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Evening star., 1942-01-17
Chicogoon Puts
Stamp on Back
Of Auto Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Some Chi
cago motorists were puzzled over
how to display their new Federal
automobile stamps until George A.
Schirmer came along with his idea.
The new stamps are supposed to
be pasted on windshields or other
places where they'll be visible from
outside the car, but the glue is on
the back instead Of the face of the
stamp. Moreover, Chicago city Ii
cense and safety lane stickers use
up a good share of available wind
shield display space.
Mr.. Schirmer telephoned a motor
club his solution. He pasted the
stamp on the back of the rear view
mirror, making use of the Govern
ment glue, and leaving the stamp
visible from the outside The club
recommended the plan to its men,
bers.
The Internal Revenue Bureau
here said there was no legal objec-
ton to placing the stickers on the
back of the rear view mirror SO long
as 1t was clearly visible for inspec-
ton. The bureau, however, prefers
that the stickers be placed on the
windshield where local ordinances
permit, it was said, and new stickers
being prepared will be gummed on
the right side for windshield use.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Roosevelt Calls Session
On Defense Unemployment

President Roosevelt today called
to the White House representative
group of congressional and depart
mental advisers for consultation on
the problem of relieving temporary
unemployment in industries slated
for conversion to military pro-
duction.
A program of this relief nature
has been drafted by Federal Security
Administrator Paul " McNutt and
Sidney Hillman, associate director
of the o. P. M. These two con-
ferred with the President earlier in
the week and announced at that
time that such a plan was under
final review.
It is understood that the program
calls for partial reliance on the un-
employment compensation structure.
with payments due under that for
mula likely to be increased for cases
resulting directly from the CONVEX
sion process.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
New Maryland U. Courses
On Year. Round Basis
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The University of Maryland will
go on a year-round basis in June
with added emphasis on new Ian
guages, science courses and military
training for the duration of the
war.
President H. c. Byrd announced
the plans yesterday after meeting
with the board Of regents, which
approved his proposal.
DR.. Byrd said:
THE program calls for the uni
verSity to operate on a tri-semester
basis, with approximately Is weeks
instruction in each semester. The
curriculum will be adjusted in such
q way that q student may be gradu-
ated in two and one-half years in
some cases, three years in others,
or on the regular four-year basis If
It 10 20 desired"
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Miss Lombard Was Rushing
To Coast 10 Start Picture

Carlton Duffus, in charge of spe-
cial activities for Defense savings
at the Treasury Department, said
today he was in touch with the
Carole Lombard party in Indian
apolis late Thursday when the
actress decided at the last minute
to return to the West Coast by
plane because of picture commit
ments.
Mr.. Duffus said he was informed
over the telephone by Otto Winkler,
Hollywood publicity man who was
with Miss Lombard, that they had
hoped to return by train, stopping
briefly in Kansas City and Albur-
querque to. aid in Defense bond
sales.
Miss Lombard was to have started
new picture for Columbia Studios
Monday, playing opposite Melvin
Douglas, Mr.. Duffus said he was
told.
Miss Lombard and her husband,
Clark Gable, stopped overnight in
Washington December %, 1910, en-
route to Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore, where Mr.. Gable was
treated for an ailing shoulder. They
came back to Washington January
6, 1941, to catch a plane for the
West Coast.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
gopore
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of land from Thailand to the sea
in the Tavoy region.
British combined headquarters in
Rangoon, Burma. announced contact
was made with the japanese Thurs
day night at Myitta, in broad
valley IL miles inside Burma and
about 20 miles from Tavoy.
Myitta is about 135 miles northwest
of japanese occupied Bangkok and
some 230 miles southeast of Rangoon.
No details of the engagement were
given.
The British, meanwhile, rear
ranged their military command in
India, giving the post of commander
in chief there to Gen. Sir Alan Flem-
ing Hartley, SO, former chief of the
northern command in India. He sue
ceeds Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavel,
recently named supreme command
er of the United Nations forces In
the Southwest Pacific.
1t. Gen. Edwin Logic Morris, 50,
was appointed chief of the general
staff in India.
It was disclosed that q large num-
Der of Japanese prisoners of war
had arrived In Calcutta by ship from
Singapore.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Churchill
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Plymouth this morning on return
from his visit to the United States
of America.
"Mr. Churchill, who crossed the
Atlantic from Bermuda in a flying
boat of the British Airways, was ac-
companied by Lord 2eaverbrook,
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley
Pound, Air Chief Marshal Sir
Charles Portal and Sir Cha1les VIII
SON."
During the absence of the Prime
Minister from London, sudden re-
verses in the Far East precipitated
press demands for, and widespread
rumors of, cabinet changes. These
problems, it was believed, will get
the Prime Minister'S first attention.
Stormy Session Forecast.
Observers said Mr. Churchill likely
had been working on his address to
the nation and a Commons speech
on his way home.
A stormy session of Parliament has
been predicted, with a possible de-
mand from Mr.. Churchill for a vote
of confidence If the criticism Of the
Malayan campaign becomes too Sc
we're or If his expected government
changes prompt additional criticism.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Russian
Continued From First Page)

Soviet reports told OF continued
battering of Axis positions from the
Arctic Fisher Peninsula to the
Crimea, of direct assaults on de-
fenses of Taganrog and Kharkov,
and of heavy fighting around stra-
tegic Kursk.
A Tass broadcast said destruction
caused by the Hitlerites in now
liberated towns and villages is being
rapidly repaired" and farmers are
assembling seeds, horses and trac-
tors.
New Type of Soldiers.
The Soviet Embassy disclosed,
meanwhile, that the Red Army was
harassing the Germans with spe-
cially trained detachments of hand
to-hand fighters much like Britain's
Commandos.
The Soviet equivalent to the
Commands is called an "extermina-
ton detachment" and its work, the
Embassy said. is to Operate in the
German rear, cut German COM
munications, interrupt the Nazis'
radio network, blow up their fuel
dumps, destroy ammunition bases,
annihilate soldiers and officers and
smash their equipment.
These forces are not guerrillas,
but work in coordination with
the guerrilla forces, which have
been reported playing hob behind
the Nazi lines, and with the regular
Red Army.
Some of the raids behind the Ger
man lines La st as long as two weeks
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Germans Report RepuIse
OF Russian Thrusts

BERLIN, Jan. II (Ofhcial Broad
cast (P).-German and Rumanian
troops have repeatedly repelled Rus
sian thrusts on the Sevastopol front
in the Crmiea, the high command
said today.
German coastal batteries were de-
clared to have forced Soviet vessels
to withdraw from the west coast
of the Black Sea peninsula.
(Red Navy units swept around
Sevastopol after recent landings
of troops at Kerch and Feodosiya
to back up transports in an at
tack on Yevpatoriya, 40 miles
north of the embattled Russian
naval base)
Russian casualties in the Sevasto-
pol fighting were declared to have
been heavy.
"On the central and northern Sec
tors Of the eastern 'front.'" the high
command said, German troops
strongly supported by the air force,
yesterday again inflicted heavy cas-
ualties on the enemy in heavy de-
tense fighting.
East of Kursk midway between
Moscow and Rostov) three enemy
guns and several machine guns were
captured or destroyed In . sortie
by our shock troops."
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Geographic Speaker Cites
Australian War Measures

Australia has a longer coast line
to defend than the United States
and has only per cent of the popu-
lation of this country, Mrs. John C.
Walker told National Geographic
Society audience at Constitution
Hall last night.
A native of Australia, Mrs. Walker
told of some of the defense measures
that have been taken against posi-
bility of a japanese attack, men,
tioning particularly a great mine
field that has been laid along the
northeast coast in the vicinity of
the Great Barrier Reef. Sandbag
protection has been provided for
many buildings in case of air attack,
she said.
Australian troops serving overseas
in North Africa, Malaga and the
Netherlands Indies-are volunteers,
she said, but the Commonwealth has
conscription for home defense. In
the first World War, the country's
overseas army suffered larger per-
centage of casualties than any other
Allied force, she said.
Natural color films of the south
ern continent were shown.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Senate Group Orders
Closer Checkup on
Army Promotions
Military Committee Action
Follows Charge Inefficient
Officers Are Advanced
ny the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee ordered q closer checkup on
Army promotions yesterday after
charges had been made that some
officers accused Of inefDciency were
promoted rather than punished.
Acting on instructions from the
committee, Chairman Reynolds
named a standing subcommittee to
investigate all presidential nomina-
tions for Army appointments. SEN
ator Chandler, Democrat, Of Ken
lucky, was named chairman Of this
group, which includes Senators
Kilgore, Democrat, of West Virginia.
and Holman, Republican, of
Oregon.
Senator Reynolds said the action
was brought about partly because
of criticism by the Senate Defense
Investigating Committee of the part
played by some Army officers in the
Army cantonment construction pro-
gram, as well as other phases of the
rearmament effort.
Won't Delay Appointments.
Senator Chandler said many
members were impressed by the dec
laration of Chairman Truman of
the Defense Committee in the Sen
ate that personnel involved in
graft, waste and inefflciency" US
ually won promotion and transfer
to other posts.
What we want to do" Senator
Chandler told reporters, sis to in
vestigate these appointments to see
if they are justified on the basis OF
the individuals record. There will
be no disposition to delay them, we
just want to scrutinize them care
fully"
Senator Hill. Democrat, of Ala
bama, who also is member of the
Military Committee, said he re-
garded the appointment of the SUBJ
| committee as routine action. He
did not believe, he said, that it was
connected with the publication OF
the Defense Committees report.
Full Inquiry Impossible.
Senator Hill pointed out that be.
cause of the war Army promotion.
were being made at rapid pace anc
it was obviously impossible for tht
full committee to inquire into thu
records of all of these men. HI
added that too often in the past
nominations had been given COM
mittee approval without any such
study
Meanwhile, Chairman Walsh
made public a report he prepared
for study by the Senate Naval Com
mittee, criticizing the attempts o.
many men subject to the draft II
obtain Navy commissions through
the Intervention of members of Con
gress.
Many of these, he said, wanted t,
avoid duty with the combat force
by getting appointments to tn
Naval Intelligence or other non
combatant branches.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Larz Anderson Home
Turned Over 10 NAVY
For Duration Of War
Society Of the Cincinnati
Makes Gift; Some of Its
Furnishings to Be Stored

One of Washington's showplaces,
the stately Larz Anderson house at
211S Massachusetts, avenue NV,
has been turned over to the Navy
Department for the duration of the
war, 1t was announced last night
The gift was made by the Society
Of the Cincinnati, patriotic organi-
zation which occupies the structure
at present. The Navy said legal
forms to complete the transfer are
being drawn. No compensation will
be asked by the society, whose men,
bers made the offer as a patriotic
gesture.
The house, replete with fine
furniture, art and statuary, will be
stripped of some Of the furnishings,
which will be stored. 1t was the
home of the late Col. Larz Anderson
and his wife. who turned it over to
the Society of the Cincinnati in 1899
Is a home and museum.
Col. Anderson, former Minister to
Belgium and Ambassador to Japan.
had made the home ShOWplace
with the collections of art objects
from the hands of the best artists
and craftsmen in many nations.
The home has been the scene Of
many glittering social events. In 1t
was entertained Marshal Foch, the
King and Queen of Siam, the BROTH
er Of the King of Italy. and many
other persons internationally known.
1t was opened to the public in
1910 at a tea, the proceeds Of which
went toward a canteen fund for
French soldiers. Col. Anderson, de-
sceudant of an original member of
the Society of the Cincinnati, Is said
to have built the house with the
intention of making it a home for
the society eventually.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WILL THE TWO LADIES WHO WITNESSED
fallen man on Dec g. A; in Maeomb St:
MaWkiNs MssS fSs alsy EM Pssss sesss call ESTHER MAE
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
ssli, Ell HERMAN ' wEiNoARTEN' eio Iryy5ns IryyJ5n.s
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BILLS
other than those contracted by myself.
MARcELLUs B. KEMP, e15 Westminster
ANNUAL REPORT OF W. R. w1NsLoW CO
We. the undersigned the president and
the W: R Winslox Co.; eorporat5ion IL On or, r,
faizse she pstret ano of so % Do hereby certify
that the Of the total one bn
pi'a ered tventytive siE thousand dollars si25
ne.oa,t ave thousand "a % doIIars M csias 600 oo hss
M1NsoW Prss,ds9i s%14HtpS TIus,s1. kL1N6EE S6HS
.u'i: 'SERs3S Tzgs';s SGiS
s.istRs SSdsr he sVs Of n H. pIstTiss Ssades
and say that the facts stated in the afore-
going report are true to the best 81 Of my y
Hn2xfess aad sssf snd Sorn
la42, ALLAN zAMANsKY' Notary pu0-
snnHaI meeting Of Of the ne sGeehodeGs }ssoS IS
trustees for the ensuing year and for the
properly come before, the meeting will be
held At the ofce Of the eorp9ratVion Jon. in the the
nas RistrisE 81 on the
dsy sixned OF April w saA BAcHMAS 0s!4sn
ANNUAL ,Pr REPORT Of Ga CHEVY r. GHAsE CHASE
ftfaH the Board of trustees Of the Chevy Chase
Paint g. Hardware Co.; ds corporation ISa IaWs OFF IF
the District of Columbia do hereby certlIy
that the amount Of the total authorlaeo nat,a
sand dollars 1sio. 900 .00i: OF, which ten ter,
thousand dollars (sl0,O0000l has actually
been paid; and that ths os amount tsfaned Of she
Syis,iRs sESSs prssldsn.; ,ssiissnnssSS}
HORACE E. TROTHd Trustee: Ts;sts ss'shSfEs;. nfs.
IAThENSF IkYc4 oF doIJMR1A TKSIA ss T!u''fs' W. +
Winslow, president of the Chevy Chase
Paint HardVaTs Co. cor at of she 45e
DistTict fasirId Atf Of Columbia being frst duly
sworn, depose and say that the facts 81 statee tee
IN the. aforegong report are afst true ssned hU H
@ best r. o. @ENsEow w kaGysos sabser6sd @
to before me ths 10Th DAY zottMANsKY q IsHsKsEYy
'''1f The annual meeting of the. stockholders
Of Chevy Chase Paint & HARDWARE ~
for the election Of trustees for the ensuing ensuing
year and for the transaction OF Such otnea
business as may properly come before the
meeting will be held at the ONCE OF the
corporation in the District OF Columoia, la
56OS Connecticut Avenue, NorthWest; oH
Monday, the sixth day of April, IA, at
40 O clock P M tSigned) LAWRENCE Z.
TROTH, Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF The SIOCk
holders of B, Rich's Sons VIII De neIo a.
lOOl F street NV. on Tuesday' reoruafs
IL. isfS' d. . oFANNYE R. RosENTHAL.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
New Pocket Money
In SIGHT for Chile
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chie.-Chileans, who
have had precious little hard
money" TO jingle in their pockets
these last few weeks, have been
promised new coins.
An acute shortage OF small
change, due to the fact that the
nickel in present coins came to
be worth more than their face
value, will soon be alleviated, the
mint has announced.
New S, 2 and peso and 50, 20
and 10 centavo pieces will be Of
copper, tin and zinc with copper,
Of which Chile has plenty.
No 5-centavo coins win be N-
sued. They are not needed. There
is nothing to be bought for 5
centavos. The Chilean peso. at black
bourse rates. is worth only 3 United
States cents. And the smallest box
OF matches costs 10 centavos.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
ANNUAL REPORT

REcKER PAINT & GLASS CO.
We, the undersigned. the president ano
a majority of the Board OF trustees OF the
becker Paint g. Glass Co. corporation
oreanized and existing under the laws o.
the District of Columbia, do hereby certlly
nat the amount of the total authorized
canital stock of said company is twenty
thnusand dollars (S20,O0O. .O0}, OF whlch
twenty thousand dollars lS20Ooo.ool mas
actually heen paid and that me amount
Of the existing debts Is Fl S3a'3'. ~,
(Signed w. r. W1NSLOW,
tsisneO CHAPMAN J. GILBERT.
(sisneO JOSEPH C. KL1NGE,
N0sHe0 Trustee.
(sisned F. EVELYN KL1NGE,
Trustee.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. SIS:
I, W. r. Winslow, president OF the Becker
and existing under the laws Of the District
OF Columbia, being first duly sworn. depose
and say that the facts stated in the afore-
going report are true to the best OF my
knowledse and belief -, u,,Xs,o,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of January, AID. 1872.
(signedJ ALLAN ZAMANSKY.
Notary Public, D. c.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
q the Becker Paint & Glass Co. for the
and for the transaction of such other busi-
ness as may properly come before the meet
ing will be held at the ONCE of the corpo-
lation in the District of Columbia, 1888
Wisconsin avenue northwest. on Saturday.
the eighteenth day Of April, 1912, At 200
(sisneO JOSEPH c. KL1NoE
Secretary
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Three Women, Man
Gave Up Seats on
| W-Foted Air Liner
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex,
Jan. 17.-Three women and a
man gave up their seats to Army
pilots on the r. w. A. luxury
liner that crashed near Las
Vegas, New.
The four were listed by T.
w. A. as Miss Mary Anna john
son, Benicia, Calf; Joseph
Scigeti, Palos Verdes, Calf;
Mrs. Florence Sawyer, Portland,
Me-, and Mrs. Carl Brandner,
Holton, Kans.
Evening star., 1942-01-17
Bids Asked for New School

BOYCE, Va. Jan. II P.-Bids
have been asked for new high
school building here to replace the
present structure. condemned as un-
safe. The Clarke County School
Board revised earlier plans calling
for a $101 900 building and set a
maximum of 100000 on the cost of
the new school.
Evening star., 1942-01-17

FREE DUMPING.
paSt, hs1c.A-brac, cindeYl, rocks, sahss.
500 block 1lsdenShuys I'd. ne.
Evening star., 1942-01-17

WILL THE TWO LADIES WHO WITNESSED
fallen man on Dec g. Al. in Macomb st.
Mass ave alley please call ESTHER MAE
HAWKINS. EN-. 20s6?
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts incurred by any one other than my
self HERMAN WEINGARTEN, $40 Irving
st. NV. ~
Evening star., 1942-10-26

pay no attention to the Murray pro-
test Admiral Land is not the kind
of man who can be removed in that
way. He is one of the most COM
petent and effective men in the
whole war effort, and the work he
has done as head of the Shipping
Board compares favorably with any
other. He comes pretty close to
being an irreplacable official. To
remove or rebuke him at the behest
of a paid labor politician would be
a shocking and open exhibition OF
presidential subservience of which
Mr.. Roosevelt is incapable. No
President could afford to do a thing
like that.
Meaning Was Clear.
Admiral Land has gone just as
far hs he could when he said that
he carefully refrained from using
the words union" or labor" in
connection with his shot at SUM-
rise" remark. In fact, he went
little too far in thus intimating
that he did not mean union and
labor organizers. For, OF course,
those are exactly the men he did
mean. He could have meant no
other, and neither apology, explana-
ton or modification is required.
Certainly. he could have put it more
automatically. and probably regrets
he did not, but his meaning was
clear.
| Better than any one else in the
country, Admiral Land knows how
much a certain type of labor agita-
tor and "organizer" has interfered
with the war shipping programs,
through "slowdowns," "layoffs" and
other forms of strikes. He has
suffered a good deal under them. AS
we'll as any one in the country. he
| knows what the cost of this has
been in man-hours, money and ma
Evening star., 1942-10-26
This Changing World
Chance for Allied Success Against RommeI
Seen If Second Front Is Opened in Africa

British @Snd American mechan-
lied and air forces-so say moth
ing Of the British feet which
still has an important and useful
base at Alexandria.
Advocates Of a second front in
Europe have been told repeatedly
that while geographically Africa
is not a part of Europe, strategi-
cally the northern part Of the
continent belongs to the Eu-
ropean theater of operations.
II the Allies were to succeed
in conquering Morocco and AL
geria and establish land bases
for their aviation in that area,
the picture in the Mediterranean
would change materially in our
favor. It is said in competent
military quarters that the Sue
cess of such an operation depends
largely on forcing the enemy to
fight on two fronts in that sec
tor.
The Germans, even II they
were to 60 on the defensive on
the eastern front, cannot rush
sufficient reinforcements to op-
pose two important forces con-
verging from the west and from
the east to catch Rommel In a
gigantic pincers movement.
Question Of Planes and Tanks.
1t is not 50 much a question
OF manpower which is involved
in this type of military opera
tions. 1t is primarily a question
of planes and tanks. There is
no doubt that the French bases
on the West African coast from
Casablanca to Dakar are very
strong.
The French have large quanti-
ties of supplies and some aviation
to protect the main landing
points. Dakar is said to be pro-
tected, besides an efficient fleet,
also by 16-inch gun batteries on
railroad cars. All these things
sound very impressive except for
the fact that it is doubtful
whether the French themselves
would seriously oppose an Amer
lean attempt to enter Morocco if
at the same time Rommel were to
suffer reverses.
The Vichy politicians may be
sold on the idea of a new order in
Europe under Hitler, but the rank
and file of the French-particu-
larly those commanding in At
rica-are said to be willing to
shake off the Nazis as soon as
they can do so safely.
Hence, the British move in
Egypt is considered particularly
important in the light of the pos
sibility Of simultaneous offensive
on the west coast of Africa. This,
according to military observers,
would be the beginning of the
second front for the Allies and
might bring the much-needed
and desired results.
Evening star., 1942-10-26

and Marine flyers and ground crews
now participating under the unified
command of Admiral Halsey. He is
responsible for defending the ap-
proaches to the Solomons and in
fact the whole South Pacific area
because in its present shape this
war in the Pacific is still a battle
between navies.
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