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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
Western Front
Continued From First Page

others were near the Moselle. over
which some were filtering into the
Saar district.
At least eight towns of Inner Ger
many east of the Rhine were under
the American flag. Those listed as
captured were Daltenberg, Erpel
Linz, Rheinbreitbach. Unkel, Bruch-
hansen and Ohleberg. One was uni
Identified and possibly this was
Leusdorf
The Germans peppered the bridge
head with light artillery fire during
the night, but made no new counter
attack.
The surprise of the crossing was
so complete that the Germans have
been unable in five days to muster
a counterattack in any strength -
Correspondent Don Whitehead re-
ported from LIST Army headquarters.
British, Canadian and American
9th Army troops to the north kept
the Germans on tenterhooks by
maintaining 40-mile smoke screens
along the Lower Rhine. The enemy
said a crossing attempt was immi-
nent between Emmerich and Vessel,
where the last enemy parachute
troops were driven across the river
American advances into the roll
ing green hills east of the Rhine
won more high ground from which
German artillery had failed to
knock out the Ludendorf Bridge.
The captured towns were in an arc
5 miles north, 4 miles south and 3
miles east OF Erpel-at the east end
of the bridge across from Remagen.
A street battle progressed in the
picturesque town of Honnef 10000
population, miles north of Re-
magen along the east bank road
toward Cologne and the Ruhr.
Other LIST Army troops were advanc-
ing south along the river road be-
yond Linz 1920, along the Lorelei
rock stretch of the Rhine gorge and
inland beyond Bruchhausen and
Ohlenburg into the Westerwald
black rock hills.
Though the Bird Army besieged
CoDlenz, II still mad to cross the
mouth of the Moselle River before
fighting into the main part of the
city. Across the Rhine from Cob
LEM, the towering and sullen rock
fortress of Ehrenbreitstein provided
the enemy formidable defense
bastion. Ehrenbreitstein is Ger
many's Gibraltar of the Rhine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
Millions of Christmas Parcels
For Yunks in Pacific Unclaimed

Pacific base alone" said Mr.. Full
ton, who recently returned from
Navy duty in the Pacific. AT an
other base 1 counted 5000 mail sacks
stacked right out in the rain and
weather"
The plan he will propose to Con-
gress, probably tomorrow. is:
Turn the packages over to the
Red Cross which will try to deliver
them, and if that is impossible, will
distribute disable articles to some
other member of the armed forces
stationed in the theater to which
the package was addressed. The
man who gets the package will be
expected to write the sender.
Articles of substantial and senti-
mental value" would be returned to
the sender with an explanation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12

could have been present at the time
Mr.. Lewis said there was one.
Mr.. Smith said he knew OF no
legislative remedy to what he called
the NLRB's "predicament," but he
believed the operators could appeal
to the courts from the board action.
Work Over Week End.
The operators worked over the
week end on contemporaries to
Mr.. Lewis Is demands which he
says must be incorporated In a new
contract to replace the current
agreement expiring March 81. Mr..
Lewis, it was said, talked for an
hour in Saturdays stormy confer
|ence session about the demand for
a l0-cent per ton royalty" on coal
to be used for a miners health in
surance" fund, settling any doubt
in the minds of operators as to his
seriousness in the matter.
The dove OF peace hovers near
do your part-buy one extra War
Bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
Police Merger
continual From E,irrt nnn. ,

tempted to hold up consideration
of this bill"
He was explaining that Federal
rules require that reports be sub
mitted to the Budget Bureau by
department heads whose services
would be affected by proposed leg
lslation. and that the charge
against Mr.. Ickes was mot fair"
when Mr.. Hebert interrupted. do
you have any personal knowledge
as to whether Mr.. Ickes ever con-
tacted the White House regarding
this bill?" Mr.. Hebert asked.
When he hesitated, Mr.. Hebert
asserted, Then you don't know"
Mr.. Demaray then declared. Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12

Ickes asked me to make a denal that
he had attempted to delay this bill"
What about the bridge bill?"
Mr.. Hebert shot back, referring to
the Commissioners bill for authority
to replace Highway Bridge with
twin spans. determinedly opposed
by Mr.. Ickes and others sponsoring
a slngle-span plan. Didn't he in
terfere with that? Let's look at the
whole forest and not just one tree. u
Continuing, Mr.. Hebert recalled
that certain judge was being
sponsored by Mr.. Ickes for appoint
ment to the District Court bench
referring to Judge Nathan r. Mar
gold of Municipal Court. And when
the name went to the Senate" he
said, I'VE found the press reports
were correct-and his man was
nominated"
Cites Advantages.
When Mr.. Hebert got back to the
question of letter from the White
House to the Commissioners about
the police merger, Mr.. Demaray
agreed there was one in 1898. and
when pressed by Mr.. Hebert he re-
called there was another one last
December saying that Mr.. Ickes
had not changed his mind"
When Mr.. Hebert concluded that
Mr.. Ickes put his nose into District
affairs" Mr.. Demaray commented
that he assumed the President was
capable of writing his own letters.
AS the hearing settled down to
details of the merger plan itself, Mr..
Demaray contended that the spe-
cialized police for park areas re-
suited in better administrative con-
troll, better service to the public be-
cause park police were given spe-
cialized training for their work and
he declared there was excellent CO.
operation, whenever needed, be-
tween the two departments and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Figures Questioned.
Mr.. Demaray also made the point
the number of major crimes COM
mitted in park areas has been in
finitesimal compared to the num-
Der in other areas in the District.
He also voiced fears that older and
less capable men would be assigned
to park duty If the merger were af-
fected.
During his testimony, Mr.. Hebert
declared somebody sold a bill of
goods to Congress" when legisla-
ton was enacted under which park
police were paid, in large part, from
municipal funds.
When Mr.. Demaray reported that
only one-half of l per cent of the
major crimes here over a nine-year-
period were committed in the parks
although they constituted Is per
cent Of the total area of the Dis
trict, Representative McDonough,
Evening star., 1945-06-16
Ut Isn't the Heat, It's People
That Melt Money Into Bonds
Veteran of World War
Uses Pension Check,
Boosts SELLING

The volunteer workers on the
Districts bond caravan, which trav-
els around the city selling bonds fol
the Mighty Seventh" War Loan
don't mind the heat-they're toe
interested in the people they see.
Yesterday. stationed in front OF
The Star, they were talking over
some OF the persons who'd helped
them sell their bonds.
Once, when the selling was slow
one Of the volunteer broadcasters
said, an old man stepped out of the
crowd, and held up a slip of paper
This is my pension check. I was
hurt in the last war. I want to put
it in a bond" he said.
The selling was brisk after that
Another time, they remembered
no one in the crowd which had
gathered around to hear the music
stepped up to buy q bond. Then .
one-legged soldier walked up to
the mike. He pulled 4 little. metal
shield from his pocket. II stole this
from German storm trooper ]
killed in Germany. You can sell II
for a War Bond" he ordered.
That same medal has been sold
three times, and each time the
buyer has returned it to have ii
sold again
The caravan also has a supply ol
German guns which sell for bonds
OF s2,500 denomination or more.
Yesterday. during the caravans
stay on Pennsylvania avenue, a
nearby drugstore began n cigarette
sale. The crowd around the caravan
Evening star., 1945-06-16
Gl's Ingenuity Speeded Defeat
OfGermony, Says Gen. Huebner

Ingenuity Of the American hoy
with the old jalopy" enabled the
United States Armies In Europe
to destroy Germany's military power
within q year after D-day. Mai
Gen. Clarence r. Huebner declared
last night.
The commander Of the 1st Division
in the Normandy landings and OF
the 5th Army Corps in the sub
sequent campaign spoke at the West
Virginia Servicemen's Association s
monthly meeting At the Continental
Hotel
He traced the victorious course OF
the units under his command across
France and into Germany. Individ
ual ingenuity saved the lives OF
wounded men trapped on the beach
head, he recounted. 1t utilized can
non to blow holes from house tc
house in Aachen and bypass the
Germans behind street redoubts. II
piled II men on four-man jeeps 4
begin the Allied spring offensive
while foods immobilized the Ger.
mans
In his portrayal of the individua
Evening star., 1945-06-16
Kinder Rehearses
|Water Gate Concert

With 18 women in its personnel
including an assistant concertmas-
ter, the National Symphony Or
chestra held its first rehearsal this
morning under Conductor Hans
Kinder for tomorrow nights OPEN
/ ing Water Gate concert.
The orchestra again has as con-
certmaster 31-year-old Jan Tom
asow native of Buenos Aires, who
served in that capacity for the Water
Gate series last year. Mr.. Tomasow
who will continue as concertmastel
next winter, also will appear as
soloist with the National Symphony
at Water Gate concert July %.
His assistant this summer will be
22-year-old Betty Jane Atkinson
who has been in the violin section
Of the symphony for the past two
years. Miss Atkinson, who joined
the Pittsburgh Symphony when she
was Is, was assistant concertmaster
with the All-American Youth Or
chestra under Leopold Stokowski in
1910 and 194l.
In addition to Miss Atkinson
woman players include s in the
violin section, 2 in the viola, 3 in
the cello and l each in the string
bass, oboe, bassoon, horn, trumpet
ana harp sections.
Mr.. Tomasow, who was the only
foreign member of the Moscow State
Symphony Orchestra in. 1896, has
appeared in concerts in South
America and Mexico and has given
recitals in New York and Boston
He now Is an American citizen.
Evening star., 1945-06-16
100000 More Sold
As War Bond Heads
Rush ( Day Plans

Additional sales of S7OO, 900 In in
dividual bonds were announced by
Mighty Seventh" War Loan Of
ficials today, pushing the individual
bond quota to $58. 300 ,000-833 pei
cent of the s7O,Oo0, 900 individual
quota.
| Included in the increase was
100000 worth of E bonds. This il
only one-fifth of the 81 ,000, 900 daily
E bond sales requested by ofhcials
to make the $48 900 900 E bond quota
| by close of the drive June 80. The
E bond total now Is $29 600, ,000-61.7 Z
per cent of the quota.
Meanwhile, officials are rushing to
completion today plans for e day
on Monday-"E' for the welcome
for Gen. Eisenhower and for heavy
, sale of series E bonds to wave at
the victorious general on his ride
to the Capitol
Forms Bond Club.
40 Edmundsen, real estate deal
er, of 1927 l street NV, has organ
lied campaign for an Eisenhower
S10,000,0 900 club" group of 10000
persons who have bought a $1,000
bond to wave at the general. The
District of Columbia War Finance
Committee, headed by w. J. Waller
indorsed the idea. Mr.. Edmundsen
became the first member, and any
other purchasers OF 81 900 bonds re-
ported to the drive committee au-
/ tomatically will be provided suit
able membership certificate by
MI Edmundsen.
Any & bond, from S25 to $1,000
can be marked, This Bond Waved
at Ike. June lS, ls45." Theaters have
reported that since the first an
nouncement Of the Bond Salute to
Eisenhower" booths have been do
ing q rushing business. Many L
bond buyers told the SaleSwoanen
they were buying the bonds both
to wave at the general and also TO
obtain admission either to the ex-
hibition Of the B-29 today and to-
morrow at the National Airport OF
to the exhibition of the u sos. cap
tured German submarine, at the
Coast Guard Dock, $50 Maine ave-
nue. SW., from June % to June 28
B-29 Arrives.
The B-29 arrived early today and
went on exhibition at noon to the
public Its interior is open only to
bond buyers. however Tickets to
climb inside until 7 o'clock tonight
and from 10 am. TO pm. tomor-
row are being distributed at all
theaters and at the airport to bond
buyers.
Col. Alonzo A. Tawner executive
offlcer of the operations division OF
the Once OF Air Surgeon. will speak
on Eleanor Howard's program. radio
station VOL, between $50 and 10
IN Monday, giving an account OF
how casualties are evacuated by all
from the battlefield. Miss Gladys
Myerowitz. adviser OF the B'nsi
Birth girls organization also will
speak, to give details OF the groups
War Bond plans for the Seventh
! War Loan drive. The club is selling
bonds to raise the price of blooo
plasma and ualty-evacuation
plane.
Evening star., 1945-06-16
Excessive Travel
To Derby Denied
BY the Associated Press.

80 Law ASooSiatee Aesss
LOUISVILLE, KY, June l6.-Rail-
road ofncials here last night denied
there was excessive travel to the
Kentucky Derby last Saturday, as
the Once OF Defense Transportation
announced an investigation of travel
in and out of Louisville before and
after the race.
G. U. wager, general passenger
agent of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad. reclared there were no
extra Pullman cars or coaches on
any L. IL N. train during the Derby
period.
I'VE could, under regula tions. have
used overflow sleepers on regular
trains, but we didn't do that" he
said.
F. ]. Parmalee. district passenger
agent for the Baltimore e. Ohio
Railroad. said that during the Derb,
period his railroad required writer
certificates showing trip was neces.
sary. No extra cars were run. and q
train left Derby night with foul
empty berths and with few in the
parlor coaches, he said.
The ODT announcement in Wash.
ington said railroads with lines lead
ing into Louisville have been asked
to furnish information on the mum.
ber Of trains and cars operated into
and out of Louisville from June ;
to IL.
Under ODT's existing travel cur
tailment policy, the Derby was sup
posed to be run on trolley car
basis, with attendance limited to the
| Louisville area.
Evening star., 1945-06-16
9TH and 9th Divisions
Ordered Back 10 u. ).
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 16-The 4th and 9th
Divisions have been ordered home.
bringing to II the number of divi-
sions redeployed from Europe to the
United States.
Other divisions ordered home-all
OF them earmarked for the Pacific
are the Both and 9th which are en-
route, the I'd, 5th. 45th. 87th, 95th,
l04th and 18th Armored.
The European theater of opera
tions did not disclose whether the
4th and 9th would be sent on to the
Pacific. Both are veterans of the
German victory. Both divisions
will bypass the assembly area at
Reims and proceed directly to LIE
Havre. The 9th is due there within
four days and the 4th is expected
at the Channel port around June 26.
Evening star., 1945-06-16

camps in Germany on today's Owl
list ale:
Pvt. Boyd ]. Glenn, jr.. whose wife,
Mrs. Alletta B. Glenn, lives at 1911
Meigs street NE.
lSt 1t. John c. Cummins, whose
wife, Mrs Elizabeth R .CumminS,
lives at 22l6 North Capitol street
Pfc. Cornelius If. Pearson, son of
Sc.
Pfc. Charles X. Townsend, son of
Mrs. Leola Townsend, 1920 Twenty
eighth street NV.
Pvt. Woodrow w. Afford, son of
Mrs. Charlotte Afford, Beltsville
Md.
Pvt. John +. SchiIdt, son of Mrs.
Josephine Schildt, Box 2, Laurel
Md.
Pvt. Carl O. Loman. whose wife
lives in Idaho Hall H-20, Arlington
Va.
Pvt. Norman H. Mudd, son of Mrs.
Mary Mudd, Route 2. Alexandria
Va.
S Sergt. Charles A. Seaton. jr.,
3, Herndon. Va.
Reported liberated in today's OWL
list, but previously carried in The
Stars Roll of Honor, are:
I'd 1t. Milton b. Abernathy, son
of Mrs. Sinahlue Abernathy, 932
Burns street Sc, May %.
Pfc. Joseph T. Aravanis. whose
wife, Mrs. Catherine Aravanis. lives
at 1743 P street NV, May %.
Capt. Jonas L. Blank. son Of Jonas
F. Blank, 1916 New Hampshire ave-
nue.. May 20.
Sergt. James w. Cox son of Mrs.
jeanette Cox, 3O6 E street NE,
May 27.
1st 1t. Richard c. Miles, son of
Mrs. Helen w. Miles, 3428 Quebec
street NV, May 25
I'd 1t. Ralph f. Page, whose Wife,
EMrs. June E. Page, lives at. 4515
Fifteenth street NV
Sergt. Marshall F.. Rose, son OF
Mrs. j F.. Rose, 124l Geranium
street NV, May 10.
Pvt. Ralph G. Sichert, son of Mrs
Annie E. Sichert, 4l0S Minnesota
avenue NE, May 80
S/Serst. John w. Aff1eck. son OF
Mrs: Helen w. Aff1eck, Route 3,
Box 362. Vienna, Va, June 239iJf'
T Sergt, Charles NJ. HerrIsin, son
of Mrs. Elizabeth HerrleihIf 9l5s g.
Orme street. Arlington, Va. May %.
Reported liberated in today1s' Owl
list, but included in a Red Cross
liberations list in The Star of June
s, are:
I'd 1t. Alfred @. Carroll, whose wife,
Mrs. Geraldine M. Carroll lives at
1888 Sheriff road NE
Pfc. George H. Drury. son Of Mrs.
Mildred F. Drury, 1924 Lamont
street NV.
Capt. Willis G. Rowe. brother of
Miss Shirley Rowe, 80 Concord ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star., 1945-06-16
a Film NewIyweds Head
Eastward on Same Train
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, June l6.-A train
travelling eastward today was a
honeymoon special, at least for four
film personalities.
On the train were Judy Garland
with her new husband, Director
Vincente Minnelli, and Actress
Donna Reed with her bridegroom
Tony Owen, actors agent.
The actresses, of the same studio
and both marrying for the second
time, were wed by the same minister
yesterday. Miss Garland, %, and
Mr.. Minnelli, 81, were married al
the home of her mother, Mrs. Ethel
Garland.
The Rev. William E. Roberts OF
the Beverly Hills Community Church
officiated at the Garland home, then
performed the ceremony for Miss
Reed, %, and Mr.. Owen, SO, at his
church.
1t was the first marriage for both
men. Miss Garland recently was
divorced from Musician David Rose
Miss Reeds first marriage to Will
liam Tuttle, makeup man, also
ended in divorce.
Evening star., 1945-06-16
Refusal Of Boxing Gear
For Schools Commended

The District Public School Assc-
citation voted last night to send 4
letter of commendation to >Supt. Of
Schools Robert L. Haycock and the
Board of Education for their stand
in declining an offer OF boxing
equipment from the District Boxing
Commission on the grounds this is
not the time to teach boxing in the
senior high schools.
Action was taken at the associa-
tons annual meeting at the District
Building, ut which officers were re-
elected.
They are: Miss Vede johnson
president; John r. Thomas, first
vice president: George w. Hodgkins,
second vice president; Henry Austin,
third vice president;; Mrs. L. g.
Quincy. fourth vice president;
Charles M. Pidgeon, treasurer, and
Miss Elizabeth Groves, secretary
Evening star., 1945-06-16

soldier to those who remained be-
hind, Gen. Huebner also made clear
that the American soldier has done
nothing in Europe that wasn't
humane" He lust won't" mistreat
women and children, the general
said, and predicted you'll have no
trouble fitting him back into his
country"
SISergt Junior Spurrier of Blue
field. w. Va, winner of both the
Congressional Medal Of Honor and
the Distinguished Service Gross, also
was presented to the diners. 1t. Col.
Fred L. Riley, president, conducted
the meeting, arrangements for which
were made by Hener H. Rice. Guests
included former Gov. Ephraim Nor
gan, Senator Revercomb, Repub-
lican. OF West Virginia and Mrs
Revercomb and Representative Ellis
Republican, and Mrs. Ellis.
Gen. Huebner, Kansan. was
made an honorary West Virginian
by a vote of the association. which
draws its membership from West
Virginia servicemen Of the present
and past wars
Evening star., 1945-06-16
; Great Lakes Steel Plants
Are Closed by WaIkouts
the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 16.-Walkouts.
closed three Great Lakes Steel
Corp. plants last night, making ap-
proximately $500 workers idle.
Cranemen in the Ecorse plant
walked out first, company spokes-
man said. and afternoon shift work.
ers of the Michigan Steel Co. plant
were stopped by picket line,
The Hanna furnaces were unable
to operate when the two steel plana
were shut down
Officers of the CIO Union. Local.
1899, United Steel Workers, refused
to comment
| The company spokesman said =
dispute last week over dismissal Of
/ two workers may have caused the
strike.
| PITTSBURGH. June is ga
spokesman for Carnegie Illirpis
Steel Corp. said yesterday repre-
sentatives of striking workers whlAe
walkout Wednesday affected 5000
men have voted to return to their
jobs.
The action came after President
| Philip Murray of the CIO-United
Steel Workers and the War Labor.
Board urged the employees to resume
work
Evening star., 1945-06-16
Body Of Federal Worker
| Recovered From Anacostia

The body of William P. Hellmuth,
IS, for 20 years an employe at the
Senate Office Building, was recov-
cred from the Anacostia River yes
terday by harbor police, about ITS
yards from the Anacostia Bridge.
A search for Mr.. Hellmuth started
after his coat was found earlier by
the United States Park Police not far
from the bridge. He lived at 25O5
Branch avenue Sc.
A note found in the coat indi-
Gated dependency, according to
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald.
A family member, who identified
the body at District Morgue, said
Mr.. Hellmuth had been in i'll health
for about four months and was tc
have entered Gallinger Hospital
yesterday.
Mr. Hellmuth is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lucy Hellmuth, and two
daughters, Mrs. Doris Foreman, and
Mrs. Catherine Stephens, both
of Washington. Funeral arrange
ments are now being made.