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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-07
Du$icu ROzdnlarijd
(svETNIcA IN NJEN NUKEC)
Agnes Guniher
Poslovenil Boris Ril1tersic
Poslovenil Boris Rihtersic

Teta Ulrika je odjadrala 1
svojim ujetnikom v njegovo 50.
bo. Tam je zaprla vrata, vrgls
revolver v veliken loku skozi
okno in rekla: "Tako, mladi 60.
spod zdaj Sc mi pa zahvali.
te, da sem vam resila zivljenje.' u
Bledi Alfred, XII Sc mu je Sc
zmerom brala ma obrazu one
mogla besnost, jo je divje pogle-
dal: ''Pustite me! Saj ne morem
vee strpeti pod to streho!"
"Ha, in zakaj ne?"
"Ce bi vi vse vedeli, bi sli pc
tisto rec ma dvorisce in bi mi :jo
stisnili v roko."
"Tako?" je rekla teta Ulri-
ka. "Izpovejte Sc mi! Kaj ste
zagresili?" ?"
"Ne morem povedati. Preklet
sem. Preklet semi" Zacel je te-
kati po sobi, Sc metati po stolih
in potem spet vstajati.
Oci tete Ulrike SO postale ka-
kor svetle jeklene igle. Spet mu
je polozila trdo roko ma ramo in
mu rekla: 'Rajsi Sc mi izpovej-
te! z zgodbo, XII jo nosite v srcu,
sami ne boste mogli obracunati.
Raztrgala vas DO. JAZZ vas tudi
ne smem pustiti ma cedilu. Otrok
me je poklical in je hotel imeti
vas. Zdaj DO zahteval racun cd
meme. Ia streljanje innate Sc
zmerom dovolj casa"
cali mislite, da bi rad umrl,
grofica? JAZZ, XII bi rad prezivel
sedem zivljenj! Toda mic druge-
ga mi ne ostane."
"Dragi Alfred, mislila sem,
da ste lahkomiseln piscanec. v
zadnjem casu pa Sc mi je zacelo
dozdevati, da vas srecuje pamet.
Mas ljubi gospod ina vse mogo-
,ee ljudi v svoji oblasti. Vzoren
deGek ne boste 1ikoIi, toda &c bi
bila JAZZ vasa matt, tudi ne bi
izgubila zaupanja v vas. In ne
morem 81 misliti, da bi bill v
zadnjem casu zagresili kaj res
nicno. slabega. Otrok vam Eau
pa. Otroci zaupajo samo ljudem,
XII MISC slabega srca. Tega ne po-
zabite!"
Tedaj Sc je vrgel Branden-
stein pred stare damo ma kole-
ma in objel jo je s svojimi mia
deniskimi rokami.
20, grofica, grofica, tako do.
bre besede! In pekel imam v Sc.
bi, pravi peke1. Ne morern vee
strpeti ma svetu."
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-07

tga, kar 1nu ljudje povedo pri IL
povedi. Morda hi mi on lahko
kaj svetova1. Toda vi ga niste
hotel pustiti k rrieiii .. -"
Teti Ulriki so klecala kolena,
da ie norala sesti. "Ti 81 to We
della, Roza, Il? -. >"
7 "Ot, " v prvetn treriutku =. r.
Sal sem 10 videla v trenutku, ko
je ustrelila. Men den1arit Sc je
iskril. In izprva sem 81 mislila,
da me nj zadela, ker sem slisala
samo pok. In potem SO mi posta-
lie noge tezke :. in potem ne
VEN nicesar vec /. Zato sem Sc
tako strasno bala. Oroznik je
preiskoval, in oce! Moi ubogi
oee! Sal me razumes, teta Ulri-
ka? Me ne bi smell pustiti, da
hi hodila sama okoli in sc vozila
Z avtom. Gospod professor je vse
to prepovedal, zdaj je pa drug
gospod dovolil, in iznova Sc bo-
jim"
"Potem mora Harro zvedeti,
Rozamarija, in napraviti 10 mo-
ramo neskodljivo. Ubogi Alfred
tudi We in mu je skoraj srce
strlo."
"Pojdi k MENU IN potolazi ga,
teta Ulrika!"
"Rozamarija, &c hoces svoje-
mu ocetu prizanesti, mora Har-
70 vse zvedeti. Eden izmed mo-
Skin mora vedeti. Harro ali pa
oee, Rozamarija. Hudo je, da
moras zdaj tt odloeati, ko bi ii
morali prikriti vse, kar bi te
vznemirjalo."
ooh, teta Ulrik, &c. bi to pre-
stala, hi me sp1oh lahko izpu-
still il jece. A morala bonn umre-
ii. Zakaj bi me to kratko dobo,
ko sem Sc pri vas, drzali take
| dalec cd sebe? In tako zalostnc
je, da Sc ne bi mogla dovo1j ma
jokati. Zbrati Sc moramo, moe
nj moramo biti. Kaj je incl AL
fred danes mamo?"
"Menda ga je vlekla s sebo.
ma travnik in mu najbrz rekla
da mora iti jutri spet z MO tia
; Cd obupa je bill YES zmesan. &c
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-07

ALFRED, i1povejte sc mi zdaj
w petih friinutah bo to oprav.
!ijenU. Otroka ne srnem predolgc
pustiu samega, drugaee Sc be
ball"
"Gfofica, fnolcati morate. Oh.
|ljubite mi to-"
''Kako maj n1oltim? Sc ma mi.
sci mi ne pride. Nieesar He Oh
ljubljafn, cesar ne vem."
'sPreklet sem. Ma travnik mo,
ram, ma tisti travnik, kjer stoj
bell kol. Jutri me, bodo spet pri'
Sli ishat. Kakor ze danes. Da
saj sem JAZZ kriv JAZZ, trpi
grofica, dobra gospa! Roza
JAIL" #
"Alfred, ali ste nori?"
20, ko bi mogel biti . . . Sal
BE bonn :. Vse v meni Sc trga.' u
Skril je glavo v njenem ma.
roeju, ona pa Sc ga je oklenila
in mu rekla:
alfred, zberite Sc vendar!!"
Pobozala mu je svetle lase, XII
50 Sc mu zaceli zdaj ze kodrati
Dvignil je zasolzeni obraz in
rekel: "Poslednjo kapljo krvi bi
Fdal "a Thorsteina. Zadovoljen bi
bill, ee bi me hotel vzeti Mart "a
svojega hlapca. Grofica, moja
sestra ;. skupaj naju je videla
!. in pusko je ime1a v rokah.
Trenutek, grofica! Ko me je vi
della, da sem pri njej Nikoli
il nisem povedal, kan zaha.
JAM"
,Ulrikine oci so postale temno
crne: "Kneznja >" je sepnila
S tezavo je dihala.
Alfred je vstal in Sc opotekel.
"Tako, zdaj me pa pustite, da
grem!"
Ulrika je zamahnila z roko
kakor bi bila hotela nekaj "a
grabiti, potern pa je obsedela
kakor kip.
zaculo Sc je trkanje, Harro je
bill.
"Teta Ulrika, kaj je z Alfre.
dom? Roza Sc brez povoda raz.
burja. Srce j razbija kakor div.
je."
Ulrika Sc je stresla in Sc Z
zelezno mocjo zbrala. Rekla je;
"Harro,, spetl je napravil neke
neumnost in popadla ga je mrz'
lica. Pravkar ga mislim sprawl
v posteljo."
Harro je zunaj nekaj zagodel
Potem je odsel v pritIieje.
ALFRED, mislim, da ste slisali
kaj morate storiti," je dejal;
nato teta .Ulrika. "Takoj morat'
It'll v posteljo. Mic Sc ne upirajt'
in ne govorite, da ne morete al
noeete! NesreGe nj treba BE po
vecati. Ali maj Roza trpi Sc "a
radi vas? Lagati pa tudi N
znann prevec dobro. Kmalu 81
vrnem. In &c morete, molite!!"
"AIi boste nolSali, grofica p
"Kaj mislite, da bi mogla t.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-08-07

This Httie book psessas w fscH and figures On whar
iss Nazis the SIav peoples and what ey insended
do Il also presents few hins Of e Slv peops5 epic
stFbgglc against the Nazi enslaveD which conbueed %
much towards saving the world from FifiefiAh &.
Only We are sharply aware Of tse fsct ca " faI5
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Ace Had Hoped to Stort
Home on Leave Soon

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 18 LP).
Death in air battle in the Philip
pines stilled hopes Maj. Thomas B.
Mcclure, jr., had of coming home
soon after nearly two years in the
Southwest Pacific.
In a letter to Maj. McGuires wife
1t. Gen. George c. Kenney, COM
manding Allied air forces in the
Pacific, revealed that Maj. Mcclure
had been shot down and killed jan
uary 7.
Maj. Mcguire wrote a thrilling
saga across Pacific skies, one that
placed him second on Americas roll
call OF air aces. When Maj. Rich
ara I. Bong, with 40 planes, returned
to the United States, he became the
leading active ace.
Once before Maj. Mcguire had
gone down-off the New Guinea
cost when he bagged his 18th and
18th japanese planes. He spent
two months in hospital in Aus
tralia before returning to duty.
Maj. Mcclure was one of the
most capable fighter pilots I have
ever known" Gen. Kenney wrote
Mrs. Mcclure, adding:
Your husband is one of the men
the air forces can never forget.
We will find 1t more difficult to
carry on without him. I felt that
he would make name for COM
mand as we'll as for leadership and
for great personal courage"
Maj. MCGUIRE bagged his 38th
plane on Christmas Day over Luzon
Island when air forces based on
Leyte were helping soften up that
island for the invasion.
Within 48-hour period Mai.
Mcclure shot down seven Japanese
planes. He had flown more than
720 combat hours and been on more
than 240 combat missions.
After he shot down three enemy
planes over Oro Bay, New Guinea
on October IT, 1943, he broke OF to
cover a crippled Lightning, was
caught by enemy fire, wounded and
had to bail out from $4,000 feet. His
feet caught in the cockpit. After a
fall Of 5000 feet with the plane he
managed to break free but didn't
get his parachute open until he was
1000 feet from the ground. He
landed in water, only to find his
rubber boat was full Of holes. AL
though wounded. he managed to
keep af1oat for 40 minutes until 4
patrol-torpedo boat picked him up.
He won the Distinguished Service
Cross for heroic performance
Evening star., 1945-01-18
WLB Grants Fee Plan
For WMAL Announcers

The National War Labor Board
mas approved an arbitrator's award
which granted the unions request
In case between the American Fed
Grafton of Radio Artists and The
Evening Star Broadcasting Co.,
owner of Station WMAL.
The union requested that each
staff announcer at WMAL be paid
his base salary plus a fee for each
commercial program assigned to him
on his regular tour of duty. The
company had agreed to increase the
compensation of its announcers
through a base salary increase
which would equal the fee system
proposed by the union. The average
total compensation for announcers
would have been approximately the
same in either case.
The case had been handled as a
regular dispute case by DR.. Royal E
Montgomery, designated by the
board as a hearing officer" and he
submitted his findings as a recon-
mendation to the board. However
the board determined that DR..
Montgomery acted as an arbitrator
whose decision should be accepted
as final and binding, subject to re-
view only as to its conformance
with the national wage stabilization
policy.
Retroactive date of the arbitrators
award is October Is, 1943, the date
on which the parties agreed to a
stimulation of the diSnllte
Evening star., 1945-01-18
|B-2o Reconnaissance
Over Korea, Japan
Reported by Tokyo

by the AsSocateo PreSB.
The Tokyo radio reported recon-
noitering B-29s few over Korea and
the osaka-Ko area of Japan to-
day and another Super Fortress
made a harassing raid on Tokyo
during the night.
Single enemy B-29s are per-
sistently carrying out separate raids
on Japan" the broadcast said Such
flights, reported almost daily by the
Japanese, are never announced by
the United States Goth Air Force.
The domestic broadcast, recorded
and translated by the Federal Com
munications Commission, said Big
was over Tokyo shortly before mid
night, but dropped no bombs.
japanese interceptors met the
B-29 over the Osaka Kobe area to-
day, the broadcast said, and the
Super Fortress fled terror-stricken
toward the sea-"
A China-based Super Fort circled
northern and central areas" of
Korea in the forenoon without ac-
complishing any results"
The War Department here late
yesterday released details of the
B-29 strike against Formosa which
1t had announced earlier, and said
good results" had been obtained
and that all the planes returned
safely. Upward of 100 B-29s bombed
japanese military installations near
Shinchiku on Formosa's northwest
coast.
The Tokyo radio reporting the
latest Formosa attack, also said 300
carrier-based planes of the United
States Sd Fleet were thrown against
the China coast Tuesday Omitted
States time) for the fourth con-
secutive day. 1t said Hong Kong
and Canton again were the main
targets. The broadcast, recorded by
the Federal Communications Com
mission. was not confirmed by
American sources.
In another broadcast, Domei, the
Japanese news agency, said today
that % China based Super Fort
resses with fighter escort again
raided Hong Kong and Canton areas
Wednesday afternoon.
The broadcast dispatch said the
raiders concentrated their attacks
on airfields in the two sectors, but
made the usual claim that "prac-
tically no damage was caused to
our ground installations
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Women's Club Federation
Offers 10 Cancel Meetinus

The General Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs has offered to cancel its
Youth Conservation Conference and
all State and district meetings. it
was announced today by Col. j. M.
Johnson, director of the once of
Defense Transportation.
More than $4,000 club representa-
tives will be affected by this decision,
Mrs. La Fell Dickinson, federation
president, declared. In a letter to
Col. Johnson, Mrs. Dickinson said,
I'VE are determined to help the
direct war effort in every way within
our means. We will fulfill our pro-
gram through other media of con-
tact"
. Col. johnson, in a letter of reply
said, Il recognize the Importance of
your youth conservation program,
but even that must give way to the
welfare of the youth that you have
helped train who are now on our
battle fronts. The Federation of
Women's Clubs can be of great help
in taking the leadership in persuad-
ing all organizations such as yours
to defer and postpone their group
meetings until relief is had
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Navy Service Period
Made Same as Army's

The period Of service for inductees
taken into Navy, Marine Corps or
Coast Guard was fixed at six months
after official termination of the war
in an executive order issued by
President Roosevelt today.
This applies to these services the
same standard applicable under the
Selectiye Service Act itself to Army
inductees. Omission Of naval per-
sonnel from the acts coverage was
responsible for the order.
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Mrs. R. F. Schmidtbauer
Dies After Heart Attack

Mrs. Pauline E. Schmidtbauer. so,
of 1405 Harvard street NV, a life
long resident of the District, died
yesterday at her home after a
heart attack.
Mrs. Schmidtbauer was a member
of the Women's Auxiliary of the
Fleet Service, Unit 4.
She is survived by her husband,
Rudolph F. Schmidtbauer, and
son by a previous marriage, Pvt.
Charles E. Mintzen, U. S. A, now
stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va; two
sisters, Mrs. Margaret Davis and
Mrs. Amy Wheeler, and three
brothers, Michael and Frank Kneas
and Pvt. Raymond Kneas, U. S. A,
all of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at 9
am. Saturday at the Hines funeral
home, 2901 Fourteenth street NV.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1945-01-18
135 Jap Planes Blasted
By Yanks in China
BY the Associated Press.


RUNNING, China, Jan. 18.-In
one OF the most destructive assaults
ever made by United States 14th Air
Force fighters, pilots rampaged the
length and breadth of Occupied
China Tuesday and Wednesday and
destroyed or damaged 135 japanese
planes, many on Shanghai air.
dromes.
Hundreds of japanese were killed
by strafing and bombing and thou
sands Of tons of shipping were dam
aged heavily within a 2,500-m mile
perimeter of enemy holdings, COM
munique from Maj. Gen. Albert C
Wedemeyer disclosed today.
The planes ranged from China
into Burma and French Indo-China
Shanghai airdromes were report
ed smashed, almost without inter-
ception, and So planes were de-
stroyed and 19 more were damaged
Forty-one of the destroyed craft
were bombers. OF two challenging
Japanese planes over Shanghai, one
was destroyed.
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Georgia State Society
To Install Officers

Representative Sidney Camp,
Democrat, of Georgia will be Or
Quoted as president of the Georgia
State Society at an inaugural ball
to be held at 10 pm. tomorrow at
the Shoreham Hotel, it was an
nounced today.
Other officers to be installed for
the 1945 term are Carey Sutlive,
Mrs. Robert Ramspeck, wife of
Representative Ramspeck Of Geor-
gia; Mrs. Julia Reynolds and
Charles Mcdaniel, vice presidents:
Mrs. James w. Thurston, financial
secretary; Mrs. Betty Powell Nit
chell secretary, and Mrs. Leone
Buchholz, treasurer.
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Maj. Mcclure Dies in Plunge
While Trying to Aid Wingmon
PIone Dives in Sea;
Flyer Credited
With SO Kills

BY the Associated Press.
AN ADVANCED FAR EASTERN
AIR FORCE BASE ON LUZON,
Jan. 18.-Maj. Thomas B. Nc
Guire, jr., the Understanding
Army ace active in the South
west Pacific, perished when his
P-38 stalled on a high-speed
turn and crashed 200 feet into
the sea, it was disclosed today.
Maj. MCGUIRE was attempting to
go to the assistance of his wingman
who was under attack by a Jap
anese fighter plane when the stall
ended his brilliant career. He had
a total of 80 kills.
Brig. Gen. Paul B. Wurtsmith, in
command of the 5th Air Force
fighters, said Maj. McGuire's wing
man also lost his life. He was shot
down
Evening star., 1945-01-18

December 26, 1943. ignoring many
Japanese zeros on his tail, he led
his Lightning formation against IA
enemy dive bombers which were
attacking Yank convoy landing at
Cape Gloucester, New Britain. All
the dive bombers were destroyed.
He shot down four of them.
Maj. MCGUIRE was the author of a
textbook published by the 5th Air
Force on combat tactics in the
Southeast Pacific.
In Sebring, Fla, home town of
Maj. Mcguire, a gold star was
added to the honor roll of the
Presbyterian Sunday school he at
tended in his youth.
Besides his widow Maj. MCGUIRE
is survived by his father, Thomas
B. Mcclure, ST., of Ridgewood, II. j.
His mother died in 1943.
Evening star., 1945-01-18
| Marine on Tiniun
Killed 90 Jops
| In IS Minutes
y the Associated Press

PORTLAND, Oreg., Jan. 18.-A
Marine sergeant killed 80 Japanese
in As minutes on Tinian, in the
Mariana Islands, the public rela-
tions section of the Marine Corps
disclosed today.
The sergeant, Duane w. Frost of
Portland, has been awarded the
Silver Star Medal The Marine
Corps announcement gave no de-
tails other than that the one-man
feat occurred during japanese
counterattack.
Sergt. Frost was member of
4th Marine Division tank unit.
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Dr.. Douglass Denies
GI Training viii Lower
College Standards

Statements by DIR. Robert Hutch
ins, president of Chicago University,
that the Governments educational
program for veterans will make
hobo jungles" of income-need COL
leges were challenged by DR.. Paul
Douglass, president of American
University, in talk before wounded
servicemen yesterday at the Forest
Glen convalescent center.
DR.. Douglass cited experience with
more than 100 veterans at Amer
ican University in attacking state
ments made by DR. Hutchins in a
magazine article that the colleges
will harbor men who will turn to
education only If jobs are unavail-
able, and that, in their need for
funds, schools might accept vet
Grams lacking proper scholastic re-
quirements.
Fighting Natures Men.
Military experience, fighting
overseas has matured these men, DR.. ,
Douglass declared "They come to
classes with personal interest in
contemporary affairs, rather than
the frequently frivilous attitude Of
many freshmen.
This university's experience must
be pretty much that of most other
American educational institutions,
and if you will ask our teachers,
they will tell you how enthusiastic
cany they have been teaching these
boys"
Most of these men, he continued,
are. taking their education under
Public Law 16 rather than the GI
Bill of Rights, and in spite of han
dicaps show vital energy" in art,
literature and music and extracur-
ricular discussion groups. He said
20 per cent of the veteran enrollees
at the university had been dropped
since the program began last fall,
which is about average for most
nonVeteran students.
Requirements Maintained.
Aptitude and educational back
ground tests are a prerequisite for
all students, he added. The Vet
erans' Administration keeps a care
full check for maintenance of aca-
demic standards through inspection
OF the university records, he said.
DR.. Douglass said today the mag
azine which published the Chicago
University presidents article had
written him a representative would
be sent to look over American Uni
Iversity's veteran-student records as
part of study of the question.
Evening star., 1945-01-18

Ny NAi o. 4AClCIl
w. Nelson. She
charged deser-
ton.
Mr.. Nelson is
a former execu-
tive vice presi-
dent and chair
man Of the Exec
utive Committee
OF Sears, Roe
buck & Co. He
served as assist
ant to the chair
man of the Ma
tional Industrial /
Recovery A d =
ministration in
Evening star., 1945-01-18

1884 and 1885, and in 1888 was
made chairman of the Textile In
dustry Committee under the wages
and hours law.
He recently made trip to China
as special representative of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to study production
problems there.
Mrs. Nelson charged in her suit
that her husband deserted her De-
cember Is, 1910. The Nelson's were
married December 1S, 1926. They
have no children.
Mrs. Nelson asked alimony and at
torney's fees.
Evening star., 1945-01-18
3 Years of Prayer
Answered by Word
From Missing Son
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FOXBURG, Pa, Jan. 1s.-
Three years of prayer and hope
were answered yesterday for
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. McHenry
when the postman brought a
letter from their son, missing
in action" since the Japs over
ran the Philippines in 1941.
The letter, from Sergt. Clyde
McHenry, 81, was dated Octo-
Der 8, 1914. Where it came from
was not known, but the family,
with five other boys in service,
drank in the words: Il am well
and getting along fine. There
must be questions you want to
ask me. But you'll have to wait
until / get home"
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Liberty Ship Sponsor

Mrs. Mary T. Peavey, daughter of
Senator Thomas, Republican, of
Idaho. will sponsor and christen the
Liberty ship James Bennette Moore
at its launching at Brunswick, Ca,
tomorrow. The ship is named for a
merchant marine seaman from
Dagshoro, Del, who was killed when
the S. S. Massmar was torpedoed
in July, 1912
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Blood Quote
fFor District, Pentagon and
Mohila ITpifeN

District quota per
week - 5000 pints
Donations last week 1861 pints
Donations so far this
week ---.--.--- 2,23l pints
Today's appoint
ments 1893 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center
in the Acacia Building, 81
Louisiana avenue NV, by call
ing District 5000 between 9 am
and $50 pm.
Thus far in this war 1903
men from the District area
have been reported killed
Evening star., 1945-01-18
Donald N. Nelson's Wife
Files Suit for Divorce
BY the Associated Press.

| CHICAGO. Jan. 18.-Donald M
Nelson, former chairman of the
War Production Board. was sued for
divorce m Superior Court yesterday
Evening star., 1945-01-18

day by the War Department as
wounded in action. Stories pre-
viously appeared in The Star when
the next Of kin had been notified.
First 1t. Frederick L. Bach, jr.,
son Of Frederick L. Bach, ST., 20 T
street NV.
Sergt. Felix J. Cabana, husband
of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Cabana,, 210l
New Hampshire avenue NV.
Pfc. Frederick Z. lizard, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George F.. lizard, 1927
S street Sc.
COrpl. Frank b. German, jr., son
OF Frank B. German. lis Wooten
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md.
Corpl. Robert nj. Raves, husband
OF Mrs. Juan M. Raves, Route l.,
Lanham, Md.
Sergt. Leonard Adams, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank j. Adams, 7l64 Liy-
ingston road NV.
Missing
Pfc. Erwin c. Staples, 30, whose
wife, Mrs. Lillian Staples, formerly
lived at lib Southway, Greenbelt,
Md, has been reported missing in
action over Aachen on Christmas
Day, the War Department has in
formed his family. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Staples of
Springfield, Ill. An aunt, Mrs. Frank
Balm, lives at 2700 South Glebe road
Arlington, Va.
Pvt. Staples lived in the District
for several years before moving to
Greenbelt. His wife and two sons,
Gerald, 6, and Billy, 2, recently left
their home there to 60 to Mrs. Sta
pies former home in Waukegan. Ill.
Pvt. Staples joined the Army last
summer and had been overseas four
months when reported missing. He
worked at the Navy Yard before
going into service. Two brothers
also are in service, Pfc. Alvey Sta
pies, recently returned from %
months in the South Pacific, and
Pvt. John B. Staples, now in France
Second 1t. John @. Blodgett, 21.
has been missing in action in Ger
many since December 81, the War
Department has notified his wife,
Mrs. Jeanne S. Blodgett, Is Calves
ton place SW.
1t. Blodgett is graduate of West
ern High School and GEORGETOWN
University School of Foreign Serv-
ice, where he was a member of the
ROTC and Pi Gamma Mu. honorary
fraternity. He entered the Army a
year and a half ago and was COM
at Fort Benning, Ga. on
December 7, l943. 1t. Blodgett has
been overseas with the infantry
since September. He and Mrs.
Blodgett are the parents of
g. month-old daughter, Diana. 1t.
Blodgett's mother, Mrs. Louise @.
Blodgett, lives at 2235 Hall place
NV.
Sergt. Patrick c. Mudd, %. whose
wife, Mrs. Patrick Mudd, lives in
Bryantown, Mo. is missing in ac-
ton. the War Department has in
formed his family. Sergt. Mudd was
serving with an armored division in
Belgium, his wife said, when he was
reported missing on December 81.
A graduate of the parochial
schools In Charles County, Sergt.
Mudd worked for the Eastern Shore
Electric Co. before he was inducted
Mrs. Mudd said. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John F. Mudd, also live in