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Evening star., 1945-01-09
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LUTON, England, Jan. 9.-Three
persons were killed and II injured
yesterday in blast that devastated
the countryside near here when a
United States Army truck laden with
20 high-explosive bombs collided
with civilian truck.
There was a five-minute interval
between the collision and the explo-
sion. The trucks hardly more than
grazed each other at sharp turn
80 miles west of London, but the i'm
pact was enough to set the delicate
bomb mechanisms to operating.
In the interval Corpl. higgins
Earle. colored driver of the Army
truck, ran quarter of q mile down
the rural road alarming the coun-
tryside with the cry: Bombs, bombs,
take cover"
All the casualties were passengers
on the Luton Hitchin bus, which
had stopped near the scene. Thir-
teen of the injured, some American
soldiers, were hospitalized. One OF
the dead also was an American.
Earle stopped first at the house
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Sutton and
they fed before the explosion fiat
tened their home.
nAother home he warned was the
scene of children's party. All es-
capped safely.
Property damage was widespread.
Windows were broken q mile away
and the blast was felt in Luton, a.
miles from the scene.
A British Army gasoline truck,
stopped near the traffic -jammed
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Powell Glad Rankin
Won't Sif by Him
BY the Associated press

Representative Powell, colored
Democrat from New York. said yes
terday he welcomes the statement
OF Representative Rankin, Democrat,
of Mississippi that the Mississippian
will not sit by him in the House.
II am happy that Rankin will not
sit by me because it makes it mu-
tual," Mr.. Powell said in a state
ment.
He suggested that the Committee
on Un-American Activities, recently
resurrected and made permanent on
Mr.. Rankin's motion, rshould inves-
tigate Rankin first"
IF Rankin is not afraid of me -
he said, Il dare him to suggest nv
name for membership in the new
witch hunt committee"
Mr.. Powell asserted that Mr.. Ran
kins presence in the House "is the
most serious obstacle to America
winning peoples war or winning
a peoples peace"
Mr.. Rankin in letter to John
Lynch, editor of the Greenville
tMiss0 Delta Democrat Times, had
asserted that Mr.. Powell would not
sit by him in the House "or any
where else" The letter was an ex-
preston Of appreciation for an edi-
torial criticizing Mr.. Powell's asser-
ton that he would probably sit. by
Representative Rankin in the
House" and would keep my eye on
him"
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Citizens Map Plans
For 1945 Cleanup

Plans were made for a continuous
cleanup" campaign during 1945 at
meeting of the Progressive Citizens
of Georgetown last night.
Members are to be responsible for
the removal of trash, glass and other
debris on their own properties. The
Georgetown Garden Club has
promised to support the campaign
and the. association will seek the
support of schools and scout troops
in the area.
The group Endorsed the Summers
Capper bill reintroduced in the
House yesterday by Chairman
Summers of the House Judiciary
Committee to empower Congress to
provide for the District representa-
ton in Congress.
1t was recommended that the re-
ceiving home for children to be
built near Gallaudet College on
Florida avenue NE. also house the
Board of Public Welfare and that
construction be started Immediately
The group commended Capitol
Transit for its excellent service
under wartime conditions. Also
commended for efficiency and
courtesy was the Georgetown Fire
Department.
Col. Milo H. Brinkley, chairman
Of the Public Utilities Committee of
the Federation of Citizens Assotia-
tons, outlined plans for the Dupont
Circle underpass.
Mrs. Henry w. Draper. president,
conducted the meeting which was
held at the Curtis School, on o
street between Thirty-second and
Thirty-third streets NV.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
British Take Ihebes
In Pursuing Elias
Fleeing From Athens
By the Associated press.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Jan. g. British
troops pursuing ELIAS forces re-
treating from Athens have occu-
pied Thebes, forward base Of the
leftwing guerrilla units about 48
road miles northwest Of Athnes
1t was announced today.
The announcement said British
mobile force had entered Thebes
against slight opposition after break
ing through roadblock in narrow
def1le on the shoulder of Mount
Pateras. where sharp fighting had
been reported yesterday.
Fifty ELIAS prisoners and 75-
MN. gun were captured just beyond
Thebes.
The threat of arrest on charges of
melting rebellion hung over the
heads of ELIAS leaders today. The
Athens press announced that war
rants had been issued for the arrest
of $50 alleged leaders of the rebel
lion" and said three high-ranking
police officers already were in Gus
tody.
The capital, from which the last
ELIAS forces were cleared over the
week end, began to return to normal
as storekeepers started cleaning up
debris left by the recent fighting.
Search Of houses in the Athens
area resulted in the seizure of about
l,400 rifles, 80 machine guns and IL
tons of explosives.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Clipper
Continued From First Page.)

o. L. Olsen, radio operator: A.
Reyes, steward, and A. Azevedo,
steward.
Other Passengers Unreported.
Listed as a survivor was q pas
senger. Angus Shaw Mackey, Locust,
Long Island, N. Y.
Unreported passengers:
Edward Thomas Kenney. 80. COM
munications superintendent of Pan
air do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and
San Francisco.
Cieres Pinto Kenney, 80, his wife.
Paul j. Whitlock, SO, of Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Mrs. Helen Magnin Whitlock, 35,
his wife.
Robert Allan Whitlock, 5.
Richard Thomas Whitlock, 3.
Stanley Magnin Whitlock, 2.
Webster Homer Rowell, 27, of
Berkely, Calf.
Mrs. Janice Droste Rowell, "a, his
wife.
The Rowells were on their way to
Rio de Janeiro, where Mr.. Rowell
was connected with the airways.
One passenger reported as known
dead was Sylvan David Broder, 50,
Of New York.
Mr.. Whitlock, a missionary for the
Africa Inland Missions, was taking
his family to Liberia.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Campaigns 10 Recruit
Army Nurses, Aides
Renewed in District

Renewed efforts are being made
In Washington today to .recruit
nurses for the Army, and at the
same time other efforts are being
made to enroll women for nurse s
aide training so they can I'LL needs
|occasioned by the shortage Of nurses
for civilian service.
Basil O'Connor, chairman Of the
Red Cross, appealed to all chapters
to redouble their efforts to recruit
Army nurses. His request follows
on the heels Of President Roosevelt's 3
call for legislation to induct nurses
into the armed forces.
I'VE cannot wait for the passage
Of an amendment to selective serv-
ice legislation" Mr.. O'Connor de-
clared The need Is so acute that
we must have immediate recruit
ment Of thousands Of nurses. At
best, legislation requires time, and
the wounded cannot wait"
He pointed out that nurses who
volunteer now are assured of ON
Ger status.
The District Nursing Council for
War Services issued an appeal to
washington nurses not now serving
in the armed forces, to their families
and friends and to the general pub
lie calling attention to the critical
need for nurses in the armed forces
The appeal cites the advantage in
the future for those who serve in
the war. and it also asks the public
to limit its demand for nursing as
sistance to emergencies.
Miss Edith M. Beattie. secretary
OF the council, said relatives and
friends who may be trying to keep
an eligible nurse from military serv-
ice do not understand that a young
woman conditioned for human serv- :
ice cannot close her mind and heart
to the great war need without psy-
Geological hazard to herself.
The District Red Cross launched
a campaign today for $50 more day
time nurses aides. The training
lasts six and a half weeks and is
open to women with high school
education or its equivalent. between
the ages Of 18 and SIS. Half of the
training period is spent in the class
room, the other half in a hospital
ward, half days only. A minimum OF
$50 hours work a year is required.
A class for night nurses aides,
scheduled to start February IL, also
has been announced. Applicants for
the night class are advised to apply
at the nurses aide office for per-
sonal interviews between 10 am
and pm. tomorrow, Thursday OF
Friday, or, If further information is
desired, to telephone.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Rubinof Ditties Pull $500
For MiIe-o-Dimes Drive

David Rubinoff, violinist of radio
fame, played his Pistol Packing
Mama" variations to students Of
Langley Junior High School yes
terday is a curtain raiser for the
infantile paralysis drive and before
the day was over more than $500
had been deposited in the Mile-o-
Dimes boxes on the teachers desks.
The remarkable thing about it."
the teacher in charge of the drive
said, was that the children had
been given no advance notice that
the boxes were to be set up. That
means ,ot of them put their lunch
money In"
Mr.. Rubinoff, who is currently
appearing at the Capitol Theater
told the children that he had
played for President Roosevelt at
the White House Monday night.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
7 Marines and I WAVES
Hurt as Car Hits Tree

Two marines and two WAVES
were injured today when the car in
which they were riding skidded on
the slippery street and struck tree
The accident occurred in the first
block of Florida avenue NV.
These injured we're Corpl. Daniel
A. Kendell of Camp Lejeune, N. c..
lacerated lips; Corpl Ernest l.. Wan
neberger, %, same camp, cheek
abrasions and bruised right leg;
Seaman (First Class Rita E. Kush-
ing, 81, eye laceration and bruised
knee, and Seaman CFirst Class Judy
NJ Figueroa, %, eye laceration.
The WAVES, stationed at the bar
racks at Nebraska and Massachu-
setts avenues NV. were taken to
the Bethesda Naval Hospital. The
men we're treated and released.
Anthony D. Gaetano, 20, of 1146
Neal street NE, driver of the car,
was not injured, police said
Evening star., 1945-01-09
insurance Legislation,
compromise Appears
Shaping in Congress
BY the Associated Press.


A plan to compromise on insur-
ance legislation appeared to be
shaping up today as q result Of
President Roosevelt's expression
against Federal regulation of in
surance companies and against ex.
empting them from antitrust laws.
Both Representative Walter,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania and
Senator Bailey, Democrat, of North
Carolina, sponsors of bills last ses-
sion to declare the insurance busi-
ness exempt from the Sherman
antitrust statute, expressed conf
dence the controversy would now
be settled quickly.
Wen have compromise of some
Sort" Mr.. Walter said.
Senator Bailey commented that
he thought the problem 'is going to
be worked out quickly now and In
the direction of State regulation"
Il was never concerned about the
antitrust laws, but I was and am
for State regulation" he added.
Senator OMahoney, Democrat, of
Wyoming, who fought against the
Walter Bailey bills, said the Presi-
dents views Ought to put an end to
rumors and reports so busily circu-
lated during the past year without
the slightest foundation in fact that
the administration intended to set
up system of Federal control"
Mr.. Roosevelt's views were ex-
pressed in a letter to Senator Rad
cliffe, Democrat, of Maryland.
An OMahoney measure would
give insurance companies a mora
torium from the Sherman Act, ex-
cept for acts of boycott, coercion and
intimidation, until March /, 1916.
The President said this would ap-
pear to give sufficient time to permit
the necessary readjustment to the
Supreme Court decision"
The courts decision held last year
that the insurance business Is inter-
state commerce and hence subject
to the antitrust laws.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
First District Crews
Raise 1880 Pounds
In Waste Paper Drive

Despite the slippery streets yes
terday, Papertroopers in the first
district Of The Evening Star -PTA
Salvages for Victory program
turned in 28,190 pounds of waste
paper to bring the total to 9,674, 1922
pounds.
Among the larger collections were
Buchanan, 3,722 pounds; Bryan,
1916; Wallach, 4,405; Giddings,
6,753; Kimball, 1908: Randle High
land, Its; Beers, 2,17l; Ketcham
2,l60; Orr, $500, and Jefferson,
$500.
The names of Papertroopers who
have brought in 1000 pounds or
more individually should be re-
ported to The Evening Star as War
Production Board awards of merit
are to be issued to them. 1t is
hoped to have certificates presented
at February graduation ceremonies.
Yesterday five additional names
were received. They were Steve
Smithurst and Ogden Nutting, both
more than 1900 pounds, and Billy
Leachman, Margo Hendricks and
Graham Mill, more than l,OOO
pounds. These five Papertroopers
are students at Horace Mann School
Collections tomorrow in the third
district together with the leaders
will be as follows:
n -,
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Monpower
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ministration, from the White House
through the War Production Board,
the Manpower Commission and the
Senators and Representatives re-
sponsible for the legislative pro-
gram to make it clear to the pub
lic," Senator Austin said.
The Austin Wadsworth national
service bill died in both houses last
session after hearings extending
over many weeks which reflected
stout opposition in Congress, partic-
ularly within the Senate Military
Affairs Committee.
Senator johnson, high. ranking
member of that committee. said
President Roosevelt's "clear-cut". re-
quest might alter the committees
attitude.
This is war and Congress cannot
afford to deny the administration
anything 1t says is necessary to win
it, Senator johnson declared. 'SThe
President has asked for such a bill.
His request last year was surrounded
by so many ifs that it wasn't con-
vincing."
Chairman Colmer of the House
Postwar Committee proposed bill
to authorize induction of men who
strike at war plants as we'll as others
found to have failed to contribute
their full effort to the, war output.
Meanwhile, compulsory military
training, which also was urged by
the President, drew an Endorsement
from Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisiana, but the American Coun-
Gil OF Education submitted a .peti-
ton to the House Committee on
Postwar Military Policy urging that
no action be taken on the question
now.
Opposing the enactment of the
peacetime training measure under
wartime emotional pressure, the
council called for a fact-finding
commission to be established to in
vestigate the proposal.
Senator Ellender favored a plan
under which each youth would be
given his choice of training year,
rather than be forced to take train
ing on reaching a certain age. He
proposed four-year range from III
years 6 months, to q years 81
months, in which the youths could
choose to take their training. In
that way, he said, students could fit
their schedule to interfere as little
as possible with their education.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Maynard Held for TrioI
In Drunk Driving Case
BY the Associated Press.

BY lne Associated PreSS.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9.-Ken
Maynard, movie cowboy act, yester-
day was ordered held for trial on a
felony complaint charging him with
drunk driving and leaving the scene
of an accident during the Christmas
week end.
Mrs. Benjamin L. Michael, wife OF
the driver of machine with which
Maynard's was in collision, testified
that after the crash Maynard
asked: Cant We all have a little
fun? Let's not call the police. Mo-
body's hurt
Mr.. Michael identified the other
driver as Maynard. An attorney said
the actor would contend that he was
held up, beaten and robbed Of his
car shortly before the accident.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Travelled Equivalent
OF II Trips to Moon

BALTIMORE, Jan. 9 lR.-The
builders of the Clipper which crashed
at Port of Spain last night said to-
day the 10-year- r-old aircraft had
gone farther and carried more than
any other airplane."
The Glenn l.. Martin Co. also said
In statement that under normal
circumstances she would have been
retired long since"
The former China Clipper made
her maiden trip on December ~,
1894.
Since that time, the Martin Co.
said, she had made the equivalent
of II trips to the moon, with pas
senger miles in excess Of $4,000, 900
and ton miles Of more than 1000. 900.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Baroness de RothschiId,
Wife Of Banker, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Baroness
Nelly de Rothschild, So, wife of
Baron de Rothschild, a member of
the famous European banking fam
ily died yesterday.
She :ame to the United States
with her husband from her native
Paris in 1910.
The couples sons, Alain and Ellie,
heutenants in the French Army
were captured by the Germans in
their invasion of France that year
Besides her sons and husband,
two daughters, brother and sis
ter survive
One of her daughters, Mrs. Ana
tole Muhlstein, is the wife of a for
mer Polish minister to France.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
AP Men Covering War
Praise GI's Spirit
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Associated
Press war correspondents, who have
been In all war theaters, last night
praised the fighting qualities of the
American soldier and urged an ap-
probation at home Of what "the
CT goes through"
The correspondents, J.. Norman
Lodge, Don Whitehead, William
Smith White and william Allen,
also told some of their experiences
in interviews on the radio program,
'"Vox Pop"
Mr.. Lodge, q World War veteran
who as correspondent in this war
went from Finland to the South
Pacific, said IF we get rid Of over
optimism at home and get In there
and pitch, the boys will take care
of it over there"
He called war reporting "a pick
and-shovel job with a typewriter" :"
He described the Jap as one who
glories in death" and added, Were
taking care of him"
Mr.. Whitehead, who was In the
D day invasion of Normandy, said
the job of a war correspondent was
to describe the war SO that "the
people feel and smell ito tell the
story so that the people can UNDER
stand what the CT goes through"
Mr. Allen, field cameraman In
the African and Italian campaigns,
told of the speed with which
photographs were radioed to the
United States, adding: Sometimes
the pictures get back to the States
before the action happens because
of the five-hour time lag.
Mr.. Allen lives with his wife and
son at 724 South st. Asaph street,
Alexandria. He now Is temporarily
assigned to the Washington Bureau
of the Associated Press, but it is ex-
pected he will return to Europe
shortly. He has been with the AP
for 10 years and formerly worked
in Norfolk and Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Boy Faces Hearing
In Staying Of GirI,9
BY the Associated Press.

bS the ASSOclateQ treSS.
SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 9.-District
Attorney James F. Brady said a l3-
year-old high school honor student,
Myron Semunchick of nearby VAN
ding, will be arraigned today in the
Staying of 9-year-old Mae Barrett,
whose mutilated body was found in
a vacant house at nearby Forest City
last Tuesday night.
The boy was taken into custody
when police discovered discrepancies
in information which he had volun-
teered early in the investigation
He was committed to the House of
Detention.
The district attorney said Semun-
chick made 20-page statement
dealing with the killing.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Building Of 100000
Dwellings Each Year
After War Is Urged
BY ]. A. OLEARY.

This country should build l2,6Oo, :
600 new housing units in the 1O-year
period starting In 1916, John B.
Blandford, jr., administrator of the
National Housing Agency, told a
Senate subcommittee on postwar
housing problems today.
This building rate of 1850 900
dwellings year would require an
outlay of $1,000. 600 600 and employ
about $500, 900 workers, as compared
with 1,476, 900 engaged in residential
construction ip 1899, the admins
traitor said.
More than half Of these new units
would be to take care of an esti-
mated increase in the number of
families and to meet the desire of
families that have doubled up dur
ing the war for separate homes. The
remaining new units would replace
one-half of the substandard dwell
ings, plus those that will become SUBJ
standard during the 10-year period
All OF the figures relate to non-farm
housing needs.
Taft Heads Study.
Headed by Senator Taft. Republi-
can, of Ohio, the subcommittee is
beginning study of the part home
construction will play in the post
war reconversion period. 1t was
made clear that these are prelimi-
nary hearings. and that any legisla-
ton to be recommended will come
through the regular committees on
banking and currency and education
and labor.
Mr.. Blandford said the disparity
between the cost of housing and the
capacity of families to buy is "a
reflection Of the high cost of pro-
duction resulting from the state
OF organization of the industry
despite the fact that those working
in 1t are by no means well paid.
1T seems clear" he said, that
our present tools and resources do
not measure up fully" to the postwar
housing problem in the following
main respects:
Extreme fluctuations in house
production have exercised an un-
stabilizing effect on our whole econ
omy; the volume of house produc-
ton has been insufficient to serve
the need for employment of capital
and labor In the housing industry
or to serve the needs of the Amer
ican people and house production
has been poorly adjusted to the
desperate needs of the various in
come groups.
Remedies Suggested.
Mr.. Blandford made these rene
dial suggestions:
Communities and enterprise with
in communities should seek better
facts about the housing market, a
task in which he said MIA could
help, not with the implication of
long-term Federal action, but rather
as a means of holding down the
more costly Federal aid which con-
tinuing neglect would make neces-
sary.
More emphasis on technical re-
search to reduce housing costs.
Improvement of the fiscal tools
for enabling private enterprise to
reach lower into the income scale
and thus to serve more of the need.
Improvement of the tools for land
acquisition, assembly and develop
ment.
Provision OF decent housing for
all our citizens should be a matter
OF broad public interest. In this
connection, the administrator said,
the resumption of the prewar pro-
gram for low-rent housing and slum
clearance, which would require ad-
ditional authorizations, undoubtedly
will be considered by Congress.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Cloudy and
colder with a little light snow this
afternoon and tonight. Cold wave
tonight, with lowest around 10 or
Is degrees by Wednesday morning
Wednesday clear and cold, tempera-
lures below freezing.
Maryland-Cold wave tonight pre-
ceded by light snow. Lowest around
zero in west portion and 10 or Is
in east portion by Wednesday morn
ng. Fair, temperatures below freez-
ing Wednesday.
Virginia-Cold wave tonight pre-
ceded by snow in west and north
portion early tonight. Rain chang
ing to snow in southeast portion.
Lowest 10 or Is in west and north
18 on southeast coast Wednesday
morning. Fair, temperatures below
freezing Wednesday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry; Potomac
clear at Great Falls today.
far I oA unur~
Evening star., 1945-01-09
House Members Named
To West Point Bourd
BY the Associated Press.

Three Democratic and two Re-
publican House members yesterday
were appointed to the Board OF
Visitors to the Military Academy at
West Point.
They are Representatives Kerr,
Democrat, of North Carolina; Ma
hon, Democrat, of Texas: Snyder,
Democrat, Of Pennsylvania; Powers,
Republican, of New Jersey. and
Engle, Republican, of Michigan.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Presiding Officer Of Iowa
Senate Dies Suddenly
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Jan. 9.-State Sem
ator B. c. Whitehill, SO, Of Mar
shalltown, died yesterday after suf-
fering a heart attack a few min
utes before he was to have presided
in the Senate at the opening of
the 51st session of the legislature.
Mr.. Whitehill, a Republican, who
had served in five previous ses-
sions, had been suffering from heart
trouble recently and had been ad-
vised by his physician against at
tending the opening session.