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Food and Employment Rome's Big Problems As Bonomi Takes Over By thp Associated Press. ROME, Aug. 15.—Pood and em ployment still posed the most dlffl cult problems in hungry and idle ; Rome as the government of Premier Invanoe Bonomi moved to assume ! nominal jurisdiction in the Rome ' region today, with the Allied Con trol Commission stepping down to • an advisory capacity. The food shortage was reflected most clearly in the infant mortality rate—300 of every 1.000 babies have been dying before reaching their first birthday anniversaries, com pared with a normal rate of from 100 to 150 per 1.000. An estimated 100,000 persons were still without work. Tlie high infant mortality rate ■ reflected the sustained undernour 1 ishment of mothers, for many babies have been dying at birth. Al lied authorities say that deaths of • infants surviving birth Hre being ; gradually reduced by freezing dis tribution of powdered milk ex clusively for their use. It was generally agreed that un less the general food supply was in ? creased in the fall and winter • months, the dietary situation in Rome would become critical. In July 8.160 tons of Allied im ported food was distributed in Rome, compared with 6.702 tons in June, but the increase still failed to meet minimum requirements laid down bv the Allied Control Commission. Imported food has been supple mented by fruits and vegetables, but a considerable quantity of these has spoiled because of the red tape re quired to transfer food from surplus regions to Rome. Bonomi in a statement last night aaid. "The Italian government will avail itself of its increased authority to point out with ever-increasing in sistence the necessities of its peo ple," but added that miracles could not be expected. The statement said "the major ef fect" of the transfer of power would be felt in the field of sanctions against Fascists. Gurney Hits Roosevelt Statement on Guam *hf A'sociaird PTess. The record of Congress on the matter of fortifying Guam before the war is clear and President Roosevelt never recommended that the Pacific island be fortified. Sen ator Gurney. Republican, of South Dakota, declared yesterday in a statement which expressed amaze ment over the President's recent statement that "we weren’t allowed to fortify Guam." "I think the President's state ment was a plain inference that Congress opposed him in such a pro. gram, and the record does not bear him out," Senator Gurney said in a statement. "Certainly if there is any fault to be found, or responsibility placed as to why Pacific island outposts were not, fortified—and I am thinking especially of Guam—then that re sponsibility lies definitely with the administration and is at complete variance with the President "s state ment * * Senator Gurney said that- at Senate committee hearings in 1939 Admiral William D. Leahy, the Pres ident's chief and staff and then chief of naval operations, was asked what it W’ould cost to fortify Guam "His reply was that it would take around *200.000.000. and further more. that such a proposition was not, in the mind of the Navy De partment at that time—that only harbor improvements were contem plated which were to cost around *5.000,009." Senator Gurney said. Police and Firemen Save Baby by Respiration A era If ful mother wrote The Star today reauestine that the Police and Fire Departments be thanked pub licly tor saving the life of her year old babv by aitificial respiration. Mrs. ft L. Lewis, wife of a Navy lieutenant, who lives at 4514 Liv ingston road S.E.. said the child. Mary Lee Lewis, suffered a paralytic stroke August 11 and for a time stopped breathing. Police were the first to respond to the call for help and with the child's father admin istered artificial respiration. Additional calls brought rescue apuad No. 1 and help was admin istered with a pulmotor. The child responded to the artificial breathing* machine and was taken to Children's Hospital, where her condition was still said to be serious. Mrs. Lewis said physicians attend ing the child told her that without the help of the police and firemen the child would have died. Mrs. Lewis said the exact nature of the illness has not been determined, but that infantile paralysis has been ruled nut by hospital officials. U. S. Bombers Blast Docks at Formosa Port By th# Associated Press. CHUNGKING. Aug. 15.—Heavy bombeis of the United States 14th Air Force have bombed the docks at Taltao on the Japanese colonial island of Formosa and have sunk thtee freighters in the straits be tween Formosa and the China coasi. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's headquar ters announced today. Takao. on the southwestern coast of Formosa, is one of the island's chief ports and an important base for Japanese military movements in the China-Philippines area. Crackpot Club Pays Fine for Hitler 'Cusser' Fr the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Aug. 15 — Because Adolf Hitler lived up to the bad things said about him years ago Herbert Williamson has his $8.75 back in his pocket. Back in 1941 Mr. Williamson, a World War veteran, was fined that amount by Police Judge Edward G. Burleson for swearing at the Fueh rer In a public place. Mr Williamson recently asked the judge for a refund on the ground that “you’ve had time to de termine everything I said about him was correct.” He didn't get his money back, but yesterday the Eight-Ball Division of the Grand Rapids Crackpot Club voted him fee $8.75. On the Roll of Honor D. C. Marine Killed on Saipan; Three Area Men Are Wounded 0 Pfc. M*«r« (Killed>. C»r»l. Ihu (WtlnlilK Mil. FikRMtock (Decirilci). €•1. SIMM**. (MifflBf.) One District marine has been killed in action in Saipan, three men from the Metropolitan Area have been wounded and two are missing in action. The War Department has announced the decoration of four other men from the District and another from nearDy Virginia. Killed in Action Pfc. Claude Swanson Moore, Jr., - former Western High School stu dent, was killed in action on Saipan on June 15, the Navy Department ; has notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Moore, former District ! residents, now living in Richmond, Calif. Pvt. Moore, a native of Roanoke, Va.. had completed his junior year at Western High School before en listing in the Marine Corps in No vember, 1942. He was an active member of the YMCA here. Wounded in Action Pvt. Forest W. Hevener, 22. hus band of Mrs. Virginia Hevener, 1229 Wisconsin avenue N.W., has been | reported officially by the Navy De partment as wounded in action. Pvt. Hevener was born in White Sulphur, Va.. but moved to the District when he was 8 years old. Prior to entering the service he worked for his brother at the Serv ice Parking Center. His brother Joined the Marines with him, but since has been given a medical discharge and now works for the Star Parking Plaza. Pvt. Hevener wrote his wife that he had been wounded in the right leg and the left hip during the bat tle for Saipan. He has one other brother in the Army. His mother, Mrs. Ela Steel, lives at 4242 Suitland road. Suitland. Md. Tech. Sergt. Rudolph J. Rerdaus, | son of Mr. and Mr*. Josaph Berdaus. 124 Fourth street S.E., was wounded over Germany, but has returned to active duty with his 12th Air Force Marauder group In the Mediter ranean theater. The 32-year-old bombardier at tended the American Institute of Banking and worked for the District government as a photo lithographer. His wife, Ella, lives at 1669 Colum bia road N.W. Corpl. Thomas I. Booze, 20. son of Mr. and Mrs. James Booze. Sun derland, Md., was wounded July 29 while serving with the Quartermas ter Corps in France, the War De partment has notified his mother. Corp Booze attended vocational school in Baltimore before entering service in June, 1943, and trained at. Camp Ellis. Ill, before going overseas in February. Missing Col. John G. Simpoon. 32. of Chevy Chase, Md.. was reported missing over France since July 19. when he was on a mission to check targets, the War Department notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Simpson, 9305 Kensington parkway. Col. Simpson, who was wounded in June and awarded the Purple Heart, recently was promoted to wing commander of the 9th Air Force. After graduating from McKinley High School and Maryland Univer sity, Col. Simpson worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He joined the Air Force in 193R and won his wings at Kelly Field. Tex. His wife and their three-vear-oid son live at Olnev. Md Oscar I.ee Holland, boatswain's mate second class, 409 South Lee street. Alexandria, Va.. has been listed as missing in action. Born and educated in Montvale. Va.. Boatswains Mate Holland moved to Alexandria in 1940 to work for the Chesapeake* Potomac Tele phone Co. He joined the Navv in •February. 1943. and was sent over-! teas In October. 1943. His mother. Mr*. Ottie Holland, and a young brother, Harrison, are living at Montvale. Hi* brother, i Edward, lives at the Lee street ad dress. and another brother, Harvey, is in the Army. Decorated Maj. Gen. Charles F. Thompson, deputy commander of the 2d Army, has been awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal, the War Department ha* announced. His wife lives at 3133 Connecticut avenue N.W. The award was made to Gen. Thompson for distinguishing him self as commanding general of an important island base in the South Pacific from October 22. 1942, to June 17, 1944, the citation atated. “His splendid Integration of the Army Ground Forces. Air Forces and Service Forces with the ac tivities of the naval service and those of the resident foreign power resulted in a smooth-running and effeoiive over-all command,” the ' citation read. Gen. Thompson won the Dis i tinguished Service Medal for service In the St. Mihiel salient as as sistant chief of staff of the 1st Army in the World War. Cal. Edward J. Walsh, 3921 Har rison street N.W.. received the Le gion of Merit last week and was cited for his “sound advice and counsel” as chief of the legislative branch. Legislative and Liaison Di vision of the War Department, from June, 1942, to May of this year. He is now with Army forces in the Pacific area. His older son, Edward, jr.. was graduated from West Point last year, where the younger son. Robert, is a cadet. Maj. John Sheridan Fahnestock, of the prominent Washington family, has been decorated with the Legion of Merit in the Southwest Pacific for “exceptionally meritorious con duct in the performance of out standing services," it was announced ' today. Hi* mother. Mrs. A. Bruce Fahne stock, lives at 514 Queen street. Alexandria, while his wife and 2 vear-old daughter live at Glen Man Farm near Great Mill*. Md Capt. Warner Marshall, jr„ who was killed in an airplane accident in the China-Burma-India theater last December, was awarded post humously the Legion of Merit for his brilliant analysts of strategical plam” a* staff planner for Air In-i telligence. The award was presented his .widow. Mrs-Wina T. Marshall. 1900, ^ street' N.W., by Maj. Gen. L. S. Kuter, assistant chief of the air staff, during a ceremony at the War Department. First l.t. Ralph Payne. 28, ha* been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in ac tion while serv ing as a para trooper in the invasion. ac cording to infor mation reaching his mother. Mrs. Ruth Payne. 11 West Spring street, Alexan dria. Lt. Payne en listed in the Army prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was among n. e«sn». the first men from the Washington area to be graduated fiom Officers’ Candidate School. He received his commission at Macon. Ga. Lt. Pavne has four brother* in the armed forces. He was sent overseas a year ago. and now is reported to be at a rest station in England. Southern France May Be Taken Without Too Heavy Allied Cost Bt the Associated Press. There are reasons to hope that Southern France can be wrested from the Germans without too costly a campaign. German troops in the area, where Partisan resistance has flamed strong and fierce, already were threatened with virtual isolation by the. Allied drives from Normandy and Brittany to the heart of France, and it was considered unlikely that Hitler would have left any strong forces to be cut off so far from the Reich. Bearing out this supposition were reports from the French-Spanish frontier soon after the Americans I broke out of Normandy that the ! Nazis were pulling out of South ! western France. Even before the Normandy inva sion, it was generally believed that Southern France was not so heavily (garrisoned as the northern sections, I which are much closer to Berlin After the Normandy landings Hitler pulled several divisions from the south in the futile effort to halt the Allied drives. German Weakness Cited. As an indication of German weakness in the southwestern area, for instance, several hundred Ma quis raided Bayonne, once one of the strongest garrisons In the region, and dynamited a bridge. Last part of France to come under Nasi occupation, southern provinces have been Partisan hotbeds, and they were counted on to aid. from the interior, the landings in the south. Principal cities on the French Mediterranean coast are Nice, Cannes, Toulon, Marseille, Avignon. Nimes, Montpellier, Cette, Beelers. Narbonne and Perpignan. Until November, 1942, the south ern coast of France was the softest part of the "underbelly” of Europe, but when the Allies landed in Af rica Hitler moved in and presum ably fortified the coast, although certainly not to the extent of North ern France, where fortifications proved much less formidable than pictured by German propaganda. 70# Miles From Berlin It. is more than 700 airline miles from the Mediterranean coast of France to Berlin and if the Allies are forced to fight all along the way, the route would be difficult. Almost the only natural avenue for an invasion from the south is the narrow, easily defended Rhone Valley between the rugged Cevennes Mountains on the west and the lofty Alps on the east. The route leads about 250 miles to the nt-vh befoie turning eastward toward Berlin. Such a route would have to contend with the one-time French Maginot Line which may have been con verted by now into a German de tense wall. Another river valley leads to the Bav of Biscay. This is the Valley of the Garonne which rises in a i valley about 50 miles from the Mediterranean and empties into the Atlantic near Bordeaux. Efforts to End Coal Strike Pledged by Union Leaders Bs th* Associated Presn. Leaders of the United Mine Work ers pledged yesterday to try to end a six-week-old unauthorized strike of more than 4,000 Pennsylvania an thracite miners, with the prospect that if they fail the Government will seize the strike-affected col leries within a week. Dr. C. J. Potter, deputy chief ad ministrator of the Solid Fuels Ad ministration, said the strike In the Shenandoah and Mahanoy city (Pa.) areas already has cost the Nation well over 400,000 tons of hard cotfl. The miners are employes of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Co. The men walked out in protest over the way wages for Sat urday work are paid under the new contract between the union and the anthracite operators. Mac Arthur Announces Halmahera Defenses Almost Neutralized By the Associated Press. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Aug. 15.—Al lied bombers, striking swiftly and with devastating accuracy, have • practically neutralised” Halma hera, the last major Island block to the Philippines. They accomplished the task in the record time of slightly more than two weeks, and with the record economy of only three major at tacks upon airdromes. Halmahera, 200 miles west of New Guinea, is about 300 miles south of Mindanao. "Our air attacks upon Halmahera were continued, causing great fires and explosions.” Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur announced today. (Air raids on enemy targets from Timor to Bougainville also were an nounced.) Troop* Immobilised. "The enemy's airfields at Halma hera and at contiguous intermediate bases sre practically neutralized, his maritime forces largely interdicted and his ground troops immobilized in their present positions. "The flexibility of this great base is now gone.” A bomb-inflicted creeping paral ysis, induced with the conquest of Saipan, Tinian and Guam in the southern Marianas, thus ha* struck all along Japan's island defense line. Gen. MacArthur announcer, just a week ago that Yap, once-important enemy naval and air base in the western Carolines, "appears to have been neutralized.” Yap u- about 500 miles southwest of Guam, 900 miles northeast of Halmaheia. In the first major raid on Halma hera, on July 37, 45 enemy plane* were destroyed. A week later 13 more were knocked out, and last Sunday the destruction or damaging of 41 additional planes was an nounced. Marc Punches ta Cane. In additional strikes against ship ping in the Halmahera area during August, 14 Japanese freighters, 12 coastal vessels, 28 barges and a number of small craft have been sunk or seriously damaged. Gen. MacArthur’s announcement today added this warning of deeper punches to come: "Should the enemy fail to retrieve his weakness on Halmahera, the main line of defense for his con quered empire in the Southwest Pacific, extending through the Hal maheras and the Philippines, is threatened " Earlier the general had said, 'should this line go, all of his conquests south of China will be imperiled and in grave danger of flank envelopment." Barbara Hutton Reported -Estranged From Grant By the Axftoc.ated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 15.—A man tal rift has occurred in the home of Cary Grant and his heiress wife, Barbara Hutton Grant, and as a re sult the actor left home for two days. Perry Lieber. a spokesman for the R-K-O film studio, said today. Mr. Lieber first announced that the couple had separated but later added that he understood that *<r. Grant returned home last night. “The trouble still has not been patched up.” Mr. Lieber asserted. So far as iJtnow -they are In the .same house, but the houae Is so big they could both be there and still be separated.” No comment was available im mediately from either Mr. Grant or his wife. They were married July 9, 1942. at Lake Arrowhead in the San Ber nardino Mountains. Mrs Grant was wed previously to Alexis MDivanl, Georgian prince and Court Haug witr - Reventlow, former Danish nobleman. Showboat Liquor Appeal Denied by District Court Justice Matthew F. McGuire of District Court yesterday denied a temporary injunction sought to re strain the District Commissioners from enforcing an Alcoholic Bever age Control Board order revoking a license to sell alcoholic drinks at the Showboat, 1300 block of H street N.W. Justice McGuire also dissolved a restraining order issued July 29 by Justice James W. Morris. The suit for temporary injunction had been brought by Harry Lambros and George Sachlis, whose license to sell at the H street establishment had been ordered revoked, effective midnight. July 29. The suit asked the court to enjoin the Commis sioners until the facts in the case “have been found and heard by the full Board of Commissioners." The ABC revocation order had been issued on grounds that drinks allegedly had been sold to two minors at the Showboet. Army Hos 'Private Civilian' WILLOW LAKE, S. Dak. uPt._It had to happen, in an Army that has already discovered "Sergl. Ser geants" and "Corpl. Generals” in its ranks Now it has a “Pvt. Civilian”— Pvt. Civilian Forde of Willow Lake, stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. Martin Halts Move By GOP Member to. Reorganize House •v th« Auocuted Prfn. Minority Leader Martin appeared today to have headed off a one-man plan within hia party to reorganise the House. Mr. Martin, after a conference with the author of the plan, Rep resentative Rowe of Ohio, aaid he told his colleague that he and the other key figures among Houae Re publicans are against it and that any such move would fail. Mr. Rowe, who had announced plans to Introduce a reorganiza tion resolution as a protest against what he termed “delaying tactics’’ by the Democrats, later said he would not go against the wishes of his associates despite hia belef that Mr. Martin could be elected Speaker in place of Representative Rayburn of Texas. yThe present House line-up is 216 Democrats. 212 Republicans. 4 mi nority party members and 3 vacan cies. The Ohioan had said he was not too confident that his resolution would be adopted, but explained: j "It at least will call attention of the membership to one important fact. The members of the House are supposed to represent their dis tricts and the Nation. There has been a situation here where the so called majority party does not hold a majority, having only 218 votes. < The House has 436 members.» That a majority • • *. That is not true representative government.” Funeral for Mrs. Colbert To Be Held Tomorrow Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Mae Colbert, 54, wife of Capt. Wil liam C. Colbert, U. S. N., and former resident of Washington, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Fort Mver Chapel with burial in Arling ton Cemetery. Mrs. Colbert died July 31 in Oakland, Calif. Mrs. Colbert was born and edu cated in Philadelphia. She and Capt. Colbert were married in April. 1911, and had lived in Washington several times while he was stationed :here. Capt. Colbert's last tour of duty in this city was in 1928. when he was stationed in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Capt. Colbert, who was on duty in i the Central Pacific at the time of his wife's death, was granted emer gency leave to return to this country. Besides her husband, Mrs. Colbert leaves two daughters. Mrs. H. M. Heming. wife of Comdr. Heming, Annapolis, Md.. and Miss Elisabeth M. Colbert, Oakland. Senators Act to Ease Book Ban for Soldiers By th« Associated Pres*. The Senate Elections Committee today unanimously approved amend ments to the soldier vote law modi fying restrictions against distribu tion of political propaganda to troops Chairman Green said the proposed j revision would Insure members of the armed forces access to any news paper. magazine, book or motion i picture of general circulation In the United States—within the limits of available transportation. Senator Green said She proposed revision also would allow the broad casting of political speeches to over seas troops, and require that candi dates and parties be allowed equal time. Senator Green added that he would seek immediate consideration of the amendments by the Senate. They had been agreed on at a con ference of Senator Green. Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio, sponsor of the original antipropaganda aection of the Soldier Vote Act. and Army and Navy representatives. ! Earlier, Senator Ferguson. Repub lican. of Michigan said he believed the restriction Congress Imposed on sending political propaganda to troops had been ' deliberately inter preted bv the Army and Navy in a way to make it look ridiculous to the public.” 1943 Drop in Marriages Continues This Year By ’he Associated Preae. The downward trend in the mar* riage rate, which began in 1943. con tinued in the first half of 1944 The Census Bureau reported to day that 360.679 marriage licenses were issued in cities of 100.000 or , more in the first six months of 1944. compared with 278.494 in the same period last year, a decline of 6.4 per cent. The bureau predicted a declin ing marriage rate until men are dis charged from the armed forces in considerable numbers. Theater Takes Punishment INDIANAPOLIS i/Pl.—A chlUer diller serial could be written about events at a local theater in the last 18 months. It has been burglarized at least 50 times, boys with BB shots directed at film villians made 64 holes in the screen, necessitating in stallation of a new one. and then fire destroyed the new screen and all sound equipment. Lt. Kennedy Killed as Plane Exploded on Flight in Europe Ex-Ambassador's Son Had Been Flying on Submarine Patrols Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy. jr„ U. S. N. R., 39-year-old son of the former Ambassador to Great Britain, was killed in action August 12. with a companion. Lt. Willford J. Willv. Port Worth, Tex., when their plane exploded in an operational flight in the European theater, the family was advised at their summer home on Cape Cod yesterday. The Navy Department reported the two flyer* were missing, but a telegram to the father announced Lt. Kennedy’s death, the Associated Press reported from Boston. A dispatch from London said Lt. Kennedy had been flying on anti submarine patrols in the Bay of Biscay for six months, and that word of his death came just when the U-boat menace was at end. Lt. Kennedy, one of nine chil dren, was graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1938 and served as private secretary in American Embassies in London and Paris in 1938-9. He had returned to Har vard to attend law school when he was appointed a naval cadet in October, 1941. LT. JOSEPH KENNEDY, JR. —Wide World Photo. A brother, Lt. John Kennedy, was the hero of a thrilling escape from the Japs whom he and his crew dodged for six days after their PT boat had been run down by a de stroyer. Lt. Willy is survived by his widow, 'Mrs. Edna Christine Willy. {. Capture of Gault MpcGowan Of New York Sun Reported Correspondent Taken' After Shooting in France, Nazis Say Bv th* Associated Brass. LONDON, Aug. 15. —Gault MacGowan, veteran New York Sun correspondent, was reported by the Germans today to have been captured near Chartres on the road to Paris. Apparently, he ventured beyond the Allied lines once too often. The Germans said they took MrJ MacGowan to Paria after a shooting scrape in which a companion was wounded. Correspondents usually travel in pairs dn the 1st Army front and It Is quite possible that his companion was another American correspondent, yet unnamed. In his recent trip across the Brest Peninsula, Mr. MacGowan discussed reports that virtually no Germans were defending Paris and said: “I wonder if it is true that you can drive into Paris in a taxicab?" Mr. MacGowan always was going to the front lines and beyond in search of colorful material. Just five daye ago, he made a long trip across the Brest Penineula to the outskirts of Lorient with Asso ciated Press Correspondent Wes Oai lagher. Finding he could not get | into the town on foot, Mr, Mac | Gowan took a flight in a Piper Cub I plane with a major noted for his ! daring. They flew toward the port city at treetop height. The German garrison was dis turbed and opened up on the little plane with some heavy batteries. Nazi 88-millimeter shells burst close, rocking the craft, before the pilot could drop it behind a nearby hill. Mr. MacGowan had several other close calls from death or capture in Africa in search of stories. He often »a.= seen riding in a jeep under shell fire, particularly in the difficult winter campaign of 1942-3 in North ern Tunisia around Medjez-el-Bab. The German Transocean News Agency in a Berlin broadcast report ing capture of the Sun correspond 1 ent gave the name as "Gowen.” j Transocean said "Gowen,” hear ing a false report that the Allies had taken Chartres, headed there I with a companion in an amphibian vehicle, but met a German tank on reconnaissance many miles west of the city. The companion fired s few shots and was wounded and then both were seized, according to the broad cast. •Mr. MacGowan a dispatches have been printed frequently in The Star as part of the North American Newspaper Alliance Service. His latest, filed from Brittany, appears below.) 'Mod Major' First Yank To Liberate Quimperle By GAULT MuGOWAN. BRITTANY, Aur. 11 (By Wire-, less) (Delayed). —Fighting French ; “Franc Tireurs" of the French Army! ’ of the interior have liberated Quim per, capital of Finlsterre, a depart ment of . Brittany, but the first ' American to liberate the inland port of Quimperle, midway between Lorient and Quimper itself, was Maj. Charles Carpenter of Moline. 111. i Some soldiers call him the Mad Major, others just Lucky Carpenter. ■ To me he is just a daredevil soldier the War Xfefttftniim jftt IB a Viper Cub instead of the boots of a para trooper. He rides the skies in his unarmed, alow-moving artillery ob servation plane as though it were a Lightning or a Thunderbolt. He treats Germans like the wrath of God. Without guns or bombs he seeks them out to train guns on | them. But when they aren't worth shells he drops hand grenades on them. Perhaps his greatest feat was when he discovered a German out post holding up an armored column with skillful mortar fire that made its few defenders seem like a bat talion. Maj. Carpenter was aloft when he spotted the situation. He immediately alighted and borrowed a tank. Then, mounting himself and six infantry volunteers, he went forward and drove that outpost in. A Frenchman gave us the news that the Germans had pulled out from Quimperle and that Fighting French Franc Tireurs were moving .in on it and would be grateful for American support. Maj. Carpenter didn't hesitate. He mounted and soon we flew again ahead of our armor for the river junction that makes Quimperle a port big enough for 800-ton ships to enter. Soon • we crossed the wide, wooded valley, flying just over treetops, and there was the town. ! We saw women and children flee from a farmhouse daor when they heard the hum of our motor. They took shelter in a hole dug in under a woodpile. They thought Maj. Carpenter had come to bomb. They had never seen an Allied plane on a peace mission before. Maj. Carpenter came low over the city, skimmed rooftops, flew down, city streets, zoomed over the wharves, waved his hand to the gendarmes on traffic duty. People tumbled out of their houses. “Les Americaines, les Amerlcaines.'’ we knew thev were saying. They had recognized our markings. They knew we were friends. As we circled the town for the I French Message Text of Gen. Wilson's Statement to People The message of Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, supreme Allied commander in the Mediterran ean theater, to the French peo ple follows: The armies of the United Nations have landed in the south of France. Their objective is to drive out the Germans and join up with the Al lied armies advancing from Nor mandy. French troops are participating in their operations side by side with their comrades in arms, by sea, land and air. The army of France is in being again, fighting on Its own soil for the liberation of its country with all its traditions of victory behind it. Remember ISIS! All Frenchmen—civilians as well as military—have their part to play in the campaign in the south. Your duty will be made clear to you. Listen to the Allied radio, read no tices and leaflets, pass on aU in structions from one man and woman to another. Let us end the struggle as quickly as possible so that all France may resume again her free life under conditions of peace and aecurity. Victory is certain. Long live the [spirit of France and all that it j stands for. GAULT MaeOOWAN. third time, we saw the women and her kids come from under the wood- i pile. We knew then, the word had flashed around. We heard after ward one of those kids under the • woodpile had known from the first that we were friends but his Mom was playing safety first. The tearful child said, "It's the Americans. Mom, really it is. They're bringing us chocolate.” The crowds In the streets clapped their hands—we saw them, we couldn't hear—they raised their hands overhead like the V sign. They blew kisses. Those Quimper llans did everything but throw flowers at us. They went frantic with joy, mad like the major. Its swell to go mad for a minute. We alighted safely. The enthusiastic French brought us cider, eggs, big : baskets of pears, anything they could jflnd in a hurry. We gave them 'thanks—we carried no candy. ! - Doorman Seeks fo Void Summons in Duke Divorce j Sr the Auociatcd Pre»». NEW YORK, Aug. 15 —Supreme Court Justice Thomas A. Aurelio today will hear arguments on a mo tion of Frank Cadwell, Fifth ave nue doorman, to vacate a subpoena obtained by counsel for Doris Duke Cromwell to take a deposition in connection with her Nevada di vorce action. Mr. Cadwell's attorney yesterday cited the decision of the Chancery Court of New Jersey last June that the divorce from James H. R. Crom well, former Minister to Canada, was void because of residential defect. At Reno. Mrs. Cromwell's attorney said that a hearing to amend her divorce proceedings in an effort to establish their legality may be de layed until August 32 to await 107 depositions from New York, Hawaii, New Jersey and Nevada witnesses, i Among these are Mr. Cromwell. Mrs. E. T. Stoteebury, former Gov. Charles Edison of New Jersey and Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer. The tobacco heiress declared her husband "did not bring his New Jersey proceedings for the bona fide purpose of obtaining a divorce, but in order to obtain money from the plaintiff.'’ Auto Use Stamp Drive Nets 382 More Cars i Automobile use tax stamp* were \ placed on 382 more cars in the Dis trict and nearby Maryland yester day in the campaign by police and deputy collectors for the Bureau of Internal Revenue to enforce the tax law, A. Parks Rasin. administrative assistant to the collector, said today Metropolitan Police stationed at two points in the District and local police at Laurel, Md„ stopped cars i which did not carry the tax stamp and accompanying deputy collectors made "spot sales* or issued orders; for the owner to comply with the tax law through purchase of the stamp at post offices or internal revenue offices. In addition to the police. 75 dep uty collectors approached parked : vehicles which did not bear the stamp and offered to sell stamps i They spoke to driver* at parking lots and motorists stopped at traffic | lights, but did not have police ■ stopping power,” the bureau an nounced. Mr. Rasin announced there would be four points chosen each day for police stoppage of cars which do not display the stamp. Thirty-five men will be on duty on the streets each afternoon to offer the use stamp to District motorists. Photo Finishers Needed By Army in England Experienced commercial photo finisher* are need at once to serve l in England, according to the Army Service Forces. There are many thousands of rolls of film waiting to be developed i in England. They belong to service men who have taken pictures throughout the European theater, the Army Service Forces announced. Experienced finishers will be ' signed on a one-year contract basis | with pay in excess of <250 a month. In addition to the regular salary, those employed will receive pay for subsistence, quarters allowance, travel pay and return transportation from Europe. Those signed will be sent overseas as soon as possible, the announcement said. The work will be done in non combatant areas, officials said. Applicants should report to 1034 Connecticut avenue N.W., before August 18. The office will remain open between 8 am. and 7 p.m., the ASF declared. Army to Probe Sales Of 'Free' Cigarettes 1» th* AiiMItted trin. The Army Service Forces have promised to investigate reports that servicemen were charged for ciga rettes that were donated for free distribution. Senator Wiley, Repub lican. of Wisconsin announced yes terday. He said he asked the inquiry after being informed that troops at an unspecified Army base had been compelled to buy cigarettes "from ship captains at the price of <3.50 per carton, which cigarettes were stampeed ‘Donated by General Mo tors Corp.’ ” Senator Wiley said service forces officials had told him the Incident may have resulted from an error in handling of particular cigarette shipments, but that he was assured “if any grafters were doing this kind of business they would be severely punished." *4 Pinup-Type Driver, Fast Airplane at Eisenhower's Call By WALTER MeCALLUM. Ju*t Returned From France. Kay Summeraby could be a pinup gal in any one's Niasen hut, any time, but she prefers driving the automobile of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower, We were laying over for a few minutes at an airport in England because the weather over Prance had closed in and, although wed been over there once, we were not able to land through the murk, perhaps aided by the dust which rose in choking clouds as every vehicle moved in its own smoke screen. ( Near our C-47 was Gen. Eisen hower’s airplane, the big ship in which the Allied commander moves around this part of the war. It was a luxurious airplane by comparison with our bucket-seated C-47 and It moves much faster. It looks better, too, but you don’t go back on the C-47s. They’re the truck horses of this war and although other airplanes may move faster and drop more bombs those big babies deliver the goods, and on time. We had Just started to move back toward our own plane when a low-slung olive-colored car moved swiftly along the road, making for the big plane we had been ad miring. Out of it stepped Gen. Eisenhower, his face, as usual, pleas ant and grinning With him was his British aide and in front, behind the wheel, was Kay Summersby. She is an English girl, bom in Ireland, but has lived most of her life in England. And she is getting quite a kick out of driving Gen. Eisenhower around. I asked Kay how she was getting along with the war and whether she enjoyed the Job of chauflerlng a four-star general "Enjoy it,” she said.^tt's wonder ful. Gen. Eisenhower is the most considerate man and one of the nicest in the world.” The general in whose party we were going to France posed with Gen. Eisenhower, a West Point classmate, for some pictures. Both looked happy. "Keep ’em rolling” said Gen. Elsenhower to his classmate. Mai. Gen. Henry B. Sayler*of 3309 Ca thedral avenue. “We will,” Gen. Savler replied. And Just then our crew chief beckoned to us. The weather over France had cleared (it was only 30 minutes awavi and the chief thought we had better get going. Sometimes those clear spots last only a little while. So we took off and landed in France. But when you find a person as pretty as Kay Summersby you’ve found something. She handles that long, low auto mobile like a husky male and the general doesn't complain She has been doing it a long time. Maj. J. L. Hansen of Cleveland pilots the Eisenhower airplane. Other crew members are the navi gator. Capt. H. C. Nixon; Lt. R. F. Underwood, Master Sergt. A. J. Windham, Technical Sergt. E. J. Behrens. Master Sergt. W. J. Roma | «os* »nd Staff Sergt. R. E. Wood. I cannot tell the type of plane or its equipment, but the Inside is luxuriously upholstered in blue leather and lt is fast Beside the general's seat is. a telephone I asked the major if he could talk with his ground commanders over it. “He could if he wanted to.” he said. Fort Washington Offered For Federal Bureau's Use Historic Fort Washington. Md . which has guarded the river ap proach to the Capital for 138 years, has outlived its usefulness as a mili tary post. With its Adjutant Generals* School closing today to reopen again [at San Antonio. Tex., the old poet 20 miles below the Capital is being offered by the War Department to any Government department that can utilize it. The fort was manned £>v various infantry units until 1939 when the 12th Infantry Regiment moved out and the land was deeded to the Interior Department. Again, in 19*2. it was taken over by the War De partment, this time for use as an adjutant generals' school. Fort Washington forms the Mary , land link of the Capital-encircling I Port drive, connecting more than a ! score of old Civil War fortifications, i The buildings and the old fort, hallowed by a long and eventful history, still stand in a remarkable state of preservation. After the war, it is expected to be made into a historic park by the Interior Department, as was intend ed in 1939. Recipient ot $100,000 Legacy to Seek New Job By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. Aug. 15.—Frank E. Sturtevant, who appeared stunned when he learned that hia employer for 23 years had left him $100,000, isn't going to retire. He's going to look for a new job. Mr. Sturtevant. who is 47. quit his job as a bell captain at the Uni versity Club in 1921 to become a chauffeur for William Clifford Smith, retired wholesale dealer in hides. He remained as chauffeur and secretary until Mr. Smiths death Sunday at 74. Mr. Smith's will, filed for probate yesterday, described Mr. Sturtevant as "one of my best friends and a trusted employe.” Four other em ployes were named in the will, which dispoaes of an estate esti mated at $250,000. and received amounts ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. New Allied Invasion No Secret at All To Many Thousands By the Associated Press. SUPREME ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, Aug. 15 —The In vasion of Southern France was perhaps the worst kept secret of the war. - Thousands of Frenchmen and Americans knew it was coming. Correspondents in Normandy and Brittany were constantly asked about it both by French men and GIs. The question was among the first asked by Frenchmen in towns which had been captured. The French underground prob ably was told of the Impending invasion and they told every one else.