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Evening star., 1942-07-05
Former Quantico Gunner
Held Captive by Japs

William A. Lee, Al, chief marine
gunner, formerly of Quantico, is
among the prisoners from this area
being held by the japanese at
Shanghai, China, the War Depart
ment has announced.
His wife is the daughter of Capt.
Calvin A. Lloyd, U. S. M. c., now on
duty at Marine headquarters here.
Chief Gunner Lee was born at
Wardhill, Mass. and enlisted in the
Marine Corps in 1920. He was ap-
pointed marine gunner in 1895. He
participated in several skirmishes
against Nicaraguan bandits and was
commissioned an officer in the
Guardia National, retaining his gun
merry rating in the Marine Corps.
In September. 1882. while leading
Eicaraguan troops against bandit
forces, he was wounded in the head.
but he recovered in time to partici-
pate in the last engagement re-
corded. He was awarded the Navy
Cross for gallantry.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

orally begins to clear about the
middle Of october. In summer, fog
is almost continuous; but few days
are clear from morning to night, and
the tops of the mountains can sell
dom be seen. r.-|-
'At the surface of the water it is
generally sufficiently clear to make
out the shore at distance of or
4 miles, but at times it is so thick
that nothing can be made out. The
most striking feature about the
weather is its great uncertainty
throughout the year"
These being the conditions, we
should realize that the Navy and
the Army air forcess are working
under grave handicaps; they are
just as anxious to expel the Japa-
nese from these two American is
lands as any of us, and they will do
so when it is possible. Expressions
of ill-timed and ill-informed impa-
tience are of little aid to them in a
task sufficiently arduous.
tCopyright, 1912. New York Tribune, Inc)
Evening star., 1942-07-05

have never seen a more bristling,
belligerent, scrapping outfit.
OF Col. Eareckson, Gen. Kuter
said: "He does not just direct
bombing missions. For a period of
several days, he few on every bomb
ing mission against the Japs. Some
of these lasted IL to IA hours"
"On various occasions he was a
co-pilot,. squadron leader, a navi-
gator and now and then a very
deadly gunner with his fingers on a
50-caliber machine gun. He care
fully acknowledged the orders of his
superiors to conserve his strength
and went on more missions just
the same. His men refer to him
with affection as Napoleon but
point out that he does not stand on
a high hill and tell others how to
fight. He leads his men himself"
Alaskan Delegate Concerned.
Despite the latest reports from
the Army and Navy there were
renewed expressions of concern
about the Aleutian situation.
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond of
Alaska said the reports shows
they're working at the situation" i"
but he added that he was scared
pink for fear we're going to dawdle
until the Japs take over the whole
Aleutian chain"
He expressed particular concern
over Kiska, saying that yesterdays
Navy communique disclosed that
the enemy was digging in at that
spot, to which the Japanese pushed
after its initial landing at Attu on
the westernmost tip of the Aleutians.
If the Japanese succeed in hold
ing Kiska and establishing big
base for land aircraft, he asserted,
they would threaten all American
naval operations in those waters.
1--WE ought to take back and de-
velop Kiska," he asserted. "It
could be made into the spfarhead
OF an attack against Japan.
"We ought to throw in at least
500 planes Immediately and bomb
the hell out of them," Mr.. Dimond
said, referring to the Japanese posi-
Evening star., 1942-07-05

1t won't kill you to buy a War
bond-but 1t will help kill tyranny.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

tions at Kiska and elsewhere in tho
islands.
The text Of the Navy communique,
No "a, follows:
North Pacific area.
81. Since the issuing Of COM
munique No. 90 on June 81, the
situation In the Aleutian Islands
has not changed materially. Long
range Army and Navy aircraft have
engaged in reconnaissance and at
tack missions wherever weather
permitted.
20. On June 81 Army planes
dropped bombs on shore installa-
tions at Kiska but due TO fog, re-
suits could not be observed. On
June 25 the Navy reconnaissance
over the Kiska area observed one
large cruiser and three destroyers
in the harbor of Kiska.
"3. The bow of the Japanese
transport, which was sunk by Army
aircraft on June 18 was clearly
visible near the center Of he har-
Dor. During these operations Navy
patrol plane was attacked and dam
aged by enemy aircraft, but returned
safely to its base.
Fog Shrouds Results.
"a. On June 26 two Army planes
attacked shore installations at Kiska
but again fog did not permit re-
suits to be observed.
IS. On June 20 Army tonbers
again attacked Kiska. doing further
damage to shore installations. From
June % to July the weather was
such as to render flight operations
inadvisable.
IS. On July 2 a patrol observed
three Japanese transports with es-
corting vessels off the island Of
Agattu, about IS miles to the sNuth-
eastward Of Attu. Army bonbers
attacked this force that afternoon,
inflicting damage, the extent Of
which could not be observed. Our
aircraft returned safely, having suf-
fered only minor damage from anti
aircraft fire.
az On July Kiska was again
bombed by Army aircraft but again
observation Of results was not pos
sible."
Evening star., 1942-07-05
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Evening star., 1942-07-05
Army, Navy Face Big Obstacles
In Ousting Jops in AIeutions
Reeonquest Of Ksko and Attu Held Vital
As Preliminary to Attack on KuriIes

prevent our sending any effective
aid to the Russians by this route,
especially aid in the form that the
japanese most greatly dread-4-
engine bombers.
Furthermore, Kiska and Attu give
the japanese positions on the south
fringe of the Bering Sea, opening
for them a gateway into that sea
which they might wish to use to
seize further outposts to the north
ward, perhaps the Pribilof Islands,
perhaps some position on the coast
of Alaska itself, or of Siberia, to
prevent our shifting bombers into
the Russian Far East by a more
northerly route-or at least gain
ing early information of any at
tempt to do so.
1t is, therefore, good to learn
from the latest Navy communique
on the subject of the Aleutians that
the Japanese are not being left in
peaceful possession of Kiska and
Attu, but are receiving the constant
attention of our bombers and pa
troll planes.
The communique gives us some
idea of the difficulties under which
we are laboring in endeavoring to
keep in touch with the situation,
and in preparing any offensive to
drive the japanese out. The chief
of these difficulties is fog.
Fog Worse for Us.
There has been some tendency to
criticize the Navy for inaction in the
Aleutians and to say that fog is as
bad for the Japanese as for us. This
is hardly the case. The japanese
just want to stay where they are, for
the present at any rate, and COM
plete their work on their new in
stallations. We want to drive them
out. We have to come TOO miles
from Dutch Harbor to do it. The
fog is far greater handicap to us,
under these circumstances, than to
them; 1t would begin to be equal
only if the Japanese were to under
take some further operation, using
the two islands as bases.
AS for the facts about the fog in
these regions, the United States
Coast Pilot, Alaska, Part II, says:
Fog is most prevalent during spring,
summer and early fall, and it gen.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Fear 4-Engine BOmbers.

Certainly, once the japanese Sc
cure a lodgment in Kamchatka
they will be able to do much to
Evening star., 1942-07-05
A!eutiuns
Continued From First PageD

anese invaded at the time their
naval and air onslaught on Midway
Island, west of Hawaii, was beaten
back a month ago.
American airmen are devising
special means to put the Japs within
range cf fighter planes operating
from the Aleutian bases" he said.
distances are great and bad
weather increases gasoline consump-
ton. Nevertheless, whenever the
weather even approaches fyability,
our bombers take off to fight the
enemy with bullets and bombs"
Japs Kept Under Observation.
Regardless of weather, he said,
Army and Navy Air Forces operat-
ing under unified command were
keeping the Japs on Kiska Island
under observation and patroling ad-
jacent seas.
Kiska Is 585 miles west of the
United States Navy base at Dutch
Harbor.
Gen. Kuter said he was told by an
American bombardier that in the
Aleutians the rain comes down
sideways" At the American air
bases, he said, the men wear rain
suits all the time, consisting OF a
rubberized parka for warmth and
protection, rubberized trousers with
blanket lining, high boots and heavy
underwear.
"'The navigator is the key man
here" Gen. Kuter said a pilot told
him. "'He tells me where to go and
how far, in this pea-soup fog. With
these tricky cross winds and heavy
overcasts we'd soon be lost with
out him."
Eareckson Flies on Missions.
The general quoted navigator
as saying that on good day, the
rain would stop for few hours and
the ceiling would be 300 feet, with
pilots able to see as much as a mile
and thus be able to avoid volcanic
islands that stick up out OF the
ocean like telegraph poles.
"Our forces in that war zone"
said Gen. Kuter, 'have planes, guns
and bombs with which to fight. I
Evening star., 1942-07-05
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

The continued presence of Japa-
nese forces in the Aleutian Islands,
at Attu and Kiska, remains thorn
in the side of our freedom of action
in the Northern Pacific. AS long as
the japanese remain there, they can
be troublesome We do not know
what they are doing, or may intend
to do, for fog shrouds them from
view, save for OCCASIONAL glimpses.
1t seems very likely, however,
that their principal reason for be-
ing on Attu and Kiska is to set up
weather stations, radio direction
finder stations and listening sta
tions. Such installations would be
of imense value to any Japanese
forces operating against the Rus
slams in Kamchatka or against our
own forces in Dutch Harbor or else
where. In particular, should the
japanese intend an attack on the
Russian Far East, Japanese sta
tions on Attu and Kiska would be
able to keep close watch on any
large scale move by American air.
craft to go to the aid of the Rus
slams.
Anxious Over Aid to Russia.
A primary anxiety of the Japa-
nese high command, should an at
tack on Russia be intended, would
be to prevent a swift movement Of
American long-range bombers and
transport planes along the Aleu-
tians into Kamchatka and thence
to Russian bases in the Maritime
Province. This would be an opera
ton of considerable magnitude, if
it were to have any effect.
Very heavy loads of bombs, spare
parts and ground equipment would
have to be sent by cargo planes
and in addition it would probably
be necessary, if the American planes
were to engage in sustained opera
tions from Russian bases, to get
shiploads of material into Petro-
pavlovsk and Nikolaievsk. From
the latter port, river and road
transport could move American
ouPElIco W any pldCS Ill Iile MAIL
time Province. However, in order
to do this it might be necessary to
launch preliminary attack against
Paramushiru and perhaps other
Japanese bases in the Kurile
Islands.
AS against any of these contingent
cies the possession of Kiska and
Attu is Of great value to the Japa-
nese. If We intend an attack on
Paramushiru we shall have to be-
gin by taking back Kiska Attu,
which will give the Japanese warn
ing Of our intentions. If the Japa-
nese intend to attack the Russians
at Petropavlovsk and in the Ko-
mandorski Islands, Kiska and Attu
will be useful bases for them with
in their limited capacity, and even
more useful as information out
posts.
Fear 4-Engine BOmbers.
Certainly, once the japanese Sc
cure a lodgment in Kamchatka
Evening star., 1942-07-05
u. ). Guns and Tanks
Superior 10 RommeI's, 5,
Gen. Campbell Says
Nozis' Double Purpose
Weapon Called Limited
In Effectiveness
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALISBURY, N. c.. July 4-Amer-
lean tanks and guns such as have
figured in the fight for Egypt we're
declared today by Maj. Gen. Levin
H. Campbell ir., Army chief of
ordnance, to be definitely superior
to the Nazis' Weapins.
Type for type. our tanks have
heavier guns, heavier armament and
greater speed" Campbell asserted in
an Independence Day address.
He described the German 88-mm
dual-purpose gun, which has been
credited with much of the successes
of Field Marshal Erwin Rommels
desert drive, as limited in effective
ness. and about as secret as a water
pistol
eve outmatched this gun with sew
eral Of our field an anti-tank guns"
he continued.
u. s. Has Double Purpose Guns.
eve, too. have double purpose
weapons. We're not saying what
they are. but I can say they are
heavier in fire power, they possess
higher muzzle velocity and carry
greater explosive power than the
German 88-mm. gum
Reports that American weapons
are mot making the grade" Gen.
Campbell declared, are simply prop
aganda as sinister as DR.. Goebbels
himself could devise"
do not be misled by temporary
reverses our British Allies may have
suffered in battle" he advised.
They're going to be in there with
us when we win"
Gen. Campbell lauded the Army's
semi-automatic Garand rifle and
declared American machine guns
would conjunction any enemy gun
under the most adverse service con-
ditions."
Tanks Proven in Battle.
As for tanks, he declared the su-
periority of American types was
proven both by comparative tests
with captured German and Japa-
nese vehicles and by the test of
battle.
Our high-velocity 75-mm. guns
In our medium Ms tanks far and
away outrange the best the Germans
have" he said. 1--WE know by actual
test what our high-velocity 75-mm.
shells can do to German medium
tanks. We blast big holes in them
at ranges beyond which their guns
can reach.
''And we can fire this high-velocity
75-n1m. gun when the M-3 tank is in
motion, which is more than any
enemy tank, whatever it's size, can
do and we hit the target.
"For any one to assume the United
States is asleep in the field of arma-
ments is to assume Detroit has been
asleep in the automotive field in the
past two decades of peace"
Evening star., 1942-07-05
CheverIy Plans Drive
For Air-Ruid Siren

The town of Cheverly, Md, has
opened campaign for 81 200 to buy
an adequate air-raid warning device
and obtain equipment for first-aid
stations and air-raid wardens.
South Cheverly and Cheverly Hills
are joining Cheverly in the cam
paign.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
New Telephone Books Arrive
Here; 81 Freight Cars Needed

here. A wartime safety reminder
on the front asks:
please do not make telephone
calls during or Immediately after
an air-raid alarm as it is essential
that the lines be kept free for use
by the defense authorities. If your
telephone rings, however, answer 1t
promptly"
Officials asked users to consult
the directory before calling "infor-
nation" and urged that money and
documents be taken out of the old
books which will be collected.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

The new telephone book is here
and will be delivered to Washington
subscribers within the next seven
or eight days.
Telephone company officials said
426,4O5 books would be sent out.
The new directory contains 1923
pages, an increase of 48 since the
last issue, and contains about 175,-
900 alphabetical listings.
The new directories weighed in
bulk about 100000 pounds and re-
quired 80 freight cars to ship them
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GIANOR

If you'd have Il simmer, trimmer
figure stand with your feet apart,
hands on hips and bend to the left as
far as you can, then to the right, then
left-repeat twenty-five times daily
and you'll take inches off your waist
and avoid that "oflce spread"
4 4
There will be no more nylOn hose
for the duration and hosiery manu-
facturers are making every effort TO
improve rayon and Isle hosiery. In the
meantime YOU might as well make up
your mind to wear whatever the
stores are permitted to sell, remem-
bering that every other woman is in
the same boat.
Take your faded or odd stockings
on hand that have been accumulating
us Il result of runs and tears and
transform them into wearable pairs
by dipping in Il stocking dye bath at
home A color remover may also be
had for minimizing strong colOrs,
making them easier to dye.
But save all the silk and nylon
stockings that are damaged beyond
repair for the use in manufacturing
gunDOWder bags. The War Production
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PRODUCTION IN HIGH
GEAR, REAR ADMIRAL
BLANDY DECLARES

Minneapolis GLNS).-I,ear Admiral
w. II. L. Blandy, USN. speaking here
on Il Navy Day program, praised the
work done in American shipyards.
ordnance plants, and aircraft factories.
He said in part:
To-day our Navy is fighting on the
surface, beneath it and above it, on al!
the seven seas. in the ebb and flow Of
battle it is inevitable that we will not
near only of victories, we will hear Of
defeats as well. But, when the smoke
has finally cleared, the United States
Navy will be on the surface and the
Axis Sea-power will be where it be-
longs, at the bottom Of the seas
This war is far from Over-the real
fighting is just beginning. The war for
Us lies ahead-lieS in the future when
we will have sufficient fighting impie-
ments completed and ready. when we
can concentrate on trained manpower
and tirepOwer for the decisive blows
that will bring us victory.
True, our shipyards are turning
out ships faster than they have ever
been built before-so fast that the very
calendar seems to skip days and
months From the assembly lines of
our plants and factories are rolling
SquadronS of planes, fleets of tanks and
trucks, and guns, bombs, torpedoes
projectiles and ammunition in deadly
avalanche. America is producing as
she never produced before.
but We are fighting an enemy
also Superbly equipped - armed and
supplied beyond anything ever before
encountered by our nation. We ar
fighting brutal, cold-blooded enemy
that has been secretly arming for
years, with terrible Singleness Of pur-
pose more characteristic of Il jungle
beast than of civilized man"
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Building Trades
Aided By SWPC
Agency Plons To Ask Other
War Branches For
Cooperation

New York.-The financial and other
facilities Of the Smaller War Plants
Corporation will be made available 10
contractors in the building trades who
have been seriously affected by priori-
ties and their inability 10 obtain GOV
eminent contracts, Philip Wolf, chai-
man of the American Contractors War
Advisory Committee, reported, follow
ing his return from Washington, wheie
he headed delegation of members of
the committee.
The SWPC is planning to arrangn
with the chiefs of the construction de-
partmentS of the Army, Navy. United
States Coast Guard and United States
Public Health Service 10 assign a rea-
sOnablc percentage of future building
contracts to pools of four or NOR,
small contractors of recognized ability
who will be carefully selected for th,
job on hand, Mr. Wolf said.
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BureduHeddU
Communal Kitchens
For War Workers
Would Relieve Home Mok-
ers In Employment And
Increase Efficiency

Washington, -. &. GLNS).-COm-
munal kitchens 10 conserve the time
and energy Of married women war
workers and 10 preserve the family
custom Of eating at home this is Il
recommendation Of the L. s. Women's
Bureau. endorsed by Mrs. Franklin -.
Roosevelt, and announced by Mary
Anderson, the bureaus director
Community facilities for preparing
meals 10 be taken home for cOnSump-
tion were stressed by Miss Anderson
as means of relieving home makers
in war employment of some Of their
household tasks and thus safeguard
ing their health, increasing their plant
efficiency, and helping to win the battle
Of production.
Other suggestions offered by the
Women's Bureau 10 aid employed
housewives included: Staggered hours
or some time off from the job during
the day for the purpose of family mar
keting: placement Of written orders to
be delivered at the factory: special
laundry facilities, public or private
where war plant employees can get
such work done at reasonable cost.
For Government Regulation
In advising that communal kitchens
be set up in every industrial neighbor-
hood to permit purchase Of hot, nutri-
tious food at prices within the means
of working people, Miss Anderson be
! lieved that such facilities might have
to be sponsored and regulated by the
Government, though their actual opera
! ton could be placed in private hands,
She urged immediate development of
such projects in congested war pro-
/ duction areas, due 10 the increasing
employment Of married women workers.
The shortage of existing housing
and other facilities in such localities
plus the restriction on future building
| due to ErioritieS on materials and labor
make immigration of workers pgacti-
caly impossible" Miss Anderson point
ed out. TO meet the factories appeals
for labor, all able-bodied adults in
these communities must respond. This
means that more married women and
mothers OF children Will be drawn into
Ny-,,T r,,,J,Irrinp
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Another quickie dessert is made by
removing crUstS of white bread, and
milk. Sprinkle grated coconut on top
and put under low broiler to brown.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-11-12
PANTRY PALAVER

"Thrifty Cooking for Wartime" by
Alice B. Winn-Smith, authority on the
home and its problems begins with II
salute to "American Housewives, Gen
erals At Home in Defense" Recipes
which are really not new, but the best
and thriftiest of the old tried and true
ones are included in this handy little
volume which merely attempts to give
basic workable directions in various
fields Of cooking. The woman who has
once started using this basic recipe"
principle of planning and preparing
her cooking will find that it continu-
ally suggests new ideas, a thing quite
out of ordinary in Il cookbook.
With ratiOning, conservation AMI
certain limited sources of supply TO
loom in many different food markets.
this is handy little volume to own
right now.
Chef Hints: Cabbage has been desig
mated as a Victory Food Special be-
cause of the lack of tin to can sauer-
kraut. Try shredded raw cabbage put
in skillet with margarine. Cover, cook
quickly and serve with soybean sauce
and steamed rice.
x X x
A good food stretcher can be made
of eggplant stuffed with bits of left
over meat, cheese or mushrooms and
buttered crumbs. Its good.
X 4 4
For the best sweet potatoes you ever
ate scoup the pulp from 6 baked S.p.' $
and mash. Add beaten egg yolkS and
l. 2 tblspns. butter y cup sherry wine,
pinch salt and z cup pecans. Fold in
stifily beaten egg whites, place in cas-
serole, brush with melted butter and
brown in hot oven. Serve with grilled
ham and orange sections which have
been soaked in sherry.
X X X
Omelette for dessert? Try it. Instead
of adding milk to the beaten egg yollls.
add 3 tblspns orange juice, grated
| rind of orange, tblspns. powdered
| sugar. Fold in stitfly beaten whites and
proceed as usual for an Omlette Fold
over orange marInalade.
X X X
Another Quicllie dessert is made by
removing crusts of white bread, and
soaking slices in Swectened condensed
milk. Sprinkle grated coconut on top
and put under a low broiler to brown.