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Evening star., 1945-07-28
Legion Member Calls
Travel Conditions Of
.G| Unit DisgraeefuI
3y The Associated Press.

BY Inc Associated freSs.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 28.-
Conditions on a railway coach
bringing SO Florida war veterans
from Boston were declared to be a
disgrace" last night by an Ameri-
can Legion member asked by Gov.
Millard Caldwell to meet the train
at the depot Ind investigate lieu
tenat colonel's complaint.
David j. Lewis, a former COM
mander of the Jacksonville Legion
post, said he would SO report to the
Governor. Legionnaires George l..
Killam and A. E. Brown, requested
by the Governor to accompany Mr..
Lewis, agreed that conditions were
"deplorable" and asserted they must
be corrected.
Left Boston Yesterday.
1t. Col. Ben l.. MCLAUGHLIN. who
wired the complaint from Columbia,
S. c., told news reporters that the
men, under his command for the
trip, left Boston for Camp Blanding
early yesterday and had no facili-
ties for sleeping and washing.
He declared the Army men were
confined to the only nonaircondi-
toned car on the train and were
not allowed to occupy any of nu-
merous vacant seats in other sec
tionS.
These men are all veterans of
from two to four years service, many
Of them Purple Heaters" he said.
After returning from Europe on
freighters, they were forced to sleep
on the floors of this car or try and
read by two dim lights for two days.
Shave With Drinking Water.
THE car had no screens and no
washing facilities. Some of the men
shaved with the drinking water.
They are dirty and exhausted"
Another lieutenant colonel of the
Army Air Forces aboard the train,
Leon G. Lewis of St. Petersburg
said a porter told him he could
have one of the vacant seats on an
conditioned car If he paid s7.63
for ticket out of his own pocket.
The officer, who served in three
war theaters, said he didn't pay the
price.
Evening star., 1945-07-28
! graduates are:
lg graduates are:
Goering Fears Lightning,
Suffers Heart Attack .
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONDORF, Luxembourg, July %.
"A United States Army medical Of
ficer, disclosing that Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering suffered heart
attack during an electrical storm
Thursday night, has raised the ques-
ton whether the captive Nazi leader
could stand the strain OF a war
crimes trial.
"Goering is so emotionally un-
stable you never can tell about his
type" said Capt. Clint L. Miller,
Summit, Mo.
The officer attributed the attack
to Goering's fear of thunder and
lightning.
II was all by myself" Capt, Miller
quoted the portly Nazi as saying.
when the storm came up it wor-
ried me. Then my breathing became
difficult"
Capt. Miller said Goering "is heart
conscience "
Evening star., 1945-07-28
BY the Associated Press.


GUAM, July 28.-Fire raids by
Super Fortresses have leveled more
than $50 square miles of urban-in-
dustrial centers in As japanese
cities, the goth Air Force announced
today.
The ever-rising figure was given
by the Super Fort command in re-
porting widespread damage to three
cities, Fukui, Tsuruga and Kuwana
all industrial centers on the main
island of Honshu, hit in recent fire
raids.
In addition, reconnaissance pho
tographs showed moderate damage
to the Ube Coal Liquefaction Co.
plant after a B-29 demolition bomb
ing.
Ube is near the southwestern tip
of Houshu and its plant is one of
Japan's leading producers of syn
thetic oil. 1t was attacked July %
The Goth announcement said the
total rban-industrial damage COW
cred more than Al per cent of the
builtup areas of the As cities. The
population of the bombed cities ex-
ceeds 100000.
A total of 848 per cent of the
builtup area of Fukui has been de-
stroyed and "a per cent of Kuwana
has been leveled.
Tsuruga, with a population of
81 900, was hit on the morning of
July Is by up to 100 Super Forts
and was the first city on the west
coast of Japan to be attacked.
Yesterday the Goth Air Force
gave the Japanese an unprece-
dented warning by naming ii cities
which are scheduled for early at
tack by B-29s and said four of these
would be blasted with fire bombs
within a few days. Civilians were
advised to fee.
The targets listed are:
/. Ichinomiya, munitions center
10000 population, 9 miles northwest
of Nagoya, flre-bombed July l3
when eight-tenths OF the buildup
area was destroyed.
2. Tsu, "a miles southwest OF
Nagoya. $1,000 population; highly
industrialized. compactly built. De-
molition bombs were dropped on II
July "a.
3. Ujiyamada, $4,000 population
sprawling 43 miles south of Ma
goya. Has a population density
10000 to $4,000 per square mile.
4. Nagaoka, 10000 population. ir
North Central Honshu; important
machine tool production center
railfoad junction, II miles in from
the shore on the Japan Sea, IS miles
Sp,,th of Nijoofo
Evening star., 1945-07-28
Plans Carefully Made
To Fight Tower BIazes,
Former Fire Chief Saws

Battling any. blaze in the high
tower section of the Empire State
Building in New York City is a.
tough Jog for firemen, but equip
ment is carefully planned and ade-
quate to meet such contingency,
according to present resident of
Washington who is in a position
to know.
He is Comdr. Harold J. Burke,
now chief of the Navy's Fire DAM
age Control Service and formerly
deputy fire chief of New York City.
The contingency arose this morn
ing when a plane crashed into the
building and started a blaze through
the upper floors.
Pumps Maintain Pressure.
"The firemen start from stand
pipes in the building, which supply
water connections on every floor"
Comdr. Burke said. There are
pumps every few floors to keep up
the pressure and each pump has
capacity not only for its own sec
ton but also for the next one above.
In addition, there are intermediate
water tanks every few floors, which,
like the standpipes, are kept filled.
"The stairways are inclosed and
usually completely safe area. The
standpipe connections are located in
the stairway Enclosures, SO they are
easy TO reach. There are canvas
hoses on each floor which the oc-
cupants could use before the fire.
men arrive. The firemen carry
rolled links of hose and replace the
canvas ones as they go up.
"The Empire State Building is in
an area where there are many fire
companies which can arrive quickly.
The fire department pumping en-
gines have sufficient capacity so
that even If all the pumps in the
building failed, they could connect
up at ground level and put 900
pounds of water pressure into the
standpipes all the way to the top.
Halls Cleared First.
"The very first thing to do is to
get halls and corridors clear Of
fame and evacuate any persons on
the floors where the fire is" Comdr.
Burke said. The next thing Is to
fight the flames in the building,
and then other firemen protect other
buildings which might have been
| ignited from gasoline from the
crashing plane.
"It's a hard Job to fight fire
that high in any building, but ]
know those boys will do good job
They're up against just about the
same thing we are in the Navy with
these Jap Kamikaze planes"
The story of Comdr Burke's Fire
Damage Control Service and its
fight to save ships from battle blazes
will appear on Page CA Of The
| SUNDAY Star,
Evening star., 1945-07-28
Communists Revive
Party in U.S.. 10 Fight
'Fascism, Reaction
~ the Associated Press


NEW YORK. July 28.-The Com
munist Party Of the United States,
resurrected after 14-month hiatus,
emerged again today in national
politics, ready to play more agrees
sive role in combating fascism and
reaction"
In establishing the party, dele
gates to special national conven-
ton voted to disband the Commu-
mist Political Association which was
established in May, 1914, under the
leadership of Earl Browder, who be-
came its president.
An official press release said
Browder's policy of collabora ton
with capitalism was unanimously
rejected by the convention" after he
defended his position "at dramatic
session"
Decision to reconstitute the party
was unanimous, the release declared.
Browder, however, was not a dele
gate and did not vote" the state
ment said.
Ends Browder- Foster Dispute.
The action eliminated a dispute
between Browder and William q.
Foster. former Communist presiden-
tial candidate who is expected to
succeed Browder as Communist
leader.
The press release said Browder
promised not to build a "Browder
opposition" when his views were re-
jected.
The press release said in part:
while denying that he would
build a Browder opposition Brow
der said it is naive view that this
convention of the Communist Po-
litical Association will decide and
close the discussion on questions
OF party policy.
Later, the press release said,
Browder declared he would sub
nit myself to the decisions of this
convention and I am perfectly
ready at any time to give my serv-
Ices in any capacity"
Elect New Officials.
Election Of new national COM
rnittee, national board and national
officers was scheduled for last night
and today. 1t was said the election
results would be announced this
afternoon. Voting on the new con-
stitution of the Communist party
also was scheduled for today.
The release said there was "a
general feeling among the SO dele
gates that the Communist move
ment could play more aggressive
role in cooperation with other
groups in combating Fascism and
reaction" if the party were re-
established.
Membership in the party was de-
clared open to any person who ac-
ceptS the aims, principles and pro-
gram of the party as determined
by its constitution and convention. -
MOSCOW, July % (P).-The So
Wet press made no comment today
on the re-establishment of the
Communist party in the United
States, voted by American Commu-
nists at special convention in New
York. Today'S newspapers carried
no mention of the event.
Evening star., 1945-07-28
BarkIey Begins Ninth Year
As Majority Leader
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Alben w. Barkley began his ninth
year as majority leader today with
Democratic harmony, to him, at its
highest tide in the Senate.
The 81 year old Kentuckian,
praised by President Truman for
eight years of service as the party's
wheelhorse in the Senate, told a
reporter that never during that
time had he found the Democrats
as united as now.
AS evidence, he pointed to the
recent vote approving American
participation in the Breton Woods
monetary agreements. Only two
Democrats, Senators Wheeler of
Montana and McCarran Of Ne
vada, voted against that contro-
versial legislation.
That never happened in the Sen
ate before, as long as / can remem-
ber," the majority leader remarked.
And Senator Barkley's memory of
congressional events is long. He
has been in Congress for 80 years,
in the Senate since 1927.
Evening star., 1945-07-28

of the Empire State, said that "at
about $50 am. there were two
terrific explosions. The whole build
ing shook. Then, about minute
later, there was another explosion,
not as violent as the first ones.
The Office staff of about so ran
out to the hall. We thought buzz
bomb might have hit us.
Looking out the windows, facing
downtown, we could see flaming
debris falling down.
Some windows on my floor were
broken. I took the regular night
passenger elevator down. Standing
on the street, I could see the top
floors of the building on fire."
Evening star., 1945-07-28

the accident from the window Of his
office at 40 East Thirty-fourth street,
said smoke was coming from the
plane Just before it struck the
building.
THE plane crashed near the top
floors of the building with stun
ming roar and Immediately ex-
ploded," Mr.. Slovenian said. Parts
of it fell burning on an offset.
Plane Out of Control.
"The plane was obviously out of
control and flying extremely low.
AS it neared the building, the pilot
seemed to try and veer away, but it
struck squarely."
Mr.. Slovenian is an executive OF
Slovenian Stores, Inc.
1t. Aubrey B. Condit. an Army
pilot who was on the 55th floor of
500 Fifth avenue, saw the plane
strike the building. He said it was
BIS Mitchell bomber.
Stan LomaX, sports announcer
for Radio Station WOR, saw the
crash when his automobile stopped
for traffic light at Thirty-seventh
street and Fifth avenue.
He said the plane few straight
down Fifth avenue and into the
building, striking four or five
stories below the observation tower.
There was the damndest ball
Of fire you ever saw" Mr.. Lomax
said. 1T was a tremendous big
burst of flame A wing of the
plane shot off to the left toward
Madison avenue. The remainder of
the plane stuck right in the building.
Almost two floors the entire
width of the building burst into
fame. 1t was an inferno"
Tried to Gain Altitude.
william Utley of Pleasantville,
N. Y, vice president of Carl Byoir
& Associates, a public relations firm
at 10 East Fortieth street, gave this
account of the crash:
THE plane went past by window
at eye level, or just little above it.
This Office is on the 38th floor. The
engine was apparently going and 1t
looked like the pilot was trying to
gain altitude"
A writer in the firm, Miss Nanette
Morrison of 120 East Thirty ninth
street, said:
MY windows face west and south
and to the south I have direct
view of the Empire State Building.
I heard the plane heading south
over Fifth avenue and / could tell
by the uneven sound of the engine
and the tipping of the plane that
the pilot was in trouble. That was
when the plane few past my west
facing window.
when looked south toward the
Empire State Building the plane
had climbed a little. The pilot was
trying to gain altitude and was tip
ping as though trying to bank.
Smoke Obscures Building.
"There was terrific explosion
when the plane hit. 1t looked as
though the flash and flames from
the explosion spread over four floors.
The building Is so obscured in smoke
now (10:35 a.m) that can't tell If
there are any flames"
The building in which the firm is
located is between seth and 40th
streets on Fifth avenue.
Miss Harriet Weiskopf, a clerk
typist for the ODT on the 63rd floor
Evening star., 1945-07-28
Empire State
CONTINUED From First Page.)

wall There were four bodies there"
The Mayor said the flames which
encircled the crash were brought
under control within 40 minutes.
The control tower at La Guardia
Field disclosed that the pilot had
been warned, only a few minutes
before the crash, that the Empire
State tower could not be seen and
that he should fly according to reg
ulations over the city. The air.
ways Traffic Control, Federal
agency which controls air traffic
said that 800 to 1000 feet was the
minimum called for in the regula-
tions.
18th and 18th Floors Wrecked.
The bomber demolished the 18th
floor, which was vacant. Bricks and
glass were piled about, walls were
ripped out and a propeller blade was
embedded in one of the walls. En-
ployes on the 10th floor said that
floor also was wrecked.
On the first floor of the building
at the tier of elevators serving the
66th to 102d floors there was a
twisted and smashed elevator, ap-
parently one of the two Fire Com
missioner Walsh said had fallen
from the Both floor
Burning gasoline poured into ele-
vator shafts and elevator service
Immediately was halted above the
69th floor
The 18th floor, where most of the
fire apparently was centered, was a
blazing inferno. Metal elevator
doors were torn out of place and
parts of the plane, which broke
through elevator doors, fell into the
shafts of the tower group of ele-
vators. These elevators we're filled
with gasoline, flames, smoke and
water.
Police said number of Offices on
the 10Th floor we're unoccupied, as
many employees there had Saturdays
off. Hundreds of others, however,
.were led down stairways to the 68th
street floors, to which point ele-
vators were running.
Gas Fumes Fill Floor.
James w. Irwin, management
consultant and former managing
editor of the Chicago Herald Ex-
aminer, who has Offices on the 18th
floor of the building, said he heard
the plane coming through the fog
and that it struck the north side of
the building. above Thirty-fourth
street.
Mr.. Irwin said that the hall on
the 18th floor was filled with fam
ing gasoline and fumes and that the
tall elevator bank in the building
was put out of commission so that
people served by that bank could
not leave.
Twin Engine Machine.
Mr.. Irwin said the plane was a
twjn-engine machine.
+ Edward Hughes of Louisville, KY,
who was at Thirty-sixth street and
Fifth avenue, said "the entire top
of the building appeared to be in
flames. Heavy smoke poured from
three and four stories at time.
There was a terrific explosion before
the fire.
Frank A. Slovenian ILL.,, who saw
Evening star., 1945-07-28
Renew Carbon Black Work

Carbon black manufacture is be-
ing resumed at Electrona, Tas-
mania, Australia, after l0-year
lapse because of unfavorable mar
ket conditions.
We need tin and we need it badly!
Not tomorrow or next week, but
NOW! Place prepared tin cans in
separate containers near garbage
bins. If not collected, phone Re-
nublic S488.
Evening star., 1945-07-28
Costu Ricu Backs Charter

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, July % (4').
The Costa Rican Congress yester-
day unanimously approved the
United Nations San Francisco Char
ter.
Evening star., 1945-07-28
Atrooity Picture
Showinq Ends Monday

The last free public showings
of the War Department Nazi
atrocity film and an indoctrina-
ton film for American occupa-
ton troops in Germany will be
from 7 pm. to 10 pm. Monday,
at the Greenbelt MD, Com
munity Center. The showings
have been under Joint auspices
of The Star and the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch. Children under
16 are not admitted. There is
no show today or tomorrow.
Evening star., 1945-07-28
.Strayer Graduation
Exercises SET Tonight

Strayer College will graduate sec
retarial and accounting students to-
night at the Statler Hotel. The ex-
ercises also will mark its 4lst ami
versary.
E. S. Donoho, president, will con-
fer the diplomas at 9 pm. and then
entertain graduates and their friends
at reception. Randolph G. Myers
will sing. Miss Helen Q'Shaugh-
messy is chairman of the reception
committee.
Secretarial graduates are:
Barker, Arlene Z. Meyer, Clarence M.
Belt. Alma M Parks Mary Z.
Benedict, Barbara l.. Scandolos. Helen
Delattre-Seguy, N. Schenke, Marion ].
Dove, Sylvia P Scott. Kathleen p.
Edwards. Allie M Sealock, Nary B.
Ehrlieh. Dorothy 8. Taku, YoShi
Hall, Louise NJ. Vannier. Marjorie
Hamilton, Elsie M. Weaver. Alice J.
Hannemann, Nancy WeinRarden, Jean p.
Ienatowich, Anne Whiting. Anne
Landman, Dorothy. WolfeTsberger, Doris
Lift, Miriam
Accounting graduates are:
Bunt Shirley M Hilton. Remus E.
Davis Henry w Kendriek, Jr.. f. T.
Gardner. Chester w. Kohne. Jr., Luther
Gochenour, Shirley LiDdner. Lena
Gomien, John r. Linger, Roy j
Gordon, Joseph Y. Parham Jr, w. l..
Hellman n Eugene j. Shull. Paul M.
Hermann. Harold o. Stiekley, Mervin B.
Hermanson, Anna Turnbull, Julia c.
Evening star., 1945-07-28
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WATCH, lady's gold, Swiss, black strap
vic. Wisconsin and Albemsrle. MRS. Me-
MAHON, OR. 2160.
Evening star., 1945-07-28

MOSCOW, July % (P).-The So
Wet press made no comment today
on the establishment of the
Communist party in the United
States, voted by American Commu-
nists at special convention in New
York. Today's newspapers carried
no mention of the event.
Evening star., 1945-07-28

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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-02
A Man And An Issue
Continued From Page One

Continued From Page One
made eliminate the PR system but it is the first time
that the PR has definitely been forced to show their
true cOlOrS.
For the first time people who sold PR to Toledo and
who have since managed to maintain here have
out in the open. 1t is not much attempt their part
to retain PR Such but attempt to create in the
the prejudice and hatreds which they able to
accomplish by subtle methods under the PR system.
This year it is not only the PR which is at stake, but
the Committee Against the PAC The committee which
against the PAC is against every worker in this city
whether member of the PAC not, and the proof lies
in the and interests who have hired orators and pub
licity and created campaign of fear and bigOtry
against labor because PAC has sponsored the amendment
to repeal PR and bring back American system of elect
ing city officials.
If you want to vote against the Chamber of Com
the Small BuSineSsmens Association the utilities
and select group of financial interests who definitely
opposed to the workers of this community then for your
sake for the sake of the good of this community and
in the name of common vote FOR THE AMEND
MENT which elects nine where oil your count
and in which those who receive the highest number of
votes elected
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-02
In Conference
TO Beqin Monday
Continued From Page One

Continued From rage Ohe
bargaining in every instance
where workers choose to organ
ize to bargain collectively on
questions of wages, hours and
working conditions.
20. The extent to which indus
trial disputes can be minimized
by full and genuine acceptance
by organized labor of the in
herent right and responsibilities
of management to direct the
operation of an enterprise.
SO. The extent to which indus
trial disputes can be minimized
by the willingness of manage
ment and workers to utilize the
machinery of the National La
Dor Relations Act and any
existing State labor relations
acts for prompt determination of
the collective bargaining agen-
cies.
Emphasize Industrial Fight
"a. The extent to which in
dustrial disputes can be mini
mized by recognized and orderly
procedure to negotiate first con-
tracts between a union and an
employer and the extent to
which provision should be made
for the use of conciliation, if ne
gotiations seem to be breaking
down.
"5. The extent to which in
dustrial disputes can be mini
mized by provisions incorporat-
ed in collective bargaining
agreements
"6. To prevent industrial dis
putes from taking place, should
provision be made for improV-
ing and strengthening the con-
ciliation service of the United
States Department of Labor
and should there be additional
support for the operation of this
service?
"7. What provision should be
made for lessening or prevent
ing strikes which come from
jurisdictional or other inter
union diSputes?"
Judge Walter P. Stacy, vet
eran of railroad labor disputes
which he has mediated under
the Coolidge, Hoover and Roo
sevelt administrations is serving
as chairman, and DR.. George w
Taylor, former War Labor
Board head, has been named
secretary.