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Evening star., 1945-04-14
Truman Apartment House
AWNINGS Catch Fire

For few minutes yesterday avn.
ings at the apartment house ir
which President Truman lives al
4701 Connecticut avenue NV, were
on fire. A fire alarm brought fire.
men OF three companies to the
house and the blaze was exiting.
uished in five minutes.
Firemen said the fire started wher
some one dropped lighted cigarette
on the fourth floor awning. The
blaze then went from that awning
to the third, second and first f1ool
awnings, none of which were at
tached to the Tuman apartment
According to available information
neither the President nor his family
were aware of the fire.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
Yanks Gain Il Miles
In New Advances
On Southern Luzon
Ey the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA. April 14.-Isolated Jap
anese in Bicol Peninsula of Southern
Luzon are compressed into an area
about half the length TO the penin-
sula as a result of advances Thurs
day of the 158th Regimental Combat
Team and elements of the 18th Air
borne Division.
Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider's
158th. which landed Easter Sunday
at Legaspi, advanced IL miles from
Camalig, capturing road functions
at Guiobatan and Ligao and sweep
ing on to Gas, Gen. Macarthur said
in today's communique. Opposition
was light.
In the north the 18th Air-borne
Division reached Mulay, on the
northern end of the peninsula.
Hard Fighting in North.
The swift mopup of japanese in
Southern Luzon was not matched in
the northern sector, where the 25th
Division pushed painfully ahead
against stubborn, holed-up japanese.
The 33d Division, driving on the
Philippine summer capital of Ba-
guio, captured Mount Calugon, less
than miles from the city limits,
and the town of Asin, miles from
Baguio.
Bombers continued pounding vital
Cagayan Valley, hitting Bagabag
and Tuao effectively.
On newly invaded Bohol Island,
the American Division continued to
mop up the japanese, against slight
opposition, and reported the island
under control.
Bombers Attack Jap Positions.
Bombers of the 18th Air Force
smashed hard at japanese positions
at Davao and around Cotabato on
Mindanao while 5th Air Force and
Navy bombers attacked sugar re-
f1neries, rail centers and dock areas
on Formosa in succession OF raids
from April 10 to April II.
Navy search planes sank a 1000
ton freighter transport and fired
small freighter and damaged two
others off Swatow in the China Sea.
Land-based bombers struck rail-
way terminal near Marking.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
Price Increase Urged
For Top.Grade Cattle
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A 3-cent a pound increase in
prices for top-grade cattle was
recommended to Senate food inves-
tigators yesterday.
Richard M. Kleberg. Texas rancher
said if this were done he thought
the whole meat problem would be
cleared up in eight months. Mr.
Kieberg, a former member Of the
House, is one of the operators of
the big King Ranch.
Senator Hoey, Democrat, of North
Carolina, a member of the Agri-
culture Committee, figured 3cent
premium" to cattle producers on
better grades of beef would re-
quire an increase of about 5 cents
in retail meat prices unless han
died through subsidies.
Senator Johnson, Democrat. of
Colorado, appearing before the COM
mittee as a witness, recommended
subsidies for feeders who buy thin
cattle and fatten them for the
market
He contended that under the
present price structure the feed
ers are the weak link" in the meat
producing chain.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
9Th Army Reaches
Outskirts Of ImoIa,
Po Valley Center
BY the Associated Press.


ROME, April 14-Eighth Army
troops have driven into the outskirts
of Imola, Pc Valley highway center
less than 20 miles east of Bologna,
Allied headquarters announced to-
day.
A communique said the advance
along the Bologna -Rimini highway
was made against light and scat
tered German resistance, but that
heavy fighting continued farther
north in the bridgehead across the
Santerno River.
Polish troops pushing directly
along the highway yesterday had
been reported less than miles from
Imola, while Italian troops had cap
tured the Nazi stronghold of Tossig-
nano, 7 miles southeast of Imola.
Grim resistance form Nazi tanks
and antitank guns impeded the
progress on the right wing of the
fresh Po Valley offensive. Never
theless, the Santerno River was
crossed in that area and 9Th Army
units were within 2 miles of the
road intersection town of Bastia,
adjacent to Argenta, on the main
route toward Ferrara.
Even heavier fighting was in
progress west and northwest of cap
tured Massa Lombarda, where the
original bridgehead over the San
terno River was being widened and
deepened steadily.
At the other end of the italian
front American 5th Army troops
moved farther north along the coast
against light enemy resistance.
They took Lapizza, 3000-foot peak
northwest of the newly occupied viii
lage of Castelpoggio, and reached
the outskirts of Avenza.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
Jap Threats 10 Shensi
And Chungking Averted
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, April 14.-The Chi
neSe high command said today that
JapNnese threats to Shensi Province
and to Chungking itself had been
frustrated by the newly launched
counterQfensive in Honan and HUI
peh Provinces.
Resurgent Chinese in Southwestern
Honan hammered against stubborn
enemy resistance, reaching the
southern suburbs of Sichwan, high
way town 81 miles east of the Shensi
border and SO miles north of the re-
captured former United States air
base at LaohokoW
Other Chinese in Hupeh battled
toward Singyang, strategic town 80
miles southeast of LaohokoW, placed
it under direct assault after a sue
cessful 24-hour battle for heights 7l5
miles to the west.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
British Carrier Planes
Raid Formoso, laps Say

SAN FRANCISCO, April IA LP).-
The Tokyo radio today said 200
British carrier planes raided North
ern Formosa yesterday for the
second successive day while fighter
escorted American bombers from
the Philippines struck central and
southern areas.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion, said the British carriers were
cooperating with an American task
| force which was active nearby.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
Dupont Official Dies

WILMINGTON, Del, April II l4p)
John E. HIATT, 64, manager of the
cellophane division of the rayon de-
partment of E. l. Dupont de Ne
mours & Co., died last night of a
heart attack at his home in Green
vile, Del Mr.. HIATT, native OF
Marion, Ind, had been with Du-
nnnf since 1917
Evening star., 1945-04-14
Giqqed for Dusty Teeth

FORT SILL, Okla. (P.-One SOL
dier here believes the Army put the
bite on him when it came to handing
out gigs. He received a gig because
his false teeth were dusty. He had
left them on ledge near his bunk
Evening star., 1945-04-14

HOW ALLIED FLANKS LEIPZIG-Amercan British
forces driving eastward Germany have passed
Leipzig sweep the Nude River. They also drove
into Bayreuth Redoubt moved
the Aer took Edingen The Elbe River
crossed south of Magde
burg Pegau drive continued to within
miles of Leipzig. -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1945-04-14

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Security
Continued From First Page.)

delegates were received at the White
House by President Roosevelt. AS
they posed for photographs in the
Presidents study, the President
commented on the "pulchritude' of
the delegation. The delegates then
returned to the State Department
for further discussions.
Earlier, Comdr. Stassen told re-
porters the security organization
expected to be formed at San
Francisco must be flexible enough
to deal with future peace threats
now unforeseen.
The former Minnesota Governor
indicated he is prepared to support,
at least in part, the contention of
Senator Vandenberg, that the peace
keeping league must have authority
to review some wartime political
agreements.
L don't think we ought to set up
a rigid organization at San Fran
CISCO" Comdr. Stassen said. TT
should have f1exibility that will per-
init it to expand its actions as de-
velopments warrant"
He said he feels it would be i'm
practical to invite review by the
proposed league of every agreement
that is being made. To do that,
he said, would keep nations in
perpetual turmoil over controversial
issues.
But the authority ought to be
there, Comdr. Stassen continued, to
go into any agreements whose
maintenance might seem likely to
bring on another war.
The State Department is under
stood to have assembled for study
by the delegates background data
not only on the results of the Dunn
barton Oaks preliminary meeting
but on the Big Three security de-
cisions made at Yalta.
Report on Mexico Farley.
Mr.. Stettinius also was prepared
to report on the Inter- American
Conference at Mexico City, which
Senator Connally told the Senate
yesterday placed enforcement of the
Monroe Doctrine on a many-nations
basis.
Senator Connally anu Senator
Austin, Republican, of Vermont
called attention to the fact that the
Senate now has members participant
ing actively in conferences at which
security agreements are reached.
Senators Connally and Austin
served as advisers at Mexico City.
Senators Connally and Vandenberg
were named San Francisco dele
gates.
In his speech yesterday, Senator
Connally described the Mexico City
agreements as beacon to guide the
United Nations at San Francisco.
Foreign Minister BidouIt
Heads French Delegation
PARIS, Mar. Is R.-Foreien
Minister George Bidault, one time
university history professor, who
was leader in the French under
ground movement, will head the
French delegation to the United Ma
tions Conference in San Francisco
next month, French sources say.
He will be accompanied to San
Francisco by three veteran prewar
parliamentary leaders and by u
star Of ouai d'Qrsay specialists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13
Williams Backers
Seek COP Support

By the Associated Press.
Senate hackers of Aubrey Will
liams for Rural Identification ad-
ministrator concentrated today on
winning uncommitted Republicans
to their side.
Senator Aiken of Vermont was re-
ported lending a hand, and one
Democratic Senator, asking not to
be quoted by name, predicted: sWe1l
have at least u votes from the Re-
publican side"
Mr.. Williams nomination may
come up tomorrow, but a vote is i'm
probable before late Thursday at the
earliest.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisiana, is preparing a major
speech in behalf of Mr.. Williams
Senators Aiken, Hill, Democrat, of
Alabama, and Lucas, Democrat, of
Illinois, also have Indicated they
will speak for confirmation. On the
other side, Senators Mcclellan, DEM
ocrat, of Tennessee, and Bilbo,
Democrat, of Mississippi, are pre-
pared to speak at length in opposi-
ton to the former National Youth
Administration chief.
Among the Republicans who have
not yet taken an open position on
the issue are Senators Austin of
Vermont, Ball of Minnesota, Hart
of Connecticut, LANCER of North Da-
koa, Saltonstall of Massachusetts,
and Wiley OF Wisconsin.
Senator Austin was reported, how
ever, to be leaning against confir-
nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13
$4,000 Goal Is Set
For Crippled Children

A goal of 100000 has been set
this year by the District Society for
Crippled Children to be raised
through its current sale of Easter
seals-the organization only source
Of income
The seal drive. which began two
weeks ago and will continue until
Easter, is headed by Albert w.
Howard. Already more than 200 900
letters have been mailed to local
residents.
Paul v. McNutt, chairman of the
War Manpower Commission, in a
broadcast Sunday, pointed out that
there are more than $50, 900 crippled
children in the United States. Local
oficials said that more than 2,000
children in the District alone are
aided through the sale of these
seals.
Mrs. Julia Gaffney, executive sec
rotary of the local society, said one
Of the aims of the society is to open
a nursery school here for cerebral
palsied children next year. The or
ganization already supports a con-
sultation clinic for cerebral -palsied
children, an orthopedic nursing con-
sultant servive, a psychological serv-
ice for parents as we'll as their chill
dren, disqualification service for per-
sons over 81 and three summer
camps.
Other members OF the Sale Com
mittee headed by Mr.. Howard in
clude Col. George Calender, Mrs.
Thomas Cajigas, Mrs. Guy d. Cole,
Mrs. Thomas G. Early, Mrs. James
N. Greer, Mrs. Sidney Heckinger.
Fred Kogod, Mrs. Edgar Morris, Jack
Morton, jr.;; DR.. Harry A. Ong, Mrs.
Gertrude Parks, Miss Oenevieve
Sweeney and Mrs. Ira Warf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13
House Group 10 Hear
RumI and CoIean

Beardsley Ruml, chairman OF the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
and author Of the Ruml withholding
tax plan, and Miles L. Colean, con-
sulting architect here and former
assistant director of the Federal
Housing Administration were sched-
uled to appear today before a House
subcommittee.
The subcommittee is that on pub
lie works Of the Special Committee
on Postwar Economic Policy and
Planning, headed by Representative
William M. Colmer of Mississippi
Mr.. Ruml and Mr.. Colean are ex-
pected to discuss the report on
stabilizing the construction industry
which Mr.. Colean gave yesterday at
the Mayhower Hotel before a lunch
con meeting of the Washington
Building Congress.
Mr.. Colean declared that in order
to stabilize the construction industry
and to help prevent any booms in
the national economy as a whole it
will be necessary to establish an
agency within the Commerce De-
partment for the collection of build
ing information, provide adequate
Federal facilities for technical re-
search and institute a bureau, pos
slbly In the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, for advanced planning and
loans.
We have got to be careful about
allowing a boom psychology to die
tate public works." he said. There
ought to be standby facilities in the
Federal Government to help local
governments in their public works
program"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13
FuIbn;ght Tells Forum Of DANCE,
In Wording of Oaks PROPOSAL

isolationists and natlonalists were
playing on old hatreds of Russia and
England to defeat efforts at inter.
national cooperation.
"Our congenital obstructionists see
great hope in the operation of the
rule Of the minority in the Senate
on treaty matters" he said. "Our
isolationists have not surrendered
and our so-called nationalists are
even now conspiring to defeat all OF
our efforts at international collab-
grafton. These termites, these
irresponsible underminers of the
structure of world peace, Are starting
to play on the old hatreds in order
to undermine the greatest dream of
mankind"
Senator Saltonstall. pointing to
immense progress" toward better
international understanding at Dunn
barton Oaks, at Yalta and Mexico
City, predicted the forthcoming San
Francisco Conference would be
'momentous.
The problem Of voting as agreed
to at Yalta," he said, becomes rel
atively unimportant when nations
have the will to understand each
other and the willingness to work
together"
Senator Smith referred to several
international conferences as show
ing the evolution of national
conviction" but raised objection to
unilateral agreements. He said he
thought the United States should
have been in on the early discus,
sions on settlement of the Polish
and Greek problems.
Mr.. MacLeish predicted the pro-
posed world order was designed not
only for organization of the peace,
but a demonstration of the vitality
OF democracy" Asking for free dis
cussion Of international problems,
he warned that the expected Char
ter Of the Golden Gate" at San
Francisco. would have very little
meaning" unless backed by the
people.
Mrs. Homer Ferguson, co-chair-
man of the United Nations, opened
the meeting and explained the
three forthcoming forums.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13
l Naeoya War Plants
Battered by B-2os,
Air Pictures Show
By the Associated Press.


GUAM, Mar. 13.-Seven i'm
portant war plants and harbor in
stallations were damaged in yes
terday's terrific tncendiary bombing
OF Nagoya, reconnaissance photo
graphs disclosed today.
Fifteen fires still were burning
in the industrial city, which pro-
duces 40 to SO per cent Of all Jap
anese warcraft, when the photo
graphs were taken II hours after
800 B-29s fired q 5-square-mile area.
Greatest damage was done to
Aichi aircraft works Eitoku plant.
Maj. Gen. Curtis LIE May, COM
mander OF the 2Ist I.omber Com
maf1d, said $50, 5000 square feet OF
the plant was destroyed. This was
nearly II per cent Of the roof area.
One Of the main subassembly build
ings was Quilted completely.
The Hokoku Machinery Co. plant
was damaged moderately. Pictures
showed minor damage at the Atsuta
factory OF the Nagoya arsenal,
Daido electric steel plant, Tsukiji
plant, Nissan chemical plant,
Sumitomo light metals plant and
the harbor.
Although fires still burned at
Daido, Nissan chemical and at the
harbor, Gen. LIE May said the flames
evidently were controlled just as
they started to merge from five
areas in which the majority Of dam
age was done.
Smoke handicapped photograph
ers but Gen. LIE May said he doubted
there was ANY extensive damage
under the smoke" However. dam
age to Nagoya was not inconsider-
able"
Meantime, India based Super
Fortresses in medium" force bomb
ed industrial targets at Japan's big
naval base at Singapore. A 10th
Air Force headquarters communi-
que from Washington said results
from Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey's
Goth Bomber Command were good. ("
Some OF the B-29s bombed by pre-
cision instruments.
The raid followed by only two
days a successful attack in similar
strength against important rail in
stallations at Kuala Lumpur, 200
miles north of Singapore. All B-29s
returned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13

Calling the Dumbarton Oaks pro-
posal an important but incomplete
step in the process of consultation
among nations for world security
Organization. Senator Fulbright,
Democrat, OF Arkansas last night
questioned use of the proposals
words sovereign equality of all
peace-loving states" as too suscep-
tible to attack by its opponents.
The Senator, when a member of
the House, was author of the reso-
luton placing the House on record
for creation of appropriate inter-
national machinery with power ade-
quate to establish a just and lasting
peace" He was one of five speakers at
the United Nations Forum at Con-
stitution Hall. They included Sena-
tor Saltonstall, Republican. of Mas
sachusetts; Mcmahon, Democrat, of
Connecticut; Smith. Republican, of
New Jersey, and Assistant Secretary
of State Archibald MacLeish.
1t was the first of a series of four
programs for forum discussions of
problems OF peace and security.
Senator Fulbright said his chief
objection to the use of the word
sovereign" in the first principle of
the Dumbarton Oaks proposal was
that lit is subject to no clear defini-
ton and that it may be used by
short-sighted people to prevent the
orderly evolution of Dumbarton Oaks
into increasingly effective machinery
of peace and security"
IF it means that members of the
organization agree not to use the
power of the organization to destroy
the identity and independence of the
various members by force, it is &C
ceptable," he declared. "On the
other hand, if this means that the
organization undertakes to preserve
for all time every member state as
1t presently exists, I think it is un-
wise"
Senator Mcmahon charged that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13
Film Stars and Extra,
Idle as Studio Strike
Threatens 10 Spread
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 13.-Thou-
sands of Aim workers, from famous
stars to anonymous laborers, re-
manned idle today as the multi
million dollar movie studio strike
threatened to spread in scope while
leaders of the rival producer union
factions grappled in tight deadlock.
Sharply worded statements from
opposing sides gave no indication
of an early settlement of the dis
pute. which does not involve wages
or hours but is based on a three
cornered jurisdictional controversy
The National Labor Relations
Board, which has been examining
the case, may be the final arbiter,
but when its decision can be ex-
pected remained problematical.
Stoppage May Spread.
Production stoppage in half the
major studios yesterday during the
opening rounds seemed certain to
spread to other lots as union spokes-
men summoned support from yari-
Gus unaffiliated groups.
Pickets continued to patrol studio
gates, and sound trucks and banners
were ordered into service as the
tempo stepped up.
Hollywood's name-players, mean
while, remained on the fence pend
ing formal action by the entire
membership of the Screen Actors
Guild, which Is not affiliated with
the contesting unions. The 5000
membership will meet for a strike
vote, probably Friday.
A peace movement was inau-
gurated by the the Screen Actors
Directors and Writer'S Guilds late
last night. A committee, consist
ing of President George Murphy,
Dorothy Tree and Alan Hale, was
named to confer with union and
producer leaders "as soon as pos
sible" with the hope of settling the
strike.
Pickets reported that several
stars, including Lana Turner, Tur-
han Bey and Arturo de Cordova
turned back yesterday at the picket
line, but many others crossed the
lines and worked if they could.
Many Stars Idle.
Stars unable to work yesterday in
cluded Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman,
Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Humphrey
Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis
Morgan, Jane Wyman, Betty Cradle,
Gene Tierney, Jeanne Grain, June
Haver, John Payne, Dana Andrews,
Pat O'Brien, Adolph Menjou and
John Wayne.
Late developments last night in
Guided
Notice from the War Labor Board
in Washington that the conference
must end the strike before it will act
further.
A claim by the producers that they
have been caught in the middle of
the conference-IATSE row and that
Richard Walsh of the latter group
threatened to call his members out
on strike if the producers recognized
the painters award.
Endorsement of the set designers
local by the Screen Publicists' Guild.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13
lease-lend Postwar Aid
Banned by House Group

Ey the Associated Press.
The House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee has voted to prohibit use of
the lease-lend program for foreign
postwar relief, rehabilitation or re-
construction.
This language was written yester-
day into legislation to extend the
Lease-Lend Act, which is sched-
uled for House debate beginning
tomorrow
The amendment, which Chairman
Bloom said was adopted unanimous
ly. resulted from Republican fears
that the lease-lend program would
be used for foreign postwar rehabili-
tation. 1t does not prevent foreign
governments from purchasing sup
plies sent abroad under lease -lend
and no longer needed for the war
effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13

SAN FRANCISCO. - OFT
MARRIED Virginia Jorgen-
sen, 31-year-old blond who
yesterday was charged before
the United States commits
sioner here with fraudulently
obtaining allowance checks
from servicemen. Married
eight times since she first wed
John Jorgensen at Peoria, ILL.,,
in 1881, Mrs. Jorgensen claims
that all her marriages were
either annulled or dis
solved" Marriage No. 9, the
FBI reported, was. celebrated
August 6, 1914.
-AP Wirephoto.
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