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Evening star., 1943-10-05
Bramwe|| Again Heads
Progressive Citizens
Unit in Georgetown

The Progressive Citizens Associa-
tion OF Georgetown last night
elected Walter F. Bramwell as its
president for the third time. Miss
Eta Taggart was named honorary
president, Mrs. Joseph l.. Good
man, first vice president; Henry
Draper, second vice president: Mrs.
Lawrence Martin, third vice presi-
dent, Miss Ann r. Keliher, record
ing secretary: Mrs. Virginia S. Gaff
ney. corresponding secretary; Miss
Edna LadSon treasurer: Mrs Eliza =
beth T. Sullivan and Mrs Elizabeth
Draper. delegates 10 Federation of
Citizens Associations.
On motion Of Mrs. George Becker
the association adopted a resolution
urging stricter enforcement of the
laws to combat juvenile delinquency
Mrs. Becker declared truancv has
increased and mentioned instances
of intoXication among 10 and II
year old children.
Mrs. Oscar Kuldell. chairman OF
the Committee of Schools, read a
set of resolutions which were ap-
proved The resolutions urged ap-
preparations for the enlargement of
the infrmary OF Western High
School, for facilities for remedial
work and for increased once space
They also urged that the Commits
sioners ask Congress for the con-
tinuance of money for all school
building. for the transportation of
blind and crippled children, for the
education OF crippled children and
for the school gardens. Another
resolution Endorsed the buying Of
II land sites and the addition OF Is
clerks with special consideration for
the elementary schools
The association called for appro-
priatiop Of funds for mosquito con-
troll and asked that efforts be made
10 increase the present yater s,lpply
Evening star., 1943-10-05
Congress Heights Group
ominates Officers

Congress Heights Progressive
Citizens Association held its first
meeting of the season last night.
Ofhcers nominated for the ensuing
year were DR.. E. E. Richardson,
president: Rupert A. Sullivan, vice
president; Raymond J. Domenick,
secretary, and Mrs, Edna Hoag
treasurer.
Plans were discussed and formu-
lated for seeking branch bank,
branch library and branch post
Office. DR.. Richardson explained the
need for these various branch in
stitutions as arising from ire
mendous increase in population
The community has grown to three
times its normal size in two years,
according to the latest city census,
faster than any other part of the
District.
Rupert A. Sullivan and Raymond
j. Domenick told the asSemblage of
the efforts made by the association
in securing, among other things
the Fairgrounds at Alabama avenue
and Randle place Sc. which will
be completed within a few weeks
Dr.. E. E. Richardson presided at
the meeting. which was held in the
Congress Heights School,
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>Copper Will Address
Citizens Group Thursdo,

Senator Capper is scheduled to
address Joint meeting Of the Con-
nectlcut Avenue Civilian Defense
Committee and the areas citizens
association, TO be held at 8 pm.
Thursday.
Harry Grove the area civilian
defense chairman, and the associa
ton president, announced the ap-
polntment Of c. H. Pope, president
OF the Munsey Trust Co., to the
civilian defense committee. and the
selection OF Miss B Charlotte War
rem as treasurer OF zone B OF the
area
Evening star., 1943-10-05
HoIts Washing Duty
To Kill Two Bears

B, the Associated Press
NELSON, MONT day is 4
busy one for Mrs. owen Warren, bu,
not too rushing to think about meat
for supper.
While hanging up her washing
Mrs. Owen saw two young bears be-
yond back fence.
She hurried into the house, re-
turned with gun-snd bagged both
Of them.
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sociation heard President Charles

sociation heard President Charles
M. Maize request that a one-year
limit after the wars end be made
for reconverting extra cars to be
put in service soon. or adding new
equipment. He said that If no time
limit was set. obsolete equipment
would be kept in use after the emer-
gency and service would decline.
The association went on record
as approving Supt. Edgar A. Bo-
cocks administration OF Gallinger
Hospital
John Fitzgerald was named chair
man OF the Community Council.
Mr.. Fitzgerald told the group that
with the New Community Center
Building, the Kenilworth area had
Evening star., 1943-10-05

the best facilities in Washington
for group recreation. A carnival of
games is planned at the center for
October %, he announced.
The meeting, held at the New
Community Center, Kenilworth ave-
nue. and Ord street NE, was pre-
sided over by President Maize.
Evening star., 1943-10-05
Absentee Votino Meetino

Questions relating to absentee
voting will be discussed tonight at
the first membership meeting of the
Massachusetts, State Legislative
Club. The affair will begin at 8
o'clock in room 3106, South Agricul-
ture Building, Fourteenth street
and Independence avenue S.W.
Evening star., 1943-10-05
KeniIworth Citizens
Ask Postwar Transit
Reconyersion Plan

The Kenilworth Citizens Asso-
ciation last night went on record in
favor OF 4 definite postwar recon-
version program by the Capital
Transit Co.
After approving the company s
plan of converting 81 more two-man
cars to one-man operation, the as
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Ser @rl0ie iet lit 6as onte |gepiemabn a @orre Die Die
gip 6aur pelds Der geatr Dem Wnden bereben bGt

Ser grl0ier ielbit lit bas i6onite
8eiipiel 6afiir, tpel9es Ser tpabre
@eiit Der Sreibeit iit, un6 feline poa-
fommenen sSiinger, feline eroBten Sei-
ligen tparen in tpun6erbarer @eiie
fret. geienan6 berneine bas fiibne
@ort 6es fl. &uguitinus: ,,2iebe @ott
un6 tpas ou milit, tue, 9ilige ct quoo
big fac'' Oman iaet getpobnlid, aber
81 1nre6tp Mma ct fac ql1o6 bis)
o6er oas oes fl. Sobannes bonn &reu5:
uSiir 6en @eredten gibt es fetn &C.
ieb mebr." l1n6 mas f0nnen mir ia
gen iiber sic eritaunli6e 0reibeit oes
fl. Sran5isfus bon Miiiii2 sSene Srei-
beit, oie bon allem befreit, mas bin-
bert, 5u @ott 5u gelangen un0 6ie
frob leben laBt in Seinem 9ienIte,
iie i1t es, 6ie 6ie Stride bei6iibt uno
foroert, ielbit 6ur6 Mittel un6 WaB=
nabmen, oie biele als ielb1tiiidtig uno
un6u1biam betra6ten. @enn 6ie &on-
5ilien BEN @u6er, 6en Mberglarben>
Die bei6nii9en Sitten berboten, 10
polten iie oa6ur6 MIR oen MenI9en
bon elmer i6mer5liden Sflaberei BE-
freien. 8enn sic 8Gpite ben na9,
oriidli6en &f, ser unter ser 8e.
5eidnung Snbeltituritreit befannt it,
aufgenommen baben, 10 uoIlten fie
6aour6 nur 6ie driitlide @elt bon
ser Serri6aft Der &aiier Iber bic 0fe-
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@edt, mebr als ionit iemano, bon
Sreibeit 5u ipre6en, bon @leidbeit
unb 8riiberlidfeit, 6enn lie sibt oieien
8orten ibren uabren uno geredten
Sinn.
9enn es gibt Sreibeit unb Srei-
beit. 8iele nennen Sreibeit, sic Sd.
biefeit un6 Mogli6feit zines ieben,
aue Srrtiimer gu berbreiten, allen
2eioenidaften freie 8abn au laiien,
Die @erbre6en itraflos gu 6ul6en, al
le tagenbbaften Meniden 5u unter'
oriiden. Cine iol6e Sreibeit min oie
Stride natiirli6 ni6t; aber inoem ite
it6 biefer glrt bon Sreibeit pioer-
iest, ertpeiit iie Der @enidbeit einen
tpertbollen Dienit. Die tpabre Srei-
beit lit nibt 6ie abIolute ltnabbdngie-
feit, bic unabbdngigfeit bon @ott,
aber 6te unabbangigfeit bon an Dem,
mas nt9t @ottes iit.
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getuiiiermaBen als 8orre9te, Die Die
Natur oem Meni6en berlieben bGtte.
8enn oie Natl1r fte tpirfli9 6em
Meniden berlieben bGtte, oann b6tte
Der Menid oas &e9t, ii9 Ser Mnse.
malt @ottes 5u ent5ieben uno tein
@eieb f0nnte oie slusidreitungen Der
meni6li6en Sreibeit maBigen. Man
miibte oas 80ie ebenio gut f0roern
tpie oas Cute. 8ei aner grunoiasli-
6en Gerurteilung 6ieier gluspu9te
Der Sreibeit trdgt 6ie Stride bod ben
borbanoenen @egebenbeiten &e6nung.
sic labt es 5lt oaB angeit6ts Der Inn.
itanoe, in oenen beute oie neiIten
Golfer leben, bieie berl 6ieoenen gr.
ten Ser Sreibeit aus gere6ten Grim.
BEN geoul6et tperben, borausgeleht,
oab oieie @olfer nidt in allou GROCER
5reibeit uno in lnor6nung berfonl-
men. Da, mo 6ieie Sreibeiten i9on in
@iltigfeit iino, oarf mani ii9 ibrer
beoienen, inoem man iid an 6ie Muf.
foiiung Ser Stride bdlt un6 it9 oar'
an erinnert, oaB Die Sreibeit nur in
Dem MaBe gere9tfertigt lit, in Dem
iie mitbilft, bas Cute gu tl1n. - g.
ct. 8. .g.-8. - (SdluB folgt)
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Iision befreien. 9ie g1,toritdt Der
Stride, 10 sroB iie iit, ftebt, INN es 70
81. iagen, i'm 9ienite elmer gefreiung.
Sn unieren Saeen, inmitten Der
beridieoeniten l1mitdnoe, berfolgt bic
Stride 6as gleide 3iel, inbem fie Die
oas ridtise WaB iiberi6reitenben
5reibeiten berurteilt, 6ie mir mober-
ne Sreibeiten nennen. Sn einem freien
@emeintpeien, fagt Geo Der Dreiaebn.
te, in Dem Die @ere6tigfeit nidt iiber.
al IN gbren itebt, in Dem 6as 8olf
|ni6t itets rn6 na6oriidli6 our Snne-
baltung ser 8ori6riften oes gban-
geliun1s ermabnt miro, fann itb Die
Sreibeit - bieie angeblide Sreibeit
- unbeilbon austpirfen. gs 1T ni9t
erlaubt, 5l1 berlangen ooer obne l1n.
teri6eioung 5u betpilligen iene 1nbe-
grer5te Sreibeit bes @ebanfens, Der
Breiie, oes l1nterri6ts, bes &l,ltes,
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STE &tr9e als 9iterin
ber Tretbett

Mls GbidluB Der an Ser 11niberii.
tat Greiburg, Sdpeia, i'm Sabre 1911
abgebaltenen Serienf1rie iprad Der
8iidof bon 2auianne.@enf .Sreiburg,
Migr. Marius 8eiion, iiber oas 10
5eitgemdbe Ebema ,Die Stride aIs
Siiterin Der gutoritdt uno Der Srei-
beit''. 1eber lesteren @eeenitan6 lit
in iiingiten Sabren biel geipro6ep
tporoen, immer in Der Mbft6t, Die &C.
fiible Ser Waiien a1f5upeitiden. gs
,eri6etnt oaber ipiini6enstpert, einen
10 a1sge5ei6neten 8ertreter Ser &ir-
DIE, pie oies 8iidof 8eiion lit, oar-
iiber 5u beprnebmen. CT erfldrte in
genannter gnrebe:
Stets Siiterin ser Mutoritdt, iit 6ie
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9fa6esfi uno Seloberr Sillp, tpenn
Elm GROCER 8olitifer tpie @inotborit
ii6 nidt i6dmten, ben &oienfran5 alt
beten nno Elm 10 sroBes gertrauen in
oieies @ebet 5u ieben, 10 ioIlten uns
oieie groBen 8eiIpiele all5eit pori6tpe-
ben.
Gs miro eegenpdrtig Elm biel ge=
tpaltigerer &f ausgefo6ten gegen
oie Seinoe @ottes. Ser beutige Bapit
Bius Der 3molfte for6ert tpie6erum
auf gum &oienfran5gebet. DerI rIelbe
@ott uno oieielbe mddtige Siiripre6e-
rim, oie @aerieligite Sungfrau fonnen
uno tperoen audi bel,te Der beordng-
ten @elt Silfe bringen, tpenn oie
Menidbeit fi9 bertrauenspou an iie
ipenoet.
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Stride nidt tpeniger au9 S6iberin
Ser Sreibeit. 8orerit in6em fie Der
Welt @ere6tigfeit uno 2iebe berfiin-
bet, ,,iie bat Sanftmut in bic Seelen
geienft, Menidli6feit in bic Sitten,
8iuigfeit in bic @eiese: tpeit entfernt
6abon, elmer ebrenbaften Sreibeit
fein6li6 eefinnt 5l1 iein, lit 6ie Stride
INNER 5uriidgeidredt Dor Ser Epran=
nei". Sie bat it6 INN 6ie 3ibiliiation
beroient gemadt, in6em iie 6ie Stla-
berei allmdbli6 beieitigte, in tpeiiem
Sorti6reiten, obne @ri9iitterung Oh
ne berleben6en StoB. sic fat 6as
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Sic Nabt bes &oie,ts
fra1t3eS

Ser FL. 8apit Bius Der Giinfte rief
I'M Sabre 1911 bic Siiriten gl1ropas
su einen1 areua5uge gegen bic INNER
brobenber bor6ringenoen Eirfen aaf.
Das Deutfde &ei6 NOR eeraoe bonn
MeligionsbaB, Granfrei6 bont 8iir.
eerfrieg aerriiien, England bonn @lalt-
BEN 1tno 6er fatboliiden Stride abge.
fallen. 9aber erfldrten it6 nl,r Der
R6nig bon 5panien un6 bic Mepublif
8enebig bereit, NIT bem Seere bes
Bapites nereint gegen bic Eiirfen gu
ftreiten. Don Suan s. 4uitria, Elm
Salbbru6er 6es ipanii6en @0nies, er.
bielt, obtpobl erit "a Sabre alt, ben
Sberbefebl. Ser Bapit befabI linn,
feites 8ertrauen auf @ott un6 Die
Silfe Der ieligiten S,ngfrau 81, ba.
ben, bic @ol6aten bonn Slu6en, Spie-
len unb S9nelgen ab5ubalten, iie 90
fir gum @oienfran5gebet an5ubalten.
@m Sefte Marid @eburt empfingen
ale Mannidaften, Offi5iere un6 COL
baten, bic fl. &ommunion. Mm 21.
September iegelte bic 6riitli9e Slotte
aus Dem Safen bon Meiiina aus un6
ftieB am z. Sftober auf bic tpeit itdr-
fere SIotte Der Eiirfen. Son Suan
s. Muftria lieB auf ieinem Momirals'
f6iff cine SABINE auf5ieben, se5iert
nit einem &ru5ifir unb Der alten iiee.
berbeiben6en Snidrift: Sn 6ieiem
3ei6en tpirit ou fiefenl Die eanse
gbriitenbeit betete Sag fir Sag in al
len air9en ben @oienfrana, borab
aber Bius Der Siinfte. sln 6em Sage
Der S9ladt tpollte Der S6asmeiiter
bes Yapites, Der fait ane &riessfoiten
beftritt, cine tpi9tige Mngelegenbeit
nit ibm beipreden. Mber ploblid
bielt Der @apit im @eiprd6 inne, 0ff'
nete bas Seniter, iab gen Sinmel nno
fagte Damn bem Sbabneiiter: "Sest
lit feine 3eit 5u @elbgei9dften, gebe,
faee @ott Danf. sSn bieier 5tunbe
bat 11nIere Slotte bic tiirfiibe geidla-
gen un6 bonfon1men bebrni9tet."
@as Der Bapit berfiinoete, tpar eit.
setroffen. 9on Suan B. Iuitria batte
einen Sieg erfodten, pie er faum
glorreiber in ber 8elteeidi9te auf'
eeaei1net lit. Daber IieB Der Hapit
5um Mnoenfen an bieien 5ieg in bic
Muttergotteslitanei bic 9itte eirtfii.
gen: &ilfe Der gbriiten! bite fir l.ns!
l1n6 5tpei Sabre 6arauf oronete Bapit
@regor Der Drei5ebnte bas Se1t 6es
FL. @oienfran5es gum etpigen @e6ddt-
nis an ienen Sieg an, uno ieste es
ouf ben eriten Sonntag int Monat
Sftober, Inn Die riitenbeit fir ane
3eiten baran 5l1 erinnern, oaB ibr ber
&oienfran5 @lId gebradt bat, @liid
uno Sieg iiber einen ma6tisen Orb.
fein6.
gu &om in Ser Sirtinii9en &a.
peIle bat Ser beriibmte Maler Mi9el
Mngelo 6as @eltgeri6t gemalt. Muf
bieiem @emdl6e tper6en 6ie Seelen
Ser MusertpGblten an elmer Berlen-
idnur in oen Simmel binaufge5oge1.
9iefe Herlenidnur beoeutet aber ni9ts
anberes als ben &oienfran5.
Sebem @ldubigen, Ser ii9 nit 6en
gtolenfran3 bertraut ma6t, i'm bdu-
fig betet uno an linn oie bebrften
@ebeimniiie unieres @laubens, bes
Qphpns Qpi6pna INN Stprhpns Ghriiti
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8rate nidt, pas ou ni6t eiien
fanr1it. (8laie ni6t, bas 0i9 nidt
brennt.)
Evening star., 1943-05-23

said. a strong enemy position on a
ridge in this same vicinity, the
Sarana Massacre Bay area. was
"neutralized." which meant 1t was
either out f1anked or pounded into
helplessness.
Jap Unit Wiped Out.
The Japanese counterattacked
during the operation against the
ridge and at least one unit of their
forces succeeded in driving a wedge
into the American lines. However,
this unit was subsequently wiped
out"
On Friday American forces, press
ing the advantage of initiative, at
tackled enemy positions in the Chi
chagof area, but results of the action
were not reported here.
Meanwhile, Lightning Fighters,
supporting ground operations and
equipped to bomb from low attitudes,
reduced Attu Village to a rubble
heap. except for the church and one
building, and set afire a fuel depot
and other stores.
The communique made no men,
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Attu

Continued From First PageD
yesterdays communique the north
side of Lake Nicolas
Thursday night, the war bulletin
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Flood Control Called
Biggest Postwar Job

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat. of
Arkansas, said yesterday the pres
ent devastating floods in this coun-
try are "a harsh reminder" that
the unfinished job of harnessing
our rivers will be one of the Ma
tion's most important tasks after
the war.
He issued statement urging a
national program 'for the full and
complete development of all our
waterways, with regard to food
control, hydro-electric power, nav
igation, irrigation and soil con-
servation."
After mentioning the "tremen-
dous destruction and irreplaceable
losses of food crops and other ag-
ricultural products" during the
present floods on the Arkansas and
Mississippi Rivers and their tribu-
taries, Senator Mcclellan declared: ::
The people in the great agricul-
tural section of our river valleys,
as we'll as the Industrial interests
in these localities, can never be
free from fear or free from want
Evening star., 1943-05-23

may be cut nearly in half for a
few days as the result of railroad
washouts and the washout of the
Big Inch pipeline.
Over longer period the disrup-
ton of transportation will shrink
oil deliveries by at least 1000 tank
cars daily, more than one-fifth of
the total rail movement to the
Atlantic seaboard, ODT said.
The impact of the floods has not
yet affected deliveries to the East
but the effects will begin to be felt
Immediately and will last for "a
considerable period
Operation OF the 24-inch emer-
gency pipeline. however, may be
resumed in part by next Thursday,
Secretary Ickes reported. The trou-
BILE spot is being bridged with 20
inch pipe which has been assembled
near Little Rock, Ark, for con-
struction OF the new petroleum
products line to the East Coast.
known as the Little Big Inch"
pipeline,
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Society
To Hear U. 5. Officials
AT Meeting Here
War Agency Heads
And Other Leaders Will
Address Sessions

Price Administrator Prentiss Brown
and other Government leaders will
address the Society for the Ad-
vancement of Management at its
second wartime conference Tuesday
and Wednesday at the Washington
Hotel.
Other speakers will be Senator
Truman, Democrat, of Missouri;
Representative Ramspeck, Demo-
crat. of Georgia; Representative
Danham. Democrat, of Texas; War
Manpower Commissioner McNutt,
Attorney General Biddle, Civil Serv-
ice Commissioner Arthur S. Flem-
ming and Librarian OF Congress
Archibald MacLeish.
The society will discuss better
techniques Of managing government
offices, according to James F. Grady,
president. Speakers will deal with
such problems as manpower, occupa-
tional deferment, budget control and
formulation of policy.
The list of officials scheduled to
speak also includes Undersecretary
Of Commerce Wayne Chatfeld-
Taylor; Lawrence A. Appley, execu-
tive director of the War Manpower
Commission. Maritime Commissioner
John Carmody: National Housing
Administrator John B. Blandford
jr,; Deputy Director William Byrd
of the War Food Administration
and Chief Budget Examiner Gustave
A. Moe.
Mr.. Brown will speak on WAR
time Regulation" at the morning
session at $50 am. Tuesday. The
congressman and Attorney General
Biddle will speak in the afternoon
and Mr.. McNutt at night. Mr. Byrd
will speak to the morning session
Wednesday, followed by Mr.. Flem-
ing and Mr.. Chatfeld-Taylor in
the afternoon.
Evening star., 1943-05-23

surging Arkansas broke temporary
conduits strung across an Army
pontoon bridge.
The Wabash, overfowing its
banks for miles, threatened many
communities in Southeastern Illi-
nois and Southwestern Indiana.
These three rivers, with their
network of tributaries, poured their
water into the Mississippi, and the
Father of Waters" rose slowly,
threatening inundations farther
South
The Missouri also was in flood.
with its crest now estimated at 1858
feet, which would equal the 1908
record More than 100000 acres
of Missouri land were covered with
water.
Many Towns Isolated.
Many communities in the flood
area were isolated, although most
main roads in Illinois and Indiana
were being opened up. Howard
Leonard. director of the Illinois De-
partment OF Agriculture, estimated
that about $4,000 acres of Illinois
grain land would have to be re-
planted.
Fighting the rising water was an
army Of soldiers, engineers and VOL
unteer workers, including hundreds
of Red Cross and civilian defense
workers. Maj. Gen. H. S. Aurand,
commanding the 9Th Service Com
mand. reported that approximately
5000 troops from Army stations and
camps in Illinois and Indiana were
aiding in protective and rehabilita-
ton work
Many of the soldiers patrolled the
Mississippi's levees from Alton, Ill
southwark to Cape Girardeau, Mo-
distance of 100 miles.
Oil to East Halved.
At Washington. the Office Of
Defense Transportation said the
movement Of oil to the East Coast
Evening star., 1943-05-23
uxes
Continued From First Page.)

gether, to agee on any percentage Of
tax cancellation. with Senator Clark,
Democrat, of Missouri, reputedly de-
claring he and the Republican Ruml
plan supporters who make up a
majority on the Senate group would
never go below IS per cent and
House members standing stead
fastly for only so per cent.
2. Advancement by House mem
bers of the House-approved Forand-
Robertson bill, abating the 6 per
cent normal and 13 per cent first
bracket surtax on 1912 incomes. as
compromise and its prompt rejec-
ton by the Senate group. =
3. Receipt of indirect word,
through Sterilization Director
James F. Byrnes. that President
Roosevelts opposition to a horizon-
tai abatement of taxes, through ap-
plying a fiat percentage to all alike.
had not diminished.
Evening star., 1943-05-23

considerable damage" had been in.
flicted on Messina and Reggie Gala
bria. One hundred persons were
reported killed and 102 injured in
Reggie Calabria and San Giovanni,
the communique said.
The path of destruction was
widened by swipe at the gun po-
sitions and harbor' installations on
Pantelleria Island by P-40 War
hawks and Lightnings
The series of assaults is designed
to spread Allied air dominance to
include the shipping lanes of the
Mediterranean. Broken planes by
the scores. littering the Axis air.
fields around Tunis and Bizerte and
airdromes on Sicily and Sardinia,
give graphic illustration of the
power of the Allied attack.
Evening star., 1943-05-23

drone buildings and to aircraft on
the ground"
Port installations Hit.
A Cairo communique disclosed
that Liberators of the 9th United
States Air Force approached from
another direction to spread $50 tons
OF incendiary and high explosive
bombs among the port installations
of San Giovanni and Reggie Calabria
on the Italian mainland.
Reggie Calabria was heavily de-
Tended by fighter planes and the
Liberators shot down 10 of them. the
Cairo communique said. Only mod
crate anti-aircraft fire was encoun-
tered at San Giovanni.
These attacks came in daylight
after heavy RAF night bombers had
spread new destruction at Reggie
Calahria and at Messina, Sicilian
ferry terminus. The smoke still
was rising from fires started by the
Raj when the American bombers
bit Reggie Calabria.
, The Italian high command ac-
knowledged in a communique that
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Africa

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drome buildings and to aircraft on
the ground"
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Mississippi Levee
Breaks Trap 1000,
Flood Big Rail Yard
100000 in s States
Homeless; 1,356,M0
Acres Inundated
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Oklahoma and Illinois area show
ing:
Inundation Of 1,356,96o acres; o.
663 houses damaged; 29,837 families
made homeless or otherwise direct
ly affected; 1862 persons in shell
tiers: 1851 persons being fed, and
7,l35 needing rehabilitation.
Serious Health Situation.
The Red Cross said there was an
increasingly serious health situa-
ton" in the affected areas and that
"conservatively' more than 100000
persons were homeless in the four
States and Kansas and Indiana.
The swollen Illinois forced the
evacuation Of all women, children
and aged persons from Beardstown,
ILL.,, and halted war production at
the huge caterpillar tractor works
In Peoria, ILL.,, where thousands of
employees went to work on the dikes.
Water consumption at Fort Smith
Ark, was limited by city authori-
ties to drinking and cooking as the
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ton OF yesterdays progress In the
fighting. 1t was apparent that the
operations were aiming at extermi-
nation of the japanese trapped in
Attu's desolate northeastern tip.
Secretary Of the Navy Knox had
said Friday that the campaign was
without question successful and it
simply remained to mop up in the
island.
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Davis Declares Flood
Will Force Revision
OF Crop Plans
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Food Administrator Chester
c. Davis told a Senate Appro-
pria tions Subcommittee yester-
day that Midwestern floods
may make it necessary to re-
wise some crop plans.
Where corn fields have been
washed out and replanted grain
would not have a chance to
mature before cold weather, he
explained it will be necessary
to schedule other crops.
Mr.. Davis appeared before
the group, which is consider
ing the s707,00,00O Agricultural
Department appropriation bill,
to explain supplementary
budget request for S25,000, 900
to operate the Food Admins
tration.