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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-22

ganized resistance in the Harz
Mountains southwest of Berlin.
AS the LIST Army's Sd Armoreo
Division attacked Dessau, the 104th
Infantry Division seized half oil
Bitterfeld, Is miles to the south.
Heavy fighting ragged 26 miles
south of the North German port of
Wilhelmshaven, where the Canadian
LIST Army in its Kusten Canal
bridgehead moved down waves OF
German attackers.
Despite the fury of the attack
the Canadians were massing troops
and tanks in the bridgehead, ready
for ak-through across the DOGGY
terrain.
The nature of the losses suffered
by the Germans in trying to hold
back the western tide was shown in
a report at supreme headquarters
that 913,237 Germans had been
taken prisoner in the first 20 days
of April with the total sure to go
over the million mark before the
month Is out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-22

names without expressing what he
means"
In New Hartford, N. Y. Mr.. Hart
said:
SABBATH, like all of his kind, means
by Fascist merely one opposed to
Communism and in favor of Amer
lea. That epithet deserves no fur
Their comment from any American"
Mr.. Prentis, from his home in
LANCASTER, Pa, commented:
after all the public addresses I
have made in behalf Of the basic
principles on which the Republic
was established, any man who calls
me a Fascist is fool and an ass"
In Philadelphia Joseph N. Pew, IT,,
lindustrialist and Sun Oil Co. execu-
tive, said there is no use comment
ing on irresponsible statements by
irresponsible individuals
Irenee du Pont. director of the E. I.
du Pont de Nemours Co., said In
Wilmington, Del:
Il haven't the slightest idea of
what this man is talking about. It
strikes me as being very amusing. 4"
In Atlanta, Maj. Gen. George Van
| Horn Moseley, retired, said: TT
strikes me that the period of smear
| ing, name calling should
be at an end"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-22
Bologna Slightly Damaged,
Allies Are Welcomed
By NEWBOLD MOVES, J
Sfar War NorreSpnpdep


BOLOGNA, April 2l.-This city,
the Wehrmachts fortress guarding
the Pc Valley, fell to elements of
Maj. Gen. Bohusz- Szykas' I'd Polish
Corps to the east and Maj. Gen.
Godfrey Keys American I'd Corps
to the south, who, finding no Ger
mans in front of them when they
Jumped off this morning, pushed
into the city between 6 and 7
o'clock. German forces had been
withdrawn from their defensive po-
sitions south and east of the city
during the night.
I was with the 5th Army troops
west of the city, and nobody knew
over there what was going on in
Bologna. Those boys were, and still
are, pouring through the mountain
breakthrough corridor carved out
last night by the 10th Mountain
Division and onto the fiat Pc Valley
where they are tanning out going
as far andsas fast as possible, paying
no attention to the city.
Enter Over Bridge.
The city could be entered from
the west only with extreme diff
Guilty, as nearly all bridges across
the Reno River had either been
blown by Germans or bombed by
us. However, we were able to find
one bridge just north of Route 9
Bologna-Turin highway, which hao
been only partially demolished ano
over which jeep could pick its way
Over this bridge we went, guided by
an Italian partisan, one of hun
dreds, wearing colorful armbands
and carrying colorful weapons, who
swarmed into the city and around
1t. Most Of them were marching
through the streets in small groups
behind an Italian flag.
We came into Bologna down the
wide Via Aurelio Safi, and headed
straight for the heart of the city
In the central Piazzi Victor EN-
manuel. Polish and American troops
were milling about, swapping Gig
arettes, pounding each other on the
back, and each trying to talk the
NcAASAc AdiiSddSC lJdlldIlS were
there too Of course. clapping polite
ly and enthusiastically, and obW-
ously in a holiday mood. But there
was none of the hysteria that has
characterized our entry into othe,
large cities. Nor was there much
| excitement among our troops In
town.
City Not Hard Hit.
Most of the Americans wore the
patch of the veteran 34th Division
1t was old stuff to them, and the,
knew there was more hard fighting
ahead tomorrow.
People Of Bologna were glad tc
see us, but there was no indication
they had suffered as have inhabi.
tants of other cities of less military
Importance. They looked well
dressed and we'll fed, and extremely
happy.
Their city had not been badly
hurt either. Sections of suburbs
had been smashed. and here and
there downtown were areas of iso-
lated bomb damage, but for the
most part Bologna was intact. -
The truth Is that already, In
matter of hours, Bologna has the
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aspect of a forgotten city. Things
are moving so fast now on this front
and elsewhere that even the people
Of the city seem more interested In
what is going to happen to
"Tedeschi" and in when war Is 60
ing to end than in what has hap
pened to them.
This place has engaged our at
tention for months and thousands
Of lives have been lost in trying
to take 1t. But now 1t has been
taken at last, interest is focused on
what lies ahead. Bologna is a
springboard. not q stopping place.
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CONNECTICUT AVENUE PRISONER ROUNDUP"-The "Prs-
War letters the Policeman Charles
Captive" caused stare during the hour and half he
spent standing at the bus stop in front of the Connecticut
Hot Shoppe last night giving the Fascist salute Police
summoned and ordered the escape"
they found he goat for the Sigma Chi Delta Fraternity
Woodrow Wilson High School, the brothers"
in the background. Star Staff Photo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-22

driving forward until the last enemy
soldier has been driven from italy"
Brasilian troops occupied Mont
alto. % miles south of Modena.
which is the next important city
on Highway 8 about rs miles north
west of Bologna, and were trying
to maintain contact with the re-
treating Germans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-22
Don Ponce De Leon Found
Quite A Place Here!

Florida has come long way.
Proud as kid with new red boots,
Florida in the midst of war and progress,
tomorrow March 81 celebrates its Tooth
anniversary as state. If not altogether
happy birthday, it is an impressive one
and one which calls for reflection.
The immediate thought is that Flor
ida surely has come a long way and that
is correct thought. 1t is, however, in
adequate to stop here What Florida has
had in the past is interesting. What it
has in the future is important.
Florida, most Floridans agree-and it
is view shared by much of the Nation
has the brightest future of any state
in the Union. It has its own unmatched
climate, which will increase in apprecia-
ton as the years go on. 1t has built fine
and attractive and prosperous cities. It
has brought forward, developed and ex-
panded its unique and still yet hardly
touched agricultural empire. 1t has nu-
merous natural resources still untapped.
Certainly Florida has come long way
but it has long way to go. To attain its
possibilities, its true position Of great
ness, it must realize that so far as actual
accomplishments are measured it is still
at the beginning. The first 100 years, in
this instance, are nowise the hardest.
Florida is just at the beginning. Peo-
pie are only now beginning to know how
to travel, and to have the fast and de-
sired means to do it. Science mas just
started to learn what to do with the
States citrus and agricultural products.
X *
Today, war prevents the usual CEN
tennial celebration for Florida 1t does
not, however, obscure what the State has
done or what the State may do.
Florida has lifted itself from swamp
and slavery to such settings as Coral
Gables, the Box Singing Tower and the
Ringing Art Museum. What could be
more fitting for this fountain Of youth?
Editorial from THE TAMPA TIMES
Evening star., 1945-08-10

fell nearby as he was unloading
supplies.
The conclusion knocked him out
of his post and he fell Is feet onto
his head. He wrote his wife that he
was released from. the hospital July
"A.
Mate Bean attended Mckinley
Technical High School and worked
at the Navy Yard for four years
as q machinist before entering the
Navy. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Beall, live at 1872 Park
place NE.
Corpl. Willis Arndt, U. S. M. G. R.,
whose wife, Mrs. Donna M. Arndt,
lives at 644 Massachusetts, avenue
NE, also was wounded in action,
the Navy reported
Sergt. Joseph Charles Norma,
U. s. M. C. r., son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Carmelo Norma, 1919 Holbrook
street NE. was listed as wounded
in today's ofiicial report. The Star
carried story July n when the
family was notified.
Corpl. Ernest RAINY Peo, r.,
u. 8. M. C., whose wife, Mrs. Mary
B. Peo, lives at $3.50 Clay street
NE, was listed o. wounded In, to-
days otlcial report. The Star car
Evening star., 1945-08-10
Liberty Magazine Bought
By Atlas for S2,000,000

From Yesterdays Last Edition)
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9-Atlas Corp.
and associates have purchased Lib
erty Magazine for approximately
$2,000,000, Floyd B. Odlum, Atlas
president, announced today.
Ownership of the magazine will
change hands on or about August
90, the announcement said.
The entire capital stock of Liberty
Magazine, Inc, is being acquired
from Paul Hunter, publisher of Lib
erty, and the Cuneo Press interest.
Mr.. Hunter has entered into term
contract to carry on active manage
ment of the business and, with Ed
ward Maher, editor of Liberty, has
taken a minority .interestsin the pur-
chase group.
Liberty publishes Liberty Maya
zine here and, through a subsidiary
in Canada with a total weekly sub
scription Of about 100000 copies
1t also upblishes Screenland, Silver
Screen and Movie Show with a COM
bined monthly circulation of about
100000 copies, the announcemen,
added.
Evening star., 1945-08-10
London Papers Display
Truman Talk Prominently
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 10.-President
Truman's speech was displayed
prominently on the front pages OF
all London morning newspapers to-
day. with most Of them playing up
his warning to the Japanese that
atomic bombings would continue
unless they surrender.
Some papers gave top position,
however, to the Presidents state
ment that the United States will
maintain overseas military bases
necessary for the protection Of
American interests and world peace.
The Daily Express said the ideal
OF world peace Is backed by
realism" In Mr.. Truman,s speech.
The Daily Sketch said Americas
intentions Of acquiring overseas
bases were mot In her own particu-
lar interest, but In the interest of
world peace. That intention Is
actuated by noble motives and not
by thoughts Of territorial asgran-
Z. ~
Evening star., 1945-08-10
Navy Casualties Rise
.6,267 During Week
By the Associated Press.

6y Lne 5Sepcldteu FteSt,
A sharp rise in Navy losses has
boosted combat casualties of the
armed forces to 1,068,216.
This figure, reported last night
by the Army and Navy, was 7,489
higher than reported last week.
The Army placed Its total losses at
922, ,139 and the Navy l46.077 or an
increase of 6,267. ....-
The aggregate included Isl ,424
killed; $40 ,805 wounded; 1890 miss
ing and 122. 2.027 prisoners.
The breakdown on Army casual
ties and corresponding figures for
last week:
Killed, 1875, 1892 and 1877, ,676; wound
ed, 570,870 and 570,766; missing,
33,975 and 34,734, and prisoners,
11S,30 and l17.741.
The decline in the number missing
apparently reflected shifts to other
categories. The War Department
said that 354,526 of the wounded
have returned to duty and $500 of
the prisoners have been officially
listed as exchanged or returned to
military control.
Similar figures for the Navy:
Killed, 52,432 and 5l,588; wound
ed, 1895 and 72,855; missing, 10,985
and 11,611, and prisoners, 3,725 and
3,756.
Evening star., 1945-08-10
I'D. {. Area Veterans
Arrive From Europe; !
19 GET Discharges J

Twenty-three more District area
veterans are listed among troops ar
irving at Boston and Camp Patrick
Henry, Va. -
Fourteen Of the Washington men
reached Camp Patrick Henry last
night after docking at Newport News
on the transport George Chamber
lain, the Army announced. The,
other nine veterans were among
troops listed as arriving at Boston
yesterday and today.
At Fort Meade, 19 more District.
area men received honorable disrs
charges from the service.
Arrive at Patrick Henry.
The arrivals at Camp Patrick
Henry include Capt. Barnabas E.,
McLarney, 4208 Thirteenth street.
NE; Corpl. Irving c. Smallwood,.
Arlington, Va; T/5 Hatley N. Law,
son, Arlington, Va; TVS Raphael M.
Mann, Washington; IT'S John L.
Wais, Washington; Pfc. Francis x,
Dunn, Washington; S/Sergt Rich--
ard r. Newman, 1929 Columbia pike.
Arlington, Va; Pfc. Paul. Stewart.
$3.50 Warren street. Silver Spring.,
Md: Pfc. Joseph H. Hayes, 1925
Fifteenth street NV; Pfc. Maurice.
Spriggs, ITO Columbia road NV
Pvt. William H. Wright, 829 Eighth.
street NE; Pfc. James E. Nance.
lab Adams street NV: TIA Evan,
gelo Agelopas, Washington. and Pvt.
Leo F. Buscher, Washington.
Arriving at Boston, are: Pvt. Will
liam Lambert, 1925 r street Sc;
Pfc. James P. Murphy, 113 Seven-
teenth street Sc; Pfc. Clarence E.i
Selph, lot Xenia street Sc; 1st-
1t. Henry E. Temple, 16 Park road
NV; Corpl. Raymond H. Bykovao..
2306 First street NV; TIA Fred
Betway, 2425 West Collier street,
Arlington; Pvt Bernard D. Marvey'
1908 King street, Alexandria, Va.,I
T/Sergt. Albert c. Balm, 125 Quack-
enbos street NV, and Corpl. Floyd
Beans, 4843 Massachusetts, ave-1
nue. NV. =
Discharged at Meade. ~
The 10 men discharged at Fort
Meade are: T/3 James A. Staub,
GIT Ninth street Sc; Pvt. Ray,
mond Peace, 1911 Fifth street NV:
T/Sergt. John F. McLarney, jr., 17l8
Newton street NE: TIA Mar D. Fon,'
616 H street NV; Pfc. Lionel L.,
Dubuque, 1914 South Carolina ave..
nue. Sc; T/Sergt. John E. Weick,
1858 @ street NV; Tf5 Elmer Ho
Griffith, 2513 South Rolf street, Ar.
lington, Va: Corpl. Clifford VI
Thompson, 305 East Luray avenue,
Alexandria, Va; Pfc. Stephen L.
Campbell, 308 F street SW.; Sergt.,
Leonard Noone, Landover, Nd;
S/Sergt. Barnice Wooten. 1909 Ma.
rion street NV; T/5 Herman r.
Spriggs, 22l7 North Dinwiddie street.
Arlington. Va; T/5 Bernard Ac
Smith, 4241 Eads street NE: Pfc.
Milford o. Bookhultz, Upper Marl-
boro, Md; Sergt. James r. Singer
3347 Dix street NE; TIA Leon X
Turnburke, 916 North Garfield street,
Arlington, Va: S/Sergt. William C.
Sohr, 912 Quincy street NE; Pfc.
Lloyd J. McCreary. 416 Kentucky
avenue Sc, and Sergt. John L.
Tucker, Landover. Md.
Evening star., 1945-08-10
President of B. & O. Cites
Reduction in Roads Debt

BALTIMORE, Aug. 10 R.-Roy
B. White. president of the Balti-
more e. Ohio Railroad, wrote Sena-
tor Wheeler, Democrat of Montana,
today requesting an investigation
which he said would correct "the
serious charges made or implied in
your letter involving the manage
ment of the Baltimore &, Ohio Rail-
road"
Mr.. Whites letter, as released to
newspapermen. said that since ]
came to the Baltimore g. Ohio Gin
194D as president, it has reduced
its Indebtedness more Than $780,
100000, thereby reducing It's fixed
charges more than s5,5o0,000 per
annum ="
1T is true that the value of Bal:
timore & Ohio securities has in
creased substantially - >. This ]
believe and assert is not due to any
manipulation or speculation in the
securities, but to the fact that the
public appraisal of Baltimore & Ohio
securities has been enhanced by the
retirement of so much of its funded
debt " .
while I am not called on to de-
fend the action of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp, I do feel that
it should be borne in mind that its
function is not merely lending
money for the interest it collects
thereon, but that it is Government
agency designed in part. at least,
to aid railroads in solving their
financial problems.
He said that "the suspicious you
apparently have of some wrong
doing" because some of the officers
of the B. 81 o. were formerly con-
nected with the RFC were unfound-
ed and said that he, himself, never
had been connected with the agency.
Evening star., 1945-08-10
Second Mistake Admitted
In List Of Reds in Army
6y the Associated Press,

Ey the Associated Press.
The House Military Affairs Com
mittee has acknowledged a second
mistake In q recent listing of l6
Army officers and nom on-commissioned
officers as having alleged Communist
or fellow traveller backgrounds.
It removed from its files yesterday
the name of 1st 1t. Edward W..
Finkelstein. New York, listed last
month by Committee Counsel H.
Ralph Burton as chairman of the
Philadelphia District International
Workers Order. Mr.. Burton said
the organization was "subservient
instrument of the Communist
party"
The committee now says 1t. Fin
kelstein was confused with another
person whose name Is similar
Soon after Mr.. Burton's list ap-
peared the committee announced
that Capt. Henry Clovis Cullen,
Napier Field, La, had. been named
through mistaken identity.
Evening star., 1945-08-10
Army Doctor Parachutes
10 Aid Forest Fire Fighter
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 10.-An
injured parachuting forest fire fight
er was given first aid by a 'chuting
Army doctor yesterday behind the
lines of timber blaze near Missoula.
He will be carried through the thick
forest growth by fellow smoke jump
ers ton an ambulance as quickly
as they can axe a new trail seven
miles to the end of the nearest road.
Radio reports from the FIRE scene,
50 miles southwest of Missoula, said
the injured man was Neiford Eller
and that his back was hurt severely
In an 80-foot fall from q tree in
which his parachute had fouled.
Capt Amos Little, veteran OF more
than SO mercy leaps, jumped to the
hurt mans side from I'd Air Force
plane.
Capt. Little. from Marlboro, Mass,
parachuted on high Crown Peak in
Colorado last year to give aid to four
survivors Of q crashed Flying For
tress.
Evening star., 1945-08-10
NBC Gives Stag Party
For News Director

The National Broadcasting co.
yesterday gave stag party in the
Pan-American room Of the Statler
Hotel. for william Brooks, its di-
rector of news and international
relations, and Edward Tomlinson,
NBC's analyst on inter-American
affairs, both of whom will leave
soon for q tour of Latin America
Frank NJ. Russell. NBC vice presi-
dent, was host.
NBC announced that Mr.. Tom
linson would make q. series OF broad-
casts from cities he visits during
his tour. 80. IS.
Evening star., 1945-08-10

ried a story August when the
family was notified.
Missing
LIST 1t. Thomas J. Hill, 20, AAF,
son of Mrs. Catherine M. Hill,
1920 Spring street, Suitland, Md,
has been reported missing over
China for the second time in three
months.
A Psi fighter pilot, he has been
missing since July 13. The first
time, he made an emergency land
ing at another American base and
wrote his mother that he was safe
before he was reported missing
April 27..
1t. Hill graduated from Surratts-
vile High School at Clinton, Md.
A brother, Pvt. Edward Hill, 10, is
a paratrooper awaiting overseas or
ders at Fort Benning, Ga.
Evening star., 1945-08-10
Reds Formally Apply
To UNRRA for Gift
Of $70o,OOo,o00
ry the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 10.-Soviet Rus
sia today formally laid before the
United Nations Relief and Rehabili-
tation Council conference its request
for a $700, 900 900 gift for rehabili-
tation Of war-stricken areas Of the
u. s. 8. r.
Yugoslav delegates said hundreds
of thousands Of Yugoslavs would
starve In coming months unless
UNRRA relief shipments were in
creased. They said UNRRA had
failed to follow the principle of
each according to his needs"
Philip Noel-Baker. British Min
lister of State, said the atomic bomb
has brought the world to plain
choice-total destruction or total
peace" and that the success or fall
ure Of UNRRA will be part of that
decision" Failure of the organiza-
tion would compromise the sue
cess" of the newly-created world Sc
curity league, he added.
His address came as the confer
ence prepared to tackle its biggest
refinancing of rapidly
dwindling resources. Director Cen
eral Herbert Lehman has declared
UNRRA's original 81, 800 000, 900 will
be almost exhausted by the end of
the year, and that an additional
billion and a half dollars will be
necessary to carry the program
through 1916. ~ s- 5...s. ...s.
Noel-Baker, as chief of the Brit
ish delegation, said the new Labor
government would stand firmly be-
hind a continuance Of UNRRA, and
maintained that great disaster has
been averted by what. UNRRA al
ready has accomplished"
Declaring UNRRA was not created
"as charity nor as reward Of merit
for resistance movements" he said
its purpose was Ito attempt to re-
construct shattered economies and
restore trade in the worlds interest.
ut will pay rich dividends on in
vestment," he added, "if 1t ad-
vances the restoration Of trade by
three months"
Evening star., 1945-08-10

her maternal grandmother In the
2300 block of Nineteenth street NV.
The father, Mr.. Shields. was re-
married in June and now wants to-
take the child to his home in the
Brentwood Village Apartments to-
live with him and his wife. :.
The grandmother brought q suit,
for custody. The father, it was
testified, has paid the child's tuition
at Holy Cross Academy, paid for
maid and otherwise contributed to-
his daughters support.
Mrs. Tanning is represented by
Attorney Jean Boardmans and Mr.
Shields by Attorney Martin F.
ODonochlle.
Evening star., 1945-08-10
Wheeler Asks Probe
OF Government Loans
To B. & @. Railroad
Hr the Associated Press.


Chairman Wheeler Of the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee, in
a letter to the Federal Loan Agency,
has suggested a thorough investi-
cation" of loans made by the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. to the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad.
The letter, dated July %. was
addressed to John w. Snyder as
Federal loan administrator. At that
time, Mr.. Snyder already had taken
the oath as director of War Mobil-
ization and Reconversion, and the
letter was turned over to Charles
B. Henderson, who Is acting Federal
loan administrator and chairman of
the RFC board of directors.
Mr.. Henderson acknowledged yes
terday that the letter has been re-
ceived and said he is preparing
reply to Senator Wheeler. Mr..
Henderson said the reply might be
ready in "a week or 10 days"
81 Millions Reported Unpaid.
In his letter, Senator Wheeler
said he has been told that the RFC
during the last IL years has loaned
more than $85 900 900 to the B. g. o.
and "at least $82 100000 of these
loans are unpaid today"
Senator Wheeler declared:
II am unable to understand why
the RFC loans are permitted to-
remain unpaid. = ."
Senator Wheeler said the B. e. o.,
unlike any other railroad in the
country has come into bankruptcy
court twice in seven years, "the
second occasion being in a period
of unprecedented prosperity" He
said he has been advised that while
the RFC has gone unpaid, Wall
Street spectators have made a huge
killing in the B. g. o. stocks"
RFC Officials Enter Company.
This huge speculative orgy has
been made possible" Senator Wheel
er continued, "by the RIGS failure
to insist on repayment of its debt
to the maximum extent possible out
of the company's huge net profits
from 1889 to date"
Senator Wheeler said that in
1899 Federal court approved the
B. e. O.'s grst bankruptcy plan, part
of which was the postponement of
payment of RFC loans.
He said he was advised that with
In three years or so after the ap-
proval of this plan. five men who,
he said he was informed, had been
connected with the RFC and asso-
ciated agencies, became officers of
the railroad.
Senator Wheeler said they be-
came the chief executive, legal and
financial officers of the railroad.
Evening star., 1945-08-10
Question of ChiId's CUSTODY
Pondered by District judge

Justice Matthew r. MCGUIRE Of
District Court today had under
advisement the question of whether
pretty 6-year-old Eleanor Patricia
Shields should continue to live with
her grandmother, Mrs. Josephine
Tanning. or 60 to live with her
father, Edward B. Shields, Federal
Bureau of Investigation agent.
The custody question was taken
under advisement by Justice Nc
Guire yesterday afternoon, following
a court hearing. Justice MCGUIRE
talked to the girl in his chambers
after the hearing.
Eleanor, whose mother died at the
child's birth, has been living with