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lied the following reply for direct
quotation:
Military equipment transferred
by this Government to the French
government under lease-lend was
provided in accordance with the
terms of an agreement by which
such equipment is to be used fol-
the defense of France against the
Axis in this war, and this Govern
ment does not intend to provide
military equipment for any other
purpose.
This Government has not as
signed any material for use in
Syria"
Wants Laval Surrendered.
The statement Immediately was
| interpreted as a warning that
French use of lease-lend arms in the
Levant might result in stopping the
program for building up the French
army with American equipment.
Mr. Grew said he could not touch
specifically on possible curtailment
of the lease-lend program for
France.
He indicated firm United States
support of French demands in an
other matter, saying that this Gov
ernment is continuing to urge Spain
to turn Pierre Laval over to French
authorities.
Laval, pro-Nazi former French
premier under death sentence in
France, was interned in Spain fol-
lowing flight from Germany.
The formal note to the French
government on the crisis in the Le-
want was delivered in Paris on May
%, Mr.. Grew said.
Independence Recognized.
The note declared the French
action has created the impression
in the United States and elsewhere
that French representatives have
been using the threat of force to
obtain from Syria and Lebanon con-
cessions of political, cultural and
military nature"
Pointing out that the independ-
ence of Syria and Lebanon is recog-
nized by both United States and
France, the note emphasized that
it is important to inspire confidence
in the future effectiveness of the
world security organization now be-
ing created by the United Nations
at San Francisco to refrain from
any act that might give rise to a
suspicion-however unjustif1ed-that
a member of the future organization
may be pursuing policy not in
conformity with the spirit and prin-
ciples which that organization is
being established to defend"
The note concluded that the
United States 'in a most friendly
spirit earnestly urges the govern
men of France to carefully review
its policy toward Syria and Lebanon,
with the purpose of finding a way to
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dIlu ClcIlCu IIOOpS.
Col. Morris will leave immedi-
ately for the Pacific to study Japa.
nese technique, the story said.
. Born in Washington, Col. Morris
was graduated from Central High
School and received his engineering
degree from Clemson College, Glen.
son, S. c. At Clemson he was COL
onel of the cadet corps, the highest
military honor a student can win
He then returned to Washington
and was graduated from George
town University Law School anc
later went to Columbia, S. c.
where his wife now lives.
He entered the service as a sec.
ond lieutenant September l, 1941
and went overseas July l, 1912. He
has not been back in the United
States since that time, his father
said. Besides working with the
mine removal task, Col Morris
helped plan the crossing of the
Rhine. He has fought in Africa
Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, France
and Germany.
His father is past president of the
Washington Board of Trade, chair
man of the Greater National Capt.
tai Committee and chairman of the
Board of Public Welfare. He and
Mrs. Morris make their home at
4001 Linnean avenue NV.
The Associated Press story also
told how American and French en-
gineering corps officers and men had
exchanged insignia.
Sergt. John D. Kraemer of 5746
N. Powhatan street, Arlington, was
one of those who exchanged the i'll
sigma, the dispatch said. Col Her
bert Milwit of 1873 Webster street
NV. presented the American in
sigma to the French engineers, ac-
cording to the dispatch.
Evening star., 1945-05-31
Army Relieves Post Office Major
For Allowing Burning of Parcels

damaged items were burned along
with articles damaged beyond any
possible use or value"
Jernigin said in a statement
through Army headquarters last
week "only spoiled food and items
damaged beyond use are burned"
Army regulations do not permit in
any circumstance the destruction
Of goods that can be consumed or
salvaged.
The mayors and citizens commit
tees of several neighboring towns
had complained of having seen
truckloads of canned foods, cakes,
cigarettes, whisky, cigars, lighters
and watches being dumped into an
old bomb crater and burned.
London newspapers which re-
ported the allegations in consider
able detail said children raided the
dump and carried home staggering
quantities" of canned food, includ-
ling pineapple and grapefruit.
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Grew
Continued From First Page.)

the British before orders went out
to British armed forces in the Mid
die East to intervene in the disor-
ders in the Levant.
He replied that not only had we
been informed, but that the Presi-
dent had approved the intention of
the British government to take such
action'as is necessary to avoid fur
ther bloodshed in the Levant.
80 Warning on Lease-Lend.
Mr: Grew said he was not pre-
pared to answer a question about
possible participation of United
States forces in the British action.
When asked about reports that
French forces were using military
equipment obtained from this
country under lease-lend in the
Levant fighting, Mr.. Grew author
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Medley
Continued From First Page }

who is assisting in the prosecution,
said, Your honor, we will no longer
need this witness, may he be ex-
cused?" Justice Goldsborough con-
sented.
Mr.. Hughes then said, "Your
honor, the defense stipulates that
the handwriting on this exhibit (the
De Soto Hotel register) was that of
the defendant"
1t was in the Hotel De Soto that
the body of red-haired Laura
Fischer, 28-year-old New York gar
ment shop worker, was found in a
bathtub. Medley also has been in
dicted for her murder.
Other Register Cards Shown.
The defense stipulated that the
handwriting on number Of other
hotel register cards was that Of the
defendant and the cards were passed
among the jurors.
Miss Frances Eagle, saleswoman
at Jelleff's, then took the stand.
She identified a silver fox fur
jacket as the one she had sold
to Mrs. Boyer some time in Janu-
ary. 1943.
The witness said that she had
known Mrs. Boyer through several
purchases made at the store, but
at first she had thought the GUS
toners name was Jennie Richards.
She had charged the purchases to
an account under that name. Miss
Eagle said. Later she learned, the
witness said, that Jennie Richards
was Mrs. Boyer's mother.
Sleeves Prove Identity.
Miss Eagle said she could identify
the fur garment because the sleeves
were perfectly matched. THAT was
one big selling point" she said.
She said that the garment was
sold for $1S5 plus tax, although it
had been priced earlier in the sea-
son at $3.50.
Miss Eagle said she could identify
the coat also from the area where
the label had been tackled.
Il have worked in several stores, -
she said, "but I have never known
two of them to use labels the same
size"
Repairman Testifies.
She said Mrs. Boyer had pur-
chased four fur coats from her in
eight years.
Miss Eagle was followed on the
Evening star., 1945-05-31
BY the Associated Press.

by the AsSOcldteQ freSS.
LONDON, May 31.-Maj. D. C.
Jernigin of Fort Worth, Tex, COM
manding officer of the United States
Army first base post Office at Sutton,
has been relieved on a charge of
neglect of duty.
Villagers at the Warwickshire town
complained that soldiers packages
from home were, on his orders, being
burned by German prisoners of war.
Brig. Gen. E. F. Koenig, base COM
mander for the United Kingdom,
announced Jernigin's dismissal to-
day, saying:
"An investigation by United States
Army officials disclosed that Maj
Jernigin had failed to follow in every
detail Army regulations governing
the disposal of parcels that have
lost their identifying wrappers, or
are badly damaged in transit.
Through lack of proper super
vision, very small number of un-
Evening star., 1945-05-31

stand by John G. De Bald, manager
of the repair department Of Jelleff's s.
He said Mrs. Boyer brought silver
fox jacket which she had purchased
from Jelleff's into the store in Janu-
ary, 1945, and complained about a
snag in the sleeve.
us the snag still in that coat?"
asked Mr.. Maher.
eyes, sir, here 1t is right here" !"
Evening star., 1945-05-31

removing ! an d
mines in Eu-
rope, an Asso-
ci a t ed Press
dispatch from
Paris disclosed
today. The story
gu o t e d G OIL.
Morris as say
ing that hence
forth German
prisoners of war
will remove the
re m a | nder of
their nlineields
in Europe un-
der supervision
of Am eric a n
Evening star., 1945-05-31
|Posthumous Medal
|For Knox Presented
To Widow by Truman

The Medal of Merit awarded
posthumously to former Secretary
of the Navy Frank Knox was pre-.
sented to his widow by President
Truman at White House ceremonies
today.
Saying he had the very great
privilege of making the presenta-
ton, Mr.. Truman read the citation
accompanying the medal which de-
clared it was for Exceptionally
meritorious conduct in the perfor.
nance of outstanding services as
Secretary of the Navy from July II
1910, to April %, 1914" when Col
Knox died.
carrying on his manifold respon-
sibilities with courage and fortitude
undiminished to the last, he died
gallantly in the service Of his coun-
try" said the citation, which Presi-
dent Truman recalled had been
signed by the late President Roose-
velt.
Mrs. Knox. who took over some of
her late husbands newspaper activ-
tiles, is now president of the Union
Leader Publishing Co. of Man
chester, N. H.
Present for ceremonies were the
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Forrestal, Admiral Ernest j. King
commander in chief of the fleet
Secretary of War and Mrs. Stimson,
Undersecretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Bard, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Air Artemus L. Gates
and Mrs. Gates, Mrs. Cordell Hull,
Miss Dale Reid, a sister of Mrs.
Knox, and Rawleigh Warner of Chi
cago, business associate of Col.
Knox.
The Medal of Merit was created
by, law in 1912 and is given to
civilians of the United Nations for
meritorious conduct or courageous
acts in fllrtherance of the war effort
Evening star., 1945-05-31

make it clear to those countries
and 20 all the world that, in its deal
ings with the Levant states France
intends to treat them as fully SOW
ereign and Independent members of
the family of nations"
Evening star., 1945-05-31
French Election Approved

PARIS, May 81 (P.-Gen. de
Gaulle recommended today that
France have general election
before the end Of the year and the
cabinet unanimously approved.
Evening star., 1945-05-31
American U. to Give Play

"The Tempest" will be presented
by the American University College
Theater Group at $3.50 o'clock to.
night in the open air Greek amphi-
theater on the campus. The produc-
ton is under the direction Of Mary
Frances Miller.
Evening star., 1945-05-31
Col. Edgar Morris, Jr.,
Has Been Directing
Mine-RemovaI Work

1t. Col. Edgar Morris, jr.. whose
father is prominent civic and
business leader here, has been in
charge of organizing the work of
Evening star., 1945-05-31

said the witness, turning over the
fur garment in his lap.
The snag, he explained, was
caused by the pull of a pin.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16

There's lot TO be said for
IL. A woman has 10 be a better
man than a man to fill the same
kind of position he filled. She
must work harder and have
higher qualifications before men
think she belongs" How she
can do that and run a house and
rear children without a "wifely"
husband who will play second
fiddle-cook the meals, make
the beds, bathe and feed the
children, OF even do the family
wash-is mystery. This is just
what a career husband expects
his wife TO do. Why mot turn
the tables for a career wife?
What do you think? Let's hear
from both sides.
2-No. Hosts OF wives and
husbands write me about their
marital troubles and often say,
Nobody knows a thing about
this. We are supposed 20 be the
the happieSt couple in Smith
VILE" A study of this has just
been completed by sociologists
f.. w. Burgess and Paul Wallin.
After intimate studies of over
600 couples, married at least
three years, and talks with
many of their friends. the re-
searchers find the degree Of
happiness is estimated by their
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16

even when Common Ground IL
moving at Its slowest pace you
find yourself leaning forward to-
catch every word"
QUOTATION Workmanship.
0 Mark Twain: She was a
beautiful woman who wore
clothes 10 decorate her charms,
not hide them.
l.. G. Harrison: She weighs
one hundred and plenty.
II. Canton: No words of love
can match the eloquence of a
silent kiss.
Toni Eden: The Nazis
marched into the war and
crawled out.
Chris Morley: The plural Of
spouse or spice.
Arnold Reuben; Hitler's hook
hould be renamed. "Mein
kaput."
Janet Flanner Her figure was
more mandolin than guitar.
Alfred Grain. Here's 10 all
of us None OF US could have
done II alone
President Truman; The war
is only half over.
Art Mooney Let's hope it
turns out 10 be called the SANE
Francisco Conference.
Mrs w. Winchells Let's name
that day V-R Day R-for
Roosevelt who made IL possible.
Copyright by Dsiiy Mirror Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16

mo. jefferson was out Of the
country. acting as y. S. min
ister at Paris when the Con-
stitution was drafted and
ratified.
2-The card is good for admis-
sion TO all American and
National eague baseball
games, and was presented to
the Chief xecutive by
Chandler in his new role as
baseball's high commissioner.
3-(a) True. He has been Cam
ada's prime minister on three
separate occasions; (b) False.
1t is a tradition that the
Pope take his meals alone.
4-"The Clock" Judy Garland:
Diamond Horseshoe" Betty
Cradle; IT'S a Pleasure"
Sonia Henie.
Auxiliary Territorial
Service; (b) The WAC.
6-(c) Is correct.
IA daughter of the emperor
of Austria, who became the
mother of Napoleon's son.
the child king of Rome.
S-This permission must come
from an officer of general
rank.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16
w IAA/ w

VNiE Iptelligentsia: Our apollo
Il gies to William l.. Shirrer
for the garbled telegraphing
tfrom San Francisco), which
had his Hooperating come out
In the colyum as 0.6 IL ia
Dc, a pretty high rating.
Irene Kuhn's daughter irene
kuhn). has a new book called
"a Charlton" which is a Hop
wood prize novel. The second
Hopwood award won by Rene.
Shes 81.
Colin Miller OF UP is mending
hom pneu.
The Sandy Stockleys of that
news mag are imaging. In Sept.
The author of the shove on
Lauren Bacall Tin picture
mag dated her once, and she
spurned a second offer. Before
he wrote the article.
A femme writer replaced him
twhen the editor read the fact
here), but you can detect traces
OF the original revenge
TffE Magic Lanterns: Heart
deep in emotion Valley of
Decision" stars Greer Carson,
who runs the gamut from an
10 zing.
Escape from the Desert" is
the latest cinematic adapta-
tion OF Bob Sherwood's fine
play, The. Petrified Forest.
Time hasn't tainted the philo-
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16

he couldn't even wait around to
see Sam Carp"
/ MUST have ,rumbled menac-
L ingly because he hurried on:
II am not kidding. This is
the straight stuff. Molotov had
made personal arrangements, TO
have Sam Carp flown out here
In a special plane and then can
celed them abruptly at the last
minute"
VERY interesting. I am sure"
said, but who the devil 10
Sam Carp:
That IL the most interesting
angle" said my spy. Sam
Carp IL n guy who has n gaso-
line station In Bridgeport,
Command he happens TO be
Molotov's brother-in-laww
My agents forma tion
turned out 10 be 100 per cent
correct. The obscure Mr.. Carp
of Bridgeport is married 10
Molotov'S sister. Furthermore,
the Russian foreign commissar
is extremely fond of his Con-
pecticut relative by marriage.
Molotov obviously had in
tended 10 stay in San Fran
cisco, much longer than he did.
TWO nights before his de-
parture. - he/ telephoned tn
president 6f one Of our biggest
afriines and requested him 10
fly his brother-in-law out TO
the coast in special plane.
The gas station man was all
packed and ready 10 leave
when he received word from
Commissar Molotov that urgent
business back in Moscow made
the family reunion impossible!
Senator Styles Bridges Of
New Hampshire has the only
desk on the Senate floor that
does not have a lift-up top.
Wanna know why? Because IL
is the same desk used by Dan
lei Webster--who did not like,
liftups.
History is so historical. isn't
il? AN
When word came OF Ger
many's surrender got TO the
National Press Club. 1t. Ted
Kellogg, who has performed
most Of his military service in
Washington and immediate vi
cinity. was prompted TO give
one of his justly-famous imita-
tionS.
He pranctd to an imaginary
microphone Nke a chesty victor
after a prizehght and babbled:
The Germans never laid q
glove on me--and I'll be right
home, mOmw
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16
1T winked at MELT"
One Word Led 10 Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

Readjusment and conversion is going tough on the
lads who few the milk the world.
They have played tic-tacoe with latitude and longitude
for squares.
II makes wonder how the kids who packed a picnic
lunch for battle will feel with napkin under their chns
Strange thing about the army is that you dream Of
sparkling glassware, clean linen white sheets and cleaning
bathubs Then you enough hoops on
a barrel.
But cannot visualize the young fellow who has winged
the rock-ined clouds Of the high Himaayas waiting
street drzze with transfer in his
hands.
picture the kid who has throbbed along at 500
miles hour, plotting a hat-wheeed trolley
dlapidated suburban barn
II doesn't TO make any than idiots
The fellow who oriented his detectives by Singapore
and Rangoon and Gibraltar isn't going tearing little
coupons for gallon of gasoline every other Thursday
The TO it all keep the eagles flying above the
clohesines and the leaky roofs Keep them high gear
the porch rockers and the lawn Make the
police of the world. Anything with ceiling will be
TO them.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16
Letters From
A Soldier

from Detroit and I had six OF
them in a little box in which I
keep safety pins, paper clips.
-extra-razor- -blades-aHd- other
metallic treasure. I'd forgotten
all about the nickels until today.
So now I've got the price OF six
packs of cigarets.
You can see why / haven't
bothered to ask for a pass to
Honolulu, though!
a few of the -feftUws
have been in. One thing they
go for is banana splits. but they
are high-35 cents. Some said
they couldn't get any the other
day, but it was because the soda
fountain was =oiit of ice crfaffi..
not bananas. They grow bananas
on the islands here.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16

ONE day we were assigned to
" move some lumber, and the
Hawaiian driver promised that
in the afternoon -We- would get
some pineapple.
Sure enough, one load had TO
be delivered to a yard next 10 a
pineapple field, and he showed
us how to select the ripe ones.
The green ones gradually turn
purple and when they reach the
ripe stage they start TO take on
a yellowish cast. That's the time
to pick them.
We made the mistake OF taxi
ing some that were rich,
golden yellow These are over-
ripe and somewhat bitteE.They
should be green. purple and just
tinged with yellow.
The driver also showed us the
approved way OF peeling the
pineapples, and we brought
some back to the barracks with
us. thinking of the number of
ration points they would be
worth at home. Plenty of pine
apple but no money = 1 was
down to my last 3 cents TINS
morning.
This morning ] stumbled onto
a small fortune-30 cents. Back
in Alabama nickels were ex-
traordinarily scarce and the
Coca-Cola men seemed TO be the
only people who had any. We'd
watch for them TO empty the
coke machines to get change
from them.
Kitty used TO send me nickels
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16
JACK PICKERING

EDITORS NOTE-CpI. Jack
Pickering, former Times column
ist, has left Fort Sam Houston
and has landed af a Pacific base.
His writings are excerpts from
letters TO friends at this office.
IT GETS pretty deadly bore
Il some around here, especially
in the shape we're IN. can't
remember whether / told you be-
fore, but our records were sent
somewhere else by mistake
either the records were mis-
placed or we were. Anyway,
were not at the same place.
So we can't be assigned. we
can't get paidrafd- for SOME
reason We don't get any mail.
That's why sometimes / think
WE got mislaid instead of the
records.
For excitement we go TO the
free movies. The other night
Boris Karloff arrived with some
actors and gave Arsenic and
Old Lace" The next day we
were on guard and saw Karloff
again-it was a two-day stand
as he and the rest of the cast
went into one of the regular
mess halls for chow.
l didn't get a chance to ask
him how he liked the dehydrated
vegetables and evaporated milk.
Some of the dehydrated vege-
tables aren't bad. though, and
you can hardly tell them from
regular canned goods.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16

sophie meller's red meat
j, Benny,s 1.-The Horn Blows at
Midnight" Is crowded with so
many howls some laughs have
10 wait in line A musical,
National Barn Dance, wags
the tail of its good intentions,
but the wheezes have more
bark than bite The Power
of the Whistler" covers a script
stripped Of interest with fig
leaf clinches II Love MyS-
tery"-aSo do /. But this ism t
the one.
THE Theaters: Critic Arthur
i Pollock published rave
notice on Edward Chodorov's
new play, Common Ground, J."
which some reviewers failed 10
appreciate We hear il is one
Of the best shows on Broadway.
Mebbe il has some snail
pace. but as Pollock adds. 1T IS
full Of electricity"
He continues:
1T IL when traitor Ameri-
can newspaperman who has be-
eeHe meuthpieee- of FaseisB
gives his opinion Of America and
Americans, mentioning names,
that the play cuts deepest.
And there In another rich
moment when the American
actors, their decision made,
throw at their esptors every
thing they can get hold of. But
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-16
DRESIDENT TRUMAN is

DRESIDENT TR L NJ A ~ is
Il clearly not likely TO wear
his heart on his sleeve. There
fore, after one month in office,
he remains quite a mystery.
During the first few days,
conservatives were sure that he
would kick out all the New
Dealers. He hasn't.
The New Dealers were boast
ing that he would adhere rigidly
TO Franklin d. Roosevelt's pro-
gram in every detail. So far as
any one can discover a Roose-
welt program. President Truman
has not rigidly adhered TO every
detail of il.
His appointments offer no
clue TO his mind or purposes.
He has appointed old line Demo-
Gratis and New Dealers. He has
flattered Henry Wallace. but
also the conservative southern
senators. He has offered Con-
gress his friendship by delight
full gestures, but vetoed perhaps
the first act TO come before him
for signature.
NOR does his foreign policy
~ help us to understand the
man. He has gone along with
Rooseveltian internationalism,
but this country has ceased TO
be subservient 10 Russian policy.
1t would seem that he has
brought the United States and
Great Britain into closer har-
mony and has avoided a con-
tinuance of difference with
France and the Argentine.
He went through with the
San Francisco conference, but
has stood firm on both the
Polish and Argentine issues.
The lifting of the brownout,
the curfew, the ban on racing
indicates a recognition of the
peoples wishes rather than an
adherence to psychological war
fare.
On the other hand. he has
taken no drastic steps 10 solve
the food problem. which has
become acute.
His relations with the press
are respectfully cordial. but he
has done nothing TO end the
curious propagandistic activi-
ties of the Owl.
He has indicated that he will
introduce economies whenever
possible; yet he has not thrown
out the mass of useless en-
ployeS Of government who swell
the national pay roll and do
LITTLE else.
This seems to be the balance
sheet for a month. 1t is an
extraordinarily favorable ball
ance sheet for a man who, in
accordance with our system Of
government, had to take over
this almost impossible job with
out preparation for it. He has
moved slowly, cautiously. wisely.
His mistakes are a matter of
opinion rather than on the
record.
More than anything else.
Harry Trumans first month IN