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Evening star., 1945-07-05
Hitler Turns Down
ItoIy's Offer of Aid

July 16-"Hitler has sent a long
letter to II Duce It speaks OF the
attack on Great Britain as some
thing already decided, and, in the
same definite and courteous fashion,
declines our offer to send an Italian
expeditionary force. He explains
that logistic difficulties would arise
in supplying two armies. Goering
said that Italian aviation
has too important task in the
Mediterranean to scatter its forces.
II Duce Is very much annoyed.
Even from German sources We re-
ceive information that the damage
inflicted on the British Navy by the
Italian Navy Is nothing, or almost
nothing"
July 1s-"T arrive in Berlin. Hit
ler's speech will be a last appeal
to Great Britain. Without their
saying so, I understand they (the
Germans) hope and desire that the
appeal be not rejected. Late
in the evening, when the first cold
British reactions arrive, an ill-con-
cealed sense of disappointment
spreads among the Germans"
July 2o-"Conference with the
Fuehrer. He would like an
understanding with Great Britain.
He knows that war with the British
will be difficult and bloody"
August 3-"Gen. Soddu (under-
secretary of war; says that Gen.
Graziani commander in North
Africa, after emptying Italy to
supply Libya, does not feel he is
prepared to attack Egypt, especially
because of the heat.
-Four of our agents from the
military intelligence service were
surprised tonight in the Yugoslav
Legation. We must encourage a
rumor that they are only common
burglars"
August 4-"From Berlin, Ambas-
sador Alfieri reports the sudden re-
turn of Hitler and the highest Nazi
official, suggesting the imminent be-
ginning of operations about which
we, as usual. have been told moth
ing"
August 5-"Il Duce is dissatisfied
because Gen. Granziani does
not want to attack in Egypt.
Mussolini's uneasiness will increase
If Hitler launches his offensive
against the British Isles soon"
August 6-"Alfieri now reports an
unexplained pause in German ac-
tivity. Is there anything to the
rumor about separate peace
through the King of Sweden?
Mussolini talks very much about an
attack against Yugoslavia during
the second half of September,
I do not believe that Hitler will
permit the status quo in the Balkans
to be disturbed"
August 8-"Alfieri says the often
siye has been delayed because of bad
weather in the English Channel.
Gen. Marras military attache in
Berlin) says the delay is the result
of secret conversations now under
way"
August 10-"News OF further de-
lay in the Offensive comes from
Berlin. VIII it occur? When? In
what form? We know nothing. The
Germans keep us in the dark Just as
they did when we were neutrals. .
August 1.-THE German air
force has requested that we send
planes to join in action agsir1
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Lost Bull Auctioned
For Less Than Ceiling

Ferdinand" the Hereford bull
calf, which has been in custody of
the District government. since he
was found wandering in the streets
of Southeast Washington last June
6, was auctioned today for $3.50.
The buyer was Joseph o. Thume,
3113 Nichols avenue Sc, who paid
$2.7o below the ceiling price set
by OPA regulations on the animal.
Mr.. Thume said he was buying for
his cousin, Joseph L. Thun1e, who
owns q 12-acre farm at oxon Hill,
Nd.
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Trumun Signs Extension
|Of Alley Clearance Bill

President Truman today signed
into law the Randolph -Bilbo bill
postponing until next July the
deadline on occupancy Of Wash
ington's alley dwellings.
The extension of time was made
necessary because war conditions
have prevented construction Of
other housing for the thousands OF
alley dweliers who otherwise would
have faced sudden eviction.
Evening star., 1945-07-05
n Policemen
reCIeared Of
Neglect Of Duty
Charges Resulted
From Inquiry Into
Bonk Robbery Cose

Charges of neglect of duty against
81 policemen in connection with
the National Bank of Washington
robbery March 80 were ordered dis
missed today by the Board of COM
missioners.
The action was taken on recom-
mendation of Corporation Counsel
Richmond B. Keech after the Com
nlissioners had received report from
Acting Supt. Of Police Harvey G.
Callahan requesting the dismissals.
1t followed the trials of five other
policemen Tuesday, all charged with
the same offense: Failing to locate
and find the car used by bandits
in making their getaway from the
bank with $24, 4,647 loot.
Lived With Suspects.
Climax Of the trials came when
Joseph F. Longo, one of : the ac-
cused policemen, emerged as a hero
for the part he played in living
with number of the bandit sus-
poets for nearly a week to gather
evidence.
The testimony resulted in an ac-
quittal for Mr.. Longo and dis
missal of charges against Pvts.
Ralph McGufin, Harry Barnes,
Everett S. Kirkland and Glenn An
derson.
Mr. Callahan's report said that
lin view of the fact the evidence
in support of the charges against
the defendant officers in this case
is substantially identical with re-
spect to each defendant it
appears that much time, effort and
expense win be saved by entering
of nolle PROSE- in the case of the
remaining defendant officers o"
All From First Precinct.
AL the defendants were of the
first precinct station. few blocks
from Seaton court, where the aban-
doned bandit car was found three
days after the robbery.
Those cleared by today's action
were Sergt. George Weaver, Corpls.
Cyrus F, Thompson, Edward II. Ring
and william E. McCarten, and Pvts.
Clarence r. Winemiller, Joseph w.
Hayes, Clarence S. Muse, Earl Ire
land, Cornelius F. Sullivan, John
Dials. William T. Burroughs, Glenn
E. Anderson, Vincent L. Antonelli,
Milton N. Stottlemeyer, Leonard M.
Johnson, Harvey L. Anderson,
Thomas D. Bacon, Karol L. Kra-
| tochvil, Brice D. Steele, Frederick
j.. AXE and william P. Finnin.
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Jups Leave Scrap MetoI
Piled on Borneo Docks
BY the Associated pres..

BY the Associated Press.
BALIKPAPAN, July 5.-Japanese
stacked the Balikpapan water front
with scrap metal, but they never
got a chance to ship it through the
Allied blockade to feed the home
land war industries.
The rust-coated piles. reminiscent
OF stacks that were gathered in many
American cities during wartime
scrap collections. covered water
front area equivalent to two average
city blocks. I.
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Count ciano's Dioy-No. IS
BRITAIN NOT INVADED
! BECAUSE OF WEATHER.
Hitler Found He Could Not Fulfill
Pledge, Then Blamed Clouds
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for all countries including right Of translate
July 2-September II, 1910.

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Hitler didn't 940for the simple
couldn't blamed bad weather according to the
Cano Muonis sonn-law and Italian foreign
minister.
Repeatedly the Germans reasred the
would begin only the skies the English Channel would
pictures Hitler and Rbbentrop both
as worried uneasy BY the of September indicates the
grandiose plan invasion scrapped.
Italy and Spain in the glory OF defeating
Great Britain because 1t would cost
than it worth to have his aid The Italians
were asked only aircraft to join in the blitz
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Weather Report

District of Columbia Mostly
cloudy with occasional light show
ers this afternoon and tonight;
highest temperature this afternoon
in the middle 80s. A little warmer
tomorrow with local thundershowers
in the afternoon
Virginia and Maryland-Consid
cradle cloudiness with showers ano
scattered thunderstorms tonight and
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Two District Deaths
Mark Sane FOURTH;
Nation's 5 Toll Is 14S

Two Washington area deaths, one
from a traffic accident, the other a
drowning, were in the national total
of 14S in what appeared to be one OF
the safest and sanest Fourths oi
July on record.
Henry B. Brown, former Army
sergeant and more recently a house
painter, about 5S. of s7o6 Georgia
avenue, Silver Spring, Md. died
today in Washington Sanitarium
from injuries suffered last night
when he was struck by an automo-
bile at Georgia and Wayne avenues
Silver Spring.
According to police, the automo-
bile was driven by Frank G. Beatty
1401 Woodside parkway, Silver
Spring.
browns in Anacostia.
The drowning was that of l3-
year-old colored boy who was swim
ming yesterday in the Anacostia
River at the foot of @ street Sc
He was Robert Reeder, 213 N street
S.W. A police squad attempted t.
resuscitate him, but the boy wa,
dead ON arrival at Casualty Hospital
The Associated Press compiled TIN
total of 148 deaths, most of then
on the highways or in the water
No deaths from fireworks we're re
ported gggs sa
In 1914 and 1943, the compilation
OF Fourth of July deaths were made
on a three -day period. Total death.
were 439 in 1914 and 298 in 1943.
Gasoline rationing kept the mum.
ber of holiday traffic deaths in tn,
Nation at less than the prewar aver
age of such deaths for a Wednes.
day in July. There were 54 traffic
deaths in the Nation yesterday. TIL,
prewar average, according to tn,
National Safety Council, was 80
There were 81 drownings and 4;
persons died from miscellaneou!
causes-fires, accidental electrocu.
tions, lightning, plane crashes, etc
There were l6 accidental death.
ON the holiday in Ohio. New Yorf
and Illinois, with the Nations largest
cities, reported five and three, re-
spectively.
Body Recovered.
The body of a young Washington
man who drowned Sunday was re-
covered yesterday. He was Edward
Hefiin. %. 522 M street NE. He
lost his life while swimming neal
Cove Point, off Solomon's Island.
Three women were injured last
night when their automobile collideo
with another at Washington drive
and Third street NV. Mrs. Mar
garet F. Sullivan, IS. 28o1 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc, suffered pos
sible fracture of the spine and head
injuries.
Her daughter, Miss Mary M. Sui.
livan, SO. who police said was driv.
ing, suffered injuries to the LEFT
arm and shoulder. Mrs. Ruth
Lucas, IS, who lives with. the Sui.
livans, suffered bruised left eye.
Kelly E. Carver, 81, 208 E stree
NV, was arrested by police as The
driver of the car that collided with
the Sullivan car. He was arraignee
this morning before Judge Brict
Clagett in Municipal Court ane
charged with driving while drunk
He pleaded not guilty. The cast
was continued until August 8, pend.
ing outcome of Mrs. Sullivan's in,
juries. Assistant Corporation Coun.
sci Edward e. O,Neill asked tha
Carver's bail be set at $1,000, which
was done.
An 8-year-old boy was run dowr
in the 100 block of Third stree
NV by a taxi driven by Herman
E. Kenny. 80, 613ia Park road NV
according to police. The boy. Lero.
w. jackson, colored, 305 l. stree
NV, suffered head and shouidel
| injuries.
Evening star., 1945-07-05

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon Yesterday to noon today,
HIGHEST, S3, 2.45 pm. Year ago, "a.
Lowest, 20, 4:IU am. Year ago, 66.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90. on July i.
Lowest. IL. on January rs.
Evening star., 1945-07-05

Monthly precipitation In inches In tf
Capital lcurrcnt month to date)s
Evening star., 1945-07-05
Tide Tables /.
The San and Nee

Automobile lights must be turned
0ne-hAlf hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-31
Little Red SchooIhouse'
From the Ottawa Journal.

From the Ottawa Journal.
The romantic atmosphere of the coun-
try school becomes visible only to those
who view it from the vantage point Of
distance-actually it was, and is, essen
tally practical. Those who have at
tended typical one-room school will
recall that it was totally lacking in
''frills"-the teacher had in that room
classes from beginners to high school
entrance, and had no time for theory,
for experiment, for anything but
straight instruction in the prescribed
subjects. That sort of instruction, with
all its faults, its shortcomings, may
have to pass from the scene" but not
because it is bad systenl-rather be-
cause better ways now are within reach.
The one-room school perhaps is least
fair to the few students slower than
the average to learn, because a teacher
has no time for coaching and cod
ding. Now the trend Is to-
ward fewer, larger and more diversi-
fed schools, and that is possible be-
cause good roads and the motor vehi-
Gle have taken the country school out
OF its old isolation. Perhaps the little
red schoolhouse is on its way out of
the picture, but not because it failed.
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Theodore Dresser

Dying at seventy-four, Theodore
Dresser had outlived his time. He
belonged to a period which he
thought of as cruel but which, as
compared with the present era,
actually was kind. That does not
mean that he did not know what
suffering is. Neither is it intended
to suggest that the conditions, the
confuSionS, the Illustrations about
which he complained did not merit
complaint. His radicalism was
founded on fact. The passions and
the greeds he hated were not fig
ments of his own Imagination. Yet
when judged against the back
ground of the vast disasters, the
universal catastrophes, of the past
few years, the misfortunes of his
HurStwoods and Jennies seem in
consequential. His two most i'm
portant achievements-"Sister Car
RE" and can American Tragedy"
published a quarter of century
apart-are biographies of unimport-
ant persons.
But Mr.. Dresser managed to make
them important. It follows that it
is his own contribution to his stories
that renders them dynamic. Each
of his books Is, in certain sense,
a memoir of his own mind and
heart. Possibly, he resembles his
model Balzac in using puppets for
the projection of his private
thoughts and emotions. If so, moth
ing that Mr.. Dresser did was as sig
nificant as Mr.. Dresser himself. His
contemporaries knew him as an in
stinctive rebel He was sensitive to
a fault, and he frequently was hurt
even by his friends. To escape from
his resultant suffering, he wrote
not the experience OF others SO much
as his own experience. His style
admittedly was defective. Some of
his best passages are spoiled by lack
of critical facility. He worked slow
ly, painfully, laboriously. Perhaps
that was the reason why his first
drafts customarily were his last.
Whether he was a thorough real
ist," as reviewers generally sup
posed, is a question which readers
will answer to suit themselves. Mr..
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Dresser also undoubtedly was a ro-
manifest. His idealism prompted
all of his attacks on arrogant capt.
talism, 1.-THE Financier" and 1.-THE
Titan" most notably. Yet he was
not an authentic socialist nor even
"a philosophic anarchist" 1t is as
an individualist-a natural-born in
dependent-that he will be remem-
bered. In other words, he was an
artist - laundering, failing, con-
'stantly starting all over again, never
quite arriving and yet never being
futile, never being completely de-
feated His imitators have most of
his faults. Their books would be
more truly worth reading if they
likewise were possessed of his virtues
of caring for humanity, wanting
people to be happy, hoping that they
somehow soon may discover the
value of mercy in their treatment of
each other.
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The DeuthIess 31-st

Four years ago the weary and be-
draggled 3lst Infantry Regiment was
observing the holiday season by
waging a desperate and bloody
battle to repel the overwhelming
hordes of Japanese closing in on
American forces in the Philippines.
Although it's companies had been
literally cut to pieces in the delay
ing actions which preceded the final
stand on the Bataan Peninsula, the
31st closed ranks and fought on
doggedly throughout the Bataan
campaign and then on Corregidor
General Wainwright, in his series
of articles in The Star last October,
told how some 800 survivors of the
regiments terrible ordeal on Bataan
succeeded in crossing by barge and
small boat to 1.-THE Rock" on the
night of April 8. 1912. along with
about 1900 other men and women.
The remnants of the regiment car
ried with them priced trophy-a
silver punch bowl. made from 1900
Chinese dollars. In remote part
of the island they buried this trophy,
vowing that one day they would
return and restore it to place of
honor.
But by the time the Japs had COM
pleted their conquest of the Philip
pines and had sent the heroes of
Bataan and Corregidor to the dread
prison camps. the proud 31st Regi-
ment had been virtually wiped out
of existence. On the books of the.
War Department it was written off
as an organization When Mac
Arthur's victorious forces returned
to the Philippines. a check disclosed
scarcely a handful of 31st survivors.
The fighting 31st was too proud an
outfit to be allowed to die. however.
The few living members of the old
3lst have been thrilled by an an
nouncement that General Mac
Arthur is forming a new slst In
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On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

day can have the slightest respect Tor
American assurances"
On Japan and the atom bomb, the
communicate is double-talk, but the con-
cessions are to the Soviets. All nations
with Far Eastern interests will partici-
pate in a Far Eastern commission for
Japan to formulate policies; Big Four
council including China will be set up
in Tokyo: both can be stalemated by
the American supreme commander but
the council can make things difficult and
complicated for him. 1t is fine setting
for confusion.
On the atomic bomb it was decided
to appoint a committee to try to de-
eide what the Big Three couldn't decide
and nothing it recommends may AFFECT
the present structure of UNO. On
China, previously enunciated policy
was affirmed.
None of the immediate burning issues
were touched. Those are The future
of Germany-over which the war was
fought-and the position of France in
regard to Germany; the Middle East
and the coup in Iran; Soviet pressure
on Turkey.
Azerbaijan directly connects Turkey
and Iraq with the Soviet Union, on the
direct route to Palestine and Suez.
While the conference was in session,
Turkey was boiling with alarm and the
Soviet press was conducting the iden-
teal sort of campaign with which we
became familiar under Hitler I recall
the headlines in the Voelkische Beo-
bachter during the Sudeten crisis, Small
state menaces world peace"
So
Now it is Turkey who is menacing
the Soviet Union by objecting to give
up about third of her territory.
The question of what is aggression is
still underlined, but it becomes increas-
ingly clear that aggression is any pro-
test of small state against a great
power.
Mr. Byrnes came home with peace
peace for our time But If the pattern
of American policy has become to ad-
vance one pace in order to retreat two,
do not blame Mr.. Byrnes. The same
papers that reported the results of the
conference, reported the march of a
hundred CT Joes on CHG in Frankfurt,
right before the eyes of the Germans,
in protest that they had not been re-
deployed. Backed by the clamor from
home, our men are unwilling to stick
by and consolidate that for which hun
dreds of thousands of their comrades
lie forever far from home
Our army and feet disintegrate. Our
internal affairs disintegrate. No one
can powerfully represent country in
such state at any conference.
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Agreement at Moscow
By Raym ond M obey

The expressions of relief and approval
in this country about the results of the
Byrnes mission to Moscow suggest a
point which might well be noted by
both Russia and the United States. 1t
is that whenever an American official
or unofficial mission or individual pene-
trates the dusk of Russian reticence and
goes into the heart of official Russia
and talks face to face with Soviet rulers,
good news, comes out. 1t was so when
Secretary Hull went to Moscow; when,
earlier than that, Ambassador Davies
lived there: President Roosevelt went
to Yalta: and when Mr.. Hopkins went
to Stain earlier this year. 1t was SO
with Messrs. Willkie, Eric johnson and
Donald. Nelson. 1t has been so in
Gen, Eisenhower's contacts with Soviet
leaders.
1t was not so in our contacts with the
prewar Germany of Hitler. The whole
period before 1889 was marked by un-
successful missions and deepening an
taronism. Sumner Welles and Am
bassadors Dodd and Neville Henderson
found only material for despair in
Germany
When Russians and Americans meet
face to face, they find that their inter-
ests are reconcilable, that both want a
long peace and that both look at foreign
policy in much the same light But to
get some degree of good relations be-
tween the two countries it is necessary
to break through jungle of censorship,
suspicious and propaganda and bring
more Americans in contact with more
Russians. Russia is largely to blame
for mutual misunderstanding. because
it has quite unnecessarily maintained
censorship and aloofness, even after its
national existence has been assured and
unchallenged.
Some blame also rests on those Amer
leans who, In season and out, attack
the motives and actions Of Russia.
More freedom for American corre-
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Spondents in Russia and more dispo-
sition among Americans to see all sides
of Russian policies can immeasurably
improve world relations
The agreements in Moscow plainly
follow a pattern of Russian American
world policy. Expressed in simple
terms, they mean that Russia gets the
preponderance of influence in Eastern
Europe; the United States, in Eastern
Asia. But in each region concessions
are mutual Russian influence remains
in Poland. Romania, Bulgaria and
Hungary, with important stipuiations
about more democratic representation
in the governments of those countries.
In Asia it is clear that Russia wants no
large influence in China and is willing
to have the United States iron out
the differences between the Chinese
factions. Also, Gen. Macarthur can
finish his job in Japan with only minor
supervisory interference. Most impor-
tant is the agreement on Korea, which
many Americans thought Russia would
claim, in part at least.
1t is noteworthy that in these agree
ments Englands influence has been re-
asSCa W IiAAko PA6SSs &sAA. 10y lCS ID l1Ot
following the lead of Mr.. Bevin, but
has clearly used American power to
create distinct American diplomatic
policy In return for British concessions
to Russia in Eastern Europe and to
America in Eastern Asia, no mention
is made of the British Empires prob
lens in India and the Dutch East
Indies. Russia will have its hands full
in the chaos OF Poland and the quick
sands of Romania. We shall be busy
in the Far East. England will be
free to find solutions in Southeastern
Asia and the Middle East.
All three nations have cleared the
way for slow transformation from
power politics to world agreements
through the UNO
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