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PAGE 3A ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1944 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH St. Louisan Cited FARBMAN IMPRESSIVE SUPREME EFFORT' Captured Americans Filing Past Nazi Tiger Tanks WTT'T 7 A-ftJWJtW 1 rnn AS CONCERT SOLOIST UNITY URGED rim F.D.R. SIGNS FLOOD BILL, SAYS IT MUST NOT IMPERIL MVA Term Measure a Step Forward in Development of Water Re BY BALL AND HATCH Violinist Presents Sibelius Concerto Ably With Symphony.

El" sSBlSOTSgiS Senators Visit F. D. R. And Then Appeal for End of 'Big 3' Diplomatic Difficulties. sources.

By THOMAS B. SHERMAN Harry Farbman, concertmaster of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, made his annual appearance as soloist at last night's concert in Kiel Auditorium playing the Sibelius violin concerto. It was not the sort of piece for a soloist to choose if he were solely concerned with making an advanced foreclosure on the favor of the audience, for, Respite Its lush mo WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (AP).

Two Senators discussed foreign af ADDS TO BACKLOG OF POSTWAR JOBS fairs with President Roosevelt to day and said later they ments, the concerto demands concentration more nerhans than it strongly convinced than MA J. GEN. JACOB E. FICKELl is worth. It may be assumed, therefore, that Mr.

Farbman was pnrtly ever of the gravity of the international situation, particularly as it relates to future co-operation to WEATHER EXPERT moved by the wish to provide a little variety. In any case, he President Says Next Congress Should Give Early Consideration to Valley Authority. maintain peace. v. made an impressive showing both DECORATED FOR HIS Obviously not encouraged by the in his command of his instrument CHOICE OF D-DAY and his thoughtful and well-integrated interpretation of the picture of diplomatic conditions given to them in an hour's talk music.

with the President, Senators Hatch In general, he imparted a sus New Mexico, and Bal1 Picked in tained breadth to both the first and second movements and in tha jjamnesoia, xoia a. press i conference it is their belief sol Jun One Good Day St. Louis General Wins Medal. first was able to preserve a definite continuity of thought, despita much' is at stake this country must make "a supreme effort to solve these immediate problems. the composer's habit of interrupting himself.

The slow movement By this, they agreed, tbey meant the United States should partlcl- LONDON. Dec. 23 (AP). Col. was restrained and poignant, but, while Mr.

Farbman'a tone was excellent throughout, there were pate with its Allies in attempting Donald Yates, Bangor, was Asvk-uikI Preu Wlrepboto Tl U. 8. Armj Siiiul Corps lUdlo. OVERTAKEN BY ENEMY AND OUT OF THE WAR nvm uv A I JJ It I.J... I.

I i 1 li.h hnimri.rv nrnhl.m iha loanoa ueu, uic juegiuu ui mci luuny i iiniea wnen me Bomuci color ui Involved in British military Inter- for his part in deciding which day the music needed a denser American soldiers captured by the Germans in their coun teroffensive in Belgium are marched to rear past an advancing Tiger tank. This photo is from a roll of captured German film. ventlon in Greece and the dlfflcul- should be D-day. "Zrnng "laDl- cany in the 'performance- which lIUJ uimea olalM oiraiegic Air waa cordially received. 500 Yanks From the Battlef ront MAN AND BOY KILLED $50,000 BREWERY GIFT owwmrni forces in Europe, pinnea tne The Sixth Kvmnhnnv of TMmltr! Hatch and Ball said in a state- medal on Yates aa a reward for ment: his "good Judgment, skill, sound Locna hft1f of rr0KrBm mn, To Spend Christmas in Jerusalem Aiier conierring wun me i'resi- nniup mo jciuninmuuu 01 which received a brilliantly voUtlla dent we are more strongly con- differences" in forecasting the performance under Conductor TO ST.

LOUIS U. UND BY AUTOS IN COUNTY WASHINGTON, Cee. 23 (AP). President Roosevelt signed today the bill authorizing a billion-dollar postwar flood control program tha Urfc-cit In the country's history. The President approved the measure with the understanding that it In no way Jeopardizes the operation of a Missouri Valley Authority.

In a statement he said the leg-Illation In general "Is a step forward In the development of our national water resources and power policies." Text of Statement. The text of the President's statement "I have signed, on Dec. 22, 1944, the flood control bill, H. R. 4485.

It appears to me that. In general, this legislation la a step forward in the development of our national water resources and the power polliiea. The plan of calling upon atatea affected by proposed projects for their viewa la a desirable one, but, of course, the establishment of such a procedure should not be interpreted by anyone as an abrogation by the Federal Government of any part of its powers over navigable waters. Authorization of the nroiects listed in the bill will Will Visit Church of Nativity in Bethlehem vincea tnan ever or trie gravity weatner lor june o. Vladimir Golschmann.

was dis-. of the international sitisation, par- "The value of his advice since tinctly from another level of tha ticularly as it relates to future co- has been proved," the citation said, mind. In contrast to the melan- operation to maintain peace. "as the day selected for the conti- choly ruminations of Sibelius, the "There is no easy solution in nental assault probably was the Soviet composer was exuberant. One Pedestrian Loses Life Where Manger Is Said to Have Stood.

01 in mwicuii promrms ann oniy day during the month of witty, facile, vulgar and contlnu- lacing inn unuru june on which the operation could ously effective. on Manchester Road, Other i in Brentwood. Nations and particularly the United have been launched. The Sixth Symphony, which was States, Britain and Russia JERUSALEM. Dec.

23 (AP). mal family life, and the Utter re Maj. Gen. Jacob E. Flckel of "So much is at stnke that we On thU stint Chrlmtmna of the plying united Slates nervicemen St.

Louts received th Distin presented here for the first time, la divided roughly Into two parts. The flrat la a long, alow movementvery aertoua but far front helnleve this country mint mnk nto their Iioiiib. guished Service Modal for super Donation by Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Boosts Campaign Total to $952,000. A contribution of $50,000 to the St.

f.oul University F.xpnnalon Fund campaign for $2,000,000 for the erection of seven new buildings was received yesterday from Anheuser-Busch, Inc. With previous contributions and additional memberships in the drive's $1000 club, the fund has now reached $952,000, It was an Two pedestrians were killed by Red Cross clubs are serving free supreme effort to solve theaa immediate problems, in which we vision of the Army Air Force tech greatent conflict th world ha known more than 500 American warriors will gather to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace. automobiles last night in St. Louis County. turkey dinners and sponsoring nician training program.

melancholy and the second, tw.j fast movements. must have the co-operation of our parties, concerts, movies and Robert H. Kern, 14-year-old son Allies." They started coming in by plane Gen. Fickel commanded the Army "1AZ T.1,- of Mr. and Mrs.

Roy Kern of Man President and Negotiations. dances. United Seamen's service is taking care of many merchant sailors of the Allied nations. chester, was killed by an automo today, fresh from the mu of the battlefields in France, Germany Asxea now mis action mient oe icv.uuu.eu taken. Hatch said it was obvious Training Command with head- uk lu "IT" I bile which struck him as he was walking east on Manchester road Similar arrangements were made and Italy, from North Africa, from stations in the Middle East and nounced by Oliver L.

Parks, gen that the power or negotiation lay quarters at 3 Lake avenue worn nit of the orche8tra were with the President. While they March 1 to July 12 of this year. hnfh nnA in several Belgian and French cities. from the bleak coast of the Per a. I f-lvt -CHstlsAl 9m Vila O'J near Woods Mill road.

A cousin, Donald Kern, 14, with whom he had been skating, told eral chairman. Parks said he hoped that at least an additional aia not ibv bo. it was asnmn i ma Kt-i twi. sian Gulf. Apart from the frontline jolt.

I it V. a I sac. A 11 LUUDIIV VI Jl tne two senators urgea ttooseveir chestration transformed the banal There weren't many officers $48,000 would be collected by Tues the British had troubles with the to seen an eany meeting with im iu, i. little tunes into something better among these pilgrims. Most of day, to bring the drive to the half i -wri ti i lit ait.

ft-A larnrifian. Tnati black market flourishing in poultry, liquor and toys. Only a rela rnm juimsier vnurcmu ana ivvi State Highway Patrol officers Robert had complained several times of not feeling well, and just before the accident had walked on them were just plain soldiers. They way mark. award states he accomplished this Premler Stalin.

Churchill has said In a letter accompanying the tively small number of people are follow the winding road to Bethlehem soon after their arrival. In objective with "the highest acu- the (three should meet soon. and made them sound like the healthy explosions of gay and youthful spirits. The masterly use of the orches- tQ Txra a A 1 a i aoie to eat turKey. chicken or the highway, directly in the path Rnfh iTntrh r.A Mi.i naen' tactt initiative ana naeiity Both Hatch and Ball previously tn lf.

Marion $50,000 check, Adolphus Busch III, president of the company, told the Rev. Patrick J. Holloran, S. goose. Most could get only a of the machine.

Henry G. Will- the Church of the Nativity they descend a short flight of stone steps and are shown the spot piece of beef or pork. naa Bma mey were aisturoea Dy ming, 2115 Brentwood road, Brent A. Fickel, live, at 245 Union boule- th." best vara. I tHhut.

it. political developments in Europe. Though winter holiday travel is wood, the driver, was released president of the university, that the check was sent with our best where it is said the manger stood. not at a record level, travelers under $1000 bond to appear at the Ball, answering constituents arVi utfAfa av.taaalAa was the sustained attention of the They will return to Bethlehem wishes for all possible success in flocked to most London railroad inquest, set for Tuesday. augment the backlog of public works available for prompt Initiation, if necessary, in the postwar period.

-I note, however, that the bill authorizes for construction by the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation those improvements in the Missouri River basin which, on Nov. 27, 1944, ,1 recommended be developed and administered by a Missouri Valley Authority. My approval of this bill is given with the distinct understanding that it is not to be interpreted as jeopardizing in any way the creation of a Missouri Valley Authority, the establishment of which should receive the early consideration of the next Congress. "I consider the projects authorized bv the bill to be primarily MODERATE- PALL OYER The connection with your commend Mequel Agular, 641 East Madi program was opened with Sunday night. From 9 p.

m. to 3 a. m. relays of Army busses will carry them from Jerusalem. The able undertaking, and with ex ing that while the Allies could not son avenue, Kirkwood, was killed when struck by an automobile stations early today in order to make the most of a vacation lasting until Wednesday.

In England the day following Christmas Box pressions of our high esteem for tolerate armed rebellion in lib your good self." erated areas, he was convinced A moderate smoke pall, the Alexander Tansman's arrangement of the Bach Chorale, "Now Comes Our Savior." The performance will be repeated this afternoon. Army and the Red Cross have arranged everything. "This represents the largest con that "the unilateral decisions and twelfth since the start of the heat- ing day also is a holiday. driven by Albert W. Meyer, 441 Park road, Webster Groves, as he was, walking south in the .3000 block of Brentwood boulevard.

Many will attend the midnight actions taken by Britain and Rus- ing season Sept. 1, settled over the Only in neutral lands were tribution of an individual business firm thus far," Father Holloran sia in Eastern and Western Eu- city at 7 ciock yesterday morn- mass in the church of St. Catherine, the Roman Catholic church there any real outward Christmas KIESELH0RST rope are profoundly wrong ing and cut visibility in the down Meyer told Brentwood police he said. "It is certainly encouraging to the workers and the officers saw Agular walking down the adjoining the Church of the Nativity which is the common prop signs. The sixth war Christmas finds Switzerland with well-filled shop windows.

Things long van and are harmful to the hope of a town district to three-quarters of just and peaceful world." a mile, the Weather Bureau said. of the university. It gives indica PIANOS erty of Roman, Greek and Armen tion that additional business firms Hatch said he was more 1m- Pan lasted for two hours middle of the traffic lane in which Meyer was driving, and that as he started to swerve to the left ished in other countries are dis are going to contribute large pressed than ever with what heland 5 minutes TTi played, but their prices are SNCI 1179 5816 ASTON for postwar construction, au, until 4-he current wars are terminat amounts after the determination termed the necessity of organiz ian churches. They will hear the Christmas hymns sung by a choir of 2000 Polish army men and the Bethlehem bells and an American to miss the pedestrian he saw another automobile coming from of their Income for the year. ed.

I do not intend to submit esti Dublin citizens fare fell enouch ADVERTISEMENT ing tne united Nations at once into an association capable of the oppOJiite direction. mates of appropriation or approve for food, provided they have We hope that Christmas day brings many contributions from choir Inside the church broadcast Walter N. Ryan, 00 years old, ing to the world. pioney, and in Stockholm people are even better off. individuals to the university.

We making the sort of declalona which he feared are being reached by Russia and Britain, acting inde was taken to the St. Louis County allocations of funds for any project that does not have an important and direct value to the winning of are encouraged by the large gifts, Hospital last night for treatment Mud and Blood at Front Prohibit but we still have a strong need of head injuries and a fractured pendently. Any Kind of Christmas. XMAS TURKEY DINNERS I the war." Xn AnnroDriation Included. In Nazi-occupied Italy bitterness is increasing with the cold weather.

Communists and socialists of industrial Milan, Turin and Genoa left arm following a collision of Comptometer Operators and Operators ol Similar Maehlntt Do not worry about overrunning numbcrt, tho operators worst enemy. Avoid clearing machine and starting over again while ac-cumlating or multiplying. Worth hundreds of dollars to operators Yet cost only $1.00. Sent postpaid. LEARN HOW in thirty minutes.

The best investment an operator ever made. Mail your dollar today to: A. SYSTEM, BOX 18. St. Louis.

Mo. for the smaller, individual contri butions." an automobile in which he was The measure, nearly a year in LONDON. Dec. 23 (AP). In the mud and blood of the Western TODAY.

TOMORROW NEW YEAR'S Wal St. Louis Soldier Hurt In Crash. Sarve an Old-Fashioned TURKEY DIN riding with a brick pillar at the nreDaration by Congress, author intersection of Claremont lane izes flood control, reclamation, Cpl. Earl W. Moncrief of St, iront there can be nothing ap NER With All the "Flxin's" Cranbtrry Sauce, Giblet Gravy, Homemldi Pumpkin and Mine Pie Noon to 8:30 P.

M. REaublle B7BO S945 MANCHESTER MANY TRADITIONAL YULETIDE EVENTS were reported to nave adopted a Christmas motto: "Christmas liberation or Christmas blood." Skirmishes of partisans with Louis was one of 10 passengers proximating Christmas not even and Warson road in Ladue. He lives at 2723 North Hanley road, hydroelectric power and other works in most of the country's the ordinary Christmas at the front when special food and gifts St. Louis County. seriously injured near Hebron, last night when a bus collided with an Army truck.

Cpl. Mon great river basins. Further con IN SPITE OF WAR Fascist and German troops con tinue. ional action will be neces are passed forward. Continued From Page One.

Consequently, London, Paris John T. McManemin, 6445 Nashville avenue, driver of the machine, was treated for a cut lip and released. Both men are Deputy United States Internal Brussels and Rome feel far less which a lighted candle is dis crief, 26 years old, Is the son of Mrs. Ruth Klemm, 6227 Potomac street. He is a radio operator in the Signal Corps, stationed at Fort Hayes, Columbus, O.

disposed to celebrate. A year ago Budapest, the Hungarian capital, was still one of the elegant, continental cities, but today it is in the front line, with 60 per cent of its stores closed, Yet the people do not want to be nor are they encouraged to be PARADISE Revenue Collectors in the Clayton district. sary to finance the works as the bill makes no appropriation. The big program was projected as a major phase of the Government's plans for job-creating public works when peace comes. Senator Overton Louisiana, said that from 75 to 80 per cent of the cost would go for labor.

Besides many local works to hold back flood waters, the bill morbidly gloomy. 5ltOpt uppers MERRY'S FINE CARS its hotels empty and thousands of its population of two million Six persons were slightly in played at the window. Most war plants will be closed tomorrow. A spokesman for the St. Louis Ordnance District said the War Department believes Christmas is one day on which workmen who are able to do so should lay down their tools.

Banks, As in the past, Americans and Always Choice telectlon. All Cars jured when a truck collided with heading westward. tsrltons here are exchanging cour Guaranteed. bead Trades. Terms.

a Greyhound bus late ylsterday tesies, the former sharing the Once gay Vienna is apathetic afternoon near Meramec Airport good things of their Red Cross said a dispatch to the National 44 Yean la Business MERRY MOTOR CO. on Highway 66. The bus, en route clubs with children denied a nor- Zeitung of Basel, Switzerland. Slot Delmar FOrest 4330 to St. Louis from Tulsa, over- turned.

dispute because the accretion was The day before Christmas, evert though it's Sunday ien't too late to select elegant gifts to make the right impression. Congress Drug is always open until midnight. to land purchased from the old BETTER LAUNDRY DRY CLEANING' COURT FIXES TITLE TO A 10-ACRE TRACT FORMED BY RIVER Edgar Zinc Co. in 1933 and was composed of slag, cinders, dirt and embraces several multiple programs for over-all development of river valley resources. A 400-million-dollar program for the Missouri River basin is authorized.

The bill carries provisions giving state governments the right of review over federal projects, Btores, business offices and city, State and Federal offices will be closed as usual, as will the Merchants' Exchange and the St. Louis Stock Exchange. All branches and stations of the St. Louis Post Office will be closed today and tomorrow. Only special delivery matter, gift parcels and perishable packages will be delivered either day.

The re sou deposited by the river. Evidence showed accretions were in progress before 1803, when the property was part of the old Ten acres of land formed along the Mississippi River "by the concurrent operation of the forces of nature and the of man" was divided equally between the Board For Efficient and Prompt Delivery Service Phone GR. 9000 forbids any interference with irrigation by navigation projects in rid states, and authorizes the town of Carondelet. The School Board claimed part of the tract was not deeded to a private own PERFUMES LAUNDRY AND ceiving windows at the Main Post Office, Eighteenth and Market streets, will remain open both days for receipt of mall and sale of CLEANING CO. of Education and the American Steel Wire Co.

by a Circuit er before Carondelet was merged with St. Louis in 1870. and that it was entitled to the increase in such public property. Secretary of the Interior to dispose of surplus power at government works. J.

C. M'CAWLEY NOW COLONEL II JJJIIAJ ffj 11 .1 iMllfiiy Hlnii 1 stamps. Court decision yesterday. The property, which has not TOILETRIES been assessed for taxation, but STREET CAR CONDUCTOR SLASHED BY PASSENGER which is valued at about $80,000, is bounded by Blow street, the Lt Col. John C.

McCawley of St. Louis, a member of a supply base section in the European theater of operations, has been Missouri Pacific right of way, Na gel avenue and the river. The de Patrick M. Riordan, 37 years old, cision, by Judge Edward M. Rud 6318 West Park avenue, operator of a Forest Park street car, suf dy, was in a suit filed by the steel and wire concern to clear title.

fered minor knife wounds in the chest and right hand In an alter Joseph R. Long, counsel for the Up to $150.00 including Schiaparelli, Tabu, Bergdorf Goodman, Lucien Le Long and others. From Elizabeth Arden, Dorothy Gray and Revlon in gift combinations. Exquisite costume pieces from $1.98 up to $50.00. In leather and fabrics, to 5.00.

Sets by Courtley, Sportsman and Yardley. Bourbons, imported D'queurs, wines, champagnes, (1 case limit). Gift Basket of Liquors your own combination. Children's stuffed animals and games. cation with a Negro passenger last company, contended the firm was entitled to all of the property in JEWELRY HANDBAGS MEN'S GIFTS LIQUORS night.

He was treated at City promoted to the rank of colonel, his mother, Mrs. James McCawley, 4038 Folsom avenue, has learned. CoL McCawley, a native St. Louisan, was graduated from St. Louis University High School in 1927, and from the U.

S. Military Academy at West Point in 1932. His wife, Mrs. Frances McCawley, lives at Highland Park, 111. Hospital.

Riordan told police the passeng er, who boarded the car at Comp- 11 WITH SINCERITY iP 1 And Gratitude we extend to one and all Pa the seasons best wishes a i jr rt. yJS ton and Laclede avenues, refused to pay his fare, offering a $10-bill and demanding the bill be returned when the operator made change. In the ensuing argument, the passenger struck Riordan in the face and stabbed him with a pocket DE LUXE TOURS LEAVE ST. LOUIS Jan. 4 Jan.

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