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Evening star., 1943-05-04
7FIyers Rescued
From lcecap After
5-Month Fight
BoIchen Makes Three
= Perilous Landings to
Suve Fortress Crew
.By NELSON M. SHEPARD


Rescued five months after Bit
Flying Fortress crashed November
on the West Greenland icecap,
seven survivors of the nine men
aboard owe their lives to the per-
sistent and heroic efforts of rescue
parties, three of whose number lost
their own lives in the attempts, the
War Department disclosed last night.
Two members of the bomber crew
were killed after the crash.
The story Of the fortitude of the
men and the heroism of the rescuers
matches In stark realism the expert
ences Of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
and his party af1oat in the Pacific
Ocean.
Balchen Takes OF Last.
With Army Air Forces, the Navy
and Coast Guard joining in the five
months of rescue work, Col. Bernt
Balchen, noted Arctic flyer and ex-
plorer who made three landings,
finally succeeded in taking off the
last remaining survivors on Army
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of more than one rescue of men lost
In northern tcefolds.
The seven survivors, soon to re-
turn to ferrying duties with the Air
Transport Command, except for one
who lost both feet, are:
Capt. Armand L. Monteverde,
pilot, Anaheim, Calf.
1t. Harry E. Spencer, jr., co-pilot,
Dallas, Tex.
1t. William F. OHara, navigator,
Scranton, Pa. (He lost both feet
from gangrene.)
Sergt. Paul j. Spina, engineer,
Frankford, N. Y.
Sergt. Alexander F.. Tucciarone,
assistant engineer, New York.
Technical Sergt. Alfred Clinton
Best, observer, Waco, Tex.
Staff Sergt. Lloyd Puryear, OBJ
server, Lebanon, KY.
Relief Plane Crashes.
OF the crew who were killed,
Corpl. Loren E. Howarth, radio op-
orator, La Crosse, Wis, met his
death with two of the rescuers when
Evening star., 1943-05-04

q relief plane crashed In the fog.
Pvt. Clarence Wedel, Canton, Kans.,
observer, fell into deep ice crevasse
while pulling the injured 1t. OHara
on sled. Both men were married.
The two rescuers who lost their
lives with Corpi. Howarth were 1t.
(s.g0 John A. Pritchard, jr., of
Burbank, Calf, pilot Of the Grum-
man relief plane, and Radioman
Benjamin A. Bottoms, Salem, Mass.
They belonged to the Coast Guard.
The third rescuer killed was 1t. Max
M. Demorest, Air Forces, Flint,
Mich, who disappeared with his
sled into crevasse less than 100
yards from another rescue plane.
The grim events started when the
Flying Fortress, then being ferried
to England, was diverted temporari-
ly from its course to search for an
other airplane reported overdue.
Three men were added to the crew
to act as observers.
Months Of Hardship.
While engaged in this search the
fortress crashed on the icecap near
the west coast of Greenland. It
broke in two and the radio was
wrecked. Sergt. Spina was thrown
clear and one arm was broken. He
lost his gloves and his hands froze.
Others suffered cuts and bruises, but
none was seriously injured. Capt.
Monteverde set the sergeant's arm
with complete success.
Then began weeks and months of
bitter hardship and struggles to
keep alive in the below-zero weather,
storms and dwindling food supplies.
An ice crevasse near the plane
widened to so feet and other Gre
vases were snow-covered. 1t. Spen-
Ger fell in one and was rescued with
ropes made Of parachute shrouds.
Corpl. Howarth finally repaired
and moved the radio into the navi-
gators compartment of the plane
and sent out SOS signals to people
already searching for them.
Supplies Dropped From Plane.
The first plane, piloted by Col.
Balchen, dropped supplies on the
18th day. Several miles from the
scene of the crash was a small
weather station. Two rescuers, 1t.
Demorest and Staff Sergt. Don T.
Tetley, whose wife lives at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex, set out for the plane
in motor sleds. They were forced
to abandon the sleds and made their
way on foot. They then returned to
bring their sleds and it was at this
time that 1t. Demorest fell into
About then a Grumman plane
piloted by 1t. Prichard landed near
the Fortress and it took him several
hours to make the one mile on foot.
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1891, mas %en
reported missing
In a ction in
North Africa.
His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. La
We're Tallm a n,
Tor m erly of
Washington and
Hyattsville, who
now live at Oil
yer Beach, Bal
timore County,
Md, were in
formed by the
War D. epar t.
nent that their
son was lost
~
Evening star., 1943-05-04

A native Of Brooklyn, 1t. Tall
man attended College Park Gram
mar School and Hyattsville High
School. He was graduated from
Mckinley High night school in June,
1899, as a frst-honor student.
1t. Tallman received his basic
training at Fort George G. Meade,
receiving his commission at Fort
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Chino Ruises Rio Leootion

CHUNGKING, May 4 B.-The
Chinese Foreign Ofnce announced
yesterday that the Government had
decided to elevate the Chinese Lega-
ton in Rio de Janeiro to the status
Of an Embassy and said Brazil was
taking similar action with respect
to her Legation in Chungking.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Il. Ta|Iman Missinq
In Action in Africa
Former Salesman Here
Landed With First Troops

Second 1t. Harold Lanson Tall
man, q, stationery salesman at
Stockett-Fiske Co. here before his
induction into the Army in April,
Evening star., 1943-05-04

You can place = want Ad" In
The Evening Star IS late as II
o'clock tonight. At the business
counter, or If you have = telephone
call MA. 5000.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
German Woman's S Plea
AGAINST Custer Answered
By the Associated Press


PHILADELPHIA. June 5-The
Federal Government charged yes
terday in petition filed in Federal
Court that the continued presence
of Mrs. Olga Schueller. SO, a native
of Germany in the Third Eastern
Defense Area would be dangerous
to the national defense
Mrs. Schueller, who has been nat
uralized and has a son in the United
States Navy. refused to obey an or
der issued by 1t. Gen. Hugh A.
Drum. commander of the Third
Area, that she move from Philadel-
pfia to some place outside the dis
trict. which extends along the At
lantic coast. In a petition to Fed
eral Court asking that the order be
annulled, she declared she has been
"a loyal American citizen" and never
has engaged in subversive activities.
Replying to the petition. United
States Attorney Gerald A GleeSon
said yesterday on behalf of Gen.
Drum that the exclusion order was
based upon the administrative rec
ord" compiled following a hearing
given Mrs. Schueller before board
of three Army officers and "on in
vestigative reports, summaries and
recommendations
Mr. Gleeson said the "administra-
tive record will be offered in evi-
dence at a hearing before Federal
Judge j. Cullen Ganey next Thurs
day but added that the investiga-
tive reports. summaries and recon-
mendations will be kept secret, be-
cause they contain certain conf
dental information which might aid
the enemv."
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Virginia Mill Worker Ills
Blamed on Lack Of Salt
BY the Associated Press,

by the Associated Press.
DANv1LLE, Va, Ju9k s.-Dr.
Harry Henderson, Virginia State
epidemiologist. and two members Of
the State Bureau Of Industrial
Hygiene reported todayf that heat
exhaustion and lack of body salts.
rather than food poisoning, caused
the wave of illness that affected
more than 200 workers in the Dan
River cotton mills here recently.
Immediately the mill operators
promised remedial action and said
that salt and vitamin tablets would
be placed in each room of the mill
where workers could have ready &C
cess to them.
The medical report. read before a
group of mill officials at noon, dis
missed the possibility that the food
or water in the plant or vapors from
the humidifying system could have
been responsible.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Ii. Bowie, Marine Flyer,
Reported MISSING

1t. Calvert Sheriff Bowie, Is. Ma
rine Corps Air Reserve, is missing
the Navy Department has informed
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. CAL
vert Bowie of Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowie, who live on
Edison lane, said they received no.
tif1cation from the Navy Depart
ment yesterday. They had a letter
from their son last Saturday, dated
May II, saying he was we'll.
1t. Bowie's family has been prom
inent in Maryland since the found
ing CT the State. His father is in
the real estate business. The avia-
tor was graduated from st. Adams
School and from Dartmouth College
in 1910 He studied at Georgetown
Law School for year before re-
ceiving his commission as pilot in
the Marine Corps Reserve in June,
1912.
His parents said he had been sta
toned at San Diego. but that they
did not know his present station.
They added that they understood he
had been assigned to pilot a torpedo
bomber.
The flyer is a member of the
Chevy Chase Club. His younger
brother, Philip, %, is cadet in the
Army Air Forces ground troops.
Evening star., 1943-06-05

down of the war effort on the home
front.
Our people will make whatever
sacrifice they know to be necessi-
tated by the war effort but it Is our
obligation as representatives of the
Eastern Seaboard States to make
every effort to prevent any hard
ship which is the result of made
quate planning or inefficient and
confused administration"
AS part of a long range program
to assure the East of adequate sup
plies of petroleum and it's by-prod-
ucts during the war, Mr. Hartley
proposed construction Of additional
small self-propelled tankers of the
migratory type, capable of opera
ton on the Great Lakes. New York
State Canal, Hudson River, the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and
the Long Island Sound, and addi-
tional steel barges and tug equip
ment to distribute the INCREASING
volume Of rail and pipeline deliveries
which terminate at concentrated re-
f1nlng and storage centers in the
New York, Philadelphia and Rich
mond areas.
Condemns Coupon Rationing.
The coupon system of gas ration
ing, Nj. Hartley charged. has
proved entirely inadequate and has
in itself contributed largely to the
development Of a huge black mar
ket' and should be replaced by
rationing on the basis of dealer
quotas.
He suggested that administration
OF every phase of the petroleum
problem, including rationing, price
fixing and transportation. be placed
under jurisdiction of the petroleum
administrator.
Mr.. Hartley further charged that
the Eastern Seabord States are be-
ing Disseminated against with re-
spect to gasoline supplies Gasoline
stocks in the Midwest, he said, are
approximately double those of the
Northeast area and Midwest motor
lists have not been stopped from
pleasure driving"
Not only pleasure driving but es-
sential civilian transportation is be-
ing curtailed in the Eastern States, -
he declared. but farmers are right
up against the danger of total alb
sence Of gasoline.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Nazis Thrown Back
In Attacks at Sevsk
And West Of Donets
$40 Russion Bombers
Used in Air Offensive
Against OreI Base
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, June 5.-Two sharp
German attacks-one against Rus
sian bridgeheads west of the Donets
River and the other in the Sevsk
area southwest of Orel-were thrown
back with heavy losses in men and
material in the principal overnight
land action along the Russian front,
the midday Soviet communique said
today.
The furious aerial war continued
to dominate the front action as the
Russians threw $40 bombers against
the important German-h held base of
Orel, below Moscow, in their heaviest
air blow OF the spring campaign.
Railroad depots, ammunition dumps
and fuel supplies were left burning,
the special Moscow broadcast said,
adding that one Russian plane was
lost on the raid.
Velizh Assault Ignored.
The midday communique, record
ed here by the Soviet monitor from
Moscow broadcast, continued to
ignore a German announcement
that the Russians had thrown three
divisions and tank brigade into a
smashing assault on the Velizh sec
tor between Smolensk and Velikie
Luki. The Germans admitted a
break through. but said the Red
soldiers were later thrown back.
The midday communique said
the German attack on the Donets
front. south Of Balakleya, was
thrown back after a short engage
ment. The Germans left so dead
and great quantity of abandoned
arms, it said.
A German counterattack near
Sevsk was thrown back with loss
OF about company OF men to the
Germans, the communique said.
Arms Plant Attacked.
Berlin reported in today's high
command announcement that q
strong formation" of Nazi bombers
attacked a Soviet armament plant
last night on the Middle Volga
scoring hits on the buildings and
starting fires.
Sharp air activity in Arctic waters
also was announced by Berlin, with
the claim that fast bombers sank
two merchantmen and that escort
ing German fighters shot down %
Soviet aircraft
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Laval
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Wv
burden of defeat" in the loss of
North Africa.
He cried out against the black
market. blaming it for French food
difficulties. Then, he said:
Il know that only too many peo-
pie expect salvation from England,
America and Russia. They rejoice
at recent military events, but mill
tary events have not borne out that
hope. 1t took the Allies six months
to reduce a few German and Italian
divisions.
Those people forget that Europe
now is a fortress; that war is every
where In the air and sea and Far
East: and that Russia herself Is in
vaded.
Cites B0lshevism Threat.
Those who think that in order
to be free their women and children
must be killed are mistaken. In
deed, it shows a profound upset of
our souls that any one can believe
this. I prefer my policy"
On postwar prospects Laval said
If the Anglo Americans achieve
victory on the European continent
the Anglo-Saxon world would begin
to measure itself with the Soviets
and the results Of that fight would
not be In doubt. Bolshevism would
then engulf Europe. Europe would
tluon be q Soviet state"
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Chinese Seize Base
Used by Japs 10 Open
Yangtze Offensive
Kuneon, 65 Miles Below
lchone, Token; Half
Of Foe Wiped Out
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, June 5.-Un-
checked Chinese forces have re-
captured Kungan, one of the
bases in South Hupeh Province
from which the japanese
launched their abortive drive on
the Upper Yangtze front, the
high command said in a COM
munique tonight.
Kungan is IS miles southeast of
1chang, the main japanese base,
and slightly south OF the Yangtze.
The communique said more than
half the enemy troops at Kungan
were wiped out and the rest re-
treated.
The Chinese said they had cap
tured an important point on the
outer defenses OF Ichang and re-
pulsed a Japanese thrust to the
north from Suihsien, about 100 miles
northwest of Hankow.
Several Hundred Killed.
The point captured in the outer
defenses of Ichang was Meitseya
and several hundred enemy soldiers
were killed during the encounter and
a large quantity of war supplies was
captured" the communique said.
Dispatches from the front told OF
further points captured in the tri-
umphant Chinese sweep to the East
in what government circles have
termed worst defeat of the long
Slno-Ja panese war. These reports
said the invaders were abandonine
large quantities of material and that
numerous Japanese were discardina
their uniforms as we'll as their
weapons In attempts to escape, dis
guised as Chinese.
A large number of pack animals
was said to have been taken.
The Chinese said they were
rounding up additional enemy rem
nants trapped on the right bank OF
the Yangtze along stretch below
Ichang. Some 1000 japanese troops
resisting near Tsingshih, in Human
province north of Lake Tungting
were reported chopped up in small
groups which were surrounded.
Their fate is sealed" one dis
patch said.
Chinese in plain clothes infiltrated
into Ichang itself Thursday morning
and destroyed a large quantity of
supplies, the Chinese Central News
Agency reported
Large fires which still were blaz-
ing in the evening spread to ware
houses and the city was shaken
by explosions" the agency said.
Utter disorder and confusion
reigned there after the raid"
Meanwhile, the Chinese were said
to have cleared all Japanese forces
from the west bank Of the Yangtze
opposite Ichang.
Central news reported that Chinese
mines blew up a Japanese troor
train on the Canton -HankoW Rail-
way, northeast of Rochow Tuesday.
A number of troops we're killed and
rail traf11c was disrupted, the report
added.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
WhirIowoy Scratched
From Race at Belmont
Earlier Story on Page BAL

TEarlIer Story on Page B-4.)
BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 5.-Whirlawav's
return to the races was postponed
today when he was scratched from
the 6-furlong Henry of Navarro
Handicap at Belmont Park. This
left Count Fleet. a 1-to-20 choice in
the Belmont Stakes, as the one big
attraction for the final day of racing
at the big Long Island track.
Trainer Ben Jones reported that
Whirly suffered an attack of indi-
gestion when he returned to his
barn after his morning blowout. A
veterinary was called, after which
Mr.. Jones said, Hell be okay in a
few days
Evening star., 1943-06-05
AFL Miners Union
Opposes Lewis Return

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. June S P-
The Executive Board of the Progress
slve Mine Workers of America has
formally petitioned the American
Federation Of Labor Executive Coun-
Gil to reject John L. Lewis bid for
re-entry OF the United Mine Work.
ers into the AFL.
Contending readmission of the
UNIV would be "constitutionally i'm
possible" as long as the PMWA holds
its AFL charter as the only interna-
tional AFL mine union, progressive
officials said they were confident the
Executive Council would not stoop
to shoddy trickery to void the
PMWA charter"
The letter, addressed to the Execu-
tive Council In Washington, was
signed by PMWA President Llovd A.
Thrush, Vice President william
Crompton and Secretary Treasurer
John Marchiando.
The AFL Council is scheduled to
consider the Lewis petition at its
quarterly meeting in August.
Asserting that the 1898 AFL
charter held by the PMWA guaran-
tees It's jurisdiction and identity as
the only AFL mining union, the let
ter continued:
We cannot believe that the AFL
Executive Council would now shame
lessly disregard principle and permit
the entry into its fold of the high
priest Of dictatorial unionism, even
though the organization he (Mr.
Lewis purports to represent has
much greater numerical and finan-
cial strength than the PMWA."
The eleven-hlast furnaces closed
by Carnegie Illinois today are sit
uated at mills in Pennsylvania's S
Monongahela Valley, where the COM
pany operates % of them.
H. M. Wilson, vice president of the
Shenango Furnace Co., In announc-
ing the shutdown of one furnace,
said 1t probably would be three or
four days before it could be restored
to operation provided we have the
coal"
Mr.. Wilson commented, when told
that peace with the United Mine
Workers had been extended to June
20. that he hoped another crisis
would not develop, because it would
be disastrous" He added:
The steelmaking industry won't
be able to accumulate any stocks of
fuel in the meantime"
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Steel
Continued From First Page.)

forced to shut down one blast fur
mace. He said 1t would be three or
four days before the furnace could
be put back into production.
BEEHIVE coke is produced from
ovens near the coal mines. After
the coking process is completed, the
fuel is fed to the mills to produce
pigiron which goes to the open
hearth furnaces, and thence to the
rolling mills.
Carnegie Illinois made no esti-
mate Of the effect of the curtailment
on employment or production.
Coal men have estimated the loss
in coal production during the strike
at more than 100000 900 tons. One
blast furnace previously had been
closed by the Republic Steel Corp.
at Birmingham. Ala.
Men Will Obey Lewis.
Spokesman at union headquarters
OF districts in Pennsylvania and
West Virginia predicted their men
would respond quickly to the back
to-work orders. issued both by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and by John L.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers
kilograms to each local were being
delivered today from Washington,
advising them OF their Policy Com
mfttee's unanimous vote recommend
ing that work be resumed.
They will all go back. and there
will be no more trouble" promised
William largest, veteran secretary
treasurer of the unions Pittsburgh
District 5.
Comments from the rank and file
members of the union varied. John
Nebraska, employed at Colonial No
mine of the H. c. Frick Coke Co..
near Uniontown, waved a telegram
received yesterday from the Coast
Guard notifying him his son was
missing in action.
Miners Patriotic.
Il don't have to tell you how
feel Mr.. Nebraska said THE boys
in the service have no contract. We,
too. are working for the Government
and we'll get our contract. The i'm
portant thing is to keep on working
I think the men will start coming
back Monday, because we're all pa
triotic'
John Thomas, As, of the Filbert
Mine, Frick Co.:
I'm going back, and I think most
OF them are But the miners aren't
following the wishes OF John L.
Lewis. They are following their own
minds. The miners have been made
a pawn between the political differ
ences of John l.. Lewis and President
Roosevelt
Andy Kascue. employed by the
Wlnn Coal Co. at Fairchance. Pa.
said, Unless we get a contract we
can't go to work. This has nothing
to do with John l.. Lewis. It all
boils down to contract or nothing.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Puerto Rican Senate Chief
Testifies at Bell Inquiry
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico June s.
Hearings In the Bell Congressional
Committee investigation OF Puerto
Rican affairs were recessed today
until next week.
Senate President Luis Munoz Ma
rim told the committee yesterday the
island would abandon Government
experiments to build up industry if
they proved failures.
The leader of the Populares party
said it was to be expected some ven-
lures would not be totally successful
at the beginning.