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Evening star., 1946-02-16
Nimitz Carries Plea
For 5O0,0OO-Man Navy
To Congress Wives

Admiral Chester w. Nimitz. chief
of Naval Operations, who asked Con-
sress Thursday for a postwar Navy
of 100000 men, now has put the mat
ter up to the wives of members of
Congress.
Their reaction to his arguments at
the Congressional Club yesterday
afternoon indicated the admiral will
win his case if the men follow their
wives advice. The admiral is not
overconfidert.
1--WE were given the courteous
hearing we always receive in Con-
gresS. We don't always get what we
ask. Some of you ladies know about
that" he grinned.
With enlistments now at 100000,
the Navy is sure it can recruit a
force of 100000 regulars by Septem-
Der l, he reported BY then the Navy
believes it can release even the
draftees inducted since the end Of
the war, the admiral said
Says Navy Needed.
Holding atom bombing of ships to
be improbable" he said, There is
no prospect in the practicable future
that any weapon will make the Navy
obsolescent. AS long as commerce is
conducted by sea, you need ships to
protect it."
He contended that atom bombs are
now too expensive to produce to drop
on single ship; that ships can sep
arate quickly. and that target is
difficult to attack with an atom
bomb, which must be dropped by a
plane from directly overhead.
Admiral NimitZ emphasized, how
ever, that there are great many
unanswered questions about what
an atom bomb can do to ships. The
Navy is preparing to get some of the
answers from three tests it has
scheduled in an honest effort to
get results and without any pTecon-
ceived notions about them" he said.
The Navy fully expects some of
its ships to be sunk in the tests. and
scientists will be watching to see
whether this is caused by explosion
Of ships ammunition or by : the
bomb itself, the admiral added.
Denies Withholding Intelligence.
Admiral Nimitz insisted that there
was complete cooperation between
the Army and the Navy in the
Pacific War. Questioned later, he
denied charge made before the
Pearl Harbor Committee that Navy
in the Philippines
short changed" the Army right up
to the latter months of the war.
Henry C. Clausen, former lieu
tenant colonel who conducted an
for the War Depart
ment, testified that Maj. Gen. C. A.
intelligence officer for
Gen. Macarthur, complained last
year that the Navy was not passing
on all the information it got. Ad-
miral Nimitz said there was no JUS
tiflcation for such a charge after
ne went to the Pacific and a joint
command was established. He add
ed that he was great admirer of
Gen. Macarthur and that there al
ways had been complete co-opera-
ton" between them.
In opposition to establishment of
an independent air force, the ad-
miral asserted that the British Navy
was "hamstrung as far as air sup
port was concerned" when the Royal
Air Force was established.
1T is gradually getting it again."
he added.
Mrs. Harold Burton, wife of the
Supreme Court justice and president
of the Congressional Club, presided
at the meeting. The wives of more
than 300 Senators and Representa-
tiveS attended.
Evening star., 1946-02-16
Byrd's Failure
To See Porkinq
Sign Costs $3.50
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 16.-sen-
ator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia
found himself enmeshed in a city
law this week-and he temporarily
lost car as a result.
The Senator was in Richmond
Wednesday night to attend a meet
ing of the 9Th district legislators at
the Hotel jefferson. He parked his
car near the hotel. When he went
after it next morning it was gone.
Someone recalled new city park
ing rule that automobiles parked in
restricted zones may be towed into
a garage by police and the owner
of the car charged for towing.
The Senator paid his $3.50 towing
charge and apologized profusely.
Said he, "I didn't see the restricted
zone signs when I parked, but saw
them all over when the car was
gone"
Evening star., 1946-02-16
Driver Injured as Car
Hits Parked Tuxicob

Paul Cotter. so, OF 410 Ingraham
street NV, was in a serious con-
dition in Emergency Hospital from
injuries received when his auto
mobile struck a parked taxicab in
the 100 block of Eleventh street
NV. early today, police reported.
Police said Mr.. Cotter was driv-
ing north on Eleventh street about
2:30 am. when the accident occur
red. He was taken to the hospital
by police where he was treated for
. lacerated scalp and a possible
fracture of the skull.
Evening star., 1946-02-16
TuIk on 'AIusku' Planned

Robert K. Coote will give an IL
lustrated lecture on Alaska at a
meeting of the Leland Bradley Cit
izens' Association at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Recreation Center
Tuesday evening.
Evening star., 1946-02-16
Auto Tog Applications
Mailed in Maryland
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 16.-More than
half million application forms for
1916 automobile licenses have been
mailed to Maryland motorists.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Park Central Rent
Testimony Weighed

Rent Control Board Examiner
Ernest williams today began study
Of voluminous testimony offered at
the four-day hearing on the petition
Of operators Of the Park Central
Apartments, 1900 r street NV. to
increase rents Of the 3l7-unit struc-
trlre.
A personal visit to the apartment
house, operated by Morris Cafritz,
will be made shortly by Mr.. Williams.
He said he does not expect to an
nounce = decision before January /.
Rebuttal testimony was offered by
the Park Central operators after a
steady parade Of tenants completed
presenting their opposition.
Everett G. Embrey. construction
superintendent for the Cafritz COM
pany, said fire safety features Of the
Park Central Apartments had been
approved by District inspectors. He
said the National Board Of Fire
Underwriters inspectors also had ap-
proved the building.
In testimony for the tenants side
Of the controversy, 1t had been con-
tended the building had IRE hazards
Joseph D. McGarraghy is counsel
for the Cafritz concern. Edward r.
Haigler has appeared as attorney
for m organized majority group OF
tenants opposing the requested In
creases.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Text Of Arms Resolution

ers and status from the convention
or conventions under which they are
established.
I Troop withdrawal Requested.
4. The General Assembly, regard,
ing the problem Of security Al
closely connected with that Of dis
armament, recommends the Secur.
ity Council to accelerate as much
as possible the placing at its dis.
posal OF the armed forces mentioned
in Article 43 Of the Charter. I
recommends the members to un.
dertake the progressive and bal
anced withdrawal, taking account
OF the needs Of occupation, Of theil
forces stationed in ex-enemy ter
ritories, and the withdrawal with
out delay Of armed forces stationed
In the territories OF members with
out their consent freely ant
publicly expressed in treaties o.
agreements consistent with th'
Charter and no coptradicting in
ternational agreements. 1t furthel
recommends 1 corresponding re
duction Of national armed force'
and q general progressive and bal
anced reduction OF these nationa
armed forces.
S. Nothing herein contained shal
alter or limit the resolution of th'
General Assembly passed on Janu
ary a, 1915. creating the Atomi'
Energy Commission.
6. The General Assembly call
upon the members OF the Unites
Nations TO render every possible
assistance to the Security Council
and the Atomic Energy Commis
sion in order to promote the es
tablishment and maintenance o
international peace and collectiv
security with the least diversion
for armaments Of the worlds humal
and economic resources.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
| Southeast Grocer Fined
SIS for Short Weight

Arnold Meyers, described as q gro
Ger In the 100 block Of Sixth street
8 f., yesterday was fined q total OF
$75 on three charges OF giving short
weight in meat sales.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Richard w. Barton said the offenses
occurred on November 8, November
IA and November Is. The fine was
imposed by Judge George D. Neil
son In Municipal Court.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Berlin WeddingUnit
Son Of Gen. Clay and
Gen. Casey slaughter

With ranking officers of three ma
tions attending, 1t. Gen. Lucius D
Clay's son, Maj. Frank B. Clay, was
married to Patricia Casey, %, daugh-
ter of Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Casey, in
Berlin last night.
The Protestant ceremony was per-
formed at the Berlin residence of
Gen. Joseph T, McNarney, Ameri-
can commander in Europe. 1t is an
ornate villa which formerly was the
Danish Embassy.
The groom was attended by his
brother, 1t. Col. Lucius D. Clay, jr.,
and the bride by Mrs. Myrtle Wat
son of Orlando, Fla. The bride was
employed in Frankfurt as an in
dustrial analyst for the Treasury
Department.
Mothers Unable to Attend.
Originally it had been planned to
have the wedding in London, so
that the mothers of the bride and
groom could be present. Both bought
round trip plane tickets and reser-
vations, but the State Department
refused them passports without War
Department approval, since both
were Army wives" Mrs. Casey said.
Gen. Casey asked permission from
his superiors at the Pentagon, but
he also was refused because current
regulations forbid the wives of
Army GIs as well as generals from
bringing their wives overseas.
Marrying overseas in the midst
OF an Army of Occupation has run
in the family for two generations, -
Mrs. Casey explained last night.
Married in Coblenz. .
Gen. Casey, Gen. MacArthur's En-
gineer officer in Tokyo, and Mrs.
Casey were married in Coblenz dur
ing the World War. Mrs. Casey's
father commanded the Coblenz
Army Hospital.
I'm fact we were married three
times, once by civil authorities, in
a church and then by a Catholic
priest" said Mrs. Casey, who now
lives at 4401 Dexter street NV.
Il hope the third generation will
keep out of Armies of Occupation, "
said Mrs. Casey who explained that
she and Mrs. Clay, who lives at 5000
Thirty Ninth street NV, celebrated
the wedding by mistake last Thurs
day.
Both Mrs. Casey and Mrs. Clay, in
Evening star., 1946-01-13
D. {. Parking 10 Be Topic
OF Traffic Experts Talk

1t. Comdr. Charles T. McGayin,
expert in the field of garage opera
ton throughout the country, will
address the luncheon of the D. c..
Advisory Board of the American
Automobile Association at the May
flower Hotel tomorrow on the park
ing problem in the District.
Washington I. Cleveland, manager
of the District of Columbia Motor
Club, affiliated with the American
Automobile Association, said 1t.
Comdr. McGavin was in charge of
the comprehensive parking survey
conducted from 1899 to 1941 by the
Yale Bureau for Street Traffic Re-
search.
Officials and Businessmen inter-
ested in the parking situation here
are invited to attend the meeting.
The luncheon will start at 1890 pm.
and will be held in the hotels Chi
nese Room.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Sabotage Of GI Bill
By State Agencies
Charged by Legion
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
An American Legion report yes
terday said some State govern
meHtal agencies and certain private
enterprises are sabotaging home
loans and on-the-j -job-training of
veterans"
A report was made on the study
N Legion experts of how the CT
Bill of Rights operates in various
States.
It dealt with portions of the bill
authorizing Government payment
to veterans while they learn trades
and permitting the Government to
guarantee loans, up to $4,000, for
veterans to buy homes, farms or
small businesses.
--~ - - States Not Named.
Legion officials refused to name
the States and agencies, and T. O.
Kraabel, national director of re-
habilitation, told a reporter 1--WE are
not prepared to make accusations. y
"The report is entirely objective, ,
he said, I'VE are concerned with the
effect of the operations of the law
in various States rather than with
who is responsible. There will be
a more detailed report later"
Legion Investigators have been ir
New York, New England and the
Midwest, and now are in the South
State employment officials in each
State they have visited know about
their Investigations.
Mr.: Kraabel said indenture ap-
premiership laws restrict the trades
or businesses that a veteran may
learn in some States.
Trades Restricted.
"a Legion investigator found thai
men are not permitted to earn while
they learn, under the CT bill, unless
their training is confined as to what
are defined by the State as 'appren.
ticeable trades" the report said.
I'm one area of the State only
$500 apprenticeships have been ap.
proved for veterans and nonvet.
Grams alike"
At the Veterans Administration
officials said that if State agency
declines to approve an employers
job training program the employer
can appeal to Gen. Omar N. Bradley
veterans administrator.
In connection with home loans
Col. John Thomas Taylor, national
director of legislation for the
Legion, said real estate men "are
turning up their noses at mention
of CT loan deal and telling veter.
ans the Veterans Administration
won't approve appraisal at present
prices"
Gen. Bradley said 1896 loans
have been approved. OF that num-
ber 42,555 were for homes, 3,276 fol
small business and 1,005 for farms
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Victory Parade
Continued From First Page.)

were Mayor William ODwyer
Gov. Walter e. Edge of New Jersey
Acting Secretary of War Kenneth c.
Royal, Admiral H. F. Leary, COM
mander Of the Eastern Sea Frontier
and Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor hero and new 4th Army
commander.
At Forty-second street and Fifth
avenue the storm Of torn paper was
so heavy it was difficult to see
marchers half a block away. Near
the corner a special reviewing stand
held several hundred wounded
veterans. some of them in wheel
chairs.
Banners of the 82d Division car
ried battle streamers Of two war:
and the men wore, in addition tc
their individual ribbons, the di.
vision-awarded Belgian Fourragere
and the Dutch Lanyard. Marching
with the 82d were elements of the
18th, 17th and 101st Airborne Di-
visions.
Police reported five women spec.
tators tainted during the march.
During World War I, Marine Corps
aviation consisted of 282 officers and
2,18o enlisted men.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Royburn Delays Return
For Congress Opening
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Jan. 12.-House Speaker
Rayburn delayed his departure for
Washington today because of the
illness of his brother-in-law, w. A.
Thomas, Internal Revenue Collec-
tor, who suffered a heart attack last
night.
Mr.. Rayburn, who came home for
the holidays, had planned to return
to Washington today for the open-
ing of Congress Monday.
Evening star., 1946-01-13

for the organ It. Col. R. P. Dunn.
ization, which, he said, has poten-
tial roster of 100000 members, are
LIT. Col. Baldwin c. Burnam of
Louisville, president; Corpl. Burton
A. Mowbray, Drexel Hill, Pa, Sec
retary, and 1t. Col. Stanley w.
Dolan, treasurer. The organiza-
tional meeting took place in Bad
Kissingen, Germany, on November
90, 1945, when the election was held.
Col. Dunn, graduate of George
town University and of its law
school, practiced law with Gardiner
Earnest and Gardiner here until
he entered the AAF in the Inspec-
tor Generals Department in July
1912. He went overseas to England
In September, 1912, and returned
to the United States only last
month.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
.StiIweII to Command
Western Defense Area
n thu Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.-Gen
Joseph w. Stilwell has been as
signed to head the Western Defense
Command. with headquarters in San
Francisco, area headquarters an
nounced today.
Gen. Stilwell formerly commanded
the 10th Army on Okinawa. He was
in charge Of American forces in the
1912 campaign when the Japanese
drove through Burma.
The headquarters announcement
said Maj. Gen. Frank D. Merrill
whose home is at Woodstock, N. H.
and who headed the famed "Mer-
rill's Marauders" in the Burma cam
paien. also has been assigned to the
Western Defense Command.
Evening star., 1946-01-13

During World War I, Marine Corps
aviation consisted of 282 officers and
2,18o enlisted men.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Mrs. WiIIkie Muy Enter Clinic

ROCHESTER, Mimi, Jan. IL Up.
Mrs. Wendell Willkie, arriving in
Rochester today with her lifelong
friend, Miss Mary Sleeth of Rush
vile, Ind, who is to receive treat
ment at the Mayo Clinic, said she
may enter the clinic for check-up
If time permits.
Evening star., 1946-01-13

I VI CC, ~ W d .
announced yes
terday.
The announce
ment said the
association was
for m e d with
the aim of keep
ing " t h is Air
Forces success
es, efforts and
p e rso n al ac-
quaintances in
our memories
and for poster
aty." Other tenn
porary officers
Evening star., 1946-01-13

common with G. rs everywhere, ex-
pressed well modulated evaporation
at Brass Hats" who kept them from
going abroad to be present for the
ceremony.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
9Th Air Force Members
Name Dunn Vice President

1t. Col. Ralph P. Dunn, $500 @
street NV, has been elected vice
president of the temporary organ
ization of members of the 9th Air
Evening star., 1946-01-05
Virginia Commission Considers
Keeping Curbs onMik Delivery

the shortage of equipment and
trained personnel and said increas-
ing service to prewar standards
would increase the cost Of milk from
l to ; cents quart to the consumer,
since the dairies are unable to absorb
any additional costs. He stated that
the companies would require 80 per
cent more truck equipment to return
to q prewar delivery service.
Says Customers Satisfied.
Questioned as to the stand Of
consumers on the matter, Mr.. Bur-
chell said he understood they were
satisfied with the present arrange
ments and preferred the regulations
now In force to a price increase. He
added that -other-day delivery
has not affected consumption, and
that elimination Of Sunday whole
sale deliveries. except to the armed
forces and to hospitals, has reduced
business only slightly.
, Claude PARCEL, acting chairman
Of the commission In the absence
OF DR.. Upton Snavely, asked others
for statements, but none was forth
coming.
Others present were representa-
tives Of Thompson's Dairy, Embassy
Dairy and Chestnut Farms Chevy
Chase Dairy of Washington, Farm
ers Creamery of Fredericksburg, the
Safeway Stores, the Alexandria
Health Department and one con-
Sumer, Mrs. w. H. Henderson.
Evening star., 1946-01-05

and Maj. Asbury Jackson, Winches-
ter, Va.
/ Col. Meeks said the division had
been overseas three years, three
months and nine days. It's last job
was the occupation of Bremen.
Evening star., 1946-01-05

returned to shore to be the first
man up the gangplank to greet my
boys"
He was accompanied aboard the
Lejeune by Col William j. Witte Of
Batonsville, Md, his chief of staff.
The division suffered a total of
% 900 casualties. Gen. Gerhardt
said, including 5000 dead. Eighty
six officers and 1913 men were
casualties on D-day alone, he added.
|. Maj. Carroll B. Smith OF Bar
louisville, Va, executive officer to
Col. Cassell. said that of the 4,4f0
members of the 29th aboard the
Lejeune, only so were in the original
Normandy assault. He said the
division claimed more than $4,000
Germans killed and 10o, 900 captured.
Mascot Struggled Aboard.
The 8-year-old mascot, Eddie
Nichichuk, was found in a displaced
persons camp at Lippstadt, Ger
many, last March. troops reported,
and he was smuggled aboard the
transport by the now-customary
barracks bag method.
Dressed in an officers uniform
with first deutenant's bars, Eddie
will be taken to Ellis Island for in
vestigation. He said his parents
were killed in German concentra-
tion camp.
The following battalion command
ers were aboard the ship: Col. Fred
McManaway, South Roanoke, Va;
1t. Col. Lawrence E. Meeks, Roanoke,
Evening star., 1946-01-05
Gas Death Of Family
Ruled Accident; Leak
Outside Home Blamed

Dr.. r. J. Broschart, Montgomery
County deputy medical examiner,
yesterday issued certificate of ac-
cidental death by asphyxiation in
the case Of Kensington family Of
five, after investigation showed gas
had seeped into the house from
q break In the gas lire about one
foot from the two-story brick home
at "a Franklin street.
Killed were John, E. Moran, 80,
Reconstruction Finance Corp. ex-
aminer, recently discharged from
the Navy; his wife, Elizabeth, 81,
and their three daughters, Betty
Jane, II, a student at Holy Cross
Academy; Patricia. is, Woodrow
Wilson High School student, and
Charlotte. II. who attended KEN
sington Elementary School.
The bodies. still in their night
clothes, were found in second-floor
bedrooms Of the house about s pm.
Thursday by Detective Corpl. John
p. Leahy and Corpl. Thomas De
Nell Of the county police after the
officers had been called by neighbors.
Bedroom Windows Closed.
DR.. Broschart said the five ap-
parently had been dead since early
Thursday. He added that if the
family had been sleeping with open
windows, he was almost positive"
they would not have been killed.
Adding that persons suffering
from certain allergies often are ad-
vised to leave sleeping room win
dows closed, DR.. Broschart said he
did not know whether this was the
case with the Moran family.
He also said he had been told
that one Of the daughters had been
sick and that this may have been
the reason for the closed windows.
H. B. Noyes. general superinten-
dent of the Washington Gas Light
Co, said the break In the gas line
was caused by pressure from an g.
inch concrete slab near the foun-
dation Of the house, and settling of
the ground.
Walk Pressed on Pipe.
He said investigators also dis
covered that a concrete walk in
front Of the house also pressed
down on the pipe. The weight of
the concrete installations plus the
settling of the ground
caused the pipe to crack. he ex-
planned.
Asked whether any steps could
be taken to prevent the recurrence
Of such a tragedy, Mr.. Noyes said
he would advise homeowners
against placing any solid structure
atop gas line.
The broken pipe has been re-
moved by county police and prob
ably will be sent to laboratory to
determine If the break was the re-
suit Of defect in manufacture.
Evening star., 1946-01-05

Hetent1on OF wartime delivery
restrictions inaugurated by the
Once OF Defense Transportation,
on the grounds their discontinuance
would result in higher milk prices
to the consumer was being studied
today by the Virginia Milk COM
mission.
The suggestion was made yester-
day by M. H. Burchel, general man.
ager and secretary-treasurer Of the
Alexandria Dairy Products Co. Al
though nearly all the major dairies
serving the area were represented,
Mr.. Burchell was the only one to
offer testimony at the hearing in
the Alexandria City Hall, called
at the request Of the Arlington
Alexandra Milk Board.
Mr.. Burchell said he favored In
cooperating the present regulations
into State law. at least for the
time being.
Favors Present Deliveries.
He said he favored continuing
retail deliveries, every other day, six
day wholesale deliveries, banning Of
special orders and call-backs, limit
ing grades Of cream to whipping
and coffee cream only, and requir-
Ing deposits on wholesale deliveries
OF bottles and cases, at least until
the industry is in a better position
to reconvert to prewar service
practices.
He also favored advance orders,
continuance of daylight delivery
routes and fixing Of one-quart-sized
bottles as minimum.
Mr.. Burchell gave as his reasons
Evening star., 1946-01-05
Vanguard Of 2oth
Arrives in New York;
Greeted by General
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated freSs.
NEW YORK, Jan. R.-The
vanguard of the famous 29th In
fantry Division, whose men were the
first to land in Normandy, arrived
last night aboard the Navy trans
port Lejeune.
The ship carried 1892 passengers
including one stowaway, Lithuan-
ian boy, the divisions moscot.
Originally composed of District of
Columbia, Virginia and Maryland
National Guard units, the 29th Di-
vision men aboard the Lejeune were
headed by Col. Harold A. Cassell,
Roanoke, Va, commanding officer of
the 116th Regiment.
1t was the 116th which first hit
the invasion beachhead June 6,
1914 The regiment alone suffered
10000 casualties during its bitter
days Of fighting through France and
Germany. A regiment normally
consists OF 3,lo0 men.
Met by Commander.
As the Lejeune pushed its way
into New York Harbor, it was met
by the divisions commanding officer,
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt, of
Macon, Ga, who led his men from
Omaha beachhead to a junction
with the Red Army at the Eibe
River.
Cen Gerhardt, who flew home
from Germany last Sunday, met the
vessel in an Army boat, and then