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rockets to illuminate the Allied air
craft"
The destroyers and their fighter
screen were sighted IN midafternoon
Tuesday coming from the coast of
New Britain.
Flying Fortresses roared to the
attack and were engaged by the Jap
anese fighters. North American
B-25s came in and made a direct
hit on the destroyer. but the hotilla
continued Its zigzag way toward
New Guinea
BY nightfall the Japanese vessels
were approaching the Papuan coast
and the Allied air feet began to
pound them anew. bombing and
cunning the destroyers and small
craft which were seen at one point
clustered around the warships. The
withdrawal followed.
Jap Resistance Fierce.
The Allied ground troops mean
while drove directly through to the
beach on the northern end of the
front and penetrated to the out
skirts OF Buna village on the south
ern flank, after the enemy positions
were blasted by shells and bombs
and were sprayed by machine gun
bullets from the low-f1ying Allied
planes.
Resistance by the Japanese was
fierce.
Near Gona an Australian INIT
captured Japanese command post,
killing "a in close-quarter scrap.
At this position the Australians cap
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Sailor Who Worked Here
Wins Praise for Bravery

Cross R. Rogers, jr., seaman, first
class, who formerly lived at 6433
Eighth street NV, is on a list of
% Navy enlisted men commended
by Secretary Knox today for out
standing service as members of
armed guards on merchant vessels
Seaman Rogers. who is about %,
worked at the saw Cafeteria here.
He enlisted in the Navy shortly
after Pearl Harbor, according to his
former landlady, Mrs. Julian Free
man. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cross r. Rogers, sr., live in Loris,
S. c. A brother, Carl w. Rogers,
lives at the Eighth street address.
The Secretary's letter to Seaman
Rogers says:
THE chief of naval personnel
takes pleasure in commencing you
for your action in air attacks on
your vessel. 1t has been reported
that on numerous occasions during
the voyage enemy planes attacked
the convoy of which your ship was
part. Several attacks were made
on your vessel. However, due to the
prompt action of the crew in man.
ming the machine guns no casualties
or damage to the ship resulted. Your
calm reaction under fire and your
speedy and efficient action on the
occasion referred to above were in
Keeping with the best traditions of
the naval service"
Evening star., 1942-12-03

advance along the railway line
southwest of Stalingrad had come to
momentary halt a few miles from
Kotelnikovski, nearly 100 miles from
the Volga stronghold.
The radio also said that the Red
Army had smashed IAN important
enemy center" southwest of Rzhev,
but did not further identify it.
When the offensive in the Stain
grad region began two weeks ago
the city's defenders launched a
house-to-house drive to oust the
besiegers from the lines they had
reached in the factory and dock
areas. There still was patrol skir-
mishing in the factory area yester-
day.
Red Star yesterday morning had
reported that Yuzhnaya hill, DOM
mating southern avenues into the
city and used by the Germans for
artillery and observation posts, had
been stormed and captured.
Axis Tank Unit Wiped Out.
Northwest of the city, it said, Rec
Army forces in offensive operation!
on the left bank of the Don over.
came stubborn resistance, captured
large number of gun emplace.
ments, dugouts and blockhouses "anc
accounted for several hundred o.
the enemy"
"A tank unit during the day wipec
out 200 of the enemy" it added. Ir
another sector there, it said 900 Axi.
officers and men were killed wher
they counterattacked
(The German radio said the
NaZi air force was attacking a
concentration Of Russian forces
in the Buturlinovka Kalach
Pavlovsk area below Voronezh, on
the upper Don southeast of Mos
COW, where German fears of an
other Russian offensive have been
voicedD
Evening star., 1942-12-03
FridaY
Luncheon

b snothsr Of the many magnets
that draw eonnoisesrs TO The
Madrillon.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
wartime Powers Bill
Faces Opposition
OF Farm Bloc
Robertson Denies Passage
Will Bring Imports
OF Duty-Free Beef
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Out in the open after a long be-
hind -the-scenes struggle, the ad-
ministration's efforts to push
through a bill authorizing wartime
suspension of tariff regulations faces
the possibility of stiff opposition
from the congressional farm bloc.
AS the House Ways and Means
Committee today began public hear
ings on the measure, Representative
Robertson. Democrat, of Virginia
fatty denied that its passage would
result in importation Of duty-free
commodities which would compete
with domestic products.
Mr.. Robertson, member of the
committee, issued his statement after
other members, among them Repre-
sentative jenkins, Republican, Of
Ohio. reported receiving mounting
protests against the measure,
particularly from dairy, agriculture
and cattle-raising sections.
Holds Beef Problem Solved.
"The bill,' declared the Virginian,
docs not confer upon the President
or any one else power to suspend
tariff restrictions in way involving
competition with domestic products,
although 1t should be equally ap-
parent that war conditions them
selves have already solved that prob
lem, if one previously existed. 80
With respect to the importation
Of fresh beef, we could not bring
that in even If we wanted to while
the war lasts because we now have
hopelessly inadequate supply of
refrigerated ships with which to
transport perishable articles to our
troops in Africa and the Pacific.
I'm fact, refrigeration has already
been torn out of many ships to
increase their cargo capacity, not
withstanding the dire need of troops
in the tropics for items that can
reach them only through refrigera-
ton"
Mr.. Robertson emphasized that
the special powers would end auto
matically December 81, l943, or with
the end of the war, and said Con-
gress itself could terminate them
any time it desired by joint resolu-
ton.
The committee ordered the legis-
lation subjected to public hearings
yesterday after blocking, by vote
of 13 to 7, an attempt to pigeonhole
it for the rest of the year-a step
which would have meant It's slow
death.
Mr.. Jenkins said the committee
had agreed to continue the hear
ings long enough to give people
from the far corners Of the country
an opportunity to get here to present
their views"
Evening star., 1942-12-03

tured 40 Bren light machine guns,
which may have been some of the
booty taken from the British at
Singapore.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
movements but made no less savage
tho c1o oShipc of tapk co1,Iropc

movements but made no less savage
the clashing of tank columns.
Izvestia, government newspaper,
reported from the front that Ger
mans were abandoning some of their
mechanical equipment in the snow
drifts as they retreated.
Pravda, Communist party organ,
described captives taken in the
Rzhev sector as being still clad in
their summer uniforms with only
earmuffs to protect them from the
cold.
AS the tanks rumbled against each
other in the region of Velikie Luki
the important railway junction still
held by the Germans, Red troopers
fought hand to hand with the Nazi
Alpinists.
In that sector $40 German bodies
were left at one spot and more than
1900 in another, Izvestia said
Red Star reported that white
robed Russian ski troopers, armed
with tommy guns and riding atop
tanks from village to village, met an
enemy company and awful destruc-
ton followed, with the whole Ger
man company being ground in the
snow beneath the tanks while the
ski troops raked the rest of its
ranks with tommy gunf1re."
Some villages were reported to
have changed hands as many as 10
times
In the Stalingrad salient the Rus
slams reported that heavy Soviet
artillery pounded trapped Germans
from the west bank of the Don
while Red tanks on the east bank
smashed into the German front
lines and won control of the juno
ton, which commands the escape"
corridor from Stalingrad.
East of Velikie Luki Red Army
forces repulsed three enemy attacks,
killed more than 900 and knocked
out six German tanks, communi-
que said, in liberating several popu-
lated places"
West of RZhev our tanks killed
300 Germans in two days, captured
three radio stations and two ammu-
milton dumps" it reported.
Four tri-motored German trans
port planes were among the seven
enemy aircraft the Russians said
they destroyed in the Stalingrad
area.
In another sector before Stain
grad. the communique reported ar
tillery fire had blown up a large
enemy ammunition dump.
The Moscow radio said the Soviet
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Americans hopping Up
In GuodoIconoI JunoIe
By the Associated Pres.

by the hSSOClaGe0 PrekA.
Fighting through the jungle on
Guadalcanal, American troops are
carrying on a mopping up operation
against scattered enemy groups, the
Navy reported yesterday.
In one day Of what the Navy de-
scribes as patrol operations" SOL
diers and Marines knocked out at
least three enemy installations, kill
ing 81 Of the Japanese, capturing
three light artillery pieces and TAX
Ing six machine guns.
A Marine Corps patrol fighting
along the upper reaches of the
Lunga River had the best bag.
These marines killed Is of the enemy
and captured two field pieces-a 75-
millimeter and 35-millimeter gun.
Lunga River, west Of the Hender-
son Airport, the prize OF the battle
on Guadalcanal, leads to the sea
on the northwest coast of the island
at Lunga Point, where some Jap
anese landings have been effected.
At the same time an Army patrol
seeking out the enemy located an
other artillery implacement and
captured a 70-millimeter gun. In
that engagement IL Japanese were
killed.
Machine guns were the objective
Of another marine patrol. This
group captured six Of the guns
whether in a single nest or scat
tered in the thickets was not dis
closed-and killed is Japanese.
Meantime Army planes continued
strafing and bombing enemy install
lations on the island in what has
become a regular Job Of finding,
then endeavoring to eliminate,
enemy installations. On the most
recent flight reported the planes
located and attacked four enemy
positions, the Navy said. Results Of
their attacks we're not announced.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Tuswe|I oustet Hearings
To Be Opened Today

The House Insul$r Affairs Com
mittee was scheduled to begin pub
lie hearings today ON demands that
Rexford Guy TugHell be removed
as Governor of Puerto Rico.
The demands were made by Sen
ator Jose A. BalSero and three
other Puerto Rican leaders Of the
group which has been opposing the
Governor. They dame here this
week on air priorittes obtained for
them by Gov. TugWell
Meanwhile the Senate committee
investigating economic and social
conditions in the Island, resulting
from interruption OF a normal flow
of trade because Of the shipping
shortage, named Rafael Bosch, ma
tive of Puerto Rido and now a
New York lawyer, a chief counsel.
Evening star., 1942-12-03

This striking "first-person" photograph
shows you, as you see yourself, putin g
the final clincher on the game. And your
reward is already in hand Your opponent
will now join you in glass of something ns
better Ballantine Ale. LIGHT, y4t
rich in true ale FLAVOR.
For hospitality at home, buy your
Ballantine in the full-quart 'BUMPER.T b
Helps stretch the bottle supply limited by
the scarcity of metal tops. Costs less pdr
ounce; carries and slows easily; makds
serving easier.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
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Other special units appeared south
of Rzhev where the Germans were
trying to regain control of vital sec
tions Of the Rzhev-Vyazma rail line
Reinforcements also stiffened the
German defense outside Stalingrad
between the Don and Volga.
In the Rzhev and Vehkie Luki
sector Of the central front blizzards,
increasing in ferocity, slowed the
Evening star., 1942-12-03

sentenced to 20 years In the peni-
tentiary for shooting Silas Smith
October 2. SFt
Thomas Sumpter! alias Baltimore,
an ice company dmploye, pleaded
guilty to the secon b degree murder
of Dallas Hollawat on September
% and was senteHced to Is years
in the penitentiaryI
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Alligator Protests
Bumpy Transportation
By the Associated Press.

BY The AsSociated Press.
CHICAGO. - Mrs. Paul Semrad
noticed that the woman sitting next
to her on the bus had box in her
lap from which low means issued
When the seatmate noticed Mrs
Semrad's shudders, she reassured
her: Don't worry, It's just my alli-
gator; he lives very quiet life at
home, and I think this bumpy ride
displeases him. Or he may have gas
on his stomach"
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Murderers Sentenced
In Alexandria Court

Lee Ell Williams, 1915 Wythe
street, Alexandra, was tried by a
jury In Alexandria Corporation
court Yesterday and found guilty
OF second degree murder. He was
Evening star., 1942-12-03

Remember The Madrillon is
"Host to the Nation" At
your service for
COCKTAILS-From 4 to 7,
Music and dancing from 8.
DINNERS TO $50,
Dinner dancing from 7:3o.
SUPPER-I0 TO I.
Two Orchestrss-Carr & Don
and Hurtsdo Trio playing for
uninterrupted dancing, and Sc
norita Nsvedo entertaining with
Latin. American songs.
>~ ~
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
Rockville Christian Church

Announcing "The Living Church.
A program of the Rockville Christ
ian Church, Easter to Pentecost-
April 5 to May "a. Extending to
members and friends Of the church
call to worship, service and loyal
ty.
Calendar
April IL: Sermon: "The Living
Church, and New Horizons.
April 10: Sermon: "The Living
Church and Spiritual Resources.
April 26: Sermon: "The Living
Church and United Front.
May 8: Christian Church Council
Sunday.
The Rev. J. Lloyd Black. former
minister, and at present Execu-
tive Secretary of the Christian
Church Council Of Metropolitan
Washington, will speak to the
Adult Department of the Bible
School at 10 A. M, and will preach
at the eleven o'clock worship hour.
May 10: Christian Family Sun
day.
Sermon: "The Living Church and
the Base of Operations.
May II: Nursery Day. Consecra-
tion Service for new children.
Sermon: "The Living Chuch and
Community Responsibility.
May "a: Pentecost Sunday.
Sermon: "The Living Church and
Spiritual Sovereignty.
(Other features of the program
will be announced each weekly
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
No BlackOuts Without
Advance Warning Unless
There Is Actual Raid

maryland will never have a
h!ackout without advance warning
unless there is an actual air raid
That was the statement made by
Col. Henry S. Barrett, Director of
State Air Raid Precautions, to end
'baseless blackout rumors" which
he said, reach his office daily.
Persons from all over the State
have been persistently asking his
office to confirm or deny rumors
they have heard concerning i'm
pending blackouts for their COM
munities, he asserted.
Most emphatically Colonel Bar
rett said, "Not even a local test can
be conducted without some notice
to the public"
''The Chief Air-Raid Warden
must announce that a blackout is
going to be held on certain day
or week. He doesn't have to give
the exact time, but the warning
period must not be of too long
duration"
'If a blackout signal is given
without warning, it will be a real
thing. We won't hold a blackout
without warning unless there is an
sctual raid"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
Local Minister Repairs
Church In Rockville

Believing that the surest way
to get-a thing done is to do it your
self, the Rev. Fred A. Van Sickle,
versatile Rockville minister, lays
aside his cleric's robes on week
days and pursues hobby of reno
eating and improving his church
property.
Born on a farm in Pennsylvania
nearly fifty-four years ago Mr.. Van
Sickle did not enter the ministry
until he was thirty-tive. Before
that he did odd jobs on the farm
and eventually went to keeping
store. He doesn't know exactly
how he got to be carpenter and
bricklayer but finds it most con-
venient when the church needs a
new roof or some minor repair.
Mr.. Van Sickle also knows full
well the trials and tribulations of
country minister. He has lived
in garages, trailers, boxcars and
tents. He has preached the gospel
from New England to the sunny
south and one of his most treasured
possessions is a scrap book con-
tanning affidavits of the "souls he
has saved" Coming to Rockville
nearly five years ago, Mr.. Van
Sickle had two charges, the little
church on First street and SIM
liar one at Layhill. He only has
his Rockville church now. But when
he. leaves here in August he hopes
to have finished the work shop in
tie basement and the paneling of
the church inside. He has already
finished two Sunday school rooms
after digging out a basement and
built an inside stairway. With 5000
he says he can finish the projects
started as well as paint the par
sonage. His only source of income
consists of free will offerings from
his forty parishioners and contri-
buttons, often from anonymous
donors. When not preparing SER
mons or fixing church property the
Reverand Van Sickle relaxes by
writing poetry. With the help of
Mrs. Van Sickle he built the brick
steps and refiitted new front doors
given him by a friend in Wash
ington.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
Travilah Revival
Meetings Scheduled

Revival Meetings will be held at
the Travilah Baptist Church from
April 26 to May 3rd., the Rev. c.
A. Brubaker, pastor announced to-
day. He will address the opening
service, and a schedule will be as
follows: The Rev. H. o. Cooper,
pastor of Rockville Baptist church,
will speak Monday; The Rev. ],
Raymond Nelson, Bethesda First
Baptist Church, Tuesday; The
Rev. E. c. Soper, Potomac Metho-
DIST, Wednesday; The Rev. VIM.
Elliott, Grace Methodist, Gathers
burg, Thursday; and the Rev. C. E.
Jones, Kensington Baptist, Friday;
and the Rev. Mr.. Brubaker, Sun
day, May 8. \
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
O'COnOr Moves To
EQualize Salaries
For Md. Employees
Appoints Standards Board
To Bring Positions Into
Line With Those OF In
dustry

In move to equalize Salary
Standards in the respect of State
Departments, commissions, agen-
cies, etc., and to bring them into
line with salaries paid in compar-
able positions in industry and COM
merce, Governor Herbert R. O'Con-
or announced the appointment of a
State Employees Standard Salary
Board of seven members.
an appointing the Board, the
Governor declared, 81 think it is in
order to state that, in my opinion,
certain revisions, in favor of State
employees, should be made. The
increases in living costs have
placed great number of State
employees at disadvantage be-
cause, under the strict provisions
of the Budget Law, the same lati-
tude does not exist whereby salary
adjustments can be made as they
have been made in industrial and
commercial employment.
Thep, too, number of valuable
State employees have severed their
connection with the State to ac-
cept more lucrative employment in
private industry. This represents
a distinct loss because the exper-
ience of these employees was in
valuable. It is desirable to have
State employees consider their SER
vice as career in connection with
which they will not be interferred
with by political developments and
in which they will be adequately
compensated for their services.
sincerely hope that the new Board
will find method to effect this
accomplishment"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
Power, Sanders
In 2-Day Bout

Who says that an actors life is
a bed of roses? That's what
Tyronne Power and George San
ders would like to know after they
had finished battling each ether
around for two days for one of the
thrilling fight scene. in 9th Ger
tury-Fox's great adventure film,
"Son of Fury" the flna.ion OF
Edison Marshal.,'s best-seller,
benjamin Blake" which opens
April 26 and 27, at the Milo
Theatre.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
Canteen Corps
Enlists Women

eff it is mans business to fight,
it is woman's to feed" This is
the slogan of the Red Cross Can
teen Corps. and they are apeal-
ing to the women of Montgomery
County to enroll for this impor-
tant service in the present emer-
gency. All women desiring to
enroll in the courses in nutrition
and canteen necessary for partici-
patton in this Corps are asked to
call Montgomery County head
qarters, 1700 Norwood Drive,
Chevy Chase, Oliver 1927.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
Boyds Services

The Epworth League of the
Salem Methodist Church, Cedar
Grove, Md, will visit the Christian
Endeavor Society of the Presby-
terian Church, Boyds, this Sunday
evening. The meeting will begin
at 8 o'clock and will be conducted
by the Epworth League of the
Methodist Church, Cedar Grove.
Mr.. Julian P. King will be the
leader. Special music by both
groups.
Divine Worship 11:0O A. M. Ser
mon by the pastor. Special music.
Sunday School 1000 A. M.
Glasses for all.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
C. E. Conference

The Spring Conference of the
Montgomery County Christian
Endeavor Union will be held on
April 26th, Sunday afternoon
starting at 8 P. NJ, Mt. Carmel
Methodist Church, Sunshine.
There will be five classes. All
Christian Endeavor members are
invited to attend this conference,
Evelyn Virts, secretary, an
nounced.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
TIRES

Office of Price Administration
announced April tire quotas: 101,-
6S6 new tires and 47O,317 recapped
tires for passenger cars and mo-
torcycles; 275,523 new tires and
246,442 recapped for trucks; a lin
tied number of recapped tires for
war workers, taxicabs, farmers,
statesmen and Government agen-
cies.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
Marriage Licenses


John W. Kitterman "a, Kensing-
ton, to Mary L. Graves %, Darnes-
town.
Joseph Neal Crown, 2s, Gath
ersburg, to Alice L. Fling, 20,
Travilah.
J. Dorsey Howes, 27, German
town, to Jane w. Bell, %, Gath
ersburg.
Howard E. Repass, 10, Gathers
burg, to Margaret Hindman, 10,
Plrcellville, Va.
Jose de Murguindo, 81, Olney,
to Onnlee E. Brace, 26, College
Park.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
Play At Woodside

"The Saturday Evening Ghost,
a mystery play, will be presented
at the Woodside Methodist Church
April 20, 80 and May 1, Maxine
White, public relations officer, has
announced. M. E. Francis McDev-
lit is director of the play which
starts at S:15 P. M. each eve
ming.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
FILMS

The United States Army and the
British Army are exchanging mo-
tion pictures of fighting tech
niques. Now, soldiers in U. S.
training camps may get a closeup
view of the military customs and
field technique of the British troops
by whose side they may fight some
time in the future.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23

So far, we haven't read single
columnist who doesn't know more
about the war and world affairs
than all the officials of the war
ring nations put together.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23

Little cones of green peas alter
mating with cones of hashed car
rots make an attractive garnish for
fillet of beef.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23

Market for several days at a
time if possible and save a good
half hour. The food will keep in
the mechanical refrigerator.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23

Some foreign cooks improve the
flavor of beef kidneys by running
a red-hot skewer into the veins.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23

May 26-Annual Bethesda-Chev
Chase Lions Club field day for
Charity benefit. Brooke Johns,
2P. M.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23

May % = Woman's Society of
Christian Service Supper bene-
fit Wesley Grove Church, Wood
field, in the Woodfeld Hall. 5-8
P. M.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1942-04-23
Coming Events

May 20-21 - Rockville Volunteer
Fire Department Supper.
April 30-Gaithersburg Homemak-
ers Anniversary Tea at the
Library-2 to A P. M.
April 23-Bingo Party, St. Mary's
Hall, Rockville. Benefit st.
Peters Church.
April 30-P. T. A. Supper and
Bingo, Poolesville.
May Senior Play "Dead Mans
Bluff" at Gaithersburg High
School.
May 2-Fired Chicken Supper
benefit Mt. Carmel Church Sun
shine-5-8 P. M.
May 9-Fried chicken supper -
sponsored by w. S. C. S. and w.
C. T. U. of Laytonsville Metho-
dist Church, at Modern Wood
mems Hall.