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Evening star., 1942-06-16

IL Is neartenlng TO hear OF
women's groups whose social
service work continues to ex-
pand in spite of the pressure
Of war work.
The senior group Of the Los
Angeles Sanatorium City of Hope
Auxiliary took time of over the
week end to aid in the forma-
ton of a new group, "The Help
ers," q junior group Of the aux
iliary which will aid in the char
liable projects carried on at the
Los Angeles Sanatorium.
The younger organization, con-
sisting of members between the
ages Of 16 and %. will have as its
special project supplying linens
and medical equipment to the
sanatorium. The girls will also
give particular attention to rec
reational needs OF children pa
tients and will endeavor to raise
funds by means Of dances and
parties for the purchase of toys.
books, games and other enter
tainment for the youngsters.
Officers Of the new group who
were elected at a tea meeting
held at the home of Mrs. Benja-
min Brill, 1903 Hamilton street
NV, are Miss Sylvia Goldberg,
president; Miss Adrienne Brill,
first vice president; Miss Adri-
enne Stern, second vice presi-
dent; Miss Rosalie Herring, third
vice president; Miss Janet D.
Cohen, secretary; Miss Phyllis
Harzenstein, treasurer, and Miss
Harriet Dulberger and Miss Max
inc Harzenstein, publicity. Mem
bers who serve with the United
Service Organizations are Miss
Vivian LIE Grange, Miss Charline
Brill, Miss Jean Orler, Miss Helen
Effelstein and Miss Betty Lasky.
Mrs. Irving Levine of the senior
group has been elected adviser
to The Helpers"
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Members Of the enlisted per-
sonnel of the new Naval Hospital
on Rockville pike, Bethesda, have
a pleasant evening in store for
them Saturday when they will
be entertained at a dance spon-
sored by the Red Cross depart
ment of the Woman's Club Of
Bethesda. The party will be
held at the hospital. Club mem
bers will provide prize dances,
spot dances and other special
attractions as well as serving re-
freshments. Mrs. Vernon Lohr,
chairman of the Red Cross de-
partment, and Mrs. Arthur Hill
land are in charge of arrange
ments. Any girls living in the
Bethesda Chevy Chase area who
would like to attend the dance
have been asked to get in touch
with Mrs. Lohr, Wisconsin 6858.
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The OAR still has time for the
Nations past as well as its his
tory making present.
At a dedication ceremony to be
held at 2 pm. Saturday by the
Historical Research Committee Of
the National Society, a tablet will
be placed on the old Chesapeake
& Ohio Canal at Lock No. in
memory Of the Potomac Canal
Co., organized in 17s5 through
the efforts of George Washing
ton. 1t will be unveiled by w.
Seldom Washington Of Alexan-
dria, direct descendant of John
Augustine Washington and Fred
erick Tomlinson Sparrow Of Ann
Arbor, a descendant of 1t. Thomas
Burlington, an aide to Gen.
Washington during the Revolu-
tionary War.
The marker will act as q sub
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Six Dead and Scores Hurt
In Michigan Storm
q, the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 30.-A toll of
six persons dead and scores injured
was reported today after a violent
storm which swept over Lower
Michigan last night
The storm, which lasted less than
half an hour, was particularly severe
in Oakland County in Southeastern
Michigan, and caused extensive
property damage and disruption of
communications.
Four of the victims, three young
men and a girl, we're lost after
their speedboat was sWamped and
sunk by high waves on Lake ST.
Clair. They were Dorothy Whit. II,
Detroit; Donald Whit, 10, a United
States Navy seaman: Robert Fraser,
10. st. Clair Shores, owner of the
boat, and Bernard Daniels, 10. De-
troit. Two other girls in the party,
Jane Eldridge, 18, and Allene Wing,
II. both of Detroit, reached shore
safely.
Mrs. Florence V. Holmquist, At,
of Pontiac. was electrocuted when
a utility pole snapped and crashed
amid tangle of high-tension wires.
Five other persons we're injured
when the pole fell and toppled two
others near carnival site, plunging
the show into darkness.
In Livingston County sheriff's S
officers reported that George Bulls,
a farmer, was crushed to death
when wind leveled his barn.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
8 Jap Planes Smashed
Over New Guinea Coast

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Aus
tralia, May 30.-Tearing into
formation of 1S japanese planes over
the New Guinea coast so miles
southeast of Port Moresby, Allied
airmen shot down five enemy craft
and damaged three more in furi-
Gus dogfght yesterday, Gen. Mac
Arthur's headquarters announced
today.
Only one Allied plane was lost,
the announcement said.
Headquarters also reported that
Allied bombers, resuming their at
tacks on japanese bases to the north
of Australia, had made night as
sault on harbors at Dill, Timor and
Rabaul, New Britain.
At Dili-the capital and chief port
of the Portuguese half of Timor-
direct hits were scored on buildings,
while at Rabaul two large fires were
started in the dock area, the COM
munique said.
All the Allied planes returned
safely from these raids.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Reports of HeydHeh's
Death Apparently False

LONDON, May 80 (P).-German
vengeance for an asSaSSins assault
on Reinhard Heydrich, the Gestapo
boss of Czechoslovakia. took a rising
toll of Czech lives today as his at
tackers still eluded Nazi clutches,
but the man who is Der Henker''-
the hangman-to Europe's con-
quered people, apparently clung to
life.
Swift court martials sent II more
Czechs before German firing squads
yesterday, raising to 18 the total
whose lives have been taken so far,
and the Berlin radio said four more
had been condemned to die.
All those killed so far were resi-
dents of Bruenn, in Southern
Czechoslovakia, and Maehrisch-
Ostrau, near the old border with
Poland. Four were women.
Possessions Confiscated.
The same accusation was made
against them all-that they harbored
people known to have participated
in activities against German author
tiles" Their possessions were con-
fiscated.
The other four, who apparently
had not yet faced the rifle squads,
included one woman said to be
Jewish
They were doomed on charges
that they were found in possession
of firearms although they had known
that by concealing firearms they had
made themselves liable to be SEN
fenced to death"
Although reports circulated last
night that Heydrich had succumbed
to the wounds inflicted on him near
Prague Wednesday, there was no
confirmation.
An Italian news agency dispatch
(See HEYDRICH. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1942-05-30
10 More Czechs Die
In Prague Terror,
British Report
l8 Norwegian Hostages
Slain in ReprisoI,
Radio Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 30-The
British radio relayed a report to-
day that 10 more CzechS" had
been executed in Prague and said
it had been established that 18
Norwegian hostages were killed
in reprisal for the deaths of two
Germans in a fishing village near
Bergen. The Columbia Broad
casting System recorded the
British BroadcaSting Co. broad
casts.
Reuters, British news agency, said
the 10 victims referred to by B. B. C..
were in addition to all those pre-
viously announced executed.
This raised to % the total of re-
ported firing squad reprisals for an
attempt on the life of Reich's Pro-
tector Reinhard Heydrich.
"Heydrich himself still seems to
be in a bad way" B. B. C. said, "and
most reports agree that he's unlikely
ever to make complete recovery "
On the Norwegian situation, B. B,
C. quoted a Stockholm correspond
ent AS saying Puppet Premier Quis-
ling has now forbidden Norwegian
newspapers to give details when
people die in Gestapos prison
camps"
TT is suggested that this new rule
is sequel to the outcry that fol-
lowed an Oslo papers story of how
well-known Norwegian teacher
died because of his rough treatment
when being transported to the Arctic
Circle in prison ship" the corre-
spondent was quoted.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Gos|ess Holiday Faces Drivers;
Manifestations in hisAreuCIose

The American Automobile Asso-
ciattion estimated there would be
gasoline available only for business
purposes, and that if any one took
a trip to the moutains or beach, it
would be on saved up fuel.
The near drought here was ex-
planned by the fact the week end falls
on the final days of the dealers
Today quota period. Also rationed,
dealers have been receiving their
gasoline on the first, tenth and
twentieth of each month. Accord
ingly. supplies are low and cannot
be replenished before Monday, the
first of the month
With the East Coast gas rationing
program two weeks old, the Office of
Price Administration reported only
scattered bootlegging and few
arrests.
o. P. A. regional inspectors be-
lieved the problem would work itself
out, but indicated they were check
ing closely on violators and issuing
strict warnings.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Navy Reinforcing
Gulf Front Against
Enemy Submarines
Reur Admiral Kuuffmun
Will Command Area;
Headquarters Moved

Definite steps were taken by
the Navy Department today to
reinforce its campaign against
enemy submarines in the Gulf of
Mexico area
Official announcement was made
that Rear Admiral James Laurence
Kaufman, former commandant OF
the Naval Operating Base in Ice
land, had been placed in command
of the Gulf sea frontier, with the
additional duty of commandant OF
the 7th Naval District.
simultaneously, it was announced
that headquarters of the Gulf sea
frontier had been moved from Key
West to Miami, Fla.
The Gulf sea frontier includes
the 7th and 9th Naval Districts,
and all of the sea areas from Jack
sonville to the coast of Mexico.
The Navy said the Naval Operat-
ing Base, including the Naval Sta
ton Hospital. air station and sec
ton base, now at Key West, will
remain there.
In announcing Admiral Kauff-
mans transfer, the Navy Depart
ment said:
The Navy Department announced
that Rear Admiral Kauffman'S
designation as commander of the
Gulf sea frontier is in pursuance of
It's plan to strengthen and increase
the facilities, forces and personnel
of the Gulf sea frontier in order to
provide more effective prosecution
of the anti-submarine campaign in
the Gulf of Mexico area"
Admiral Kaufman has had a
long and distinguished Navy career
A native of Williamsburg, Ohio, he
is SIS years old. He was awarded the
Navy Cross for distinguished service
as commanding officer of the U. S. S
Jenkins in the First World War. He
also has received the Mexican Serv-
ice Medal and the Victory Medal
with destroyer clasp.
Admiral Kaufman succeeds Capt
Russell S. Crenshaw as commandant
of the 7th naval district. Capt
Crenshaw lives at 3703 Northamp-
ton street.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
John Barrymore Dies at so
After Return to Catholic Faith
Actor Had National
Reputation as Wit;
Wed Four Times

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, May 3O.-Gay, de-
bonaire John Barrymore. who lived
life to the utmost and gave scant
heed to the consequences is dead.
The 60-year-old star of the stage,
screen and radio. whose life was
spent in the white glare of pub
licity, was almost alone when the
end came at 1920 o'clock last night.
Only his medical attendants and his
brother Lionel were with him in his
white walled hospital room when
John crossed the border into death
from the coma in which he had
lain for hours.
In his last days Mr.. Barrymore
re-embraced the faith of his birth.
His physician. DR.. Hugo M. Kersten,
disclosed that be had been given
the last sacraments by Father John
ODonnell. pastor of little Catholic
church not far from the Hollywood
Presbyterian Hospital where Mr..
Barrymore died
DR.. Kersten said the immediate
Continued on Page Az, Column p
Evening star., 1942-05-30
R. A. F. bonnbers
Blast Factories
In Paris Area
40 Killed, 100 Hurt
In GennevhIiers
Raid, French Soy
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May Striking
heavily for the third time in two
months at the same target, a
strong force of British bombers
raided an important group of
factories at GennevillierS, 10
miles from the heart of Paris,
during night of widespread air
activity, the Air Ministry re-
ported today.
The ministry announced'l3 bomb
erS were missing after the nights
operations-seven of the bomber
command and six of the coastal
command planes.
(The Vichy news agency in a
broadcast dispatch reported some
40 persons were killed and 100 in
Jured in British attacks on the
Paris area from 2 to am. 1t
said six British planes were re-
ported shot down.
Enemy Convoy Attacked.
An enemy convoy off the Frisian
Islands, north of the Dutch German
coast, also was attacked. The Air
Ministry said a number of supply
ships were hit and set on fire.
With full moon shining, the Ger
man air force stepped up its attacks
on Britain again, but authoritative
sources said seven planes out of
some so enemy bombers were de-
stroyed. There were casualties, in
cluding some deaths, but only slight
damage was reported
The raid on the factories at Gen.
nevilliers was the first on war plants
producing for Germany since Mann
helm was bombed 10 nights ago. 1t
was the sixth R. A. F. assault on
industries in the Paris area in less
than three months. The result of
the raid was not given.
Freight Trains Fired.
The Air Ministry also announced
that docks at Cherbourg and Dieppe
were bombed, mines we're laid in
enemy waters, and planes blasted
railways and set fire to six freight
trains near Lens, in Northern
France
The Air Ministry said the enemy
was producing important war ma
terials at the Gnome-Rhone aero
engine works, the former Goodrich
rubber works and other manufactur-
ing plants at Gennevilliers.
Amplifying the communiQue, the
Air Ministry news service said eight
German ships were hit by bombs in
the blow at German supply ship
ping of the Dutch coast. Four ships
apparently were on fire. it was said.
The news service added that most
of the ships were steaming north
ward. laden with supplies mo doubt
intended for the north of Norway
and Petsamo tFinnish) front"
Evening star., 1942-05-30
400 Axis Spy Suspects
Arrested in Brazil
Rv the ArSnriatnd p-nrc

BY the Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30
More than 400 suspected Axis spies
have been arrested in Brazil since
March 18, but the undercover agents
network is not yet wiped out, Capt.
Felisberto Batista Teixeira, chief of
the Anti-espionage Bureau, said
today.
The magnificent results OF our
efforts thus far have not been sufi-
cient to assure that the German
military espionage network Is COM
pletely destroyed in Brazil or even
in the federal district" Capt. Teix-
ezra told a press conference.
Six radio transmitting stations
probably used mainly to direct sub
marine attacks on Western Hemi-
sphere shipping and relay vital
weather information-have been
discovered and seized along with
eight radio receiving stations.
Detailed confessions have been
received from 81 of those arrested,
the captain declared.
Evening star., 1942-05-30

A gasless holiday was in store for
Washington motorists this week end
as many retail gasoline dealers
hung out sold out" signs through
the city and along highways lead
ing into town.
Motorists coming over Washing
ton Baltimore boulevard this morn
ing reported finding station after
station along the way closed, while
in the city many dealers were limit
ing sales to three gallons. regardless
of the type of ration card held by
customers.
In one area along Bladensburg
road, where large fleets of COM
mercial trucks operate, four stations
were reported closed down.
The same situation existed In
nearby Virginia. One dealer in Ar
lington estimated that IS per cent
of the stations there were out of
gas, one of them running dry as
early as Thursday. In one section
of Columbia pike, seven stations
were reported without gas.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
| U.S.-Mode Tanks
Form Brigade
On Soviet Front
Rs the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
WITH THE RED ARMY, May
30.-A full brigade of American
made tanks, manned by Russian
crews, is in position just back OF the
battle line in Russia, preparing to
60 into action against the Germans.
Col. Rodion Nikonorvich Shabalin,
commander of the brigade, said to-
day that some of the medium and
light machines from United States
production lines already had been
in action.
The preliminary tests" he told
Brig. Gen. Philip R. Faymonvllle,
chief of the United States supply
mission, and group of American
correspondents visiting his brigade,
showed they are of excellent quail
ity."
The American party also visited a
reserve brigade of British made
tanks similar to others which have
seen heavy service on the Kharkov
front.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Summary of Todoy's Star

National
John Barrymore dies in Hollywood
at so. Page Al
Navy taking steps to reinforce gulf
front against subs. Page Al
Connally says u. S. should supply
arms for Mexico. Page AS
Campaign started in Senate for $50
soldier pay bill. Page A-3
Lewis brother in law removed from
position with G. I. 0. Page As
Washington and Vicinity.
George Washington University trus-
tees elected. Page Al
Coroner to hold boys death IN fire
accidental. Page Ais
Lack of education keeps 250.000 from
military service. Page Ais
Evening star., 1942-05-30
British Counterattuck in Libvo.
Destroying Many Axis Ponzers;
Reds Being Crushed, Nozis Say
Russians CircIed
On Moscow Front,
Berlin Reports
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, May 30.-Germany off,
cially announced today that the
great battle of Kharkov had
ended in the "annihilation" of
several enemy armies and de-
clared that Russian forces en-
circled on the central front (WeSt
of Moscow are being crushed.
In special communique re-
peated in the regular war report,
the high command gave this sum-
mary of the Kharkov fighting:
l. Russian losses of dead are
enormous"
2. Prisoners total 100000
3. War material captured or de-
stroyed included 1,249 tanks. 2,026
guns, 538 planes and vast quantities
Of other arms and equipment.
Attack Reported Yesterday.
The high command announced
yesterday that a Russian attack on
the central front resulted in the en-
circlement OF enemy groups and the
war report today declared these were
the groups being "annihilated."
The German air force, which was
officially credited with aiding in the
Kharkov action by beating off the
enemy air force, was reported to
have ranged beyond Moscow and
bombed armament works in Cork
260 miles east of the Russian cap
ital.
The high command said bomb hits
caused fire in factories in Cork
In far northern waters, the high
command added, German U-boat
sank an enemy ship of 5000 tons
and damaged two more ships by
torpedo hits while fighter planes set
fire to two large freighters in plane
submarine attacks on a convoy
bound for Russia.
3 Red Armies Crushed"
German armies under Field Mar
shall Fedor Won Book won the Khar-
kov fight with the aid of Ruman-
ian Army corps and Hungarian,
Italian and Slovak units, the high
command announcement said.
1t declared the Russian drive on
Kharkov, begun May II, was turned
into a German victory in which the
Soviet Sixth, Ninth and 57th armies
were crushed.
The high command declared the
20 rifle divisions. seven cavalry di-
visions and IA tank brigades COM
prising those three armies mo longer
exist"
German air force attacks against
enemy supply communications in
the Leningrad sector were launched
the Nazis said.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Snead Leads Demaref,
| Up, After 9 Holes
In P. 6. A. SemifinaI
Sammy Sensational on
Puts; Turneso z Up
On Byron Nelson
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTIC CITY, May 30
Dropping long puts all over the
seashore at the outset, Sammy
Snead of Hot Springs, Va, was
l up on Jimmy Demaret after
nine holes of their 36-hole semi
final match in the Professional
Golfers Association champion
ships today.
Corpl. Jim Turnesa led Byron
Nelson 2 UP in the other semi finals.
Snead knocked in birdie puts of
ID and As feet on the first and third
holes to go 2 up at the start of
the match
Whoever told me this guy
couldn't putt must be crazy De-
maret exclaimed after the second
long one dropped.
Demaret Wins Sixth.
Jimmy scored his first win at the
sixth by laying his approach close
for birdie 3, but Snead again went
2 up by taking the eighth with a
similar birdie. On the par ninth,
Snead hooked his drive into trap
and wound up taking three rutts
on the big green to score losing
six.
Snead-Out -343 AS 1865
Demaret-Out 444 443 345-35
TurneSa, who is stationed at Fort
(See GOLF, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1942-05-30
No Night Final
Edition Today

The Star observes Memorial
Day today by dispensing with
the Night Final Edition.
Subscribers to this edition will
receive the regular Home
Edition.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
New Heavy Losses
Inflicted on Foe,
Russians Declare
81 Tanks Are Smashed,
1000 Germans Slain,
Moscow Claims
BY the Associated Press.

/ BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 30.-The Rus
slams announced today that So
Wet forces had knocked out 54
German tanks and slain about
1000 Germans in new engage
ments still apparently dominated
by the Izyum-Barvenkova sector
fighting below Kharkov.
A Red Army detachment de-
stroyed q German tanks and about
three companies of enemy infantry
| (perhapS 600 mem on a southwest
ern front sector, the Soviet Informa-
ton Bureau said. The exact site
was not announced.
/ Leningrad front troops were re-
ported to have wiped out 400 Nazi
officers and men and destroyed sew
eral guns and heavy machine guns
and a number of blockhouses and
| dugouts."
Operations Termed defensive"
! A Soviet armored force, laShing
savagely against fresh German at
/ tacks in the IZyum- -Barvenkova
sector, was reported to have de-
stroyed II Nazi tanks and killed
| 300 enemy troops in a fresh phase
of battle now II days old.
The Soviet Information Bureau
announced that both tank and in
fantry assaults were again beaten
of In the DonetS River bend salient
below Kharkov, saying frankly the
Russians were engaged in defense
operations.
Red Army gunnerS and airmen,
some flying American built planes,
were credited with destroying 113
/ German aircraft in two days and
Red Navy forces chalked up the
sinking of two more Axis vessels
in the Barents Sea-a 12,000-ton
transport and an 8O0-ton trawler.
Moreover, the flyers destroyed or
damaged Is German tanks, 100
trucks, 35 munitions carts, two rail-
way trains and two ammunition
dumps Thursday, the information
bureau said. Germany was reported
to have lost six planes that day in
an Ineffective raid on Murmansk,
the Russians Arctic supply port.
Kalinin front troops have lib
Grated several settlements and slain
TOO Germans, the midnight COM
munique said.
Kharkov Front Quiet.
The situation before Kharkov.
Nazi-held steel center 400 miles
south of Moscow, was again covered
by a generalization: Nothing of
significance took place in other Sec
| tors of the front"
Hundreds of German dead, how
ever, were reported lying on the
crater-pocked plains as a result of
the battle of attrition instituted
by Soviet Marshal Semeon Timo-
shenko May II.
Following up London Daily Mail
report that Adolf Hitler had as
sumed personal direction of German
operations on the Kharkov front,
the British radio quoted a Moscow
broadcast as saying the area was
comparatively quiet, but Red Army
men ARE still snatching villages
from the Germans"
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Representative Shannon
GruveIy lin Kansas City

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, May 30.-Criti-
cally i'll, Representative Shannon,
Democrat of Missouri, arrived by
train last night from st. Louis and
was taken to ST. Lukeis Hospital.
Returning to his Kansas City
home from Washington where he
had been i'll with colitis, Mr.. Shan
non, rs, suffered a cerebal hemor-
rhage earlier yesterday on train
near st. Louis.
He was unconscious on his arrival
here.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Asylum Fugitive
Cleans Up at Races;
Cop Boots His Tip

By the Associated Press.
VICHY, May 30.-The story
reached here today of the in
mate of a mental institution
who escaped and while at lib
erty picked up 100000 francs
playing the horses at Long
champs track outside Paris.
He was found after curfew
one night, winnings in pocket.
Before being returned to the
asylum he gave the police Off
Ger who questioned him a tip
on the races.
The tip turned out good.
But the policeman had failed
to play it.