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Evening star., 1945-05-23

if he had a girl. He said yes, Beverly
Hargreaves.
Then things began to happen.
The Boston newspapers kept calling
and asking when Beverly was going
to Washington. Sergt. Lindsey
called, too. 1t seemed the thing to
do. Beverly rushed home to the
10-room white-clapboard house with
acres of clipped lawn in which they
live to get some clothes. The house
is historic showplace in Lexington.
Jonathan Harrington, who lived
longer than any of the other Min
utemen in the famous skirmish of
l776, lived there.
Beverly and her father arrived
by plane shortly after midnight
today. Jake met them. They went
to the Hotel Washington, where they
met Jake's family, his father and
mother and slim blond sister, Mrs.
Jack Smith, all of Lucedale.
Mr.. Hargreaves approved highly
of Jake, whom he had not met.
This morning the reporters and
the movie cameramen appeared
Ruth Montgomery of the New
York News and Martha Kearney of
International News Service started
questioning the sergeant.
Is it serious, Jake?" they asked.
When are you going to get mar
ried?"
Il don't know that it's serious"
Jake protested. He was drinking
orange juice and coffee alternately.
I'm going to Boston for few days.
May know more after that"
Beverly came along, girlishly
plump with blue eyes, a blue sweat
er, blue skirt and black moccasins.
her golden hair blowing in the
breeze that swept the Washington
roof.
What are you going to do, Bev-
erly,' Miss Montgomery asked.
Father is going to Boston to-
night" said Miss Hargreaves in an
everything-is-settled tone. Il am
going to Mississippi with Jake and
the LindSevS."
Evening star., 1945-05-23

been spent under the shadow Of a
great world conflict. Many of our
alumni have fallen in that con-
iict. We thank God for the vic
tories our armed forces have won,
but we realize that the most i'm
portant part of the conflict lies
ahead.
will we win the war only to
throw aside all thought of God, Of
truth and goodness and of the
dignity of the human person? These
questions will by no means be an
swered with the defeat of our en-
emies. 1t is for us, as Catholic Uni
versity graduates, to make the world
remember God, to insist on truth
and fairness in relations between
nations as well as men"
Evening star., 1945-05-23
Members Of Congress
Promise 10 Support
D. T.. Rabies Measure

The Montgomery County Boarc
Of Commissioners yesterday was as,
sured by Chairman Bilbo of tn,
Senate District Committee and Sen.
ator Radcliffe, Democrat, and Rep
resentative Beall, Republican, O.
Maryland that they will support {
bill now pending in Congress Il
allow the District to require dos
vaccinations as rabies contro
measure.
The board had requested tn,
Maryland delegation and the chair.
men of the House and Senate Dis
trict Committees to support tht
District measure for compulsory dos
innoculationS. The board pointed
out that rabies control, started &
year ago in the county. would bt
ineffective in the suburban area!
unless similar controls were inau.
gurated in the District.
In a report Of expenditures IL
the 1914 summer recreation pro
gram, operated by the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, but largel,
financed by the county, 1t. Col E
Brooke Lee, commission chairman
said a total of 3,40O county children
were enrolled at 28 recreation cen
terS.
Col. Lee reported expenditures O.
S45, 5,358.8l from receipts totalinl
S64, 246.91. leaving a balance of $18,,
888.l0 on hand as of September q
The commission chairman report
ed an additional s13,040.6l was spen
for the fall, winter and spring rec.
reation program, and that s4,732.5,
was used for the construction of 6
recreation building at Four Cor
ners. He said s971.99 was used tc
meet unpaid charges against tht
1914 summer program and for the
purchase of supplies.
The board voted an additional s..
500 to an existing $500 Lanhan
Act fund to remodel and enlarge
the former boys building on the
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Recreation
Center site.
The commissioners awarded &
contract to Eyre 81 Smallwood, Sill.
yer Spring, for the installation o.
372 feet of reinforced concrete cul'
vert pipe at the intersection of Iro
quois and Tuscarora roads, Gler
Echo Heights, on a bid of S2,454.
A $4,000 allotment was made Il
the Montgomery County Civilian
Defense Garden Committee. TIL,
commissioners said at least part O.
the funds will be repaid from re-
ceipts at the county canning cen.
ter, which last year processed 100,'
212 pints of food.
The commissioners set hearing
on new property assessments for II
am. June 26. Decision was reserved
on a hearing yesterday on peti.
ton by Leo Rocca, owner, for re.
classification of tract of land neal
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad a
Halpin from commercial D to in
dustrial E.
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lsiHRahonmiq


Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
Y-5, rs, Az through d. good
through June 2; stamps E-2
through J-2 good good through
June 80; stamps K-2 through P-2
good through July 81. Stamps
o. through U2 valid through
August 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
H-2 through M-2 good through
June 2; stamps NJ through So
good through June 30. Stamps To-
through X-2 good through July 81.
Stamps Y-2, z-2, Al, B-1 and
C-1 through August 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp IS valid for S pounds
through June 2. Stamp No. SO
valid for S pounds through Au-
gust 81.
GasoIine-A-15 coupons are valid
through June 81. B-6, C-6, B-7
and CT coupons good for S gal
Ions each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l, 2 and 3
in Book No. good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each. An as-yet-
unnumbered shoe stamp becomes
valid August l.
Fuel Oil-Periods /, 2, 3, and
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. All
currently valid coupons, except for
serially-numbered coupons of def
mite value, will expire August 81.
Consumers in this area should not
have used more than 90 per cent
of their ration as of today. Local
boards are mailing the 1945-1946
renewal applications. You are
urged to return the application to
the local board at the earliest
possible time.
Evening star., 1945-05-23
$50 {. u. Graduates
Told Education Is
Key 10 Democracy

| Americans must be educated In
their collective responsibilities
toward the democratic system OF
government if ANY semblance oil
world order" is to follow the war
Senator Myers, Democrat, of Penn
sylvania told the spring graduating
class at Catholic University today
Some $50 students received degrees
During the ceremonies, the Right
| Rev. MSgr. Patrick j. Mccormick
rector. announced to the students
faculty and friends of the univer-
sity that it had received 1868, ,7O4
from diocesan collections and $751;
AS from private bequests during the
last year.
The Right Rev Michael J. Keyes,
titular Bishop OF Aeropolis, deliv-
cred the invocation and benediction
at the 56th annual commencement
of the university. Aldrew L. Cab
oriault of Cleveland spoke as class
valedictorian. Music was provided
by the Navy School of Music Band.
w VI III 4<CCuCus
Reminding the audience that the
period between the first and second
World Wars had been the most
combustible era in human history -
Senator Myers continued:
ITO achieve any semblance of
world order. it will first be necessary
to educate the people to an aware
ness of their individual and COL
lective responsibilities in the demo-
cratic system of government. for an
organization established to en-
courage world security is nothing if
it is not founded upon true demo-
cratic principles and is practical
demonstration of democracy in ac-
tion. -
Il mention this because I feel
that we should recognize that talk
alone will not get us anyhere.
Treaties can die over night, agree
ments are broken and promises fade
away. But if we the people believe
an dsay of the roposed world Sc
curity organization-this is the best
job that can be done now, and in
sist that it be made to work, then
the hope for enduring peace be-
comoes more than an ideal-it be-
comes practical reality.
IsoIationism Out of Date.
"At a terrible cost in millions Of
lives. human misery. broken hearts
and untold destruction. the free peo-
Piles of the world have come to
realize that nations, like human
beings, are interdependent. These
war years have conclusively proved
that no nation can successfully iso-
late itself economically or intel
lectually from the community of
nations We must learn to live with
our neighboring nations in friend
ship and peace or die side by side
in another war
Senator Myers recalled a letter
written by the late President Roose-
welt to Pope Plus II in which he
expressed the opinion that a new
order of things" may even now be
under construction in the hearts
of masses whose voices are not
heard but whose common faith will
write the history of our times"
In his valedictory, Mr.. Gaboriault
expressed the thanks of his class
for offering it an education which
provided not only 'the best possible
training" in particularized fields but
also Christian philosophy of life" "
Challenge to Philosophy.
1--WE know" he said. "as we go
forth from the university that we
are prepared both spiritually and
physically to meet and repulse the
challenge which these troubled times
offer to that Christian philosophy.
Our entire college career has
Evening star., 1945-05-23
|NCHA Tenants
Earning $4,000
Told 10 Move
Three Protesting
Request to Get
Private HOUSING

With new dwellings for colored
families now becoming available,
the National Capital Housing Au-
thority has notified some of the
tenants of its war and low-rent
housing projects. having incomes of
more than $4,000 a year, to seek
other housing.
This came to public notice late
yesterday, when members of the
House District Committee granted
a hearing to three NCHA tenants
who protested the request that they
move. Their arguments were that
in nonpublic housing they would
have to pay higher rents for smaller
quarters.
679 Families in Bracket.
John H. Ihlder, executive officer
OF the NCHA, said today there are
679 families living in the war hous-
ing or low rent quarters who now
have incomes of $4,000 or more. He
said four classes of these families
are exempt from the request to
move to private housing.
These families are: /. Families
needing four bedrooms. Mr.. Ihlder
said these were exempt because
there still are no our-bedroom
houses on the market. 2. Service
mems families, because they may
lose their Government allotments at
any time. 3. Mothers of small
children, or expectant mothers, who
would have to give up their jobs to
care for their infants. 4. Families
having wage earners who are about
to lose their jobs" Mr.. Ihlder said
there is an 'appreciable number" in
this class.
Members Of the House and Senate
District Committees in past months
have protested strongly that the
NCHA has failed to graduate"
tenants from public low-rent hous-
ing when they attained incomes
higher than maximums permitted
for subsidized housing. Mr.. Ihlder's
response has been there was no
other housing available.
1878 Units Available.
Miss Ellen Harper. area manager
for the War Housing Center, to
which the tenants were notified to
apply for rehousing, reported today
she has 2,673 private housing units
listed as now available, or soon to be-
These have one to three bedrooms,
with most of them tWo-bedroom
units, she said
To date, she said, 465 of the 679
NCHA tenants with incomes of
SO 900 or more have registered with
the Housing Center. All except
those requiring three or more bed
rooms have been given new housing
references, but how many have gone
to inspect the houses she said she
did not know.
Mr.. Ihlder explained that not only
are four classes of NCHA tenants
to be exempted, but that others will
not be required to move, unless they
can find private housing with
rentals no more than one-quarter of
their incomes. This would mean
no more than $62 so a month on
$4,000 income.
Maximum rentals charged by the
NCHA in its low rental housing
projects have been $3.50 a month.
In the war worker housing, the
maximum charge is $46 a month.
Lesser amounts are charged in
hardship" cases.
Members of the House District
Committee hearing tenant COM
plants yesterday included Repre-
sentatives Mcmillan of South Caro-
lima, Smith of Virginia and Combs
of Texas, Democrats, and OHara,
Republican, of Minnesota. No &C
tim UaS taken
Evening star., 1945-05-23
Man Put in Mental Word
After Suicide ATTEMPT

A man who was pulled from the
railing of the Taft Bridge on Con-
necticut avenue yesterday by a taxi
cab driver. presumably as he was
about to take a 100-foot dive to
the ground below, is undergoing
observation at the mental ward of
Gallinger Hospital today.
Police say the man had been
drinking before he mounted the
railing for the jump. He was stopped
by Stuart Adler, 1872 Spring road
NV. The cab driver pinned the
man to the walk while passers-by
summoned g. police squad car.
Evening star., 1945-05-23
Father Huggerty to Talk
At Gonzuqu Hiqh

Experiences of three years on the
Island of Mindanao during the guer-
rilla warfare against the Japenese
will be related by the Rev. j. Ed
ward Haggerty, S. j., in a lecture
at o'clock tonight in the audi
torium of Gonzaga High School.
Father Haggerty was principal of
the high school at Cagayan for some
time.
The lecture is free and the public
Is invited.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-28
Navy Reduces Karship
Building Is Per Cent

WASHINGTON, March 27-R-
The Navy today cut back drastical-
" it's latest warship building pro-
gram even as Fleet Admiral Err
nest J. King said mo quick and
easy victory lover Japan can be
taken for granted"
A 81, 100000, 900 insurance. con-
struction program anounced
March was slashed rs per cent.
This reduced a projected big new
fleet of 81 warships of all cate
gories totaling 636.860 tons to u
escort carriers of 100000 tons. 9th
er phases of the Nays overall
building program were not affect
ed.
However, it was reported that
the joint chiefs of staff. who de-
cided upon the warship building
cut, are questioning the Maritime
Commission on the need Of building
about 10 new tankers now pla-
ned for delivery this year and next.
Admiral Kings note of caution
was included in his annual report
as Fleet Commander in Chief
which also said that the war in the
Pacific today is ahead of our
expectations Of last year."
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Although emphasizing that there
has been no Pacific schedule sex
cept to go as far and as fast as
the means at hand would per-
nit" the Fleet Admiral said the
very speed" of the advance on
Tokyo "has created new produc-
ton problems.
Most of the ships involved in the
program cut back today would not
have been completed until next
year or l947 The Navy said the
full project was conceived as Gin
surace'' against the possibility OF
additional losses as the fleet closes
in on Japan and the tempo of the
war steps up. 1t was calculated
that the program could be aban-
doned if progress OF the war made
it evident that the additional ships
would not be needed.
The cut. decided upon by the
joint chiefs of staff, was based on
several factors. One was. Of course,
the present size of the fleet.
Another and possibly more COM
polling factor was the critical
shortage of steel now bampering
Continued on Page Seven; Col. y
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ounding
Ry'ukyus Isles
Tokyo Reports OF Inva.
sion Ignored By Fleet
Headquarters
GUAM. Wednesday, March 49,

GUAM, Wednesday, March 3D.
W.R)-Tokyo said today that Amer
lean troops had stormed ashore
on the Okinawa Islands only $50
miles southwest Of Japan. Pacific
Fleet headquarters, giving no
confirmation Of the enemy claim,
reported however that naval and
air bombardment of the strategic
Ryukyus was continuing.
Carrier aircraft Of the power
full Pacific Fleet forces now rang
ing the far Western Pacific at
tackled the Ryukyu Islands Tues
day while surface units lombard
ed enemy installations, Fleet Adm.
Chester w. Nimitz announced.
It was the fourth day of attacks
since the fleet forces opened the
Ryuklu assault last Friday. The
Tuesday sea-air. attack was the
second consecutive day of such as
saults against the island chain
stretching from southern Japan to
Formosa.
Nimitz' communique rer>>Sg
the CONTINUED bombardment Of
the Rylkyus still ignored the Jap
anese reports that U. S. troops
had landed Sunday on the Ker-
anna island groups IS miles west
of Okinawa itself.
Tokyo reported the landings as
hundreds of B-29 Superior
tresses from the Marianas blasted
airfields on the enemy's home is
land of Kyushu in coordination
with the task force action.
A japanese imperial headquar-
tiers announcement of the Ryukyu
invasion said that Jap aircraft
and ground forces had Launched
furious attacks against the U.
S. troops but made no claim to
having dislodged Americans from
their beachheads.
fContinued nm Pare Seven. Col. a
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Madame Perkins Expects
Mine Dispute Settlement

Disagreement between operators
and the United Mine Workers Oh
terms for a months contract ex-
tension sounded the cue for Miss
Perkins appearance at Negotia
ton headquarters.
what do you expect to accom-
plish," reporter asked her as
she entered.
mot any Miracles she replied.
Some 4OO,OO coal miners vote
tomorrow on whether to endorse a
wartime strike. And $4,000 hard
coal men will follow suit month
hence
The United Mine Workers, head
ed by John L. Lewis, and the BIZ
luminous mine operators have fail
ed after a month of talks to agree
on a new contract.
But Lewis need not necessarily
call a strike, even Il the vote of
his followers is as heavily in favor
of endorsement as is expected. In
any event, the Easter weekend is
expected to see at last some work
stoppages. .
Federal seizure Of the mines, fol-
lowing the pattern of 1913, is the
Government ace in the hole. It is
used when cancellation efforts and
appeals for continued production
fail.
The present UMW-operator CO.
tract expires Saturday night. The
miners consistently have followed
the attitude of no CONTRACTING work.
However, If the mines are seiz-
frl>.+:-v.S D. Two. CnJ q
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Unconditional Surrender
OF Germany Still
Is The Goal

PARIS, March IT, Up Gen.
Eisenhower asserted today that
the German army ''as military
force on the Western Front is a
whipped army with it's lines brok-
en- by one of wars greatest VIC
tories, but there was no hint that
the enemy had been driven to
the point of surrender.
IT am not writing off this war"
he told a press conference on his
return from the front. ''No one
knows what the Germans will do
in his own country, and he is try
ing hard.'
Warning against expecting any
race for Berlin, the Supreme Com
mander said that despite the ire
mendous Allied victory in the
Rhineland that does not mean a
front cannot be formed somewhere
where our maintenance is stretch
ed to the limit"
my honest opinion he contin-
ued, lis that there will be no ne
gotiated unconditional surrender.
There will be an imposed uncon-
ditional surrender.
Between the Allies in the West
and Russia, we will take over
Germany. Whether the Germans
know it or not, we will know it is
unconditional surrender
Eisenhower authorized only the
direct quotations given in this dis
patch.
Smiling and confident, Eisen-
hover said the day would come
when he could tell correspondents
that all organized resistance on
the Western Front was broken, but
he was making no forecasts of
when that would be.
But in discussing new tanks
which recently have appeared on
the battlefield, he said that if the
war continued a little longer these
and other new weapons would
make themselves felt - indicating
that perhaps he feels the great day
of victory is nearer than he will
admit.
He cautioned correspondents
against being too optimistic re-
garding the end of the war and
declared there was darn tough
fighting ahead
While the Germans are whip
ped, he said he saw no sign of
their capitulation.
This commander, who counts
his soldiers in millions and his
planes and tanks in tens of thou
sands, admitted he did not know
how far beyond the. Rhine his
troops had gone because he had
been away from his headquarters
for two or three hours.
But he cautioned that the drive
beyond the Rhine was no nonstop
affair. His armies can go only as
far as they can be supplied and
since there are no railroads across
the Rhine at present. that distance
is limited for the time being.
Then with the confidence he al
ways has reposed in correspon-
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U. S. WELCOMES
ARGENTINE MOVE
Last OF American Nations
Declares War On Ger
many, Japan

WASHINGTON, March q -UP)-
The State Department, welcoming
Argentina's declaration Of war on
the Axis, announced tonight that
it expected an early exchange of
views with the other Americas look
ing toward recognition of the Ar
gentine government.
The department formal state
ment said the official text of the
Argentine action had not yet been
received, but added:
"T'he report of its action in de-
claring state of war against Ger
many and Japan is welcomed here
as indicating the intention of Al
gentina to participate actively in
the war against the Axis and to
make its national policy conform
to the procedure outlined in reso-
luton at the Mexico City Confer
ence.
''In the light of the Argentine ma
tons action, it is expected that
there will be an early exchange
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Erroneous Nems Flashes
Excite War WeQryMation

WASHINGTON, March 27.-lR-
A wave of premature reports and
rumors of victory in Europe
spread over the country today as
United Nations armies continued
their rush toward Berlin.
One flood Of runors grew from
White House disclosure that
President Roosevelt wants his
Cabinet officers and United States
diplomats abroad to stay at their
posts during the San Francisco
Conference starting April Is.
The White House. later made it
clear that Mr.. Roosevelt's mem
orandum on the subject, sent to
Secretary of State Stettinius on,
March IL, did not spell any i'm
mediate German collapse. The
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WASHINGTON, March y -lRs-
Secretary Of Labor Perkins, after
conference with John L. Lewis
and biturninous coal operators, said
tonight she expects settlement of
a new contract before the present
one expires Saturday night.
She told reporters both the OPP
orators and the United Mine Work
ers chieftain had proposed abso-
lutely new offers in her presence
and that she had suggested some
agreement herself.
I'm expecting them to settle,
she said.
A strike vote of some 400, 900
soft coal miners is to be held to-
morrow.
Miss Perkins said she had not dis
cussed with the negotiating COM
mittees the request of Secretary
of Interior Ickes that the present
contract be extended 80 days to
give the parties more time to reach
an agreement.
1--WE suggested variety of ap-
proach to the problems" she said.
II suggested agreement on gen.
eral overall plane rather than on
some exact formula.
1--WE were not able to agree on
any particular figures tonight but
there were some offers that were
not made before.
ri think it was encouraging. It
was motion, and at least movement
is positive
Contract negotiations are SEIZED
uled to resume tomorrow at 1000
am, ..