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Evening star., 1945-10-28
DC. vioIators
Paid S334,5OO,
0PA Reports
Criminal Cuse Fines
Total $44, 1870,
Thompson Says

In q two-year review of District
OPA enforcement activity, Robert
X. Thompson, director, last night
disclosed that the ONCE has turned
over to the Treasury Department
approximately 1894 $50 in collections
from violators through suits or set
tlement out Of court.
In addition, court fines totaling
$44,870 have been imposed in
criminal cases instituted by the
enforcement division during the
same period. from May, 1943, to
August, this year.
The sum of $1,000 also has been
turned over to the Treasury, rep
resenting voluntary settlements on
administrators claims in cases
initiated by price panels of War
Price and Rationing Boards. This
amount was received from 100 re-
tailers from November, 1914, date
OF authority for this type of case,
to September, this year.
District Record Good.
In statement on enforcement
results, Mr.. Thompson said compli-
ance of District merchants zap
preached very close to" 100 per cent,
and added:
by and large, the merchants in
the District have complied with the
spirit as well as the letter of the
regulations. In some cases, 1t has
been necessary to enforce comph-
ance, but we have always found
cases Of this kind in the minority" !"
In the two-year period, Mr..
Thompson pointed out, District OPA
filed $40 civil actions In the District
Court. A total of 206 suspension
order proceedings were conducted
before OPA hearing commissioners,
OF which I'll have been completed.
In addition, 1873 license warning
notices were issued to alleged viola
tors and there have been many
compliance conferences "disposing
Of cases after investigators disclosed
minor, inadvertent and excusable
violations"
Criminal Actions Tabulated.
OF l63 criminal actions instituted.
ne added, 16 defendants received
fines, five prison sentences, five fines
and prison sentences, six suspended
sentences, one fine and suspended
sentence, l8 fines or suspended SEN
tehces, two directed verdicts, eight
cases were nolle pressed and three
defendants were acquitted. The re-
mainder Of the cases are pending.
During the same period, five per-
sons were cited for criminal con-
tempt, of whom one was acquitted;
three received fines of $500, 5000 and
$3.50 each and one was sentenced
to two years in Jail.
In addition to suits, 81 claims
for treble damages have been filed.
OF which II are pending and 20
nave been settled for amounts
ranging from $25 to 5000. the oPA
director said. % - .-...
Evening star., 1945-10-28
S. B. Adams to Retire
From Navy Department

Samuel B. Adams, railroad con.
sultant in the Bureau of Aero
nautics OF the Navy Department.
will retire this week, and plans to
go to Richmond, Va. to live.
Mr.. Adams. who lives now at
North 4240 Second road. Arlington
had charge of the purchase of loco
motives and heavy equipment for
the Navy's air department. He
served with q number Of large rail-
road lines before going into the
Government service.
Evening star., 1945-10-28

I now told him I
was ready final
ly to meet HON.
mas full and
cruel demands.
He led m e
around Malinta
Hill to its west
side and down
to a little settle
ment on Cor
regidor named
Barf0 San Jose.
And there, in a
destroyed Fill
pino market, I
was presented
IN a cfaoku von
Evening star., 1945-10-28
industrial Fuir Opens

The American Legion,s Victory
Industrial and Reconversion Fair
opened yesterday at American Uni
|yersity and will continue today.
The grounds open at 10 am. ana
there will be an afternoon show
from ] pm. to about pm.
Evening star., 1945-10-28

ually destroyed by aerial and artil-
lery bombardment and by infantry
supported by tanks, which have
overwhelmed Corregidor.
AFTER leaving Gen. Homma with
no agreement between us I decided
to accept in the name of humanity
his proposal and rendered at mid
night, night 81 May, 1912, to the
senior japanese officer on Cor
regidor, the formal surrender of all
American and Philippine Army
troops in the Philippine Islands.
You will therefore be guided accord
ingly, and will repeat will surrender
all troops under your command,
both in the Visayan Islands and
Mindanao, to the proper Japanese
officer. This decision on my part,
you will realize, was forced upon
me by means beyond my control.
'Col. Jesse T. Traywick, jr.,
G. S. c.. my assistant chief of staff
G-3, who will deliver this letter to
you, is fully empowered to act for
me. You are hereby ordered by me
as the senior American Army officer
in the Philippine Islands to scru-
pulously carry out the provisions of
this letter, as well as such additional
instructions as this staff officer may
give you in my name.
"You will repeat the complete
text of this letter, and of such other
instructions as Col Travuick NAV
give you, by radio to Gen. Mac
Arthur. However, let me emphasize
that there must be on your part no
thought of disregarding these in
structions. Failure to fully and
honestly carry them out can have
only the most disastrous results" !"
Tomorrow: Gen. Wainwright goes
into captivity, as q hostage.)
fCopyright. 1915, King Features
Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction in
Evening star., 1945-10-28
Gen. Woinwrieht's Own Story:
Surrender Paper Is Drafted and General Begins
Efforts to Persuade Men in South to End Fighting
fTwenty-second OF a SeriesJ
BY GEN. JONATHAN M.
WAINWRIGHT.

The Jap colonel who had me In
tow. after my return to Corregidor
from the fruitless meeting with 1t.
Gen. Homma grinned fiercely when
Evening star., 1945-10-28

Tomorrow: Gen. Wainwright goes
into captivity, as q hostage.)
fCopyrigtt. 1915, King Features
Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction in
,0hole or In part strictly prohibited. J
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
B. DysasUS Pearson

communication industry, he refused and told one meeting he was xone to shower requests for excep- tiOns on aIe cOhttOl cOuncis lflnes alo~ed to use NaSis -
 The man in charge of .wktahIns the dt-Naaiiica- ton program for cen. Clay Is Bob Murphy ot state Department fame who collahorated with Adnr. Dar- Ian and other .Nichvites in North Africa
 Murphy made u report to Clay and Eiaenhower In August stating that the deNazifioaton program hao already been completed Actually It had mot evsn peen begun Only since Jurors broke il tne Ames'cS a press and since Gen. Patton frankly admitted ne wasn't obeying orders, have Eisenhower and Vlay started cleaning house.
 Note-Last summer, this columnist urged that President Trumans orders to the U; 8 & Army q sIr in Germany and every American citizen coulo Know what the orders were and whether they were neing carried out Finally this column published most 9. E never been officially released by the White House- and still is withheld from the public. Cong. Jim Roe of queens will De the new Dem- ccS aa.aS sSo. SCSs of New s xSS Sty s n.U Secretary of State in charge of press relations one of the first top State Department officials who has doffed the stuffed shirt meets visitors with hs sleeves rolled up, Joe Berger of the Democratic Ma tional Committee does his best work with his shoes and socks off. Sometimes visitors catch him that way, , Jimmy Byrnes office got another painting while he attended the London Conference, Life Magazine did complete layout of pictures ot TOT. mer Secretaries of State, but carried no photo or Ed Stettinius. ,
 The old, old battle of the big oil companies vs. Midwest n-growers Is raging again over synthetic rubber made from alcohol
 Very quietly, Jesse Jones' old friends on the REC are closing down the Midwest alcohol plants which made butadene for synthetic rubber Meanwhile, the costly petroleum process for synthetic rubber is continuing despite the fact that oil experts say we have only Q i2 to i6-year supply of oil in the U.SA.
 The battle of synthetic rubber from alcohol or petroleum ragged just after Pearl Harbor until Bernie Baruch finally casgated Jesse Jones for using only the oil process instead of alcohol. Baruch ordered alcohol used ct least in part and, as result, three Midwest aacohol-hutadiene plants have operated in Kansas City, Muscatne, 1a,, and Omaha, Neb NOW, however the REC, still run by Jesse Jones' pals, H closing the plants down. The Kansas City plant built by the government for Sib,000y000 and operated by National Dstillers is already shut tight, while the plants at Muscatine and omaha have had their ore ders reduced to one-sixth
 Farm-belt OongreSsmen have always urged the operation of alcohol plants in the Midwest to handle surplus corn, wheat etc., but it looks as If the pig Eastern Cuban lobby together with the oil interests have the drag with the RFC for, while these three plants close still importing 30o0O00 gallons Of alcohol per month from Cuba and Mexico while there is still not enough blackstrap molaSseS to produce enough alcohol for industrial needs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
After The Deluge

Readers whose memory of the theater or movies spans 10 years or so may recall play Saieo Ine ror was the story of group of people, Sma-VoWn BIouP full of social political and personal anmoste WHO VOoN refuge from flood in a water-tight basement
 Though in temporary safety, all faced deatn iron rom sfocaton in their nvenated refuge And as breathing became more difficult and death drew nearer their enm- ties seemed less and less important Two by two tney solved their differences admitted the good polnts or e opponents views and characters and composed tneE so to meet their imminent fate.
 At last the oxygen in the was nearly exhauSteo Preferrng quick drowning to sufocaton one ot ne acters threw open the door in expectation or torrent o water But the flood had receded And with peril past the bad feeling returned All departed for home as oter as when they entered. ,,,
 The point of that play is uncomfortably apPllcanle to the present state of this country ana o tne wO @ the best in Only in the midst ot death ana ing apparently they learn the lesson or tolerance So in this nations forgot ambition ana es!ousy % ideoogcal differences and pooled their strength to crush the forces of tyranny Here at home workers ana found way to settle disputes ana worK togeUneF " turning out the arms that made victory poSSloe'
 But now that the food of has receded the oI1eF- ences are with us again in greater intensity SeshneSS and stubborness have returned The conesuc tloiC S threatened with economic In London the first post meeting of diplomatic representatives, or tne seSs E Allies was deadlock of opposing views which ended ID Encouragement and general Illustration
 The knowledge that classes and nations cannot geV along together unless they face extinction may not pc But 1t is shocking to have to make that discovery aga Somehow after the bitter battle to cleanse the eah the fascist scourge everyone hoped that pernaps Se world might become better and happier place 1nAV seemed to be the reason for fighting -
 Yet, though we made great scientific strides ouEns the war years did not keep pace in human relat0ns Though we atttaned high level of prosperity we ma the continuation of that prosperity endangered py os- putes involving few thousands of our mutifnllon pop
 ation Though spread the doctrine Of democracy la our destnieS still shaped in the secret meengS oI few world statesmen As of today, there IS precious Ate evidence that this country the world has learned uc from historyS most terrible war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
Peace Slipping Away 3y Bm Cunningham

selves into tho international maeStrom permanently and that we should wade In like Dempsey not creep in like Casper Mliquetoast, that we should lay about until the skulls of the trouble makers were broken and then Do prepared to take seats and keep order We should have realized that we were walking into oil sorts of new problems and should have been pre-. pared to handle them without any chorus from tho Sideiines.
 Take the very least of "the signs Of uncertainty" listed above-the trouble, any, between Eisenhower and Patton. To fast reading America and to the rest of the world, H looks aS # Patton hasn't been gufsi- centiy Eeaous about cleaning all former Nazs out Of office in Bavaria The specific case that brought the final eruption, and the highly pubclZed conference" between Patton and his superior, was of Dr. Fried. rich Fritz schaeffer, selected from the conquered to serve as mnister.preSdent of Bavaria-under the U 6. Army, Of course
 Herr poktor schaeffer evidently had had some. truck with the Nazis, but he is supposed to have been suggested to the AMd by Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber as purged penitent, and the best man for the job This b the sort Of complication you run into when you start moving into strange places that havs gone their accustomed ways for many years
 It Just 50 chances that Bavaria, our part of Ger. many, s 70 per cent Catholic, and t furthermcre seems to be . matter Of record that the Catholic church, perSonified by Cardinal YauihabeF, sugged 1t out with the NaziS down there in the south cf Germany to the best of It's considerable ability. ! made c careful Investigation of this particular point had come from the north of Germany where the NasiS had seized and imprisoned the leading Protest. ant churchman Rastor NenoeDsr ws ,,ls nasc 1s,,t = them in the south that they would have left him i- touched r
 But 1t was easy to ascertaJn that he he'd defied them by word and deed He'd even refused communlon to any member Of the Nazi party t was easy to as- certain that the Catholic church had been forced t0 take It's blows in return The Nazs hadn't imprisoned him, But they dld lmpFison his ciergyOn right and left l
 If Cardinal TaulhabeF were 90 big the NaMs didn't dare touch him, t seemed to make sense for the AuaeFcanS at least, to consult him. At any Fate tiiey were committing him when was thefe
 This is tho background of the most minor OE ouF enkeruationai Stsatons" The others gre mege eonls pIex If America ever needed iesdefshlp, fisnanees baas voice, iES right now Al current quotations the peace b dipping aWAy M ls4 a8asr A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
by Peter. Edson

office the other day to warn him that some of the Army brass was considering order to require off to full dress uniform for formal ceremonies In Washington, ss .F..a
 "They better not" said somervel quietly 'ThoSe epauleS on four-star generals dress uniform cost s60 pair" The order was not Issued.
 Secretary Oe the Treasury Fred M. VnSon figures the two-biilion-dollar atomic bomb saved the D. 6. money. He figures 1t this way. The peak of U 6. war expenditures was 2b0 million dollars day That means" says vinson, "that the atomic bomb short. ened the war by nine days We were more than repaid It's development cost"
 N Assistant Secretary of the Interior oscar L. Chapman gets Paul V. McNuttS job aS Federal See curity Administrator, he will Dc filling c post for which he was originally slated four and half years ago when FsA was first created.
 President Roosevelt had promised Chapman tho position but just as the appointment was about to Do made McNutt came back from the Philippines. Having higher political priority, FsA was given to him ct his request.
 To McNutt. 1t looked like great political spring. board and chance to endear himself to millions of Americans through social security and welfare bene. fits. But it didn't develop that way Now McNutt has gone back to the Philippines as high commissioner That put Chapman In the running again.
 The CI0 Political Action Committee recently members to support Q publicity campaign on its ob. jectivcs. Copy for . fun page ad was prepared and sent to all the labor press Then It was hastily with. drawn. Reason was typographical error. Listed as one Of their goals was passage of the full "unempioy- ment" bill,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
CUTTING RED TAPE FOR VETS
(springfield Daily News)

(SprlnRtlelu Ouliy NeWS)
 It's about time that somebody started to cut government red tape, and Gen. Omar N. Bradley veterans administrator, deserves much credit and support in his decision to cut red tape In his department and make 1t easier for veterans to ob- tain service with greater expedition. Gen. Bradley announced his de- cision to members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars ct their national encampment in Chicago this week. When he took over the veterans administration job, he said, he found that department geared to serve {, 100000 veterans on peacetime basis and "threatened to choke on l6,000,00 more. Realizing that something drastic would have to be done to accommodate the huge load resulting from World War II, Gen, Bradley, former commander Of the i2th army In Europe, has taken the "bull by the horns" and VIII cut the red tape, provide simplitied forms and, in general, make veterans ad' m!nistration service easy to get.
 At least, that was his pledge to amount to something under discs- pline. ,. . condition In which the individual and his possessions are unsafe m n period after SO much prosperity has prevailed here ct home. Pub lic opinion will go for in Straight- cling things out, and it may Do OK: pocted that former Servicenlen WI have Q large part in the process oi setting things right. Many Of them will soon be in public service, and from what has been learned in Bos' ton, 1t may be expected that there will be good results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
DIGGING PosTHOLEs

NkNVW bOhA hAheof
 Digging postholes is 6 satisfying autumn task. On Q clear, sunny day when there's . hint of north-coun. try bite i.i the air Q man enjoys the w.9k. It isntas If one needed to hurry. This is one of those farm jobs that Q good farmer likes to get done in the fall and have that much start on next springs rush. There are some natural qualifications about 1t. Digging poStholes where the soil Is full of siSeGble stones takes some edge from the enjoy" ment. And when one comes upon . granit ledge c foot or so beneath tho surface Q man is entitled to feel for e few moments that those who went to the stone.free, black, deep soil of the Midwest last century showed commendahls intelligence.
 BAEut if the soil Is reasonably deep, with 0 graveiiy suhSoil, digging Q line of postholes along the lower end of the meadow or across Q cors ner of on upland moving Is far from being the worst job on the Iufms lVB BVOu VI oSV VaS SW Sse"s line of brown piles of excaVated earth; there's c satisfaction in know: ing that the poSthoieS are deep and wide enough in diameter SO the posts can Dc set firmly upright. 1ts gram Is required because initiation presSureS persist in certain parts or tho economy" But we must at the same time "help counteract declines In purchasing power" which are de: flat!onary. The Administration sNll hasn't made up it's mind whether the threat is inflation or deflahon. when more spending iS desired, the defiatlon theme Is emphasized When it b desired to retain and TO. inforce Government controls, tne imitation theme Is emphasized. Un. verifying the report E the implicit assumption that c sufficient number of jobs cannot be provided by our economic system unless c large amount of Government control continues, This, too, is on assump- tion that Is questionable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
Views Of The Press

the same-a decent joh, a decent place to live, fun and Sports, com" panionship and guidance. The as. sociation continues to meet these needs efficiently and well. It's war work, merged In the U. 8. O., Is well known.
 Much as 1t did seventy-five years ago, the aftermath of war brings added problems. There Is Q housing shortage; there are the employment difficulties, the unrest, the family upheavalS of Q reconversion period, The Y. w. c. A. needs Q relatively small sum-$So6, ,000-to balance the budget and provide adequate per. sonnel for the increased task. It should be raised eaisly while the birthday celebrations are going on celebrations highlighting an es- sential and very fine service main- tained over Q Seventy-five.ye period,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06

Groves himself was badly injured one man lost the sight of an eye another had his leg scratched Others escaped uninjured.
 Gen. Groves tells this story to explain that the first eyewitness account of the atomic bombing Of Hiroshima came from Jap who saw the fash in. Stinctively pulled c blanket over his head rolled under the bed before the force of the blast reached him, and escaped uninjuTed
 At UndersecrstaFy of State Dean Achesons first preD conference he was asked why Spruiile Braden had been ordered back to Washington before com pleting 6 scheduled trip to South American capitals Aoheson confessed that, with Secretary Of State Byrnes and his staff in London and with three new assistant secretaries in the department he simply had to have more help.
 "If something doesn't happen around here to relieve me-" the dgnifed AcheSon said frankly, they'll have to carry me out on c shutter"
 
 An aide dashed into Gen. Drehon somcwells
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
Souvenirs Of Death

Appearing with disturbing frequency in the recent en explosions of souvenirs brought back from the wars somewhat typical instance occurred in Ohio few weeks ago. The explosion of supposedly harmless oazooKa sne killed one boy and injured three others
 Unfortunately, many similar and worse tragedies a!- most certainly will occur in the months and years to come Millions of men will return from the battle fronts Many oI them will bring souvenirs of with them since Amer jeans are enthusiastic souvenir hunters And some Of those relics will be potential sudden death for anyone and every one who chances to be near them. . ,.
 The situation will be definitely worse than the after ath to World War As long 20 and 25 years after ne end of that struggle explosions Of souvenirs were Killing and maiming. .,.
 Certainly the potential risk is sufficiently great that every individual should take any safeguards necessary 10 avoid proximity to this sort of danger There are some Wno believe would be wise for the government to require that such things be turned h. Most people should not reque compulson to get rid of this sort of dangerand qcky They should be anxious to get such things into the hands of the nearest police federal agents or someone who knows what to do with them.
 This is an attitude which should be dictated by the most urgent senteres-b the realization that would be the sort of precauton which might save their lives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
A NOTABLE BIRTHDAY
fMaw Work rerald.Tribune,

(NeW xork kaeEuau" AtAS"Aa'
 The Young Women's Christian Association was organized In lS10 Just 76 years ago. The Civll War had undermined the Victorian taboo on women In industry. A shortage of man power had caused women to replace soldiers In jonS' Widows were froced to support theYnselveS. By 1870 some 200, o,0oo women were employed In Manhat. tan. They worked for wages c third less than were paid to men Hours were long, facilities for re- creation and diversion few. Thirty. one members organized the first r. W. 0, A. program. It offered Ice. tureg and vocational courses to help newly launched women workers improve their lot, offered aid in finding decent quarters, created re- creatlonal opportunities.
 The association has grown as op. portunitIes for women In business md the professions have grown 1t now has 2S,000 members in the city, six activities buildings, seven resi. dences, five vacation camps. The needs of young women who face the world Independently remain much