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Evening star., 1945-12-04
Veterons'Group Plans
COOPERATIVE to Buy
Mclean Gardens

Formation of a housing CO.
operative to bid on Mclean
Gardens was approved last
night at meeting of American
Veterans of World War II at
1907 M street NV.
Col. William A. Roberts, senior
partner in Roberts g. McInnis
and formerly peoples counsel
of the District, was engaged
to represent the group. Ray
mond Sawyer, past commander,
said 723 veterans, each with a
GI loan of $4,000, could make
a down payment of $1,446, 900
to cover cost of apartment
buildings on the Mclean Gar
dens project. Veterans, regard
less Of their af1iliation with
Amyets or other organizations,
would be eligible to participate.
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Bethesda Group
SeeksModern
Chomberof Commerce
Asks Other Clubs
To Aid in Project

The Bethesda Chamber Of COM
merce will ask Bethesda's four serv-
Ice clubs-Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions
and Civitan-to join with it in a
project to modernize the fronts OF
buildings in the Bethesda business
district.
This action followed talk last
night by Alfred Rinaudot, architect
and chairman Of the chambers
"Face-Lifting~ Committee, in which
he made plea for modernization
on community rather than on an
individual basis.
mo matter how brilliant the in
dividual solution to the moderniza-
ton problem, 1t often suffers In its
ISOLATION Mr.. Rinaudot said,
whereas, if the project is carried
on comparatively. each will benefit
from the others improvements
Mr.. Rinaudot said his committee
had decided on a two-point program
OF planning-the remodeling OF
existing buildings on unified basis
and creating new buildings on va
cant lots co-ordinated into the over
all plan.
He referred to a recent survey by
the Montgomery County Postwar
Planning Committee, in which 1t
was revealed that Bethesda needs
Is new business houses. It Is the
hope of the committee that as these
new businesses come into the COM
munity they will cooperate In the
movement to make Bethesda,s bus
mess district modern and attrac-
tive one.
Paul Neuhaus and Ralph Childs,
Washington representatives of the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., gave an
illustrated lecture on the use of
glass in remodeling business houses.
William Wohlfarth was elected to
the chambers Board of Directors to
replace the late Frank N. Loria.
The group heard an appeal from
Joseph Simpson, Montgomery
County States attorney, to buy VIC
tory Bonds, and a talk by Miss
Claudia Galliher. new health edu.
Gator for the Montgomery County
tuberculosis Association, on the
Importance of that organizations
work.
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Tomorrow Is DeodIine
For Virginia Poll Tux

Virginia poll taxes must be paid
by tomorrow to avoid q. 5 per cent
penalty, according to a reminder
issued by the Fairfax County Voters
League.
New residents were told they will
be eligible to vote next year If they
viii have been in the State one
year before the general election
next November.
Residents OF Falls Church, vi
emma, Fairfax and Clifton Counties
have been reminded by posters that
this week Is the deadline for pay
ment Of poll taxes in order to
vote IN town elections next june.
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Ia Rockville Men
Report for Induction

Fourteen registrants of Selective
Service Board No. / of Rockville
yesterday reported to the induction
center at Baltimore. They were:
Ernest w. Barton, James H,
Belcher, Joseph L. Clagett, jr.; Rich
ard c. Clevenger, Philip w. Gates,
r.; William o. Glover, jr.; Harold E.
Grimes, Jack E. Hawkins, Donald E..
johnson, James A. Morningstar, jr.;
William w. Smith, Hubert E. Snapp,
Bernard E. Holsey and William D.
Nolan.
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Quits Red Cross Post

Mrs. William Clark, 884 Prince
street, Alexandria, q full-time vol
unteer in the Red Cross for more
than six years, has resigned as di-
rector Of camp and hospital council
service Of the Eastern area. it was
announced today by Ramone s..
Eaton, area manager. Mrs. Clark,
who will serve IS deputy director,
VIII be. succeeded by Emil K.
Meachar1. =
Evening star., 1945-12-04
304Recome Citizens
In Alexundriu Today

Naturalization ceremonies for ap-
proximately 80 aliens were sched-
uled today at the opening Of the
December term of Federal Court
In Alexandra.
The opening of the court, orig
inally scheduled for yesterday, was
postponed because Of q death In
the family Of Judge Sterling Hutch
esor, who will preside,
Evening star., 1945-12-04
War Fund Choirmun Named

Mrs. L. D. Whitaker has been ap-
pointed War Fund chairman for
1945, Maj. l.. L. Dye, chairman Of
the Montgomery County Red Cross
Chapter, announced today. Mrs.
James H. Nolan is vice chairman for
the drive and Mrs. Robert Carmie
will handle publicity.
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Funfox Meeting CoIIed
ON Oil Firm Purchase

ny A special Dome Oil Co., Inc,
Stock holders meeting has been
called for . pm, December 18, in
sthe ONCE of Wilson M. Farr, Fair
fax, Va, 70 vote on an offer of the
Sinclair Refining Co., to purchase
III assets for $128, 8,701.73.
The company, of Fourth and
Cedar streets NV, is incorporated
In Virginia. r
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Nursing Institute Opens
At Arlington Tomorrow

Representatives Of Arlington, Alex
andria and Fairfax win attend Red
Cross home nursing institute at 8
Ad1a. tomorrow at the Arlington
County Health Center Building.
Omcials said the institute is de-
signed 10 revive the home nursing
service, discontinued during the war.
Evening star., 1945-12-04

STATE DEPARTMENT AD-
WISER AT LONDON-James
F. Green, 2l East Bradley lane,
Chevy Chase, Md. State De-
partment specialist on inter-
national organization, and ad-
wiser to the American delega-
ton to the United Nations
Preparatory Commission, is
shown arriving for the session
in London November ~.
-AP Photo
Evening star., 1945-12-04
PTA Offers Ham Dinner

Franklin Sherman Parent Teach
er Association, Mclean, Va, is
sponsoring q ham dinner from S
until 8 o'clock tonight. Proceeds
will be used to purchase = new
stove for the schools cafeteria.
Movies will be shown, including the
picture, Prisoner Of Zenda.
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Gift Bozuur Pluaned

The women Of 1.-THE Bethesda
Methodist Church will hold gift
bazaar at the Elite Laundry in Be
thesda from . am. to 8 pm. Thurs
day and Friday. Mrs. Ford e.
Young, ST. is chairman Of arrange
ments.
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Maryland Police to Meet

BALTIMORE, Dec. 4 R.-The
10th annual meeting of the Mary
land Police Association viii be held
here tomorrow with Gov. O'Conor
and Mayor McKeldin among the
guest speakers,
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Sergt. R. A. Gallagher
Enters Primary

Sergt. Raymond A. Gallagher, 81
OF 413 North st. Asaph street, a res.
ident Of Alexandria for 18 years anc
a veteran of World War II, today
Evening star., 1945-12-04
Bus Routing Is Topic

The proposed rerouting Of buses
in Prince Georges County will be
discussed at a meeting OF the Chew
erly Citizens Association at pm.
tomorrow, Fred Cast, president, an
nolnced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
JUDGE DEGREES USE :.
OF FIREARMS WHEN
IT COMES TO WIVES

CHICAGO, July II = Up = Too
many women are Shooting their
husbands" and expecting judges
to be chivralrous,' Judge William
V. DAILY today told a 26-year:
old mother charged with assault
with intent to kill. 49,. -.'.,,'..
''No wonder husbands are get.
ting scarce Judge Daily comment.
ed after George Leenheer, rs, .
war worker, testified that on June
IL his wife shot him in the chess
with revolver. .E.<. = III. \
Leenheer. testified that on thai
date ne borrowed $50 from Mrs.
Frances Leenheer, mother. OF his
four children, to arrange for di.
vorce. III.
Instead, he took the money and
got drunk" Mrs. Leenheer told the
court. .-. .ss.
Judge DAILY changed the charge t.
assault with a deadly weapon, en-
tered motion for probation, con.
tinued the hearing to July Is, ane
ordered the Leenheers to consult q
court psychiatrist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
War Department. Probing
Case OfConden1ned CTS

the next "few days" 1t assumed
that Brennan's report accompanied
it.
Mcmahon said Brennan's letter
related that he and Copper mount
ed a water buffalo at Chinese
village intending to take a ride
and have little fun Chinese vii
layers tried to pull them from the
animals back and a 71-year-old
woman succeeded in pulling Bren-
nan off, Mcmahon said. Brennan
fell on her and the woman died
three hours later, the Senator said.
Brennan wrote that they were
court martialed late in May and
sentenced to be shot. At their trial,
Mcmahon quoted the soldiers let
ter as saying, two peasants testified
the soldiers beat and pummeled
the villagers-a after they were pulled
from the buffaloes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
WALK0UTS CLOSE
ALABAMA PAPERS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July IL =
Naturalization of the three Biz
minghan daily newspapers was
suspended tonight when compos ng
room employees stopped work in a
contract dispute and began picket
ing the plants.
The walkout stopped combined
daily circulation of approximately
1928, 600.
The two afternoon papers, the
Post and News, had gone to press
with final editions when the walk
out began around s P M and so will
not be affected until tomorrow. The
Morning Age,Herad will not appear
tonight.
Approximately $50 members OF
the International. Typographical
Union. (AFL9 were involved.
A management spokesman SAID
that the union and publishers had
reached complete agreement on a
new contract when the 1914 contract
expired March 81 and that the new
one included many concessions
from the publishers. He said, how
ever, that tae International union
had rejected this contract and that
re-negotiations had been under way
since -, -. 49,
The walkout came as a result OF
the publishers refusal to accept a
clause: injected BY the international
union which would require the pa
pers to abide by all 1915 union laws,
some of which have not been writ
ten the management. spokesman
said.
: It would be like signing blank
check to accept such a contract, "
said James e. Mills, Post editor.
Both Union and publishers were
holding meets on the issue today
and tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
.STASSEN LOOKING
FOR LENGTHY WAR

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.-P)-
Navy Commander Harold E. Stas-
sen, a veteran of war and of world
efforts to prevent it, said today
Japan probably would not be de-
feated without long-bitter' strug-
gle, and asked the homie front not
to let up in backing the fighting
men.
The 38-year-old former governor
of Minnesota, on his way to re-
Join the staff of Admiral William
F. Halsey's Tokyo-smashing Third
Fleet, expressed confidence at a
press conference that the superb
forces" battling Japan, augmented
by manpower from the European
theater, would win final victory.
''But any letdown on the home
front costs lives on the fighting
'front.'" he said. ANY delay in ship
repairs, in turning out supplies like
rockets, in transport of new divi-
sions-all this means that at cru
cial time there will be de-
ficiencies."
Stassen, a member of the United
States delegation to the recent Unit
ed Nations Conference here saw a
definite possibility of unanimous
ratification of the World Peace
Charter by the United States Sen
ate.
II think we have to count on a
long and bitter fight before the
war is concluded" he said. 1.-The
only thing that would stop it would
be unconditional surrender. TIL At
would be the wisest thing they (the
Japanese) could do
Stassen, who has seen the Japa'
nese suicide pilots in action, feels
certain Admiral Halsey's Third
Fleet will overcome the Kamikazes
with minimum of casualties.
After all, he added, American fore
es have been outfighting and out
foxing the Japanese for three years.
as some predict.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
Mrs. Benito MussoHni -
Reviews Sc 7urbulexys
Years With Die Ir
Widow Reveals Early De.
sire To Migrate,
Raise Family
BY ANN STRINGER

BY ANN STRINGER
United Press Staff Correspondent
TERM. Italy, July 11.-W.D-
Mrs. Benito Mussolini, reviewing
her life for Sc turbulent years with
the late '11 Duce," said today that
her great regret was they did not
go to the United States in their
youth, as they planned, to raise
a family of Americans.
1--WE were happiest in the old
days." she said. 1--WE never really
had home after 1925. We were
happy before that. We should
have gone to America when we
first got married. We planned to
do it and talked much about it.
We planned to live there and raise
children there.
But then Mussolini'' - She
never called him changed
his mind. He felt himself too
powerful and his friends persuaded
him to betray the workers. But
his sympathies were always with
the working class"
I found the widow of Mussolini
inside the barbed wire enclosure
of Terni internment camp where
she is held protectively with her
two younger children, Romano.
II, and Anna Marie, 16. They
live in a six-room apartment in
the camp hospital, and homeloving
Rachele Mussolini at her own re-
quest does all the cooking for the
AZ patients.
The camp is an abandoned syn
thetic rubber factory.
At times choking with sobs or
screaming denunciation of her
husbands mistresses, Donna
Rachele told me of the last days
before her husband was executed
last April %.
II last saw Mussolini about
eight days before he was killed"
she said. II talked to him on the
phone about six or seven hours
before he died. He called at
3 a. m. and told me to try to
/ get to Switzerland. He said it
failed, to turn myself and the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
10000 STRIKERS
RETURN TO WORK

CHICAGO. July IL - W.D -
Striking workers returning to their
Jobs in war and civilian plants cut
the nations total of strike-ldle
workers to $4,000 today.
About 10. 900 strikers in various in
dustries vo t e tc return 70 work,
leaving the biggest work stoppage
that of 1890 United Rubber work
ers. CLIO, at the Akron, O.. Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Co. They Will
meet Friday to vote on ending their
11-day old walkout over a wage dis
pUte.
Some 1000 members of the United
Dairy Workers, CLIO, today voted
10 end a three-day milk strike over
unionization Of part-time managers
in two Detroit creameries, resum-
ing service to 10000 families.
Elsewhere in Detroit some l4,O0O
workers were out. The National
Labor Relations Board ordered a
strike vote among 10000 employees
of the General Motors A-C Spark
Plug Division for next Wednesday.
Striking members of the Indepen,
dent Newspaper and Mail Deliver
les Union continued Their strike
against New York newspapers de-
spite War Labor Board ultimatum
that the union would lose its closed
shop status if the strike did not end
today
A strike which threatened to par
alyze production of Warshlps at the
New York Shipbuilding Corp. plant
at Camden, N. j., employing 49,
900 men, ended when 5000 striking
welders, members of the Industrial
Union of Marine and Shipbuild-
ing Workers (CIO) ended "a
hour Walkout.
Some $500 United Auto Work
ers, CLIO, who struck al the Mack c
plant at New Brunswick, N. j., June
Is against contract cancellations,
voted to return to work. Another
$500 union members out in sym
pathy at the companys Plalnfleld
N. j., and Allentown, Pa, plants
were to vote on ending their walk
out.
About 5000 workers at the Spiee1
Manufacturing Co., Toledo, O., who
quit when girl employe was tlred
meet tomorrow to consider return
Ing to work.
A S17,000,0OO war construction
project was halted in Washington
when 1900 ALL craft union mem
bers refused to cross picket line
thrown up by the International Fed
Grafton of Engineers, Architects ant
Craftsmen, ALL. The Union de
manded recognition by local con
tractors.
A strike over refusal Of war vet
Grams to submit to a required
physical examination before belni
relnstated to- their jobs closed fou
mines of the Jones and Laughlll
Steel Corp, in the Pittsburgh area
employing $500 workers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
Opposition illnesses Blast Charter
Before Committee; Dapies, Eden Talk
Conference Sets Off
Busy Diplomatic
Sparring

LONDON, July 11.-U,H-Joseph
f. Davies, confidential envoy Of
President Truman conferred with
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
today on a one-day visit to Great
Britain and then flew on to Paris,
en- route to the Big Three confer
ence which is expected to start at
Potsdam this weekend and con-
tinue for about 10 days.
It was Davies's second visit in
six weeks. Arriving on the Queen
Elizabeth last night, he flew to
London from Scotland, conferred
with American Ambassador John
G.. Winant and then conferred and
lunched with Eden.
It was believed that Allied policy
regarding Germany was the chief
topic for discussion.
Davies expected to visit Frank
fort, Allied Supreme Headquarters,
On his way from Paris to Berlin
and Potsdam.
Davies visit was part of unusual
diplomatic activity in preparation
for the Big Three talks.
Russian Ambassador Fedor
Gustev left for Moscow last night
and was expected to accompany
Marshal Josef Stain to Potsdam.
Hasan Saka, furnish foreign min
lister returning from the San Fran
CISCO Conference, conferred with
Eden today on Russia's demands
in return for a new Russian-Tur-
kish friendship treaty. Rene Mas
sigli, French Abassador, also talk
ed to Eden, presenting his coun.
try views on problems which the
Big Three will consider. France
|
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
Army Promises To Cut
1000 Doctors off Roll

reiterated he thought it was 1.-The
right word"
"There is a tragic and critical
need for these doctors in our COM
munities," put in Senator Downey
Cd. -Calif.), subcommittee chair
man.
Testimony brought cut that the
Army now has about $4,000 doctors
and that, including those in the
Navy and the Veterans Admins
tration, the total serving the arm
cd forces is approximately co.
900.
In active civilian practice, by
comparison, were roughly 74,0oo
doctors, although another 10000
are in salaried jobs with state hos
pitfalls and industrial plants, or art
serving as interns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
Attacks Cover Opinions
OF Various Groups
In Nation

WASHINGTON, July 11.-UH-
Opposition witnesses came before
the Senate Foreign Relations COM
mittee today to attack the World
Security Charter variously as a
communist plot, a military al.
lance, a demagogic document, a
fraud and deceit, but mostly on
the grounds it was uncons;itu-
tional.
They appeared at the third day
of the committees hearings into
the Charter signed at San Fran
cisco by the so United Nations
and soon to 60 before the full Sen
ate for ratification. Invited by
Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex.
the witnesses represented organiza'
tions ranging from national group:
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
ALLIED GENERALS
TAKE OVER TODAY

BERLIN, July IL Up -Four
general upon whom devolves the
task of governing the defeated Ger
man Reich's bomb-cratered capital
today constituted themselves Be-
Inns "Kommandantur" and an.
bounced they would take over the
city at 9 a. m. tomorrow.
hTeir names soon will be house
hold words in Berlin-Col. Gen.
Alexander v Corbatov of Russia,
Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks of the
|UHS. Maj. Gen. L. o. Lyme of Brit
ain, and Maj Gen Godfrey de Be
auchesne of France.
In what Lyme, as spokesman fol
the ''Kommandantur" or com
mandery, described as an lat
mosphere of great friendliness,
the four met in Gorbatov's head
quarters in Berln's veterinary col
lege only a short distance fro,r
Hitler's ruined chancellery. Tit
Soviets had raised the banners O.
the four victorious nations in thu
huge buildings courtyard, leaving
a large red and gold star Hamme!
and Sickle atop the building to in
dictate this was Russian occupied
territory.
The conferees sat at a T-forn
ed. table with Gorbatov at top. HI
will head the "Kommandtur" a
first, after which other member
will rotate on a 15-day basis.
Lyme admitted great difficultie
lie ahead, but said II subcommii
tees of experts were working GU
details and added II cannot believ
there is any problem which cal,
not be solved"
For the present, each Allied oc
cupied sector will be responsible
for supplying its troops as well a
civilians, but there will be inter
change and possibly a pooling O
commodities to insure unified sup
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
WORK AT CAMP DAVIS
TO CONTINUE UNDER
ENGINEERS ORDER

All contracts for improvements
at Camp Davis were ordered
carried out yesterday by Col. C. T.
Hunt, district engineer of the
Savannah office of the Army Engi-
neers, according to an announce
ment yesterday from Camp Davis.
Construction work at h camp
was reported to have been impair.
ed by persistent runners that work
on projects at the camp had been
halted entirely.
1t was reported yesterday that
progress had been somewhat delay.
ed on the five new mess halls,
which were to have been completed
yesterday. It is expected that they
will be completed next week.
Completion dates for the re-
modelling of barracks for both con-
velescent patients and returnee of.
ficers and enlisted men also will be
delayed.
The need still remains for about
500 construction workers at Camp
Davis-prinlariiy carpenters and
brickmasons-.to carry through to
completion the 81 800, 900 projects
contracted for at the camp, it was
said.
The future OF Camp Davis still
is not clear, however, and A. Hand
James, secretary to Senator Jo-
siah W. Bailey, said that he had
received no word from the War
department as to what disposition
is to be made Of the camp. Army
1cl:a an paue Three. Col p
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-12
committee PULLS
FAST ABOUT FACE

WASHINGTON, July IL R -
The House appropriations commit
tee about-faced today and recon-
mended $3.50, 900 fund for contlnu-
ed and unrestricted operation OF
the Fair Employment Practice
Committee.
It did so at an afternoon session
less than three hours after 1t had
voted FEPC $3.50, 900 to Gquidate.
The latest action left both sides
in the six-weeks fight over FEPC
somewhat bewildered, and assur-
ed record House vote tomorrow
that may jar loose the S752,OOo,-
900 National War Agencies supply
bill that has been riding a parlia-
mentary merry-go-round since
June /.
The deadlock has tied up funds
for sixteen home-front war agen-
cies, many of them facing playless
pay-days until it is broken. All are
operating now under special legis-
llation allowing them to incur
obligations but spend no actual
money.
The joy Of Southern foes Of
FEPC over the committees morn
ing action quickly died down aft
cr the afternoon results were an
Inounced. Conversely, hackers OF
FEPC who condemned the morn
ing proceedings finished the day
praising them.
'"Ths is just what we wanted,
commented representative Mar
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