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Detroit evening times., 1945-10-07
kr1siOne l'hoto

a number of tableaux In ad.
dition TO orchestral numbers
and chorals for the so or
more voices.
The first performance is
given the first Sunday in
May and is repeated on fol.
lowing Sundays with two or
three extra presentations
during the week. In a sea.
son, more than 100000 per.
sons see the play.
1t is a spectacle in every
sense, beginning at 8 in the
morning and continuing for
eight hours, with a short in.
termission at noon.
When the plague threat
ened Oberammergau more
than three centuries ago, dur.
ing the miseries of the Thirty
Years War, the villagers
built fires around the boun-
daries Of the community 10
keep the disease out.
Citizens were forbidden -tp
90 outside, but one night the
picket lines were crossed By
Kaspar Schiesler, who hard
been working as a farmland
in another village. He was in-
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-07
Ami Rutz takes singularly different attitude

Ami Rutz takes sngulary different attitude.
Il don't see how we can put on the play again
without Georg Lang" she declares. "He did more
for than anybody else. OF course, he's in trou-
BILE now. II is too bad, though not, believe, en-
tirely his fault
"As director of the Passion Play he was one OF
the foremost personalities of the German theatre.
II would have been almost impossible for him TO
maintain his position and not join the Party. AS
il was, he Joined late and, l am sure, less from
conviction than from the idea that it
pected of him"
OBERAAiBiERGAUS entire population is only
- 1000 all of whom once were knitted into
close community dedicated to single high reli-
gous purpose. But the and its political pas
sions have changed that Death, too, has inter
vened, for 80 of those who had parts in the
1884 production have been killed in the fighting.
The first Passion Play given in 1884 in
devout gratitude for cessation Of the Black Death,
the plague that took many lives In Europe.
Ever since then, the villagers have grown up
with the idea that some day they miCht have rolcs
m me play For only Oberammergauans are per
fnittcd 10 act. and there no stars. The finan-
cial return is inconsiderable for the receipts
split equally four ways-one for preparation of
the play, one for furnishing homes for visitors,
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-07

for the church and one for the players.
Characters for the Passion Play are chosen by
"a committee composed of the village priest, the
burgomaSter the village council and members
selected by popular vote. Frequently the same
roles pass from father TO son for generations.
The play which portrays the last days OF
Jesus before the Crucifixion, repeated every
ten years until 1914 when the dates were changed
TO coincide with the decimal years. Subsequently,
war upset the schedule-in 1870 by the Franco
Prussian War; in 1920, by World War /, and in
19i0 by World War III.
All the action takes place out-of-doors
large platform in view of audience in an audi
torum seating thousands. There are 18 acts and
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-07

AlOis Lang, the
Christus Of 1884,
Welcomed Hitler
on q visit to
Oberammergau.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-07

Today only u men and women are aVaiI-
able and physically fit to perform the SO speak
ing roles.
Besides, many are needed-in addition to the
cast of ,200-as costumers, stagehands, etc
So for a while, there will be no Passion Play.
But some day the show will go on.
Despite the current division of political opinion,
the people of Oberammergau remember the
pledge of their forefathers more than 300 years
ago when the pestilence was lifted-the pledge to
enact the Passion and Death of Jesus every 10
years.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-07

readlneSS IOr 1871.
TERTAINLY nobody shares the opinion
- of captain in the United States
Army who in civilian life is associated
with the fast-stepping movie industry in
Hollywood.
Breezng into Oberammergau re-
Gently, this captain spent an after
noon sightseeing, after which he said:
Il think we ought to put on the Pas
sion Play this summer"
OF course, there wasn't a chance of
that--for many reasons. The 80 deaths
among the players seriously depleted
the rdrIks-uf-the- veterans. Illness and
old age were other deterrents. Another
handicap was attributable to the war
the inability 10 train younger men and
women while they were engaged with
combat troops or in war industries.
Y only 21 men and women are avail
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-07
lIltary Government.

fected without knowing il and, when he returned
to Oberammergau, brought the lethal germs.
Within three weeks half the population was dead.
When the Black Death subsidized, the survivors
were so grateful that they flocked to the village
church TO give thanks to God at the same time
taking solemn vows to enact the Life and Death
of Jesus among themselves every decade.
In effect, they made a covenant with God and,
as a result, there were no more deaths in Oberam-
mergau from the plague. Since then, the people
have relgiouSly kept the promises.
The play has been delayed five years by the
war. and it well may be that another five years
will pass before it is given again. The most
optimistic think that actors can be trained ip
readiness for 1947.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
0'Dwyer Denieslax
In Murder, Inc, Case
BY the Associated Prsss.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.-Willism
ODwyer, former Kings County Dis
trict attorney now campaigning for
Mayor, said last night that If his
efforts to convict Murder, Inc, was
"laxity." Of which q Kings County
grand jury accused him, then I am
willing to plead guilty to that kind
of laxity."
The grand jury In a 2s-page pre-
sentiment Monday censured Mr..
ODwyer for gross laxity, in
efficiency and maladministration"
and "a complete failure to prosecute
the perpetrators Of serious crimes
while he was prosecutor.
Mr.. ODwyer who resigned after
accepting the Democratic- American
Labor party mayoralty nomination,
said in a radio speech over munich
pally owned Station WNYC:
Il am today in exactly the same
state OF mind toward sanssters and
the underworld that was In 1910.
Lest the underworld might take too
much comfort from what has hap.
pened In Brooklyn within the last
few weeks, want to give them 4
message now
III they are here, they had better
pack up and get out fast, because
when ! 60 in as Mayor Of the City
OF New York it will be just rs hot
for them in 1916 as 1t was in Brook
lyn in 1940."
Evening star., 1945-10-31
District Sells
Waste Gas for
Housing Heat

Surplus sludge gas from the sew
age treatment plant at Blue Plains
will heat 600 dwelling units Of the
Bellevue Housing Project of the Ma
tional Capital Housing Authority
this winter.
Contract for the utilization of the
waste gas by NCHA has been ap-
proved by the Commissioners and
will net the District $4,000 in rev.
enue.
According to Ralph e. Thurman,
superintendent Of the plant, use Of
the gas was first conceived when
the Navy was seeking means to heat
the project in l941. No charge was
imposed on the Navy because Of the
emergency, he said. The contract
with NCHA is retroactive to April
when that agency took over the
housing development, it was stated
and the gas is being paid for at the
rate of is cents per cubic foot.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Roosevelt, Churchill Pact
On Bomb Charged in Britain

LONDON, Oct. 81 (P).-Capt. Ray
mond Blackburn. Laborite, suggest
ed in Commons yesterday that VIM
ston Churchill and President Roose-
welt entered a secret agreement on
atomic energy. q
'It is apparent" said Capt. Black
burn, that Mr.. Churchill and Pres
ident Roosevelt came together in
deadly secrecy to an agreement in
Quebec in September, 1943, on this
subject"
He said the agreement "left the
peacetime development of this en-
ergy very much to the discretion OF
the President of the United States. u
President Truman regards this as
a. sacred trust" he added. why
then does he not concentrate on
cheap mass production of power
through production of atomic en-
ergy in which case man in a few
years would not have to descend
into the earth to hew coal, oil would
be outdated, and deserts could be
made to bloom like rose
Lord Beaverbrook's Conservative
Daily Express urged editorially to-
day that the secret of the atomic
bomb be given to Soviet Russia.
''It is absolutely wrong that one
nation or two nations should con-
troll the weapon" the paper de-
clared.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
AttIee's Visit Here
Solely for Talks on
Atom, Truman Says

President Truman told his news
conference today that Prime Min
lister Attlee of Great Britain is COM
ing to this country. for the single
purpose of discussing future con-
trolls for the use of atomic energy,
but he added that Mr.. Attlee was
at perfect liberty to take up other
questions If he so desired.
It was announced yesterday that
Prime Minister Attlee and Prime
Minister Mackenzie King of Canada
would come to Washington for dis
cussions that will start not later
than November IL.
Mr.. Truman said in answering
another question that he did not
believe it was true that President
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
reached secret agreement at
Quebec for the peacetime use of the
atomic discovery.
Mr.. Truman commented that the
United States, Great Britain and
Canada are in equal partnership
where the bomb is concerned. These
three governments collaborated in
the development of the bomb.
Asked If the meeting with Mr..
Attlee might be considered as a
prelude to another conference Of
the Big Three, the President re-
sponded that he didn't think he
could discuss that matter intelli-
gently now.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Judge CurtaiIs Evidence
lin locke-Beach Case

Defense counsel this afternoon
won partial victory In the case of
Margaret Locke, 81, and Carmen
Beach, %, when Justice James M.
Proctor Of District Court made .
ruling excluding parts Of Govern
ment evidence on q charge against
the two women of procuring and
arranging for q woman TO engage
In prostitution. The trial Is set
for November Is.
Justice Proctor held that police
had exceeded their authority on
search and seizure at a house In the
170o block Of Pennsylvania avenue
NV, where the two women were
arrested.
The defense claimed a warrant for
arrest Of Mrs. Locke did not permit
search and seizure and Justice
Proctor held only evidence seized
from Mrs. Locke herself or in her
immediate presence was permis-
sible at the trial.
Yesterday Carmen was sentenced
by Municipal Court Judge Almond
Scott to pay a $500 fine or spend so
days in Jail after her conviction on
vagrancy charges.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Danish Premier TO Resign
After Defeat at Polls
By the Associated Press.

6y INC Asbocldteo PfeSA.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 31.-Premier
Wilhelm Buhl announced his coali.
ton cabinet would resign late today
and that his Social Democratic
party, which suffered q sharp set
back in the general election yes
terday, would not attempt to form q
new government.
The resigning Premier said after
visiting King Christian that the new
cabinet would have to be composed
Of q coalition of parties opposed te
socialization.
The Social Democrats, who wor
66 seats In the 14S-seat Legislature
in 1943, emerged from the elections
with only Al. None of the remain.
ing parties. however, scored sum.
cient gains to give them a majority
The Agrarians won 50 seats, .
gain OF seven, while the Conserva-
tives captured 26 for a net loss oi
five. The Communists scored the
greatest gains, winning 1s seats
compared with the three they helc
before the war.
The Dansk Samling (Nationalists)
won four seats, the Radicals Glib.
erals) IL and the Georgists, three
Evening star., 1945-10-31

touched of in New Mexico, word of
its success was telephoned to her
and she relayed the good news to
the Secretary Of Wars Office.
Asked whether she would remain
In the War Department, Mrs.
OLeary said she hadn't made any
postwar plans and then recalled,
smilingly, as If there might be some
connection between the two mat
tiers:
This decoration carries a raise
with it."
-Four Army officers who played
important roles in developing the
bomb also were decorated. To Brig.
Gen. Thomas M. Farrell went the
Distinguished Service Medal. The
Legion of Merit was presented to
1t. Col. Peter De Silva, 1t. Col.
John Derry and 1t. Walter A. Par
ish.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Federal Restrictions End
On Sale Of Ammunition
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Hunters and everyone else can
buy all the ammunition they find on
dealers shelves beginning today.
Government restrictions on manu-
facture, delivery and sales of amn1u-
milton are of. The War Production
Board said the reason is the large
reduction in military requirements.
Tight rationing has been in effect
since early in the war, and for q
while sportsmen got no ammunition
Even with restrictions lifted they
probably won't get all they want
Immediately, WPB said. Production
is increasing but it will take some
time to swing over to large-scale
output OF civilian-type ammunition
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Robert Ross to Lecture
On Christian Science

A free lecture on Christian
Science: The Science of Ever-Pres-
ent Good" will be given by Robert
Stanley Ross, G. S. B., of New York
in the First Church of Christ
Scientist, Eighteenth street and CO.
lumbia road NV, at pm. tomor.
row.
Mr.. Ross is a member of the Board
of Lectureship of the mother
church, the First Church of Christ
Scientist, Boston.
Evening star., 1945-10-31

A petite, soft-spoken Arlington
woman who kept locked In her mind
for nearly three years Americas s top
war secret-the atomic bomb project
today wears the War Depart
ment's Exceptional Civilian Service
Award.
She is Mrs. Jean M. OLeary OF 548
Arlington Village, administrative as
sistant to Maj. Gen. Leslie r.
Groves, and the first woman en-
ploye of the Chief of Engineers
Office ever to be so honored.
After the decoration had been
pinned on her well-cut black dress
yesterday by Maj. Gen. Thomas M.
Robins, deputy chief OF engineers,
at War Department ceremonies, the
woman whose secrecy, tact and self
control are notable among her col
leagues, told questioning reporters:
I'm not responsible for anything
I say-I'm that excited"
Four Others Decorated.
In room filled with high-ranking
officers, four of whom were deco
rated also, Mrs. OLeary heard the
citation accompanying her decora-
ton, signed by Secretary Of War
Patterson, read by Gen. Robins as
Gen. Groves stood by:
"' Her able leadership, sincere
enthusiasm and untiring zeal con-
tributed materially to safeguarding
the security of this vitality impor-
tant project"
She smiled and said simply,
Thank you, sir"
Women colleagues In Mrs.
|OLearys ONCE then pinned an
orchid on her and she posed for nu-
merous photographs rs her 14-year-
old daughter, Connie, . student at
Western High School, stood by ad-
miringly.
Then, answering reporters, Mrs
OLeary revealed . few facts about
herself.
A native of New oYrk City and
the widow Of william OLeary OF
Teanock, N. j., she came to Wash
ington in March, 194l, and was en-
ployed by the War Department.
She became Gen. Groves secre-
tary in the Construction Division Of
the Quartermaster General, and ac-
companied him when that division
was merged with the Once Of the
Chief Of Engineers.
Visited Secret Projects.
k Later, as the generals admins
ttrative assistant. she naturally be-
came familiar with the work on the
atomic bomb and visited various
places throughout the United States
where the supersecret Manhattan
project" was being carried out.
TT must have been . tremendous
relief to your mind when the War
Department finally made the bombs
existence public" some one sug-
gested.
1T was great relief to know it
worked" she answered.
And Mrs. OLeary was the first
person in Washington to know that
When the experimental bomb was
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Z Big Groves Containing
g. 900 Bodies Probed
By the Associated Press,

By the ASsociated Press.
METZ, France, Oct. 31.-Twe
huge mass graves containing 23,00(
bodies believed to be those of Rus.
sian soldiers who died or wer.
killed in a German hospital anc
prison camp, were investigated to.
day near the little town Of Boulay
French authorities yesterday an.
nounced the ending of one.
A grave in a Jewish cemetery con.
tained 5000 bodies and another,
miles from Boulay. yielded 10000.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Dangerous Unrest
Growing in Germany,
Eisenhower Reports
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 81.
Gen. Eisenhower today reported
increasing and dangerous unrest
among the Germans and declared
that from this type of resistance
activity. 1t Is just one step to organ
lied resistance directed against the
occupation forces"
Gen. Eisenhower and the military.
government in the American-occu.
pied zone OF Germany said groups
Of idle German youths and return
ing soldiers had made some attacks
on individual troops. Handbills and
posters warning "faithless" German
girls have appeared.
Most Of the unrest, the military
government said in its monthly re-
port, is the result OF resentment
against displaced persons, who were
described As the chief source Of law
lessness In the American zone.
The Eisenhower report said plans
had been discovered for attacks of
German youths on displaced per-
sons in Upper Bavaria and other
places.
Displaced persons continue the
chief source Of unrest and lawless-
ness" the report said. Gases Of
murder and organized looting have
occurred at an unpleasant rate"
The military government in
AschafIenburg in the district OF
Bavaria was quoted as reporting:
Livestock Is being depleted
through robberies Laborers in sur
rounding areas refuse to leave their
homes because of fear of being at
tackled and having their bicycles
stolen. Farmers hesitate to work
the fields, because Of fear of being
attacked by marauding bands"
Gen. Eisenhower said the black
market was being brought under
better control and that crime was
lessening in Berlin, where robberies
and curfew violations were the most
persistent offenses." He said there
was no indication of resistance in
the capital.
approximately $4,000 unarmed
German police were on duty In the
American occupation zone at ths
end Of September. Only those In
Bremen were armed ito deal efYec-
lively with mauraudings by armed.
displaced persons"
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Reds ToIds of AttIee Plan
To Confer With Truman

MOSCOW, Oct. 81 R.-The So
Wet press and radio reported with
out comment today the London an
nouncement that Prime. Minister
Attlee is planning to visit Washing
ton in November for discussion Of
problems dealing with atomic en-
ergy.
Russian writers previously have
freely expressed the view that thu
secret of the atomic bomb should
be shared by the Allies and thai
there should be worldwide ex.
change of views on the subject oi
atomic energy.
PARIS, Oct. 81 GA govern.
ment commission to study atomic
energy 80 that France may hold
her place in atomic research" was
set up by ordinance today.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Daniels Urges Merger
I0f Services 10 End
Costly Duplicaiions
BY ROBERT BRUSKIN.

Speaking lin the knowledge Of
the costly Implications" witnessed
during his eight years as Secretary
OF the Navy, Josephus Daniels to-
day urged unification OF the Army
and Navy to lend debate. division
and dispersion"
The s4-year-old Raleigh IN. CO
publisher, who was Navy Secretary
from 1913 to 1871, told the Senate
Military Affairs Committee that
Pearl Harbor might have been
averted III one head had controlled
all branches Of the military serv-
ices In Hawaii"
Military men, Mr.. Daniels said,
"are not the men to shape Gov
ernment policies" Theirs is to exc
cute what the peoples representa-
tives make into laws.
I'm al history no profession ever
reformed ITSELF" he declared.
Changes come from the outside, .
he asserted, in an apparent refer
ence to the fact that the Navy is
opposing the unifcation legislation.
Blocked by Tradition.
Congress, securing all the light
1t can, should not abdicate its duties
to those whose professional training
Is in another direction" Mr.. Dam
iels declared. This Is no reflection
on their ability or sincerity. 1t only
Is to say what we all know. Neither
editors, nor lawyers, nor bankers
nor military men are so disinter.
ested as to reform themselves OF
their calling"
Mr.. Daniels declared that con.
struction of the mammoth Pentagon
Building "foreshadowed the coming
of the day when it would house all
the Offices and officials Of the serv.
ices" now scattered in numerous
buildings.
Only one thing blocks the unifica-
ton, he declared, and that is de
votion to tradition and fear of dis
placement or change"
Calls for Strong Navy.
Mr.. Daniels said we must all rec
ognize the Importance of the air
force In its operations with the Army
and Navy but We are blind II we
do not see that the victories were
made possible only by the unified
action Of ALL"
The civilian and service COM
manders responsible for directing
the war experienced the loss of
precious time to secure unity OF
command" Mr.. Daniels said.
Sometimes the necessity of long
drawn out conferences could not
prevent lost motion. They sweat
blood and were forced to make COM
promises and adjustments that
would have been obviated If there
had been only one directing head of
national defense in the years pre-
ceding the fighting"
He took occasion to advise Con-
gress against repeating actions after
the World War Of refusing to join
the League Of Nations and at the
same time scrapping the powerful
Navy, asserting:
i believe We ought to keep enough
men, ships, aircraft and guns ready
and grim to make this 4 warless
world"
Evening star., 1945-10-31
0PA Studies S. Increase
In Newsprint Ceiling
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The OPA may lift the newsprint
price ceiling, perhaps IS a ton, tt
encourage additional production.
An official who said the subjec,
was under study predicted a de.
cision next month. Any increase
granted would 60 into effect the frs
OF the year, he added.
The ceiling price now at 80 port
cities is SCI per ton. There ar,
additional delivery charge allow,
snces for 10 zones. An increas,
Of IS . ton would cost newsprin
consumers about $4,000. 900 q year
OPA estimated.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Hitler Didn't Want
To Be Annoyed
By Income Tax
BY the Associated Press.

6y tue ASsocl6ten fresk.
FRANKFURT, Oct. 81
Adolf Hitler, although one of
the highest paid men in Nazi
Germany, never paid an In
come tax because he argued
that "the head of the nation
should not be annoyed by such
requirements" the American
Military Government said to-
day.
mot only were large sums Of
money granted for Hitler's use,
for which no accounting was
required, but also no taxes were
paid on extensive expenditures
for erection of castles for his
use," an of1iciaf report said.
German field marshals, Maxi
Party ofncialssand some Of Hit
1er's personal favorites also
lodged the payment Of income
taxes, the report said.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
|Cupehort Improving
After Auto Accident
By the Associated Fress.

By The Associated Fress.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 3I.-Sena.
tor Capehart, Republican, of In
diana, who was injured yesterday in
an automobile accident northeast
|of Indianapolis, was reported In
good condition today but he was
unhappy because he couldn't talk
He suffered badly lacerated tongue
The Senator also suffered a frac-
tured ankle and injuries to several
ribs. He Is In Methodist Hospital.
He expects to return to Washing
ton in q week. -