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Evening star., 1942-05-08
Drastic Changes Seen
In transportation for
Districts War Effort
Meeting Told to Expect
Removed Of Some Scots
In Buses, Streetcors

Shortages of gasoline and tires
will force drastic steps in the public
transportation field here, an official
of the Office of Defense Transpor-
tation last night told a public meet
ing called by District trafiic officials
to promote conservation of trans
portation facilities.
Edward A. Roberts, associate di-
rector, Division of Local Transport,
ONCE of Defense Transportation,
predicted before an audience at the
Departmental Auditorium that the
following steps would have to be
taken in connection with trans
portation of war workers here:
/. Parkway roads now restricted
to private vehicles to be opened to
express bus routes.
2. Some of the seats in buses and
streetcars may have to be removed
in order to increase their capacity
by providing more room for ISLANDERS.
This already is being tried In an
other large American city. which
was not named.
May Eliminate Stops.
g. Fewer stops and less frequent
service during the more slack hours.
4. Further staggering OF hours OF
workers.
S. The short haul rider will be
forced to become a walker and a
reasonable" walking distance will
be stretched to the limit.
Mr.. Roberts was one of three
speakers at the meeting, which was
attended by about rs persons.
Traffic Director william A. Van
Duzer, who called the meeting with
the approval of Commissioner
Young and officials of the o. D. T.
and ONCE of Price Administration,
had expected about 1000. Mr.. Van
DuZer told newsmen he could not
understand the apathy of the people
to the situation, but said there will
be plenty of complaints when they
get only few gallons of gasoline
q week."
Senator Burton, chairman Of the
Traff1c Subcommittee of the Senate
District Committee, emphasized that
every gallon of gasoline you use
has been brought to the East at
the risk Of seaman's life"
Wastage Is Sabotage"
Wastage of gas and rubber. he said,
is a form of sabotage, carried on
thoughtlessly." Every time a person
uses a gallon of gasoline to turn the
wheels of his car, these strategic
products are being burned up as
effectively as if they were destroyed
by a bomb, he declared.
A third speaker was j. Paul
Schwab, director of tire rationing,
o. p. A., who said that the most
optimistic estimates on the rubber
supplies available may be upset by
sea raiders attacking ships bringing
crude to this country from other
sections of the Western Hemisphere.
He urged stringent conservation.
Commissioner Young and Mr..
Van Duzer thanked those present
for their interest in the problems.
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee introduced the
speakers.
The Police Boys Club Band played
several numbers before the meeting
was opened.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Miss Therese Levi
Bride in Virginia
Of George Ritter

The home of Mr.. Lacey Humston,
near Boyce, Va, was the scene OF
pretty informal wedding the after
noon of October when his grand
daughter, Miss Therese Levi, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde B. Levi
of Boyce, was married to Mr.. George
Ritter, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Ritter of Winchester.
Autumn leaves and mixed fall
flowers decorated the living room
and the mantel over the fireplace
before which the Rev Ronald Will
son of Winchester officiated. Lighted
white candles in coffeewood can
delabra also decorated the mantel,
making the setting the same as it
was for the wedding of the bride S
father and mother
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore purple suit
with black accessories and a corsage
of orchids, and at the neck of her
white blouse she wore an heirloom
cameo that belonged to her great
Observation-Disclosures.
MISS Helen AnderS BOyce was the
brides only attendant and Mr.. Greg
CORY Norman of Winchester served
as best man.
A reception was held after the
ceremony with Mrs. j. F.. Luxford
of Arlington and Mrs. Braxton
Strobe of Boyce assisting. Mr. and
Mrs. Ritter left after the reception
for Beaver, Pa, where they will make
their home
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Miss Nan Tarason,
Bride.Elect, Holds
Open House Today

Miss Nan Tarason, whose en-
gagement to 1t. Paul Hoffenberg,
U. S. A., was announced recently by
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Tarason, will have an open house
today. Miss Tarason will leave
Washington Wednesday for Jack
sonville, Fla, where her marriage
will take place next Sunday. 1t.
Hoffenberg is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Hoffenberg of Jacksonville.
1t. Hoffenberg is stationed at Camp
Claiborne, La.,> and the couple will
reside in Alexandria, La.
Miss Tarason has been actively
engaged in dramatic and organi-
zation work with the Junior Hadas-
sab. She also was the 1912 CO.
chairman Of the youth division of
the United Jewish Appeal Drive.
Miss Hilda Siegel was hostess at
q shower in compliment to Miss
Tarason September % at the
Thomas Circle Club.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Fredericksburg
Residential Notes

FREDERICKSBURG, Oct. TO-
Mrs. David Edwards Warner of
Washington is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Francis Rowe, for
a week.
1t. E. Leavelle Billingsley has left
for. Jefferson Barracks, st. Louis,
Mo-, after a visit with his wife here
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bell, who have
been residing in this city. have left
to make their home in Winchester
Mr.. and Mrs. William Decker and
their two children of Richmond are
visiting relatives here
Miss Ruth Klotz has resumed her
studies at the Marjorie Webster
Junior College in Washington.
Miss Emily G. Allison, who has
been visiting in New York City for
a month, has returned to her home
here.
Mrs Aldrich Dudley, jr., and her
young son, Aldrich Dudley, III, Of
Evening star., 1942-10-11

Richmond, have arrived. here to join
Mr.. Dudley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur D. Jones
have returned to Aquasco, Md, after
visiting Mrs. H. H. Young.
Miss Agnes Gayle is visiting DR..
and Mrs. P. H. Winston for a week.
Mrs. Walter j. de Bord and her
daughter, Miss Doris de Bord, are
visiting in Kentucky.
Mrs. H. Gibbons Young is visit
ing her parents, 1t. Col. and Mrs.
Wallace Williams in Elkton, Md.
Mr.. Wilbur w. Garner of Fort
Bragg, N. c., is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Garner.
Mr.. Arthur Jennings is visiting
1t. and Mrs. Alex Green, jr., in Fair
fax for the week end.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Box Holders
Are Announced
For Concert
The PHILADELPHIA
Orchestra Opens
Season October 20

The Philadelphia Orchestra will
start the symphony concert season
October 20 with many active men,
bers Of Washington's war effort in
the audience. Miss Mabel Board
man, nationally famous Red Cross
worker, again will sit in her box for
the season of the orchestra in Wash
ington. The list of box holders is
much the same as in years past,
headed by Mrs. Adolph Casper Mil
Ter, chairman of the committee, Mrs.
william Castle, Mrs. Edwin Watson,
Mrs. Stanley Woodward, Mrs. Will
liam Crozier, Mrs. Adolph Berle,
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Miss Alice
Clapp, Mrs. F. A. Keep, Mr.. Ord
Preston, Mrs. Eugene Meyer and
Mrs. Bruce Smith.
The Soviet Ambassador and Nine.
Litvinov will receive special atten-
ton the night of the first concert
inasmuch as Eugene Ormandy has
seen fit to pay honor to our Russian
allies who have many outstanding
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Elaine A. Bacas
Becomes Bride
Of F. S. Sharpe
Wedding Held in
Lutheran Church
OF Reformation
OF Reformation

White flowers, palms and lighted
candles decorated the Lutheran
Church OF the Reformation yester-
day at 2 o'clock for the marriage
OF Miss Elaine Aris Bacas to Mr..
Frank s. Sharpe. The bride Is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Aris Har-
~ Bacas Of this city, and Mr.. Sharpe
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. S. j.
Sharpe OF Axtell, Kans. The Rev.
Philip Goertz and the Rev. Ralph
w. Loew were the ofIiciating clergy
men. Miss Mary Weidley played the
nuptial music.
The bride wore q dress of gar
denia white satin made on princess
lines with lace cores in the sleeves
and bodice, and the skirt of the
gown fell into q train with two
cores Of lace. A long illusion veil
was held by a headpiece of white
satin petals bordered with pearls.
She carried a bouquet Of white
roses and white orchids.
Miss Ruth De Veaux Dreslin, the
maid Of honor, wore a rose satin
gown styled with q fitted bodice and
full skirt. Her headdress was of
light blue lace, and from it fell a
short veil. Her flowers were pink
and blue delphinium tied with a
blue satin ribbon.
Other attendants for the bride
were Mrs. Sydney L. Sharpe, sister
in-law of the bridegroom; Mrs.
Powell Phillips, Miss Doris Curtin
and Miss Mary Renkel. Their gowns
OF Ice blue satin matched that of the
maid of honor, as did their pink
headdresses. All carried bouquets of
pink roses tied with pink satin rib
bons.
Mr.. Harry A. Bacas, brother Of the
bride, was the best man. The ush-
ers were Mr.. Wilson Shaver, Mr..
Thomas Kite, Mr.. Lynn Noble and
Mr.. Charles Thompson
Immediately following the cere-
mony reception was held at the
home of the brides parents. The
bridal table was decorated with
candelabra and pastel chrysanthe-
NUNS, and the same flowers in va
rtous shades decorated the house.
The mother of the bride received
the guests with Mrs. William Bolen.
Mrs. Bacas was attired in a gown
of soldier blue crepe with match
ing accessories, and Mrs. Bolen wore
black crepe with a sequin trim.
Both wore orchid corsages.
The bride is graduate of East
ern High School and attended the
Marjorie Webster School, Mr..
Sharpe attended the University of
Nebraska and Washburn College.
The going-away costume of the
bride was suit of black velveteen
with violet accessories and an or
child corsage. After a wedding trip
to New York, the couple will be at
home at 1904 South Thomas street
In Arlington.
Evening star., 1942-10-11

contemporary composers dear to the
music lovers OF America.
Mr.. Max Truitt, well known In
political circles, will, with Mrs.
Truitt, have regular seats as well as
Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley. Mrs. Ralph
Worthington has taken her box
again after an absence Of . year.
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
American Rangers Take Part In Assault
Shore Positions Taken by Marines
 In SOlOmons Now We'll Established

WASHINGTON, Aug. IT (P)-DeIayed-The Navy announced that shore positions taken by American Marines in the Jap-held Solomon Islands, "are now well established" following naval engagement be- tween American warshps and force of cruisers and destroyers in which the enemy forced to retreat The naval engagement fought the night of Aug us and when the enemy force attempted to attack U s. transport and cargo ships supplying the Marine landing parties. This enemy force intercepted and engaged by U s. destroyers and cruisers and close range fighting resulted As result of this action the Navy reported, the enemy forced to retreat be- fore reaching the vessels engaged in the landing opera ton
 Both Japanese and American ships were hit but
 the Navy said it is impossible to determine accurately the damage inflicted on the Japanese The Navys com munque reported the Japs lost at least 36 planes IS destroyed in the initial navy attack August and IS others destroyed when enemy air forces attempted to attack American ships engaged in landing opera tons August and S.
 The communique made mention of the current situation in the Solomons except to say that shore po- sitions we'll established but the naval spokes- man declared he would permit the use of his name added to his statement that the campaign in the Sol omons is continuing
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
Commando Forces Land In France
Soviets Drive Germans In Retreat Below Stalingrad
Germans At Stalinssrad Are Driven In
 Retreat--Elsewhere Allied Star Rises

UNDATED, Aug. IS (4o) - Russia's armies are re- ported to have driven the Germans in retreat below Stangrad and recapturng several miles of lost ground in the critical struggle for the great Voga steel city Elsewhere in the gobal war, signs appeared that the Allied star is rising
 Soviet dispatches said Timoshenkos forces launch ing one of the strongest counter attacks since the Ger mans crossed the lower reaches of the Don, generally improved their positions in the KOtelnkoVSkl sector 95 miles southwest of Stalingrad The Red Star said Russian shock troops stormed enemy-occupied hills and captured defense section hurriedly erected by the Germans and destroyed several firing points The Russians admitted that General von Books offensive has driven wedge in the Soviet lines northwest of Stalingrad but frontlne dispatches to Izvestia said Red Army infantry, artillery and tanks Fulfilled or ders to halt the enemy by all means, in that sector
 Other reports said Russian descent groups" para chutsts plane-borne troops landed at the German and beat off attack by Nazi planes and sol diers and killed 300 Germans in tWo-day battle
 Simultaneously Htlers headquarters acknowledge ed that Red Armies are attacking the German lines west of Moscow and noted hard defensive battles in the Vyazma and Rzhev sectors west and northwest of Moscow.
 Meanwhile, Soviet papers urged the United Nations to carry the to Germany with all their power and energy and declared Hitler has already laid bare other vulnerable parts of his front in Europe in der to obtain success on the SoViet-German front
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
Huge Cargo Planes May Cross Seas

LOS ANGELES, Aug.-Gigan- tic cargo planes capable of the mass transporting of troops ac- ross the Atlantic out of reach of lurking subs are not visions of the future but may soon be- come an actuality in quantity production.
 Even greater ships with cap aeity of 400 soldiers will be able to span the Atlantic in from 10 to l2 hours and have passed the speculative stage to point where the industry could begln construction.
 These statements were issued by Tom Girdler, chairman of the Board of Consolidated Aircraft, and Maj. Reuben Fleet, the com pany's founder, as they told the nation in radio talks that the ln- dustry is prepared to tackle the heavy transport problem.
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
Churchill and Stalin Reach Number
 Of Decisions on Conduct of War

MOSCOW Aug IT (4)-Delayed- Winston Church i'll was in Moscow from August 12 to l5 with Stalin, and they reached number of decisions the con- duct of the war, reairmng the alliance of their na tionS against the Axis, it announced. AVerell Hartman attended as President RooseVelts personal representative.
 A communique issued after Churchill left the So- viet Union said unspecifed decisions reached, and emphasized that atmosphere of cordality and complete sincerity prevailed in the negotiations which brought the two leaders together for the first time.
 Britain also represented by General Sir Alan Brooke chief of the Imperial General staff and Sir Alexander Cardigan, permanent Undersecretary of the Foreign Office. On the Soviet sde Foreign Com missar Molotov and Marshal Vorshov, former de- fense Commissar, now commander of the Soviet re- serve armies assisted Stan in the discussions Gen era Wavel, British commander in India also took part
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
Allied Bombers Harass Japs In s. W. Pacific
Appears Likely Marines Extending Beachheads

Undated, Aug. IT (P) - DeIayed-The battle of the SolomonS. now II days old, was obscured as ever, but it appeared likely that US. marines are extending the beachheadS already official ly announced as captured.
 While this exclusively navy operation continued, McArthur sent bombers in an almost ceaseless harass- ment of Jap bases and sup ply lines in the southwest Pacific. A town on the southeast coast of Timor was bombed, the Mel bourne Herald saying that Allied troops are still op- erating in the interior there. and speculated that the Timor attack was meant to assist guerilla forces.
 A Macarthur communi- que also reported continu- ed patrol skirmishes in N Q " Guinea, between small enemy forces and Al lied outposts beyond the Owen Stanley range line, a natural defense of the AL lied base at Port Moresby.
 A Jap radio station re- ported that HanoS and Hai- phong were bombed by China-based U. s. planes on Aug. 9, but is without confirmation from any AL lied source. A Tokyo broad cast said Jap subs operat ing in Australian waters, sunk 10 Allied vessels to- taling about 90,O00 tons, between mid-July and mid August.
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
|. Air Forces Make First Raid Against Nazis
Led By Gen. Ira Baker

An American Bomber Sta tion in Britain, Aug. Is (P) - Powerful Flying Fort ress crews, led personally by Brigadier General Ira Baker, dropped tons of ex- plosives in a daylight raid on the railway yards in Rouen, France, in the first full-fiedged All American bombing blow against the without losing a sin gle bomber. One gunner a new German FockenWulf fighter.
 Major Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of the U. s. air forces in the European theatre said "We will bomb Germany as fast and as often as possible until we win the war"
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
Germans Make Gains But At Tremendous Cost

Moscow, Aug. IT (P) - Delayed The German of fensive at the Don bend hared into full force with a powerful new drive on Stalingrad, while in the Caucasus the Russians fell back from the ruins of the Maikop oil fields toward the next petroleum produc ing area, Grozny.
 A Russian communique reported a terrific toll of new Nazi manpoWer and material thrown into the assault southeast of Klet- skaya and northeast of Ko- telnikoVski, against the banks of the fortified line guarding Stalingrad. Bat tlefront dispatches said the Germans rolled for ward at tremendous cost in the Kletskaya salient, 75 miles northwest of Stalin-
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
Allies Already Won Operations In SOIomons

London, Aug. IF (P) - Delayed -SelWyn Speigst, Londons News correspond ent at Sydney, said despite the cautious tone of United Nations communiques Tt seems clear that the Allies have already won the land, sea and air operations in the Solomons, greatest vic tory yet achieved against the Japanese"
 Attributing the Washing ton reluctance to give de- tails of the action, to secur ity reasons, Speigst said: "It is reasonable to assume that" U. s. marines have achieved their major init ial objective. "This appar- ently was done by seizing control of Tulagi harbor, the big air base on Guadal- canal island, which was nearly ready for use by the Japs when taken"
 When American & Aus tralian fighting planes are able to operate from that field in substantial number the Japs will lose all chance of driving them from the island, he assert ed, land that stage may be very near"
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
Churchill and
 Stalin Reach Number of Decisions

London, Aug. IT lP = Delayed -Churchills con- ference with Stalin has reached a number of de- cisions covering the war against Hitlerite c CT = many" the government an nounced.
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
Allies Raid
 New Ireland

MacArthur's Headquart- CTS, Aug. Is (P - Allied bombers raided Kavieng, New Ireland, and Jap ship ping in a harbor of Dutch Timor.
 Twenty four Jap bomb CTS hit back at Port Mor- esby.
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19

grad, but held firmly on the Kotelnikovski flank, 95 miles southwest of Stalin- grad.
 In the Caucasus, extend ing Axis lines appeared to have been checked on the Krasnodar flank where the Germans are thrusting to- ward the port of Novorosh isk, but the stretched ever farther to the southeast, along the rail and oil pipe line toward Grozny on the Caspian Sea.
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19

As the battle developed. with the Germans conced- ing that Allied forces attacking both sides of Dieppe there is still official indication whether it is attempt to open a second front. The British Broadcastng Company told the French people many hours earlier that 1t is not an invasion, presumably to forestal popular revolt. However military strat- egy indicated that the British have strong reserves maSsed in southern England ready to take advantage of any soft spot" which the Commandos night find in the Nazi coastal defenses The first word that Inducements are being sent will indicate strongly that ful-ledged invasion attempt is under way.
 The BEG warned the French not to rise to the sup port of the Allies until the word is given, in order to prevent repetition of the tragic St. Nazaire battle in which French patriots fought the Nazis for days after the British Commando raiders had withdrawn Bloody reprsals eXacted by the Germans in that instance.
 American Rangers Take Part In Assault
 Taking part in today's spectacular assault were Am erican Rangers, named for the Rogers Rangers of Indian fighter fame in American colonial history, chosen from among the avalanche of volunteers for Commando training in the British Isles'
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-19
Allied Commandos Land At Dieppe On French Invasion" Coast. Carry
 At Least l Beach, Heavy Fighting
U. s. Army Bombers and Fighters Join In Forming
 Protective Umbrella" Over Assault Forces

UNDATED, Aug. 18 (4o - Tank-ed U. s. troops, British Commandos Canadians, and Fighting French stormed the Nazi-occupied French Invasion coast at Dieppe before dawn. carrying at least che beach by assault Heavy fighting still ragged this afternoon. It announced that Troops taking part in the raid landed at all points selected and the military force consists of mainly Canadian troops.'
 U, s. Army bombers and fighters joined in forming protective Umbrella" over the land assault forces Bitter German aerial opposition was reported by ob- servers on the English shore, who said more planes than were seen or heard over the Channel shut
 tied across to attack the enemy to reload indcat- ing perhaps that thousand or more Allied aircraft were in action.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-19
HOW ABOUT
auto TIRES?
IT'S TRUE!

(This is one of series of articles
designed to answer questions that have
arisen under the Office of Price Ad-
ministration's Tire Rationing Order.
All answers have been given by OPA
officials and are authoritative inter-
pretations)
@. Can local rationing boards
charge a fee for the issuing of tire
certificate? A. No. Extraction of fee
under order of authority in violation
of regulations would be illegal and a
federal offense.
c. Does the list of eligible vehicles
set forth the order of preference in
which the classes of eligible vehicles
are granted tire certificates. A. No.
The eligible vehicle list is not priority
list and does not set forth the order
of preference in which applications
are to be granted.
@. How many new tires needed for
a police department may be obtained?
A. Tires for police cars are obtainable
after January 5, 1912, from Local
Boards under the local quota.
@. May new inner tubes be obtained
for a school bus prior to the function
ing of the rationing system under the