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Evening star., 1942-07-06

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,oith the Public Relations Squad
OF the Police Department, Na-
tio7,al 1000.
Fred Scrimger, 81, 5 feet, 10
inches, 153 pounds, wearing a blue
shirt, blue slacks and tan and white
shoes; missing from 222 Twenty
second place NE. since Friday.
Edward Gilroy, so, feet, inches,
$50 pounds, blue eyes, mixed gray
hair, wearing a brown suit, black
shoes and rimless eyeglasses; miss
ing from 1445 Girard street NV.
since June %.
Anne Rose, Is, five feet, l inch,
brown eyes and black hair, wearing
white and peach striped blouse,
peach colored slacks and white
shoes; missing from 1929 E street
Sc since Thursday.
Shirley Wiles, IA, feet, 2 inches,
ITO pounds, blue eyes, blond hair,
fair complexion, wearing a green
Powered skirt, yellow blouse, brown
and white shoes and yellow socks;
missing from 1913 A street NE.
since Tuesday.
George Peterson Deacon, jr, 81,
5 feet, II inches, 185 pounds; miss
ing from Bethesda, Md, since We'd
nesday.
Janice E. Rauch, 10, S feet, S
inches, 110 pounds, blue eyes, red
hair and fair complexion, wearing
white blouse, blue slacks, red jacket
and white shoes; missing from 1903
L street NV. since Saturday.
James Jackson, 10, colored, 4
feet, IS pounds, wearing yellow
sweater, blue trousers and purple
and brown shoes; missing from 2147
Fifth street NV. since Saturday
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in motion the complicated war
machinery and to train newly
commissioned civilians in work
with which they were not
familiar.
Will Release Teachers.
These new officers, whether of
Junior or senior rank, had to be
instructed in routine and indoc-
trinated with military spirit.
This had to be done by profess
sional officers, West Pointers and
Annapolis graduates.
After six months Of such indoc-
trination Admiral Ernest j. King,
chief of naval operations, and
Gen. George c. Marshall, Army
chief of staff, feel that the job
has been finished and that the
teachers" may now be released to
do the job for which they had
been trained for many years
fighting.
The large number of officers
on the active list who are in
public rela tions bureaus also are
likely to 60. The new director
of the Office of War Information,
Elmer Davis, is said to be study
ing the matter of taking over
these bureaus from the Army and
Navy.
Will Need Specialists.
Some line officers who are now
In these bureaus will have to be
kept because Mr.. Davis will need
specialists in the handling OF
military and naval news. But
even so, it is believed that some
Evening star., 1942-07-06
Nuzis' Goal in Russia
Attempt to Cut MoseowRostov Rail Line
Is Immediate Objective Moi. Eliot Thinks

the German communique at face
value. Even If a few scattered
patrols have managed to cross
the Oskol River, and are operat-
ing in the difficult country be-
tween the Oskol and the Don,
this by no means represents a
decisive German success in this
sector.
German reports speak Of a
break through" and the gloomy
tone of the Russian dispatches
suggests that the Germans may
have made considerable advances.
But the latest reports indicate a
Russian counteroffensive, which
is favored both by the communi-
cations and by the nature of the
terrain.
1t would, however, be a serious
matter If the Germans were
finally to establish themselves in
this region, between the rivers
Oskol and Don, for this would
not only enable them to cut the
important Rostov railway, as
mentioned above, but would also
outflank the Russian positions
along the Oskoi farther south,
facing Kupyansk. where, at last
reports, the Russian lines were
still holding fast.
Thus a success in the Oskol-
Don area for the Germans might
compel general Russian with
drawal on a rather wide front,
importing the Russian positions
in the Donetz Basin and facilitat-
ing the renewal of the German
advance on Rostov.
Time Is Limited.
The most hopeful feature OF
the whole situation Is the length
of time that it appears to be tax
ing the Germans to accomplish
their successive purposes.
1t took them four weeks Of
hard and bitter fighting to cap
ture Sevastopol and three weeks
to reduce the flanking positions
which Marshal Timoshenko cap
tured south of Kharkov in his
spring drive.
Only about 18 weeks of good
fighting weather remain to the
Germans in which to seek a de-
cision on the Russian front. The
time is short and the indications
are that the German Army has
neither the force nor the quality
to gain ground against resistance
as rapidly as it used to.
However it will not do to be
overly optimistic. The Russian
supply situation is none too good,
the Germans-however slowly
are making progress in the ac-
complishment of their prelim-
mary objectives and they are just
as well aware OF the shortness Of
time available to them as we are.
We may be certain that they
will make the most desperate
efforts, within the limitations of
their means, to gain a decisive
victory on the Russian front this
year.
(Copyright, 1942, New York Tribune. Inc
Evening star., 1942-07-06
This Changing World
Wholesale Movement of Desk Officers
From Woshnqton Is Expected Soon

senior officers on the retired list
could replace those who should
be with the fighting forces.
The professionals so released
would become instructors OF the
expanding Army or would be
stationed on warships, where
they are badly needed, especially
since we have had many casual
ties among officers of all ranks
in the fight against the Japanese.
In responsible naval quarters
1t is hoped that this measure will
be extended to admirals as well
as the lower ranks. In peace
time routine an admiral had to
have a certain number of years
shore duty. This was for two
reasons: To make him familiar
with the work Of the Navy De-
partment and the navy yards.
and to provide an opportunity
for all officers of flag rank to
have sea duty, since there was
a shortage of warship facilities.
Chance for Younger Admirals.
War conditions should change
that routine and it is felt that
the younger admirals especially
should be given an opportunity
to command at sea. 1t is from
these younger men that future
commanders of important forces
will have to be chosen.
An example is cited in the
case of one Of our ablest young
admirals, Rear Admiral John r.
Beardau, who was elevated to that
rank only a few months ago and is
now superintendent Of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. 1t is an
important job, it is true, but In
Evening star., 1942-07-06

the past this assignment went
to older admirals who had had
responsible commands at sea and
had distinguished themselves
therein. When they came ashore
they were intrusted with the
training of midshipmen.
If the new rule that active
officers should go to sea is ap-
piled to admirals as we'll as other
ranks, q number OF first-class
men like the superintendent of
the Naval Academy will be given
a chance to show what they can
do in wartime. They will be
war-experienced and available to
take over command Of the many
new warships which will be
added to our Navy in the next
two or three years.
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will show whether our national
leadership means what it says or
whether, afraid to cast off its polit-
ical ties, it exhibits itself as weak,
Intellectual, insincere. This will be
a revealing test of the quality of
the administration.
Let's be honest about this crisis
for it is a crisis. There is no sense
concentrating on the War Labor
Board. Behind the War Labor
Board Is the White House, The War
Labor Board is the Presidents crea-
ture and the chief advocate OF the
increase Is q man whose position
largely depends upon the Presidents
friendship and support-Mr. Philip
Murray Of the CIO.
Also the head of the War Labor
Board-Mr. Davis-would no more
take the responsibility of SO mo-
mentous a decision without consult
ing the President than Attorney
General Biddle would have rendered
his Harry Bridges opinion without
consulting him. 1t is absurd to
think that in such case as this
the board will not ascertain the
Presidents views or that those views
will not have great weight.
President Opposes Demand.
Now then, what are the Presi-
dents views? He is publicly against
granting the demand and so is his
price administrator, Mr.. Henderson
So, too, is every unbiased and in
formed man in or out q the admin
istration.
On April % Mr.. Roosevelt publicly
told the American workers that "yor
will have to forego higher wages for
your particular job for the duration
of the war"
On May % he declared that the
Government would do everything il
could ito prevent unwarranted pay
increases by private plants, ever
when the employer was willing te
grant them"
Both he and Mr.. Henderson have
said that "our standard of living
must come down" Both know, as
does every one else, that If this In
crease is granted, the standard will
60 not down, but up. Both know
that it will then be impossible tc
check other increases, demand fol
which has merely been withheld
pending this steel decision.
Both know, too, that once these
increases are granted labor, the
pressure for increases in farm prod
ucts will be irresistible. No ont
doubts this.
What, then, becomes of Mr.. Hen.
derson's price ceilings? The answer
is that they would be knocked higher
than the proverbial kite. For al
practical purposes they would be-
come non-eXistent and the whole o1
the elaborate and expensive OPA be
reduced to futility.
The idea of keeping down price;
under such circumstances is not tc
be considered seriously. That both
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Henderson
grasp these facts has been made evi
dent by their public utterances
True, they delayed long in acknowl.
edgment, but for some weeks nov
Evening star., 1942-07-06

Steel workers
Union.
Some one re-
Gently said that
a favorable ver-
dict would be as
great a blow to
the Allied cause
as have been
the British re-
verses in Libya.
There Is at least
some ground for
such a state
ment. Certain
lv the decision
Evening star., 1942-07-06
"Once let the tide of nationalistic

"Once let the tide Of nationalistic
prejudice and suspicion sweep over
us, and we are lost to the enemy"
he continued. HE sees that as
clearly as we must. That is why the
Axis strives always to split our
unity asunder.
THAT is why those who criticize
Britain for her mistakes. without
knowing all the facts, are endanger-
ing their lives and our lives as well.
That is why, whatever some Of us
may have thought Of the Soviet
philosophy in the past, we must re-
member that Russia's fight is our
fight, and that we must help her as
she is helping us. That is why we
must acclaim the emergence Of
China as q great and enlightened
world power, newest and yet Oldest
in the family Of nations"
Evening star., 1942-07-06
Volunteer Firemen
Lose Their Shirts
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla -Four
volunteer firemen at nearby Port
Orange really did lose their shirts
while fighting woods blaze.
As they reached the scene they
shucked off their shirts and threw
them on a parked bicycle, asking
small boy to keep an eye on them
The boy became so excited watch
ing the fire he wandered away in
search of a better vantage point
and the spreading flames burned up
the shirts and ruined the bike.
Evening star., 1942-07-06
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

A wholesale exodus of officers
from the War and Navy Depart
ments in Washington is expected
soon, with approximately 30 per
cent of the regulars now on duty
in those departments scheduled
to leave the Capital and join
combat forces.
The officers involved are of all
ranks, from lieutenants to colo
nels and ensigns to naval cap
tains. The projected transfers
are enthusiastically anticipated
by all the officers concerned,
who since Pear Harbor have not
been too happy about being tied
to desk jobs.
After war broke out it was
considered necessary to keep a
large number of Army and Navy
officers in Washington to help set
Evening star., 1942-07-06

element of compulsion and limita-
ton of individual freedom. But evil
dently one is wrong. 1t Is now
liberalism-so II one wants to con-
form these days one evidently must
abandon the doctrine of voluntarism
and accept instead the presumably
more alluring philosophy OF coer-
cionism.
It is, indeed, dilemma for the
liberal Of yesteryears.
Evening star., 1942-07-06
Defeat Would Mean World
Of Terror, Roberts Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July ga de-
feat for the United Nations would
mean world of terror and tragedy"
Justice Owen J. Roberts OF the SUI
preme Court said yesterday. -,-.,
"It would mean an insane world
where a few men at the top Of the
heap would live out their hysterical
lives trampling the millions under
their heels" he said in radio talk
on the CHS summer symphony pro-
gram.
Success, the justice said, will be
achieved only If the United Nations
remain united, in war and in peace.
Evening star., 1942-07-06

absorbed his po-
litical philoso-
p phy. domestic
and information
al, and, there
fore, has felt
that liberalism
" a S invented
long before 1888,
is now faced
with a dilemma.
The dilemma
concerns t h e
conflict between
volun tarism-
fho bind of thir1p
Evening star., 1942-07-06
Dentist Tags Bulldog
With Gold Tooth Crown

3, the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Nobody
would have any trouble identifying
Mike, Dr. Eugene Grifith's Boston
bulldog. should he become lost. DR..
Griff1th, a dentist. put q full gold
crown on one of Mikes teeth.
He said Mike, who accompanies
him on all flights In his plane, was
better behaved during the operation
than most of his human patients.
Evening star., 1942-07-06
Man Buys Hosiery for
Woman Mishup Victim
Ry tht Associated Press.

Ry tht Associated Press.
TACOMA, wash. Chivalry
bloomed when Lloyd Wright slipped
and fell while walking on a down.
town street.
In falling, he unwittingly struck a
woman shopper. knocking her down
and causing her to tear a silk
stocking.
Did Mr.. Wright brush his clothes
and walk away? No-he took the
lady to a nearby store and bought
her . new pair Of silk stockings.
Evening star., 1942-07-06

that the sooner
the United Ma
tons forces in
troduce a sur
prise element in
their a t t a C k,
the sooner VIC
tory will b Q
theirs.
So far. the
Nazis have been
masters Of the
surprise. but I
wonder how well
they would re-
Evening star., 1942-07-06

7 a ! l W a y 5 Ill
Russia. In a
land where the
roads are few
and bad, mill
tary transport
by land de-
pends on the
rail lines. As
suning t h a t
the immediate
German objec-
tive is really
r os t ov, the
preli i'm mary
German oper-
Evening star., 1942-07-06
GEORGE R. CoIIett Dies

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, July 6 tP.-
George Richard Collett, 10, OF Kan
sas City, retired president of the
Kansas City and st. Louis Stock
yards Co., died Saturday night. Mr..
Collett was q native Of Hartford,
Mich.
Evening star., 1942-07-06
Marks Tooth Birthday

CALHOUN CITY, Miss. (P.-Mrs.
Martha Jane Stewart, who cele-
brated her Tooth birthday June H.,
has 6 children, 40 grandchildren, 118
great-grandchildren and 33 great
great-grandchildren.
Evening star., 1942-07-06

Henry McLemore. aCL II p Lc
against an enemy who had a sleeve
full of tricks and fought with fine
disregard for all the conventions.
My greatest coup in Germany
unless you count the night I at
tempted to scale the wall Of the
chancellery and sing "Is 1t True
What They Say About Dixie" on
Herr Hitler's balcony-was scored
with large, handsomely embroid-
cred label which I had ripped from
the back of my wife's topcoat.
X y
1t was of heavy satin. and en-
broidered on it in a flourished hand
was "Saks Fifth Avenue" Up until
the time I started Haunting this as
my official pass under the noses Of
storm troopers and elite guards,
had trouble getting anywhere in
the giant sports stadium. The Ger
mans had provided reporters with
innumerable cards, but refused to
recognize any of them.
But that coat label, something
they had never seen before. enabled
me to roam around like house de-
tective with pass key. I would
whip it out, mutter few gutteral
sounds, and keep going. Occasion
ally they would challenge it, but not
one of them had the fortitude not to
honor 1t, afraid that it was some
thing straight from the higher-ups.
The label was frayed and tattered
when the games were over, but 1t
got me some good stories.
The coat label was not the only
surprise I used with success on the
methodical, orderly Germans. On
the Olympic boat crossing to Ger
many, Joe Williams OF the World
Telegram and I decided that it
would be wise for us to master the
German language in eight days. We
invested in a little book called
Handy Phrases for the Traveller in
Germany"
|
I learned the first handy" phrase
in the book, and williams learned
the second. Then we became dis
tracted, either by storm at sea or
Eleanor Holm drinking champagne,
and learned no more.
My phrase was this: please do
not put the irons to my moustache,
barber"
Joe's was Maid, will you please
lower my moustache netting"
BY the time we landed each of us
could say his phrase without the
trace of an accent.
The phrases proved invaluable.
Everywhere we went, in reply to
any question. would warn the bar
Der against putting the irons to my
moustache and Joe would request
that his netting be lowered.
We earned the respect of every
German we met. They either were
afraid Of us because they thought
we were crazy and must be humored
or were high Nazi agents, speaking
in strange code.
Restaurant captains bowed as We
barked our phrases at them and led
us to choice tables. ..
Department store clerks double
timed to do our bidding.
Even on that dark night,
when storm troopers thoughtlessly
thwarted my efforts to get on
Hitlers balcony to serenade him with
song and took me of to Jail, my
phrase stood me in good stead.
When the lieutenant behind the
desk in the calaboose quizzed me as
to my motives I answered: Please
do not put the irons to my NOUS
tache, barber"
When he demanded I pay 500
marks fine I said: please do not
put the irons to my>moustache, bar
ber."
When they released me in the
early morning bid them a brisk
farewell with my phrase.
The Nazis can't stand surprise.
They are confounded by the differ
ent. Let us give it to 'em.
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Evening star., 1942-07-06

THE opinions OF the rers this their orn not
necessarily Stars opinions presented IN The
Stars effort to gue all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1942-07-06
McLemore
Element Of Surprise
Needed to Upset Nozis
Ry HENRY McLEMORE.

My limited experience with Nazis
on their home grounds, gained while
reporting the Olympic Games IN
Berlin in 1896, has convinced me
Evening star., 1942-07-06
BY FRANK r. KENT.

1t is hard to exaggerate the i'm
portance of the forthcoming de-
cision of the War Labor Board on
Evening star., 1942-07-06
Dilemma
Seen Over
Administrations
Policy Criticized
As 'Coercionism'
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

One who is So years old and,
therefore, can hardly be antiquated
and one who sat for a decade at
the feet OF Woodrow Wilson and
Evening star., 1942-07-06
Church Bells Aid Nuzi War

Naxis will convert Bohemian and
Moravian church bells into war ma
terials.
Evening star., 1942-07-06
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

The reported German advance
between Kursk and Kharkov Is
another reminder of the tram
scendent military Importance of
Evening star., 1942-07-06
Missing Persons

Those h1Ding Information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
iDith the Public Relations Squad
OF the Police Department, Ma
tio7,dl 1000.
Evening star., 1942-10-23
Georgia Exempts Mortgages
Held by Non-Residents
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Oct. 23-Mortgages
held by non-residents are not sub
ject to advalorem taxes in Georgia
simply because the debtors reside in
the State. the Georgia Supreme
Court ruled today in case af-
fecting assessments on millions of
dollars of intangible property.
Reafhrming and expanding on
previous decision, the justices said
the States jurisdiction to tax is
limited territorially to Georgia by
the State constitution.
There must be a tax situs in
Georgia. and the mere residence of
the debtor does not establish such
situs," they asserted.
The decision denied a rehearing
sought by Fulton County Tax Collec-
tor T. E. Suttles and reafflrmed a
recent ruling reversing the Fulton
County Superior Court. which had
held that the National Mortgage
Corp. of New York was liable for
advalorem taxes on mortgages 1t
had on Georgia property.
An attorney for the county said
$l,0OO,O00 worth of property was
involved in the case and that mil
lions of dollars worth of other
property would be affected by the
ruling.
Evening star., 1942-10-23
Pacific
Continued From First Page.)

lOlll l. II St dSCJ
gust, had been expected momen-
tarily
Communiques OF both Gen. Mac
Arthur and the Navy have repoSted
air attacks on the vessels. The
Navy declared that United States
planes and warships have sunk or
damaged four Japanese cruisers,
nine deStroyers and six transports
since october 49,
During the delay in the enemy
naval assault which United States
forces said was expected to start
several days ago, the Navy had dis
closed that American ships are in
Solomons waters and that the
ground troops holding the Guadal-
canal Airfield have been reinforced.
Secretary of Navy Knox announced
on Tuesday that the number of land
planes in operation by the Navy is
steadily increasing
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
also reported last night that three
japanese bombers made night raid
on Port Moresby, the strong Allied
base on the southern coast of New
Guinea, but caused neither damage
nor casualties.
Australian troops, meanwhile, con-
tinued to push the enemy's attempt
ed invasion of Port Moresby back
toward Kokoda between the Allied
base and the enemys base at Buna
on the north coast.
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Russian
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the Kalinin front, dispatches said.
Two Leningrad snipers were credited
with killing 302 and 237 Germans.
The communique said Russian
troops defending factory area of
Stalingrad split attacking infantry
men from their supporting tanks
and finally routed both forces, de-
stroying with shellfire two tanks
which managed to break through.
Ground gunners were credited
with shooting down five planes.
With the siege of Stalingrad in it's
60th day, Red Star estimated the
Germans were using IS infantry
divisions, four tank divisions and
three motorized divisions against the
city.
The newspaper said the Germans
had concentrated more than 500
tanks, about 1900 field guns, 1000
mortars and from TOO to 300 planes
for the offensive. =
The besieging divisions have lost
IS to rs per cent of their personnel
and so per cent of their machines,
Red Star declared Presumably
the ranks have been refilled from
reserves.
The northern factory section re-
manned the main battle-ground.
THE. fate of the city is to be
decided there" Red Star said.
Fail to Break Resistance.
The invaders aimed to occupy the
factories and streets by sharp indi-
vidual attacks, but failed to break
the Red Army resistance, it said,
and the Russians were reported to
have passed to the counterattack
and improved their positions in sew
eral streets after crushing the Nazi
drive.