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Evening star., 1943-07-21
Mrs. de Marigny Sees
Husband in Prison:
Meeting Is Cordial

BY the Associated Press.
NASSAU, Bahamas, July 21.-
Nancy Oakes de Marigny conferred
for one and one-half hours in
Bahamas Prison yesterday with her
tall, bearded husband, Alfred de
Marigny, who Is charged with the
murder of her father, the wealthy
Sir Harry Oakes.
Going directly to the prison after
her airplane trip here from New
England, the 19-year-old wife
greeted De Marigny with a kiss.
She talked with him in the pres
ence of De Marigny's attorney, God
frey Higgs, and Capt. Reginald
Miller, superintendent of prisons.
Mr.. Higgs quoted Mrs. de Ma
rigny as saying the meeting was
Evening star., 1943-07-21

very friendly" and Capt. Miller
added that De Marigny was cheered
by his wife's visit.
The marriage of Nancy to the
former count, who Is IS, is a factor
IN the murder investigation.
Sir Harry was known to have
opposed the wedding and Capt
James o. Barker, one of the Miami
police officers work on the case
said 1t was common knowledge
that i'll feeling existed between De
Marigny and the f1nancier.
Sir Harry was found bludgeoned
to death July in his spacious villa,
Westbourne.
The prosecutions plan, Capt
Barker said, is to present evidence
of IA witnesses Monday, then ask
for an adjournment until about
October l. A session of the Su-
preme Court, at which capital cases
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Age for French Officers
Lowered Professionally
By the Associated Press

Hs tne Associated Press
AGIERS, July 21.-The French
Committee of National Liberation
yesterday Professionally adopted an
ordinance lowering the age limit for
French officers which, If made effec-
tive. would make possible the dis
charge of 40 generals and nearly
300 other officers above captains S
rank.
The step was taken in connection
with the rejuvenation of the Army
which Gen. Charles de Gaulle long
has sought on the ground that manv
of the present high officers were in
capable of commanding a modern
type ARMY.
Evening star., 1943-07-21
are tried, will begin at Nassau Octo-
ber 6.
Shakespeare Escapes Tax

A hopeful English internal revenue
official recently addressed an income
tax demand note to Mr.. Shake
speare. New Place, Stratford on
Avon," and it was returned by the
dead letter office with the explana-
ton that Mr.. Shakespeare had died
in 1916.
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Photo Features

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Dem Sbreiben. .s@ir ipollen Sen 8eiit
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pflegen uno rns oeiien beipuBt iein,
oaB mir nod @ottes boditen @renaen
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nod Der beionoeren @rmdbnlne: uGas
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beitraft perben. -. 9as 9fedt, einetr
Weni6en bas 2eben 5u nebmen bari
nur Ser Sbrigfeit aulteben ais Siibne
fir Serbre6en ODER in ser 8erteio;
gl1ng bon Seim uno Seirnat ODER bes
eigenen 2ebens. -. -
Gin Staat, Ser sic @ott gegebenen
Gedte a6tet uno iid) ielblt auf Siele
ltiitt, pedt bamit in ben 9er5en ieis
ner l1ntertanen bie M6tung Dor oen1
@eieb. Mnoers laBt iiG feline Autori-
tdt re6tfertigen uno fam au6 nicbt
beiteben." y
uNe6tsgrunbidbe f0nnen nien1als
poriibergebenoer Natur iein ooer auf
beititimmte &aiien uno @ruppen an-
getpenoet iperben, ebeniomenig fann
Elm ein5elnes 8olf oas Hebt fir iid
allein in Nniprub nebnen. Seoes
meni6libe @eien bat Rebte uno Bri-
bilegien, bie ibm bon feiner meltlihe1
Mabt abgeipro6en merben fonnen.
gs lit Elm @brenblatt ini 8ube ser
neutrality-suspicious., oaB Die &ebte
oes Meniden frenoer geationalitdt
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INNER feiter umriiien iporben iino.
rnb oaB oas golferred)t oieiea senan
feitlegt.' -
vDie primitipiten Menidbeitsreb,
te, bas Hedt alt leben, Elm ungeitortes
Daiein gu fiibren, frei 81 iein, ieinen
Neigungen nad5ugebe1, etne gbe ein.
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men tperoen, oer nidt unieres 8ll1tes
lit ober nid)t llniere Sprabe ipribt."
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nibt poafommen int Staat, inn &olf,
ooer Der &aiie a,lfgeben. @er INNER
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Gin Srtbut fit ben S6met,ergett

rer bumanitdr- oemofratii6en Soeolo=
gle, Ser. geiiinoeiten inn beutigen Gut
ropa, irre genta6t tporoen, fann ii6
ourd oie Dor Elm paar Sagen bon
1ns beroffentlidte S6iloerung oes
uslliociateo 8reB"- -&orrelponb n n
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gs biirfte un5tpeifelbaft Der folgen=
be, Der Seem g)orfer Staats5eitrng ent=
,1ontnlene ebitorieae slrtifel uniere
Sbpei5er 2eier i1rtereliieren:
n@er geglaubt baben follte, oie
Sbmei5er ieien bltrd Sen arteg ieelilG
aus Dem &onsept gebra1t unb an it,
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- @enn sic einen neuen 2eler
fiir ben Sbio @aiienfreunO gef1nNel1
baben, bite benuten Sic Sen 9elteli=
5ettel auf Seite 12.
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8i6of YreDfng bon 8erltn beroammt bic
Na1entbeorie

Grit iebt lit auf lttntpegen oie idar.2|
fe 8erurteilnng Der Haiientbeorteat,
nelbe bon giidof @raf Conrad bon
BreDfing bon Berlin Inn Die 8eiD-
,tahtsoeit in Sorn zines Sirtenbrie>
fes erlaiien bat, ulls 5ur &enntnis ge-
fonlmen. @ir entnebmen BEN 8ort-
Iaut besielben Ser Nep yorfer Staats-
aeitlng, ipelfe ba5u bernerft, Der gi=1
fhof babe iid barin NIT iolder yead)
briidlidfeit gegen Die bon ben Na5i
nertretene 7Muffaiiuna bon. Menidlid)s1
felt getpanot uno bas &ebt oes gin<
5elnen berfobten, oaB Der Il. g. Sc
nator Satnes so. Meao bon SEEM Dorf
benielben I'M Senat perleien bat unter
Sinmeis auf ben perionliden Wtut
oes 8ildofs, Ser, ungeadtet Ser eiges
men peri0nliben @efabr, Sitler nit
Dieiem 8riefe oen 5eboebanbidub
bingemorfen babe, cine nutige Sat,
Sic bon allen Mmerifanern abeipunbert
iperoen ioIte. -.
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anberem: - ~.:. .s>z
,,gin geniier oeutlder Bbiloiopb.
oen piele Menfden oils ibren seiiti=
gen Siibrer betrabten, bat ourd ieine
Sebre, oaB es fiir beitimmte Snoipi.
ouen uno geiitig berporragenoe gol-
fer fein @ut unb 8oie, fein Hebt ooer
llnrebt geben fann, einen unbeilpoaen
ginfluB auf bas oeutlbe 8olf gelpon.
nen. Nad ieiner 2ebre bort fiir oieis
Meniden ieoer Meralbesriff auf uno
iie biirfen getroit ittDadere golfer
berauben, es lit ibr 8orredt, RaI.
len, Die ibnen fulturen als tiefer its-l
bend erldeinen ooer ii6 nidt oeriei-.
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5u gefiibrt, Dab iDr ltrbeber, I'M 8e-
seniab gu pieIen anoeren 8biloiopben,
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ibr aae aagemein anerfannten Ween-
ibenrebte.
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fGbrt ser 8iidof in feinem appea
fort, lid 1nuB Gub ernitlib Dor oie=
len Sbeorien parnen, eana beionoers
jett i'm &riege, ipenn Wabt nit Wfabt
nergolten miro nn0 ipenn Der Wtdht1gc
allein iid Ne6t anmabt, laufen mir
gefabr, oie @eredtiefeit 5u miBa6-
ten. Sour nenn tpir oas Gebt amer.
fennen uno reipeftieren, tonnen mir
cine before 3ufunft fir ben ginael-
men erboffen unb einen gerebten 5rie,
ben fir aae." '-M.ssa
,,8ir lollten ginfebr balten unb
uns flar perben, mie tpeit mir on Elm
etpiges unlmltoBlides 8edt glanben
nno bis 5u pel9em @raoe mir oapon
iiber5eugt iino, baB ieoer Wenib, I'm.
geadtet ieiner 9erfunft, Mnfprl6 anl
eetpiiie funoamentale Gedte beittt"
ugBir niiifen uns flar iein oariiber,
baB, tpenn mir ,tnieren Witmenl6en
biele 9fedte abipre6en ooer lie per-
lesen, es cine ebenio groBe l1ngered)-
tigfeit gegen 6as frentoe Bolf tpie ge-
gen nns ielblt beoeutet. Bir iden Die
bOie Soat, Die boie 8rudt tragen miro,
uno ,,ienals >iit bieie unumitoBlide
@abrbeit offenfunoiger gemeien als
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neinoefinoer, an ibrem @lauben felt
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rem Iaiien.

! ttbrenDer StaateH m II otto frteg-
fiibrenoen 2dnbern pertreten, nor bem
einen uno anOern llnlerer 2eier be-
fannt. Ser Sribut, ben Ser amerifar
niide 3eitungsnann auf 8runo pee
ionli6er grfabrungen IN bem bon ias
panii6er Soloatesfa beberrId)telt
Shangbai oen Gioeenolien 5ollt, Die.
itb in oem fritiiden Iugenblid if
REM bortigen aoniul aur Serfiigung
iteuten, feline S6iloerlng ser 2iebes=
arbeit oes eanaen Sbanebaier 5duei-
aertums fir oie 10 pl0slid in idlimn-
lite 8eordnenis geratenen uAngeliad):
FEM ipriht ober gepib gdnoe fiir oen
S6pei3ergeiit, Ser ii6 nirgenos nit
elmer BLOB formalen grfiillung inter-
nationaler &erpflibtlnlgen begniigt
ltno oamit Oen biplomatiid -foniularl=
| i1en 4pparat mander 8roBma6te -
auh ser oe1nofratii6en! - aufs tieflt,
bei6amt.
sSn Sdangboi mar, mie @bite be-
rihtet, Der eibgenoitild)e &ooniul Tons
tanelle, banf Der neutrality-suspicious.
gen aus Der i6mei5erilden aolonie,
in Ser Gage, ieinen Stab III fltr5er
3eit al ber5lpan5igfafen, Inn Dem ltn-
nabe menl6li6en glenos bel lelner
Sdutbefoblenen tpenigltens iopeit ge-
re6t neroen 5u fonnen, pie es n1cn~
i6enmoglid mar. ltno bon flnoiger
Seite lieb Der &orreiponoent lid ia
gen, boB IN feinem icner II trteg-
fubrenoen 2dnoer bns gegenlpdrtl9e
8iroperlonal Ser amtli6en Gertre.
tungen Ser giogenoiienihaft nnter
benz 0iinffahen Der aopfe5abl oes
gorfriegsltabes liegt!
lleberaa beeilen it6 Die 2anoslellte
ser idpei5erii6en aonillle1l itb fret
Ibilig in ben Gienlt Der bumanitaren
Sa6e 5u itellen. Sit es % ein @un=
Der, hab bas Sbnei5ernolf iiberall
in ser @elt gl,tgelitten iit2 Sier tit,
tpie es in oem angefiibrten 8erid6t
beiBt, ,,ein 8olf, oas ME Ser Wtei-
nung mar, es beoiirfe politiif f-milttaz
riider Ma6t un0 @r0be' Oes Sein,at=
Ianoes, Inn I'm Der @elt geadtet oa
5uiteben!"
9enlelben @etlt Ser Spfer,pilig-
felt, oen Die Shpei5er in Der lpeiten
@elt gegeniiber ben Spfern oes arie=
ges betpabren, peroanft Die Sdmei5
aud lire in alien ariegen ieit 9tapos
Icons 3eit unberiibrt gebliebene mo-
tionale. gril lten5. Sic miiroe, tpie Die
tootalitdren Na6barn oes fleinen San.
oes inn Noroen uno Siioen gut genllg
tpiiien, au6 cine friegeril6e Probe be-
iteben. Satiadlib lit bic @iogenoiiellz
i6aft auf cine feinbli6e Snpalton BEL
Ter porbereitet, als Saris nno Solls
Don es 5u 8eginn oieies arieges tpa-
rem. @ir baben aber, mie Der slmes
rifaner lagt, einen ,,bun6': Seine Der
beioen groben 9iftaturen, oie gsad)-
barn Der Sdpei5 iino, miro li6 etn'
fallen laiien, iiber propaganoiltild)e
8eeinfluiiungs- uno @inidiidterunss-
berlu6e binaus5ugebell u1b nit ben
gea6fabren Stauffabers an5ubinoen.
0ie Sbmei5er bon bellte iino inter:
national empfinoenbe MenIben I'M
ebeliten Sinne bes @ortes. Sbre 9eell-
tralitdt 3u reipeftieren, iollte cine jes
oe friesfiibrenoe Oea6t ibon als ein
@ebot bes gigeninterefes betrabten,
! An11t1 lS,1rnt1n hrn1tcht nittn 11n1ttrnle
Evening star., 1943-07-04
40 Citizens Named
To Price Panels by
District 0PA Chief

Names Of 40 persons who will
serve on neighborhood price panels
being set up to help enforce price
ceilings IN the District were an
nounced last night by Robert K.
Thompson. director Of the local
once OF Price Administration. Only
five additional persons must be
appointed to complete organization
Of the IS panels here.
At the same time, Mr.. Thomp-
son said he will report publicly this
week on the extent to which the
nearly 1900 retail food stores in
the District are complying with
maximum price and price posting
regulations.
A survey OF prices charged by the
local food stores was made during
the past week by about 400 volun-
teer workers. the OPA director ex-
planned. Results Of this survey will
be announced at 8 pm. Tuesday.
when the first meeting of the new
price panel members will be held
in Room G of the Chamber Of Com
merce Building.
Call on Operators.
No incidents or unpleasantness"
were reported as the volunteer work.
ers-who will make other surveys In
the future as price panel assistants
called on store operators during
the week In their first check Of price
ceiling compliance. Mr.. Thompson
said. He added that "in the ma
jority Of cases, retailers expressed
gratitude to the price panel assist
ants for their help"
Both retailers and the volunteer
workers were encouraged to turn
over to the District OPA once any
comments or criticism on the meth.
DDS used In the survey, he said.
Mr.. Thompson pointed out that
violations discovered during the sur
vey were called to the attention Of
the retailer and that no action will
be taken against any retailer If the
violation has been corrected by the
time a second check Of his store Is
made.
Will Try Persuasion.
Where store operators are found
on the second check to be still vio-
lating the price regulations, the new
price panels will begin operation.
Panel members in the retailers
neighborhood will summon him to
appear and will attempt to secure
compliance with the price laws by
"neighborly persuasion"
At the Tuesday night meeting,
the 40 persons whose appointment
was announced last night will be
formally installed as members of
the price panels, one of which will
Evening star., 1943-07-04
beveridge 10 Give Talk
In Sylvan 1heater Toniqhf

Sir william Beveridge. British
economist and author of the "Bev-
eridge Plan" for social security, will
speak at $50 tonight in the Sylvan
Theater, near the Washington
Monument. In event Of rain the
meeting will be transferred to the
Labor Department auditorium, Cons
stitution avenue and Fourteenth
street NV.
Senators Burton OF Ohio and Muir
ray Of Montana, Representatives
Dingell of Michigan and Gale Of
Minnesota and Arthur J. Altmeyer,
chairman Of the Social Security
Board, will join in the discussion.
Representative Baldwin OF New York
will preside.
It will be the first talk given In
Washington by Sir William, who was
brought to America by the Rocke-
feller Foundation.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Fined for Tea Waste

Because they allowed too much
tea to be used in making 10000 cups
of tea In their council ONCE ARP.
canteen, Crayford Urban Council
members were fned $50 in Dart
ford, England.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Knox Describes Naval
| Action in Pacific as
Greatest in History
By the Associatsd Press.

~ the Associated Press.
HAWTHORNE. New. July 3
R.-Secretary Of the Navy
Frank Knox described action
In the Southwest Pacific In re-
cent months as the greatest
naval campaign ever waged by
man."
In one Guadalcanal action
alone, he told military person.
mel and civilian workers at the
naval ammunition depot, the
Allies sank more Of the Japa-
nese fleet than the Germans
lost in the battle Of Jutland.
(The Germans lost six cruis-
ers and five destroyers at JuU-
land)
Mr.. Knox did not describe
the action further.
In the European theater. he
said, I'VE have re-established
complete control of all OF the
seas around our enemies
Evening star., 1943-07-04
|WPb Denies Plan 10 Cut
MAKING Of j. 5. FLAGS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
(. A charge was made by Repre-.
sentative Otter, Republican, Of
Pennsylvania last night that the
War Production Board was consi-
dering a so per cent reduction in the
manufacture of American flags for
civilian use, and the WPB tmme-
diately denied it.
Mr.. Otter said in a formal state
menr the so per cent reduction "ap-
plies only to American flags and
leaves unrestricted the number OF
flags of the other United Nations
manufacturers may produce"
The Office of Donald Nelson, WPB
chief, said In reply:
1--WE have not and are not cutting
the production Of American flags by
so per cent or any other percent
age"
A WPB spokesman said the pos
sibility of reducing the AMOUNT of
materials available for manufacture
Of flags was once mentioned at q
meeting Of an industry advisory
council, but was dropped imme-
diately, without giving it any consi-
deration whatever.
Evening star., 1943-07-04

be set up for each Of the IS ration
boards in the District.
A further purpose of the Tuesday
meeting, Mr.. Thompson said, is to
introduce the new panel members
to ration board chairmen and Dis
trict OPA officials. Work Of the
"neighborhood" price control pro-
gram also will be explained.
Names of the 40 panel members
and ration boards to which they
have been assigned are as follows:
Board No. 10, Mrs. Feral Cornell
son, Alfred G. Earnest and Jerry
Antel.
Board No. II, A. B. Merrick and
G. Edward Altemus.
Board No. IL. Fred H. Sigmon and
Mrs. A. G. Hunter.
Board No. 20. Mrs. Arthur Stein,
Myron T. Robson, Thos. D. Carson
and George Scheele.
Board No. 2l-Dr. Ruth Tolman,
P. j. ]. Nicolaides and Max Grant.
Board No. 30-Richard Boss, Mrs.
Eleanor Whitcroft and Alex Cassel
Board No. 3l-Mrs. Ann Fucker
Leo s. Hoffman and Morris D.
Schwartz.
Board No. 32Fred Dodge and
Miss M. Carmel McKiever.
Board No. 33-Dr. Herbert Wright
Gabriel p. Mask and r. F. Rowley
Board No. 40-John Holland and
Mrs. George Dudley.
Board No. 4l-Lewis e. Hoffman
Mrs. Charles Duke and John Bull
Tough.
Board No. 42-Anthony Lagani.
and George Cole.
Board No. 50-James 8. Faulkner
Earl Brown and Judge Waite,
Blount.
Board No. 60-Nathan Puzrin. r
NJ. Galloway, Paul Giberman, Mrs
Abbie Beau and Joseph Speed.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Tribute to Ground Crews.

1EIOute 70 GrOund Crews.
Gen. Chennault pointed out that
Americas air organization in China
had grown from fighter group
to an air force In the past year. He
said medium bombers In n missions
had built a record OF he'll for the
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Two Small D. 6. Items
Added to Funds Bill

Two small local items were added
to the last deficiency bill by the
Senate Appropriations Committee
yesterday.
One makes an additional $4,000
available for the support Of INDECENT
insane at st. Elizabeth's Hospital
for the fiscal year just ended. The
other appropriates S2,91686 for the
settlement Of judgments against the
District.
Domestic help is hard to find
but you may find 1t through =
"Want Ad" in The Star.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Chevy Chase Marine
Is Made Colonel

The promotion Of Edward L.
Pugh, ~, Of 4 Rosemary lane, Chevy
Chase, Nd. to the rank OF colonel
in the Marine Corps was announced
yesterday by Marine Corps Head
quarters here.
Col. Pugh was quoted In q recent
dispatch from Guadalcanal as stat
ing that our figures on the number
OF Japanese planes shot down in
that area are conservative.
He added that the first scores
those that usually make the head
lines-almost always require upward
revision in our favor.
Col. Pugh has been in the Marine
Corps since 1927. Before being sent
overseas In January. he had been
stationed in San Diego for nearly
three years. He is the son OF Mrs.
E. L. Pugh, ST., Of the Chevy Chase
address.
He graduated from the University
OF Maryland in 1925. going to that
institution from Mckinley High. He
was one of Maryland's topnotch
athletes, being 4 member Of the
football team Of 1928 which defeated
Penn and outplayed Yale's Eastern
championship team Of that year,
only to lose. l6 to IA.
He captained the 1924 eleven and
the following spring was leader OF
the track team. on which he was q
quarter miller and hurdler.
A brother. Capt. Michael Pugh
is with the Army Air Forces in
Miami Beach, Fla. Another brother
Charles Pugh. also a great athlete
at the University Of Maryland. was
killed in a plane crash at Hagers-
town, Nd, 10 years ago. He was
an Army flyer.
COL Pugh's wife lives In California
Evening star., 1943-07-04

japanese, who are hard to beat in
any theater Of war;" losing total
Of only two planes and crews. He
praised the work Of heavy bombers
which recently joined the air force.
Gen. Chennault paid tribute to
the ground crews, saying. Your
work rs members Of the 18th Air
Force has been equally as great as
the records Of the combat men,"
I'VE can expect an ever better
record in the year to come" the
general declared. why shouldn't
We? Our bombers and fighters this
year fought a superior fght-short-
stated and undermanned."
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Senate Votes Allowance
ForWest Point Uniforms

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate passed and sent to
the House yesterday legislation au-
thorizing allowance of $3.50 for uni
forms for each of the 5000 graduates
OF West Point Military Academy
who now are commissioned ofncers
In the Army.
Previously. West Point cadets
bought their Army uniforms out of
personal funds when they were
graduated.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. G, JULY a. 1913.
Gen. ChennauIt Hopes
For Many Flights
Over Japan in Year
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associatsd Press.
HEADQUARTERS U. 8. 14th AIR
FORCE, China, July 3.-Maj. Gen.
Claire L. Chennault said today In
m address commemorating the frst
anniversary Of the United States
mir forces in China: II sincerely
hope that during the next year you
men will fly over Japan itself many
times before the first nrecracker ex-
plodes July 4, 1914"
I'VE are starting q new year."
Gen. Chennault declared. Things
will be different before it ends"
He recalled that on July Fourth,
1o42. the American Volunteer Camp
completed . remarkable and out
standing chapter In American aerial
history" He told the air force
ground crewmen and headquarters
star that "You started and bombed
IS important japanese bases and
numerous other targets Of oppor-
tunity. You made them pay . high
price for the raids they made on
American bases In China"
Thousands Of Lives Saved.
Tn the past year." Gen. Chen
nault continued, mot only have you
saved thousands of lives by pre-
venting the Japanese from dropping
bombs on Chinese towns and cities
as they once did unhampered, but
you have taken an important part
in the defeat Of the enemy on the
Hupeh front-a retreat that Is still
going on under the relentless pres
sure OF Chinese ground troops, sup
ported by American and Chinese
planes.
For that work. the first of its
kind since American planes came
to China, you have received not
only the thanks Of the Chinese lead
ers, but also those Of the Chinese
soldiers on the ground, who no
longer fear the sound Of motors
overhead-they know they're Amer
ican or Chinese.
"You have earned the gratitude
, OF these men who have fought six
long years without full support. You
have also earned the gratitude of
millions OF Chinese who now live
IN their towns for the first time in
f1ve OF these six years without the
daily fear Of Japanese bombings.
We haven't completely stopped the
Japanese raids of Chinese towns.
That is for the future"
Tribute to Ground Crews.
Gen. Chennault pointed out that
Americas air organization in China
had grown from a fighter group
to an air force In the past year. He
said medium bombers In n missions
had built record Of he'll for the