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Evening star., 1943-10-21
Five From D. {. Area
Promoted by Army
. And 7 Commissioned


Five men from the Washington
area have been promoted and two
others commissioned, the War De-
partment announced today.
Those promoted were: captain to
major, Joseph Herman Taggart,
$500 @ street NV; John Joseph
Eslinger, 45O7 Longfellow street,
Hyattsville; James Angus Glenn,
9O3 Beverly drive, Alexandria; first
lieutenant to captain, William Earl
Haynie, 3640 Thirteenth street NV;
second lieutenant to first lieutenant,
James Gledhill Simonds, 3l0S P
street NV.
Lyle Francis O'Rourke, 5l08 Pali-
sade lane NV, has been commits
stoned a captain, and DR.. Benjamin
Spigel. 1877 Fort Stevens drive NV
a first lieutenant.
Maj. Taggart, Al, formerly was an
economist with the Commerce De-
partment He joined the Army All
Corps in May 1912 as captain. He
was graduated from Yale University
and Harvard Business School. He
was professor of economics at the
University of Kansas before going
Evening star., 1943-10-21

with the Commerce Department.
Capt. Haynie, 36, is pilot in
India, He was formerly with the
Ferry Command stationed at New
Castle Army Air Field in Delaware.
Capt. Haynie went to school in Los
Angeles.
1t. Simonds, 30, was graduated
from Harvard University in 1885.
He worked for the Washington Bu-
reau of the New York Herald -Tri-
bune and joined the Army in July
1912
Capt. O'Rourke, 38, is a graduate
of Creighton University, Omaha
Nebr., and did postgraduate Law
work at Georgetown and Catholic
University. He had practiced law
here for the last 10 years. Capt
O'Rourke was also a special agent
with the FBI before going into
private practice. He is stationed a
Wright Field, Dayton. Ohio.
1t. Spigel, 80, was a practicins
dentist here before joining the Army
He graduated from Georgetown
University, where he pitched for tn
baseball team. 1t. Spigel is sta
toned at Miami Beach, Fla.
Evening star., 1943-10-21

D. Anderson, Ellensburg, Wash:
Staff Sergt. Robert j. Breakie,
Lawndale, Calf; Staff Sergt. Ar
thur E. Dewalt Canonsburg, Pa;
Staff Sergt. William w. Henry,
Grand Prairie, Tex; Staff Sergt.
James N. House, Paris. Tex, and
Staff Sergt. Joe B. Springer, San
Diego. Calf.
Tech. Sergt. Lawrence w. Bowen
of Newton, Iowa, received Dis
tinguished Flying Cross for partici-
pating in more than so raids or
China, French Indo-China ane
Burma between October II, 1912
and last July 7.
The general order citing Sergt
Bowen said, THE execution of hi!
duties with GOODNESS and courag
under enemy fire is worthy of th'
best traditions Of the Army Al
| Forces"
Evening star., 1943-10-21
D. {. Flyer One Of 13
Honored in Far East

Tech. Sergt. Denslow E. Wood,
who formerly lived at 1000 Cathe-
dral avenue NV, was reported in
an Associated Press dispatch as one
of 13 members of a bombardment
group awarded Distinguished Fly
ing Crosses for having participated
in raids totaling more than 200
hours over China, French Indo-
China and Burma.
The awards were announced from
the 10th United States Air Force
Headquarters in India. Other men,
bers of the bombardment grour
who were honored with the D. F. c
included 1t. Thomas F. x Cakert
Atlantic City, NJ j.; 1t. William E
Nau, Wheeling, w. Va; Flight Off
Ger Edward I. Huntington, Excelsior
MINI; Tech. Sergt. Walter c
Brown, Winchester, Idaho; Tech
Sergt. o. Van Marter, Hutchinson
Kans; Tech. Sergt. Leon N. Weber
Wilson, Kans.; Staff Sergt. Charles
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Wilmer Named President
OF Adas Israel Group

Joseph A. Wilmer, local custom
tailor, was elected president of the
Adas Israel Congregation at its an
nual meeting Tuesday night. This
is his 10th year as head of the con-
.gregation.
Chosen to serve with Mr.. Wilmer
are Herman S. Robin. vice presi-
dent; Joseph Blumenthal, treasurer;
Abe Shefferman, financial secretary;
Henry Gichner, recording secretary;
Leopold v. Freudberg, Charles L.
Pilzer and Mr.. Robin, trustees.
Louis Rosenberg and Fred S. Gich-
ner were named honorary members
of the Board of Managers while
functioning board members include
1t. Col. Falk Harmel, Abraham S
Kay, Leon Makover, Maxwell A. Ok.
trow, Jacob B. Spund, Max Zweie
and Samuel Segar.
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Poultry Feed Asked

The British Poultry Union has
sent resolution to the Minister of
Agriculture urging plan for allocat-
ing sufficient feed to support all-the-
year round egg production on an
economic basis,
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Halloween Dance Plunned

The st. Andrews Society will hold
a Halloween dance at Pierce Hall,
Fifteenth and Harvard streets NV,
Evening star., 1943-10-21

Don't lose hope It'll you've tried q
Star want Ad." MA. 5000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
Italy Shifts
Mobile Units

Washington, July l. - CUP -
Secretary of War Henry l.. Stimson
said today Germany and Italy are
shifting mobile forces to points
where they believe Allied invasion
thrusts to be most likely.
In their propaganda for home con-
sumption, Berlin and Rome are pre-
pairing their people for the difficult
days to come and are disclosing
their efforts to guess where an in
vasion is coming, Stimson said at
a press conference.
He called attention to the recent
heavy American air raid on the St.
Nazaire submarine base, one OF a
series of heavy raids on such bases
during the last six months. Slim
son said such raids are doing ex-
tensive damage to submarine blocks,
repair shops and other facilities and
may be an important factor in the
notable reduction in the activity OF
U-Boats in the last few months.
StimSon said that British and
American bombers have sustained
heavy losses in operations over Ger
many, but that they are being re-
placed.
"Our total strength in the air over
Europe is steadily increasing" he
said.
Evidence of the heavy blows being
inflicted on German industry may
De seen in the concentration of Ger
man aerial defenses over the home
land, both in planes and anti-air-
craft guns. Stimsou said,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
Strong Enemy
Action Looms
Saws Stimson

Washington. July 1-(UP)- The
new Allied drive in the Southwest
Pacific appears to be making salts
factory progress and proceeding ac-
cording to plan, Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson said today.
american forces have reached
the outer defense Of japanese posi-
tons and strong enemy reaction
may be expected" Stimson said at
a press conference.
He said plans for the current OPP
erations were laid in Washington
weeks ago during the conferences
involving Lieut.. Ger. Millard F..
Harmon, commanding general, U. S.
Army forces in the South Pacific;
Lieut.. Gen. George G. Kenney, COM
manding Allied Air Forces in the
Southwest Pacific; Maj. Gen. Rich
ard F. Sutherland, chief OF staff to
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, and other
high officers from those areas.
Stimson said army forces landed
on Rendova and New Georgia Is
lands in the Central Solomons with
naval support and that the COM
bined operations were under Mac
Arthur's general direction. New
Georgia is the site of the strong
japanese Munda air base, and Rem
dova is only a few miles away.
American forces also had landed
on the Trobriand Islands and
Woodlark Island without opposition,
These operations together were on
a shallow arc extending from the
middle Solomon Islands on the east
to Nassau Ba. on New Guinea, only
10 miles south of the enemy base
at Salamaua.
A late dispatch from MacArthur's
headquarters said American forces,
fighting japanese troops on Rem
dova and New Georgia, were be-
lieved to be making headWay &C
cording to plan. The Melbourne
radio reported the landings on those
islands were made through stormy
weather and high seas.
The new offensive in the South
Pacific was viewed by observers here
as the opening of a campaign to
push the American front" east of
New Guinea and Australia up to the
equator.
There seemed to be good chance,
too, that the campaign sooner or
later would lead to some naval ac-
ton. But observers here doubted
that the japanese would throw any
major portion of their battle fleet
into an action so far out on their
defense perimeter as the current
theater of operations.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
Daring Break
Nets $4,000

Boston, July 1.-(UP)-In 2 dar-
ing daylight break, two youths
smashed a display window at HON.
er's Inc, jewelry firm today and es-
capped with a tray of diamonds val
ued at $4,000.
Hundreds of shoppers were in the
vicinity when the youths, about 10
or 10, and wearing camel-hair top
coats, smashed the plate glass with
a rock and seized the tray Of gems.
They fled through an alley across
the way with a police officer and
an employee of the firm in pursuit.
Edward Levine, a member of the
firm, said there were about 16 en-
ployes in the store who heard the
crash. He said an inventory was to
be made to determine what other
valuables were s. ,len besides the
diamonds.
Police cruisers were sent to the
scene Immediately and an unsuc-
cessful search for the thieves was
made In the ueiGhborhood.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
Shoe Dealers
Stock Limited

Boston, July 1. (UP)-Intensive
heat lessened shopping interest in
New England during the past week,
but warm weather and seasonal
merchandise continued in good de-
mand with the approach of the
fourth of July weekend, Dun &
Bradstreet, Inc, reported today.
Shoe dealers continued to place
orders tin an effort to replenish
stocks, but material and labor
shortages caused producers to limit
commitments to short periods.
Quotas set by manufacturers for
customers are being observed in
order to allow a more even distrib-
ution of merchandise.
Demand for domestic and foreign
woods centered in medium grade
lots with mills hesitant in accept
ing new orders. Wool blankets are
booked well in advance, with mill
tary orders having preference. Wool
top and worsted yarns remained In
precarious position.
Department store sales in New
England Off the week ending June
10 ran IS per cent ahead Of the
corresponding 1912 period.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
Maj PiIIbox
Defenses Hit

Moscow, July 1.-UP)-A Soviet
detachment broke through enemy
defenses and penetrated German
trenches on the SmolenSk front to-
day as Red Army troops were adj
vised that their reconnaissance
thrusts heralded major offensive
blows.
Following an artillery exchange,
the detachment smashed through to
a river crossing in the Smolensk
area and drove to the German
blockhouse and pillboX defenses
where 100 enemy troops were killed.
Meanwhile, a Moscow radio broad
cast to Soviet troops told them to
follow up carefully all artillery bar
RACES designed to soften the enemy
tnr stronger advances.
"a situation has arisen in which
all operations, beginning with small
scale reconnaissance thrustS and
ending with large scale offensive
operations, must be directed toward
overcoming the enemy's prepared
the broadcast said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
Pastor S Fight
Gains Support

Hartford. Conn.,, July 1.-(UP)-
The Rev. Fletcher D. Parker, whose
140-mile automobile trip to his Sun
apee, N. H., summer home war gar
den brought him an OPA pleasure
driving summons, and threat OF
gasoline ration suspension for the
duration, said today ito expect
other than suspension would be
almost asking too much"
The 55-years-old Congregational
minister, with son in the air force
and a war-worker daughter, said
he didn't see chow it could be 9TH
erwise. The OPA is acting as law
maker, enforcement agency, prose-
cutor, judge and jury in this mat
ter"
The Rev. Parker, returning from
Sunapee by train, said he would not
be represented by council at tomor-
rows OPA commissioner hearing,
but he probably would accept legal
advice" prior to the hearing.
Meantime, his daughter said an
enormous" amount of fan mail had
been received at the home, includ-
ing a letter from Republican Rep.
william j. Miller of the first con-
gressional district. who branded the
OPA ban as ridiculous" Miller
said he had vainly tried to have the
pleasure driving restriction revised
to permit one round-trip to sum-
mer cottage or to lake or shore.
The pastor said the fan mail was
entirely favorable. With the excep-
ton of two sincere AMI thoughtful
notes which were una orable."
The OPA, on the otter hand, re-
ported it had received numerous
telephone calls concerning the case,
and "about 80 per cent of them were
unfavorable."
Letters also poured into the OPA
office, and a spokesman observed
that "all of ours are signed, too"
Meantime, developments were oc-
curing through the state to have
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Krupo ToAsk
For New Trial
BY ARTHUR WHITNEY

O1ltNu 4Coo AsSAk OOAASSPOAAASAAS
San Francisco. July 1.-(UP)-
Dapper Gene Krupa, 34-year-
idol of the jitterbugs, returns to
court tomorrow to be sentenced to
one to six years in San Quentin pris-
on for using a minor to transport
narcotics.
Unless the curly-haired orchestra
leader Is granted G. new trial, it will
be mandatory upon Judge Thomas
M. Foley of the juvenile court to
send him to prison for not less than
one year or more than six.
Krupa's attorney, j. w. Enrich.
aid he would enter motion for a
fasw trial when Krupa goes back to
enurt to hear his sentence pro-
1punced. Krupa now is serving a
S0-day Jail sentence on INSIDE
meanor charge of contributing to
the delinquency of minor.
A jury of nine men and three
women, celebrating two hours, con-
victed Krupa late yesterday. The
usually debonair Krupa turned pale
as the jury foreman read the YER
dict. Without commenting, he
stepped calmly from the courtroom
and returned to his cell.
Krupa allegedly sent his 20-year-
old valet, John Pateakos, to his
hotel room for marihuana cigarettes.
The band leader was accused OF
asking the youth to bring the Gig
arettes back to the theater where
he was performing. Pateakos was
arrested with marihuana cigarettes
in his possession, and told officers
he had gone after them for his
employer.
Enrich indicated he would use
every possible legal device to pre-
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
Quake Shakes
Tokyo Homes

An earthquake shook Tokyo today
and sent thousands of japanese
panic stricken into the streets, and
caused some damage to homes In
the older parts of the city, Berlin
radio reported today.
An earlier Tokyo broadcast had
failed to mention the panic and said
little damage resulted from the
temblor.
A Transocean Germany News
Agency dispatch from Tokya broad
cast by Berlin said several short
severe shocks were felt starting ear
ly in the afternoon.
Damage provided relatively
SMALL" the dispatch said. "Only In
the older parts of the city were roofs
torn off while walls showed numer-
GUS cracks"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
EIdon Powell
Found Guilty

washington, July l. - (UP) -
Eldon R. Powell, 30-year-old former
New York welder. was found guilty
today on a White Slave charge OF
transporting Sunny Gray, "a, blonde
Hollywood extra girl, from New York
to Washington to work in the Hop
kins Institute, elaborate house OF
prostitution which posed as
massage parlor'.
Federal Judge Jesse C. Adkins
Immediately sentenced Powell to
serve from 10 to 80 months in
Federal penitentiary. The attorney
generals office will assign him to
an institution.
The district court jury of nine
men and three women returned q
verdict of guilty as charged akSer
celebrating four hours and Is min
utes - three and quarters hoSa
last night and another hour this
morning.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
Eisenhower
Asks Giroud
Be Retained

London, July - (U.P0 - Cen
eral Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme
Allied commander in North Africa,
personally interviewed in the French
situation to ask that General Henri
Honore Giraud be retained as
French military commander to
avoid impeding the war effort,
Prime Minister Churchill revealed
Speaking in Commons, Churchill
said Eisenhower's request was back
ed by the authority of both the
United States and British govern
ments and that it was made solely
on military and not on political
grounds.
The British government, Church
i'll said, had not taken sides in the
French political arguments, adding
that it was hoped the members of
the new French committee for ma
tional liberation will merge their
personal and individual interests
for the common good of France"
Churchills statement was in re-
ply to a question by Laborite En-
manuel ShinWell as to whether
full control of the French politi-
cal situation" in North Africa had
been turned over to Eisenhower.
Churchill said that on June 10
Eisenhower asked Giraud and Gen.
eral Charles De Gaulle, French CO.
leader, "for assurance that there
would be no change in the French
command in North Africa at the
present time
This representation was made
on military grounds and implied no
decision to invest General Eisen-
hover with full control over the
political organization of North
Africa" Churchill said.
He said that he and President
Roosevelt were in closest accord"
upon the steps taken in North At
RIGA. Asked if the British govern
ment always was consulted on
moves there, Churchill replied he
would not put it that strongly"
but that British and U. S. repre-
sentatives were working closely to-
gether.
The Intervention came, he said,
when prolonged arguments between
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
JonesCubinet
Post In Doubt
BY LYLE C. WILSON

(Unlted Press STAN Correspondent
Washington, July 1.-UP)-New
developments in the latest intra-
New Deal dispute caused specula-
ton today whether President Roose-
welt can keep Secretary of Com
merce Jesse H. Jones in the cabinet
if Vice President Henry A. Wallace
remains as chairman of the board
of economic warfare.
White House efforts to compose
their differences backfired last night
in new bitterness and Jones insist
ent demand for a congressional in
vestigation. Wallace had charged
him, as head of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, with obstruct-
ing the BEW's war effort.
Peace efforts failed after Office
of War Mobilization Director James
F. Byrnes brought the two men to-
gether at the White House. The
alternative to a congressional inves-
tigation appears to be personal in
PREVENTION by President Roosevelt
and the elimination of one or the
other of the disputants from direct
war responsibility.
But there may be another effort
to get the pair together. A con-
gressional investigation might be
politically bad for the administra-
ton. 1t certainly would be discon-
certing to the public and it scarcely
could give the war effort any i'm
petus.
Washington is accustomed to pub
lie wrangling among high officials,
but it has not before seen the like
of the Jones-Wallace set-to.
A reliable ringside account of the
meeting between Jones and Wallace
before Byrnes representated the
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
Judge Denies
Quosh Motion

Boston, July 1.-(UP)-Superior
Judge Frank J. Donahue was ex-
pected to act today or tomorrow on
Police Commissioner Joseph F. TIM
iltys motion to quaSh the second
gambling conspiracy indictment re-
turned by the Suffolk county grand
jury against him and six aides.
Judge Donahue Yesterday denied
motions to quash brought by Supt,
Edward w. Fallon, Deputy Supt.
John M. Anderson, Supt. Edward j.
Heating and Sgt. Arthur M. Fun
son. All were charged with con-
spiracy to permit gambling oper-
ationS in Boston.
Court attaches said that Judge
Donahue probably had withheld ac-
ton on Timilty's motion because
it differed somewhat from the other
four defense motions denied. In
his motion, Timilty said he was
not, as claimed in the indictment
a police officer since he has no
authority to make arrests.
Two other defendants, Deputy
Supt James r. Claflin and Capt,
John A. Dorsey, did not file mo-
tiops.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
BRITISH SUBS
SINK 4 MORE
AXIS VESSELS
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
London, July /. - (UP)-
British submarines, support
ing Allied Air Forces in an
offensive to cut off Italy's
island outpcsts from supply
and reinforcement, have sunk
four and probably five more
Axis ships in Italian waters,
the admiralty announced to-
day. The new blows to wan
ing Axis sea strength came as Euro
pean advices told of the departure
of a new Allied invasion fleet from
Gibraltar under strong naval es
cort and reported that Italys uneasy
King Victor Emmanuel was plead
ing with Premier Benito MuSsolini
to declare Rome an open city in the
hope that it may be spared aerial
bombardment.
The vessels sunk were listed by
the admiralty as a large transport,
large supply ship, medium sup
ply ship and a small supply ship.
Another medium supply ship also
was believed to have been sunk, the
communique said.
1.-THE medium sized supply ship
(Which was sunk) probably was
laden with ammunition, as it blew
up with such an explosion that the
attacking submarine was shaken
severely" the admiralty said.
The large transport was described
as fast, modern vessel which was
hit with three torpedoes and seen
to sink an hour later.
The communique indicated that
British submarines now were strik-
ing deep into Italian territorial wat
ers in defiance of Italy's harbor-
bound fleet and in support of Amer
lean and British planes from the
Northwest African and Middle
Eastern commands seeking to cut
the sea routes between the italian
mainland and Sicily, Sardinia and
corsica.
The successes were attributed to
three submarines under the COM
mand of Lieutenants A. r. Daniel,
T. E. Barlow and j. Whitton.
The German Transocean Agency,
in Berlin broadcast, reported from
the Spanish border town of La Linea
that Is Allied Merchant ships and
at least eight large landing barges,
all heavily laden with war material,
left Gibraltar yesterday during a
day of 'feverish activity" and
steamed eastward.
A smaller convoy put into Gil
braltar from the Atlantic, the
broadcast said. Still anchored at
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01
u. S. Troitor
Dies Fridoy

Milan, Mich, July 1-(UP)-Un-
less President Roosevelt intervenes
Max Stephan, an obscure, 51-year-
old Detroit innkeeper, dies on the
gallows before dawn tomorrow
traitor to the United States, his
adopted country.
With every legal recourse ex-
hausted only an 18th hour presi-
dental reprieve can save the stocky,
one-time corporal in the German
army from being the first person
executed under the 153-year-old
federal treason statute.
Stephan was convicted last June
2 of aiding the escape of Peter Krug,
a Nad prisoner of war who had fed
from Canada.