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Evening star., 1945-10-26
Two Amoco Strikers
Fined $40 in Assault

Harry Preece and Robert Brown,
members Of the International OH
Workers local at the Rosslyn ANA
CO plant, who were charged with
assault October 10 after an alterca-
ton with a truck driver during the
strike at the plant, were fined $40
ard costs today by Judge Harry r.
Thomas in Arlington County Court.
Both men pleaded guilty.
An assault charge against r. j.
Mccarthy, head of the local, was
nolle pressed on recommendation Of
Commonwealth's Attorney Lawrence
w. Douglas.
Evening star., 1945-10-26
.Quontico Chamber
To Hold First Dance
Special Dispatch to The Star.

opecItI Dlspatcn 70 INC Staf.
MANASSAS, Va, Oct. 26.-The
Quantico Chamber Of Commerce
will hold its first dance at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Dumfries School. Mu-
els will be furnished by the Fort
'Belvoir Post Dance Orchestra.
Ofhcers Of the Quantico organiza-
ton in charge Of arrangements for
the affair include A. r. Kirby. pres
ident; Dudley ]. Martin, vice presi-
dent; r. r. Waters, second vice pres
iderlt; E. Louis Ferlazzo, secretary,
and II. Ewing Wall, treasurer.
Evening star., 1945-10-26
Truman Order
For U. 5: Safety
Drive Expected.
Governments S Poor
Accident Record Due
To Bring Swift Action
By JOSEPH YOUNG.

President Truman soon will order
all Federal agencies to take i'm.
mediate steps to improve safety con.
ditions for Government workers, II
was learned today. 7
The order will stress the Govern.
ment's poor accident prevention rec.
ord compared to that OF private
industry and urge. every possible
measure to lessen casualties and pre-.
vent Federal manpower loss.
Last year more than 1877 900 Gov.
eminent workers were injured while
at work. OF this number, 80 900 took
time of from work to recuperate
A total Of GIT employees lost their
lives in Government establishment.
throughout the country. p
Advocates of improved safety con.
ditions point out that these acci-
dents added up to 5,2S8,344 days
lost from work and a cost to the
Government of $9,826,016. This re.
fleets a 10 per cent increase in the
accident frequency rate over that
Of five years ago.
A Government official, who has de-
voted considerable time to studying
safety conditions, said painstaking
investigation showed that only In q
negligible number Of cases was the
death or injury unavoidable,
To strengthen their case, Govern
ment safety advocates stress the
record of some leading industrial
firms compared with that Of the
Government.
Du Points Rate 1.9.
The number OF, injuries per million
man hours worked was 1913 for
Government agencies in 1943. This
compares to frequency rate of 10
for such firms as Du Pont and 80
for United States Steel.
If Du Pont. maker Of explosives
can achieve safety record six times
as good as the Governments aver
age, certainly we have a long way
to CO." a high Government official
said today. Last years loss of
manhours amounted to the full time
of 1900 workers"
Typical accidents befalling Gov
ernment workers are these: Hit head
on open file drawer, fell when foot
caught in telephone wire, slipped
and fell on recently waxed linoleum
floor, attempted to remove belt from
of1ice machine in motion and caught
left hand between rollers, injured
by file cabinet which overbalanced
when two top drawers were opened,
tripped over an adding machine
cord stretched across an aisle be-
tween row Of desks, broke hip.
Proposes Remedies.
Most Of these accidents can be
prevented, the ofiicial said. Among
his recommendations for preventing
accidents were these: Pooling of in-
formation and experience regarding
safety matter by all Federal
agencies, formation of permanent
committees, with special appropria-
tions to insure skilled staff assist
ance. to deal with such matters as
construction safety, occupational
hazards, agricultural safety, ONCE
safety and other fields. These COM
mittees would make special reports
and recommendations to all Federal
bureaus.
Other Government officials con-
cur with this program and also ad-
vocate that the Civil Service Com
mission, as the central personnel
agency, should assume leadership in
the field Of employe safety and that
1t should staff itself to promote
safety programs throughout the
Federal service
Evening star., 1945-10-26
A. & P. Stores Adopt
45-Hour-Week Plan

Reduction to a 45-hour work week
for its employees in this area with
no cut In pay was announced today
by the Great Atlantic g. Pacific Tea
Co. The new schedule calls for all
service stores to be open from 8 am.
to s pm. Self-service stores will be
open from $3.50 am. to 8 pm. Nom
days through Thursday. On Fridays
the hours viii be $50 am. to Q pm.
On Saturdays stores viii be open
from . am. to $50 pm.
Evening star., 1945-10-26
350, 900 Seek Navy
Commemorative Stamps

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 26.-More
than $4,000 requests for the Scent
Navy commemorative stamp which
VIII have its first issue at the
Annapolis post ONCE tomorrow have
been received. Annapolis Postmas-
ter William A. Strohm has disclosed.
At $3.50 am, tomorrow, in front
OF the Administration Building at
the Naval Academy, q brief cere-
mof1y will be held marking the first
day sale OF the stamp.
Evening star., 1945-10-26
Col. FruiIey Elected

Col. Thomas j. Frailey has been
elected president of the Chevy Chase
Gardens Citizens Association. Other
officers are Hugh B. Sampson, vice
president, and Mrs. Helen M. Boyer,
secretary treasurer. James A. Cos
grove, Col. Frailey and Charles H.
Squire have been delegates to the
Montgomery County Civic Fedora
ton.
Evening star., 1945-10-26
First Checks Arrive
For Degges Widow
On Insurance Claim

Mrs. Anna Degges, a Washington
Marines widow whose difficulties
in getting aid from the Government
were first disclosed In The Star,
received her first national service in
surance checks today.
The Veterans Administration
rushed the insurance and pension
claims through in 48 hours after a
contact representative for the
agency was sent to 6301 Eastern
avenue. Takoma Park, Md, where
Mrs. Degges is living with five small
sons.
The representative visited Mrs.
Degges Tuesday tNhelp her fill out
the forms. The 3igency had the
necessary evidencti of dependency
photostated, including birth GER
tificates for the hSe children and
sent the papers to New York. The
checks were dated Wednesday.
Mrs. Degses still has, not re-
,ceived the pension check bat the
Veterans Administrations 3aads she
ought to have it tomorrow.
Last Sunday The Star reported
that Mrs. Degges, whose husband
died on August 23 on Okinawa, had
received no death gratuity, pension
or insurance checks.
The Marine Corps sent the death
gratuity Monday. 1t was expected
that by the end of this week all the
back payments will have been made.
Since pension and insurance
checks, however, viii amount to
only $138 a month, q citizens COM
mittee has been discussing arrange
ments to set up a trust fund for
the widow and five children. One
goal OF the fund would be to pro-
vide other living arrangements for
the family. Squirting the efforts of
the committee have been numerous
calls offering assistance.
Evening star., 1945-10-26
Virginia Police Chiefs
Name Sims President
nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 26.-Chief
Edgar Sims of the Alexandria PoIicv
Department was elected president
of the Virginia Association Of Chiefs
of Police at the closing session Of
the association here yesterday. He
succeeds Chief E. H. Organ of Rich
mond.
Other officers included Chief
Harry L.. woodward, Arlington
County, second vice president,
Evening star., 1945-10-26
Church Porty Tonight

The. Mothers Club of the Holy
Redeemer Catholic Church, Berwyn.
Md, will sponsor bingo party at
$50 o'clock tonight at the church.
Prizes will be awarded.
Evening star., 1945-10-26
PuIpits to Be Exchunaed

Ministers OF 20 churches in Arling-
ton County will interchange pupits
Sunday as a. part of Religious
Emphasis Week." beginning Mo-
vember 4.
Evening star., 1945-10-26
Fourteen Days Of Rain

Valdivia, Chile, recently had IA
consecutive days of rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
EISENHOWER ON HIS WAY,
 BERLIN MEET

PREME HEADQUARTERS, AEF, PARIS, June 5-Gen. Eisen- hover left his Frankfurt-on Main Headquarters in Germany today for Berlin, where he will meet with Allied Occupation Com manders representing Great Britain, Russia and the Provisional French Government.
 Eisenhower's trip is being made as Commander of the Forces of Occupation" SHAEF announce ment said
 This is his first official task in that post and the first time he has served in any capacity other than that of Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies in the West since his forces stormed the Nor mandy beaches a year ago to- morrow
 Among the matters to be decided in Berlin, the announcement said will be details of control authority and the location of the seat of the Allied Control Council.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
CANADA'S THIRD PARTY LOSES IN
 ONTARIO ELECTION
Socialist Organization n Takes Nose Dive-Looks
 Good for Premier

TORONTO, June 5.-Canada's Socialistic third party, the c. c. F.. rocked today under it's greatest de- feat, administered by old-line Pro- gressive Conservatives yesterday in an Ontraio provincial election, pre- ceding by one week Dominion wide voting for new parliament. xe?a n1z4woulddc cedz
 The fortunes of the c. c. F., which scared year ago with winning of the government of Saskatchewan province, took spectacular dive as tke Ontario electorate reduced its membership in the legislature from 34 to 6.
 The heavy swing of Ontarios voters from the c. c. F. to the Conserva- lives is being studied closely for it's implications in next Mondays gen. sral election, in which the Liberal government of Prime Minister W. l.. Mackenzie King will be fighting to remain in power
 King, interviewed briefly last night on his campaign train at Sherbrooke, Quebec, was quick to say that Pro vincial politics is one thing and Federal politics is another
 One of his aides, however, Sena- tor A. w. Roebuck, who is chairman of the Federal Liberal campaign committee fos Ontraio, seized on the result as a good omen for the Prime Ministers party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
 PROGRAM
 INCREASED

WASHINGTON. June 5.--Presi- dent Truman added $4,375. 900 000 Lend-Lease request today to de- veloping program for Pacific vic- tory and postwar economic collab- oration.
 He asked Congress to appropriate Sl,975, 100000 in new Lend Lease funds plus $S,400. 900, 900 in unused balances from the current fiscal year ending June 30
 Describing this as @ step necessary to speed victory over the Japanese, MT. Truman said much of the money would be used where the redeploy- ment of our troops from Europe or our control over enemy areas require aid from other nations"
 The President said recent Lend- Lease agreements with France, Bel gium and The Netherlands would be financed with Lend-Lease funds, to the extent consistent with changed war conditions but no reference was made to the status of Russia under the program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
SEEKS CHANCES IN
 PRICE CONTROL ACT

WASHINGTON. June 5.-Senator Taft CR-Ohio) and five colleagues prepared tday to press for changes in the price control act when the Senate tomorrow calls up legislation extending the measure another year from June 30.
 The changes, they contended, would bring assurance to our econ- omy and a protection in law upon which we can rely"
 One amendment sponsored by Chairman Thomas (D-Okla) of the Agriculture Committee would apply to livestock and farm products. It would bar establishment of any ceil- ing against processors which did not equal all costs plus reasonable profit, not less than the profit earn ed thereon by such processor during representative period"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
 IN BREMEN
 NOT SOLVED
Timely Warning However Gets Attention of o.
 luping Forces

BREMEN, Germany, June 5.-The two mysterious explosions which rocked an American police head quarters here yesterday should be considered a timely warning to the occupying authorities in Germany. Whatever the origin of the blasts whether the bombs were planted re- gently to sabotage American rule or whether they were part of a reserve stock and happened to blow up ac- cidentally-the Allies must be used to the idea that Nazi fanatics will stop at nothing to maintain their grip over the German people.
 No doubt, Allied authorities will explain this latest mishap to the satisfaction of any reasonably minded person. It may really have been one of those things. Despite the most meticulous checking, acci- dental explosions do occur and the blasts in Bremen may have been of that nature. But the Germans will not believe that. No amount of testi- mony will persuade the Germans that these bombs were not planted by the Nazi underground and the Germans will behave accordingly They will pay lip service to whatever the Allies tell them, but down deep in their hearts they will continue to fear a return of the Nazis.
 Rescue parties searched for adii- tional casualties today in the wreck age of the U. S. Military Govern ment Police Headquarters.
 The bodies Of three Americans and 12 Germans had been recovered. Two Americans are missing. Four Ameri- cans and Is Germans were hospital ized with serious injuries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
TANKS FIGHT
 FOR CAPTURE BIGAIRDR0ME
Advances of 5000 Yards Reported-New Bridges
 Are Constructed

GUAM, June 5.-American Dough- boys and Marines, moving so swift ly their supplies had to be para chuted from planes, fought today for complete possession of the big Naha Airdrome, major prize of the bitter Okinawa campaign.
 They swept over much of southern Ckinawa in efforts to split the re- maining Japanese troops into small groups and forestall any renewed major resistance.
 Smashing gains in all sections of the front, reported today by Adm. Chester w. Nimitz, were scored de- spite new heavy rains and deep mud. Advances ranged up to 5000 yards greatest of the entire in- vaSion
 Little opposition was encountered even by Maj. Gen. Lemuel c. Shep- herd, Jr.'s Sixth Marine Division, which in surprise amphibious op- eration yesterday crossed Naha Har- bor to the Oroku Peninsula and quickly engulfed half of Naha Air drome, best in the Ryukyu chain.
 In American hands; the airfield-- it has at least three long run- ways-will serve as a potent base for bomber strikes against Japan
 tContinued on Page Fiue)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
GERMANY STRIPPED
 IH SIZE
Various Zones Allotted 10 Four Nations Greater
 Berlin Area

WASHINGTON, June 5. - Ger many was stripped down to pre- Anschluss size today for the purpose of an indefinite Allied occupation.7
 Zones of supreme authority were allotted to Russia, Great Britain, France and the United States, andla Greater Berlin" area was set aside for occupation by forces of each of the four powers. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, U. s, representative on the Allied Control Commission, flew to the bomb-shat- tered Reich capital to sign the joint declaration. Great Britain was rep resented by Field Marshal Sir Bern ard L. Montgomery, Russia by Mar shal Gregory zhukov, and France by Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.
 Duration of the occupation ar arrangements was specified in joint Allied statement as being flor period when Germany is carrying out ths basic requirements of unconditional surrender"
 Arrangements for the subsequent period will be the subject of a sep arate agreement" the statement said without further elaboration.
 The statement, setting up occupa- tion zones for the United States Great Britain, France and Russia recreates the German nation as il was before Hitler's annexation ol Austria and Czechoslovakia.
 Four occupational zones were set up and allotted to the victorious Al lied powers as follows: ] An Eastern Zone to the Soviet l Union.
 ! A Northwestern Zone to the Unit ed Kingdom.
 i A Southwestern Zone to the Unit ed States.
 !! A Western Zone to France. In addition, an area of Greater Berlin" was created. to be administ. cred by an Inter-Allied Governing Authority with representatives O. each of the four powers. { None of the zones was further defined in the statement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
Citizen Army Advo(afedby
 Gen. Bradley


 WEST POINT, June 5.-General Omar Bradley told members of West Points graduating class that with the inevitable defeat of Japan, the American people will be faced with the need of re-defining the role of our military forces in the life of our nation and in the con- duct of it's relationship with other nations.
 Bradley told the graduates that we can establish the foundation of national and international security by retaining the core of profess sional army-around which we can mobilize a great citizen army.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
By Robin Coons
,assoe,a,ea rres. war correspondeno

Associated fress war CorresponoenD
 GUAM. June 5.--Approximately 450 Superfortresses battled through snow. fog, thunderheads. accurate antiaircraft fire and fairly strong fighter opposition today to trans form the industrial and transpor- tation center of Kobe into mass of smoke and flame.
 The B-29s, flying through weather SO bad they had to make the trip without fighter escort, found perfect weather over Japan's largest port city and spent an hour setting it afire with 1000 tons of incendiary bombs iii a blazing first anniversary celebration of the initial Superfort iraid
 Recurring pilots described the re- suits as excellent. They guessed damage would exieed the nearly seven square miles burned out of Yokohama in the May 29 strike at Nippon's second largest port.
 About forty Japanese fighters some of them fairly aggressive were sent up to intercept the tight bomber formation and few flew above the B-29s and dropped phos- phorous bombs but souldnt keep the daylight attackers from coming in dead on their targets in the third fire strike at Japan's sixth largest city
 Describing the fires. Second It. Roy M Albert, hombardier from Gainesville, Texas. said. Tt looked like the smoke was SO high it was pushing the clouds up.'
 While the B-2es were enroute back from Kobe. Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay's 21st Bomber Command reported that nearly three and one half square miles of industralized Osaka was destroyed by 450-plane incendiary raid Friday This in- creased to IT.. square miles the ex- ftent of B-29 wrough destruction in that city.
 The Imperial Government railway shops. the main Sannomiya railroad station and the East Nada railroad yards were among the communica- tions centers attacked today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05

 PRISONERS
 RECOVERED
Two Thirds of Those Cap. fured in Europe Are
 Homebound

PARIS, June 5.-The Provost Mar shal's office of the European thea tre announced today that virtually all American prisoners of war, in cluding those in Russian-occupied areas, have been recovered and that more than two-thirds have departed for the United States.
 The announcement said 89,776 re- covered American prisoners were either en route home or awaiting transportation.
 Roughly, 64,000 have been shipped home, it was said, and all except 5000 to 4,000 of the remainder have been processed for shipment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
The W ashingt ion Merry Go Round
at By DREW PEARSON
 fLt. Col Robert s. Allen now on active \ service with the Army)

WASHINGTON-Major job facing Congressman Clinton Anderson of New Mexico as he takes over the War Food Administration Che will also be Secretary of Agriculture) is to weed out the key men who kept food production down to minimum levels. Some of these men wanted to aid the big food firms, others couldn't forget the days when Fed eral policy was to kill off little pigs.
 Last year, for instance, War Food Administration concentrated on trying to clear off all surplus fats even permitting the use of edible fat for soap and paint. This year there is a shortage. Last year WFA held out to the bitter end against bringing all meats back under ra- tioning; it actually discouraged hog production and permitted meat canning facilities to work at less than capacity. Everyone knows the result this year.
 Last year, when the War Produc- tion Board proposed facilities to provide an additional BOG, ,000-40O, 900 tons of cattle feed from the mash left over from distilleries, WFA killed the project and permitted thousands of tons of potential feed to go to waste. Only last month WFA reversed itself and okayed the program.
 Last year Tom Stitts and Dewey Termohlen, heads of the Dairy and Poultry Branch of WFA, were worried about too many chicKens and eggs. Termohlen wanted the national goal for l945 set 25 per cent below 1944; but the figure was finally set at .16 per cent less later raised to,oply 8 per cent less Early in April, the masterminos suddenly awakened to the fact that
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
JAp5 FLEEING CHINESE; 5|ApU TAKEN

CHUNGKING, June 5.--A semi official Chinese dispatch said today that Chinese forces had occupied Saipu, 75 miles northeast of Foo chow, and added that Japanese forces were fleeing northward along the highway leading to Wenchow 220 miles south of Shanghai.
 Siapu was originally captured by a small enemy relief force which the Japanese landed on the Fukien coast in support of enemy troops withdrawing northward from the Foochow region along the highway to Wenchow.
 An official Chinese announcement said Chinese forces in Kwangsi Province had reached a point 21 miles southwest of Liuchow, site of a former U. s. air base which was captured by the Japanese last Mo- vember. This represented seven mile advance in 24 hours. But the Japanese were reported standing firm near Ishan, 43 miles west of Liuchow.
 An American communique an- nounced that planes of the U. s. 14th Air Force continued attacks on enemy positions in the Liuchow area.
 Reliable Chinese reports chroni- cled a steady contraction of Japa- nese lines in Kwangtung and declar- ed that among points abandoned by the enemy during this process, said to have been going on quietly for several weeks, were Helping, Szep- ing, Sunwai, and Toishan, all lying in the area between Canton and the South China Sea Many Chin- eses living in the United States come from these four towns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05
CONFERENCE DECISION UP
 T0pRE5IDEN1
Showdown with Russia on Troublesome Issue Is
 Switched 10 Truman
By John M. Hightowe

Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor)
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 5-Sec- retary of State Stettinius is look ing to President Truman for de- cision on whether the United States should force showdown with Russia on the right of free dis cussion in world security council.
 Stettinius is caught in sharp difference of American opinion here.
 The outcome depends on what happens overnight in Moscow Premier Stalin has been asked to reconsider his governments recent statement to the Big Five at the United Nations Conference that any big power in the council should be able to veto discussion of any problem.
 It is the conflict between this, and an Americans sponsored state- ment accepted by Britain, France and China, which has deadlocked the conference on the whole veto issue, despite rapid progress on other questions, including approval of much peace-enforcement ma chinery.
 American officials hope that a Moscow decision will be forth coming promptly. It could speed the work of the conference commit tees on remaining problems and possibly permit windup by June IS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-05

To be in hospital, wounded, is sad business at best, but to be in a Japanese hospital-Sgt. Rommie G.. Mcdonald suggests it is the men who have not been freed we should think about when we buy war bonds. He says:
 Letterman General Hospital,
 San Francisco, Calf To the readers of the Daily Alaska Empire:
 We are the liberated prisoners of war. We are the ones who are back in our home cuntry-but the fel- lows we must remember are those who are still in prison camps, those who were taken to Japan to form work battalions.
 That's where the home front comes into do everything in it's power to back the war effort and