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the farther they go into Germany
the better will be pleased"
The general said that while there
undoubtedly was dissatisfaction in
Germany, no counter-Nazi move
ment seemed to be making headway
and that opposition to the Nazi
regime was apparently without
leaders or organization.
Cites Russian Advice.
On the contrary, he said, the
Nazis are leaving underground or
ganizations behind in territory
they are yielding. He added that
the Russians had advised him, as
result of their own experiences,
to clean up all occupied territory
thoroughly, removing Nazi rem
nants which could prove dangerous.
Discussing his decision to place
the 9th Army under Marshal Mont
gomery's 21st Army group the gen.
eral said: Il want to bring up this
point, question of command. You
should know how the high COM
mand looks upon these different
arrangements made from time to
time for the control of armies,
corps and divisions in the field.
I'VE are operating as you know
with Allies, and these troops of diff
ferent nationalities generally are
fixed in position and most assuredly
an army is such a large formation
that you don't hustle it around like
you do a squad. When a plan is
put into operation the armies are
given their general missions, their
general areas in which to operate,
and they must be supplied and .ad-
ministered and always commanded
from an administrative standpoint
by commanders of their own nation
ality. -
Therefore. when we talk about
one army passing to the command
of this officer or that officer we
mean that an army, in carrying
out its mission, will be co-ordinated
on these f1anks where coordination
is necessary by a particular officer.
We call that operational command.
Now, in the operation that started
Yesterday morning I placed the 9th
Army under Field Marshal Mont
gomerys operational command"
Nazi Losses High.
The general said Marshal Won
Rundstedts breakthrough last De-
cember cost the Germans heavily
two and a half to one against Allied
losses in personnel and two to one
IN material-but he declined to ex-
press an opinion as to whether it
had prolonged the war.
The Allied command had realized
that the Germans might put on
such an offensive and had known
the Ardennes was the only place
where they could launch it, he said.
This was the area where the Allies
could be hurt least and consequently
the front there was lightly held,
he said.
The general said there were salts
factory arrangements with the
Russians for the return home of
Allied war prisoners liberated by
Russian armies.
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Patriotic Groups 70 Discuss
Memorial for War

The possibility of a memorial in
Washington for casualties Of this
war will be discussed at meeting
Of patriotic organizations at 8 pm.
Tuesday at the American Legion
Club.
The session has been called by
William H. Hargrave, past depart
ment commander Of the Legion, who
now Is chairman of the District
World War Memorial and May Day
Corp.
The meeting will follow a pm.
dinner OF the memorial corporation,
which will make preliminary ar
for the annual observ-
ance at the District World War
Memorial sometime in May. The
date has not bean set.
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Killed

1t. Ralph L. KIey, "a, formerly OF
Washington, was killed on a mis-
sion over Germany in December,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs Albert
Louis Kley. Rochester, N. Y, have
been informed. He was pilot of a
B-24 Liberator
1t. Kley attended public schools
here and graduated from the Balti-
more Polytechnic Institute. His
mother is the former Mildred John-
ston of Washington and his grand
father was the late DR.. Gabriel F..
Johnston, Treasury Department
official. Two cousins also live here.
They are Mrs. A. R. Forbush, 1920
N street NV, and Mrs. John R.
Weyrich, 1923 Varnum street NE.
1t. Kley worked for the Eastman
Kodak Co., in Rochester, until his
induction two years ago. He went
overseas last July and had COM
pleted IL missions over Germany.
He wore the Air Medal.
1t. Kley leaves, besides his par
ents and cousins, a sister, Mrs. j.
H. Hutchison, Wooster, Ohio, and
brother, 1t. Albert j. Kley, now
stationed at Camp Livingston, La.
He was engaged to Miss Betty Jane
Phillips of Rochester.
Pvt. Larry Falick, 25, husband of
Mrs. Nina Falick, 222 Eleventh
street Sc, died December 20 in
Holland of wounds received while
on duty with a paratroop unit, his
wife has been informed by the War
Department.
Pvt. Falick was born in Carnegie,
Pa, where his parents now are hv-
ing. Before entering the service he
was employed at the Bethlehem
Steel Corp. in Baltimore. He en-
tered the. Army, December, 1913. and
had been overseas since July. He
had been awarded the Presidential
Unit Citation.
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Wounded

Capt. Leroy A. McMullen, jr., %
was slightly wounded in action, Feb
ruary 10 in Germany, the War De-
partment has notified his wife, Mrs
Marjorie McMullen, 1910 Marlboro
pike Sc.
A native of Washington, Capt
McMullen was graduated from Nc
Kinley High School. He enlisted
in the Army, March 27, 1899, ano
was attached to the 29th Infantry
Division until he entered officers
training school. He was commits
stoned a second lieutenant in the
infantry at Fort Benning and was
sent overseas last October. Capt
McMullen wears the Combat Infan-
tryman's Badge. He has never seer
his 2-month-old daughter Carolyn
Another daughter, Margie, is years
of age.
Capt. McMullen is the SON of Le-
roy A. McMullen, ST., 703 A street
NE, who is an employe of the
Washington Gas Light Co.
Second 1t. Walter A. Anderson
jr, "a, son of Maj. and Mrs. Walter
A. Anderson, 1862 Randolph street
NV, has been wounded in action
the War Department has an
nounced. Maj. Anderson is stationed
here in the Adjutant Generals Of
flee.
Mrs. Anderson said her son is now
hospitalized in England with neck
and back wounds suffered in a shell
explosion in Belgium, January 16
A Junior at Ohio State University
1t. Anderson entered the service in
April. 1912. He served 18 months in
Trinidad and shipped to Europe last
September. A brother, Ensign How
ard Anderson, is in the Pacific.
Pfc. Charles F. Campbell, 20, son
of the REV. and Mrs. Ernest F.
Campbell. 312 West Alexandria
street, Alexandria, is listed by the
War Department as wounded in ac-
ton. Mr.. Campbell is pastor of
the First Baptist Church in Alex
andria.
Pvt. Campbell who has been over
seas since august, has written his
family that he is hospitaNzed in
England with trench foot. He en-
tered the service in May, 1943. He
attended George Washington High
School in Alexandria where he re-
ceived the good citizenship" award
in his senior year.
Pfc. Douglas G. Brace, 10, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman G. Brace
719 Richmond avenue, Silver Spring
Md, has been wounded in action
the War Department has an
nounced. Overseas since August
Pvt. Brace was wounded in the
shoulder by a machine-gun bullet
January 20 in the European area,
his parents have been informed,
and is convalescing in a hospital
in England.
After completing one semester at
George Washington University, Pvt.
Brace entered the service in the fall
of 1943. He was born in Phila-
delphia and attended Montgomery
Blair High School in Silver Spring
Pfc. Raymond C. Redding, IS, hus-
band of Mrs. Frances L. Redding
20 Lincoln avenue, Takoma Park,
Md, has been wounded in action,
according to the War Department.
Mrs. Redding said her husband is
hospitalized In England with wounds
received January 13 in Belgium. He
was born and educated in North
Carolina. Before entering the serv-
ice last March, he was employed by
a construction firm here.
Pvt. Donald J. Hephner, "a, hus-
band of Mrs. Winifred G. Hephner,
4l00 Third road north, Arlington,
has been wounded In action, accord
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Most of Pacific Fleet
In Two Area, Says
Admiral Edwards

Vice Admiral R. E. Edwards,
Deputy Chief of Naval opera
tions, said yesterday that the
the major part of the Pacific
Fleet is involved in the opera
tionS, around Two Jima.
Admiral Edwards expressed
the opinion that the Japanese
would not attempt to reinforce
the island, asserting that is
something we can't hope for"
IF they would send in trans
ports and let us sink them that
would be a cheap way of get
ting rid Of Japs," he added.
Such tactics have been 50
costly to the Japanese hereto
fore, he said, that "unfortun-
ately they don't try any more"
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merciful God gives to men in hard
times for the defense of their life.'
Again and again he repeated that
one hope was that Providence"
would not let the nation down when
1t put up a last-ditch fight.
Hitler said the one thing he
could not bear" would be "a sign of
weakness among my people" Two
years ago on the same anniversary
he asserted that he would not shed
a tear" If a German collapse came
through the weakness of the home
front.
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Action on Nurse Draft
In House Delayed by
Rules Committee
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Efforts to bring the, nurse draft
bill before the House this week failed
yesterday when the Rules Commit
tee, confronted with below-quorum
attendance at an unusual Saturday
session, deferred action.
Chairman SABBATH said afterward
the bill would be taken up by the
committee next week and probably
would reach the floor the following
week.
While point Of no quorum was
not formally raised, Mr.. SABBATH ex-
planned, there were indications that
it would be. unless the matter were
put of until other committee men,
bers could consider it. The chair
man pointed out that the House
calendar was full, and 1t was doubt
full If the nurse bill could have
reached the floor before next week.
May Urges Speed.
Chairman May of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee, at an open
meeting Of the Rules Committee
preceding its executive session,
urged adoption of rule making the
nurse bill Immediately in order.
Mr.. May, who introduced the bin
at the request of the Army's surgeon
general told the Rules Committee
the Military Affairs Committee had
approved it by an almost unanimous
vote.
The Kentucky Representative ex-
planned that the measure proposed
to allow the Selective Service System
to deal with nurses just as 1t deals
with men needed for the armed serv-
ices, calling qualified nurses and
deferring those held to be engaged
in essential civilian work.
Mr.. May pointed out that although
two weeks of hearings had been
held the bill was not entirely what
he had wanted He said it expressed
the views of the committee. and "is
good bill"
Questions Deferment Rule.
With between 10000 and 280. 900
registered nurses in the country,
Mr.. May said, there is no question
there are enough to meet the needs
of the armed forces-it is a question
Of how to get them.
Representative Brown, Republican,
of Ohio asked whether the defer
ment provision had been written
clearly enough so that Selective
Service could not misinterpret and
cripple civilian nursing as it had
farm labor.
Mr.. May replied that the COM
mittee had made it as plain as it
knew how, and he read a provision
in the bill forbidding draft board
from inducing any nurse whose
services in her community had been
classed as essential by the WINGS
procurement and assignment service.
Needed in Combat Zones.
Representative Brooks, Democrat,
Of Louisiana, member Of the Mill
tary Affairs Committee, said he and
others had approached a draft of
nurses with a good deal of reluc-
tance, but the subcommittee that
went overseas recently had observed
the critical shortage of nurses on the
battle fronts and had been convinced
that immediate action was neces-
sary.
Mr.. Brooks said he had learned
overseas that the greatest need was
for nurses in combat zones.
The Louisiana member said It had
been estimated there were 5000
graduates of the Cadet Corps avail
able for service In the immediate
future
Mr.. May asked for a rule limiting
debate to two hours and opening the
bill to all germane amendments.
This petition is expected to be
settled by the Rules Committee in
a few days.
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had been reported missing in action
in Germany since December 16. On
February %, he received a postcard
from his son stating that he was a
prisoner of war and was in good
health. Pvt. Grisso was born here
and attended Eastern High School.
Before entering the service he was
a student at Iowa State University.
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Two to Address Doctors
At Wednesday Session

DR.. Norvell Belt of Washington
and DR.. John Tilden Howard of
Baltimore will address the District
Medical Society at 8 pm. Wednes-
day.
The society announced inaugura-
ton of an annual lecture, named In
honor of DR.. Edward Young David
son, which will be given by medical
men in the District on the basis
OF competition. Essays for the first
lecture should be submitted to the
society by July /.
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bases within 750 miles Of Tokyo.
Unloading of supplies on the Two
beaches speeded up.
Carrier planes gave sconstaats air
support to the marines and also
swung north to blast enemy bases
in the Bonin islands. a
On the south tip Of Ywo tie con-
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tinuing mopup on the slopes of
captured Mt. Suribachi has netted
the destruction of lis enemy en-
placements.
Army bombers based In the
Marianas also backed up the inva-
sion with raids in midweek on Chi
chi and Haha in the Bonins, the
communique belatedly reported.
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w. & L. Alumni PIuns Porty

The District Chapter, Washington
and Lee University Alumni Asso-
citation, will hold a midwinter
party in the Willard Hotel between
$50 and pm. Tuesday.
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Make the Sweet Bye and Bye
the sweet here and now. Support
the Sixth War Loan drive.
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MARION, VA-SURVIVED AIR CRASH-Mrs Sally Padgett,
stewardess who escaped crash of an
lcan Arnes plane at Cedar Springs Va Friday visited in
ner hospital room by Ruth Anderson of New York. assistant
superintendent of stewardesses airline Padgett
of five accident which cost II lives
A
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Mystic Academy PTA

The Mystic Academy Parent Teachers Association have just let out a contract to have the land adjacent to the school, which was obtained by the Consolidated School District in 1940, graded for a playground. This land was ly- ing idle and neglected all these years and the PTA DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING about it!
 The Mystic daddies in com munity movement felled the trees. removed the old stone wall, and filled in the cellar hole that was on the property. A plan covering the whole project was obtained from the State Department of Edu- caetion, however no financial aid, outside of town of Groton funds were solicited.
 A great deal of aid and moral support was given to the Mystic Academy PTA by Mir. s. P. Butler, superintendent for the Groton township schools. A $3,000 con- tract bid for the full job of grad- ing has been accepted and the go ahead signal was given for this week. When completed the Play ground will comprise two acres of land. However, only the upper level section of the Playground will be graded this Fall, or one acre.
 Because the land is on hill slope it was decided to use two levels. The senior or upper level that is being graded now will be laid out into 8 soft-ball diamond, and an open play area for handball. and basketball. The lower, or junior playground, will be for junior softball and freeplay. It is hoped ultimately to have a recreational center built on the lower level, to be used as a gym, and playhouse in indictment weather.
 Mrs. Norman E. Donath is chair man of the Mystic Academy PTA, and the following are very active
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along the forbidden (to common folks) southern side of Eastern Point. If you have the price, you can swim and have a cabana al Shenocossett, but otherwise it is the filthy river, or filthier Bakers Cove. The project of public beach never had chance until last spring, when a new and progress sive force in Borough affairs, the Non-Partisan League, succeeded in electing, on write-in vote, two members of the Common People as Burgesses. Since then these two men, Glidden and Hall, and the Non-Partisans have waged an up. hill fight on this issue, encounter ing (and countering) the bitterest and trickiest kind of opposition from the Conservatives. Both sides were out in force at the Borough meeting, the issue was clear, and the vote speaks for itself. It is symbolic of future events. The Non-Partisaners intend to continue the battle to make Groton bet ter place for ordinary folks tc live in, and will be eager packers of organized labor, in its great ef- fort to develop this area into a great shipping and industrial cen ter.
 Anticipating next springs Bor- ough election a new political party, the Independant party, has been formed in Groton. Its organizers believe that two party system is necessary for good government They also wish to see industrial and shipping expansion here, be- cause such expansion will mean more jobs at good pay for those who work with their, hands. De- velopments in Groton will be well worth watching.
 Perhaps New London will wake up, too. The greatest enemy oi development is plain lethargy and mediocrity on the part of munici. pal officials. Yet they get elected year after year, which brings it right down to the voters doorsteps.
 But there are and have been, g
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The really unusual thing about this action, which would be quite commonplace in a progressive com- munity, is that it represents an Overthrowing of the "Old Guard" |" the influential summer residents, and elements opposed to the pur- chase of this particular property for reasons of their own. Groton has long been place where pro- greSsive ideas were promptly knocked on the head by the pow CTS that be Cor Were).
 In England, these believers in special privileges for the few Themselves, of course) at least have the courage to call themselves Conservatives" Here they dis creetly march under the meaning less banners of the two national parties. Call themselves what they may, they (the temper cenD are always in there fighting against every effort by the common peo- pie (the ninety-per cent) to raise their own standard of living and to enjoy things that should be free to all mankind.
 The beach case in Groton is a perfect example of the "Conserva- tives'' in action. For several years, the demand for a public beach has been heard in the Borough. The only unpolluted water in the bor- Ough has been in private hands
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The Field of Sports

It was no Thanksgiving day to the Stonington High School, for the STAR of their football squad, Bob Squadrito, was injured in their holiday scrap with Westerly High.
 All of Bob's fans were bitterly disappointed that ne was unable to continue in the Westerly game, but they are happy to have Bob's rec- ord in their annals of scholastic Sports History!
 We all remember what a lousy day Thanksgiving was, with the field sloppy and wet. Bob had just finished forward pass when he was given the business by two Westerly squadsmen in low tackle. Bob came out of the skir- mish with snapped tendon in his ankle. Pop Turner patched Bob up after the game but the final score, without Bob in there, ended up 6-0 in favor of Westerly. Sto1. ington, if you fans remember, came through on Armistice Day with . score of to 6 in their favor vS. their Westerly opponents.
 BOB still remains in the Sports Field as Challenge to Collegiate Sports next year. Will it be Rhode Island State, or Notre Dame? Bob's scholastic standing is O. K. for Notre Dame, and BOY! WOULDN'T LEAIIEY GRIN WITH PLEASURE seeing BOB STRUTTING OUT ON THE FIELD FOR THE FALL WARMING UP?
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who have actively opposed port de- velopment and industrialization for reasons of their own.
 Some wish to see this a great educational and cultural center with no dirty factories and steam ships and no messy labor manage ment troubles. This would be nice, in a way, but you and l might as well move elsewhere if we wish to get a decent living with our hands. We never could in an edu- cational center.
 The same thing can be said about the project to develop the place into a resort town, with a great yacht basin, more and more rich people here for few months each year, etc. For ninety per cent of us, this would mean a mighty poor living. High prices, low wages, seasonal employment, and most of the money sticking to the wrong fingers, such are some of the pros- poets for us in summer resort.
 A basin full of yachts would not provide half the gainful employ ment that a cargo ship a week at the State Pier would. And we could have more than one ship a week in the harbor if the possi- bilities were fully exploited. Can- ada is a fast developing country, and it's natural waterway, the St. Lawrence, not only has rapids in it, but is frozen over many months of the year. The c. V. railroad gives us a direct connection with Montreal and the Canadian Ma tional rail system.
 This brings us down to the case of Waldo Clark, who is much in the news lately. With monopo- listic hold on the State Pier, a very fancy financial arrangement with the State government, where he also holds some key positions, MT. Clark and his Conn. Terminal Go. do not want any competition. I wonder If we will ever find out the true and complete story of his activities, especially his notorious trip to Washington. Except for one or two courageous members. the City Council is already falter- ing in it's investigation of his se- cret sabotage. After all, MT. Clark has influence, and this is really hot potato. If this man can be gotten out of the way, or at least forced out of his key posts in local and state government, we would be long step forward in port de- velopment. He should also have to compete on equal terms with other shipping interests that might come in here.
 Many local employers do not wish to see new industries setting up in this area, to perhaps pay higher wages. Except at Electric Boat wages are, in most cases, piti- fully low, yet New London is no- torious for the high cost of living, Some of these local employers are actually postponing expansion un- til workers beg them for work at any wage.
 The New London Chamber o. Commerce, the City Council anc the people who operate the Eve ming Day" paper, seem to be all one and the same crowd. They are all infected with the dream o1
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The Old Order Chonqeth
By EUGENE MITCHELL

few weeks ago very unusual event occurred in Grot The electors of the Borough by convincing majority voted to purchase property to be developed into public beach, Here the people of the Borough and their children will be able to swim in clean water without having to belong club travel way to Ocean Beach, tire and eYnensiun husineSS
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Mystic Ne1vs

committee members, Bill Lang don, Bud (Aldon) Santin, and Howard Turner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-11
WILLIAM G. FAUX

LUMBERTON, March 10-Wil-
liam C. Faux, 40, farmer of Route
2, Fairmont, died in Lumberton
sanatorium Friday at 8 80 pm. of
a cerebral hemorrhage. Formerly
merchant in Chesterfield, S. c.,
he had returned to live on his farm
in Robson county four years ago
when his health failed He was
born near Fairmont, September,
IA, 1895, but had spent most Of
his life in Chesterfield.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Lillian Dozier, of South
port, to whom he was married in
1920 one son, William G. Faux,
Jr., of Fairmont; one daughter,
Mrs. Jeff Simpson, Chesterfield;
one grandson, ]. T. Simpson, Jr.;
and three sisters, Mrs. Rosa Will
liams and Mrs. J. N. Grantham, of
Fairmont, and Mrs. Sallie Faux,
of Maxton.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the late residence at
3 pm. Sunday by the Rev. c. P.
Herring, pastor Of the Fairmont
Baptist church with interment fol-
lowing in the family cemetery.