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Evening star., 1946-10-03
Volunteers Needed

It Is no ordinary drive Tor volun-
tary workers which the District of
Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross
is conducting during the first half
of October. Theirs is an urgent
campaign to meet an extraordi-
narily urgent emergency which has
developed in service, veteran and
civilian hospitals of the Washington
area. With the hospitals filled to
capacity with cases requiring spe-
cial types Of service supplementary
to that rendered by the regular
nursing stats. the Red Cross flnds
itself severely handicapped by a
shortage of volunteer nurses aids,
gray ladies, bandage makers and
similar workers.
Although the needs are no less
acute than they were during the
war, the number of volunteers has
declined from 10000 in February of
1945 and 5000 on VI day to only
1852 workers today. Yet the closing
down of numerous service hospitals
in other parts of the country has re-
suited in the transfer of hundreds
of patients to hospitals in this vi
cinity. Only 216 nurses aids are
available to assist In all of the local
hospitals, whereas 1t Is estimated
that at least 1000 are needed. Arts
and crafts instructors, seamstresses,
clerical workers and canteen assist
ants also are in immediate demand,
Women who can give day or so
week to the Red Cross during this
crucial period of need will be per-
forming a real public service. Two
thousand volunteers are required at
once. To become one of these agents
Of mercy, visit the Chapter House at
1880 E street NV. or telephone Re-
public $500, Extension 476.
Evening star., 1946-10-03

Through a clerical error In the
purchasing department, the State
Of New Jersey received a consign-
ment Of 1880 wrenches instead OF
the seventy-five. that were ordered.
Evidently somebody overestimated
the number of nuts in New Jersey.
Evening star., 1946-10-03
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

The Democratic high command is
going to try to work both sides of the
street on the foreign policy issue-an
issue raised by former Secretary Of Com
merce Henry Wallace and Senator Pep
per Of Florida. Having been kicked
out Of the cabinet because of his at
tempted sabotage Of the foreign policy Of
Secretary Of State Byrnes-which had
the support Of President Truman and Of
the Republican leaders-Mr. Wallace Is
now welcomed back into the party fold.
He Is to deliver campaign speeches
under the auspices Of the Democratic
National Committee in Michigan, Wis
consin and Indiana. Mr.. Wallace has
said there are no restrictions on what he
will talk about. This seemingly would
permit him again to broadcast his views
as party speaker in favor of appeasing
Soviet Russia.
II President Truman takes to the
stump in this congressional campaign
and Chairman Hannegan has said =
Truman tour still is 'possible"-and he
talks about the foreign policy Of the
United States his views necessarily would
be diametrically opposite those Of Mr..
Wallace-and Of Senator Pepper. What
the American people-not to mention
the people Of Europe, including the Rus
sian Communists-can make of such q
situation no one knows. But any adj
ministration which seeks to 60 two ways
on policies which vitality affect the Amer
ican people Is doomed to disaster.
Political expediency is the only pos
sible explanation of the willingness of
the Democratic high command to put
Henry Wallace on the road as a cam
paign speaker-after the distressing
Wallace Truman episode. The hope of
Mr.. Hannegan and other members Of
the inner circle is that Mr.. Wallace
and Senator Pepper will be able to
hold in line the Notwithstanding the
Communists in this country-for Demo-
cratic candidates for the House and
Senate.
It seems incredible that the foreign
policy of the Nation could have been
injected into this particular political
campaign. If Mr.. Truman, Mr.. Ham
negan and others had not insisted upon
pulling Mr.. Wallace back into the fight,
the issue might have not been raised.
Republicans, under the leadership of
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, Gov.
Dewey of New York and former Gov.
Stassen Of Minnesota, have gone steadily
along in support of the United Nations.
international cooperation, and q firm
policy in dealing with Communist Rus
sia. They have been as fortnight in
Evening star., 1946-10-03

school. BY the same token. believe
the number Of outside players imported
by Alabama have been relatively much
lower than by comparable schools. BY
making his unwarranted attack on Ala
bama, Dr. Douglas reflects upon him.
self especially and also upon American
University. r. 6. BUCKELEW.
Footnote to Yugoslavia Incident
To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Star recently, read that
the Ambassador from Tito's Yugoslavia,
Sava Kosanovitch, had explained very
simply the shooting down Of two un-
armed American transport planes over
Yugoslavia, In which five Americans lost
their lives. Mr. Kosanovitch said: you
have rules for traffic-red and green
lights. The red light is there and any
body passing through the red light is
punished. Just so we have borders with
red lights"
Rejecting upon the logic of Mr..
Kosanovitch's statement, believe that
! uAVS AUuuu tAAc SOAusAOA W oAAe W "AAAS
problem in Washington. Let US dis
pense with police cars, police stations,
trafic courts, judges, commissions, traf-
nc tickets and the like. We need only
few determined guardians OF the
peace" armed with machine guns. con-
cealed strategically ut the most crowded
crossings at rush hours, who. without
warning. viii open IRE upon all Offend
ers against trafhc regulations.
If Mr.. Kosanoyitcll's logic were to
become law for the Washington motor
ist, I am sure that at least the families
of the five murdered American aviators
would be glad If Mr.. Kosanoutch were
caught passing red light.
RUTH VAN BREDA.
Evening star., 1946-10-03
Nor Is 1t Breed, Reolly!

From the Boston Globe;
For once everybody knows which side
his bread Il buttered on, and its
Evening star., 1946-10-03

favor Of these policies as Secretary
Byrnes and Mr.. Truman. But now,
with the Democratic high command ap-
parently willing to face both ways In
order to have the campaigning speeches
Of Mr.. Wallace and Mr.. Pepper, there
Is little wonder that from the Republic
can camp come charges that Demo-
cratic victory means aid to the
Communists, not only In this country
but throughout the world.
Mr.. Wallace is booked to speak in
Michigan. where, In Detroit, there is
q large CIO vote. He was the choice
of the CIO for the Democratic vice
presidential nomination in 1914. II he
had been nominated and elected, he
would be President Of the United States
today. His peculiar brand of foreign
policy then would, presumably. have
been in effect Some Of the CIO unions,
1t is charged frequently, have become
infiltrated with communism. He Is
also going to speak In Wisconsin. Mil
waukee has been q hotbed of radicalism.
For years 1t had q Socialist Mayor, Dan
Hoan, who this year is the Democratic
nominee for Governor. The Democratic
nominee for Senator is former Repre-
sentative McMurray, . 100 per cent
New Dealer.
The Democratic nomination for the
House In the 4th congressional district
was won last August by Edmund v. Bob
rowicz. who has been charged with being
q Communist. He defeated Representa-
tive WaSelewski in the primary, and Mr.
Wasielewski Is now running as an inde-
pendent. The Republican nominee Is
John C. Brophy. If the radical and
Democratic vote Is suficiently divided,
the Republican might squeeze through
although the district has been heavily
Democratic in the last two elections.
Whether this playing up to the left
wingers and radical elements Is to bear
the fruit which the Democratic high
command expects Is still an open ques-
ton. In Wisconsin the Democratic
Party has for years been in hopeless
minority. The progressives followed the
La Follettes for two generations, first in
the Republican Party and then IN the
Progressive Party With the passing of
the Progressive Party, the Democrats
hope to make their party the liberal
party Of Wisconsin. It was for that
reason the Democratic leaders in the
State were particularly anxious to bring
about the defeat of Senator La Toilette
in his try for the Republican senatorial
nomination this year. That Is one of
the reasons they are anxious now to
have Mr.. Wallace come into the State.
Evening star., 1946-10-03

strikes and labor gains" eventuate In
the higher cost of living.
Labor? Do the rank and file Of labor
want strikes? No.
Well, who Is responsible for labor
trouble? The answer is the little sub
bosses, the political satraps Of organized
labor who, unless they fell OF bridge
and broke their necks, couldn't get their
names In the paper, but who now, by
reason of their unchallenged power, get
front-page space.
We can but hope that the next Con-
gress will enact some effective legisla-
tion-that the President will not veto.
WILBUR H. CLOSE.
Alabama University Defended
To the Editor of The Star:
President Douglas of American Uni
versity admits he tried unsuccessfully
to invade the field of football. Having
failed, he attempts to raise halo over
his head for keeping American Uni
versity out of college football because.
after all, it is in his opinion repre-
hensible thing. Did he not know OF the
abuses in college football before he tried
unsuccessfully to lead American Uni
versity into that field? The abuses are
well known throughout the country.
But when he says that these abuses
exist from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Canada, especially to Ala
bama," he singles out Alabama as the
worst offender Of all
Alabama University Is relatively a poor
school, but for more than 20 years has
had good football teams which, among
other things, have won five games out
of six starts in the Rose Bowl. I sur
mise that these are sour grapes to DR..
Douglas.
The published statement clearly inn
plies that Alabama goes far afield to
gather football players, but the records
will show that the stars Of Alabama
have been and / believe now are local
boys who normally would attend that
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01
Blonde Aviatrix Arranged Suicide
Plane Project for German Victory
Written Exclusively
For WNU Features

Tests on a Messerschmitt 1928, to
be launched from the back Of Dor
nier 2l7 in flight were completed in
April, 1914. When it became appar-
ent, however, that production in any
quantity could not begin for months,
it was decided that the vi "buzz
bomb" should be altered sufficiently
to take care of the project.
Perilous Test Flights.
A pilots compartment was in
stalled in the vi, and other small
notifications made, and then it was
tested. There was high fatality
rate among the test pilots, but
Reitsch came through and was con-
WINGED that this was the weapon
that could be used. The particular
danger in testing these planes was
in landing them, whether as elders
or with power unit, because Of
the speed and angle at which they
came in. Ship targets were simu-
lated by colored smoke bombs on
the ground and dives and ap-
proaches were made to test angles
and necessary speeds. An intricate
aiming device was developed. The
most important thing that had to be
done carefully and accurately was
to determine the distance from the
ship that the vi was supposed to
enter the water. The size and weight
of the ship had to be judged exact
ly. BY sliding scale on the appara-
tus before him, the pilot was able
to select his proper angle and main
tain it correctly until his plane en-
tered the water. The dive toward
the water at a speed probably great
er than 528 miles an hour was to
disintegrate the vi and give the
necessary impetus to the torpedo to
continue on through the water until
1t reached certain position, when
the time fuse would automatically
set off.
But the Nazi suicide squad never
got into. action. Even the technical
development was not fully complete
when the war ended, to say nothing
of production that would have put
the weapon into action.
Reitsch lays the failure to get the
project into operation, as well as
all other failures of German air
power, to Goering. She says "that
the spirit with which Goering had
infused the Luftwaffe was detrimen-
tai to our project was well known
to all of us. We needed strong lead
ership, tempered with an idealism
that matched our own. Most of all
we needed a leader who saw the
present military situation March,
1944) in the same degree Of precari-
BUSINESS as we ourselves saw it,"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01

D Hanna Reitsch describes her
self as follows. Five feet, AZ
inches tail, weighs about 100
pounds, has blonde hair with a
permanent" blue eyes, white
teeth and a small round face with
q scar down the center of her
nose, a wel1-proportioned figure,
is 80 years old. and not considered
J, beautiful, :. d. 81
She was a test pilot of German
military aircraft and flew the VI
''buzz bomb" plane. She holds
records for flying elders and 9TH
er types Of planes. But more than
! that, she was in the bunker un-
der the Reichschancellery with
Hitler and his encourage during
the last days Of Berlin and was
slated to be a participant in the
mass suicide plan worked out by
Hitler to be put into effect when
the Russians reached the bunker.
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impact with the water would kill
the pilot instantly and allow the
bomb to tear loose from the plane
and continue under the keel of the
vessel where it would explode with
a time fuse that would be set in
motion upon impact with the water.
Hitler Lukewarm to Plan.
Then on February %, 1914, Reitsch
had three-hour conference with
Hitler at Berchtesgaden to convince
him that he should accept the plan
and name the proper leadership.
The aviatrix had long been con-
WINGED, undoubtedly for personal as
well as professional reasons, that
Goering was not the man for his
job, to say nothing of this one. Hitler
didn't like the self-sacrificing idea
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01

However, in the early morning
hours of April 80, 1945, the
Fuehrer ordered her and 1t. Gen.
Ritter Won Greim, who had sue
ceeded Goering as head of the
Luftwaffe, to leave to accomplish
two missions. One was to get
Luftwaffe help to Berlin. The 9TH
err was to prevent Heinrich Hmm
Ter, whom Hitler had just heard
had contacted the Allies to make
peace terms, from succeeding
him as Fuehrer. Reitsch7 was Won
Greim's personal pilot. g.
AS far as is known at this time,
Hanna Reitsch flew the last plane
out of Berlin before itcapitulated.
Because of the, conditions of the
besieged city at the time, she says
it is fantastic for anyone to be-
lieve that another plane could
have safely spirited Hitler out so
that he might be living today.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01

has just come to light in inteli-
gence reports released at Frankfurt,
and the star of the piece is blonde
aviatrix named Hanna Reitsch.
Here is the Story:
By 1913 a lot Of people in Ger
many, including Reitsch, had be-
come convinced that only extra
ordinary measures could bring the
war to a successful end for Ger
many. They decided that If any plan
for invasion of the continent could
be destroyed at the beginning, Ger
many could then be safe enough in
its continental fortress so that the
Allies would be ready to make
peace. Therefore, small group of
men banded together - suicide
squadron" who were willing to give
their lives in some kind of a man.
propelled flying bomb that would
destroy and sink at a ratio of one
vessel per flying bomb, all the
larger naval craft that were so i'm
portant in protecting and covering
an invasion force. Reitsch, from
the beginning, was to be the chief
test pilot for such a craft.
In the death of thousand of their
number the squadron hoped to
save the lives Of many thousands.
But plans had not progressed very
far when insuperable obstacles were
encountered. First, Reitsch went to
Luftwaffe authorities and there was
met with the impression that the
idea was fantastic and the result Of
Authorizations Of people tired Of lie
who were looking for martyrs end
in the pages of German history.
She had no better success at the
air ministry. Then she took the mat
ter 10 the aeronautical research
council. After the experts examined
the idea, they decided it was FEAST
BILE. The plan was to install a 1000
pound bomb-torpedo in the nose of
plane, which would be steered into
the water at certain angle. The
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01
Hanna Reitsch 8 Plan Still Incomplete
When Nazi Defeat Ended World War II
By PAULINE FREDERICK
WNU Foreign Correspondent.

NUREMBERG, GERMANY. -
~ Never before in history has so
much Of how a war began and
how It was fought come to light so
quickly after that wars end as is
happening today in Germany. There
Is not alone the incredible tale
that is unfolding in the green-cur-
tanned courtroom here in Nuremberg.
But thousand other chapters are
being revealed all over this torn
country that VII eventually COM
plete the piece.
One Of these is the story of how
the Germans toyed with the idea
of developing suicide planes to re-
pei an invasion fleet in 1913 when
their dreams Of world conquest had
come to an end in Russia. This tale
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01
B A r BIS -. by ukhage

At the rate we are demobilizing,
we ought to be on an equal foot
ing with Nicaragua before long
and of equal influence in information
al affairs.
Tugucigalpa, capital of Honduras,
is the only city in the world with
out any railroad connections. But
it's just as much fun to watch the
plane come in.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01

The Triple "A" says that land
ing ships which once dropped tanks
on far away enemy beaches may
be used as auto ferries. They could
carry hundred autos per trip
and still shippers wouldn't be afraid
of bursting peanut shells.
. Poor Richard would probably say
today: Take off price controls and
you lose your purse-control.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01

made to carry it out.
Colonel !, Won Buelow said that
Himmler's negotiations with the Al
lies had been discovered definitely
on April %, and that it had been
then that Hitler had suspected Herr
Fegelein was connected with the
plot. .....
A faithful SIS officer was sent out
to search for him. He was found
In his fiat and brought back to the
bunker by the SIS officer. Finally,
on Hitler's orders, he was taken out
and probably executed, Colonel Won
Buelow said.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01

1T WAS HIS FAULT Reich
project Reichmarsh Hermann Goerng
a
His
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01
HimmIer Plotted to Kill Hitler and Trade his Body
To Allies for Personal Safety, Colonel Testifies

During the last days Of the Nazi
regime, when allied armies were
closing In on Berlin from all sides,
the terror-stricken members Of the
high command tried to save them
selves by sacrificing their associ-
ates. Heinrich Himmler. grim chief
Of the dread gestapo, sought to muir
der Adolf Hitler and sell his body
70 the Allies as the price Of peace
and personal safety. according to
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01

new information disclosed by Brit
ish intelligence experts. .
The British stress that Colonel Won
Buelow's story remains uncon-
firmed from other sources.
According to Colonel Won Buelow,
Himm1er and his IS officers in the
Reichschancellery bunker during
the last days before Berlin's fall
plotted Hitler's murder, but It Is
not known whether any ATTEMPT was
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-03-01

Of the project because he thought it
was 'un-German." Also, he re-
fused to believe that Germany's situ-
alton was SO precarious and de-
manded such unusual measures.
Hitler finally did say that plans
would be developed so that when he
gave the order they could be put
into operation - but until such time
as he chose to speak he didn't want
to be bothered with the idea any
more.
Meanwhile, 70 or 80 men, care
fully selected. had signed the
pledge: II hereby volunteer as a
pilot of the manned glider-bomb.
am convinced that this action will
end with my DEATH"
Evening star., 1946-09-12
SNOW-WHITE PORCELAIN ENAMEL

Sink Of quoi
white porcelain enoe' 20xl Inch bon l7z2 Inch
Chrome plotted mixing swing spout sproy 49,
inch disappearing hose All provides ooe
Spacious DRIVERS divided
steel drower pulls. Concealed hinges.
Fosr Stores
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-03

Matthews on the birth Of their son.
Did You Know That
The HEART BEATS u times a
minute, "a hours a day-pumps
enough to fill a railroad tank a
every two days.-.-.Air mail was
originated in Wilmington. In l9o9
Lincoln Beachy delivered mail by
plane from the Audubon section to
Seagate. BY the way Beachy was
the first person ever to loop the
loop in an airship. . Laid end TO
end, the thoroughfares of Brook
Ign, N. Y, would extend all the
way from the Atlantic Ocean to
Oklahoma City-Brooklyn also con-
tains 900 churches and 218 motion
pictures theatres $50 whato.
One quarter of your bodily energy
is used in seeing. . "A testing
machine showed that Jack Dem
psey's wallop actually travelled at
the rate of 1876 miles an hour. . Hot
potatoes were taken to church IN
early colonial days to serve as
hand warmers during the long SER
vices in unheated meeting houses
The Panama railroad is the
worlds "fastest''-it makes the
trip from the Atlantic to the Pa.
cific in an hour and 10 minutes.
Every 400 years the calendar re-
peats itself. . Ounce for ounce,
petunia seeds are Is times more
valuable than gold.
And
Remember, for spot news from
in and around Southeastern North
Carolina listen to the STAR-NEWS
Round-The-ToWn Reporter at 1:25
and 6:25 p. m, every day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-03

LJuU a IT, ~
W. on # comes to flying talk i,
would be hard to beat the ply
]rtories Of Warren Pennington VINO
.ooL to the mike on the star-News
lust like he handles those
planes of his-but good. : JUST hao
= nhone call that Ray Galloway 10
m the mend. Personal PINE: !
wonder if every mar has a marc
time convincing the bride" ne
should keep the first dog ne orii!gs
home. Oh, well Anita likes MIN
The Artists bureau which is
being organized by WMED n.s
brought in a number OF calls. All
requests for additions should be
addressed to the station. . Mrs.
Beatrice Fields believes IN long
plans and has that Washing
ton trip already planned. . .Wnen
Burt Taylor asks you to take him
p place via automobile be sure
YOU carry a road map with you
Clarence Leon has a diary OF
p Confederate soldier written by
his Father. It is one of the most
interesting documents I have ever
read. . The old papers are sun
coming in with the latest n dated
Many thanks to Mrs. Peter
Brown Ruffin and Mrs. Jerry HI
venbark for the loan of their prlzeo
ancient journals. . BY any chance
did you happen to catch Juanlta
Gore on the Tenn-Age program last
Saturday. Her organ solo was
tops. The T-een-Age-Merry-Go-
Round is now a WHIT sustalner
-. Charlie Thompson back in
civie5. . And a pleasant visit with
Ed Bellows from over Clinton way
-. .Congrats to Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-03
Factions In Iran
Reported In Accord

LONDON, June 2-(PLThe Elk.
change Telegraph agency quoted
the Swiss radio Sunday night as
saying the central government OF
Iran and the Separatists of Aver
baijan province had reached an
agreement in negotiations over the
self-proclaimed autonomy of the
province.
Reuters, meanwhile, in a dis
patch from Tehran, quoted ar
1ranian government official as say
ing government troops in kurols
tan had been attacked by kuro
and Democrats"