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Evening star., 1945-03-31
Churches 10 Appeal
For Aid in Clothing
Destitute in Europe

Appeals for clothing to aid war
victims will be made in churches Of
every denomination tomorrow dur
ing Easter services in preparation OF
the United National Clothing Col
lection Drive, which will be held in
the District and throughout the
Nation during April.
This was announced by Commis-
sioner John Russell Young, director
for the community drive, who said
that many churches already have
begun collecting clothes. Scores OF
churches have arranged for collec-
ton depots and many are making
arrangements to sort the clothes as
well
Mr.. Young said that this work on
part of the churches would relieve
the strain on the volunteer workers
at the central collection depot, 469
C street NV. The Rev. E. Jerome
Winter of st. Stephens rectory has
completed the organizational work
in the Catholic churches, schools
and groups
A number of replies pledging co-
operation from churches have been
received by D. E. Thomas of the
Washington Federation of Churches,
following an appeal to almost 500
Protestant churches and prganiZa-
tions. All of the Hebrew churches
and organizations have been organ
ized, it was said.
One of the first schools to report
| its collections completed was st.
Joseph's School, 313 Second street
NE.
For millions of ragged men, women
and children in ar-devastated
countries, the drive is seeking cloth
ing, bedding, blankets, sheets, shoes,
caps and knitted headgear.
Meanwhile, Secretary Of Labor
Perkins has sent a letter to Henry J.
Kaiser, national chairman of the
drive, assuring him of the support
of wage earners.
"The American people, always
generous and helpful to others in
distress, have an opportunity to be
OF aid and comfort to millions of
sorely distressed and most deserving
people who look to us for succor in
their hour of need" Miss Perkins
wrote. I'VE will not fail them"
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Breweries in Baltimore
Forced 10 Cut Output
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Mar. 31.-Oficials
of Baltimore breweries announced
today that the supply of beer avail
able to consumers for the next three
months will be about 80 per cent
under that for the same period in
1912. bsr
The officials said the normal sea-
sonal increase in brewing, which
should have Begun in late March,
was not possible this year because
of IL per cent cut in malt supplies
which went into effect March /.
The full effects of this cut will
become evident as the weather gets
warmer and the demand for beer
increases, they said
Evening star., 1945-03-31

Already balmy weather has
stepped up the beer demand to nor
NAL late April or May levels, and
brewers said they had been COM
PEELED to limit retailers to about the
same quantities as in January and
February, when consumption was
at a much lower level.
Brewery officials said they would
continue to allot beer to retailers on
the quota basis in effect the last
two years.
Evening star., 1945-03-31

the AFFORD boy apparently had been
swept under by the swift current.
They said the average depts of the
water is II feet.
The other five boys, according to
police, are Ray Leath, II, of 1924
T street NV; Mike Kelly, II, of
3717 Fulton street NV; James
Campbell, II, of Falls Church. Va;
Philip Davidson. II, of 6618 Broad
street, Brookmont, and William
Patten, 16, 2017 o street NV.
The AFFORD youth was the son of
Mrs. Helen M AFFORD. She also
has a daughter, Betty Ann, 16.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Maryland Assembly
Closes Session in
Last-Minute Rush
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. +N
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Mar. 3f.-The
halls of the State House were de.
serted today after adjournment O.
the l945 Maryland General Assem-.
bly, which left stacks of bills te
await Gov. O'Conor's disposition.
Before it adjourned, the Senate
went on record as opposed to con.
structlon OF the Army engineers
proposed Potor &c River dams. II
adopted resol ,tion requesting Con-
gress not to appropriate funds for
their construction.
The session passed into history
quietly after day which saw about
SO bills approved, compared to hun
dreds rushed through in the closing
hours of many previous sessions.
Senate Adjourns First.
The Senate adjourned at 8:31
pm. and the House, involved in a
debate on bill to revise the State
parole setup, called it a session at
9:19 pm.
The measure, which would place
final parole responsibilities in re-
vamped Parole Board rather than
in the Governor, passed and went to
the Governor for signature
There were few bills knocked
out during the day, notably one on
the Baltimore freeway, which met
defeat in the House after passing
the Senate.
Among bills passed in the Senate
was one which would set up a vet
Grams relief fund. The House passed
nine bills during the day, including
one to permit corporations of near
relatives to carry on businesses for
funeral directors called into military
service.
Senators opposing House bill to
limit PUBLIC assistance to flve-year
residents of>the State succeeded in
cutting the time requirement to two
years and passed the amended bill
as adjournment neared
The Senate also overrode opposi-
tion to increase the salary of the
full-time head of the proposed re-
organized Parole Board from Sc 500
to $4,000.
Freeway Bill Killed.
Meanwhile, the House threw out
the Baltimore City freeway bill by a
voice vote on a tabling motion by
Delegate Stronger, Democrat, of
Anne Arundel
The House then passed a resolu-
ton directing the State Roads Com
mission on request of the Mayor
and council of Baltimore to study
and present plan to solve the city's
overall traffic problem The resolu-
ton stated on these recommended
tlons, a city request for financial
aid might be based.
The resolution was finally passed
IN the Senate after a short debate
in which Finance Committee Chair
man Funk was asked by Senator
Wilmer, Republican, of Charles,
Just what does this resolution do?"t
ut does absolutely nothing" Mr..
Funk said fatty.
Mr.. Wilmer termed the resolution
a thin device ito fool the people
into thinking the General Assembly
has done something to meet Balti-
more's problem"
The Senate passed group of
House bills including one to pro-
vide for State distribution of edu-
cation funds to counties and Balti-
more City on the basis of classroom
units.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Priest Is Transferred

The Rev. Chester j. Czyz, assist
ant pastor Of st. Jerome's Catholic
Church, Hyattsville, nearly IA years,
has been transferred to Holy Rosary
Church, Baltimore, and will leave
Hyattsville Friday. The Rev. Ed
ward Hughes, Baltimore, newly
ordained priest, ,will succeed Father
CzyZ.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Girl, II, Is Exoneroted
In Staying of Father
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar. 81
Iris Williams, 17-year-old school
girl charged with killing her father
as he beat her mother, has been
exonerated by coroner's jury.
The jury said Oscar Williams, 81,
died of "gunshot wounds" inflicted
by his daughter, but that the act
was "justifable" since it was in
defense Of her mother.
Mrs. Williams told the jury her
husband had beaten her daily for
IL years and that Iris had warned
him she would shoot if he started
belaboring her mother again.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
MiIIunds Separate

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 81 LP).-Mrs.
Ray Milland says she and the movie
actor haze decided on a trial sep
aration due to differences in tenn
permanent. Married in 1881, they
have a son, Denny, 5. She is the
former Muriel Webber of Hollywood
Evening star., 1945-03-31

Md, in an effort
to recover the
body of Arthur
AFFORD, II, of
Alb w street
NV, who was
drowned yester-
day while his
five companions
tried vainly to
save him.
Police said the
six youths, all
Western High
School students,
had gone swim
ming in the
feeder and that
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Gao. Canal Dragged
For Body Of Boy, II

Montgomery County police today
were dragging the feeder canal con-
Meeting the Potomac River and the
c. & o. Canal near Brookmont,
Evening star., 1945-03-31

Make the good news better: Buy
more War Bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
. AMBLINe
EPoRTER

Pep to Burn
If Les Blackman appears Just
bit off the beam once in a while
YOU can blame it onto his 2t2-Ycar-
old son Sid. sid, properly. should he
called Tom Sawyer or Pcck's Bad
Boy or the likes, because Of his
weakness for trouble.
His latest achievement was but
lets begin al the beginning. A week
or so AGO. Sid put the yard Sprin
kIer into the front seat Of the slinky
family car and turned it on Appar
emily he wanted to freShcn up the
design i'll tho upholstery.
So after proper ChastiScment, the
car was completely and beautifully
reupholstcred After being inspected
bv the whole family, Papa and
Mamma made a mistake, They went
into The house,
you're right young SID
promptly put The sprinkler back into
the car-pot one but two sprinklcrS
this time and turned en- on full
bla
PS While checking this over the
phone. Mrs. r. advises RR that
even at that moment she can't talk
because Sid has stuck the hoses
under the houSe and has them run
ming full blast. Meanwhile, he is
cutting Up the kitchen steps with
a saw.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Britdin Awaits
Ball ot Count.

LONDON, July 25. rUPp-Prime
Minister Churchill arrived by plane
from PotSdam Wednesday afternoon
TO await announcement Thursday of
the results of Britains election.
Churchill arrived in London short
ly after 800 pm. and left by au-
tomooile for 10 Downing street i'm
mediately.
Wednesday night he will be re-
ceived in audience by King George
VI.
He arrived to find British political
forecasters predictingthat his Con-
Servative party probably would not
poll more than 40 per cent of the
popular vote, but it was generally
expected he would retain a plurality
if not a majority in the House of
Commons.
Some experts went even further,
They believed Churchill might have
the backing of as little as SO per
cent, which would be the lowest any
Conservative leader has polled since
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
District Directors Scan
Power Expansion Plans

Thc directors studies authorized
resolutions authorizing expert stu
dies and reports on possible extern
SiOnS
Specifically the resolutions called
for reports on proposed new
steam generating plant for El
Centre to supplimenJ All-American
canal hydro electric power and on
additional units at Drops 3 and
on the canal.
Tie engineers also we're asked to
report on needed situations and
additions, as well as rights of way
switching and control stations
transformers, electric switohgear
anCI other equ.rmen' apparatus
works. property and structures nee
esSary for utilizing the power pos
Sibilitiec of the American canal
TO BE TWO REPORTS
Two separate engineering reports
will be prepared under authorize =
ton Of the directors by NJ. j. Dowd,
consulting engineer for the district
and Lester S. Ready, San Francisco
electrical engineer who prepared
reports for the sale Of the CalifOr-
MIA Electric Power company TO the
dis trict
In EXPLAINING the passage of the
resolutions directors reviewed tie
increased use of power in the Val
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
JAP AIRMEN BLASTED FROM h0NSHU SKY
SENATE SPLITS ON ARMED FORCE PEACE
Petain Refuses
To Explain
Wire TO Hitler
Aged French Marshal
Shows Signs Of
Break Under Strain
'ctain Refuses al P |

Pctain Refuses Al P .
PARIS, July 25. (UP)-
Haggard and harasscd, Mar
shall Henri Philippe Petair
Wednesday defied a French
high court trying him for
treason. refusing to an
swer questions about a message he
sent to the Nazis after the Dieppe
raid in 1912
Through his counsel Petain sub
bornly refused to comply with an
order by Judge Pierre Mongibeaux
that he answer questions about his
reaction to the Dieppe commando
assault.
CAN'T HEAR PROCEEDINGS
The old marshal showed clear
signs of weakening under the three
days Of testimony denOuncing him
as a traitor to France. He fingered
his gloves nervously during the
wrangle with the judge, and was
heard to complain querulously to
byStanderS:
Il don't know what is going on
l am very hard of hearing"
The dispute over the Dieppc tele-
Continued on Page 6, Column -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25

WASHINGTON. July 25-
(UP)'-The Army was urged
o rush 1000 passenger-type
planes back from Europe to help
relieve the nations transportation
jam.
The proposal came from Chair
man James M Mead Cd New
York. of the senate war inVestigat
ing committee with a promise that
he would seek quick action by the
air forces.
Mead. whose committee is inves-
tlgating the transportation crisis
caused by troop redepioyment, said
the 1000 planes were surplus and
could be used to augment" civilian
airline service.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Truman Arranges
Meeting With
Gen. Eisenhower
Will Make Airplanc
Trip to Frankfurt
AS arley Recesses
BY MERRIMAN SMITH

POTSDAM, July 25. (UP)
President Truman will fly
to Frankfurt Thursday to
confer with Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower and to review
American troops during the
brief recess in the Big Three con-
ference, it was announced Wcdnes-
day.
Truman will inspect the 34th in
fantry division and the third armOr-
ed division at Frankfort. He will
lunch with Eisenhower and his staff.
SESSIONS TO RESUME
Truman will return to POtsdam
Thursday night and it was expect
cd that Big Three sessions will re-
sumo either Thursday night or Fri
day morning.
The Big Three held final dis
cuSsion Wednesday after which
Prime Min-ter Churchill together
@ith Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden and Opposition Leader Glenn
ent Attlee left by plane for Britain
to receive the British election re-
turns Thursday.
1t was also learned that during
Churchill's absence the three ma
tons foreign secretaries will con-
tinue to confer with Sir Alexander
Cadogan. permanent under secre-
tary of foreign affairs, sitting in for
Anthony Eden
Aside from the British delegation
members for London it was under
stood that both the American and
Soviet delegations would remain
Continued on Page 6, Column g.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25

WA%HINGTON. July Is
ltUP)-Eomc 10000 older
Navy and Coast Guard Re
serve Officers and men were assured
Wednesday Of discharge by Decem-
her under the navy's new point dis
charge plan.
The plan formally was put into
effect Tuesday night It is designed
to return to civilian life Older Of
fIccrs and mon who have Contribut-
ed their full share of wartime serv-
Ice"
Here's how it works:
A total Of SO to 81 points is needed
for discharge. depending on the
arm of service. Points are awarded
solclv on tho basis Of age and
length Of service. One point is al
lowed for each year of age to the
nearest birthday. and ono point for
each four months Of active duty
completed since Sept. l, 1899.
The navy estimated that 30601
IeServists II 500 Officers and 10000
enlisted would be eligible for
release under the system by Deem
her However since the plan is con-
tinUous. discharges will 20 on after
that as men accumulate necessary
points
Discharges will begin Immediately
but there may be delays of up to
six months. to prevent impairment
of efficiency
The system applies to both men
and women reserve officers and en-
listed personnel in the navy and
coast guard. A similar system is re-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Rain Aids Fight
On Forest Fires

PORTLAND. Oregon. July 25-
CUP) Light rain Wednesday heart
ened fighters pitted against the
ninety thousand acre forest fire in
western Oregon which State Forest
er Uels S. Rogers called "a powder
keg of catastrophe dimensions"
and which he said could be check
ed by heavy rain.
The drizzlc came after the fir
on the Wilcon river. jumped trails
Tuesday night six miles south Of
Glenvocd and swept down the
Scoggins Valley north of Slim
sons logging camp in western
Warrington county With the aid
of the light rain, crews established
new trail around the fringe Of
the fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25

the last war. David LLOYD George
gathered 81 per cent in the coupon
election" of 1918.
The chief feature Of this election
may be summed UP in three words:
the middle-claSs revolt.
This has been evidenced by the
crowded and frequently electric La
Dor or Commonwealth party meet
ingS in middle-class neighboroods
and by we'll authenticated reports
of big labor gains in previously
squire ridden" rural constituencies.
This revolt is partly a national
inquest on the political party which
openly or behind the scenes ruled
the country over the entire period
between the two world wars.
1t is partly rebuke to those who
did "un-English things" such as be
traying the Spanish Republic" or
Selling Czechoslovakia down the
river and landing the nation into
the war all but unarmed."
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25

u. S. Third fleet maneuVercd off
shore after its devastating tWO-dav
strike at Japan's great Inland Sea
anchorage which blasted at least
seven enemy Warships
Bombing at medium altitude IN
their 18th strike at Japanese Oil
rcfineries and installations. the Su-
pcrfOrtS smashed at the Mitsubishi
oil refinery, the cnemy's largest pro
Queer of aviation gasoline; the Ha-
yama petroleum refinery and the
AsaiShi Oil Co. adjoining each 9th
or in the Kawasaki area on Tokyo
Bay.
The raid followed by less than 36
hours a record strike by 625 Super
forts on seven industrial targets in
the Osaka and Nagoya areas.
laundering back for their second
straight blow at the great InlanG
sea anchorage Of Kure Tuesday. the
carrier pilots shot their way through
a blazing screen Of flax and enemy
fighters to get at the seven or more
major Japanese WarShipS they had
riddled with bombs and rockets
The japanese COuntered first with
terrific anti-airCraft 5arrage that
turned the sky into rainbow color
ed hell. They sent their boarded
Continued on Page s. Column A.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
GuayuIe Study
Slated at 5. F.

SACRAMENTO, July 25. CUPp-
The state reconstruction and re-
employment commission Wednesday
announced that plans for further
development and expansion of the
guayule rubber industry will he dis
cussed at a meeting Friday at the
San Francisco Chamber of Com
mercc.
A campaign for continuation of
research and experimental work by
the federal government is planned
by the groups attending the meet
ing, the commission said. The groups
include the commissions guayule
rubber project committee, the State
Farm Bureau Federation. the State
Grange and the Farmers Union.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25

Expansion of All-Ameri-
can Canal power plant to
keep up with increased con-
sumption Of electricity in
in the valley was planned at
a meeting Tuesday of the
Imperial Irrigation board Of
directors, who indicated an
additional bond issue will
finance tko new power plan.
The expansion is planned, di-
rectors said, because the districts
power system is expanding so rap
pidlv it has outgroWn facilities
earlier than 9pticipated
Engineers had reported previouc-
II that the districts dcrcndabl
capacity of 21.375 kilCwatt hours
is even less than the peak load
on district lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25

PATERSON. N. J.. July 25. CUPl
Approximately $500 production
workers in four Wright Aeronautical
corporation plants in this area walk
ed out Wednesday in sympathy with
strikers at the company's Wood
ridge. N. j.. plant and virtually
halted production Of engines for
Superfortresses and navy dive bomb
erS.
Pickets carrying placards reading
no contract. no work" paraded in
front Of the four Wright plants
They distributed handbills asking
for vacation pay for returning vet
Grams, inspection bonuses, hospital
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
AirpIane Plant
Workers Quit

holidays and wage adjustments
A company spokesman said the
strikers. members Of Local $50. Unit
I'd Automobile Workers (CIOl union
Rad tied up Wright's No plant in
Paterson 100 per cent. He said 80
per cent of the workers were out at
Plant No Q in Paterson, three de-
partments were out at Plant No 3 in
Fair Lawn and IS per cent on strike
at Plant No. 4 in East Paterson.
The company said its No. plant
IN Woodbridge, N J.. where workers
began walking out last Saturday.
was virtually closed. The Woodbridge
strike was unauthorized
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25

ton, or by presidential decree?
COUNCILS POWER
Tied into the argument was the
question whether the American del
cgatc on the security council could
vote such troops into action with
out specific congressional approval.
The argument arose after Sen.
Carl A. Hatch tDn New Mexico,
challenged the basis on which Sen.
Burton K. Wheeler CD Montana
announced that he would vote for
charter ratification.
Wheeler said he would support
the charter because of statements
Continued on Page s, Column y
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Imperial Valley
BuiIding-Loan
Manager Retires

Resignation Of J. S. Jones as
secretary of the Imperial
Valley Building and oLan ASsocia-
ton, after having held that position
twenty years. was announced at a
meeting Tuesday afternoon of the
board of directors of the asSocia-
ton
P c. FrieSen. assistant secretary,
was elected in Jones place and VIII
have charge of the organization
under tho new directors
SOLD INTERESTS
In announcing his resignation
Jones also revealed that he and
NJ G, Jones of CalexiCo have sold
their controlling interest in the
Building and Loan to a group of
FL Centre and Brawley business
men.
Purchasers are Howard p Never.
who already owned stock in the
association, M. 0. King, DR.. Fred
criCk P. Heald. Charles knights and
D. B. Roberts of El Centre and
S. n Carey, Charles Morrow. E. E.
Continued on Page 6, Column s.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Aussie Troops.
Planes Join
In Borneo Area

MANILA, July 25. CUPl Aus
tralian troops and planes hammered
Japanese defcnses on the road
north of Ralipapan with near-pcr-
feet teamwork Wednesday after
RAAF Spitfires destroyed enemy
laden trucks caught nine miles north
Of Mount BatOchampar.
Seventh division Australians push
cd two miles farther north al0ne
the main highway from the oi
field snstallY.tonf, in Southeast
Borneo, but the Japcnesc concen.
trated on retreat and refuced tc
light.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Gen. Craig Dies
In Hospital

WASHINGTON. July 25. CUPn--
Gen. Malin Craig. former army
chief of staff, died Wednesday at
Walter Reed hospital.
Craig. who would have been 10
years old next Wednesday, had been
i'll for more than year.
He served as army chief of staff
from Oct. 3, 1895 to Aug. |, 1889.
Announcement of Craig's death
was made by Acting Secretary of
War Robert P. Patterson
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Showdown Battle
Follows Ruzinq
Of Oil Factories
NiPs Risk Aerial Fleet to Save Mighty
Fuel Supply and Few Remaining Ships;
7 Warships 60 Down in Kure E1arbor

GUAM, Thursday, July 26-CUP)-Thc American
NueIortfcSScS blasted three of JapanS vital oil
IImerleS early wednesday while more than 1000 IT, N
ana British carrier planes blew the Japanese air force
inc SKIES over western iionshu they sWarmcd back
INTO the burning Kure naval base to finish off bc
lemnantS OF Japans Imperial Fleet
Between 75 and 100 B29s struck in precision demo-
Ilzat0n rad nearIokyO SHORTLY before ndnicht ~ the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Army Planes Sought TO Aid
I'm Breaking Traffic Jam

After two days Of committee hear
ings on the transportation jam.
Mead sent investigators around to
four government agencies to work
out A way to find the 75,0C0 new
railroad workers which the Office
Of Defense Transportation says are
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25

needed now"
The chairman said he was con-
vinced that manpower was the key
to the rail crisis He pledged ODT
Director J. Monroe Johnson that
the committee would do everything
possible to find the needed help.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Must Hunters
Go TO Sea?

GLOUCESTER. Mass. July 25.
CCP)-The fishing vessel Angie and
Florence arrived in port Wednesday
with its usual load of fish-and two
deer which were picked up while
swimming in the ocean about five
miles off shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25

ley and the even greater increase
after the war with the establish
ment of local inductrieS.
The power system, now serving
Imperial Valley, CCachclla Valley,
PaIo Verde valley and the Mexi-
Continued en- Page 8, Column II
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-25
Navy lnougurates Point
system ON Discharges

portedly under consideration by the
marines.
Regular navy officers. with the
exception Of those with a regular
status of enlisted man and serving