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Evening star., 1943-11-19
Wright Makes Dixie Ring
Debut Against Reasoner
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19.-Chalky
Wright, veteran Negro boxer and
former featherweight champion.
makes his first Dixie ring appear
ance here tonight when he meets
AL Reasoner of Chicago in a 10
round bout.
Wright has lost only 10 fights since
1880, 2 by knockouts and II by de-
cisions.
Reasoner, a product of the Chi
cago CYO tournaments, has been
boxing professionally only two years,
and his only serious setback was a
six-round knockout by Bob Mont
gomery here last July 4.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Catholic School Rivals Prirned
For Keen Grid Clash 7oniqht

Both teams will be at full strength
tonight when st. Johns and Con-
zaga elevens clash at Griffith Sta
dium at BIS in the annual football
classic between Washington's Cath
olic school rivals. This game, big
tilt of the year for both, is expected
to attract crowd of 5000 or better.
The Johnnies are slight favorites
to end Gonzaga's two-year winning
streak in this series.
Coach Angus Lamond Of st.
Johns has listed Jim Mcnamara,
Andy Hayden, George Hughes and
Tommy Hook as his starting back
field while Bo Richards of the Eagles
counters with the strong quartet of
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
FALL RIVER, Mass.-Johnny Carter
163, New York, outpointed Berlie La
nier, l61. Philadelphia G0).
Washington, D. c., outpointed George
(Redl Doty, l4S, Hartford, Conn. 1O).
PHILADELPHIA Wilkerson,
1852. Philadelphia, stopped Felix Del
paoli. 1882, Philadelphia G).
PITTSBURGH.-Sam Daniels, 143.
Baltimore, and Bee Bee Wright, 142.
Clarion, Pa, called no contest sy
referee t6).
ERIE, Pa.-Billy Miller, 1876, Pitts
burgh, outpointed Angelo Callura, 1873,
Hamilton, Ontario Q0).
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Pimlico Head Honored

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Harry A.
Parr III, president of Pimlico race
track, has been elected a member of
the Jockey Club (New York;.
F. S. (Skiddy) Won Stade, who
earlier was named president of the
Saratoga race track, succeeding the
late George Bull, was elected a
steward.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

mediately stopped using the scala
Mr.. Rowe said.
Mr.. Rowe said that Of 1S8 ocG0
dealers scales he had checked in th1
State, A were in error by as much q
10 to 400 pounds on a 1,000-pomd
load. AL Of the coal scales, he said
were approved last year.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Wanted! Men And
Women Who Are
Hard Of Hearing

test II you are temporarily deafened.
bothered by ringing buzzing head noises
due to hardened or coagulated wax (ceru-
that 50 many say has enabled them to
hear well again. You must hear better
after making this simple test or you get
Ourine Ear Drops today. Your chain or
Independent drug store has or can Get
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Vet Negro Fighter Dies

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 P).-Larry
Temple, former outstanding Negro
welterweight, died at Meadowbrook
Hospital, Hampstead, Long Island.
Temple was SO years old.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Tech Given Chance to Upset Weakened Roosevelt
Torrid Heavy Battle Between Favored Buksi,
Speedy Marshall Looms in U|ine 1O-Rounder

in his last battle here decisioned
Gus Dorazio. That was last spring
at Uline Arena and for action the
night surpassed many fast middle
weight match. It's listed as the best
Evening star., 1943-11-19

Make 1t . thrifty Christmas-gfvo
War bonds. Keep on backing th4
attack.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Card Table
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glass mirror guaranteed
against silver spoilage.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

This Victory speed
ster 10 . large size
wagon. Perfect for
the older child.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

An ideal Christmas gift.
The set includes attrac-
tive tray, six highball
glasses, four jiggers and
large decanter.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

A modern style lounge
chair that Is well con-
structed for long COM
Portable service. Gov
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tapestry. Has reversi-
BILE cushion.
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Joseph B. Shannon Dies;
Former Representative

bS tpe Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, March 29.-
Former Representative Joseph B.
Shannon, one of Missouri's most
colorful political figures, is dead.
The 76-year -old former political
associate of Tom Pendergast died
yesterday of complication of a
heart ailment and pneumonia. Mr..
Shannon became ill in Washington
on May 81. 1912, and suffered a cere-
bral hemorrhage on May % on the
train that was bringing him home
from the Capital.
Mr. Shannon was a political power
In city, county and State circles for
more than so years. He served six
terms as member of Congress,
starting in 1880, but did not seek re-
election last year.
Entering politics at %, Mr.. Shan
non became an ally of James Pen
dergast, North Side Democratic boss.
and continued the association when
Tom Pendergast, James brother
succeeded to the leadership of the
faction.
Later, however, the two disagreed
and Mr.. Shannons power waned
with Mr.. Pendergast taking control
of the Democratic organization.
While in Congress- Mr.. Shannon
led campaign against Government
in business as chairman of a special
committee to investigate Govern
ment competition with private en-
terprise.
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Use of rs Acres of Excellent Farm Land
Made Available to Victory Gardeners

twenty-five acres of excellent
truck garden land in the North
east section, enough for several
hundred so by 80 foot garden
plots. were made available for
Victory gardeners today.
The Rev. Aloysius J. BuTggraff,
superior of St. Paul's College. Sew
enth and Hamlin streets NE, offered
The Star u acres between Fourth
and Seventh streets In Brookland.
The offer was forwarded to the
District Victory Garden Committee.
j. Morton Franklin. Victory garden
supervisor, inspected, the property
over the week end and termed it
splendid garden tract.
Plots are being assigned by Mrs.
Madeleine v. Mortimer, 1927 Seventh
street NE.
Brentwood Park Land Available.
Assignment of plots in a l3-acre
tract formerly used as truck gar
den In Brentwood Park area is
awaiting the formation of a garden
committee in that area. The land
was made available by the Capital
Transit Co. 1t lies alongside the
railroad tracks near Fourth street
NE.
Mr.. Franklin said that if a sroup
Of garden minded people in Brent
wood Park area viii organize In the
next few days and call on him they
Evening star., 1943-03-29
u. S. Patrol Turns Back
Jap Ships Near AIeutions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
American patrol ships have turned
back a japanese naval force headed
for the AleutianS in the first surface
battle off the mist-shrouded islands
since the enemy set up a base on
Kiska last summer.
When the long-range engagement
Friday was broken off, the Navy
said in communique yesterday, the
Japanese detachment of two heavy
cruisers, two light cruisers, four
destroyers and two cargo vessels
were seen heading westward.
The battle-fought at distance
of five to seven miles-began after
light force of United States patrol
craft located the enemy west of
Attu, 200 miles west of Kiska. There
was possibility the Japanese
turned about to avoid close range
shelling in which the cargo vessels,
apparently carrying desperately
needed supplies for the Kiska base,
might have been damaged or sunk.
Details of the action were not
announced The Navy told in an
earlier communique of series of
far-flung air raids in the Pacific
from March 25 to q.
American planes attacked Kiska,
scoring hits on hangar, while
other United States planes strafed
and bombed the japanese in two
raids at Munda on New Georgia
Island in the Solomons: raided
Japanese positions at Villa in the
Solomons and bombed and shot up
japanese position in Ugali on Rem
dova Island in the New Georgia
group,
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Station Protests Denial
Of Nine. Chang S Talk
Freedom of Speech Issue
Is Raised by Owner
BY the Associated Press.


OAKLAND, Calf, March 90
Radio Station XIX, Oakland, pro-
testing it was denied the right to
broadcast Nine. Chang Kai-shek' S
San Francisco speech Saturday
night, charges the question of free
dom Of speech lis very much in
volved."
The station management asserted
its personnel was escorted away
from the scene Of the address by
military police and said it would
take the issue to the Federal Com
munications Commission and to
Congress.
Il think the matter of freedom
of speech is very much involved
said j. r. Knowland, owner of the
station and publisher of the Oak
land Tribune.
Where an independent station is
deprived of broadcasting to the pub
lie, we are all vitality concerned.
They had no more right to say we
couldn't broadcast the speech than
to say the Tribune couldn't pub
lish it
Adriel Fried, XIX general man
ager, said he and two technicians
were elected from the San Fran
cisco Civil Auditorium by military
police when they arrived ahead Of
broadcast time to test their equip
ment.
The National Broadcasting CO. put
the address on the air nationally
and locally through KPO, the local
NBC station.
This is America" Mr.. Fried COM
planned. mot Germany, where there
is cne press and one RADIO
John Elwood. manager of KPO,
said the NBC network had af-
forded the Nation and the world
an opportunity to hear Nine. Chang
and 1T would seem that they XIX
were unwilling to recognize the
benefits of free competition"
Mr.. Fried said the secretary to San
Francisco's Mayor. Angelo Rossi,
told him the Mayors office had been
informed by the State Department
in Washington that the broadcast
would be exclusively by NBC.
Evening star., 1943-03-29
u. 5. Army Officer
Guest Bombardier in
Raj Raid on Berlin
X
Maj. Sy Bartlett First
To Release Bomb; Fires
Visible for 120 Miles
BY NAT A. BARROWS,


roreisn CORRESPONDENT. of The Star and
Chicago Daily News
LONDON; March 29.-For the first
time in this war Of flaming, shatter-
ing death from the skies, an Amer
lean Army officer has aimed and re-
leased bomb into Berlin.
Maj. Sidney (Sy) Bartlett, former
Chicago newspaperman and Holly
wood script writer, rode in one of
the Royal Air Force Lancasters OF,
Saturday nights heavy raid as guest
bombardier and. at the right mo-
ment, after target incendiaries had
gone down and about 100 tremen-
dous cookies already had hit dead
bang on the target, he pressed the
button that sent a 4,000-pound
bundle of destruction on its way.
Just before while Sy Bartlett's
Lancaster was taking evasive action
against Berlins flax pattern, one of
the Raj crew shouted to the Amer
ican working visitor:
This is my favorite target. Ber-
lin, and if you miss I'm going to
throw you out bodily and won t
use a bomb sight, either"
Finger Frozen to Button.
About that time the planes regu-
lar bombadier got into trouble when
his Mae West" lifejacket accident
ally inflated. Sy Bartlett pulled off
a glove trying to help,
Then the pine evened off for a
run on the target.
You got your finger on the but
ton?" asked a creWman.
Il can't help but have it there"
replied the major. still barehanded.
IT'S frozen to my finger"
Still unshaven and sleepless from
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Dealer Official Predicts
a Cos Allotment Boost

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 29.-Sol A
Herzog, general counsel of the East
ern States Gasoline Dealers Con-
ference, said yesterday there was a
possibility that motorists in the
area soon would get substantial
boost in their present "A" card
allotments
He said he understood that repre-
sentationS had been made both tc
the Office of Price Administration
and the Petroleum Administration
for War to increase the allotment
which now is one and half gallons
a week.
Mr.. Herzog said the allowance
might be boosted back to three
gallons per coupon as it was before
the midwinter ban on pleasure
driving.
He declared there had been a
great improvement in the methods
of bringing petroleum products into
the Eastern area.
Evening star., 1943-03-29
George Washington Girls
May Enroll in WAVES

g George Washington University
seniors who wish to become officers
in the WAVES or SPARS can enroll
now on reserve status and enter
the service after graduation, the
university has announced.
The faculty must recommend the
girls as unusual scholars and per-
sonalities before the Navy will ac-
cept them as officer material, /"
according to Dean William c. John
stone. armed service representative
at the university. If girl selected
for the reserve groups fails to grad
uate, she will be put in the enlisted
ranks or she also may be discharged.
The Navy wishes to afford col
lege girls an opportunity to plan
ahead for immediate service for
their country" it was explained.
The Women's Naval Reserve is
known as the "V-9" and the Coast
Guard Reserve as the "W-9.'
Evening star., 1943-03-29

Withdrawing along the eastern
coastal plain below.
Farther north the British 1st
Army has punched out bulges in
the Djebel Mansour and Mediez Ell
Bah areas and is poised to ac-
quaint the Germans with the furies
of a last stand on the Bizerte
beaches such as the 1st Army ex-
perienced at Dunquerque in 1910.
In addition to putting on the
heaviest offensive the African strug-
gle has yet known in attacks on the
enemy's front areas. the Allied air
forces in the last week also have
inflicted the heaviest damage yet
achieved in similar period to the
enemy's shipping and vital supply
lines. Nine ships were sunk and go
others damaged and harbor install
latiof,s were bombed at Palermo in
Sicily, Bizerte, Ferryyille and Sousse.
Evening star., 1943-03-29

being up all Saturday night. Mai
Bartlett sat about with correspond
| ents-and his movie actress wife
Ellen Drew, who is in England put
ting on entertainments for the SOL
| diers.
I'VE saw the whole of Berlin erupt
smoke and fire and dust and wreck
age" he recalled.
"On the way back, 12O miles from
the target. we could still see the hot
glow of Berlin burning"
Fires Grow Larger.
There were aspects the ma jor
could not discuss. He was not there
just for the ride or to try out his
trigger finger and his presence was
another indication of the Raj and
American Air Force cooperation as
better weather steps up Allied bomb
ing destruction for the Nazis. But
he could tell enough to show that
Berlin today has terrific head
ache amid the smoking ruins of
what may be the heaviest pound
ing the RAF has ever given Ger
many's political heart.
The fires built up and then they
built up still more as one bombing
strike after another fell Maj. Bart
lett recounted, while his wife lis
tened, glad that she had not known
about his presence with the Royal
Air Force in action.
Maj. Bartlett had known Berlin
in pleaSanter days and, as he pushed
the button sending that 1000 pound
cookie on its way, he thought of
something.
Hal Narrow Escape.
He thought about how delighted
the Germans would be if he had to
parachute down into their arms.
Maj Bartlett isn't in exactly the
best standing on the German black
list: 1t was he who pasted the Ger
man consular officer, Werner Plack,
on the nose when Plack was ex-
pounding Nazi doctrines too freely
for Bartlett's taste back in Holly
wood before the war started.
More than once before they got
back to England, Maj. Bartlett
thought he'd be parachuting any
minute. Their Lancaster developed
motor trouble long before they
reached Berlin and they made their
run on three motors. Then another
motor cut out and they had to limp
on only two, expecting to be forced
down any minute.
But the Raj pilot kept cool and
he handled the plane so cleverly
that he got her back on the home
field as if she were a Piper Cub,
Mai Bartlett said
HOLLYWOOD, March % (P,.-
Maj. Sidney S. (Sy) Bartlett, who
participated in Saturday nights
raid on Berlin, was a $400-a-week
polo playing motion picture scenario
writer before he entered the Army
Air Force He is the husband of
Actress Ellen Drew. His first wife
was Alice White, actress of the
silent screen. Maj Bartlett and
Miss White were divorced in 1898.
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Jops Report Damaging
Enemy Ships Oft AIeutions

LONDON, March 20 (P.-A Japa-
nese communique broadcast by the
Toxic radio declared today that
japanese naval units had fought an
engagement with enemy warHips
off the Aleutian Islands on March
%, damaging two cruisers and a
destroyer while suffering only slight
losses.
Following the engagement, the
communique said, "the enemy re-
treated eastward in disorderly
flight"
The enemy" forces were said to
consist of one heavy cruiser, one
light cruiser and several destroyers.
The broadcast was recorded by the
Associated Press.
Evening star., 1943-03-29
laps Hit at Gro Bay
With 40 Bolmbers in
Show Of Air Power
Allies Meet ChuIIenoe
To New Guinea Base
By Shooting Down rs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. ---t.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, March 29.-The jap
anese struck at Orc Bay, New
Guinea, with 40 fighter escorted
bombers yesterday in their greatest
display of aerial strength in this
theater and Allied airmen met the
challenge by shooting Is of the
raiders out OF action, Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters announced
today.
At least 13 of the enemy planes
were definitely destroyed, COM
munique said, while IL more were
listed as probably shot down.
Allied air losses were described Of
ficially as extremely light" The
bulletin acknowledged the japanese
had sunk one small merchant vessel
and damaged another, but said the
number of casualties aboard the
vessels was small.
In Precise Formations.
The japanese raiders, flying in
precise "V'' formations. struck just
before noon at the Allied base, which
is situated on the eastern Papuan
coast a short distance south of
Buna. twenty-five medium bomb
ers and Is dive bombers were in the
enemy group in addition to strong
escort of fighters.
Although the Allied communique
did not disclose the size of the
enemy fighter escort, advices from
Orc Bay indicated the Allied planes
had been outnumbered.
Gen. MacArthurs headquarters
credited Allied fighter pilots with a
series of brilliant interruptions, u
which broke up the enemy forma-
ton and prevented greater damage
from the attack
Dispatches from the front said
P-40 pilots has definitely destroyed
five enemy Zero fighters and two
dive bombers and probably destroyed
six Zeros and four dive bombers.
Six Zeros Downed.
P-38 fighters were said to have
definitely shot down six Zeros and
probably destroyed two others.
Apparently the enemy medium
bombers attacked from a very high
altitude. which accounted for the
fact that none Of these were in
cluded in the list of planes reported
destroyed.
Allied warplanes, meanwhile, con-
tinued tc lash out at enemy bases
yesterday, bombing the airdromes
at Gasmata and Cape Gloucester in
New Britain and carrying out a
low-level attack on the wharf area
at Dobo in the Aroe Islands, the
communique said.
Heavy bombers also struck at Jap
anese bases at Madang and Finsch-
hafen on the northeast coast of
New Guinea
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Cos Defense Lectures
Will Sturt Thursday

Protection of civilians from gas
attack will be the subject of a series
OF lectures to be sponsored by the
Anti-Gas Service of Montgomery
County Civilian Defense. The lee
lures will be held at the Bethesda
County Building weekly, beginning
at $50 pm. Thursday.
! Army training films will supple
ment the lectures and laboratory
and field exercises will be held on
decontamination and gas reconnais-
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Jonathan Daniels Appointed
Aide to President Roosevelt
Josephus Donie!s' Son
Will Be Employed. as
'Fuct-Finder' . @
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press. :,
The appointment Of Jonathan
Daniels, Raleigh IN. c. news
paperman, as an administrative
assistant to President Roosevelt
was announced today by the
White House.
Presidential Secretary Stephen
Early said Mr.. Daniels would operate
in no particular field, but would
serve in fact finding capacity on
jobs assigned to him by the Chief
Executive. ....
Mr. Daniels has undertaken a
number of confidential assignments
for the President from time to time
since giving up his position several
months ago as assistant director of
the Office of Civilian Defense
Mr.. Daniels is the son of Josephus
Daniels. who, as Secretary of Navy,
was President Roosevelt's boss dur
ing the last World War. Mr.. Roose-
welt then was Assistant Navy Sec
retary.
The appointment completes the
allotment of six special assistants
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Mccormick Will Speak
To Wheel of Proqress

Oran Mccormick, world traveller,
will be guest speaker at meeting of
the Wheel of Progress at 7:30 o'clock
tonight in the rose room of the
Washington Hotel.
Mr.. Mccormick, who has spent
much of the last 27 years travelling
in many parts Of the world, will
illustrate his talk with movies on
the battle fronts, including the Solo,
mon Islands, Australia, Africa and
India
Mrs. Julia Harrell will be guest
solist. She will be accompanied by
Mrs. Elizabeth Goodman. Mrs. Mar
garet Hopkins Worrell, president
general of the organization, will
preside at the meeting.
Evening star., 1943-03-29
John Steinbeck to Wed
For Second Time TODAY

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 29.-Author
John Steinbeck and Miss Gwyn
Conger of Los Angeles will be mar
rled today in New Orleans, Mr.. Stein
beck's agents, Mcintosh and Otis,
announced.
Mr.. Steinbeck. author of "The
Grapes of Wrath and "Of Mice and
Men was divorced by Carol Stein
beck March l8 in California. They
were married in 1890.
Evening star., 1943-03-29

the range of the gallon and -one-
half-a-week gasoline ration. Good
gardening land in the city on trans
portation lines Is difficult to find
today. Stacker lots covered with
weeds are not going to look very
good this summer, he said, when so
many lots about the city will be
bearing table crops.
More land is needed. II you are
the owner of suitable property, fill
In the coupon on this page and mail
IT to the Garden Editor of The
Star. Your offer will be brought
to the attention Of the District Vic
tory Garden Committee.
Evening star., 1943-03-29

can assign the garden plots there
Otherwise the plots will be made
available to volunteer gardeners
from other neighborhoods where
there are more applicants than land.
Plans are to have the two tracts
plowed and assess the charges
against the gardeners, which would
come to very small charge per plot.
Tracts on Streetcar Lines.
Mr.. Franklin pointed out that
both tracts are on streetcar and bus
lines, something the committee has
been especially anxious to get.
Much land has been offered beyond
Evening star., 1943-03-29
w. and M. to Hear DouoIus

WILLIAMSBURG Va, March 20
P,.-Supreme Court Justice Douglas
will be the commencement speaker
at final exercises at the College of
William and Mary June s. Bacca-
laureate services will be the same
day at II m. with Dean Alexander
C.. Zabriskie of Virginia Theological
Seminary as the speaker ,.
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Conference
Continued From First Page

commander of the South Pacific
area, was represented by Maj. Gen.
N. F. TWining, Brig. Gen. De Witt
Peck, U. S. M. c.; Capt. Miles r.
Browning, U. S. NJ; Col. T. D.
Roberts and Comdr. w. H. Ashford
jr., In addition to Gen. Harmon.
The presence of Gen. Kenney and
Gen Sutherland in Washington was
disclosed several weeks ago, but the
arrival of the others had been kept
secret until the conferences were
completed.
Evening star., 1943-03-29
Important Message to
SHERWOOD
FUEL OIL
USERS

You are familiar with the
Sherwood Annual Oil Burner
Overhaul and Inspection Plan.
You know that ratiOning makes
it especially important to assure
efficient and trouble free oil
burner operation, and to protect
your equipment through clean
ing and 0verhauling. The Sher-
wood Plan assures efficient burn
ing of fuel oil through scientific
adjustments with Orsat instru-
mentS, which have saved Sher-
wood Fuel Oil customers sub
stantial amounts of fuel oil in
the past.
We are going to make every
effort to provide the Annual Oil
Burner Overhaul and Inspection
to Sherwood Fuel Oil customers
again this summer and you are
now receiving letters outlining
the details of this plan. Please
read your letters carefully. With
your continued cooperation we
should be able to maintain the
fine standards of Sherwood
Service.