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Evening star., 1943-11-22

raising Of rabbits to supplement the
nations meat supply.
Even the supply OF fish, the second
most important supply of food for
the Japanese people. is reduced
under the strain of war. A large
number of fishing boats have been
cor1mandeered to serve as patrol
boats, thus the capacity Of the Japa-
nese fishing fleet has been greatly
reduced. The drafting of young
men from coastal villages has also
created a manpower shortage in the
fishing industry.
1 Synthetic Clothes.
The rationing of clothes started in
February, 1912. Each year person
residing IN any Of the big cities is
allowed 100 points, while one living
in village is allowed 80 points. For
1913, each suit requires 63 points, an
overcoat so points, a peoples uni
form" 40 points, a raincoat SO points,
a woman's dress IS points, a shirt
Is points, suit Of summer under
Evening star., 1943-11-22

ment has issued warnings Of q food
shortage this winter. The conversion
OF all "nonessential" factories into
war plants will further curtail the
production Of consumer goods.
Evening star., 1943-11-22
Free Lunch Sought

Saloon patrons in Australia are
starting = campaign for = postwar
return Of the free lunch.
Evening star., 1943-08-18

low to pour out cannon and ma.
chine-gun flre. They scored heavily
against enemy personnel. Appear
ance Of Allied fighters indicated
strongly that 4 fighter airstrip has
been established considerably closer
TO the northeast New Guinea coast
than Port Moresby, which u across
the Owen Stanley Mountains and
more than 45o miles southeast Of
Wewak.
villa Air Bass Blasted.
The last flyers to leave the target
areas looked back on flres which
still could pe seen blazing when the
planes were $50 miles on the home
ward trip.
Seven hundred miles 70 the east
In the Solomons the American air
force struck hard at Japan's base
1t villa, on Kolombansara Island, the
night Of August 16.
Flying Fortresses. Mitchell medi-
um bombers, Dauntless dive bombera
and Avenger torpedo bombers, es-
Evening star., 1943-08-18
| Swiss Honor
| I2OCrewmen
|Of Fortresses
~ the Assos,atsd Press.

BY tne ASS09la0u Frvo0.
BERN, Switzerland, Aug. Is
Hundreds OF Swiss came from all
over their tiny country today TO zee
two American Flying Fortresses
forced down in this neutral territory
and treated the young American
airmen like distinguished guests.
The Neue Zuercher Zeitung de-
scribed the 40 crewmen as young,
Incorporating men,"
One crew was virtually the guests
Of honor In the town they were flrst
taken before being interned. They
went for . swim, to . bali game and
toured . factory.
The newspapers described the
Fortresses as the 'bieGest planes
ever TO touch Swiss soil"
The two Fortresses landed yester-
day. They were named Battle
Queen and Peg Of My Heart.
The crews destroyed their instru.
ments and one group started to de-
stroy their plane until restaurant
keeper rushed out crying "switser-
land.
Thirty-six American aviators now
are interned In q comfortable noun
tain hotel. They include six es-
capees from prison camps and the
crew Of 4 Liberator forced down In
Switzerland.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
|New Operetto
| By Kent Cooper
| TOGO on Air
~ the Associated Press,

CHICAGO, Aug. ia new op-
eretta entitled About the Girl
with music and libretto by Kent
Cooper, executive director of the
Associated Press, will have its pre-
miere Saturday, September II, in q
nation wide broadcast over the Mu-
tual Network.
Emanating from station WGN
Chicago, on the program the Chi
cago Theater of the Air, the op-
eretta will be broadcast from 8 to
8 pm. &C. w. To.
Marion Claire, soprano, and
Thomas L. Thomas, baritone, will be
co-starred in the leading roles. The
WGN Symphony Orchestra, under
the direction of Henry Weber, and
the chorus, led by Robert Trendler,
will be featured.
About the Girl" is the story of a
young engineer who works on the
Alaska highway. He falls in love
with the voice of q girl whom he
hears sing on the radio. At his first
opportunity he returns to the States
to find the girl, and the love story
unfolds.
Mr.. Cooper, who finds relaxation
from his press association work in
composing music, also has written
several popular songs.
Evening star., 1943-08-18

corted By fighters. pounded the air
drome installations and gun posi-.
tions. E
villa now Ii threatened both from
above and below. Above II, United
States forces have occupied vella
LAvella Island Below, across the
kula Gulf, on New Georgia, today,s
communiQue reported new ground
successes within ; miles OF the
trapped Japanese garrison ut Bal.
roko Harbor.
Other planes bombed japanese In
stAllations on Baanga Island,
miles west Of the captured Munda
airfield.
Five hundred miles above Oar.
win, Australia, Hudsons and Beau
fighters manned b. Australians set
An enemy troop transport afire In
the Aroe Islands and killed at least
80 troops.
An 5000 ton enemy transport and
4 medium cargo ship were attacked
by bombers near New Ireland Tues
day.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Berlin Commentator Sees
Sentiment for Just Peace

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. ia discus
sion Of peace-but not of the un-
conditional surrender the Allies
leaders demand-came last night
from the Berlin radio.
Recent events have chastened the
extremists in Germany and by their
very seriousness might make a just
peace more acceptable to the Ger
man people" a German commenta-
tor said in broadcast recorded by
NBC. He added this doesn't mean
unconditional surrender"
The commentator, identified only
as Bill" declared "able and fair
minced statesmen" could draft q
reasonable, just and honest peace
Evening star., 1943-08-18
ConnaI|Y Named 10 Direct
0PA Consumer Goods Unit

Reagan p Connally of New York
City today was named director of
the consumer goods division In the
Once of Price Administrations sec
ond step to place the agency under
the control of experienced business
men.
General Manager Chester BowIes,
in announcing the appointment, said
Mr., Connally lis recognized as one
of the Nations foremost retailers"
His first job will be to rewrite and
simplify price regulations applying
to department stores, dry goods
stores and other retailers selling
colthing, furniture and household
goods.
Mr.. Connally has been a depart
ment store executive in San Fran
cisco. Chicago and other cities, and
has long been associated with Inter-
state Department Stores, q chain
organization in which he served as
president.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
| New Workers
| Battle Third
| Insect Invasion

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 18.-First it WAS
an epidemic of flying cockroaches in
the Bronx, then green flies plagued
the East Side, now caterpillars are
swarming over Manhattan and
Brooklyn.
Householders, some OF whom said
they can't sleep because the fuzzy
wuzzies are so thick in their homes,
appealed yesterday to various city
agencies to halt the third insect in
vasion this summer.
But the Health Department said 1t
wasn't their problem and the De-
partment of Parks said 1t could do
nothing, as the larvae comes from
trees on private property.
"A pestiferous summer" lamented
q resident.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Luftwaffe Staggering,
Gen. Spaatz Declares

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 18.-The
German air force lis staggering,
1t. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz declared In
an address to American Flying
Fortress crews returning from their
bombings of French airfields yester-
day north of Marseille.
The commander of the Northwest
African Air Forces credited Ameri-
can daylight precision bombings
with part of the decline OF the Ger
man air force. This, he said, has
revolutionized warfare"
LONDON, Aug. 10 IP).-In a let
ter commencing the United States
9Th Air Force on the first anniver-
sary of operations against the Axis,
1t. Gen. Jacob l.. Devers, COM
mander of United States forces in
the European theater, declared to-
day that the record of "A enemy
planes destroyed for the loss of each
one of ours was "a record of con-
spicuous achievement"
The commanding general recalled
also that the 9th Air Force dropped
1900 tons of bombs in its first year.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Russia
Continued From First Page y

rainian city from three sides-had
repulsed the Nazi counterattacks
and improved Its own positions at
some points.
The Germans were reported to
have adopted new tactics, shifting
the direction of the Counterblows
frequently, probing for soft spots in
the Russian lines. This indicated
they were preparing to 60 over from
the defensive to a full fledged
counterof1ensive If they could find
an opening.
Pushed back within Is miles of the
central front bastion of Bryansk,
the Germans likewise were using
reserves of tanks and planes in stub
born defense there.
GA British radio broadcast
heard by CHS said the Red Army
was within II miles of Bryansk)
Natural Obstacles Employed.
Red Star said Russian units at
tacking Bryansk west of Karachev
and southwest of Zhizdra encoun-
tered almost impossible forests and
swamps where the enemy employed
every natural obstacle.
The Russians nevertheless crossed
rivers, the dispatch said, and the
Germans retreated, destroying for
ests and paths behind them.
The Germans used both natural
and prepared defense lines in the
Spas Demensk sector.
Red Star said a violent battle
ragged in the forest, where Germans
counterattacked heavily, but that
the Russians improved their po-
sitions considerably. There was no
indication Of any important ad-
vance
Front reports said more than
10000 Germans had been killed in
the Bryansk and Kharkov often
sives.
go Villages Taken.
More than so towns and villages
fell to the Russians east of Bry-
ansk yesterday afte. the main Ger
man defense line had been preached
the Soviet war bulletin said, but
fierce fighting continued as the Nazis
stubbornly contested every foot OF
ground. German attempts to halt
the Russians from the air were
smashed by Red Air Force planes,
which at the same time were pound
Evening star., 1943-08-18
FEC Sets Hearing on Offer
To Purchase Blue Network
By the Associate Prses.

By the Associated Prses.
The Federal Communications
Commission has ordered 4 public
hearing on the application of Amer
lean Broadcasting System. Inc, for
authority to acquire the Blue Net
work, Inc, from the Radio Corp. Of
America for 100000. Edward J.
Noble, former Undersecretary OF
Commerce, Is the only stockholder
in American Broadcasting
The commission said yesterday 1t
decided to hold a hearing Septem-
Der 10 "in view OF the national i'm
portance and general public inter-
est" in the proposed sale. 1t added
that the hearing would provide an
opportunity for presentation Of all
material evidence and to obtain in
formation regarding the proposed
transfer.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Fishermen S Strike Ties u
Florida West Coast Boats
By the Associated Press.


ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Aug. 10.
Excepting few net fishermen in
the Bradenton area, . general
strike Of commercial fishermen
started today on the Florida west
coast with tying up of boats from
Sarasota to Cedar Keys.
Capt. Paul Crosser, president Of
the Gulf District Fishermen's Union
which voted the strike Sunday
announced that . labor conciliator
and an once of Price Administra-
ton representative were on their
way to the city to confer with union
offlcials and wholesalers.
The strike was voted when whole
salers refused to negotiate con-
tracts with the fishermen setting
prices for the next IL months.
Wholesalers have met the unions
demands for 7 cents a pound for
mullet and cents q pound for
grouper, but have refused to nego-
tiate contracts because of what they
claim Is an uncertain market.
The wholesalers say the Florida
market is glutted, but Capt. Crosser
counters with the claim that mar
kets in other Southern States report
q shortage Of hsh.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
SIT Former Miners
Released by Army
~ the Associated Prsas

H the Aseoetatod Pfoao.
The War Manpower Commission
said today 627 former miners have
been released from active military
duty by the War Department TO re-
turn to their work in An effort TO
break = serious manpower shortage
In copper, sinc and molybdenum
mines.
The soldiers are the first lot Of
$500 former miners whose release
was authorized by the War Depart
ment.
VINO said only men with previ-
Gus mining experience or those with
necessary physical qualifica tions are
being considered for the release
from military duties. They leave
the service on 4 voluntary basis ia
become members of the enlisted re-
serve corps, . status they will keep
80 long as they remain in nonfer-
rous mining employment or until
recalled to duty by the Army.
The miner soldiers who volunteer
are sent to Fort Douglas, Utah
where they are referred to employ
ers' hiring representatives.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Axis Spy Ring in Brozil
Broken Up by Police
BY the Associated Press


$40 PAULO, Brasil, Aug. 18.-
Police announced today the break
ing Of an Axis spy ring which had
an r-conditioned radio transmits
sion headquarters beneath . trap
door In q private home.
Authorities said the home was
that of Werner Waltemath, and
that others involved with him in
Guided the German Baron Hans Won
Kotve, arrested in Canada, and .
Hungarian ballet dancer, Gabriela
Lazslo, arrested here. A number Of
Germans and japanese were &C.
cused Of working with them.
Police said they found . mass Of
messages transmitted to Berlin,
Rome and Budapest and 4 labora-
tory for microfilm work.
Evening star., 1943-08-18

ing troop concentrations and mill
tary transport in Bryansk itself.
Another threat to Bryansk was
moving down from the northeast,
where Russian troops have driven
to within "a miles of the city's outer
defense system, the communique
said.
Soviet cavalry again proved useful
In the area southeast of Bryansk,
breaking through the German lines
at several points to storm enemy
strong points, the Russians report
ed. Other Soviet troops forged
ahead in the Spas Demensk sector,
rs miles southeast of Smolensk, kill
ing more than 1000 Germans and
destroying great quantities of enemy
material
CThe German controlled Vichy
radio quoted Berlin dispatches as
saying that "a new Russian oden-
sive with full strength Is ex-
pected shortly in the Belly region,
80 miles north of Smolensk, where
important Soviet troop concen-
trations have been observed.D
Fresh German reinforcements
were slowing down the closing of
the Russian pincers at Kharkov, but
west of the city, where Red spear
heads were striving to shut the
30-mile escape gap, the Nazis were
reported hurled back with a loss Of
1000 dead and As tanks destroyed.
In Kharkov itself, where street
fighting has been reported for the
last three days, the situation was
obscure. Official Russian COM
muniques have placed Red Army
troops within a mile of the city
proper, but have never claimed a
further advance. The street fight
ing apparently was in the north
east and southeast suburbs, in the
directions of the furthest Soviet
penetrations.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Us japanese Planes
Surprised on Ground, ,
10 Are DESTROYED
9s the AssoctatsA Press

Bs the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Aug. 1s.-The japanese airforce
was dealt its most humiliating
defeat Of the war Tuesday 1T
Wewak, New Guinea, where 125
OF It's planes were caught on the
ground by Allied bombers, 40
destroyed, so severely damaged
and an estimated 1900 air per-
sonnel killed.
Only seven Of the enemy planes
even got into the air and three were
shot down. Out Of some 700 planes
In the raiding party ,only three were
lost.
This staggering blow, virtually
stripping the enemy Of his air
strength in Central New Guinea,
was dealt by 10000 bombs dropped
from Liberators. Flying Fortresses,
Mitcheils and Bostons.
GA dispatch from Associated
Press War Correspondent vern
Haugland from somewhere In
New Guinea said heavyweight
bombers Of the United States 5th
Air Force dropped more than 100
tons Of bombs In their predawn
strike on the Wewak area and
encountered heavy antiaircraft
fire.' Seven or eight hours later
Mitchell medium bombers, es-
corted by Lightning fighters.
struck . second hard blow and
met feeble antiaircrAft fire and
scant fighter oppositiono
Numerically, the opposing forces
were about equal in strength but
one was in the air and the other
was not" Gen. Douglas MacArthur
commented jubilantly.
Nothing Is 30 helpless as q plane
on the ground"
TT was the opening battle for air
supremacy over Central New
Guinea" said Maj. Gen. Ennis C.
Whitehead. commander Of the ad-
vance echelon Of Allied Air Forces
In the Southwest Pacific.
The surprise was complete and
devastating.
Allied reconnaissance planes hac
detected the japanese massing the
greatest force Of planes they evel
had assembled in the Wewak area
OBVIOUSLY, the enemy intended tc
make some surprise move in support
OF japanese jungle troops now fall
ing back slowly before American.
and Australians near .Salamaua
japanese air base $50 miles down
the New Guinea coast from Wewak
The surprise worked the other
way.
Enemy Planes Perfect Targets.
The first Of more than 10 wave.
Of American and Australian
manned planes appeared over the
four airdromes Of the Wewak sector
during the dark first hour Of Tues
day. Hour after hour until we'll into
daylight the flyers criss-crossed the
spreading areas Of smoke and flame
Many Of the enemy planes were
standing wing tip to wing tip-per.
feet targets.
Sixty japanese bombers anC
fighters were found warming up or
the Borum Airneld. The crews were
inside. Ground attendants stoot
nearby. Reorganization bombs
swiftly turned the scene into one
Of fiery wreckage and death.
Some of the japanese flyers
franticaly tried to get of the
ground. Allied bombs and bullets
transformed these planes into burn
ing cofIins.
After the bombers were through
attack planes and fighters roared
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Peace Demonstrators
In Milan Fired On;
Gestapo.Aids Police
By the Associated Press.


AT THE SWISS-ITALIAN FROM
TIER, Aug. 18-New clashes between
troops and peace demonstrators were
reported from bomb battered Milan
last night where the political situa-
ton increased in intensity.
Soldiers were said to have answered
demonstrations for peace with gun
fire, killing some and wounding
others, and the German Gestapo was
believed to be supporting italian
police in constant raids to arrest all
suspicious persons. Other peace
demonstrations were reported in
Rome when Pope Plus XII appeared.
Normal life was completely dis
rupted in the once great industrial
city Of Milan. Gas and electric serv-
ices we're suspended. Even factories
that escaped bomb hits could not
operate because there was no trans
portation for workers. Thousands
left the city daily as air defense
measures were strengthened for the
still further air attacks expected.
opera hOOf blown On.
In Cathedral Square the scene was
described rs .'frightfuP but Swiss
Telegraphic Agency dispatch said
incendiaries which fell inside the
cathedral were extinguished before
great damage was caused. The roof
of the world-famous La Scala Opera
was blown OIL.
Communications between Italy and
Switzerland remained broken, max
ing 1t difficult to learn of the italian
reaction to the fall Of Sicily.
Only one or two trains, made up
of freight cars, arrived at the Swiss
border carrying passengers. The
Swiss stopped sending their own
trains to Italy. Some 80 Swiss cers
were destroyed In the last Milan
raid.
A Swiss reaching the frontier from
Rome told the newspaper La Suisse
that the trip required more than SO
hours. Normally 1t takes 10. He
boarded the train at station out
side Rome because the capitals
principal station Is no longer used.
He did not explain whether this was
due to bombing or to Romes at
tempt to constitute itself All open
city, At Milan's outskirts passengers
left the train and walked two hours
to a suburban station where they
we're able to resume their journey.
Frontier Visas Suspended.
He said that victims in the two
Rome raids numbered at least 5000.
Still hundreds more were buried in
debris.
Italian customs officers were dou-
bled at the Chiasso bridge on the
Italian frontier. Ofncials may fear
a mass effort by Northern Italians
to break through into Switzerland.
Frontier visas have been suspended.
Those expiring were not renewed.
One dispatch said heat and rain
less days in northern cities added
to the disruption by bombs. Drought
menaced crops In Lombardy, Veneto
and Piedmont.
Leaflets dropped on Como, Lom-
hardy city north OF Milan, were said
to have warned the people that
Como would be bombed by the AL
lies. A mass exodus resulted.
Other reports from Como said
three more parachutists dropped
from Allied planes were arrested.
One was said to be Pole and two
were Italians equipped with money
and ration cards. Previous reports
said several parachutists, all italian
including one woman, were arrested
in that area. -.
Evening star., 1943-08-18

Pvt. John Drumming. 26, colorel
Of Camp Lee. Va, sentenced yes
terday to serve two years for steal
ing money and clothes from soldiers
stationed Ut Howard University. Is
not enrolled As . member OF the
Army Specialized Training Program
As was reported in yesterdays Star.
The Star regrets the error.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Porlioment Wants Movies

Members Of the British Parlia-
ment desire small movie house
for the display of documentary and
historical Aims incorporated in the
Palace Of Westminster when it Is
reouilt after the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-11
Rates Among Best

John S. BUGAS, head of
y the Detroit office, rates
among the best of his staff
of marksmen. AS do his men,
Bugas frequently leaves his
desk for a session at the
target range. He can regu-
larly score As out of so hits
on the targets.
The entire office staff is
ready for any emergency. At
hand, beside their offensive
weapons and the batteries of
filing cabinets where dossiers
of suspects are kept, are gas
masks and helmets. Not even
an air raid can be permitted
to interfere with the FBI
work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-11
Detroit EBI
About for
SabOteurs
around the clock

VTIGILANT around the clock
v in a ceaseless search for
spies, saboteurs and other
foes Of the government, the
famed Internationally agents
Of the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation-are on an all
out war basis.
Vastly expanded by its new
duties, the FBI still works as
silently and as secretly as in
the days when its prime job
was the capture of gangdom's
public enemies.
In its war against the
Fascist public enemies, the
FBI has the same deadly sting
rs when its agents eliminated
Dillinger. The agents are still
crack shots with pistols or
tommy guns.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-11
Behind Locked Doors

DEHIND the locked doors
- are many files for records.
Into these go the reports of
investigators. (The number of
agents is a military secret. ~
Scraps Of information are
correlated. Painstakingly the
files are checked and cross
checked. Much of it may be
useless. Some of it fitted
together-may point to an
enemy agent who thought he
had outwitted and outsmarted
the stupid democracy"
The girls who keep these
files and record s are as
secretive as the agents who
work with them. They are
under oaths Of secrecy and
not even the members Of their
families or their best boy
friends ever learn any Of
the information that passes
through their hands.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-03
THE REALM Of BOOKS

New York City from Long
Island 10 Trenton. Magnificent
pen portrait of Washington and
realistic descriptions of our first
heroic democratic army in ac-
ton and in rags. A book net
to be missed these days.
Hugh WalpoleS The Killer
and the Slain"
One of the most amazing and
thought-provoking psychological
murde' stories that I've ever
read.
The Drums Of Morning" by
Philip Van Doren Stern. SUI
pcrb epic in fiction form, of the
struggle 10 abolish slavery in
our country.
James Branch Cabell's The
First Gentleman OF America. "
This story of old Virginia. Flu
rope and South America Of our
first emperor" is in CabcllS
best VEN. II Is ironic and
RabolaiSian with ccllophane
wrapping.