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Evening star., 1943-12-15
Island Off Yugos|avia
Abandoned by Nazis,
Tito Announces
Uljon Reported Yielded,
Partisan Leader Halls
Allied Air Power
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Dec. 15.-Mounting
Allied air assaults along the
Yugoslav Adriatic coast have
forced the Germans to abandon
Uljan Island opposite cara, and
played big role in a heavy-de-
feat inflicted on the invaders by
Yugoslav ground forces near
lara, headquarters of Marshal
Josip Broz (Tito) announced to-
day.
Tito's communique broadcast by
the Free Yugoslav Radio also de-
clared that Moslems-presumably
recruited from scattered tribes in
Eastern Yugoslavia-had joined his
Partisans, with the Moslem 10th
Brigade capturing town in Eastern
Bosnia and forcing the Nazis to re-
treat.
Allied Blow Reported.
The Berlin radio reported an
Allied seaborne excursion against
Pag Island, north of Uljan Island
1t declared coastal batteries on Pag
had sunk a fully manned Allied
landing boat and turned away other
boats trying to reach the island"
If true, this German account
meant the Allies had made a bold
penetration of the outer screen of
numerous islands to reach Pag,
which lies within the sheltered ap-
proach to Fiume naval base.
Later Budapest broadcast said
German and Croat troops had
landed on Pag and occupied the
town Of the same name.
The Partisan communique gave
full credit to Allied aerial assistance
in the Yugoslav warfare, which is
rising to a new pitch.
Heavy Nazi Looses.
I'm Dalmatia, units of the Ma
tional Army of Liberation, helped by
Allied air forces, heavily Defeated
German troops near Zara," the COM
munique declared. THE Germans
had heavy losses in men and mate
rial.
"Alos, thanks to the Allied air
forces, German forces have had to
evacuate the island of Uljan, oppo-
site Zara.'
Nazi drives in other sectors "are
everywhere meeting strong resist
ance from units of the Yugoslav Ma
tional Army of Liberation, which in
several places have attained consid-
cradle success" the war bulletin
added
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Season S Record Cold
Hits D. e.; Is Degrees
Recorded al 9 Am.
More Frieid Weather
Forecast for Tomorrow:
South Under Snow Mantle

FLU EPIDEMIC on wane here
health officer says. Page B-l
Washington was experiencing
the coldest weather of the sea-
son today as the temperature
dropped to 16 degrees at 9 am
BY pm. it had climbed only
three degrees.
The mercury dropped steadily
from a reading of 26 at midnight
But the cold was only a sample OF
what is in store for the city tomor-
row, according to the forecaster
who said the temperature is ex-
pected to 60 down to between 8 ane
10 degrees above zero tonight or to-
morrow morning.
One victim of frostbile was re =
ported today. Police said Claude J
Humphries, colored. AZ. 26o6 Nichols
avenue Sc was found lying in the
street at Nichols avenue and Howard
road Sc. early today. He was taken
to Gallinger Hospital
The cold wave will break toward
the end of the week, the forecaster
said. with rising temperatures ex-
pected Friday and Saturday.
Snow covered the country to the
South today, but the snowfall that
was expected to envelope Washing
ton did not get north of Richmond
Va. the Associated Press reported
Snow that began at midnight was
still falling at Norfolk this morning
Most of North Carolina was blank
eted with snow except the coastal
areas, where rain was turning tt
snow this morning.
1t was zero this morning at Fros-
town, Md. and nearby Bucktown
Pa. 1t was l3 at Front Royal, Va
and IL at Martinsburg, W. Va
The cold wave sweeping down
from the Northwest invaded the
deep South. 1t was as cold al
Memphis, Tenn, as in Washington
The temperature went down to 16 a,
the Mississippi River port.
The Midwest and Great Lakes
regions felt the full effect of the
cold snap. At Kansas City the
temperature was l below zero. Chi
cago and Cleveland registered
above.
Washingtons temperature of 16 ir
mid-December was unusual only fol
the current season of mild weather
Last year, the temperature went
down to above zero on December
l2l.
Evening star., 1943-12-15

Paul Steiner, II, Roosevelt High
School senior, has been removed
from the presidency of the Roose-
welt Student Council and from the
captaincy of Cadet Company G be-
cause school officials said they had
learned he belongs to an unauthor-
lied fraternity, The Star learned to-
day.
Miss May P. Bradshaw, principal
said she had removed young Steiner
only after long consideration and
thorough investigation" The
principal added that DR.. Daniel B
Lloyd, in charge of Roosevelt cadets
also made thorough Investigation
before deciding with Miss Bradshaw
that weight of the evidence" lef,
the officials no choice but the boys
removal. The principal said young
Steiner had been very active in the
work of the council and cadets and
has fine scholastic record
Young Steiner today 1atly denied
the accusation, declaring he does
not belong to any fraternity. He
added:
The whole thing is very unfair
"Nine-tenths of the students here
belong to unrecognized fraternities
and sororities. Some of them hold
school offices. I have been unjustly
penalized."
The youth said his mother, Mrs
Henrietta Steiner, who lives at 4845
Illinois avenue NV, had been upset
about his removal and had talked
to Miss Bradshaw about 1t. He said
that Miss Bradshaw had declared
she suspected" him of belonging to
the fraternity and that suspicion is
enough"
He had tried to prove he did not
belong, young Steiner continued, by
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Soviet 'Chutists
Attack RAILWAY
Center at Sme|a
Nuzis HurI Tanks
Into Bottle Near
Captured Cherkosy
MAP on Page A-4.)
BY the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, Dec. 15.-The Ger
mans hurled tanks and troops
into the Smela sector IA miles
southwest Of captured Cherkasy
today, seeking to hold off strong
attacks by Soviet parachute
troops threatening the vital rail-
way junction from the north
west.
"a Reuters dispatch from Mos
cow said Soviet forces driving
up from Kremenchug had estab-
lished contact along the Dnie-
per River with the Cherkasy Red
Army groupD
From frontline dispatches, it ap.
peared that 1t. Gen. Koroteyev
operating under the command oil
Gen. Ivan Konev's I'd Ukrainiar
Army, already has a substantial
Evening star., 1943-12-15
u. 5. Heavy Bombers
Continue Blasting Of
Japs in Marsha||s
Two New Attacks Made
On Enemy Bases at
Wotje and JoIuit
By the Associated Press.

PEARL HARBOR, Dec. 15.-
Two new attacks on Japanese
bases in the mid-Pacific Mar
shalls-at Wolfe and Jaluit-by
Army and Navy heavy bombers
have been announced oy Pacific
Fleet headquarters. u.
Seventh Army Air Force four
engined bombers delivered an at
tack Monday on Wotje,s the prin-
cipal fortified base of the enemy in
the more than 20 Marshall atolls.
One raider was damaged by anti
aircraft fire, but none of the crews
was injured.
Attack at Low Altitude.
Two Navy feet arriving Liberia
tors went in at low altitude Sunday
at dusk to hit Jaluit. This attack
was made on the same day as an
other against Jaluit by the 7th Air
Force bombers.
One pilot was wounded and both
planes suffered damage from ma
chinegun fire.
These raids 300 miles north of the
American-Won Gilberts continued
series now moving into the second
month.
Light Jap Raids on Tarawa.
Jaluit, one of the most frequent
targets, is an enemy air base on the
southern rim of the Marshalls
Wolfe, which has a deep anchorage
for ships in Christmas Harbor, is
near the center of the group.
Fleet headquarters also reported
light night attacks by enemy planes
Saturday and Sunday on Tarawa,
the main Gilbert base where Ma
ripes last month wiped out a force
OF 1000 japanese and won possess
sion after suffering heavy losses.
Headquarters said the raiders
caused no casualties and no damage
to installations, which include the
fine Tarawa airfield, now used by
American planes.
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Truman Group
Demands More
Rail Equipment
transportation Tie-up
Feared if Output
Is Not Increased
By the Associated Press.


Warning that "a breakdown,
or even a diminution in trans
portation service" would have
"incalculable repercussions on
our war effort" the Truman
Committee today demanded in
creased production of railroad,
truck, barge and airline equip
ment.
With the railroad industrys trans
portation burden growing constant
y, its equipment deteriorating and
its manpower problem acute. the
committee declared, lit is folly to
assume that there is no limit to the
strain it can withstand"
The committee praised the rail-
roads for remarkable record" but
said heavier loads and shortages of
essential materials 'are tending to
wear out the equipment faster than
! requirements are being provided"
Government Blamed for Delay.
The committee blamed past com
fusion among Government agen-
cies for delaying construction Of
railroad equipment, and said Army,
Navy, lease-lend and other demands
have retarded requirements of es-
sential civilian trucks and parts.
While construction of only $500,
civilian trucks had been approved
| for 1943 and 1928 for the first six
months of 1914. military and other
demands threatened to retard their
manufacture, Senator Mead. Demo-
crat, Of New York declared in pre-
senting the report.
The War Department has re-
quested 742000 trucks for 1914 in
addition to 100000 estimated for pro-
duction this year; lease-lend asked
$1,000. and the Foreign Economic
Administration $4,000, the report
said
Senator Mead said the commit
tees inquiry had resulted in reduce
tions last month of so per cent in
leaSe-lend requests, 36 per cent in
FEA applications and per cent in
Army demands At the same time.
he added, the Truman group was
instrumental in squirting the domes-
tic truck production goal from 1928
for the first half of 1914 to 8l.2l8
for the entire year.
Production insufficient.
Priority equal to military produc-
tion was accorded civilian trucks"
he said, and while this is an i'm
provement, production still will not
be sufficient to furnish needed re-
placements" on the domestic front.
The report also called attention
to the fact that there are $4,000
more American freight cars now in
service in Canada and Mexico than
There are foreign-owned cars in the
United States
This may be desirable for war
purposes, but it constitutes a most
generous loan to other nations at
time when our railroads have
great need for these cars" the re-
port said.
1t recommended the War and
Navy Departments eliminate un-
necessary movements of troops in
training and cut down the fire.
quency and distance where possible,
with the reminder that 36 per cent
OF the passenger coaches and half
of the Pullman sleeping and chair
cars are used solely for troop move
mentS.
Evening star., 1943-12-15
0PA Planning Slash
In Food Allotment 10
Hotels, Restaurants
Revised Program Will
Separate Drinks, MeoIs
In Customer Counts

A revision Of the Nation wide
ratfoning program which will
sharply reduce the meats and
processed foods allotted certain
types Of hotels and restaurants
is being prepared by the once OF
Price Administration, it was
learned today.
The present institutional program
which went into effect last March,
has been criticized widely in Con-
gress because it permits food sellers
to include beverage sales in their
customer counts. Ration points are
allotted on the basis of the number
of customers reported.
The new order will eliminate "in
one swoop' the difficulties which
have arisen in connection with the
present order, an OPA official said
He described the regulatory pro-
gram for hotels, restaurants and
other institutions, such as hospitals
public homes, and jails as one of
the most complex in the entire ra-
tioning setup.
QUESTIONABLE Sent Out.
AS a basis for the new order, ad-
ditional facts now are being sought
from the hotel and restaurant in
dustry and form is being circu-
lated among Washington institu-
tional food users by the District S
Is rationing boards. 1t calls for a
clear separation of beverage and
actual food purchasers in comput-
ing the customer count.
Evidence that the OPA is seeking
to tighten up on abuses which have
arisen under the present order is
seen in the phrasing of the ques-
tionnaire which sets the total mum
ber of persons served refreshments
apart from those served food. Re-
freshments listed include all alco-
holic beverages, carbonated bever-
ages, milk and milk drinks, tea
chocolate ice cream sodas, potato
chips, popcorn, pretzels. peanuts and
candy.
Leaders of the Washington Res
taurant Association, have called a
meeting to discuss the situation at
$3.50 pm. Monday at the Washing
ton Gas Light Auditorium, Eleventh
and H streets NV.
Hotel Man Approves.
According to Robert J. Wilson
secretary of the association. OPA
officials will be asked to explain the
program Arthur Harnett, execu.
tive secretary of the Washington
Hotel Association, said today his as.
sociation fully approves any change
in the present order which woulc
eliminate the inclusion of liquor
customers in the customer count o.
hotels and restaurants. He sale
there were many inequities in the
present program which should bt
ironed out.
There is no reason why a res.
taurant which serves a meal con.
sisting of a hot dog and a soft
drink. should get the same number
of points as one which serves an.
other customer complete meal"
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Turk Foreign Minister
Reports on Cairo Talks
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
ANKARA, Dec. 15.-Turkish For.
eign Minister human Menemen.
cioglu gave full and detailed
report on the Cairo conference Of
President Roosevelt, President Ismet
Inonu and Prime Minister Church.
i'll to plenary session of the
dominant Republican People,
Party, the Turkish News Agency
said today. -
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Col. VeItchev Mentioned
For Bulgarian Premier

LONDON, Dec. Is (P).-A soldier
once called Bulgaria's Pilsudski-
Col. Damian Veltchev-is mentioned
in reports from the Balkans as the
probable successor to Premier Bobri
Bojilov If Bulgarias government
should be reorganiZed.
Veltchev, who is said to be pro-
Ally. was involved in attempts to
overthrow the government in 1923
and again in 1884.
Reports reaching here by way of
Stockholm said that opposition par
ties had presented a demand to
the regency-regarded as strongly
pro-German-to resign quickly, Dis
satisfaction within the army was
said to be directed against both
the regency and the Bojilov govern
ment
There also was talk of a post
ponement in government shake-up
for 10 days. by which time Bojilov
hoped to be able to reconstruct his
cabinet to satisfy his opponents.
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Greatest Soviet Drive
Slated This Winter.
Moscow Declares

LONDON, Dec. 15.-A Mos
COW broadcast to the Red Army
today declared this winter will
see a Soviet offensive on a larg-
er scale than ever before"
Winter is a most convenient
time for Red Army operation
as the past two war winters
have shown" said the broad
cast recorded by the Soviet
monitor.
1T is the best time for out
f1anking movement, surprise
raids, encirclement and ami
hilation of the enemy"
Evening star., 1943-12-15

group of parachutists, well-armed
especially with mortars, near the
villege of Svidovok between Cher
kasy and Smela, and there are indi-
cations that he is pouring in more.
Reds Advance Toward Smela.
While the parachutists, now
joined by the advanced groups that
took Cherkasy, moved westward to-
ward the neutrality-suspicious.
Railway and Smela, other Red Army
forces advanced in the direction OF
Smela from north of Znamenka and
west of Kremenchug. ~
Konev's new offensive, powered by
perhaps 100000 men, threatens to
engulf the important industrial tar
gets of Kiroyograd and Krivoi Rog
farther down in the Dnieper bulge.
Cat Kirovograd, the German
communique said, the Russians
temporarily" succeeded in break
ing into the German lines. The
Nazis added, however, that the
Soviets had been thrown back
later by German counterattacks.
(The Germans also reported
"very heavy" fighting "in the diff
flcult forest and lake district
south of Newell
Nazis Pushing Toward Kiev.
Russian troops in the Kiev bulge
meanwhile, battled desperately tc
halt Field Marshal Won Mannstein' S
reinforced Nazi armored divisions
which were reported pushing on to-
ward Kiev from the highway juno
ton of Radomysl.
Throwing in wave after wave OF
tanks and infantry in apparent dis
regard for the cost in men and ma
terials, Won Mannstein seemed de-
termined to recapture the capital OF
the Ukraine
With the Nazi capture of Rado-
mysl. approximately Is miles south
of Malin, the Soviets were forced
back to the east bank of the Teterey
River. Northwest of the highway
junction, however. Gen. Nikolai Va
tutin's troops held firmly.
The British Broadcasting Co.
was recorded by CHS as saying in
Moscow dispatch that the Rus
sian position in the Kiev bulge
was tense but not desperate)
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Gosmoto Area Blasted
By 100 Bombers

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS, Dec. Is tR.-
One of the mightiest aerial assaults
of the war on New Britain Island
Japans bulWark in the Southwest
Pacific, was reported today by Gen
Douglas Macarthur.
In the Gasmata area, important
enemy supply center on the south
shore, more than 100 Liberator
heavy and Mitchell medium bomb
ers in a three-hour midday attack
Sunday dropped 248 tons of bombs
The bomoers struck from mini
mum altitude, also sweeping the
ground with machine gun fire. Only
10 Japanese interceptors rose to
meet the attackers, which included
Lightning fighters, and two of the
enemy were shot down. All the at
tacking planes returned.
Rabaul Also Raided.
Gasmata has received frequent
attention from the Allies recently
and on the last previous big raid
there on November %, bombers left
l42 tons of explosives. In all, CSC
tons have pulverized installations in
that area in the last few weeks.
1t also was the target of Vice Ad-
mlral Thomas G. Kinkaid's DESTROY
ers in a night attack November 20,
the first assault from the sea.
Other attacks aside from the one
on Gasmata were made on Rabaul,
the enemy's sea and air base on the
northeastern tip of the island
where medium bombers set fires at
Lakunai airdrome; at Wide Bay. on
the southeast coast; at Cape Hos
kins. on the north coast, and at
Cape Gloucester, airdrome area on
the western coast.
The japanese attempted to stop
the Australians moving north in
Ramu Valley, Eastern New Guinea,
with three counterattacks which the
(see PACIFIC, Page A-2O
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Pro-Germon Spy Ring
Broken Up in BroziI
BY the Associated Press.

ztHooeIuIeu IesS.
RIO DE JANIRO, Dec IS
Smashing Of pro-German spy ring
was proclaimed by state police today
with the arrest of eight men and
four women on charges involving
aerial photography of strategic sites
Two of those arrested were Brazil
ians.
The head of the ring, police said
was an Austrian-born naturalized
Brazilian, who once headed the all
photo department Of an air line in
this country which formerly was
German owned All IL were said te
have expressed loyalty to Germany
in depositions
Evening star., 1943-12-15
official Bulgarian Peace Bid
Reported Rejected by Allies
Premier Soid to Have Been Willing
To Negotiate on Atlantic Charter Boss

"The Germans are reported to
have warned Sofia that any further
efforts to desert (the Axis war ma
chine) will be met with strong Ger
man action, and the unhappy state
of Italy is cited as evidence of
what may happen" the dispatch
declared.
1t added that Turkey was trying
to induce Bulgaria to leave the war
"by combined suasion and threats" ="
Evening star., 1943-12-15

(See PACIFIC, Page A.2)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-15

loss to say when they would ever
be undertaken.
The principal areas are Section
D Of Anacostia Park below Massa-
chusetts avenue Sc, East Potomac
Park, Langston Terrace, north Of
Benning Road NE: the Langdon
Recreation Center along Canal street
Sc; the Hillcrest Recreation Center,
on Alabama avenue, near Naylor
road Sc. and the Congress Heights
Recreation Center, adjoining Nc
Kinley High School.
When funds are applied, tennis
courts will be provided in East Po-
tomac Park. The Langston Terrace
project is for colored residents of
the area. The center will extend
recreation facilities also for stu
dents OF the several colored schools
nearby.
The Planning Commission expects
to clean up its monthly calendar
this afternoon. Among other things,
1t expects to go into the war hous-
ing program of the Alley Dwelling
Authority. Reports also will be
made on population studies in re-
lation to Government employment,
housing and transportation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-15
New Transit Terminal
Twill Face 6O-Day
transportation Test
Planners Order Delay
In Removal Of Tracks
On Southwest Loop

Federal planners have decided to
test the adequacy of the new under
ground terminal for street cars at
Fourteenth and c streets S.W. for
4 two-month period after it is in
operation before making a final
decision respecting the removal of
tracks Of the Capital Transit Co.
loop between Jefferson drive and
Independence avenue.
Secretary Thomas S. Settle of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission said the decision was
made after the members had made
q personal inspection tour of the
area to study traffic conditions. If
the underground terminal, or run
about, proves adequate for employees
Of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing and the Agriculture De-
partment, the street car loop will be
closed. 1t occupies park land on the
east side of Fourteenth street.
Test Of Adequacy.
On the other hand, by leaving the
tracks Of the loop for the two
month period, the service could be
resumed should the terminal prove
unsatisfactory or inadequate to pro-
vide needed transportation for the
thousands of employees in the two
Government Buildings. The loop
service also is used by many of the
Virginia bus passengers servicing
the Pentagon and Navy Buildings
In nearby Virginia.
Members of the Federal commits
sion expressed themselves as greatly
pleased with the structure Of the
grade separation on Fourteenth
street near Maine avenue, which
Highway Director H. c. Whitehurst
announced yesterday. will be opened
to full vehicular traffic on January
Is They regarded the entire lay
out in the area as means of greatly
expediting traffic in what is now
one Of the most congested parts Of
Washington.
The commission also, late yester-
day, took cogniZance Of another
congested section by approving an
extension Of the bus parking area
on the southwest side of Commo-
dore Barney Circle in the Southeast.
Barney Circle, on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. at Eighteenth street is a bot
tleneck for the Sousa Bridge traf-
fic, increased now because Of new
Government construction in Suit
land, Md. Enlargement of the bus
parking lot is a partial remedy for
only one phase Of the traffic situa-
ton, the commission felt. The whole
problem is under study.
Inspection Tour.
On the inspection tour yester-
day afternoon, the planning group
studied traffic along the Tidal Basin
and visited the new dormitories in
East Potomac Park. They also
found the lower end of the old polo
grounds being plowed up for re-
storation as a recrea tional area.
Tennis courts, soft ball courts and
other facilities are to be provided
within the area The Army and
Navy took over the polo grounds
months ago for an automobile park
ing lot, but at no time was more
than half OF the area filled with
cars. Now only few occupy the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-15

site and cars will be allowed to re-
main parked there in the portion
now in use.
Thomas G. letters, landscape
architect Of the commission. re-
ported that the land dedicated for
construction of the under and over
passes at Virginia avenue and
Twenty third streets NV, which
are now In use, has been trans
ferred to the Jurisdiction of the
District Commissioners. This was
the final step in the completion Of
the two projects.
He also obtained approval of pro-
posals to close IL street projects.
all Of which have been advertised
for hearings before the District
Commissioners at an early date. The
only important projects, the COM
mission said, were closings projected
for development Of Fort Dupont and
In the East Capitol street area near
Kingman Lake.
Fairgrounds Approved.
Detailed plans for the Develop
ment of Fairgrounds and recreation
centers were presented and ap-
approved. The projects are among
those planned under the Lanham
Act, but the commission was at