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Leaking Fluid Led D. C.. Altman
To Believe He Was Wounded

As navigator he few with severa'
different crews, but most of the time
in a B-26 Martin Marauder
Once he thought he was injured
by fax which came through his
part of the plane, puncturing a
piece of equipment which leaked out
blood-red fluid. He lodged suddenly
when the fax struck, twisting his
ankle. which he though had been
hit. Crew members though the red
fluid was his blood. But the worst
that happened to him, he said. was
the sliohtlv sprained ankle. from
which he soon recovered.
1t. McDevitt had high praise for
Capt. John Neale, with the Army
Air Forces. whose home is at 280l
Cortland place NV. He was for
merly with the American Security
& Trust Co.
Born in the District, 1t. McDevitt
was graduated from St. Johns Col
lege, in 1887, in the same class with
Marine Tech. Sergt. J. A. OLeary
jr., member of The Star staff or
military leave, now stationed II
Washington, after a tour Of duty ir
the Pacific 1t. McDevitt enlisted II
the Army In June, 1912, winning hi!
wings in July, l943 He went over.
seas in February, 1914.
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Motion Picture Library
Proposed in House Bill

Construction of a suitable build
ing in the District to house a sug-
gested national library of motion
pictul es was proposed IN a bill in
troduced in the House yesterday b.
Representative Hoch. Democrat, of
Pennsylvania.
The bill, which was referred to the
House Library Committee, provides
for the permanent storage of all
motion picture films of historic.
scientific or other outstanding value
and for the loan of films to school.
farm, labor, business. civic, govern
mental and other groups
The proposed motion picture Ii
brary would be operated by direc-
tor, to be appointed by the Presi-
dent, at salary of $4,000 year
Aside from storage of the films, the
new agency would be directed to
catalogue and service all Govern
ment films placed with the library
for preservation.
Security investment-War Savings
bonds. Secure the four freedoms
buy one today.
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|2,150 U. 5. Planes
Hammer 7 AirfieIds
lin Berlin Area
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 10.-More than
2,l50 American bombers and
fighters, carrying massive
aerial offensive on German air
fields into its fourth straight
day, struck at jet-plane bases
in the Berlin area today, follow
ing up a night attack by 600 RAF'
bombers on Germany's largest
submarine assembly yards at
Kiel.
The American daylight force was
made up of more than 1900 heavy
bombers and $50 fighters. The
planes lashed at seven airfields
within a 7O-mile arc south and west
of Berlin and also blasted the Ger
man Air Forces experimental field
near Rechlin and large ordnance
depot at Oranienburg.
43 Airfields Hit in Four Days.
These attacks brought to 43 the
number Of German airfields bombed
by the United States 9th and 9th
Air Forces in the last four days,
during which more than $50 enemy
planes were reported destroyed in
the air and on the ground
The RAF blow at Kiel was the
third major strike at the North Sea
U-boat nests in less than "a hours.
The attack came only few hours
after British Lancaster bombers hit
submarine shelters at Hamburg with
$4,000 and 10000 pound bombs for
the second time during the day
The Air Ministry said many large
fires were observed after the night
raiders hit three Kiel yards.
Allied bombing now apparently
has scotched planned resumption
of the German U-boat offensive.
357 Nazi Planes Destroyed.
Fighters shot down three more
German planes during the night
bringing the Allied score to 357 en-
emy aircraft destroyed in three days
American fighters had strafing
picnic yesterday at scattered Ger
man fields, destroying l56 Nazi
planes on the ground.
Raj Mosquitoes again paid their
nightly call on Berlin Others
raided objectives at Plauen. near
The border Of Czechoslovakia; Stade
and Hamburg.
The British lost six planes in
operations last night and yesterday
The United States 9th Air Force re-
ported 10 bombers and four fighters
missing from a force of more than
1000 heavy bombers and fighters put
into the air yesterday.
With only enough fuel to get
planes in the air at infrequent in
tervals, the Germans now are try
ing to save the idle aircraft by hid
ing them along highways and in
fields far removed from regular bases
This discovery was made yester-
day by two 9Th Air Force pilots
helping to escort 1850 bombers on
attacks on 10 alrfields and other tar
gets in a 60-mile radius Of Munich
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On the Roll of Honor

I 1t was GlSclOSed today by the wal
Department. 1t. Campbells wife,
Mrs. Marylou Campbell, lives at 7206
Harwick road. Wood Acres, Md.
He is l943 graduate of West
Point and a native of Syracuse,
Utah. Before entering West Point
he was a student at the Sullivan
School here. He was with field
artillery unit of the 7th Army. He
went overseas last January.
1t. Campbell's twin brother, Capt.
William A. Campbell, is also in Eu-
rope with the Army and a sister,
1t. Beth Campbell, is with the WAC
in England.
Pvt. william y. Blume, l8, was
wounded March II in Germany, the
War Department reported today
Before entering the Army last Octo-
ber he made his home with his aunt,
Miss Estella Blume, ll02 Fifteenth
road south. Arlington, Va. He went
overseas In February. While at
tending Central High School here
he was a member of the student
Cadet Corps. He lived in Hunt
ington, w. Va. before coming to
Washington.
T/Sergt. Robert c. Powell ii, the
son of Mrs Llewellyn Powell. Hunt
ing Terrace Apartments, Alexandria,
was listed AS wounded by the War
Department today Sergt Powell
was hit in the right arm on March
II while fighting with the lst Army.
A letter received from him by his
mother said he had recovered and
was about to rejoin his unit.
The son Of the late DR.. Powell.
who was of the third generation of
his family to practice medicine in
Alexandria, Sergt. Powell attended
ST Agnes School and was gradu-
ated from Augusta Military Acad-
emy. He entered service Immediately
after graduation and went overseas
in October. 1914.
1t. Col. Llewellyn Powell, jr., U. S.
M c.. now in the South Pacific, and
CorpI. H. Ashton Powell, serving
with the lst Army in Europe, are
also sons of the late DR.. Powell.
Sergt. Charles H. Otto, Al, a Ma
rine. was wounded in action at Two
Jima on February l9, while serving
as a gunnery crew chief, the OFF,
cial Navy casualty list disclosed to-
day. In a recent letter to his wife,
Mrs. Myrtle Mervine Otto, the Presi-
dental Apartments, Alexandria, Va.
he said he had been hit by shell
fragment The day before a 5-inch
piece of Jap shell slashed his he'll
met and left him unframed
Sergt. Otto previously had served
for IL years in the Marines and re-
turned to the corps December 5.
l943, going overseas in January,
1914 Before being recalled to serv-
ice he was employed at the Wash
ington Navy Yard. He is native of
New York City.
is James E. Milks. 25, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harley H. MilkS, BIS North
street, Arlington, Va,
was wounded in action March Is in
the Sd Army drive into Germany,
the War Department announced to-
day He was born in Arlington and
was graduated from Washington
and Lee High School He has been
in the Army for four years and
went overseas last January While
in high school he played football
and was on the track team. His
father is chief insurance claims
counsel for the Veterans Admins
tration
Pfc. Speros d. Mustakas. "a. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Demetrios Mus
takas, 1923 Madison street NV, was
wounded March 10 in Italy the War
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$4,000 Left Homeless
By ySpreading Floods
In Deep South States

BY the Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS. April l0-With
the Louisiana food still spreading.
the Red Gross estimated today
$4,000 persons have been left home
less and more than a million acres
inundated.
Each round trip OF Coast Guard
landing craft to isolated towns and
farms brought new refugees to the
Army field kitchens and camps in
the dry areas.
Far up the swollen Red River,
just over the Arkansas State line.
three bodies of flood victims we're
recovered from receding backwa-
terS which had concealed them for
three days.
The dead were Charles Brown,
his wife and their daughter, Ber-
nice, 26. A son, Bradley. and a A.
year-old grandson were believed to
have drowned also when the Brown
home was swept away.
Anly two food deaths had been
reported previously in Louisiana
an unidentified herdsman and a
Negro boy who drowned when a
rescue boat overturned
In the Red River Valley alone.
the Red Cross said, nearly 5000
families have had to leave their
homes. The Coast. Guard is evac-
uating many families daily along
the Ouachita River.
In Washington Representative
Mckenzie. Democrat. of Louisiana
said be would use every means
to reverse the decision of Brig. Gen,
Max c. Tyler. president of the Mis-
sippi River Commission, who an
nounced opening of the Morganza
f1oodway would not be necessary
under present predicted river crests
Residents of the f1oodway area
and the War Production Board have
opposed opening the f1oodway, the
WPB on the ground it would inter-
rupt transportation of war materials
Typhoid serum for 10000 refugees
was sent from New Orleans to
Natchitoches, on the Red River
The Coast Guard plans to use a
helicopter to drop supplies and med
icines to stricken areas.
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Philippines. but the flights went out
as scheduled.
Trained crews were ready and
waiting here to take off for Okinawa
when they got the word yesterday
to make the first landings of heavy
tranports.
Although operating from forward
terminals under emergency condi-
tions, the ATC has set up schedules
and ground facilities on the stand
ards of commercial system of SINH
lar scope.
Despite the fact that many cases
are flown out because injuries are so
severe they cannot obtain adequate
treatment in forward areas, only one
man has died en- route among the
tens of thousands brought back on
the trans-Pacific life line.
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Department reported today He has
been in the Army since December
%. 1912 and overseas since May
1943 A brother, Gust. %, is a Navy
gunner's mate serving in the Pa
cific Pvt. Mustakas was born In
Wilmington, Del. but was graduated
from Western High School here
after which he was employed as a
baker by his father.
Pfc. Robert N. Just, 25, son of Mr.
and Mrs James w. Just, 4318 Tuck
erman street, University Park. Md.
was seriously wounded March Is
with the 7th Army in France, it was
announced today by the War De-
partment. He was born in Colum-
bus, Ohio. graduated from high
school in Chicago and from Mary
land University in l943 just before he
entered the Army. The last letter tt
his parents from him indicated hi.
condition is improved. A brother
Pvt. James R. Just. is with the Isl
Marian Just, makes her home with
his parents
Pfc. Patrick G. McAuliffe. 26. sor
of Mr. and Mrs. John w. McAulif1e
23l0 Nichols avenue Sc. today i!
listed by the War Department a.
having been wounded March ir
Germany His wife is Mrs. Ruth E
McAuliffe. 1923 Twenty street
Sc. Pvt. McAuliffe was born ir
Washington. attended Eastern anc
Anacostia High Schools, and wa.
employed as butcher when he wen'
into the Army in April, 1874
Pvt. McAuliffe went overseas last
November and has never seen the
younger of his two children, Kath.
leen, who is 4 months old The
other child is Judith Ann, 3. Hi!
brothers are John w., jr., 80, re.
Gently discharged from the Army
Pvt. Francis, %. Pvt. Robert, Is, anc
James, %, in the Navy
Pvt. George L. Ford, %, son o
Mrs Ruth NJ Ford, 618 L street Sc
was wounded February 16 in thu
Philippines, according to the officia
War Department casualty list. HI
was born In the District and wa!
graduated from Chamberlain Vo
cational School.
Pvt. Ford was a member of tn,
District National Guard when it wa!
called into Federal service and h,
went overseas in February, 1943. Hi
father. George T. Ford, died in Nor
folk, Va. Since that time word o
the fathers death has been KEEP
from the son, his mother said.
T/5 Robert I. Brew. %, son of Mr.
and Mrs George w. Brew, 70l
Wayne street, Silver Spring, Md
was wounded March in Germany
the War Department today dis
closed. 1t is the second time h,
has been wounded and his parent!
have learned he has recovered ane
is on his way back to the infantr.
unit in which he has served since
it was part of the Maryland Nation
al Guard. He has been oversee.
since last April. Corpl. Bernard M
Brew. 27, a member Of a groune
crew with the 9th Air Force in Eng.
land, Is his brother.
Sergt. Rufus M. Bayless, U. S. M
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District Blood Donations

Appointments
yesterday 359 persons
Appointments broken
yesterday - SO persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor. Center in
the Acacia Building, 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV. by calling
District 5000 between 9 a m. and
$50 pm. weekdays, and 9 am.
to noon Saturdays.
Volunteer women are needed
as daytime drivers in the Mo-
tor Corps. which transports 80
per cent of the blood donors
Call Republic $500, Branch 1877.
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land and France
over enemy ter
ritory, lst 1t.
J o hn Conway
McDevitt, "a, of
127 Thirty fifth
street, Sc, for
mer employe Of
The Star news
department., is
home on leave
wearing the Air
Medal, with two
silver clusters
and four stars.
He participated
in the battle of
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them swiftly into the cool sky where
blankets became an unaccustomed
luxury and nurse showed up at
their sides with orange juice and
other delicicies.
Hawaii Taste of Home.
Hawaii is still a Paradise Of the
Pacific to the wounded, however
crowded, noisy and restricted the
islands on the edge of the war zone
may seem to less partial overservers.
Men arriving from the Pacific areas
are funneled through the islands,
where they get their first taste OF
home Many remain at the big
general hospital in Hawaii, some
are routed to the States.
Air evacuation in the Pacific grew
swiftly once it was demonstrated
that the big transports could make
the long jumps on schedule with
heavy priority loads for the fighting
fronts. and return with the sick and
wounded after rapid conversion
from cargo to litter facilities.
Training Of personnel, especially
flight nurses. was necessary. In ad-
dition to medical experience, nurses
had to learn to jump in parachute.
swim through blazing oil or survive
an emergency landing on water
jungle or desert.
A flight nurse and technician
accompany each plane, and all
patients are attended by fight sur
geons at stops along the route.
Move In Quickly.
The Pacific division alone now
employs some 200 flight nurses. at
least that many technicians and 80
flight surgeons. The Douglas C-54s
used on the Pacific runs can carry
as many as SO litter cases or almost
so patients strong enough to occupy
seats instead of cots.
Litter ships move in as quickly as
landingtroops secure an adequate
airfleld. often under fire. While
waiting to fly into Leyte. the trans.
ports we're bombed in the Mariana:
and strsfed when they got to the
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day invasion of France, the St. Lo
break-through. and the operations
in Germany forcing the Siegfried
Line.
Son OF Cleland McDevitt. formerly
OF The Star news staff, and now
publisher of the Pictorial Director OF
the War Congress. 1t. McDevitt had
many narrow escapes, but came
through without a scratch.
Mrs. Lois G. Oreto, lives at l04 Nine
teenth street Sc
Missing
Pfc. Thomas r. Garvey. l9, who
was serving AS baillff in the
Municipal Court and attending the
Foreign Service School at George
town University two years ago when
he entered the Army, has been re-
ported missing in action in Ger
many. according to his family
Pvt. Garvey was the youngest
person ever appointed bailiff in
Municipal Court. His mother. Mrs.
Mary c Garvey, War Production
Board employe. is the widow of
John w. Garvey. Mr.. Garvey was
incapacitated from wounds received
in the World War. The Garvey
home is at 7420 Piney Branch road,
Takoma Park, Md.
S Sergt. Weaver Doyle. %, former
superintendent of the filing depart
ment at the Washington Gas Light
Co., has been missing in action since
March "a while participating in a
raid on Berlin, according to in
formation received by his wife. Mrs
Elizabeth Fox Doyle, liz Revere
place, Silver Spring. Overseas for
seven months, Sergt. Doyle had
completed more than n missions as
ball turret gunner on a Bit
when his plane failed to return to
its base.
Sergt. Doyle came to the District
area from Philadelphia as a child
dllO ~dS Sl ldOudICO IlOlli LCC-OdIh-
son High School in Fairfax, Va. He
had been employed for eight years
at the Washington Gas Light Co.
when he entered the service in jan
uary. 1914 Sergt. Doyle attended
the Washington Bible Institute here
and for three years before entering
the service he acted as minister OF
the Landover Christian Church
while still employed at the Gas
Light Co. Two brothers are also in
the service. Capt Godfrey Doyle
is in the Pacific with the Air Trans
port Command and S/Sergt. Will
liam Doyle is an Air Force instruc-
tor in Texas. Sergt. Weaver Doyle S
wife and their 2-year -old daughter
Sharon Elizabeth. live with Mrs
Doyle's parents, Mr.. and Mrs Ed
ward J. Fox at the Silver Spring
address.
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Prisoner

Corpl. Robert L. Steere, 25. son OF
Mrs. Margaret H. Steere. 3134 Thir-
ty-eighth street NV, is prisoner
in Germany, it was announced to-
day by the War Department. He
entered the Army after his gradua-
tion from Syracuse University in
1943 and went overseas last October
Corpl. Steere is a native of James
town, N. Y. While at the university
he was manager of the varsity bas-
ket ball team. His brother, Capt
James H. Steere. was assigned to the
Edgewood md Arsenal until his
recent transfer.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
jap Dead Since Pearl Hurbor
Set at More Than 865,OOO

The biggest Japanese toll has been
taken in the Philippines campaign
where the dead now stand more
than 3l4000 Fighting in Burma
has accounted for an estimated
l25.000.
Other campaigns included the fol-
lowing enemy killed: New Guinea.
$4,000; Bismarck Archipelago, IS
900; Aleutians, $500; Marianas. So
900; Palau, 10000: Marshalls. 5000,
and Two Jima, 10000
These casualties do not include
japanese dead in China, where even
rough estimates are difficult.
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Start saving now for your Seventh
War Loan. Boost your payroll de-
ductions for April, May and June
so that you can buy more War
Bonds and spread 1t over more
pay checks!
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Completing tour of duty in the
European theater of operations, dur
ing which he few many missions
with the 9th Air Force from Eng
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Peace & Plenty, co-owners OF
Americas future. Buy that extra
War Bond today.
Evening star., 1945-04-10

MIR. BARUCH FINDS ANOTHER BENCH-Early in the
Bernard M Baruch adviser to President Roosevelt threshed
out of the tougher angles of the synthetic rubber problem
in bench in Lafayette Now he's
getting the American soldiers viewpoint bench in famous
Hyde Park London His companions Copl Leonard Kraft
Oeftp of Mount Clemens, Mich, and Pfc. William Pass OF
Chicago. Signal Corps RadiophoO.
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BY The Associated Press.

FItsS.
More than 865 900 japanese SOL
diers and sailors have died for their
Emperor since they went to war
with the United States and Great
Britain. Untold thousands more
have died in China
A study of reports. based on
actually counted dead and on esti-
mates, shows the enemy has suffered
approximately COB 500 killed in land
campaigns, including troop ships
sunk and 262,000 navy dead.
American dead in all theaters were
reported last week at 156,47l for the
Army and 36.649 for the Navy.
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Wounded

1st 1t. Robert H. Campbell, "a,
son of Brig. Gen, William A. Camp
bell Of the Command and General
Staff School. Leavenworth, Kans.,
vas wounded March 18 in Germany.
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Mrs. Lois G. Oreto, lives at l04 Nine
teenth street Sc.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-20
United Day Of
Prayer Planned

A United Day of Prayer fol
Christian people who wish to see
q Revival come to Kennewick
will be conducted on Tuesday
Sept. Is, Gil A. NJ. and "a p. M
at the First Baptist Church.
The following ministers Will
lead the opening Of each Of the
four hours:
Rev. Pratt, Pastor, Pilgrim Hoi.
mess Church, 9 A. M.
Rev. John Briece, Pastor, MAJ
arene Church, 10 A. M.
Rev. Joseph T. Larson, Evan
gelist, Baptist Church, 2 PM.
Another Pastor to be chosen
for 8 p. M.
Christians of whatever denom-
ination are invited to attend either
forenoon or afternoon, setting
aside an hour or more for the
glory Of God and the salvation Of
souls.
Revival meetings will begin
Sept. 23rd, at the Baptist Church,
continuing for 2 weeks or more.
You are invited to attend.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-20
Ordinance No. AT

AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE LICENSING AND REC
ULATION OF PASSENGER MO-
TOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE IN
THE CITY OF KENNEW1CK,
WASHINGTON, FIXING RATES
THEREFOR, AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLA
TON THEREOF.
The City Council Of the City
of Kennewick does ordain as fol-
lows:
SECTION /. No automobile or
motor vehicle shall be used in the
City of Kennewick as q tadcab
in carrying passengers for hire
or offered therein to the public
for hire in the carrying Of passen-
gers except upon payment Of IL
cense fee at the rate Of $500 per
year for each such vehicle and
the granting by the City Council
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-20
STOPS TO VISIT

Vern I. Tucker now Of LaCenter
and formerly of Hover, stopped a
while to visit with old friends. He
had been at Spokane and was on
his way to Vancouver.
Mr.. Tucker is the district man
ager of the Grange Mutual Life
Company, and travels great deal
for the Grange.
When Mr.. Tucker lived at Ho-
yer, he was Superintendent Of
schools, owned store, and was
postmaster. His friends will be
glad to know he still has q warm
spot in his heart for this area.
He promises to try and stay longer
on his next trip through.