from the Dellenger
house
Evening star., 1945-07-18

Cross in Great
B r / t ain and
Western Europe,
has beer ap-
pointed national
director Of Vol
unteer Special
Services, it was
announced to-
day. She sue
ceeds M r S
Richard Bissen,
who resigned ef-
fective Septem-
Der /.
The announce
ment was made
hv Pad Gross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
OFFICES FOR RENT.

FORMER PHYSICIANS OFFICE now avail
rental 500 per mo. R "A. HUMPHREYS,
Realtor. sos N. Capitol ST., Ma. $3.50
SPACE for phone and mail service l. J.
SMALL, CENTRALLY LOCATED furnished
ONCE on monthly basis; telephone and sec
retarial service available. Ma. 334..
1903 ST. NV, near Statler ana May
flower Hotels-About 5000 50. TT. avail
able in small and large suites, for pIofes,
on or before January l, l946. Apply TO
OFFICE BUILDING. 18th st. NV between
and Eye sts.-43 It. of frontage and a
the rear. The owner has requested US to
obtain e5 to so year net ground lease
at an attractive rate of interest. The
erection of the building will also be con-
sidered to the specifications of any respon-
sible tenant on 1o-year basis. This par
ticular section of the Northwest area has
seen very definite increase in value dur
crease in value as new buildings are
erected See Mr.. Parsons. WEAVER BROS.
INC, Washington Bldg, d.; $500,
EYE ST. NV. between. 18th and 18th sts
tenants for an existing 5-story building
Ideal location for dental laboratories o,
doctors. VIII lease as is or will make a
reasonable amount Of improvements for a
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space in this section is very dinicult &c
obtain and we recommend immediate Ct.
area. See Mr., Parsons, WEAVER BROS.
INC, Washington Bids DI $500
L ST. NEAR 2Oth-Three Groom suites
Also several small rooms on H st. neal
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PROPERTY FOR SALE

CORNEk LOT. with frontage Of 10 feet.
mere aaode Island ye n SQUARE in s
proved by a xeli-bSilt dwelling with :
rooms and bath: cellar, hot-water heat,
burner JAMES sHa a asa1 WooDw fl5ds
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formation. call REPUBLIC 1858.
q stores Taos sna nDe
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4 REAL HOME WITH INCOME - Near
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ID rms. converted into apis, baths; 3
summer and winter hookup For appoint
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HOUSES WANTED TO BUY Cont,

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