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Evening star., 1945-03-15
Bad News Follows
Good for Army Wife

Within five minutes, Mrs. Hazel
Oldham, 1400 Fort Myer drive, Ar
lington, Va. received word that her
husband, who had been reported
missing, was safe-but that her
brother, Staff Sergt. Bert Rodgers,
had been killed.
A week before these two kilograms
came, Mrs. Oldham had telegram
reporting that her husband had
been reported missing in action in
Belgium on January 5. She called
her mother, Mrs. Laura Rodgers,
721 North Twelfth street, Arlington,
and her sister law. Mrs. Kathryn
Rodgers, 26 Chesapeake street S.W.
When the good news came about
her husband-on January 29-she
called to tell them-and heard about
her brother.
A week after that Mrs. Oldham
got her third telegram. This time
Pvt. Oldham, returned to his outfit,
was reported wounded in action in
Luxembourg on February g.
A story about Staff Sergt. Rodgers
is in today's Roll of Honor.
Pvt. Oldham, 20, who is native
of Windber, Pa, as is his wife,
moved here six years ago and
worked for a pipe and boiler con-
tracing company. The Oldhams
have three children, Barbara. 8;
James, 8, and Fay, 2. Pvt Oldham
entered the service in February,
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Report Of German Armistice Bid
And Its Rejection Confirmed

msneuyer in m e6Ort to split the
Allies by causing misunderstand-
ir1gs and suspicious Of double
deAling.
Reported by Newspaper.
The Stockholm newspaper Sven
ska Dagbladet, which reported the
attempted contact earlier today, said
the Germans had urged the Allies to
begin negotiations for an armistice
while Germany was still strong
enough to act - . bulwark against
the "Bolshevik menace"
Svenska Dagbladet said the at
tempt failed because the German
Representatives predicated their bid
on the condition that the Nazi gov
ernment should continue in Office.
The newspaper said the approach
to the Allies was made early this
month.
Svenska Dagbladet said the Ger
mans had based their insistance
that the Nazi government be per-
mitted to remain in power on the
grounds that only Adolf Hitler and
Heinrich Himmler had sufacient au-
thority to reconcile the German
people to the idea OF suing for peace
The article said the Germans hac
offered to evacuate all occupied ter.
ritories now in their possession
which include Norway, Denmark
and parts Of Holland.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Stinson Sanity Case
Is Given 10 Jury

The question Of whether Joseph
w. Stinson, 81, is sane was left to
a jury to decide this afternoon in
District Court, following a lunacy
hearing which extended through Is
days Of trial and during which ap-
proximately 40 witnesses testified.
Actually the hearing began more
than three weeks ago. Early in Feb
ruary Stinson was unsuccessful in
his efforts to obtain his freedom
from Gallinger Hospital through
habeas corpus proceeding. He had
been arrested in January after al
legedly sending letters to Govern
ment and police officials and follow
ing a night trip to the White House
in taxicab. He was held for
mental observation.
Stinson was married early this
year to Miss Violet Biddle, who was
one Of the witnesses at the hearing
Stinson himself was on the stand
for two and a half days.
The Government was represented
at the hearing by Assistant Cor
poration Counsels Milton D. Kor-
man and Mrs. Una Rita Morris.
Attorney James j. Laughlin repre-
sented Stinson.
Should the jury find Stinson sane
he would automatically be released
from custody. Should it find him
insane there would be several pos
sibilities, it was said. He could, in
that event, be committed to st.
Elizabeth's Hospital or be turned
over to relatives to be placed per-
haps in a private institution.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Conference Called
On Ambulance Needs

Health Onacer George C. Ruhland
said today conference would be
called tomorrow with representatives
OF Emergency and Casualty Hos
pitals to determine how many phy-
sicians are available to ride in am
balances and to see how many can
be made available through the pro-
curement and assignment division
OF the Health Department.
It was explained at the Health
Department that ambulances gen.
orally have been unable to have doc.
tors on runs during the present war
emergency and shortage Of ply
sicians.
Douglas N. West, head Of the
Hospital Permit Bureau of the de-
partment, said he was inviting rep
resentatives of Emergency and
Casualty Hospitals and Of the Amer
ican Women's Voluntary Services,
which has furnished drivers for
these hospitals during the emer-
gency.
There have been published re-
ports that two volunteer women
drivers at Casualty Hospital were
unable to lift a patient stricken with
heart attack at Twelfth and E
streets NE. and had to call on
passers-by for help.
Mr.. West said the projected meet
ing was not an investigation of the
use of women to staff ambulances,
but was merely a discussion Of the
ambulance situation.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Japs' Jeopardizing
OF Captives Protested
By the Associated Press.

4
The State Department has made
repeated protests against the Japa-
nese practice of locating prisoner
of war camps in target areas. it was
learned today, but has received no
satisfactory reply.
With Super Fortress raids on the
enemy homeland increasing. a fresh
protest was forwarded only recently.
1t probably has not had time to
reach the japanese government, but
State Department spokesmen said
replies to previous protests, starting
more than a year ago, have been
vague and evaSive.
John Cotton, Far Eastern repre-
sentative of the American Red Cross,
said there are about half a dozen
Allied prisoner of war camps in the
Osaka area, including one in the
center of the city.
Although B-29 crews are aware of
their locations, Mr.. Cotton said there
was "a very good chance" that some
of them were hit in the recent large
scale bombing assaults on that big
enemy industrial center. He esti-
mated that between 5000 and 10000
Allied prisoners of war are held in
the vicinity, about one-third of
whom are Americans. The others
are British and Dutch.
THE Army is very careful that
the airmen know where they are
he said, but they can't always avoid
hitting them"
Several other prisoner camps, he
said, are known to be in the Tokyo
area, mostly along the coast between
Tokyo and Yokohama.
Evening star., 1945-03-15

attended st. Teresa's Academy and
Holy Comforter Schools in Ana
costa. He operated his own plumb
ing business in Clinton, Md, prior
to entering the service last July.
He has been overseas with the in
fantry since January. Pvt. Miller's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Miller,
live at 1865 Talbert street Sc.
Sergt. william J. Moloney. %,
of the 10th Armored Division, was
wounded February % when struck
by bullet in the leg. He is the son
of Mrs. w. j. Moloney of 726 Seventh
street NE, who has heard he is in
hospital in England.
Sergt. Moloney was born in Wash
ington and is graduate OF Nc
Kinley High School He did re-
search work at the Naval Hospital
at Bethesda, Md, before entering
the Army in March, 1941. He was
sent overseas last New Year Day.
Pvt. Calvin S. Jimmie) Caplinger,
10, of the Marine Corps, has been
wounded in the right foot by piece
of shrapnel on Two Jima. He is
the son of Mrs. Frances Caplinger
Evening star., 1945-03-15
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Mar. l6.--An, un-
ofiicial British statement today con-
firmed reports that I German ap-.
proAch to Allied representatives
was attempted here 1 few days ago
with 4 view to possible armistice,
but said It vas Immediately rejected.
"An approach was attempted 1
few days ago through = third party
to junior member Of the Legat ton
STAFF" the unomcial British states
ment said.
The third party was at once told
that the British Legation was not in
the least interested in any such ap-
proach."
Only British Contacted.
Apparently the German effort to
make contact with the Allies came
only to the British: the American
Legation denied that any feeler had
been attempted there.
The third party mentioned in the
unofiicial announcement apparently
was Swedish business man who,
other informants said, was al
preached by Z minor NaM omcial In
the hope Of using him as q medium
for talking to the Allies.
Responsible Allied onicials gener.
ally regarded the incident as a care
fully planned German propaganda
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Film Technicians Vote
10 Drop Out Of Strike
Al Hollywood Studios
Es the Associated Press.

ES the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 15.-The
first break developed today in the
ranks of Hollywood's AFL juris-
dictional movie strike as Film Tech
nicians' Local, No. 683, voted to
return to work regardless of pickets.
The film technicians represent
900 of the 1900 studio workers on
strike. By majority. vote the
technicians upheld the stand of
their leaders, who declared the
strike was "a wildcat walkout hav-
ing nothing to do with wages,
hours or any logical union cause"
The first of the returning tech
nicians started work this morning
to develop the backlog of exposed
film shot during the first three days
Of the strike.
Otherwise opposing sides stood
pat on their demands, studio pro-
duction dragged and it appeared
that some Government agency might
have to step in and effect an
4rmiStice
Clashes Continue.
: A big turnout was predicted for
tomorrow nights mass meeting of
the Screen Actors Guild, but what
ever decision its 5000 members
reach won't be known until next
week, when votes are tabulated
Representatives of three factions
two unions and the producers asso-
ciation-are to argue their cases.
Verbal clashes continued between
Herbert K. Sorrell, president of the
Conference of Studio Unions, who
called the strike when producers
refused to recognize the affiliated
painters local as the bargaining
agent for studio set decorators, and
Richard A. Walsh, head of the In
ternational Alliance of Theater and
Stage Employees, which also sought
control of the decorators.
Mr.. Sorrell scoffed at Mr.. Walsh's
threat to pull out projectionists,
machinists and stagehands from the
Nations theaters, and reiterated:
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this thing in five minutes If it will
order the producers to abide by the
award of the WLB arbitrator, made
in favor of the painters local.
Will Accept Decision.
After that the producers can
appeal to any agency they desire,
including the Supreme Court, and
we will abide by whatever is de-
cided. But make the producers
deal with us pending such an ap-
peal"
Mr. Walsh retorted: "If the pro-
ducers recognize the other organ
ization over our protest then we'll
have to move against the showing
of their pictures"
He declared that "the War Labor
Board attempted to coerce the pro-
ducers into recognizing our rival
organization by compulsory
arbitration.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Hearing Is Set April 7
For Five fiIlinq Stations

Operators of five District gasoline
stations have been ordered to appear
before an OPA hearing commissioner
at 10 am. April 2 to answer charges
that they illegally acquired gasoline
coupons.
Those ordered to apear are Will
liam Pryse and Edwin H. Ayres, who
do business as the Pryse and Ayres
Service Station, Fourth street and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc; Earl Won
Reichenbach. owner of the Hill Top
Service Station, 1901 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc; Giovanni Pignataro,
operator of Jimmie's Service Station,
49 Massachusetts, avenue NV;
Chester H. Jordan, doing business
as the Washington Service Center,
300 K street NV, and Harold F..
Sossen, owner of the D. G. Parking
Service, 831 Ninth street NV.
The cases will be heard by OPA
Hearing Commissioner Clifford Sni-
der, 1t was announced by Carl w.
Bereuffy, District enforcement Of
flcer.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
| I Killed, Is Are Huh
Ia Navy Transport
Crash on West Coast
ny the Assoc,ated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN CARLOS, Calf, Mar. 49,
The crash OF . Navy transport plane
on storm dashed hillside killed
Z men and injured 16 others, the
Navy said today.
The accident occurred last night
a few miles southwest of here.
The plane carried % persons
headquarters said, all Navy and
Marine personnel
After lying in cold rain and mud
for from IL to hours before res
cuers could reach them, l3 of the
injured were removed to nearby hos
pitals.
Pancakes in Wind.
The plane was flying from Olathe
Kans., via San Pedro, Calf, to Oak
land. where 1t had been reported
overdue. 1t paI1caked In high wind
and heavy rain on a steep, grassy
hillside at about $40 p.m., breaking
in half. One Of Its two engines was
shorn of.
Passengers In the rear part Of the
plane were less seriously injured
than those forward, rescuers said
One was able to walk for help and
four or five others were on their feet
when help arrived.
The pilot was killed and the CO.
pilot received q broken leg. Most OF
the passengers were thrown clear
when the plane hit. One was pinned
beneath the wreckage and three
trapped inside. two Of them alive
The plane did not burn.
Hear "Thunderclap.'
Residents OF the area said they
heard the transport 60 over, heard
the motor cut OF, then a noise like
a thunderclap. The wreckage was
found about 500 feet below a road
along the top OF a high ridge.
Navy rescuers were sent to the
scene from San Bruno naval sta
ton.
Injured were carried on stretchers
to ambulances which drove to with
In a mile and a half of the scene
The first patients were taken to the
Army's Dibble Hospital at Menlc
Park. Rescue work was hampered
by a hard driving rain.
The survivor who first walked out
to call help was attracted by the
headlights Of police cars which were
attempting to reach the area.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Army Identifies Is
Killed in Air Crash
In Europe March )

The War Department disclosed to-
day that Is persons perished in the
crash of an Army transport plane in
Europe on March 8. including the
seven USO entertainers whose
deaths were announced Tuesday.
One of the additional nine persons
whose deaths are now disclosed was
Capt. Festus Finley Foster, one OF
the Nays outstanding authorities
on ordnance and gunnery. His death
was reported in The Star last Friday
but at that time it was announced
merely that he had been killed In
crash in France and had been
buried in an American military GEM
etery there.
Capt. Fosters widSy, the former
Miss Beatrice Nicholson, lives ut
2627 o street NV, with their two
children, Bahia. II, and Jeremy. IL.
Plane Headed for France.
The War Department now reveals
that the plane was flying from Eng
land to Paris at the time of the acci-
dent. Besides Capt. Foster, the dead
were listed as follows:
George Matkovich, USO. Chicaso
Jack Ross, USO, Chicago.
Mrs. Ruth q. Donor. USO, Nep.
tune. N. j.
Lester Chapman, Uso. Evanston
Ill.
| H. A. SABBATH, USO, Chicago.
Gaius w. Young. USO. Mime.
apolis.
Ben Reuben, USO, Chicago.
| 1t. L. I. Heideman, Navy, Laurium
Mich.
John Garfield Hope, specialist
arst class, Navy, Philadelphia.
Sergt. Albert J. Mcvey. Herrin
III.
First 1t. Robert H. Dearstine, /.
crew member. Syracuse. N. Y.
First 1t. Herbert II. Hirth, crev
member, New Orleans.
| First 1t. Paul A. Markell, crew
member. Rye, N. Y.
Pfc. Alfred e. Barschdorf, crew
member. Bennington, Vt.
Pfc. Paul ]. Heeger, crew mem.
ber, Springfield. Ohio.
Five Were Wrestlefs.
New York USO officials identified
Matkovich. Ross, Chapman. Younf
and Reuben as professional wrestler,
and Mrs. Donor rs q portrait artist
Matkovich was known profession.
ally as George Mack. He had op.
posed Jim Londos, Don George anG
Gus Sonnenberg, all title claimants
during his 20-year-mat career.
Reuben, former middleweigh
title aspirant, was q naval veteran
Of the World War. Mr.. Chapman
known in mat circles as Kid Chap.
man, also was Wisconsin golf pro
The European division Of the All
Transport Command reported tha
the accident marred = safety recors
of 5000, 900 miles of flying b,
that division during which ther,
was no loss of life in q plane &C
cident.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
u. 5. Planes Based
In Italy Join Soviet
Aircraft in Attacks
By the Associated Press.
RnlT lIar 1E

ROME, Mar. 15.-United States
18th Air Force fighters and
bombers for the first time yes
terday engaged in co-ordinated
attacks with Russian aircraft on
targets in Austria, Hungary and
Yugoslavia, 1t was announced to-
day.
The American fighter pilots en-
countered German planes attacking
formations Of Russian bombers and
joined In the battle.
Twenty Allied planes, including
3 heavy bombors, were reported
missing from the actions.
. Tventy-one enemy craft were de-
stroyed, at least II of them by
American pilots.
The combined American Russian
assault was believed to have been
the flrst instance in which Allied
air operations in the area were
co-ordinated
The American Mustangs bombed
and strafed within 40 miles of the
Hungarian front. The clash with
the German fighters occurred ST
miles north Of Budapest when the
American fighter group, escortins
Liberators, sighted Messerschmit1
l09s diving on the Russian bomber
formations.
The United States heavy bomber,
struck q total of nine targets II
the three countries with better
than fair results" the announce.
ment said.
Nearly 1000 medium bombers anc
fighter-bombers. meanwhile, re-
sumed their attacks on rail arteries
winding thrugh the Brenner Pas!
and Northeast Italy. B-25 Mitchell
bombers destroyed the north spar
and damaged the south span o.
the Vipiteno rail bridge on thu
Brenner line, miles south of the
Austrian border.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
John Lang, Indian Wars
Veteran, Dies al 81
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Mar. Is.
John Lang, 81, one Of the few
remaining veterans OF the Indian
wars, died yesterday. A native Of
Columbus, Ohio, he had lived here
for Is years.
Mr.. Lang was with the forces that
went to the rescue-but too late
OF Gen. George Custer in 1876. He
helped build the first log cabin
constructed by white men In South
Dakota-a cabin which still stands
In the town OF Custer.
The veteran was acquainted with
Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill;
and engaged, with Army engineers,
IN many survey1pf the early West.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Supply Of PenieiIlin
Sill Scarce as Sales
Controls Are Removed

Although penicillin will 60 on sale
tomorrow at drugstores throughout
the country, 1t probably win mean
little difference In use Of the drug
for the average person for some time
to come, medical and druggists ON
cials said here today.
There will not be enough Of the
drug to supply all drugstores, and
those which get small amount will
not have enough to supply all the
demand, ofIicials at the National
Association Of Retail Druggists said.
Hospitals will still be able to obtain
penicillin through the War Produc-
tion Board unit in Chicago for some
time, and 1t is expected that most
patients with q need for the drug
will be those in hospitals, or under
the care Of doctor who can obtain
his supply from hospital, or from
q druggist.
Prices would keep the drug out Of
the mass market, even II the supply
were large. It will sell for approxi-
mately $1.s2 per vial, WPB ofacials
said.
Pencillin walls on sale tomorrow
will contain 100000 units each.
Need for the drug in fighting dis
eases varies from l0o,000 units to
many billions Of units, depending on
the nature and seriousness of the
illness.
Although 1t will not be necessary
to give a doctors prescription for
the drug, 1t Is expected that the
limitation of the supply will result
IN only doctors and nurses being
able to get 1t. Besides that, drug.
gists have been warned to be par.
ticularly careful in selling the drug,
as the average person does not vet
know what the drug helps, and
what 1t does not help--nor can any
one but registered nurse or a doc
tor administer the drug properly.
Used effectively in fighting dis
eases caused by q positive organism
or bacteria-such as pneumonia
streptococcus infection and epidemic
meningitis-the drug still Is avail.
able only in vial form and must be
taken by injection into the blood
stream or muscles. The total sup
ply is not large enough yet for it to
be made up in ointment or lozenge
form. For this reason, q person
with q disease which penicillin
would help could not administer 1t
to himself, even If he could obtain
1t from a drugstore. 1t would have
to be given him by a nurse or doc
tor, who could prepare the solution
and inject it properly.
The Bureau Of Nursing Service in
Arlington, Va, has announced that
1t Is prepared to administer the drug
In the home, on q 24-hour service,
and the officials at Nurses Register
of the District said when the need
arose for them to do likewise, they
would be prepared to do so.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Allied Court Sentences
ItuIion Counterfeiters
By the Associated Press.

ROME. Mar. 1.-two Italians
accused of counterfeiting more than
1000, 900 lire ($10,000) of Allied mill
tary currency SO expertly that the
Bank Of Rome accepted 1000 notes
in good faith were convicted today
by an Allied court and sentenced
to prison, ! to 10 years and the
other to I.
The charges were preferred by
Allied agents before the two could
pass the bulk of e money.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Sergeant Who Died 10 Save
Pals Gets HIGHEST Medal
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
WITH UNITED STATES 9th
ARMY IN GERMANY, Mar. Is
A sergeant who deliberately drew
machine-gun fire on himself to save
his comrades received the Congress
sional Medal of Honor posthumously
Tuesday.
The honor went to Staff Sergt.
Jack j. Pendleton, son of Mrs. Dora
Pendleton Of Yakima, Wash, in
recognition of an action at Barden-
berg. Germany, which caused his
death.
Pendleton volunteered with a
squad to knock out a machine gun
nest holding up an advance In
Bardenberg. The squad had ad-
vanced along an open street and
was pinned down by the machine
gun.
Pendleton, 10 yards ahead of his
squad, was hit in one leg by a
burst of fire. Then he ordered his
men to halt and dragged himself
down the street, drawing German
fire until q burst killed him 10
yards from his objective.
The Red Gross faces its greatest
challenge in It's long history. Give
your utmost now.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Gen. Ecker Decorated
By Marshal Tito

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 15.-Marshal Tito
has pinned the Order Of the Parti-
san, First Class, on 1t. Gen. Ira C..
Eaker, Allied Mediterranean Air
Force commander, and thanked him
for his assistance against the Ger
mans, the Yugoslav radio said yes
terday.
Gen. Eaker visited Belgrade last
week end and personally thanked
the Yugoslav leader for the aid his
forces had given American airmen
who parachuted from damaged
planes.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Poles in London Protest
Omission From PorIey
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Mar. 15.-The Polish
government in London protested in
notes to the British, United States
and Chinese governments today
against its omission from the San
Francisco World Security Confer
ence.
The Polish government contended
1t was the sole legal and indepen-
dent representatives of the Polish
state" and "emphatically insist on
their indisputable right to take part
in the World Security Conference"
The call to the American heart
your Red Cross needs support now.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
100 Hurt in Truin Crush

BILBAO, Spain, Mar. Is (R.-
More than 100 persons were injured,
1S seriously, when a passenger train
collided with 4 freight in q dense
fog early yesterday. The passenger
train was crowded with workers
coming to Bilbao.