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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-29

the Legion Of Merit from Maj. Gen
L. H. Campbell in special ceremonies
at the War Department yesterday
The medal was awarded for excep-
tionally meritorious conduct in the
performance of outstanding service
as director of engineering. Motor
Transport Service, Quartermaster
Corps.
Col. Van Deusen, who entered
ordnance service in 1942, currently
holds the post of special assistant to
Brig. Gen. Walter p. Boatwright,
commanding the decentralized Of
flee of the chief of ordnance, De-
troit.
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Two Generals Win
Merit Medal; Third
.Honored by French

Brig. Gen. Hamilton E. Mcguire,
1919 Rodman street NV, chief of
staff of the 10Th Army Corps in Ger
many, has been awarded the Legion
of Merit for outstanding service
during the corps drive across
France, Belgium and into Germany.
Brig. Gen. George ID. Shea, artil-
lery commander of the 18th Corps,
has received the Legion of Merit for
his outstanding services in the Of
fensives. His home is at S506 Lowell
street NV.
He Joined the Army as private
in 1915 and was battery command
er in the World War.
Brig. Gen. Henry B. Lewis, deputy
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Envoy to Speak

David Daiches. second secretary
OF the British Embassy, will discuss
Britain's relations with the United
States in talk, Britain Looks at
the Future at 8 pm. Saturday be-
fore the League for the Larger Life,
1922 Vermont avenue NV. The
meeting is open to the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-29

War bonds are now owned by
some $4,000, 900 individual Ameri-
cans. More than out Of every 13
men, women and children In the
United States are purchasers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-29

S2,663,151 40 S5.5T6.49
GEORGE E. HOUCK, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this cath day of February, 1915.
(Seal) HENRY C. MILLER,
Notary Public
Notary Public in and for the County of
Erie. My Commission expires March
80, 1916.
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Buffalo Insurance Company
of Buffalo, New York

as required under Section SAT of the
Code of Law for the District of
Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-29

DISBURSEMENTS.
Net amount paid policy
holders for losses 81, 1882. 20
All other disbursements - 1.5s7,539 SO
Total disbursements - S2,745,411 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-29

w. A. RATTELMAN, Vice President.
F. J. BREEN, Secretary
Subscribed and sworn TO before me
this 18th day of February, 1915.
tSeal e. H. KOERBEL,
Notary Public, 139 University place,
Pittsburgh, Pa. My commission ex-
pires May 1, 1q4S.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Redecorution of White House
Starts as RooseveIts Leave

son, her secretary for % years. She
waved goodby to the White House
police as she drove away.
Dozens of Army trucks had been
moving in and out of the White
House grounds for four days as Mrs.
Roosevelt finished her mammoth
moving task. A final detachment OF
20 trucks left there yesterday morn
ing and a station wagon full of pa
pers and clothing was driven out
just before Mrs. Roosevelt left for
the train.
A reporter was waiting for Mrs.
Roosevelt as she stepped into her
New York apartment for / two
day stay before going to Hyde Park.
"The story Is over" Mrs. Roose-
welt said.
The Truman family is not ex-
pected to move from Blair House
Immediately. Some repair work and
redecorating Of family apartments
on the second hoor Of the White
House win require several days.
Mrs. Anna Boettiger. daughter OF
Mrs. Roosevelt, declined the invita-
tion Of Mrs. Truman to remain at
the White House and has moved to
. hotel to await the recovery Of her
son, John Boettiger. from serious
jllness.
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Allies Take BOLOGNA,
First Major Objective
In New Offensive
5th and 9th Army Troops.
Including Poles, Enter
ItuIion Fortress City
BY the Associated Press.

ROME, April Bologna,
first major objective of the all
out Allied offensive in Northern
Italy, fell today to troops of the
5th and 9Th Armies.
Polish troops of the British 9Th
Army under Maj. Gen. Bohusz-
szyska and the United States 91st
Division, commanded by Maj. Gen.
William G. Livesay, and the 34th
Division, under Maj. Gen. Charles
Bolte, all entered the historic Italian
fortress city on the southern edge of
the sPo Valley at the foot of the
Apennines.
With Bologna captured the major
German defense position south of
the Pc River was eliminated and the
Nazis once again moved northward.
Field Marshal Sir Harold Alex
ander in a message of congratula-
tions to the victorious troops said:
Let us keep driving forward until
the last enemy soldier has been
driven from Italy"
Gen. Mark w. Clark, Allied ground
commander, said his 18th Army
Group now stands "inside the gate
way to the Pc Plain poised to de-
stroy the Germans who continue to
enslave and exploit Northern Italy"
The fall of the city of 100000,
which had blocked Allied troops for
months came quickly after 5th Army
troops had severed the important
Bologna Modena highway north
west of the city yesterday.
Evening star., 1945-04-21

The White House is being readied
today for its new tenants, President
and Mrs. Truman and their daugh-
ter Margaret, while Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt begins life as private
citizen in New York City and Hyde
Park.
Mrs. Roosevelt left the White
House with her family late yes
terday afternoon, after receiving q
brief final visit from Bernard
Baruch, friend and adviser of her
husband. Col. James Roosevelt,
her eldest son, visited President
Truman In the executive Offices
shortly before the departure to wish
him good luck.
Mrs. Roosevelt took time to write
. letter, received today by Mai. Ed
ward ]. Kelly, superintendent Of
Metropolitan police. thanking him
for police cooperation In connec-
ton with the funeral services for
President Roosevelt last Saturday.
She asked him to thank his force
for her.
Mrs. Roosevelt was accompanied
to New York City by Col. Roosevelt
and his wife. Brig. Gen. Elliott
Roosevelt and his wife, Mrs. John
Rocseve't and Miss Nalvina Thomp-
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By MORLEY CASSIDY.

SNAS"AA A'S S"SpopCA allldLCc.
WITH THE 89th DIVISION IN
GERMANY, April 21.-The firm of
Ivan, Ivan, Ivan & Ivan took stock
today and found that 1t had peeled
its way to within less than 100 miles
of its goal.
And peeled is correct. For the
Ivans who laid their money on the
89th Division to get them home
quickest have been riding potato
peeling knife to Russia.
The four Ivans are both mascots
and problem children of Capt,
James Wohlbach OF Easton, Pa.
commandment of the seth Division
headquarters company, who has
been firing them regularly every
week for the last two months and
then finding the boys back at work
peeling potatoes for passage the
next morning.
The Ivans are four Russian SOL
diers who were German prisoners
OF war for the ]eet two wears until
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Navy Hello Girls
To Aye, Aye
From NowOn

The language Of the Navy De-
partment's telephone operators will
be given a slight nautical twist, be-
ginning tomorrow.
The operators have been ere
quested" to acknowledge the exten-
sion numbers given them by callers
with the answer of AYE, aye, SIR
When Navy public relations OIL
GERS were asked how the operators
were to meet the situation If the
call was q female, after some
thought they said that the operators
would leave of the "sir" rather than
say "ma'am."
"'Aye, aye, sir is as old as the
Navy ITSELF" said the Nays an
nouncement, "and as typical of the
service Is the Blue and Gold and
John Paul Jones. The dictionary
says 1t denotes an Affirmative an
swer, which 1t does. But to the
Navy It denotes more than that
m Affirmative answer with an ex-
clanaation point, perhaps; or : yes
with 4 rA~-onatitv."
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-Four Pototo-P -PeeIing Russians
Hitch-Hike Rides With Yonks

the S9th freed them by overrunnine
a work camp 200 miles back on the
west bank of the Moselle River.
Plans were made to evacuate them
to the rear, but when the truck left
the next morning, the four Ivans
weren't aboard. They had been
scratching their heads through the
night and finally appeared at the
camp kitchen asking to do odd Jobs
When Capt. Wohlbach found
them, he asked how come. Serpt.
Ivan Ivanovich Kupreyev said:
Your division is going east, isn't
it?" -'1
we certainly are," said Capt.
Wohlbach.
How far?" asked Ivan Ivanoyich
Until we bump into the Russians.
I hope" said Capt. Wohlbach. :
i Ivan Ivanoyich nodded, treasured
his three comrades in Russian.
Then we go along" said Ivan
Ivanovich. why should we 70
west to get homer We 60 with you.
(see IVAN. Pare A-23
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Wiesbaden Restores Mayor
0usfed by Nazis in 1888
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WIESBADEN, Germany, April 81.
-Wiesbaden marked Hitler's birth
day yesterday by restoring to Office
the lord mayor whom the Nazis
kicked out when they took over
Germany in 1888.
He is George Krucke, so, who
became lord mayor in 1880 after
II years as city councillor. He
was backed by the Social Demo-
Gratis.
He abandoned politics when the
Nazis forced him out, and went into
business until, in 1912, the Gestapo
jailed him, releasing him later on
condition that he get out of busi-
ness. He was living in seclusion
when American troops arrived here.
He was restored to his old office
by authority of the American Mill
tary Government.
Wiesbaden is a city of l74.00O
inhabitants, and is relatively intact,
compared with other German cities
of its size. Only 40 per cent of
Its built-up area has been destroyed.
It looks dilapidated, but not devas-
tated.
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Senator 6eoreeUf
For Treasury Post
II Morgenthau Quits
Quiet Boom Reaches
Truman; Shift Hinted
After War Loon Drive
5 the Associated Press.

sSs ehS hosoSAetco EttSo.
A quiet boom was under way
today for the appointment of
Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia as Secretary of the
Treasury.
Friends of the Senator disclosed
they have urged President Truman
to choose the Georgian if Henry
Morgenthau, jr., leaves the cabinet.
The Presidents reaction was not
known. Nine days ago, when he
took the oath as Chief Executive, he
asked all members of Mr.. Roose-
velt's cabinet to stay on indefinitely.
Nevertheless, there is good reason to
believe that number of changes
are in the making.
May Act After Bond Drive.
An intimate personal friend and
neighbor of the late President, Mr..
Morgenthau may decide to step aside
after the Seventh War Loan and
clear the way for Mr.. Truman 10
choose a new fiscal adviser. Such
decision would hardly surprise Cap
itol Hill. Mr.. Morgenthau, Treas
ury chief for II years, apparently
never found the correct formula for.
getting along with Congress. Some
Of his appearances Is the Govern
ment's chief witness on tax legisla-
ton have been stormy.
Intensely loyal to Mr.. Roosevelt,
Mr.. Morgenthau irritated members
of the House Ways and Means Com
mittee and the Senate Finance
Committee last year by his insist
ence on a Roosevelt-sponsored tax
bill which the lawmakers considered
too heavy for the Nations economy.
Perhaps significantly, when Mr..
Roosevelt vetoed the smaller reye-
nue. bill written by Congress, Mr..
Truman joined other members of
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Lute Bulletin
Three Killed in Crash

Three staff assistants at
tached to American Red Cross
headquarters in Australia
were killed in . plane crash
near Perth, according to word
received at national head
quarters here to-day. They
were Miss Geraldine Martin
Grow. "a, Of Uniontown, Pa,
formerly employed by the
British Supply Council here;
Miss Ann Dinsle Woodward,
Is, Of st. Paul Park, Minn.,
and Miss Cecil r. Nichols, -,
OF Newark. N. J.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Reich Reported Torn
By Civil War as Many
Join in Peace Rallies
Even Some of HitIer's
Henchmen Admit Crisis
For Nozis Is at Hand
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, April 21.-As Adolf
Hitler remained silent on his
56th birthday anniversary yes
terday. Allied broadcasts de-
clared his Reich was torn by civil
war, with gigantic peace demon
strations" in Berlin and Munich.
Even some of his henchmen ad-
mitted a great crisis was at hand.
The Luxembourg radio said the
people Of Berlin shouted for peace
and waved red flags as the Rus
slams stormed the eastern gates, but
Hitler himself kept silent in an
atmosphere that left the world to
wonder where he is. The best guess
in London was that he had fled
If still aliye-to the Bavarian Alps.
The Stars and Stripes floated over
Nuremberg where, before massed and
heiling Nazis, Hitler used to shout
challenges to the world that made
all Europe tremble.
Civil War Reported in Berlin.
The Luxembourg radio said that
by Swedish reports Berlin is burn
ing with unrest. Civil war is rife.
On all buildings in the workers
district red flags have appeared"
American Doughboys broke out
their G rations and had a picnic in
front of the Nuremberg rostrum
from which Hitler used to sneer at
"decadent democracies.
Now "decadent democracies" had
overrun most of his greatest cities
from the west, and had promised
him that before long they would
overrun a few more and meet the
Russians from the east.
German radio stations, so hard
pressed to keep out of the path of
Allied armies and bombers that
there were frequent. lapses in their
programs, delivered stereotyped eu-
logies that were as funereal as obitu-
aries.
Few Congratulatory Messages.
The Luxembourg radio. whose
powerful transmitter reaches every
German home, said Hitler had tele-
phoned from Torgau and discharged
the gauleiter of the American-cap-
tured city of Halle.
Torgau is 70 miles south of Berlin
and If Hitler were there he might
have a hot time getting through the
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Hatch Denies Rumor
He Will Take Post
In Truman Cabinet

Senator Hatch. Democrat, of
New Mexico, who has been
mentioned recently as a pos
sible appointee to a cabinet
post, fatty denied all reports
of that nature today after a
White House visit.
You gentlemen may def
nitely say no to any rumor
whatever" Senator Hatch said.
Senator Hatch has not been
offered any position. If he had
been, he would decline it. /
happen to think a Senator OF
the United States is the most
important position in Govern
ment next to President"
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Clayton Tells Hearing
Trade Act Won't Be
Used as Weapon
Keun Quotes Suspicion
Industry Was Sold
Out by Diplomats
BY ]. A. O'LEARY,

Assistant Secretary of State
VIII L.. Clayton assured the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee today he would never use
authority to make trade agree
ments as a means of gaining
diplomatic advantage as long a.
he is in charge of the program.
g He made the statement wher
Representative Kean, Republican
of New Jersey, asked, "can you give
assurance you will not sell ou,
American industry for diplomatic
benefit?" Mr.. Clayton said he would
not and that he has been assured
that 1t has not occurred in the past
We'll there is a suspicion it has
been done, although I have nc
definite information" Mr.. Kean
replied.
Would Absorb Trade Increase.
Continuing his testimony in sup
port of the administration bill to
extend and broaden the power to
reduce tariffs in trade agreements
the Assistant Secretary said he
would not be afraid to see America s
foreign trade greatly increased after
the war above the 1889 level, be-
cause the Nations entire productive
capacity has been greatly expanded
In his appearance before the COM
mittee yesterday Mr.. Clayton said
American industry need have nc
fear of competition from products OF
either Germany or Japan for a long
time after this war.
Representative Camp, Democrat
of Georgia asked Mr.. Clayton to dis
cuss the future outlook. after recall
ing how the American textile in
dustry had to compete with cheaper
goods from Japan before the war
Mr.. Camp said some people thought
Germany was PROSTATE at the close
Of the last war, but it came back
quickly.
Mr.. Clayton said the difference
this time is that both Axis countries
are being bombed heavily now
whereas the German homeland was
hardly touched in the last war.
Repercussions Entailed.
If the Trade Agreements Act Is
allowed to expire on June IL, Mr.
Clayton said, foreign countries
would take measures to initiate
against our trade" He added:
"They would take it to mean that
we are returning to a high tariff
system and this would initiate
against our influence in the peace
efforts. I don't believe we can have
political cooperation very long
without economic cooperation. It's
as dangerous to follow a policy of
economic isolation as it is to have
political isolation"
The appearance of Secretary OF
Commerce Wallace as the next wit
ness has been put off until Monday.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Peace Organization
Open 10 All Nations
Is ChurehiI|'s Aim
Necessary Force TO Bar
Aggression Also Urged
In Speech at Bristol
BY the Associated Press.

6s tac hSoUSldleu FIGSS.
BRISTOL, April 21.- Prime
Minister Churchill declared to-
day "a world organization which
we must build and shall build
will be free and open to all the
nations of the world"
Speaking only few days before
the opening of the World Security
Conference at San Francisco. Brit
aims wartime leader asserted that
nations must live in peace and
justice with one another" thus en-
visaging the ultimate inclusion of
even present enemy nations in a
world peace organization.
He added significantly: There
must be always the necessary force
to restrain aggression"
Mr.. Churchill said that as far as
Europe is concerned I'VE are coming
to the end of the long Journey
but added that the defeat of Japan
will require "a new leap forward
new lifting of soul and body"
Speaks at Bristol.
His views were expressed under a
new roof in the great -blackened
hall of the University of Bristol. to
which he came to present honors
to two members of his war cabinet.
Mr.. Churchill was made a free
man" of Bristol.
Mr.. Churchill told the university
audience that inside the vast struc-
ture of the new world organization
from which we hope will come a
long and peaceful period (there) will
be open, avowed and inseparable
friendship and affection of the great
English-speaking nations of the
world"
He said the Allies were approach
ing a period when the Germans
will be conquered completely and
Europe will be entirely liberated
from their thrall; when they will be
added to those long melancholy and
Inundated streams of prisoners that,
having done their worst against the
world, have no hope but in its
mercy"
No Early We Day.
1--WE have no intention of en-
couraging any festivities of thanks
giving until we are assured from our
military commanders that the task
Evening star., 1945-04-21
De GuuIIe's Niece
Safe in Switzerland

Special Dispatch to The Star and the
Chicago Daily News.
BERN, April 21.-Genevieve de
Gaulle, niece of Gen. de Gaulle and
leader Of a French women's resist
ance group, who was deported from
France by the Germans In 1914,
arrived early this morning in Switz-
erland.
Her release was obtained through
the personal Intervention of high
Swiss authority whose name cannot
be revealed.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Americans Break Out
Into Flat Po Valley
BY NEWBOLD MOVES, Jr.

by NEWbOLD NOYES, Jr,
Star Staff Correspondent
WITH THE 5th ARMY IN ITALY.
April 21.-Americans today broke
out into the fiat valley of the Po
River, cutting the enemy's escape
routes from Bologna to the west,
less than 5 miles from the city.
This new development, jeopardiz-
ing German defensive positions in
Italy, climaxed a spectacular drive
through the northern fringe of the
Apennine Mountains which brought
our troops into the fatland by noon
today. Spearheading the 5th Army's
Evening star., 1945-04-21

One additional man from
the District area has been re-
ported killed in this tDnr. See
"On the Honor Roll" Page Az.
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tsee WESTERN FRONT, Page A-s)
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(see CABINET, Page A-20
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(See CHURCHILL, Page A-2.5
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(See ITALY, Page A-2.)
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(See GERMAN, Page A-2D
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No Early We Day.

We have no intention of en-
couraglng any festivities of thanks
giving until we are assured from our
military commanders that the task
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(see SECURITY, Page A-2.J
Evening star., 1945-04-21

Brief light rain this afternoon; clear
tonight. Fair, mild tomorrow.
The messenger., 1945-03-01
FRANCIS LOUIS ZlTO IS MADE AN EASICN

Francis Louis Zito, son If Mr. and Mrs. R. Louis Zito, 67 West Euclid Street, Hartford, Conn. has been graduated from the US Naval Air Training Base. Cor pus Christi, and commissioned an Ensign in the US. Naval Reserve.
 Each Naval Aviator is an expert flyer, navigator, aerologlst, gun ner, and radio operator. Naval Aviators fly carrier-based or land based planes in combat zones, or at Naval Air Stations at home and abroad. Types of planes in Naval Aviation include fighters, dive bomber, scout and observation. mulit-engined b m b CTS, patrol planes, and air transports.
 Whether in the Marine Corps or in the Navy, Naval Aviators wear the famous "Wings of Gold"
The messenger., 1945-03-01

duty to the Southwest Pacific.
 John was 21 on December 5. He enlisted March 13, 1943 and was first assigned to Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He was subsequently, stationed in Louisiana and Texas, training with the Engineers Corps. He went overseas in January of 1914 and was stationed in England with the Infantry until the lnva- sion of France.
 John was a member of the Class of 19A1 of the Bloomfield High School. Besides his parents, he leaves 9 brothers: Enrico, Frank, Nicholas, Albert, Patsy, Benny, Joseph, IT,, and Ernest, and two sisters. Florence and Lilly-all of Bloomfield.
 The only information regarding the death of Ferris is contained in a telegram to his mother from the War Department, received We'd nesday evening, March ', briefly etating he had been killed Feb ruary 20 in Germany. Another message, received an hour earlier, had stated he was missing.
 Ferris, the son of Mrs. Helen Ferris now residing at Lost Acres, North Granby, had been overseas less than a month and the identity of his Army unit has not yet be- come known although he advised his mother on February IA that he
 (Continued on Page ?
The messenger., 1945-03-01
} LOCAL SERVICE MEN RECENTLY HOSPITALIZED

Corporal Kenneth Barker, Nal colm Farrell and Bob Trombley are among those reported ho have been committed to Army hospitals during recent weeks.
 Barker, stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas, met with painful injuries to the back of his head, neck and shoulders when tarpaulin roll fell on him.
 Farrell suffered an emergency appendictomy operation. He was stricken just as he was entering his plane to start on a South Pacific mission. He is located in one of the Philippine Island air bases.
 Trombley, according to uncon- firmed reports, is being treated at a Western front Field Hospitol for battle fatigue.
The messenger., 1945-03-01
TERRY PLAINS ROAD MAN FOUND DEAD IN GARAGE

Donald c. Trask of 28 Terry Plains Roada was found dead Thursday night, February 15, in closed garage. Both wrists had been slashed with razor and the motor of his car was running.
 Trasks' body was found by his wife, Mrs. Helen Ray Trask, when she returned from Hartford about 7 PM. He was reported to have been in poor health for some time. He was 50 years of age.
 MT. Trask had lived in Bloom field a number of years, was a veteran of Warld War I, a son of the late William c. and Rosalyn Grant Trask of Hartford. He leaves, beside his wife, a sister, Bernice Trask of New York City, and two cousins.