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Evening star., 1945-06-25
Soft Coal Wage Farley
Planned Here FRIDAY

John L. Lewis United Mine
Workers and soft coal operators are
making arrangements for a confer
ence here Friday for clariflcation
of the bituminous wage agreement
particularly as it applies to union
lzation of mine supervisory en-
ployes.
The bituminous contract agree
ment was reached last April IL,
after AZ days of negotiations. but
almost begged down on the foremen
issue. Mr.. Lewis at the last mo-
ment agreed to drop his demand for
unionization of supervisors in the
interest of obtaining a contract as
speedily as possible in the midst of
a wave of strikes in soft coal mines
over lack OF wage pact.
Edward r. Burke, head of the
Southern Coal Producers Associa- =
ton, said the operators have no in
tention of yielding any supervisory
employe who is really connected
with management" to the union.
We'll fight that into the SUI
preme Court If need be- he said.
He said results Of a survey Of oc-
cupations exempt from union men,
bership will be presented and dis
cussed at the meeting. Other ques-
lions arising from the contract re-
q1irfng Interpretation also viii be
brought urs The operators, repre-
sentattyes plan to meet Thursday
to formulate their position. Mr..
Burke said.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Sergeant Gets Honor Medal
For Gothic Line Feat
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, June 25.-The Congress
sional Medal OF Honor was present.
ed today to Sergt. Oscar G. john
son, "a, Foster City, Mich. for kill
ing 20 Germans, silencing three
enemy machine guns and taking "a
prisoners during the American
slice through the Gothic line near
Scarperia, Italy, last September 16
to 10.
The Nations highest award for
valor was presented by Gen. Mark
Clark in the presence of Sergt
Johnson's enire regiment, the 363d
Infantry Of the 91st Powder River)
Division.
Eligible now for immediate dis
charge from the Army, Sergt. John
son said he needed a little time to
think it over before deciding
whether to return to his parents
dairy farm near Foster City. He
was the first man in his division to
win the Medal OF Honor.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Rural Residents, Hikers Warned
Of Ticks Bearing Spotted Fever

A warning was extended today by
DR.. Charles A. Armstrong of the
United States Public Health Service
to persons who live in rural areas
or who 60 out from cities to picnic
or hike in those areas to look out
for wood ticks Rocky Mountain
spotted fever, which can be fatal, is
carried by the ticks and transmitted
to humans by their bites, DR.. Arm
strong said.
The ticks are found not only in
wooded areas, but also in fields and
pastures, along roadsides and, some-
times in houses where they drop of
dogs. They usually stay on the
body for several hours before at
tacking, DR.. Armstrong said, and
when they attack. they bury their
heads tenaciously in the skin.
Remedies are:
Inspect the body and clothing at
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Army Hour Traffic Chief
Receives Service Award

Mrs. Idella Grindlay Kampf, who
has been traffic manager of THE
Army Hour" the War Department S
official weekly radio program, is the
seventh woman to receive the War
Departments Exceptional Civilian
Service Award. She is the wife of
Edgar Kampf, radio scientist, who
has been on leave with the Navy
Department.
A key figure in the production of
'"The Army Hour" for the past three
years. Mrs. Kampf handled COM
plicated technical details involved
in co-ordinating arrangements for
pickups from forward battle areas
with the public relations officers in
the various theaters of operations
The Army Hour has an estimated
audience of 10000 600 and is car
ried over approximately 1874 sta
tions.
Mrs. Kampf is leaving the War
Department July /. She joined the
department in August, 1912, on leave
from her position as oncer man.
ager, Production Division of the
National Broadcasting Co.'S New
York ONCE.
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least twice . day and more often II
possible.
When removing the ticks, brush
them OF or use tweezers. Do not
take them between the fingers be-
cause of bite and infection may re-
suit.
II the ticks have fastened into
the skin, do not pull the bodies OF
and leave the heads. Apply an irri-
tating substance such as tincture
Of iodine, match flame or 4 lighted
cigarette. The tick will then with
draw his head voluntarily.
DR.. Armstrong said science has
never determined how the ticks
pick up the spotted fever infection
originally, but 1t IS transmitted from
one generation Of ticks to another.
Thus far this year one child died
IAt Laurel, Md, from the disease.
Five others Ia Maryland ana one In
the District hevs recovered.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
$500 Men Of 9Th
Arrive: in New York
By the Associated Press.

~ Inc AsSOCleGeu FNsb.
NEW YORK, June 25.-More than
$500 cheering soldiers Of the 9th
Infantry Division who battled their
way through the Ruhr arrived yes
terday aboard the transport. Brazil
en- route to the Pacific war theater.
The Brazil, flying the flags of
the United Nations, was one of seven
ships bringing into port nearly 1900
veterans from Europe.
Other ships were the s. S.. Henry
Gibbons, the S. S. Walter Wellman,
the S. S. Robin Tuxford. the S. s..
John Cropper, the S. s. Henry Bald
win and the Army hospital ship,
John L. Glen.
The infantrymen were accom-
panied by their commander, Brig.
Gen. Milton Baldridge Halsey of
Long Beach, Calf, who said of his
men:
Never did they act like a new
division, but fought from the be-
ginning like veterans. What they
did may not have been in general
heroic, but it helped in the final
victory.
We considered that we were only
loaned to the European theater and
felt we were destined ultimately for
the Pacific area"
The 9th Division took part In
the Central Europe campaign for
four months. and on We day was
one of the few American divisions
still attacking.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Woman Army Doctor
Against Sending Own
Sex Past IS Overseas

Women over IS years of age
should not be, sent overseas except
In the cases Of few top admins
traitors" an Army woman doctor,
Maj. Margaret d. Craighill, said. to-
day. Maj. Craighill has just re-
turned from an eight-month In
spection trip Of WAC and medical
installations around the world.
Maj. Craighill, former dean of the
Philadelphia Medical School, re-
ported to a press conference tha.
the health of service women in the
Pacific and Asiatic areas was gem
orally excellent" but she was. quite
emphatic about prohibiting elder
women from those. areas.
The question of age for overseas
service arose In connection with
two WACS over 40 who previously
were reported as having applied for
discharges from the Pacific under
the Army point system.
Many Over 40 in Pacific.
Admitting there were many wom-
en- over 40 in the Pacific areas, Maj.
Craighill stressed that she was ex-
pressing her own personal opinion
and not an oficial attitude In dis
approval of overseas service for
older women.
Her reason, she stated, was be-
cause the incidence of illness was
greater after the age of IS. She
made exceptions in the case of top
administrators because of their
needed experience
At present it is the WAC policy
not to send women overseas who are
older than 80 unless they sign a
waiver.
Maj. Craighill reported that she
went overseas to investigate the
health of women in service every
where and found it much better
than expected. In many places she
said the women were getting along
better than the men chiefly because
they got "the breaks" in living quar-
ters and in disqualification.
Army Rule Is Factor.
Another factor was the Army &
rule against sending a woman over
seas unless she is particularly
healthy.
She warned people back home not
to be alarmed over exaggerated re-
ports" about the effects of tropical
skin diseases on women.
Girls are turning yellow from
atabrine. she explained. but they
don't mind it, for 1t is much like a
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Truman May See London
During Missouri Visit

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, June Is
P.-The possibility grew today that
President Truman will combine
business with pleasure during his
first Homecoming trip this week since
becoming President by conferring
here with ALI M. Landon of Topeka,
Kans., the 1896 Republican presi-
Dental candidate.
Mr.. Truman already has called
former President Hoover to the
White House for conference, and
announced that he would like to see
both Mr.. Landon and Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of New York, as soon as
possible. Gov. Dewey was scheduled
to see the President at Washington
today, but the appointment was
Cancelled when termination of the
United Nations Conference, at
which the President will speak, was
delayed.
The President will arrive here
Wednesday. remaining until Sum-
day, and it is believed probabl
he may call in Mr. Landon, who is
at his Topeka home, only 80 miles
away. No appointment yet has been
set, but one could be arranged and
quickly.
Mr.. Truman is giving Wednesday
to a homecoming celebration here
which includes public appearance
in the vast Latter Day Saints audi
torium, and Thursday to a Kansas
City homecoming with a brief
speech at the municipal auditorium.
Both will be simple, since he de-
sires no parades or fanfare, but
the President will shake hands with
as many people as the time allows.
Friday and Saturday will be de-
voted to rest and quiet at his home
here.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Cyrus Keiser, k., Dies;
D. {. Real Estate Operator

Cyrus Keiser. jr.. we'll known
Washington real estate operator,
died suddenly yesterday at his resi-
dence. 1882 Forty-second street NV.
He was recovering from an Illness
when fatally stricken.
He was born and reared in Mont
gomery County. Va. He entered
the real estate field in Washington
20 years ago The of{ices Of his
agency are at 1910 Wisconsin avenue
NV.
Mr.. Keiser is survived by his
widow. Mrs Eleanore Costello Keiser;
two daughters. Mrs. Jane Keiser
Petty and Mrs. Elizabeth Keiser
Macnichol; a sister, Mrs. Bessie
Hollidge; a brother, John Keiser.
and a grandson, all of Washington
and suburban Virginia.
Funeral services will be held at
? pm. tomorrow at the william
Reuben Pumphrey funeral home at
1857 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda.
Md. Burial will be in the cemetery
of the Mount Zion Baptist Church,
Bethesda,
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suntan and considered = mark Of
overseas service"

suntan and considered - mark O
overseas service"
Diseases Usually Disappear.
The medical department is work.
ing out measures for the prevention
OF skin diseases and women who do
not make satisfactory recovery are
sent home Immediately. AS soon as
they reach the cooler climate, she
said, the skin diseases usually
disappear.
GI foot powder is excellent treat
ment for application over the body,
but she thought it was unfortunate
that 1t always is known by that
name. Maj. Craighill left Washing
ton in October and few Sc 900 miles
to visit installations for the Surgeon
General in rear areas, forward areas
and in the remote places of India.
China and the Pacific. She saw
them in the battle areas of Europe.
on the Gold Coast of Africa, along
the Persian Gulf, in the forward
areas Of the Philippines, New
Guinea and about everywhere else
they are serving.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Cloudy and
humid this afternoon and tonight;
temperature in the upper 80s this
afternoon, with lowest tonight in
the lower 70s. Tomorrow cloudy,
with intermittent rain, not quite so
warm.
Virginia-Cloudy and humid, with
rain in southeast and south-central
portions and increasing winds in
southeast portion tonight. Tomor-
row cloudy, with rain and rather
strong winds in east and central
portions; scattered showers or
thunderstorms in west portion; not
quite so warm.
River Report.
Potomac River clear. Shenandoah muddy
at Harpers Ferry. Potomac muddy at
Great Falls.
Evening star., 1945-06-25

the period ending next December 81
operation of the program for which
1t recommended $4,000 900.
From a humanitarian angle the
project has much to commend it,
the committee said. 1T has fea-
lures, however, which, now that the
war in Europe is over, would in
volve this Government in matters
in which it is deemed it would be
for it to engege. such as,
for example, securing for the refu-
gees now in European countries
rights of residence, of employment,
of education, and of minimum par
in other advantages of
of these countries
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Two Navy Fighters Collide
Crash al War Bond Show
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa, June
25.-Two Navy fighter planes COL
lided In the air and crashed yester-
day during q War Bond air show
before more than 1000 spectators.
i The polits of both planes para
'chuted to safety.
1t. H. M. Dobbs. public relations
officer at the Willow Grove Air
Station, said the planes were pi-
loted by Its. j. T. Moore, Memphis,
Tenn, and L. c. Frank, Charlotte,
N. c., Marine Corps pilots attached
to squadron at New York, which
maintains training unit at Willow
Grove.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Investigation Of CCC
Seen by Thomas Over
Discharge Of Three
BY the Associated rress.

BY the Associated rress.
Chairman Thomas of the Senate
Agriculture Committee would like
to investigate the activities of the
Commodity Credit Corp, the Agri-
culture Departments loaning
agency.
He said yesterday that strong ef-
forts are being made to bring about
a congressional inquiry. and added:
II wouldn't be surprised If an in
vestigation is made of the CCC."
Some employees of the. CCC have
been fired" and there must have
been reason for It," he declared
Frank Hancock, head Of the CCC,
disclosed in March that three en-
ployes of the organization had been
separated" from their jobs after
Republicans in the House had as
serted that grain spectators had
made millions" through scandal
GUS tipoffs" on impending CCC
action.
Mr.. Hancock also had advised the
House Appropriations Committee
that the CCC Is investigating the
background of all its employees
handling money or responsible for
goods or inventories.
Senator Thomas discussed the
possibility Of an inquiry after Dyke
Cullum, Washington representative
OF the Norris Grain Co., testifying
at an Agriculture Committee hear
ing on the nomination of John B.
Hutson to be Undersecretary of
Agriculture; contended that CCC
formerly made secret" deals for
purchase OF grain and that Mr..
Hutson favored the stopping of
speculation.
The committee, however, ap-
proved Mr.. Hutson's nomina ton
without dissent and Senator Thomas
expected to report it favorably to
the Senate floor TODAY.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
|Priestley's Waste Charges
Unknown 10 Army
By the Associated srsss,

BY the Associated Press.
= LONDON, June 25.-United States
Army of1cials said today they had
no knowledge that sheets, blankets
and crockery were destroyed at an
American Army hospital in West
ern England, as reported by ]. B.
Priestley, the author, in a speech
at Labor Party campaign meeting.
Nothing is known of the incl
dent alleged by Priestley," an ON
cial at United Kingdom base head
quarters said, "the disposal Of equip
ment and supplies Is covered by
Army regulations in such a way as
to avoid waste. Hospitals are al
lowed to destroy dangerous drugs,
but other supplies and equipment
must be disposed Of through normal
salvage channels"
Evening star., 1945-06-25
|FneChief Nobs
| Man Ringing
False Alarm

A man holding onto fire box at
Sixteenth and Decatur streets NV.
today let 60 and ran as the fire en-
gines came screaming up.
Battalion Chief Peter A. Davis
followed him in his car and caught
him.
He gave his name as George B.
Wilkerson. SO, Lynchburg. Va. He
said he had turned in the alarm
because man was about to beat
him with brass knuckles and q
blackjack"
No other man was in sight, fire.
men said. Wilkerson was charged
with turning in false alarm-and
intoxication.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Appeals Court Orders
New Hearing in Fight
For Custody Of Boy,3

The United States Court of Ap-
peals today reversed and remanded
a fight for the custody Of 3-year-
old Bobby Lee Kirk to District
Court, with instructions for the
lower court to determine the case
on grounds of what custody will
best promote the child's welfare"
The decision was in line with
other Appellate Court decisions
which emphasized that the prime
consideration in a case pertaining
to custody should be what is best
for the child.
In a decision last October Dis
trict Court ordered Bobby turned
over to his paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Sue Kirk. Parkersburg. WA,
who had brought a habeaus CORPUS
proceeding to regain custody Of the
child from his mother, Mrs. Helen
A. Kirk, 1900 block OF Clifton street
NV, a drugstore clerk.
The paternal grandmother had
been awarded temporary custody by
a. West Virginia court in July, 1874,
Subsequently, that court orally in
structed the grandmother to deliver
the child to its parents, but refused
to modify its formal order which
gave her temporary custody. The
mother, 1t was said, left West Vir.
ginia and brought her son to Wash.
ington.
In deciding the habeas corpus
action here, District Court held that
1t was bound by the West Virginia
decision on the child's custody. The
appellate court in today's decision
held this to be in error.
Under District Courts ruling last
fall, providing for the boy to be
turned over to the grandmother,
the mother was allowed to keep him
by posting bond, pending outcome
of the appeal. The custody fight
began during a West Virginia di-
vorce action brought by the boys
father, it was said.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
VISA Converting 300 Ships
To Speed Return Of Troops
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
+ Conversion of more than 800 war
cargo vessels to troop carriers to
speed return or redeployment of
soldiers from Europe is proceeding
rapidly, according to the War Ship
ping Administration.
Atlantic and Gulf Coast ship
yards already are working on half Of
the 100 Victory ships which win
carry an estimated 1,500 soldiers per
trip. the agency reported.
The fast Victory ships are ex-
pected to transport about 1900 900
troops in 10 months.
Liberty ships will have a troop
carrying capacity Of from $50 to
$50 each. Their conversion is ex-
pected to be at the rate of about
Is q week, VISA said.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Jap High Command
Be|ated|y Admits
Loss Of 0kinawa
BY the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-Jap-
anese imperial headquarters be-
latedly admitted the loss of Okinawa
today. as the Tokyo radio claimed
Allied forces had attempted land
ing at Balikpapan in Southeast
Borneo which had been completely
checked"
There was no confirmation by the
Allied high command that such a
landing had been attempted, nor
confirmation Of reiterated Japanese
reports which have been made for
10 days that Allied warcraft were
lying OF Balikpapan, important oil
port.
Civilians Evacuated.
IokyoS broadcast, monitored in
San Francisco by the Federal Com
munications Commission, said Jap
anese civilians had been evacuated
inland" from Balikpapan but would
aid with arms in repulsing an in
VaSion.
The Japanese Propaganda made
fantastic claims of American cas-
ualties on Okinawa-80,8 800 ground
troops and 600 warcraft and trans
ports.
Commenting on the fall of Oki-
nawa, Domei news agency admitted
"the defense of Japan has been rem
dered more difficult than otherwise,
but contended the campaign exacted
heavy toll" from America and
gained time for Japan to strengthen
its defenses.
On the home front, Tokyo quoted
the Nippon Times as saying that
while the new war measures decree
gave Premier Suzuki's government
AL necessary powers without stint
or hesitation" it does not permit
the government to run rapApantI
without restrictions.
Avoiding Dictatorship.
Even in an emergency, the gov
ernment scrupulously avoids becom-
ing dictatorship" the paper said.
Aiichiro Fujiyama, powerful Japa-
nese industrialist-his interests in
clude sugar, chemicals and exploita-
tion companies in Manchuria, Korea
and Formosa-was quoted in q
broadcast directed to America as
saying:
"Japan's big business is not in any
way interested in anything short of
total Japanese victory"
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Hewitt Urges Retention
OF Pacific Bases
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated PreSs.
CHICAGO, June 25.- Admiral
Henry Kent Hewitt, commander of
amphibious forces in the Atlantic
Fleet, advocates United States re-
tention of all the bases it takes in
the Pacific.
I'VE know what will happen if we
DON'T" he told press conference.
The admiral, here as representa-
tive Of President Truman, earlier
had accepted for the President a
bronze plaque symbolizing the aid
given in War Bond drives by Ameri-
can school children. Chicago
youngsters made the dedication.
Admiral Hewitt said he whole
heartedly" favored compulsory mill
tary training in peacetime He also
expressed hope for postwar navy
large enough to defend American
won bases in the Pacific.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
industrial Fuel Oil Cut
Due in Midwest Fridoy
b. the Associated Presa.

b: fhe Associated Press.
Industrial fuel oil rations will be
trimmed one third In the Midwest,
effective Friday.
The OPA. announcing this today,
said the cut. placing 13 States on
the same basis as other areas, Is
necessary because of sharply re-
duced supplies of residual oil used
for heating factories and large
buildings.
This same restriction is now in
effect in all other rationed areas.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Hittenmork to Speok

1t. Col. Gordon Hittenmark. for.
merly conductor of the Town
Clock" program on Radio Station
WMAL. will address a luncheon
meeting Of the Advertising Club
of Washington at 1890 pm. tomor-
row, at the Hotel Statler. Col. Hit
tenmark will describe his experiences
in five years of service with the
Army Air Forces in many parts of
the world.
Evening star., 1945-06-25

N. c., were removed from exposed
areas as a precautionary measure
Persons on the beaches from
Georgetown, S. c., to Cape Hatteras
N. c., were warned to be ready to
move to higher terrain.
Charleston felt the first effects of
the blow shortly after midnight
when heavy rain began to fall and
the Weather Bureau reported gusts
of wind up to IS miles an hour. The
storm passed the Georgia coast
without incident.
Georgia Shore PatrolIed.
Winds measuring up to 10 miles
an hour had been reported from
Tybee Island, near Savannah. None
of the beach area near Savannah
was evacuated, but the shore was
patrolled regularly.
The American Red Cross placed
its chapters along the Carolina coast
on the alert. Southeastern Area
Manager John c. Wilson at At
lanta said chapter disaster COM
mittees and general field represent
atives would be on duty until the
hurricane had passed.
Originating early last week in the
western Caribbean, the storm nearly
| followed the same course across
Florida as the hurricane last Oc-
tober, which caused great property
damage in the citrus section of that
State.
Area Above Tampa Hit.
First menacing the Western Flor
ida and Alabama gulf coasts, the
disturbance swerved toward penin-
sular Florida and struck a sparsely
settled area north of Tampa before
dawn yesterday with winds up to
so miles an hour.
The winds stripped citrus trees
of their foliage, washed out roads
and tore down telephone and power
lines.
A spokesman for the Florida
Citrus Commission said early re-
ports indicated damage was light
and r. D. Keene, Orange County
grower, said the storm proved some
what Of a blessing, since dried-out
groves were soaked with more than
6 inches Of rain in the 24-hour
period.