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Evening star., 1949-07-19
McLemore-
Banks Let Money
60 to Their Heads
By Henry McLemore

There Is only one thing in the
world that really frightens me, and
that's a bank. Any bank. Let me
walk into a bank, be it the Arkan-
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Army to Tell Story of War 'EvenftHurts'

tons Of records began to flow into
Washington from all over the
globe. The material from the
Army now occupies $4,000 square
feet Of floor space in the Penta-
gon alone and the entire collection
amounts to more than $1,000 tons.
The division is becoming "the
memory of the Army" In addi-
ton to the history program, its
activities include a historical ref
erence service, the preparation of
manuscript material for various
Army schools, the writing of staff
reports and the preparation of
special historical studies.
A series Of single battle his
tories - called monographs - has
been completed. They proved high
ly successful. Gen. Marshall, when
he was chief Of staff, ordered the
books largely for the use Of pa
tients in hospitals who, he found,
were not familiar with the en-
gagements in which they had
been wounded. Available at the
Government Printing Office at
from 35 cents to 81, a total Of 49,
900 have been sold to date. The
last of the IA volumes in this
series was published last August
under the title Utah Beach to
Cherbourg."
Evening star., 1949-08-21
7 Charged With Fraud
In Recruiting Workers
By the kssoeioisd Press

MADISON. Wis. Aug. 20.-Two
officials of a food products firm
were named today in warrants
charging them with making mis-
representations to Southern mi
gratory employees in persuading
them to work in Wisconsin.
Named in the warrants were
Joseph Rack, president Of the
Mazo Food Products Co. at nearby
Mazomanie, and his brother,
Frank. also an officer Of ths
firm
Dane County Sheriff Herman
Kerl. who signed the complaints,
said the charges were based on an
investigation which followed q
strike Of 40 Negro workers from
Georgia and the Carolinas.
The workers struck last night,
demanding increased wages and
complaining living conditions
were unsatisfactory at the firms
farm. Some paraded around the
State capitol, distributing hand
bills titled End Slavery in Wis
consin."
Federal officials who investi-
gated the possibility that VIOLA
tions of civil rights or peonags
might be involved, said they were
satisfied such was not the case.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Foreign Service School
Offers ; Scholarships

Three full tuition scholarships
in the Georgetown University
School Of Foreign Service. valued
at approximately $500 each. are
being offered in competition on
September 10 to employed men
and women in the Washington
area, 1t was announced yesterday.
Secretary J. Raymond Trainor
said the scholarships are good for
the f1ve-year course in the eve
ming department, leading to the
bachelor of science degree in either
foreign service or business admin
istration. The examination will
be held at 10 am. in Room 8 Of
the Healy Building on the George
town campus.
Applications for the examina-
ton should be filed with the Com
mittee on Scholarships not later
than September /, Mr.. Trainor
said. Graduates of accredited
secondary schools are eligible. but
students with previous college
training and veterans eligible for
GI training are barred.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Bell Aircraft Denounces
Dewey's Refusal Of Militia
BY the Associated Press

BUFFALO, N. Y. Aug. 20.-The
president of strike-bound Bell Air
craft Corp. said today that Gov
Dewey's refusal to provide state
police or militia protection "is to-
tally unsatisfactory"
The Governor, in q sharply
worded message, refused a joint
plea for help sent him by Law
renee D. Bell. head Of the aircraft
firm, and Niagara County Sheriff
Henry E. Becker.
The request followed a dem.
onstration yesterday by hundreds
of strikers who marched through
the plant.
Mr.. Bell reported at least 81,
employees were beaten by the dem
onstrators.
CIO United Auto Worker!
spokesmen said the strikers mere.
ly were checking on employees a
| work.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Policeman Retained
After Fitness Trial

A Washington policeman whose
physical fitness for police duty
was investigated by a police Trial
Board and the Police Board OF
Surgeons will be kept on the job
The Commissioners have ap-
proved a recommendation by Cor
poration Counsel Vernon E. West
that Pvt. Alton L. Highsmith be
kept in the department on clerical
duty.
Pvt. Highsmith was called be-
fore a trial board last January to
determine whether he should be
dismissed from the force because
of a reported disability not &C
quired in line of duty.
He was tried under q proce-
dure until then used only for in
fractions of police discipline. The
charge of unfitness. to which he
pleaded not guilty, grew out Of his
loss of consciousness while at the
wheel of q scout car early last
August 81.
The trial board exonerated him
and findings in the case went tt
the Police Board of Surgeons. The
latter found he could not be re.
tired for an ailment not con-
tracted in the line of duty.
The commissioners turned tht
problem over to Mr.. West, WHIT
served with efficiency in the COM
munications and records division
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Gas Company EmpIoye Gets
$1,352 for Suggestion

A suggestion made q year age
by an employe. William j. Doyle
to the Washington Gas Light Co.
has netted him 10 per cent of the
81 900 per month saving to his
employer.
Mr.. Doyle. who has worked in
the service department three
years, was given a check for the
balance of the 1882 award due
him. He already had received part
of the 10 per cent Of the first years
savings.
The savings in meter >mainte-
nance expenses grew out Of Mr..
Doyle's suggestion that before a
serviceman went on a call, he
should check to see If the particu-
lar meter was due for its annual
testing, and if so do the mainte-
nance and testing at the same
time.
Mr.. Doyle lives at S416 Man
chester road, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
School Of Catholic Action
To Open al 6. U. Tomorrow

The Summer School Of Catho-
lie Action will open a six-day ses-
sion at Georgetown University to-
morrow designed to train Catho-
lies, particularly the laity, for their
part in the work Of the church.
The Sodality Of Our Lady cen
tral Office in st. Louis sponsors the
travelling summer school. This
year sessions have been held in
st. Louis, Denver, Spokane, San
Antonio, Detroit and New York.
The season will end with session
in Chicago next week.
Lectures. workshops, demonstra-
tions and forums will be held from
9:15 am. to AIS pm. with some
of the lectures being repeated at
Evening star., 1949-08-21

June and July. more than 10000
Kuomintang (Nationalist) agents
and armed bandits" have been
wiped out in Central and East
China and $4,000 small arms cap
tured, plus 900 machine guns and
even some artillery. This gives an
idea of the extent Of rural trou-
bles.
To solve city problems, the Reds
are trying to move people to the
farms and industries to the in
terror. Thousands of refugees have
left the cities. but in populous
China even the country is too
crowded to absorb many more.
The Communists are trying
some reclamation work in North
Kiangsu and Anhwei to provide
land for former city dwellers, but
this appears to be mostly on paper.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
|Camids Attack Beach
lin Greatest Exercise
OF Kind So Far in u. ).
By the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 20.-1n
the greatest exercise of it's kind
ever conducted in the Continental
United States. the Army, Navy,
Air Force and Marine Corps today
executed a co-ordinated amphibi-
Gus assault on the beaches of
Camp Pendleton, Va. to climax
operation Camid w.
Despite inclement weather, ap-
proximately 5000 persons wit
messed the exercise.
The operation started at 4 am.
today when mine sweepers began
sweeping the transport sea area
off shore. At 6 am. destroyers of
the Atlantic Fleet simulated a
shore bombardment and SWIM
mers OF the Navy underwater
demolition teams swan ashore for
beach reconnaissance missions.
Planes "Soften" Area.
One hour before the first wave
of Camids cadets and midship-
mem hit the beach, three squad
rons of Navy "Bearcat" fighter
planes and one squadron of bomb
ers simulated q softening up Of
the target area with repeated air
strikes. Twenty minutes later,
four rocket firing ships started a
simulated bombardment of the
beaches.
At $50 am, "H-Hour," the first
wave of Camid assault troops
struck the beach. Simultaneously
ITO paratroopers of the 82nd Air
borne Division from Ft. Bragg
N. c., dropped out of the sky from
squadron of flying boxcars,'
provided by the air forces 18th
Airborne Carrier Group from
Greenyille, S. C.
Glider Landing Made.
Immediately following the land
ing of paratroopers. q glider land
ing was made by the 502nd Tao
tical Control Group of the air
force, stationed at Pope Air Force
Base, N. c. Then seven waves Of
craft landed the $50 camid
assault troops and mechanical
equipment on the beaches.
Air Force Thunder Jets, is
strong and IL Marine Jet Phan-
toms, roared over the beaches in
runs, Stimulating attacks
and support of the invading forces.
Prepared charges of explosives
burst along the entire beachhead,
Stimulating bomb and artillery
bursts and the camids got wet,
and cold.
After the last assault troops had
another force of para
troopers were dropped behind the
theoretical enemy lines.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

BY the Asseeiotsd Press
NORFOLK. Va, Aug. 20.-An
airborne infantryman saved the
life of a fellow soldier in para
chute jumps today during an as
sault landing exercise at Camp
Pendleton, Va.
The full-scale amphibious as
sault landing was the final phase
of operation Camid Nv for some
$50 West Point cadets and An
napolis midshipmen.
Pfc. Eugene F. Gushing Of Mo-
desto. Calf, was credited with
saving the life of Pfc. Richard
Rusk of Independence. Mo-, in the
mass parachute Jump by airborne
infantrymen.
Pvt. Rusk's chute collided with
Pvt. Cushing's and collapsed in the
fall. But Pvt. Gushing grabbed
Evening star., 1949-08-21

his companions sagging chute
and the two men rode down to-
gether on Pvt. Cushing's para
chute.
Earlier. an underwater demoli-
ton team member was slightly
injured. He was repeatedly struck
in the back by shrapnel. A
stretcher crew took him to a first
aid post. and he was removed to
the naval hospital here for obser-
vation.
The paratroopers laughed about
their brush with death while doe-
tors examined them to determine
that neither suffered any injury.
Between 1000 and 10000 spec
tators. including Gov. Tuck of
Virginia, admirals and generals
and members OF Congress watched
the event.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

intelligence reports and estimates
of the situation, after action re-
ports, captured documents, COM
bat historians reports. etc.. before
the division will revise a manu-
script.
And in taking that position. the
historians, headed by Maj. Gen.
Orlando Ward, himself a war
time armored division COM
mander, have the backing Of a
directive of Gen. Eisenhower when
he was chief of staff.
Prepare the World War II Army
history. said Gen. Eisenhower,
without building up anybody's
reputation. Nobody can alter
the facts Of history by talking
about them. he added.
The complete manuscripts are
forwarded to the wartime COM
manders for comment" before
publication, and at least one Of
them met with most strenuous
objections" but the division re-
fuses to identify the action, the
general concerned or the final re-
suit.
To date the division, which
tentatively plans some 80 volumes
covering all phases Of the Army's
far-flung war operations, has
come up with four volumes. two
Of them covering actual battles.
They are being printed by the
Government Printing Office and
are available to the public there.
After publishing "The Organi-
zation Of Ground Combat Troops"
and "The Procurement and Train
ing Of Ground Troops"-which
probably will have great value in
any future planning should an
other war come-the division re-
leased its first battle volume.
One on Okinawa.
It was "Okinawa: The Last
Battle: and there is a reason for
publication Of a book on the last
battle Of the war first. The Army
had combat historians on the
spot from the early planning
stages Of that hard-fought Pa
ciflc campaign. and because they
have since been transferred to
the present historical division
they were able to come up with
the history in a comparatively
short time.
The Army believes that publ
cation of the Okinawa history Is
proof that histories can be writ
ten and published in a compare
lively short time after the actual
fighting, and in future wars COM
bat historians will be a regular
part of the organization.
The fourth volume Is entitled
Evening star., 1949-08-21

uUIUS -hQIIlltS
it has received
some divergent
opinions from
wartime field
c o m m q n d erS
regarding in
terpretations Of
some actions.
T he M
manders' YER
sions are care
fully evaluated,
h o W e v e r,
against combat
orders, order of
hof%1a c1,r,.ort
Evening star., 1949-08-21

JudO01Nl4ld4s A2C IL OV O44S4A-
sive," and it is Just off the press.
1t details the Army's part in
relieving the Marines on that
South Pacific island and their
mopping up operations.
Already at the printers Is yet
another volume called 1.-The Lor-
raine Campaign"
Up until now the Army has
never prepared an official mar
rative history of any war and only
now it is coming up with a
17-volume documentary history
of the Army in World War I.
Publication was initiated by the
release Of the flrst two volumes
last July 4. They contain re-
prints. in whole or in part. Of the
significant official documents of
the American Expeditionary
Forces.
These are distinct from shorter
"Order Of Battle" series prepared
at the Army War College. Of
which two already are published,
one recording the divisions and
the second all other Army units
that went overseas. The zone of
interior activities are covered
in this series by two additional
volumes now awaiting publication.
1t Is interesting to note that
Great Britain, France, Italy,
Austria, Germany and France,
and even Australia, came up with
their official World War army
histories long ago.
From the combat historians,
established in 1943. the present
Historical Division grew very
much like Topsy Of Uncle Toms
Cabin. Before the war there had
been a historical branch of the
intelligence division which made
special studies for the general
staff. In 1946 the present divi-
sion came into being.
50 Civilians on Staff.
There are SO civilian historians
and researchers-many of them
prominent university historians
and 40 Army officers in the divi-
sion now. A large portion of the
military personnel is engaged in
translating captured documents,
which are a source Of highly valu-
able material.
DR.. Kent Roberts Greenfield,
former head of the history de-
partment Of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. is the general editor and
directs the historians.
Those two battle histories that
have been published came under
the direction OF DR.. Lewis Morton
Of the College Of the City Of New
York and research associate of the
Williamsburg (Va.) Restoration.
He heads the South Pacific Sec
ton.
DR.. Hugh Cole is chief Of the
European section which has come
up with the next volume to be
published. Before the war he
taught the only military history
graduate course in the United
States at the University of Chi
cago.
Many Of the volumes will be of
particular interest to those who
participated in the events they
chronicle but additionally the
Army believes 1t needs such
complete history in order to profit
by experience and that the public
needs 1t to understand the re-
quirements and problems of na-
tional security.
At the end Of the war literally
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Surgeon General
OF Army Moves
In With Navy

Unification Of the armed forces
went a long way when the Army
Surgeon Generals Of1ice moved
from the Pentagon.
The Office notified correspond
ents yesterday that its address
now was:
Office Of the Surgeon General,
United States Army. Navy De-
partment. Washington.
The move was to the Navy
building on Constitution avenue.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Communist Have Troubles
in Occupied Chinese Areas

SHANGHAI, Aug. 20 (P.-While
Red armies roll south and the
Western nations seek new China
policies, the Communists inside
conquered areas are up to their
neckS in troubles.
Two months ago the civil war
seemed near an end. Now the
Reds themselves are talking in
terms of another year of fighting
despite their current successes.
Some of the problems include:
Peasant uprising, which tbs
Nationalists used to blame on
Communist bandits" and which
the Reds now blame on National
LIST bandits;
Urban dlscontent, unemploy-
ment fand labor troubles;
The Nationalist blockade;
Recent damaging floods; and
The drain of a Red Army that
now numbers at least 1000, 900
men-bigger than the country can
long support.
Program Suffers Setback.
AS a result, the too-ambitious
Red industrial program for shift
ing the revolutionary basis from
peasants to city workers has suf-
fered an early setback. Too many
workers have become jobless. The
blockade has paralyzed industria.
cities.
What are the Reds doing about
It? They are sending out politica.
cadres to try to get the country
side behind the revolution. Wher
these fail, troops enter. The pro.
Red press says that during May
Evening star., 1949-08-21
By John A. Giles

The Army's Historical Division
determined to write the ground
forces first official narrative war
history regardless of whom it
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Chinese NationaIists
Reported Reinforcing
Defenses Of Canton
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

CANTON, China, Aug. 20.-The
Chinese Nationalists were credibly
reported today to be throwing
strong reinforcements into the
path Of the Communist advance
about ITO miles northeast Of Can
ton.
At the same time. it appeared
that the Nationalists had scored
. genuine victory on the front
310 miles northwest Of Canton.
Chinese press dispatches said
the Nationalist reinforcements
had gone into the Tayu and
6iaomei mountain region along
the north border of Kwangtung
Province. Of which Canton is the
seat. This area faces the town
Of Tayu. which the Reds took two
days ago.
(However, military experts
have predicted the Red drive
would head southeast down a
valley 10 miles to the Canton
railway, rather than south into
the hills0
Reports Are Credited.
Numbers of troops passing
through Canton in the past few
days indicated the reinforcement
reports probably were true.
There was no fresh news of ac-
ton on the Tayus front today,
however. Meanwhile, reliable in
dependent sources confirmed gov
ernment reports Of the past cou-
pie Of days that Gen. Pal Chung
hsi's defense forces had defeated
the Communist 51st Army north
west Of Hengyang.
Ofdcial reports said one Red
division was wiped out, with 5000
casualties and 1000 prisoners, and
two other divisions were routed.
These reports said the National
lists then recaptured Yungfeng, As
miles northwest of Hengyang and
$40 miles northwest of Canton.
The government was flying 100, 900
silver dollars to the victors as
reward.
Strong Point By-passed.
A Nationalist army spokesman
admitted. however. that the Reds
had taken AMEN, so miles south
east Of Hengyang. This would in
dicste they were bypassing the
Hengyang strong point.
Ut also would indicate that
Gen. Pal was making q stronger
defense of this rail escape route
leading southwest into his ma
tive Kwangsi province than of
the direct southwark route to
Canton.)
Chinese quarters expressed be-
lief that the United States no
more aid policy was stiffening the
Nationalist resistance to the Reds.
The theory is that resentful Ma
tionalists are out to prove there
Is still some fight left in them.
The American embassy, mean
while. quietly completed its clo-
sure. The staff went to nearby
British Hong. Kong to join the
consulate staff quartered aboard
the American destroyer tender
Dixie.
American Charge d'Affaires
Lewis Clark will commute by air
to Canton to maintain contacts
with the Nationalist government.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

night sessions from 8 pm. to 1915
pm.
Among the subjects to be taken
up at the session are marriage,
courtShip, vocational guidance,
mental prayer, gospel studies, tools
for human relationships, parlia-
mentary law. comics, magazines
and movies.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

Estimates on how long United
States coal and oil will last vary
from thousands Of years to less
than 100.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-02

be positive he did not wish to be too positive At some time precise words might be thrown into his teeth Under the circumstances the categorical Never means within the license of political language Well hardly ever"
 Perhaps the more significant aspect of the White House statement that it had to be made; that the Chief Executive compelled to take notice of in tentions imputed to his government, affecting the value of the dollar. These rumors were the common property of every brokerage office banking house. and community crossroads in the country. The members of the Presidents party household buzzed with conjecture and anticipation. Officials of the Treasury denied the rumors with degree of circumspection which fed the suspicious of impending action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-02
Cleansing the CIO
Washington Post)

Washington Post)
 The CIO appears to be genuinely on the way to- ward cleansing" itself, President Philip Murray put it. of it's Communist influences. These have been controlling in few unions. although by no means dominant in the CIO as whole. Henceforward ap- parently they will be barred from the CIO executive board Moreover, the several unions controlled by Communist leaders, by leaders who stooges for backstage Communist wire pullers, seem slated for swift expulsion by the convention in sessions at Cleveland The United Electrical Workers and the Farm Equipment workers have already been thrown out
 This kind of self-ceansing seems to us to be the one proper and effective way of dealing with the problen raised by Communists in the labor movement Attacks from the outside almost certain to be unayaing especially when they may be pretexts for attacks upon the labor movement itself. This was certainly the fundamental of the non-Commnn- ist oath provision of the Taft-Hartley law. It en- deavored to force what could be accomplished only rilv from within Left to themselves, Amerl- can workers will handle their own Communist problem in their own way. E
 Iabor is perhaps the most sophisticated element of American life with respect to the Communists having wrested long and intimately with the problem they present Union after union has experlenceo Communist infration and, having experienceo H. hos thrown the Communists out of power by it's own democratic procedures The CIO is now merely Ioi- lowing a pattern established by many of its consti-
 tonal bodies It will be healthier and stronger ana oe effective as an instrument of democracy through rouinp 1p this way on it's own The process IS a baartening demonstration of democracy at work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-02
MANY FEATURES AT
 HOME LEAGUE BAZAAR,
 .SALVATI0N ARMY HALL


 An interesting program viii mark the opening of the Home League Bazaar at the Salvation Army Hall on Willoughby tomorrow, Satur- lay, December 3, at 3 pm, Terri iorial Senator. Anita Garnick will preside at this event. Other inter- ssting features will be poem writ ten and read by Mrs. L. P. Dawes, entitled 'The Derelict." Two vocal numbers will be given by Miss Frances Paul and Mrs. H. E. Beyer will read the Scripture.
 An entertaining demonstration in ,extile painting will be given by Mrs. Clara Barlow.
 Many articles suitable for those wishing to give Christmas gifts f distinction this year will be lvailable at moderate prices. Silver tea will be served.
 In the evening, a program has been arranged by the ladies Of the League under the leadership of Mrs Mamie Bacon and Mrs. Henry Cropley. This will include the se- eond appearance of the Kitchen Band. The fish-pond will be open for children of all ages.