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Evening star., 1942-08-24
Bishop Manning AssaiIs
Reynolds for India Speech
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-The Right
Rev. william T. Manning, Episco-
pal Bishop of New York, yesterday
criticized Senator Reynolds, Demo-
,rat, of North Carolina, for asserting
that the United States should ask
Great Britain to give immediate in
dependence to India.
What shall be said Of a man in
our Senate who seeks to inject i'll
will and bitterness between us and
our Allies in this time of crisis?"
the bishop said during sermon
In the Cathedral Of st. John the
Divine.
Anything in the nature of anti
British propaganda or Russian
propaganda or propaganda against
any or our Allies is a dangerous and
peculiarly despicable form of sabo-
tage," Bishop Manning said. ut Is
directly helpful to the enemy, and is
traitorous to our own country and
to those who are sharing this great
battle with us.
And I may add that those words
apply fully to the amazing and most
reprehensible utterance this past
week in our Senate by one of our
Senators whose offense was height
ened and increased by the fact that
through an accident of seniority he
holds the office Of chairman of the
Senate Committee on Military AT.
fairs"
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Tydings Sees Jap Defeat
Beginning in So|omons
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 24.-The Ma
rines' capture of three Of the Solo,
mon Islands was described yesterday
by Senator Tydings, Democrat, OF
Maryland as the most far-reaching
achievement, looking to the ultimate
defeat of Japan, that has occurred
since Pearl Harbor."
Senator Tydings said the islands
principal value will be as airfields
from which land-based planes can
harass the Japs, and protect supply
lines between the United States and
Australia.
I'm time, attacks on japanese held
territory will be launched from our
airf1elds in>the Solomons group" he
said in a radio broadcast. THE
many islands lying between the Sol
onions and Japan must be con-
quered and used as stepping stones
to carry our forces gradually north
ward toward the Philippines as we'll
as northwestward to the continent
of Asia and finally to the islands of
Japan.
ut will, Of course, take time. One
island after another will have to be
conquered. The point is that we
have made a fine start-that we
have established firm foothold. We
now have airfields for land-based
planes and protected harbor for
ships. With these we can change
from defense to attack"
Evening star., 1942-08-24
aalingat Battle
Now; viii in Progress,
Germans Declare
Soviet Defenses on East
Bonk Of Don Broken,
Berlin Command Soys
B3 the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts. Aug. 24-German infan-
try and mobile divisions have
crossed the Don and broken
through the east bank defenses
of the Russians, the German
high command reported today,
and DNB quoted a Foreign Of
flee spokesman as saying "the
great. and decisive battle for
Stalingrad has now begun"
The crossing in force was made
northwest of Stalingrad, the COM
munique said.
The German attack in the Cau-
casus also was said to be making
progress in hard fighting in noun
famous terrain.
Infantry divisions and mobile
troops, "splendidly supported by the
air force, forced crossing over the
Don and, pressing eastward, broke
through strongly constructed enemy
defense positions" northwest of
Stalingrad on the Volga, the COM
munique declared.
Elsewhere on the Don front the
Russians were attacking, but these
assaults were turned back, the army
bulletin said.
Northwest Of Kaluga, which is 90
miles southwest of Moscow; north
west of Medyn, which is IS miles
southwest Of Moscow. and near
Rzhev, to the northwest of Moscow
Russian attacks also were smashed
it was claimed.
On the front southeast Of Lenin-
grad, in the Lake linen area, the
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Fay Wray Weds Riskin,
Pecora Reading Vows
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Fay Wray,
former motion picture actress, and
Robert Riskin, highly-paid scenario
writer who quit the movies recently
to take modest-salaried Job with
the Office of War Information, were
married yesterday.
The ceremony took place in the
st. Regis Hotel suite of Col. william
j. Donovan with Supreme Court
Justice Ferdinand Pecora officiating.
Mr.. Riskin said he and his bride
would make their home in New
York, "or wherever else my work
takes me for the duration OF the
war"
The only friends present at the
wedding were Mr.. and Mrs. Irving
Berlin, Mr.. and Mrs. william Paley
and David Selznick.
Miss Wray and the late John
Monk Saunders, screen writer, were
divorced in 1910.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Auto Collision Kills
Two Girls Formerly
Capital Residents
Accident Occurs in
Colorado; 4 Injured
In Traffic Here

Two former Washington girls
were killed and four members of
their family badly injured in re-
cent automobile accident near Ala
nosa, Colo, it was learned here
today.
The girls were Kathryn Louise
Carhart, Is, and Lorroine Carhart,
10, daughters Of william Carhart,
81, member of the technical staff
of the Internal Revenue Bureau.
The accident occurred while the
Carharts were on a vacation trip
through the West. The automo-
bile, driven by Mr.. Carhart, was in
q headon collision with another
car on mountain road, according
10 reports received here. The driver
of the other car also was killed, it
was said.
Others Injured.
The girls mother. Mrs. Glenna
Fisher Carhart, Al, still is In seri-
ous condition at a hospital in
Pueblo, Colo. Their brothers,
Charles William, IA, and Robert
Neil. 6, have been released from the
hospital. Mr.. Carhart's injuries in
the accident were minor.
Mrs. Carhart's sister, Miss Dorothy
Fisher. a nurse at Georgetown Hos
pital, has flown to Pueblo to attend
her. The Carharts lived at 1011
Uphur street NE. until three years
ago.
ro,,r ,,orco,,c ,r,oro I,,,rf ~, {ro a.
accidents here yesterday. The most
seriously injured was James Shelton,
colored, 80. of 1887 @ street NV,
who Is in critical condition today
at Casualty Hospital, as the result
of being struck by an automobile at
Fourth and c streets S.W. Police
listed the driver as william Edwards,
~, of 110 Eighth street NV. The
victim suffered fractures Of the skull
and one leg.
Two Hurt In Collision.
Mrs. Margaret E. Spencer, 1919
Vernon street, Alexandria, received
severe scalp lacerations and back in
juries, and her husband, Wendell E.
Spencer, was bruised about the body
when an automobile, driven by Mr..
Spencer, was in collision with bus
at Sixteenth street and Alaska ave-
hue NV.
Police said the bus was operated
by Delmer D. Madden, 80, Of 4501
Thirteenth street NV. The Spen-
GERS were treated at Walter Reed
Hospital and Mrs. Spencer later was
removed to the Montgomery County
General Hospital at Olney, Md.
Harry c. Osborne, a., of Durham,
N. c., was treated at Casualty Hos
pital for scalp, arm and leg injuries
after being struck by a streetcar in
the TOO block of Seventh street NV.
The car was operated by Harry c.
Dicks, 81, of ia Madison street
NV, police said.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Funeral Services Held
For Y. Francis Luke
Special Dispatch to The star.

0peCl&l biSpdtSu W AHe otdI.
MANASSAS, Va, Aug 24-V
Francis Luke, SO. who died Saturday
at his home in Greenwich, Va. was
buried today In the cemetery of the
Greenwich Presbyterian Church
after services there.
Mr.. Luke was born In Washington
In 1884, the son of Mrs. Adie Daniel
Luke of England and the late H. v.
Luke OF New Zealand. He was reared
in Virginia, where he spent most of
his life as a farmer. At one time he
was manager of the North Wales
estate.
In 1911 he married Miss Ellen
Douglas Lowe who survives. He also
leaves two sons, v. Luke of Balti-
more and Douglas Luke of Mesa,
Ariz.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Miss Evelyn F. Clark
Dies at Summer Home

Miss Evelyn Freeman Clark, 80, q
lifelong resident of Washington,
died Friday at her home in Sand
wich, Mass, according to word re-
ceived here.
Miss Clark was the daughter Of
the late Edward Clark, who for 40
years was supervising architect of
the Capitol. She made her home at
AIT Fourth street NV. the house
her father built during the Civil
War. Miss Clark is survived by
twin sister, Charlotte, Of the Fourth
street address, widow OF Admiral
John s. Carpenter, and brother.
Edward G. Clark of Sandwich.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Situation in AIeuiians
Is Much Improved,
Wal|gren Says
Immediate U. S. Action
Against Jup Occupants
ColIed for by Burton
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Aug. 24.-Adrnit-
tedly less critical Of Alaskan de-
fense measures than he was a
few weeks ago, Senator WALL
gren, Democrat. of Washington.
believes the military situation
In the Aleutians Is much i'm
proved"
Senator Wallgren, member of
special Senate Military Affairs SUBJ
committee, few from Juneau yes
terday with another committee
member, Senator Burton, Republi-
can, of Ohio, after a two-week tour
of military establishments in the
Far North.
over a period of months have
been sharp critic as TO what has
been done in Alaska and the Aleu-
tians," Senator Wallgren said.
Saw Major Posts.
"We spent two weeks covering
Alaska by air. We visited all the
major military establishments and
landed at the most advanced base in
the Aleutians.
There is no question but that we
got the facts, and I will say that
the military situation Is improv-
ing"
The Senator said he spent some
time within a short distance by air
from Kiska Island from which the
American forces are trying to dis
lodge the Japanese.
II went Just about everywhere, :"
he said, including the furtherest
American outpost. from which I
could have flown in a short time to
! Kiska"
He saw no Japanese planes, but
I'VE easily could have. The people
there saw them frequently"
To Confer With De Witt.
Senators Wallgren and Burton
| will 60 to San Francisco to confer
with 1t. Gen. John l.. De Witt,
commanding the Western Defense
| Command, and then return to
| Washington.
Senator Burton urged immediate
action by armed forces Of the
United States because the war in
Alaska is such that the longer we
wait the harder it will be-"
Other committee members, re-
turning by boat, are Senators
Chandler, Democrat, of Kentucky
and Holman, Republican, Of Oregon
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Los Angeles Firm Prints
Bunk Notes for Chinese
e, the Associated Press.

F3 the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. IA Los
Angeles bank note concern is work
ing "a hours a day on contract
to print millions of 20-yuan notes
for the Chinese government.
I, A yuan Is approximately 51a cents,
American money. s-rf4I1
!. Under the Chang Kai-shek re-
gime, only four banks are authorized
to issue Chinese currency. Former
", each province printed its own.
money.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
FotoI Auto-Truck Crash
Near Frederick Probed
a, thu Axsociated Press.

- the Associated Press.
FREDERICK. Md, Aug. 24.-State
police investigated today an auto
mobile milk truck crash in which
Preston Clay Sheets, 10, Frederick,
was fatally injured.
Corpl. M. M. Punke said Sheets
car and a milk truck, driven by
Harry r. eraser Of Frederick, side
swiped on route 40 two miles west
of here. Sheets died at Frederick
City Hospital Of crushed skull.
Doris Tucker, Jefferson, Md, rid
Ing with Sheets, suffered scalp and
facial lacerations, and Mr.. Graser's
brother, William eraser, 33, Fred
erick, received fractured left arm.
Harry eraser was treated for shock.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Sets Up New
Irao-Iran Command
Under Gen. Wilson
Independent Forces
Now Foce Germans
Menocine Caucasus
py the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-The War Of
fice announced today the formation
of an independent army command
In IraQ and Iran under Gen. Sir
Henry Maitland Wilson.
This step, which divided the Al
lied Middle and Near East into
three separate commands, was seen
as a result of Prime Minister
Churchill's recent visit to Egypt,
at which time he held a long con-
ference with Gen, Wilson.
The first result OF the Prime
Minister'S visit was the substitu-
ton of Gen. Sir Harold Alexander
for Gen. Sir Claude J. E. Auchin-
leck as commander Of the North
African front.
Communications Poor.
The new setup gives the British
an independent command facing in
the direction of the serious German
advances into the Russian Cau-
casuS.
Iraq and Iran formerly were part
Of Gen. Auchinlek's command, but
difnculties of maintaining COM
munications were said to be the
reason for establishing an inde-
pendent command.
Four hundred miles Of desert
separate Iran and Iraq from the
present Near East command in
Egypt Communications are poor,
Sea lines also are long, since 1t
is necessary to send ships around
Saudi Arabia from Egypt. Com
munications are equally bad be-
tween India and the new command
area.
The three British commands in
the Near East and East now are:
l. Facing the Japanese on the
eastern border Of India.
2. Facing the Germans and Ital-
ians in Egypt.
3. Facing northward in Iraq and
Iran toward the Caucasus where
the Germans are advancing.
Raj Chief Retained
Chief Air Marshal Sir Arthur
William Tedder, with headquarters
in Egypt, will retain command OF
the Raj in all three areas.
s, Gen. Wilson, who is so years old
and who is known as Jumbo" be-
cause Of his size, served as right
hand-man to Gen. Sir Archibald
P. Wavell in the campaign which
drove the Italians across Libya ir
the winter Of 1904. At that
time Mr.. Churchill spoke of him
as "one of our finest tacticians."
He became commander in -chie,
of British troops in Egypt in 1885,
and was responsible for the defense
Of the western desert during tn,
difncult months after the collaps,
Of France. He commanded tn
British Expeditionary Force il
Greece in 1941 and after that coun
try was evacuated he was name.
commander in Palestine and Trans
Jordan. He also commanded tn
successful British campaign II
Syria.
Evening star., 1942-08-24

in Trans Solidarity of spirit" with
the United Nations.
His article coinciding with the
London announcement of a sep
arate British command in the Iran
Iraq area, referred to the joint
British Russian invasion of Iran
a year ago as having saved that
country from a horrible fate"
Evening star., 1942-08-24

Germans made some slight gains,
Ut ~ said. II.
! A4ctAl,of 1855 Soviet planes was
destroyed by German hshters and
anti aircraft batteries yesterday,
breaking all records for enemy aerial
losses IN a single day on the eastern
front, Nazi military quarters re-
ported today.
German losses were put at only
eight planes.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Allied Airrnen Down
Is Enemy Planes
Darwin
Gen. MocArthur's Flyers
BIost Buildings in Wharf
Area Along Buko Passage
Rv fhe Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Aug. "a.
defense by Allied
flyers in Curtiss P-40 fighters
sent the Japanese home from a
big raid on the Darwin airfield
yesterday with little to show for
their effort except the gaps left
in their formations by the loss
of four bombers and nine Zero
fighters, Gen. MacArthur's head
quarters announced today.
The defending airmen's feat was
the more remarkable because they
intercepted the raiders at $4,000 feet,
knocked down more than one out of
every four of the 47 enemy planes
and suffered no losses themselves,
although they probably were out
numbered.
Allies Score Offensively.
The damage caused by the raiders
was slight, the headquarters COM
munique said, despite the 81 bombers
and 20 fighter escorts used in the
attack.
Allied planes scored also on the
offensive with an attack on build
ings in the wharf area along Buka
Passage, the narrow strait between
Buka and Bougainville in the north
ern Solomon Islands. The COM
munique said the results were un-
observed.
The raid on Darwin, possibly a
counterblow against Allied air forces
which have been hammering the
enemy-held island of Timor In re-
cent weeks, was the first big foray
since July 80, when the Japanese
sent over q heavy bombers and %
fighters. In that attack seven fight
ers and two bombers were shot down
at the cost Of one Allied plane.
Veterans Defend Darwin.
Among the American defenders of
Darwin yesterday were some vet
erans OF fighting in the Philippines
and Java, and their bag of 13 planes
was believed to be a record for one
day in this area.
The flyers carried out what Gen.
MacArthur's communique called a
brilliant tactical interception."
The raiders approached Darwin
from the west and the P-40's at
tackled them first while they still
were over the sea. Three enemy
bombers were caught in bursts of
fire. They left their formations
jettisoned their bombs, and Ameri-
can pilots saw them turn for home
only to crash into the sea.
The remainder OF the Japanese
fight came on in three groups. Al
though peppered by American ma
chine-gun fire, directed at Zeros a.
well as bombers, the formation
reached the general target area anc
unloaded 500-pound augmentation
bombs and incendiaries which
kicked up smoke and dust but
caused comparatively little damage
One United States flyer said h
got SO close to one Zero fighter
that II could see the pilots fac.
under his red cap. Nip looked might,
worried, as my bullets had set hi
wings afire. / saw him 60 dowI
into the sea-" q
A Chicago lieutenant, who In tn.
Japanese raid Of July 80, destroye<
en- enemy bomber but was shot doWr
himself, this time got q bomber ane
a Zero.
II guess I kinda evened things W
today" he remarked.
! Another American who got hi.
first bomber said:
II lined up Nip in my sights wher
I was half mile from him, bu
held my fire until got lot closer
First hit his left engine, which
burst into flames, and then bit
and pieces few all over the plan,
as my bullets continued to hit it,"
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Robbit Emburrusses Town

PRATT, Kans. (P.-The Chamber
OF Commerce is embarrassed. A
jackrabbit loped down main street.
stopped to nibble at grass growing
through joints of the concrete walks,
then hoped away undisturbed.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
300 Will Attend Meeting
Of MARYLAND Police Unit
3, the Associated Press,

CAMBRIDGE, Md, Aug. "a
About 300 are expected to attend the
third quarterly meeting of the Mary
land Police Association here We'd
nesday and Thursday, including
State, city, county and industrial
police units and representatives Of
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation
and the United States Secret Service.
Judge T. Sangston Insley, Cam
bridge, of the First judicial Circuit,
is to be the principal speaker.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Congress in Brief

R> the Associated Press.
Senate:
May vote on bill giving service
men absentee ballot privilege.
House:
Routine meeting.
Evening star., 1942-08-24

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. So. at 3:05 pm. Year ago, 81
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90. on July 10.
Lowest, 8, on January IL.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Nazis Raid Three British Towns.

BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Aug. "a CP.-The German
air force raided Derby, Ipswich and
Great Yarmouth in Great Britain
last night, DNB reported.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Weather Report

ureau
District of Columba-Qute gentle
Vrgna-Que
tonight.
Maryand-Contnued quite tonight.
Evening star., 1942-08-24

A factory In Argentina Is now
making shoes for a firm in Boston,
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Confidence in Iron
II af,i - =
Voiced in Kuibyshey,,

,KUIBySHEv. Russia. Aug. ~ t1.
Soviet News Commentator l. Yer
inashev expressed confidence today
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Three German Bombers
DESTROYED Over Britain
py the Associated press.

Ry the Associated Press. FAA 5
LONDON, Aug. 24.-Three German
bombers wore reported destroyed
during the night out Of q small
number of enemy aircraft which
came u over Dast Anglia and
spread widely over the Midlandss and
as far as Northwest England.
The bombers caused slight dam
age, but there were casualties, an
authoritative statement said.
The night raid followed deep day.
light incursions into hostile terri
tory by both the Royal Air Force
and the Germans.
Two of the RATS WELLINGTON
bombers broke through clouds over
the German naval base Of Emden
and the Air Ministry said hits were
scored among buildings in the dock
area.
A German airplane approached
the coast of Northern Ireland, where
many United States troops are quar-
tered, yesterday morning, but RAF
flyers intercepted it and said they
damaged it before 1T was forced to
turn south.
A Dublin dispatch said German
plane crashed yesterday morning on
the south coast of neutral Fire and
four crew members were interned
A half hour earlier a British plane
crashed northwest of Dublin. The
pilot was injured fatally.
Evening star., 1942-08-24

Humidity for Last "A Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Hishest, 81 per cent, At $50 pm.
Lowest. 30 per cent. at 2:30 pm.
RA0art foy Last Aa Hnurx
Evening star., 1942-08-24

Report for Last 4s Hours.
Evening star., 1942-08-24

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1942-08-24

half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Evening star., 1942-06-17
RuSSianMusic
Presented by
StringQuartet
Ambassador and
Nine. Litvinof
Guests of Honor
BY ELENA de SAYN.

An All-Russian program, paying
tribute to contemporary music and
to that OF old Russia, was given
last night at the Dumbarton Oaks
by the Chamber Music Guild String
Quartet. Third in a series of six
weekly concerts, this program was
dedicated to the Ambassador of
Soviet Socialist Republics and Nine.
Ltvinoff, who were guests Of honor.
Many rows of chairs were occupied
by other natives of that country and
the Russian language was frequently
heard In the spacious grounds, serv-
ing as an auditorium.
The performance Of two chamber
music works by Shostakovich
Quartet Op. 49" and Octet Op. II"
was looked forward to with antic-
ipation. Known here through his
symphonies, Shostakovich has
gained already a firm foothold in
this city and won admirers for his
originality Of idea, his style and
technical perfection The two
opuses, strikingly dissimilar in char
acter, had several things in COM
mon, however-breadth, elasticity of
countours, and suavity even where
dissonance per sc was a direct OBJ
jective Of the composer, as in the
"Sherzo" of the octet.
The players of the Chamber Music
Guild String Quartet, assisted by
Evening star., 1942-06-17

Sara Feldman, viola; Mary Hill
Doolittle, cello; Jeno Sevely and
Theodore Podnos. violins, gave an
excellent reading of the latter as
well as OF the quartet drawing a
full vibrant tone in the prelude" I"
pleasing for its sonorous consonance,
and adding tinge of humor to the
fascinating "Scherzo." The quartet
reminds one Of Shostakovich the
symphonist. There is to be found
the same somber tones of the viola
and the cello, the plaintive moods,
spun throughout like a mediation,
and the use of unmisakably Russian
themes. effectively clad in a modern
idiom. The two last movements:
Allegro Motto" and Allegro" are
gay and dainty and work up to an
effective finale. The artists were
generously applauded.
The large and well-trained New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Choir, under Charles Dana Beasch-
Ter, supplied the religious element Of
the evening by singing old church
hymns, not exactly representative of
Rusia's best, in liturgical music.
Kopolyoff's Easter chant "Alleluia,
Christ is Risen; Tschesnokoff's
Let Thy Blessed Spirit" Salvation
is Created" and Nikolsky's % Praise
Ye the Name Of the Lord" not es-
pecially grateful, showed the choir's
command of dynamics and its full
throated ringing tone in forte.
The concert closed with repeated
performance of Tschaikowsky's
"Sextet Op. 10, Souvenir de Flor
ence," heard here last winter.
Evening star., 1942-06-17
War Bond Aides to Be Feted

A group Of $50 War bond workers
will be entertained by Col. F. w.
Drury, chief of finance of the Army
War Bond Division, at Glen Echo
Park tomorrow. The program will
include talks, games, music and a
luncheon.
A bond each payday keeps the
JaDS at bay.