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Service Law
Is Proposed.
ToCongress.
lq45 Can Bring Victory In
Europe, He Tells
Nation
Highlights of President Roose-
yejt's message are on page nine.

WASHINGTON, Jan. g.
OIP) - President Roosevelt
promised the American peo-
pie tonight-8 1-2 hours after
he called on Congress for a
National Service law - that
their sons and brothers and
loved ones on the fighting
fronts will receive "all the
support of which this great
nation is capable.''
In 30-minute address over all
major radio networks, Mr.. Roose-
welt summarized his 8,000-Word
annual message to Congress in
which ne had stated that I'VE
have reached the most critical
phase of the war"
To the people he repeated:
Everything we are and have
is at stake. Everything We are
and have will be given.''
He told the people that he had
asked Congress for a national Ser
vice law to bring about total
mobilization of all our human re-
sources" He said he had asked
legislation for utilization of the
Nations 100000 ATS in the war
effort. He declared that nothing
must be permitted to stand in
the way of early establishment
Of permanent machinery for the
maintenance Of peace" He said
1945 could bring victory in Eu-
rope.
After promising all support to
the Nations warriors, the Presi-
dent added in his radio message
address that:
mo matter how well they may
be equipped with weapons and mu-
nitions, their magnificent fight will
have been in vain if this war
should end in the breaking of the
unity of the United Nations. -
He quoted from the Army news
paper, Stars and Stripes, this pas
sage:
For the Holy love of God let's
listen to the dead. Let's learn
from the living, Let's join the
ranks against the foe. The bulges
Of battle are heard again above
the bickering."
That the President said, lis
the demand of our fighting men.
We cannot fail to heed it,
Congress had received Mr.,
RooseVelt's message with every in
olcatlon that his requests would re-
celVe prompt and careful consid-
Grafton. His statements on foreign
policy drew generally more favor
spIe responses, however, than mis-
recommendation for National Ser
Vice legislation.
Although some Congressman ap-
proved the proposal, others adopt
ed d wait and see" attitude,
mindful that the President SINH
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MANILA RAILWAY
YARDS SMASHED
BY YANK FLIERS

ALLIED EADQU R.
TIERS, Leyte, Philippines, Sunday,
Jan. T. CUP) Extensive aerial
sweeps ov er southern Luzon
Thursday and Friday caused hea-
Wy damage to the important rail
wav yards at Los Banos, south of
Manila, where rolling stock and key
bridges were blasted, Gen. Douglas
Macarthur announced today.
Billy Mitchell medium bombers,
teaming. with P-40's and Marine
Corsairs, wiped out one locomo-
tive and 100 freight cars at Los
Banos. Three rail bridges in the
same area were destroyed or dam
aged in the attacks, which hit the
principal railroad lines feeding
southern Luzon from Manila.
(The communicate gave no in
formation on the large conveys of
transports, landing barges and
Warships which Japanese broad
casts suggested were headed for
an invasion of Luzon.)
CA Tokyo broadcast recorded by
United Press San Francisco, said
that three American conveys were
at sea, and their positions point
to landing on Luzon Island. The
enemy reported without confirma-
ton that one convoy, including an
estimated 100 landing barges and
escorted by large task force, was
in the Lingayen gulf in western
central Luzon, where Japanese in
vasion forces landed in December,
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Bailey Offers Mew Bill
On Riuers And HQrbors

Eliminated for the same reason
was the $29,000,00O Clark Hill res
ervoir near Augusta, Ga.
Senator Overton D-La), floor
manager of the bill, wants action
without hearings by the Senate
Commerce Committee but Chair
man Bailey said hearings would be
held if there were new projects or
cal provisions. .........
The new bill retains provisions
prohibiting interference with irri-
cation by navigation project and
giving States the right of review
over financial programs.
Also ommitted from the bill are
the Tennessee-Tombigbee and the
and the $25, 100000 Santee-Congaree
program, North Carolina and South
Carolina.
An attempt will be made to add
the Overwhelming project on
the basis of new evidence. New
surveys have been approved for
the Tennessee) Tombigbee and the
Santee-Congaree projects.
A billion-dollar program for
postwar work on 5000 airports over
the Nation is proposed in bill
Sen. McCarran CD-Nev) introduced
today in the Senate.
A similar measure, authorizing
an annual appropriation of $780,.
100000 over 10-year period fol
ALLEGATION to states and cities fol
airport programs, was offered by
Senator Bailey.
Construction or improvement Of
airports named in the recent Nat
ional Airport Plan of the Civi
Aeronautics Administration submit
ted to Congress November % woulc
be carried out by his measure
said McCarran.
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men announced yesterday.
Overall bond sales represented
$50 per cent of the 81, $4,000 goal,
and Series sc purchases were ia
per cent of the $1,989,000 quota.
New Hanover boosted over its
Series 'E' assignment by a bond
credit of 1927, 300, arising from the
purchases of North Carolina Army
and Navy personnel serving in this
country and overseas. Eleven per
cent of the goal was achieved by
service men and women.
Series 'E" sales represented
about $4,000 investment in extra
bonds by New Hanover citizens.
Total sales to, individuals of all
issue amounted to 1856, 535. so.
New Hanover county has come
through with an effort in keeping
with its tradition Of measuring up
to calls made noon it, commented
J. G. Thornton. senior chairman OF
the local campaign.
''E. A. Laney, co-chairman, said
he thought commentator on the
County's accomplishment was due
individual bond buyers, hardwork-
ing group leaders and personnel in
plants where pay reservation sys-
TENS were operated. Most spec
tacular showing was made by the
North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., he
said, but proportionately equal eff
forts were put forth by many small
Ter firms.
In previous War Loan drives.
New Hanover County responded
in this way: Second, $4,000, 708. rs
sales against a quota of 81, 594, 400;
Third, Sc, 1894, 84850 against $6,O53,-
900; Fourth, S5,7OO,669.25 against
81, 1876, 900; and Fifth, $8,279, 143
against S5,7O7, 900. First War Loan
figures were not Immediately avail
able.
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zME HEADQUARTERS

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
LIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Paris, Jan. 6.-LP-Cor-
respondents were told today that
there would be no sacking of any
Allied army generals as an after
math of the German breakthrough
in the Ardennes.
On the contrary. it was made
known that Gen. Eisenhower him.
self regards the commanders IN
volved in stemming the first i'm
petus of the German onrush and
the commanders now cracking
down on Field Marshal Won Rund-
stedt's salient as having turned IN
remarkable military job.
Admittedly. somewhere the Al
Lied command guessed wrong. Cor
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Seventh Army
Reduces Nazii
Push In South
British Press Main Drive
Near Marche; Lose
At Bure

PARIS, Sunday, Jan. L
(AP) - American troops OF
Field Marshal Montgomery's
Allied offensive against the
northern flank of the Ger
mans Belgian bulge yester-
day captured Fraiture, less
than one-half mile from an
important enemy supply
route.
Other U. S. Units advanced
almost one mile and a half III
a new attack launched south
of Stavelot.
British forces pressed their
main drive between Marche and
Hotten at the western end of the
northern flank although enemy
tanks, at the risk of disaster,
pushed them back nearly mile
at Bure, ten miles southwest OF
Marche.
To the southeast, field reports
said the German spearhead north
of Stra3bourg not only was con-
tanned but had been reduced by
|U S. Seventh Army attacks. The
Germans who had crossed the
Rhine north If the Alsatian capital
were beng hemmed back into a
narrow shelf along the west bank
of the river
Doughboys Ct the Seventh COM
pressed the Nazis into the town of
Gambshelm, nine miles north of
Strasbourg. Other Germans were
cleared from villages they had
seized in driving IS miles west
ward from the Rhine. In bunting
the drive, the Seventh cleared the
Germans from RohrWlller and
|Herrlisheim in the interior as we'll
as from Offendorf and Stattmatten
along the Rhine bank.
The American First Army, in
the new drive OF the northern flank
of the Germans Belgian bulge,
was paced by the 82nd Airborne
Division. which jumped off this
morning and drove down the west
bank of the Salm river southwest
of Stavelot. The 30th Infantry push
ed south on the Binds west flank
against slight opposition. A few
miles west heavy fighting ragged
inside LierneuX, two miles from
one of the Germans two lateral
supply routes.
In the Bastcgne area, the U. S.
Third Army broke up an attempt.
ed German counterattack by ar
tillery fire. The Third earlier made
two-mile gain in north Luxem.
bourg east of Bastogne.
Supreme Headquarters announc.
ed that the Germans had lost at
least 100000 soldiers killed, wound
ed or captured since they launched
their offensive December Is, and
said that Allied tosses-mostly Anne
erican-Nere nowhere near as hea.
Wy.
At least 695 Of the 900 tanks
with Wnicn the Germans drove
into Belgium and Luxembourg
have been knocked out and o..
900 prisoners have been captured,
headquarters said
Field Marshal Won Rundstedt's
bold shift of armor into the deep
est recesses OF his Belgian posi-
tons apparently weakened the root
for. front dispatches said the U. S.
First Army struck soft spots
among the hard cores of resis-
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WINSTON-SALEM, Jan. g. (P)
North Carolinians hung up new
record in the Sixth War Loan, in
vesting a grand total of 1924 1854, 900
in Government securities - more
than in any previous bond cam
paign-State War Finance Chair
man Clarence T. Leinbach an
nounced tonight.
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So Japanese Ships; 331
Planes Bagged By Kanks

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, Jan. 6.-(UP)-The u S. Pacific Fleet in four
days of aerial and naval bobardmen of Japanese fleet
staatons from the Volcano Islands to the
pied China have destroyed damaged 80 enemy ships and
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Nontgomerys Donghboys Capture Fraiture;
Roosevelt Prom;#s Full Support For Yanks;
Army To Take deferred Men Who Quit Jobs
CountySets NewMark
In Sixth Bond Drive
81 ,286, 522.50 Invested In Federal Securities
During Campaign; Overall Sales
Exceed Quota by 1870 per cent

New Hanover County invested $685. $3.50 in all bond
issues and S2174147.50 in Series E bonds during the
Sixth War Loan drive to establish an al-me record for
war loan campaign buying here War Finance committee
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of the
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UNITED PRESS
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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-05

Whenever l am about to go back home" he
said, Il send word that will be in the office ef
the County Judge at the County Seat at such
and such a time on such and such day, The
notice says that I viii be available to hear all
beefs, protests, requests and suggestions any
Of my constituents may wish 10 make 10 Ii
person
The thing has worked out swell. Often the
Judges office is so crowded we. have TO move
to the big courtroom But I see and hear every
one who wants to talk TO me
Mr., Runt said he was holding one Of these
soirees last time home when forcble female
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-05

pushed her way through the crowd. But instead
Of asking any questions she merely stared al
him.
Finally her scrutiny became somewhat en-.
barrassng and Runt asked her how he could be
Of service.
Oh she said, II don't want anything
just heard that you design and make your own
clothes and / wanted to get look at them"
One farm woman said she had tnnng favor
TO ask-a she wanted was gravel road 10 her
farm.
BY golly." said Runt. Il got that for her too!
And don't think she wasn't properly apprecatiVe
She sent me handmade dolly for teapot-in
case get teapot"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-05
M ASHINGTON-For as far back as ] care
10 remember, various parties in the writing

AAJ ASHlNGTON-FOr as Tar back as care
to remember, various parties in the writing
business have been babbling that the real
story of Washington has yet to be written.
They agree that countless thousands have tried,
but that the nubbn, or heart, always seems to
elude Many contend that it will never be told
that it's impossible to put on paper.
Naturally, have no ideas on this myself be-
cause have only 900 or so words at my disposal
each time and l am reasonably sure the whole
story Of Washington requires more than 900
words. l would not be surprised if it needed
better than 900 million
However, this is not debating society,",
we will get down to business The other day
bumped into Senator Warren G. Magnuson, of
Washington, and darned if he didn't launch into
the same subject
you writing guys" he said, without pre-
arnble, "are forever yappng that the real story
of Washington has never been told, that it's inn
possible to put on paper
we'll have just had an experience which I
think contains the whole story. If you will just
lend me your ears l will give"
loaned him my ears, demanding only Slight
deposit, and this is what he said
This morning emerged from the Shoreham
Hotel and got into taxi In line with Washing
tons share.thecab policy il already had occupants
"a French sailor and a Chinese General
"A few blocks along picked up Hindu in
native costume, and then a South American
"Now-get this!
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-05

i was the last passenger" continued Senator
Magnuson Il told the driver TO take me to the
Capitol
He looked me over appraisingy and asked my
nationality. I said l was of Swedish descent.
I'm Irish he said, as if there could be any
question Everybody is going somewhere import
ant. Even you-a Swede!
The Irish haven't chance All We do is
lug you foreigners around"
! have an idea this is a switch on an old gag
because it seems hauntingy familiar, but up on
Capitol Hill they swear it actually happened.
They say that Senator Bourke Hickenlooper
Of Iowa was back in Cedar Rapids doing a little
political fcncc.mending recently. His wife phoned
him downtown and asked him to make purchase
On his way home he stopped at the ncighbor
hood drugstore and asked for ten cents worth Of
asafoetida. He searched his pockets and discov.
cred he was without money
Charge IT," he said.
The druggist started for his account book then
halted.
Heck, Senator" he grunted Take it for
nothing ] wouldn't write both Hickenlooper and
asafoetda for ten cents"
The great State of Illinois has a Representa-.
tive who insists upon being called "Runt" This
gentleman, who is not particularly understood
is Runt Bishop.
He is listed as "Runt in the Congressional
Directory also the phone book and is registered
that way with the gas and electric companies
His explanation seems quite logical
Il came here as Runt,'" he says, and I'm
going back home as Runt'"
Anyway, Mr.. Bishop, who is tailor by trade,
is extremely serious about his job, which he un.
derstands to be that of representing the people
Of his district.
C,pnsht iel5 King Features SYNDICATE Inc
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-05

The French sailor got out at the Navy De.
partmont
The Chinese gentleman got out at the Federal
Reserve Bank
The Hindu got out al the Foreign EconnInlc-
administration
The South American got out at the Mellon
Art Gallery"
Evening star., 1945-04-01

For Tbeater

President Roosevelt has suggested
the use of the Sylvan Theater this
summer as an appropriate stage for
the first presentations Of the Wash
ington Municipal Theater. Designed
to give opportunity to Washington's
young people, both as performers
and playwrights, it is aimed to pro-
duce both dramatic and musical
entertainment similar in scope and
caliber to the Abbey Theater in
Dublin.
The first effort is to establish an
expert writing and producing group,
which will attract a large following
of theatergoers. When this is actual
the building of theater will be un-
dertaken, and once in its own house
the WHIT will use the profits from
productions to establish speech re-
education clinic and other rehabili-
tation work for the returning service
persons.
Mrs. Emil Hurja, head Of the
founding fund group, announced
recently that Mrs. Lawrence Wood
Robert had been added to the grow
ing list of donors. Patron contribu-
tors include Mrs. Henry F. Ferguson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax,
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Gen.
and Mrs. William j. Donovan, Judge
Fay Bentley, Mrs. Dwight Davis,
(See SOCIETY PATRONS, Pg. B-4.)
Evening star., 1945-04-01

late Mr.. Edward Beale Mclean and
his young wife became the hosts Of
Friendship and their parties were in
keeping with the warm hospitality
for which the place was famed.
Since the death of her husband,
Mrs. Mclean has carried on with
these traditions, which have con-
tributed so generously to the social
life of Washington.
The breakfast today will be the
fourth to be given in the new
Friendship estate. which occupies
city block between r and Thirty
fourth streets and Wisconsin avenue.
The place originally was known as
Mount Hope, the main part Of the
house having been built by Col.
William Robinson about 1880. From
the Robinson family it passed into
the hands of Joseph Weaver, whose
descendants leased the place to the
old Dumbarton Club. Later the
Weaver estate sold the house and
grounds to Mr.. Alexander Kirk, who
remodeled and enlarged the house
to its present proportions. The
house commands a sweeping view OF
Georgetown and the Potomac River
with the Virginia hills beyond. There
is a swimming pool in the terraced
formal gardens and during the sum-
mer months, Mrs. Mclean loans the
use of ii to her friends, further ex-
employing the thoughtfulness and
friendliness of the gracious hostess
of EriendShip
Evening star., 1945-04-01
In the DIPLOMATIC Circle

Bruggmann will have as their guests
at dinner today the latter's brother
and sister, -in-law, the Secretary OF
Commerce and Mrs. Henry A.
Wallace. and their daughter, Miss
Jean Wallace. Last week end
the Minister and Nine. Brugg-
mann had with them the latter's
sister, Nine. Weijmann, wife OF the
Swedish Minister to Canada. Nine.
Bruggmann and Nine. Weijmann
were very popular in the younger
circles of official life in Washing
ton as the Misses Ruth and Mary
Wallace, daughters of the late
Henry c. Wallace, Secretary of Ag-
riculture in the cabinet of the late
President Warren G. Harding. The
senior Mrs. Wallace seldom comes
to Washington, even though two of
her children are living here but
prefers to remain in her home in
Des Moines, where she returned at
the close of the Harding admins
tration when the late President
Calvin Coolidge was elected, having
completed Mr. Harding's term of
office. Young Robert Bruggmann
Joined his parents for Easter from
Annapolis, where he is a student at
st. Johns College.
The South African Minister and
Mrs. S. F. N. Gle are having very
delightful Easter vacation visiting
Williamsburg, where at this season
Of the year the countryside is
bright with fields Of daffodils and
Scotch broom.
The newly appointed First Sec
retary of the Panama Embassy,
Senor German Morena, has arrived
and assumed his new duties here.
Senor Morena is a bachelor and
not close relative of Senor Miguel
Morena, who was member of the
staff several years ago. Senor Mig
uel Morena now is on duty in the
Foreign Office.
The new Secretary succeeds
Senor Don Narciso E. Garay, who
recently was promoted to Coun-
selor of the embassy.
Evening star., 1945-04-01
Easter Sunday at Friendship
Mrs. Mclean viii Be Hostess
1t Traditional Breakfast
By Margaret Hart,
Society Editor.

When Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean
sold Friendship to the Government
about three years ago and purchased
her new home in Georgetown she
said: II shall furnish my home as old
Friendship was furnished and keep
on-I hope-with the same old
parties and the same old friends. 1t
just will mean moving Friendship
a few blocks. There always will be
a Friendship" And Mrs. Mclean
has fulfilled her promise in the full
meaning of the word.
To-day she is carrying out one of
the more colorful traditions of the
older generation of the Mclean
family and at midday several hum
dred members of official and resi-
Dental society will form virtual
Easter parade to her home for the
time-honored breakfast, which
throughout the years has continued
to be one of the outstanding spring
social events of the town.
The present Friendship is the
third setting for these famous Easter
Sunday breakfasts. The first was
given by the late Mr.. and Mrs. John
R. Mclean in their home at 18th
and I streets, now the site of the
Federal Security Building. When
an addition was built to the orig
inal Friendship on Wisconsin ave-
nue., now Mclean Gardens, the NC
Leans moved their parties to their
then country estate" Upon the
death Of the senior McLeanS, the
Evening star., 1945-04-01
OMet Easter for Congress Set
By Margaret GermOnd

M. Foss, and his son, Clifton M.
Foss, jr.. from Baxter, Me.
The Brewsters came to Washing
ton on their wedding trip and were
guests at the old Shoreham Hotel at
Fifteenth and H streets. They saw
the sights of Washington in the
open, horse-drawn carriages that
were predominant in Washington
traffic in 1915 and made memor-
able visit to the White House to see
the gardens.
Senator and Mrs Brewster'S son,
Capt. Charles Foss Brewster, who
enlisted as a private before Pearl
Harbor. is with the 7th Army and
now has been overseas for more
than two ynars. His wife and their
baby were guests here Of his
parents for while, but now are
with her parents in Dexter. The
baby was born here and will be
three years old today.
Senator and Mrs. Chan Gurney
have as their guests their daughter
in-law, Mrs. John Gurney, whose
husband is an engineer based in
this country with the Army Air
Forces, and their infant daughter
Sheri Ann Gurney. At present they
are uncertain when they will return
to their home in South Dakota.
Evening star., 1945-04-01

The Easter season this year Is an
unusually quiet one in congressional
circles. The expected recess of Con-
gress did not materialize and a
number of members who live within
reasonable travelling distance of the
Capital had to forego trips home.
Congressional families with small
children will make the most of the
traditional dyed-egg festival tomor-
row, but few visitors are being en-
tertained over a week end that
usually is exceptionally colorful.
Several interesting events are in
the offing, however one of them to
take place next. week end when
Senator Dennis Chavez of New
Mexico will celebrate his birthday
anniversary. The party will be
largely a home-State affair, with
the scores of New Mexicans now To-
Gated in Washington attending. Mrs.
Chavez has been Ill with a cold, but
she now is on the mend and will
receive the guests with the Senator.
Senator and Mrs. Owen Brewster
will celebrate their thirtieth wedding
anniversary on the Goth and will
have with them on that occasion
Mrs. BreWSter'S brother, Mr.. Clifton