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Evening star., 1945-01-16
Bethesda Group
Asks Woodmont
|zoning Hearings
Chamber Tentatively
Books Commercial
Stotus for Truct
BY MRS. J. REED BRADLEY,

The proposed commercialization
OF the Woodmont section of Be-
thesda as recommended by the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission was ap-
proved by the Bethesda Chamber of
Commerce last night "as basis for
public discussion The chambers
action was taken on recommends
ton of its Postwar Planning Com
mittee.
A meeting of Woodmont area resi-
dents and other interested persons
Will be called soon to discuss details
OF the proposed master plan for this
tract which lies in the triangle
north of Georgetown road and west
OF Wisconsin avenue.
Buffer Strips Planned.
The committee plan would stop
the commercial area at the east
side of Glenbrook road and on the
north side of Rugby avenue with
buffer strips of apartments. Two
large sections in the interior OF
Woodmont would be reversed for
parking facilities.
A second committee proposal ap-
proved for discussion purposes
would conmercialize the south side
of Georgetown road to a point di-
rectly opposite Auburn avenue
Apartments would be authorized
west of this point to Glenbrook
road. Buffer apartments would be
authorized also for the rear of the
commercial strip in this section.
These two proposals are the first
to be made by the committee which
has been working for the last year
on a master plan for the Bethesda
Election District. Nine additional
major proposals and at least five
minor ones will be made to the
chamber in the next few months
before being thrown open to the
public for discussion.
Connecting Link Approved.
The chamber also approved q
proposed connecting link from
Bethesda to the northwest free
way following the Little Falls Park
way from Bradley boulevard south
to Somerset and thence southwest
through the Bergdoll property to
the District line.
A resolution approving compul-
sorry military training, submitted
by a subcommittee of the School
and Welfare Committee, was tabled
after lengthy debate.
A resolution submitted by Sam
Stonebraker recommending the
widening of Rockville pike from the
Bank OF Bethesda to the town OF
Rockville was referred to the Roads
Committee.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
Veteran of 6 Major Campaigns
Back for Christmas Dinner
CorpI. Roy l. Harmon
Twice Wounded in
~ Years Overseas

Corpl. Roy L. Harmon. 26, twice
wounded veteran of six major cam
paigns, sat down last night to his
first real Christmas dinner in three
years.
To be sure, it was a belated holi-
day dinner. but his mother and
stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
H. Kuster of the Spring Lake Park
section near Rockville, Md, had kept
the tree decorated and the dinner
postponed until the day Roy would
come home They had heard he
was among the 1900 wounded and
decorated heroes to be given 30
day furlough in this country.
Roy glanced out the window and
remarked the Belgian weather is
like this all the time. Its cold and
wet, and there's mud everywhere, y
he said. TITS not like our American
bad weather. There is something
soft about rain over here. There
is something you can like about it.
Overseas 21z Years.
With family, friends and relatives
overf1owing the small living room
of the Kuster house, Roy told how
it felt to be chosen for a trip home
after sweating it OUT for 21a years
overseas
Our outfit. the 1st Division, had
just set up new command post
near the Belgian border. I didn't
want all the mud in Europe in that
new post and I was washing down
the front steps when my command
ing officer yelled for me to come in
How'd you like to 60 home,' this
guy says, just like that, and I told
him to stop his kidding. Well
you're going he told me. and asked
me how felt about it.
well, I guess I just stood there
for few minutes before could say
anything. Then / told him I fell
just like I was going to heaven. Ard
that's how it was"
Wounded Twice in Leg.
Roy, who wears the Combat In
fantryman's Badge, the Purple
Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the
Good Conduct Medal and six cam
paign ribbons, saw his first combat
when the 1st Division took part in
the invasion Of North Africa. He
fought the campaigns of Oran,
Algiers, Tunisia and Sicily; was one
of the first to hit the Normandy
beaches on d day, and later fought
through France into Germany.
He was wounded near Tehessa,
in Africa, and again in Normandy
on the first day Of the invasion. He
was struck both times in the leg.
The trip home, he said, was just
like a dream that's true when you
wake up. Paris slipped by, and
soon he was on the boat bound for
America.
That last morning I was up be-
fore dawn" he said. standing
there by the rail / saw the Statue
of Liberty loom into view out OF
the fog. She was like a ghost, but
she was the happiest ghost I'd ever
seen. Then I woke up, and sure
enough, ! was home"
Evening star., 1945-01-16
Seret. Gail Belmont
Finds Visit Home
Is Like q Dream

we got word December while
we were knocking back a third Jerry
counterattack. / was in a foxhole on
a hill east of Bergstein in Germany
The word came over the radio, the
first time it had worked that day
The colonel wanted u.s."
1t was Staff Sergt. Gail H. Bel
mont, "A, of the I'd Ranger Bat
talon, holder of the Distinguished
Service Cross, the Silver Star, the
Purple Heart with three clusters, q
Presidential unit citation, Combat
Infantryman Badge and Good Con-
duct Medal, talking. He had arrived
home less than "a hours before. after
two years overseas, He was among
1886 men brought home for a 30-day
merit furlough.
Mrs. John j. Belmont was busy ir
the kitchen of their home, 1901
Longfellow street NV, preparing 9
big chicken dinner. Mr.. Belmont, g
professional magician now employed
as supervisor of Woodward & 10th.
rop's loading platform, was shufiine
a deck of cards. Sister Dalls, II, sal
in one corner with a girl frienc
listening intently. A brother, Sergt
Keith A. Belmont, %, just back from
three years in the Southwest Pacific
was toying with a German officers
pistol his brother had brought home
Skeptical of Message.
Gail went on. Yes, the colonel
wanted me and three other fellows
in my company. 1 thought it was
another patrol, because we four had
always worked together. We had
miles to 60 back to the command
post. It was under constant Jerry
fire.
when we got back to the c. P.
there was the colonel sitting on q
c ration box How'd you fellows like
to 60 home?' he said. We thought
he was crazy. Colonel, SIR said
you just asked us If we wanted to
go home?" Just then one of my
buddies said, I think the Joint S
crazy.
He showed us the radio mes
sage from corps area headquarters
which convinced us. And don't you
think we weren't skeptical. They
had a truck waiting and took us to q
Belgian town. We had the first
shower in three weeks. A hot
shower"
Gail interrupted himself here ane
looked around the room. Mrs. Bel.
mont had just came from the kitch.
en-. Il feel like I'm in q dream
I hope I don't wake up" Then he
continued:
We felt like a couple of generals
anything We wanted. All we hac
to do was asked for it,
Was Wounded in Normandy,
That's as it should be-" Mrs. Bel.
mont declared, before ducking bach
to the kitchen to take q look at the
gravy.
While Gail went to the kitchen to
help his mother, Mr.. Belmont ex-
planned some Of the medals. The
DISC was won D day plus one. when
forward elements Of his company
were trapped by enemy machine
guns. Gail picked up an enemy
machine gun and opened fire on
Germans only 50 yards away. He
drew the enemy fire on himself and
allowed his troops to advance.
Wounded and given first aid, he
managed to capture two Nazis on
his way back to the beach for
further treatment.
The Silver Star was for his pa
trolls capture Of an enemy observa-
tion post after he had taken It's
Evening star., 1945-01-16
Contract Awarded
For Two Voter Muins

A contract for two ,500-foot water
supply mains over Chain Bridge was
awarded by the Arlington County
board at special meeting today.
The Armco Drainage g. Metal
Products, Inc, of Baltimore, was
awarded the project on a low bid OF
$28,938.14. The project will be super
vised by the Army Engineers.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
Dr.. Brechbiii to Speak

DR.. Henry Brechbill, professor Of
the College OF Education OF Mary
land University. viii address the
Greenbelt High School PTA at q
meeting at 8 o'clock tonight. He will
discuss a five-point educational pro-
gram for Maryland. Programs also
will be presented by the high school
journalistic and camera clubs.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
DR.. Schmidt to Speak

DR.. Emerson P Schmidt, director
OF economic research of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, will
address the Takoma Park Presby-
terian Church Brotherhood Club at
8 O'Clock tonight at the church.5 He
will discuss Freedom and Economic
Policy"
Evening star., 1945-01-16

commanding oficer with a threat
to blow the officer and himself to
bits with q hand grenade If he did
not surrender.
On the way to the dinner table
Gail conf1ded in the reporter: 4
love this trance I'm in. But I've got
buddies overseas and that's where I
belong. y
AS the party sat down Mr.. Bel
mont added: win you insert that
We are proud parents?"
Evening star., 1945-01-16
Schools Head to Speak

Prince Georges County Supt. of
Schools c. Gardner Shugart will
speak at meeting of the Univer-
sity Park Md PTA at 8 O'Clock
tonight at the school.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
.PTA Meeting CoIIed Off

The meeting of the Rockville
Parent Teacher Association, sched-
uled for tonight, has been postponed
until next month because of bad
weather. association officials an-
|nounced today.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
PTA to Meet

The Kensington Elem entary
School Parent Teacher Association
will meet at pm tomorrow at the
school. Boy and Girl Scout work in
the community will be discussed.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
Some Expect Violence.

The Lunt survey also showed that
20.4 per cent of the operators ap-
preached were strong" in their as
|sertion that they would refuse to
train colored operators. Another
|20 per cent were moderately
strong" in rejecting such . plan.
Evening star., 1945-10-03
Political Urgency Seen Behind
Eisenhower's firing of Patton

former District Attorney and lately
a brigadier general.
Some apprehension is felt by off,
cials here that Gen. Patton has
been built up to such heroic pro-
portions, it is impossible now to
touch him with impunity. Others
predicted gloomily he would lend
himself to the martyr role. Pat
ton will turn into the Gerald L. X
Smith of the military" said one
cynic.
The 60-year -old general has al
ways spoken cheerfully of retire
ment with war correspondents
Pleasant and amusing in personal
contact he has never showed malice
He has no financial worries, his
wife having a fortune cleaned from
thirsts quenched by Ayers sarsa-
parilla.
Long Road for Ike.
In order to understand that Gen
Eisenhower lost patience with Gen
Patton, it is necessary to recall the
long road that the really sweet-tem-
pered Ike has travelled with extra
vert George. 1t may be unfash-
ionable now TO recall Gen. Patton s
faults, but this correspondent nev-
ertheless travelled long days in con-
voy to Italy with one of the hos
pitfalls in which one of the famous
soldier-slappings took place. The
nurses, outraged by Gen, Patton's
Evening star., 1945-10-03

rough handling of the malarial boy
who incurred his ire. referred sar-
castically to the general as Your
Blood and My Cuts" War corre-
spondents raped Gen. Eisenhower
| for protecting him and the troops
had a sardonic chant, pistol
Packin' Papa, lay that private
down"
Gen. Eisenhower bore the burden
in the heat of those days. He STAYED
off the press. He immured the re-
port on the two slapping cases and
tried to elude the whole story. This
correspondent also saw the hand
written notes from which the official
report which came to Washington
was drawn. 1t was not a story to be
taken lightly. Gen. Eisenhower
must have had struggle with his
conscience as well as with the press
before he decided Gen. Patton's
military genius must not be lost to
the invasion of Europe.
For long time Gen. Patton was
blacked out of the news by censor
ship, though every correspondent in
the isles could find him readying his
Army in the north. Hardly had Ike
Evening star., 1945-10-03
Two Settle OpA Charges
OF Violating Price Ceiling

The District Office of Price Ad-
ministration announced today that
two food establishments here had
settled administrators claims aris-
ing over alleged violations of price
ceilings by voluntary payments of
$50 each.
Wallert's Market, 655 Sixteenth
street NE, Mrs. Mary Wallert, pro-
prietor, was charged with an over
charge of 4 cents on chocolate syrup
by price panel of War Price and
Ration Board Al.
Hamilton Arms Coffee Shop, 1882
Thirty-first street NV, Milo H.
Brinkley, proprietor, was charged
with total overcharges of 81 on
lobster salad meals by the price
panel OF Board 20.
Evening star., 1945-10-03
Republican Congress
Vital, Browneil Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3.-Elec-
ton of Republican controlled
Congress is necessary next year "to
preserve the American economic
system and avoid. ruinous period
of imitation" Herbert Brownell, jr.
Republican national chairman, de-
clared last night.
He also called for an audit" oi
Democratic party rule and said the
G. o. P. must win to give the people
"a long overdue accounting of what
has been done with their Govern
ment during the more than II years
of the New Deal"
The congressional investigation oil
the japanese attack on Pearl Har-
Dor, Mr.. Brownell said, should bring
answers to such question as "Whc
was responsible for"::
THE admitted failure to use such
defense facilities as were available
at Pearl Harbor? The fact that oul
mighty Pacific Fleet was caught like
sitting ducks in a mill pond? Tht
fact that hundreds of our planes
were parked wing tip to wing tip or
Hlckam Field as idle targets fol
| JAP bombers?"
Evening star., 1945-10-03
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Evening star., 1945-10-03
BY DORIS FLEESON.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower de-
cision to quit taking the rap for
Gen. George S. Patton's faux pas
is his own, official sources here
stress. Nor were they inclined to
quarrel with the long-suffering su-
preme commanders decision.
That the country might have the
advantage of Gen. Patton's military
skill, Gen. Eisenhower has babied
him along, covered up for him where
he could, interned official reports,
charmed our restive Allies, stood off
the press, turned blind eye on the
articles of war and never COM
planned. In all this he had the
understanding support of President
Roosevelt, an old hand himself with
problem children.
The Nation got its dividends from
this policy of patience when Gen.
Patton was finally unleashed in the
hedgerows of Normandy to do what
he does beSt-fght like hell. People
forgave and forgot what would ordi-
narily be suicide in America-a
hand lifted against CT Joe who
couldn't fight back.
Unsuited for Work.
But the war ended and like David
Copperfeld, Gen. Patton was put to
work for which he was not suited
He enlivened the bore of occupa-
tion with an airy comparison of the
Nazi issue to Republican-Demo-
cratic politics at home. And he
left the door to his well-worn dog
house open a mile when he didn't
obey Gen. Eisenhower order to
denazify Bavaria. That's not an
outburst of war nerves or a pic
turesque prejudice. Himself called
to account for the Bavarian quag-
mire,1 Gen. Eisenhower let Gen
Patton have it at long last.
Gen. Eisenhower has every reason
personally to take drastic steps 10
improve the occupation picture. He
has a big job waiting for him at
home-chief of staff to succeed Gen
Marshall who wants to retire. But
it's impossible for him to turn over
his job in Germany until he has it
whipped into shape
Unquestionably the sense of urg-
ency in the task, impaired to him
by Washington this week, stems
from the imminence of the New
York City mayorality election. New
York is the eastern anchor of the
Democratic party. Recapture OF
City Hall this year after IL years
of exile would put the party in shape
for real fight to regain Albany
from Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. State
control in turn would burnish Demo
cratic prospects for carrying the
State in '48.
Bloc of Jewish Voters.
This being the situation, the huge
bloc of Jewish voters in New York
City, normally Democratic, have. ar
opportunity next month to register q
killing protest against soft" policy
toward NaZis by the Democratic ad-
ministration in Washington. The
Republican nominee for Mayor is 6
Jew, Judge Jonah Goldstein, while
the Democratic candidate is as usua
drawn from the ranks of the Irish
Catholics. He is William O'Dwyer
Evening star., 1945-10-03
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Evening star., 1945-10-03
Elliott Roosevelt Saws
Offer 10 Settle Loans
Ended His Obligation
BY the Associated Press.

II BY the Associated Press.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Oct. s.
Elliott Roosevelt, in an interview
published in the Los Angeles Times
4 today, declared he has no moral
obligation to pay back loans made
to him of 100000 and $4,000 be-
cause the two men who made them
did not choose to accept an offer
/ for their settlement.
The Son of the late President
previously said he borrowed a total
of 100000 and put it into the Texas
State Radio Network which he or
ganized in 1888.
l. Regarding the loan of 100000
from John Hartford, president of
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Co., and $4,000 from David Baird.
New York insurance broker, later
settled for $4,000 and $500, respec-
lively, Mr.. Roosevelt told the Times
reporter:
Il feel that I am under no moral
obligation to pay back the money
borrowed because I made both Hart
ford and Baird firm offer, through
Jesse Jones, to turn over all of nv
net assets, including the stock which
they held as collateral in connec-
ton with these loans.
Didn't Give Reasons.
They chose not to accept the
ioffer for their own reasons, of which
I was not advised.
Bear in mind that these nego-
tlations were carried on by Jesse
Jones while was overseas-in North
Africa. The stock was returned to
me. They knew and I knew at the
time that the stock (of the radio
network had zero value.
This in any businessman's Ian
guage concluded a business deal.
1 made an offer. They declined it
and worked out a countersettlement
with MIR. Jones. That was early in
1912.
AT no time was I aware that the
stock had any value other than zero
from the time of the settlement with
Hartford and Baird until May, ls45.
at which date I did not own or con-
WIZ ally Vi ltl6 SJOCk.
| THE stock was later sent by Mr..
Jones to Miss Grace Tully (presi-
Dental secretary and kept in her
f1les IN the White House. In Janu-
ary, 1914, the stock was sent by nv
father to my wife in Fort Worth at
her request. She still has it, having
acquired one-half of it by the di-
vorce settlement, together with the
other community property.
Children Have Half.
The other half of the stock went
into trust fund for the three chill
dren resulting from the marriage"
The reporter asked Mr.. Roosevelt:
How do you feel about any pos
sible moral obligation to pay the
Government the tax loss it expe-
rienced when Hartford was granted
the bad debt claim in the sum of
$196, ,00O?"
L feel no obligation there, Ger
tainly not replied Elliott. The
Government follows the practice in
| income tax procedure to permit
| claims of deductions on account of
bad debts where the debtor has no
assets. 1t does not seek to collect
the tax from any other of those
mourning the bad debts in similar
instances. Why should I be singled
out and asked to pay?"
Mr.. Roosevelt previously said the
stock of the Texas network now is
! conservatively valued at between
81 100000 and $2,000,000. He said
that when the two loans he re-
ferred to were made Mr.. Hartford
was given 1000 shares of stock as
/ cOllat teral and Mr.. Baird 500
Evening star., 1945-10-03

lifted the veil, than Gen. Patton
made headlines in speech slurring
the Russians. Ike fixed that up.
What all he fixed up for his Super
man." only he can tell. Apparently
Ike's tired of it all.
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

Young Women's club. The American
Legion and GAR. will be special guests.
Everyone is welcome to worship with US.
Church reporter.
CamphOr Memorial Methodist Church
Notes: Three Ways of Life was the SUBJ
ject of a dynamic, spirit-filled sermon by
DIR. Daniel H. Stanton, of Atlanta, Ga,
at our IL a. m. service last Sunday. The
congregation responded with a most gen.
can Bible Society. DIR. Stanton is dean Of
the Haven Agency for Negroes of the
Society. Many of the women of the church
are planning to join the American Bible
Society Family Circle, as suggested by DR..
Stanton. Visitors to the service included
Charles Tabor of Detroit, Michigan. Mr..
Tabor is a brother of Stanley Tabor, ST., a
member of our church.
The Kiddie Review was held at 4 p. m,
and it was most interesting. Mrs. Josie
B. Williams, our Sunday School superin-
tendent, is due lot of credit for the very
fine showing of the group of small children
who appeared on the program. She was
assisted by Mildred Monson, who played
the piano. Judith Elizabeth Jones. the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jones,
was declared the winner in the baby con-
test, and was awarded a $500 Victory
bond. Mrs. Addie c. Few had charge of
this part of the program. The Riddle
Review was followed by a tea in the Guild
Hall. Several of the small children poured
tea.
Servicemen and ex-service will be in
charge of the regular worship service on
Sunday at the IL a. m. hour. Our pastor,
a special Armistice Day sermon. Rev.
Nelson will preach and the choir will sing
Sunday night at the Central Park Methodist
Church.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
A Little Letter Did Il

few weeks coumnist named John ODonne
and badly twisted writer for of Americas famous axs
The New York Daily News in his column that
Patton relieved of his Third Army
of the evil influences of such Jews Supreme
Frankfu former Secretary of the Treasury Morgenau
and Others These prominent Jews the heat
in throwing Patton the wolves because soldier slapped
in Sicily, said the lying ODonnel, Jew
Of it all e vicious batting
piece with of other ODonne diatbes
in 1910 that ODonnen and ODonneP publisher
after supporting him for eight years.
The Political Action Committee the organization which
lot of doobe in the last presidential convincing
for FDR, Elmer A. Benson
the chairman of this political
Mr. Benson wrote little letter single advertiser ordinarily
using the columns of the New York Daily News maserfu
letter. we'll restrained and effective 1t the dangers
Of batting America and posed the need for
especially by large The Daily News incidentally
the largest circulation of the United States
advertisers of The New Daily
closely and pondered well, Mr. Benson's letter to
the week The News LOST TWO MILLION
of advertising When the loss lineage reached that
called the notorious liar ODonne
hed himself back his typewriter batted
apology printed News story
doing stoogng the newly PEOPLES Political Action
Committee of Minnesota the paid travelling secretary that
you reach the point where write letter like the
the communs boshevk sondso (?) the
Daily News we'll will have gotten campaign
organization of Republicans right ngers and
assorted satus-q uoers.-Hennepin County Review