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Evening star., 1943-06-23
u. 5. Fighter Planes Help
Chinese in Human Drive
BY the Associated Press

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CHUNGKING, June 23.-United
States fighter planes, striking with
Chinese troops at Japanese positions
near Lake Tungting, in Northern
Human Province, poured thousands
of rounds of ammunition into three
enemy-held towns in that area Mon
day, American air headquarters an
nounced today.
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chenault's air
forces also straffed Japanese ship
ping at Tungting Lake and on the
Yangtze River. sinking two steamers
and damaging gunboat, the an
nouncement said.
The strafed towns, Kienli and Shi-
hihow on the Yangtze and Hwa Jung
between the river and the lake, are
among the remaining strongholds in
japanese hands in the Tungting
area. Their recapture would restore
virtually the entire rice bowl to the
Chinese. Hwajung was the left
wing pivot of the Japanese forces
in their abortive drive along the
upper Yangtze.
The American flyers carried out
their attacks without challenge and
all planes returned to the base, the
announcement said.
China will reject any japanese at
tempts to persuade her to make a
separate peace, government
spokesman declared today, reiterat-
ing assertions that his country will
fight on with the United Nations
until victory Is won.
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Lou Maxon Off for Home
Without 0PA Job RuIinq
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Lou Maxon, information chief of
the Office of Price Administration
has left for his home in Detroit
without a decision on whether he
would become OPA's general man.
ager."
Mr.. Maxon said yesterday he
would spend a week in Detroit,
where he is head of an advertising
agency, and did not expect a deci-
sion on his job status by Price Ad-
ministrator Brown before the week
is over.
Mr.. Maxon said he believed Mr..
Brown was too hard at work on
problems arising from the House
approved s350O0,000 cut in OPA's
1884 budget to spend much time
now on the personnel disputes which
have plagued the agency in the last
month.
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Cos Supply Debate
On Radio Forum

Efforts of a bloc of Eastern
members of Congress to obtain
more gasoline and fuel oil for
the Eastern States, and the
efforts of a Midwestern bloc
to assure that this is not done
at the expense of the Western
consumers, will be discussed in
the National Radio Forum
this evening by representatives
Of the two sections. Represen-
tative Hartley, Republican, of
Eew Jersey will represent the
East and Representative
Brown, Republican, of Ohio
will represent the West.
The National Radio Forum
Is a Blue Network feature ar
ranged by The Star and broad
cast locally by Station WMAL
Ut 1926 pm.
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Two Killed, Five Injured
In Fireworks Explosion
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ASHLAND, Ohio, June 23.-Two
men were killed and five injured
today as a shipment of fireworks
exploded while being loaded on an
Erie express train near the business
district here.
Police Sergt E. E. Feazel said
all but one of the dead and injured
were railroad employees. He iden-
titled the dead as Gene McMurray
48, of Ashland, and a train crew
member whose last name was given
as Vellie and whose home was at
Meadville, Pa.
The injured were Henry Dufner.
81; Oliver Highman, 80: Merle
Crandall and William Gray, all of
Ashland, and Clarence Beck, 40,
of Marion, Ohio.
Mr.. Feazel said cause of the ex-
plosion had not been determined.
The blast shattered windows in
the depot and In homes, stores and
factories within radius of 500 feet
of the station, Mr.. Feazel declared.
Evening star., 1943-06-23
BY the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, June %. Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker has been in
Moscow since Sunday on mis-
sion as the representative of Sec
retary of War Stimson, it was
disclosed today.
Capt. Rickenbacker arrived at /
pm. Sunday in Liberator.
The news of his presence in Mos
COW was made public to those pres
ent yesterday at a Kremlin cere-
mony at which American Ambassa-
dor William H. Standley presented
go American military awards to Rus
sian soldiers and sailors.
Capt. Rickenbacker' visit to Rus
sia is a continuation Of his tour
Of world battlefronts. 1t was as
sumed that he will see various high
ranking military people and officials,
possibly Premier Stain.
The flyer was accompanied by his
personal physician, DR.. Alexander
Dahl, and two representatives of
the War Department. Col. William
Nickols and Maj. A. B. Sherry. The
plane was piloted by Capt. w. F.
Richmond and the crew included
Co-Pilot 1t. H. H. Cargle and Navi-
gator w. B. Hicks
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Argentine Paper Pena|ized
For Anti-Nazi Editorial
BY the Associated Press.

MONTEVIDEO, June 23.-The
Argentine government of Gen. Pedro
Ramirez has penalized the English
language newspaper Buenos Aires
Standard with a 24-hour suspension
for an anti-Nazi editorial published
four months ago, it was reported
here today.
The penalty was threatened orig
inally during the regime of Presi-
dent Ramon S. Castillo because of
an article on February 20 branding
Goebbels and other Nazi leaders as
traitors to the German people.
The Foreign Ministry. then headed
by Enrique Ruiz Guinazu, invoked
the measure, but the Standard
escaped the penalty then by prom
Using not to repeat the offense.
On Monday. however, the news
paper was advised by police authori-
ties that it would be suspended one
day on the old count. An appeal to
the Foreign Offlce first brought a
promise the suspension would be an
nulled. But the police, explaining
they had received no new instruc-
tions, sent three men to insure that
the Standard did not appear on the
street one day.
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Republican Governors
Want Party Policy TO
Oppose IsoIationism
Favor Vigorous Stond
For U. S. Participation
In Preserving Peace
BY GOULD LINCOLN,

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June ga
canvass of Republican Governors,
attending the Governors Con-
ference, today developed the fact
that a strong feeling exists
among them in favor Of writing
a definite foreign policy on which
the COP and its candidates can
stand In next years national
campaign.
Basically, In their opinion. such a
policy should call for the participa-
ton of the United States in interna-
tional action to preserve peace. once
the war has been won. They are not
ready yet to write a blueprint of the
machinery which should be set up.
They are, however prepared to ap-
prove such policy
None of them wishes to see this
country. or the Republican party.
return to the old position of isolation
which obtained in 1920 and for many
years thereafter But at the same
time, while willing TO go along with
the principle of international CO.
operation to maintain peace. many
of these Republican Governors insist
that the United States must look
after its own interests-and that it
shall not relinquish its sovereignty
to a super-State.
Spangler Cancels Visit.
All Of these Governors are mem
berS Of the Republican postwar ad-
vicory council whose appointment
was announced several weeks ago by
Chairman Harrison Spangler of the
Republican National Committee. Mr..
Spangler originally had planned to
come to Columbus today for an in
formal conference with the Re
publican Governors on the subject
| of postwar planning. dealing both
with foreign relations and domestic
problems.
He called off his visit. however.
at the suggestion of Gov. Bricker of
Ohio-the host Governor of the con-
ference-on the ground that the
Governors conference was nom
partisan organization-and its meet
ings should not be used to advance
partisan politics. 1t is Mr.. Spang-
ler's plan to have a meeting of the
Republican Governors, along with
the congressional members of the
advisory council, and the other
members. later in the summer.
1t is significant, however, that the
reaction of the Republican Gov
ernors interviewed on the subject
of postwar foreign relations was
very similar to that Of the Republi-
can members of the Senate and
House who met recently with Mr..
Spangler in Washington. Like the
members of Congress on the Ad-
visory Council, the Governors are
quite definite in thier belief that
it will be essential for the Republi-
can party to lay before the country
definite foreign policy program
(See GOVERNORS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Low-FIying Army Planes
Make Raid on Capital

Army medium bombers simulated
loW-level attacks over Washington
and nearby cities yesterday before
flying to the range at Langley Field,
Va, for actual bombing practice, the
Eastern Defense Command an
nounced in New York last night.
Fighter planes went up against the
bombers to practice interception and
anti-aircraft artillery units teamed
up with the aerial defenders by 60
ing into action at battle stations.
The target practice at Langley
Field concluded the second suces-
sive day that enemy bombings have
been simulated in the Eastern area
under the command of Maj. Gen.
Ralph Royce, commanding general
Of the 1st Air Force.
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Germans Pick Italy
As Most Likely Spot
For Allied Landinq
indications Are That Nuzis
Will Not Help Except
In Decisive Bottle
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, June 23.-The Ger
mans, still playing an invasion
guessing game, were represented
by the Berlin radio today as pick
ing Italy as the most likely Allied
landing spot, but there were in
dications they expected their
junior partner to meet the initial
attack with little aid from tie
NaZi war machine.
A Berlin broadcast recorded by
the Ministry of Information prom
iSed help lin case of a decisive
battle on Italian soil" implying
that until then Mussolini's legions
should shoulder the greater part of
the weight.
Troops Reported Being Rushed.
There were some reports, on the
other hand. that the Nazis already
were rushing troops and planes to
the Calabrian coastline, the section
Of the Italian mainland nearest the
present Allied bases, but there was
no confirmation.
The Berlin broadcast limited that
Mussolini has called home his troops
who have been policing occupied
territory in Europe.
During the war only part of the
Italians arms have been reserved
for the defense of Italy" the report
said. but now all armed Italian
forces are defending their mother
country"
Erich Schneyder. editor in chief
of Transocean News Agency, said
fatty in a Berlin broadcast heard
yesterday by the Associated Press
that Italy is expecting invasion"
Must Watch Balkans.
All signs point to landings there,
he declared, but added that "of
course the other Mediterranean
coasts. especially the Balkans, must
be watched, too" There have been
frequent reports of late that the
Nazis are concentrating strength in
those latter sectors.
AS for the Soviet front, Capt.
Kurt JeSerich declared in another
German broadcast that the Nazis
are continually increasing their
strength for "a new action against
the Russians, although 1T is not
known" when that will take place
Meanwhile, the Berlin correspond
ent of the Stockholm newspaper
Social Demokraten quoted the Nazi-
dominated Bruesseler Zeitung as
calling for frank discussion of the
bad situation" because never be-
fore has the enemy been in a more
threatening position"
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Sunset Symphony
On Air at 9 Pm.

A part OF the Sunset Sym
phO1y" from the Water Gate
will be broadcast tonight over
Station WMAL from 8 to $50
o'clock, with Francis Garzia
directing the National SYM
phony Orchestra. The broad
cast will include Debussy's
"Fetes," Gershwin's "City
Life" and 'Rakoczy March"
from Berlioz's "Damnation Of
Faust"
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Third Edition of StoIin
Book Is Published
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, June ga third edi-
tion OF Joseph Stalin's book, THE
Great Patriotic War of the Soviet
Union" has just come from the
presses of the State publishing office,
it was announced today.
The edition consists of 5000 900
copies and includes all the pre-
mier's speeches since the previous
publication.
Evening star., 1943-06-23

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages TX and 2-x Of this edition of
The Star. supplementing the news of
the regular home delivered edition.
Evening star., 1943-08-15


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Evening star., 1943-08-15

Every time you lick War savings
stamp you help lick the Axis.
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Russia
Continued From First Page }

fantry, continued their offensive and
captured several populated places"
Front-line dispatches said, how
ever, that Russian troops, previously
reported nearest the city on the
northeast and southeast, had broken
through the final suburbs to meet
the last defenders of the important
Ukraine steel center in bitter street
fighting.
In the Spas Demensk fighting,
where Russian troops were last
reported at Pavlinovo, 73 miles
southeast of Smolensk and 90 miles
northwest of Bryansk. the Soviet
troops forged ahead from four to
six miles to occupy over 20 inhab-
tied places, Moscow asserted.
Previous Russian communiques
had indicated that this new drive,
the third this summer, was moving
up the railway to Smolensk. But
front-line dispatches from Henry
C. Cassidy, Associated Press cor
respondent with the Red Army on
the Bryansk front, said this push
was a thrust south from Spas De-
mensk toward the Bryansk flank
In the Bryansk area intermittent
rain soaked the fields where the
Russians slogged on to occupy over
go populated places.
Mr.. Cassidy said that the town of
Karachev, 26 miles west of Bryansk,
rapidly was being enveloped by the
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Mine Survey Started
As Step Toward End
Of Federal Control
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A survey of the productive eff
cheney of the Nations coal mines
was started yesterday by the Coal
Mines Administration as the first
step toward possible REIMBURSEMENT
Of Government control of the pits.
The antistrike act, which became
law over President Roosevelt's veto
following Government seizure of
the mines May l, provides that in
dustries so taken over must be re-
turned to their owners within so
days after their productive eff
cheney has been restored to pre-
seizure levels.
Fuel Administrator Ickes ordered
a large number of the mines sur
veyed to determine whether such
production levels had been
reached. Federal managers of the
mines were directed to report av-
erage daily production for each
week since April l and were asked
whether, in their opinion, there had
been full restoration of the eff
icency rate which prevailed before
The mines were seized.
A few hours after the survey was
announced, Mr.. Ickes released es-
Inmates that the production of both
bituminous coal and anthracite had
faltered in its general climb toward
the levels prevailing before the mine
shutdowns last spring.
Bituminous coal production for
the week ended August 7 was esti-
mated at 100000 tons, as COM
pared with an estimated production
of 12,170,000 tons for the week of
July 81. Anthracite production for
the corresponding periods was
1902 900 and 1,377,0O0 tons.
The attitude of the miners, il
some or all of the mines were re-
turned to private management
posed big question mark.
John L. Lewis, head of the United
Mine Workers, has emphasized re-
peatedly that his men will not
"trespass" on company property by
working without a contract. It was
the expiration of such a contract
and the inability of miners and
operators to reach a new agree
ment providing extra pay for un-
derground travel time, that brought
on the general coal mine shut downs
last spring.
On the other hand, Mr.. Lewis has
reiterated his desire to cooperate
with the Government, which now
is in charge Of the pits. His office
reported him yesterday to be un-
available for comment.
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Fly Denies FEC
Fosters Fear Unit
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. IA contro-
versy flared today over the war
problems division of the Federal
Communications Commission with
James L. Fly, FEC chairman, as
serting it had been discontinued, and
Eugene L. Carey, Cox Congressional
Committee attorney, declaring 1t
has been changed in no way except
in name"
The division figured in testimony
here yesterday before subcommit-
tee of the Cox committee, which Is
investigating the FEC.
Mr.. Fly told an interviewer that
the division existed for about a year
and was discontinued about six
months ago largely because some
members of the House questioned
it." He added that there may have
been some feeling against two or
three members of the division"
Mr.. Carey, at his law Office, later
said that functions of the division,
dealing with supervision of foreign
language radio stations in the
United States, "are still being car
ried on. No change has been made
except in name"
The war problems division en-
tered the testimony at the subcom-
mittee hearing when Robert K.
Richards, executive assistant for
broadcasting in the ONCE Of Censor
ship, said that "broadcasters who
have talked to me fear mainly one
division of the FEC"
"The war problems division?" Mr..
Carey asked him.
Mr.. Richards replied affirmatively.
Evening star., 1943-08-15

Russians, who were swapping shut
the last escape gates for Germans
driven in retreat from Orel.
Sixty-nine German tanks and 81
enemy planes were wrecked on all
fronts Friday, the communique said.
War front dispatches relayed from
Moscow told of German shoemakers,
tailors and cooks hastily rushed into
battle by the battered Germans as
Soviet bombers, artillery and motors
kept up constant pounding of
enemy troops.
Germans Are Awed.
The Nazis were described as "fren-
zied" in their efforts to hold on to
defense points protected by barbed
wire, mines, earth and timber firing
points, and anti-tank bitches.
German reports referred with awe
to Russia's technical means of a
quantity unprecedented in the his
tory of war"
Capt. Ludwig Sertorius, German
news commentator, in a broadcast
from Berlin recorded by the Asso-
ciated Press, said that mo estimate
can yet be made of what reserves
are still at the disposal of the Soviet
command" adding that even now
the great summer battle has not yet
reached a climax"
Evening star., 1943-08-15
| Mrs. Churchill
| Excites Ladies
| With NyIon Hose
By the Associated Press.
nrEDrC A,

QUEBEC, Aug. 14.-Prime Min
lister w. L. Mackenzie King of
Canada gave reception and cock
tail party for the press today and
Mrs. Winston Churchill caused ex-
clamations among the feminine re-
porters by appearing in a printed
pastel blue afternoon dress, beige
sandals and-nylon hose.
Apparently no one had the nerve
to inquire where the slender, gra-
cious Mrs. Churchill acquired them.
She and Mr. King received the
press in the spacious drawing room
of the summer home of the Cover
nor-General in the Quebec Citadel
where President Roosevelt and Mr..
Churchill will make their head
quarters during their conferences
The guests looked over the 120-
year-old Notifications, obsolete bat
teries and moats. Mrs. Churchill and
Mr.. King posed for pictures on a
wooden terrace from which steep
cliffs drop down 300 feet to the
st. Lawrence River.
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Continued From First Page.)

the most distant point previously
touched by Allied bombers In that
sector.
Raid Made at Night.
Our heavy bombers attacked the
enemy's main oil port in this thea
ter" the communique said concern
ing the Borneo raid.
The raid, too distant to permit a
fighter escort, was made undo.
cover of darkness.
The whole area was left ablaze,'
the communique continued.
THE two large refinery groups
were set on fire by the explosion
of at least seven of the larger oil
reservoirs. A medium cargo ship
In the harbor, probably a tanker
was set on fire with direct hit
from 500-pound bombs.
"An our planes returned"
Timor Base Attacked.
Four hundred miles northwest of
Australia on Japanese occupied IL
NOR, two-engined Allied bombers
caused extensive damage in night
attack against Koepang's water
front, the Penfoei Airdrome and a
nearby village. Four-engined bomb
ers struck elsewhere on Timor at
Dill, starting fires with incendiary
bombs.
The Salamaua raiders dropped
some of their bombs in the Bobdusi
sector, five miles south, where
American and Australian jungle
troops now hold positions. The
raiders demolished Japanese posi-
tions on Bobdusi Ridge.
The japanese before Salamaua
are entranched on numerous ridges
which bar the approaches to the
coastal point
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Soldiers Arrive at {. U.
For Engineer Training

A detachment of soldiers serving
with the Army Engineer Corps ar
rived at Catholic University yester-
day for training under the Army
specialized training program.
The men who will be quartered
in Gibbons Hall former mems dor
mitory, will receive training in va
rious engineering courses. Glasses
are scheduled to begin Septem-
Der 13.
Capt. E. F. Quinn, commanding
officer of the detachment, formerly
taught at the Takoma- Silver Spring
Junior High School, Silver Spring,
Md. His wife, Mrs. Louise Quinn,
and small daughter Patricia reside
at 4805 Harvard road, College Park,
Md.
A graduate of Mckinley High
School, he is the son of E. F. Quinn,
AIT Upshur street NV. Before his
present assignment he served with
the Army specialized training pro-
gram at the University of Mary
land and as company command
er at Fort Bragg, N. c.
Evening star., 1943-08-15
BY HENRY c. CASSIDY,


Associated Press War Correspondent.
WITH THE RED ARMY ON THE
BRYANSK FRONT, Aug. l4.-Set
underway by the heaviest artillery
barrage of all time, the Red Army
slogged its way steadily west from
Orel toward Bryansk today while 6
new thrust south from Spas De.
mensk broke the German flank.
The advance guard of the Russians
approached Karachev, 80 miles east
of Bryansk, while the new offensive
pushed past the Bryansk-
railroad 10 miles north of Bryansk.
Steadily rumbling supply columns
many composed of American
trucks-grinding tanks and dronine
planes joined in a symphony of Red
Army might as the immense forces
drove ahead. BY night hundreds OF
/ camp fires cast a Pickering light or
the faces of hard, determined men
Fire Unparalleled.
The barrage which put this great
march in motion at am, July IL
was estimated to have been LAID
down by at least 5000 gun barrels
for each mile of the front, or 1C
times heavier than the fire al
Verdun in the World War.
This did not mean that the Soviets
had 5000 individual guns in each
mile, however, as many mortars
now are multi-barrelled and Kati-
usha, the Red Armys new secret
weapon, Is capable of sending nu-
merous projectiles simultaneously.
The Russian bombardment over a
front OF from 20 to Is miles not only
exceeded any previous one in the
Russian-G n-German front but also sur
passed in severity the British she'll
ing at Ell Alamein in Egypt, where IT
was estimated that 600 guns were
used on a 4-mile front.
Barrage Was Foretaste.
This earth-shaking barrage was a
foretaste for the Germans of what
they have coming to them If they
attempt to make a stand on the
Desna River line near Karachev or
later, on the Dnieper.
Ahead of the Red Army. Russian
guerrillas are carrying on their owr
campaign in the Bryansk region
which has been the scene of some ol
their smartest exploits, including the
blowing up of the Blue Bridge" ovel
the Desna River near Bryansk.
The guerrillas have adopted new
tactics of operating by night in small
bands in order to spare the populace
from mass German reprisals.
Five Red Army fronts" or army
groups, are cooperating in the pres
ent giant offensive with the smooth
ness born of experience in last win
ter's campaign.
Forces of the western centra
fronts were pushing toward Bry-
ansk today, while troops of the Vo-
ronezh steppe front" beseigec
Kharkov. The steppe front" is 9
new unit that was organized on the
fiat, barren steppes of the Astra.
khan region during the battle o1
Stalingrad.
Germans Fight Fiercely.
I rode out to this front in ar
American three-quarter-ton weapon
carrier truck. 1t is raining inter-
mittently and fighting is going or
in swamps, boggy fields and soaked
forests. The Germans are defend
ing flercely, but the gap through
Karachev through which they must
withdraw now has been reduced tt
3 miles and many of them doubt
less will be trapped.
From Mai. Gen. Peter Petrovicf