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Evening star., 1943-10-11
Navy Cant Confirm
KimmeI Trial Plea
ly he Associated Press.

~ ne ASNOCldled Press.
The Navy asked about published
reports that Rear Admiral Husband
F.. klmmel is requesting Immediate
trial by court martial, said no letter
had been received up to mid-morn-
ing. He was naval commander at
japanese attack.
At Denver, Col. Harry Leonard,
Marine Corps, who reported he had
been retained by Admiral Kimmel
as counsel, said a letter had been
written last week, but refused to
discuss its contents, referring quer-
les to Secretary of the Navy Knox
Admiral Kimmel, now associated
with New York engineering firm,
was not available at his New York
Office for comment on the reports.
On october 2 the War Depart
ment announced that Admiral Kim
mel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short
the former Army commander at
Hawaii, also awaiting court martial,
had voluntarily agreed to waive the
statute of limitations for the dura-
ton and six months thereafter. If
this statute became operative, the
Government might find it impossible
to try either man after next Decem-
Der 7. when the two-year statute OF
limitations expires
The court martial of the two men
was ordered after presidential
commission. making an investigation
Of the situation at Pearl Harbor at
the time of the attack, made its re-
port.
Both men, relieved of their COM
mands in the Pacific, asked for and
received retirement from active duty.
They now have positions with pri-
vate firms.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Advertising Rationing
Proposal Discussed
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Oct. l1.-William T.
Cresmer of Chicago was installed as
president of the American Associa-
ton of Newspaper Representatives
at the semiannual meeting yester-
day.
Other officers installed were Her
bert w. Moloney. New York, vice
president; Gerald B. Mcdonald. New
York. secretary; Fred F. Parsons,
Chicago. treasurer. and Directors
Frank H. Meeker, Leonard L. Mar
shall and Monroe H. Long, all of
New York, and Rex Ruthman, Clar-
ence A. G. Kuipers and Helmer G..
Flagler. all Of Chicago.
Principal discussion of the meet
ing centered around proposed VOL
untary advertising rationing pro-
gram because of the newsprint
shortage. Discussion leaders were
Raymond Mckinney, New York,
representing the Gannet newspa-
pers, and Col. Leroy w. Heron, ad-
Vertlsing director of The Washing
ton Star.
Mr.. CreSmer said the concensus
was for advertising to be appor-
toned according to amounts. fire.
quency and regularity of past adver-
Using insertions.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Pacific
Continued From First Page.)

'SOllLulutu rIUIIl IlISU Tdge.)
mile away from Villa across Blackett
Strait.
The invaders scarcely could have
expected much opposition. For more
than a month American planes,
patrol boats and destroyers had been
intercepting enemy barges stealing
northward from Kolombangara and
had sunk hundreds of the small craft
with their cargoeS of troops and
supplies
End of Central SOlOmOnS Drive.
Three days ago Gen. Macarthur
announced the Japanese had fed
Villa and all the southern half of
Kolombangara and were continuing
to withdraw from the northern por-
ton. Finally Toxic communique
acknowledged that Japan had COM
pleted a successful transfer" of her
troops from Kolombangara and
from Vella Lavella Island to the
northwest as well.
The last of the japanese did not
get away from Kolombangara, how
ever, until the American occupation
was we'll in progress, and they, like
many before them, got away only to
their doom. A headquarters spokes-
man said PIT torpedo boat en-
countered a final barge load of %
enemy soldiers off the island the
night of october and sank it.
That wrote the end of the Central
Solomons campaign which began
June 80 with American landings on
Rendova Island, opposite New Geor-
gia. and its Munda airield, the first
big objective.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
japanese Surrender
NOT Distant, Wallace
Asserts in Speech

Vice President Wallace, speaking
yesterday in an observance Of the
SD anniversary Of the founding Of
the Chinese Republic, asserted in a
radio address that the mot distant
future" may see the unconditional
surrender Of Japan.
He said Japan's attack on China
came because 1t feared DR.. Sun Yat-
sen, founder Of the republic, would
create strong democracy. Con-
trary to the enemy's aims, he added,
the war has strengthened rather
than weakened China in its struggle
toward this goal
The Vice President said Americans
and Chinese believed fundamentally
in the same ideals. and that
sovereignty OF the people and a be-
lief in peace were two of the most
important.
Cites Legislation.
Mr.. Wallace cited our reIinouish-
ment Of extraterritoriality rights in
China and the bill pending in Con-
gress to give China equal immigra-
ton rights with other countries as
evidences of our friendship. He also
praised China's contribution to
democracy through its initial resis-
tance to totalitarian aggression.
The Vice President previously had
been among those at st. Pauls
Episcopal Church, near Washington
Circle, to hear the Right Rev. Y. Y.
Tsu, Episcopal Bishop of Running.
China, praise the heroism and
spiritual stamina OF Gen. Claire
Chennault's Flying Tigers" in
Crina. DR.. Wei Tao-ming, Chinese
Ambassador, was among the digni-
taries present.
The services were conducted in
Chinese and English by the Rev.
Robert E Wood, rector of the
Church of ST. Michael's and All
Angels, Wuchang. Following the
sermon. which was in English, DR..
Tao-ming read the will of DR.. Sun
Yat-sep.
Catholic Ceremonies Held.
A Catholic commemoration Of the
anniversary was celebrated by
mass at the National Shrine Of the
Immaculate Conception, Catholic
University, by the Right Rev. G.
Barry O'Toole, former rector of the
Catholic University in Peiping.
DR.. c. C. Hung, American-born
Chinese pastor, led Washiugton's
Chinese community in a special
service at the Chinese Community
Church. l011 L street NV. Mem
bers of the community later went to
a reception at the Chinese Embassy
where they were greeted by DR..
Tao-ming.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

tain, 10, proceeded with his detach-
ment as far as New Foundland
where he was quarantined in the
hospital with mumps. His detach-
ment continued to England ard
when he and New Jersey sergeant
recovered, they were given permis-
sion to rejoin their comrades if thev
could make their way over on
cargo boat
On reaching England, they found
that the code number of their de-
tachment had been changed and
they set out on foot in search for
their unit. They walked and flew
$500 miles before landing back in
London, where Army Intelligence
successfully located their outfit.
Sergt. Britain entered the Army
Ar Forces in July, 1912. and re-
ceived his training at Boiling Field
and other technical schools. He
was born and educated in Hyatts-
vile and attended ST. Johns High
School here. His parents live at
66O4 Forty fourth avenue, Uniyer-
sity Park, Md
Staff Sergt. Adolph J. Lurig. %,
OF o2o Marietta place NV. who
was reported missing in the Euro
pean area last month, is also listed
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Miss Radcliffe Hall Dies;
Wrote We'll Of Loneliness
Ar the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Oct 1l-Miss Radcliffe
Hall, 57-year-old novelist and poet
whose book, The Well of Loneli-
ness" was banned in England as
obscene and was the subject of legal
dispute in the United States. has
died in London after a siX-month
illness with cancer, it was announced
today.
Born in Bournemouth. Hampshire,
Miss Hall first wrote poetry, switch
ing to novels in 1924 when she wrote
''the Unht Lamp"
The Well of Loneliness" was
written in 1928 and soon ran afoul
the British censorship. The book.
theme of which was the attachment
between a young girl and an older
woman, was seized In New York in
1929 in an action started by the
American Society for the Suppress
sion of Vice.
A court test ensued and the pub
fishers were acquitted of charge
of selling an obscene book. The
novel became an American best
seller.
Miss Hall was a fellow of the
British Geological Society and
member of the Council of the Society
for Psychical Research.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

bombed and shelled by carrier task
force.
I'VE saw a considerable number
Of dead Japs scattered around the
landscape" Hayward said today
Nothing had been done about pick
ing up the bodies or about getting
them buried"
AS they buzzed low over Wake S
lonely sands, HayWard's gunners let
go with all the Liberator's forward
flrepower.
The big bullet-spitting bomber
coming at them was too much for
a dozen panic-shaken japanese
They jumped from their cover and
ran.
Hayward said:
Our ball turret man took care
Of them
A loW-altitude attack wasn't part
Of HayWard's assignment on this
mission, but he said he noticed other
pilots In his Navy squadron of land
based Liberators were buzzing and
straflng the enemy at other points
on Wakes atoll triangle.
Besides, he explained, quite few
Of my boys were out in the Philip
pines. They've got a score to settle" ="
John T. Hayward is Chicks christ
ened name. His age is 80, his rank
commander and his home Great
Neck, Long Island. N Y, He is called
Chick because, he said. he ran away
from home, enlisted in the Navy as
an apprentice seaman and won a
Naval Academy appointment from
the ranks in 1926 when he was only
Is. He was graduated from the
academy in 1890 at 10.
Before enlisting in the Navy, Hay
ward was assistant bat boy for the
New York Yankees.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Jap-He|d Wake Island
Battered in Two-Day
Ship-PIane Assault
By the Associated Press.

By the AssociAted Press.
PEARL HARBOR. T. H., Oct.
II. - japanese occupied Wake
Island has suffered a battering
probably more severe and Ger
tainly more destructive than any
ever visited on the gallant
American marines who for the
first two weeks of the war held
that mid-Pacific pinpoint against
overwhelming enemy force.
The United States Navy delivered
the blow in q two-day ship-plane
assault starting last Tuesday. Three
hundred and twenty tons of bombs,
believed to be the greatest weight of
explosives ever unloosed in a single
operation against an enemy target
in the Pacific, were dropped on the
three tiny atolls which make up
Wake Island.
BY the time the attack ended,
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz reported
yesterday in communique which
gave the first details, more than 81
Japanese planes had been destroyed
and two ships, one Of them a gaso-
line tanker, had been left in ruins.
Machine shops, barracks and sup
ply dumps throughout the three
small islands were red with flame.
Antiaircraft and coastal defense
guns were heaps OF shattered metal.
Is Navy Planes Lost.
Admiral Nimitz said the Navy lost
l3 planes, all in combat.
Fighter escorted Avenger torpedo
bombers and Dauntiess dive bombers
from a carrier task force under the
command of Rear Admiral Alfred E.
Montgomery initiated the attack at
dawn Tuesday.
A strong force of Japanese planes
challenged the Navy raiders, but
American fighters went after the
enemy and shot down at least 30.
while the carrier bombers concen-
trated on Japanese aircraft still
aground.
simultaneously the escort vessels
in the carrier force drew close to
shore and let go with their big guns
against the exploding island.
Liberators Join in Battle.
Late in the afternoon a squadron
OF land-based Navy four-engined
Liberators, possibly from Midway
Island 1000 miles distant, joined in
the action.
BY the time they arrived, Admiral
Nlmitz's communique said, enemy
defenses were so neutralized
that the heavy bombers encountered
only weak, ineffective antiaircraft
fire and no air opposition"
After dropping their bomb loads,
however. the Liberators swept down
TO 300 feet and with their machine
guns blasted whatever remnants OF
opposition they could find.
The following morning the carrier
task force again sent its light bomb
ers against the badly smitten island
and again fired its guns at the tat
tered defenses. Then it sailed safely
away from scene of utter destruc-
ton and desolation.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

40 hiiIco III dC =
ton in today's
announcement.
Sergt. L uri &
was re C e n t | Y
awarded the Air
Medal for par
ticipation in five
c o m b at mis-
slons.
When reported
m i S S ng, his
m o t h er, Mrs.
Annie Lurig, said
she had received
word her sons
crew was not in
IFS own ship, the
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Copper Men Protest

Chile's plan to reduce the quota
of copper for its industries along
the lines followed in the United
States has brought protests from
Chilean industrlalists that while
American copper plants could con-
vert to war work Chilean plants
would have to release more than
1000 workers
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Three Liberty Vessels
Launched in Portland
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH PORTLAND. Me, Oct.
ll.-Three more Liberty ships-the
Robert L. Vann. the John Fairfield
and the Sumner l. Kimball-Were
launched here yesterday, bringing TO
ia the number of cargo carriers put
to the water by the New England
Shlpbuildlng Corp.
The Vann, fifth in series of Lib
erty ships named for noted Ameri-
can Negroes. was sponsored by Mrs
Jessie NJ Vann of Pittsburgh. widow
Of the founder Of the Pittsburgh
Courier.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Deaths Reported

Luther F. Harding, 80. Q ! 9Th ST. ne
Hugh T. Nelson, rs, 2100 Conn. ave. NV.
Edmund .. Van Fleet, 76. l61I Kast. nv
Teresa A. Sprinkle. rs, 924 Madison
ST NV.
Charles wilkinson. 10, 1445 Otis pl NV.
pl. NV.
George w Dean 81, Erie. Pa.
Isaac Gross. 65, 62l l 81. sw
Isaac Burke. 81 New York City, N. Y.
Ernest wyatt, 5S. 1919 Gath st ne.
William G. Feeley,- 81 422l Argyle tr. NV.
William S. Falk, 81 Rockville. Nd
Howard H Buice. 81, 4s34 Buttervorth
pl NV
Mary Wheeler. "a, 1OlS 9Th ST. ne.
John Holzwart, 90. 1900 l4th st. ne.
Anna Redo, 80. 1879 sth st. NV.
Della c. Wall. = 6o4 R st NV,
Hattie NJ. Shackslford 65, $50 3rd s.. ne
Rosie MONTGOMERY "a, 355 NJ ST sw.
John Wilson, 63, 7o1 End st
Rosie Craig, 81. al7 N. J. ave. Sc.
Lucy Dorsey 80, u ll5 ! st 81. NV.
Ernest Ferguson, 81. Richmond, Va
Eva c. winston. A.. 1910 U st. NV.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

Sky Wolf" on its last mission. but
was flying the Calamity Jane"
Sergt. Lurig was tail gunner.
Sergt, Lurig was sent to England
last spring after training at various
airflelds in California, Florida, Utah.
Texas and Kansas. He attended
Tech High School and was later en-
ployed as an iron worker.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Bodies Of Wake Jops
Left Scattered on Field

PEARL HARBOR. Oct. 8 Delayed
by CENSOR hP).-Young Chick Hay
wards big Liberator bomber strafed
the landing strip on Wake Island
form 300 feet Tuesday few hours
after that Japanese outpost has been
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Institute Established

FL Salvador is establishing a tech
nological institute, which will con-
duct purely scientific studies and will
serve as center for the study and
general development Of the nationa.
economy.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

The name OF
Sergt. John E.
Rogers. 25. 3009
Seventh street
NE, was also
carried as among
those killed in
action. On Sep
tember "a, when
he was reported
by the War De-
p a r t m e n t a s
wounded in the
Southwest Pa
ci6c area, his
m 0 t h er. Mrs.
E liza b e t h C.
Rogers, told The
heen notified of
Evening star., 1943-10-11

ton, according
to an announce
ment by the War
Department to-
day.
When Sergt.
Britain was re-
ported missing
August IL. his
mother, Mrs. T.
P. Britain, re-
lated how her
son had returned
to his outfit.
Ord ere d to
England as radio
op ra tor last
Ado1r Sannt Rrif
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Druqs Demanded

New Zealand's plan to provide
free medical attention to all is now
reported to have nearly doubled the
demand for drugs In that country.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
; Listed as Killed
In Action, Including
Hitch-Hiking' Flyer

Arthur E. Britain, the sergeant
who "hitch-hiked" his way overseas
last spring to join his detachment
in England, has been killed in ac-
Evening star., 1943-10-11

CaulifloWer prices in Melbourne.
Australia, have scared so high that
jokers propose to wear a caulifower
sprig in the buttonhole.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

Winant, who is a student at Prince
ton, and a sister, Mrs. Carlos
Devalandos Of Lima, Peru, whose
husband is associated with Pan
American Airways.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

So have checking account Of your own Open one
tomorrow at this Bank for the Individually in person or
by mail Handle your business affairs this safe conven-
lent, business-like way.
The Morris Plan Bank of Washington more than
be welcome. Come in.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
wildcat Division Wrecks
'Nazi Town. in Mock War
By the Associated Press.

By tfe Associated Press.
CAMP RUCKER. Ala. Feb. S.
Only shattered rubble remained to-
day Of "Nazi village that was
blasted yesterday, when 1000 mem
bers of the slst Division staged their
first live ammunition sham battle.
Thousands of rounds Of artillery
and infantry ammunition were used
in maneuvers marking the first time
members of the Wildcat Division"
had been under actual fire.
About 10000 troops not taking part
viewed the show from hill, along
with Gov. Chauncey Sparks, 1t. Gen.
Ben Lear. commanding general of
the I'd Army; Maj. Gen. R. c. Rich
ardson, jr.. 7th Army commander,
and other military and public
officials
The village. on the opposite side
OF mile-wide lake, was softened up
in advance Of the land attack by
$4,000 pounds of bombs, dropped
from planes with amazing accuracy.
Later battalions Of the 323d Infan-
try, 306th Engineers and medical
detachments crossed the water with
shells from supporting motars on a
hillside screaming overhead.
The battle was planned as a field
exercise. demonstrating teamwork of
ground and air forces,
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Mai. Bowen of BeItsviIIe Directs
Combat Training Unit in Britain
D. c. Area Soldiers
Taught to Cope
With Expert Foe
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
star Staff Correspondent.

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND Thy
MaiD D.-Infantrymen station here,
including considerable District and
Maryland contingents, are getting
advance training in the art Of tight
ing as individuals-of solving by
their own quick wits and fists the
situations likely to confront them in
action where a split seconds hesita-
ton may mean the difference be-
tween life and death.
The whole conception OF the in
fantry has changed in this war and
today, says Maj. Millard G. Bowen.
jr.. of Beltsville, Nd, who is In
charge of some Of the most ad-
vanced training. and "a man must
not only be able to function as a
member Of a unit but he must be a
specialist and also an individual.
Otherwise he can't cope with the
kind of enemy we have"
The advanced training is in COM
bat reactions" A soldier Is sent
out alone through stretch Of coun-
try where various situations such
as he is likely to encounter in real
battle are staged for his benefit.
Such situations and how to meet
them already have been described
to him in lectures. Now he must
make practical application of what
he has learned with nobody to guide
him.
The average combat reaction
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Navy Has Commissions
For Small Businessmen

Hundreds of business men facing
Redistribution from ga to IA in
selective service are potential Navy
officer material. the Navy said yes
terday in its boldest bid for new Of
f1cerx in this war.
Many men are unaware of the
fact that they can qualify for COM
Missions" said 1t. William F..
Doscher of the ONCE of Naval Of
f1cer Procurement, 1920 G street
NV. The Navy needs literally
thousands of these men between 10
and so years of age. either schooled
or experienced in business admin
istration"
The small business man whose
work is not considered essential and
who is facing induction into the
Army is oftimes Just the man We
want" 1t. Doescher said. These men
do not know they are elegible for
commissions in many cases, he
added. =
Applications for commissions may
be made between $50 am. and
pm at the 1920 G street address.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
One Small Voice BY John Kieron
Stortine With Shakespeare and Going Somewhere Else

quoted in The Bar OF Other Days."
more than a few titbits gathered
outside the courtroom are offered
for thendelectation of the reader.
There is the story of the great
William M. Evarts. who was the
leading counsel for Rutherford B.
Hayes in the legal contest over the
presidential election of 1876. This
was just one of the noted cases in
which Mr.. Evarts was legal leader.
He appeared for the United States
in the settlement Of the Alabama
Claims against Great Britain after
the Civil War and he defended Pres
ident Andrew johnson at the time
OF his impeachment.
Possibly as a partial reward for
his legal services in connection with
Hayes VS.. Tilden tfor the presi-
dency of the United States, Mr..
Evarts later was guest at a big
dinner given by President Hayes in
the White House and it was of that
dinner that Mr.. Evarts said with
very dry humor: Water flowed like
champagne"
There is also the story of Joseph
M. Choate and how ne was being
bored by woman dinning equal
rights into his ear until he finally
retorted that it was a trif1ing topic
because woman, at best, was but a
side issue. A rib-splitter, what?
Tale of the Turf.
Author Auerbach, who handled le-
gal matters for the Jockey Club for
years, tells with relish a tale of the
turf. John L. Cadwalader. noted
legal luminary, had enjoyed some
sharp brushes with August Belmont
the elder, banker and turf patron.
1t so happened that Mr. Cadwala-
der was at the track in 1890, when
Mr.. Belmont's Potomac won the Fu-
turity. They met on the clubhouse
lawn just after the race and Mr..
Belmont said in the JOY of his turf
victory:
"Cadwalader. want to be friends
with all the world today-even with
you!"
Not only that, but he offered to
buy a drink and on the way to the
clubhouse bar he said:
"CadWalader, you do have the
propensity of bringing out the worst
that Is in me"
To which the not whit embar-
rassed barrister replied coolly
We'll, Mr. Belmont, did you ever
stop to think how much bad there
is in you to be brought out?'
Mr.. Belmont's reply is not chroni-
cled. Possibly he entered a nolo
contendere.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, 1nc)
Evening star., 1943-02-05

course consists Of IL stations, un-
known to the soldier. The first
step In such test. being arranged
by Maj Bowen the other day, was
the dropping Of dummy from a
tree so that it fell across a wood
path directly in front of the soldier
It was intended to represent a Ger
man soldier dropping from tree.
There is only one thing to do-close
in right away and dispatch the man
Immediately with the bayonet. Vic
tory is almost certain if the re-
action is immediate.
A little further on a dummy is
pushed out of the bushes in front
of the man being tested while an.
other closes in on his flank. The
proper procedure depends some
what on the behavior of the enemy
Probably it would be to give the
man in front a quick jab with the
bayonet, withdraw it Immediately
and try to brain the man on the
flank with the butt of the gun.
The next situation simulated may
be that of soldier stepping out OF
clump of bushes onto a German
machine-gun nest. Here again some.
thing depends on circumstances but