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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
Hit.Run Crash
Poses Mystery
Driver, Companion
Flee on Foot

VAN DYKE - Police Sergt.
Fred Maletta to day was at
tempting to dissolve the mys-
terry shrouding the identity Of
two men in stolen car who on
Monday night, ruthlessly ran
down a Van Dyke war worker
and then made their getaway on
foot following a wild chase by
passing motorists.
According to Police Commits
sioner Verne l. m x, Joseph
Baldwin, 40 years old, was run
down near the intersection of
Orchard and Van Dyke avenues
at $50 p. m. Monday by a car
driven by one of two men who
led passing motorists long race
along Warren township back
streets and, finally. abandoned
the machine on Hoover road be-
tween the Eight and Nine Mile
roads.
The car, heavy club coupe,
was registered to G.. B. Mac
Pherson, proprietor of a War
rem township oil refinery To-
Gated near the point at which
the car was abandoned, police
said. They said, however, that
Macpherson. questioned three
hours after the accident occur
red, said his car had been stolen
early in the evening in Detroit.
Warren officers said MacPher-
son had reported the theft APP
Soc HIT
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
Exchanges Made

MORMUGAO, Portuguese In
dia, Oct. ~ - (41 - Like holt
day picnickers but with much
deeper joy, 1900 Americans and
nationals from other countries
i'm the western world today
marched off the Japanese ship
Teia Maru and boarded the ex-
change liner Gripsholm which
will carry them home after
months of internment in Japl-
nese hands.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
Winston Declines

LONDON. Oct. 10 - up -
Prime Minister Churchill declin-
ed to reply in the House of Com
mons today TO criticisms of Brit
ain by touring U. S. Senators,
but said that full statement of
the facts, prepared at his request,
would be kept in Commons for
the purpose OF the record "or, If
it should be expedient, for pub
lication."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
Hitler Talks

LONDON, Oct. 19 - Up =
Adolf Hitler made speech on
Germany's political and military
situation after a conference Of
leading personalities of the
state and party" called by Field
Marshal Gen. Wilhelm Keitel,
chief of the high command, the
German news agency DNB an
nounced tonight.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
German Morale

MADRID, Oct. 10 - (F) -
Sir Samuel Hoare, British am
bassador to Spain, says he be-
lieves that allied air power may
crack German morale sooner
than is expected" Sir Samuel,
who recently returned from a
visit to London, ventured this
prediction last evening in an
address to embassy officials and
leading members of the British
colony.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
New Committee

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct.
19-The Australian war cabinet
today appointed an inter-depart-
mental committee to report what
principles ii believes should gov
ern the Commonwealth civil
aviation policy and organization
now and in the postwar period.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
Identifying Mark

BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 10
P)-Parisians, disguised by a
German order that all Jews
must wear a black and yellow
star on the left breast as a mark
of Identification, are said to
have upset Nazi occupation
authorities by adopting a new
style wrinkle black and yell
low breast-pocket handkerchief.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
YugOsIavs Mop Up

LONDON, Oct. 10 - (P) -
Yugloslav patriot forces, having
apparently routed German for
ces at a strategic railroad bridge
over the Sava river near Sew
MICA, are hopping up all Sloven-
ian territory between the river
and the Austrian frontier a
YugO-Slav National Army of
Liberation communique said to-
day.
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late X X X
bulletins
Plan to EVacuafe

STOCKHOLM, Oct. l9 - (P)
- The Germans apparently are
planning to evacuate Rome by
Oct. 81, Bern dispatch TO the
Swedish newspaper Svenska
Dagbladet said today. All food
acquisitions for the Rome area
for the first week in November
have been cancelled by the
Germans.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
Undersea Graft
Push Total Up
10 460 Ships
Sewage Toll
Token by Sailors
in Jop Home Waters
by Tn. Associated Pres.

The underseaS arm of the u.
s. Navy has whitfield another
148 vessels from Japan's tenu-
Gus shipping pool, bringing the
total number of enemy ships
sunk or damaged since Pearl
Harbor to 400 craft.
Recapitulating American sub
marine activity against Japan,
Navy Secretary Knox today list
ed 90 sinKings. five probable
sinkings and As torpedoings for
the first time. The new totals
brought Japans loss in warships
and non -combatant vessels posi-
lively destroyed since December
Z, l94l TO 3l9 Another 80
probably were sunk and los
others were damaged.
SERIOUS INROADS
Three aircraft carriers, 10
cruisers and 33 destroyers were
among the 81 Japanese warships
sunk or damaged by submarines.
MANY UNREPORTED
The new reports of sinkings
and damaging OF enemy craft
included 90 ships sunk, 5 proba-
bly, sunk and As damaged. Pre-
vious communicates had listed
22l as sunk. 81 probably sunk
and so as damaged.
Knox, explaining the an
nouncement Of 148 additional
craft sunk or damaged, said that
prompt announcements of sink
ings by submarines provide
means Of help TO the enemy and
they are withheld for that rea-
SON He added there no longer
is any information of value 10
the enemy in the new announce
ments, which means that the
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Lend.LcaSe Pact

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 - up
- Soviet Russia is going TO do
more for her western allies un-
der a new lend-lease agreement
signed In London today, State
Department sources said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-19
Moscow Talks
Gel Off 10
Quick Start
Hull Wastes No
Time in Going
into Conferences

MOSCOW, Oct. 19--.P)-Sec-
rotary of State Corden Hull,
highest United States official
ever TO visit Moscow, plunged
quickly today into the wars first
full dress tri-partite conference,
meeting with his British and
Russian counterpartS, Anthony
Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov,
only a few hours after conclud-
ing his 4.000-mile flight TO the
Russian capital.
AS the foreign secretaries set
tied down 10 the first days bust
ness. the Soviet press turned the
spotlight on the long awaited
get-together. al which the Rus
slams consider a second front
in western Europe an important
topic.
Despite their long, hard trip,
Hull and Eden were eager 10
begin the discussions with Molo-
tov. Both the Americans and
British foreign officials expect
the conference TO lay the
groundwork for future CONVEX
sations among United Nations
leaders.
MEET AT KRlsMLIN
Preliminary discussions we're
held at the Kremlin last evening
shortly after the arrival of the
American and British visitors at
the Moscow airdrome. II was an
nounced that the first real bust
ness session would 4 place
this afternoon between the rep
resentauves of the three nations,
who are expected to discuss not
only wartime but postwar mat
ters of a military, political and
economic nature.
A point three-power state
ment was issued al IL o'clock
last night announcing the per-
sonnet of the delegations and
quoting the brief statements
made by Hull and Eden on their
arrival.
1T gives me special satisfac-
ton 10 visit Moscow, the capital
of great country united with
my own in a common cause, E"
Hull said.
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SERIOUS INROADS

Three aircraft carriers, j
cruisers and 33 destroyers wer
among the 81 Japanese warship
,-,,,,iy o, Ja,,Na ooI nv cubf11 a riflps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
1t. Robert (. Smith Awarded
Air Medal in London Ceremony
Flyer, Forced Down
In France, Found Way
Back to England

Second 1t. Robert E. Smith, $40
Otis place NV. who was forced
down in Vichy. France, in his Raj
Spitflre last fall, found his way back
to England through France and
Spain and is now fighting with the
United States Air Forces in England,
was awarded the Air Medal at cere-
monies in London yesterday. accord
ing to an Associated Press dispatch.
1t Smith is the son of Frank
E. Smith, an engineer with the Ches-
apeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
The father received the news OF his
sons award at Gallinger Hospital,
where he is under treatment for a
broken ankle received in a fall re-
Gently.
Mrs. Charles R. Smith of Oils
Providence avenue, Silver Spring,
wife of an uncle of 1t. Smith, said
Bob could come over here and train
pilots. but he says he would rather
be over there knocking down en-
envy planes. He is a brave boy"
1t. Smith attended Park View
Elementary School and was grad
wife Of an uncle Of 1t. Smith, said:
uated from Central High School. He
attended Bulls Preparatory School
in Silver Spring and The Citadel,
military school in Charleston. S. c.
After attending George Washington
University for half year he went
to the West Coast for aviation in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
Brown Pushes Move.
To Soften Effect Of
Rationing Program
Eosier Regulations
One Of Major Aims Of
New OPA Chief
BY ALFRED TOOMRS,

Price Administrator Brown. swing
ing INTO full stride in his drive for a
New Deal in the rationing agency.
acted today to implement the four
key policies he has set forth-ra-
tionlng relaxation, strict adherence
to price ceilings. better relations
with Congress and elimination OF
black markets.
Mr.. Brown, after several weeks of
familiarizing himself with the work
lngs of the agency he inherited
from Leon Henderson, already has
taken the following actions to
further his basic policies:
l. Changes in the rationing rules
for automobiles to make it easier
to obtain the 100000 autos now in
dealers hands. He admonished his
staff to keep alert for other possible
ways in which rationing might be
eased
2. A demand for price ceilings on
cattle and hogs and a refusal to al
low preaching of price ceilings. in
spite of pressure by representatives
of special interests.
3. A mobilizat ton of all Govern
ment investigative forces in a drive
on the black market in meat.
Motorists Will Benefit.
The easing of the automobile ra-
tioning rules-plans for which were
revealed first in The Star more than
10 days ago-will make it possible
for thousands of persons, now driv-
ing cars which are candidates for
the junk pile, to obtain new We
hicles.
Under the new rules, any holder
OF a &C. gasoline ration book will
be eligible to buy a new automobile
if his present car is no longer serv-
iceable.
Any person needing an automo-
bile for purusit of a gainful occu-
patton will be eligible to buy l94l
model, soft top convertible of
any year. or any car of any year
which sells for more than $500.
Under the new arrangement, any
person whose automobile is no
longer serviceable may buy 1941
car-there are only about 1000 left
without obtaining rationing GER
tif1cate. Such buyer will have to
sign statement to his dealer, set
ting forth his need for the car.
Certificates to Be Issued.
Ration boards will issue certifi-
Gates for soft-top cars or for cars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26

costing more than 81 500 to any per-
son who can show that his present
automobile is no longer serviceable,
and that he needs the car for bust
ness purposes.
Likewise, the rationing boards were
authorized to issue certificates for
new automobiles to all persons on
the eligibility list for &C" gasoline
rationS. In the past, the only per-
sons eligible for new autos were war
workers or persons engaged in activ-
tiles essential to public health and
welfare.
In defining "Serviceable" autos, the
OPA said any car of 1899 vintage or
earlier could be considered no longer
disable. Likewise, a car of any year
which has been driven more than
10000 miles could be considered non
Serviceable.
Mr.. Brown, in a statement on re-
cent easing of rationing rules for
tires, said he had told his staff &c
keep alert to changing conditions
and to relax any rationing rules
without delay whenever it becomes
| possible to Go So
Since he has been in office. 2
steady stream of pleaders for specia
groups has been visiting him-al
seeking to get the price ceilings or
various items raised.
| Mr.. Brown, in conversations with
his staff. has indicated his determ.
ination not to yield on the price
ceilings, except in cases where mani,
fest injustiCes are resulting from
| present limitations.
Mr.. Brown, a former Senator from
Michigan, has made improvement o
congressional relations one of hi.
main detectives. In this connection
he has been making plans for re.
/ organization of OPA field Offices anC
has been clearing new appointment!
| to OPA with members of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
Brown Lauds Press
For Invaluable Aid
In Ration Registration
OPA Administrator Says
Huge Tosk SimpIified
BY Printing of Forms
Fy the Associated Press.

- me HSSDtAHtFO TESS,
Price Administrator Brown paid
tribute to the press today for its
Invaluable assistance" in explaining
canned goods rationing.
Mr.. Brown said the service de-
served special recognition in view OF
the difficulties of newspapers these
days with paper, manpower and
transportation shortages.
Mr.. Browns tribute was contained
in letter to Arthur l. Robb. editor
Of the trade magazine Editor and
Publisher. The letter follows:
No finer single service in the
interest of the American public has
been performed during this war than
the splendid handling by the Ma
tons press of the OPA processed
foods rationing program.
Saved Time of Millions.
The repeated publication in
thousands of newspapers of the OPA
consumer declaration form per-
mitted millions of Americans TO ap-
pear at the registration sites and
obtain war ration book No. 2 in a
matter of minutes. This meant an
incalculable saving both in man
hours of work by the volunteer
registrars and in the time of the
individual applicants.
Similarly, the publication by
newspapers of the official table of
point values for March makes it
possible for millions of housewives
to plan their family'S meals and
shopping trips in advance. And
here also is accomplished great
saving OF time for the countrys
100000 food stores and the shopper
herself.
Again, through repeated appear
ance Of pictures in the press, to-
gether with explanatory material,
War Ration Book 2 became familiar
to the public weeks in advance of
its issuance.
Added to all of these extremely
important services was the publica-
ton in news columns of thousands
and thousands of words explaining
the why, when and how Of Drocessed
foods rationing and use of the point
system.
Press Solving HandicapS.
at is not an overstatement to say
that without this cooperation the
present high degree of public IN
Outstanding Of this huge rationing
program never could have been
achieved in the short space Of a
few weeks.
Such a splendid public service
looms even larger when it is remem-
bered that. like many other enter
prlses, newspapers are feeling the
effects of manpoWer shortages,
transportation difficulties and cur
tailment of supplies, Nevertheless.
they are going ahead full steam and
overcoming these handicaps to the
end that Americans can continue to
be the best informed population in
the world.
For the invaluable assistance
freely given by free press of free
country, may I express the deepest
gratitude Of the Office of Price
Administration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
$50 Quit Repairing Ship
Because Of Smoking Ban

BY me Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. %
Enforcement of a no-smoking reg
uuation brought several-hour halt
to repair work on an Allied ship.
An estimated $50 men OF various
trades left their JOBS yesterday in
protest.
Comdr. P. D. Cronk OF the Coast
Guard said Federal security regula-
tons prohibited smoking in certain
areas of ships undergoing repairs,
but that relaxation of such rules was
within the discretion of the master
of any vessel and that work was
resumed after a misunderstanding
was clarified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
Other Firm Head Comments,

The UAW-CIO is firmly COM
mltted to the policies of the Ma
tlonal Go and to the idea that such
disputes as this must be settled
through Government agencies" he
added. Our first consideration now
and for the duration of the war Will
be the lives OF the men in the Army
and Navy"
Cyril Chappellet, vice president Of
Lockheed and Vega Aircraft Cos.
which have contract with the
AFL union, said in a statement he
was confident Lockheed and Vega
workers will not strike against the
United States Government and the
armed forces"
The union has demanded hiring
IN wage OF 95 cents an hour. com
parable to the Shipyards. The pres
ent starting scale is 621z cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
Fresh Reports Raise
u. 5. Flyers Toll 10 y
Jap Planes in Assam
Only 9 of 46 Enemy
Croft Making Attack
Seen to Escape
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
NEW DELHI. Feb 26.-Fresh re-
ports on the japanese attempt to
attack American air bases in Assam
yesterday disclosed that the score of
10th United States Air Force fighters
was % planes positively or probably
destroyed and only nine of the total
of As raiders were sighted heading
back for the home fields, a COM
munlque said today.
Six japanese bombers and three
Of their fighter escort were wrecked
and 20 more enemy craft probably
were knocked down, according to
the revised figures.
The new count, delayed because
the fierce dog fights, in which not q
single American plane was lost
spread over 300 square miles of ter
rltory, increased the number of Jar
planes destroyed by three. the num-
Der OF probable victories by eight
and the attacking force, including
some japanese Photographic craft
by Is from the 80 planes reported
yesterday.
japanese Camp Destroyed.
The communique said details were
still incomplete, and revealed that
many Of the American fighter
planes came down Immediately after
their tangles with the japanese, re-
tueled and went on to bomb enemy
bases III Northern Burma.
A japanese camp in the HukaWny
Valley was destroyed. a second can't
was damaged and a railroad engine
was shot up.
American planes pounded again al
the 1rraWaddy rail and vehicle bridge
at Myitgne, below Mandalay. which
the Japanese have been atempt-
ing feverishly to restore to service
after repeated previous bombings.
Damage was reported" the com.
munique said
Rangoon Heavily Bombed.
Reporting belatedly on a raid BY
United States heavy bombers or
Japanese-held Rangoon early Tues.
DAY, the communicate said damage
mad been caused in the dock area
and five large fires left burning, one
visible for 40 miles.
FROM these several operations all
OF our aircraft returned safely" the
communique said.
The Raj yesterday bombed the
town Of Yohaung in the Akyab dis
trlct and blasted detectives in the
Mylttha Valley to the northeast a
British communique declared.
Fighters participated with Blen-
heim bombers in the sweeps, shoot
ing up railway trains and river craft
the bulletin said All planes were re-
ported to have returned safely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
Cottage CITY P-TA

The Cottage City Md Parent
Teacher Association Will meet at s
pm. Tuesday al the Cottage City
School, William BiSchoff, president.
will preside at a business session
which will be followed by an enter
tainment program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
Boeinq
Continued From First Page

between the Aeronautical Mechanics
Union and BOeing."
Mr.. Gibson replied that the work
ers left their jobs Of their own voli-
ton because Of their pent-up feelings
over the delay in a decision which
the Labor Board had promised last
week after having the nine month
old case in its hands for more than
two months.
At Los Angeles, L. H. Michener,
! West Coast director of the CIO
United Automobile Workers, de-
clared in a statement that the
Seattle Boeing stoppage is mat
ter with which we have no connec-
ton and over which we have no
control
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26

SECOND 1T. ROBERT E. SMITH.
struction. He joined the Raj in
December, l941, and transferred to
England.
1t. Smith was with a bomber
squadron over France last fall
when his Spitfire fighter ran out Of
gas and he was forced down in
France. While he was still re-
ported missing. his family in
Washington was notified by the
War Department that 1t Smith
had been transferred from the Raj
to the Army Air Forces. Some
time later American authorities in
Vichy reported he had been found
and American representative in
Spain subsequently reported he had
reached Barcelona. From there he
went to England.
During his year with the Raj
1t. Smith participated in air
battles over England and the
European continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
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