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Evening star., 1945-09-05
Truman Indorses
Religious Week

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-PreSident
Harry S. Truman yesterday indorsed
the 18th annual Religious Educa
ton Week, September 80 to October
7, and urged that religious educa
ton of the Nations children be
"fostered and extended"
In letter to DR.. Roy C. Ross
general secretary of the Interna-
tional Council of Religious Educa-
ton, sponsor of the program, Presi-
dent Truman wrote:
AT a time when stars hang in
the windows of the Nations homes
to honor the absent warriors; when
millions of Americans live in tenn
porary homes and in migrant CEN
tiers while they work at war Jobs
| 1t is important to urge that the
religious education of the country's
children be foStered and extended.
1T is likely that there are mil
lions OF youngsters who need initial
and basic religious instruction. They
should receive it and learn of the
fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of man"
Ninety per cent of American Prot
estantism will take part in commu-
nifty observanceS Of Religious Edu-
cation Week through the 40 denomi-
nations and 1873 State, city and pro-
vincial councils of churches and re-
ligiouS education.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Arizona Hero 10 Be Given
Check for $4,000 Today

Ry the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz, Sept. 5.-Pfc
Sylvestre Herrera, Arizona's only
living holder of the Congressional
Medal of Honor, will receive a check
today for $13,300-the amount hav-
ing been subscribed by citizens
throughout the State to build the
war hero a home-at formal pre-
sentation to be conducted by the
American Legion.
The Phoenix veteran, who lost
both feet in a mine explosion in
France will receive additional gifts
including building materials, and
three Phoenix business men have
volunteered to advise him in mat
ters pertaining to house construc-
ton and investment.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Discharge System
For Army Officers
Reported Under Way
BY ROBERT BRUSKIN.

The Army is preparing a point
system for officers in the ground
service forces which will permit
their release if they have be-
tween 80 and 100 points, The
Star learned today.
Captains and lieutenants of the
Army Ground Forces, which in
cludes the infantry, artillery, cav
airy and armored force, will be re-
quired to have slightly more than 80
points, while the discharge score for
majors, lieutenant colonels and COL
onels will be five points higher, it
was learned.
The service forces will have a
minimum score for release of Off
GERS of at least SO points, reliable
source disclosed.
Air Forces System Set.
The Army Air Forces already
have announced point system for
discharge of officers ranging down
to IS points for flight officers, AZ
points for second lieutenants, so
points for first lieutenants and 70
points for captains and higher, pro-
vided they are not considered es-
sential for present operations.
Until now, officers of the ground
and service forces have not been
bound by the 80-point discharge
minimum of enlisted men. The re-
suit has been large accumulation
OF officers in excess of requirements
for the Army on basis of the con-
templated 100000 discharges per
month.
A few officers have been dis
charged in the ground and service
forces, but these generally have had
more than 120 points and were con-
sidered no longer essential
For long period after We day,
quotas of officers and enlisted men
being returned to the United States
from Europe for discharge provided
that only one out of every hundred
persons should be an officer.
No explanation ever was given
officially, but it was believed that
the War Department was seeking
TO avert criticism of favoritism to
officers. Normally the Army has one
officer for every 10 enlisted men.
The new point score for officers
is expected to be announced within
few days. 1t still will leave the
Army with an excessive number of
officers, but one source said that
the officers would be needed to aid
in the rehabilitation of the Army.
1t is probable that the point scores
will be reduced further in the near
future.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Berlin Barter Mart
Opened by Allies
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 5.-An Allied
approved secondhand mart for
civilians opened on Brunnenstrasse
yesterday and more than 5000 Ber-
liners jammed it with every con-
ceivable kind of used article for
barter or sale.
The mart was opened by the
Berlin city administration to help
curb the black market. An admis-
sion fee of one mark, or 10 cents
at the military exchange rate, is
charged
On one bicycle was sign: In
exchange for camera, automobile
rug or cloth for suit"
Gray-haired women with dresses
reaching their ankles offered opera
glasses.
Three 'teen-age girls put several
OF their party dresses up for barter
for walking shoes. Other items in
cluded door hinges, water color
paints, shoes, handkerchiefs, grand
father clocks, handbags, a carpen-
ter's saw, woolen yarn, cigarette
cases, draftmen's tools, monographs
and a radio amplifier
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Blair Mckenzie Retires
From Engraving Bureau

Blair Mckenzie, an employe of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
for 43 years, retired recently as sup
erviSor of the construction and
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Truman Urged TO Name
Hobbs TO Appeals Bench

Members of the Alabama congres-
sional delegation called at the
White House today to boost a col
league, Representative Hobbs, Dem
ocrat, of Alabama, for one of the
three vacancies on the Court OF
Appeals here.
Representative Sparkman. one oil
those who saw President Truman
said the President did not commit
himself.
Mr.. Hobbs has been in the House
for II years.
He is a member of the judiciary
Committee and before coming to
Washington was a Judge of the
fourth judicial Circuit in Alabama
for five years.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Soviet Chessmasters
Defeat u. ). Team in
Radio Tournament
By the Associated Press.

bJ tne Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Russia's
chess team easily defeated United
States team, 151a to Az, in theil
international four-day radio match
which ended last night.
A silver plaque was presented tt
Pavel Mikhailov, Soviet Consul Gen.
eral of New York, by Maurice Wer-
thelm, chairman of the Match Com
mittee, who challenged the Russians
to return match.
Needing just one point for victory
as play opened today, the Russians
picked up 51a, winning four matches
and drawing three.
For the Americans, Herman
Steiner, opposing Igor Bondarevsky
was the leading pointmaker, win
ming his first game and playing to
draw in the second, for one and
half points.
Albert Pincus, who played Andrea
Lilienthal, was the only other Amer
ican undefeated He drew twice.
The summaries:
Board l. Mikhall Botvinnik (U. S.
S. r. twice defeated Arnold Denker
Board 2. VASTLY Smyslov CU. S.
S. r. twice defeated Samuel Re-
shevsky.
Board 3, Isaac Bcleslavsky Gu. S.
S. RI defeated, drew Reuben Fine
Board 4. Israel HorowitZ CU. s.
defeated, lost to Salo Flohr.
Board 5. Alexander Kotov GU. S.
S. r. twice defeated Isaac Kashdan.
Board 6. Herman Steiner GU. s.
defeated, drew Igor Bondarevsky.
Board l. Albert Pincus GU. S. and
Andred Lilienthal drew twice.
Board 8. Vyacheslav, Ragozin CU.
S. S. R. twice defeated Pfc. Herbert
Seidman
Board 9. Vladimir Makogonov Gu.
S. S. RI defeated, drew Abraham
Kupchik.
Board 10. David Bronstein u. S.
S. r. twice defeated Anthony San
tasiere.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Third Division Society
To Elect Officers Tonioht

Election of officers will take place
at the annual meeting of the So
ciety of the Sd Regular) Division,
Washington Branch No. 7, to be
held at $50 O'Clock tonight in the
Veterans of Foreign Wars hall,
1919 K street NV.
Third Division veterans of both
wars are urged to attend, Conrad
F. Leue, president, said today.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
What WHEATENA is!

boxtop good for 10t prior to September g. 1e45 to
be applied toward the purchase of pound of her
favorite brand of coffee.
X
>WHEATENA box tops will be redeemed for 10s each
by mailing them to The Wheatena Corporation at
Railway, N j., or turning them in to your Jobber or
headquarters, prior to October Is. 1916.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
To Mrs. Housewife!

Yes, it's true! In this get acquainted" offer,
you save 10e on each pound Of coffee purchased
Go to your grocer-buy large package of
WHEATENA, and pound of your favorite
coffee; enjoy this saving!
The box-top of large size package of
WHEATENA is the only coupon required
Evening star., 1945-09-05

was IA years old They settled in
Florence, S. c. Mr.. Mckenzie was
employed there by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway form 1892 to
1898, coming to Washington the
latter part of that year to work
for the Navy Yard. In 1902, he
went to work for the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing as mach
mist.
He and his wife live at 1867 Bilt-
more street N. w. Their son.
Donald, is a mechanical engineer at
the Norfolk, Va, Navy Yard.
Evening star., 1945-09-05

and is good for 10e toward the regular price
Of any brand of coffee chosen by you.
What WHEATENA is!
cereal-with the toasted taste of Wheat. It's
welcome change for breakfast 1t cooks
quickly, tastes good, and stands by you.
Watch your family 90 for it!
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Attention, Mr.. Grocer!

A combination display of coffee and WHEATENA
featuring this offer puts you in business on it imme
diately To remove the WHEATENA box top at time
of sale slit label paper fronttop edge of pack
age. Carton flap will then pop open under slight
pressure-top tears off easily leaving WHEATENA
sealed by the glassine inner liner.
Or let your customer bring in WHEATENA
Evening star., 1945-09-05

Of operations from February, 1943
to May, 1945.
In that capacity, the citation says
he was responsible for the estab-
lishment of policy on all ordnance
m a ers, including ammunition
which involved procurement, stor-
age, supply and maintenance. His
experience and supervision were OF
material aid in successfully con-
Guiding the North African and
Italian campaigns.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Many jap Peace Bids
Rejected by China
By the Associated Press,

By tne ASbOCldteU PTeSA.
CHUNGKING, Sept. 5.-Informa-
ton Minister K. c. WI said today
that Japan had made many peace
overtures to China through various
channels in the latter part of 1914,
but each was quickly rejected
He said this fact demonstrated
that past criticism that China had
no will to fight and might 60 out
of the war had been unfair and un-
inst
Evening star., 1945-09-05

maintenance di-
vision o f { h e
bureau. Fellow
W or k ers pre-
sented the To-
year-old civil
servant with a
W a t c h a n d
plaque and gave
travelling bags
to both him and
his wife.
Born in Scot
land, Mr.. Nc
Kenzie came to
this Coun / ry
uyith hic nav
ent.S when ne
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
Wherefore Schedules IS
Basketball Games

WILBERFORCE, O., Jan. 10
Wilberforce University has sched-
uled 18 basketball games, of which
IL are still tentative, in a belated
start in the basketball season his
year. The opening game will be held
tomorrow night at Beacon gym
nasium against Wilmington college
in the first game of a home-and-
home series.
Two Of last years lettermen are
available for this years quintet and
third may yet report. The vet
erans are James Way, junior center,
and Tommy Jones, Junior forward
Dick James, senior guard, is still
undecided about playing basket
ball, University officials declared.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
RED CROSS TO INCREASE
OVERSEAS PERSONNEL

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10
(ANP)-The appointment of Miss
Daisey Carey of Philadelphia to do
recruiting work for the American
Red Cross in the North Atlantic
area, focuses attention upon the
fact that the Negro overseas per-
sonnel of the Red Cross is to be
materially enlarged. This is being
done because Of the acceleration in
the transportation Of Negro SOL
diers to foreign soil and the desire
to establish many more clubs to
serve them. Mrs. Mary Cheney, a
graduate of Orangeburg State Col
lege and who has held positions in
Chicago and served a number of
departments in the federal govern
ment in Washington, will have
charge of recruiting in the eastern
area.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
Education Is Theme of Public
Meeting At Dunbar High School

choirs and the A'Capella choir from
Wright Field and, the Dunbar high
school band. The meeting will be-
gin with the musical program at
7:45 and the forum will start at
8:45. Doors will be opened at 7:30
for those holding reserved tickets
which will be honored to 8 pm. Ad-
mission will be free.
Members of the Citizens Com
tee are planning on broadcasting
the meeting over station WHO.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
ANTI-P0LL TAX FIGHT
LAUNCHED IN CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (ANP)
The fight against the poll tax as
a qualification for voting in eight
southern states is under way.
HR-7, the bill introduced by Rep.
Vito Marcantonio (ALP) of New
York, bearing the same number
as it did in the last congress, was
dropped in the hopper at the open
ing session. Later in the day Rep.
George Bender (R) of Ohio, also
a veteran supporter of the legisla-
ton, offered his bill.
At the offices of the National
Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax
the following statement was issued
by Kathryn Shryver, executive Sec
retary.
eve are happy that the same
staunch friends of poll tax repeal
have introduced bills at the open
ing of the 10Th congress. The board
Of the directors of the National
Committee can meet now and con-
slider what it will do and plan our
campaign accordingly.
Continued on page ~
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
OPEN LECTURE COURSE
ON Citizenship

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Jan.
10 (ANP)-Dr. Luther P. Jack
son, scholarly historian at Virginia
State college and popular news
paper columnist, will open the Jay
Wilson Carnahan lecture series
here on Sunday, Jan. %.
This lecture series on citizenship
was founded by Miss Ella Carna-
han of Pittsburgh who made con-
tribution to the United college fund
and earmarked it to finance the
series.
In making the announcement,
President F. D. Patterson stated
that it was Miss Carnahan's wish
that the series would help to pre-
pare Negro youth for the duties
and responsibilities Of citizenship
in the period following the War.
From Tuskegee DR.. jackson will
60 to the Alabama State Teachers
college at Montgomery and to the
schools in Atlanta for a continual
ton of the lectures. Other colleges
and universities will share in sub
sequent lecture courses on the same
subject as schedules are completed.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
TWO FIRE VI(TLI5 STILL
IN CRITICAL CONDITION

Two of the eight persons that
were burned in the fire that raw
aged the rooming house at 582 West
Fifth street, killing 4-month-old
baby, were reported to be in critical
condition at the St. Elizabeth hos
pial. They are Ruth Ann Baccus, 2,
who received body burns, and her
mother, Dorothy, "a, who suffered
second degree burns on her back,
arms and head.
Four other victims reported in
fair condition at the hospital are
James Baccus, 4, body burns; Sonny
Baccus, 6, burns on the hands;
Owen Findlay, 54, burns on upper
portion of the body; and Laura
Brown, %, who suffered possible
fractures and internal injuries
when she leaped from the second
floor of the house.
OanQefS BaccuS, owner OF the
rooming house, who suffered minor
burns and a severed tendon in his
left hand, and Anna Green, 25, who
received arm and leg injuries when
she fell while escaping from the
second floor were released after
being treated at the hospital. Rod
ney, 4-month-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Saunders, perished in the fire
The fire started in the 19-room
house when fumes from gasoline
downstairs used to exterminate
cockroaches were ignited by gas
heater, fire officials stated.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
NURSE TO ADDRESS
GARFIELD P.T.A.

Mrs. Fannie L. Martin of the Wis.,
iting Nurses Association, will ad-
dress the Garfield P.T.A. in their
regular meeting on Thursday, Janu-
ary II, at the Garfield school. The
meeting will begin at 8 pm. Music
will be furnished by the Garfield
Mothers chorus. Mrs. Matral Reese
is president of the P.T.A.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10

Democracy in Education and
Education for Democracy" will be
the theme of a public forum meet
ing under the auspices of the Citi-
zens' Committee in an open meet
ing to be held at Dunbar high school
on Friday, Jan. 10, in the school
auditorium.
Four prominent speakers have
been secured for the meeting with
the principle address being delivered
by Frank Shearer, Columbus attor-
ney and president of the Columbus
Vanguard League. Appearing on
the program with Mr.. Shearer will
be the Revs. Harold Marley, pastor
of the Unitarian church of Dayton,
and Granville w. Reed, minister at
Wayman AME church, and G. Will
liam Dunn, 3rd, native Daytonian
and columnist of the Ohio State
News.
After the discussions by the
speakers there will be a question
and answer period participation on
the part of the audience.
A musical program will precede
the meeting with numbers being
rendered by several Dayton church
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
Y.M.(.A. Basketball League

Thursday night in the Y.M.C.A.
Senior basketball league, Patterson
Field will meet Question Mark in
the opener at 7:30 pm. Duriron
will meet MGR. in the middle con-
test and Olympians will tangle with
Moraine All-Stars in the last tilt.
The Question Mark team won the
first half championship, with wins
and no losses. This team is COM
posed of former Dunbar athletes.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
MT. EN0N TO present
0RI0LE SINGERS TRIO

The Oriole Singers Trio will rem
der a musical program at Mt. Enon
Baptist church on Sunday, January
ID, at 3 pm. Other talent of the
church will also appear on the pro-
gram, according to Rev. J. L. Mum
dy, pastor of the church.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER
(0N(EDE5 FEp(
WILL BE PERMANENT

AUTIN, Tex, Jan. 10 (ANP)-|
Southern newspapers are reluct-
antly having to admit that the pres
ent FEPC, established to protect
job rights of racial and religious
minorities, will probably be made a
permanent government agency by
the new session of Congress.
The Austin Statesman is one of
many southern papers which are
beginning to concede defeat in a
fight waged by big Dixie landown-
ers who want to keep their Negro
farmhands on the land at starva-
ton wages. In an editorial headed
Fair Employment Bill, Opposed
by South, Is Very Likely to Pass"
the paper admitted recently that {:
Opponents of the measure-led
in the house by West Texas Con-
gressman Clark Fisher of San
Angelo have an uphill fight on
their hands. Backed by labor un-
ions and big vote holding eastern
states, the measure (referring to
the permanent FEPC bill before
congress) is almost assured of pas
sage in the house despite the oppo-
sition."
Then the paper floomily pointed
out that the filibuster tactic, used
successfully by southern senators
to block anti-lynching and anti
poll tax legislation, probably won't
work in the FEPC fight.
The Statesman said:
'In the senate, where it (the
billy was blocked last session by
threat ia filobuster, it undoubted-
ly will have lot tougher going
Proponents have expressed their
intention of getting it up for vote
in the senate as soon as possible sc
that there will be so much time
ahead that a filibuster attempt
would be futile"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
WOUNDED IN ITALY

Sergeant Harrison Saunders, Jr.,
husband of Mrs. Mary Saunders, IL
Reeder street, has been reported
wounded in action in the Italian
theater of war, according to tele-
gram received from the war depart
ment.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
SUSPECT HELD BY POLICE

CANTON, O., Jan. 10.-Police
held a 34-year-old man for question
ing in the Staying of Mrs. Mary E.
Hoffman, 80, whose nude and bat
tered body was found in a boxcar
near downtown Canton.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-10
Golf Club Meets

The Fairway Golf club will meet
tonight at 500 pm. at Linden Cen
ter. All members are urged to be
present and also to bring friend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-06
BY The Associated Press

Racked by military defeats and
a rising storm of criticism at
home, Premier Kuniaki Koiso's
cabinet resigned en- masse today
and Emperor Hirohito called on
an elder statesman, Adm. Baron
Kantaro Suzuki, to form Japan's
third wartime government.
In quick succession to the fall
of the doomed Koiso regime, an
nounced by Tokyo radio, came the
denuncia1ion in Moscow of the
Russo-Japanese neutrality pact.
Soviet Russia explained in a
note HANDED the japanese ambas-
sador, said the Moscow radio, that
the treaty was terminated because
Japan had aided Germany in the
latter's war with Russia.
In facing the gravity of the
situation" which Tokyo said fore
ed Koiso and his ministers to step
down, Japan turned to a 77-yeac-
old veteran of public service who
had been considered a 'moder-
ate'' in pre-war years. Suzuki,
president of the Privy Council, has
been looked upon as an opponent
of the extreme army clique's pro-
gram of conquest.
Military disasters in the field
and on the seas which have har-
assed Koiso since he took over
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-06
CAPITAL Welcomes Soviet
DenunciQfiion Of Treaty

Senator Vandenberg '(R-Michl !,
foreign relations committeeman
and a minority leader in that field
said the Russian move is "undoubt-
eddy preview of vitality impor-
tant things to come"
Most House spokesman on for
eign and military matters were out
of town with that branch taking
an informal holiday, but Rep. Eat
on GRIND ranking Republican on
the Foreign Affairs Committee,
said the development fought to
strengthen the peace movement
throughout the world and hasten
the end of this destructive war
both in Europe and in Asia"
In response to inquiries, the State
Department issued this comment:
''The United States Government,
of course, welcomes this develop
ment."
If the diplomatic step proves to
be a prelude to hostilities, the Pa
cific enemy will be completely sur
rounded by belligerent forces OF
overwhelming power. Her doom,
already apparent to the rest of the
world, may then become apparent
to the Japanese people themselves.
Perhaps. it was anticipation of
this situation as well as the steady
American pounding to the south
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