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an increase from 664 newspapers at
the convention a year ago to 74O-
representing 81 per cent of the
country's total daily circulation
this year.
The new ANPA president is 81
years old and lives in Rye, N. Y. He
has been a director Of the associa-
ton since 1896 and a vice president
since 1943. He is chairman of the
Newsprint Committee.
Mr.. Noyes was elected a director
for two years.
These others were elected to fill
expiring terms of directors: E. M.
Antrim, business manager of the
Chicago Tribune; is Gray, pub
Usher Of the Monroe Mich News;
F. I. Ker, publisher of the Hamil-
ton tOntD Spectator, and William
F. Schmick. business manager Of
the Baltimore Sun.
Elected for one-year terms to sue
ceed resigned directors were Charles
p. Manship, publisher of the Baton
Rouge 1aD State-Times and Ad-
vocate, and B. N. Honea, general
manager of the Fort Work CTex.)
Star-Telegram.
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Draft Curb Measure
Given Right Of Way
On House Calendar
~ the Associated Press,

y the Associated Press.
Legislation extending the draft
law but restricting use OF 18-year-
olds was given right-of-way on to-
days House program after the Mill
tary Affairs Committee, by a re-
ported unanimous vote, agreed to
accept 4 Senate written ban against
sending 1s-year-old inductees into
combat without at least six months
OF training.
This action cleared the way for
dispatching the measure to the
White House quickly.
The committees decision removed
just about all the opposition there
was. Last month 1t considered but
turned down q similar prohibition,
and the House at that time accepts
ed the committees recommendation
without opposition. The Senate
voted the restrictive amendment
this week.
Committee members said they
would emphasize during debate that
the Senate ban should not be con-
strued as retroactive or applicable
to 18-year-olds already inducted.
They said such an Interpretation
might interfere with the Army's
current operations and plans.
The Senate amendment does not
apply to volunteers, nor does 1t pre.
vent the Navy from training 18-
year-old inductees on combat ships.
1t grew out Of complaints of many
members that drafted youths were
being sent into combat without suf-
f1cient training.
The War Department vigorously
opposed the restriction.
The legislation extends the Sc
lective Service Act one year beyond
May Is, or until the end of the war,
whichever comes first,
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Arlington Army Corporal
Dies Of Malaria in Pacific

Corpl. Alfred Rapp, ~, son of Mrs.
Ella Rapp, 1908 North Madison
street, Arlington, Va, died Of ma
laria April 10 at a base hospital in
the South Pacific. his mother has
been informed by the War Depart
ment. He contracted the disease
nine months ago on Saipan.
A former Western High School
cadet sergeant, Corpl. Rapp attend.
ed the American Telephone g. Tele-
graph Co. business school in Phila-
delphia and later worked in the or
ganization's Washington office. He
enlisted in the Army in November,
1912, nd shipped overseas six
months later. He was q native of
Madison, w. Va.
Besides his mother he leaves two
sisters, WAC Pvt. Alice L. Rapp, sta
toned with the Air Transport Com
mand at Love Field, Tex, and Mrs
r. K. Stewart, Hyattsville, Md.
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Retiring ANpA Head
Doubts Conference
Can Bring Peace
~ the Associated Preas.

~ tsSS ADbVSAktSu 61Sn4s
NEW YORK, April 27.-Iinvood
I. Noyes, retiring president of the
American Newspaper Publishers As
sociation, expressed doubt yesterday
whether world peace could be manu-
factured "in q conferences which con-
cludes slobal war Of extreme bit-
terness and involves 50 many grave
|problems.p
Relinquishing the presidency to
William q. Chandler, an executive
Of the Scripps-Howard newspapers,
Mr.. Noyes, publisher Of the Iron
wood (Mich) Globe, told the meet
Ing that replaced the ANPAs usual
convention:
Peace can come only with UNDER
standing and understanding can
come only with knowledge. Both OF
these must have spiritual motiva-
ton and divine guidance"
Mr.. N0yes called on Americans to
give the ideals Of free speech and
free press to nations which do not
have them.
such . contribution" he said,
would be greater than territory in
the form of colonies because it is
boundless; 1t would be greater than
reparations because 1t is invaluable;
1t would be greater than physical
force because 1t Is I moral force.
But to do al of these things we
must first. preserve what we have
here at home"
Besides Mr.. Chandler, who is pres
ident OF the Scripps- Howard Supply
Co. and is associated with the busi-
ness manager Of the Scripps- How
ard newspa pers, the ANPA elected
these officers:
David Howe, business manager Of
the Burlington (Vt) Free Press, vice
president; Norman Chandler. pres
ident Of the Los Angeles Times, Sec
retary, and Edwin s. Friendly, vice
president and general manager of
the New York Sun, treasurer. Nor
man Chandler and Mr.. Friendly
were reelected.
A report on newsprint stated that
the Canadian industry has done
an admirable job in supplying the
United States with paper and pulp
products under war conditions" and
that the many publishers who have
used 30-pound newsprint are en-
couraged to hope that paper of this
basic weight may be again avail
able"
The membership report showed
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HiIand batcheIIer, Jr.,
Is Killed in Action

Hiland c. Batcheller, jr., quarter
master, second class, son Of the War
Production Board chief Of opera
tions, was killed in action Ia the
Asiatic theater April 10, the Navy
has informed his parents.
Quartermaster Batcheller reached
his 22d birthday early this month.
He was student at Yale University
when he enlisted In the Navy two
years ago and was serving aboard q
destroyer escort when killed.
His father, who also u president
OF the Allegheny-Ludlu Steel Corn,
came to Warrington In the fall Of
1912 to act as director OF the WIPE
steel division. He resigned In Mo-
vember, 1913, but returned to the
WPB the following September as
vice chairman OF the operations
division and later was named chief
OF operations.
! The Batcheller family lives In
Albany. N. Y, where young Batch
elier received his early education.
Mr.. Batcheller makes his temporary
home In Warrington at the Shore
ham Hotel.
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On the Roll of Honor

In Germany, the. War Department
said today. He received 4 wound in
his right foot from 4 mortar shell
fragment while fighting with the
infantry and is now in 4 hospital
IN England, Mrs. Nelson said.
Born in Centerville, Nd, Pvt.
Nelson was graduated from high
school there. He worked for the
Naval Observatory and was Z sea-
man 1/c in the Coast Guard Tenn
porary Reserves before entering the
Army on July Z, 1914. He went
overseas last December Z.
He and Mrs. Nelson have three
children.
I'd 1t. John ]. Rausch, U. s. M. c..
whose wife lives at 6 West Mason
avenue, Alexandra, Va, was wound
ed on March Z on Two Jima and
Is now recovering from foot injury
at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
A native Of Minnesota, where his
father Is now living, 1t. Rausch Is
regular member of the Marine
Corps and has made his home in
Alexandra for the last l3 years
while stationed in and around
Washington. A brother, S/Sergt.
Elton Rausch. is serving with the
Army and is stationed in the United
States.
Pfc. Stanley C. Eusebio, n, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Stanley
Eusebio, 639 E street Sc, was
wounded on April 1 in Germany,
the War Department disclosed to-
day.
A native Washingtonian, he at
tended Eastern High School and
other schools here and was employed
by the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. before entering service
on February 8, 1943. He was with
the infantry. His father Is en-
Evening star., 1945-04-27
We Day Will Not Stop
Paper Drive, Kruq Soys
By the Associated Press.

b! the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 2.-War Pro-
duction Board Chairman ]. A. Krug
said yesterday that victories in
Europe will not lessen the demand
for pastepaper" and that I'VE dare
not have q relapse" in salvage
activities after We day.
Thanking the American News
paper Publishers Association for its
campaign. Mr.. Krug urged in 4 tele-
gram to Edwin S. Friendly, chair
man Of the ANPAs victory waste
paper campaign, that the associa-
tion encourage papertroopers to
carry on after schools close"
Mr.. Friendly reported wastepaper
collections last year totaled $500 900
tons and said the newspapers de-
voted $3.50 900 worth Of advertising
space to wastepaper salvage during
1914,
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OlSCrlct, ne Is 0erst. MitcAeu.
graduate Of Mckinley High School.
He was assistant to the steward Of
the Washington Hotel at the time
he entered the Army in February,
1943. He went overseas last No
vember, and was q member Of the
87th Division of the Sd Army.
His parents were not informed IN
which prison camp he was held. =.
Sergt. Mitchell's wife, Mrs. Betty
Jane Fisher Mitchell and their
daughter, born January Is, live at
3705 Allison street, Brentwood, Nd.
Mrs. Mitchell said his son has not
yet learned Of the birth OF the
daughter.
Mr.. Mitchell is controller and
assistant treasurer Of Shannon a.
Luchs Co., realtors.
Evening star., 1945-04-27
Borbers Present
| VINO Lecture on
| Labor SHORTAGES
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
In Minneapolis, the BARRIERS pro-
vide a lecture on manpower short.
ages with every haircut, no extra
charge.
The War Manpower Commission
Office there decided that the bar.
bers' celebrated loquacity was being
wasted on ball scores and politics
It now supplies them with regular
bulletins on labor shortages and
job openings.
National VINO headquarters, i'm
pressed with the new propaganda
medium, today suggested that all
VINO field ofnces follow suit.
It sent out copies Of Minneapolis
Manpower Fact Sheet for BARRIERS
March edition. This reported q SOC
workers needed In Minnesota. an
expected increase in demand foa
farm help and similar items.
These and kindred nuggets, VINO
believes, should Ill in admirably q
conversational fodder between the
call Of next" and the Anal, wet
or dry?"
LoOk at the caana1tv Hi n mi,
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received yester-
day from him
by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest w. Car
ter, GIG Green
brier drive, Sill
yer Spring.
A radio oper-
ator on q B-24,
Sergt, c ar t e r
" as reported
missing after
being overseas
only t h r e E
weeks. He was
ha cod IN Tto1v
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Born in Baltimore, Sergt. Carter
spent most OF his life in Silver
Spring and was graduated from
Montgomery Blair High School in
l941. He attended Colgate Uni
versity for a year and was a stu
dent at the University Of Maryland
when he entered the Army Air
Forces.
Sergt. Carter was a prisoner in
Stalag Luft-4. His parents had re-
ceived no word from him since Feb
ruary ., when they received q letter
dated November . saying he was
well and happy.
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on June /, sue
ceeding the late
Maj. Gen. Fred
erick w. Cole
man, who died
last January.
At So, Gen.
Loughry is near
ing the retire.
ment age and
is four-year
term as chief of
finance h a s
about expired.
In announcing
his new assign
ment yesterday,
the War Depart
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1n1rty-fourth street NE, is listed
as missing On casualty list today.
A story about him appeared in The
Star on April 13, after next of kin
was notified.
Prisoner ,.s.-
Pfc. Cornelius H. Pearson, "a,
whose wife, Mrs. Regina H. Pear
son, resides at 3l6 South Capitol
street, Is prisoner of war in Ger
many, it was revealed today by
the War Department.
He was born in Washington and
graduated in 1887 from Armstrong
Senior High School. A Bureau of
Standards employe, he entered the
Army In December, 1913, and has
been overseas about one year. He
had oficially been reported missing
on December %, but on April Il
Mrs. Pearson received q card say
Ing her husband, was . prisoner.
The Pearsons have a daughter
Adele, 2. Pvt. Pearson has two
brothers in service. Chester A., in
Belgium with the Army, and John
In California with the Navy. Mrs
Pearson works for the Veterans
Administration.
Pvt. Nicholas Smith, reported
missing in action in Germany last
December Is, is 4 prisoner of war at
Stalag lila. he has informed his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Henry Smith. 2739 p street NV.
A. former Leland Junior High
School student, Pvt. Smith enlisted
In the Army in 1912. served in the
Coast Artillery and later in, the
Antiaircraft Artillery before leaving
for overseas duty with the infantry
last October.
Pfc. Leroy Davis, jr., 81, son OF
Mrs. Emily Davis, 724 F street NE,
Is . prisoner Of war in Germany at
Stalag SEA, according to informa-
ton received by his mother. Pvt.
Davis, q 7th Army infantryman. was
reported missing in action In Ger
many last December 10. A native
OF MAnasas, Pvt. Davis came here
four years ago and completed high
school. He entered the service
about two and half years ago. His
mother Is employed at the Navy
Department.
ISofe
ID 1t. Thomas J. Hill, son Of
Mrs. Patrick Hin. 1870 Spring street
Sc, was reported on q casualty
list today as missing In action IL
the Pacific. Mrs. Hill, however, said
that he was reported safe Is oi
April !. and that she has received
letters from him dated April :, !,
and u. e
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Eric {. Westmon Dies

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, April n (P
E. Westman, 81, president
and general manager Of the Miami
Post Publishing Co., died yesterday
after a long illness. He came here
81 years ago from Indianapolis. Fu-
neral services will be held tomor-
row.
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Silver Spring Soldier
Freed From Nazi Camp

Serst. Ernest w. Mick" Carter
jr, ~. who has been a prisoner in
Germany since September IL, is
safe and we'll in England" accord
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mans. he mad
been captured
D ce m b er IL
south Of Saar-
bruecken.
Sergt. Mitchell
has written his
parents t h q t
when he saw the
American troops
April l3, Il had
a feeling I'll
never be able to
d e scr be and
will never for
get"
Born in the
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5ergt. Paul Mitchell
Liberated in Germany

S/Sergt. Paul Mitchell. ~, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Mitchell, 2707
South Dakota avenue NE, has been
liberated by the American forces
from imprisonment by the Ger
Evening star., 1945-04-27
District Blood Donations
Appointments
yesterday $50 persons
Appointments broken

ycStcTuay ---- W persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center In
the Acacia Building. 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV. by calling
District 5000 between 8 a m. and
$50 pm. weekdays. and . am.
to noon Saturdays.
Volunteer women are needed
as daytime drivers in the Mo-
tor Corps. which transports 20
per cent of the blood donors.
Call Republic $500, Branch l37.
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oloyed in the Navy Yard.

Corpl. Roger d. DonneIson, 2l
U. S. M. c. r., whose father, Garry
D. Donnelson, lives at 1901 M street
NV, was wounded recently on I've
Jlma, the Navy Department dis
closed today. He was hit In the
knee by shell fragment and was
treated in a hospital in Hawaii,
but has now been transferred to q
hospital in this country.
He had previously been wounded
in November, l943, on Bougainville
when a machine gun bullet passed
across the bridge Of his nose, Mr..
Donnelson said.
Pvt. Donnelson was born in Lo-
gan, Iowa, and joined the Marines
in September, 1942. A brother,
Sergt. Milford Donnelson, is with
the Army Air Forces in the Mari
anas. Mr.. Donnelson is a special
examiner in the General Account
ing Once.
Pfc. Donald E. Milstead, 10, sor
OF Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Milstead, Il
Hillside avenue, Parkland, Md, was
wounded in action on Leyte March
%, his parents have been informed
Originally an infantryman, Pvt
Milstead was serving as a medical
corpsman when he was wounded.
Pvt. Milstead is one of four broth.
ers In the service. One of the four
Pvt. Elmer Milstead, is a prisoner
OF war in Germany. Corpl. C. r
Milstead is in Italy and Sergt
Warren Milstead is in England.
A native OF nearby Maryland, Pvt
Milstead attended Maryland PARK
High School and was employed rs
a mail carrier before entering the
service IN 1943.
Pfc. Benjamin F. Penniiill, jr., Is,
OF 1921 South Oakland street, Ar
lington, was seriously wounded in
Germany March 81, the War De-
partment has notified his grand
mother, Mrs. Minnie Brewer.
Born in Washington, Pvt. Penni-
NIL has been resident Of Arlington
most Of his life. He attended
Thomas Jefferson Junior High
School.
He was in the merchant marine
for two months before entering the
Army last year. He went overseas
IN January and was serving with
an armed reconnaissance division
when he was wounded in the head,
back and chest by a gun blast. Hos
pftalized in France, he is reported
to be making normal improvement
Maj. Gerald F. Russell, U. s
M. c. R., whose wife, Mrs. Gerald
F. Russell, lives in Quantico, Va,
has been wounded in action.
The following men were listed in
a casualty list today as having been
wounded In action. Stories about
them appeared in The Star on the
dates mentioned below, and after
next Of kin were notified:
Sergt. Walter L. Lewis, U. s.
M. C. r., 225 Tenth street NE,
April S.
Pfc. Robert L. Larson, al !
street S.W., April a..
Pvt. John S. Cook, 404 Forty-ninth
avenue, Capitol Heights, Md; April
10.
Missing
Pvt. Robert L. Haugh. II, son OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Haugh OF 1914 North
Capitol street, Is missing in action
in Germany, it was announced to-
day by the War Department. Mrs
Haugh said she received word on
April 18 that he has been missing
since March n.
He was born here and attended
Central High School. He worked for
the international Business Ma
chimes Corp. before entering the
Army or November l. l943, and
went overseas with an armored d.
vision in April, 1914. Mrs. Haugh Il
employed by the Grifnth Consumers
Co.
1t. 0.g.) Walter Lee Hanson, U. S
N. r., whose parents, Mr.. and Mrs
| Charles Adam Hanson, live ut FL
Evening star., 1945-04-27
Gen. Howard Louqhrv
Named Governor Of
Soldiers Home Here

Maj. Gen. Howard K. Loughry,
the Army's chief Of finance since
1910, will assume new duties as gov
ernor of the Soldiers Home here
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Casualty List by Theoters
96.S90 Die in Europe, 330, sos Wounded
and u, ,259 Killed in Southwest Poetic


Secretary War stinson yesterday
Army ny tneaters on the basis OF
81 and enecng actual lighting through the
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Lsok at the casualty list In this
naper-Then decide hsw many Was
Bonds yea sheald buy!
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soft, luxurious all-wool flannel
in the 3s-inch stripe that flatters
your figure and creates smarter,
more athletic appearance. The
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DIX.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
RedepIoyment
Continued From First Page.)

also will cut into the ranks of men
who have been deferred for one
reason or another"
Long Service Recognized.
Concerning those who will be dis
charged, the Army said its aim is to
insure that the men who have been
longest overseas and fought hard
est and those who have children
will get first consideration in de-
mobilization.
The War Department said the re-
deployment and demobilization plan
was released somewhat ahead of
schedule because partial or gar
bled" information had leaked out
from the House Military Affairs
Committee after a hearing Friday
at which general staff officers testi-
fed.
In this connection, the department
said later that the value of the
points for discharge credit (based
on service, overseas duty, combat,
and parenthood status) had not been
revealed to the committee and
warned against speculation based
on unauthoritative and incorrect in
formation" The point values will
be announced simultaneously to the
public and the troops, it was said
May Issues Warning.
Chairman May of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee announced
last night that when the committee
resumes its closed-door questioning
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no combat divisions left In this
country for several months and few
smaller tactical units of any char
acter.
Every ship that can be pressed
into service will be used, plus the
800 transport planes. It Is esti-
mated $4,000 men month will be
brought back to this country by air.
Use Passenger Liners.
An additional 100000 men, it was
estimated, can be brought back by
water transportation by the end
Of the year. Regular passenger and
troop ships, including such liners as
the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen
Mary and the Aquitania, will be
used to help expedite the gigantic
operation. Ordinary cargo ships also
will carry soldier passengers.
The War Department repeatedly
stressed that length and character
OF combat service will be the prin-
cipal determining factor in select
ing the men for discharge. On the
basis OF a preliminary survey, it is
estimated that SO per- cent of those
slated for release will be men who
have served overseas. The other
two per cent will be fathers who
have been in the Army long time,
it was said.
The rate of return of men from
the Japanese war will be governed
by the extent to which we can bring
in troops above actual battle re-
placement needs. mo man can be
released until another is available to
take his place." the announcement
said.
The number of men to occupy
Germany was not stated but previ-
GUS plans made known had called
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Of Army leaders tomorrow II will
ask any member who won't agree to
keep the information confidential
to leave the ROOM"
He also suggested that committee
members who disclosed the Army
rehabilitation plans Should resign
at once"
Mr.. May said he did not know
how many members had talked out
side" but understood more than one
did.
In disclosing its redeployment
plans, the department said:
Our best judgment is that we
can defeat Japan quickly and COM
pletely with an Army which a year
from now will be 6,968 900 men.
That will give us all the strength
we believe we can deploy effectively
against Japan and will also enable
us to meet our occupation RESPONSE
bilities in Europe and to maintain
the necessary training and supply
force in the United States"
Half Are in Europe.
On the basis or the approved
plans 1t was estimated that ap-
proximately 650,000 Of the 1882 900
men to be discharged are now in
Europe. The number in the Pacific
was estimated at about 433 1000, and
nearly 250,000 overseas veterans are
at stations in this country.
While first priority will be given
to shipping troops and equipment
to the Pacific, 1t was announced, the
Armys plans for partial demobiliza- =
ton will proceed simultaneously"
with redeployment. Every available
troopship and air transport will be
pressed into service in both the
Pacific and Atlantic.
1--WE can meet only part of the
needs of the Pacific war from men
still in this country" the Army
said. Every physically fit soldier
in the United States who has not
yet served overseas, however, will
be assigned to foreign duty when
he completes his training, or as
soon as he can be replaced"
Under this policy there have been