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and consolidating into an effective or
ganization various small resistance
groups scattered about the region.
Up and Down Hills
On January % a peasant led him to
the home of farmer where he was
to live, off and on, for more than two
months.
For hours" he recalled, I'VE walked
up and down hills, scrambled over rocks
and leaped streams. We purposely trav-
eled by unfrequented trails to avoid
meeting people. At II pm we arrived
at our destination and I was made
welcome by the farmer.
Much to my surprise I learned that
I was to bunk in single bed, next to
the double bed in which he and his wife
and two children slept. Neither he nor
his wife would listen to my protests that
I was placing them to great inconven-
ience."
No sooner was Mr. Orebaugh estab-
lished there than he learned that his
Austrian friend had arrived in Perugia
with cars and all necessary passes to
get him to Rome. He decided not to go,
however, because by this time I had
become deeply interested in the patriot
movement" His wealthy friend was dis
appointed, but nevertheless contributed
100000 lira to the partisan group.
NHp ~,
planning meeting of italian and es-
capped British and American officers on
January q. They approved a message
he drafted to the Allied military COM
mand in Italy describing the strength
of the patriot forces, their need for
supplies, and specifying in detail where
such supplies could be dropped safely
from airplanes. This message was taken
to Florence and sent out over a clam
destine radio station there.
Treachery Intervenes
Treachery soon caused trouble with
the carefully laid plans, however. The
owner of villa which had been used
as headquarters was arrested. An Ital-
ian colonel who had been a leader OF
the Partisan group disappeared. A
young Italian who had worked with
them had turned informer and given
the Germans and Fascists enough in
formation to mean the death penalty
for Mr.. Orebaugh and the other leaders
If caught.
What was more, the two arrested
leaders alone knew the hiding place of
most of the arms and ammunition which
the patriots had buried months before.
This cache could not be found.
THE second half of February and the
first part of March, which we had
hoped would see the carrying out of
several important operations" Mr.. Ore
baugh recalled, were largely lost in
futile search and in readjusting our
selves to the situation.
Nevertheless, despite the fact that
we knew it would be hard Shedding with
the limited resources at our disposal,
no one thought of quitting.
Even the knowledge that the Fascists
and Germans knew the names of all our
officers and our strength in arms did
not frighten us. We still had the 100
per cent support of the peasants, a
mountainous district ideally suited to
guerrilla warfare and the expectation
that the Allies would send us arms and
supplies within a reasonable length OF
time"
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production revealed by Mr.. Bait In
Guided:

production revealed by Mr.. Bait in
cluded:
Army materiel and vehicles: Ma
chine guns, 2,422, 099; rifles, 5,942 1856 /;
carbines, 5,l63, 1926; submachine guns,
all types. 1,926,40 Army anti-air-
craft guns, 48,952; tank and self
propelled guns, 130,017; all field ar
tillery Except spare cannon, 55,252;
over 105-mm. Except spare cannon),
1860; mortars Cincluding 42-inch
chemicaD. 71,124; armored cars,
14,767: heavy-heavy trucks lover ~
tons, l10,945; light-heavy trucks
(21a tom, 65S,523.
Ammunition and bombs: Aircraft
gun ammunition, 1877 ,046 900 rounds;
ammunition for guns over 105-mm.,
q, $4,000 rounds; mortar shells, 49,
067 900 rounds; land mines, $780,
900.
Communications and electronic
equipment: All communications and
electronic, S9.405, 000, 900; radio, s4,-
100000; .electronic equipment,
1892, 10000
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Raymond HarperD Dies;
Retired Policeman

Raymond F. Harper, As, of 2818
Thirty eighth street NV, a retired
District policeman, died yesterday
at his residence Of heart attack.
I Mr.. Harper was born in Washing
ton and was graduate Of Western
High School, where he was out
standing in football. He attended
the University of Maryland a short
time before entering the Army in
the World War. He was gassed
while serving overseas 26 months.
After the war Mr.. Harper worked
for the Southern Railway, then
joined the Metropolitan Police De-
partment. He retired eight years
ago, after serving IA years, because
Of Ill health. He was a member of
the Police and Firemen's Post of
the American Legion.
Mr.. Harper is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Lillian K. Harper; three
daughters, Jayne, Peggy and Donna
Harper; two brothers, Fire Depart
ment Capt. Charles @. Harper and
Bernard T. Harper, and four sisters,
Mrs. Essie Manley, Mrs. Pearl
Prince, Mrs. Madeline Kennedy and
Mrs. Hilltrude O'Neill, all of WASH
ington.
Services at 1890 am. Saturday
at the home will be followed by
requiem high mass at Holy Trinity
Church, Thirty-sixth and o streets
NV. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
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said she was well liked and rated as
one of the most efficient workers in
her office.
Corens. an employe of the Barry
Pate Motor Co. here for the past
23 years, was taken into Gus
tody by Bethesda police soon after
his wife's head was found. A check
of the firms personnel records re-
vealed that he had not reported for
work February Is, the day after his
wife was reported missing.
Head Found by Farmers.
The discovery of the head was
made by two farmers, Fristoe Mel
ton and G. c. Daley, who live in
the area and who had spent the
day fishing In the Potomac River
nearby. Seneca road runs from the
Leesburg pike to the Potomac.
While walking back from the
river, the two men told Fairfax
County police they noticed the head
lying in plain view beside the road
Police said the head apparently
had been brought to the scene in a
half-bushel basket found nearby
Examination, Fairfax police said,
showed that the woman had been
dead about week.
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Bradenfon, Fla, Protests
Sentences in Circus Fire

BY the Associated Press.
BRADENTON, Fla, Mar. 1.-The
City Council OF Bradenton was on
record today as protesting the prison
sentences imposed on six officials or
keymen of the Ringing Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey. Inc, Circus as an
aftermath of the big-top fire at
Han tford, Conn.
The winter headquarters of the
circus is located at nearby Sarasota.
A resolution adopted by the Bra
denton Council described the sem
fences for involuntary manslaughter,
ranging up to seven years, as "un-
necessarily harsh" and said that
requiring .circusmen to serve terms
will make'it impossible for the show
to carry on"
The council declared that the
youth of the Nation would thus be
deprived of "the benefits that thei,
parents enjoyed on account of this
unique American circus"
The resolution was presented tt
the City Council by Mayor A. r
Jones 1t was directed that a copy
be transmitted to the clerk of the
Superior Court at Hartford ano
that such other steps as may bt
deemed advisable be taken to render
this protest effective"
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naval vessels there have been con-
structed no fewer than 56,697.
$4,000 Tanks Produced.
THE President wanted $4,000
tanks. Well, we have actually
turned out $1,000 tanks.
I'VE have produced 37,198 ,000,-
900 rounds of small arms ammuni-
ton 1927 500 short tons of
ground artillery ammunition
100000 short tons of aircraft
bombs, 59,646,000 grenades.
Now these are some shakespeare
figures and every American
may justifiably feel proud"
But, Mr.. Bait said, this does not
permit extensive planning for re-
conversion.
1--WE must not underestimate the
japanese any more than we have
now learned not to underestimate
the Germans.
Saying the japanese land army
now is about as large as the Ger
man army at its peak, Mr.. Bait
added:
Our present naval operations and
victories must certainly be preliml-
nary to big military landings some
where. At the end of supply lines
three times as long as those that
have separated us from the Ger
mans, and, lacking an advance
fortress base such as we had 1r
Britain, we must conduct land war
possibly of scale comparable tt
that we have waged in Europe, al
that tremendous distance.
Clothing, Weapons Vary.
IT can tell you that our military
men may not use much of the
equipment they have employed ir
Europe against the japanese. Sec.
rotary Stimson says they will use
they can.
But men fighting in the tropic.
and in many parts of the Orient re-
ouire, as you know, different cloth.
ing than men fighting In Northwes
Europe. Weapons designed for TIT
ldiIly BOOu iHbuWdyo anu ga u oii.
portation of Europe are not neces'
sarily adapted to the primitive con
ditions of the Far East.
Further than that, Just the me-
chanical job of cleaning up, repair
ing and packing much of the equip.
ment . so that it could be ship.
ped to the Pacific is an appalling
job and to very considerable de-
gree simply not practicable.
II think the inevitable result mus
be, therefore. that as we move t
the Orient from Europe, our Arm,
and air force will have to be prett,
completely re-equipped. This is an
other part of the big job aheac
of us"
Other figures on United State.
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Korean Colony 10 Mark
independence Today

The 26th anniversary of the Ko-
rean Declaration of Independence
will be celebrated by the Korean
colony in Washington with an Off
cial commemoration and dinner at
2 O'Clock tonight at 1909 Georgia
avenue NV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Youngjeung Kim
will have an informal reception at
their home, 4614 Reno road NV.
from 5 pm. and 7 pm. Mr.. Kim,
president of the Korean Affairs In
stitute, was interviewed over Radio
Station VOL this morning about
Korea.
Meanwhile the Freer Art Gallery
and the Smithsonian Institution has
announced that special exhibits of
Korean art will be on display at
those institutions.
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Murder
Continued From First Page.)

lieved to have been abandoned both
by Maryland and Virginia police.
Authorities indicated they are con-
WINGED that the body was thrown
into the river after the head was
severed; in the hope that when the
torso finally was discovered identi-
fication would be impossible.
Meanwhile, police continued ques.
tioning neighbors in an attempt te
check on events leading up to Mrs
Corens' disappearance February II
She and her husband had lived al
the Gladwyne drive address for four
years.
According to police, Mrs. Corens, a
So, 300-a-year Army Signal Corps en-
ploye stationed at Arlington Hall
seldom was absent from work. Con-
sequently, when she did not report
either February Is or IA, her office
called her brother, Grover Walker
Gaithersburg.
Police said Mr.. Walker searched
the house thoroughly with neigh
Dor. but found nothing to indicate
foul play. He then asked Mr.. Corens
to accompany him to the Bethesda
police substation. where a report OF
the woman's disappearance was
made.
At the time, police said, Mr.. Cor
ems admitted having quarreled with
his wife the week before she dis
appeared and said he had slapped
her a couple of times"
Saw Man Carrying Basket.
Mrs. Lynn said she saw Corens
leave the house four or five days
after a party February 8. She said
he was carrying a laundry bag and
a half bushel basket which he put
in the rear of his car.
1t was day or two later, she
said, that she saw Corens change
the slip covers1pn his car.
Fellow employees of Mrs. Corens
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sphere during tie war emergency.
The second part would recommend
negotiation of treaty to provide
for such action in the postwar pc
riod on a basis that would fit in
whatever world security system may
be set up following the forthcoming
United Nations Conference at San
Francisco.
This divided approach was based
on the conviction that the Presi-
dents war powers permit use of
United States forces anywhere In
the world without reference to Con-
gress to meet any situation adverse
ly affecting prosecution of the war
while no commitments for use of
force in peacetime could be made
without Senate approval. Senator
Austin, Republican, of Vermont, a
freshman member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, who
arrived here several days before
Chairman Connally. suggested the
compromise subject to Senator Con-
nally'S approval. 1t was welcomed
by other advisers who had argued
extensively for fortnight immediate
action to reassure the smaller South
countries whose fears
have been aroused by militaristic
activities of the Farrell regime in
as well as those who felt
any permanent commitment here
for collective use of force on a re-
gional basis would jeopardize world
security plans and be impossible in
any event without a long treaty
process.
Strongly Worded Stand.
While the draft proposal being
considered by the American dele
cation avoids outright commit
ments to obligatory use of force
against aggression it was worded
strongly enough to imply such an
obligation and permit prompt action
without tedious consultation the
question of whether regional appli-
cation of sanctions against an ag-
gressor should be taken independ-
emily of the projected World Security
Council after it is established is left
open. This point undoubtedly will
be argued extensively between now
and the San Francisco Conference.
For the first time in Pan Amer
lean history, however, the proposed
Chapultepec declaration make pro-
vision for collective imposition of
sanctions ranging according to cir
cumstances from recall of ambas-
sailors through severance of COM
and trade to the use
of military force to deal with acts
or threats of aggression in the
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IA Soldiers Home Workers
Given Awards for Service

Fourteen civilian employees of the
Soldiers Home with Is years or
more service were presented with
citations and lapel ribbons of the
Army Service Forces today by Brig.
Gen. A. Owen Seaman, quartermas-
ter and purchasing officer of the
institution.
Oldest employe In point of serv-
ice was Robert Martin, who started
working for the home in 1905. Sec
ond Oldest was Bernard J. Gal
lagher, who started work later that
year as assistant to his father, a
plumber. His father, who retired
in 1929, went to work there in 1879.
Others are Edith Sweeney, 36
years service; Agnes c. Thompson,
Is; Bertha De Priest, %; Elliott
L. Baker, %; George Chapman, "a;
James C. Boyle, 81; Thomas j. Tray
nor, 35; Charles NJ Becker, 20;
Charles A. Stansbury, 80; John Sar-
tain, 80; George McCully, %, and
Oscar Feldser, Is.
Another employe, Donald NJ Mac
Leren, with % years of service, was
sick and could not be present to re-
ceive his citation.
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Notice 10 Argentina
On Aggression Taking
Shape at Conference
BY GARNETT HORNER,
Star Staff Correspondent

MEXICO CITY, Mar. IA united
front notice to Argentina that any
aggressive outbreak in the Western
Hemisphere will be met by Joint
military action of the other Ameri-
can republics was taking shape at
the Inter american Conference here
today
Conference approval of a "Cha-
pultepec declaration" providing eco
nomic as well as military sanctions
according to the circumstances
awaited only final decision by the
United States delegation on a for
mula. that would be acceptable to
Congress. Such a declaration de-
scribed by one diplomat here as
building wall around Argentina"
was expected to dispose of the troU-
blesome Argentine question So far
as this conference is concerned.
Differences Resolved.
Conflicting views within the United
States delegation as to how far this
conference should go toward a COM
mltment for the use of force to up
4ACAA q bGAA vi bOuIl-
diaries were resolved tenta lively yes
terday in way to give immediate
reinsurance to the other Americas
without embarrassing Congress or
prejudicing organization of a world
security system. Submission of this
compromise formula to the Con-
ference Committee dealing with the
subject was delayed, however, pend
ing full consultation with Chairman
Connally of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee. Final decision |
was not expected until tomorrow.
Senator Connally joined the United |
States delegation as an adviser late
yesterday.
Pending his advice the tentative
United States position was in favor |
of declaration divided into two
parts. In its essentials the first part |
would provide for immediate joint |
use of force if necessary to quell a
disturbance of peace in this hemi-
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Wallace
Continued From First Page.)

a few Democrats still grumbled
openly over the prospect, but con-
ceded confirmation by a margin of
from 10 to 30 votes.
The possibility of a Republican
Southern Democratic coalition fight
against the former Vice President
vanished yesterday with word that
President Roosevelt had signed the
George bill. This divorces the s4O,-
000,000,000 RFC lending and financ-
ing agencies from the Commerce
Department. They had been added to
the department when Jesse Jones,
later ousted to make way for Mr.
Wallace, entered the President
cabinet.
Chairman George of the Senate
Finance Committee said he is more
concerned now over who might re-
place Mr.. Jones as Federal loan ad-
ministrator than he is over Mr.. Wal
lace's confirmation to the bobtailed
Commerce post. Senator George
wrote the enforcement bill, which
Mr.. Roosevelt signed at sea last
Saturday.
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Sailor Is Bomb for ~ Days
Until Surgeon Removes She'll
ProjectiIe Found
After ConvuIescent
Seaman Complained
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. latter
Al days as a human bomb Dewey
Dupre, 20, Is able to take a hard
knock now without fear he will blow
up.
Twelfth Naval District headquar-
tiers disclosed yesterday that sue
cessful operation had been per-
formed at the naval receiving hos
pital here to remove fused Comm
projectile from the body of the
Opelousas, La, seaman.
He was at his station as gun
loader aboard a battleship at Lin
gayen Gulf on January Q when an
air attack came. "The first thing
4 knew" the bluejacket said, II
was lying on the deck with COM
pound fracture Of my left leg and
other injuries about my chest"
Convalescing nicely here he told
doctors last Saturday that he felt
there was something" inside Of him
low in his body. Surgeons, thinking
they'd missed a piece OF shrapnel
ordered. X-rays. The pictures dis
closed the fused shell.
Because the projectile was OF
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D. {. Quota Sci in Drive
For War Relief cIothinq

A 5000, oO0- pound quota was set for
Washington yesterday in the ma
tional drive, beginning April /, to
obtain clothing for European war
victims.
Commissioner John Russell Young,
who accepted the Craftsmanship Of
the national clothing collection
campaign, promised that Washing
ton would be one of the leading
cities in the drive.
The District quota Is pounds per
person, and deposit centers where
citizens may send discarded or I'M
used articles of clothing will be
dotted about the city, 1t was an
nounced.
Vice chairmen of the local coliec-
ton will be Howard s. lie Roy, pres
ident of the Rotary Club; John G.
Scharf, Kiwanis president, and Earl
w. Shinn, president of the Down.
town Lions Club.
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Butuon Hero's Return
Sought; Mother, IS, Ill

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, Mar. 1.-The Wal
Department was asked by the Red
Cross today to expedite the return
of 1t. Col. Frank S. Adamo, lib
Grated hero of Bataan, so his i'll
mother. rs, might see him.
A similar request was made for
an emergency furlough for Capt
Philip Adamo, another son, with
the Army engineers In Persia.
The mother, Mrs Maria S. Adamo
has been i'll three years. At the
hospital her physicians said they
could do nothing for her. but that
the immediate return of her son, a
medical officer, might prolong her
life.
Mrs. Adamo had not been TOLD
until recently that the doctor hac
been prisoner. She never knew
the story of Bataan and Corregidor
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Philippines
Continued From First PAGE.

nounced virtual destruction of the
trapped enemy garrison of 5000 on
Corregidor Island in Manila Bay.
The Tokyo radio said regiment
of Yanks-possibly 5000 men
landed at IL am. yesterday on Pala-
wan, $50 miles southwest of Manila.
The unconfirmed report told of a
violent battle" In progress.
If substantiated, Palawan would
be the 18th island invaded by Gen,
MacArthur's forces in the Philip
pines. The island, 275 miles long
and Is miles across at its widest
point, is the dividing line between
the Sulu and South China Seas.
In American hands it would
place American forces along more
than a 600-mile stretch of the
South China Sea extending from
Lingayen Gulf of Western Luzon In
an arc to Palawan's southern tip.
That tip lies within 80 miles of
Dutch Borneo The nearest Ameri-
can holding in the Philippines is
Mindoro Island. lbs miles northeast
of Palawan.
Palawan's principal port, Puerto
Princesa, is midway along the east
coast. Gen. MacArthur's commune
que today reported the ports in
stallations were pounded by strong
formations of attack bombers with
escorting fighters Wednesday.
Cargo Ship Heads for Manila.
On Corregidor, a little more than
5000 Yanks, comprising the 503d
Parachute Regiment and elements
of the oath Division, have all but
wiped out an enemy garrison twice
that size to pry open Manila's big
bay. Already a cargo ship has en-
tered the bay, bringing badly needed
supplies to liberated but hard-hit
Manila, once more the capital of
the Philippines.
Gen. Macarthur said APIS dead
Japanese have been counted on
Corregidor with hundreds more
known to be dead in tunnels and
caves of the rocky fortress.
The cost to the Americans was
1856 killed, 53l wounded and 8
missing.
The Luzon campaign east of
Manila is growing more rugged as
Yank divisions encounter growing
enemy resistance. Along a 10-mile
line between Antipolo and Wawa,
an equal distance from Manila, the
Japanese are firing rockets as well
as mortar and artillery at the ad-
vancing Yanks.
Far to the north of Manila in
Nueva Ecija Province, other Yanks
battling into the Caraballo Noun
tains had to repulse a japanese
counterattack.
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More Chicago Flights
60 in Operation Today

Additional service between Wash
ington and Chicago will be placed
in operation today by Pennsylvania
Central Airlines, it was announced
by j. j. ODonovan. vice president.
The new trips will be express
type flights to round out the sched-
ules set up few weeks ago when
Pea opened nonstop service be-
tween Detroit and Chicago, it was
announced. The new flights were
made possible by return of trans
ports from military service.
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R. E. Christopherson,
Oil Company Head, Dies

By the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Mar.
Roy E. Christopherson, 81. of
Minneapolis, died yesterday after a
heart attack.
He was president4of the Direct Oil
Service Co. at Minneapolis and a
member of the Minnesota Planning
and Coordination Board for the
petroleum industry.
He came to West Palm Beach with
his wife January 16.