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Evening star., 1945-06-13

Strasbourg. 1t wouldn't list the long
days and nights in the tent wards
of the hospital, encouraging hope
in the wounded and the surgical
cases, particularly those mutilated
or with amputations.
Greatest Thrill.
"The greatest thrill, though" Miss
Catch said, was when our boys
who had been prisoners Of war
started streaming back. They all
were routed through hospitals for a
checkup. The way they grinned and
beamed and sat around and lust
looked at us was enough to-wel,
it was the finest thing that hap
pened to me-"
Her worst time in the service, Miss
Catch said, was just after the 7th
Army crossed the Rhine.
"The Germans had mined the area
thickly," she said, "and almost every
case that came in demanded major
surgery. Most of them were ampu-
tation cases. They kept coming
until we had a big backlog of sur
gerry. That was the worst time.
But our GIs are the greatest
soldiers in the world. There isn't
any question of it. They have q
sense of humor that carries them
through anything"
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Washington 10 Mark
Flag Day at Special
Exercises Tomorrow

Washington citizens will pay
special homage to Old Glory tomor-
row in programs celebrating Flag
Day.
The Potomac Department, Wom-
ems Relief Corps, will hold a cere-
mony at 7:30 pm. on the east steps
of the Capitol, with John Clagett
Proctor Of the Sons of Union Vet
Grams as the principal speaker. Pa
triotic and musical numbers will
be included in the program.
The National Elks Lodge will
make two reports on its wartime
activities. The first will be to 256
members Of Congress, who are mem
bers of the order, in the caucus
room of the Senate, at Ills am.
DR.. Robert South Barrett of Alex
andria, grand exalted ruler of the
order, will make the report. At 3:1s
pm, DR.. Barrett, accompanied BY
other officials of the lodge, will pre-
sent the report to the Secretaries OF
War and Nave.
The Justice Department Post OF
the American Legion will hold serv-
ices at pm. in the departments
great hall. Undersecretary of War
Patterson will be the principal
speaker.
The District Society, Sons of the
American Revolution. will present a
flag to the Patterson Elementary
School during exercises beginning
at 2 pm. The school, recently
opened, is attended by a large num-
ber Of children of servicemen. Cliff
ford K. Bergman, senior vice presi-
dent OF the society, will preside and
Benjamin D. Hill, jr., will present
the flag.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
U. Of N. Students 10 Meet
Today 10 Air Grievances

University of Maryland students
will hold mass meeting at 1 20 p m
today at the Coliseum in College
Park to air their grievances against
the institutions administration and
to recommend changes in policy.
The meeting was arranged by the
student board after a 26-member
university student committee con-
ferred with DR.. H. G. Byrd, univer-
sity president, Monday. DR.. Byrd
said students will be excused from
classes from 1:20 to 3 pm. to attend
the assembly.
At Mondays conference with the
student committee, which charged
last week that the university's ad-
ministration was "undemocratic and
dictatorial," DR.. Byrd pointed out
that most Of the things OF which
the group complained were required
by law.
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D. {. Board Approves
ewChi|dren' S sHome,
|Ga||inger Laboratory

The Commissioners today form
ally approved plans for new re-
ceiving home for children near Gal
laudet College and for new labora-
tory building at Gallinger Hospital.
The 1916 District appropriation
bill passed by the House and now
pending in the Senate, contained
$285 900 for the receiving home and
$50 900 for the laboratory building.
An additional $4,000, however, will
be necessary to equip the laboratory,
District officials said. .
The Board of Public Welfare orig
inally favored more extensive re-
ceiving home, costing more than
$4O0, 900, but the Commissioners IA
vored smaller one and their views
were adopted by the House Subcom-
mittee on District Appropriations.
In the Commissioners plans, space
was eliminated for dentists, psychol-
ogists and psychiatrists.
Last month. when plans were be-
ing discussed, it was pointed out that
the dental work could be done by
the Health Department dental
clinics and that psychiatric work
could be done by the recently Or
ganized mental hygiene bureau.
Several playrooms also were cut
from the plans on the recommen-
dation Of Col. Joseph D. Arthur, jr.,
Assistant Engineer Commissioner.
The House appropriations group
in its report last month said that
it felt the receiving home need not
be elaborate, but should be a mod
ern structure, adequate to serve the
current and Immediately antici-
pated needs of the District" and
urged the Welfare Board to cease
its continual revision of plans and
begin construction when the appro-
priation becomes available.
The laboratory building at Gal
linger will require 26 employees in
stead of 16 as at present. Health
officials pleaded that the present
laboratory was "woefully made
quate" to serve Gallinger.
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lsiNRshioni;nq
&Remiindey@

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
W., W., X-2, Y-2 and Z-2 re-
main valid through September
30; stamps E-2 through J-2 good
through June 80; stamps K-2
through P-2 good through July
81. Stamps O. through U-2 valid
through August 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
D-1, Ell, FL, GIL and HI re-
main valid through September
30; stamps N-2 through So good
through June 80. Stamps To-
through X-2 good through July 81.
Stamps Y-2, z-2, Al, B-1 and
hC-1 valid through August 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp No. SO valid for S
pounds through August 81. Next
stamp valid September 1.
Gasoline-A-15 coupons are valid
through June 81. BE-, C-6, B-7
and CT coupons good for S gal
lions each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and
lin Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
lone pair Of shoes each. An as-yet-
iunnumbered shoe stamp becomes
valid August /.
Fsel Oil-Periods l, 2, 8, 4 and
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. AL
currently valid coupons, except for
serially-numbered coupons of def
mite value. will expire August 81.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Suit 70 Stop $1,000 Check
To u. ). SET for TODAY

District Court trial of an iniunc-
ton suit filed June by Thomas E.
and James G. Raley to prevent the
Government from cashing a $1,000
check turned over by them in settle
ment for alleged ceiling price vio-
lations has been postponed to this
afternoon.
The case had been set for trial yes
terday afternoon before Justice
David A. Pine.
The two men, trading as Raley's
Food Store, 2300 block Calvert street
NV, claimed that the check was in
payment of "a fine" levied by the
price panel of War Price and Ra-
tioning Board No. 81, and that the
panel had no authority to levy the
"ine."
In an answer filed last Saturday.
the District Office of Price Admin
istration denied the panel had levied
a fine and said the plaintiffs volun-
tarily offered to settle for the alleged
overcharges.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Nancy Catch Tells of Thrills
Of 80 Months Duty Overseas
Red Cross Worker
Recalls Release
Of War Coptives
The thrill was mutual.

They were American soldiers Just
released from captivity in Germany
where through months or years they
hungered for the sight of an Ameri-
can girl.
She was a Red Cross girl who for
80 months had watched and served
and comforted the shattered victims
of battle.
When they came together in the
95th Evacuation Hospital, with the
7th Army, not far from Munich, it
was her greatest thrill of the war
to see their happiness. Undoubt-
edly, for them, it was also the
greatest thrill. considering their
bleak days and nights as prisoners
of war.
She is Nancy Catch, daughter OF
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas l..
Catch, 3103 .Macomb street NV.
Admiral Catch is Judge Advocate
General of the Navy. Miss Catch
landed yesterday in a plane from
Europe after 81 months of service
which began at Oran in North
Africa a month after our troops
landed there. She was with a gen.
eral hospital and then a Navy hos
pital at Oran for II months.
Four Campaign Stars.
A capsule version Of her expert
ence after that is in the ribbon the
Army gave her along with the
nurses in the 95th Evacuation Hos
pital. 1t bears four campaign stars,
Naples, Rome, Southern France and
Germany. But the capsule version
wouldn't tell of a dinner with Presi-
dent Roosevelt when he was on his
way to Cairo, nor would it relate
the story of a dinner with Gen.
Eisenhower.
1t wouldn't tell of terrifying
bombs in Naples. 1t wouldn't tell
that she replaced a Red Cross
worker killed with the 95th Evacu-
alton Hospital at Anzio. 1t wouldn't t
tell of landing on D day plus four
in Southern France. 1t wouldn't tell
of mad chase northward through
France without food for three days
because the 7th Army advanced so
fast.
1t wouldn't relate anything of q
sudden retreat when German
break through threatened near
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Many Stores Planning
Saturday Holiday

About so downtown stores and a
number of others throughout the
city will close on Saturdays during
the summer in keeping with pre-
vious years, Edward D. Shaw, secre-
tary of the Merchants g. Manufac-
turers' Association, said today.
The stores will close for the first
time on Saturday, July 7, and the
practice probably will be continued
through the end of August. he said.
The Saturday closings will give
employees two days of each week.
Department and speciality stores
will comprise the majority Of estab-
ishments closing, Mr.. Shaw de-
clared. 1t is not expected that drug
stores or others rendering emer-
gency public service will abide by
the custom.
Mr.. Shaw said his Office soon will
release a list of the places which
will close.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Simonds Ordered 10 Pay
500 Monthly 10 Daughter

Justice Daniel w. ODonohue of
District Court, in ruling from the
bench yesterday awarded Miss Mil
dred Jean Simonds, IT, the sum of
800 month maintenance from her
father, Louis Simonds, owner of the
Brown Derby, Connecticut avenue
night club.
The case went on trial last Janu-
ary, but when trial had been nearly
completed, Justice Jesse c. Adkins,
who was hearing the case at that
time, became i'll. The new trial be-
gan Monday
Under court order of last July,
Mr.. Simonds was ordered to pay
SIS week maintenance pending
further court action.
The suit was brought in Miss
Simonds' behalf by her mother. now
Mrs. Rosalie Banks, 2400 block of
Fourteenth street NE.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
|WMAl Aiding Farmers
In New Weather Forecasts

Cooperating with the Weather
Bureau and the Maryland and Vir-
ginia- Extension Services, Radio
Station WMAL now is bringing
long-range weather forecasts to
farmers in this area.
The new 72-hour forecasts are
made twice daily, at sos am, and
1874 pm. Mondays through Sat-
urdays. From information sent by
agricultural agents, it now is pos
sible for the forecaster to tell farm
ers not only that the day will be
cold and damp, but that 1t will be
poor haying weather.
The new service has been de-
scribed by county agents as wal
liable" contribution to farming, par
ticularly in view Of the present food
shortages and the need for increased
production.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Postage Stamps 10 Honor
Nation's S Fighting Men
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Post ONCE Department has
announced plans to honor all
branches Of the armed forces and
the Maritime Service with special
postage stamps.
The stamps will pay tribute to the
Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Mari
time Service. A 3-cent stamp in
honor of the Marine Corps to be
issued July II was announced last
week. 1t will feature q reproduc-
ton of the famous Two Jima flag
raising picture made by Associated
Press Photographer Joe Rosenthal
Definite dates and designs for
the other four stamps have not been
selected, but the Post Office De-
partment said the Army stamp
would be issued some time in Sep
tember and the Navy stamp in Oc-
tober. Representatives of the War
and Navy Departments have agreed
to submit designs for possible use
on the stamps.
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Demands for Extra Gas
In D. {. Reported Moderate

District War Price and Rationing
Boards today reported moderate de-
mand for extra gasoline by Beard
motorists under liberalized eligibility
rules which, effective Monday,
raised the monthly ceiling from 325
miles to $50 miles.
District OPA said 1,500 applica-
tions had been obtained by motor
lists from the Is boards, an average
of 100 applications per board, on the
first day.
Approximately 10000 of the Dis
trict's $4,000 Beard drivers are ex-
pected to become eligible for addi-
tional gasoline allotmentS.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Civilian Travel
Faces Big Cut
During August
Half Of PuIImons,
Many Rail Coaches
Reserved for Army
By the Associated Press.

1y the Associated PreSs.
Another big segment of civilian
travel will be sidetracked in Au-
gust to make way for the Tokyo
Express.
Half the present number of Pull
man cars and 10 to II per cent of
the railroad coaches will be with
drawn from civilian use from Au-
gust until about March, 1916, for
military purposes exclusively.
A growing pinch in air travel also
is coming, Col. j. Monroe Johnson,
director of the Office of Defense
Transportation, predicted yesterday
at a news conference in which he
sought public cooperation in re-
ducing unnecessary travel.
II understand that in another two
or three weeks you might as well
stay at home if you haven't got
No. airplane priority" Col. john
son said.
To Be Used for Troops.
The diverted railroad cars will be
used as troop carriers in organ
ized movements averaging 100000
men daily as the Armys redeploy-
nent of forces to the Pacific gets
into stride Col. johnson said. AL
though the peak will arrive some
time in August, difficulties will be-
come pronounced early in July,
when vacation travel normally
scars.
As Col. johnson voiced the warn
Ing, the War Production Board an
nounced that the entire freight car
manufacturing industry had been
placed on the national production
urgency list with a third band"
priority on recruiting of manpower.
This puts freight car building on
a par with tank production as a
military necessity, as far as labor
recruitment is concerned.
The ODT director deprecated re-
ports that spring wheat had been
dumped on the ground in Oklahoma
because of lack of storage space
and grain cars. ODT has jurisdic-
ton over both.
Grain Dumped Every Year.
Plainly reused, Col. johnson as
serted most fasteners and even
some newspaper people probably
think it high crime to dump
wheat on the ground-there never
was a harvest year that there wasn't
some grain on the ground"
About so per cent of the country's
Pullmans and SO per cent of the
coaches already are in military
service, Col. johnson said.
Henceforth some IS per cent of
Pullmans and about As per cent of
coaches will be so used. These in
clude many cars not used in the i'm
mediate prewar years, so that the
loss in civilian travel space is less
severe than such figures would in
dicate.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Library Of Congress Gets
'Morinku' Manuscript

The original manuscript of the
operetta "Marinka" has been given
to the Library Of Congress by EN-
merich Kalman, its composer, DR..
Luther H. Evans, acting librarian,
announced today.
''Marinka' is the first work MI.
Kalman, q native Of Hungary now
awaiting his final citizenship papers
here, has composed in America. His
earlier operettas, presented many
times In Europe and in the United
States, include "Her Soldier Boy"
Countess Maritza," "cherie" and
The Circus Princess" Mr.. Kalman
has been in the United States since
March, 1910.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Surplus Goods Stoff
Arrives in Europe

The Army-Navy Liquidation Com
mission today announced the arrival
of field staff in Europe to make
preliminary surveys, and lay The
groundwork for disposal of Army
and Navy surplus property there
The group of 20, headed by James
S. Knowlson of Chicago, central
field commissioner for Europe, will
split up in London, with some stay
ing there and the remainder going
to Paris.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
McKim Drafted for Duty
By Snyder, Truman SAYS

President Truman explained at his
news conference today that his chief
administrative assistant, Edward D.
McKim, had been drafted for some
special purposes by Federal Loan
Administrator John w. Snyder and
that he guessed he would have to let
Mr.. McKim 60 for the time being.
The appointment Of Mr.. McKim
as . deputy to Mr.. Snyder was an
nounced yesterday.
Mr.. McKim, who had been in the
insurance business In Omaha prior
10 his Government appointment,
served with Mr.. Truman In the
World War.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
6 D. T.. Area Officers
Receive Decorations;
France Honors Two

Brig. Gen. Henry C. Wolfe, chief
of the 9Th Army Groups engineer
section, recently was awarded the
Medal of the French Legion OF
Honor, rank of officer. and the
Croix de Guerre with Palm by Gen
Paul Andre Doyent, commanding
general of the French Army De-
tachment of the Alps. He trained
and equipped engineers of the
French Expeditionary Forces, as di-
rector of the training center for the
invasion.
Gen. Wolfe, whose wife lives at
2745 Twenty-ninth street NV, also
holds the Legion of Merit and Dis
tinguished Service Medal.
Col. Arthur H. Bender, deputy as
sistant chief of staff, G-3 Section,
9Th Army Group headquarters, has
been awarded the Medal of the
French Legion of Honor, rank of
Knight, and the Croix de Guerre
by Gen. Doyent. Col Bender, whose
wife lives at 3219 GunSton road,
Alexandria, was cited for his aid in
the preparation of operations of the
French Army Detachment of the
Alps, by his personal action, tech
nical knowledge and energy.
Brig. Gen. William H. Sands, artil-
lery commander Of the 10Th Infan-
try Division, recently received the
Russian Order of the War for the
Fatherland, first degree. The award
was presented for action against the
enemy until the junction of the
Russian 5th Cavalry Guards with
the 29th Infantry Division on the
Elbe River. Gen. Sands wife lives
at 3051 Idaho avenue NV.
Col. Sidney c. Wooten, son Of
Brig. Gen. William P. Wooten, re-
tired, and Mrs. Wooten of 2540
Massachusetts, avenue NV, has re-
ceived the Russian Order of the War
for the Fatherland. Col. Wooten,
who is commanding officer of the
5th Infantry in the list Division in
Australia, received the award at a
dinner given by Gen. Afonin Pavel
Ivanovitch, commanding the Russian
5th Guard Airborne Division, COM
memorating the meeting of the
American and Russian Armies on
the Ems River in Austria.
He also holds the Bronze Star and
the Silver Star for gallantry in ac-
ton during the campaign leading to
the German surrender.
Capt. Arthur H. Nc Collum, u. s. NJ,
whose wife lives at 1904 Morrison
street NV, recently was awarded
the Legion of Merit. Capt. McCo1-
lum was cited for outstanding serv-
ice as intelligence officer on the staff
of the commander of Allied Naval
Forces, Southwest Pacific area, from
November 20, 1912, to April, 1945,
and as commanding officer of the
7th Fleet Intelligence Center from
May 18, 1914, to last April.
According to the citation, Capt.
McCollum served with the COM
mander Of the 7th Fleet while the
flagship was under enemy attack
during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He
rendered outstanding service during
the actions against the enemy feet
in Surigao Strait and of Samar
Island and again during the inva-
sion of Lingayen Gulf.
Capt. Emory Paul Hylant, U. S. NJ,
whose wife lives at 5000 North Lee
highway, Arlington, recently was
awarded the Legion of Merit. Capt
Hylant, who is serving in the Pacific
area, was cited for co-ordinating
service activities and maintaining
adequate personnel, fuel and repair
facilities despite enemy aerial
attacks.
His son, Emory Paul, jr., is in the
Navy.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Truman Says Stetfinius'
Status Is Unchanged
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
For the third time in as many
weeks, President Truman informed
his news conference today that no
change was contemplated in the
State Department secretaryship,
now held by Edward r. Stettinius, jr.
He laughed when the question was
put again today and replied there
Is nothing new. He advised the cues.
toner humorously to keep on asking
1t and then said Mr.. Stettinius'
status has not been changed.
He pointed out that Secretary
Stettinius will accompany him to
his coming meeting with Prime
Minister Churchill and Premier
Stain, still expected to be held
within 80 or 10 days.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Two Michigan .FeIons
Recuptured After Escape

By the Associated Press.
LANSING, Mich, June Estate
police today seized Leo Maloney
and Charles L. Langdon, who
escaped from the State Prison Of
Southern Michigan Monday, while
they were hitchhiking near Lake
Odessa, 60 miles from the prison.
Maloney, serving 40 to so years
for assault, and Langdon, a lifer,
escaped by concealing themselves in
shell-case boxes manufactured at
the prison and consigned to a Grand
Rapids factory. Sometime during
the 100-mile trip they chiseled their
way out.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Bank Employees Seize Man
Presenting $4,000 Check

Samuel Courtney, IS, of Lake City,
S. c., was seized by employees of the
Bank of Commerce and Savings
Seventh and E streets NV, yester-
day after he allegedly presented a
check for $4,000 on which was
written a threat.
The check was given to Miss
Jeanne Holmes, "a, a teller, who
told the man she did not have that
much cash on hand, but would go
to another cage and get it. Police
said she whispered a warning to
fellow employees and two of them
overpowered Courtney. holding him
until officers arrived.
The check was turned over to
agents Of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation who are preparing
charges. Miss Holmes could not re-
call the exact wording of the threat
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Record
Clothing Pile
Lies Rotting
~ the Associated Press.

DETROIT, June 13.-Several mil
Hon pounds Of clothing collected
here during the April drive for
United Nations relief are lying un-
sorted in suburban park ware
house, because Of shortage Of labor
and freight cars to handle it.
Oncials in charge Of the clothing
said a certain amount, which be-
came wet during the process of col
lection, has mildewed and has been
sold to rag company.
Detroit led the Nation in collec-
ton Of clothing in the drive of the
United Nations Relief and Rehabil-
tation Association.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Some cloudi-
ness and continued warm and hu-
mid, possibly thundershowers this
evening and tomorrow evening
Highest temperature in the upper
80s. Lowest tonight near 10 degrees
Virginia and Maryland-Coh
warm and humid tonight and to-
morrow with widely scattered eve
ming thundershowers.
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Record for Last "a Hour.

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 81, $40 pm. Year ago, 93.
Lowest, SO. 6:10 am. Year ago, 6S.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90, on June IL
Lowest, IL. on January 25.
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'ne-half hour after sunset
preeinffa fio

Monthly precipitation in inches in
Capital (current month to date):
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Tide Tables.
tFurnished BY, United States Coast an
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Report for Last "a Hours