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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Virginia Makes Fresh Bid
For United Nations Home

RICHMOND. Va. Dec. 22.-The
preparatory Commission OF the
United Nations has been requested
again to consider Virginia as q
permanent site for the United Ma.
tons Organization and has been
extended an invitation to send a
delegation to inspect the common
wealth.
In bid for locating the UNO in
the State, Gov. Darden and Will
fred A. Roper, president of the
State Chamber of Commerce, said:
Virginia, site Of the first free
legislative assembly In the New
World, named for Britain's virgin
queen. and birthplace OF Washing
ton and Jefferson, who were friends
OF Lafayette, Rochambeau and De-
grasse and idols Of Simon Bolivar,
again invited favorable considera-
ton as the permanent site for the
United Nations Capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Panama Ex-Presidenl
Seized as |nstigator
OF Revolt Fatal 10 7
Ey the Associated Press.

| PANAMA CITY, Dec. 22.-For-
mer President Arnulfo Arias was
arrested today by government
authorities on charges of insti-
eating a short-lived revolution
airy attempt at Colon last night
IN which seven persons were
killed and seven wounded.
The arrest Of Arias and a nation
wide roundup of his followers was
ordered after meeting of the cab.
met called by President Enrique
Jimenez. Police reinforcements
from Panama City were, hurried tc
Colon, at the northern end OF the
Panama Canal, and an official state
ment said the situation was per
fectly under control"
District Attorney Lionel Urriola
Valdes, who with secret police and
plainclothesmen arTostrds Afsasg at
his home said the former president
denied responsibility for any revolu-
tionary attempt.
American Army headquarters de-
clared Colon out of bounds for Amer
lean troops.
Criticized U. S. Policy.
Arias, president in 1s4o-41, re-
turned from exile two months ago
and Immediately launched a politi-
cal campaign in which he criticized
American policy toward Panama
and reiterated his nationalist beliefs
He made claims also to the presi-
Dental ONCE from which he was
ousted in 1941.
Five attackers and two police Of
f1cers were killed in the shooting
which began at the Colon police
station and continued from roaming
automobiles for an hour. Four po-
licemen and three civilians were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
U. 5, Signifies Neutrality
III Britain-Siam Dispute

Et the Associated Press.
The United States notified the
British and Siamese governments
yesterday that 1t was withdrawing
its recent request that they defer
final conclusion of a war-end agree
ment.
BritlSh-American conversations
regarding certain terms of the pro-
posed agreement now have been con-
Guided, the State Department said
There was no amplification in the
statement of this Governments dis
cussions with the British and nc
official disclosure of the terms OF
the proposed agreement.
Government officials have said
privately, however, that the United
States believed the original British
terms were not too harsh on the
Siamese.
These ofiicials, who asked not to
be identified, said this Government
feared that severe British repara-
tons demands might seriously
cripple the Siamese economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Hundreds in Britain
Flee Mines Driven
Ashore by Gales

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Dec. 22.-At least
one person was killed and hum
dreds of others were driven
from their homes on the Dover
coast today as winter gales
ripped mines from their moor
ings and drove them ashore.
a naval ofiicer lost his life
when a floating mine exploded
while he sought to make it
harmless offshore. The explo-
sion was felt 10 miles inland.
All available British and AL
lied minesweepers were busy and
repeated explosions shook coas-
tai towns. One mine drove
ashore at Deal. opposite a resi-
dence of Winston Churchill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
District Audubon Society
Takes Bird Count Toduv

Members of the Audubon Society
OF the District will conduct a bird
census OF the Metropolitan Area
today. The society announced the
species and number of birds within
a radius of Is miles Of the city will
be recorded by census takers.
Similar surveys will be conducted
throughout the United States by
other branches of the Audubon
Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
On West Coast as
Transport Runs Short
BY the Assoeiated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 22.-The
Army's Operation Santa Claus to
get Pacific warriors home for Christ
mas was running short of time to-
day, with little hope for newcomers
to Western ports. which have about
10000 awaiting transportation.
Army and Navy officials explained
that overtaxed transportation ia
cilities were being assigned on
FIRST come-first served" basis and
that the thousands arriving from
now until Christmas Day had little
choice Of getting on a train or plane
going east of the Rockies until after
December Is.
With indications that the port
cities Of San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Seattle, Portland, Tacoma and San
Diego would likely have at least
100000 stranded men Of both serv-
ices on Christmas, thousands of tur-
key dinner invitations for the vet
Grams poured into Army and Navy
headquarters.
$4,000 Army Men.
The San Francisco area had the
biggest number awaiting transpor-
tation, $4,000. The Army's total was
about $4,000, with $500 to move
East today and 3,348 arriving by
ship. The Nays backlog rose to
nearly 5000.
The battleship Colorado steamed
into harbor with ALA passengers
aboard, most of them sailors They
will be debarked Immediately. The
ship Is expected to grant liberty for
its own sailors on Christmas.
Navy officials estimated a total
OF more than 800 vessels would be
in the harbor for the holidays, with
thousands Of sailors to be on shore
liberty in the area.
About $4,000 soldiers. sailors and
Marines are scheduled to be brought
to Western ports by the Pacific
transport fleet from now until De-
cember 26.
Christmas Trees on Ships.
Elaborate plans to make the delay
more pleasant include Christmas
trees on all ships and piers and at
all camps, where veterans are bill
leted, distribution of presents, en-
tertainment by civilian professionals
and Army entertainers and gener-
Gus liberties"
In addition, there will be special
church services. Everything pos
sible is being done to put through
communications to relatives of the
men, and special pay advances are
being made SO everybody will have
some funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23

Unified Analysis Of
Foreign Intelligence

Creation OF National Intelh-
gence Authority tesoyersee the post
war collection OF all types OF infor
nation about foreign counties BY
various Government agencies was
urged last night by Col. Alfred Nc
Cormack, special assistant to Sec
rotary Of State Byrnes.
He said the proposed authority
should be presided over by the
Secretaries of State, War and Navy
with the Secretary of State as chair
man, functioning through an execu-
tive secretary with a full time staff
Speaking on a National Broad
casting Co. University of the Air
program, Col. Mccormack said bic
Is against proposals for merging ali
intelligence activities into one bic
agency, but that 1--WE do propose to
unity and eentralize the, planning
Of intelligence work in the Govern
ment, and the job Of seeing to 1t
that the plans are carried out"
Heads Research Section.
Col. Mccormack, wartime director
OF intelligence In the War Depart
ment, now heads a new research and
intelligence section in the State
Department which recently alb
sorbed the research and analysis
branch of the ONCE of Strategic
Services. He outlined the objec-
tives of the post war intelligence
program as:
l. To understand other peoples
OF the world well enough to live
with them in peace"
2. To be prepared for war if
it occurs"
He said that American military
intelligence compared Every favor
ably" with other countries during
the war, but that I'VE were slow
in getting started" and that in the
future our intelligence should be
ready for any emergency"
Little Spy Activity.
Emphasizing that peacetime in
telligence work involved little CLOAK
and dagger" or spy activity, he said
the big job is collection and proper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Poles Detain U. 5. Private
In Killing Of Militiaman
" the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WARSAW, Dec. 22.-Polish police
today detained Pvt. Melvin r. Best,
a United States Army guard aboard
a train bearing repatriates from the
United States occupation zone in
Germany, pending investigation Of
the killing of a Polish militiaman,
John Kowalski.
American Vice Consul Kazimerz
zawadski is investigating "a report
of Polish authorities at Sosnowiez
Sadocha, southwest of Krakow
that Kewalski was killed at that
town while attempting to calm a
riot caused by drunken American
soldier"
The War Department said the
address of Pvt. Melvin r. Best was
listed as Butte, Mont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Two CTS Leave Seattle
With 200 War Veterans

| SEATTLE, Dec. % lP).-The first
of two C-97 planes, military proto-
type of the Boeing Stratocruisers.
took of at 2::I5 pm, CPST) today
with 100 Midwestern war veterans.
1t was due in Chicago at l am.
| (CSTO.
! The other. similarly laden. fol-
lowed an hour later. The men will
be taken to separation centers at
Camps Grant and Sheridan. Some
of them had arrived here from over
seas only Wednesday; others had
been awaiting transportation more
than week.
The experimental flights were
scheduled earlier in the week, but
the planes were grounded by bad
weather at Great Falls, Mont.
One planes passenger list con-
sisted entirely of Michigan men: 46
of the others 100 men were from
Detroit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Doctors Godeet Finds
Needle in Snowdrift

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT.-Dr.K Kenneth Corrigar
went hunting for a needle in q
snowdrift and found it. ....-
A radium needle, about the size
Of photograph needle and valued
at $l25, was lost by DR.. Clark D
Brooks. DR.. Corrigan and his self.
made "doodlebug" was called in
The needle was located in a snow
filled gutter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Decorated

Comor. David L. Whelchel, 202C
Connecticut avenue NV, who Ii
said by the Navy to have COM
manded the first vessel to shell
Japan, has been presented a Colo
Star in lieu of second Bronze
Star Medal, the 18th Naval District
announced.
Comdr. Whelchel won the deco
ration for his services as command.
ing officer of a submarine division
A graduate of Western High
School, where he played football, he
attended Maryland University fol-
nearly two years, and later gradu-
ated from the Naval Academy al
Annapolis. He was prominent in
both basketball and football at the
academy.
His brother, Comdr. John E
(Bellick) Whelehel, USN. also oil
this city, was head football coach
at the Naval Academy in 1941-42-4
Col. John Nash, 1908 Florida ave.
nue. NV, has been decorated with
a Legion of Merit Medal by Mai
Gen. Richard Donovan, deputy CHIEF
Of staff for service commands, Army
Service Forces.
The citation states that Col. Nash
as executive to Gen. Donovan from
January. 1914, to November, 1945
materially assisted in preparation OF
operations of great Importance tc
the national interest. His excep-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Weather Report

District of Columbia Partly
cloudy and continued cold, with
temperature remaining below freez-
Ing today. Tomorrow cloudy, fol-
lowed by snow.
Maryland, Virginia-Mostly cloudy
and continued cold today, followed
by snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23

analysis and use of information
available openly.
Under the proposed national in
telligence authority. he said there
should be set up interdepartmental
working committees for each OF the
principal fields of intelligence
military. political, economic, geo.
graphic, scientific, sociological, etc
The collection and basic analysis in
each field of intelligence would be
assigned to the agency having pri-
mary responsibility in that field.
He said that there have been a
number of notifications in the uni
fed intelligence program originally
proposed by Secretary Byrnes. as a
result of suggestions by the Army
and Navy, and said he hoped COM
plete agreement soon will be reached
by the three departments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
UN0DeIegaiesAppea
To Favor Small Town
Near Boston as Site
BY the Associated Press.

~ WIG 6ooUCihtcu FtcSS,
LONDON. Dec. 22.-MoSt dele
gates to the United Nation.
Preparatory Commission ap-
peared tonight to favor some
small community in the vicinity
of Boston as the permanent
home of the world peace agency
The New York City area was con-
sidered a close second, but other
areas still were in the running and
many delegates said they still had
open minds.
The shift to New England devel-
oped in informal discussions after
the commission voted. 20 to 5, te
establish the permanent headquar-
tiers of the United Nations Organiza-
ton in the Eastern United States,
thus eliminating such bidders as
Denver. San Francisco and the
Black Hills area.
Shun Warrington influence.
The British are understood to IA
vor q small community In the Boston
area. Others favored the area be-
cause Of its distance from the Dis
trict Of Columbia. whose influence
many delegates say they want to
avoid.
However. the Russians are believed
to favor headquarters near New
York, which they consider the most
international Of American cities.
Other places still being considered
include Newport, r. l., and Hyde
Park. N. Y, President Roosevelt s
home.
An interim committee Of u men,
bers Is charged with choosing a list
Of six possible sites for q final
choice by the General Assembly
which meets January 10. The COM
mittee was expected to report dur
ing the early sessions of the assem-
bly,.
Vote Forced by Britain.
The committee must decide who
will visit the United States to tour
the sites suggested, when the trip
will be made and what areas will
be visited.
The vote in the Preparatory Com
mission to establish the headquar-
tiers in the East was forced by
Britain and the Ukrainian Republic,
supported by Czechoslovakia and
Norway. A motion to choose the
west previously had lost by % to g.
with IL abstentions. 1t had been
suggested That he Mississippi and
Missouri Rivers be the dividing line
between East and West. st. Louis
was not definitely ruled out since
it is on the border line.
New zealand's delegate main
tanned that San Francisco, in any
event, should be among the six
cities to be precented for the ap-
proval of the General Assembly.
and the Australian delegate, also
backing San Francisco, criticized the
British for forcing the vote.
10 Delegates Abstain.
voting to establish the site in the
East were Argentina, Belgium,
Brazil, White Russia. Canada, CO.
lombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Den
mark, Ethiopia, India. Iran, Mexico,
the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nor
way, Peru, Poland. the Soviet Union,
Turkey, the Ukranian Republic, the
United Kingdom, Uruguay. Vene-
zuela and Yugoslavia. s
Against the East were Australia.
China, Ecuador, France and Liberia.
Ten delegates abstained.
The commission, after the vote,
cabled a message of gratitude to
the citizens Of San Francisco, host
city Tor the conference which
brought the United Nations Organ
ization into Being.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23

The cash value Of Victory Loan
Bonds increases with each passing
year. Watch your dollars grow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Killed

1t. Col. Harold ]. CoyIe, brother
Of Mrs. Reynolds Condor, 1850 Con-
necticut avenue NV, now is listed
as killed in action in the Pacific
Previously listed al missing as of
May 3. 1912, In the Philippines, he
was continued in this status until
recently when information was re-
ceived that he was killed on April
IT, 1912.
Pvt. Joseph r. Hamblin, whose
emergency addressee is listed as
Joseph Downing, So K street NE,
has been listed as killed In the latest
official War Department casualty
list. The Army disclosed that Pvt.
Hamblin, member of the Regular
Army, was serving on Corregidor
when it fell and until recently was
reported missing.
Additional information uncovered
after American recapture OF the
Philippines, however, showed that
Pvt. Hamblin had been killed in the
Philippines on December 90. 1913.
No details regarding his death were
available.
Sergt. william s. Fought, 2l1 West
Cameron road, Falls Church, Va,
who is also listed among the dead
on the latest casualty list, was the
subject of story in The Star early
this month,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Returnees

The following men from Washing
ton and Virginia are scheduled TO
arrive today in New York aboard
the aircraft carrier Enterprise:
sergt. John r. Hunt. IT'S Robert c.
Click, Ti5 John r. Tuterow. Pfc. Oresto
Ditoto,- Pfc. Luther D. Wyrick, Pfc. Albert
J. Ciufrada, Pfc. RAYMOND L. Cruit, pfc.
Dale N. Wilson. TI5 Kindrek A. Richie,
Weaver .T/5 Emanuel orenberg. Pfc.
Malcolm ~ Durrer.. First 1t. Edward E.
Dougherty, TIA Luther K. Williams, TI5
ger, First 1t George D. cowie. Tl5 Isaac
W, Blake and Pfc. Alexander c. Sarrano.
all OF Washington. Their street addresses
were not given.
Also Pfc. James A. Petit, Edward H.
Warnhof, jr. (no rank given), and 'T!5
Anthony J. Marcinkus. all Of Alexandria,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
News of District Area Men
In the Armed Forces
la tonaI merit

tionally n1eritorious services con.
tributed to the successful accom-
plishment of many varied missions.
Col. Robert S. Moore, 1900 F stree
NV, recently was awarded a Legior
Of Merit for his services as an of
fetal in the service of supply fisca
division and as special to the bulge,
officer for the War Department
from March, 1912, to July, le43
Commencing his unusual initiative
and prophetic vision" the citation
reveals that Col. Moore prepared
and defended before the Bureau Of
the Budget and Congress "variou,
provisions of appropriations acts
without which the department woulc
not have ben able to meet the vita
extraordinary fund requirement.
which arose from time to time
throughout the world"
Comdr. Eli T. Reign, 1857 Law.
renee street NE, recently was
awarded the Legion OF Merit at the
Pacific Fleet submarine headquarters
at Pearl Harbor. The award was
made for services as assistant strate-
gic planning of1cer and publisher
Of the Submarine Bulletin" He
also wears the Navy Cross with two
Gold Stars.
Maj. Melton e. Church, Falls
Church, Va, received a Bronze Star
Medal for meritorious service in ac-
ton as a member of the 34th In
fantry Division while fighting In
Italy. "As battalion executive off,
Ger under heavy artillery and NOR
tar fire, Maj. Church made repeated
visits to the companies and platoons
of his battalion, assisting the bat
talon commander in the advance
=" the citation reads.
COmdr. Sevcrio Filippone, $500
Thirty-third street NV, has been
decorated with a Bronze Star Medal
by Commodore ]. E. Boak, accord
ing to Navy dispatch. The award,
which was presented at the San
Diego Naval Repair Base, is for
Comdr. Filippone's services as a sub
marine executive ofiicer during a
war patrol aboard the U. S. S. Chop
per.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
Highest, 80, 3:55 pm; yesterday YEAR
ago: 2s; lowest, 20, 1901 am; yesterday
year ago, 10.
Record Temperatures This Year.
=, HiEhest,- 90. on July /; lowest. IL, on
Tide Tables
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23

my daughter really dreodsd
parties and deneess While other
girls had plenty Of partners, she
would be mopins in q corner.
Then friend suggested Arthur
Murray lessons. Now she's fhe
most pepulor younssser in her
group. She rndiotss hoppiness
and confidence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23

Little Spy Activity.
Emphasizing that peacetime in
telligence work involved little CLOAK
and dagger" or spy activity, he said
the big job is collection and proper
Evening star., 1945-02-22
London Paper Urges
Byrnes to Try Ban
On All Night Life

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. "a. - The
Evening Standard suggested
today that James F. Byrnes try
Britain's method Of curbing
night life by making it nom
existent.
1--WE should be most grate-
full" the editorial said, that no
such official restraints threaten
our British liberties and that
we are not compelled to flee
like Cinderellas when Big Ben
booms the stroke of IL, Here
our streets are cleared long be-
fore that by the simple device
of stopping the tramways and
buses and rendering travel on
the underground a commando
test of cunning and endurance.
Here no drink problem ex-
lists. Wisely, the government
removed this temptation either
from our midst or financial
reach"
Evening star., 1945-02-22
VINO Pushes Plans
For Enforcement Of
Amusement Curfew

The War Manpower Commission
given the job Of enforcing the Ma
tion-wide midnight curfew OF
amusement places starting Monday
is not expected to make many ex-
ceptions to the Byrnes conservation
order, it was indicated today.
While VINO ofncials asked fol-
another day in which to work out
details Of its enforcement plan, the
agency had given answers to sew
eral questions, and they summed
up to 'The curfew shall ring"
Night clubbing by candlelight
with the heat turned OF after mid
night is not likely to be permitted
according to a VINO. source. The
suggestion came from Newark
IN. j. club. Nor were exemption,
expected in the case of place,
served by HYDRO electric power OF
radio stations which have studio
Evening star., 1945-02-22
On the Other Hand
It's Now Revealed, of All Things, That
We Have No Bill of Rights in Writing

resolution, that somebody found It
that the New York book dealer
bought 1t and sold 1t to Barney Ba.
laban and that Mr.. Balaban gave II
to the people of the United States
is all very interesting, but the people
shouldn't be fooled. They should
demand their rights-their Bill OF
Rights. In glass case.
Evening star., 1945-02-22

@. What fishes are suitable for an
aquarium?-T. E. B..
A. Nearly all small fishes, and the
young of many large ones, are suit
able for the home aquarium.
Evening star., 1945-02-22

gated the enforcement Job TO VINO.
whore officials said they hoped to
have the many problems worked out
by tomorrow.
A special committee OF the Wash
ington Restaurant Association, meet
ing yesterday. pledged their whole
hearted compliance" but asked that
I'm view of the hardship Of varying
degree to the industry as q whole
that alienation or resembling OF the
order be effected as soon as possible.
The group, which included q num-
ber of night club operators, also
asked that Clarifying interpreta-
Evening star., 1945-02-22
THE EVENING STAR, Warrington. .. G. - Ali


way click have been dismissed, ef-
fective when the midnight closing
curfew begins next Monday, 1t was
announced last night.
Noah Braunstein. counsel for the
Cafe Owners Guild, estimated the
number Of dismissals.
Meanwhile, the night clubs laid In
champagne and figuratively nailed
down the tables In preparation for
their second New Year eve" In two
months Sunday nights farewell to
the era of wee small hours.
Evening star., 1945-02-22

audiences FOR shows after midnight.
Oncials stress that the curfew WAS
designed to save rnanpower, trans
portation and coal, with coal COM
servation its chief objective.
Meanwhile, the District Comnis-
sioners directed police to report any
violations of the curfew beginning
at midnight Monday to War Mobil-
ization Director Byrnes' ONCE. The
Commissioners first announced vio-
lations reports should be sent to the
VINO, but after conferring with a
regional official, the Commissioners
suggested Mr.. Byrnes' oflce.
Mr.. Byrnes' Office yesterday dele