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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-13

IN HIS Ignatus Miedz-
weck veteran petioned Quaker City
court attempt his artificial foot He charges that his
landlord sold his artificial
along with his furniture for 20 rent He lost his left
foot the North African The held the landlord
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16
PISMA IZ STARECA kRAJA
Ves+i L Zobs6o pri Reki

Anton Kalc, 22471 Nicholas
Ave-, Euclid, O., je prejel pismo
in dvoje silk cd matere, Ka-
terine Kalc, Zobice Stew. l. po-
Sta Reka ma Primorskem. Matt
tozi, da je zelo oslabela in da bo
tezko docakala drugega pisma
iz Amerike, ker prvo je hodilo
celih pet mescev. Vojska je ma
ter do konca zdelala in tezko
Jim je tudi, ker nimajo svoje hi
Sc.
Hci Sc je porocila in ina diva
otroka. Ia njenega moza sc pa
mic ne We, nj nobenega glasu cd
MEGA cd nikoder. Sin Tone je
pa pri vojakih ze stiri leta, cd
tega dive lett v domaci vojski.
Sedaj mu nj slabo. Vsi so bosi
in nagi ostali in brez strehe. Ia
vse je hudo tam, a "a stare liu-
di najbolj, ker Sc ne dobi po-
strezbe.
Drugo pismo je Anton Kalc
prejel cd tete Rozine Kalcic il
Susaka st. 21, Jelsane, Sloven-
sko Primorje, XII pise, da je bill
tudi njen dom porusen. V vojni
je zgubila enega sina, drugi sin
ntri hcere SO sedaj pa donna.
Dom jim je bill unicen kot tudi
vsa obleka in ostalo orodje.
X X
Zgornji dive Sikh sta cd sina
in hcere Mr.. Kalca. Hci drzi ma
rokah svojo malo hcerko, vnu-
kinjo Mr.. Kalca.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16

DeIo dobi+e

dive prvovrstni beauty operato-
rici," v dobro poznanih prosto-
rih, sredi sloyenske naselbine v
CollinWoodu in Euclidu. Dobra
plaza. Poklicite "a podrobnosti
" 6162.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16

rake. Tam je bill glad, glad . .
Med mimi je bill tudi moi brat
Milan star % let, XII je hodil v
osmo gimnazijo. Po treh mese-
cih je bill zopet izdan kot orga-
nizator Osvobodilne fronte ter
pripeljan nazaj v Ljubljano. Po-
tenn je bill obsojen ma IL let je-
&c in zopet odpeljan v zapore v
Italijo.
"Kmalu nato 1912 leta sem
padla v roke zlocincev JAZZ in "a
radi mladoletnosti, ker sem bila
stara sele II let, so we'll Sc ma
mo. Obe sva bill odpeljani v Ita-
lilo v koncentracijsko tabori-
See. Pc enem letu, v letu 1943,
po kapitulaciji Italije, smo Sc
vsi trije, tudi brat, vrnili do
NOV, kjer mas je cakal sam alta.
Po kapitulaciji Italije, so mas "a
sedli Nemci.
"se sedaj nam MISC dali miru
ii izrodki. V januarju 1914 le-
ia SO mas vse stiri, alta, mama,
brata in meme, aretirali ter mas
po IA dneh odpeljali v nacistic-
ma taborisca. Alta in Milana v
Dachau, meme in mamo pa v
Ravensbruck. Pri aretaciji nam
je bilo vse do najmanjse Swan
Ike zaplenjeno, vse pohistvo,
obleka in perilo. Ko smo sc tri-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16

ROYAL HAT STYLE Exhibit
ing a gracious smile and wearing
her Easter hat, Princess E9Eabeth
of England leaves Town Hall, Not
tingham, England, after attending
a concert given by q ehildren's
choir.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16
kdo ie umiroI "a svobodo JugosIoviie7

nase ukradene kraje s Trstom
vred. To zavlacevanje mi vzbu-
ia sovrastvo do tistih, XII nam
upraviceno ne vrnejo.
|, "Prosil, oziroma, rekel mi je
kmet IL Ajdovscine, XII je bill v
italijanski vojski oh zasedbi pri
mas: "Prosim vas, v imenu vse.
ga nasega prebivalstva, v imenu
rojakov v zasedeni Italiji, da
nam pomagate v borbi proti ia.
sizmu in da mas vrnejo k vam,
kamor pripadamo."
"Kdo Sc je boril? Kdo :je tr.
pei? Kdo je umiral "a svobodo
"a izgon fasistov? Mar tisti, ki
SO sli s fasisti Italijani in Sc Sc
sedaj skrivajo po 1taliji in Tr'
?Mar tisti, XII so si z Mem.
ci in Sc sedaj skrivajo po Ko.
roskem?
mi, v Bell krajini smo bill
osvobojeni 1943 leta. Delhi smc
81 s tovarisi.. borci neslan zme.
Sen kruh, nerabljeno repo in
krompir. Bill smo najveckrat
brez soil, tudi mascobe nismc
imeli. Ker smo vsi skupaj zbo.
leli, so mas evakuirali v Italijo
v bolnisnico. Cd tam ii je MOI
MOI pisal. Odgovora pa nismo
dobili. Alta vem, da je bill zelc
vessel pisma. Mislil je, da niste
vec zivi. JAZZ nisem donna, am.
pax smo v Ljubljani. Bila sem
donna samo diva dni, ker je bi
alta zelo bolan. To je bilo v no.
vembru, sedaj je boljsi, skora.
dober.
''Vrtacnik Ivanka"
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16
PRvI JUGosLoVANI
v AMERIKI!

Kdo SO bill prvi Jugoslovani,
XII SO Sc naselili v Ameriki? &c
ne veste, citajte "A Nation of
Nations" knjigo, XII je najnovej.
Sc literarno delo nasega ameri.
|sko-slovenskega poznanega in
|spostovanega pisatelja Louis
Adamica. Ia vsakega naseljenca
ali tn rojenega Slovenca ali Ju-
goslovana je zelo vazno, da We!
V urednistvu Enakopravnosti jo
lahko nabavite.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16

je vrnili, smo nasli cisto, praz.
no stanovanje.
Brat, XII je bill nazadnje v
Hamburger, Sc Sc nj mic oglasil
Gotovo je umrl v lagerju, ker je
bill tako bolan. Tudi alta je bill
silno bolan, saj ina Sc vedno
posledice ma nogi, ker je bill pet.
.krat operiran ma njej v lager.
ju. T.. u RI. -, .... r.
"zivljenje v lagerju Ii pa ne
bonn opisovala, ker je ze tako
znano po vsej Evropi, oziroma
po vsem svetu, kaj SO delali
Nemci z nami po koncentracij-
skin taboriscih. Bill smo brez
obleke, trpeli glad, vecno pre-.
tepanje, IL urno delo po tovar-
nah, krematorijih it'd. Vse to
smo nekako prestali,. Sc sama
ne morem verjeti kako. y
"se te razmere, dokler sc ne
uredi, bono morali prenesti, po-
tenn pa bono imeli lepse zivlje-
ME. Mi ze imamo svobodo, tisti
pa, kateri SO mas pretepali, il.
dajali ter posiljali v taborisea
pa so sedaj v lagerjih, kamor
so prostovoljno zbezali, pred
vsem ma Korosko ali v 1talijo,
ker so Sc zbali pravicne kazni,
katero hi Jim prisodila sloven-
ska oblast.
"Nase geslo je, kar 81 delal
med casom okupacije, tako bos
poplacan. Cim vec bos naredil
sedaj, tempreje bono imeli 70
pet novo Jugoslavijo. Drugi pa
maj sedaj poskusijo, da bodo We
deli, kako izgleda lager v res
nici, ceprav ne bodo okusili te-
ga, kar smo morali mi.
''Mislim, da sem I'll S tenn ma
10 ~opisala nase zivljenje, XII je
bio tezko in trdo. Toda presta-
Ii smo in docakali to, "a kar
smo sc borili: "a svobodo in
enakopravnost vseh narodov v
Federativni ljudski republiki
Jugoslaviji, kateri naceluje mas
marsal Tito.
"Prejmite vsi najlepse po-
zdrave cd mas vseh, posebno cd
Tvoje necakinje
"Danice Medved".
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16
HIsNA

dobi sluzbo IA opravljanje lahlka
hisna della. Mic kuhe in pranja.
Oskrba dveh otrok. Da bi tn live
la. Ina nekaj veSerov v tednu pro-
sto in della dni. Plaza SIS teden-
sko. PokliEite YE 69o7.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16
i6. n,aja, 194d

' noiem Sc oddo
opremljeno soho, pri mirni dru-
zini. Vprasa Sc ma 1909 Myron
Ave.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16

Zdrav narod. posebno mladi-
ma. potrebuje najboljse nege.
da bo ostal evrst "a odpornost
proti fasizmu. Prilika "a do
prinos v sklad otroske bolni-
ce v Sloveniji je "a vse po-
membna. Prispevajte po svoji
zmoznosti kjer koli: tudi v
uradu "Enakopravnosti" lah.
ko oddaste vas doprinosI
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16
"Noprodoi nismo S|ovenci nikdor"

Zanimivi pismo je sprejel Mr..
John Medved, 788 E. 222 St.,
Euclid, Ohio cd svoje necaki-
ME Danice Medved, XII je hci
brata Ludvika, bivajocega v
Ciglarjevi ulici st. 10, v Ljub-
ljani. Pismo ma poljuden nacin
opisuje stalisce mladine oh ca
su, ko je Jugoslavija pod sta
rim rezimom prozila svoje roke
fasizmu in nacizmu. Mladina sc
je zavedala, da jo je rodila slo-
venska matt in pripravljena je
bila boriti sc "a tisto, "a kar
so pradedje prelivali svojo kri.
Memo pismo sc glasi:
"Ljubljana, TO-. jan. 1916.
"Dragi stric! 49, I.
"Ne mores 81 nisliti S kakim
zacudenjem in obenem vese-
ljem smo prsjeli Tvoj glas, da
81 Sc xiv. Da, po tolikem in ta-
ko strasnem casu Sc zopet jaw
ljajo svojci in iscejo svoje, ka-
terih pa morda ze nj vec med
zivimi.
"V kratkem hocem opisati,
kako je fasizem hotel uniciti slo-
venski rod. Toda mi sc drzimo
parole: "Naprodaj nismo Slo-
venci nikdar!' Ko je leta 1941
ma tako sramoten nacin propa-
dla Jugoslavija, kljub temu, da
SIN o bill mladina pripravljena
jo braniti in ohraniti svoj jerk.
Pripravljeni smo bill braniti vse,
kar so nam krvjo priborili ma
81 pradedje, pa SO Sc priteple
italijanske fasisticne hijene k
nam.
''ze takoj, ko so mas zasedli,
SO mas hoteli prisiliti, da bono
kar cez noe postal "slovenski
fasisti', proti cemur smo sc pa
mi odlocno uprli. Smo sam O
Slovenci, XII mas je rodila slo-
venska matt in mic drugega. Ia
to SO mas zaceli metati il Sol,
mas zapirati, pozigati domove,
muciti it'd.
"Slovenski narod je takoj
nasel edino pravo pot v parti-
zane. Bosi, goli, skoraj brez
orozja, so Sc zaceli odpravljati
v gozdove fantje, mozje in ze-
ne. Nekateri so pustilli donna
druzino, samo, da bodo branili
naso cast. Toda la zalost, zna-
sli so sc nekateri med nami tu-
di izrodki, XII SO zaceli hlapce-
vati okupatorju "a denar ter
zaceli izdajati osvobodilni po-
kret.
''Leta 1912 so napravili Ita-
lijani po nasvetu teh izdajic blo-
kade in odpeljali vse studente v
Italijo v taborisee Gonars v ba-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16
Manjse klobasice bodo
servirali

Cleveland Concession Co., XII
prodaja gledalcem v mestnem
stadionu OBJ raznih zogometnih
igrah in drugih prilikah prigri-
eek in mehke place, sporoca,
da bodo v bodoce publiki po-
stregli 2 manjsimi klobasicami
"wieners" in rneso bo zmesano
s koruzno moko. Vzrok temu
je pomanjkanja mesa. .-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16

Preskrbite ipotrebno nego
slovenski mladini v Sloveniji!
Prispevajte Ia otrosko bolnico
v Sloveniji! v uradu "Enako-
pravnosti" lahko oddaste vas
delezl .~.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16

Mrs. Josephine Cvetko Mez-
narich, County Line Rd., Gene
va, O., je prejela zelo zanimivo
pismo Cd svoje sestre Ivanke
Vrtacnik IL Ljubljane. Pred VOL
sko je bill njen MOI ucitelj pri
sv. Duhu, posta Nova vas. Mr..
Cvetko, oce Mrs. Meznarich, je
Bel v start kraj pc, prvi vojni in
ga je veliko ljudi poznalo tu-
kaj, posebno pa Sc v Fairportu,
o. Pismo je sledece: -
"Ljubljana, 9. feb. 1916.
''Draga sestra in ostali! -
''Dobila sem Tvoje pismo, XII
mi ga je mama poslala. Draga
sestra, koncana je> dolga, krva-
va vojna. citas, kar pisejo ljud-
je il nase domoyine, pa vse gor-
je, vse te necloveske borbe Sc
ne da popisati.
"Kakor veeina mas v Jugosla-
viii, sem tudi JAZZ cd zacetka de-
lala v Osvobodilni 'front.', torej
bila sem Slovenka, kar je bio
pa smrtno nevarno. Ostali smo
zivi. Izgubili smo marsikaj. Maj
vec je pa zdravje. Vseeno pa
bi raje izgubila zivljenje, kakor
pa ostala v dosmrtnem suzenj-
stvu. Sedaj pa imamo dragoce-
no svobodo in ljudsko oblast.
Poleg tega, da marsikaj nimam,
sem srecna.
"Videla sem brate in sestre,
stare in mlade in otroke, XII so
jih ubili fasisti in domaci izda-
jalci. Tudi Tvojega, oziroma ma
Sega oceta 81 je ia domaca I'VE
rinska drhal pripravila. Odpe-
ljali so ga cd donna, pa so neka-
ko vascani izprosili, da ga je ia
krvava drhal S trent brati izpu-
stila.
'Ti 81 zamisli nasega alta, star
cez 70 let, pa ga vzamejo. S ka-
kim obcutkom je Sci z izdajalci,
preprican, da ga ustrele. Yes, pa
nasi ljudje so sli kljub smrtni
poti s ponosno dvignjeno glavo.
Sal so Sc borili "a veliko stvar
- "a pravico!
"Leta 1912 so mi Italijani
odpeljali moza v internacijo, po-
zneje v zapore. Ostala sem sa-
ma dvema otrokoma, seveda
brez place, pricakovanjem in
ternacije ali zapora. Yes cas-
okupacije sem bila v Bell kra-
JIM, v Crnomlju. Kakor povsod,
je~ bilo ,tudi tam, samo strelja-
ME, zapiranje ljudi IN poziga-
ME vasi. &c bi I'll videla nase
borce, partizane, bosi v snegu,
skoraj goli, S pusko ma rami in
S pesmijo ma ustih, pozabis ma
sebe in mislis samo emo -- ma
svobodo, ma zlom fasisticne ka-
&c, XII mas je ovila.
Boris sc mimi z neustras-
MIN junastvom. Sama sebi Sc
cudim, kako to, da sem Sc upa-
la biti tako drzna. To je bila sa-
mo misel ma svobodo. Mi vsi smo
videli, da mas hocejo uniciti, "a
kopati v vecno suznost in temo.
Bolje kot to je pa smrt.
"Sedaj sem srecna. LIE emo mi
Sc greni, ceravno vem, da Sc mo-
ra izpolniti nasa leila, leila vseh
borcev, XII smo sc borili tudi "a
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16

Val donsssk . otro1ko bol-
nico = sloysniji bo xnak Uu-
bsxni II spo6tesanja do 20
trsbnih. Y = aamsn lahko
prispsvats tudI = uSadu Z 'Enl-
1kopravnoetl''t
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-16

Sennte karaktei
prd ponosno
ko julie Mnnx ) "Tequ
hbom ko bic e veika olo
(N sika kaze imenovanega
Evening star., 1946-10-15
Substitute BusIine
Opposition Is Voted

The Northeast washington Citi-
zens' Association last night opposed
the Capital Transit Co.'s petition to
the Public Utilities Commission for
the substitution of buses for street.
cars on the Benning line east Of
Fifteenth street NV.
Louis Bowdler of the Northeast
Businesmen's Association said the
projected change would not ma
terially increase the carrying Ca
pacity of the line, but would mean
greater tax burdens for the people
to defray the expense Of street
widening which he said would be
required.
The association also resolved to
petition the District Commissioners
to take steps toward Frightening
the interior of the viaduct on H
street under the tracks of the
Washington Terminal Co. The
group warned the present dim light
ing constituted a traffic hazard.
Roscoe jenkins, association presi-
dent, was reelected. Other officers
chosen were: John E. Duvall, first
vice president; Joseph Callan, sec
ond vice president; Ralph Shen-
berger, recording secretary; L. A..
Jett, financial secretary, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Cross, treasurer.
The new Executive Committee in
cludes John N. Weber, Miss Nellie
Emerson, Miss Maude Emerson,
Mrs. Pauline Callan and Miss Edith
williams, principal of the Ludlow
School.
The meeting was held at the
school, Sixth and G streets NE.
Evening star., 1946-10-15
Columbia Historical
Society Meets Tonight

The Columbia Historical Society
will meet at BIS o'clock tonight in
the Brookings Institution, 722 Jack
son place NV. The hotel strike
forced a shift from its usual meet
ing place, the Mayflower Hotel.
A. Leftwich Sinclair, jr., will
speak on 1.-THE History of the Auto
mobile in the District of Columbia. I"
Motion pictures and special exhibits
will be shown.
Evening star., 1946-07-08
Bond Awaits 5000, ,000th
Guest Of Service Center

The three -millionth guest is ex-
pected to pass the portals of the
United Nations Service Center, 500
North Capitol street, sometime this
afternoon. and the fortunate in
dividual will get $50 Savings Bond
Off1cials of the center, mecca of
visiting personnel of the armed
services since early in the war, will
present the War Bond award, Maj
Gen. Philip B. Fleming, Federal
Works administrator, said.
At noon today the automatic
counter in the lobby of the center
was within a score or so of the
100000 mark.
The center's millionth guest was
recorded October 27, 1914, and its
second millionth guest on Septem-
Der II, l945. The center was in
augurated October %, 1943, by Rec
reation Services, Inc, which is the
operating agency for the War Hos
pitality Committee here.
Evening star., 1946-07-08
.Throngs Return Here
After Long Holiday

1t was back to work for Washing
tons employees and all others
fortunate enough to share in the
four-day Independence Day holiday
as trains and buses brought the
last, reluctant travellers home today
Late yesterday and all night travel
facilities were jammed with the re-
turning horde. Sunburned or tanned
they were back from the beaches or
mountains-sadly projected into
some of Washington's hottest
weather Of the summer. For Gov
ernment workers, the outlook was
not made cheerier by the realiza
ton they must work a Saturday to
compensate for the long week end.
A score of extra sections were
run by Pennsylvania and Baltimore
& Ohio railroads to carry the extra
traff1c, regarded as the heaviest
since the Christmas holidays. The
influx was still heavy as late al
10 am. today with the arrival OF
western trains.
Bus and automobile traffic also
was heavy. The bus companies
put on all available extra equip
ment to handle the throngs return
ing from Virginia and Maryland
beaches
Evening star., 1946-07-08
Veterans Group 10 Write
Questions on HOUSING

Written questions on housing pri-
orty to be asked Of Washington
housing officials by the Combined
Veterans Committee on Housing
were to be completed today, accord
ing to Ted Luther, contact man be-
tween the committee and the Vet
Grams Information Center.
The questions were to be subjected
to a poll of committee members and
their signature is to be obtained
prior to placing them before local
housing agency heads, Mr.. Luther
said.
Decision to write out housing
questions and have them approved
by committee members followed
withdrawal Of the American Legion
and American Veterans Committee
representatives on the committee
These groups objected to question
ing Of officials by telephone and
making questions public before TAX
ing them up privately with respon-
sible agency heads.
Evening star., 1946-07-08
Air Service 10 Saudi Arabia
To Be Started Tomorrow

Weekly commercial air service
between Washington and Saudi
Arabia will be inaugurated tomorrow
night by Trans World Airline, Jack
Frye, president, announced today.
Flying time for the 7,738-mile
route will be 81 hours. The plane
will leave Washington National Air
port at 1926 pm. each Tuesday and
reach Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, by
way of Newfoundland, Ireland
France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece
and Egypt.
Inauguration Of the new service
will mark the first anniversary OF
the award OF TWAS initial CONNER
cial air route, Mr.. Frye said.
Last night the airline began
weekly service between Washington
and Agiers, Tunis, Tripoli and
Egypt.
Evening star., 1946-07-08
Several D. {. Hospitals
Delay Boost in Charges

Officials at several Washington
hospitals were marking time today
in the face of room charge price
increases announced by other hos
pitfalls.
Children's Hospital, according to
Miss Matte Gibson, superintendent,
is waiting for action by the newly
formed National Capital Area Hos
pital Council. Miss Gibson said it
is imperative that rates be raised
at Children's but that the institu-
ton intends to stick to an earlier
agreement to await Council action.
At Sibley Hospital it was said
action awaits return of officials
away on vacation and official trips.
In yesterdays Star, through q
typographical error, it was er-
roneously reported that Emergency
Hospital was contemplating imme-
diate increases in rates. Emergency
Hospital officials informed The Star
Saturday that they had set up
$l65 monthly pay scale for nurses,
including partial maintenance pro-
visions, and that they did not i'm.
mediately contemplate increases.
Evening star., 1946-07-08
WCA Club Teen Opens
With Dance, Show Toniqhl

Jerry Strong, early morning mas.
ter of ceremonies at Station WINK
Joby Reynolds, WOL-Mutual vocal.
ist, and Dale Belmont, singer, now
appearing at Loew's Capitol Theater
will participate in the opening fes.
tivities of Club Teen, 614 E street
NV, at 8 pm. today, it was an
nounced. They will join with the
Bob Starr quartet in entertaining
the youthful crowd expected at the
opening. Dancing will be from 8
o'clock to midnight.
Club Teen, sponsored by the
YWCA, is designed to operate as q
night club for the youth OF Wash
ington. There will be dancing every
night, Mondays through Saturdays
and guest stars will furnish added
entertainment. Guests may come
singly or in couples. There will be
cover charge of IS cents a person
and refreshments will be sold at
minimum costs.
Evening star., 1946-07-08
Housebreaker Kills Self,
Woman Victim Near Death

Mrs. Marie Trent, colored, 40, is
near death at Casualty Hospital
today from serious skull injuries
inflicted by a claw hammer in the
hands of a colored housebreaker
who apparently shot himself to
death beside his unconscious victim
when the robbery attempt was frus-
trated by the woman's screams last
night, police said today
Investigators identified the dead
man as Albert Baxter, 40, of the
700 block of First street NV. He
died of pistol wounds early today
at Casualty Hospital, according to
Detective Sergt. Walter Perry.
AS Sergt. Perry reconstructed
events, Baxter, who roomed in the
same building with Mrs. Trent,
entered her room intending to COM
NIT theft, assaulted the woman
with the claw hammer when she
screamed, then shot himself in fear
of discovery. The coroner's Office
is withholding certificate pending
outcome of Mrs. Trent's injuries.
Evening star., 1946-07-08
Day Care Cenfers Operate
Although Bill! Isn't Signed

The Districts IA child day centers
were operating today although
President Truman has not signed
the bill passed by Congress to ex-
tend the program from July /.
The Mothers Committee for Day
Care was hopeful the President
would sign the bill soon now that he
has returned from a July week.
end vacation. Senate action on an
appropriation request to finance the
centers through June, 1947, awaited
White House decision.
The District Commissioners plan
to urge veto on the ground that
the District cannot afford to finance
the centers. School officials said
the centers would be open tomor-
row. but they did not know about
later in the week. The Mother S
Committee already had announced
it would function all week. The
Board of Public Welfare is sched-
uled to take over administration ii
the President approves the bill.
Evening star., 1946-07-08
Motorist Faces Seven Churqes
After 9O-Mile-un-Hour Chase

E. B. Griffith and Sergt. R. M.
Hignutt were waiting at Laurel
where they joined in the chase.
Police said Lee was stopped by a
road obstruction, but when Trooper
Griffith pulled up, Lee went into
reverse and damaged the police car.
Lee then speeded on out the Wash
ington- Baltimore boulevard, police
said, and turned off at Waterloo to-
ward Fort Meade. Trooper Arm
strong, still in pursuit, nearly turned
over when his car spun around on
the curve. BY that time Trooper A.
H. Robbins had joined the pursuit
and, according to police. overlook
the driver near Fort Meade
Police said Lee tried to force
Trooper Robbins off the road before
he was forced off by the police car
Evening star., 1946-07-08
Two From This Reqion
Die Of Spotted Fever

Rocky Mountain spotted fever
took the lives of a Montgomery
County woman and a Virginia mar
yesterday.
Mrs. Phena Neely, 76, German
town, died in Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, of the disease. according
to hospital authorities. 1t was the
first death this year from spotted
fever in Montgomery County.
Mrs. Neely was admitted to the
hospital last Wednesday.
John Alexander Hope, IS, of Lees
burg, Va, died in the Frederick
Md Hospital His death was the
second due to that cause at the hos.
pital this year.
Mr.. Hope was brought to the hos
pital a week ago and his illness wa:
not diagnosed Immediately. as rela'
tives said he had no knowledge o.
being bitten by tick.
Funeral services will be held a.
III am. tomorrow in Christ Episco.
pal Church, Lucketts, Va. with tn.
Rev. Howard Cady ofhciating. Sur
viyors include a brother, Charles r
Hope, Purcellville, Va.
Six cases of spotted fever have
been reported this year in suburban
Maryland and Virginia communities
Evening star., 1946-07-08
Forest Glen Patients
To Get CunuI Trip

Thirty amputees from the Bethes-
da Naval Hospital and the Army's
convalescent center at Forest Glen
will be guests of the Bethesda USO
Chapter on a barge trip on the
Chesapeake & Ohio canal tomorrow.
The trip is sponsored jointly with
Government Services, Inc, opera
tors of the canal trips for the Ma
tional Parks Service A wire ma
chine will be carried along to record
material for a national radio broad
cast.
Miss Louise Meroney, assistant di-
rector of the chapter, is in charge,
assisted by Miss Betty Moore, chair
man of a committee arranging the
trip.