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Evening star., 1941-06-25
Key Town on Highway
To Beirut Retaken,
French Declare
British Claim Polmyro,
Syrian Desert City,
Is Surrounded
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The French claimed the recapture
of a key town on the road to Beirut,
Lebanon, today as the British re-
ported that Allied forces have sur
rounded the Syrian desert town of
Palmyra.
Djezzine, guardian of one of the
roads to Beirut from the south, has
been recaptured from the British
in handto-hand fighting, the
French declared.
The British reported successful
attacks on the French StrongholdS
of Beirut, Kayak and Soueida in
Syria in offensive operations" by
r. A. 2. and Australian planes and
British naval planes.
At Kayak, north of Damascus, the
airport and railway were reported
attacked and hits scored on build
ingS and Sidings. Several direct hits
were made on the citadel at Soueida,
near the Southern border, said an
R. A. F. communique.
Enemy destroyers" were bombed
by naval planes in the harbor at
Beirut, where hits were observed
on the jetty near the WarShips.
British air attacks overnight on
Beirut caused neither casualties nor
damage officials at the Lebanese
capital said.
Contact Near Damascus.
Elsewhere in the fight for Leb-
anon and Syria the French were
reported in contact with British
forces west of Damascus, in noun
famous Jebel Ed DruZ, at Aumoua-
LAD. and the eastern desert at Pal
myra.
Dispatches to Vichy, Unoccupied
France, from Syria described the
situation as being "as satisfactory as
possible" and said the British were
reported bringing up heavy rein
forcements.
Behind a stepped-up British aerial
offensive, Allied forces have sur
rounded Palmyra, recaptured Nerd
jayoun from the French and were
attacking today within II miles of
BEIRUT, a dispatch from Jerusalem
said.
The French said the British drive
on Palmyra has been held al q
standstill for three days ana added
they had no confirmation of the re-
capture of Merdjayoun, from its
French garrison.
The air offensive was the biggest
the British have sprung yet in the
campaign to break the Vichy gov
ernment's control in the Levant
states.
French Artillery Attacked.
The British reported capturing
Quantana, 10 miles southwest Of the
capital, and attacking French artil-
lery positions in the hills ucarpy.
Merdjayoun, which has changed
hands several times in the fighting,
was said by the British to have been
cleared of French forces. These,
the British reported, withdrew to
Hasbaye, 8 miles northeast. Nerd
jayoun is 40 miles southwest of Da-
maSCus.
British sources here expressed be-
lief that Gen. Henri Dentz, French
high commissioner for Syria and
Lebanon, would make his next stand
in defense of Beirut at Djezzine. in
the mountains 25 miles southeast of
the Lebanese capital
Australian troops were said TO be
engaged in skirmishes in this region
and to have pushed up the coast,
capturing Chehim and bringing
French positions in the vicinity of
Damour II miles from Beirut, under
artillery fire.
Hostile aircraft raided Haifa, Pal
estlne's chief port, early today
Anti-aircraft guns went into action,
but there was little damage and no
rocloltiac
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Court Assignments

L. Hommedieu, Jerome Clark in
PIP.
Inq.-Jackson ct al VS.. Clarke;
attorney, J. B. Gunion-none.
Inq.-Clarke VS.. Evans; attorneys,
pltf. in p.p-'none.
l611--Raymond ct al. VS.. Horton
Motor Lines; attorneys, M. F. Keogh
H. I. Quinn.
1407 Harris VS.. Capital Transit
Co.: attorneys, w. E. Leahy, E. B.
Sullivan, Newmyer & Bress-E. L..
Jones
2250-Young VS.. Foley Dog Show;
attorneys, Newmyer 81 Bress-
Swingle & Swingle.
1532-Pearl VS.. Thompson; attor-
neys. r. A. Cusick-Swingle g. Swim
gle; WEIGH, Daily 5s WEIGH.
2043-Young VS.. I. T. o. A. ct al;
attorneys, S. P. Smith,. j. Wilson.
2198-Cock VS.. Naylor; attorneys,
James O'Donnell, J. F. Reilly-H. K.
Presley, p B. Ennis.
2227-Ray VS.. Potomac River
Lines; attorneys, Charles Walker
A. K. Ship.
2344-Macklin VS.. Bildman; attor-
neys, Max Ostrow, Maurice Fried
man-Irvin Goldstein.
1275--Lynche VS.. Romm: attor-
neys. j. j. Malloy-H. I. Quinn.
692-Levine VS.. Washington Term
inal Corp; attorneys. Lester Wood
Hamilton & Hamilton.
199-Tully VS.. Washington Prop
critics, Inc; attorneys, w. E. Leahy,
E. B. Sullivan-Peelle, Lesh, Drain
& Barnard; C. w. Arth.
Non-Jury Actions.
Adv-U. S. VS.. Belt: attorneys,
Alexander Bell-W. E. Richardson.
22l4-Beaton Co. VS.. Berberich;
attorneys, A. j. Hilland-Toomey &
Toomey.
2413-Occidental Hotel VS. Schun-
dler; attorneys, E. E. Cummins;
Denny Hughes-Ira Kaehne; Pick
ems Neagle.
Admin re estate of Roberts:
attorneys. r. E. Wellford-Edmund
Campbell.
1l87-Sartori VS.. Sartori; attor-
news, Hugh Obear-R A. Cusick.
89-Holtzman VS. Hoffman: attor-
neyS, S. G. Ingham-W. NJ Hoff-
man.
572-JoneS VS.. Jones; attorneys,
Raymond Neudecker-N. M Baker.
1708-Flythe VS. Flythe; attorneys,
D K. Offutt-J. M. Boardman.
Adv.-Smith VS.. Smith; attorneys,
r. A. Cusick-D. L. Riordan.
2l21-Garrett VS.. Garrett; attor-
neys, Raymond Neudecker-J. w.
Berger.
80-Briscoe VS.. Briscoe: attor-
neys, B. T. Sanders-A. J. How
ard, jr.
2292-Gregory vs.. Gregory: attor-
neys. Raymond Neudecker-Paul
Jameson.
2294HPike VS.. Pike: attorneys.
C. L. Dawson-Raymond Neudecker.
2295-Hoover VS.. Hoover; attor-
neys, Raymond Neudecker-T. o.
Nichols.
2303-White VS.. White; attorneys,
Joseph J. Malloy-D. L. Grantham.
l630-Fletcher VS.. Fletcher: at
torneys, j. D. Di Leon. S. BoWles.
233l-Maloney VS.. Maloney: at
torneys, Raymond Neudecker-H. M.
Fowler.
2366-Penn VS.. Penn; attorneys,
G. B. Gunion-M. T. Woodruff: IL
Bolotin.
2382-Hawkins VS.. Hawkins; at
torneys, L. w. Caine-H. A. Dyson.
2422-Ferber VS.. Ferber: attorneys,
Lambert & Hart-N. L. Ball.
2441-Haynes VS.. Haynes; attor-
neys, Dolores Murray-M. G. Ehr-
Itch.
2578-Thornton VS.. Thornton: at
torneys, S. H. Robeson-W. M. Shea.
2649-Thompson VS.. Thompson;
attorneys, C. H. Houston-L. w.
Caine
2652-King VS.. King; attorneys,
L. A. Block-W. B. Mccarthy.
2654-Gorman VS.. German: attor-
neys, N. M. Lubar-A. L. Newmyer;
David Hornstein.
2208-Kennedy VS.. Kennedy: at
torneys, S. M. Boyd-Newmyer g.
Shapiro.
1974-Guyan VS.. Guyan; attor-
neys, Milton Kaplan-F. B Potter.
Munsey Trust Co. VS.. Wood;
attorneys, r. H. Yeatman-Kurt
Riemer.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Report
Diminished by the Z


District Coumba-Far slightly cooler
tonight with gentle moderate
mostly northeast.
slightly mostly cloudy
generally moderate
temperatures
tonight and tomorrow somewhat cooler tonight
Evening star., 1941-06-25
change in temperature.

hish-pressure area is moving south
eastward over the Lake region and the
North Atlantic States, Rochester, n. Y,
1O2I.3 uillibars (3O.16 inches) Press
ure continues relatively low in the South
Atlantic States, Charleston, S. G. 1013.5
is moving eastward over the Northern
Plains, Williston, N. OAK. 9a7 millibars
t29.44 inchesl. Since Tuesday morning
there have been showers over the South
eastern States Northern New England;
the North Pacific States and in scattered
areas over the Rocky Mountain region
Moderate temperatures now prevail over
the North Atlantic States, but it con-
tinues abnormally warm over the Middle
and Northern Plains.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Aids Man After Arrest

NEW YORK (P.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Gontard wants the law enforced.
She had a man arrested for ped
ding cherries without a license.
Then she paid 81 for a license for
Evening star., 1941-06-25
S10,64o For Air Markers

RICHMOND, Va, June Is LPJ.-
A s10,649 program for providing air
markers throughout Virginia was
approved yesterday by the Virginia
w P A.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Criminal Court No. 1-JuStice
Goldsborough.

Trials:
United States VS.. Luther Mat
thews and William C. Hill
United States VS.. Earl H Gregory
United States VS.. James A. Jen-
kinS.
United States VS.. Melvin j. Wynn.
United States VS.. Arthur E. Hardy
United States VS.. Samuel Will
liamS.
United States VS.. RoSalie Powers
United States VS.. Willie A. Pena-
mon.
Arrangement:
United States VS.. Raymond Brooks.
Sentences:
United States VS. Adolphus Com
er. Richard Hall and Elmer Young.
Criminal Court No. 2-Justice
Adkins.
Irlais:
United States VS.. GaZie A. PenSka.
United States VS.. Louis R. Osteen.
United States VS.. Obbie Stinson.
United States VS. Samuel Perritt.
United States VS.. Robert D. Coop
er.
United States VS.. John A. Grif-
fifth.
Criminal Court No. 3-Justice Let's
Trials:
United States VS.. Raphael Rush
ct al
United States vs.. Jesse Stringfel-
low.
Sentence:
United States VS.. Raymond M.
Young.
Criminal Court No. 4-Justice
Briggle.
Trials:
United States VS.. Leon A. Jones.
United States VS.. Ernest H. Fra
zier.
United States VS.. Frank w. Jacobs.
United States VS.. Geneva S. Davis.
United States VS. Monroe Johnson.
United States VS.. George Hodge.
United States VS.. Samuel L. Will
liams.
Jury Actions.
Adm. in re estate of Emma
Bowles; attorneys, w. E. Richard
son. c. E. Ford, w. M. Bastian-
S. R. Blanken, G. w. Smith, D. K.
Staley.
29S5-Seger VS.. George Transfer
Co; attorneys, H. M. Goldstein.
Lester Wood-Clephane, Latimer &
Hall.
2773-Mahoney VS.. Pitcheler: at
torneys, R. w. McMahon-Louis
Gutenberg. Wilbur Gray, W. V.
Murphy, I. B. Yochelson, j. N.
Halper.
1692-Goffney VS.. Freeman: at
torneys, w. T. Hannan-Welch,
Daily & WEIGH.
2193-Gates ct al. VS.. Meyer ct
al; attorneys, H. L. Mccormick,
c. L. Stout-V. o. Hill, Spencer
Gordon, J. w. Fihelly
2194-Gates ct al. VS.. Washington
Daily News; attorneys. H. L. Nc
Cormick, c. L. Stout-Charles
Walker, Mark Friedlander, V. o.
Hill, J. w. Fihelly.
2326-Cunningham VS.. Kraft ct
al; attorneys, o. D. Branson-S. j.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Heads Virginia Merchants

LYNCHBURG, Va, June Is P.-
Charles G.. Patterson of Lynchburg,
Yesterday was rejected president of
the Retail Merchants Association of
Virginia.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayo
Highest so, at sos pm. yesterday.
Lowest. SIS, at $50 am. today. Year
ago, 20.
Record Teraaeratures This Year.
Highest ~, on May rs.
Lowest, 5, on March 1S.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest, "a per cent, at l 80 am. today.
Lowest, 36 per cent, at lilo am.
today.
River Report,
Potomac river muddy, Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy
at Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
High --------- STA am. S:52 am.
Low 2:45a am 3:23 am.
High ------- s;44pm. 9:23 pm.
Low ------- 3:24 pm. 400 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
SUN. sum. tS%orro, tSass 4:4s 4:4s 7::ssss
Moon, today - $780, am. SOC pm.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haH hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Home Front

Part of the far-flung American front
now rests along the banks of the Surinam
River in Dutch Guiana, Northern South
America This is by the 55th line of
longitude west of Greenwich, almost due
south of another American military
front in Newfoundland. 1t is two days
sail west of Trinidad, an American base,
and il is next to British Guiana (West
of Dutch Guiana where We have base
rights. 1t is adjacent to French Guiana,
lying on the east
The White House revealed Monday
that American soldiers were being sent
TO Dutch Guiana, called Surinam, after
consultation between the United States,
the Netherlands and Brazil. in order to
protect the bauxite mines there, which
supply us with 60 per cent of our supply.
Bauxite is the mineral source Of alu-
minum, and aluminium is essential to
airplane manufacture. The White House
spoke of danger" with relation to Dutch
Guiana without defining the danger.
In another quarter the United States
was also active automatically. The
State Department issued an announce
ment Friday that the United States was
satisfied Finland was cooperating whole
heartedly with Germany. During the
week Finland joined the anti -Comintern
pact, a German invention. The State
Department was applying pressure on
Finland both to get out of the war and
to prepare public opinion for possible
harsh dealing with Finland, once our
beloved friend, If she stays IN the war
Evening star., 1941-11-30

Marshal Semeon TimoShenko,
commanding RuSSia'S southern
armies, Uhich are making q
courageous stand against the
Naeis. Wide World Photo.
While the Axis was occupied at Sidi
Rezegh. Indian troops under the British
command hurried to get across a 200
mile stretch and reach the Gulf of Sirte,
there to cut off the main line of supplies
to Axis armies in the west. Meanwhile
British patrols in the Central Mediter-
ranean sank an Axis convoy of two sup
ply ships bound for Africa.
Early Wednesday morning, in the
darkness, New Zealand relief forces took
Rezegh, which British held last winter
during its first occupation of Eastern
Libya. The New Zealanders went on to
Ed Duda. which a British force that
broke out of Tobruk had taken earlier.
In order to divert British forces from
the main battle area, the Germans sent
raiding party into Egyp-
Tobruk tian soil between sidi Omar
Relieved and Halfaya Pass. Small
British forces were sent to
cope with these raiders, who caused
some damage and remained in Egypt
three days, but the British were not d.
verted from their main purpose On
Thursday they had reached Tobruk and
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Guiunu's 'TuIki-TuIki'

The American soldiers newly ar
rived in Dutch Guiana (Surinam)
are getting an earful of one of the
strangest tongues in the world. 1t
is the "talki-talki" language, mix
ture of Dutch, French. Spanish. Eng
lish and Negro dialect, used by the
polyglot native population.
Here are some samples of this
strange tongue. used nowhere else
in the world
Dissi ma wan mooie oema (this
is one fine girD.
Fai tang good morning..
Koneli good evening".
Sopi drink.
Me wanni yang Il want something
to eaU.
Chari me ma hotel (bring me to
the hoteD.
Presidentie Roosevelt foe Amerka
semi sroedatie ma Sranam toe
wakkie bauxiti president Roosevelt
of America sends soldiers to Surinam
to guard the bauxite).
Tank masra thank you. sir.
Omeni monte chow much does
this cost?).
Dissi ma wan mooie day (this is
fine day).
Me brett to see you Il am glad
to see YOU'D.
Me fieri boen Il feel fine).
Go we (go away).
North American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Greek Nav y Carries On,
PutroIIinq Mediterranean

Greeces little navy, which wrote q
stirring record of heroism, daring and
sacrifice while battling overwhelming
Axis forces, is now carrying on the fight
by helping the British feet rid the Medi-
terranean of the enemy's sky and sea
pests
The warfleet composed of the cruiser
Averoff, six destroyers, five submarines,
torpedo boats and auxiliary craft-only
half Of its pre-war Strengths putting
long hours at sea escorting conveys and
maintaining the Allied lifelines.
Backing this fleet are 200 merchant
men with a tonnage aggregating more
than q million tons and manned by 5000
officers and men who are sailing not only
in Mediterranean waters but on far
duns sectors Of the war front.
Evening star., 1941-11-30

were ready to press against the Axis In
Western Cirenaica Cirenaica Is the
humpy part of Libya which lies between
the Gulf of Sidra and the Egyptian bor-
der. If the Southern British force heading
for the gulf is strong enough to hold
line against the Axis, the Germans and
Italians in that area are in a difficult
position.
The capture of Cirenaica is not the
capture of Libya Westward from the
Gulf of Sidra Africa stretches 1900 miles
to Agadir, Morocco, on the Atlantic. But
If Gen. Sir Claude John Eyre Auchin-
leck, commander in chief of British
forces in the Middle East, and Gen. Sir
Alan Cunningham, the British COM
mander of the Libyan offensive, can
smash the Axis army in Cirenaica, little
stands between Great Britain and West
ern Africa except the miles. An Axis
smashup in Libya undoubtedly would be
followed by relentless German pressure
on France to permit Axis operations in
Tunis and Algeria, French colonies along
the route from Egypt to Agadir. Mean
while. the Indians heading across South
ern Cirenaica aim for el-Agheila, the
point of furthest British advance in the
North African war of last winter.
Evening star., 1941-11-30

between Frances ruiers and the Nazi
leaders to deprive the French people
Of the essentials of life and thus prove
to them that Britain is a relentless
enemy who intends to starve out former
ally who had the misfortune of being
honorably defeated.
Although in some quarters there is an
attempt to minimize the possible full
cooperation of France with the Axis,
most military observers here agree that
in the event Marshal Petain decides to
sign up with the Germans-the price is
reported to be formal peace treaty
which would return to France the g.
600, 900 prisoners which the Reich keeps
as hostages-the British position in the
Mediterranean would become more diff
cult even though the imperial forces de-
feated the Axis armies in Libya.
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Far Crisis Battles for Russia and Northern Africa

japanese question seemed to make his
return imperative.
The weeks talks brought no decisions.
There we're offers and counteroffers, but
no acceptances of an offer by
Thoj either side. In the midst OF
Cr;sis the week the State Depart
ment was told by reliable OBJ
servers that the Japanese we're taking
advantage OF the lull by moving troops
in Indo-China closer to the Thailand
border. If there is action in the Far
East-aside from the continuing action
in China-it probably will come through
an attack on Thailand, from present
prospects.
The one consequence of the diplomatic
impasse in Washington which was re-
ported to be likely at the weeks end is
the resignation Of Gen. Eiki TOTO as
Japanese Prime Minister although he
has been in Office since only October II.
1t was he who thought Of sending Kurusu
to Washington, and If the Kurusu mis-.
sion is unproductive. TOTO, a military
moderate, may be held an unsuccessful
premier.
Domei, the authoritative Japanese
news agency, reported Monday that the
japanese Foreign Office had sent new
communication to Kurusu. Tuesday
Secretary OF State Hull conferred with
the representatives here of the A B c D
powers-Australia, Britain, China, the
Dutch, who with the United States, are
closely cooperating in presenting a
united front to Japan in Asia. Mr.. Hull
had received Mr.. Kurusu and Ambassa-
dor Nomura in his apartment Saturday
night, and twice before Wednesday he
saw the Allied" powers through Am
bassadOr Halifax of Great Britain, Am
bassador HUI Shih of China. Minister
Casey of Australia and Minister Loudon
of the Netherlands. They present a
united front to japanese desires.
President Roosevelt saw Kurusu and
Nomura Thursday afternoon, after Mr..
Hull handed the ENJOYS formal restate-
ment of Americas position in the Far
East They talked As minutes, and no.
body said much. Mr. Kurusu was asked
IL lllc CdI4 dG liIC "llllC 11OuoC
be considered a farewell visit.
"Oh, no. no" he said.
The next day the President went to
Georgia. Before he left he made the
announcement that American merchant
ships sailing the Pacific would be un-
armed in the existing circumstances.
He let it be known that it was his opin-
ion Toxic would be responsible for the
maintenance of existing circumstances.
In the meantime Kurusu is still here,
after two weeks
Evening star., 1941-11-30
By Constantine Brown.

ReaGsts in the American Government
know that unoccupied France is little
freer to act than the rest of France
and that the idea of dividing defeated
France into two portions-occupied and
unoccupied-Was one of Nazi Foreign
Minister Won Ribbentrop's schemes to
divide the French people themselves.
The State Department agreed that this
might be the case, but insisted that there
was a possibility of effecting a change
of heart at Vichy and that this would
ultimately serve the cause of Axis op-
ponents.
The administration took particular
care to please the French proconsul in
North Africa, Gen. Maxine Weygand.
He was thought to have an ace in the
hole in the form of the 350O00 veterans
who composed the North African Army.
Although it was wen known that this
force had been deprived of its mechan-
lied forces and airplanes, and that the
German disarmament commission was
hard at work seeing that the Weygand
army did not possess ammunition for
more than a week of fighting, the Uri.ed
States Government played along with
the veteran general in the hope that
some day, somehow, he might surprise
the Nazis by some spectacular move
ment.
Weygand Kept Promise.
Gen. Weygand never offered any
definite encouragement that he would
espouse the democratic cause in North
Africa, but he was pleasant to Robert
Murphy, counsellor of the American EN-
bassy at Vichy. who was sent to North
Africa as special representative of the
American Government to continue the
codoling policy. This diplomacy took
the form of $4,000 tons of oil, some 5000
tons of tobacco and other delicacies
which the Weygand army greatly appre-
ciated. The Germans never interfered
with these shipments within range Of
German submarines.
Gen. Weygand is out now, but he kept
his promise to Mr.. Murphy that as long
as he was in charge in North Africa that
territory would remain French and no
body-German or British-would be per-
| mitted to make a battle-ground of the
pearl of the French colonial empire.
The Germans did not press the Petain
government for permission to utilize
| Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco for their
fight against the British. Berlin had
other things to worry about. 1t had to
remove Russia from the field before it
could think of tackling the British in the
Mediterranean. The Nazis were discreet:
their agents at Dakar were unobtrusive.
There were not more than dozen Nazi
uniforms in that French port, and Amer
ican secret agents officially reported that
since there were no Germans there, and
they themselves had cordial relations with
the local authorities, there was no real
danger of that port becoming an impor-
tant Axis submarine base.
Some suspected that the American
agents conversations with the Governor
and his military and naval assistants